APRIL 2018
RAIPUR, CHHATTISGARH, INDIA
In April 2018, We’re hosting Smart City BizHack Chhattisgarh alongside the Frugal Innovation Summit in Raipur, India. The BizHack is all about bringing Finnish Smart City Innovators together with local counterparts to explore how Nordic solutions can be deployed in the State and across India.
This is your opportunity to gain awareness in the minds of investors and key decision-makers who are involved with live Smart City projects across India.
Also in attendance will be:
(details to be announced shortly)
This stage in Raipur is all about making business happen and initiating the follow up pilot phase.
To maximise your chances of success, we are offering pre-event advisory services as part of the package.
A Series Startups, SMEs, Consortiums and Corporations in:
Additional Projects in:
(Source: Dr. Suraj Kumar & Noise2Info)
VALUE FOR MONEY:
Registration – Afternoon
Reception & High Tea (early evening)
– Introduction and welcome by GOInternational and partners
Meet & Greet
– Opportunity to meet with potential partners, clients & investors
Inaugural Session
– Defining A RoadMap for Chhattisgarh As the Frugal Innovation Hub of India
Dinner
– Followed by a casual networking evening and time to unwind
* We reserve the right to make changes
* Certain parts of the Programme will be customized to fit participants specific business needs
Power Breakfast
– Start the day off with a good breakfast
Plenary sessions
To be defined based on the participants needs
– Session 1: Make In Chhattisgarh Sell Globally – A Win-Win for all concerned?
– Session 2: How a successful Frugal Innovation ecosystem can drive social innovation & transformation while delivering jobs & growth.
– Session 3: Developing & Attracting Skilled Work Force As a Strategic Resource
– Session 4: Viable Funding Ecosystem Is Integral to Developing Chhattisgarh As a Leading StartUp and Innovation Hub
– Session 5: Public-private Partnership – using collaboration as a win-win tool to deliver inclusive economic growth
Each theme will have at least 2 related cross cutting breakout sessions and aside from that the time would be spent on focusing on startups and looking at ways to deploy their solutions and help them grow through:
– Mentoring startups
– Exhibiting solutions to senior decision makers across sectors in a structured manner
– One to One meetings
– Networking Sessions.
All sessions will be followed by a high level panel discussion
– Panel topics and speakers to be confirmed
Indian-Nordic Startup Meet
– The place to find local frugal innovation partners
Meeting with Investors
– Based on participants needs
Intellectual Property lawyer masterclass followed by 1-on-1 consultations
– What you need to do to protect your IP in India
Networking Lunch
Individual business sessions
– Pitching
– Defining the business angle
– Getting investors interest
– Project discovery
VIP Dinner
– Followed by a casual networking evening and time to unwind
* We reserve the right to make changes
* Certain parts of the Programme will be customized to fit participants specific business needs
Power Breakfast
– Getting ready for the final day
Breakout sessions
– e.g. Meetings with lawyers, investors and local partners
– Further relationship building
– Defining the next steps
– Creating a plan of action
Networking Lunch
Breakout sessions
– Followed by 1-on-1 meetings for the bigger ecosystem players
* We reserve the right to make changes
* Certain parts of the Programme will be customized to fit participants specific business needs
Frugal Innovation Summit 2018 is a closed-door, invite-only event to be held in April, in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Over the course of 3 days, senior representatives from the Public and Private Sectors will be exploring India’s potential for frugal and social innovation.
Chhattisgarh State is driving dialogue on how a successful Frugal Innovation ecosystem can drive Socio-economic transformation. Key discussions will pivot around the use of collaboration, on both domestic and international levels, as a win-win tool to deliver inclusive economic growth.
GOInternational Finland hosted Smart City Bizhack India; the first Indian-themed event alongside Slush, which was 100% dedicated to unveiling the vast opportunities in the Indian market for Smart City Innovation.
The three day event offered Series A Start Ups, SMEs and Corporations a bridge to access live marketplace opportunities for conducting business in India.
Chhattisgarh State was announced as the pilot state and gateway state for Finnish Innovation in India at the Slush Event. A 3 -strong delegation from the State laid out the broad contours of the potential opportunities in Chhattisgarh for Finnish Innovation; including the opportunity to co-create & collaborate with Indian partners.
