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The US-Taiwan Business Council and Arizona State University will host a technology partnership forum at the San Tan Ford Club inside Mountain America Stadium, 500 East Veterans Way, Tempe, on May 8, 2026 — a daylong program designed to expand investment and deepen cooperation between the two countries in the technology sector.

The US-Taiwan Business Council announced the event as a joint forum with ASU, confirming the Mountain America Stadium venue and the May 8 date. The Greater Phoenix Chamber is promoting registration.

The agenda opens at 9 a.m. with introductions and a keynote, then moves at 10:15 a.m. into a panel titled "Competition or Cooperation: The Inflection Point in U.S.-Taiwan-China Tech Relations," moderated by Rupert Hammond-Chambers, president of the US-Taiwan Business Council. Andreia Campos, vice president of commercial activation at Ecolab, is listed as a speaker on that panel.

After a lunch keynote, the afternoon shifts to "Higher Education Meeting the Needs of the Tech Industry," moderated by Matt Salmon, special advisor in ASU's Office of University Affairs. The final panel, "The Cultural Architecture of Investment: Building Belonging in the New Arizona," is moderated by Joel Cohen, managing partner at TruNorth Advisors. A reception runs from 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Registration is open through the Greater Phoenix Chamber's event page. The forum begins at 9 a.m.

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