Think about your target audience. Your number 1 goal is proving this PoW algo is THE FUTURE OF BITCOIN. This isn't a "lets bench test it in the lab and see how it works" You are literally suggesting something that would end an entire mining industry, start another, and affect a multi-billion dollar market. I'd start with "who here is a math minded person that can help me work out the proofs"
Fair enough. But the difference in perspective on how to pitch this is because of a difference in perspective of how to implement it. I am of the mind that we create a bitcoin based altcoin with this PoW and test it out and if it really is the future, then bitcoin will have to implement it.
Most people want to see something working and succeeding before adopting it. This is the reason why people still aren't investing in bitcoin en masse, they want to see if it is still around in 10 years first.