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BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19700101T000000 TZNAME:MST TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:19700426T030000 RDATE:19710425T030000,19720430T030000,19730429T030000,19740106T030000,1975 0223T030000,19760425T030000,19770424T030000,19780430T030000,19790429T03000 0,19800427T030000,19810426T030000,19820425T030000,19830424T030000,19840429 T030000,19850428T030000,19860427T030000,19870405T030000,19880403T030000,19 890402T030000,19900401T030000,19910407T030000,19920405T030000,19930404T030 000,19940403T030000,19950402T030000,19960407T030000,19970406T030000,199804 05T030000,19990404T030000,20000402T030000,20010401T030000,20020407T030000, 20030406T030000,20040404T030000,20050403T030000,20060402T030000,20070311T0 30000,20080309T030000,20090308T030000,20100314T030000,20110313T030000,2012 0311T030000,20130310T030000,20140309T030000,20150308T030000,20160313T03000 0,20170312T030000,20180311T030000,20190310T030000,20200308T030000,20210314 T030000,20220313T030000,20230312T030000,20240310T030000,20250309T030000,20 260308T030000,20270314T030000,20280312T030000,20290311T030000,20300310T030 000,20310309T030000,20320314T030000,20330313T030000,20340312T030000,203503 11T030000,20360309T030000,20370308T030000 TZNAME:MDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19701025T020000 RDATE:19711031T020000,19721029T020000,19731028T020000,19741027T020000,1975 1026T020000,19761031T020000,19771030T020000,19781029T020000,19791028T02000 0,19801026T020000,19811025T020000,19821031T020000,19831030T020000,19841028 T020000,19851027T020000,19861026T020000,19871025T020000,19881030T020000,19 891029T020000,19901028T020000,19911027T020000,19921025T020000,19931031T020 000,19941030T020000,19951029T020000,19961027T020000,19971026T020000,199810 25T020000,19991031T020000,20001029T020000,20011028T020000,20021027T020000, 20031026T020000,20041031T020000,20051030T020000,20061029T020000,20071104T0 20000,20081102T020000,20091101T020000,20101107T020000,20111106T020000,2012 1104T020000,20131103T020000,20141102T020000,20151101T020000,20161106T02000 0,20171105T020000,20181104T020000,20191103T020000,20201101T020000,20211107 T020000,20221106T020000,20231105T020000,20241103T020000,20251102T020000,20 261101T020000,20271107T020000,20281105T020000,20291104T020000,20301103T020 000,20311102T020000,20321107T020000,20331106T020000,20341105T020000,203511 04T020000,20361102T020000,20371101T020000 TZNAME:MST TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2026 Health Strategy Luncheon DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260820T113000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260820T130000 UID:577319c9dfd45043@events.abq-events.pages.dev SEQUENCE:0 CATEGORIES:policy-economic-dev,space,technology DESCRIPTION:Healthcare organizations across the country are navigating an environment few could have predicted a decade ago\, and for regions like G reater Albuquerque\, the stakes extend well beyond the health system itsel f. Pressures now converging around workforce shortages\, rising labor and supply costs\, the growing power of national payers\, and sweeping federal policy change are not just operational challenges for hospitals and clini cians. They are competitive challenges for every business and employer try ing to attract talent\, drive investment\, and sustain long-term growth. N ew Mexico enters this moment carrying added weight\, with historically hig h malpractice costs\, a Medicaid-concentrated payer mix\, rural access bar riers\, and persistent workforce shortages shaping not just healthcare del ivery\, but the state’s broader economic proposition. A region with a st rained healthcare system is a harder sell\, whether you’re recruiting a neurosurgeon or a semiconductor manufacturer. Yet New Mexico has demonstra ted these challenges are not fixed. Landmark medical malpractice reform\, achieved through collaboration among healthcare organizations\, business l eaders\, and policymakers from across the state\, proved that when healthc are and the business community align around shared economic interests\, st ructural change is possible. Greater Albuquerque was central to that effor t\, and the region has both the relationships and the momentum to lead wha t comes next. That success is a reminder of how change actually happens. N ot through any single organization or sector acting alone\, but through br oad partnership\, diverse perspectives\, and aligned action around shared goals. We are convening that conversation\, and we want you at the table. Join us for a luncheon discussion that brings together healthcare leaders\ , business voices\, and policymakers to shape the future of Greater Albuqu erque’s economic competitiveness.\n\nREGISTRATION: open\n\nSource: https ://www.abq.org/event/2026-health-strategy-luncheon/ LOCATION:30 Rainbow Rd\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87113 STATUS:CONFIRMED URL:https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/2367z4t END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Creative People\, Creative Places – Creative Technologies on the Mother Road (September) DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20260910T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20260910T130000 UID:1b42b03d005b875a@events.abq-events.pages.dev SEQUENCE:0 CATEGORIES:funding-investment,research-labs,startup-ecosystem,technology DESCRIPTION:Sign up to attend here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative- people-creative-places-creative-technologies-on-the-mother-road-tickets-19 93560945453?aff=ebdsoporgprofile A seminar series in honor of the Route 66 Centennial showcasing areas where technology and creativity meet. UNM Rai nforest Innovations is hosting a Creativity and Technology on the Mother R oad Seminar Series in honor of the Route 66 Centennial. This seminar serie s brings together panels of creative people in science\, technology\, and the arts\, highlighting STEAM and showcasing areas where technology and cr eativity meet. New Mexico is full of Creative People and Creative Places a t the University of New Mexico and beyond. This series serves to build con nections and bridges amongst players in the Albuquerque and New Mexico cre ative ecosystem and engage communities of technologists and creatives whos e work and mission build towards entrepreneurial economic development for the state of New Mexico. This panel focuses on creative people and creativ e places at the University of New Mexico and in the community. The Septemb er event will feature museums in Albuquerque on and around NM Route 66. Pa nelists include: Leba Freed\, President\, WHEELS Museum\, Inc. Alicia Rome ro\, Head Curator\, Albuquerque Museum Sheldon Hamilton\, Director X Studi o\, Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum Lunch will be provided. Free\, no cite parking available for this event. About the Panelists: Leb a Freed\, President\, WHEELS Museum\, Inc. Leba Freed was born in Albuquer que and is a graduate of the University of New Mexico. She is a member of many boards\, including the legislative railyards advisory board. She ran her family business for decades and began the effort to save the Rail Yard s in 1994. She has worked full-time as a volunteer for 31 years with elect ed officials\, volunteers\, corporations\, schools\, film and many others to create the WHEELS Museum and other projects on the iconic Rail Yards. T he WHEELS Museum has now served over 300\,000 people from around the world \, won 30 awards and has more than 10\,000 rare exhibit items of historica l importance. Alicia Romero\, Head Curator\, Albuquerque Museum Alicia Rom ero was born and raise in Albuquerque. She graduated with a BA in History and Art History and an MA in History from UNM. Romero graduated from the U niversity of California\, Santa Cruz with a PhD in History following the c ompletion of her dissertation on Albuquerque’s Barelas community. She re turned to UNM in 2015 and served as a postdoctoral fellow in the Departmen t of Equity and Inclusion. From 2018-2023\, Romero was Curator and later H ead Curator at the New Mexico History Museum and Palace of the Governors i n Santa Fe. In 2023\, she became Curator of History at the Albuquerque Mus eum and was recently promoted to Head Curator and Curator of History there in 2025. She has curated over eighteen exhibitions on Albuquerque and New Mexico history and is currently celebrating the opening of The Other Rout e 66: 100 Years of People\, Identity\, and Place in Albuquerque. Sheldon H amilton\, Director X Studio\, Explora Science Center and Children’s Muse um Sheldon Hamilton is the Director of X Studio\, Explora’s teen workfor ce development center\, where he has worked in the informal education and museum fields for seven years. He believes that when young people are give n space to explore both creative and technical skills\, they develop a ful ler picture of what a future in STEAM can look like for them\, and has bui lt programs that reflect that belief\, centering access and equity for und errepresented teens in Albuquerque. Sheldon is a two-time recipient of the Association of Children’s Museums Diversity in Action Fellowship and ha s also participated in the NMOST Out-of-School Time Leadership Institute a nd the Association of Science and Technology Centers New Leaders Fellowshi p.\n\nREGISTRATION: open | Cost: Free\n\nSource: https://innovations.unm.e du/event/creative-people-creative-places-creative-technologies-on-the-moth er-road-september/ LOCATION:101 Broadway Blvd NE\, Suite 1100\, 87102 STATUS:CONFIRMED URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-people-creative-places-creative- technologies-on-the-mother-road-tickets-1993560945453 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Creative People\, Creative Places – Creative Technologies on the Mother Road (October) DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261015T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261015T130000 UID:50b3dea05312b594@events.abq-events.pages.dev SEQUENCE:0 CATEGORIES:funding-investment,research-labs,startup-ecosystem,technology DESCRIPTION:Sign up to attend here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative- people-creative-places-creative-technologies-on-the-mother-road-tickets-19 93614178675 A seminar series in honor of the Route 66 Centennial showcasin g areas where technology and creativity meet. UNM Rainforest Innovations i s hosting a Creativity and Technology on the Mother Road Seminar Series in honor of the Route 66 Centennial. This seminar series brings together pan els of creative people in science\, technology\, and the arts\, highlighti ng STEAM and showcasing areas where technology and creativity meet. New Me xico is full of Creative People and Creative Places at the University of N ew Mexico and beyond. This series serves to build connections and bridges amongst players in the Albuquerque and New Mexico creative ecosystem and e ngage communities of technologists and creatives whose work and mission bu ild towards entrepreneurial economic development for the state of New Mexi co. This panel focuses on creative people and creative places at the Unive rsity of New Mexico and in the community. October panelists include: Camer on Ward\, Founder & Creative Director\, Art Off the Rails Donatella Davanz o\, Ph.D. Sandy Johnson\, Architect\, Designer\, Mixed-Media Artist Lunch will be provided. Free\, no cite parking available for this event. About t he Panelists: Cameron Ward\, Founder & Creative Director\, Art Off the Rai ls Cameron Ward is a producer\, media host\, and creative entrepreneur bui lding infrastructure for Indigenous and emerging voices across the America n Southwest and beyond. She is a proud member of the Pueblo of Isleta and a graduate student from the University of Southern California\, she works at the intersection of media\, cultural production\, and economic communit y development within contemporary Indigenous expression. She is the Founde r and Creative Director of Art Off the Rails\, a cultural production and s trategy company that develops exhibitions\, magazine and editorial initiat ives\, marketing campaigns\, and public activations across film\, fashion\ , music\, and contemporary art. Operating across New Mexico and California \, the company partners with artists\, institutions\, and creative entrepr eneurs to expand visibility and build sustainable creative economies roote d in community. Donatella Davanzo\, Ph.D. Italian American anthropologist and photo ethnographer\, Dr. Donatella Davanzo focuses her documentary wor k on traditional communities and sites in Italy and New Mexico to preserve their historic\, social\, and cultural aspects. Donatella is widely recog nized for her in-depth exploration and lectures centering on the acequias – centuries-old\, communally managed crop irrigation systems in New Mexi co. In urban contexts\, her recent photographic project “Route 66 Connec ted” (2022-2026) centers on a documentation of the original properties a long Route 66 in New Mexico. Donatella holds a doctorate in American Studi es at University of New Mexico and currently leads the Albuquerque Italian Language and Culture Group. Drawing from photographic and anthropological experiences in Italy and in the US\, she also carries out didactic and tr aining teachings about visual ethnographic methodologies. Sandy Johnson\, Architect\, Designer\, Mixed-Media Artist Sandy is an Albuquerque native w ho ventured to the West Coast\, only to find her way back home to the Land of Enchantment. She is deeply tied to her roots here in New Mexico and ha s been indulging in her architectural and design ambitions with rigor and enthusiasm for over twenty years. She flourishes in exploring new design a pproaches but stays grounded to the original principles of architecture: f orm vs. function and point\, line\, plane. From the first sketch to final completion\, it’s the diligently crafted details that make each architec ture and art piece unique. By day\, Sandy is a practicing architect and he althcare facilities planner for the University of New Mexico Hospital\, ma naging new ground-up facilities from first concepts\, through design and c onstruction\, to final move-in day and first-patient. In her spare time\, she explores digital mixed-media art\, showcasing architectural depictions of the Southwest Landscape\, biophilic themes\, and human form. Through h er unique artistic approach\, architectural lines are choreographed to gen erate volume\, depth\, and dynamic movement of light and shadow within the offset of varied materials.\n\nREGISTRATION: open | Cost: Free\n\nSource: https://innovations.unm.edu/event/creative-people-creative-places-creativ e-technologies-on-the-mother-road-october/ LOCATION:101 Broadway Blvd NE\, Suite 1100\, 87102 STATUS:CONFIRMED URL:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/creative-people-creative-places-creative- technologies-on-the-mother-road-tickets-1993614178675 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:AREA’s Annual Dinner and 505 Awards DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20261112T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20261112T210000 UID:4f7658b80f803793@events.abq-events.pages.dev SEQUENCE:0 CATEGORIES:policy-economic-dev,space,technology DESCRIPTION:REGISTRATION: unknown\n\nSource: https://www.abq.org/event/are as-annual-dinner-and-505-awards/ LOCATION:30 Rainbow Road\, Albuquerque\, NM\, 87113 STATUS:CONFIRMED URL:https://www.abq.org/event/areas-annual-dinner-and-505-awards/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR