CO-LABS Partner Events
DARPA Forward Conference
August 30 - 31, 2022
CSU - Ft. Collins
This Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) conference will unite innovators across the Rocky Mountain region to develop new breakthrough technologies for national security. Hear from Dr. Stefanie Tompkins, Director of DARPA; U.S. Army General James H. Dickinson is the Commander, U.S. Space Command, Dr. Timothy Chung, Director of Robotics at Microsoft and many other thought leaders!
NOAA Innovator Series
Ongoing, 2021
online
The NOAA Technology Partnerships Office and the NOAA Central Library teamed up to organize a brown bag series that features NOAA and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) funded technologies
The NOAA Central Library Brown Bag program provides an educational forum (hosting over 900 presentations since 1992) for the presentation of ideas, research updates and share news in support of NOAA's mission: to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts; to share that knowledge and information with others; and to conserve and manage coastal and marine ecosystems and resources.
NCAR Explorer Series
Ongoing, 2021
online
Get the inside scoop on science from National Center for Atmospheric Research scientists.
The NCAR Explorer Series includes lectures to learn about the advances their scientists are making in areas of study that stretch from the Earth's oceans, forests, and cities up through the layers of the atmosphere and into the scorching swirls of plasma on the Sun.
NREL
Industry Growth Forum
April 20 - 22, 2022
Online
In its 26th year, the Industry Growth Forum (IGF) is the premier event for cleantech entrepreneurs, investors, and experts from industry and the public sector to build relationships, showcase innovative technologies, and identify disruptive business solutions.
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The Industry Growth Forum creates opportunities for productive connections between investors, cleantech entrepreneurs, and the ecosystem of incubators and accelerators that support them.
The 40 investor-selected cleantech startups pitch in their respective tracks, which include: early stage, commercialization stage, growth stage, and emerging markets.
36th Annual Space Symposium
August 23 - 26, 2021
Colorado Springs
The Space Symposium has become widely known as the premier U.S. space policy and program forum and as the “must attend” opportunity for information on and interaction among all sectors of space.
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Space Symposium attendees consistently represent all sectors of the space community from multiple spacefaring nations: space agencies; commercial space businesses and associated subcontractors; military, national security and intelligence organizations; cyber security organizations; federal and state government agencies and organizations; research and development facilities; think tanks; educational institutions; space entrepreneurs and private space travel providers and more.