Celebration of Innovation 2026

It gives us great pleasure to invite you to the Penn Center for Innovation's 11th annual Celebration of Innovation on Tuesday, December 1, 2026 where we will celebrate Penn researchers and innovators named as inventors on patents issued to Penn this past fiscal year. During the celebratory program we will also present several special awards for exceptional achievements in technology innovation and commercial translation, including:

• Deal of the Year
• Emerging Inventor of the Year
• Startup of the Year
• The Paul D. Sehnert Partner of the Year
• Inventor of the Year

Networking will begin at 4:30pm and the program will start between 5pm and 5:15pm.

We hope you will be able to join us for the celebration, which will be held this year in the Amy Gutmann Hall Lobby & Auditorium (3317 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104).