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【Join! Deadline: September 12】Call for IDEA Asia Pacific Summer Camp 2017
IDEA Asia Pacific Summer Camp 2017 in Kyushu University
Learning Startup Process in 20 hours to create Team and Business from Zero to One
Kyushu University and three colleges (Ritsumeikan University, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, and Osaka Prefecture University) as “Cooperative Organization” for Diversity and Creative Collaboration IDEA consortium has been selected as an EDGE-NEXT(*1) Program by MEXT (*2) .
As to first collaborative Event for The IDEA consortium, we will hold IDEA Asia Pacific Summer Camp 2017. Although the summer camp would be trial in 2017 for next 5 years, this event is efficient for students to learn Lean Startup, prototyping to create MVP (MVP: Minimum valuable product), and user experience design using method of “Startup Weekend”.
Also, it is “Zero to team” as a key word of in this event, students will have a lot of experiences of forming group from zero to be able to present ones business plan to investors and entrepreneurs in 20 hours.
Dates：September 26 (Tue.) to September 28 (Thu.) , 2017
1stday：start at 13:00
Final day : end at 15:00
Place： Silicon Valley Room, Common Facility 1 2F, Kyushu University ITO campus
Participants: IDEA program consortium of EDGE–NEXT Program(*1) by MEXT(*2)
https://qrec.kyushu-u.ac.jp/edge-next_program/ (Sorry, Japanese only）
Capacity ：MAX 50 people
Language：English
Application method：
Deadline for applications：September 12 (Tue.)
Registration has been closed. Thank you.
*1 EDGE-NEXT: Exploration and Development of Global Entrepreneurship for NEXT generation
*2 MEXT: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Schedule of Summer Camp 2017
Day 1 September 26, 2017 Tue
13:00 Event start
13:00-13;05 Welcome Speech
13:05-13:30 Short Lecture 1 “Lean Startup” concept from Startup Weekend
13:30 Ice Break
13:30-14:00 Ice Break ～ Half Baked
Keyword: Team Building, teams forming and setting up workspace, 6 to 8 teams with 5 persons each, 10 mins discussion, 30 seconds pitch x 8 teams
14:00-14:05 Short Break : 5mins
14:05-14:10 Instruction of Pitch
14:10 Pitch time
14:10-14:50 Pitches Start: 30-40 pitches
14:50-15:00 Networking 10 mins
15:05-15:10 Attendees vote for the top ideas 5 mins
15:10-15:15 Pick up top 12–16 ideas
15:15-15:20 2nd Short Pitches 10 Sec. x 16 pitches
15:20-15:40 Team forming
15:40-15:50 Short Break : 10min
15:50 Short Lecture and start work
15:50-16:30 Short Lecture 2 Persona and Interview
16:30-18:00 Start work (Develop customer and create MVP)
18:00 Wrap up Day1
Day 2 September 27, 2017 Wed
9:00 2nd day start
9:00-12:00 Team work
11:00 mentoring session
11:00-12:00 Coaching
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Coaching/Mentoring session
13:00-13:30 Presentation in front of mentors
Presentation/pitch 1 min, Q&A
13:30-15:00 Coaching one by one coach
15:00 Short lecture and preparation of final presentation
15:00-15:30 Short lecture 3 User Experience Design
15:30-18:00 Team work for final presentation
18:00 Wrap up Day2
Day 3 September 28, 2017 Thu
9:00 Start team work
12:00 Lunch
13:00 Start final presentation
13:00-13:05 Instruction
13:05-14:50 Final presentation 6-8 teams, 5mins presentation and 5 mins Q&A
14:50-15:00 Judging and Award