A look back
Under the volcanic skyline of central Oregon, HATCH Bend 2024 brought together storytellers, scientists, entrepreneurs, and artists for four days of practice, provocation, and play.
The high desert became an unlikely campus for imagining what comes next in climate, culture, and consciousness.
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Catalysts
4
Days
24
Countries
73
Sessions
What unfolded
Moments from the summit.
Mainstage
Vision talks on the questions this moment demands — from climate and AI to democracy and the sacred.
Labs & Dialogues
Small-group co-creation circles where alumni turned questions into collaborations.
Rituals & Nights
Long-table dinners, live music, and moments of quiet that made the community stick.
Voices in the room
A few of the catalysts.
DK
Creative Producer / Speaker Coach / freelance / pontypridd rct
far ali
Principal / Reset Doula / Oakland CA
Meg Busse
COO / Meg Busse / Portland OR
Serida Catalano
Program Director / Pineda Foundation (DBA World Enabled) / Berkeley California
Elise Daugherty
NextGen || Student / Lone Peak High / Gallatin Gateway Montana
Adam Foley
Artist Manager/Music Supervisor / Red LIght Management / Bozeman MT
Charles Garcia
Managing Partner / R360 GP LLC / Daytona Beach Shores FL
Tom Gruber
Impact Advisor / Humanistic.ai / Kihei Hawaii
Annika Howe
CEO, Executive Producer, Artists’ Agent / HoweHaus / Berlin Berlin
Forrest Landry
Reacher, developer, philosopher, writer, etc. / UVSM, Ronin Instutite / Rancho Santa Fe CA
Dylan Manka
NextGen || Student / Lone Peak High School / Big Sky Monatna
Jason Moghaddas
Director of Operations / Spatial Informatics Group (SIG / Quincy CA
Victor Pineda
Executive Director / Center for Independent Living / Berkeley CA
Gaelin Rosenwaks
Founder/Ocean Storyteller / Global Ocean Exploration, Inc / Montauk New York
Daisy Sanchez
NextGen || Activities Attendant / Juniper Preserve / Bend Oregon
Wendy Smolen
Writer, editor, ideator. / Wendysmolen.com / Old Greenwich CT
Fode Sylla
Entertainment / N/A / Bend Oregon
Victoria Vysotina
Chief Investment Officer / Wealth Growth Partners, LLC / New York NY
