Join us for TEXGHS @SXSW Demo Day
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Join us for the inaugural Global Health Security Demo Day!
Meet the innovators fighting the pandemic.
Hear from the startups, researchers, and organizations rolling out new ways to fight infectious disease.
Interact with public and private sector experts, entrepreneurs, and VCs from around the world.
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Time: 08:30-17:00 CDT (GMT -5)
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Cost: FREE. Admission does not require a SXSW badge. Join the event now.
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Purpose: The Texas Global Health Security Innovation Consortium (TEXGHS) is organizing the inaugural TEXGHS @ SXSW Health Security Demo Day as an official event of the virtual South by Southwest (SXSW) 2021 conference. The event will highlight market ready technologies that are impacting our ability to prevent, predict, detect, and respond to pandemic infectious disease threats. Companies will also highlight innovations focused on community resiliency and recovery from COVID-19 and future health security challenges. See the list of companies presenting.
Event Format: A series of 60-minute demo sessions organized around specific health security challenges. Each session will include an opening panel followed by six-minute pre-recorded video presentations by companies describing their innovation or startup. A group of expert coaches will be available prior to the event to support participants in crafting their presentations. 30-minute interactive sessions between presenters and participants will follow each session.
Platform: Swapcard virtual event
Expected Attendance: 500+ speakers and attendees, including SXSW badge holders
Speakers: high level government officials, global health security innovators, public health policy thought leaders, international organizations, philanthropists, venture capitalists, startup founders and CEOs, prominent scientific researchers, technology commercialization experts, academic thought leaders, and healthcare professionals
Attendees: All those working at the intersection of technology and health security; entrepreneurs, technologists, startups, funders, NGOs, technology investors, scientists, government representatives, technicians, healthcare professionals, students, international organization representatives
