SBA:2021 Innovation Ecosystem Summit
The inaugural Summit is curated to connect ESOs from around the country to leverage one another and build inclusive innovation ecosystems.
Gather with new and thriving entrepreneurial support organizations working with startups and small businesses, particularly those serving underrepresented communities, that are trying to build out and commercialize their technologies.
What to Expect
- Leverage each other's strengths on how to best connect entrepreneurs working on advanced technologies to the country’s largest source of early- stage funding
- Learn how to navigate the SBIR/STTR world
- Leave with creative and actionable ways to build a network that is inclusive of underrepresented communities
- and much more...
Who Should Attend
- Entrepreneur Support Organizations or Individuals
- Accelerators, Incubators, and similar funding or training organizations
- VC firms
- Economic Development Organizations (State, Local)
- Federal Labs and Research Institutions
- Federal Agencies working in science and tech
- University Entrepreneurial Groups
- Resource and Service providers (Co-working, Networking, Funding, etc)
- and, those in the Tech-Based Economic Development world
All geographic levels (City, Regional, National) and all high-tech sectors (Health, Energy, Agriculture, etc.) are welcome and encouraged to attend, particularly those focused on underrepresented communities.
SBA’s participation in this activity is not an endorsement of the views, opinions, products or services of any other person or entity. All SBA programs and services are extended to the public on a nondiscriminatory basis.
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Isabella Casillas Guzman, 27th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Adminis...
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Kathryn Finney, Founder and CEO/General Partner, Genius Child/The Greenho...
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Rachel Jagoda Brunette, Program Officer, The Lemelson Foundation<...
Breakouts
Breakout 2: Rural Innovation Ecosystems | Matt Dunne
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Expo
Speakers
Associate Administrator, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, U.S. Small Business Administration
Presidential Management Fellow, U.S. Small Business Administration
Deputy, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
27th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
Senior Technology Policy Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration
Director, DHS SBIR Program, LRPAA Program Manager, DHS
Partnership and Innovation Specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration
CEO and Co-Founder, DivInc.
Assistant Administrator, Office of Women's Business Ownership, U.S. Small Business Administration
Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, EDA
Director of Early Stage Innovations and Partnerships, NASA
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Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration
Innovation and Market Transformation Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy, Water Power Technologies
Deputy Director,, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office