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Last updated 29 Jan. 2026 1633 CT - Please send 2026 events candidates' info to Milt Capps via LinkedIn.
JANUARY 2026
Jan. 1 • New Year's Day.
Closing soon: Applications now being accepted from candidates for Executive Director and Vice Provost of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Innovation Institute (UT ORII). Details here and here.
Jan. 6-9 • Consumer Technology Association Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Las Vegas, RE: Quantum, AI, Blockchain, many other topics. Details.
Jan. 7 • VUMC Brock Family Center for Applied Innovations, presentation by Innovator of the Year Michael Galenko MD of Image Assist Inc. Registration. Vanderbilt University, Nashville. (Hybrid event)
Jan. 9 • Oak Ridge Chamber's 2026 ExtraORdinary Awards Dinner.
Jan. 11-15 • Hyland Software - Hyland Alliance Partner Summit. Nashville venue TBD.
Jan. 12-15 • J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, San Francisco Westin St. Francis Hotel.
Jan. 13 • State of Tennessee 114th General Assembly reconvenes.
Jan. 13-15 • 2026 x Hyland Software Alliance Partner Summit & Annual Kick-off Gaylord Opryland.
Jan. TBD • "Innovation Week" event by TN Technology Development Corp. aka LaunchTN, details TBD.
Jan. 13 • Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce "Deep Dive" on Chamber research into Nashville market, details.
Jan. 13 • Haley 'Zap' Zapolski's The Lighthouse is holding a co-founder meetup, seeking to draw and match cofounders who excel in either business building or sustained selling. Details. VNC coverage of Zapolski.
Jan. 14 • Knoxville Chamber Economic Outlook presentation by UT Prof. Donald Bruce PhD. Details.
Jan. 15 • Board meeting, TN Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee.
Jan. 15 • Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Gala event, Hutton Hotel Nashville. Details. By the Inter-Denominational Ministers Fellowship IMF.
Jan. 15-24 • Vanderbilt University events linked to celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Details.
Jan. 16 • "How business can partner with ORNL to drive economic development," Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, details. Organized by the Knoxville Chamber.
Jan. 19 • Martin Luther King Jr. Day, National Museum of African American Music, Nashville, details.
Jan. 20 • Knoxville Entrepreneur Center's 'What's the Big Idea' applications deadline.
Jan. 20 • Nashville Hospitalist Meetup, Glasshaus, convened by Eric Thrailkill. Details.
Jan. 20 • LifeSciTN: Insurance Solutions for LifeScience Innovations, Epstein Becker, 3:30pm, register (hybrid).
Jan. 21 • "Family Office Perspectives on Private Capital," in Nashville with panelists from Arlington, Whistler Capital Partners, Cedar Pine and Next Third. Greater Nashville Private Capital Association (GNPCA). All events here.
Jan. 22 • Bitcoin Park, Energy & Mining Summit (sold out), details. Content excerpts.
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Jan. 22 • AgLaunch 2026 in Memphis: AgLaunch Farmers LLC and AgLaunch portfolio startups convene. Request registration. Attendees will include creative farmers and builders, National Network Partners, aligned investors, agricultural futurists, food system thinkers. More info.
Jan. 26-28 • National Small Business Conference for government contractors, Gaylord Opryland, Nashville details.
POSTPONED • Artificial Intelligence (AI) Tennessee Summit, Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, DETAILS. details. Also here...and here.
Jan. 29 • Alumni Ventures "Why Daily Life is the Next Trillion-Dollar Frontier in Investing," details.
Jan. 29 • "Angel Investing 101" event with executives from VentureSouth, Chattanooga Chamber, details.
Jan. 29 • "Smart Manufacturing of the Future," Peak Performance Inc. at Cleveland, Tenn. Details.
Jan. 30 • Social Ventures Summit, 9am-3pm, Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management, details. No charge, open to VU and Nashville communities.
Jan. 30-Feb. 1 • HackMT 2026 - Annual 36-hour Hack-a-thon and Project Expo! at Middle Tennessee State University Department of Computer Science, free registration here. Previous HackMTs. Sponsorship PDF.
Jan. 30-Feb. 1 • Maker City Summit, Knoxville, details and registration.
• Corporate venture pro's and startup founders, advisors and investors are also advised to checkout programs offered via the Launch Tennessee network here.
Previous VNC calendars. Venture Nashville news coverage is here. Please send comments via LinkedIn. VNC
. last updated 29 January 1632 CST