May 2, 2016

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Dear ___:
The Department of Science and Technology- Information and
Communications Technology Office, in partnership with the Philippine
Software Industry Association, Intel Philippines and the Philippine
Society of IT Educators launched the Philippine Startup Challenge (PSC)
2016 a student startup competition that aims to encourage college students to
create innovative technologies that address real life problems and have potential
to become viable business ventures.
Now on its 3rd year, the Challenge is geared towards attracting a wider range of
entries. Aside from its coverage of software technology startups, the Challenge
now also welcomes hardware innovations that involve the application of
Internet of Things (IOT) concepts through a dedicated track supported by Intel
Philippines.
In preparation for the Challenge, Lean Startup 101 and IOT Bootcamps will be
conducted for College Professors in key areas to ensure that potential team
coaches are equipped with the necessary tools and skills to efficiently coach
student teams in building their own startup / IOT innovations. The bootcamps
will run in 4 locations around the country to cover the basics of setting up a tech
startup business as well as IOT concepts. Locations and dates for the bootcamp
legs are written below:
Location

Lean Startup 101

Bootcamp
May 20, 2016
May 28, 2016
June 20, 2016
June 24, 2016

IOT Track Bootcamp

Bacolod
May 21, 2016
Metro Manila
May 29, 2016
Baguio
June 21, 2016
General
June 25, 2016
Santos
It is in this light that we wish to invite your school to send your faculty
representative to participate in the Visayas leg of the bootcamp which will be
held in Metro Manila on May 20, 2016, venue TBA*.
The slot will be provided free of charge and is inclusive of the ff:
1. Workshop Materials
2. Food for the duration of the bootcamp
3. Certificate of completion
Expectations from your faculty representative:

2016 Philippine Startup Challenge

Create Disruptive Technologies. Solve Real Life Problems

1.
2.

The faculty representative should be from the ff areas: Information

Technology, Computer Science, Engineering and/or Business
Management
The faculty representative will serve as coach and resident mentor to
your schools student team who will be participating in the Philippine
Startup Challenge

3.

The faculty representative should be available for consultation

whether physical / online, regarding the student teams Challenge
entry

4.

The faculty representative will serve as Startup Coordinator and

advocate in your institution and maybe contacted for future initiatives
regarding startups and ITpreneurship

The bootcamps will be an eligibility requirement for mentors to enter student

teams to the Challenge. The event will be by invitation to include selected
institutions in the region to participate. Due to limited slots we can only
accommodate one (1) representative per academic institution for preregistration.
We will announce if any extra slots will be made available. Confirmation will be
on a first-come-first-served basis. Only 50 participants can be accommodated in
each leg of the bootcamp.
For the software track: Mentors who wish to enter teams and projects for the
software track ARE NOT required to attend the IOT Bootcamp.
For IOT Track:
Attendance to the IOT Bootcamp is highly recommended, although
professors previously trained in development boards by Intel may choose
not to attend the IOT bootcamp
Mentors who wish to enter teams and projects for the IOT track ARE
REQUIRED TO ATTEND THE LEAN STARTUP 101 BOOTCAMP AS
WELL.
The representative mentor should have attended BOTH bootcamps to
ensure a wholistic approach in developing their IOT Innovations
A briefer regarding the Philippine Startup Challenge and the bootcamps are
attached for your reference.
To pre-register and see more details, please visit our eventbrite pages and enlist
your participation, links are found below:
Lean Startup 101 Bootcamp: https://2016pscleanstartupbootcampbacolod.eventbrite.com
IOT Bootcamp: https://2016psciotbootcamp-bacolod.eventbrite.com
After pre-registration at eventbrite, an email message from a DOST-ICTO
representative will confirm your slot to the event.

2016 Philippine Startup Challenge

Create Disruptive Technologies. Solve Real Life Problems

PLEASE NOTE: Representatives of schools who have attended the Lean Startup
Bootcamps in 2014 and 2015 are automatically eligible to submit a team for the
Philippine Startup Challenge 2016.
If you are unable to join the regional event nearest you, you might be interested
to join the other legs of the bootcamp. Please see below for attached list of links
for other bootcamp sessions.
Lean 101 Startup Bootcamp
Location
Date
Link
Metro Manila
May
http://2016pscleanstartupbootcamp28
manila.eventbrite.com
Baguio
June
http://2016pscleanstartupbootcamp10
baguio.eventbrite.com
General Santos
June
http://2016pscleanstartupbootcamp24
gensan.eventbrite.com
IOT Bootcamp
Location
Date
Link
Metro Manila
May
http://2016psciotbootcamp29
manila.eventbrite.com
Baguio
June
http://2016psciotbootcamp21
baguio.eventbrite.com
General Santos
June
http://2016psciotbootcamp25
gensan.eventbrite.com
For further information please contact Jackielyn Isip of the ICTO seedPH Program
at
(02)
920-0101
loc.
1101
and
0915
5943442
or
email
at
jackielyn.isip@icto.dost.gov.ph.
Thank you and best regards.
Very truly yours,

2016 Philippine Startup Challenge

Create Disruptive Technologies. Solve Real Life Problems

2016 Philippine Startup Challenge

Create Disruptive Technologies. Solve Real Life Problems