Tech Talent Summit + Startup World Cup 2025 | AZ Regional
🚀 Tech Talent Summit + Startup World Cup AZ
Future-Proof Your Career | Grow Your Startup
📅 Friday, May 9, 2025 10am-7pm
📍 Arrive @ NextSpace – Scottsdale, AZ
🌟 About the Event
Join us for a high-impact, one-day experience designed to equip emerging talent and startup founders with the tools, community, and insights to thrive in a rapidly changing world.
Co-created by:
Daniela Santangelo, Founder of Freeway
Chris Fox, Founder of Startup World Cup Arizona
Together, we’re building a new kind of summit—rooted in community, future-minded, and intentionally inclusive.
🔍 Theme: Future-Proofing Your Career + Startup
We’ll explore how to navigate the evolving AI landscape, build sustainable and meaningful careers, and support overlooked founders with capital and clarity.
🧠 What to Expect
Tech Talent Summit
🔑 Keynotes from leading voices in future-of-work & learning
🧩 Panels on AI readiness, inclusive hiring, and career building
💡 Career navigation for students, jobseekers, and professionals
Startup World Cup AZ (Pitch Competition)
🏆 Arizona’s top emerging startups pitch for smart capital
🎯 Categories: defense innovation, gaming, B2B SaaS, healthtech, cleantech
💼 Founders get support with pitch decks, strategy, and exposure
🤝 Who Should Attend?
Tech talent navigating career transitions or AI disruption
Startup founders seeking traction, capital, and feedback
Investors, HR leaders, and hiring managers
Educators, community leaders, and ecosystem builders
✨ Get Involved
We’re inviting the community to participate as attendees, judges, speakers, sponsors, and collaborators.
📅 Spots are limited—secure your ticket now and be part of shaping Arizona’s future in tech.
APPLY TO PITCH: https://www.swcaz.io/