MIX: Monthly Innovation Exchange
Join us for MIX, a monthly gathering designed to spark collaboration, share ideas, and strengthen our innovation community. Startup, Policy, Industry, Academia, Creatives, Entrepreneurs, researchers, civic leaders, and ecosystem partners come together to explore a rotating theme through lightning talks, small-group conversations, and informal networking. Whether you're launching a new venture, driving scientific discovery, or building community infrastructure, MIX is a space to connect, learn, and grow—together. Enjoy happy hour bites, meaningful dialogue, and the chance to get inspired by others shaping the future in and around our region.
This Month's Topic: The Future is Adaptive: Building Agility into Everything explores how people, organizations—and entire systems—can survive and hopefully thrive in an era of constant change, from technological disruption to climate shocks. This session brings together innovators to share how they’re embedding adaptability into life, governance, leadership, and product development.
We’ll explore practical tools and collaborative approaches to create responsive, learning-based teams and ecosystems capable of navigating uncertainty.
Speakers include:
Jay Tkachuk – Driving organizational innovation, modernization & digitalization
Emily Hu – FDA Clinical Trials Expert guiding others through the shifting regulatory environment
Aubree Taylor Smith - City of Sacramento Development Project Manager shaping innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development
Pastor Mark Meeks – City Church of Sacramento, leading through community transformation
Angelina Molina – Teach for America, Navigating the Education landscape
Agenda:
Arrive early - beat the traffic & work from the space!!
5:00 – 5:30 PM | Arrival & Open Networking
5:30 – 6:30 PM | Facilitated Idea Exchange
• Brief background on the chosen theme for the month.
• Expert Lightning Talk
• Roundtables
6:30 – 6:45 PM | Reflections & Wrap-Up
6:45 – 7:15 PM | Open Networking