Agenda

Wednesday, July 22

1:00 pm – 3:00 pm I Makers Spa Experience – Penelope & The Beauty Bar at the Fairmont (additional registration)

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm I Conference Kick-off Reception – Davis Wright Tremaine at Madison Centre Rooftop Deck

Thursday, July 23

8:00 am I Ballroom

Dealmakers Breakfast

9:00 am I Ballroom

Welcoming Remarks

M&A Financing and Market Update Session

Join leading M&A professionals as they explore the M&A and leveraged finance marketplace with special report by PitchBook. Session features: Jamie Boyd, Managing Partner, Cypress Capital Group; Brian Murphy, Managing Principal of Service, CLA; Jake Sitka, Executive Director, JPMorgan; Daniel Turk, Vice President, Pike Street Capital; and moderated by Terry Cook, CEO and Managing Principal, Parcion Private Wealth.

10:15 am I Coffee Break

10:30 am I Ballroom

The Human Edge in an AI-Driven World

As AI adoption accelerates, leaders face a critical challenge: where to lean into automation and where to double down on human judgment. This session examines how investors and people-centric businesses are making those calls, redefining key capabilities, and shifting their mindset from fear of disruption to seeing AI as a force multiplier. Session features: Alyssa Anglin, Vice President, M-One Capital; Brooke Borseth, Senior Associate, FUSE; Jennifer Harris, CEO, TMC; Heidi Robinson, Chief People Officer, Home Instead; and moderated by Connie Wilson, Director, BMO Commercial Banking.

12:00 pm I Ballroom

Keynote Lunch with Dan Absher, Executive Chairman, Absher Construction and facilitated by Brent Beardall, President & CEO, WaFd Bank

1:30 pm I Garden + Assembly Row + Mezzanine 

1:1 meetings and Networking

1:30 pm I Parliament 

Y20 – Young Professionals Private Roundtable

4:00 pm I Garden

Happy Hour