International Start-Ups Meeting 2012 was developed in Lima City. The 200 participants came from different cities from Peru and from 6 foreign countries.

The congress was composed of three main activities: 

– networking sessionsin order to ensure that every participant get to know each other;

– local and international best case practicesfrom startups, where 23 organizations shared their experience;

– the “startup challenge”  during which startup teams pitched their projects in front of a professional jury in order to challenge for winning the best recognition (and also to win a travel award in a selected hotel of Peru for three days).

The trainers and case practices selected were the following:

– Fredy Hawie (President at AIESEC Alumni Perú),

– Dipoo (Founder: Mario Gil),

– Rosatel (Founder: Jorge Arteta),

– Cursostotales.com (Founder: Jorge Mateljan),

– Lima Valley (Dr: Arturo Canez),

– Startup Academy (Founder:  Alvaro Zarate),

– Product Development & Management Association (Founder: Rolando Cruzado),