Join us for a Leading Edge Webinar featuring MIT faculty members Bradley Olsen and Admir Masic as they explore sustainable innovations in polymers and concrete, two essential materials with significant environmental impacts. Discover how we can transform these everyday materials to be more eco-friendly, from biodegradable polymers to carbon-sequestering concrete.
Explore how groundbreaking science and technology translate into market-ready solutions and drive corporate growth. Learn to identify and capitalize on emerging opportunities, understand pathways to commercialization and innovation strategies, and see how your company can benefit from university-industry partnerships through real-world examples. Walk away with actionable insights to drive progress and growth within your organization.
This session unveils the rise of artificial-intelligence-driven enterprises (AIDEs) that fuse the global ambition of innovation-driven startups with the lean efficiency of SMEs. We’ll examine how founders wield generative AI across R&D, go-to-market, and operations to slash innovation debt, reach $100M+ ARR with ~50 people, and open pathways for regions with limited venture capital to compete globally. Attendees will leave with a framework for building, funding, and scaling their own AIDE internal ventures—and insights into what this shift means for talent, policy, and the future of corporate R&D.
How can cutting-edge university research make its way into real-world applications? What does it take to build partnerships that go beyond traditional industry-academic relationships? In this fireside chat, MIT’s Furst Lab and Idemitsu, a leading global company and ILP member, share insights from their ongoing collaboration, as well as broader principles that apply across sectors. This session offers a candid look at how structured partnerships can accelerate technology translation, de-risk innovation, and create meaningful pathways from lab to market. Learn how forward-thinking collaborations can lay the foundation for new ventures co-developed with industry partners.
The 2025 MIT Japan Conference will explore future research trends at MIT, highlighting breakthroughs in key areas such as Soft Materials and Mechanics, Biomedical Innovation, and the impact of Generative AI (GAI) on the Work of the Future. Additional sessions will focus on Quantum and Silicon Photonics, Nanotechnology in materials and additive manufacturing, and the latest Machine Learning and AI tools for chemical discovery. Advances in semiconductor technology, hydrogen innovation, and electrochemistry, as well as thermofluidic interfaces, will also be featured.
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