Coventure AS and UiA's Center for Entrepreneurship wish on the occasion National Science Week to invite all employees at UiA to participate in the annual idea competition. The competition runs parallel with the National Science Week in the period 24^th September to 3rd October 2010. The announcement of the winner will take place on Monday 4^th of October at 12 o'clock. A prize will be awarded. Good ideas will be noted - and Coventure can assist you in the further development of the business idea. This is however optional.

To mark the start of the competition, we would hereby like to invite you to a kick-off lecture with the title "Disruptive innovation in one hour" by Lars Ole Mathisen, the Director of Gain Growth AS. Mathisen is a recognized expert in the field “disruptive innovation”. You will at the lecture receive a brief introduction to the disruptive method for evaluating business ideas. Please keep eller reserve the date already now!

The lecture will be held at UiA Wednesday 1^st September at 11 o'clock in Kristiansand and at 3 o'clock in Grimstad.

We are confident that there are many great ideas among the employees at UiA which have a commercialization potential. The goal for this competition is to help bring out good business ideas.

If you have any questions about the competition please contact Tone Birkenes at Coventure AS, tel. 948 07032, email tone.birkenes@coventure.no and / or the Center for Entrepreneurship by Erik Arntsen, tel. 480 10542, email erik.arntsen@uia.no.

Ideas for the contest can be sent directly to forny@coventure.no

---- ALL IDEAS WILL BE TREATED WITH DISCRETION AND CONFIDENTIALY!

You'll hear from us again. Have a great summer with many creative ideas. See you at the kick-off lecture in September!

For more information about UiA's commercialization partner Coventure AS please see:

www.coventure.no