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Join the world’s largest multi-sector innovation program.

The TechConnect Critical Technology Challenge spotlights biotech and medical innovation to accelerate solutions addressing public health, national security, and medical resilience.

Challenge finalists will pitch at TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo, March 10-12 in Raleigh, NC. It’s the world’s largest multi-sector innovation event connecting breakthrough technologies with leaders from government, industry, and investment.

Selected participants will have the opportunity to:

• Present your technology to industry, government, and investor leaders
• Engage with funding programs representing over $8 billion annually (SBIR, OTA, federal grants)
• Build partnerships that lead to licensing, procurement, and collaborative development
• Join the largest global gathering of technology scouts, federal agencies, and investors

Areas of Interest:

• Advanced therapeutics and delivery systems
• Biomanufacturing and lab automation
• Digital health and AI-enabled care solutions
• Medical devices, wearables, and remote monitoring
• Next-generation diagnostics and biosensors
• Personalized medicine and precision health
• Preparedness and response technologies
• Regenerative medicine and cell/gene therapies
• Synthetic biology and bioengineering platforms
• and other transformative biotech and medical innovations

Position your innovation where it matters most, at the intersection of science, strategy, and impact

Submit by October 24. We look forward to seeing your innovation on the national stage.