Hilton Pryce Lewis, Co-founder, President and CEO, GVD Corporation
A $17B/year global leader in automotive technologies, Faurecia is anticipating all the challenges of a changing industry. With the help of strategic partnerships with companies, start-ups and academia within an open innovation ecosystem, Faurecia technologies address two key aspects of mobility: the Cockpit of the Future for a safer, more comfortable, and more intuitive experience in the cockpit of the future, and Sustainable Mobility for cleaner and more environmentally-friendly transportation around the world. Owns more than 300 assembly lines in the US.
Siam Cement Group (SCG) of Bangkok, Thailand is establishing a new business in home healthcare, and look for MIT-connected startups that wish to partner with them on new technologies or field prototypes in Southeast Asia. Including areas such as: telemonitoring devices; tele-medicine, medical devices, home diagnostics, rapid diagnoses, sterilization of surfaces and air, etc.
Japanese multinational company looking globally for startups to collaborate with in the field of energy storage and related battery systems.
Natalya Baily, CEO & Cofounder, Accion
At our annual MIT Startup Ecosystem Conference, we celebrate innovation and bring together its many contributors: entrepreneurs, corporates, and university researchers, as well as government representatives, investors, and those involved with incubators and accelerators. We will assemble to discuss creating, supporting, and scaling new ventures and how to increase productivity and competitive advantage. Aligned with the emphasis of MIT Startup Exchange, we will focus on the startup-corporate relationship. Topics will include pain points, valleys of death, and strategies to avoid as well as how to overcome the stones found along the way.
As always, this event features executives from some of the most promising startups connected to MIT who will present lightning talks in two fast-paced sessions, each followed by an opportunity to have direct discussions.
Many consider this conference a must-attend for innovators and executives at industry-leading corporations, especially those working in innovation, emerging technology, corporate venture capital, and/or corporate development/strategy.
Ali Merchant, President and CEO, iQ3Connect
Daikin’s Open Innovation Lab invites startups of all stages and from all over the world to submit ideas and insights to collaborate and help develop solutions that can provide HVAC services and solutions fit for the remote/hybrid working world amid the current pandemic environment and thereafter.
MIT Horizon is hosting a webinar, "Critical Metal Refining, Simplified," presented by Megan O'Connor, co-founder of Nth Cycle.