Technical Program
Technical Program
Events to be held at mHub unless otherwise specified.
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Day 1 |
Tuesday, August 6 |
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| 8:45 AM | 9:15 AM | Badge Pickup (mHUB 2nd floor) & Morning Coffee, tea & fruit |
| 9:15 AM | 9:30 AM | Welcoming Remarks - AIChE Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Excellence (CIEE) |
| 9:30 AM | 9:45 AM | Melissa Lederer, Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at mHUB |
| 9:45 AM | 10:15 AM | Melissa Pierce, Technical Program Director at Current, Chicago's Water Innovation Hub |
| 10:15 AM | 11:15 AM | Panel Discussion - How to Tap into Government Resources and Funding |
| Moderator: Rebecca Motley, Director of Business Development for Life Sciences at World Business Chicago Rajesh Mehta, Program Director| SBIR/STTR, National Science Foundation Carol Rabke, Technology to Market (T2M) Advisor - Partnering at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) SBIR/STTR Programs Office Jamie Gladfelter, Emerging Technologies Manager at Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology |
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| 11:15 AM | 11:45 AM | Morning Networking Break - coffee, tea, pastries (GF available) |
| 11:45 AM | 12:55 PM |
Startup Pitches - Session 1 |
| 12:55 PM | 1:25 PM |
Reverse Pitches |
| 1:25 PM | 2:20 PM | Lunch & Networking Break (GF, Vegan available) |
| 2:20 PM | 2:50 PM | Anthony Schiavo, Senior Director at Lux Research |
| 2:50 PM | 4:00 PM | Startup Pitches - Session 2 Will Magruder, Vice President of Partnerships, MassChallenge #9. Carl Traynor: Caporus Technologies, Inc. #10. Patrick Sullivan: Flux XII, Inc. #11. Becca Segel: FlowCellutions #12. Arjav Shah: hydroGel #13. Onas Bolton: Octet Scientific, Inc. #14. Jack Manzella: SoFab Inks Inc. #15. Matthew Seabaugh: HeatPath Solutions #16. Kevin Barnett: Pyran |
| 4:00 PM | 5:00 PM | Panel Discussion - Seeking Early Seed Funding from Angel Groups and Early Stage Funds |
| Moderator: John Grant, Chemical Angel Network Ozge Guney-Altay, Director, Resurgence Cleantech Accelerator, Director of Investment Strategy, Polsky Deep Tech Ventures Sara Chamberlain, Co-Founder and Managing Director at Earth Foundry Ian Adams, Managing Director at Evergreen Climate Innovations |
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| 5:00 PM | 7:00 PM | Evening Networking Reception (mHUB) - light snacks and beverages |
Day 2 |
Wednesday, August 7 |
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| 8:45 AM | 9:00 AM | Morning Networking & Coffee, tea, fruit, & pastries (GF available) |
| 9:00 AM | 9:30 AM | Kristi Dula, Deputy Director, Office of Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Technology, Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity |
| 9:30 AM | 10:00 AM | Claus Daniel, Associate Laboratory Director, Advanced Energy Technologies at Argonne National Laboratory and Senior Scientist at University of Chicago |
| 10:00 AM | 11:20 AM | Startup Pitches - Session 3 Moderator: Kim Blomquist, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at mHUB #17. Hsin-Chun Jimmy Chiu: Loop CO2, Inc. #18. Aaron Fizgerald: Mars Materials, Inc. PBC #19. Todd Brix: OCOchem #20. Laura Stoy: Rivalia Chemical Co #21. Robert Kennedy: Aeternal Upcycling #22. Tim Fairley-Wax: Aquora Biosystems #23. Hamed Heidari: C+UP #24. Henry Markarian: Integrated Dynamics #25. Md Arifuzzaman: RE-DU Company |
| 11:20 AM | 11:50 AM | Morning Coffee & Networking Break |
| 11:50 AM | 12:50 PM | Panel Discussion - Working with Corporate Venture Groups |
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Moderator: Lisa Dufresne, GC Ventures |
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| 12:50 PM | 1:50 PM | Lunch & Networking Break (GF, Vegan options available) |
| 1:50 PM | 2:20 PM |
Reverse Pitches |
| 2:20 PM | 3:20 PM |
Panel Discussion - Lessons Learned in Venture Capital from Late Stage Startups |
| 3:20 PM | 3:35 PM | Closing Remarks |
| 3:35 PM | 4:35 PM | Afternoon Networking - light snacks |
