Join SCORE Mentors for office hours at the Lobo Rainforest Building! SCORE mentors will be available for one-on-one, confidential discussions and mentoring to inventors, students, and start-up companies at the Lobo Rainforest Building. Interested? Contact Cara Michaliszyn to arrange.
UNM Rainforest Innovations is hosting a Creativity and Technology on the Mother Road Seminar Series in honor of the Route 66 Centennial. This seminar series brings together panels of creative people in science, technology, and the arts, highlighting STEAM and showcasing areas where technology and creativity meet. New Mexico is full of Creative People and Creative Places at the University of New Mexico and beyond. This series serves to build connections and bridges amongst players in the Albuquerque and New Mexico creative ecosystem and engage communities of technologists and creatives whose work and mission build towards entrepreneurial economic development for the state of New Mexico.
Hear from UNM innovators that have formed a start-up company, what they are working, and what's next. The UNM Rainforest Forum was created by the UNM Rainforest Innovations Board of Directors to bring together UNM and business community members to enhance and strengthen UNM’s role in economic development.
UNM Rainforest Innovations is hosting a Creativity and Technology on the Mother Road Seminar Series in honor of the Route 66 Centennial. This seminar series brings together panels of creative people in science, technology, and the arts, highlighting STEAM and showcasing areas where technology and creativity meet. New Mexico is full of Creative People and Creative Places at the University of New Mexico and beyond. This series serves to build connections and bridges amongst players in the Albuquerque and New Mexico creative ecosystem and engage communities of technologists and creatives whose work and mission build towards entrepreneurial economic development for the state of New Mexico.
Discover new opportunities for startup company formation, investments and collaboration. Join us for this featured event, hosted by UNM Rainforest Innovations, to learn about innovative technologies from the University of New Mexico (UNM). UNM researchers will present their latest innovations and answer questions. This event is ideal for entrepreneurs, investors, and anyone looking to discover new opportunities for startup company formation, investments and collaboration.
Translating New Mexico Technologies into Job Creation – Impact of Research and Development in New Mexico. Building on the statewide dialogue of past UNM Business & Economic Summits, the 2026 event will examine New Mexico’s technology commercialization pipeline—from research and innovation to impact. Panels will spotlight success stories, opportunities, and barriers across the state’s innovation ecosystem, spanning bioscience, quantum, advanced energy, aerospace, creative industries, and Indigenous entrepreneurship.
Family, Friends and supporters are invited to attend the final round of the 2026 Pitch Deck Competition at the Lobo Rainforest Building on Thursday, December 3, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. to hear the five finalists pitch to investor judges. Finalists will present a 10 minute pitch deck with 5 additional minutes of question and answer in front of a panel of judges.
