Details Finalized for Final Judging Session and Award Ceremony for i*deal Competition 2010-Wednesday, March 10, Basement Hall, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Head Office-
Mitsui Ventures and T-Gaia Corporation launched i*deal Competition 2010 in November 2009 with the sponsorship and support of Sony Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The final judging session for the competition will be held on Wednesday, March 10, 2010, as detailed below. The competition focuses on ideas and plans relating to aspects of the next-generation mobile telecommunications environment (the world of 3.9G-4G), including the new business models, services, software applications and mobile technologies that will function in this environment.
The final judging session will begin with presentations by entrants whose plans were judged to be the best during the preliminary selection process. The judges will then announce their final decisions, and an award ceremony will be held. In addition, there will be a presentation on the outlook for next-generation mobile platforms and the challenges involved. The speaker will be announced as soon as it decides.
We would like to invite those with interest in next-generation mobile platform technology and new business activities based on those platforms to attend this event.
Event overview
| Date and time | Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 15:30-18:00 (doors open at 15:00) |
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| Venue | Basement Area A, Multipurpose Hall, Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Head Office 2-1 Ohtemachi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
Admission will be free, but entry will be limited to 200 persons, and advance registration is required.
Please apply directly using the application form provided on the official website for the Mitsui Ventures i*deal Competition 2010.
Details of “i*deal Competition 2010”
i*deal Competition 2010 Official Website (http://www.ideal-comp.jp/)
Competition schedule |
Acceptance of entries: November 20, 2009 (Fri) - January 29, 2010 (Sun) Announcement of shortlist: By the end of February 2010 Preparation for Grand Finale: February - early March 2010 Grand Finale & award ceremony: March 10, 2010(Mitsui&Co.,Ltd. B1F"MultiFunctionHall",Tokyo) |
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| Hosts/Organizers |
Mitsui Ventures (Operating company: MVC Corporation) http://www.mitsuiventures.com/en/ T-Gaia Corporation http://www.t-gaia.co.jp/english/ir/ |
| Sponsors | Sony Corporation http://www.sony.net/ |
| Cooperative firms | Mitsui & Co., Ltd. http://www.mitsui.co.jp/en/ |
| Media sponsors |
ASCII.jp tech×ASCII.jp ASCII.technologies CNET Japan nobilog2 ＠IT TechCrunch Japan Nikkei Communications 
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Entry guidelines
Refer to Entry Guidelines
Enquiries
MVC Corporation
i*deal Competition Office
Email: it-press@mitsuiventures.com
Tel：(81) 3-5299-2251
Mitsui Ventures
Mitsui Ventures is the venture investment arm of Mitsui & Co. The company invests in venture companies in Japan and in countries across the globe. Mitsui Ventures actively invests venture capital on a global basis through its two subsidiaries, MVC, which focuses primarily on investments in Japan and Asia, and MCVP (Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, Inc.), which invests in North America from its bases in New York and the Silicon Valley.
- MVC Corporation
Head office: 16 Fl, KDDI Otemachi Bldg., 1-8-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004
- Mitsui & Co. Venture Partners, Inc.
Head office: 200 Park Avenue, New York, NY, USA 10166
T-Gaia Corporation
T-Gaia is an expanding force in the Japanese mobile phone business (mobile phone sales and agency services) and network business (sales representatives for communication services including My Line and broadband services) and a provider of settlement and other services (distribution of mobile phone content, settlement services and other new business). The company also actively invests management resources to cultivate and promote new business.
- T-Gaia Corporation
Head office: 14-18 Fl., Ebisu Neonato, 4-1-18 Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8575