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Credentials, interviews, embargoed announcements and boilerplate: everything needed to cover SDTW. Write to convene@sparrowpoint.org; we reply the same business day.
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Working journalists, accredited outlets and independent writers covering deep tech, defense, energy and manufacturing. Approved on a rolling basis.
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SoCal Deep Tech Week (SDTW) is an annual convening for the founders, investors, primes and government buyers rebuilding America's industrial base. It puts them in small rooms on working factory floors, under Chatham House Rule. The third edition ran September 14–18, 2026, in Long Beach, with 856 registrants from 642 organizations. The fourth is in Southern California in 2027. SDTW is a convening of the Sparrow Point Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Facts on file
- Edition
- Third, 2026
- Dates
- September 14–18, 2026
- City
- Long Beach, California
- Registered
- 856 people from 642 organizations, out of 1,769 requests
- Summits
- 3, single-track
- Rule
- Chatham House, nothing recorded
- Founded
- 2024, El Segundo
- Next
- 2027, Southern California; dates to come
One line, any hour: convene@sparrowpoint.org. Editorial, broadcast and podcast requests all land with the team.
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Credentials for 2027 open with the program. Write now to get on the embargo list.
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