IEEE N3XT® Keynote Event & AlphaLab Gear International Hardware Cup
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IEEE N3XT Keynotes: “A Discussion on Culture, Diversity, Inclusion & Successful Scaling within the Startup Environment”
The 2018 AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup International Finals At IEEE N3XT® 2018 In Pittsburgh
A Discussion on Culture, Diversity, Inclusion & Successful Scaling within the
Startup Environment
Check out Highlights from Pittsburgh 2018!
Speakers
Kelly Hoey
Serial Entrepreneur, Investor & Author | Build Your Dream Network
Judith M. Williams
Founder | Magic Deer Consulting & former Global Head of Diversity | Dropbox
Dillan DiGiovanni
Integrative Health Coach, Speaker, and Writer
Alicia Varughese
Executive Associate | Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse
Conor Russomanno
Co-Founder & CEO | OpenBCI
Greg Horowitt
Co-Founder | T2 Venture Capital
Gitte Pedersen
CEO & Co-founder | Genomic Expression
7:00pm – 8:30pm
AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup International Finals
8:30pm
IEEE Entrepreneurship & AlphaLab Gear host
IEEE Young Professional Meetup &
Kickoff Party of the IEEE Entrepreneurship Network Pittsburgh Section!
#PartyLikeAnEngineer
The name IEEE N3XT® embodies the spirit of future technological development by using the root of the word “next,” and the numeral “3” to represent the three event pillars of ideas, innovation, and inspiration.
IEEE N3XT® events are exciting opportunities to learn, network, and collaborate with the frontier tech and engineering-driven startup community.
The AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup International Finals is a global competition for early-stage physical product companies. IEEE Entrepreneurship partnered with AlphaLab Gear to host the AlphaLab Gear Hardware Cup International Finals as the capstone event of IEEE N3XT® on 18 April 2018.
In the months leading up to IEEE N3XT®, several regional event competitions worldwide culminated with the winners traveling to Pittsburgh for the International Finals.
The winning team received a $50,000 Startbot Grand Prize Investment. Second and third prize International Finalists each received cash prizes.
1st Place: SomaticLabs
2nd Place: Lilu
3rd Place: Lumir
AlphaLab Gear is a US nationally ranked hardware accelerator in Pittsburgh, PA – USA.
They guide early-stage physical product companies through a 21-week customer discovery module and a 15-week manufacturing module, with up to $125,000 in funding.
Free childcare was provided by Flexable
Pittsburgh
“Pittsburgh stands as a bold example of how to create new jobs and industries while transitioning to a 21st century economy.”
~ President Barack Obama,
when naming Pittsburgh as host city of the 2009 G-20 Summit
Pittsburgh is one of the top contenders for becoming the next Silicon Valley. Frontier tech startups are launching here, perhaps unsurprisingly, due to its history as the Steel City. Reclaiming old warehouses and factories, startups are setting up shop to advance their visions in the East Coast.
Since Entrepreneur Magazine listed Pittsburgh as one of the top US cities for entrepreneurship in 2010, the city has leveraged that status by scaling its local startup ecosystem through a growing number of incubators, accelerators and university activity.
Ace Hotel Pittsburgh makes its home in a century-old former YMCA building at the heart of East Liberty. They are surrounded by a community that, through grassroots support, has helped to create a place both by the neighborhood and for the neighborhood.