ONIA 2006 Winners

First Place - Automatic Rice Seedbed Protection

L-R: AIM Prof. Jay Bernardo, TeleTech VP Mohan Kulkarni, Provincial Board Member Marcelo Adanza, the 4 members of the team, DTI Provincial Director Jong Fortunato, AIM Prof. Richard Cruz


Second Place - WatchDog 24

L-R: Jay Bernardo, Mohan Kulkarni, Hon. Adanza, SU Prof Kim Yong Gyun-mentor , 2 members of the team, Jong Fortunato, Richard Cruz


Third Place - i-Kard

L-R: Jay Bernardo, Mohan Kulkarni, 5 members
of the team, Jong Fortunato, Richard Cruz

ONIA 2006 Speakers

Hon. Marcelo Adanza, Provincial Board Member, gave the speech of Governor George Arnaiz congratulating all the winners of this year's ONIA.

Engr. Boni Commandante, of BUHI, shared his experiences since winning the first ONIA (known in 2003 as the NOBDF Innovation Awards). Boni encouraged the participants and the students present, and exhorted them to go for their dreams.

FU President, Dr. Mira D. Sinco, congratulated all the winners and participants, and expressed their support for educational and entrepreneurial activities involving the schools in the city.

ONIA 2006 Audience

The teams' classmates and those who had joined but did not make it to the finals, all came to listen to the full business plan presentations and the elevator pitch competition. Present were students and teachers from various colleges of Foundation University, St. Paul University, Silliman University, the State University, Colegio de Santa Catalina de Alejandria, Asian College of Science & Technology, AMA and STI. Representatives from the business, government and non-government sectors also came to the competition.

ONIA 2006 Elevator Pitch Winner

ONIA 2006 Elevator Pitch Winner: i-Kard

L-R: Foundation University President, Dr. Mira Sinco, Jong Fortunato, Hon. Adanza, Jay Bernardo, the 4 members of the team, Mohan Kulkarni, Richard Cruz 

ONIA 2006 Winning Business Plans - Presentations

Automatic Rice Seedbed Protection

Watchdog 24

i-Kard

ONIA 2006 Round Table Discussions

Richard Cruz, Professor, Asian Institute of Management

Mohan Kulkarni, Vice President for Business Development, TeleTech Customer Care Management (Phils) Inc.

Francisco Bernardo III, Professor, Asian Institute of Management 

Important Changes in ONIA 2005-2006

ALL TEN (10) teams that passed the initial stage are now qualified to present their business plans to the panel of judges on Feb 17 (Friday), instead of just the top 5 teams. This move was decided on following the visit of AIM Entrepreneurship professor and TOYM awardee, Jay Bernardo. The format will be similar to the one used in international competitions such as the Sasin Moot Corp Competition http://www.asianmootcorp.com/.

Please take note of the revised deadline/timeframe:

Jan 30, 2006 at 12 noon - Deadline for full business plan (Note: should not be more than 25 pages including figures, appendices etc. and should be submitted in SEVEN (7) hard copies including one (1) soft copy; to be hand delivered to TVB Group at The Village Bookstore, #1 Noblefranca St., Dumaguete City OR the DTI Office, 2nd floor Uymatiao Building, San Jose St., Dumaguete City).

Feb 11 - Workshop on Presentation Skills. This will be at 9am at the DTI
Conference Room

Feb 16 - Round Table discussions with the judges. All semi-finalists are invited to attend. This will be from 5-7pm at the 3rd floor of Flores Hall, Foundation University. You will have the opportunity not just to meet the judges but
to listen to them talk about their passions.

Feb 17 ONIA Finals
8am - Opening Program and Elevator Pitch Competition at the 3rd floor, Flores Hall, Foundation University
9am - 12nn - Presentation of Business Plans at the AV Rooms, IT Center, Foundation University
2pm - 4:30pm - Final Judging of top 5 teams

5pm - 6pm - Closing/Awarding Ceremony at the 3rd floor, Flores Hall, Foundation University

Workshop 3: Creating A Winning Business Plan

Francisco "Jay" Bernardo III, AIM Professor, and multi-awarded Entrepreneurship guru, this morning taught the teams what judges expect to see in an outstanding business plan. His audience included teachers from the various universities and some senior students from FU's College of Business, Economics and Accountancy.

Towards the end of his talk, and while discussing the oral presentations, Jay offered a P10,000 prize for The Best Elevator Pitch during the Finals. This award will be open to all the semi-finalists.

Workshop 2: Entrepreneurial Finance and Accounting

Doram Dumalagan, lawyer and founding partner of Dumalagan, Sechico & Associates, CPAs, as well as the Chairman of the Accountancy Department of Foundation University's College of Business, Economics and Accountancy, at his workshop this morning on "Entrepreneurial Finance and Accounting".

Workshop 1: Marketing Technology Ideas

Federico "Dickie" Gonzales, Executive Director of the Philippine Center for Entrepreneurship - one of the sponsors of the ONIA - and President of the Philippine Emerging Startups Open, at Foundation University's IT Center during his "Marketing Technology Ideas" Workshop this morning.

All the semi-finalist teams were represented, and some even brought their mentors and teachers along. A copy of Dickie's presentation will be available for download at the Workshops page of the Innovation Awards site soon.

ONIA 2005-2006 Semi-Finalists

TEAM # TEAM NAME PROJECT TITLE 3 The Recyclers e-Lanzorepeller 4 Grassroots Technologists MA-Organic Negros 5 Farm Trail Blazers The Blazing Dryer 6 M-Web MosTrap: Mosquito Trap 9 e-Eureka I-Card 10 Smart Hippies Ginger-Lemon Candy and Beverage 11 Aces Trailblazers Automatic Rice Seedbed 15 ProTek WatchDog24 17 TechStuff Chicky: Automized Egg Incubator 21 Matrix.ph Negros Dengue Rx 22 SIE Team 2 Charcoal Briquettes
3	The Recyclers	e-Lanzorepeller
10	Smart Hippies	Ginger-Lemon Candy and Beverage