The Deep Dive Into Deep Tech Incubation Workshop; Arlington, VA; Spring 2020

深度技术通常被定义为那些基于重大科学发现和工程进展的技术，这些技术具有深刻影响现有和新兴产业以及人们生活的巨大潜力。由于深度科技初创公司面临的挑战与其他初创公司不同，它们通常需要更长的时间，并需要更多的财务资源才能达到市场成熟度。为了加强我们的经济和技术竞争力，探索方法并制定最佳实践以加速深度技术商业化至关重要。Deep Dive Into Deep Tech Incubation研讨会将汇集深度技术生态系统中的关键参与者，包括孵化器，大学，政府，投资者和工业合作伙伴。该研讨会旨在解决深度技术商业化的基本问题，为参与者提供分享知识和建立伙伴关系的机会，最终目标是加快深度技术的上市时间。深度技术孵化研讨会将召集来自全国深度技术孵化生态系统的思想领袖和关键利益相关者，以（1）更好地了解孵化器，大学，政府，投资者和行业合作伙伴之间的关系;（2）探索如何最有效地与孵化器和其他提供深度技术孵化的风险开发组织合作;（3）研究如何推进深度科技孵化生态系统，在美国培育更多、更强的早期深度科技公司;（4）在利益相关者之间分享最佳做法。该研讨会将在深度技术孵化方面产生知识和见解，并促进参与者之间的合作，加快深度技术的上市时间。鉴于其在深度技术研究和孵化方面的广泛范围和成功，纽约州立大学（SUNY）是唯一有资格领导研讨会的规划，执行和项目后跟进的机构。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Deep technologies (deep tech) are typically defined as those that are based on substantial scientific discoveries and engineering advances with high potential to profoundly impact existing and emerging industries as well as people’s lives. Because challenges facing deep tech startups are different from those for other startup companies, they frequently take longer time and require more financial resources to reach market-ready maturity. To strengthen our economic and technological competitiveness, it is critical to explore methods and develop best practices to accelerate deep tech commercialization. The Deep Dive Into Deep Tech Incubation workshop will bring together key players in the deep tech ecosystem, including incubators, universities, government, investors, and industrial partners. The Workshop aims to address fundamental issues of deep tech commercialization, providing an opportunity for participants to share knowledge and form partnerships with the ultimate goal of accelerating time to market of deep tech. The Deep Dive Into Deep Tech Incubation Workshop will convene thought leaders and key stakeholders from the deep tech incubation ecosystem around the country to (1) better understand relationships among incubators, universities, government, investors, and industrial partners; (2) explore how to most effectively engage with incubators and other venture development organizations that provide deep tech incubation; (3) study how to advance the deep tech incubation ecosystem and grow more and stronger early-stage deep-tech companies in the U.S.; and (4) share best practices among stakeholders. The Workshop will generate knowledge and insights in deep tech incubation and foster collaborations among participants, accelerating time to market for deep tech. Given its broad scope and success in deep tech research and incubation, the State University of New York (SUNY) is uniquely qualified to lead the planning, execution and post-program follow-up of the Workshop.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.