Food.Mind.Machine.

The world is changing. Let's build on what we know best. April 3, 2027Viking Pavilion · Portland State University
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The next great breakthroughs won't come from one industry.

They'll come from where industries meet.

State of the art.
State of the plate.
State of the mind.

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Most places have one.
Oregon has all three.

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Food ■

A food scene people travel for, and the farms, forests, rivers and coast behind it.
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Mind ●

World-class medicine, mental health and sports science.
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Machine ▲

The chips, robots and factories inside the world's technology.

Every market is changing.

  • ■Food is becoming medicine.
  • ●Health is becoming data.
  • ▲Machines are learning to think.

Oregon leads in all three. We connect the people driving each shift, so they build what comes next together.

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April 3, 2027.

Viking Pavilion, Portland State University

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One main stage

Built on crossings: every session puts food, health and technology leaders on stage together.

Demos and investors

Demos and an investor showcase for Oregon's most promising companies.

The market next door

The Portland Farmers Market next door. Local food, drinks and live music all day.

The ecosystem already here.

Who's on stage.

Dr. Anna Hayes, Food Science, Oregon State University
Dr. Selena Ahmed, Executive Director, Periodic Table of Food Initiative
Chris Stauffer, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, OHSU
Dr. Marcy Kingsbury, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Mel Strong, Co-Founder, Next Ventures
Ndamukong Suh, Investor and Entrepreneur
Food Mind
Machine

From the team behind the Silicon Forest Tech Summit.

1,307
Attendees in 2026
130+
Partner organizations
15
Sectors
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Attendees talking in the summit hallway

Speakers from Microsoft, Intel and Nike.

Founders: Yoseph Ukbazghi, Dr. Iphigenie Bugingo, Jeff Brown.

The future gets designed by the people who show up.

April 3, 2027 · Portland, Oregonfoodmindmachine.steamcircuit.com
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