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April 28, 2023

Yale Ventures annual summit to spotlight innovation

PHOTOS | CONTRIBUTED The Yale Innovation Summit attracts hundreds of participants annually.
By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich

Yale University’s Innovation Summit 2023, which has become Yale’s largest entrepreneurship event and gathering of venture capital investors in Connecticut, is set for May 31 to June 1.

The summit will take place at Edward P. Evans Hall, Yale School of Management, 165 Whitney Ave., New Haven.

This year’s theme, “Expanding Impact,” will focus on the momentum both Yale and the state’s entrepreneurial ecosystem have made in innovation, including in the arts, biotech, climate, health and technology.

Now in its 9th year, the annual summit will bring together innovators across Yale and beyond for two days of conversations, networking and leadership lessons. The event will feature panels, pitch competitions, workshops, speakers and performances. Organizers expect this year’s summit to draw about 2,000 attendees, including founders, investors and industry members.

“Yale Ventures is looking forward to hosting Yale and Connecticut’s biggest Yale innovation event - 5 tracks, 300+ speakers, 30+ panels and keynotes, 115 companies and 6 pitch competitions,” said Yale Ventures’ Director of Innovation Community Amy Kundrat.

This year’s keynote panel, “How AI Will Transform Business, Innovation and Society” will feature AI investor Sarah Fay, technology founder Tarek Sherif, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence H. Summers and moderator Yale Professor Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

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Top row: Sarah Fay, Tarek Sherif, bottom row: Lawrence H. Summers and Jeffrey Sonnenfeld.

The two-day event will open with registration at 12 p.m. on May 31, followed by opening remarks and a welcome from Gov. Ned Lamont at 1 p.m.

Various programming and panels on arts, biotech, climate, health and technology will take place from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., followed by the keynote panel starting at 3:30 p.m.

A cocktail reception will be held at 4:30 p.m., followed by live music/performances to conclude the first day of the summit from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Day two of the summit on June 1 will begin with registration opening at 8 a.m., followed by a day’s worth of programming from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. An awards ceremony will take place at 4:30 p.m., followed by a closing reception from 5:30 to 8 p.m.

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