Pitch day for inventors and innovators
Hills Limited, the maker of backyard icon the Hills Hoist, is on the hunt for Australia’s next big invention.
Hills this week called on Australian innovators and entrepreneurs to submit their proposals for ideas, projects and start-ups that can be funded, developed and commercialised in Hills’ Adelaide-based Innovation Centre.
Hills chief technology officer Leica Ison said the pitch day would help identify the best talent and brightest ideas and bring their products or services to market.
“Through pitch day, we are looking to identify and support the very best talent that Australia has to offer,” Ison said.
“Start-ups will be able to access funding, business assistance and the use of our Innovation Centre in Adelaide to accelerate the development of their products and services.
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“Ultimately, what we want to do is help foster a really vibrant start-up culture and grow a pipeline of technology-driven products and services.”
The Innovation Centre is already supporting its first major project – a new nurse call handset for the growing number of hospital patients and aged care residents living with arthritis – with a further three projects in the pipeline this year.
Applications for pitch day open on Monday 8 September and close on 14 October 2014.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend the Hills Pitch Day in Adelaide on 12 November 2014, where they will be given the opportunity to present their ideas in front of a panel of commercial and academic experts.
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