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Rice Innovation Outlook and Rice Nexus Grand Opening

Name: Rice Innovation Outlook and Rice Nexus Grand Opening
Start: 2025-02-14T09:00:00.000-06:00
End: 2025-02-14T11:00:00.000-06:00
Location: The Ion

Rice Nexus

The Ion

Houston, Texas

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About Event

Rice Innovation cordially invites you to an event celebrating the grand opening of the Rice Nexus— our flagship Innovation Factory at the Ion designed for Rice faculty and students interested in launching companies and collaborating with industry leaders in the Innovation District!

Join us at the Ion Forum Stairs for the “Rice Innovation 2025 Outlook”—with special remarks by Rice University President DesRoches, Bobby Tudor (Chairman of Greentown Labs), Tim Crain (CTO of Intuitive Machines), and our new Executive Director of the Rice Nexus, Sanjoy Paul. Remarks will begin at 9:30AM.

After the program, enjoy networking in the Nexus Showroom, featuring cutting-edge technology and prototypes from Rice faculty labs and startups.

Don’t miss this exciting opportunity to connect with Rice’s innovation ecosystem and celebrate the future of innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Ion is accessible via METRO, LightRail, and parking is free in the Red Lot for the first three hours.

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