Mines News

Release Date Friday, October 6, 2023

Innovation Expo Brings Together Entrepreneurs

The annual Innovation Expo will take place in the Beck Ballroom in the Surbeck Center at South Dakota Mines from 1:15 p.m.- 4:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 17.

South Dakota Mines welcomes the annual Innovation Expo on campus Tuesday, Oct. 17 in the Beck Ballroom in the Surbeck Center. Registration and networking begin at 12:30 p.m. with event starting at 1:15 p.m.

The Innovation Expo is a conference dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs, innovators, angel investors, venture capitalists and many others who are involved in developing startup companies. The event will consist of speakers, breakout sessions and networking opportunities for our startup community in South Dakota and surrounding region.

This event is hosted by the South Dakota Enterprise Institute. South Dakota Mines is a proud sponsor of this event. For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

The speaker schedule is as follows:

 

1:20 p.m. Nick Kingsbury of Phase Technologies, LLC.

 

1:45 p.m. Paul Thorstenson of Ketel Thorstenson

 

2:10 p.m. Matt Paulson of Marketbeat

 

3:10 p.m. Deb Clark of eval.com

 

3:40 p.m. Investor Panel featuring Matt Paulson, Goose Goostree of Breakthrough 307 and Jim Quinn of Black Hills Regional Angel Fund

 

4:10 p.m. Wildfire Labs Panel featuring Mike Vetter of Wildfire Labs, Cathy Jordan of Hiya Cleaners, Mycroft Liu of Vivatlantis, Jarod Tiefenthaler of Signed Up Sports, Brennan Holloway of Journeyman and Tyler Olson of Journeyman

The event is emceed by Permjot Valia of Nava Develop, Inc.

To learn more, please sdinnovationexpo.com/rapid-city.

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About South Dakota Mines  

Founded in 1885, South Dakota Mines is one of the nation’s leading engineering, science and technology universities. South Dakota Mines offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees and a best-in-class education at an affordable price. The university enrolls 2,493 students with an average class size of 24. The South Dakota Mines placement rate for graduates is 98 percent, with an average starting salary of more than $70,036. For these reasons  South Dakota Mines is ranked among the best engineering schools in the country for return on investment. Find us online at www.sdsmt.edu and on FacebookTwitter, LinkedInInstagram, and Snapchat.

Contact: Gray Hughes, 605-394-2554, Gray.Hughes@sdsmt.edu

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