Life Sciences Pitching Bootcamp
Looking to improve your pitching skills in a safe and fun environment? Then join our Life Sciences Pitching Bootcamp and turn your research into an exciting business idea and be in with a chance of winning one of two £1,000 awards.
About the Bootcamp
The Life Sciences Pitching Bootcamp will take place on Wednesday 23rd October at the Technology and Innovation Centre in Glasgow.
The Life Sciences Pitching Bootcamp is open for PhD students and postdoctoral researchers looking to develop key skills needed to advance in their research career, whether in commercialising their research or building new collaborations with academics or industry.
Although useful, you do not need to have a research idea ready for commercialisation to attend this event, your own research project and how to ‘pitch’ that can be used as an example for your elevator pitch – a very useful tool for any scientific conference!
This day-long intensive programme will bring you through the key stages of commercialisation/spinning out your own company, show you how to pitch your research, provide time to develop your own 1-minute elevator pitch and gain insight from successful innovators in the Scottish life sciences scene. The workshop will finish with a pitching competition judged by our organisers and speakers. There will be 2 x £1,000 award winners.
A networking reception will take place at the end of the bootcamp where a winner from each category will be announced. Winners will receive funding towards their professional development.
SULSA represents the entirety of life, medical and environmental sciences and as such, our participants will be grouped into Plant, Animal, Human, and Microbe headings and relevant speakers from each heading will be invited to present and mentor the participants throughout the day.
Programme
| 9:00 – 9:30 | Arrival and Introductions |
| 9:30 – 10:30 | The Spin-out Roadmap |
| 10:30 – 12:30 | How to Pitch Your Ideas and Pitch Development |
| 12:30 – 1:30 | Networking Lunch |
| 1:30 – 2:15 | Success Stories from Scottish Innovators |
| 2:15 – 3:00 | Reflection Time: attendees to refine their pitches |
| 3:00 – 4:00 | Pitching Event: 1-minute pitches from attendees |
| 4:00 – 5:00 | Networking reception and announcement of winners |
How to Apply
- PhD and Postdoctoral Researchers from SULSA members are eligible to apply.
- Applicants will be asked to provide a 500-word written pitch related to their current research and complete a pre-course survey to capture their entrepreneurial skills and thinking before taking part in the bootcamp.
- Don’t worry if you’ve never prepared a pitch before, this exercise is to provide you with a starting point for the workshop and help you see how your skills have developed over the course of the bootcamp. If you are not sure how your research could be applied to a business you can just tell us about your current research project.
- We will have 10-12 participants in each of four categories: Plant, Human, Animal, and Microbe. Places will be allocated on a first-come first-serve basis until the category is full.
- To ensure equal access to the event, some funding will be allocated to support travel and/or accommodation for those coming from outside of the central belt.
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Contact Information
Please contact our SULSA Director Dr Ali McIntosh at Alison.McIntosh@glasgow.ac.uk with any enquiries you may have.
