December 12, 2015

Top 10 Innovation Competition


I have been asked by many friends on what are the available competition that they can join, therefore I created this post to summarize the top 10 innovation competition that I recommended. In the past, I had joined many national and international innovation competitions. By joining competition, I improve my presentation skill, project management skill and leadership skill. Besides, competition enable me to validate our project, as most of the competition are judged by successful entrepreneurs, industry experts or experienced researchers. We can also get different valuable feedback and perspective from different field of experts. Of course, winning the competition will also help to provide great market exposure and branding for your project. 

If you have no idea which competition to join, here are the top 10 innovation competitions that I recommended:

Aims to cultivate student creativity in helping the community with up to RM50,000 grand prize money.

Aims to provide a multi-discipline engineering design competition for all final year undergraduates engineering or computer science students in Malaysia.

3. International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology 
Aims to challenge student in create innovative technology, equipments, applications, techniques and materials applied in the field of Assistive & Rehabilitative Technology. 

Aims to provide opportunities for students across all disciplines to team up and use their creativity, passion and knowledge of technology to create applications, games and integrate solutions that can change the way we live, work and play.

An international design award that aims to celebrate, encourage and inspire the next generation of design engineers.

Aims to empowers the next generation of social entrepreneurs by providing them with mentoring, exposure, and over $50,000 in prizes to transform their ideas into ventures that address the world’s most pressing challenges.

The UKs Largest Exhibition of Invention, Innovation & Technology, aims to develop new business opportunities by bringing together innovation and enterprise, investors and inventors, designers and manufacturers alongside associated services.

8. Asia Pacific ICT Alliance Awards (APICTA) 
Aims to increase ICT awareness in the community assist in bridging the digital divide and acknowledge the top inventor in the field.

Aims to identify and showcase the success stories and models that could be replicated, to empower the community at the local level.

Aims to reward start-ups offering the most innovative solutions in the field of habitat, sustainable products, advanced materials, renewable energy sources and high-efficiency building solutions.

Tip: To increase the chances of winning, you need to fully understand the judging criteria and do your best to score all. Good luck and all the best!

- 12/12/2015