Awards Dinner tickets now on sale
The annual INVENT 2017 Awards Dinner will take place on Thursday 5th October in the Belfast Waterfront Conference Centre.
The Awards night is the final celebration dinner of the Invent competition and our search for Northern Ireland's next breakthrough invention.
Our finalists have competed through several challenging rounds of pitches, assessed by our independent expert judges and they are now in with a chance of winning a share of the £33,000 prize fund, access to our global network and a coveted place on the NI Tech Mission to California.
Come join us for what has become the highlight of the Northern Ireland business calendar. You will be joined by more than 600 business executives, entrepreneurs, investors, students and innovators for a fabulous evening of networking.
On the night there will be a drinks reception, a four course dinner and an exciting and high-energy awards ceremony when we will announce our 2017 Invent winners. The evening will be hosted by broadcaster William Crawley and we will have live and interactive 'elevator pitches' on the night.
Meet the Finalists
KegoMatic
Automated beer keg solution
Team Bryan Murphy, Conor Mcgurk, Connor Carville, Donavan Cambell, Patrick Devlin, Aaron Rath
Agri Science
The Skinny Sauce Company
Sugar free, gluten free, all natural sauces
Team Maria Doran
Agri Science
Hug
Discrete wearable heatpack
Team Fiona Bennington
Engineering
"Edde" by Iris
Water Rescue Device
Team Kevin Howlette, James Baller
Engineering
The Blinky Company
Intelligent buggy blanket
Team Olivia Farnan
Life & Health
Phion Therapeutics
Targeted and controlled drug delivery technology
Team Helen McCarthy & David Tabaczynski
Life & Health
Uleska
Fast, proactive and scalable application of security features
Team Gary Robinson
Enterprise Software
Farm TV
Agricultural video content platform
Team John McClean
Consumer & Creative Internet
ProtectBox
Automating and simplifying the identification of Cybersecurity solutions
Team Kiran Bhagotra
Enterprise Software
Evy
Smart Tracking Bag
Team Niamh Tohill, Vincent Kearney, Andrew Cunningham, Nathan Steenson, Matthew Whiteside
Electronics
DITACA
Securing distributed critical systems via the cloud
Team Rafiullah Khan, Boojoong Kang, Matthew Hagan
Electronics
Seat View
360 degree virtual reality seat views
Team Graham Little
Consumer & Creative Internet
Sponsors
Student Awards
The Invent Student awards will take place on Wednesday 13th September sponsored and hosted by Ulster University. These Awards will take place at Ulster University Belfast Campus.
We have invited back the top twelve student scores from the Invent qualifying rounds to battle it out to be crowned the student winner and receive £1000.
The Students will pitch in front of a live audience of teachers and school students who will hopefully be inspired by the pitches. The day will continue for the audience with a day of innovation hosted by Ulster University,
Please click here to find out more information.
Innovation Founder Award
Connect is future-focused, but that’s not to say we can’t learn a thing or two from the past. Our annual Innovation Founders Award is given to a local innovator who has successfully pushed the possibility of their business idea beyond boundaries. They come from a wide variety of sectors but all share a common characteristic: having the tenacity and vision to develop home-grown innovation into remarkable success stories. They are all testament to the fact that in Northern Ireland we are as capable as anywhere in the world at creating outstanding breakthrough businesses.
Nominations are now closed for the Innovation Founder 2017. Stay tuned for the big announcement!
