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Join us for a curated cocktail hour followed by an intimate panel discussion with female founders & leaders in the deep tech space.
Cocktail Hour
6:00pm
Serving light bites & drinks.
Panel Discussion
7:00pm
Our panelists will discuss translating breakthrough research into scalable ventures, navigating the complex funding journey from lab to market, & building defensible technologies while achieving product-market fit in deep tech.
Panelists
Bianca Cefalo
Founder + CEO, Space DOTS
Space DOTS is the first commercial space intelligence platform tackling the lack of reliable data & insights on the orbital environment. The company has a payload already in orbit, paired with its software platform SKY-I, which enables spacecraft manufacturers, defense organizations, & weather services to detect, interpret, & attribute both natural & human-originated threats in space.
Bianca is an aeronautical engineer with over a decade of experience in spacecraft thermal engineering. Before founding Space DOTS, she held senior roles at Airbus Defence & Space UK & Carbice, & contributed to NASA's InSight Mars mission. A passionate advocate for innovation & inclusion in STEM, she is on a mission to make space safer & more accessible while inspiring the next generation of engineers & entrepreneurs.
Kristie D'Ambrosio-Correll
Founder + CEO, Dacora
Dacora is creating a new era of ultra-luxury electric vehicles that combine vintage-inspired aesthetics with high-performance EV engineering. Its debut model is bespoke & handcrafted per commission, delivering over 800 horsepower, whisper-quiet power delivery, & a projected 400-mile range.
Kristie is a seasoned technologist & product leader, formerly CTO of Mirror (before its acquisition by Lululemon), where she led engineering at scale. She founded Dacora to reimagine what a luxury car can be - rooted in emotional storytelling, craftsmanship, & technical excellence. She is now the first woman to found & run a car company in the U.S.
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