Getting from Here to There: Advancing Your Sustainability Solution

The UMass Lowell Innovation Hub and Hamilton Brook Smith Reynolds are putting on this amazing one night only experience geared toward startups and small businesses in the green tech and sustainability sectors!

Listen to startups speak on their experience making their way through the market in our Fireside Chat and hear from industry professional filled Innovation Panel discussion as they speak on topics relevant to YOU!

Also don’t miss the engaging networking and Innovation Showcase sessions where you will have the chance to talk with entrepreneurs at various stages of development as well as like minded, sustainability focused community members.

Take a look at our expansive agenda below to get an idea of the many areas of interest we will be touching upon.

AGENDA

4:00-5:00 —– Registration, networking, Innovation Showcase

5:00-5:15. —– Welcome remarks

5:15-6:00. —– Fireside Chat with established startups’ journeys

6:00-7:00. —– Innovation Panel Discussion with Industry Professionals

• Equitable access to the sustainability innovation ecosystem – What resources are available for historically under-served and under-represented entrepreneurs in this space?
• Intellectual property – How do I protect my sustainability innovation?
• Product Development – What resources are available to develop my solution?
• Business plan / Generate revenue – Who is going to use / buy my innovation?
• Funding – Grant resources, investor options (strategic, private equity, venture capital

7:00-7:15 Q&A from the audience

7:15-8:00 Networking, Innovation Showcase

8:00 Program close