Dock Startup Lab (hereinafter referred to as "Dock") is the pre-incubator program for innovative entrepreneurial ideas organized by Unfold Tomorrow sbrl.

OBJECTIVES

Dock has two main objectives:

• Support the creation of new innovative and sustainable entrepreneurial activities that can generate value for the market and society.

• Promote interest in innovation and the entrepreneurial approach among those who are attending or have completed a course of study with any higher education institution and researchers, both in scientific and technical fields as well as in humanities and social sciences, strengthening those soft skills that are essential for pursuing an independent career path and increasingly required in every type of employment or professional activity.

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

The program consists of both online and in-person meetings, with mandatory attendance. Additional optional meetings may be added to encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration among participants and to deepen certain topics. The meetings and webinar will be held in English.

The training activities starts on March 26th. There are 14 meetings scheduled: 3 in-person in Rome and 11 online.

Most of the meetings take place on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons.

The schedule of the meetings is available here.

After confirming participation, each participant will receive an invitation to view the calendar via Google Calendar.

If it becomes necessary to reschedule dates, locations, and times for one or more meetings, the new date will be communicated to the participants in advance.

Given the large number of participants, everyone is required to be punctual: the maximum permitted delay is 10 minutes from the start of the meeting. This means that access to meetings will not be allowed once 10 minutes have elapsed from the start time.

In case of inability to attend a meeting, it is necessary to notify the Dock staff by sending an email to info@dockstartuplab.com before the meeting starts.

ATTENDANCE

Attendance at meetings is mandatory.

In the first phase (March 26 - April 16), all participants are considered as individuals. During this phase, a single individual absence from the mandatory meetings is allowed.

In the second phase, after team formation, from April 16, each team must ensure the presence of at least two members.

Absences must be communicated before the start of the meeting by writing to info@dockstartuplab.com.

TEAM FORMATION

The month of March and April is dedicated to Team Building.

Participants have until 1:00 pm on April 16, 2025, to form a multidisciplinary team and communicate the composition to the organizers. The communication must be made via email by one of the team members (who will assume the role of team coordinator). The email must be sent to info@dockstartuplab.com and must cc the other team members. Participants who have not communicated their team affiliation will not be able to continue the program.

Teams must meet two requirements:

• Size: each team must consist of a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 5 people (from the participants of Dock).

• Multidisciplinarity: each team can have a maximum of 2 members from the same area of study/work.

DISQUALIFICATION

Participants lose the opportunity to participate in two cases:

• Unnotified Absence: participants who do not attend one of the mandatory meetings without having notified their absence before the start of the meeting will be disqualified from the program.

• Absence Exceeding the Limit: one individual absence is allowed before the team formation; from the second absence onwards, the participant is disqualified. After team formation, each team must ensure the presence of at least two members at each meeting. Optional meetings are not included in the absence calculation. It should be noted that access is not allowed after a delay of more than 10 minutes from the start of the meetings; latecomers over 10 minutes will therefore be considered absent.

Teams can also be disqualified from the program for two reasons:

• Individualization of a Team: by definition, a team consists of at least 2 people. Participants who remain alone due to withdrawal or disqualification of the other team members lose their team qualification and thus the opportunity to participate in Dock.

• Delay in Delivering a Required Output: if a team fails to deliver—or delivers late—a required output, it will be disqualified.

Finally, the Scientific Committee reserves the right to disqualify those who demonstrate behaviors and attitudes that could damage the program or other competitors.

DOCK STARTUP LAB TEAM

The Team of Dock Startup Lab is responsible for the planning and implementation of the entire program. It selects the teams admitted to Dock and is responsible for every subsequent evaluation regarding the admitted teams.

MENTORS

The Team of Dock Startup Lab will assign a “mentor” to each team, a figure with proven experience in the world of startups and innovation (entrepreneurs, managers, industry experts) who will support the team free of charge during the program. Specifically, each mentor will offer the team their expertise for a guaranteed minimum of 6 hours.

DEMODAY

After the conclusion of the training program, the best teams emerging from the program will have the opportunity to be selected, at the unquestionable judgment of the Dock Startup Lab Team, to participate in July 2025 at DemoDay, an event attended by investors, entrepreneurs, and company managers.

LIMITATIONS ON THE IDEAS

Any type of innovative entrepreneurial idea is admitted to the program, regardless of the trade sector and development stage. However, projects concerning activities considered unethical by the Dock Startup Lab Team, such as the manufacture, processing, or distribution of tobacco, pornography, gambling, human cloning research, and the manufacture or distribution of goods or services for military purposes, are not eligible for the program.

PRIVACY POLICY

The personal data collected by Dock for the purpose of managing participation and the event's execution must be truthful. The registered data will be included in a database owned by the Scientific Committee, in accordance with the Data Protection Act. The organization declares to have adopted technical and organizational measures for data protection on privacy.

Pursuant to the Law, the user declares their authorization in favor of Dock to send information about its services, sponsors, and collaborators, even via email or similar means. To unsubscribe, simply write to info@dockstartuplab.com with the subject: "Remove personal data".

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND WARRANTIES

By participating in Dock and accepting these Regulations, each participant:

• Explicitly declares that every prototype or mock-up presented is original and does not violate in any way, neither in whole nor in part, the property, intellectual or industrial rights of third parties, releasing Dock from any and all responsibilities, liabilities, claims for damages, and/or indemnities that might be asserted by any third party in this regard;

• Recognizes that each prototype or mock-up presented is owned by the Team, which assumes the burden and full responsibility for protecting it and its inventive and/or original aspects through the means provided by the legal system (registration, patent, or similar, as the case may be);

• Acknowledges that the eventual publication by Dock of the prototype or mock-up on websites and social networks will result in public visibility and that Dock assumes no responsibility in case of use and/or abuse of the idea and/or any development and implementation of the same and/or the project related to it by anyone who became aware of it through access to websites and social networks, waiving for this reason any claim for damages and/or indemnities against Dock for any title, reason, and/or cause.

The Dock Startup Lab Team reserves the right to modify or cancel the initiative due to force majeure.

Participation in Dock is completely free for all selected participants and implies the full acceptance of these regulations.