From left: Chris Pilkerton, U.S. Department of the Treasury; FAU President Adam Hasner; and Kelly Loeffler, U.S. Small Business Administration. Photo: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University.
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Engineering and Computer Science welcomed U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Kelly Loeffler and Chris Pilkerton, the Treasury Department’s assistant secretary for investment security, to its Boca Raton campus for a roundtable on how universities, industry, investors, and government can strengthen U.S. leadership in critical and emerging technologies.
Quantum Coast Capital Founder & Managing Partner Matt Cimaglia took part in the roundtable alongside FAU leadership, technology companies, finance, and regional economic development leaders, including the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County. The discussion centered on federal priorities in quantum and other critical technologies, investment security, resilient domestic supply chains, the defense industrial base, and technology workforce development, and on how to move innovations from the laboratory to the marketplace.
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