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Chamber, innovation hub Gradient to start tech summit
Published Thursday, December 12, 2024
The Tulsa Regional Chamber is partnering with local innovation hub Gradient to host a technology summit.
Branding and a soft launch will take place in 2025, with a formal debut anticipated sometime in 2026, said Gradient (formerly known as 36 Degrees North) CEO Devon Laney, who made the announcement Thursday at the Chamber’s Technology Council more»
Tulsa's Future releases 2024 Annual Report

Published Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Winning awards, backing company expansions and drawing business investment from Argentina to Norway to The Netherlands, Tulsa’s Future rocketed to a banner year in 2024.
In the third and final year of Tulsa’s Future: Acceleration, the initiative continued to excel. In 2024, Tulsa’s Future and its partners:
Brought more than $2 billion of more»
Chamber hosts State of the Economy and Tulsa's Future 2024 Annual Meeting

Published Friday, December 6, 2024
A state economist who spoke to a Tulsa Regional Chamber audience Thursday said not all the repercussions of the pandemic have been negative.
“Whether you know it or not, you are significantly wealthier than you were pre-COVID,” said Dr. Mark Snead, president and economist at RegionTrack. “In the U.S. household sector, there’s been a more»
Chamber's Manufacturers' Council meets for last time in 2024
Published Thursday, November 21, 2024
Kenneth Statton, a third-generation machinist and tool builder, shared some advice Wednesday at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Manufacturers’ Council Meeting.
“If you always take the high road, if you always do what you say you are going to do, and you fall on your sword when you’re supposed to fall on your sword, the work will come to more»
Conversation dialed up at Chamber's final Workforce and Talent Council Meeting of year
Published Wednesday, November 20, 2024
The Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Workforce and Talent Council Meeting on Tuesday produced a rich dialogue on critical needs facing organizations.
Rue Ramsey, the Chamber’s vice president of workforce and talent strategies, facilitated the conversation with about two dozen attendees at The Summit in Tulsa.
“The critical need I find myself more»
U.S. Chamber of Commerce rep offers post-election forecast for president, Congress

Published Tuesday, November 19, 2024
A U.S. Chamber of Commerce representative on Monday briefed a gathering of Tulsa Regional Chamber volunteer leaders on what to expect from President-elect Donald Trump and the new Republican-controlled Congress in 2025 and beyond.
Former Sapulpan Neil Bradley, executive vice president, chief policy officer and head of strategic advocacy for the U.S. more»
Mayor Bynum wows record State of the City crowd with inspiring speech

Published Friday, November 15, 2024
Close to 1,300 people, a record for a Tulsa Regional Chamber State of the City event, filled a Cox Business Convention Center ballroom on Thursday to pay tribute to Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum.
In his eighth and final State of the City address, Bynum spent 36 minutes describing his community in innovative, challenging, proud -- and sometimes emotional -- more»
Consul General of Ukraine in Houston visits Chamber's Aerospace Council

Published Monday, November 11, 2024
Drone technology in the Ukraine has grown exponentially since Russia invaded the country in February 2022, a Ukrainian official told the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Aerospace Council last week.
Before Russia’s attack, only about a dozen drone companies operated in Ukraine, said Vitalii Tarasiuk, Consul General of Ukraine in Houston.
Now, that more»