Leveraging i3 to Drive an Innovation Culture
This unique, invitation-only event will bring together over 500 of
our nation's leading education innovators and philanthropic, for-profit
and institutional investors, with some of the country's most creative
public and private sector leaders to address the most intractable challenges
facing American education. The Forum will also feature an interactive
Expo to showcase leading non-profit and for-profit education innovations
including high scoring applicants from the competitive Investing in
Innovation Fund (i3).
Key Objectives:
- Create a national stage to feature investment ready non-profit and
for profit educational innovations
- Foster an education policy environment that is more innovation and
investment friendly
- Showcase highscoring i3 projects
- Attract more private equity investment to promising education innovations
- Provide an enduring platform for connecting innovators with venture
capitalists, social innovation investors, educators and policymakers
- Engage thought leaders from other sectors in creating a robust education
innovation and R&D infrastructure