Summer Conference
The annual TECNA Summer Conference is a three-day event focused on sharing best practices and strategies to help you grow your tech council and increase your value to members, sponsors and stakeholders in your communities.
This gathering of North American tech associations and councils helps renew your TECNA connections while offering a glimpse at the tech ecosystem of our member host. Content will focus on building partnerships, examining trends and practices, and growing your organizations.
Find photos from past Summer Conferences on Flickr.
2024 TECNA Summer Conference
The 2024 TECNA Summer Conference location and dates will be announced in fall 2023. This annual conference for technology council/association staff is a great opportunity to connect, learn and share with your counterparts from across the US and Canada. Watch for more details!
For planning purposes, 2024’s conference will be within the first two weeks of August 2024. When we announce the location, the dates will also be available at that time.
Some Past Summer Conference Hosts
2023
TECNA held the 2023 TECNA Summer Conference August 9-11, 2023, in Seattle, Washington, USA, and hosted by TECNA Member, WTIA. In 2023 attendees experienced Seattle, a city of surprising contrasts—it combines a world-class metropolis within wild, beautiful, natural surroundings. Learn More about Innovation Award Winners.
2022
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Hosted by Pittsburgh Technology Council
2018
Des Moines, Iowa
Hosted by Technology Association of Iowa
2015
Kansas City
Hosted by KC Tech Council
2021
Held Online
2017
Kitchener, Ontario
Hosted by Communitech
2014
Montréal, Quebec
Hosted by AQT (Quebec Technology Association)
2019
Madison, Wisconsin
Hosted by Wisconsin Technology Council
2016
Portland, Oregon
Hosted by Technology Association of Oregon
2013
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Hosted by Minnesota Technology Association