What are leaders in energy and sustainability focused on now and over the next decade? Discover the innovation and opportunities that surround the cleantech space at the 9th annual Energy Innovation Conference on February 16th, 2024, hosted by UCLA Anderson’s Energy and Cleantech Association and Center for Impact. Immerse yourself in this year's theme Accelerating Cleantech Innovation and gain valuable perspectives as industry and public sector leaders discuss practical plans for innovation and adoption. Join this electrifying event to observe how these leaders are contributing to an important era of energy transition, influencing the landscape through 2030 and beyond!

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Black Girl Ventures Foundation is starting the 2023 Fall Pitch Tour in LA on Thursday, October 19th! We will be throwing a BGV Pitch Competition with 7 preselected local Black and Brown women-identifying founders.

A BGV Pitch Competition is like ‘Shark Tank’ mixed with the elements of a classic ‘Rent Party’. At a BGV pitch competition, the audience decides the winner through Raisify.co, our voting platform, with their dollars. The winner is determined by a point system, not the dollar amount raised. The money raised goes to the founders in the form of a grant, despite where they place.

Come out meet the BGV team, network with other founders, investors, and potential customers. Watch these amazing 7 founders pitch, vote with your dollars, and learn about new businesses to interact with. Light refreshments and drinks will be served. You do not want to miss this super dope event.

BGV’s mission is to create access to capital, capacity, and community. This means we want to see ALL Black and Brown women-identifying founders win. We want to help these founders in the communities we serve, scale and grow their businesses, gain the capacity to hire in their communities, and social capital to meet those who will help them grow in partnerships, accessibility, and their industry.

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Women's Pitch Event - Leadership

Join us for an exciting in-person event focused on empowering women in leadership roles. The event will be held at AltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles, located at 2451 Signal Street, San Pedro, CA 90731, USA. This is a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and gain valuable insights from successful women leaders. Don't miss out on this chance to network, learn, and be inspired. Mark your calendars and get ready to take your leadership skills to the next level!

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Work From Home (or “WFH”) has upended traditional notions of both how work gets done, as well as how homes and units are planned. Everything we thought we knew is being upended – or is it?

Please join us for a lively panel discussion from an esteemed group of diverse experts right in the thick of this transition. Come hear what companies in various industries are doing right now to bring people back together to the office. In addition, what are residential developers doing to re-plan their projects and pro-formas to make hybrid-WFH or full-WFH possible for more people? What is the market actually asking for with these two sectors?

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Join the Center for Public Partnerships and Research (CPPR) and Orange Sparkle Ball for a provocative conversation about the power of community.

Tech-Enabled Community Resilience is a model for harnessing the power of networks in a community ecosystem to influence and change social and health outcomes. This model highlights how co-design principles serve as core equity drivers for technology-enabled community data initiatives. Blending data science with the right technology tools gives communities a platform to pilot rapid innovations, simulate conditions and forecast outcomes, and build strategies to tackle entrenched problems.

This Summit brings together thought-leaders and change-makers in community ecosystems. When faced with opportunity or adversity, community-led efforts start and end with on the ground innovation and inclusion. The power of community is the future face of resilience in a rapidly changing world.

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LAVA's Meet the VC event is back to its roots at a hip new high-speed venue in Playa Vista!

Apply now to join us at Verizon's 5G Lab for this unique reverse, speed dating program which introduces 20+ VC funds to 70+ selected founders, and 10+ family offices in a dynamic, fast-moving efficient exchange.

The program concludes with an in-progress, ecosystem celebration upstairs.

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THEN:

LAVA's post-Meet the VC event is back to its origin in Playa Vista!

Come join the party in the high-speed tech space of Verizon 5G Lab.

In addition to the 20+ VC funds, 70+ selected founders, and 10+ family offices coming out of Meet the VC, expect over 100 other entrepreneurs, ecosystem partners & investors to join in the party!

Dance and celebrate the LA's venture ecosystem.

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