Agenda

Program

May 1, 2023

5:30 p.m. Startup Pitch Networking Event Check-in
6:30 p.m. Mainstage Speaker
7 p.m. Startup Pitch
8 p.m. Event Concludes
May 2, 2023

8 a.m. Check-in and Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. Morning Plenary
11:15 a.m. Show Up Utah Service Project and Morning Breakouts
12:15 a.m. Breakouts End
12:30 p.m. One Utah Lunch and Networking
1:45 p.m. Afternoon Plenary and Award Ceremony
3:15 p.m. Event Concludes

May 1, 2023 - Startup Pitch Networking Event

Startup Pitch Networking
The networking event includes displays from high school students, university students and entrepreneurial groups, SLC professionals, and Startup Pitch finalists, as well as vendor booths, appetizers, and drinks.

Welcome and Introduction
- Gov. Spencer Cox

How To Support and Retain Utah Talent
Utah may be very business-friendly, but why do people move and stay here? If you work eight hours, you sleep eight hours; what will you do with the remaining eight hours? Talent needs to find tribes and entertainment that stays here in Utah. Will you help build that tribe that stays?
- Vinay Cardwell, Cre8tiv Consulting

Join Kirk Ouimet as he shares his journey of selling his company to Snapchat and assembling an elite engineering team in Utah. Delve into the transformative power of artificial intelligence on the future of work and learn strategies for your business.
- Kirk Ouimet, Founder, Stack

Startup Pitch
This entrepreneur challenge features some of Utah’s best and brightest entrepreneurs. The Startup Pitch is powered by Kinect Capital (formerly VentureCapital.org) in partnership with Weber State University's Hall Global Entrepreneurship Center. Judges rank the best ideas, and the audience selects a people's choice award recipient. Startup Pitch finalists receive cash, in-kind prizes, and tickets to the summit, where they network with Utah's business leaders.
Judges:
- Gov. Spencer Cox
- Aimee Edwards, Executive Director, BioHive
- Susan Johnson, CEO Emeritus, Futura Industries