Sharjah to Host Largest Entrepreneurship Festival in the UAE
Sharjah Entrepreneurship Center, Sheraa, carried out a press conference to announce the launch of the biggest entrepreneurship festival in the UAE at the Sheraa Hub, American University of Sharjah in the visibility of leading industry specialists and strategic companions. Celebrating and charging the spirit of entrepreneurship, Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival (SharjahEF) makes its grand launching in Sharjah this November, 2017.
SharjahEF, organized and led by Sheraa, is readied to be hung on 21 st and 22 nd November 2017 at the Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club. The UAE's outstanding entrepreneurial environment will witness the biggest and most innovative entrepreneurial occasion, providing a unique platform for global and local business owners, capitalists and pioneers to explore its diverse and fertile ecosystem.
Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival aims to celebrate entrepreneurship and collect all the principals to inspire, empower and link. The festival invites youth, entrepreneurs, government companions, potential capitalists and industry veterans from the global business community to experience the unique atmosphere of SharjahEF combining over 1500 participants for two full days of inspiring conversations, encouraging workshops, and the region's 60 ideal startups showcasing at Startup Community. The startups will certainly likewise be lending a hand the festival's Pitch Competition for an opportunity to win up to AED 150,000, judged by an external committee of ecosystem leaders.
Najla Al-Midfa, General Manager at Sheraa commented, Launching the inaugural edition of the Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival is simply one of the lots of methods Sharjah's entrepreneurial environment is collaborating to sustain not simply established start-ups but additionally aiming business owners. This 2-day celebration of entrepreneurship aims to motivate new achievements, create thought-provoking discussions, and renew the ecological community's spirit and passion for building a better future."
Najla Al Ansari, Project Lead of Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival specified, "Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival will combine the best and brightest of individuals in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to celebrate the power of entrepreneurship and influence further innovation. We expect making Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival a milestone occasion in the UAE entreprenurship landscape.".
The event of prominent advisors and business magnates will certainly supply conversations and understandings into a variety of subjects consisting of social entrepreneurship, imaginative economic climates, future and disruptive technologies, fintech, and the growing of the startup community. The occasion will certainly include significant investors, tactical companions such as Emaar and Sharjah Media City (Shams), and an excellent schedule of 80+ speakers.
Hadi Badri, Chief Method Officer of Emaar said, "Sheraa has been proactively cultivating the entrepreneurial culture and setting of Sharjah, and we are honoured to be the strategic partner for Sharjah Entrepreneurship Festival. The festival supplies a terrific platform for the country's incredible talent to advertise themselves and their ideas. There is additionally an exceptionally strong alignment in the dedication of both our organisations to supporting the new generation of entrepreneurs to develop a vibrant eco-system in UAE that contributes to national development.".
Shihab Al Hammadi, Director of Shams highlighted, "We are keen to strengthen and establish our partnership with Sheraa and pleased to be the strategic enroller for SharjahEF - a partnership that drops in line with our strategy for taking a positive duty in sustaining emerging projects and promoting the entry of young business owners into the market. Given this background, we see fantastic potential in working together with Sheraa in their initiatives to improve development, include jobs and build creative communities.
SharjahEF will also be presenting The Seffy Awards, a collection of 9 prestigious awards for entrepreneurial value in the UAE's startup industry to identify excellence in success as assessed by a prominent community vote. The various categories consist of the Entrepreneur of the Year award, the Tech Start-up of the Year award and the Sheraa Increasing Celebrity of the Year award.
The Technology Startup of the Year award has 7 champions, from markets including Traveling & Tourist, Fintech, Food & Beverage, Creative Economy, Social Enterprise, Cleantech, and Logistics & Transportation.
The ticket shop is currently open with Regular tickets for sale, and start-ups can still request the opportunity to display. For more information and registration to SharjahEF, go to www.sharjahef.com.
