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The participants of this program ought to register in the respective registration form. Afterwards, the organizing committee of Blue Bio Value Ideation 2022 will reach out in order to schedule an interview call to validate registration.

You do not need to be Portuguese or to be studying in Portugal, but you will need to be physically present in one of the Ideation Sessions, either in Lisbon or Porto. Transport and accommodation costs are not covered.

The program takes place over three days: an online onboarding preparatory session, prior to the session, which takes place in a full weekend. 

For registrants in the Porto session: the Blue Bio Value Ideation 2022 online session will be held on the 18th of November afternoon, and the in-person sessions will take place in Porto Business School on the weekend of 19th and 20th of November.

For registrants in the Lisbon session: the Blue Bio Value Ideation 2022 online session will be held on the 25h of November afternoon, and the in-person sessions will take place in Porto Business School on the weekend of 26th and 27th of November.

No. The sessions in Lisbon and Porto are independent. Participants are expected to choose whether to participate in one or the other, according to their personal preference.

A multidisciplinary environment with participants mainly from the areas of natural sciences, engineering, technologies and entrepreneurship areas such as management. The sessions will be guided by a team from BGI – the Blue Bio Value program manager for Ideation –  and include a set of exercises aimed at stimulating the creation of business ideas. 

These ideas can be ignited either from existing knowledge and developed research dedicated to marine bio-resources, or have a positive impact on them. BLUEBIO ALLIANCE, the Scientific Coordinator, will assist throughout the process.

No. You will share the information that you classify as essential for the business mentor to help you to successfully transfer your knowledge and research into the market/industry and for the final jury to evaluate the final pitches and select the winner(s). More details concerning the data treatment can be found in the Rules and Regulation.

• Eagerness to gain or develop experience in a startup or a high-tech impactful venture; 
• Motivation to work in the entrepreneurial ecosystem within the blue economy;
• Availability to guide and mentor the team members during and after the ideation session;
• Previous related academic professional experience (preferably).

Yes. Alongside with this requisite, the good patrices to be a business mentor include not having conflict of interests, not being driven by personal gains alone, have time to participate and, especially for the winning teams, be committed to spending the time and effort to help build a successful venture.

No. The “match” between your business mentor profile and interests, and the needs of the participating R&D projects team will be done by BGI. However, you can accept or not to work with the STEM team designated to you.

All the teams will have to perform a Final Pitch to the Jury of the Blue Bio Value Ideation 2022. The Jury will take into consideration the following criteria: 

• Business model potential;
• Team composition and performance;
• Technology proposed;
• Performance throughout the Ideation session;
• Attendance and engagement;
• Tasks completed;
• Performance at the final pitch. 

In each Ideation session:

The 5.000€ award can be spent through the Blue Demo Network, a network of services that promotes and gives the team access to a set of portuguese services focused on the blue bioeconomy (i.e. laboratories, legal, etc.).

The Winners will also be awarded with 5 mentorship sessions provided by the BLUEBIO ALLIANCE and BGI to assist the business model development. 

Moreover, the winning team will have facilitated access to the Blue Bio Value Acceleration* in 2023.