Phorum 2016 Demo Pit, with new format, seeking applicants through March 1

Tom Paine

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This year’s Phorum 2016 will be held on April 14 at The Fillmore Philadelphia.

Applications for this year's Phorum Demo Pit are open until March 1. The theme for this year's conference is "Systems of Insight," which is intended to examine how companies collect data about markets, customers, and businesses, convert that data into usable information, and apply institutional experience to turn information into knowledge or insights.

Since it was initiated in 2012, Phorum has served to energize the Philly area's Enterprise Systems community, bringing together the best and brightest minds from both in town and elsewhere. Many significant associations and ideas have grown from that.

The Demo Pit has been a launching pad or proving ground for some of the region's most promising ventures, including Curalate, Clutch, iMomentous (now Phenom People), and last year's winner Tesorio.

The Phorum 2016 Demo Pit competition will take a new, more interactive approach than in past years. Participants will now appear on stage in one of two sessions and will have an opportunity to pitch their companies to a panel of judges and the audience.

Nate Lentz, Managing Partner of Osage Partners will serve as the lead judge for the Demo Pit sessions and competition.

The Demo Pit committee is looking for startups with established products and/or services in the following areas: analytics (machine learning, natural language processing and predictive analytics), information management (big data) and cloud technologies.

Those interested can find the application form (pdf) here.