The prize includes:

• All travel costs to and from Boston.
• Accommodation in Boston.
• Entry to MIT Media Lab sponsors week.

The closing date for entries is 14th of September 2009 with the trip taking place 12-16 October 2009. You must be available to travel on these dates.

The winners will be contacted by phone and/or email by the 21st of September.

Media Lab Sponsors week:  The Lab is at the fore front of cutting edge technological research and development and works with a variety of world renowned companies producing over 100 spin off companies over the past 15 years. The Lab has fostered a unique culture of learning by doing.

This is your opportunity to see for yourself how they develop technologies that empower people of all ages and walks of life, to design and invent new possibilities for themselves and their communities.

The theme of this years sponsor week is INTERACT-INSPIRE-INFORM looking at how people and organisations can get maximum benefit from the exponential growth of information that is readily available. The conference will include data mining, new interfaces to enable seamless interaction with, and control of, complex systems as well as collaboration software to help both small and large groups make sense of data in real time.

The trip will be tailored to meet the specific needs of the 5 successful businesses as far as possible and you will have the opportunities to interact with various departments and Labs within MIT.

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity please complete the application form below.

Your application will be reviewed by the Enterprise Solutions team within HIE who may contact you for further information.

The prize is limited to 1 person from each successful business.