Claim Your Seat. Pledge Your Share. Build Your Montana.
CoBuild Montana Summit | October 20–22, 2026 | University of Montana, Missoula

Early Bird pricing ends September 15. Register before September 15 to lock in the lower Early Bird rate. After that date, regular pricing takes effect. Each tier below lists both prices so you can see exactly what you save by registering early.

🌄 Student — $55 Early Bird / $70 Regular
For currently enrolled students.
Full access to all three days at our most accessible rate, so cost never keeps a student out of the room. Includes your founding member pledge share, which converts into an official CoBuild Montana member share once the cooperative's filing with the State of Montana is finalized, all keynotes and sessions, and the social mixer. A welcoming way to dive in.

🤝 General Admission — $95 Early Bird / $120 Regular
For community members, advocates, and the curious.
The full summit, open to you — keynotes, the pitch competition, working tracks, tours, meals, and the mixer. Includes your founding member pledge share, which converts into an official CoBuild Montana member share once the cooperative's filing with the State of Montana is finalized. Great value for a complete three-day experience.

💼 Professional — $145 Early Bird / $180 Regular
For working professionals, founders, and partners.
Full summit access plus a place at interest-based networking lunches designed to put you beside the right people. Includes your founding member pledge share, which converts into an official CoBuild Montana member share once the cooperative's filing with the State of Montana is finalized. Built for those coming to connect and do business.

🌟 Impact Member — $225 or more Early Bird / $260 or more Regular
For those who want to give a little extra to help get this off the ground.
Everything in the Professional tier, plus you choose your contribution — give the listed amount or any amount above it to help power the summit and launch CoBuild Montana. You'll also receive warm recognition as a founding supporter and the good feeling of knowing your extra support helps make the summit possible for everyone in the room. Includes your founding member pledge share — the same equal pledge share every registrant receives, which converts into an official CoBuild Montana member share once the cooperative's filing with the State of Montana is finalized. For the believers who want to chip in extra to help build Montana's future, together.

👥 Group & Organization (5+) — $75 per person Early Bird / $95 per person Regular + FREE Exhibition Table
For businesses, nonprofits, agencies, schools, and community organizations.
Bring your team at a reduced per-person rate, and your organization receives a complimentary exhibition table in the summit's foyer exhibition area — the high-traffic space just outside the ballroom and meeting rooms. It's a welcoming way to showcase your work, meet attendees face to face, and put your organization at the heart of the gathering. Every team member receives a founding member pledge share, which converts into an official CoBuild Montana member share once the cooperative's filing with the State of Montana is finalized. Register five or more people and your table is on us.

Want to bring a larger group, or have a special request? We're glad to help — just reach out.

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Three Days, Packed Start to Finish

Your registration opens the door to every part of the summit — the conversations, the connections, and the ideas that change what's possible for a town, a business, or a person. Here's what's waiting for you:

  • Inspiring keynotes that set the vision, including a free public evening keynote with bestselling author Elizabeth MacBride.

  • The Startup World Cup USA Regional — watch ten Montana ventures pitch live to mission-aligned funders, with real capital on the line.

  • Plenary sessions on reimagining rural Montana, turning ideas into impact, and the investor's role in community enterprise.

  • Hands-on working tracks across Housing, Rural Health & Cooperative Care, Biocarbon, Food Systems, and Tribal Cooperatives & Indigenous Economy.

  • Community tours that take you out of the conference room and onto the ground, where real projects are taking shape.

  • A community social and mixer with local craft beverages, good food, and even better company.

  • Catered Montana lunches featuring local ingredients, seated by interest area so you meet the right people.

  • Coffee, networking breaks, and the connections that turn strangers into partners.

Add it all up and you get a three-day experience worth far more than the price of admission — plus a founding member pledge share that converts into an official CoBuild Montana member share once the cooperative's filing with the State of Montana is finalized.

Your People Are Already Here

The summit gathers the folks actively building a stronger, more self-reliant Montana. When you register, you join:

  • Founders and entrepreneurs launching community-rooted ventures

  • Impact investors and philanthropists putting capital to work close to home

  • Cooperative leaders and members growing shared-ownership businesses

  • Civic and economic development leaders strengthening local communities

  • Rural health leaders building member-owned care models

  • Tribal and Indigenous leaders advancing sovereign, community-rooted development

  • Students and emerging leaders stepping into Montana's cooperative future

Wherever you're coming from in Montana, you'll find your people in this room.

FAQ

  • When you register, your participation includes a founding member pledge share — your early commitment to CoBuild Montana, our forming multistakeholder cooperative. That pledge share is intended to convert into an official CoBuild Montana member share once the cooperative's filing with the State of Montana is finalized. As the cooperative takes shape, founding members are invited to grow with it and help shape its early direction. It's one of the most affordable and welcoming ways to take an early stake in Montana's community-owned economy.

  • Absolutely. There's a welcoming place for you here no matter your background or budget — the Student tier keeps things accessible for currently enrolled students, and General Admission opens the full summit to everyone else just starting out. You'll find approachable sessions, friendly faces, and plenty of ways to ease in. Everyone in this room started somewhere.

  • Not a chance. This is a warm, mission-driven community, and you're welcome exactly as you are. You'll meet people who share your values and want to see Montana thrive.

  • Register five or more people from the same business or organization at the group rate, and your complimentary table in the foyer exhibition area is included. Tables are assigned as space allows, so it pays to register your group early.

  • We've built this as a full three-day experience because the real magic happens across all of it — the sessions, the tours, the mixer, and the connections in between. We'd love to have you for the whole journey. If you have a scheduling need, reach out and we'll do our best to help.

  • Your registration powers the summit itself and helps launch CoBuild Montana, funding the early capacity that turns local ideas into thriving, community-owned ventures long after the closing ceremony.

  • The summit is hosted at the University of Montana in Missoula, easy to reach from across the state. We'll share lodging tips and travel details with registered attendees as the date approaches.

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