Barking Learning Centre
2 Town Square Barking IG11 7NB

Saturday 13th September
9.30am – 1.00pm

Opportunity to see the work of Local Inventors
Gain advice on how to develop and commercialise your own ideas

Terry Jennings, Chairman, 01945 450814
terry_jennings@eastlondoninventorsclub.com

If you wish to book a place on this event please contact:

Karen Wilton, k.wilton@uel.ac.uk, 020 8223 7528

*ELIC is a non-profit making club. Members meet every month at the Knowledge Dock Business Centre, based at the University of East London Docklands campus, to network with other inventors, manufacturers and specialists, and to explore the commercial potential of inventions and innovations. The club also runs a programme of topical presentations.*

*Prize Draw - free membership for 15 people to join the East London Inventors Club*

Steve has his own great blog on the internet which can be viewed at the following URL

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/

Have questions about the casting call? Check out the Chicago Q&A
forum on Edison Nation www.edisonnation.com or visit the
Everyday Edisons Web site.
www.everydayedisons.com/castingCalls.html

Providence Rhode Island Convention Center
One Sabin Street
Providence, RI 02903

Doors open at 7 a.m. As long as you make it to the
registration line by 1 p.m., you will be able to present your
idea. There is no pre-registration and you do not need to RSVP.
The event is free and open to the public. If you have an Edison
Nation Gold Pass, please look for the line specifically for
Edison Nation Gold Members, www.edisonnation.com

Bring prototypes, sketches, pictures, copies of patents, etc.
Or, just your idea!

The service has been setup by Cally Robson (a specialist in helping creative ideas people evolve their concepts for the marketplace) and Deb Leary (an award-winning inventor and entrepreneur who developed her concept for an improved forensic stepping plate used in crime scene investigation into an international company, Forensic Pathways Ltd.)

For more details see the link below:

http://www.inventionintelligence.com

http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/

Steve is an expert in his field and we’ve been lucky enough to have him speak at the club on several occasions. On the site you’ll find many very interesting articles related to Patents & IP.

The London Technology Fund (LTF) is London’s specialist investor in new technology companies. It is focused on the funding gap for new, high growth technology companies based in Greater London. It bridges the funding gap by leading and building a syndicate of investors or by completing the gap in an existing syndicate. The Fund is happy to work with investors already known to a company or to help entrepreneurs find investors. It has developed a streamlined investment process with an initial web-based application that helps entrepreneurs identify and provide the essential information LTF needs for prompt decision-making.

The Fund backs ambitious teams and will work with them to achieve strong results. Our focus is on the following sectors:

• Communications
• Computer (hardware, internet, semiconductors and software)
• Other electronics related
• Biotechnology
• Medical (instruments, pharmaceuticals and healthcare)
• Emerging technologies (such as nanotechnology)
• Energy
• Environment
• Physical sciences and engineering
• New materials
• Value added manufacturing

Last night’s guest speaker was Celia Gates who managed to fit us into her busy schedule. She had just returned from China and talked to us about the pros and cons of product licensing and selling abroad.

She has gained numerous awards including European Female Designer of the year Award and her new packaging design was Awarded the Minds Award by the Malaysian Innovators and design Society.

Having won the Platinum Award for British Consumer Invention of the Year in 2004, Celia put everything on the line to develop her unique range of cookware. “I raised money by selling my house, left work and got fully stuck in to the development of the product.”

Celia has recently returned from exhibiting at the Ambiente Fair in Frankfurt where she launched her range in 2007.  This is one of the largest International Housewares trade fairs and she has been amazed at the response to her new ranges. Hopefully what this means is that her products will start to find their way to a store closer to you in the not too distant future.

Celia was be able to discuss first hand the advantages of exhibiting at Shows and give us an insight into the pros and cons of manufacturing abroad.

http://doctorcookware.com

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