Global Entrepreneurship Week | Capital Innovation Summit

About this event

Global Entrepreneurship Week is back November 13–22, and Monday is 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 straight talk about where AI, biotech, and advanced manufacturing are headed here — then rolls straight into the 8th Annual Sacramento Entrepreneurial State of the Union.

Who should be here Founders and early-stage teams. Engineers and researchers working in AI, robotics, biotech, and manufacturing. Investors. Students who want to build. The partners, economic developers, and civic leaders who make it possible. If you're building something in the Capital Region, or betting on someone who is, this 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. Noon · Lunch Pitches This weekend's Startup Challenge winners and a few Innovation Lab ventures take the mic while you eat. Afternoon · What We're Growing (1:00–4:00 PM) The three industries the Capital Region is building, back to back, then the investors who fund them. Here are the topics that will be discussed: • AI & Robotics — who's shipping here, and what it takes to turn scattered companies into a cluster

• Biomanufacturing & Biotech — getting research out of the lab and into companies that stay here

• Advanced Manufacturing — batteries, clean energy, transportation, and what Made in California means for this region

• The Capital Conversation — investors on what's getting 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 Annual Sacramento Entrepreneurial State of the Union. Free — register separately here: https://luma.com/s1g42i8x 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.

From Carlsen Center