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A home full of people who understand your work

October 10, 2024
By: Mark Skinner

Doing this work in our separate regions and states, we can feel at times like we're the only ones doing what we do. SSTI recognizes it is even hard to explain your work to friends and family. What is a tech-based economic development practitioner? An ecosystem builder? A commercialization professional?  

A famous guy once wrote, "We few, we happy few..."  The Bard might have been talking about TBED and regional innovation. SSTI gets it. So, we've created a place to fix that. We're bringing our band together in December.

At SSTI's Annual Conference, you'll be among people who understand what it means to be working toward creating a better future through science, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. People who know your jargon (mostly). People who have experienced the same challenges in their own regions that you face.

It's a safe place for people like you, like us. We're focused on our shared field and on our shared future.

During the conference, you can skip that awkward part of many conversations when you have to explain why your job even exists and instead just dive into sharing your work, your challenges, your knowledge.  

We have attendees working on capital access, entrepreneurship support, STEM talent, tech transfer, inclusive innovation, incubators and tech parks, higher education R&D, regional innovation ecosystems, state policy, and so much more. (Doesn't it feel good to know you'll be talking with people who know what all those things are?)

And if you're not sure how you ended up in this field or what you do, don't worry, we've got a session for that too.

Come to your professional home this Dec. 10-12 by joining your peers in greater Phoenix for SSTI's Annual Conference.

Here’s what to do next:

  • Check out our agenda.
  • Register for three days of content and community for only $495.  
  • Book your room at the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass. (No later than Nov 18, but do it now because our block at the resort will fill up!)
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