Call for Pitch Competition Proposals: 3rd SPS Entrepreneurship Forum at ICASSP 2024
We are calling for ICASSP attendees and others with the early-stage companies to join us for this exciting startup Pitch Competition!
The Signal Processing Society (SPS) is soliciting proposals for a Pitch Competition, a part of the SPS Entrepreneurship Forum at ICASSP 2024. This 1-day event held before the ICASSP conference, aims to foster entrepreneurship within the signal processing and information technology community.
The Pitch Competition is designed to highlight and promote the next generation of signal processing entrepreneurs and their startups. It will be a key event at the Entrepreneurship Forum that will be held in Seoul, South Korea:
Date: Sunday, 14 April 2024, in-person in Seoul, South Korea
Prizes: Winner – $5,000 (USD), Runner-up – $2,000 (USD).
Submit your pitch video proposals of no more than 5 minutes through this online link by Monday 26 February 2024. Your pitch proposals should clearly explain the value proposition of your startup including who your customers are and how your product satisfies their needs.
The best five pitches will be chosen to present live at the Entrepreneurship Forum on Sunday 14 April 2024
Important Dates
- Pitch video proposals due Monday 26 February 2024
- Successful shortlist notified by Monday 11 March 2024
- Live pitch on Sunday 14 April 2024
Contact Information
- Sanghoon Lee, Academic Chair of SPS Entrepreneurship Forum at ICASSP 2024, Professor of Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea (slee@yonsei.ac.kr)
- Shoko Araki, Industry Innovation (Forum) at ICASSP 2024, Senior Research Scientist of NTT Communications Science Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan (araki.shoko@ieee.org)
- EliathambyAmbikairajah, Industry Chair of SPS Entrepreneurship Forum at ICASSP 2024, Professor ofUNSW,Sydney, Australia (e.ambikairajah@unsw.edu.au)
About ICASSP 2024
The 49th edition of the International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, & Signal Processing (ICASSP) will be held in Seoul, Korea from 14-19 April 2024. The programme will include keynotes by pre-eminent international speakers, cutting-edge tutorial topics, SP Grand Challenges, and forward-looking special sessions. ICASSP also provides a great networking opportunity with a wide range of like-minded professionals from academia.