Lightning Talk and Exhibitor Opportunity, Organized by MIT Media Lab with contributions from MIT Startup Exchange and Takeda Pharmaceuticals
The 2024 MIT Startup Ecosystem Conference brings MIT innovation & entrepreneurship resources together to showcase MIT’s rich startup ecosystem. Along with executives from industry-leading corporations and founders, they will engage in lively discussions about breakthrough technologies, technology transfer, funding science-based startups, and startup & corporate engagement, among other topics.
The conference, organized by the MIT Startup Exchange, showcases fourteen startups affiliated with MIT startup resources across campus. They will present and exhibit their game-changing companies throughout the day. Attendees will have the chance to meet the entrepreneurs to learn more about their impactful products and technology.
Introduced by Marcus Dahllof, Associate Program Director, MIT Startup Exchange; Cliff Reid, PhD, CEO, Travera; Todd Gierahn, PhD, Cofounder, Honeycomb; Laura Indolfi, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, PanTher Therapeutics; Ulrik Nielsen, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, Torque; Jason Norris, Cofounder, Elektrofi; Patrick Stern, PhD, CEO & Founder, Sextant; Carlos Castro-Gonzalez, PhD, CEO & Cofounder, Leuko Labs; and Alec Nielsen, PhD, Cofounder, Asimov.
Ali Merchant, President and CEO, iQ3Connect
There’s been growing interest from industry for materials innovation from MIT and MIT-connected startups. Corporates are asking for materials of increased performance, reduced cost/weight, or reduced carbon footprint. This MIT Startup Webinar on Materials will feature Chris Schuh, former head of MIT’s Materials Science and Engineering Department, giving a quick overview of materials innovation at MIT and current challenges in materials research, followed by lightning talks by MIT startups in advanced materials & formulation and sustainable materials and packaging. Then we’ll have a Q&A and discussion with the MIT startups on how they can work with corporates to solve some of their materials challenges.
P&G is looking for new approaches and technologies that can help them to address key business challenges/opportunities.