Emerging Technologies Program
The Emerging Technologies Program champions collaboration among our "Cleantech Innovators" and facilitates catalyzing clean technologies.The Emerging Technologies Program goals are:
- To help build lasting relationships and partnerships within the cleantech research, entrepreneurial, commercial, and venture capital community
- To spur thought leadership on clean technology
- To provide program sponsors direct access to relevant, innovative new technologies
The Emerging Technologies program has different tracks for partners and sponsors:
Emerging Technologies Partners include national research organizations, laboratories, universities, and incubators, as well as leading public and private organizations that research, foster and build clean technologies. Partners have access to contestants in a single category and may be invited to participate in:
- Category-Specific Judging: providing technical expertise and perspective on the feasibility and science of each entrant in a given category.
- Category-Specific Mentoring: interaction with contestants in a particular category as part of the mentor program
Emerging Technologies Sponsors have access to contestants in all categories and receive special benefits, as follows:
- Referral: The Cleantech Open will fast track involvement of companies referred to the competition by emerging technology sponsors; this provides sponsors with a mechanism for companies they consider of technical interest ‘not quite ready' for their own programs.
- Broadcast: The Open will broadcast your technology requirements through our Website, newsletter, blogs, Breakfast Briefings, Symposia, Thought Leader Summit and other events.
- Access and Evaluation: Promising technologies that potentially meet your needs will be brought to your attention. As sponsor, you will have the following opportunities to evaluate companies and technologies of interest:
- Through your online account, access to all Executive Summaries in all categories for all of this year's contestants, and previous years' alumni.
- Invitations to meet all interesting/relevant contestants and alumni for in-person – either at a Cleantech Open event, or on your premises
- The option to set up a showcase of interesting technologies on your premises for your colleagues, customers or other technology partners.
Events
The Emerging Technologies Program also involves its partners and sponsors in the following events:
Thought Leaders SummitTechnology and Entrepreneur Matching at the Thought Leaders Summit
Are you a cleantech entrepreneur wanting to grow your team? An investor seeking a new company to invest? A corporation seeking cleantechnologies? A scientist seeking a business-saavy entrepreneur? If you are a Cleantech Innovator looking to build the next, big clean technology company, then come to the Thought Leaders Summit Matching Event to find like-minded people.
Innovation Showcase at the Symposium Series
The Innovation Showcase at the Symposium Series is an opportunity to bring together the nation's leading government, university and private research centers to present their latest technologies, ready for commercialization, to the cleantech entrepreneurial community during the Symposium Series. This technology "Open House" will include a poster-driven networking session where technologists and licensing officers from our Emerging Technologies Partners will be on-hand to explain their discoveries and findings.
The Symposium Series is an industry deep-dive with thought leaders from the federal and state government, research and academia, leading venture capitalists and company executives. Leading experts lead a lively panel discussion on the challenges and opportunities in each CTO competition category. Come engage with us - we welcome your questions, technology ideas and challenges, and market opportunities-so we can together shape the new cleantech economy.
Breakfast BriefingsSponsor Keynotes at Breakfast Briefings
The Breakfast Briefing includes a monthly sound-byte "state of the industry" discussion with our cleantech community. Each month will focus on a specific theme and will highlight will feature the Emerging Technologies Keynote - a brief talk on the new technologies and business opportunities that can evolve from these innovations.
