What’s New at DEMOfall 09?
DEMO is expanding to showcase technologies from all stages in the product life cycle. In addition to the launch of as many as 70 never-before-seen/ready-for-market products, DEMOfall 09 will be adding several all new content segments including:
'AlphaPitch' - Making DEMO Available for Early Stage Entrepreneurs
Consistently, DEMO finds amazing innovations and product concepts that may not be quite ready for commercial launch. For the first time ever, DEMOfall 09 will host up to thirty companies still in this early prototype stage to participate in a unique segments called AlphaPitch. Companies considered for AlphaPitch must be in the prototype or development stage of their product lifecycle, be pre-revenue, and have received no more than a seed round of funding (<$500k).
Chris Shipley and Matt Marshall's VentureBeat will evaluate each applicant in order to find the most compelling new ideas. Companies picked will have to be operating in the thick of the hottest trends around. DEMO gives these companies a chance to get early market feedback from media and executive-level attendees.
Learn about how to apply for consideration
Innovation on the Horizon: A Look into R&D Labs
DEMO is also developing a series of thought-provoking presentations which will take an insiders look into the research facilities and R&D labs of leading universities, incubators, and technology leaders like Facebook, Google, Apple, and Microsoft. DEMO will be inviting the top names in emerging technology to present the newest concepts that they believe hold the greatest promise to transform the future of technology for business and life.
"The DEMO program has always been an early indicator of technology trends and emerging markets," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of the DEMO Conferences. "These new program elements build on that foundation to give attendees the complete picture of product trends, from earliest ideas to first customer ship."
Innovators selected to participate will be announced throughout the summer.
DEMO Lifetime Achievement Awards and All-Star Send off for Chris Shipley
Having produced 24 DEMO conferences in 13 years, Chris has helped more than 1,500 companies introduce leading-edge products to the world. To celebrate her incredible leadership of DEMO, the organizers are inviting some of the most memorable innovators back to the DEMO stage to join Chris in a toast to her past and future success. This time Chris will be presenting them with a DEMO Lifetime Achieve Award.
Announcements will be made throughout the summer as these exceptional classes of DEMO alumni are selected.
DEMOfall 09 marks the final conference with Chris Shipley at the helm and the first time Matt Marshall is fully engaged in the demonstrator selection and program development process along side Chris. Together, these two industry veterans are collaborating to develop a DEMO program that embraces the complete product life cycle, from concept to prototype to launch-ready. "Matt brings a fresh perspective to DEMO that is instrumental in shaping the future of the brand," Shipley said.
