SoCal Community Events

Connect with the innovation community in Southern California by checking out these regional events.

Upcoming Community Events

The events listed are not hosted or organized by the Alliance unless specified

September 6
Cal Poly Demo Day 2024
Hosted by: Cal Poly
Location: San Luis Obispo
After three months of rigorous work, Cal Poly’s most promising entrepreneurs are ready to showcase their startups. See how three months of intensive workshops, dedicated mentorship, hard work and collaboration have prepared our teams to turn their startup ideas into real, viable business ventures. Watch their pitches and network with the teams to learn more about their startups.

September 12-13
Cardiovascular Tech Forum
Hosted by: Octane
Location: Newport Beach
The Cardiovascular Tech Fourm is where innovation and healthcare intersect. Join us for an extraordinary journey into the latest advancements in cardiovascular technology, where renowned experts, visionaries, and industry leaders converge to share insights, foster collaborations, and shape the future of heart health. Discover the trends, network with peers, and gain a deeper understanding of the evolving landscape of cardiovascular technology.

September 15-20
SoCal Deep Tech Week
Hosted by: Various (including the Alliance for SoCal Innovation)
Location: El Segundo / South Bay
SoCal Deep Tech Week convenes groundbreaking technology and pioneering research across Aerospace & Defense, AI & Robotics, Computing, Advanced Manufacturing, Biotech, and Energy & Sustainability. Join visionaries — founders, researchers, engineers, investors, industry leaders, storytellers, designers, policymakers, and the Department of Defense — collaborating to solve today’s hardest problems and build a better future.

September 18
Deep Tech Symposium
Hosted by: Alliance for SoCal Innovation
Location: El Segundo
A one-day, highly curated event during SoCal Deep Tech Week, featuring keynotes and panels on cutting-edge innovations in Aerospace & Defense, Cleantech & Sustainability, and AI/Robotics & Advanced Manufacturing.

September 17-19
Glendale Tech Week
Hosted by: Various (the week is led by the City of Glendale)
Location: Glendale
Three days of events, learning, networking, and celebrating Tech. Prepare for a series of captivating experiences, including thought-provoking panel discussions, awe-inspiring keynote presentations, a bustling job fair, and the exhilarating Pitchfest competition. And when it’s time to wrap things up, there will be a closing party and award ceremony at the Americana at Brand.

September 19
MAPLE Southern California Hybrid Fall Reception
Hosted by: Maple Business Council
Location: Downtown Los Angeles
In the interest of growing ties between Canada and the U.S., the Maple Business Council hosts events to bring together business leaders to network with fellow executives across sectors and hear from featured speakers. This meeting will feature Marie-Christine Drolet, CEO at AtmanCo and Jean-Pascal (JP) Saucier, Director of Foreign Direct Investment at Investissement Quebec in Los Angeles.

September 24
San Diego Innovation Day
Hosted by: Connect and the City of San Diego
Location: Downtown San Diego
Experience all that innovation has to offer here in San Diego with 150+ tech and life science exhibitors, inspiring talks, panels, pitches, entertainment, and revel with thousands of others in seeing how the richness of our region’s diversity comes alive at Petco Park. From fireside industry chats, VC panels, to the Startup World Cup, figure out where you need to be to maximize your time at Petco Park.

September 25
11th Annual Women’s Venture Summit
Hosted by: Stella Foundation
Location: San Diego
Stella’s annual Women’s Venture Summit is an unmatched event that builds bridges between female founders and investors (including aspiring investors!). Now in its 11th year, the goals of the conference are to boost female founders’ access to capital and to grow the number of female and male investors who invest in female-led startups. Women’s Venture Summit is one effort that has helped Stella facilitate $200+ million in fundraising dollars for women-led companies! We’ve created an immersive two-day experience that will inspire, empower and equip you to become a changemaker who makes giant leaps for womankind.

September 25-26
SoCalBio Investor & Partnering Conference
Hosted by: SoCalBio
Location: Newport Beach
The SoCalBio conference is a platform that highlights the cutting-edge value-based bioscience advancements originating from Southern California. It serves as a forum for exploring streamlined approaches to effectively bring these innovations to market. The conference will host a remarkable lineup of at least 30 company presentations alongside enlightening plenary sessions, business roundtables, and VC one-on-one sessions. These presentations will exemplify the robustness and promising future of the bioscience industry in the Greater Los Angeles region, encompassing Los Angeles, Orange County, and nearby communities.

September 26
Top Tech Awards 2024
Hosted by: Top Tech Awards
Location: San Diego
The Top Tech Awards honor outstanding information technology executives, as nominated by their peers and clients. Nominees and honorees who meet the specified criteria, as determined by an independent panel of judges, are recognized at the Top Tech Awards each year.

September 26
High Tech Awards
Hosted by: Octane
Location: Irvine
Each year at HTA, we celebrate the accomplishments of 32+ companies in Southern California that lead innovation. The High Tech Awards celebrate and recognize those individuals and companies who make Orange County a center of technology and medical technology innovation. Join the brightest minds in technology for a night of networking, a seated dinner, and an inspiring awards ceremony. Tickets will sell out so get yours while you can.

September 26-27
LA Tech CEO Summit
Hosted by: LA Tech
Location: Palos Verdes / South Bay
This CEO only event is an exclusive opportunity to bring together LA’s top tech CEOs for an inspiring retreat of networking & learning. Join us for two days & one night by the ocean with your peers for impactful sessions, business breakouts & collaborative workshops, along with great food & fun.

SoCal Venture Pipeline Program
Deadline: Ongoing
SoCal Venture Pipeline Program powered by Banc of California
Startups receive targeted introductions to investors through our unique no-cost program (no fees, no equity, totally free). SoCal entrepreneurs raising institutional funding are carefully selected and directly introduced to capital providers from our deep nationwide relationship network. To see info about each company and the newest accepted startups in the SVP program, visit our website.

Community Deadlines

Submission Deadline: Oct 3
Open Call for Technical Assistance from Dept. of Energy
The Technology Commercialization Fund (TCF) Open Voucher Call, will provide the public with opportunities to receive technical assistance from researchers at DOE National Laboratory facilities. This single-phase open voucher call will award up to 21 teams a voucher of up to $100,000 to be redeemed at one of eight national laboratories.

Application Deadline: Open Ended
SA&M Preccelerator Program
We work hand in hand with early stage ventures throughout their term to know their market and users, foster their leadership skills, build and test their products, avoid legal pitfalls, ensure the defensibility of their products, acquire users and partnerships and prepare them for the fundraising process. We have an open application process for new companies interested in the Preccelerator Program.

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The Alliance has established a nationwide network of over 200 institutional investors who receive curated personal introductions to high quality startups ready for Seed and Series A funding who match their investment thesis and previous investments. Join our relationship network to get connected to high potential startup founders.

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