Global Entrepreneurship Week | Capital Innovation Summit

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Cost: 0.00 Event Type: Anchor University,Discussion,Mee ting,Networking,Professional Development Short Description: Global Entrepreneurship Week is back November 13-22, and Monday is the main stage. One day. One room. The people building the Capital Region's next companies. Link: https://luma.com/27jctqex

Global Entrepreneurship Week is back November 13-22, and Monday i s the main stage. The Capital Innovation Summit pulls founders, engineers, researchers, investors, and the people who back them into the Carlsen Center for a day of building, pitching, and str aight talk about where AI, biotech, and advanced manufacturing are hea ded here - then rolls straight into the 8th Annual Sacramento Ent repreneurial State of the Union.

Who shou ld be here Founders and early-stage teams. Engineers and researchers working in AI, robotics, biotech, and manuf acturing. Investors. Students who want to build. The partners, economic developers, and civic leaders who make it possible. If you're bui lding something in the Capital Region, or betting on someone who is, t his is your day.

The day Morning · How We Use AI to Grow (9:30 -11:30 AM) Hands-on, laptops open. Build your own AI chief of staff: thirty minutes on where generative AI actually is for founders right now, then ninety minutes building a working agent you leave with. Bring a laptop. Noo n · Lunch Pitches This weekend's Startup Challenge winners and a few Innovation Lab ventures take the mic while you eat. Afternoon · What We 9;re Growing (1:00-4:00 PM) The thr ee industries the Capital Region is building, back to back, then the i nvestors who fund them. Here are the topics that will be discussed:

AI and Robotics - who's shipping here, and what it takes to turn scattere d companies into a cluster

Bio manufacturing and Biotech - getting research out of the lab and into companies that stay here

Advanced Manufacturing - ba tteries, clean energy, transportation, and what Made in California me ans for this region

The Capita l Conversation - investors on what's getti ng funded here, what isn't, and what would change that

Evening · The Celebration At 4:30 the doors open for the Silent Pitch and the 8th Annu al Sacramento Entrepreneurial State of the Union. Free - register separately here: Come for the whole day or join us at 4:30. Speakers announced as they're confirmed - grab your seat now.

Accessibility: If you need any accommodations, please let us know at least two weeks in advance so we can arrange them.