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SUMMARY:Giant Vision Competition Public Hours
DESCRIPTION:The presentation stage of the 2022 Governor’s Giant Vision Competition will be held Thursday, April 14 at the Sioux Falls Convention Center. The public is invited to view and visit with this year’s competitors between the hours of 9:30 AM and 12 Noon. Displays will be set up in Exhibit Hall 1 of the Convention Center.\nBUSINESS COMPETITORS: The following new business ventures are competing for a top prize of $20,000.\n\nAMBER LLC (Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactor with Electrolytic Regeneration – offers an on-site wastewater reuse system), Maryam Amouamouha, Rapid City\nBlue Sky Holdings LLC (Minimally invasive medical device to surgically stabilize rib fractures to accelerate recovery), Tung Nguyen, Ryan Oines and Steven Briggs, Sioux Falls\nE Glass Industries LLC (After market fiber reinforced composite auto body panels, designs and builds molds), Alexander Ellett, Redfield\nPrairie BioTechnology LLC (Product that can extend shelf life of fruit; a food preservative derived from a proprietary oilseed fermentation process), Matthew Cole, Logan Wolf, Jordan Traub and Ian Schuh, Brookings\nProvender Technologies LLC (Modernizing cattle feeding with automated feeding system –automated, remotely accessible, and data driven), Henry Wegehaupt, Dimock\nThaumachron (De novo generation of patient-specific biologics that require only antigen sequences, allowing for cost effective, personalized, and patient specific treatments), Andrew Simpson, Rapid City\n\n \nSTUDENT COMPETITORS: Students are vying for a $5,000 first place prize for the best business idea.\n\nDangler Bio (Model training devices and program for doctors/surgeons), Alex Dangler, University of South Dakota\nDisappex LLC (Resin for 3D printers that will dissolve in water; initial application is molds for manufacturing products), Whytneigh Duffie, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology\nEnvision 3D (Custom gaming accessories), Justice Forster and Pack Forster, Dakota State University\nITE Solutions LLC (Automated asphalt paving system, fleet tracking and data collection), Nick Degen, Ben Diersen, Rick Kittelson and Kade Griesse, South Dakota State University\nLi-Tech Lures LLC (Patented fishing lure that allows user to control action of the tail), Philip Litecky, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology\nPureGem (Modular, mini high purity germanium detector (HPGe) system for educational organizations and hobbyists seeking affordable, high-end radiation detection systems), Abbie Woodard, University of South Dakota\nSend & Sim (A mechanical solution to enhance the realism of a defibrillator simulation), Eric Beehler, Madison Mingo and James Smith, South Dakota State University\nSolar Nanotech (Nano films designed to improve solar panel efficiency), Kim Yip Chiok, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology\nSYNOZYME (Enzymatic biodegradation of un-recyclable consumer plastic products), Tawnie Williams, Northern State University\n\n \nEvents on April 14 include time for judges to visit with each competitor in a trade show-type environment, followed by individual private presentations to the panel of judges. Competitors are judged on a variety of factors that include their formal presentation and specifics such as market, opportunity, potential for job creation, financial plan, management and the potential to increase the GDP of South Dakota.\nGiant Vision is a program of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry, made possible by financial support for prize money from Governor Noem’s Office of Economic Development. These funds are matched by the following businesses to generate additional prize money and funds necessary to run the event. (No public funds are used to run the competition.)\nStudent Competition sponsors: Citibank N.A. and SD EPSCoR. Business Competition sponsors: Black Hills Energy, Christiansen Land & Cattle, Ltd., Dacotah Bank, First National Bank in Sioux Falls, First PREMIER Bank, MidAmerican Energy Company, NorthWestern Energy, Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Wheeler Manufacturing and Xcel Energy.\n \n \n
URL:https://southdakotagiantvision.com/events/giant-vision-competition-public-hours-announced/
CATEGORIES:Featured Event,Statewide Entrepreneurial Events
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