Ignite in the media
Check out highlights from recent conferences:
San Diego Business Journal
Health Care Solutions Take First, Second Place at Ignite
March 25, 2018 | Sarah D. Crescenzo, San Diego Business Journal
SoleMate, a company started by UC San Diego bioengineering students Surabhi Kalyan and Kristine Khieu, took first place….. Read more (subscription)
San Diego Business Journal
Ignite Conference Part of UCSD’s Expanding Entrepreneurial Efforts
March 5, 2018 | Sarah D. Crescenzo, San Diego Business Journal
Certain California universities have a reputation for churning out companies in addition to ground-breaking research…. Read more (subscription)
Hatch Magazine
Coming Soon: The San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering and Ignite @ UC San Diego
February 28, 2018 | Sarah Sapeda, Hatch Magazine
Two big events are highlighting science, business, and innovation in San Diego.
March is a big month for innovation in San Diego. The San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering and the Ignite @ UC San Diego conference are both making their return…. Read more
The San Diego Union Tribune
UCSD’s Ignite Event Highlights Start-ups from Local Universities
February 23, 2017 | Mike Freeman, The San Diego Union Tribune
As an undergraduate at UC San Diego, Steve McCloskey bought an Oculus virtual reality headset — in part because he liked video games, but also because of virtual reality’s potential uses in his major, nano-engineering.
Today, McCloskey and four other fellow UCSD alumni have founded Nanome, a start-up that pairs… Read more
University of California San Diego TV
Ignite at UC San Diego: Innovators and Entrepreneurs
April 10, 2017 | University of California San Diego TV
The 2017 Ignite@UC San Diego Conference for Innovators and Entrepreneurs features a mindfulness exercise by Anthony Zolezzi of Pegasus Capital Advisors; a pep talk on San Diego’s future from Mike Krenn of the San Diego Venture Group; and a “fireside chat” with Jon Belmonte of Spoutable and Scot Chisholm of Classy on how to recognize and act on opportunities to build companies that will contribute to the public good.
Full video can also be found on the UCSD-TV website.
The Future of the Innovation Economy: Ignite at UC San Diego
April 11, 2017 | University of California San Diego TV
Serial entrepreneur and newly elected San Diego City Councilmember Barbara Bry leads a discussion on the future of the region’s innovation economy with panelists Greg McKee, CEO of CONNECT; Albert Pisano, dean of the Jacobs School of Engineering at UC San Diego; John Cabeca of the United States Patent and Trademark Office; Paul Roben, the Associate Vice Chancellor of Innovation and Commercialization at UC San Diego; and Nicole Truitt, the founder of Metamer Materials. This program is presented as part of the 2017 Ignite@UC San Diego Conference for Innovators and Entrepreneurs.
Full video can also be found on the UCSD-TV website.
Televisa Tijuana
Televisa Tijuana Oficial Facebook
February 23, 2017 | Televisa Tijuana Oficial
Cientos de emprendedores de México y Estados Unidos se unieron en San Diego con un solo objetivo, aprender herramientas para entrar a u mundo tan competitivo por medio de la inovación.
Televisa Tijuana’s highlights from last year’s conference can be found on their official Facebook page.