Join founders, investors, strategics, academics, journalists, and government representatives to further the importance and relevance of Tough Tech companies.
Solving the world’s biggest problems
with Tough Tech requires building
a movement. We must unite those
working towards change.
For Tough Tech to succeed, it’s
critical that discussions about the technologies at play, the
stakeholders, the founders, and
the ecosystems are dynamic,
intersectional, and highly engaged.
We think the Tough Tech Summit
is the opportunity to make those
connections and elevate the
ecosystem’s work, as well as making
the act of investing in, or working
on, a Tough Tech startup more
mainstream.
The Summit has, and will continue
to be, a defining thread that pulls
through the Tough Tech ecosystem.
We’ve intentionally designed a two-
day Summit united by this single
agenda. The Build day focuses on
how the ecosystem can better foster
innovation and entrepreneurship
and features case studies and
keynotes with those at the forefront
of their discipline. The Invest day
focuses on putting early-stage
Tough Tech companies in front of
those with the resources to propel
their technologies to the next level.
“Networking and community building is a staple for innovation and climate tech conferences. The Engine takes the Tough Tech Summit to the next level. The mix of formats, topics, venues, and attendees ensures that everyone learns, shares, builds, and leaves with actions planned, human connections made, and, maybe most importantly, a deeper understanding of the context — progress, challenges, and possibilities — of the mission to bring Tough Tech to market to address big challenges and the multitudes that it will take to make that happen.”
Barbara BurgerFormer VP of Innovation & President of Technology Ventures, Chevron
