Alaska Innovation Summit
Forces at Work: Alaska’s Push-Pull Paradox
February 25 & 26, 2026
Centennial Hall and Convention Center – Juneau, AK
What drives Alaska’s thirteen years of net outmigration?
Who chooses to move to Alaska, who chooses to stay, and why do people leave?
Explore these questions at this year’s Summit and enjoy core elements of this national award-winning event including the Alaska Airlines Pitch Contest, Deep Dives, Innovation Shorts, Alaska Innovator’s Hall of Fame Ceremony, and Innovation Lounge—with AI learning stations!
Introducing our 2026 National Experts:
Dr. Thomas Cooke
Leader in Domestic Migration Research
Melody Warnick
Author & “Anywhereist”
Molly Pyle
Rural Innovation Builder
Shane Phillps
Housing Policy Expert
Participate in the Summit
The Summit offers a range of sessions that provide attendees the opportunity to interact and learn from each other.
Thank you to our 2026 sponsors!
Alaska Airlines’ Club 49® is a free Mileage Plan™ offering benefits to Alaska residents as a thank you for over 90 years of support. Members receive exclusive perks when traveling to, from, or within Alaska on Alaska Airlines. Simply be an Alaska resident and a Mileage Plan member.
Since 1995, we have been providing IT solutions for small businesses. Hansen Gress is changing how businesses approach technology.
Trust your Tech.
Formed in 1985, Travel Juneau (formerly the Juneau Convention & Visitors Bureau) is a private, nonprofit organization dedicated to the visitor industry and its economic benefit to Juneau, Alaska. Travel Juneau’s primary goal is to increase the overnight stays of business and leisure travelers, who in turn support local businesses through their spending.
Juneau Cleaning is a veteran-owned business, proudly serving our community with the highest standards of integrity and excellence. We are licensed, bonded, and insured, giving our clients peace of mind every time they invite us into their homes or businesses.
For more than 25 years, the Alaska Mental Health Trust Authority has administered the Trust and served Alaskans who experience mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, substance use disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia and traumatic brain injuries.
UAS serves all of Southeast through campuses in Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka. We pride ourselves on offering programs of high academic quality—both on campus and online—that meet the needs of students and the communities we serve.
Elgee Rehfeld is composed of Alaska’s leading industry advisors, all situated in our beautiful capital city. We have a long and celebrated history of serving statewide institutions, regional businesses and forward-thinking families and individuals.
Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Tech Wildcatters is an early stage venture capital fund founded in 2009. We invest in pre-seed companies through our mentorship-driven accelerator program, seed, and series A stage companies. We invest across the United States and internationally.
The purpose of the Greater Juneau Chamber of Commerce is to develop, advance and promote the economic, industrial, commercial, professional, cultural and civic welfare of the Juneau area.
Accredited through Main Street America, the Downtown Business Association is a non-profit association that aims to make Downtown Juneau a thriving place for locals and visitors alike.
True North Federal Credit Union is a leading Alaska credit union offering a range of financial solutions including accounts, mortgages, home equity loans, auto loans, personal loans, and more.
We’ve provided access to healthcare for people in Washington state since 1933, and in Alaska since 1952. Our goal has always been to provide quality and cost-effective healthcare plans for our members. We have done that for almost 90 years, and our effort is continuous.
With 70 years in Southeast Alaska, we are long-time members of state and regional chambers of commerce, convention and visitors bureaus, and professional organizations. Each year Alaska Litho supports dozens of local causes through donations, sponsorships, and volunteer hours.
As the first licensed public accounting firm in Alaska, KPMG has called Anchorage home since 1961. We are the only Big Four firm with an office in the state, supporting some of Alaska’s most prominent public and privately held businesses.
Alaska Seaplanes is the premier commuter airline of Southeast Alaska. Operating from a hub in Juneau, Seaplanes serves the markets of Skagway, Haines, Gustavus, Hoonah, Kake, Klawock, Sitka, Ketchikan, Angoon, Tenakee Springs, and Pelican on a year-round basis.
KTOO is the non-profit Juneau-based corporation that provides a variety of telecommunications services to Juneau and statewide audiences.