Not in isolation.
Together.
X5 is built for the people creating what's next.
Artists, founders, engineers, athletes, innovators, and storytellers are not simply attendees—they are the driving force behind the ecosystem. X5 is designed to connect creators directly with audiences, collaborators, capital, and opportunities.
As X5 grows, the community grows with it.
Through awards, grants, recognition programs, competitions, scholarships, and strategic incentives, X5 is committed to reinvesting in the people, organizations, and ideas that help shape the future.
A Global Destination
X5 is being built as more than an event.
Our vision is to create a world-class convergence platform that attracts global leaders, creators, innovators, investors, and communities to one destination where opportunities, ideas, and relationships shape the future.
One integrated economic engine activating culture, enterprise, capital, and community simultaneously.
Founders, executives, investors, and emerging companies.
AI, aerospace, energy, advanced manufacturing, and future systems.
Film, music, gaming, art, storytelling, and creators.
Family offices, venture capital, private equity, and strategic partnerships.
Workforce, leadership, research, and next-generation talent.
Policy, nonprofits, philanthropy, and civic innovation.
Attend X5 to discover opportunities, meet collaborators, experience world-class entertainment, connect with investors and industry leaders, and become part of a growing convergence platform built for creators, innovators, and changemakers.
The flagship creative industries activation under X5 — a disruptive, community-driven model showcasing galleries alongside independent studios, sculptors, and a major Indigenous artist pavilion.
Featuring fine art and performances from University of Utah, Utah Valley University, Brigham Young University, Springville Museum, and more.
Visit Salt Lake Art ShowThe world's greatest opportunities no longer emerge within a single industry. They emerge where creators, innovators, entrepreneurs, investors, educators, organizations, and communities come together.
X5 exists to strengthen those connections, creating new pathways for collaboration, economic growth, innovation, cultural engagement, and long-term community impact.
Connecting entrepreneurs, investors, corporations, institutions, and emerging ventures to accelerate economic development and create new opportunities.
Empowering artists, musicians, filmmakers, performers, designers, and storytellers through exposure, collaboration, recognition, and access to new audiences.
Bringing together innovators, researchers, technologists, educators, and industry leaders to explore and advance the technologies shaping the future.
Strengthening communities through education, workforce development, civic engagement, partnerships, and initiatives that create lasting value beyond the event itself.
X5 is designed as a connected ecosystem where creators, capital, companies, communities, technology, education, and culture come together through live events, showcases, partnerships, media, and strategic opportunities.
Artists, filmmakers, musicians, performers, designers, founders, and storytellers gain access to audiences, collaborators, recognition, and opportunity.
Investors, sponsors, family offices, venture groups, and strategic partners connect with emerging companies, creators, and opportunities across industries.
Companies, executives, entrepreneurs, and institutions use X5 to build relationships, discover innovation, launch partnerships, and expand influence.
Technologists, researchers, startups, educators, and builders explore the ideas, tools, and systems shaping the next era of growth.
Local communities, nonprofits, universities, civic leaders, and cultural organizations participate in a platform designed to create value beyond the event itself.
Film, music, dance, gaming, art, sports, food, and live experiences create the emotional energy that makes X5 more than a conference.
From Ogden to St. George, X5 activates creators, innovators, and communities across Utah — not a single city event, but a statewide convergence.
Built by recognized leaders across arts, culture, enterprise, and innovation.
Jeremy L. Christensen is a capital architect and platform builder operating at the intersection of finance, media, and large-scale infrastructure. As Chairman of X5, he leads the vision for a global convergence platform that unites industries, culture, and capital.
Founder of FORT Group, TRIVIX Financial, and Insisto Rector Capital Partners, Jeremy specializes in structuring capital to reduce risk and accelerate growth. He is the architect of the FORT Shield PPS and has financed over sixty films, led more than $900 million in production slates, and helped design five studio campuses.
His work spans next-generation ventures across streaming, energy, and infrastructure, all centered on one principle: enabling bold ideas to scale with confidence.
David Steenhoek drives the creative vision of X5, connecting artists, storytellers, and designers to the broader innovation economy. He believes creativity is the foundation of every breakthrough — that before there is innovation or transformation, there is creation. His work at X5 ensures that the platform's cultural programming is inseparable from its enterprise and capital ambitions.
Joe Ross leads X5's enterprise and technology strategy, connecting innovators across sectors with capital and real-world deployment pathways. He sees X5 as a system, not a single event — one designed to ensure that ideas move from concept to reality, and that economic value circulates statewide. His focus spans energy, AI, aerospace, and advanced industry converging alongside creative expression.
Kevin O'Keefe is the founder and CEO of Peaks Art Fairs LLC, parent company of the Reno Tahoe International Art Show and the Salt Lake Art Show — the anchor activation of X5's Creative Industries cluster. The Salt Lake Art Show (May 14–17, 2026) brings together over 50 galleries, more than 100 artists, universities, nonprofits, and collectors in an immersive, marketplace-driven experience rooted in Utah's rich art culture.
Brenda Gilbert is a Producer, Mentor, and Entrepreneur. As former President of BRON Media Corporation she had co-founded and built an independent studio with her husband that had been part of over 130 projects, earning over 400 Film Festival Award nominations and 38 Academy Award nominations (with 6 wins). With 20+ years in the industry, Brenda has produced numerous acclaimed projects including The Willoughbys (Netflix), Loudmouth (Emmy-nominated Al Sharpton documentary), and Reggie (Amazon Prime), a powerful film on baseball legend Reggie Jackson. She is a proud member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and has received the honors of Variety’s 500 Recipient twice and Variety’s Women Who Have Made a Global Impact.
One platform. Multiple audiences. X5 gives sponsors access to creators, consumers, executives, investors, entrepreneurs, innovators, and decision-makers through a single convergence platform.
X5 exists to bring people together around the opportunities of the future. When creators, technologists, entrepreneurs, and communities come together in the same environment, entirely new possibilities begin to take shape.
Before there is innovation or transformation, there is creation. Artists, storytellers, and designers help people see possibilities before they exist. That is the spirit of X5.
This is a system, not a single event. By connecting innovators across sectors and linking creators to capital, X5 ensures that ideas move from concept to reality, and that economic value circulates statewide.
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