TechfestNW (TFNW) was an annual technology conference in Portland, Oregon that ran from 2012 to 2021. It was founded by Willamette Week editor Mark Zusman, and was the sister festival to MusicfestNW, which ran from 2001 to 2018. The event included innovators, entrepreneurs, tech companies and investors from around the world. It featured main stage speakers, workshops, a startup pitch competition, exhibitor booths, networking opportunities and parties.[1] In 2012, Fortune magazine called it the next South by Southwest (SXSW).[2]
TechfestNW was held in several different venues, including the Portland Art Museum, OMSI, the Armory, and Left Bank Annex. In both 2020 and 2021, it was held online as a "virtual conference" due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ "TechfestNW | A Global Tech Conference on the Upper Left Coast | TechfestNW". TechfestNW. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ "Tech may have found its next SXSW". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-04-23.