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SEPTEMBER
Sept. 1 • Labor Day Holiday.
Sept. 3-5 • #Fintech FINTOP Capital and JAM FINTOP annual confab with LPs, portfolio cos, guests. Agenda here. Related post.
Sept. 3 • Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville's Periscope Pitch + Artist Entrepreneur Showcase, details here.
Sept. 3-5 • Wells Fargo Health Care Conference, Boston. HCA and CHS are among presenters.
Sept. 4 • Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting.
Sept. 4 • Project Fintech Fall 2025 cohort debut, Nashville, details.
Sept. 6-7 • Lightspeed Startup Hackathon sprint at Haley 'Zap' Zapolski's The Lighthouse. Registration. John Berryman is her teammate for this event.
Sept. 7-10 • Health Evolution Services LLC presents Health Evolution Connect, JW Marriott hotel, Nashville. Details.
Sept. 8 • "InvestTN Summit" exclusive program within 3686 this year: TN Technology Development Corp dba LaunchTN convenes the InvestTN Summit, "a private day-long, invite-only event for Launch Tennessee portfolio companies and their co-investors..."
Sept. 8-10 • Annual TechForward conference of technology leaders in the nonprofit sectors, details. Venue: Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University.
Sept. 8-10 • 3686 Festival by Tennessee Technology Development Corp. dba Launch Tennessee. Festival site.
Sept. 8-10 • Oracle Health Summit - Orlando. Details.
Sept. 9 - Nov. 18 • Angel Capital Association Anne & Bill Payne Angel University LIVE (Virtual) series of classes, details here.
Sept. 9-11 • Piper Sandler Growth Frontiers Conference in Nashville. Virgin Hotel.
Sept. 10 • TN Policy cafe - focus on policies, programs, opportunities inherent in state and local policy-making, with speakers representing Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Nashville Downtown Partnership, TN Chamber of Commerce and Industry, TN Economic & Community Development. Organizer: Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Venue: Preservation Co. 4pm-6pm. Tickets.
Sept. 11 • LIVE: "An Evening with Rick Beato," 7:30pm, Blair School of Music, Vanderbilt University. Tickets here. Beato's "Everything Music" and his live version of "What Makes This Song So Great" are to be featured -- and possibly an airing his concerns about AI in Music.
Sept. 12 • "Fast Charge" - 4pm Central Time is deadline for online applications for State funding to help build-out TN's fast-charging DC infrastructure, details here.
Sept. 14-17 • Spark Health Group annual Retreat, Marriott W Hotel, Nashville. Spark Health was fka RISE Health Group.
Sept. 15 • Deadline for applications to 2026 AgLaunch365 Accelerator, based in Memphis.
Sept. 15 • Founders Forge, Chamber of Johnson City and Avante collaborate on six-week Bootcamp, application and details here.
Sept. 15-16 • West Point Entrepreneurship Summit, Sheraton Grand Downtown Nashville in association with West Point Association of Graduates, West Point Entrepreneurs and others. Detailed agenda.
Sept. 16 • Innov865 Alliance presents 865 Fest, Knoxville, details here.
Sept. 16-18 • Autodesk University 2025, details. Music City Center.
Sept. 16-Nov. 18 • • Community Equity Partners has Angel investor meetups via Music City Angels and via Marble City Angels. Schedule.
Sept. 17 • "Age Innovate" convenes a Pitch competition in Nashville for a chance at a $25K investment by Community Equity Partners. Chosen presenters will pitch at FARMUSE Studio in Nashville, 5PM-8PM. Presenters' qualifications. The event is produced by AgeInnovate.
Sept. 17 • Circular Economy Innovation: "Game Change Summit V," convening at Lexmark Intl., Lexington, Ky., details here. MidSouth GC Alliance members.
Sept. 17-19 • Annual Tennessee Governor's Conference on Hospitality and Tourism, Kingsport, Details.
Sept. 17-19 • D.A. Davidson Industrials & Services Conference (M&A, finance, advisory, etc.), Nashville, Contact.
Sept. 21 • Sun Day nationwide, lifting opportunities in Sun-derived energy. Details.
Sept. 22-24 • ProofPoint Protect User Conference. Gaylord Opryland. Details.
Sept. 23 • Memphis Chamber N.O.W. - Navigate, Optimize, Work the Room details.
Sept. 23 • Nashville Songwriters Awards by Nashville Songwriters Association International, Ryman Auditorium, ticketing via Ryman.com.
Sept. 23 • Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Annual Celebration, Music City Center, 7:30am. Details and registration.
Sept. 23 • "Founders and Funders Pitch Showcase," at Harbor + Union, Franklin, Details.
Sept. 24-25 • MOVE America, mobility conference, Detroit. Details.
Sept. 24-26 • RALLY Pitch Competition, Indianapolis Convention Center, with potentail $5MM investment across Ag-Food, Healthcare, Sportstech, Software, Hardtech. Details.
Sept. 25 • Fall "Capital Sessions" begin at Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Details on three in the series here.
Sept. 25 • Chattanooga Technology Council "Technology Excellence Awards" at University of Tennessee Chattanooga, details.
Sept. 26 • Military Veterans in Nashville: Owen Graduate School of Management - Panel discussion, career-path breakouts, open networking. Details.
Sept. 26 • Deadline: for applicants to Next Big Thing Pitch Contest (happens Nov. 18 at Fedex Institute, UofM). Program sponsored by Memphis Society of Entrepreneurs and Epicenter Memphis.
Sept. 27 • Sustainable Mobility Showcase, 5pm-7pm Eastern Time. Chattanooga. Details.
Sept. 28 • VUHealth - Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation's Healthcare Artificial Intelligence Sessions. Details.
Sept. 29-30 • Nashville Healthcare Sessions. Nashville Health Care Council.
Sept. 30 • Creatives: Foundations of Strategic planning for Arts organizations, VU Curb Center, details.
Sept. 30 • Think Tennessee Policy Forum 2025, Music City Center, Details here.
OCTOBER
Oct. 1 • Global Health Innovators (GHI) Summit II at Cannery Hall in Nashville is one of the Associated Events of Nashville Healthcare Sessions, which is produced by Nashville Health Care Council, a unit of Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Details and Registration. (Earlier GHI coverage.)
Oct. 1 • Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Manufacturing Excellence Luncheon, including "Coolest Things Made in Tennessee" competition. Lebanon, Tenn. 11:30am-1:30pm. Details.
Oct. 1 • BrainTrust for women entrepreneurs "BrainTrust LIVE" event at Music City Center, details.
Oct. 2 • Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Endeavor Summit, details here.
Oct. 1-2 • (Chattanooga) Thrive Regional Partnership's Tri-State Summit, details. Oct. 2: Former U.S. Sen. Bob Corker will be interviewed by Thrive CEO Bridgett Massengill, in fireside chat style. Agenda.
Oct. 6-8 • "Chattanooga Connect" at Chattanooga Convention Center is hosted by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Research Institute and the Center for Urban Informatics and Progress (UTC CUIP). Event explores "cutting-edge advancements in technology and policy in the areas of AI, CAV, Digital Infrastructure, V2X, and quantum technologies." Program outline here, with speakers and associated events TBA.
Oct. 7 • Hybrid: Life Science Venture Program education program focused on non-dilutive funding and government resources for startups. Featuring Stephanie Daivis, PhD (NHLBI), Swamy Tripurani, PhD (NCI), and Rajesh Kumar, PhD (NIA), joined by Jim Stefansic PhD, an SBIR grant writing consultant. Registration via Zoom or on-site in Knoxville.
Oct. 8-10 • New conference: DelTech hosted by Epicenter Memphis, details here.
Oct. 10-12 • Neurotech Frontiers Summit, Vanderbilt University, Frist Center for Autism and Innovation, details here.
Oct. 13-15 • NCQA Health Innovation Summit, Chula Vista, San Diego. Details.
Oct. 14 • Arts & Future Program, Curb Center, Vanderbilt - Strategic planning as catalyst for artistic growth, details.
Oct. 14-15 • Opal Group (NYC) creates "Transforming Healthcare with Emerging Technologies," Hilton Downtown Nashville.
Oct. 15-16 • Venture Atlanta.
Oct. 17 • Women Connect conference, Franklin, TN.
Oct. 18-19 • At Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park: Southern Festival of Books, a program of Humanities Tennessee, backed by Vanderbilt University, details.
Oct. 19-22 • HLTH conference in Las Vegas. Details. (Nashville Health Care Council networking reception Oct. 20.)
Oct. 19-22 • Proptech: MRI Ascend North America 2025, details. Gaylord Opryland.
Oct. 20 • NEXT Awards ceremony by Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
Oct. 20 • Grant application deadline for The Fallon Fund, in association with Fallon Company, the master developer of Nashville's East Bank.
Oct. 20-21 • Women in Banking Conference, TN Bankers Association, The Westin, Chattanooga
Oct. 21-22 • Future of Freight, FreightWaves, Chattanooga, details.
Oct. 22 • Memphis Logistics Summit 2025. Memphis Chamber.
Oct. 22 • Embark's Nashville Healthcare Roundtable, panelists IVX Health, Claritas Capital, Brentwood Capital Advisors, and Ardent Health, 4:30-7:30pm, details. Venue: Virgin Hotel.
Oct. 22-24 • Tennessee Economic Development Council, Knoxville, details.
Oct. 22-24 • SmartSense & Jolt Software LIVE User Conference, Embassy Suites Downtown.
Oct. 23 • Sustainable Mobility Showcase, The Company Lab, details.
Oct. 23 • Real Good Kitchen's "Real Good Gathering," celebration and updates on RGK's Food Business Incubator Program and Food Basics Business Workshop and Food Business Deep Dives.
Oct. 27-30 • Analytics in Rhythm: 20225 Healthcare Data & Analytics Assn (HDAA) Conference, hosted by VU Medical center at Embassy Suites Downtown Nashville.
Oct. 29 • Bass Berry Sims 15th Annual Health Care Investors Conference, Nashville, details. 8:30am-6pm.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 3 • ZeroTo510 (backed by Epicenter Memphis) and partner Alchemist Accelerator hold Demo Day for its Medical Device Operations Challenge (MDOC). Details.
Nov. 4-5 • GOVCON TN Governor's economic development conference, Embassy Suites, Murfreesboro. Details.
Nov. 4-5 • Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference, Fedex Insitute, University of Memphis, Details.
Nov. 6-8 • Startup Mountain Summit, Johnson City, details. And, details on the Pitch.
Nov. 10-12 • Women's Global Leadership Conference by AICPA, Omni Nashville.
Nov. 10-12 • Amazon Unboxed Nashville.
Nov. 11 • "How to Talk with Endowments," Greater Nashville Private Capital Association, details.
Nov. 12 • Power of Ten Summit, Cumberland Region Tomorrow. Details TBA.
Nov. 16-19 • Open Text Enterprise World Conference, Music City Center.
Nov. 17-19 • Five9 2025 DX Summmit, details. Gaylord Opryland.
Nov. 17-20 • OpenText World 2025 Tech conference, Music City Center, details.
Nov. 18 • EPICENTER Memphis, in partnership with Society of Entrepreneurs, convenes Next Big Thing pitch competition at Fedex Institute of Technology, University of Memphis.
Nov. 18 • Life Science Tennessee annual conference. Details here.
Nov. 19 • Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council (TAEBC) hosts Advanced Energy Opportunities event, Knoxville. Details. TAEBC 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. ET at the Crowne Plaza, Knoxville.
Dec. 11 • Medical device startup Demo Day for ZeroTo510 accelerator backed by Epicenter Memphis. Related info.
2026 EVENTS
Jan. 6-9 • Consumer Technology Association's massive Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas includes Quantum, AI, Blockchain, among many other topics. Details.
Jan. 11-15 • Hyland Software - Hyland Alliance Partner Summit. Nashville venue TBD.
Jan. 31 • Feb. 1 Maker City Summit, Knoxville, details and registration.
Feb. 9 • Osaic W Forum for women in financial advisory services. Nashville venue tba. More.
Feb. 19 • Greater Nashville Technology Council Awards Ceremony @ Country Music Hall of Fame, details.
Feb. 25-27 • Tennessee Bankers Association, Credit Conference.
March 9-12 • HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, Las Vegas. Details.
April 15-17 • DealCatalyst US Private Credit & Direct Conference on Direct Lending, a major draw for investors. Details TBA.
April 20-21 • Southeast Venture Showcase, venue TBA. Related. Features dozens of startups spawned via iCorp and 21 top universities and national labs in the Southeast.
April 21-23 • Angel Capital Association & Rockies Ventures Club convene Summit of Angel Investing, Westminster, Colo.
April 22-23 • Fourth annual Vanderbilt University Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats.
June 24-26 • Technosolutions Slate Conference, Nashville.
ENDNOTES:
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.last edited 27 Sept. 2025