There are many international commercialization conferences, but only one that will provide you with international LaunchPads and support to help your local companies access global markets PLUS a platform to put your local companies in front of the California investment community. If you’re looking for sustainable methods to attract early stage capital and stimulate innovation and concrete programs you can implement to stay regionally competitive and help your region compete globally, the Global CONNECT Summit is for you.
Learn from architects of some of the world’s leading innovation ecosystems along with visionaries who are growing clusters in emerging markets for this two day international meeting in San Diego, California. In a stimulating format including keynotes, interviews, workshops, and an investor pitch session, the audience will explore strategies to strengthen supply chains and innovation in novel and incremental production, as well as build lasting partnerships with leading entrepreneurs, scientists, investors, and innovation thought leaders.
Build lasting partnerships with leading entrepreneurs, scientists, venture capitalists, and innovation thought leaders.
Bring home practical solutions you can implement.
Registrants will have the opportunity to:
- Present your region as a launch pad for international innovators. (Send your request to present a 1-3 minute introduction-no slides, to kwinston@connect.org by November 15.)
- Introduce your region’s market opportunities to a global audience of potential strategic partners, investors and innovators.
- Identify proven capital formation, commercialization and acceleration programs that can be replicated in your region.
- Innovators with interest in establishing U.S. operations are invited to present before a panel of California early stage investors on December 6 during the Summit. (To be selected, innovators should send a one page Executive Summary and slide presentation to kwinston@connect.org by November 15.)
The purpose of the Global CONNECT Summit is to bring existing regional innovation centers together with developing economic regions to share best practices and create awareness of cross-market resources and investment opportunities that will further strengthen US and international economies.
ABOUT CONNECT
Serving as a Regional Innovation Cluster model, CONNECT has assisted in the formation and development of more than 3,000 companies in the San Diego region and is widely regarded as one of the world’s most successful organizations linking inventors and entrepreneurs with the resources they need for commercialization of innovative products in high tech and life sciences.
The program has spurred the development of one of the largest innovation clusters in the world, with well developed verticals in wireless, software, life sciences, clean tech and action and sports. In addition the region now boasts more than 80 research institutes and emerging clusters in convergence technologies such as mobile health, genomics, bioinformatics, cyber security, energy storage and biofuels.
