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A J Park supports:

New Zealand Engineering Excellence Awards

A J Park is a category sponsor at the 2010 New Zealand Engineering Excellence (NZEE) Awards.  A J Park will be the named sponsor for the ICEET (Information, Communication, Electrical and Electronic Technology) Award.  This category covers projects, products or services associated with developing improved or new communications, hardware and/or software, embedded systems, broadcasting, telecoms, electrical or electronic products and controls.

The official Awards dinner will be held in Wellington on 24 November 2010.

How to enter the awards:

If you are interested in making a submission for the NZEE Awards then entries and all supporting material must be submitted online by 1 July 2010.  Clients can register at www.nzeeawards.org.nz.

Once you have submitted your details you will receive a confirmation email with your ID number, personal access key and the link for uploading your submissions over the secure server.

The University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneurs' Challenge

The University of Auckland Business School Entrepreneurs' Challenge provides finance, mentoring by successful business people as well as profile and prestige to New Zealand SMEs that are seeking funding for business growth either domestic or international. Up to one million dollars annually will be made available for investment.

A J Park is proud to be involved with an initiative that will enhance New Zealand’s economic growth and productivity by turning great ideas into profitable products and services.

What's Your Problem New Zealand?

A J Park is the principle sponsor of Industrial Research Limited's (IRL) competition that gives New Zealand enterprises, big or small, the chance to win up to $1 million in research and development services from one of New Zealand’s leading technology partners.

NZBio

NZBio is an incorporated society representing the New Zealand biotechnology sector. They have a broad range of members engaged in a number of different activities, and strong connections into regional and national networks.

Her Business Network

The Her Business Network is a national network of women in business. The Network offers training, mentoring and access to expert advice to entrepreneurial women throughout the country. Corinne Blumsky, partner, plays a big role in the Her Business Network offering her expertise to members and is a regular contributer to the Her Business magazine.

Corporate Lawyers Association of New Zealand

A J Park is the Intellectual Property firm sponsor of the Corporate Lawyers Association of New Zealand (CLANZ). The organisation exists to cater to the distinct interests and needs of in-house lawyers providing professional services to their private and public sector employers. The CLANZ mission is to provide leadership, support and relevant membership benefits to in-house lawyers.

Let's Get Inventin'

Lets Get Inventin' is the award winning TV series where kids with invention ideas are teamed with invention experts and given everything they need to make their concepts a reality. The show sets out to inspire and encourage young inventive minds and get kids in the workshop to make their dreams come to life. The kids also road-test their inventions in the unique 'Goober Invention Challenge'.

From the inventions made on the show, A J Park identifies unique ideas that are potentially patentable. From these, one lucky winner will win the $10,000 Patent Prize Package from A J Park and the Icehouse Business Incubator

  
The Icehouse

The ICEHOUSE is a business growth centre that includes: business growth programmes for SMEs; a business incubator for start-ups; and New Zealand’s largest group of Angel Investors.

Massey University Food Awards 

The Massey University Food Awards celebrate new initiatives in New Zealand food and beverage production and manufacturing, recognising clear company leaders who inspire others to meet their standards of excellence.


BCC - BioCommerce Centre

The Bio Commerce Centre (BCC) is an innovation centre focused on three areas - investment, start-ups and growth and tech transfer. The BCC raises money and injects cash into local technology businesses, provides support and business mentoring to start-ups and early-stage companies and solves industry problems by transferring new technologies from lab to marketplace.

A J Park works closely with the BCC and regularly runs seminars aimed at helping technology businesses turn their great ideas into valuable assets.

 

University IP Law prize - Auckland, Canterbury, Otago & Wellington