Built Festival 2024

Join us on 10/4 at our annual Built Festival Main Event!

This year, with the ongoing support of Travel Oregon, we are excited to present an amazing lineup of conversations between industry founders and leaders (with more still to be announced). Each one will inspire, inform and look to spark conversations. This year for the first time, we will be having a series of panel discussions. And since it's Built's 10 year anniversary, the talks will be taking a look at Oregon's unique position when it comes to consumer products, and also some of the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead.

The event will take place throughout the day with ample time for networking and community building, including a happy hour reception. In addition, we will have a marketplace featuring some of our Accelerator and Bridges companies (get an early jump on holiday shopping!).

As a nonprofit, we rely on the Built Festival as one of the primary means of generating operating capital for our organization. Your patronage makes this event and future events like it possible. In addition, we'd like to thank our additional sponsors - Village Family Capital, Market of Choice, New Seasons Market, Craft3, Schwabe, Perkins & Co ,Revant Optics & OnPoint Community Credit Union.

Food carts will be present for lunch (admission price does not include lunch). Snacks, drinks, and happy hour reception included in the price of admission.

General Admission Tickets: $45

Current Event Lineup:

Festival Emcee - Jocelyn Rice - Principal/Founder of Black Earth United

What's unique about Oregon's food and beverage ecosystem and what does the future have in store for it:

Moderator - Darren Marshall -CEO at Smith Tea. Panelists - Nikki Guerrero - Founder of Hot Mama Salsa, Junea Rocha - Cofounder/CMO at Brazi Bites and Rudy Kellner - Cofounder/CEO at pFriem Family Brewers.

The importance of Small Business to Oregon's economy and communities:

Moderator - Maribel De León - Senior Program Officer, Our Collective Prosperity at Meyer Memorial Trust. Panelists - Shawn Irvine - Economic Development Director at the City of Independence, Melina Romero - Empresarios Program Manager at Hacienda CDC, and Marcus Hinz - Executive Director at the Oregon Coast Visitors Association.

Building Bridges: The importance of creating opportunities for companies through retail partnerships:

Moderator - Shauna Noah - Bridges Program Manager Panelists - John Boyle - Chief Merchandising & Marketing Office at Market of Choice, Lori Hunter - Local Finds & Special Events Manager at New Seasons Market, and Joyce Attar - Director of Operations at World Foods.

The Story We Tell: A discussion about Oregon's place and position when it comes to consumer products and community:

Moderator - Lindsey Morse - Executive Director at the PSU Center for Retail Leadership Panelists - Ron Khormaei - Founder/CEO at Steelport Knife Co. and Pamela Neferkará - Founder/Principal at Elmira Street Associates, LLC.

What's unique about Oregon's apparel, outdoor and footwear ecosystem and what does the future have in store for it:

Moderator - Jason Bolt - Founder/CEO at Revant Optics Panelists - Angela Medlin - Design Director (Apparel) at Hoka, Wylie Robinson - CEO at Rumpl and Josué Rivas - Founder of Indígena.

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