United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and Adana Entrepreneurship Centre invite you to the Start-up Weekend for All that will be held between 13-15 December 2019 in Adana Entrepreneurship Centre.

Start-up Weekend which takes place in different parts of the world, consists of 54 hours marathon and it is open to everybody who interests in entrepreneurship. If you want to improve business ideas, enrich them and turn business ideas into reality, take your place in the marathon!

The marathon will start on Friday evening and last until Sunday evening, with the participants from Turkish and refugee communities who will work together to develop the business ideas in cooperation and harmony. On Sunday evening business models will be presented before the jury for further support to turn the idea into real business and employment opportunity.

Business ideas that are identified at the end of the Marathon will be technically and where possible financially during the business development process. Participating teams will also have the chance to participate to the Boom your Idea Out Bootcamp Program of Adana Entrepreneurship Centre. Boom your Idea Out Bootcamp is a pre-incubation accelerator program where entrepreneurs will benefit from qualified training and deep mentoring for 3 months.

Start-up Weekend for All aims to provide a platform for social gathering and creating together! Start-up Weekend for All waits all Turkish and refugee students to participate. If you want to create together, work in harmony and to turn your business ideas into reality, Join in!

Deadline to apply for the event: 6 December 2019

The participants determined to be contacted: 9 December 2019

The Event Date: 13-15 December 2019

The Event Place: Çukurova Technokent Incubation Centre Building

Balcalı, Çarkı Pare Mah. Teknokent Binası No:19/A, 01250 Sarıçam/Adana

For registration please click the link: http://startupweekendforall.com/

Agenda

13 December 2019, Friday:

18:00 Registration and Networking

19:00 Opening of the Event

19:05 Project Partners’ Introduction

20:00 Warming-up: Half Baked

21:00 Introduction of Initial Business Plans of the Participants

21:30 Forming teams and sharing ideas

22:30 Start Working!

14 December 2019, Saturday

09:00 Breakfast

09:30 Teams - Keep Working!

12:00 From Youth to Youth (Inspirational talks from youth entrepreneurs- Entrepreneurship Foundation)

12:30 Lunch

13:00 Mentoring Training (For Mentors)

14:00 Mentors working with teams

-       Dr. Asma Nairi

17:30 Entrepreneurship Training (Concepts, Processes, Ecosystem, etc.)

19:15 Dinner

20:15 Pitching Training

-       Patrick Bosteels, Google StartUp Weekend certificated Trainer, Mentor and Co-Founder of Stage Co

23:00 End of day (Teams can continue to work overnight)

15 December 2019, Sunday

09:00 Breakfast

10:00 Continue to work with mentors or as a team.

11:00 Beginning of interviews with mentors for presentation preparations

12:30 Lunch

13:00 Working with mentors to prepare presentations

14:00 Jury Process Management Training (for Jury Members)

·      Adana Entrepreneurship Center

·      UNDP

·      Arı Kovanı

·      İhsan Müderrisoğlu, Deputy General Manager, Government Relations Dept., IBM

·      Angel Investor – Keiretsu & Entrepreneurship Foundation – tbc

·      Dr. Mustafa Kemal Akgül, Head of Dept., Ministry of Industry and Technology

·      ….

15:00 Inspirational Talks from Jury

·      İhsan Müderrisoğlu, Deputy General Manager, Government Relations Dept., IBM

·      Entrepreneurship Foundation – Board Member - tbc

·      Angel Investor – Keiretsu & Entrepreneurship Foundation – tbc

·      …..

16:00 Beginning of Presentations to the Jury

17:30 Award ceremony and closing

18:00 Return Home! :)