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For the week of April 14, 2023, here’s what we’re reading:
- BCCA receives $20M gift from Malin and Roberta Burnham
- EcoATM Gazelle snags $50M in funding
- Acadia receives FDA approval for neurodevelopmental disorder treatment drug
- Port of San Diego approves $8.5M shore power installation project
- SDSU scientists research bacteria that filter Rare Earth Elements
- San Diego International Airport begins using renewable diesel for airside vehicles
- Navy selects four potential developers to advance in NAVWAR real estate competition
- San Diego City College nursing program ranks top three in U.S. by RNCareers.org
- LEGOLAND California MINILAND U.S.A. version of San Diego features iconic landmarks
…and here are some events and opportunities:
- May 11 – WTCSD
MetroConnect PitchFest & World Trade Week Expo - Deadline: May 18 – WTCSD
Apply: MetroConnect export accelerator program - Deadline: Apr 25 – EDC, Advancing San Diego
Host computing and engineering interns this summer - Apr 20 – CMTC
Webinar: Strategies for Securing Government Procurement Contracts - Opportunity – City of San Diego
Life Science Industry Pilot Program
Pushing forward – AI and San Diego
For the past two years alongside underwriter Booz Allen Hamilton, EDC has released a series of five studies on the proliferation of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI-ML) within San Diego County’s key economic clusters.
These reports dive into how San Diego’s AI-ML adoption is informing and enhancing the region’s economy through job growth and business expansions.