Tech Tuesday: Fueling Innovation Through Education
Apr 20 , 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 MDT
Joseph Sapien, Executive Director of the STTE Foundation, and Vianey Romo, Workforce Coordinator at the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation will discuss educating the next generation of innovators and the skills and knowledge that are needed to face the future STEM fields. In addition, attendees can expect to hear how technology is changing education, as well as lessons learned and pitfalls to avoid.
Event DetailsTech Tuesday: Fueling Innovation Through Relationships
May 18 , 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 MDT
Tresa Rockwell Executive Director at Progress321 and Ivan Huerta Co-Founder and Organizer of El Paso’s Startup Grind will discuss how building communities can lead to innovation, and how relationships can be developed and leveraged to foster innovation. Other areas of discussion will be around how communities are built, and what are the challenges and lessons learned when the goal is promoting and fostering innovation in a diverse group.
Event DetailsTech Tuesday: Fueling Innovation Through Culture
Jun 22 , 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 MDT
Steven Khoung, Co-Founder and CEO of Curacubby, Inc. will discuss fostering innovation and intrapreneurship in his company, and the benefits and positive outcomes that result from promoting innovation. He will also discuss how startups can foster an innovative culture, the challenges to overcome and pitfalls to avoid, what resources and best practices a business leader can leverage, and how can a business leader create an innovation culture.
Event DetailsTech Tuesday: Fueling Innovation Through Community
Jul 20 , 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 MDT
J.J. Childress, serial entrepreneur and Director of Microsoft’s TechSpark Initiative in El Paso, and Erik Pavia, Founder of Pantheon and Entrepreneur in Residence for the MCA Innovation Center, will discuss how showcasing technology helps foster innovation. JJ and Erik, co-founders of the Techquila podcast, will share their journey creating a tech-centered podcast, best practices, and lessons learned along the way. Attendees can expect to learn about the importance of media format, developing the audience for innovation and tech-related media, and how to leverage media authority to foster innovation.
Event DetailsTech Tuesday: Fueling Innovation Through Research
Aug 24 , 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 MDT
Dr. Chalil Madathil, Assistant Professor of Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering (IMSE) and Luis Ochoa, Manager, 3D Printing and Manufacturing Services, W.M. Keck Center for 3D Innovation at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) will discuss how they have developed relationships between their research centers and companies. This leads to the larger discussion of the difference between research and innovation, and how research can be promoted to fuel innovation, what works and what doesn’t.
Event DetailsTech Tuesday: Fueling Innovation Through Leadership
Sep 21 , 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 MDT
Emma Schwartz President of the Medical Center of the Americas Foundation and a member of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will talk about how leadership can fuel innovation, focusing on values and best practices to leverage and steer strong leadership. She will discuss pitfalls, what to avoid, and lessons learned when taking initiative both inside and outside one’s own organization. We will also consider how to grow as an innovative leader, and what opportunities are available regionally for leaders.
Event DetailsTech Tuesday: Fueling Innovation Through Attraction
Oct 19 , 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 MDT
Guest speakers will discuss how attracting talent and companies outside the region has an impact on innovation. Attendees will learn about the limits of the regional innovation ecosystem, the opportunities and challenges when attracting new companies, and best practices to have when working with remote or culturally different partners.
Event DetailsTech Tuesday: Fueling Innovation Through Play
Nov 16 , 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 MDT
Alberto Ponce, Research Analyst with the MCA Innovation Center, will discuss the role games have in fostering innovation, what are the challenges and opportunities for using innovation games in business, how structured play activity increase idea generation, and what are the best practices for leveraging innovation games. He will identify through examples how innovation games could be implemented to solve complex problems, help develop partnerships, and work through user and customer identification.
Event DetailsTech Tuesday: Innovator Showcase
Dec 14 , 2021 | 4:00 PM - 5:00 MDT
An in-house innovator will discuss their innovation and product development journey and their business philosophy.
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