History

2010 MIT TechFair

2010 included the addition of some very big names in the technology industry, and the continuation of many of our loyal partners.

Platinum Sponsor
Oracle

Gold Sponsors
Microsoft, Thompson Reuters

Silver Sponsors
Lockheed Martin, Sandia National Laboratories, TomTom International B.V., Cisco Systems, Inc.

Basic Sponsors
Draper Laboratory, Medtronic, Cooliris, LogMeIn Inc., Tagged Inc, Activision, Akamai, Dropbox, Google, US Army Natick, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Recombinant Data Corp., Global Prior Art, Grassroots Giving Group, RealNetworks, DRW Trading Group, Knight Equity Markets, L.P., General Atomics., Northrop Grumman,Autotegrity, GE Aviation, Human Dynamics Research Group, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, PROTEUS Technologies


2009 MIT TechFair

2009 continued Techfair's success with a strong group of gold and silver sponsors.

Gold Sponsors
BAE Systems, Microsoft, The Mathworks, Thomson Reuters, Bloomberg

Silver Sponsors
Opnet Technologies, Logmein, Maxim, Lockheed Martin, Schlumberger, DRW Trading Group, IGT, Cisco

Basic Sponsors
454 Life Sciences, Analog Devices, Aurora Flight Sciences, Shell, Cooliris, Glance Networks, Medtronic, Redi2 Technologies, US Army, Wacom, Real Software Systems, Tibco Software Inc., Northrop Grumman, Vertica Systems, Akamai Technologies, Elastra Corporation, IBM, KD Secure, ClickDiagnostics, Linden Lab, Philips North America, Trimble Navigation Limited, Baker Hughes, Scanscout, Onlatte, PadMapper, Sponty, DropBox, Sun Microsystems, Astaro, GE aviation, Robert Bosch llc., Soapstone Networks, Tap n' Tap


2007 MIT TechFair

The 2007 event saw TechFair continue its explosive growth as fifty-six companies, eight academic labs, and one student group exhibited for more than 2200 students.

Platinum Sponsor
Oracle

Gold Sponsors
The Mathworks, Microsoft, Texas Instruments, BAE Systems, Motorola, Cisco, ASML, Seagate

Silver Sponsors
Google, Sensata Technologies, Bose, Draper Laboratory, Sun Microsystems, Nokia, Nortel, Pfizer, Aleri, Autodesk, Invinity Ward, KLA Tencor, GE MDS, Shell Oil, Thomson, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Schlumberger

Basic Sponsors
Merck, ClearPoint Metrics, Hillcrest Labs, Medtronic, StreamBase, Integrated DNA Technologies, Amgen, Yahoo!, Analog Devices, 454 Life Sciences, Air Products Ltd., BioDefense, Boeing, Wilson TurboPower, Electro Standards Laboratories, GE Healthcare, IBM, Lucasfilm Ltd., Power Systems Mfg., Roland, Pulmatrix, Holosonics, Vanu

2006 MIT TechFair

Thirty-eight companies and more than 1400 students attended the second MIT TechFair.

Platinum Sponsor
The Mathworks

Gold Sponsors
iRobot, Microsoft, Intel, Schlumberger, Merck

Silver Sponsors
Apple, Bose, Industrial Light & Magic, Nokia, Raytheon, Sun Microsystems, Johnson & Johnson (Cordis), Autodesk, Air Liquide, Organon Pharmaceuticals

Basic Sponsors
Analog Devices, Medtronic, BBN Technologies, Broadcom, ClearPoint Metrics, Natick Soldier Systems Center, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Amgen, Vision Robotics, Demiurge Studios, Creare, Electro Standards Laboratory, Grandstream Networks, Rallypoint, Wyeth, Integrated DNA Technologies, Invitrogen, Pfizer, Air Products

 

2005 MIT Tech Fair

On January 31st, 2005, over 700 students went to Walker Memorial on the MIT campus to attend MIT's first ever Tech Fair. Ten industry-leading companies presented in a trade show format some of their most innovative science and technologies. Everything from technologies protecting the soldier of the future to automating carpet vacuuming was displayed. See pictures of the 2005 exhibition.

The success of the first ever Technology Fair is only the start of hopefully many more fairs to follow.

The following companies attended the 2005 MIT Tech Fair:

Platinum Sponsor
VMware

Gold Sponsors
iRobot, IBM

Silver Sponsors
Bose, Payload Systems Inc., Raytheon

Other Companies
Natick Soldier Center, ArgonST, Synopsys, Navsys