2026 Leadership & Economic Summit presented by Xenium HR

About this event

Presented by Columbia Bank and Xenium HR

Thursday, November 12, 2026

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Sentinel Hotel

614 SW 11th Ave

Portland, OR 97205

Register for Free

For fifteen years, the Leadership & Economic Summit has been where Portland’s business community gathers to get ahead of the year to come, with a grounded read on the economy, practical strategies from leaders facing the same challenges, and a room full of peers worth knowing.

The 15th Annual Summit is a milestone in more ways than one. After fifteen years of headlining this event, economist John Mitchell will deliver his final Summit keynote , a can’t-miss send-off from one of the Northwest’s most respected economic voices.

Keynote: The Economy, Decoded

John Mitchell returns to connect the dots between the big-picture forces — interest rates, labor, trade, and policy — and what they actually mean for your business heading into 2027. It’s the clear, jargon-free economic briefing that has anchored this event for a decade and a half, delivered one last time.

Executive Panel: Practical AI in Business

Everyone’s talking about AI. Far fewer are talking honestly about what it looks like inside a real, everyday business. This year’s executive panel (to be announced soon) cuts through the hype to focus on what’s actually working, and what isn’t.

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