New technology, like AI and robotics, additive manufacturing, digitalization, and quantum computing, is changing business structures and platforms. On a products and marketing front, we see a need for greater experimentation using new technology to better engage customers. From the management and HR front, we see new technology and labor concerns challenging the future of work.
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.
The IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge is MIT’s longest running social entrepreneurship program housed in the PKG Public Service Center. For more information and to apply, please read here.
Apply for the 2025 Sloan Healthcare Innovation Prize. Do you have an innovative solution to a problem in healthcare or biotech? We are now accepting applications to the Sloan Healthcare Innovation Prize Competition.
Senior executives from TOTAL will be visiting MIT from Oct 8-10 for the purpose of exploring potential partnerships with MIT startups. The goal of October’s visit is to meet experts that can help to find the best way to enhance Data Management (DM) practices throughout TOTAL entities. Data must be managed effectively and valued to maximize its business impact. Attendees from TOTAL include Michel Lutz, Group Data Officer, and Gaile Lejay, Business analyst.
The MIT CIO Symposium is the nation’s premier CIO event bringing together information technology executives from around the world and leading faculty from MIT.
Introduced by Marcus Dahllof, Program Director, MIT Startup Exchange