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M2D2 @ 110 CANAL STREET – OPEN HOUSE, NETWORKING EVENT & FAMILY FEUD

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Thursday, September 10, 2015

5pm – 8pm

M2D2 has expanded and is having an Open House along with a Family Feud Business Networking event to show off our new light and bright, fully equipped shared lab facility, at 110 Canal Street in Lowell MA, we are ready to welcome many more medical device and biotech start-up entrepreneurs!

In addition to our open house two teams will compete in a Family Feud Style event to name the most popular responses to survey questions about start up companies!
So come network with Industry Partners, IP Experts, Product Development Experts, Investors and more and help us celebrate this exciting time with networking opportunities, pizza & light refreshments (including beer & wine), as well as lab tours, poster previews of Medical Devices, biotech and technology of several Medical Device start-up companies that have and are being helped by M2D2.

Please join M2D2 at 110 Canal Street, Lowell MA along with our event sponsors Duane Morris LLP and MPR on September 10 from 5-8pm for a Family Feud Style Business Networking Event and Open House!

M2D2 at 110 Canal Street is an 11,000 square foot center is made up of a fully-equipped, shared lab facility that can house 50 researchers and also includes plenty of co-working and meeting spaces. Add in parking and its close (3-block, 7-minute walk) proximity to the MBTA commuter rail, and you have the perfect new home for Boston start-ups!

Agenda
Open House & Networking: 5:00 – 6:30pm
Family Feud: 6:30 – 7:00pm
Lab Tours & Networking: 7:00 – 8:00pm


REGISTER NOW!

Your registration fee includes Pizza, Beer & Wine

Registration Fee until August 28: $10.00
Registration Fee until September 1: $20.00
Registration Fee September 10: $30.00

4th Annual M2D2 New Venture Competition 2015

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4th Annual M2D2 New Venture Competition 2015
$100K Medical Device Challenge!

Sponsored by Boston Scientific, Mintz Levin, Omni Components, Smith & Nephew and Massachusetts Life Science Center.

APPLY NOW!


Companies will compete for $100,000 of services from M2D2, Boston Scientific, Mintz Levin, Omni Components, Smith & Nephew and Massachusetts Life Science Center.


All medical device technologies and inventions welcome and accepted! In addition the following New Venture Competition Sponsors have also identified the following specific areas of Interest.

Boston Scientific has identified specific areas of interest:

  • Additive Manufacturing for Implantable Devices
  • Use of Flexible Electronics to Provide Innovative Implantable Devices
  • Small Form-factor Imaging (65K+ pixels) and Single Pixel Cameras

Smith & Nephew has identified specific areas of interest:

  • Tools which enable procedure simplification
  • Tissue Sparing Procedures
  • Stabilization of and Integration/Fixation to bone
  • Novel Soft Tissue Repair
  • Joint Preservation Solutions

Last year, this event was attended by more than 200 representatives from local venture capital firms, angel investors and service firms, allowing attendees to network and receive informal feedback and develop relationships with key supports for early stage companies.

Finalists will present their business plan at a Pitch & Showcase Event on April 1, 2015 at UMass Lowell. Awards will be presented on April 16, 2015 at the offices of Mintz Levin in Boston.

Entry Fee – Apply early to receive discounted application fees:
First (20) Applications – Free / By Jan 16, 2015: $25 / By Jan 30, 2015: $50

IMPORTANT DATES & INFORMATION
APPLY HERE
REGISTER/PAY HERE

Note: Please remember to register and pay the application fee once your application has been submitted!

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Lean Product Development for Medical Devices

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Please join us for Part 3 of the 2014 M2D2 Educational Series Program. The featured presentation will be “Lean Product Development for Medical Devices”. This will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2014 from 6-8pm at the M2D2 Innovation Hub, 600 Suffolk Street, Lowell MA. Moderator for this program will be Brian Scrivens, Director of Product Consulting, MPR Products. The featured panel includes Mark Boden, Director Y Senior Research Fellow, Boston Scientific; Lee Burnes, Vice President of Research & Development, Covidien and Craig Mauch, Director of Product Design, MPR Products. Registration fee until April 17: $10.00 and Registration Fee after April 17: $20.00. Light refreshments will be served to register for this event now! REGISTER HERE!

This event is sponsored by Nutter McClennen and Fish LLP.

M2D2 New Venture Competition Showcase

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March Madness Spreads to the Medical Device Community!

When: Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Time: 5:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Where: M2D2 Innovation Hub, 600 Suffolk Street 2nd Floor, Lowell, MA 01854

The Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center (M2D2) will be hosting a New Venture Competition Showcase Event on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Novel medical device technologies will be presented, followed by a poster and networking session.

This event is sponsored by Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

REGISTRATION FEE INCLUDES, HOR D’OEUVRES, BEER & WINE AND OTHER REFRESHMENTS& ALSO INCLUDES ENTRANCE INTO THE M2D2 NEW VENTURE COMPETITION AWARDS ON APRIL 10, 2013 TO BE HELD AT NUTTER, McCLENNEN & FISH LLP

You also will be able to speak with current member companies and M2D2 Tenants already taking advantage of the M2D2’s benefits. This Showcase Event is for Inventors, Entrepreneurs & Small Businesses as well as investors in the medical device industry.

This event will feature presentations and posters by the Medical Device start-up companies and inventors listed below, featuring new medical device design inventions that have been submitted to the M2D2 New Venture Competition. The presenting finalists will compete for a chance to win a total of $20,000 in M2D2 Services including: Engineering Services, Business School Services, Medical School Services and legal services from Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP. Come see the new medical device ventures that will be showcased.

REGISTRATION FEE UNTIL MARCH 15: $20.00
REGISTRATION FEE AFTER MARCH 15: $30.00

For more information on how to register and the presenting companies pleasego toourwebsite at www.uml.edu/M2D2 and navigate the the events page or phone us at 978-934-3465.