Montana Festival is Bringing Together the Top Entrepreneurs, Business Leaders, Innovators, Investors, Culture Creators, Designers, Community Builders, Movers, Shakers and Policymakers to Connect, Share Ideas, and Accelerate Made in Montana Ideas, Projects, Startups, and Policy Solutions That Create Good Jobs, Great Towns, and Can Serve as Model Across America.
Speakers:
Chris Sacca
Toby O'rourke
Kai-uwe Bergmann
Liz Marchi
Gabe Klein
Will Price
Jenny Moore
Kendall Cotton
Stacie Bruno
Supaman
Jarrett Wrisley
Buffalo Burrows
Schedule:
9:00am - 12:15pm - Montana Festival Mainstage: the Future of Our Cities & Towns
Location: The Ellen Theater
8:30am - Doors Open at the Ellen Theater
9:00am - Welcome Remarks
Padden Guy Murphy
9:15am - Designing Great Cities and Towns
Kai-uwe Bergmann, Bjarke Ingels Group
9:50am - Meet Your Montana Mayors
Mayor Terry Cunningham (Bozeman), Mayor Bill Cole (Billings), Chief Executive JP Gallagher (Butte-silver Bow), Mayor Wilmot Collins (Helena), Mayor Mark Johnson (Kalispell), Mayor Andrea Davis (Missoula)
10:25am - How Art Creates Community
Jenny Moore – Executive Director, Tinworks Art
10:35am - the Montana Miracle
Kendall Cotton – Ceo, Frontier Institute
10:45am - Morning Break & Networking
11:05am - Cross-pollinating Diversity to Solve Complex System Problems
Yarrow Kraner - Ceo, Hatch
11:10am - Planning at a Crossroads: How We Grow Matters
Alan Matheson – Former Ceo, Envision Utah
11:35am - Co-designing the Future of Our Montana Cities & Towns
12:30pm - 2:00pm - Hatch Workshop Over Sidewall Pizza Lunch at the Emerson
Location: The Emerson
2:00pm - 6:00pm - Montana Festival Mainstage: the Future of Our Economy
Location: The Emerson
2:00pm - Welcome Remarks
Padden Guy Murphy
2:05pm - the Journey to Unf**ing the Planet: a Conversation With Chris Sacca
Chris Sacca - Co-founder of Lowercarbon Capital
2:35pm - Made in Montana Mosaic
2:55pm - Rise of the Rest: How to Build a Startup & Innovation Ecosystem
Jamie Rodota - Head of Strategy + Investor, Revolution's Rise of the Rest Seed Fund
3:05pm - Blazing Trails: the Business Leaders Shaping the Outdoor Life Industry
Toby O'rourke - President & Ceo, Kampgrounds of America
3:30pm - Innovating Democracy
Todd Connor - Ceo, Veterans for All Voters / Fmr. Founder & Ceo, Bunker Labs
3:45pm - Afternoon Break & Networking
4:10pm - Post-break Remarks
Jenni Graff, Montana Festival Co-founder & Executive Director of Scaling Montana
4:20pm - Montana Startup Spotlights
Hosted by Jenni Graff - Executive Director, Scaling Montana
Avanlee Christine - Founder, Avanlee Care
Mark Ranalli - Founder, Biosqueeze
Clare Sullivan - Co-founder, Foodshed.io
4:45pm - From Startup Cities to Electrifying America
Gabe Klein, Executive Director, the Joint Office of Us Department of Energy & US Department of Transportation
5:15pm - Co-designing Montana's 21st Century Economy
Co-hosted by Padden Guy Murphy - Founder, Montana Festival & Last Best Future
Co-hosted by Les Craig - Partner, Next Frontier Capital
Dr. Renee a Reijo Pera - President, Mclaughlin Research Institute
Suzanne Tilleman - Sprunk and Burnham Endowed Dean of the University of Montana’s College of Business
Liz Marchi - Head of Community Engagement at Two Bear Capital
Phillip Brittan - VP, Google & Chairman, Scaling Montana
Brit Fontenot - Director of Economic Development, City of Bozeman
Mark Sharpe – Director of the Innovation Campus, Montana State University
6:00pm - 8:00pm - Koa Summer Camp Party on the Emerson Lawn
8:00pm - Midnight - Dinners & After Parties on Main Street
Date: May 30 - June 1, 2024
