3rd ANNUAL CPES Innovation Awards
The CPES Innovation Awards feature four award categories, to recognize achievements in
- Research Innovation
- Industrial Commercialization
- Startup the Year
- Women in STEM
In keeping with the themes and focus of CPES, award applicants should highlight collaboration across the industry ecosystem between various industry and R&D players, to address real needs in various market verticals.
Only Members in good standing of intelliFLEX may apply.
Winners will be announced during an awards ceremony on the afternoon of May 23 at CPES. Start-up of the Year will be announced May 24, following the Mentoring Session. Winners will be profiled and showcased in Canada and promoted to the global industry.
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- Startup of the Year 2017: Nanocnet
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- Product Innovation 2017: IMC Corp.
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- Commercialization Award 2017: Voltera
AWARD Categories
Research Innovation
For a research project completed in the past year into underlying technical principles, the proof of concept, that can enable the development of new and innovative products and applications for printable, flexible or wearable electronics. Such proof of concept has been validated and tested and is ready for commercialization. Eligible are Canadian universities, not-for-profit R&D organizations and colleges.
Emphasis will be placed on projects that were carried out in collaboration with industry partners, where there is evidence of:
- Your technology working
- The significance of the problem that the invention is solving for the user
- A broad market need
- Unique competitive advantages of the innovative solution
Most Innovative New Product/Commercialization
This applies to a device, product, material or application that involves or enables printable, flexible or wearable electronics. The award is open to any for-profit organization of any size.
The product must have become commercially available within the past 12 months. Nominations must describe:
- Your product and the problem it’s solves for the customer
- The value proposition – what benefits your product delivers to the customer and evidence of the broader market need it is intended to address
- The size of its expected addressable market
- The product’s unique competitive advantages
Startup of the Year
Following our Financing and Mentoring sessions – our mentors will select the best pitch company to win Startup of the Year.
Only companies participating in Startup Launchpad are eligible for this award.
Women in FHE STEM
This award is intended to recognize industry leadership and professional/business and/or technical accomplishment by an individual from either industry or academia. The recipient will have a proven record of achievement that employs their expertise in science/technology/engineering related to flexible and hybrid electronics (FHE).
Note this is not intended as a lifetime achievement award.
To qualify for consideration, a nominee must operate, or be employed by, an organization that is a Member in good standing of intelliFLEX.
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Industry-leading
Speakers
20
Industrial
Exhibitors
15
Technical
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Master
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10
Startup
Launch Pad
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Startup
Mentorships
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Women in
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Innovation
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