MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum

麻省理工学院中国创新与创业论坛

MIT-CHIEF

MIT-CHINA INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP FORUM

Founded in 2011, MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (MIT-CHIEF) is leading student-run conference focusing on collaborations between China and the United States on innovation and entrepreneurship. Dedicated to a constructive dialogue on the challenges, trends, and issues affecting technology innovation and commercialization, the forum aims to engage leading scientists, economists and entrepreneurs in a discourse that offers insights and generates ideas.

12 Annual Conferences

130+ Seminars

1000+ Startup Teams

100+ Exemplary Business Plans

Over $200 Million Startup Fundraising

Covering All Cutting-Edge Tech Topics

MIT xiaozhang.png — “To innovate — to generate truly new ideas that produce world changing products and services — we must work together. And so I am delighted that you (MIT-CHIEF) have come together from across academia, government, and industry and from China and the United States to advance innovation and entrepreneurship as tools for change.”
— L. Rafael Reif, 17th President of MIT

Meet Our Past Speakers

Kai-Fu Lee

Bob Xiaoping Xu

Robert Langer

Alex Pentlands

Shi Wang

Xiaoge Xiong

George Church

Donald Sadoway

Ya-Qin Zhang

Shoucheng Zhang

Harvey Lodish

Robert Weinberg

Yasheng Huang

Peter Kolchinsky

Robert Desimone

John Maraganore

Gang Chen

Weiying Ma

Bill Aulet

Elazer Edelman

Chaoyang (Charles) Zhang

Eric Gan

Kevin Steinberg

James DiCarlo

Daqing Mao

Carlo Ratti

Alexander Slocum

Ed Boyden

Yizhou Chen

Haiquan Hu

Karl Iagnemma

Rafi Segal

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MIT-CHIEF STARTUPS COMMUNITY

THRIVING ECOSYSTEM

MIT-CHIEF is home to hundreds of startups, including Mobvoi, Smarking, MorphLab, and Recon Therapeutics. Over the past few years, the total funding raised by startups in the MIT-CHIEF community has exceeded 150 million US dollars.