3:30 pm: Check-in @ Main Office

5:30 pm: Opening Reception & Dinner @ Kingfisher Restaurant

6:45 pm: Mary Snapp in conversation with Rogers Weed - Generative AI Tools and Microsoft’s Approach to Responsible AI @ Chapel Theater

8:00 pm: Slalom Social Hour @ Woodpecker

8:15 am: Breakfast @ Kingfisher Restaurant

9:15 am: Morning Kickoff

9:30 am: Key Issue Briefings from Sector Leads: Mel Clark (President & CEO, CleanTech Alliance), Marc Cummings (President & CEO, Life Science Washington), Kelly Fukai (VP, Gov. & Comm. Affairs, WTIA) Emily Wittman (President & CEO, Aerospace Futures Alliance) @ Chapel Theater

10:15 am: Break @ Salmon Gallery

10:45 am: Business & Legislative Relations - Lisa Brown (Former Elected Official), Joe Fain (President & CEO, Bellevue Chamber of Commerce), Paul Graves (President, Enterprise Washington), Zack Hudgins (Privacy Manager, State of WA), moderated by Marc Cummings @ Chapel Theater

11:30 am: Feedback Session @ Chapel Theater

12:00 pm: Lunch @ Kingfisher Restaurant

1:45 pm: The Challenge of Building the Highly Skilled, Highly Flexible Talent Pool of the Future - Katie Condit (CEO, Workforce Central), Dave Thurman (Dean & CEO, Northeastern University Seattle), Lynn Strickland (Executive Director, AJAC) @ Chapel Theater

2:30 pm: Break @ Salmon Gallery

3:00 pm: Moving the Needle on WA Kids and Post-Secondary Pathways - James Dorsey (President/CEO, College Success Foundation), Brian Jeffries (Policy Director, Washington Roundtable), Angie Mason-Smith (Program Director, WA STEM) Bish Paul (Senior Policy Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation) @ Chapel Theater

3:45 pm: Feedback session @ Chapel Theater

4:30 pm: Break @ Salmon Gallery

6:00 pm: Dinner @ Kingfisher Restaurant

7:15 pm: Keynote @ Woodpecker

8:15 pm: Slalom Social Hour @ Woodpecker

7:30 am: Breakfast @ Kingfisher Restaurant

8:30 am: Legislative Leadership Looks Ahead - Senator Emily Randall, Senator Judith Warnick, Representative Mari Leavitt @ Chapel Theater

9:30 am: Key Takeaways/Wrap Up @ Chapel Theater

10:00 am: Adjourn (box lunch for the road! @ Kingfisher Restaurant)