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Seventh Annual VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership EventThe VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Event offers university students and faculty from all over the world a chance to collaborate, form partnerships, and build their global networks in Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Members of the partnership gather annually to celebrate student entrepreneurship hosted by VT KnowledgeWorks, Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, Virginia Tech, and citizens and businesses of the Roanoke-Blacksburg region.

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VT KnowledgeWorksVT KnowledgeWorks encourages and enables creative entrepreneurship world-wide, through innovative curriculum, local business resource centers, and a global network of cooperating regions, all focused on three essential contributors to success: clear understanding of fundamental business principles; access to timely, relevant information; and meaningful personal and corporate relationships. It is a subsidiary of the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, supported by the continuing confidence and enthusiasm of its clients, sponsors and friends, both corporate and individual. Its world headquarters is in Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.

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Barry L. O’Donnell, Principal of Myrddin EmbriesAssistant Professor of Practice in the Management Department of Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Tech

Prior to Barry’s current position at Virginia Tech, he was Associate Director for Pamplin’s Blacksburg MBA Program focusing on career and academic advising. He began his 16-year career in Human Resources with Dominion Bankshares (now Wells Fargo) and later served from 1981-1989 as Vice President and HR Generalist for Bank of America, supporting the Operations Services Group at the corporation’s Charlotte headquarters. His primary areas of focus were professional recruitment, employee relations, and management & professional development. At both banks and at Virginia Tech, Barry has conducted and taught numerous management and leadership workshops and programs.

As a principal of his firm, Myrddin Embries, he has consulted with Kroger, NASA-Langley, National SHRM HR Directors’ Roundtable, White House Apple Products, American Waterworks Association, Framatome, American Electric Power, Wolseley (Ferguson Enterprises), Virginia Police Chiefs’ Foundation, Phoenix Integration, VA Medical Center, Textile Information Users Council, Litton Poly Scientific (Moog), Federal Mogul, StellarOne (now Union Bank) and Revivicor. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from the Virginia Military Institute and pursued graduate study in Economics at Virginia Tech prior to being called to military service as a US Army Captain.

Jim Flowers, Executive Director of VT KnowledgeWorks

Jim is a veteran of over four decades of service as a senior executive and consultant to technology-based companies, most recently as architect and Executive Director of the VT KnowledgeWorks entrepreneurship support program at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Under Jim’s leadership, VT KnowledgeWorks has established itself as the Commonwealth’s institutional leader in programs to support creative entrepreneurship as a driver of economic development, and is well known for innovative outreach programs. The VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Event attracts students and faculty from all over the world each August.

Jim currently serves on the board of the Virginia Community Economic Network. He previously served on the Board of the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council, and of the Virginia Business Incubation Association, including three years as its President. Jim was honored as the Virginia TradePort Innovator of the Year in 2012, and the Roanoke Chamber of Commerce Small Business Advocate of the year in 2015. He received his BA from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and his MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

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The VT KnowledgeWorks Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge celebrates the energy and ingenuity of university students and their important contributions to the future of our global economy. Elite student teams from around the world will showcase their entrepreneurial ideas and compete for the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Challenge Trophy and $25,000 grand prize. In addition to receiving an award to reside at their home institution, their team name will also be engraved on the Global Challenge Trophy housed at VT KnowledgeWorks, as a permanent tribute to their achievement.

Full-time university students who have won a significant student business concept competition in their home region will be participating in the Challenge. The finalist student teams will present their business concept presentations before a panel of business leaders as well as event attendees.

Teams will compete for the chance to win one of three prizes, including the Plastics One Advanced Manufacturing Award of $10,000 for the most outstanding tangible product, the $10,000 VT KnowledgeWorks Information Technology Award for the most outstanding intangible product or service, and the $5,000 People’s Choice Award, sponsored by Virginia Tech’s Outreach and International Affairs. One of the two teams that receive the Advanced Manufacturing or the Information Technology prizes will earn the grand prize and receive an additional $15,000.

The Challenge will be available to watch via live stream on August 18, 2016, 8:00 a.m. – 4:15 p.m. EDT at http://www.vtkwglobal.com/video/challenge.

Student teams will be critiqued on the following dimensions for a total of 100 cumulative possible points.

Maximum Score Clear Description of Customer Need Being Met and that Customers are Willing to Pay

for Product or Service ....................................................................................................................................... 15

Target Market Size Quantification (number of customers, annual dollar size) and

Risks Associated with Chosen Market ........................................................................................................... 15

Competitive Advantage in Marketplace (include table comparing with competitors and venture’s IP position) ......................................................................................................................................... 15

Financial Summary (projected revenues, operating income, resulting funds required and

assumptions made in projections) that shows the financial viability of the business

based on product or service sales (not philanthropic or grant funding) ................................................ 15

Proposed Business Model (marketing channels, alliance partnerships, cost & profit structure) .................. 10

Market Capture Plan (milestone chart, market entry, first customer capture & market

growth projections) ............................................................................................................................................ 10

Team & its core competencies; how other needed core competencies will be provided ............................. 10

Professionalism of Presentation (slides, presentation format) ............................................................................. 10

The contest finals are in conjunction with the Global Partnership Event, celebrating student entrepreneurship worldwide. While in Blacksburg, the teams are housed with local families, spend interactive time with successful technology companies, enjoy fellowship with Virginia Tech students, and attend several celebratory meals.

Global Student Entrepreneurship ChallengeThursday, August 18, 2016 Alumni Assembly Hall, The Inn at Virginia Tech at 8:00 a.m.

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Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge AgendaThursday, August 18, 2016 Alumni Assembly Hall, The Inn at Virginia Tech at 8:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m. – Registration8:15 a.m. – Welcome

Global Student Challenge Presentations 10-minute presentation; 10 minutes for panelist feedback

8:30 a.m. ............. Plasteat 8:55 a.m. ............. Bio Aletha9:20 a.m. ............. ECOAERIS9:45 a.m. ............. Magic Styler

10:10 a.m. – 20-minute break

10:30 a.m. .......... Ledsreact10:55 a.m. .......... Park & Diamond11:20 a.m. .......... BotTherapist11:45 a.m. .......... CoatChecker

12:10 p.m. – Lunch in Latham Ballroom A1:10 p.m. – Global Student Challenge Presentations Continued

1:10 p.m. ............ FOD - Friends of Deaf1:35 p.m. ............ Pitcher Tech2:00 p.m. ............ BrainLock

2:25 p.m. – 20-minute break

2:45 p.m. ............ Construction Cloud3:10 p.m. ............ weview3:35 p.m. ............ eLog

4:00 p.m. – Conclude Global Student Challenge Presentations4:15 p.m. – Pick-up by host families outside the main entrance doors of the Holtzman Alumni Center of The Inn at Virginia Tech

Teams with a tangible product competing for the Plastics One Advanced Manufacturing Award include all finalists presenting in the morning: Plasteat, Bio Aletha, ECOAERIS, Magic Styler, Ledsreact, Park & Diamond, BotTherapist, and CoatChecker.

Teams with an intangible product or service competing for the VT KnowledgeWorks Information Technology Award include all finalists presenting in the afternoon: FOD - Friends of Deaf, Pitcher Tech, BrainLock, Construction Cloud, weview, and eLog.

An additional $15,000 grand prize will be awarded to one of the two teams that receive the $10,000 Advanced Manufacturing Award or the $10,000 Information Technology Award, by selection of the judging panel.

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Dr. Richard Daugherty is the Director of Strategic Services at VT KnowledgeWorks. Strategic Services helps entrepreneurs and businesses understand and quantify their business opportunities. Dick has over 30 years’ experience in business strategy, new business and product development, competitive analysis, and business plan development.

Masters of Ceremonies for the Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge

Karen McNew McGuire is a Senior Communications Consultant at Carilion Clinic. She earned her undergraduate degree in Communication Studies from Virginia Tech and spent 20 years reporting and anchoring a variety of newscasts. Karen has received several awards including an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow award for feature reporting and a National Capital Chesapeake Bay Emmy award for news anchoring. Most recently, she and Carilion’s Marketing and Communications team received a PRSA Silver Summit Award for an “Approach to Helping” video series that was developed to help members of the community find resources to cope with grief associated with traumatic loss. With two decades of reporting experience, Karen is a gifted story teller, helping Carilion Clinic find new and innovative ways to connect with and inspire better health in the communities it serves. A native of Blacksburg, Karen lives at Smith Mountain Lake with her husband Matt and their rescued Westie named Daisy.

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Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge Finalists

Plasteat – Turning plastic into compost - Vienna, Austria

Jutta Camen, Benoit Galaup, Christina Gruber, Lukas Gruenberger, and Michael Leitner

Vienna University of Technology

Plasteat aims to offer a solution for the worldwide environmental problem of plastic pollution. We use a fungus, found in the Amazonian rainforest, to turn Polyurethane, a kind of plastic, into organic material.

Bio Aletha - Monterrey, Mexico

Daniela León, Sebastián Rodriguez, and Alberto Sánchez

Tecnológico de Monterrey

Bio Aletha is a company that produces bioethanol by cultivation, fermentation and distillation of microalgae. We gen-erate sustainable energy alternatives, a solution for the production and distribution of bio-energy as sources of clean and renewable energy. Bio Aletha is the first Mexican company producer of bioethanol with feedstock, which does not compete with the food sector as bioethanol is produced from sorghum, wheat and sugar cane.

ECOAERIS - Quito, Ecuador

Silvia Patricia Parra Calderón, Linda Natalia Velalcázar Rea, and Juan Mateo Privitera Torres

Universidad San Francisco de Quito

ECOAERIS is trying to solve the air pollution problem as a result of the particulate matter from the diesel combus-tion, which causes high levels of toxicity in the air and respiratory diseases, among others. Our company is seeking to create a filter that diminishes the concentration of particulate matter that comes from the public transportation found mainly in Quito.

Magic Styler - Kingston, Jamaica

Asheleka Rose and Danishka Williams

University of Technology, Jamaica

Magic Styler is a 3-in-1 styling tool that integrates drying, straightening and polishing your hair. This innovative tool allows the hair to dry without fuzz and frizz because of its infused brush bristles that polishes each strand individually allowing the user to get a more refined finish as compared to the traditional flat iron and/or blow dryer.

Ledsreact - Ghent, Belgium

Mathias Segers and Thomas Vervisch

Ghent University

Ledsreact is a Belgian start-up founded by two young sportive students and a Belgian military man. The company invented the first smart sports cone. The team includes sport background skills, technological skills and design skills.

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Park & Diamond - Virginia, USA

David Hall and Jordan Klein

Virginia Tech

Our mission is simple: to improve cycling safety by creating an ultra portable helmet. We are innovating on the current helmet design which has been fundamentally the same since 1990. Our helmet is redefining what it means to be a bike helmet; from a helmet that was bulky to carry around to seamlessly fitting your lifestyle, and from having the stigma for being ugly to an attractive form of self expression. Outdated designs aren’t acceptable, and Park & Diamond is giving cyclists the opportunity to choose a modern helmet that fits our modern lives.

BotTherapist - Bangkok, Thailand

Wisanu Jutharee, Settapon Santatiwongchai, Nathnadda Thavorakul, and Penpitcha Wanglavan

King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT)

BotTherapist is developing a robot to assist learning development in intellectual and social aspects for both normal children and autistic children.

CoatChecker: A thickness measuring device for sealing layers in theconstruction sector - Zurich, Switzerland

Alexander Bleuler, Nusret Salihi, and Joris Storskogen

ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

CoatChecker is a new and innovative measuring device that can measure the thickness of sealing layers used widely in the construction sector. The device uses a new method which significantly improves measuring time and does not destroy the measured layer. It will help construction companies around the world to save time and money.

FOD – Friends of Deaf - Trento, Italy

Mila Jankovic, Asad Ur Rahman, Yatindra Shashi, and Matilda Sulmeta

University of Trento

Friends of Deaf (FOD) is a technological indoor and outdoor solution to empower deaf people. Outdoor FOD mo-bile app and bracelet will alert deaf people about emergency vehicles approaching while driving, cycling or walking. Whereas indoor, it can be used for fire alarm detection in buildings.

Pitcher Tech - Santiago, Chile

Eduardo Labbé, José Luis Mena, Aldo Rojas, Jeison Vásquez, and Catalina Vattuone

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

CRS System (Crane Rigging Security System) is a device working on a service created to prevent crane accidents, and give weekly updates about security parameters, lifting records, and the setting of the safe zones in crane lifting activities. The device works under the philosophy of Safe Zones. CRS System is able to locate critical points and every worker on the ground, establish critical radios and show them by lights, as well as turn on an alarm in the event there is a problem.

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BrainLock - Alexandria, Egypt

Shady Raafat ElBaroudy, Omar Khaled ElTobgy, Aly Tarek Ibrahim, Hisham GoudElKarim Raslan, and BahieElDeen Shehab

Alexandria University

BrainLock is a revolutionary biometric authentication system. However, instead of relying on physical organs like your fingerprint or iris, our security system is based on something invisible to the naked eye, yet more intimate, unforge-able, and more secure than any of the biometrics in the market today. It’s a brainprint, based on your brain signals and thought process. Using our machine-learning, state-of-the-art model, we’ve managed to find distinctive features in human brain signals that uniquely identify that individual. Add that with the ability to make your password whatever thought process you choose, and the result is something truly powerful, fun, and secure. We give you BrainLock – Your Thoughts … Your Identity.

Construction Cloud - Sydney, Australia

Tommaso Armstrong, Samuel McDonnell, Hartley Pike, and Jan Schroeder

University of Technology, Sydney

Construction Cloud lets construction teams function like they have a photographic memory. Teams can create a visual timeline of their project from start to finish, keeping all photos and videos stored securely in one place. Accessible by all team members via mobile and web, Construction Cloud saves time, improves team communication and protects companies in disputes. Users have the details remembered for them, so they can get on with building their project on time without headache. It’s like the Instagram and Dropbox for the construction industry – a photo library stored in the cloud.

weview – The video shopping revolution - Munich, Germany

Jakob von Egidy, Christoph Pröschel, and Leopold von Waldthausen

Technical University of Munich

At weview, we revolutionize your shopping experience on the internet by allowing users to view authentic user-gen-erated videos about products. Our mission starts from the first bit of information about a product to entering your credit card number inside a single video that can be embedded anywhere.

eLog - Kent, England

Cesare Dunker and Rayyan Sorefan

University of Kent

Through creativity and innovation, we can make a positive impact on the lives of millions. eLog uses technology to help displaced peoples across the world fleeing political prosecution and war. Refugees use eLog to map their migration and provide evidence of their journey when applying for asylum. This revolutionary application speeds up the integration program, helping to settle refugees into their new home.

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Carol W. Hamilton is the Director for the Center for Entrepreneurship in the College of Business at James Madison University (JMU). She is leading strategic initiatives to champion the entrepreneurial mindset across disciplines. A Management Lecturer since 2002, she taught management with a cross-disciplinary faculty team in COB 300, a 12-credit course designed to teach the integration of business fundamentals. The faculty team guided 48 teams to develop business plans in a 16-week semester. In 2005, she co-developed a Venture Creation course with serial entrepreneur, John Rothenberger, Founder of SE Solutions in Reston, Virginia. It is the first undergraduate course in the College of Business open to all majors and the first to routinely assign alums/entrepreneurs to mentor 5-10 venture teams each semester. The class launches one to two small businesses a year and accelerates graduates’ careers by about two years. She is leading collaborative efforts across the university and in the community to promote creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Carol earned her MBA with a concentration in Entrepreneurship at JMU in 1997. Carol began her career with IBM following graduation from Clemson University with a B.S. degree in Administrative Management in 1980.

Panelists for the Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge

Eva Doss is the President and CEO of The Launch Place, the lead entrepreneurial development organization offering business consulting, training, office space and subsidies, and seed investments through its two equity funds to entrepreneurs in Danville, Virginia, and in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Eva has 20 years of experience in business consulting, strategic planning, business development and equity fund establishment, and management in the United States and Europe. During her career Eva established new business ventures and seed investment opportunities, and developed strategic business partnerships for companies internationally. Eva has also worked with Booz Allen, RTI International, and the USAID in Washington, D.C. Eva holds a post-graduate Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from MIT Sloan School of Management, has an MBA and BS in business administration, and speaks several languages.

Gregory W. Feldmann is the President of Skyline Capital Strategies, LLC, and brings over 35 years of executive banking and strategic advisory experience, thought leadership, and experience in both public and private companies. Greg is an acknowledged subject matter expert in strategic planning, executive and board leadership, and line of business management in the financial services arena. During his career, Greg has served as a Director, President, and CEO of three community banks including StellarOne Bank ($3.1 billion), First National Bank of Christiansburg ($1.5 billion), and Salem Bank & Trust ($300 million). He has also served as a Principal of Dominion Investment Banking, Inc. and President of Dominion Capital Markets, Corp., subsidiaries of Dominion Bankshares Corporation. Greg received a B.A. in Classical Studies from Hampden-Sydney College, where he was a Baker Scholar, member of the Honor Court, captain of the men’s varsity tennis team, and selected for inclusion in a variety of academic and leadership honorary fraternities. He has undertaken advanced studies in commercial banking through the University of Virginia’s banking programs, successfully passed the Series 7, 24, 63, and 65 securities exams, and completed the NVCA’s venture capital certificate program. Greg has served in numerous community leadership roles throughout his career, and was awarded a National Leadership Fellowship by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation from 1989 through 1991.

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Dr. Dan Sable is the founder and CEO of VPT, Inc. Dr. Sable earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from MIT and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Tech. For nine years he worked with RCA Astro-Electronics in Hightstown, New Jersey, on the design of various satellite electrical systems. In 1988 he came to Virginia Tech to pursue a PhD in Electrical Engineering focusing on Spacecraft Power Electronic Systems. In 1993 he co-founded VPT (formally Virginia Power Technologies), which has grown into one of the world’s leading suppliers of advanced DC-DC power converters for military, commercial aerospace, and space applications. He has served as the chairman of the Virginia Tech Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Industrial Advisory Board and is a registered professional engineer. Presently Dr. Sable is also an adjunct Professor of Practice in the Virginia Tech ECE Department and teaches one class each semester.

Will Karbach is Chairman and CEO of The Branch Group, Inc., an employee-owned construction company based in Roanoke, Virginia. A civil engineer, he joined the company in 1996. As you read this bio, if you a) are sitting in a public or commercial building, b) are enjoying adequate lighting, c) are neither too hot, nor too cold, and d) if you used a road to get here, there’s a good chance that one of the four Branch construction companies had a hand in those buildings, systems, and roads. Locally, Branch has constructed over 25 buildings on the Virginia Tech campus, the mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems throughout, the I-81 interchange in Christiansburg, major portions of the 460 By-Pass, improvements to Main Street and College Ave. in Blacksburg, the VT/MEA Airport, the Roanoke Regional Airport, and soon, the new Southgate interchange at VT. Our high focus on exceptional performance, sustained business relationships, and taking ownership in everything we do, provides distinctly superior services and innovative solutions to demanding clients with challenging needs.

Robert McAden is the Blacksburg Site Director for Rackspace. After graduating from Randolph-Macon College in 1987, he began his career designing software solutions for various Federal agencies in the DC area. In 1997 he relocated to the Roanoke/Blacksburg area and continued his career as a solutions/database architect and project/operations manager for companies such as Oracle and BearingPoint. He joined Rackspace in 2008 and has served in various capacities as Rackspace’s presence in Blacksburg has grown. Robert has served on numerous boards in the region and currently serves as the Board Chair for the Roanoke-Blacksburg Technology Council and as a member of the Advisory Board for a new regional accelerator that will be located in downtown Roanoke.

Christopher ‘Kit’ Lisle is the Founder and Managing Partner of Acclaro Growth Partners, LLC. Kit is responsible for the overall strategic direction of Acclaro, and lends support to research-based strategy consulting teams delivering projects in M&A, corporate growth planning, and strategic growth opportunity comparisons. His background in market intelligence and analysis is based upon his military experience, as well as working in business consulting. Prior to Acclaro, he served as Vice-President of Acquisition Services for Markowitz and McNaughton, developing extensive experience with market-entry analysis and market due diligence. During his military career, Kit served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Army: he was a Eurasia Desk Officer in the Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon. Kit has an undergraduate degree from Franklin and Marshall College in Government, and a Master’s degree from the University of Virginia in Foreign Affairs. He has written for numerous publications and has been a speaker at a number of conferences on topics ranging from venture-stage investment to growth opportunity assessments to exit planning for entrepreneurs and investors. Kit is also active in the Association for Corporate Growth.

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Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge Prizes

v$10,000 Plastics One Advanced Manufacturing Award for the outstanding tangible product

v$10,000 VT KnowledgeWorks Information Technology Award for the outstanding intangible product or service

v$5,000 People’s Choice Award sponsored by Virginia Tech’s Outreach and International Affairs

vOne of the two teams that receive the Advanced Manufacturing or the Information Technology prizes will earn the grand prize and receive an additional $15,000, as well as the VT KnowledgeWorks Global Challenge Trophy

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The winning team of the Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge will clearly demonstrate how their underlying technology and business concept met customer need, the differentiated position their product or service would occupy in the marketplace, and their proposed business model and value proposition.

The celebration will continue after the Awards Banquet with an after-party at Rackspace, located in the Virginia

Tech Corporate Research Center, 1691 Innovation Drive, Blacksburg, Virginia. Cash bar available.

Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge Awards PresentationThursday, August 18, 2016 Latham Ballroom AB, The Inn at Virginia Tech at 6:30 p.m.

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The VT KnowledgeWorks Global Partnership Event will conclude with the Tastes and Sounds of the Valleys Reception offering unique food and music from the Roanoke and New River Valleys. Celebrate our region’s growing place in the global community, and meet the winners and all participants of the Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge.

5:30 p.m. Registration5:45 p.m. The Wildmans6:45 p.m. Welcome Address by David Henry, Card Isle Corporation7:00 p.m. Blue Ridge Mtn. Cloggers7:30 p.m. The Wildmans

Tastes and Sounds of the Valleys

Explore and enjoy Downtown Roanoke nightlife with some PowerSchool employees after the reception is over.

Tastes and Sounds of the Valleys ReceptionFriday, August 19, 2016 Shenandoah Ballroom, Hotel Roanoke Reception at 5:30 p.m.

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Welcome Address by David Henry, Co-Founder of Card Isle CorporationDavid Henry is a mechanical engineer turned entrepreneur who is passionate about intention, focus, and meaning in an increasingly digitized society. He was raised on a nature preserve in Pennsylvania and came to Virginia in 2007 to earn his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. in Industrial Engineering. With Card Isle since day one, he is currently focused on Operations and Sales as the Card Isle team works to expand from a regionally successful start-up to a nationally recognized brand.

Music Provided by The WildmansThe Wildmans is a Floyd, Virginia, based family band featuring the talents of siblings Eli and Aila Wildman on mandolin, fiddle, and vocals, with family friend Hunter Crawford on guitar, backed up by band mom Deb Wildman on bass.Highly skilled instrumentals and soulful vocals applied to traditional bluegrass tunes with a smattering of old time, blues, and jazz combine to create a fresh new sound - old tunes fueled by young spirit. From Chantilly Farm’s Bluegrass and BBQ, Floyd Fest, and the Crooked Road’s Heartwood Center in Abingdon, to the famed Galax and Mt. Airy Fiddler’s Conventions, they have pleased audiences from stages large and small throughout the region. Learn more at www.thewildmans.net.

Blue Ridge Mtn. Cloggers

The Blue Ridge Mtn. Cloggers promote the rich heritage of American clog dancing through lessons and performances. They clog to traditional country, bluegrass, modern, and pop. Clogging is a form of movement and expressions. Kim Spencer has a dance studio in downtown Christiansburg called Blue Ridge Dance Fitness as well as a studio in Floyd, where the Blue Ridge Mtn. Cloggers practice and perform.

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Updates on Some of the Past Global Student Entrepreneurship Challenge Finalists

$25,000 Grand Prize Winner in 2015Visionear, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT), Bangkok, ThailandNuntipat Narkthong, Budsapanee Pongsiriyaporn, Natthaphat Laoharawee, Gaywalee Laimloha

Two of the team members, Nuntipat and Budsapanee, are continuing to work on Visionear, smart glasses for those who are visually impaired. Currently, Visionear is in the process of redesigning and preparing for mass production. The team expects product launch by fourth quarter of 2016. After the VTKW Global Partnership Week, Visionear received many awards and publicity in Thailand, Taiwan, and Singapore, and has fundraised $75,000 for product development and commercialization. They continue to expand their network with organizations for the visually impaired, as well as potential investors.

$15,000 VT KnowledgeWorks Information Technology Award in 2015Animus, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, ColombiaAlfonso Quijano Jesurum, Jose Gómez Castro

Animus Ingeniería is a technology-based company with expertise in video analytics and telemetry that combines face recognition, automatic vehicle location, and inventory control technology that helps companies in Latin America affected by highway banditry or merchandise theft in vehicles transporting goods over land. Animus recently joined forces with a company, DCT (Digital Com Tech), utilizing some of their hardware and software services, while tapping into their clientele network to grow. They are in the process of seeking outside funding, and they have hired two new engineers to assist with their continued growth.

$5,000 People’s Choice Winner in 2015 EntoLog, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, SwitzerlandPhilippe Geiger, Stefan Klettenhammer, Meinrad Koch

EntoLog continues to work on their business, producing nutritious protein-rich foods using an innovative technology that enables the extraction of proteins and other valuable nutritional products from insects. In early September 2015, they presented their business case on a national TV talk show of Switzerland. They were nominated for the leading technology prize in Switzerland called the Swiss Technology Award, and as a result of their nomination, they produced this short video clip (in German): www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYdnmifntcg. They were also mentioned in a national economic magazine featuring ten outstanding startups from Switzerland. In collaboration with a process company and the University of Applied Sciences, Wädenswil, they are in the process of setting up a CTI project (Commission for Technology and Innovation) to upscale the extraction process and to check its industrial validity. They have joined the RUNWAY Startup Incubator at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Winterthur where they receive collaborative open work space and a personal coach to accelerate their growth.

$25,000 Grand Prize Winner in 2014feelSpace, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyLeonardo Stenico, Galena Kostoska, Alberto Parrella, Julia Wache

In November 2015, the team formally founded feelSpace. To learn more about the company, you can visit their website at www.feelspace.de/navibelt. Julia Wache completed her Ph.D. in April 2016 and moved to Osnabrück, Germany, to work full-time for feelSpace. They have a new prototype and are in the final stages of production before it goes to market and is available for sale by the end of summer 2016. In May, they launched a crowdfunding campaign through Indiegogo.

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$5,000 People’s Choice Winner in 2014 DD-MOff, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile Andrea Carolina Mohr Beckdorf, Trinidad Schlotterbeck Suárez, Alison Kareen Scheuch González

DD-MOff is a natural product designed to be applied on any object that is in contact with the algae Didymo to reduce the chance of dissemination to new environments, while not affecting other ecosystems. The team is currently validating their results with a recognized external lab in Chile, which is dedicated to the detection of the algae Didymo. The lab was hired in March and DD-MOff is looking forward to receiving formal results in July. Based on that technical information, they will define and decide strategically how they move forward with DD-MOff.

$25,000 Grand Prize Winner in 2013Auticiel, Télécom Ecole de Management, Evry, France Sarah Cherruault, François Dupayrat

Auticiel is dedicated to helping people with cognitive impairments be better included within society thanks to the use of well adapted digital solutions. Auticiel solutions are co-developed with a scientific committee of both medical and educa-tional experts, as well as leading institutions and associations. The project has evolved from Autimo, a single-app meant to recognize emotions, to a company producing a whole suite of applications (AMIKEO Apps), which 80,000+ users have downloaded to date. Since 2015, Auticiel is transitioning from an app vendor to become a SaaS vendor, already providing to a hundred specialized institutions and families a subscription-based solution packaged with a strong and secured tablet, AMIKEO, with access to all applications and many companion services. Auticiel is also experimenting its solutions on new segments, such as elderly people with cognitive deficiencies (like Alzheimer’s disease) in retirement homes. The Auticiel team has obtained many awards and press mention in Europe since 2014, and has been funded by Business Angels, grants, and loans up to €500k. Auticiel is currently involved in a Series A round of €650k (2016 revenue over €300k). To learn more contact pr-invest@auticiel.com.

$5,000 Second Place Winner in 2013 Roka, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, AustraliaConchita De Souza, Janek Gonsalkorale, Paridhi Jain, Natalia Krslovic

The founder of Roka, Kimberley Abbott, handed Roka back to the 40K Group, a leader in social entrepreneurship space, in order to progress the business further. Roka was formed while Kim was taking part in 40K Globe; offering Australian university students, including students from the University of Technology, Sydney, an opportunity to get practical experience in an unfamiliar environment and culture, and help address problems present in rural Indian communities. Roka is a social microenterprise project that is currently being established to improve the status of women and to increase education and economic empowerment for the women of Maranahali Bande quarry in Bangalore, India. Roka employs women to make jewelry (pendants and cuff links) from the waste granite dust of the quarry. Twenty-eight cuff links and 18 pendants have been sold thus far. In terms of production, 20 pendants were made in September, 25 cuff links were produced in November for a commercial order, and 50 cuff links were produced in March for retail purposes.

$5,000 People’s Choice Winner in 2013GraphInsight, University of Trento, Trento, ItalyMichele Dallachiesa, Gintare Simkute, Alice Porrà

While Team GraphInsight is currently suspended, former team member, Michele Dallachiesa, has launched a new business. Michele’s new business, Skysense Inc., markets charging stations for Unmanned Aerial Systems, enabling the deployment of remote-managed flights and fully autonomous missions. After spending six months at Start-Up Chile, Skysense joined the first class of the Qualcomm Robotics Accelerator, powered by Techstars.

$5,000 Runner-up Team in 2011OOHLALA Mobile, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Peter Cen, James Dang

OOHLALA is a mobile platform running on over 150 colleges in five countries serving over one million students, enabling students to interface with every aspect of their campus. OOHLALA is located in Montreal with a team of 25 people and was selected for Top 30 Under 30 in Education for Forbes Magazine in 2015.

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$25,000 Grand Prize Winner in 2010Ecosy, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland Colm Connolly, Vincent Murray

Although Team Ecosy’s original concept, a renewable energy heating system, is not being pursued, Colm Connolly is in the process of launching a new business. In 2015, Colm and his fiancé combined their talents and background in beef farming and sport, and food science respectively, to create a healthy and tasty beef snack. For five generations, the Connolly fam-ily has been farming in rural Ireland and Colm plans on diversifying their current farm operation, while producing a new, innovative dried meat snack. Their five values of quality, innovation, community, commercial and natural, reflect what they are, how they do things, and where they are going. In September 2015, they applied to Monaghan’s Best Young Entrepreneur and won “Best Idea” and the overall grand prize, including a 10,000 euro grant which has been used to develop their brand, website, and secure IP (which is ongoing). They are in the process of re-branding their company, designing their website, and are in the final stages of completing their product packaging. They expect to launch in 2016, after IP is secured for their brand name. First to market will be their cracked black pepper beef bites, followed by their honey BBQ beef jerky. For additional information, please contact colmconnolly@hotmail.co.uk.

$5,000 Runner-up Team in 2010EasyCheck, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, IsraelShahar Peled, Hadas Geva, Inbal Gutman

Although EasyCheck is no longer being pursued as a business, one of the team members, Shahar Peled, started his own company called ArTack Medical. ArTack Medical is developing the “eTack,” which is a novel, motorized, articulated hernia mesh fixation device. It is designed for laparoscopic repair, as well as open surgery, and can be used with any currently available mesh. ArTack Medical is a privately held, medical device company, and is currently pursuing strategic partners in the USA and China.

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Thanks to these Host Families & Host Companies

We appreciate the time, energy, support, and resources invested and provided by the host families and companies serving during the Global Partnership Event.

Host Families

Host Companies

Rick and Nancy Furr, Dan and Ann Berenato, Steve and Barbara Skinner, Franklyn and Bonnie Moreno, James and Elizabeth Lanter, Patricia Miller, Todd and Dana Robertson, Richard and Laurie Shepherd, Bob Gibson, Lyn Day, Dan and Lorraine Hodge, Robert and Beth Parker, Doug and Sue Juanarena, John and Sue Muffo, Mary Pettitt, Steve and Rosemary Cole, Dr. Ken and Sharon D’Amato, Patsy and Martin Jansons, Doris Bennett-Lentz, Dietrich and Carlie Linde, Dale and Lynn Margheim, Joe Ivers and Connie Cummings, Reed and Gina Kennedy, Jeff and Lesa Wynn, Maureen Cronley, and Bob and Sandra Jackson.

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