10th Annual Science Fair

Science Fair is Autotech Council's once-a-year opportunity for technology companies to introduce innovation to strategy, R&D, scouting, and partnership executives from across the mobility industry. Our Science Fair looks casual – but it’s built for engineers, founders, and real buyers. No fluff, just curated intros and real tech. Share your innovation with a pitch or at a table, sign up for personalized MatchMaker introductions, or just browse the exhibits.

  • Date:10/16/2025 01:00 PM - 10/16/2025 05:30 PM
  • Location SRI Parc Campus, 3333 Coyote Hill Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94304, United States (Map)
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Description

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Car makers, vendors, startups, academics, and investors promote their innovations, products and co-development projects in a show-and-tell format. 100s of tech scouts and business development executives across automotive, transportation, and mobility visit the Science Fair to shop for innovation, search for synergies, and brainstorm potential use cases with their innovation colleagues.

While the layout may be reminiscent of a High School Science Fair, the technology is not! Companies leading the automotive, transportation, and mobility industries into the future are committed to innovation - both to innovating themselves and to partnering with the best innovations available whether those are found in their existing supply chain, a venture funded startup, or a university lab.

EXHIBIT FEATURES & OPTIONS

  • Exhibits: Visitors browse your tech over 4 hours, walking through rows of projects and products on display and hearing startup pitches from the stage
  • MatchMaker Service: Unlimited, pre-arranged 15-minute introductory meetings curated between future innovation partners, customers, and investors
  • Startup Exhibitors: Discounted exhibit space for startups with option to pitch on stage
  • Parking Lot Demos: Limited parking lot demos available first-come, first-served
  • Ask an Engineer: Staff should know your technology inside and out and understand partnership opportunities
  • Virtual Option: Exhibitors, Speakers, and MatchMaker participants will have access to the online portal to schedule virtual followup meetings an introductions on Oct 17.

MATCHMAKER INTRODUCTIONS & MEETING SERVICE

Nearly every conference offers a meeting service, but few are managed the way that we do here at the Autotech Council. Our focus is on helping participants secure the meetings they need - onsite, online or beyond the event. Once a year, at the Science Fair, our Matchmaker Meeting Service facilitates a series of meaningful introductions over 15-minute, prearranged, private meetings inperson and online across 2 days among executives committed to technology discovery and partnership development.

Results from our 2024 MatchMaker event include an average of 7 meetings for companies who actively used the tool, and the best results went to a Series B startup with 2 delegates who took 12 meetings between them.

FEES & OPTIONS

With the exception of the MatchMaker introductions that continue online on October 17th, the Science Fair is onsite only, with no remote access on the 16th.

  • Exhibitor Package - $4995
    Includes inside exhibit table and/or outside Parking Lot demo space, 3 participants, and unlimited onsite and online MatchMaker introductions.
  • Startup Package with Discount - $3995
    Includes everything in the Exhibitor Package plus an elevator pitch on the Science Fair stage.
  • MatchMaker Introduction Service- $995
    Unlimited 15-minute curated, private meetings with BD and R&D executives from carmakers, Tier 1 vendors, exhibitors, startups, Autotech Council members, and other MatchMaker participants. Meetings available onsite on Oct 16, online on Oct 17, or both. This service is included for Exhibitors and Members at no extra fee. 
  • Expo Pass - $20
    Browse the exhibits between 1 and 5:30pm. 

UPGRADES

  • VIP Upgrade - $1000
    Secure a premium location for your table with extra marketing both onsite and online
  • Snack Sponsor - $3000
    Use the snack bar to promote your brand to 100s of attendees and media with giveaways and information.
  • Sponsored Pavilion - email for pricing
    VCs and organizations with many companies or technologies to introduce can get a group discount and extra promotion.

ATTENDEES INCLUDE


Autotech Council's Science Fair is the one meeting in our annual calendar that is open to press and the general public with an interest in the technologies shaping the future of mobility. Similar to all Autotech Council meetings, participants include tech scouts, innovation strategy, partnership executives and corporate development delegates from:

  • Carmakers & OEMs
  • Tier 1 & Tier 2 Automotive Vendors
  • Mobility investors and Corporate VCs

along with entrepreneurs, media, academics and the wider automotive community.