The City of San Gabriel was founded in 1771 and is the birthplace of the surrounding Los Angeles region where it resides. The City is comprised of approximately 38,000 residents and is home to the historic San Gabriel Mission and Mission Playhouse, and a variety of local businesses and organizations. The City’s government organization works throughout the community providing police, fire, public works, social welfare, recreation, building, and development services.

The Deliberative Democracy Lab, housed within the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, is dedicated to advancing the practice and study of deliberative democracy. Its mission is to promote informed, thoughtful, and inclusive deliberation among citizens, helping to foster democratic engagement and improve decision-making processes.

ESGpedia is a leading ESG data and technology company based in Singapore. Its integrated digital sustainability platform supports more than 1,000 organizations, including corporates, small and medium enterprises, and financial institutions, in strengthening their ESG performance and achieving sustainability objectives.

Giftpack is an Operating System of Emotional Intelligence for Enterprises, a scalable SaaS platform that redefines how organizations foster human connection through AI-powered, cross-border incentive automation. We empowers HR, sales, and marketing teams to deliver personalized emotional touchpoints at scale, seamlessly embedding emotional intelligence into onboarding, retention, customer loyalty, and partner engagement. Turn emotional gestures into measurable, programmable assets.

Hansabred is a well-known European strawberry breeding and research institute under the Spain-based Planasa Group. It maintains a genetic resource bank comprising more than 900 wild germplasm accessions and over 300 cultivated varieties.

Impact Hub New York Metropolitan Area is a nonprofit organization that connects, curates, and advances our regions social innovation community. We provide events, programs, conferences and research aligned to help impactful ideas take off. Our themes include global connection and inclusion, in addition to broadly supporting the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.

ITRI International serves as the North America liaison office for Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), focusing on accelerating global commercialization of deep-tech innovation. We support Taiwanese startups entering the U.S. market, foster cross-border collaboration with universities, accelerators, and enterprises, and coordinate international programs such as startup accelerators, talent exchanges, and technology promotion events in Silicon Valley.

The IASP is an interdisciplinary research institution under the legal and economic sponsorship of the non-profit Association for Agricultural and Urban Ecological Projects (A.S.P.). The IASP was founded in 1996 as a private institute associated to the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. Strategically, the IASPs research focus is on four thematic fields: Human nutrition, urban greening, animal husbandry, biogenic raw materials.

MARUJIN CO., LTD. develops, manufactures, and sells reflective materials, including LIGHT FORCE®, a high-brightness product with unique aurora-like iridescence. Combining superior visibility with striking design, it has appeared at Paris Fashion Week and in collaborations with popular Japanese anime, representing a new generation of creative, high-performance materials.

The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is a conservation organization and accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and American Alliance of Museums (AAM). Located in Oklahoma City’s Adventure District in northeast Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the Zoo’s mission is connecting people with wildlife and wild places to inspire conservation action.

The Southwest Management District (SWMD) was created by the Texas legislature in 2005, which is empowered to finance projects related to Public Safety, Mobility and Transportation, Environmental and Urban Design, and Business Development.

Sparknify is a future-focused PR and marketing company blending creativity, technology, and storytelling to create immersive brand experiences, AI-driven campaigns, and community initiatives that help brands and startups grow and engage audiences globally.

Taboola is widely recognized as the world's leading content discovery platform, reaching 1 billion unique visitors and serving over 450 billion recommendations every month. Taboola uses its patented EngageRank mathematical algorithm to broaden its solutions and recommend articles and slideshows, providing leading publishers with a single, ultimate discovery and monetization solution.

Taelor is a sustainability-focused company that leverages Gen AI to solve one of the world’s biggest challenges: reducing inventory waste. We achieve this by offering an AI stylist and a menswear rental subscription service, helping busy men look sharp without the need to purchase clothes.

The University of New South Wales is a leading Australian research-intensive university whose mission is to generate and share knowledge for the benefit of society, guided by its “Progress for All” strategy. Its core activities span education, research, and engagement across disciplines such as science, engineering, business, law, medicine, and the arts. UNSW focuses on research that drives real-world impact in areas like health, sustainability, technology, and social policy.

Universal Processing has dedicated itself to growing the unique needs of SMBs by putting people before profits. Today, the Company successfully serves 22,000 clients across the nation. Nominated as the best ISO of 2024 by ETA and awarded as a Growth Accelerator in CO-100 and Inc. 5000, the Company becomes the second AAPI owned payment processor company in US history. In 2024, Universal Processing changed its branding to Let’s Go uP, to commemorate its legacy and evolution.

Yo-Kai Express is revolutionizing the food industry from our base in the SF Bay Area with our fleet of high-tech, autonomous "robot chefs" that serve freshly prepared, gourmet hot meals 24 hours a day in under 90 seconds. We combine patented cooking robotics, AI-driven inventory management, and a chef-curated menu. Our machines are strategically placed in high-traffic, competitive US markets, including Fortune 500 corporate facilities (e.g., Tesla, Netflix), airports, and universities.