Forbes | America250April 8, 2026 – Today, Forbes announced they will be co-hosting “America Innovates,” a free, open-to-the-public, family-friendly, three-day experience featuring an immersive walk-through exhibit, as a part of Forbes’ year-long campaign celebrating America’s 250th anniversary. The exhibit, hosted in San Francisco from May 16-18, 2026 at Fort Mason: Gateway Pavilion, will showcase innovations of the past, present and future, along with on-stage conversations with business leaders in every industry–from transportation and medicine, to retail and consumer technology, and much more. As May marks National Inventors Month, Forbes and America250 will be highlighting the first tenet of Forbes 250, Invention, with demonstrations and discussions with honorees from the Forbes Innovator 250 list, featuring the greatest living American innovators—who are advancing the American Dream in bringing their breakthroughs to market, transforming entire industries and creating new ones. Other confirmed exhibitors include American Airlines, ThreatSTOP and Domain Name System (DNS), with more to be announced. Confirmed speakers and participants for America Innovates include:

Source: Forbes April 08, 2026 14:52 UTC