2026 Innovate New Mexico Technology Showcase
Space is limited; reserve your spot today: https://2026InnovateNM.eventbrite.com
Join us for this year’s Innovate New Mexico® Showcase, an opportunity to experience the cutting-edge research, latest technology developments, and startup activity happening across the state’s major research institutions and national laboratories. This event brings together all the key players driving innovation in New Mexico; entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, startup founders, the business community, and more.
Attendees will have the unique chance to explore emerging technology and commercialization opportunities from The University of New Mexico, the Air Force Research Lab, Los Alamos National Lab, Sandia National Labs, NASA, New Mexico Tech and New Mexico State University.
We’re thrilled to bring this year’s event to the Lobo Rainforest Building; a hub of activity and collaboration located in the heart of the innovation district in downtown Albuquerque. It’s home to UNM Rainforest Innovations, Sandia National Labs’ C3 office, Roanhorse Consulting, the NM Bioscience Authority, the Cecchi VentureLab, and other businesses.
Keynote Speaker
Linda Griego
Entrepreneur and Member, UNM Rainforest Innovations Board of Directors
Linda Griego is a nationally recognized civic entrepreneur, corporate director and philanthropy trustee whose leadership is rooted in her upbringing in Tucumcari, New Mexico. Raised in a working-class family of bakers and railroad workers, she brings a practical, opportunity-driven approach to economic revitalization. She currently serves on the board of UNM Rainforest Innovations and is leading the renovation of the historic First Baptist Church at Central & Broadway to support innovation and community use. She redeveloped a historic firehouse into Engine Co. No. 28 restaurant and offices in downtown Los Angeles. As Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles in charge of economic development, she was instrumental in streamlining the building permit process. She later served as CEO of Rebuild LA following the 1992 riots leading the recovery efforts. Her corporate directorships include Paramount/CBS, AECOM, Granite Construction, Southwest Water; and she also served as a Los Angeles director of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Traveling from out of state?
Convenient accommodations are located across the street at the Hilton Garden Inn Albuquerque Downtown and Homewood Suites by Hilton Albuquerque Downtown. UNM offers a discounted room rate for Innovate New Mexico® attendees. Details and booking information are available on the Eventbrite registration page: https://2026InnovateNM.eventbrite.com
Be a part of the discoveries and partnerships shaping the future of New Mexico.
