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Lampe Connect

Where biomedical engineering meets medtech in the Triangle.

Meet the engineers, researchers and early-stage companies of the Lampe Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering at UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State, and the people who'll hire, fund and build with them. Come join us.

NC Biotechnology Center · Research Triangle Park · Free parking on site.

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A senior design student presents his team's device at their booth at the 2026 Design Symposium

One day, two events

The Design Symposium is open to everyone. The MedTech Showcase is by invitation. If you're coming to both, join the Network Bridge.

  1. 2:00–5:00 PM

    Design Symposium

    Open to all

    Senior design teams from UNC-Chapel Hill and NC State. Team posters and BME club tables in the galleria, four-minute talks from the top 25 teams in the auditorium, and the i4 competition.

    About the Design Symposium
  2. 5:00–6:00 PM

    Network Bridge

    For guests attending both

    A reception between the two events. If you're registered for both, you're on the list.

  3. 6:00–9:00 PM

    MedTech Showcase

    By invitation

    Four venture pitches with Q&A from the Lampe MedTech program, then dinner stations, networking and live technology demos.

    About the Showcase

Registration opens in January

Leave your details and we'll email you the day it opens. Received a Showcase invitation? Reply through the link in it. You can add the afternoon there.

Meet the teams before you arrive

From late March, every team's short Problem and Solution videos will be here to watch. No registration needed. Mark the ones you want to see, and they'll be waiting on your own map of the floor on the day.

About the teams

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