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Speakers for MIT Paris Symposium

Deadline: October 10, 2019

Presented by MIT / Groupe Bouyges

The MIT Startup Exchange is looking for 4-6 MIT-connected startups to present and exhibit at the 2019 MIT Paris Symposium, November 8, 2019. Each selected startup will have ~3 minutes to present a lightning talk on a science-based technology they are bringing to market, including one compelling use case.

MIT ILP's Paris Symposium will be held in Paris on Nov 8th and hosted by Groupe Bouyges.

Coach class airfare, moderate ground travel and 2 nights hotel will be reimbursed for one person per startup.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Note: selection will be on a rolling basis, so better to apply early.

Topics:

Challenges and opportunities of digital transformation and behavioral evolution.
Intrapreneurship, or start-ups collaborations? How to succeed as a large group.

We would like to invite you to present your perspective related to the above theme.

To apply, please provide the following:

brief description of your startup's science-based technology;

brief description of current market traction (e.g. pilot, validation results, paying customers, etc.)

speaker bio & a few words on the speaker’s experience as a speaker (optionally, including a video sample);

one-paragraph explanation of the unique fit between the event and the startup’s vision, technologies, products, or services.

Eligibility criteria: Only MIT startups with an up-to-date profile in MIT Startup Exchange will be considered to speak & exhibit. STEX25 accelerator startups have priority.

Selected startups will be required to do a practice run (30 min session) at a mutually convenient time to be arranged about 2 weeks prior to the event.

Attendees:

We expect attendance of up to 250 people, a mix of:

Sponsor’s employees (managers and executives)
Sponsor partners (managers and executives of European industries in the areas of construction, IT, telecom, real estate,)
Representatives from the public sector,
ILP members based in Europe,
ILP friends and
MIT Alumnus.

Bouygues S.A. is an industrial group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. In 2017 it had over 115,530 employees in 90 countries, generating €32.9 billion in revenue.

The group specializes in construction (Colas Group and Bouygues Construction), real estate development (Bouygues Immobilier), media (TF1 Group), and telecommunications (Bouygues Telecom).

Deadline: October 10, 2019

September 17, 2019

Presented by MIT / Groupe Bouyges

MIT ILP's Paris Symposium will be held in Paris on Nov 8th and hosted by Groupe Bouyges.

Coach class airfare, moderate ground travel and 2 nights hotel will be reimbursed for one person per startup.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Note: selection will be on a rolling basis, so better to apply early.

Topics:

Challenges and opportunities of digital transformation and behavioral evolution.
Intrapreneurship, or start-ups collaborations? How to succeed as a large group.

We would like to invite you to present your perspective related to the above theme.

To apply, please provide the following:

brief description of your startup's science-based technology;

brief description of current market traction (e.g. pilot, validation results, paying customers, etc.)

speaker bio & a few words on the speaker’s experience as a speaker (optionally, including a video sample);

one-paragraph explanation of the unique fit between the event and the startup’s vision, technologies, products, or services.

Eligibility criteria: Only MIT startups with an up-to-date profile in MIT Startup Exchange will be considered to speak & exhibit. STEX25 accelerator startups have priority.

Selected startups will be required to do a practice run (30 min session) at a mutually convenient time to be arranged about 2 weeks prior to the event.

Attendees:

We expect attendance of up to 250 people, a mix of:

Sponsor’s employees (managers and executives)
Sponsor partners (managers and executives of European industries in the areas of construction, IT, telecom, real estate,)
Representatives from the public sector,
ILP members based in Europe,
ILP friends and
MIT Alumnus.

Bouygues S.A. is an industrial group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. In 2017 it had over 115,530 employees in 90 countries, generating €32.9 billion in revenue.

Disclaimer: MIT Startup Exchange can make introductions that ideally provide open ended discussions in order to share mutual interests and potentially create common ground that incite the parties to collaborate. MIT Startup Exchange introductions may eventually lead to mutual partnerships, but that is not in any way guaranteed by MIT, MIT Corporate Relations, MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) or MIT Startup Exchange, which takes no responsibility for these outcomes and no formal part in such discussions following our introduction. MIT Startup Exchange and its activities and events are not for purposes of soliciting investment or offering securities.