FRAMINGHAM, Mass/PRNewswire/ -- The DEMO Conferences, the world-renowned "launchpad for
emerging technology and trends," today announced the kick off to its
semi-annual Innovation Tour in search of the most promising technologies to showcase at the upcoming DEMO Spring 2011 Conference, to be held February 27-March 1, 2011 in Palm Desert, CA.
DEMO executive producer Matt Marshall
and the DEMO team will travel to cities across the US and abroad to meet
with potential demonstrators for the upcoming DEMO Spring 2011
conference. DEMO is teaming up with a top venture capital firm in each
city, where 10 startups will be selected to present their product or
concept to VentureBeat Editor in Chief and DEMO Executive Producer Matt
Marshall and top local investors, for consideration to take part of the
class of DEMO Spring 2011 launch demonstrators.
Each selected company will also have the opportunity to address and
network with a larger audience at an evening DEMO Tour party open to
local entrepreneurs, DEMO alumni, VCs, investors and media.
"We are excited to be back on the road for our Innovation Tour to
meet with the entrepreneurs who are truly pushing the boundaries of
what's possible in today's technology world," said DEMO executive
producer Matt Marshall. "Each tour stop
provides a unique opportunity to reunite the DEMO community and we are
looking forward to bringing together local investors, VCs, media and
DEMO alumni, as well as potential demonstrators for the upcoming DEMO
Spring conference."
Destinations on the DEMO Innovation Tour include:
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Boulder, CO ? October 26, 2010
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Austin, TX ? November 19, 2010
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Seattle, WA ? November 30, 2010
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Irvine, CA ? December 14, 2010
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San Diego, CA ? December 15, 2010
Stay connected with DEMO through the communities on the following sites:
To learn more about DEMO Spring 2011 go to: www.demo.com
About the DEMO Conferences
Produced by the IDG Enterprise events group in conjunction with VentureBeat, the DEMO conferences in the United States and China
focus on emerging technologies and new products innovations, which are
hand selected from across the spectrum of the technology marketplace.
The DEMO conferences have earned their reputation for consistently
identifying tomorrow's cutting-edge technologies, and have served as
launch pad events for companies such as Palm, E*Trade, Handspring, and
U.S. Robotics, helping them to secure venture funding, establish
critical business relationships, and influence early adopters. For more
information on the DEMO conferences, visit http://www.demo.com/.
The DEMO community also benefits from the award winning DEMOletter. A
weekly e-newsletter designed to reach the people who are creating
companies, building products and launching new ideas, DEMOletter
provides smart insight and analysis of entrepreneurial business issues.
To subscribe, go to: http://www.demo.com
About IDG Enterprise
IDG Enterprise, an International Data Group (IDG) company, brings
together unique editorial brands (CIO, Computerworld, CSO, DEMO,
InfoWorld, ITworld and Network World) to serve the information needs of
our technology and security-focused audiences. As a digital-centric
media company we serve our reader and advertiser audiences with
award-winning content and community, driving conversation and
conversion, across our entire portfolio of awarding-winning, websites,
events, magazines, products and services. In addition, the CIO Executive
Council, a peer advisory service, brings together the nation's top
CIOs, as well as provides community and leadership development tools for
their staffs.
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