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SBA:2021 Innovation Ecosystem Summit
Monday, November 15, 2021 - 6:00am to Wednesday, November 17, 2021 - 2:00pm
Price:
FREE
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.
Schedule
November 15 (10)
November 16 (10)
November 17 (9)
9:00AM–9:30AM
Stage
Welcome to the 2021 Innovation Ecosystem Summit from the 27th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
Bios below: Isabella Casillas, Bailey DeVries
Isabella Casillas Guzman, 27th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Adminis...
Isabella Casillas Guzman27th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
Bailey DeVriesAssociate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration
9:30AM–10:10AM
Stage
Fireside Chat with Kathryn Finney, Interviewed by Natalie Madeira Cofield
Bios below: Kathryn Finney, Natalie Madeira Cofield
Kathryn Finney, Founder and CEO/General Partner, Genius Child/The Greenho...
10:10AM–10:15AM
Stage
10:15AM–11:00AM
Stage
11:00AM–11:30AM
Stage
Collaborative Activity
11:30AM–12:00PM
Stage
12:00PM–12:15PM
Stage
Cultivating an Equitable Invention Ecosystem
Bios below: Rachel Jagoda Brunette, Jennifer Shieh
Rachel Jagoda Brunette, Program Officer, The Lemelson Foundation<...
12:15PM–12:45PM
Breakouts
Breakout Sessions
Breakout 1: Clean Energy Innovation to Enable a Just Climate Transition | Rukmani Vijayaraghavan
Breakout 2: Rural Innovation Ecosystems | Matt Dunne
Mike KileyNNCO
Stacey StandridgeDeputy Director,, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
Rukmani VijayaraghavanInnovation and Market Transformation Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy, Water Power Technologies
12:45PM–1:00PM
Stage
1:00PM–1:30PM
Expo
Virtual Happy Hour
Speakers
Mark Madrid
Associate Administrator, Office of Entrepreneurial Development, U.S. Small Business Administration
Alison Evans
Presidential Management Fellow, U.S. Small Business Administration
Kellie Kubena
Deputy, Rural Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Isabella Casillas Guzman
27th Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration
Erick Page-Littleford
Senior Technology Policy Advisor, U.S. Small Business Administration
Dusty Lang
Director, DHS SBIR Program, LRPAA Program Manager, DHS
Elden Hawkes, Jr.
Partnership and Innovation Specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration
Preston James
CEO and Co-Founder, DivInc.
Natalie Madeira Cofield
Assistant Administrator, Office of Women's Business Ownership, U.S. Small Business Administration
Eric Smith
Director of the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, EDA
Jenn Gustetic
Director of Early Stage Innovations and Partnerships, NASA
Mike Kiley
NNCO
Bailey DeVries
Associate Administrator, Office of Investment and Innovation, U.S. Small Business Administration
Rukmani Vijayaraghavan
Innovation and Market Transformation Advisor, U.S. Department of Energy, Water Power Technologies
Stacey Standridge
Deputy Director,, National Nanotechnology Coordination Office
Hosted by
U.S. Small Business Administration
Created in 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) continues to help small business owners and entrepreneurs pursue the American dream. SBA is the only cabinet-level federal agency fully dedicated to small business and provides counseling, capital, and contracting expertise as the nation’s only go-to resource and voice for small businesses.