Nomination

Nominations are open until 29 August. Click here to nominate.

Presenting companies must be headquartered in Europe (including Eastern Europe, Turkey and Israel), and the founder and/or CEO be available on 14 October 2010 to present at the Innovation Exchange conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Only companies meeting the following criteria should apply:

• Proven, breakthrough technology

• Worldwide market ambition

• Quality management team

• Evidence of commercial traction

• Strength of third-party validation

The application process itself is quite straightforward and simply requires you to submit a completed company profile (template provided), plus your latest business plan or executive summary and a general company presentation, all of which can be uploaded directly onto the Innovation Exchange website.

Please follow the steps below to complete your application:

• Go to http://www.techtour.com/Registration.htm

• Follow instructions to fill out your registration

• Prepare and upload the relevant documents (company profile, presentation, executive summary or full business plan)

• Your company’s application and associated documents will then be in the Innovation Exchange database and available for immediate review and assessment by the Selection Committee

• If you wish to amend or update any of the documents you have submitted, log in again and upload new versions , observing the naming / dating convention specified. This will ensure that the reviewers are looking at the relevant version of presented documents.

Companies selected to present at the 2010 Innovation Exchange will be notified by September at the latest, but you might receive a brief due diligence call from a member of the selection committee before then.

Selection committee:

• Sven Lingjaerde, President, European Tech Tour Association

• Arve Johan Andresen, General Partner, Northzone

• George Coelho, Managing Partner, Good Energies

• Rodolfo Lara, Head of Tech Pioneers, WEF

• Bart Markus, General Partner, Wellington Partners

• Dharmash Mistry, Balderton

• Giuseppe Zocco, General Partner, Index Ventures

• Tony Zappala, Index Ventures

• Gerhard Florin, EA

• Alessio Beverina, Sofinnova

• Debu Purkayastha, Google

• Pamir Gelenbe, Big Bang Ventures

• Sharon Lewis, Vertex Venture Capital

• Einat Metzer, Gemini Israel Fund

• Harry Nelis, Accel Partners

• Patrick Sheehan, Environmental Technology Fund

We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity to present to, and network with, a large international delegation.