Pen Brands LLC develops and manufactures nano-based glass, lens, and defogging products. It offers specialty cleaners, anti-fog surface treatments, and nanotechnology coatings. The company was founded by Scott E. Rickert in 1985 and is headquartered in Valley View, OH.

Oxford Nanopore Technologies aims to disrupt the paradigm of biological analysis by making high performance, novel DNA/RNA sequencing technology that is accessible and easy to use. Their novel, electronics-based DNA/RNA sequencing technology is being used in more than 80 countries, for a range of biological research applications. These include large scale human genomics, cancer research, microbiology, plant science, and environmental research. Nanopore sequencing is also being explored beyond research, where it has the potential to provide rapid, meaningful information in the fields of healthcare, agriculture, food and water surveillance, and education. Oxford Nanopore’s proprietary technology is fully scalable for any requirement. Small formats such as Flongle address the need for on-demand, rapid, smaller tests or experiments, and can be used in labs or in the field. The pocket-sized MinION is a powerful and portable sequencing device that can deliver high volumes of long-read sequence data. The benchtop GridION X5 can run up to five MinION Flow Cells at a time, on-demand, for larger genomics projects. The recently launched PromethION is the largest format for nanopore sequencing, designed to offer on-demand use of up to 48 Flow Cells – each of which can offer more than 100Gb of sequencing data. Focusing on ease of use, nanopore sequencing offers easy and rapid preparation, including a ten-minute library preparation kit and the automated, programmable VolTRAX. Supported by a broad patent portfolio, the Oxford Nanopore pipeline includes multiple generations of nanopore-based sensing technologies, including those based on both biological and solid-state nanopores.

CEA is a French government-funded technological research organisation. A prominent player in the European Research Area, it is involved in setting up collaborative projects with many partners around the world. The CEA is the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives). It is a public body established in October 1945 by General de Gaulle. A leader in research, development and innovation, the CEA mission statement has two main objectives: To become the leading technological research organization in Europe and to ensure that the nuclear deterrent remains effective in the future. The CEA is active in four main areas: low-carbon energies, defense and security, information technologies and health technologies. In each of these fields, the CEA maintains a cross-disciplinary culture of engineers and researchers, building on the synergies between fundamental and technological research. The total CEA workforce consisted of 15 838 employees. Across the whole of the CEA (including both civilian and military research), there were 1556 PhD students and 293 post-docs. The CEA is based in ten research centers in France, each specializing in specific fields. The laboratories are located in the Paris region, the Rhône-Alpes, the Rhône valley, the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, Aquitaine, Central France and Burgundy. The CEA benefits from the strong regional identities of these laboratories and the partnerships forged with other research centers, local authorities and universities.

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Aktiengesellschaft (Heidelberg) has been a major provider and partner for the global printing industry for many years. They offer our customers all necessary components essential to the success of their business activities in commercial and packaging printing. They develop and produce core technologies themselves, while complementary components and technologies are provided to their customers via strategic partnerships. Their products, service offerings and consumables, as well as their partnerships, are tailored to meet specific future-oriented customer needs and are geared towards their customers' economic success. With their own sales and service branches and via partners, they supply their customers in around 170 countries worldwide with products, services and consumables, generating Group sales of around € 2.43 billion in the 2013 / 2014 year under review.

Ambri, Inc. (formerly Liquid Metal Battery Corporation (LMBC)) is an early-stage company working to develop and commercialize a new battery technology that will revolutionize grid-scale power storage. Their battery has the potential to cost significantly less than existing batteries. By decoupling power supply and power demand, the liquid metal battery will be a major enabler of the widespread use of sustainable energy sources and the development of more efficient power systems. Ambri was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts, United States.

Intarcia Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that develops therapies for diseases that require long-term chronic treatment. It offers DUROS, a drug delivery platform that stabilizes and delivers therapeutic proteins and peptides. Intarcia Therapeutics' products include OMEGA DUROS, an interferon delivery device for treating Hepatitis C and ITCA 650, a delivery device that provides type 2 diabetes patients with long-term steady state dosing of an incretin mimetic therapy. Additionally, it develops programs for treating obesity. David Franklin, James M. Ahlers, and Thomas Alessi founded BioMedicines in 1997 that became Intarcia Therapeutics in September 2004. Its headquarters is in Hayward in California with an additional office in Mountain View in California.

Hoechst AG produced specialty chemicals and pharmaceutical products. It products ranged in areas of heart cycle, thrombose, central nervous system, onkologie, diabetes, metabolic illnesses, internal medicine and vaccines. Founded in 1863, the company was headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

IDEA AG develops pain therapeutics and biopharmaceutical drugs. The firm develops and commercializes non-invasive therapeutic drugs and the targeted pain therapeutics for arthritic and osteoporosis-related inflammation, chronic pain and diseases. Its technology platform is based on proprietary carriers applied on skin and engineered to diminish side effects and increase drug potency. The company founded by Gregor Cevc in 1993 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Nitto Denko Corp. engages in the manufacture and sale of adhesives, optical films, semiconductors, electronic devices, and consumer products. It operates through the following segments: Industrial Tape, Optronics, Human Life, and Others. The Industrial Tape segment deals with the manufacture and sale of sealing, protective, process, and automotive materials. The Optronics segment offers optical films, printed circuits, and high-precision substrates. The Human Life segment handles the manufacturing services for nucleic acids, nucleic acid synthesis materials, and medical-related materials. The Others segment includes new businesses. The company was founded on October 25, 1918 and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan.

Covalent Partners LLC is an independent registered investment advisor and hedge fund manager headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts. The firm was founded by Robert Hockett in 2005. They provide investment advisory services to pooled investment vehicles intended for high net-worth individuals and institutional investors.

Caterpillar, Inc. engages in the manufacture of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. It operates through the following segments: Construction Industries, Resource Industries, Energy and Transportation, Financial Products, and All Other. The Construction Industries segment supports customers using machinery in infrastructure and building construction applications. The Resource Industries segment is responsible for supporting customers using machinery in mining and quarrying applications and it includes business strategy, product design, product management and development, manufacturing, marketing, and sales and product support. The Energy and Transportation segment supports customers in oil and gas, power generation, marine, rail, and industrial applications. The Financial Products segment offers a range of financing alternatives to customers and dealers for caterpillar machinery and engines, solar gas turbines, as well as other equipment and marine vessels. The All Other segment includes activities such as the business strategy, product management and development, and manufacturing of filters and fluids, undercarriage, tires and rims, engaging tools, and fluid transfers. The company was founded on April 15, 1925, and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Servier are driven by the belief in the excellence of their profession. Theirs is a research-based organization, fulfilling a basic need and dedicated to the future.

ICCAS was founded in 1956. ICCAS is a multi-disciplinary research institute dedicated to the basic research in broad fields of chemical sciences, and to the key developments of the innovative high technologies aiming to the imperative national needs and important strategic targets, as well as to the collaborative high-technology applications and transfers. ICCAS is one of China’s leading chemistry research institutions with high international reputation.

ALZA Corp. is a pharmaceutical and medical systems company that develops, manufactures, and markets therapeutic systems. It provides oral, transdermal, implantable, and liposomal technologies. It is also focused on drug delivery systems with over 20 prescription pharmaceutical products. With over 10,000 employees, ALZA Corp. is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. It was established in 1968 by Dr Alejandro Zaffaroni. It is based inVacaville, California.

AZAD Pharma AG is a private company headquartered in Toffen, Switzerland, that develops finished drugs.

Foresee Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd. (FP) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company. Our mission is to serve patients. We strive to improve patients' quality of life and provide cure through innovative research. We are committed to apply the highest ethical standards to our products, services and communications. Foresee's core competency includes rapid development and commercialization of new drugs using its proprietary drug delivery technology as well as develop first-in-class NCE in disease areas of high unmet medical needs.

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) is the largest biomedical research facility administered by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The institute is centered at the Forest Glen Annex, part of the unincorporated Silver Spring urban area in Maryland just north of Washington, DC, but it is a subordinate unit of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), headquartered at nearby Fort Detrick, Maryland. At Forest Glen, the WRAIR has shared a laboratory and administrative facility — the Sen Daniel K. Inouye Building, also known as Building 503 — with the Naval Medical Research Center since 1999.

Alivio Therapeutics is pioneering targeted disease immunomodulation as a novel strategy to treat a range of chronic and acute inflammatory disorders. Targeted disease immunomodulation involves tuning the immune system exclusively at the site of disease in the body, with minimal impact on the rest of the immune system. This long sought-after approach has potential to treat a range of chronic and acute inflammatory disorders including ones that would otherwise be difficult to treat. Alivio has exclusive rights to a proprietary inflammation-targeting technology, based on the research of Dr. Karp (BWH/HMS) and Dr. Robert Langer (MIT), which is the first technology to reproducibly show the ability to target immunomodulatory compounds to inflamed tissue, which can lead to dramatic improvements in treatment efficacy with major reductions in systemic effects. The platform has been validated in multiple labs and preclinical models of inflammation, including models where the inflammation occurred in different parts of the body (e.g., the GI system, the bladder, joints, skin, etc.). The technology could potentially be used with a variety of medications (e.g., small molecules, biologics, and nucleic acids) both independently or in combination, and is designed to be administered orally or via other routes. With this platform, Alivio aims to address the dozens of conditions where inflammation is a central part of the underlying disease pathology, but where targeted and effective treatment options are lacking.

The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (German: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften e. V.; abbreviated MPG) is a non-governmental and non-profit association of Research Institutes publicly funded by the federal and the state governments of Germany. Additionally, the Max Planck Society and its Institutes receive third party funding from public and private contributions and from the European Union. The world leading organization is named in honor of its former president, theoretical physicist Max Planck. The 86 Institutes and Research Facilities of the Max Planck Society (as of 2020) conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences, and the arts and humanities. They have a total staff of approximately 24,000 permanent employees, including 15,000 scientists, and around 5,000 non-tenured scientists and guests. As of December 31, 2018, the proportion of female employees was 44.4 percent. The Max Planck Society (with its 86 Max Planck Institutes) has a world-leading reputation as a science and technology research organization, with more than 33 Nobel Prizes awarded to its scientists, and is widely regarded as one of the foremost basic research organizations in the world.