Overview
- Eighty-two investment funds will review science and technology projects during the two-day program.
- The agenda features the Latin America and Caribbean STS Forum, an innovation and patents exhibition, entrepreneur pitches under Mentes en Acción Hecho en México, and a ministerial meeting.
- The Premio a la Innovación offers 13 categories paying 250,000 pesos each, while the Premio Creadores del Futuro grants $12,500 in three categories.
- Organizers report 3,763 Mexican submissions for the awards, a scale highlighted against the country’s typical roughly 600 new patents per year.
- Morelos officials tout over 40 research centers and 2,500 recognized scientists, with 250 prototypes to be showcased including 56 from local institutions, and invited speakers include Rohan Patel, Katya Echazarreta and Adam Smith.