The Jackson Hole Global Technology Partnership is excited to announce the 13th Annual Wyoming Global Tech Summit
Thursday September 10, 2026
@ Center for the Arts
Downtown Jackson Hole, WY
ROOM BLOCKS
Mountain Modern
Guests can book at the discounted rate by calling Mountain Modern directly at 307-733-4340, etx. 1, and mention the Jackson Hole Tech Partnership room block and their stay dates. Guests can also book through the unique link below. Please note, our discounted rate is not available on the general Mountain Modern website.
Lodge at Jackson Hole
Guests can book through the unique link below. Please note, the discounted rate is not available on the general Lodge website.
Wyoming Inn
Guests can book through the unique link below. Please note, the discounted rate is not available on the general Lodge website.
Hotel Jackson
Guests can book through the unique link below.
The Antler Inn
To reserve a room with our group please call (307)733-2535, reference the Wyoming Global Tech Summit and the dates (9/9 & 9/10) in order to receive the discounted rate.
About
The Wyoming Global Technology Summit is an event held every fall in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Presented by The Jackson Hole Technology Partnership, the 2026 Tech Summit will showcase Wyoming and the Rocky Mountain region’s innovation, feature exciting announcements and provide attendees with the opportunity to network with entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, respected innovators, leaders and policy makers. This event leverages new technologies to solve old challenges and drive positive outcomes for Wyoming and the Rockies.
The Summit is seed-funded by our Chair, John D. Temte and the Jackson Hole Technology Partnership, with follow-on funding from donors who share our mission and vision.
Past summit speakers includes: Randall Stephenson, CEO AT&T, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shoing, CEO Nantworks and Co-Owner Los Angeles Lakers, Her Royal Highness Princess Reema, Saudi Ambassador to the United States, The Honorable Cynthia Lummis, Mark Gordon, Governor of Wyoming, Matt Mead, Former Governor of Wyoming, Doug Burgum, Governor of North Dakota, Tom Vilsack, US Secretary of Agriculture and Governor of Iowa, Ralph de la Vega, President & CEO of AT&T Mobility, Joe Lonsdale, Co-Founder, Palantir, and Peter Thiel, Legendary Entrepreneur & Investor, Founder of Thiel Capital and Partner at Founders Fund.
The annual summit hosts highly successful founders, early-stage tech investors and venture capitalists.
For more information please contact: spencer@jacksonholetechpartnership.org
2026 Summit Agenda
13th Annual
Wyoming Global Technology Summit
Thursday, September 10, 2026 @ Jackson Hole Center for the Arts - Jackson Hole, WY
Presented by The Jackson Hole Technology Partnership 501c3
Special Honored Guests to include:
United States Senator, The Honorable Cynthia Lummis (Cheyenne, WY & Washington DC),
Assistant Secretary Audrey Robertson, Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, U.S. Department of Energy (Washington D.C.),
Wesley Chan, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, FPV Ventures (Jackson Hole, WY) and
Manfredi Lefebvre, Chairman of Heritage Group (Monaco)
Make sure to sign up to the JHTP newsletter for all Wyoming Global Technology Summit related announcements including announcements on featured panelists.
2026 WYOMING GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT - 3RD PARTY HOSTED EVENT AGENDA
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM Deep Energy Tech in America’s Energy Communities & the Mountain West
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Nuclear Across the Mountain West
Hosted by Sophie Rockefeller, Jackson Hole Institute (Jackson Hole, WY)
Mike Wandler, CEO, L&H Industrial (Gillette, WY)
Trace Heffner, Senior Reactor Operations Engineer, Antares (Idaho Falls, ID)
Joseph Jacobson, Head of Commercialization, Applied Atomics (Anchorage, AK)
Hill Garbo, Operations Lead, Aalo Atomic (Jackson Hole, WY)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Energy Leadership in Energy Communities & the Mountain West
Hosted by Rusty Bell, CEO, Campbell County Economic Development (Gillette, WY)
Trevor Neilson, President, Prometheus Hyperscale (Jackson Hole, WY)
Neal Rickner, Founder & CEO, Airloom Energy (Laramie, WY)
Ryan Waddington, CEO, Cowboy Clean Fuel (Ann Arbor, MI / Denver, CO)
Jim Ford, Co-Founder, U.S. Carbon; Commissioner, Campbell County (Gillette, WY)
Host: Jackson Hole Institute*
Location: Pink Garter Theater - 50 W Broadway, Jackson, WY 83001
*For any JHI event related questions, please contact Nathan Wendt (nathan.wendt@jacksonholeinstitute.org)
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Building Wyoming’s Digital Asset Future: Live Podcast from the Wyoming Global Technology Summit
2:00 - 2:10 Intro - Stand with Crypto & Beluga
2:10 - 2:30 Anthony Apollo
2:30 - 2:50 Ali Khan
2:50 - 3:10 Hunter Orrell
3:10 - 3:30 Nick Faulkner
3:30 - 4:00 Monty Metzger
Host: Stand with Crypto & Beluga
Join us on Wednesday, September 9, from 2:00–4:00 p.m. MT in Jackson, Wyoming, for a live, community-focused session co-produced with Belgua and proudly sponsored by Stand With Crypto.
Belgua, a podcast exploring the intersection of technology, culture, and everyday life, will capture and stream live interviews with builders, local leaders, and community members. Together, we’ll explore what Wyoming’s digital-asset future means on the ground—and how local voices can help shape it.
*For any event related questions, please contact Steph Chan (heystephchan@gmail.com)
2026 WYOMING GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SUMMIT - AGENDA
Wednesday, September 9, 2026
@Julliette Rooftop, Hotel Jackson - Jackson Hole, WY
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Wyoming Global Tech Summit - Registration & Opening Reception
Thursday, September 10, 2026
@ Jackson Hole Center for the Arts - Jackson Hole, WY
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Registration and Coffee (Lobby - Center for the Arts)
8:30 AM - 8:45 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
John Temte, Co-Founder & Chairman, Jackson Hole Technology Partnership; Managing General Partner, WYO VC (Cody, WY & Boulder, CO)
Jack Selby, Co-Founder & Board Member, Jackson Hole Technology Partnership; Managing Director, Thiel Capital; Managing Director, Copper Sky Capital (Teton Village, WY & Paradise Valley, AZ)
Governor’s Welcome
Opening Remarks from the Honorable Governor Mark Gordon, Governor for the State of Wyoming (Cheyenne, WY)
A Special Recognition of Senator Cynthia Lummis
John Temte, Co-Founder & Chairman, Jackson Hole Technology Partnership; Managing General Partner, WYO VC (Cody, WY & Boulder, CO)
Senator Cynthia Lummis, U.S. Senator for Wyoming (Wyoming & Washington D.C.)
Morning session MC’d by:
Josh McFarland, Jackson Hole Technology Partnership Board Member; Partner, Greylock Partners; Executive Chairman, Boom Supersonic (San Francisco, CA) and
Eric Scott, Jackson Hole Technology Partnership Board Member; Managing Partner, Overlook Capital; (Austin, TX)
8:45 AM - 8:50 AM Honoring America’s 250th Anniversary
Hosted by Ryan Micheletti, General Partner, The Veteran Fund (San Francisco, CA)
8:50 AM - 9:10 AM From Ships to Silicon: A Family Office's Journey Beyond Passive Investing in Luxury, Tech, and Strategic Assets
Manfredi Lefebvre, Chairman, Heritage Group (Monaco)
9:10 AM - 9:50 AM The Rise of the Family Office
Hosted by Chris Mays, Partner, Armanino (El Segundo, CA)
Manfredi Lefebvre, Chairman, Heritage Group (Monaco)
Drew Oetting, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, 8VC (Austin, TX)
Kirk Haldeman, Global Head of Morgan Private Capital, JP Morgan (New York, NY)
9:50 AM - 10:15 AM COFFEE BREAK
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Quantum: Breaking it down into the important (Q)bits
whurley, Founder, Strangeworks (Austin, TX)
10:30 AM - 10:40 AM Quantum Internet Is Here: Unhackable Networks on Today's Fiber
Jason Kello, VP of Strategy, Qunnect (Washington D.C.)
10:40 AM - 11:20 AM Entangled Minds: A Quantum Discussion on Solving Complex, Real-World Problems
Hosted by Caitlin Dullanty, Co-Founder & General Partner, Backcountry Ventures (San Francisco, CA)
whurley, Founder, Strangeworks (Austin, TX)
Noel Goddard, CEO, Qunnect (Brooklyn, NY)
Andy Leaver, CEO, Arqit (London, England)
Sahil Tapiawala, Co-Founder & CEO, Atomionics (San Francisco, CA)
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM Keynote Address: From Complexity to Conviction - Identifying Iconic Investments Across Eras of Technological Change
Hosted & Moderated by Heather Loomis Tighe, Founder & CEO, Loomis Capital Management (Jackson Hole, WY)
Wesley Chan, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, FPV Ventures (Jackson Hole, WY)
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch - Commons Area - Center for the Arts
Afternoon session MC’d by:
Scott Nolan, Jackson Hole Technology Partnership Board Member; Founder & CEO, General Matter; Partner, Founders Fund (Jackson Hole, WY) and
Jason Pressman, Jackson Hole Technology Partnership Board Member; Managing Director, Copper Sky Capital; Managing Director, Shasta Ventures (San Francisco, CA)
1:00 PM - 1:20 PM Keynote Address: Minerals to Megawatts - Forging America's Innovation Edge
Assistant Secretary Audrey Robertson, Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, U.S. Department of Energy (Washington D.C.)
1:20 PM - 2:05 PM Energizing Investment into Power Supply Chains & Energy Innovation
Update from INL & Introduction by Brian Smith, CTO, INL (Washington D.C.)
Hosted by Jess Gehin, Associate Lab Director, INL (Idaho Falls, ID)
Carly Anderson, Co-Founder, Timescale Ventures (San Francisco, CA)
Ernst Sack, Partner, Blue Bear Capital (Jackson Hole, WY)
Mislav Tolusic, Co-Managing Partner & CIO, Marlinspike (Arlington, VA)
Dakota Roberson, PhD, Program Manager, DARPA Strategic Technology Office (Arlington, VA)
2:05 PM - 2:45 PM Supply Chain of Command: Fortifying Sovereignty, Agency Interoperability & Resilience Against Economic Warfare
Hosted by Jack Selby, Co-Founder & Board Member, Jackson Hole Technology Partnership; Managing Director, Thiel Capital; Managing Director, Copper Sky Capital (Teton Village, WY & Paradise Valley, AZ)
Assistant Secretary Audrey Robertson, Office of Critical Minerals and Energy Innovation, U.S. Department of Energy (Washington D.C.)
Justin Fanelli, CTO, Navy (Washington D.C.)
Drew Trojanowski, President & CEO, Southwest Mission Acceleration Center - Defense Innovation Unit (Phoenix, AZ)
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Break
3:15 PM - 3:25 PM Tokenization: How Digital Ownership Unlocks the Wealth of the World
Monty C. M. Metzger, Founder & CEO, LCX - Liberty Crypto Exchange; Founder, Toto Finance; Founder, Digital Leaders Ventures (Vaduz, Liechtenstein)
Author of “Blockchain Banking: The Future of Money and Finance“ (2023), “Tokenization: The Trillion Dollar Asset Revolution” (2024), and “Tokenization: How Digital Ownership Unlocks the Wealth of the World” (September 2026)
3:25 PM - 3:35 PM The Growth Dollar: How to Transform the Dollar for a Multipolar World
Ryan Kirkley, Co-founder and CEO, Global Settlement (GSX) (Miami, FL)
3:35 PM - 3:45 PM Wyoming Startup Spotlight: Airloom Energy
Neal Rickner, Founder & CEO, Airloom Energy (Laramie, WY)
3:45 PM - 4:05 PM A Special Address from the University of Wyoming Provost
Anne Alexander, Provost, University of Wyoming (Laramie, WY)
4:05 PM - 4:10 PM Closing Remarks
John Temte, Co-Founder & Chairman, Jackson Hole Technology Partnership, Managing General Partner, WYO VC (Cody, WY & Boulder, CO)
4:10 - 6:00 PM Networking Reception
Location: Jackson Hole Center for the Arts - Jackson Hole, WY