“Give up the paper and download the app,” says the Council for Entrepreneurial Development. It’s launching a mobile app to help Tech Venture 2013 event attendees replace a conference program – and make tracking down information a lot more mobile.
The two-day event, which is annually the largest in North Carolina and draws investors from around the country, is set for Tuesday and Wednesday at the Raleigh Convention Center.
The CED has worked with app development firm Gather Digital to produce the free app.
It can be downloaded at PlayStore for Android and on the AppStore for iOS.
“Search for it in the appropriate store for your device with keyword ‘cedtech’ and it will pop right up,” the CED says.
“Once it’s installed, log in using the email you registered for the conference with. Note that you will need to create your own password (you’ll see the link above the log-in the first time you try to use it).”
So what does the app do?
According to CED, features include:
- See who’s coming – There’s a complete list of all registered attendees.
- Check the agenda – There’s an hour-by-hour agenda, with links to all the speakers and their bios.
- Learn about the Demo Companies – Each company is listed along with bio of the CEO and an overview of their product/service, along with the time of their Lightening Round.
- Send Messages to Attendees – You can send and receive from within the app – so start setting appointments to meet at the conference early! Everyone that has downloaded the app will be automatically available to send and receive messages from within the app.
- Learn about Sponsors – Interact with them via social media, right from the app.
- VOTE – Load the agenda for each Lightening Round and you’ll see the first listing is for “Best Demo Voting.” Click there, and then click on the blue symbol. You’ll be brought to a screen that says “Please select” and the drop down arrow on the far right will list each company from that lightening round. Please select ONE and hit Submit.
