Pacific Tech 2024

Hawaiʻi’s geographic location in the middle of the Pacific makes it an ideal location for emerging technologies to take hold and grow as well as a critical piece in U.S. military strategic operations. Pacific Tech 2024 will feature America’s Seed Fund Program Managers, Contracting Officers, Technology Scouts from multiple Combatant Commands, WERX Program Managers, Other Transaction Authority (OTA) Government Representatives, and Prime contractors seeking small business partners. This conference will focus on connecting small businesses with government and private opportunities to bring their technology to market to solve critical national challenges, including innovative solutions for our warfighters.

The Pacific Tech 2024 Conference, powered by the Hawaiʻi Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) and in part by the Small Business Administration (SBA), brings to Hawaiʻi a wide array of expert speakers to focus on the challenges of the Indo-Pacific Region, as well as the opportunities, including emerging industries like space and agtech.

This year’s conference will take place from October 27 (VIP Reception), 28-29 (conference) in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center. Approximately 200 attendees from Pacific region as well as federal agency representatives are expected to participate.

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Who Should Participate?

Small and medium size companies:

• Looking for non-dilutive funding for innovation, research & development
• That want to work with the federal government
• That want to partner with a prime contractor
• Looking for other funding opportunities, including venture capital, contracting, prize challenges, and more
• With innovative solutions looking for government customers

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Sponsorship Opportunities

Use our conference to highlight your business!

Who Might Sponsor?

We welcome sponsors to help make this event a success. In 2023 alone, $27.6M in SBIR / STTR Federal Funds was awarded to local* tech and engineering firms.

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Attendee Benefits

Pacific Tech 2024 will provide small businesses, subcontractors, and defense contractors with:

• Current and coming-soon contract opportunities presented by contracting officers and program managers
• U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Air Force, Space Defense, and U.S. Defense Logistics Agency specific Contracting Priorities and strategies in the Indo-Pacific Region
• Specific teaming opportunities, approaches and timelines by prime defense contractors
• OTAs, WERX program opportunities and other ‘rapid acquisition’ strategies and programs
• Public and private financing sources for defense contractors
• Teaming arrangements for primes and subcontractors
• Facilitated and open one on ones
• Tech showcases to feature your solutions to contracting officers

Highlights

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About SBIR

Since 1988, the State of Hawaiʻi has actively encouraged local high technology companies to increase their research and development activities by participating in the federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Hawaiʻi has the longest running state SBIR/STTR matching grant program in the United States. In fact, Hawaiʻi’s companies have garnered over 900 SBIR/STTR awards with a majority from the Department of Defense.

Through the Hawaiʻi Technology Development Corporation (HTDC), our state has supported over 400 high value SBIR projects by:

• Awarding State matching grants to Hawaiʻi companies that receive federal SBIR and STTR awards
• Providing technical assistance in proposal writing
• Commercialization consulting
• Creating networking and partnership building opportunities