Tech Talent Summit 6
Tech Talent Summit 6.0 at Player 15 Group
This is the sixth chapter of Arizona's most connected gathering. Founders, employers, investors, and talent will be in one room on November 6 at Player 15 Group in Phoenix.
This year's theme: The Performance Economy. How elite teams build, scale, hire, and lead in the age of AI.
More than 3,500 people have come through Tech Talent Summit over the past three years, and they rate it 9.1 out of 10.
Featured Speakers
Leaders across venture, technology, talent, and industry who are actively shaping Arizona's growth. More announced every week.
Mayor Kate Gallego, City of Phoenix
Sandra Watson, President & CEO, Arizona Commerce Authority
Dan Costello, EVP & Chief Business Officer, Phoenix Suns & Mercury
Anita Verma-Lallian, Founder & CEO, Arizona Land Consulting (Keynote)
Chris Richardson, Freeway Founding Advisor; SVP Enterprise Architecture & AI Hub, CSAA Insurance Group
Kate King, Co-Founder, President & COO, terramtech
Edward Wu, Co-Founder & CEO, Side
Chris Ronzio, Founder & CEO, Trainual
Heidi Jannenga, Co-Founder & Board Member, WebPT
Jess Berger, Founder & CEO, Bundle x Joy
Rob Nicoletti, Founder & CEO, create human / HALO
Glenn Lurie, General Partner, Stormbreaker Ventures
Azin Radsan van Alebeek, Founding GP, Emmeline Ventures
Justin Gray, InRevenue Capital
Autumn Collins, Strategic Advisor
Mayur Patel & Nader Salman, Ph.D., Cognite
Katie Sieker, SVP, Venture Partnerships, Arizona Commerce Authority
Chiara Hughes, Co-Founder, RootWorks
more to come!
What to Expect
🔹 Main Stage. Opening remarks from Mayor Kate Gallego, Sandra Watson, and Dan Costello. Then a keynote fireside with Anita Verma-Lallian on why Arizona is where AI gets built.
🔹 Panels on what's defining the year. Built to Perform (talent, AI agents & the new org chart), Force Multipliers (inside the AI-native revenue team), a VC panel on what investors are backing now, and Marketing That Cuts Through the Noise.
🔹 Hot Seat: Did AI Just Kill the Entry-Level Job? A live debate. Two sides, no fence-sitting, and you vote before and after.
🔹 Physical AI Needs People. Cognite on the roles that will run industrial AI, closing with a live AMA.
🔹 Talent Match. Speed rounds where selected candidates meet hiring founders and employers face to face.
🔹 Exhibitor Floor. Meet the companies actively hiring and the investors actively writing checks, all in one room.
We expect you to arrive with intention and leave with an outcome: a connection, a hire, a meeting, a deal.
Our previous summits have sold out. This one is capped tighter, and it will too.
Thank you to our partners
Venue Sponsor: Player 15 Group. Breakfast presented by the Arizona Commerce Authority.
Ecosystem Partners: The Intersect Group, Brainbox, Cognite, Stormbreaker Ventures, eleVest Capital, Center Court Group, Empire Scottsdale, OpenCubby, and Coppersmith Brockelman.
City Partners: City of Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, and Mesa.
Want to exhibit or partner? Startups looking for talent and companies looking for clients are both welcome. Email admin@founderfreeway.com.
Tickets
$27 through October 31
$34 November 1–5
$49 day of event
🎟 Grab your ticket. 📣 Bring someone building something meaningful. 🚀 Let's move Arizona forward, together, year-round.