Autodesk Hosts Mass Innovation Nights at New BUILD Space

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Autodesk Hosts Mass Innovation Nights at New BUILD Space

BOSTON, MA--(Marketwired - Aug 24, 2016) - Mass Innovation Nights and Autodesk will host the 90th Mass Innovation Nights (#MIN90). The event will be held on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 from 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm at Autodesk's new BUILD Space in Boston's Seaport District. Mass Innovation Nights are free product showcase and networking events held monthly in the greater Boston area. To attend, please RSVP .

Autodesk's Building Innovation Learning and Design (BUILD) Space is focused on new technologies that are changing the building industry. The BUILD Space brings together students, entrepreneurs, and researchers to explore new ways to make design and construction more efficient. The BUILD Space's three floors include high-tech tools like laser cutters and a water jet, programmable milling machines, 3-D printers and robots.

"By partnering with leading local companies like Autodesk and hosting events in their locations, our events are a great way to explore the resources and hidden treasures of our Boston region's business community," said Innovation Nights founder Bobbie Carlton. "Longtime Innovation Nights partner, and four-time host/sponsor, Autodesk recognizes the value of connecting with local innovators."

"Mass Innovation Nights connects startups and other companies with new products with potential customers, partners and investors, and raises their visibility through the power of social media and face-to-face events like these," said Rick Rundell, senior director at Autodesk. "These events are a great way for Autodesk to connect with the local community and provide a platform to showcase companies we are working with as well."

Several of the products featured at the event are from companies working in Autodesk's BUILD Space incubator. The event will also feature new student-founded startups from Accelerate , the Innovation Center at Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT).

The event is free and open to the public. Guests are encouraged to help support local entrepreneurship by sharing information on the new products via social media. Participating startups this month include construction, education, retail and marketing tech, robots and wellness:

  • Building Conversations
  • Cognate
  • Concrete Sensors
  • Jade Robot
  • knead
  • LeafCanoe
  • Pillar Technologies
  • Smartick
  • StorkIt
  • TiroGage
  • Vinylmint

About Mass Innovation Nights Mass Innovation Nights (MIN) offers an opportunity for people interested in innovative new products to connect live and online. For companies, the Innovation Nights community offers increased online and social media visibility as well as an opportunity to showcase in front of a supportive live audience. Each month, several companies bring new products to the event, and the social media community helps spread the word. The events have helped to launch more than 900 local products. Follow @MassInno on Twitter or visit http://mass.innovationnights.com/

Autodesk, the Autodesk logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries.

Media Contact: Kristen Avini 510-221-8122 Mass Innovation Nights kristen@innovationnights.com

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