DEMO DAY: Fall 2019 AFRL Commercialization Academy

AFRL Commercialization Academy DEMO DAY

DATE: Wednesday, November 13, 2019

TIME: 5:30 - 8:15 pm

PLACE: Griffiss Institute, 725 Daedalian Drive, Rome NY

WHAT: Teams from the current AFRL Commercialization Academy cohort will pitch their startup in cyber security, big data, information systems, and UAS, to a panel of judges and compete to win for $300,000 in prize seed funding provided by IDEA NY! The grand prize of $200,000 will go to the overall winner and $100,000 will go to the runner-up!

This FREE event will include delicious catered food by Everything But A Pickle and a cash bar by Copper City Brewing.

Here are the six teams that will pitching their startups!

• AIMLExchange™
• Inferenx Labs
• On the Curb
• PreVision Corp.
• Seven Sundays
• United Aircraft Technologies

Read more about the teams here!

The AFRL Commercialization Academy is supported by: National Grid, NYSTEC and M&T Bank.

Demo Day is powered by Empire State Development and IDEA NY Mohawk Valley.

2019 Demo Day Agenda:

5:30 pm Get to Know the Startups

Visit the teams at their booths & network.
Enjoy light appaetizers, refreshments & cash bar.

6:00 pm Welcome & Opening Remarks
Please take your seat, we're about to begin!

6:15 pm Commercialization Academy Program Overview
John Liddy, Academy Program Director & Liddy Enterprises

6:20 pm Academy Pitches: Set 1
First three teams to pitch

6:45 pm Intermission
Enjoy heavy hors d' oeuvres, refreshments & cash bar.
Get a sneak peek at the future home of Griffiss Institute: Open Innovation Campus

7:15 pm Academy Pitches: Set 2
Final three teams to pitch

7:40 pm A Word from Our Supporters
National Grid
NYSTEC
M&T Bank

7:50 pm Break
Enjoy desserts, refreshments & cash bar.
Alumni Video Presentations

8:10 pm Awards & Closing Remarks

Two teams will take home big checks!

* Agenda subject to change

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About the AFRL Commercialization Academy

The AFRL Commercialization Academy is a Griffiss Institute entrepreneurial education program sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL/RI) in Rome, NY. The Academy pairs students with high-potential AFRL technologies with the goals of developing entrepreneurial leaders and launching new technology ventures.

To learn more about the AFRL Commercialization Academy, please visit www.commercializationacademy.org

About the IDEA NY Mohawk Valley

The Innovation & Development Entrepreneurial Accelerator, known as IDEA NY Mohawk Valley, is a business accelerator competition and twelve-month program that will incentivize promising entrepreneurs to create and grow viable commercial businesses in the Mohawk Valley region. This accelerator program is made possible by a $2 million Upstate Revitalization Initiative grant from New York State Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.

To learn more about IDEA NY Mohawk Valley, please visit www.griffissinstitute.org/ideanymv