Iranian heritage as shared advantage — for the diaspora today, and Iran tomorrow
Bringing Iranians together to innovate, support one another, and turn heritage into shared advantage — one day inside one of the world's largest Iranian cultural festivals.
Why This Summit Exists
For 2,500 years Iranian culture has shaped how we value education, family, excellence, and resilience. Today, that culture is our most powerful strategic asset.
Culture as Foundation
Through revolution, war, and exile, Iranian culture has endured — not as nostalgia, but as the operating system that drives Iranian achievement. The values that survive any regime are the same values that produce founders, scientists, artists, and leaders: reverence for education, fierce family bonds, hospitality, beauty, and a long memory. This is the source of our edge, and it travels with us.
Culture as Capital
Iranians abroad are among the world's most educated, most entrepreneurial, and most successful diasporas. 8 million people across North America, Europe, and beyond. Half a trillion dollars in Iranian-founded enterprise value. 87% of Iranian-Americans hold a Bachelor's degree or higher. This isn't accident — it's culture, converted to capital. The Summit is where we turn that capital into a working network — bringing Iranian founders, investors, technologists, professionals, and the next generation together to innovate, support one another, and accelerate our shared success abroad.
Our next advantage is not individual success alone — it is the discipline of connecting, mentoring, investing, and building together.
What the Summit Offers
World-class content, a live startup pitch, and an innovation and support network — all in one room.
Who This Is For
Pitch your startup. Find mentors, investors, partners, and other Iranians who want to help you win.
Connect your Iranian identity with your career ambition — and become part of a network that helps each other grow.
See that your heritage is a professional advantage — and that success grows faster when we build and support each other.
Experience cutting-edge ideas alongside the music, food, and culture of the Tirgan Festival.
The Strategic Case
The Iranian story is no longer a single story. The diaspora has built extraordinary capacity abroad. Iran itself retains foundations that few countries can match. Together, they are the basis of everything that comes next.
Our Diaspora's Strengths
What 8 million Iranians have already built across North America, Europe, and beyond
Iran's Foundations
What remains in place — for whenever the conditions align
Summit Day
A full day of content, conversation, and connection — full schedule released closer to the event.
Keynote
Culture meets vision
AI & Robotics
Workforce of the future
Crypto & Finance
Digital innovation
Startup Pitch
"Built by Iranians"
Build Together Lab
Mentors, founders, investors connect
VIP Reception
Networking evening
The Long Horizon
The same network that helps Iranians flourish abroad preserves something else: a bridge home.
When the conditions in Iran allow meaningful engagement — and eventually they will — the diaspora's talent, capital, networks, and institutions will be uniquely positioned to support Iran's next chapter. We are not waiting passively. We are building the network now, so it is ready when the moment comes.
The Summit's longest horizon is this: a connected, capable global Iranian community, ready to contribute to whatever future opens for those at home. Culture today. Capital tomorrow. The bridge always.
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Get in Touch
Questions about the Summit, an idea for partnership, or ready to get involved? Reach the Tirgan USA Technology Summit team directly — we would love to hear from you.
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[email protected]Founders and startups interested in the “Built by Iranians” pitch competition are also welcome to reach out through General Inquiries. The Tirgan USA Technology Summit is an initiative of the Tirgan Centre for Art & Culture.
"For 47 years our culture has endured. Today it becomes our strategic capital — bringing Iranians together to innovate, support one another, build futures here, and preserve the connection home."
Our Culture · Our Capital · Our Future