Since its inception, Silicon Slopes has hosted thousands of events, big and small, across the state on a wide range of topics. It never once held an event to discuss whether Utah should become a global tech hub.
Silicon Slopes never asked Utahns outside our community whether they thought it was a good idea, never seriously considered whether the ecosystem we were building had any negative impacts on the state, and never thought much about our role in shaping the state's economy or future.
It's unclear whether doing any of that would have changed anything, but as we enter the age of AI, avoiding the same mistake seems all the more urgent.
This time, Silicon Slopes intends to ask.
Clint Betts will open with a presentation on the state of Utah and its tech community. Then we open it up to the room.
These town halls follow Clint's July essay, "What Future Do Utahns Want?"
