Turning regional assets into national advantage
With support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, Renaissance Teams convenes regional science and technology leaders to turn shared strengths into national and global advantage, one region at a time.
Two regional convenings
Each workshop brings a region’s leaders together to identify shared assets, challenges, and concrete opportunities to collaborate.
State of Innovation: New England
Portland, Maine · September 1–2, 2026. Senior leaders from all six New England states exploring innovation across three nexus areas: Microelectronics and Semiconductors, Maritime and Blue Economy, and the Bio/Science Ecosystem (Life Sciences + Forest Tech), with AI, Quantum, Robotics, and Advanced Manufacturing serving as the cross-cutting enabler layers across all three nexuses, acting as “production multipliers” to help cross the translation gap.
Explore the event → 02 · AlabamaSecuring the Supply Chain
Alabama. A second regional workshop focused on strengthening and securing critical supply chains. Details coming soon.
More soon →From discovery to advantage
The United States leads the world in scientific discovery. The harder challenge is translating that research into products, companies, jobs, and lasting economic impact, and it rarely happens inside a single lab, company, or state. These convenings help regions find the shared assets and cross-sector collaborations that accelerate the path from research to commercialization, strengthening the region and helping the country hold its edge in science and advanced technology.
This initiative is led by Renaissance Teams and funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation. NSF Award No. 2546645 View the award on NSF.gov →
Who’s behind this
Renaissance Teams is an innovation consulting firm that helps organizations build sustainable innovation capacity by unlocking the creative potential already within their teams. Grounded in Creative Problem Solving and the sciuence of creativity, the team facilitates the process so participants discover and own the breakthroughs themselves.