Top seven applicants Converge Challenge Video

See a video on the seven applicants who made it through to the final stage were:
•Dr Lee Baker – Chi Squared Innovations, University of Dundee
•Tracy Thomson – Tig-Tag Events, University of the West of Scotland
•Dr Ekaterina McKenna – Dynamic Bioarrays, University of Glasgow
•Mat Miehling – Zuriel – Edinburgh Napier University
•Jack Hoy-Gig Ng – Sansible – Heriot-Watt University
•Professor Derryck Reid – Chromacity – Heriot-Watt University
•Dr Michael Fontaine – ArxBio – Morden Research Institute

Converge Challenge, run by Heriot-Watt University, gives students and members of staff of any Scottish university the chance to develop the commercial potential of their inventions with a six month-long series of business mentoring and training, before being short-listed for the final prize

Converge Challenge 2012 Finalists profile – Jack Hoy-Gig Ng, Sansible

Heriot-Watt Research Associate, Jack Hoy-Gig Ng, was the winner of the 2012 Converge Challenge Elevator Pitch.

He has developed Sansible, a pioneering antiviral mechanism which has benefits for water purification, water treatment plants and medical devices.

Jack Hoy-Gig Ng in his lab.

Originally from Hong-Kong, but now a proud resident of Edinburgh, Jack’s invention has the potential to become a market leader.

At the time of winning the elevator Pitch, Jack said:

“I’m incredibly pleased that the judges thought my pitch to be the best – it was a nerve-wracking but very thrilling experience to deliver a pitch to leading entrepreneurs. I managed to get the message across and the feedback from the audience was fantastic.”

To find out more about Sansible, you can watch Jack’s winning Elevator Pitch below, or by clicking this sentence.

Along with the other finalists, Jack will give a final pitch of his project to the Converge Challenge judges on September 27th.