Colorado Creative Industries Summit
Program Summary
The Creative Industries Summit is the annual event for Colorado creatives to connect, learn, and be inspired. More than 400 creative stakeholders from over 60 Colorado cities and towns attend the summit.
The two-day event offers exhibits, performances, networking opportunities, speakers, classes, and workshops.
The event is ideal for both early to late-career creative leaders including artists, board members, community leaders, creative entrepreneurs, creative industries advocates from all sectors, elected officials, emerging creatives, executive directors, municipal and nonprofit cultural workers, and program staff.
Save-the-date for the 2026 CCI Summit in Trinidad, June 4-5, 2026!
Overview
Type: Summit
For: Cultural workers, creatives, artists, and industry leaders
Date: June 4-5, 2026
Location: Trinidad
OEDIT division: Colorado Creative Industries
The call for session proposals is now open using the 2026 session proposal form on Whova. The call will close on Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 4 p.m. MT.
The call for session proposals for the 2026 CCI Summit is now open! The 2026 event will take place June 4-5, 2026 in Trinidad, CO. Please submit your session idea using the 2026 session proposal form on Whova. You are required to create a Whova account, which is the app used for the entire event. Account set up instructions can be found at the bottom of the proposal form page.
Before submitting your session proposal, please review the following important information:
- Sessions will be between 75-90 minutes long.
- All presenters are required to attend in person. We will not have any virtual content for the 2026 summit.
- All presenters are compensated with free admission to the full summit.
- We welcome engaging and creative presentation formats.
- We seek presentations that represent diverse perspectives, geographies, abilities, and cultures.
- We ask that presenters are intentional about addressing a diverse audience that may include all abilities, ethnicities, genders, geographies, nations, races, sexualities, and socio-economic statuses.
- As the session coordinator, we will ask that you convey information about your proposed session, as well as communications from CCI, with any additional individuals included in your proposal.
The deadline to submit a session proposal is Tuesday, October 7, 2025 at 4 p.m. MT.
Checkout the full 2025 CCI Summit: Way Out West event program (PDF).
Check out the amazing photos of the summit! You might just spot yourself or a new friend! A special thank you to Ryan Sanchez, a local Grand Junction photographer, for the amazing archive!
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