Monday - May 11, 2026

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Cara Turano
Emcee: Cara Turano, President & Executive Director - Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
6:00 PM
Tobias Read
Tobias Read, Secretary of State - State of Oregon

Tuesday - May 12, 2026

7:30 AM
Breakfast
8:30 AM
Emcee: Cara Turano, President & Executive Director - Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
8:35 AM
Jonathan Hurst
Jonathan Hurst, Co-Founder and Chief Robot Officer - Agility Robotics

Sponsored by:

Bank of America
9:00 AM
Investors and General
Investors and General
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Startups Commons
Startups Commons
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM

Sponsored by:

ESO Room
ESO Room
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Quick Connect/ Meetup Space
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Quick Connect/ Meetup Space
10:00 AM
Break

Sponsored by:

10:30 AM
Investors and General
Investors and General
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Startups Commons
Startups Commons
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM

9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Sponsored by:

Government and Policy Track
Government and Policy Track
10:30 AM - 11:50 PM
Quick Connect/ Meetup Space
9:00 AM - 2:30 PM
Quick Connect/ Meetup Space
12:00 PM
Lunch: Meet the Startups and Entrepreneurship Support Organizations
1:30 PM
Lance Armstrong
Lance Armstrong, General Partner - Next Ventures
Moderated by: T.A. McCann, Managing Director - Pioneer Square Labs

Sponsored by:

Elevate Capital
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Up and Coming Startups/Follow ups from Last Year's Showcase
Connor Barth, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer - Trace Biosciences
Chirstopher McLain, President and Founder - AscendArc
David Ashton, Founder and CEO - Canopii
3:30 PM
Conference Closing
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