

BioPhoT Pitch presentation training
You are invited to participate in the Pitch presentation training of the Long-Term National Research Program project “Biomedical and Photonics Research Platform for the Creation of Innovative Products” – “BioPhoT”.
The aim of the presentation masterclass is learning to present scientific research or a pilot project to investors, sponsors or audience not related to scientific organizations. The program will include a lecture about fundamental elements of presentation structure, form, content and public speaking and will be followed by a practical masterclass where participants have a chance to practice on their own presentation slides.
About the lecturer:
Kristaps Pētersons has more than 30 years of experience in storytelling. Started as a reporter in local TV station, he has received many awards in journalism and documentary film making during the career. He has worked with such international media as CNN, BBC, Bloomberg, NYTimes, Le Monde, International Herald Tribune, Eesti Paevaleht and many European public broadcasters. Kristaps is a certified presentation master, a member of Presentation Guild (ex Member of the Board of Directors), International speaker (TEDx) and a member of FuckUp Nights Worldwide organization. He is running a weekly business show “Median Report”. His work includes more than 4000 corporate sales and investment presentations, over 2000 TV news stories and TV programs produced, more than 1500 news and feature articles published and over 1000 lectures held.
Training plan:
9:00 - 9:15 - Getting acquainted and writing down expectations
9:15 - 11:00 - Lecture "Communication in Presentation - Structure, Content and Form"
11:00 - 11:45 - Formulation of the practical work and masterclass (demonstration)
11:45 - 12:45 - Lunch break
12:45 - 14:30 - Practical group work
14:30 - 14:45 - Break
14:45 - 16:45 - Presentations and feedback from the trainer
Pitch training will be held in English
Application for the training is open until the 16th of September.
Privacy Policy:
To ensure proper processing of personal data, we inform you that personal data will be processed for the organization and administration of the event, including photo, video, and audio recordings.
Data Controller: BioPhot Platform partners – University of Latvia (LU), Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU), Riga Technical University (RTU), Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis (OSI), LU Institute of Solid State Physics (CFI), Biomedical Research and Study Centre (BMC), Institute of Solid State Physics (KĶI), Institute of Electronics and Computer Science (EDI), BIOR (more information: https://biophot.lv/en/about-the-platform/).
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https://biophot.lv/en/privacy-policy/
The project “Biomedical and Photonics Research Platform for the Development of Innovative Products” – “BioPhoT” is being implemented within the framework of the long-term national research program “Innovation Fund – Long-Term Research Program”, financed by the Ministry of Economics. Project number: IVPP-EM-Innovation-2024/1-0002