UNA To Come To Colorado Start-Up Week - 16th Sept 930-1030 - Alliance Center, Denver
Technology for Global Impact: Building What Matters Next
The next great technology opportunity may not be another fintech platform or social media app. It may be found in the challenges that affect billions of people: poverty, climate resilience, food security, health, and access to basic services.
Technology for Global Impact brings together founders, investors, executives, researchers, engineers, and international-development leaders to explore how emerging technologies are changing the way the world tackles these challenges. From AI-powered crop forecasting and geospatial intelligence to digital health systems, blockchain-enabled aid distribution, and smarter supply chains, new tools are opening opportunities where social impact and scalable business can reinforce—not compete with—one another.
The conversation will move beyond the hype to examine what happens when promising technology meets the realities of the field: complex institutions, limited infrastructure, fragmented markets, and communities whose needs cannot be solved by a prototype alone. We will explore where the real gaps remain, who is already building solutions, and what it takes to move from a successful pilot to sustainable deployment.
We will also follow the money. As corporate venture capital, foundations, blended finance, development finance, and outcome-based funding reshape the development landscape, what opportunities are emerging for Colorado companies and investors?
And why Colorado? The state sits at an unusual intersection of climate and geospatial technology, federal laboratories, research universities, entrepreneurs, and a growing international and foreign-policy community. The talent and infrastructure are here. The question is how to connect them to the world's most consequential challenges.
Whether you are building a company, investing in the next generation of technology, leading an organization, or simply looking for ways to apply your skills to something larger, this conversation offers a chance to explore where technology can create both economic opportunity and measurable global impact.
Members. Founders. Investors. Executives. Engineers. Researchers. Technologists.
Bring your questions. Bring your ideas. And come explore what we should be building next.
