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Executive Summary

Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC), under the aegis of its ICT Expert Committee, are proposing to host an Awards event on the 8 th June, to identify, promote and support early stage Technology Startups and Innovators from Karnataka in an Inclusive manner.

The target is to identify startups and innovators who are still at an early stage and need all the visibility, validation, mentorship and support from the industry. We are also planning to specifically encourage startups in the areas of Social Impact, Assistive Technology, Women-led and Student-Led innovations.

We plan to host the Awards ceremony as part of an Innovation themed Technology event in early June, which will be attended by people from across the IT Industry in Bangalore.

The Awards event will be part of a broader framework BCIC is working on to also support the Innovators/Startups identified through the Awards process, with Industry Mentorships and connects to Funding and Infrastructure ecosystems.

Awards:

Social Innovation Awards

Top three Innovation awards in this segment

Top Student Innovator in this segment

Top Woman led Innovation in this segment

Top Assistive Technology Award

Disruptive Technology Awards

Top three Innovation award in this segment

Top Student Innovator in this segment

Top Woman led Innovation in this segment

A total of 11 Innovators will be identified and awarded.

Criteria for Entry for the Awards:

Unfunded Startup/Innovator

Startup Registered in Karnataka

Students from college’s Registered in Karnataka

Startup Registered on Women leading the Innovation

A fully working model/product is already developed, market identified, impact identified, commercialisation and revenue model/approach drawn out

Awards:

A proposed cash amount of ₹ 100,000 will be given out to each of the above 11 Winners

Evaluation:

A two stage evaluation will be undertaken.

Stage 1: Offline evaluation of all entries using hard criteria outlined above. Outcome is to bring out a maximum of 15 finalists in each of the two main categories.

Stage 2: Short Presentations by the Finalists will be organised with Jury from the industry and academia to decide on the winners.

Outreach:

BCIC will endeavour to reach out to the maximum number of Startups and Colleges to ensure the message on the award is spread and we do not miss out reaching out to intended audience.

Mailers will be sent to all startups in Karnataka

A limited Social Media campaign will be undertaken by BCIC to spread the message

Circulars to be sent to Universities and colleges across Karnataka with Posters

Mailers will be sent to co-working spaces and tech parks to circulate amongst its members

Mailers will be sent to agencies working with Startups in Karnataka

Mailers will be sent to some of the companies with incubation cells (e.g. Accenture, NetApp, etc.) to support the outreach through their circles

Mailers will be sent to all of BCIC and its affiliate/partner associations

Mailers will be sent to women empowerment cells

Key Dates:

20th April: Outreach Complete

4th May: Application End Date

28th May: Selection Process Complete

8th June: Awards Event

Partnership Request:

We are looking for industry leaders who will partner with BCIC to support the identified winners through an Award, Incubation and mentorship. The goal is to provide support to the identified innovators to reach their commercial goals. This is primarily but not limited to the winners of the Award contest.

BCIC Role	Partner Role
Concept definition and outreach to all startups and Institutions in Karnataka. Organise and execute the evaluation process. Organise an awards event. Conduit between winning Startups and Adopter. Support identification of Incubation centres. Support in mentorship. Support in Industry exposure. Support with funding connects.	Contribute with concept phase and Jury for evaluation. Defining association/incubation model between winning Startup and Partner. Award Sponsorship. Support the Startup through Incubation and Mentorship.

Award Sponsorship Request:

BCIC also proposes an alternate option for financial sponsorship for the awards (without a formal partnership model):

Support with the Prize money + Involvement in the evaluation process + Mentorship

Sponsorship Amount:

Complete Sponsorship – all Awards	1,200,000	The partner wishes to sponsor the entire set of 11 awards. Amount calculated as (11 awards x 100,000) + 100,000 for administration and organisation.
Social Innovation Awards only	650,000	The partner wishes to sponsor 6 awards in Social category. Amount calculated as (6 awards x 100,000) + 50,000 for administration and organisation.
Disruptive Innovation Awards	550,000	The partner wishes to sponsor 5 awards in Social category. Amount calculated as (6 awards x 100,000) + 50,000 for administration and organisation.

Sponsor Entitlements:

Awards sponsored will bear Partner name along with BCIC

Access and connect to winners and other high potential startups who are contestants for the Award – possibility of forming partnerships to fund them forward and commercial partnership with winners and others

Speaker slot for sponsor in the event

Dedicated page on Event Brochure

Bearing Logo in all Promotional materials for the Awards Event

Sponsor Logo on event page on BCIC Website

NOTE: Companies who will be invited to participate as audience of the Event:

The above is a sample list of companies who will be invited to participate in the event in audience – this increases sponsor value and promotes avenues for fair networking and business.

Innovation Event Sponsorship Request

Executive Summary

Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC), under the aegis of its ICT Expert Committee, are proposing to host an Innovation event on the 8 th June, 2018. The theme for this Event will be Startups, Innovation and Products, the name of the event will be “BCIC Innovation Day”. The full day event will showcase a number of speaker sessions from very senior leaders from the industry and will be multi-track. The event is intended to showcase breakthrough innovations in our industry today and technological possibilities around us.

This event will also include the Awards session for “BCIC Inclusive Innovation Awards 2018” to identify, promote and support early stage Technology Startups and Innovators from Karnataka in an Inclusive manner. The target of this award is to identify startups and innovators who are still at an early stage and need all the visibility, validation, mentorship and support from the industry. We are also planning to specifically encourage startups in the areas of Social Impact, Assistive Technology, Women-led and Student-Led innovations.

Proposed Event - BCIC Innovation Day:

The planning for topics and speakers for the event is underway at this moment. The topics will be broadly from the following areas but not limited to:

Blockchain (Smart Contracts, DAO, platforms, security)

Artificial Intelligence

Data and Cloud

Cyber Security

Smart Conversational Platforms

IoT

Robotics

RPA

Customer Experience

Payment systems

Immersive Experience (AR/VR)

The speakers are being selected keeping in mind they are the best of the industry and acclaimed professionals and SMEs in their areas. (Please refer to the BCIC ICT Event Portfolio for recent past events for list of topics and speakers and we are continuously striving to better our past events every time).

We are targeting a total audience of ~500 – 600 for this event. This will be a Free event – part of the audience are going to be invited from curated list of organisations and senior and technical roles, especially to GCCs/prominent Product companies/Large service companies, a host of senior representations will be there from startups (as we will also host the “BCIC Inclusive Innovation Awards 2018” during this event), and some of the passes will be opened up through public mediums like EventsHigh/Explara and also through targeted channels like “Meetup” and also through Social Media. The intent for BCIC to keep this event free for the audience is that we want to promote Innovation within the industry by raising awareness by telling Innovation Stories, and make it accessible to the interested, deserving and relevant personnel from the Industry.

Companies who will be invited to participate as audience:

The above is a sample list of companies who will be invited to participate in the event in audience – this increases sponsor value and promotes avenues for fair networking and business.

Outreach for Awards:

There will be an extensive Outreach undertaken on account of the Awards contest, hence will act as promotion vehicle for promotion for the event and its sponsors.

An early Onboarding for the sponsorship will ensure the outreach will have the Sponsor logo (Platinum and Gold).

Outreach Approach:

Mailers will be sent to all startups in Karnataka

A Social Media campaign will be undertaken by BCIC to spread the message

Circulars to be sent to Universities and colleges across Karnataka with Posters

Mailers will be sent to co-working spaces and tech parks to circulate amongst its members

Mailers will be sent to agencies working with Startups in Karnataka

Mailers will be sent to some of the companies with incubation cells (e.g. Accenture, NetApp, etc.) to support the outreach through their circles

Mailers will be sent to all of BCIC and its affiliate/partner associations

Mailers will be sent to women empowerment cells

Sponsorship Request:

BCIC requests financial sponsorship from corporates for hosting the Innovation Event. Please note that BCIC endeavours to facilitate and bring businesses together and promote excellence and is a not-for- profit organisation.

Sponsorship Amount (?):

Sponsorship Types	Amount (?)	Numbers	Sponsor Entitlements
Platinum Sponsorship	5 Lacs	2	30 minutes slot on stage Front page Logo display on Event Brochure-cum- Notepad (EBN)* Full page Ad on Event Brochure-cum- Notepad Logo on all Materials Logo on Backdrop at Strategic Position Access to Participant List (post event) Logo Display on Events page on BCIC Website 10 passes for Sponsor organisation + 20 passes secured for Organisations/Attendees of their preference**
Gold Sponsorship	3 Lacs	3	15 minute slot on stage Full page Ad on Event Brochure-cum- Notepad (EBN) Logo on all materials Logo on Backdrop Access to Participant List (post event) Logo Display on Events page on BCIC Website 5 passes for Sponsor organisation + 10 passes secured for Organisations/Attendees of their preference
EBN Advertisement – Full	40K		Full Page Ad on Event Brochure-cum- Notepad (EBN) Logo Display on general promotional materials Logo on Backdrop
EBN Advertisement – Half	20K		Half Page Ad on Event Brochure-cum- Notepad (EBN) Logo Display on general promotional materials
Standy Display at Venue	20K		Standy Display at Venue

*Event Brochure-cum- Notepad (EBN) will be a printed spiral bound copy that will contain the Event Details, Agenda, Speaker Bios, Ads from Sponsors, blank ruled pages for participants for taking note and future use, details on BCIC, etc. We will adopt this concept as loose pages are always left behind by attendees and not read. A notepad will certainly be carried home and be used for a long time and sponsor value through the ad pages will be maximised.

**Sponsor Organisations can let us know which organisations/individuals they would like us to invite to maximise their sponsor value. The mentioned number of passes will be secured for that.

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