Innovation on display -
A celebration of ideas,
ingenuity, and excellence.
Visionary Sponsor
Community & Unity Sponsors
Expanded Audience!
In 2026, the event has evolved into the Juneteenth Innovation Expo— “Leading the Way Forward”, and will provide an annual platform to celebrate ingenuity, industry leadership, and forward-thinking creation across multiple fields, providing a dynamic space for industry leaders to share, connect, and inspire.
New Experience!
Exhibitors and attendees will experience a new dynamic, open-floor experience designed
for exploration and discovery, for over 75 exhibitors. Exhibitor small business opportunities range from $250 - $1000. The addition of a media wall offers exhibitor visibility for non-attendees. Guests can move freely through intuitive layouts, engaging activations, and exhibitor showcases at their own pace.
New Focus on Innovation!
This Expo celebrates bold ideas shaping the future across health, the arts, technology, and business. We’re highlighting creators and leaders driving real change and pushing boundaries in every field. If you’ve built something new, reimagined what’s possible, or created an invention that deserves to be seen, this is your moment - show the world what the future look like through your work, product or services.
Elvin Ross is the CEO of e. ross studios JAZZLAND and NOX Point AI Solutions in New Orleans. He is transforming the former Jazzland/Six Flags site into the largest mixed-use campus in the Southern United States — complete with a film production backlot that doubles as a high-performance convention center — to establish NOX Point AI Solutions. This next-generation GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) platform will power high-performance AI computing across industries such as film & entertainment, healthcare, finance, energy, gaming, manufacturing, and scientific research, creating the nation’s first dedicated production and AI simulation studio.
An Emmy Award-winning composer and multiple American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) Screen Music Award recipient, Elvin fuses artistic vision with technological innovation to drive economic revitalization in New Orleans East and establish the city as a national leader in creative tech and AI infrastructure.
Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow, Peabody Award winning broadcaster, and teaches at Princeton University. Majora is responsible for the creation of numerous economic developments, technology inclusion projects, green-infrastructure developments & policies, and job training & placement systems.
Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC: "Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one” - which is also the subtitle of her 2022 book, Reclaiming Your Community.
Carter applies corporate talent-retention consulting practice to reduce Brain Drain in American low-status communities. She has firsthand experience pioneering sustainable economic development in one of America's most storied low-status communities: the South Bronx, as well as cities across North America and abroad.
Her ability to shepherd projects through seemingly conflicted socio-economic currents has garnered her 8 honorary PhD's and awards such as: 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, Silicon Alley 100 by Business Insider, Liberty Medal for Lifetime Achievement by News Corp, and other honors from the National Building Museum, International Interior Design Association, Center for American Progress, as well as her TEDtalk (one of six to launch that site in 2006).
The AACCNJ proudly launched its inaugural Black Business Expo in 2023 at Montclair State University in Montclair, NJ. The 2024 event was re-branded as the “Juneteenth Black Business Expo” hosted at Fairleigh Dickinson University on the Metro Campus, followed by the 2025 Expo at The College of New Jersey, in Ewing, NJ.
Building on this legacy, the event has evolved into the Juneteenth Innovation Expo—an annual platform celebrating ingenuity, industry leadership, and forward-thinking creation across multiple fields. The Juneteenth Innovation Expo now highlights the latest advancements, products, and ideas developed by trailblazers within our community, providing a dynamic space for industry leaders to share, connect, and inspire.
Inventors, Creators, & Forward Thinkers
If you’ve built something new, reimagined what’s possible, or created an invention that deserves to be seen, this is your moment. From technology and health to arts, sustainability, business, and beyond—show the world what the future looks like through your work.
Expo Highlights!
Matchmaker Sessions
Participants connect for strategic networking and partnership opportunities.
Cafe Corner
For All Attendees
Matchmaking Companies*
(Invited)
Amazon, American Water
AT&T, Atlantic City Electric
Atlantic Health System
Burns & McDonnell, Comcast, Consolidated Edison
CURE, Ferreira Construction Co Inc
Fiserv, HNTB Corporation
Jersey Central Power & Light, Jingoli, PSE&G, SJI, Structure Tone,
Turner Construction Company, United Airlines, Verizon
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
VIP Lounge
For Select Sponsors
Cocktail Reception
Live Musical Entertainment
Beer & Wine and food stations.
Juneteenth Innovation Expo Feature Exhibits
Black Wall Street
AI Interactive Exhibit produced
by BlackHeart Inc.
Media Wall presents new exhibitor opportunities for small businesses!
EXPO EXHIBIT HALL
