The T. T. Chao Symposium on Innovation celebrates and encourages innovation in the Houston, Texas, region. This event brings together established and emerging leaders in the technical, entrepreneurial, health-care, and policy arenas to think constructively about how Houston’s industrial and entrepreneurial heritage can be adapted to address society’s needs in the 21st century.
Infrastructures for Innovation Series
The Infrastructures for Innovation series within the Chao Symposium on Innovation examines and draws attention to the systems needed to support innovation and innovation-based industries and the ways in which historical industries continue to shape the future of innovation.
Aligning Policy and Practice
This event was originally scheduled for March 31, 2020, and has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule at a later date.
Making Space for Innovation in the 21st Century
April 16, 2019
Financing Innovation in Houston Today for Tomorrow
May 1, 2018
The symposium is made possible through the generosity of the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation.
Albert Chao introduces the first annual Chao Symposium in 2009.
Anticipating the Future of Science and Technology