Attending the IEEE Inertial Conference 2025 in Lindau was an invaluable experience - a unique opportunity to connect with industry leaders and understand both the market’s direction and its current pain points.
I am Konstantinos Chanioglou, a master's student in Computer Science and Engineering, a business developer, and a TU Delft Ideation Lab graduate. During my time at Ideation Lab, I worked alongside coaches from Impact Studio and Professor Peter Steeneken to explore the market potential of his recent research achievements.
More specifically, I focused on the commercialization potential of a patented technology for novel accelerometers. This innovation addresses current market limitations by delivering unprecedented sensitivity at a fraction of the cost.
While identifying such detailed insights usually requires time-consuming interviews with carefully scattered experts, being part of this conference brought all those voices together in one place and willing to connect with others. It was the ideal environment for a business developer aiming to make an impact with transformative technology.
Although the initial plan of attending the conference was to build strong relations in order with companies purchasing accelerometers for building navigation systems, multiple conversations with them revealed that the sensitivity of existing accelerometers is already sufficient for meeting the requirements of such applications. Instead, the most critical challenge for next-generation navigation accelerometers is handling vibrations during operation. However, it was also discovered that sensitivity remains a key performance and limitation factor in other application areas, such as seismic surveillance and health monitoring. As a result, I engaged with experts in these fields to further investigate the potential of our technology in those domains.
