INNOVATION SHOWCASE
2026
Coming Soon
Cutting-edge Technologies From San Diego and Southern California Academic Research Organizations
On June 10 San Diego Innovation Council (SDIC) invites you to participate in a full day of company presentations and networking, with high quality investment opportunities in the software, engineering, cleantech, bluetech, and life sciences sectors.
The SDIC will present innovations created at top academic centers in San Diego and Southern California. These academic centers come together annually to present investment opportunities, commercialization success stories, and opportunities to develop new enterprises based on technologies developed by their researchers.
The San Diego Innovation Showcase is possible with the support from its over thirty supporting organizations.
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Agenda
- 8:00 AM
- Breakfast
- Networking
- 8:30 AM
- SDIC Welcome
- 8:45 AM
- Commercialization Success Fireside Chat
Daniel Bradbury (Moderator)
Managing Member, BioBrit, LLC
Kyle Cordova
Founder and CEO, Aquaporo
Quyen T. Nguyen
Founder and CEO, Alume Biosciences
- 9:30 AM
- Strategies for Navigating the Current Funding Environment
Stephen Crutchfield (Moderator)
Technology Transfer Office Deputy, Naval Warfare Information Center Pacific
Declan Kerwin
Chief of Staff, Seasats
John Wu
CEO, Gryphon
Andrew Baum
CEO, Cquestra
- 10:15 AM
- Break
Concurrent Startup Presentations - I
- Cleantech/Bluetech
- Therapeutics/Diagnostics
- Medtech/Biotools
- 12 Noon
- Networking
- Lunch
Concurrent Startup Presentations - II
- Bluetech/Software/Engineering
- Therapeutics/Diagnostics
- Medtech/Biotools
- 3:00 PM
- Keynote
Cat Jamieson
Professor of Medicine, Director of the Sanford Stem Cell Institute, Director of the CIRM UC San Diego Alpha Clinic, Chief of the Division of Regenerative Medicine, Sanford Stem Cell Institute Chancellors Endowed Chair in Regenerative Medicine
- 3:40 PM
- Investor Panel
Hayden Householder (Moderator)
Technology Transactions Attorney, Perkins Coie
Mike Krenn
Managing Director, Prebys Ventures
Paul Thiel
Managing Director, Pathstone
Kirsten Leute
Partner, Osage University Partners
Arun Fernando
Senior Director, Lily Ventures
- 4:30 PM
- Networking and Happy Hour