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APIP

Asia Pacific Innovation
Program Forum

Vision

Innovation in high-tech industry is progressing fast. Apparently, startups with emerging technology become a key driver for innovation and growth.

The success of startup is caused by numerous factors, including the investor, service provider, incubator/accelerator, government policy, and the ecosystem.

AAN(Asia-Pacific Accelerator Networks) is building a shareable innovation platform globally to provide networking opportunity for governments and startups to exchange the knowledge of industrial information and investment portfolios.

APIP Forum outlines the value of incubator/accelerator program in facilitate the startup succeed around Asian countries, through diffusion of knowledge and supportive connections.

Purpose

Discover outstanding innovative programs from various countries, provide international industrial trends, observe and exchange actual experience in implementing plans, and engage with international entrepreneurial circles.

Upgrading the value chain and develop the creative innovation ecosystem in Asia. Become a world-class platform for talent exchange, industry information, business links, and international capital pooling.

Strengthen the interaction with innovative programs between different countries. In the future, it will bring in international innovation resources and industrial momentum, stimulate innovation energy and promote the influence of innovation ecosystems.

Attracting international venture capitalists, launching a multinational soft landing mechanism, through the recommendation and counseling of AAN international members to help the team function more efficiently.

Forum Host

Attracting international venture capitalists, launching a multinational soft landing mechanism, through the recommendation and counseling of AAN international members to help the team function more efficiently.

The forum is hosted by different member country each year, and the next host country is decided in the annual general meeting.

Forum Framework

APIP FORUM is an annual networking event composed by experience sharing, award ceremony, investment conference and startup ecosystem tour. Followings are the outline:

Rules & Regulation of Award

Two kinds of award winners in APIP FORUM are the “Innovation and Creativity Program Award” and “The Most Promising Startup Award”.

Application Fee for Program Award is $1,800. USD
The award winner will get a medal of Innovation and Creativity Program Award. 

  • The Most Promising Startup Award is designed for the invited startup, recommended by AAN member country, who get the greatest potential investment through virtual vote in DEMO Pitch. Every AAN member has a certain amount of virtual capital to vote.
    Application Fee for Startup Award is FREE.

    The award winner will get a medal of The Most Promising Startup Award; besides, he will get the assistance of corporate matchmaking and international funding from AAN side.

Expense in Forum

  • The forum organizer of host country is responsible for the local expense of reception, forum activity, visiting tour and miscellaneous. To support the APIP Forum, all member should provide $10,000USD to host country for the annual activity.

    All participants from non-local countries should take care their own expense of accommodation, air-ticket, and relative travel allowance.

Selection Criteria

Agenda

These are the basic items for forum organizer that can be modified freely.

Day1
Reception
Organize a networking event to facilitate AAN members to know each other
Day2
Reception
Organize a networking event to facilitate AAN members to know each other
Open Remark
Invite VIP guest to make a warm welcome.
Keynote Speech
Invite successful entrepreneurs to give a speech for knowledge sharing,
Innovation Session
Each AAN member should share its own outstanding program with 15 minutes introduction to promote the uniqueness and achievement.
Demo Pitch
Arrange AAN member’s startup stage a pitch to attract all attendees’vote. The most popular startup in Demo Pitch will be ranked as winners.
Award Ceremony / Closing event
Host a dinner combined with the award ceremony to issue the medal for winners.
Day3
Startup Ecosystem Tour
Visit local entrepreneurial supporting unit, successful stories, and government program.

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