• Registration and check-in opens
• Performance by members of the Oregon Symphony - Jon Greeney & Sergio Carreno
• Welcome & Introductions - Maria Pope, Chair, Oregon Business Council; President & CEO, Portland General Electric

Act I: The Challenge

• Oregon's Choice - a short film with John Tapogna, Economic Advisor, Oregon Business Council
• From the Frontlines: The State of Business in Oregon
  • Candace Beeke, President & Publisher, Portland Business Journal (moderator)
  • Karla Chambers, Co-owner & Vice President, Stahlbush Island Farms, Inc.
  • José J. Garcia, Managing Director, Analog Devices
  • David Drinkward, President & CEO, Hoffman Construction
• Facing the Headwinds: A Legislative Roundtable
  • Renée James, Founder, Chairman, & CEO, Ampere Computing (moderator)
  • Representative Ben Bowman, House Majority Leader
  • Senator Bruce Starr, Senate Republican Leader
  • Representative Lucetta Elmer, House Republican Leader
  • Senator Kayse Jama, Senate Majority Leader
• Poetry by Ellen Waterson, Oregon Poet Laureate
• 10:05 a.m. - Coffee Break
• Perspectives On Oregon's Future - U.S. Senators Ron Wyden & Jeff Merkley

Act II: The Opportunity

• Oregon's Innovation Economy - a short film
• The Innovation Imperative - Dr. Shereef Elnahal, President, Oregon Health & Science University
• Bioscience & Healthcare Innovation
  • Dr. Brian Druker, Director, OHSU Knight Cancer Institute
  • Dr. Robert Guldberg, DeArmond Executive Director, Phil & Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact; Vice President, University of Oregon
• AI & Robotics - Jonathan Hurst, Chief Technology Officer & Co-founder, Agility
• Mass Timber - William Silva, National Director of Mass Timber, Swinerton
• Growing Minds, Growing Markets: The Southern Willamette Valley Innovation Corridor
  • Jordan Papé, President & CEO, The Papé Group
  • Dr. Jayathi Murthy, President, Oregon State University
  • Dr. Karl Scholz, President, University of Oregon
  • Kaarin Knudson, Mayor of Eugene
• 12:00 p.m. - Lunch

Act III: Looking Ahead

• Food Forward - Mike Thelin, Founder & Principal, Bolted Consulting; Founder, Feast Portland
• A Conversation with Speaker of the House Julie Fahey
• Setting the Agenda - Governor Tina Kotek
• Closing Remarks and Breakout Previews
• Performance by Darrell Grant & Friends