MATI
CONFERENCE
Session Schedule
JULY 17th - 18th
@ .Zack
🗓️ Friday, July 17, 2026
📍 Conference Day 1
The Pitch Room
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
How To Sell Your Idea To Investors and Decision-Makers
🗓️ Friday, Sept. 12
📍 Conference Day 1
Arch Grants presents: The Founders Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Lunch Series with St. Louis’ Top Founders Sharing Stories from Start-Up to Mega Growth (limited seating).
🗓️ Friday, July 17, 2026
📍 Conference Day 1
How to Make Money as a Creative Entrepreneur
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Money-Making Mindsets from the Region’s Top Creative Entrepreneurs.
🗓️ Friday, July 17, 2026
📍 Conference Day 1
Crash. Learn. Rise.
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
Real Talk on Entrepreneurship, Mistakes, and Bouncing Back
Even Bigger.
🗓️ Friday, July 17, 2026
📍 Conference Day 1
Date Ideas & Things To Do Presents:
Experience Creator Playbook
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
How Creators Turn Podcasts, TikTok, and Instagram Into Real Brands.
🗓️ Saturday, July 18, 2026
📍 Conference Day 2
Cinema St. Louis Presents: ACTION!
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Inside The People and Projects Driving The St. Louis Film Industry.
🗓️ Saturday, July 18, 2026
📍 Conference Day 2
Cinema St. Louis Screening
12:00 PM
The Best Shorts Of The St. Louis International Film Festival.
🗓️ Saturday, July 18, 2026
📍 Conference Day 2
CAM presents: The Brown Bag Art Lunch
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
An Intimate Lunch (On Ss) With St. Louis’ Most Influential Artists and Makers (Limited Seating)
🗓️ Saturday, July 18, 2026
📍 Conference Day 2
What is Style?
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
From The Stage To The Boardroom—Dressing With Purpose.
🗓️ Saturday, July 18, 2026
📍 Conference Day 2
Murphy Lee & Kyjuan
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM
From The Lou To The World: Creativity, Brotherhood, and Building A Movement.
🗓️ Saturday, July 18, 2026
📍 Conference Day 2
Still 400: The Mannie & Juvie Show LIVE!
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
A Live Audience Recording of Mannie Fresh and Juvenile’s Still 400 Podcast With TBA Special Guests