Showcase of Asia's Best Innovations Set for February
2012
SINGAPORE, Dec. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Sphere
Exhibits Pte Ltd and IDG Enterprise, the US-based technology,
media, events and research company, have agreed to move DEMO Asia
to February 2012 from November 2011 based on the interest and
increased enquiries received from potential participants,
exhibitors and sponsors over the last few months. This extension
gives promising start-ups, entrepreneurs and innovators more time
to gear up and prepare for Asia's premier launch pad for new and
emerging technologies.
DEMO Asia will now be held on February 29 to March
2, 2012 at [email protected] in Singapore. It will offer Asia's
brightest innovators and budding entrepreneurs the unique
opportunity to debut, pitch and showcase breakthrough ideas and
products to corporate acquirers, media, venture capitalists, angel
investors and strategic partners.
Launched in 1991, DEMO is the global launch pad for
emerging technologies and is held twice a year in the United
States. It comprises conferences, pitches and networking sessions
for a specially invited group of companies to launch their products
for the first time to an audience made up of angel investors,
venture capitalists, corporate developers and acquirers, government
agencies, universities and research
institutes.
Singapore is the second country in Asia to host a
DEMO event after China. Sphere Exhibits will produce DEMO Asia with
DEMO's existing co-producers - IDG Enterprise and strategic partner
VentureBeat, a portal that reports the latest news, trends and
developments on innovation and technology.
This event is supported by IDA, MDA, A*STAR, SPRING
Singapore, Singapore Venture Capital Association and Business Angel
Network South East Asia.
As the latest addition to the highly successful DEMO
conference in the United States, the DEMO Asia event promises an
exciting event line-up that will showcase Asian innovation and
entrepreneurship at its finest. These include
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DEMO Asia Conference
Hand-picked and specially selected companies will
deliver their six-minute pitches to potential investors and buyers
to garner their buy-in and interest. There will also be
presentations and panel discussions from leading industry players
and experts on cloud, social media, consumer, and enterprise
technologies made during the conference.
One-on-One Discussion Panel
During the one-on-one discussions, the movers and
shakers from successful start-ups and past DEMO alumni members will
be present to offer their insights and success stories. Jeff
Clavier, the Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC, one of
the most active seed stage investors in Web 2.0 start-ups, will
share his thoughts on the growing angel investing environment in
Silicon Valley today.
Showcase Your Best Startups -- Country
Pavilions
Asian countries will be invited to showcase their
homegrown fast-rising companies as part of the DEMO Asia Startup
Expo. The Startup Expo is the ideal platform that brings together
companies in web, mobile, cloud, enterprise, social media and
consumer technologies from across the region, where participants
can network and form strategic partnerships. It will also feature
several DEMO alumni companies from the United
States.
Mr Chua Wee Phong, Executive Director of Sphere
Exhibits, said: "We are committed to the success of the first-ever
DEMO Asia in Singapore. Hence, we made sure that it imbibed DEMO's
signature features while catering to Asian entrepreneurs and
innovators. By expanding and beefing up the programme, we are
providing promising start ups and entrepreneurs more avenues to tap
into the resources, expertise and network to enable them to
showcase their innovative ideas to a global
audience."
"With Asia's business resilience driving global
growth in the next few decades, we are excited to be an active
proponent in driving innovation and growth in the region with the
DEMO Asia platform," he added.
DEMO Asia will also be introducing the DEMO Asia
Scholarship Program which offers partial scholarship for
bootstrapped companies, angel-funded companies and full
scholarships targeted at universities and research institutions.
Upon selection, deserving companies will be awarded scholarships to
launch their products.
Registration for DEMO Asia is now open for startups
keen to launch their products and participate in the conference.
For more information, they can visit the DEMO Asia website
at
www.DEMO.asia.
About DEMO
Produced by IDG Enterprise in conjunction with
VentureBeat, the DEMO conferences in the United States and China
focus on emerging technologies and new product innovations, which
are hand selected from across the spectrum of the technology
marketplace. The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for
consistently identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and
have served as launchpad events for companies such as Palm,
E*Trade, Salesforce, Webex, Tivo and VMware, helping them to secure
venture funding, establish critical business relationships, and
influence early adopters. The DEMO Scholarship Partner Program,
subsidised by corporate sponsorships, offers multiple scholarship
opportunities to ensure that deserving entrepreneurs receive the
opportunity to introduce cutting edge technology products at DEMO
that might have otherwise gone undiscovered.
For more information on the DEMO conferences, visit
http://www.demo.com.
About Sphere Exhibits Pte Ltd
A wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Press
Holdings (SPH), Sphere Exhibits, which stands for "SPH Events,
Roadshows and Exhibitions", aims to be the leading events company
catering to a diverse mix of trade and consumer
clientele.
Backed by a committed and experienced team of
professionals and SPH's comprehensive range of media platforms,
Sphere Exhibits' shows, events and exhibitions centre on unique
concepts that attract local audiences and regional participants.
Among the 20 Sphere Exhibits' events are The IT Show, COMEX,
Licence2Play, Asian Masters and Kidz
Academy.
Leveraging on its expertise in event
conceptualisation, planning and execution, Sphere Exhibits delivers
memorable and quality events that meet the objectives of its
clientele and partners.
About IDG Enterprise
IDG Enterprise, an International Data Group (IDG)
company, brings together unique editorial brands (CFOworld, CIO,
CIO Executive Council, Computerworld, CSO, DEMO, InfoWorld, ITworld
and Network World) to serve the information needs of our
technology, security and financial-focused audiences. As a
digital-centric media company we serve our reader and advertiser
audiences with award-winning content and community, driving
conversation and conversion, across our entire portfolio of
awarding-winning, websites, events, magazines, products and
services. In addition, the CIO Executive Council, a peer advisory
service, brings together the nation's top CIOs, as well as provides
community and leadership development tools for their
staffs.
For more information, please visit
www.idgenterprise.com. Additional information about IDG, a
privately held company, is available at
http://www.idg.com.
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