Santa Cruz New Tech
We produce as many as 5 events every month including the Santa Cruz New Tech monthly “meetup”, clinics where you can learn new skills, and open houses at our most successful companies.
New Tech are evening events includes an hour of networking and live music (BP “Before Pandemic”), followed by rapid-fire 5-minute company presentations. Learn about new tools and practices to improve your company’s productivity, your skills, or to ignite your entrepreneurial flame. Apply to Present or Become a Sponsor
Clinics are typically noon events where you can learn new skills, new tools, etc.
Open Houses are breakfast or early evening mixers at partner companies where you can experience the company’s culture, products and services, and job openings. These events are on hold until after C19.
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See below this month’s upcoming highlights. For MORE events, see our Events > Calendar
August 5th: Santa Cruz Biotech Startups
Our New Tech webinar on August 5 will feature Startup Sandbox plus 5 fast-paced biotech Santa Cruz startups building pandemic tools.
Featuring: Lou Pambianco of Startup Sandbox, Unnatural Products, Lisa Diamond of PinPoint, David Sierra of Spotlight, more!
July 1st: Nir Eyal’s “Indistractable”
Ever get the feeling the world is full of too many distractions? In an age of ever-increasing demands on our attention, how do we get the best from technology without letting it get the best of us?
Join TED Talk Speaker and Award Winning Author Nir Eyal in our Upcoming Webinar.
June 17: The Future of Education
Join us for a 1 hour webinar from academic and tech thought leaders including: Microsoft, Google, Spatial.io, EdSurge, and more.
June 3rd, 4th Annual Get Hired & UCSC IDEA Hub Pitch Contest
200+ jobs and internships from Digital NEST, Amazon, Joby Aviation, MB Internships, Big Data, S&V Labs, GetVirtual, SC County Bank, more!
Plus, sit-in on unique environmental & social-focused startup pitches from UCSC’s Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurial Development.
May 13th, Celebration of Santa Cruz Companies and their COVID19 Tech
The Santa Cruz tech community came together to provide solutions to fight COVID-19 and the economic crisis. We celebrate their efforts in this webinar.
Featuring Ontera, Aeroasis, SupplyShift, Cruz One, Cito Medical, GetVirtual, Idea Fabs Labs, Smith & Vandiver Labs, Golden Poppy, and more.
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May 6th, Guy Kawasaki's Fireside Chat with UCSC Coronavirus Team
The UCSC Genomics Institute has been working around the clock to combat the coronavirus. Guy Kawasaki will lead a discussion into the pioneering research and results. Learn about how UCSC is accelerating research on SARS-CoV-2 virus for diagnostics, vaccines, and treatments.
April 1st, 2020 Going Virtual
Zoom Communications, Zendesk, Santa Cruz Economic Development, Light & Motion, Golden Poppy, USCS Grad Slam 2020
Santa Cruz Works New Tech and Startup Monterey Bay Tech MeetUp are excited to announce our first totally virtual event: a full hour of exciting presentations, interactions, and it is free!
March 4th, 2020
Luma Yoga, Tech Futures, Legends of Rec, CruzHacks 2020 Winners, SapientX, Pixel Scientific, Tile, and more.
Meet & network with tech industry innovators both local and global. Learn about solutions that are mobilizing new technology and approaches for businesses.
February 19, 2020 Green Tech
Gringgo (from Bali), Ambient Photonics, Microsoft, Ventana Surfboards & Supplies, P.E.T.E.R, Cruz Foam, O'Neill Sea Odyssey, and more.
Santa Cruz Works is honored to host our 2nd Green Tech event. This will be our second New Tech event in February due to the timing of our special guest from Indonesia and further industry innovators. Get Tickets
February 5, 2020: Design Thinking
Design Thinking methodology, Sibley Simon, Dave Evans, Dean Hovey, TIBCO, Autodesk, Golden Shovel Agency, Spanner, Herbst Produkt, more
Join New York Times Bestseller Dave Evans and his world-renowned Design Thinking methodology and further innovators in the Santa Cruz tech community. Get Tickets
January 8, 2020: 4th Annual Titans of Tech
David Haussler, Sam Paschel, Nina Simon, Brad Barbeau, Joe Burton, Alexandra Navarro, Aaron Huang, Marc Randolph LeBaron Meyers, Iris Kavanagh
Santa Cruz County has some of the most innovative people in the world. Learn why they do what they do, and their visions for Santa Cruz County technology. Get Tickets
December 4, 2019: Flying Under the Radar
Holiday Tech: Kershner Design, Parallel Flight, Areias Systems, Spanner, WaWiCo, Almost Human Media
For our final event of the year, we have invited local companies who have been flying under the radar for decades: both figuratively and literally. GET TICKET!
November 6, 2019: Demystify
Slack, Audible Magic, #Not Me, Carnot Compression, Blume Distillation, OF / FOR / BY ALL, Douglas Harr, more…
Doug Harr will demystify the Cloud and Big Data. #NotMe will demystify how employees can safely report workplace misconduct they've witnessed or experienced. Five Microns will demonstrate a new device to aid people with shaking hands. Blume Distillation from Watsonville will show us how to run vehicles on alcohol rather than diesel fuel. Full details and tickets at: Demystified
October 2, 2019: The Impossible…Possible
**** Sold Out**** Joby Aviation, Drako Motors, Modarri, Netflix, and more…
Hear from entrepreneurs who have made impossible dreams...possible. Starting with Marc Randolph, co-founder of Netflix and board member of Looker, with his new book "That Will Never Work": the story behind Netflix.. GET TICKETS NOW!
September 4, 2019: Get Biotech
**** Sold Out**** David Deamer, David Haussler, Cephasonics, Claret Biosciences, CruzFoam, SACNAS, Startup Sandbox, UCSC, more... Santa Cruz is a hot bed for biotech. Twelve (12) local and regional innovative companies will present their solutions and jobs. GET TICKETS NOW!
July 10: SCW New Tech
David Vik / Zappos Culture, FujiFilm Open Innovation Hub, Crowd Machine, Wribbn, Musician's BASS, Big Deep Digital, Digital Wellness
Dr. David Vik the architect of Zappos’ world-renown customer-centric culture will share secrets on how to make your company “unstoppable”. And there is more: FujiFilm Open Innovation Hub, Crowd Machine, Musician’s BASS, and Wribbn: GET TICKETS NOW!
June 5: 3rd Annual Get Hired
One of our most successful events of the year: Get Hired. Over 15 companies will do 3-minute “flash presentations” about their company, culture, and the jobs openings: Looker, Poly, Amazon, and more. 200+ jobs will be the prize. Bring your resume and win big. Meet with hiring managers one(1) hour before and after presentations. CLOSED. Our presentation deck at: 3rd Annual Get Hired.
May 1: Ubertrends
Ubercool Michael Tchong author of Ubertrends will give us a thrilling presentation on what we can expect from smart devices to social media to AI and robotics. Claire Fleisler the Transportation Adviser for the City of Santa Cruz will talk to us about JUMP bikes trends and upcoming new transportation. Steve Mandel of Oceans360 will show the underwater world of manta rays using an Oculos Go. And yes, someone will win an Oculos Go and Mandel's content! We will announce 4 other companies in the week prior our event.