The California-Mexico Innovation Exchange was organized by Alianza MX in tandem with the California delegation to the SelectUSA Mexico Conference, a US Department of Commerce event that aims to facilitate business investment into the United States. The Innovation Exchange provided a unique opportunity for academic institutions and technology incubators from both countries to discuss the path to progress from new ideas to commercial technologies and for both the UC system and its Mexican partners to showcase their innovation and entrepreneurship programs as well as to engage in networking.