2025 Spring ECOSYSTEM BUILDER SUMMIT
Where: Las Vegas
When: May 6 - 8
Hosted By: Kyeema Peart, Director of Nevada’s Office of Entrepreneurship
AGENDA | host | TICKETS | TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATIONS
The 2025 Spring Ecosystem Builder Summit will be in Las Vegas! Join us for 3 days to meet changemakers, ecosystem builders, capital stewards, entrepreneurs, and policymakers.
Summit Theme: We the West: Ecosystem Builders Unite
Beyond the bright lights and allure of Las Vegas’ casino strip is an expanse of entrepreneurial opportunity. The Historic Westside is a cornerstone of re-emergent cultural identity, Clark County is seeding intense community collaboration through planning of a microbusiness park with affordable housing, and vibrant support organizations are raising up tech and manufacturing leaders across the region’s fun economy, health sector, and smart city initiatives. Join us in a review of America’s strongest hospitality leader and its diverse ecosystem operators to expand Las Vegas for a new generation of founders. We hope you can be there as we gather the best in the West during National Small Business Week at SCN Las Vegas on May 6-8, 2025.
LAS VEGAS UNITES
Drawing together diverse communities within and beyond Nevada’s well-known fun economy, those businesses and organizations that support Las Vegas are thriving because of efforts across the full entrepreneurial spectrum. The state’s new Office of Entrepreneurship, a division within the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, is dedicated to healthy ecosystem building and will join regional hosts to offer insights into creative and collaborative economic advancement at SCN Las Vegas. The City of Las Vegas will showcase its entrepreneurial spirit at the opening breakfast, Zero Labs will let us into the magic of their cohort approach to regional startup acceleration, UNLV's economic development office will invite us into their investor approach, and the Lieutenant Governor's Office of Small Business Advocacy will send us into the future supporting small business entrepreneurs. Applying a national lens, Pitch Mayhem will host their biannual investment competition, and SCN will offer deep insights into healthy ecosystem design and leadership. We hope you can join us!
Startup Champions Network Summits
Twice annually, Startup Champion Network members meet in person to connect, share knowledge/experiences, and take a deep, behind-the-scenes dive into the local host ecosystem. This personal interaction is a critical part of the member value proposition as well as an important commitment all members make -- to celebrate each other.
These 2-3 day intimate gatherings bring together the nation's top ecosystem builders and national ecosystem support organizations to convene conversations, gain insight from real-world case studies, and explore and experience new communities against the backdrops of some of the nation's top emerging ecosystems. Summits address topics most relevant to and of interest to members, such as inclusive entrepreneurship, fostering collaboration, engaging and empowering under-represented populations, and more.
SCN Host Member
Kyeema Peart, Director of Nevada's Office of Entrepreneurship
With a career managing innovative research and commercialization, Kyeema Peart is passionate about translating today’s possibilities into tomorrow’s realities for Nevada. She brings a unique background, having spent 20 years directing interdisciplinary research and business development across North America and internationally. Most recently, Peart worked along the entire research and innovation continuum to enable business partnerships, academic affiliations, entrepreneurial education, and research infrastructure at the Nevada Center for Applied Research. Previously, Peart worked in Canada and California with corporate and academic partners to establish unique regional and international research, education and business programming.
SCN Las Vegas Agenda at a Glance
Here's an overview of our summit agenda to assist with travel planning. Please note: exact times may adjust slightly.
Monday, May 5
5:30 PM Pre-Summit Happy Hour: Ecosystem leaders’ welcome
Tuesday, May 6
8:30 AM: Summit Kickoff - Ecosystem breakfast with Mayor & locals
10 AM - 12 PM: Innovation Tour of Historic Westside
1 PM - 4:30 PM: Day 1 Part 1 Sessions
5:30 PM: Kick off Party on the Strip
Wednesday, May 7
8:30 AM: Breakfast + Networking at Allegiant Stadium (home of the Raiders)
10 AM - 5 PM: Workshops + Ecosystem Tours + Part 2 Sessions
6 PM: Pitch Mayhem national competition
Thursday, May 8
8:30 AM: Breakfast + Networking
9 AM - 5 PM: Part 3 Sessions + Ecosystem Tours
5 PM - 7 PM: Closing Party at Tony Hsieh’s Downtown Container Park
Purchase Tickets
*Please note that you must purchase each ticket individually, so we can properly collect all attendee data per ticket. Group tickets are for groups of 6.
Super Early Bird (ends Feb 28)
Member: $249
Non-Member: $399
Early Bird (ends March 31)
Member: $349
Non-member: $449
Regular Tickets
Member: $399
Non-Member: $499
GROUP ticket (For up to 6 people)
$2,000
Travel & Accomodations
Lodging
We have a room block reserved at Home2 Suites by Hilton Las Vegas I-215 Curve for Monday, May 5 - Thursday, May 8, 2025. Booking your room is simple; just select "Book a Room" to receive your group rate. Rate will be available to guests 2 days pre and post of contracted dates based on availability. Book by: April 7, 2025.
The hotel is located at 8470 W. Sunset Road, Las Vegas, NV 89113. Situated off West 215 and South Durango Drive, the hotel is diagonally across from the IKEA Super Store. It's approximately 9 miles from Harry Reid International Airport, making it a convenient choice for summit attendees.
Getting to Las Vegas
Fly into Harry Reid International Airport (LAS), located just 9 miles from the preferred hotel. From the airport, you can take a rideshare, taxi, or rental car. The quickest route is via I-215 W; exit at Durango Drive, then turn onto W. Sunset Road—the hotel will be on your right.
Rides & Rooms Spreadsheet
Every Summit, we create a spreadsheet for attendees to coordinate rides and room sharing. If you're looking to share a hotel room or airbnb with a large group, this is a great place to start. If you want to carpool from the airport or hope some kind soul will give you a ride, this is the place to do it! While we don't link this spreadsheet to the public website, it is sent via email upon summit registration.