ArabCrunch and DART, the student entrepreneurship society at Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), which is one of the major programs at the of Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship (QRCE), are organizing the 1st ArabCrunch DEMO event in Amman, Jordan on February 23rd at the Friendship auditorium of Princess Sumaya University for Technology.
The event, which the organizers hope to make into a regular one, aims to be a launchpad for emerging technologies in the Arab world. The event will also include keynotes from top regional and world class technology and e-marketing experts, and will be followed by a networking reception.
This edition of the event will give the chance to five Arab startups to present their products and services:
- Ishki, a Web 2.0 portal that aims to be the first Arab complaints platform. (Jordan)
- MailPacks, an auto responder system. (Jordan)
- Adhere, from Citex Software, an open-source mobile advertising platform. (Egypt)
- weNear, from eSpace, a location-based framework that connects people’s Interest. (Egypt)
- Al-Khawarizmy, who have developed new Arabic search algorithms and solutions. (Egypt)
The keynote speakers at the event will be:
- Sumaya Kazi, Senior Social Media Manager at Sun Microsystems and founder of The CulturalConnect.
- Khaled Jabasini, the Founder and CEO of E-Marketing MENA, a leading digital Media consultancy in the Middle East and North Africa.
- Herve Cuviliez, the Managing Director of KuvCapital, a leading Pan-Arab and European seed investment venture capital firm.
Attendance will be free of charge, with previous preapproval. Registration can be done online by visiting the event’s website: ArabCrunch Demo 09.
It will be amazing to have our own DEMO event. But i am wondering about how the presentations were picked. Shouldn’t the be a way to apply for a place normally?
I think DEMO events worldwide do this.
Anyways see you there people.
It will be amazing to have our own DEMO event. But i am wondering about how the presentations were picked. Shouldn’t the be a way to apply for a place normally?
I think DEMO events worldwide do this.
Anyways see you there people.
Dear MMM,
First let me say thank u for posting about the event, ArabCrunch and startup arabia aim the same thing, to help arab startups, we together can make a difference 🙂
@tambi: we accept application to demo,to apply to launch at the event go here:
http://events.arabcrunch.com/demo9/apply.html
Dear MMM,
First let me say thank u for posting about the event, ArabCrunch and startup arabia aim the same thing, to help arab startups, we together can make a difference 🙂
@tambi: we accept application to demo,to apply to launch at the event go here:
http://events.arabcrunch.com/demo9/apply.html