About this Event
MistyWest and SOLIDWORKS are pleased to be hosting the , recognizing inventors, hackers, engineers, product designers, and business leaders who are bringing great technological advances to the world.
We received hundreds of nominations for individuals who are commercializing intelligent and connected devices that are helping advance the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, and our judging panel has down-selected them to the Top 20 winners for 2024.
Join us for the Misties virtual awards ceremony, where we’re hosting a 30 minute panel discussion with leading experts in AI and hardware and announcing this year's Top 20 winners. Attendees can join the live chat with our winners and be the first to hear about their upcoming projects.
But that's not all...
Following the virtual awards ceremony broadcast, we'll have a 45 minute virtual happy hour where all attendees are welcome to join us on Zoom for breakout rooms with Misties judges, winners and semi-finalists, allowing more chances for meaningful connections. If you want to attend the happy hour, you gotta register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link!
Panel Discussion
Check back in June for details on the panel discussion.
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Our Sponsors
The Misties Awards prize partners for 2024 include SOLIDWORKS, Hawk Ridge Systems, Nordic Semiconductor, and RBC Wealth Management, who are offering up to $15K in cash and in-kind prizes for the Top 20 winners.
Questions about the Misties?
Email Leigh Christie at [email protected], or send a connection request on LinkedIn (preferred).
Our Judges
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the hardware industry experts, tenured product leaders and designers, startup founders, venture capitalists, and seven previous Misties honourees who provided their invaluable time and expertise to help select the 2024 winners.
Matt Mickelson, Lead Systems Engineer of New Vehicle Platforms at Cruise / GM
Brett Byer, Senior Hardware Engineer at Hala Systems, Inc.
Ibrahim El-chami, Researcher & Post Doc at the University of British Columbia
Daniel Myers, Founder & CEO of Flair Systems
Nader Elm, Co-Founder & CEO at Exyn Technologies
Ian Stadler, Principal Firmware Engineer at Semios
Jordan Ruderman, Senior Staff Test Engineer, Embedded Systems at Cruise / GM
Eric Migicovsky, Founder of Pebble and Co-Founder & CEO at Beeper
Adam Benzion, CXO at Edge Impulse
Sherry Huss, Co-Founder of Maker Faire and Head of Community at Freeman Company
Chuck Martin, Editorial Director of AI & IoT at Informa Tech
Meiz Majdoub, Senior Engineering Officer at Royal Canadian Navy
Avi Rosenthal, Partner at bluesalve partners
Athena Demos, Co-Founder of Big Rock Creative (BRCvr)
Jake Blair, Senior Sales Engineer at Memfault
Alex Marley, Partner at Lux Capital
Derek Disanjh, Engineering Physicist
Linda Megerdichian, Digital Hardware Design Engineer at Extron
Chris Massot, Director of Co-Innovation at Microsoft
Oleha Riden, Co-Founder & Creative Director of Stealth Creative Agency
Naomi Hamels, Global Director at Altium®
Alex Gudilko, CEO at AJProTech - IoT Product Development
Jeanette Numbers, Founder & CEO of Nova
Thomas Soederholm, VP of Business Development at Nordic Semiconductor
Terry Arbaugh, VP of Sales & Marketing at SEACOMP
Sarah Muzquiz of Particle
Melanie Daniels, Founder of Prairie City Solutions
Luc Martens, Professor at Ghent University
Sarah Muzquiz, Alliances Manager at Particle
Event Venue
Online
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