“Angels without Borders”

16^th-18^th February at Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle, New South Wales

The Conference theme for 2011, “Angels without Borders” reflects the national and international trend to foster the break down of barriers at every level (knowledge, skills, industry, sector, group, distance, jurisdiction, etc.) and promote syndication, coinvestment and collaboration to support the growth of the companies in which Angels invest. Experienced Angels and entrepreneurs will describe effective governance and mentoring strategies.

Sessions focus on international Angel investment best practices covering key issues including consideration of a possible investment through to managing risk, relationships and strategies to enable successful exits from investments.

• share in the latest in Angel education at the Master Classes;
• hear about real Angel deals that are in the works;
• get the latest research on the Australian Angel sector;
• review trends in Angel investment around the world;
• learn how Angel investments can be more successful;
• explore the construction of an Angel exit; and
• understand Angels building communities of interest with their corporate partners.

AAAI will present the views of Angels and other investors and professionals from across Australia and around the world.

International Speakers:

• Nelson Gray, Angel & LINC Scotland Board Member (Scotland)
• Sasha Mirchandani, Mumbai Angels (India)
• Fernando Prieto, Southern Angels (Chile)
• Wong Poh Kam, BANSEA (Singapore)
• Rob Scott, Angels Shanghai (China)
• Daniel Mothersill, President of NACO (Canada)

Ajujaht is a startup competition for young Estonian entrepreneurs creating innovative businesses.
The competition is open for teams of 1-7 members of which 50% must have Estonian residency and age between 18-35. Teams submit their business ideas online at ajujaht.ee describing the idea, value, client, market, team and finances. The ideas are evaluated by renown businessmen creating a feedback value for the participants.
The best 20 ideas enter a development programme carried out over 3 months covering all subjects necessary for young entrepreneurs. In addittion to the training sessions each team is assigned a mentor to support the teams in their business planning.
The development programme concludes with the submission of business plans. The jury evaluates both business plans and presentation. The best plans take a cut in the prize fund of 96 000 EUR and the possibility to enter a 1-year support programme for executing their business plan.
The competition is carried out under the Enterprise Estonia awareness programme co-funded by the European Social fund. The one million prize fund for 2010 is raised from successful entrepreneurs and organisations: SEB, Tervise Paradiis, Technopolis Ülemiste, Kredex, British Council, Tehnopol, Tallinn Enterprize Board, Tartu city, Skype, Foundation Heategu, Webmedia and Nasdaq OMX Tallinn Stock Exchange.