San Francisco, July 2 -- A summit highlighting the contribution of immigrant entrepreneurs to the US innovation ecosystem will be held in San Francisco in October, at a time when H-1B visa registrations have declined sharply and immigration restrictions are tightening in the United States.

The One Way Summit, scheduled for October 28-29, is expected to bring together more than 1,000 founders, investors and technology leaders to discuss the role of immigrant entrepreneurs in driving innovation and business growth.

The Brookings Institution estimates that 2025 recorded the first instance of net negative migration in the US in 50 years. It also cited recent data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which showed a 38.5 ...