2010 ASME IShow
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Omni William Penn Hotel - Pittsburgh, PA
In conjunction with the ASME Annual Meeting
| 2010 ASME IShow Team Solicitation: Open Through Friday, March 5, 2010 at 11:59PM EST. |
Submit a one to two page product/service summary addressing the following six topics:
1. What is your product?
2. What market need does your product meet?
3. What is the size of your market?
4. What is the underlying technology or technologies in your product and how is it unique and innovative?
5. Who will buy and/or use this product and why?
6. What intellectual property protection will be used?
On your summary, please include your team name as well as names and contact information for all team members and team faculty advisor. Submission as a PDF or MSWord document is acceptable. Entries will be judged on the potential and likelihood that these concepts will result in a viable proposal for the Product/Service Plan deadline.
Submit your one to two page summary by Friday, March 5, 2010, at 11:59PM EST, to Patti Jo Snyder, ASME Staff, snyderp@asme.org
| ASME ISHOW RULES FOR PARTICIPATION |
1. Students are eligible if they are full or part-time undergraduate or graduate students enrolled during the
spring 2010 semester.
2. Teams must include at least one engineering student and one engineering faculty advisor.
3. Application narrative due Friday, March 5, 2010, may not exceed two (2) pages in total and no more
than one optional appendix may be submitted.
4. Teams selected to compete in the live ASME IShow event on June 5, 2010, must have at least one
ASME student member as part of their group at the time of the competition.
| AWARDS AND JUDGING CRITERIA |
Cash awards for the 2010 ASME IShow will be distributed as follows:
$10K first place team
$7K second place team
$5K third place team
Team finalists participating in the 2010 ASME IShow competition will be evaluated on a 50/50 combined
score reflecting:
*Evaluation of the team Product/Service Plan
*Performance during the ASME IShow competition held on June 5, 2010
| 2010 ASME ISHOW COMPETITION TIMELINE |
| 3/5/10 |
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Deadline for Application (2-page product/service summary) |
| 3/19/10 |
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Top 10 teams notified via ASME to compete at ASME IShow, June 5, 2010, in Pittsburgh, PA |
| March-May |
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Teams encouraged to attend NCIIA Advanced Invention to Venture workshop |
| 5/14/10 |
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Team finalists submit five page Product/Service Plan |
| 6/5/10 |
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2010 ASME IShow Competition held in conjunction with ASME Annual Meeting |
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