Innovation Forum is an annual competition and networking event showcasing Princeton research with commercialization, cultural or societal potential. Participants in both the STEM and Humanities tracks present their research in a three-minute pitch to the audience and a panel of judges, followed by a demo station reception. The event concludes announcing winners in each category, who will share in $30,000 in prize money per track.
Innovation Forum is co-sponsored by the Office of Technology Licensing and the Humanities Council at Princeton.
Join us prior to Innovation Forum for a breakout panel discussion featuring Princeton faculty from our novel Design for Innovation program. Separate registration is required and space is limited.
Agenda
- 12 pm - Registration/Check-in opens
- 12:30 pm - Opening remarks
- Andrea Goldsmith, Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science; Arthur LeGrand Doty Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- Naveen Verma, Director of the Keller Center
- Cornelia Huellstrunk, Executive Director of the Keller Center
- 12:45 pm - STEM pitches
- ArQitech, Wei Tang - Computer Science
- Mechanism-Enabled Discovery Platform, Will Brown - Chemistry
- PAMI Wound Care, Shurik Yatom - Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- PumpKin, Katie Silpe - Co-founder and presenter
- 1:30 pm - Keynote presentation by Manish Bhardwaj: Designing Social Movements
- 2 pm - Humanities and social sciences pitches
- Agile Ethics, Steven Kelts - University Center of Human Values
- Empowering Korean Language Learners, Ho Jung Choi - East Asian Studies
- Nuclear Princeton, Ryo Morimoto - Anthropology
- Rhythm Bath, Susan Marshall - Lewis Center for the Arts
- 2:45 pm - Demo station and networking reception
- 3:45 pm - Award ceremony and closing remarks
- Cornelia Huellstrunk, Executive Director of the Keller Center
Projects
Read about the projects being presented.
Judges
stem
- Shelley Chu, Partner at Lightspeed
- Tim Denning, Vice President of Ultratech Capital Partners
- Laura Forese, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of NewYork-Presbyterian (retired)
- Jeff Samberg, Managing Director at Acadia Woods Partners
- Liangcheng Zhou, Managing Director at IDG Capital
Humanities
- Deborah Amos, Ferris Professor of Journalism in Residence
- Chukwuemeka V. Chukwuemeka, Sugarman Practitioner in Residence at the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and Public Policy
- Benedikt Lehnert, Entrepreneurship & Design Fellow; Chief Design Officer at Stark
- Joy Marcus, Entrepreneurship Program Specialist; Lecturer in the Keller Center
Accessibility, Parking, and Venue Information
Who can attend?
Open to the public and the campus community.
Refreshments will be provided.
Registration is required.
Related People
Director of Design for Innovation Program in humanities and social sciences; co-founder and CEO of Innovators In Health
Executive Director
Director of the Keller Center; Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering