Economic Summit

Description

WHEN: Tuesday, October 6, from 7:15 AM - 12:15 PM

COST:  $95 for Members, $130 for Non-Members

WHERE: Glenn Miller Ballroom/UMC University Memorial Center, CU Boulder 1669 Euclid Avenue

Parking Options: Euclid Garage paid parking is next door.

Schedule:

• 7:30–7:45 a.m. | Check-in & Breakfast
• 7:45–8:05 a.m. | Welcome, Sponsor Recognition & CU Boulder Welcome
• 8:05–8:25 a.m. | The Boulder Economy: Signals We Can't Ignore
• 8:25–9:05 a.m. | Disruption Across Industries
• 9:05–9:40 a.m. | Policy Disruptions
• 9:45–10:25 a.m. | Keynote: Pascal Finette
• 10:25–10:55 a.m. | Workforce Disruptions
• 10:55–11:25 a.m. | Technological Disruptions
• 11:30 a.m.–12:10 p.m. | Building Boulder’s Resilience Advantage
• 12:10–12:15 p.m. | Closing Call to Action

Boulder Economic Summit: 
Navigating Disruption.  Building What's Next.

The future isn't waiting.

Artificial intelligence. Workforce shortages. Rising costs. Political uncertainty. Industry transformation. Across every sector, leaders are being asked to make bigger decisions in a world that feels less predictable than ever.

Yet Boulder has never been a community that waits for change to happen. We innovate. We adapt. We lead.

Join more than 300 business, community, education, research, and government leaders for a dynamic half-day summit exploring the forces reshaping our economy—and the opportunities emerging from them.

The Summit is beyond just another economic forecast or a conversation about disruption - it's a toolkit for navigating it. Attendees will gain practical frameworks and actionable strategies to:

• Identify vulnerabilities before they become crises
• Prepare for multiple economic, workforce, and technology scenarios
• Strengthen organizational resilience and decision-making
• Adapt more quickly to changing market conditions
• Transform disruption into innovation, growth, and competitive advantage

Featuring keynote speaker Pascal Finette, internationally recognized innovation strategist and former Google leader, this year's summit is designed to help organizations move beyond reacting to disruption and start building advantage from it.

This isn't another economic forecast.

It's a practical leadership forum for those responsible for guiding organizations through change—and a conversation about how Boulder can continue to thrive in an increasingly complex world.

Because disruption is inevitable. Resilience is built. And the organizations that succeed will be the ones that prepare today for what comes next.

What You Will Hear:

• KEYNOTE: Learning Faster Than the World Can Change: From Multiple Futures to a Practical Edge in Disruption --- Internationally recognized innovation strategist and former Google leader Pascal Finette will explore how leaders can spot change earlier, rethink traditional planning and build the ability to learn faster than the world around them.
  
• The Boulder Economy: Signals We Can’t Ignore — CU Boulder economist Brian Lewandowski sets the stage with the data behind workforce, housing, technology, investment and industry trends.
• Disruption Across Industries — What business leaders are seeing right now and how organizations are adapting.
• Workforce Disruptions — Talent, demographics, AI, skills gaps and the future of work.
• Policy Disruptions — Navigating regulatory change, shifting priorities and economic uncertainty.
• Technological Disruptions — AI, automation, cybersecurity and what’s next.
• Building Boulder’s Resilience Advantage — A closing leadership conversation about collaboration as a competitive strategy.

Speakers and Topics

Keynote Speaker: Pascal Finette | Co-Founder of radical

Pascal Finette is Co-Founder of radical, where he helps leaders build organizations that strengthen under stress. His career spans founding eBay’s Platform Solutions Group in Europe, leading Mozilla’s Open Innovation Lab, and investing in social impact as Principal at Google.org. He’s the bestselling author of “Disrupt Disruption” and the new book “OUTLEARN.” He also founded GYSHIDO, a global productivity movement. He teaches masterclasses at leading business schools worldwide.

Learn more about radical here. 

COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS: By attending this event, all participants are expected to abide by these, BOULDER CHAMBER Community Agreements and Code of Conduct.

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