The THRIVE | Shell Climate-Smart Agriculture Challenge seeks to identify and support top start-up and scale-up innovators driving the global transformation to climate-smart agriculture practices
MIT innovation, entrepreneurship, and industry collaboration have significantly impacted innovation economies around the world. What exciting new innovations are emerging from the MIT startup ecosystem? How will the latest technology trends affect your business? MIT Startup Exchange, an integrated program of MIT Corporate Relations, and LG Ventures are hosting a startup showcase featuring innovators in software, healthcare, energy, advanced manufacturing, and the internet of things.
This conference will explore new or improved therapeutic approaches for finding cures for diseases which traditionally have been difficult to treat. This includes technologies for optimizing treatments and monitoring efficacy based on insights into cell and tissue state, circuitry, behavior, function, and responsiveness in normal and disease states, biomarker detection, better methods to predict and track efficacy, and enhanced manufacturing capabilities.
Startup Lightning Talks
P&G is looking for new approaches and technologies that can help them to address key business challenges/opportunities.
Biolab is looking for solutions that use AI to optimize the doctor’s journey.
Braskem is a $15B global plastic manufacturer in Brazil. They are looking to manufacture Plastic/composite ties that will outlast wood, ideally using recycled material. They currently have this capability but are looking for product advantage/benefits around: rail/wheel interaction; ballast’s maintenance consumption; Life Cycle cost of the tie; Environment requisitions; and pavement’s levels design.
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.