From Taipei to the Bay: Innovation Exchange & Mixer
SkyDeck & ITRI invite you to join us for an exclusive evening featuring dynamic Taiwanese startups who are driving innovation and making a global impact.
Connect with the SkyDeck community, explore transpacific opportunities, and engage in a vibrant exchange of ideas and discussion.
4:30 - 4:45pm: Registration
4:45 - 5:00pm: Welcome Remarks from SkyDeck and ITRI
5:00 - 5:30pm: Keynote with Nathan Trueblood "Scaling Trust: Building Customer Credibility Across Stages and Borders"
In every market, trust is the real growth engine. This keynote explores how founders evolve from direct customer contact to scalable trust systems as they raise capital, expand internationally, and build diverse teams. Perfect for founders navigating international growth, early traction, or team handoffs, this talk offers practical frameworks for building credibility that travels.
5:30 - 6:00pm: Introductions from the ITRI startups
Anfibrosia
Ast AI
Lipro Vision
6:00 - 6:30pm: Happy Hour and Mixer
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About the Keynote Speaker:
Nathan Trueblood is a veteran tech innovator and product strategist with over 30 years of experience building and scaling enterprise software, cloud platforms, and high-performing teams.
He’s led product management at companies like Yahoo and Box, co-founded a cloud startup, and helped pioneer SaaS before it had a name. Nathan brings deep insight into distributed systems, big data, and the human side of scaling tech.
When he’s not shaping the future of software, he’s studying nature’s original distributed system—as a beekeeper.