Lindsay Randall 5/3/22 Lindsay Randall 5/3/22

Meet the founders and companies in Congregate Cohort Two

Lindsay Randall 3/28/22 Lindsay Randall 3/28/22

Applications for Cohort Two open until April 15th

Congregate Cohort Two applications are now open. Apply before April 14th for the program beginning April 28-June 30.

Lindsay Randall 3/1/22 Lindsay Randall 3/1/22

Cohort One company Novaby, partners with NWES for AR experience

Congregate Partnership creates virtual experience at NW Event Show

Lindsay Randall 2/18/22 Lindsay Randall 2/18/22

Cohort One concludes with Solutions Showcase

Congregate Cohort One Showcase recap and video link

Lindsay Randall 11/17/21 Lindsay Randall 11/17/21

Congregate Cohort Pitches for Partners in live broadcast

Congregate Cohort One pitches for partners

Lindsay Randall 11/9/21 Lindsay Randall 11/9/21

Companies selected for tourism accelerator inaugural cohort (Press Release)

Nirav Desai 9/21/21 Nirav Desai 9/21/21

Blog: We Need Private Sector Innovation to Re-Open Tourism

A perspective from PNWER Innovation Co-Chairs Senator Mia Costello (Alaska Senate, District K) and Nirav S. Desai (CEO, Moonbeam)

Shruti Misra 9/20/21 Shruti Misra 9/20/21

PNWER Launches Congregate: A Solutions Accelerator

PNWER is now soliciting interest from the innovation economy of the northwest to support the acceleration and scaling solutions of that help safely re-open tourism, performing arts, travel, and hospitality by participating in the “Congregate: A Solutions Accelerator''.

Shruti Misra 9/1/21 Shruti Misra 9/1/21

Congregate at PNWER’s 30th Annual Summit

Watch Innovation Working Group Co-chairs Sen. Mia Costello and Moonbeam CEO Nirav Desai present the vision for the Congregate Program at the Pacific Northwest Economic Region’s 30th Annual Summit held at Big Sky, Montana August 15th-19th 2021

Shruti Misra 7/1/21 Shruti Misra 7/1/21

Moonbeam selected as Congregate contractor

Moonbeam Exchange was selected as the contractor to design and implement the technology infrastructure for the Congregate program.

Shruti Misra 3/31/21 Shruti Misra 3/31/21

PNWER receives EDA funding for a solutions accelerator program

The Congregate Accelerator to reopen the travel, performing arts, tourism and hospitality (TPATH) sectors in the Pacific Northwest received funding from the Economic Development Administration (EDA).

Shruti Misra 1/28/21 Shruti Misra 1/28/21

A program to accelerate recovery and resilience

PNWER and its innovation and Tourism Working Groups are developing a challenge based accelerator to accelerate technologies that can enable the safe reopening and resilience of the tourism, performing arts, travel and hospitality industries (TPATH), which have been hard hit by COVID-19.