SSTI's 2024 Annual Conference

In this session for members of the Build Better Regions Community of Practice, the BBR CoP will facilitate a dialogue focused on key questions important to BBR regions. We will use a World Café approach of energizing roundtable discussions to surface ideas to tackle pressing challenges. Insights from these roundtables will be compiled to inform policymakers and peers across the country on tactics and strategies to help chart the course for both immediate and long-term BBR initiatives. At the same time, you will connect with and learn from others driving BBR work across the country.

In this session for members of the Build Better Regions Community of Practice, the BBR CoP will facilitate a dialogue focused on key questions important to BBR regions. We will use a World Café approach of energizing roundtable discussions to surface ideas to tackle pressing challenges. Insights from these roundtables will be compiled to inform policymakers and peers across the country on tactics and strategies to help chart the course for both immediate and long-term BBR initiatives. At the same time, you will connect with and learn from others driving BBR work across the country.

Entrepreneurs are affected by a wide range of government policies, from licensing fees to incubator assistance, from small business research to workforce development. During this discussion session, entrepreneurship development organizations will identify priority policy concerns for their clients and regions.

This peer-driven roundtable is an invite-only opportunity for leaders at venture development organizations—publicly backed nonprofit and state entities that provide capital, business, and technology assistance with an economic development focus—to candidly discuss issues facing their organizations, best practices, and program management. Topics could include VDO organization, structure, management, capital formation, and investment.

This peer-driven roundtable is an invite-only opportunity for leaders at venture development organizations—publicly backed nonprofit and state entities that provide capital, business, and technology assistance with an economic development focus—to candidly discuss issues facing their organizations, best practices, and program management. Topics could include VDO organization, structure, management, capital formation, and investment.

This session will explore how collaboration across sectors can address systemic inequities, foster innovation, and create sustainable economic opportunities for all. Attendees will gain practical insights into building robust regional networks, leveraging policy advocacy, and implementing best practices to ensure that growth benefits every community member.

* This session is supported by the TBED Community of Practice. See https://ssti.org/tbedcop for more information.