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With 20,000 people expected in Salt Lake City from Jan. 31-Feb. 1, the globally-recognized Silicon Slopes Tech Summit is living up to its reputation as the tech event of the year.
Organized and hosted by the Silicon Slopes organization and community and presented by Nasdaq, the event offers prominent keynote speakers, breakout sessions, entertainment, parties, networking opportunities and an exclusive screening of a film from the Sundance Film Festival.
Plenty of speakers and topics
More than 65 speakers are slated to support the event, focused on six topic tracks: Entrepreneur, technology, consumer products, artificial intelligence, founder and social good.
Topic tracks allow participants to choose the areas they want to focus on during the summit.
Attendees will learn hands-on skills to improve their entrepreneurial, development and consumer skills while also receiving lessons on how to responsibly serve and give back to their communities.
Illustrious and recognized keynote speakers
The Silicon Slopes Tech Summit is gathering an astonishing number of distinguished industry leaders for this unparalleled two-day event.
Keynote speakers at the summit will include the following impressive list of tech-savvy experts:
Ben Silbermann, Pinterest CEO; Bill McDermott, SAP CEO; Margo Georgiadis, Ancestry CEO; Alex Rodriguez, baseball legend; Andy Dunn, founder of Bonobos and SVP of Walmart; John Warnock, founder of Adobe; Tony Prophet, chief equality officer at Salesforce; Ann Miura-Ko, Floodgate Capital founding partner; Christine Day, former CEO of Lululemon; John Foley, Peloton CEO; Aicha Evans, Zoox CEO; Jeff Flake, Arizona senator; Vlada Bortnik, Marco Polo founder; Enrique Lores, president of HP Imaging, Printing and Solutions; Kamelia Aryafar, Overstock CAO.
"No matter where you are, we probably have something on the agenda that's relevant and useful," Silicon Slopes executive director Clint Betts told the Deseret News. "It isn't just for entrepreneurs, isn't just for software technicians, isn't just for blockchain people. It's an event for everyone."
Startup contest
The grand finale of the summit will culminate in a person or team receiving a hefty check for growing a new business. Entrepreneurs have an opportunity to win a $250,000 investment from Peak Ventures if their entry wins the Silicon Slopes Startup Competition during the event.
“Finalists can expect exposure to the thousands of Summit attendees as well as undivided attention from a panel of judges who have been through the fire and can empathize with the grind," the event website says. "That doesn’t mean they’ll hold any punches; just that you’ll hear an original perspective, whatever the stage of your startup."
Utah at the forefront of the tech world
The Silicon Slopes Tech Summit is designed to advance professionals to the forefront of their industries and fields while establishing Utah as a true tech contender in the global tech economy.
People interested in attending can buy an All Access Pass by visiting the Silicon Slopes Tech Summit event website. Events run Jan. 31- Feb. 1 at the Salt Palace with registration beginning at 7 a.m. and the general session starting at 8:30 am.
