Innofest Hyderabad – Celebrating Innovation
9 years ago Guest - Shalini Bhuwalka, Rajat Shahi1200 delegates, 150 innovators, and 100 makers – you can experience all of this at once by being a part of Innofest – one of the biggest fests happening on 21st November 2015 at T-HUB Foundation, IIIT Hyderabad.
Hyderabad is the second city to host this fest after Bangalore. It began as a celebration of innovation and the second year also follows the legacy. This year also the Innofest strives to rejoice the pioneering minds of India. The Hyderabad Innofest is powered by Hyderabad 4 Innovation and supported by Hyderabad Hackers, Hyderabad Entrepreneurs, Hysea, and TiE.
The startup ecosystem has 3 main parts – Entrepreneurship, products and Innovation and this fest aim to bring out the best of all these elements. This fest is for those who wish to learn, connect and believe. If you have an interesting idea to showcase or an out of the box project, then Innofest is where you have to be. This is the place that not only encourages fresh talent, but your talents will also be recognized by other participants who will include big giants of successful companies, investors and other like-minded innovators.
“The vibrancy of grass root innovation cannot be experienced through speeches and panel discussions within enclosed halls but has to be felt with energy & exuberance. @inno_fest you will have a day-long experience of rubbing shoulders with India’s innovators, it’s greatest entrepreneurial thinkers, legendary political leaders, smartest kids creating the coolest things and wisest patrons backing your dreams.†Promises the team of Innofest.
What will you get by being a part of Innofest?
By being there on 21st November 2015, you will get a chance to do one or all of the following –
- Get to listen to inspiring talks from big giants like the CTO of celebrated startups.
- Build Unconferences and deliberate on common topics with experts.
- Be a part of boot camps on various hot topics like IoT/Makers, JS/NodeJs, Android, Amazon AWS, Security Hacking etc
- Witness the demos given by the hackathon finalists
- Be a part of hacking challenges and other competitions
- Contribute your experiences in Interactive tech art/Experience Stalls, Maker challenges (build something in 3 hours) Maker showcase (3D products, SmartCity, SmartHomes)
- Participate in the Innofest innovative project
This art hackathon is a pre-event, where all artists and innovators will be connected to like-minded people to showcase their talent. As part of the art hackathon, Innofest is inviting all those out of the box thinkers to register themselves and take this event as a platform to showcase their innovative ideas. It could be a new product idea, or a creative college project – if you think it is creative enough to share it with the crowd, go ahead and register yourself for the interactive art hackathon.
You will be given 24 hours to build something creative. The hackathon will allow designers to connect with developers so that the entire idea can be completed within the given time. The winners of this hackathon will get a chance to show their winning product in the main event of Innofest.
“Interactive art. Highly creative. Innovative. Entertaining. Engaging. Part design. Prt art. And part technology. All kinds of tech. This is what we are going to be building at the Interactive Art Hackathon @ InnoFest. A unique creative buildathon as a pre-event to the main fest. Getting designers, artists & architects. Pair them up with techies and builders. Ideate. In 48 hours build some very interesting interactive experiences, that border on art!! “ Chips in the team of Innofest.
Some Important Dates
- The ideation for Art Hackathon – 4th November 2015
- Art Hackathon – 7th and 8th November 2015
- Innofest – 21st November 2015
- Registrations for the event close on – 30th October 2015
You can register for the event either as an early bird or as a regular audience.
India can innovate – is what the team of Innofest believes. Be there to make their belief into reality. If not innovate, be there to encourage young talent.