EIPBN Startup Contest
Share your technological innovation, no matter how early the stage.
The EIPBN 2021 Startup Contest is designed to support entrepreneurs, students, research staff, and faculty transition early-stage technologies into scalable ventures. The contest is the most visible way to present an innovation related to our founding topics of electron, ion and photon beam technology as well as micro-/nano-fabricated devices enabled by these patterning or novel nanomanufacturing techniques.
This contest is ideal for any venture developing a technology that is related to any of the topics in the technical scope. The contest encourages participation from all ventures incorporating new technical findings from any of EIPBN’s fields of scientific interest. Entry is open to startups at any stage of development – from early ideation to technology validation and growth. This contest aims to support the transition of technology and ideas from the lab into a scalable venture.
Whether developing a business case, growing an advisory board, or expanding a pertinent network, EIPBN 2021 is the ideal venue to discuss growing your venture with seasoned scientists and engineers from academia, government and industry.
“The EIPBN startup contest was interesting and fun! Both the judges and audience provided feedback finely tuned to the interests of our future customers and the quirks of the industry.”
-Adam V. Steele, ZeroK, 1st Place EIPBN 2019 Startup Contest
Entry is open to all attendees of EIPBN 2021. To enter the contest, please download and submit the EIPBN 2021 Startup Contest Application.
Application Submission deadline is Sunday, February 7, 2021.
Please submit your applications through our abstract submission portal.
Applications submitted after the deadline will be considered on a case by case basis.
EIPBN 2021 Startup Contest Prizes
Top 5 finalists will receive free conference attendance (registration fees reimbursed)
1st Prize winner will receive a dedicated area in the Main Exhibition Hall to present the winning innovation for remainder of the conference and announcement on EIPBN.org
All Startup Contest attendees receive access to a tailored network to help your new venture strive.
Please check back frequently or connect with us on LinkedIn for Startup Contest updates.
For additional questions, please contact Nick Petrone or Regina Luttge.
Join us at the EIPBN 2021 Poster Sessions to view poster presentations from the current Startup Contest finalists as well as previous Startup Contest winners.
Former Startup Contest participants are cordially invited to present their state of business in the Startup Poster Session at EIPBN 2021 in GatherTown. If you would like to take advantage of this opportunity, please submit your poster via email to Nick Petrone and Regina Luttge by May 10th following EIPBN poster guidelines.
Expanding our impact on tech-transfer, the EIPBN Startup Session is a dynamic venue for entrepreneurs to share their experiences and innovations. The session includes a keynote from Dr. Larry Muray, Sr. Director at KLA and former President/CEO of Novelx, and a panel discussion with entrepreneurs currently leading hard-tech ventures. Startup Contests finalists will pitch their technological innovations live, while audience members will participate in voting to select the winner.
Larry Muray will be giving the keynote talk entitled “Fast times at Novelx Inc.”
Dr. Muray received his B.S. at Caltech and Ph.D at Cornell in Applied Physics at a time when ¼ micron gate length was considered advanced technology. After a brief post-doc at IBM Research, he went on to work in R&D at various times at Lawrence Berkeley Labs (government), Etec Systems (industry), Glimmerglass Networks (startup), Agilent Technologies (industry) and most recently KLA (industry), where he is Senior Director of Advanced Technology. Dr Muray’s areas of expertise include electron optics, nanolithography, nanofabrication, and MEMS devices. Most enjoyably however, he was co-founder and CEO of Novelx, a tiny startup company in electron beam lithography which was supported by DARPA grants, angel investors and industry ; and after 8 years of independence was acquired on Christmas Eve 2010 by Agilent Technologies. Most recently, in addition to his day job, Dr. Muray serves as CEO of Inphora, Inc., another tiny startup founded by his mother in 1989. He has published 45+ papers, holds 20+ patents and has received 4 industrial awards.
Join the panel discussion with tech venture leaders to learn from their entrepreneurial journeys. Panelists to include:
Andres Fernandez, Sr. Director Silicon Engineering
Supriya Jaiswal, CEO at Astrileux
Dominik Ziegler, CTO at Nanosurf
Larry Muray, Sr. Director Inspection Technology at KLA and former President/CEO at Novelex