Innovate Sac

Transforming Sacramento into an Urban Technology Lab

Join us at Sacramento State during Global Entrepreneurship Week for the launch of the vision of the Sacramento Urban Technology Lab (SUTL), an initiative of the Mayor’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Explore the focus industries through our exhibitors who will bring to life the seven strategic verticals in the SUTL plan. Learn about future opportunities for innovation from our expert speakers. Come together with innovators, technologists, economic growth professionals, educators, and students to launch a shared vision of Sacramento’s innovation future!

The Sacramento Urban Technology Lab will engage the community to transform Sacramento into a living laboratory to develop, test, deploy, replicate, and scale new technologies, products, and services that will accelerate quality of life improvements for all residents. Come find out what SUTL is all about!

WHEN: Wednesday, November 15, 2:00PM - 5:00PM

WHERE: Sacramento State, Harper Alumni Center

Speakers

Aaron Frank

Aaron Frank

Principal Faculty, Singularity University

Aaron Frank is a writer and speaker focused on the effects that emerging technologies have on business, society, and culture. As a writer, his articles have appeared in Vice's Motherboard, Wired UK, Forbes, and Venturebeat. As a speaker, Aaron has lectured for audiences and organizations including the CIA, The US Department of Defense, The Coca-Cola Company, AAAS, Sony, Under Armour and more.

Austin Brown, Ph.D.

Dr. Austin Brown

Executive Director, UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy

Austin Brown focuses on technologies and policies for clean energy and sustainable transportation. He directs the UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, the Environment, and the Economy, which leverages world-class university expertise and engages directly with decision-makers to deliver credible, relevant, and timely information and analysis to inform better energy and environmental policy. He recently served an 18 month detail in the Obama White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.

Brought to you by:

City of Sacramento
Sacramento State
 
 
 
StartupSac
Sacramento State Center for Entrepreneurship

Innovate Sac is a featured event of Global Entrepreneurship Week USA which is celebrating 10 years of unleashing ideas. From November 13-19, hundreds of thousands of people in all 50 states will join nearly 10 million people in 170 countries through 35,000 events, activities and competitions that help make it possible for anyone, anywhere to start and scale a business.

Global Entrepreneurship Week USA