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PennVention 2010 registration is now open! Click here to register.

PennVention is the annual student inventors competition at the University of Pennsylvania. Students learn how to turn their "good ideas" into commercial products or services.

What’s YOUR big idea?

Register now for the 2010 Mini-Mentoring Marathon!

The Mini-Mentoring Marathon is an opportunity to meet with experienced industry professionals, engineers, consultants, and entrepreneurs to discuss your ideas for PennVention. The marathon has a speed-dating format, meaning you'll sit down with various industry professionals for 15 minutes each. The deadline to register your team is December 1, 2009.

The Mini-Mentoring Marathon will take place on December 11, 2009 between 10 am and 2 pm at the Weiss Tech House.


Student Inventors and Entrepreneurs
Congratulations to winners of PennVention 2009

The winners for the 2009 PennVention competition have been announced! Ten teams competed for cash and other prizes in the annual Innovation Fair on April 10th at Wu and Chen Auditorium. The list of winners and descriptions of the 10 finalist teams can be found here.
PennVention 2009 Phase II Judging

Over 25 teams submitted ideas for the 2009 Achievement Round. Distinguished judges representing areas ranging from product development to venture capital will now be evaluating submissions using an online judging system. Teams will be notified in early March of their standing within the competition.
2009 Mini Mentoring Marathon

This year's Mini Mentoring Marathon was the most successful marathon in PennVention's history. With over 60 submissions from teams, the mentors were able to help shape many innovative ideas for the upcoming phases of the competition. For more information about the marathon, please see our process page.
2008 PennVention Winners

Ten teams of student inventors won over $60,000 in cash and prizes from presentations of their prototypes of innovative technologies at the University of Pennsylvania’s fourth annual PennVention competition on the Weiss Tech House. Read more
Corporate Sponsors of PennVention Competition

Tierney Communications joins QVC, Inc.; Bresslergroup; Paramount PDS and Lowenstein Sandler PC in support of students developing and commercializing innovative technologies at the Weiss Tech House. Read More


Industry Mentors and Judges


Roger Schiffman
Some of the world’s most respected business leaders have donated their time to help student inventors take their ideas from conceptualization to commercialization.
Learn how to become a mentor or judge
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