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
📍 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

• ​Venue Sponsor, Arrive

​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/