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Wednesday, May 28, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Colton Center for Autoimmunity Showcase
🧬 Biotech
Investor Assembly (Invite-Only)
💵 Investor Assembly
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Meet the Sponsors & Exhibitors
 
Arts Pitch Competition
🎨 Arts
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Arts + Tech Demos Day 1
 
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Investor Assembly (Invite-Only)
💵 Investor Assembly
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Colton Center for Autoimmunity - Early Stage Showcase
🧬 Biotech
Climate Pitch Competition
🌐 Climate
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tech Transfer for the Arts
🎨 Arts
Deep Tech
🏛️ Civic
Beyond ROI: How Investors and Entrepreneurs are Driving Impact through Health Innovation
🩺 Health
Investor Assembly (Invite-Only)
💵 Investor Assembly
Engineering as a Driver of the Development of an Innovation Ecosystem
⚙️ Tech
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Celebrating Innovation Across Domains
 
ePoster Hour & Lunch
 
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Opening Remarks
 
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Biotech Pitch Competition
🧬 Biotech
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
The Culture of Innovation, the Innovation of Culture
🎨 Arts
Workforce
🏛️ Civic
Molecules to Markets: Chemistry’s Role in Climate Tech
🌐 Climate
Global Health at a Crossroads: Innovation and Investment in a Changing Era
🩺 Health
Compute Power: The Future of Cloud Computing in an AI Landscape
⚙️ Tech
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Blavatnik Pitch Contest: Therapeutics
🧬 Biotech
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Innovation Driven Enterprises for the Arts (IDEAs)
🎨 Arts
Housing
🏛️ Civic
Reverse Pitch: VCs Pitch the Problems
🌐 Climate
Innovation in an Evolving Policy Landscape: What’s Next for U.S. Healthcare?
🩺 Health
Roberts Innovation Fund Showcase
⚙️ Tech
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Opening Keynote: To be Announced
 
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Reception
 
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Speaker-Sponsor Dinner (Invite-Only)
 
Thursday, May 29, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Registration & Continental Breakfast
 
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Trends in Life Science Investing
🧬 Biotech
Building the Future: Leveraging Infrastructure for Innovation
🌐 Climate
Revolutionary Ideas Moving from Lab to Market
⚙️ Tech
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
R&D in Theater: A Look into Early Works-in-Progress
🎨 Arts
Arts Student Pitches
🎨 Arts
Health Pitch Competition
🩺 Health
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Connecticut Innovations Profile Companies Showcase
 
9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Arts + Tech Demos Day 2
 
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Panacea of Modern Day Killers: Future of Cardiometabolic R&D
🧬 Biotech
Live Podcast - Climate
🌐 Climate
Digital Transformation
⚙️ Tech
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Blavatnik Pitch Contest: Digital Health
🩺 Health
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
ePoster Hour & Lunch
 
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Arts Keynote: To be Announced.
🎨 Arts
Reverse Pitch
🧬 Biotech
Autoimmune and Oncology: New Targets in Immunobiology
🧬 Biotech
Funder Reverse Pitch
🏛️ Civic
Climate Keynote: To be Announces
🌐 Climate
Health & Veritas Podcast
🩺 Health
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Tech Pitch Competition
⚙️ Tech
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Advent of AI in Drug Discovery and Development
 
The Climate-Water-Health Nexus: Science, Policy and Solutions
 
Protein Degraders: Yale Discoveries Brought to the Clinic
🧬 Biotech
Civic Pitch Challenge
🏛️ Civic
3:45 PM - 4:30 PM
Closing Fireside Chat: To be Announced
 
Quantum Technologies in Drug Discovery
 
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Awards Ceremony
 
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Reception