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SUMMARY:Presentation Session | Software Innovation
DESCRIPTION:This session showcases software companies using artificial intelligence\, automation\, and modern cloud platforms to solve real-world problems across healthcare\, construction\, education\, finance\, and beyond. What unites them is a commitment to replacing inefficiency with intelligence — and delivering measurable impact to the people and organizations they serve. \nThank you to our sponsors\, Michael Best & Friedrich LLP and Centri Business Consulting.
URL:https://cednc.org/event/presentation-session-software-day1-vc26/
LOCATION:DPAC Stage\, 123 William V Bill Bell Wy\, Durham\, NC\, 27701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Venture Connect 26
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SUMMARY:Presentation Session | Human Health — Biotech & Medtech
DESCRIPTION:From ENT care to oncology\, the companies in this session are redefining how medicine is practiced\, delivered\, and experienced. Whether through novel device engineering\, AI-powered diagnostics\, or breakthrough therapeutics\, these innovators are tackling some of healthcare’s most persistent challenges. \nThank you\, Wyrick Robbins\, for sponsoring this event.
URL:https://cednc.org/event/presentations-human-health-day1-vc26/
LOCATION:DPAC Stage\, 123 William V Bill Bell Wy\, Durham\, NC\, 27701\, United States
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SUMMARY:Opening Session | Dematerialization and Rematerialization
DESCRIPTION:Venture Connect 2026 opens with a bold framing of the venture landscape amid sweeping technological and societal change. Robert Tercek\, co-founder of The Futurists Network and Nura Studios AI\, explores the defining force of the 21st century: dematerialization—the ongoing shift of physical products\, infrastructure\, and entire industries into software. For more than three decades\, software has reshaped manufacturing\, logistics\, retail\, media\, telecommunications\, transportation\, banking\, and finance. \nNow\, we are entering the next phase: rematerialization. Powered by artificial intelligence\, computational biology\, and synthetic biology\, physical systems and resources can be redesigned and re-engineered into entirely new configurations. Machine intelligence is accelerating value creation\, unlocking new business models\, and challenging conventional assumptions about how companies are built and scaled. From AI-driven enterprises to programmable biology\, these twin forces will redefine both software services and life sciences—reshaping the very foundation of venture investment. \nBuilding on these opening insights\, Tercek is joined on stage by Chloë Domergue\, Principal and Practice Leader in Human Capital at Deloitte\, for a forward-looking conversation about what future organizations will require to succeed. As technology transforms how value is created\, fundamental questions emerge: How many people does a startup truly need? What roles will matter most? How will human capital strategies evolve in an era defined by intelligent systems? Together\, they will explore how founders and investors must rethink talent\, structure\, and scale for the next generation of high-growth companies.
URL:https://cednc.org/event/day-1-opening-vc26/
LOCATION:DPAC Stage\, 123 William V Bill Bell Wy\, Durham\, NC\, 27701\, United States
CATEGORIES:Venture Connect 26
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