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 meeting before about 50 attendees at Welltown Brewing.

“The most important thing is to really put Tulsa on the map nationally from a technology standpoint – and we can do it,” Laney said.

To be held in Gradient’s new, roughly $40 million facility, scheduled to open next month, the proposed summit will be powered by global tech leaders and feature targeted investment connections and keynote addresses from national tech leaders.

“We want the Tech Council to be steering committee partners, to help us think through what this summit needs to look like, how we need to invite national leaders to come, how we need to showcase what’s happening here and how we need to be really intentional about telling the story of this part of the country as it relates to technology, innovation and entrepreneurship,” Laney said.

Gradient’s new hub will be one of the largest entrepreneurial facilities in the country, with an ability to host about 450 guests, Laney said.

“To have that density all in one place really gives a life to the vibrancy that’s here and hopefully will encourage further interaction among all of you, with capital providers, resource partners, program partners and each other,” he said.

The Tulsa Regional Chamber was among the organizations that originally teamed up to create 36 Degrees North in 2016. Justin McLaughlin, the Chamber’s executive vice president and COO, serves as Gradient’s vice chair.

“Before 36 Degrees North was here, we didn’t quite have the entrepreneurship structure, and we didn’t quite have the culture that we have here now,” McLaughlin said. “Devon Laney, since coming here in 2019, has done just a fantastic job running and growing 36 Degrees North.”

The Tech Council’s next meeting is scheduled for March 6. For more information about the council, contact Angie Zaricor, a senior director of economic development with the Chamber, at 918-560-0214.