Founders Night
Founders Night is an evening of innovation, entrepreneurship, and networking hosted by the Institute for Matter and Systems. The event features startup founder lightning talks, insights into IMS research facilities and collaboration opportunities, guided facility tours, and networking with researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry professionals. Join Georgia Tech’s innovation community to connect, learn, and explore pathways from research to impact.
Founders Night brings together startup founders, entrepreneurs, Georgia Tech faculty and researchers, students, investors, corporate innovation leaders, industry partners, and members of the Atlanta innovation ecosystem to celebrate entrepreneurship, share insights from startup journeys, and create new opportunities for collaboration.
Agenda:
- Talks from
- Mark Prausnitz | Co-Founder, Micron Biomedical; Regents' Professor and Regents' Entrepreneur, J. Erskine Love Jr. Chair in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
- Harry Watkins | Founder and CEO, Stellar Scale Nano Fabrication
- Andrew Short | Director of Innovation Programs, Georgia Research Alliance
- Addison Shelton | Founder and CEO, Kickr Labs
- James Walker | North American Representative, LioniX International
- Timothy Brosnihan | Executive Director, Business Development, Silex Microsystems
- Facilities Tours
- Networking