Spiber is pleased to announce that it has been selected for the “SunBridge Emerging Leader” award by the 10th Japan – U.S. Innovation Awards Symposium, held jointly by the Japan Society of Northern California and the Stanford University US–Asia Technology Management Center. Each year, the award is granted to two startups for technological innovations deemed to be disrupting their markets.

Spiber’s Director and Representative Executive Officer, Kazuhide Sekiyama, will give an acceptance speech at the online symposium, held on July 15 (July 14 for US time zones), and will also participate in a panel discussion with Beyond Meat, the co-recipient of this year’s award, and Daniel Meyer, Spiber’s Head of Global Corporate Planning.

Details can be found here.