by saftraphotonics | Sep 27, 2019 | Events
The 6th annual event of Forbes Technology took place in Bratislava on 26.9.2019. All-day program offered to invited entrepreneurs a chance to communicate what is their main business mission within topic: Innovation in Business 2019. The presentations took the form of moderated speaking on stage. Our PickMolTM technology promotion has been placed in panel “Business is not science – Science is business “. We had an opportunity in front of hundreds of guests and investors to clarify which problem we address and how we had solved it Forbes chief editor asked questions related to Breakthrough and Next Big Things technologies. In 20 minutes, we introduced the milestones we have achieved, the benefits we bring with our technology and what is a global impact of our solution. The whole event report was published in the November issue of the Forbes magazine
by saftraphotonics | May 14, 2019 | Events
With the ambition to make the pollution monitoring more affordable for developing countries and address any organic pollutants SAFTRA photonics was honored to exhibit at the United Nations high-profile event in Geneva. The bi-annual meetings of the conferences of the Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm conventions took place early May 2019. PickMol by SAFTRA photonics was selected as one of only three private providers to showcase their solutions in an information fair.
The showcase booth has welcomed high profile expert representatives, including environment ministers, research institutes for environment protection and central environmental authorities. Overall, the information fair provided strong warning in case of water and soil pollution by per-or poly-fluoroalkyl substances and polychlorinated biphenyls. These two topics seems to be very promising draw for development of new PickMol Sensing Chips.
Most discussions were focused on PickMol technology principles and mode of operation. The visitors appreciated its benefits when compared to other solutions – mostly the speed from sample collection to result and ease of operation. There was significant interest in a mobile unit deployable anywhere. The feedback collected forms the future product plans. The main mission of the Stockholm convention is to protect human health and the environment from persistent organic pollutants. Read more on their website.
