GradFUTURES Forum Tech Meet-Up

The GradFUTURES Forum Tech Meetup aims to connect professionals from local industries and innovation ecosystems in key technology areas (source NSF) with Princeton graduate students to engage on grand challenges, workforce needs and building connections. The format will include structured and informal networking among students and industry partners over a reception. This meetup can lead to future graduate student engagement and experiential opportunities for industry partners such as site visits, industry days, capstone projects, externships (shadowing), internships, among others.

The goals of the meetup are to:

• Foster dialogue around grand challenges in technology
• Explore workforce needs and emerging skill sets
• Build meaningful connections between industry leaders and Princeton graduate students

Welcome remarks by Craig Arnold, Vice Dean of Innovation 

This event is a part of the 2026 GradFUTURES Forum, an annual professional development conference, that is open to the entire Princeton graduate community (including Ph.D. and master’s students and alumni) as well as to graduate students and staff from graduate institutions across the country and around the world. Offering a full week of engaging keynote speakers, skill-building workshops, alumni panels, and networking sessions, the GradFUTURES Forum features dozens of online and in-person sessions with real-time relevance to success in graduate school and a glimpse into a world of possibilities beyond. As we celebrate The Graduate School's 125th anniversary, this year's GradFUTURES Forum theme is "Preparing Graduate Students for Transformational Impact.

* Hosting of panelists and speakers does not constitute institutional endorsement of external speakers or views presented.

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Co-hosted with: Graduate Engineering Council

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