Wake Forest Annual "Elevator Contest" March 27-28

A virtual reality platform that provides 3D data management, artificial intelligence and more via gesturing based navigation…a retinal prosthetic that aims to restore vision to those blinded by macular degeneration…a smart alarm cell phone application that wakes the user at the optimal point in their sleep cycle…These and other amazing entrepreneurial ideas from Yale, Kellogg School of Management, Wake Forest University and many other top universities in the U.S., will be in the spotlight Friday and Saturday, March 27 and 28, in North Carolina, when Wake Forest University hosts its annual and highly-regarded “Elevator Competition." In it, student teams will have two minutes to pitch their novel ideas to angel investors, for cash prizes and more.

Members of the media are invited to ride along in available elevators in the Wachovia Center in downtown Winston-Salem, to listen to the rapid-fire pitches of competing teams. Media members are also welcome to a public event featuring Bob Young, co-founder of Red Hat, Inc., as he discusses “Thoughts From a Serial Entrepreneur,” at 5 p.m. Friday evening at WFU’s Worrell Professional Center, Room 1312.

To reserve a place on the elevator, by calling Sylvia Green at 336-758-3559 or e-mailing Pam Cook-Longworth at pam@annesepr.com.