George Palikaras, President & CEO, Metamaterial Technologies Inc. was invited to a panel discussion at Invest Atlantic, Halifax, Canada. He answered questions on how his company has been working with leading corporate partners to commercialize MTI’s innovations, in particular Lamda Guard’s partnership with Airbus to develop a solution to laser interference in aviation.
From Invest Atlantic website:
“Since 2012, large companies have spent over $128 billion in corporate investment to buy tech start-ups, globally, in their search for talent and innovative technologies. Hear how they utilize corporate investment and M&A as an instrument to access and leverage these new technologies and learn how to position your business to be on the radar for this new wave of investing? Discover how corporate investment compares with venture capital investing and which is right for your business and when. You may be surprised at the answer.
Moderator: Dawn Umlah, Investment Manager, Innovacorp
Guests:
Kevin Woods, Senior Manager, Corporate Investments, Lockheed Martin
Steve Nicolle, CEO, STI Technologies Ltd
Jordan Kyriakidis, Co-founder & CEO, Quantum Research Analytics (QRA)
Patrick Keefe, Partner, Build Ventures
George Palikaras, President & CEO, Metamaterial Technologies Inc.”