Whiteout Queenstown 26
Your professional excuse to come skiing and snowboarding in August.
28 August – 2 September · Queenstown, New ZealandA curated alpine gathering, not another conference.
Mountain by Day
- Skiing
- Snowboarding
- Adventure
- Apres
Build by Night
- AI startup hackathon
- Trading competition
- Community pitching
Connect Everywhere
- Founders
- Builders
- Investors
- Creators
For six days, Whiteout transforms Queenstown into a temporary village for builders, traders, investors and creators.
The right altitude for ambition.
Queenstown Airport puts the event close to the action: town, lake, mountain access and hospitality in one compact footprint.
Cartoonishly specific. Deliberately curated.
A room built for people who actually build, trade, invest, operate and create signal.
AI Builders
Agents, automations, products and applied AI tools.
Founders
Company builders looking for capital, users and collaborators.
Traders
Market participants with real views, systems and risk appetite.
Investors
Angels, funds and strategic capital with network depth.
Creators / KOLs
Distribution, community and internet culture operators.
Operators
Exchange, ecosystem, product and growth leaders.
Technical Talent
Engineers, quant builders and hands-on problem solvers.
Relationships outperform impressions.
Traditional Conference
- Booth traffic
- Lead scans
- Brief interactions
Whiteout Experience
- Shared mountain days
- Nightly sponsor-owned rooms
- Six-day immersion
- Relationship building
Designed around sponsorable nights and real competitions.
Trading Knowledge Night
AI Builder Night
AI Agent Trading Competition
Business Pitch Competition
Apres Alpha
Founder Dinners
Mountain Networking
Each night is designed as a high-signal sponsor activation: education, hands-on building, competition, content and relationship depth.
Built for KOL signal and exciting, engaging content.
Become a founding partner of the Whiteout ecosystem.
Whiteout Queenstown 26 is the first node in a potential global alpine network.
Founding partner packages.
Designed for brands that want relationship depth, content integration, sponsored participant access and first-mover association with the Whiteout ecosystem.
Founding Presenting Partner
- Presenting rights
- Largest branding placement
- Website hero placement
- Exclusive activation
- Opening remarks
- Video + content integration
- 10 sponsored participant seats
- Prize presentation rights
- First right of refusal
Founding Diamond Partner
- Major branding
- Event activations
- Content inclusion
- Merchandise integration
- Prize presentation rights
- 5 sponsored participant seats
Founding Gold Partner
- Logo placement
- Merchandise inclusion
- Event branding
- Prize and bounty inclusion
- 2 sponsored participant seats
Own the moments people compete for.
Prizes and bounties across both competition streams may total up to NZD $20K. Prize presentation rights are reserved for Presenting and Diamond sponsors.
A premium experience, with clear boundaries.
Included
- Accommodation
- Local transport
- Ski passes
- Event access
- Networking activities
- Community experiences
Not Included
- Airfare
- Travel insurance
- Extreme sports insurance
- Personal expenses
- Optional rentals
- Optional lessons
Whiteout Queenstown 26 is a community-building event facilitated by organisers, volunteers and partners. Travel insurance and extreme sports coverage are strongly recommended; participants remain responsible for their own travel decisions, health, safety and personal expenses. Final inclusions, schedules, venues and mountain plans may change based on weather, operations and partner confirmations.