Florida Deep Tech Venture Summit

​The Florida Deep Tech Venture Summit is a one-day, curated gathering of 200+ leaders exploring a new wave of engineering and scientific innovation building in Florida.

​Hosted by Phase Shift Ventures and Backswing Ventures in Orlando’s Lake Nona innovation district, join us in conversation as experts discuss:

​The Rise of Florida as a Deep Tech Hub
Frontier Technologies Shaping the Next Decade
Dual-Use Innovation
Capital Formation and Scaling in Deep Tech
Federal Innovation Capital
University Tech Transfer in Florida
Building the Florida Deep Tech Community

​Early confirmed speakers include:
Kyle Asman, Managing Partner, Backswing Ventures
Greg Autry, Associate Provost for Space Commercialization and Strategy, University of Central Florida; Nominee for NASA CFO
Daniel Betts, Cofounder, CEO, and Board Member, Blue Frontier
Peter Case, Strategic Investments Senior Manager, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control
Kristin Colacchio, Executive IT Business Leader, L3Harris Technologies
Kadi Findling, Vice President, Stony Lonesome Group
Trisha Fish, Vice President of Digital Strategy and Product Innovation, Rapta
Sean Fortener, Cofounder and COO/CRO, Seagate Space
Clint Graumann, Cofounder and CEO, NUVIEW
Nick Hackard, Director of Staff, SpaceWERX
Robert Harvey, Florida Opportunity Fund
Curt Lary, Founder and CEO, Hextronics
Ron Lau, Senior Vice President, Space Florida
Gabriel Lavella, Founder and CEO, Canaery
Rob Long, President and CEO, Space Florida
Kevin Lowdermilk, CEO, Vaya Space
Teresa Pace, L3 Harris Technologies
Dennis R. Pape, Managing Partner, Phase Shift Ventures
Ben Patz, Managing General Partner, DeepWork Capital
Andrew Rush, Cofounder and CEO, Star Catcher
Rob Sladen, Chairman and CEO, Zulu Pods
Paul Sohl, CEO, Florida High Tech Corridor
Chris Stott, Founder, Chair, and CEO, Lonestar Data Holdings
Jackson Streeter, MD, Director of Ventures, University of Florida; Partner, DeepWork Capital
John Stryjewski, Cofounder and CTO, X-lumin
John Vecchio, Partner, Mosley Ventures; Venture Partner, Phase Shift Ventures
TBA, SOFWERX

​This is Florida’s inaugural flagship deep tech convening — where the deep tech innovation community comes together to connect founders, investors, researchers, and federal partners advancing the next generation of dual-use and frontier technologies.

​​General Admission Ticket $249