Innovation Forum

Innovation Forum is an annual competition and networking event showcasing Princeton research with commercialization, or cultural and societal potential. Princeton faculty, research staff, postdocs, and graduate students present their research in a three-minute presentation to the audience and a panel of judges, followed by a question and answer period. Following the presentations is a poster session and networking reception where participants can further discuss and demonstrate their research.

Prizes totaling $30,000 are awarded to the top three entries in each of two tracks:

science and engineering innovations
social sciences and humanities innovations

Date and Time: September 29, 2023 at 12:30 pm

Location: Frist Campus Center, Multipurpose Room A

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Innovation Forum is co-sponsored by the Office of Technology Licensing and the Humanities Council at Princeton.

New this year is a breakout panel discussion immediately prior to Innovation Forum featuring Princeton faculty in our new Design for Innovation program.

Date and Time: September 29, 2023 at 11 am

Location: Frist Campus Center, Multipurpose Room B

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Dan Shaw of Flo-SSEMBLY at a demo station at Innovation Forum

2023 Judges

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

stem

Shelley Chu, 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