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:

May 30

6:00pm - 9:00pm - Montana Festival Welcome Party Featuring Supaman

Location: The Rialto

May 31

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

June 1

9:00am - 12:00pm - Small Group Curated Hikes & Brunch 

Sign Up to Join 10 Other Old or New Friends and 2 VIPs for a Short Hike on Gvlt's Main Street to the Mountains Trails and Then Close Out Montana Festival 2024 Together With a Brown Bag Lunch or a Cold Beer and Brunch on Main Street. 

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Date: May 30 - June 1, 2024

Location: Various locations in Bozeman, MT

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