UIS Innovation Center Events
Future Events
Learn how you can become more connected with the UIS Innovation Center by attending one of our upcoming events!
iSPI
As iSPI prepares for future relocation to the UIS Innovation Center, below are several professional development events happening at the university-led social innovation and business incubator's current location in downtown Springfield.
UIS officially takes ownership of the future downtown Springfield Innovation Center property
The University of Illinois Springfield has officially purchased the downtown building that will serve as the new home of the UIS Innovation Center. The purchase of the three-story, 24,600-square-foot building located near the Illinois State Capitol at 401 E. Washington St., was completed on Nov. 18, 2022.
Scheduled to open in 2025, the UIS Innovation Center will serve central Illinois as part of the Illinois Innovation Network (IIN) to drive innovation, economic growth and workforce development across the state.
Innovate Springfield "Pizza & Pitch"!
"Pizza and Pitch" with Innovate Springfield
Come hear and share new business ideas!
Join Innovate Springfield for "Pizza and Pitch" in the UIS Student
Podcasting 101: Behind the Scenes of Launching Your Own Show! (with The Freelance Coach, Laura Briggs)
Laura Briggs, The Freelance Coach
Have you been wanting to expand your market reach and influence via a podcast – but aren’t sure where to start?
UI System Trustees Approve Purchase of New UIS Innovation Center Home
Solopreneur Scaling
How to Grow a Freelance Business as a Company of One
Join us [virtually] for Solopreneur Scaling: How to Grow a Freelance Business as a Company of One on Thursday, June 2, 2022 from 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM with Innovate Springfield member Laura Briggs, founder of
DIALOGUE WITH STARTUP FOUNDER: KURTIS MINDER, FOUNDER AT GROUPSENSE (HYBRID EVENT @ INNOVATE SPRINGFIELD)
Join us for a Dialogue of Lessons Learned Among Founders with Kurtis Minder, founder of GroupSense on Thursday, April 7, 2022, from 5 PM - 6 PM. Kurtis has been the lead negotiator at GroupSense for ransomware response cases.
Many redevelopment projects underway in downtown Springfield
There's a lot to look forward to in downtown Springfield with many major redevelopment projects currently underway.
The city is expecting to get its first rooftop bar by this summer and the University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) could begin designing a new downtown space in the next few months. Other projects like new hotels and luxury apartment buildings however, are either out of money or have been scrapped altogether.
'Transformational project' in Springfield's South Town neighborhood takes its first step
A major redevelopment in the South Town neighborhood took its first step Tuesday as the committee of the whole sent to the full Springfield City Council an agreement authorizing The Springfield Project to purchase a building at 11th Street and South Grand Avenue using the city's community development block grant funds.