CT Tech Week: DRS Overview & Pop‑Up

Connecticut’s CT Tech Week calendar for Monday, June 1, includes two sessions aimed at early-stage companies navigating formation and operations: a Department of Revenue Services overview for small business owners and a FORGE pop-up office-hours event in Stamford. Mass Innovation Nights listed the DRS session as “What Every Small Business Owner Should Know: Department of Revenue Services – 2 Part Overview” at 1:00 p.m. on its June 1 featured-events page. The same listing put “FORGE Pop-Up Office Hours | CT Tech Week 2026” at 2:00 p.m. and separately listed a cofounder-matching event at 5:30 p.m. CT Tech Week’s own events page confirms FORGE Pop-Up Office Hours is part of the June 1-5 statewide program and places the event in Stamford. The CT Tech Week site lists the FORGE session on Monday with CT Tech Week and Trinell Ball named as hosts, and describes the week as a statewide lineup of events across Connecticut. ### What is the DRS session actually about? Mass Innovation Nights’ June 1 listing gives the formal name of the session as “What Every Small Business Owner Should Know: Department of Revenue Services – 2 Part Overview.” The item appears in the Monday schedule at 1:00 p.m., but the listing excerpt does not include a separate event page, speaker roster or a fuller description in the search results reviewed. (mass.innovationnights.com) (cttechweek.com) The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services’ public materials show the agency handles core business tax functions through myconneCT, its online portal. DRS says myconneCT lets users file returns, make payments, view filing history and register a business, which sets out the kinds of compliance topics a small-business overview would likely address. That is an inference based on the agency’s published services, not a description supplied in the event listing itself. (mass.innovationnights.com) ### What would a founder need from DRS after a session like this? The Connecticut Department of Revenue Services says myconneCT is the state portal businesses use to register, file and pay. The agency also says users can send secure web messages through the portal and access tutorials and frequently asked questions. DRS lists business hours as Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and says taxpayers can seek help by phone, email, remote videoconference or in-person appointment at 450 Columbus Boulevard in Hartford. (portal.ct.gov) For founders attending a June 1 overview, those are the follow-up channels the agency publicly identifies. ### What is FORGE offering at the pop-up office hours? (portal.ct.gov) FORGE’s CT Tech Week event page says the group is hosting office hours on Monday, June 1, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at CoCreate, GE Appliances’ advanced manufacturing innovation hub at 47 John Street in Stamford. The page identifies the session as part of CT Tech Week 2026. (portal.ct.gov) CT Tech Week’s events page also lists the FORGE event in Stamford and tags it to entrepreneurship, manufacturing and automation. That framing matches FORGE’s role in supporting product-based and manufacturing-focused startups, though the event-page excerpts available in search results do not include a full agenda or named adviser list. ### Is the cofounder matching session part of the same event? (mass.innovationnights.com) Mass Innovation Nights’ June 1 roundup lists “Cofounder Matching: Meet Your Future Founding Team” as a separate Monday event at 5:30 p.m. The placement of that item after the FORGE office-hours listing indicates it is another session on the day’s calendar rather than part of the 2:00 p.m. office hours block. (cttechweek.com) The preliminary card summary referenced cofounder matching alongside FORGE, but the schedule page reviewed here shows different times for the two items. On the published June 1 featured-events page, FORGE appears at 2:00 p.m. and cofounder matching appears at 5:30 p.m. ### Where can attendees verify the latest schedule? (mass.innovationnights.com) CT Tech Week’s events page says users can browse the 2026 events calendar and RSVP through the site. Mass Innovation Nights’ June 1 featured-events page also aggregates the Monday lineup in one place, including the DRS overview, FORGE office hours and the evening cofounder-matching session. Monday, June 1 is the opening day of CT Tech Week 2026, which CT Tech Week says runs through June 5. (mass.innovationnights.com) Attendees looking for final joining details or schedule changes should check the CT Tech Week events page and the Mass Innovation Nights June 1 listing before the 1:00 p.m. DRS session and the 2:00 p.m. FORGE office hours. (cttechweek.com) (cttechweek.com)