Join us for the 15th Annual Leadership & Economic Summit, featuring John Mitchell and other executive leaders

Date: Thursday, November 12th 8-10:30 am (PST)

Location: Sentinel 614 Southwest 11th Avenue Portland, OR 97205

For fifteen years, the Leadership & Economic Summit has been where Portland's business community gathers to get ahead of the year to come, with a grounded read on the economy, practical strategies from leaders facing the same challenges, and a room full of peers worth knowing.

The 15th Annual Summit is a milestone in more ways than one. After fifteen years of headlining this event, economist John Mitchell will deliver his final Summit keynote, a can't-miss send-off from one of the Northwest's most respected economic voices.

Keynote: The Economy, Decoded

John Mitchell returns to connect the dots between the big-picture forces — interest rates, labor, trade, and policy — and what they actually mean for your business heading into 2027. It's the clear, jargon-free economic briefing that has anchored this event for a decade and a half, delivered one last time.

Executive Panel: Practical AI in Business

Everyone's talking about AI. Far fewer are talking honestly about what it looks like inside a real, everyday business. This year's executive panel (to be announced soon) cuts through the hype to focus on what's actually working, and what isn't.

Our panel of local leaders will tackle the questions on every owner's and manager's mind:

• Adoption that sticks: where AI genuinely fits across your teams and operations, and an honest look at how ready most organizations really are.
• Automating the right work: spotting the workflows worth streamlining, and the ones better left to people.
• The human side: leading through the culture shift and navigating real conversations about jobs, roles, and "are we being replaced?"
• Keeping pace: what to do when it feels like everyone else is moving faster than you are
• Staying protected: the security and fraud risks that come with new tools, and how to stay a step ahead

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