Online Workshop in Industrial Technology and Prize up to $750,000

Sharjah Advanced Industry Accelerator offers a workshop opportunity about technologies and solutions that solve the great challenges that find today in the industrial and construction world by making intensive use of the Internet and cutting-edge technologies with defining several focus areas of action:

• Smart Construction Management.
• Smart Materials.
• Sustainable Design.
• Building Information Modelling.
• Connected Infrastructures & Ecosystems.
• Modularization/ Prefabrication.

If you get this opportunity, you will have:

• Prize pool of up to $750,000.
• Equity Free grants of up to $100,000.
• Access to commercial contracts worth up to $150,000 with leading corporates.
• Soft landing prizes worth up to $50,000.
• Piloting and market access support will be provided to the finalists in the UAE.
• Advisory & Mentorship from market leaders.
• Access to MENA’s largest additive manufacturing & Fast prototyping hub.
• Access to investors, academic & private networks.

1. Promoter/representative must be a natural person, of legal age, and with the legal capacity to commit.
2. He/she must have a business project in one of the opportunity areas.  
3. The person of the team will have to attend online and actively participate in all sessions of the program. 
4. SRTIP will remove from the program any project that does not comply with this obligation by carrying out attendance checks on each activity.
5. Entrepreneurs and start-ups participating in the acceleration program in any of the training program focus areas could offer solutions based on or leverage by the following technologies:

• Big Data
• Additive Manufacturing
• 3D Printing
• Internet of Things
• Artificial Intelligence
• Cloud Computing
• Demand-driven Supply Chain
• Blockchain
• Cyber-Security

Selection Process:

You will be selected based on the following criteria: 

• Business model and project innovation:
• Value proposition.
• Innovative level.
• Feasibility.
• Maturity.
• Market and sector:
• Market potential.
• The interest of the project for the opportunity areas.
• Interested to settle in UAE/MENA Region.
• Entrepreneur/Start-up team:
• Suitability of the promotion team.
• Motivation and interest in the program.

About the Sharjah Advanced Industry Accelerator:

The Sharjah Advanced Industry Accelerator is a 100% digital initiative for entrepreneurs and start-ups worldwide interested to tap into the UAE & MENA Region, that offers them to bring to the market their innovative projects, through a company incubation, mentoring, and market access via the SRTI Park Ecosystem.

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