Events

This is not a TLA-sponsored event. Toward a stronger ecosystem, we are sharing it on behalf of FORGE.

Join FORGE Founding Director, Brian Ellerman, for a fireside chat and ask-me-anything session with Allie Burns, CEO of Village Capital.

Inspired by the opportunity to reinvent the way we back new ideas and support entrepreneurs who are creating a more equitable and sustainable world, Allie joined Village Capital in 2016, and was named CEO in January of 2019.

A conversation with Optical Sciences Professor and Inventor Jim Schwiegerling, Ph.D.

"I’m a user and not just a maker. I am thrilled with being able to do my outdoor activities, work at the computer and read without being encumbered by glasses. I see like I am young again." -Jim Schwiegerling

As a University of Arizona researcher, you develop knowledge that can change the world.

Studies show that diverse entrepreneurial teams have a greater chance of success, yet while we set creating impact through innovation as priority, few female and underrepresented minority researchers choose a commercialization pathway.

Optics and photonics are the science and engineering of light used everywhere, every day. Join in for this fun, free, virtual family event to explore and discover light, lasers, and Arizona’s world leaders in the science of light. Presented by: Optics Valley, a committee of the Arizona Technology Council, SPIE, and Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium.

This is not a TLA-sponsored event. Toward a stronger ecosystem, we are sharing it on behalf of Startup Tucson.

Join us for Embrace! EMBRACE is a full-day workshop designed to provide emerging young women in leadership positions, especially founders, with the educational support they need to elevate their leadership skills and businesses and in turn, their greater community.