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Listing guide: TN regions • West | • Central | • Eastern | • Elsewhere
• Please send events to Milt Capps via LinkedIn Message.
April 1 • Dialogue Vanderbilt hosts "Who Speaks For Nashville Now? Local Journalism and Democratic Accountability," at Vanderbilt University Special Collections and University Archives, details.
April 2 • Memphis's Epicenter Live innovation, entertainment celebration, details.
April 2 • (virtual) Noon-1pm CT. Nashville Public Library briefs entrepreneurs on FREE access to business-research tools, details. Event sponsored by Nashville Business Incubation Center (NBIC).
April 2-3 • HealthCare Foundations program for rising healthcare executives, Nashville Health Care Council, details.
April 7 • Knoxville Chamber President & CEO Mike Odom discusses Knoxville Regional Innovation Growth Strategy (RIGS), covering recommendations in talent, infrastructure, business climate, prosperity, innovation. Registration. Background here and here.
April 7 • Innovation & Manufacturing Summit, 11a-5p, Tennessee Chamber of Commerce, The Factory at Franklin. Backed by Laborup and Centrus Energy Corp. Details.
April 8 • Freedom Forum Freely Fest at Bridgestone Arena, 5:30pm, details here and here.
April 8 • Innov865 holds forum featuring candidates for Mayor of Knox County, to air candidates views on issues related to entrepreneurship, economic development and opportunity. Venue: 121 TechHub. Details.
April 8 • Deadline for appls for Johnson City's Founders Forge Avante Bootcamp, details here.
April 8-9 • TN Bankers Association, tech summit, details.
April 8-9 • UT Haslam College of Business Marketing and Sales Conference, Knoxville, details.
April 8-10 • Association for High Technology Distribution event focuses on enhancing "the productivity and efficiency of high technology automation solution providers / distributors (ASPs) and manufacturers through connection, collaboration, and education." Omni Nashville.
April 9 • Capital Conversations Martin, to help founders connect with capital, by The Mill Workspace, Pathway Lending, Pinnacle Financial Partners, 3pm-5pm, details.
April 9 • "Inside the Cap Table: What every leader should know before joining," by Intellicap, Functional Pathways, Chamber Cardio execs at Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Details.
April 9 • Memphis: Society of Entrepreneurs, Family Business: The Good, Bad & Ugly, details. Founder Denise Stewart and CEO Bryan Burnett of Travel Nurses Inc.
April 9 • Crews Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Memphis, Venture workshop (part 3) on "Investor-ready storytelling," details.
April 9 • The Vanderbilt Quantum Forum: Technology, Policy and the Economy, Grant Hyatt Nashville, 9am-6:30pm. Details. More here.
April 9 • FLY! Pitch Competition, University of Tennessee Chattanooga, details TBD. 3PM ET Max Fuller Theater on campus.
April 9-10 • "Codestock" technology and information exchange, Knoxville Convention Center, details.
April 10 • The Frank M. Norfleet Forum for the Advancement of Health was established at UT Health Science Center holds 2026 Norfleet Forum on violence prevention in the Greater Memphis area. Details.
April 10 • Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce THRIVE: Economic Inclusion Conference, details.
April 10 • TechVision conference (Quantum, AI, cybersec, etc.), MiddleTN State University, Miller Education Center, Murfreesboro, hosted by Jones College of Business, free registration.
April 10-12 • The 2nd "Animation Y'all" industry expo event at Shinn Center, Lipscomb University, includes industry leaders pitching their own big ideas and attendees invited to participate in industry classes with professional animators. Details.
April 14 • "Bridge to Excellence 2026", Center for Nonprofit Excellence of Middle Tennessee, details here.
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April 14-15 • Intrepid Investment Bankers and MUFG Global Healthcare Finance convene Healthcare RPM 26 (Revolutions Per Minute) at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame. Details. The Intrepid initiative is led by Nashville's Duncan Dashiff.
April 15-17 • U.S. Army Aviation Warfighting Summit, Gaylord Opryland Hotel, details.
April 16 • Board meeting, Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee.
April 16 • ABBYY Ascend conference on enterprise AI, Virgin Hotel Nashville, details.
April 16 • "What Investors need to know about Quantum," with moderator and panelists from Vanderbilt University, EPB (Chattanooga), IonQ. Greater Nashville Private Capital Association. All planned events.
April 16-17 • Direct Lending Conference by DealCatalyst, details. Grand Hyatt Nashville.
Aprill 17 • "Capitalism: A global history," Conversation with Prof. Sven Beckertd of Harvard Univ. Details.
April 18 • Society of Entrepreneurs, Memphis, Annual Awards Ceremony and Dinner, details.
April 18-26 • San Francisco Climate Week, speakers to include Former VPUS Al Gore, more here.
April 19-21 • REAG M&A brokers' Exit Planning Summit, details. Gaylord Opryland.
April 20 • Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) at the heart of Owners in Honor-backed "Acquisitions & Exits: Day Zero," at VU Owen Graduate School of Management, details.
April 20-21 • Southeast Venture Showcase, Renaissance Hotel Nashville. Related. Features dozens of startups spawned via iCorp and 21 top universities and national labs in the Southeast.
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April 21 • Nobel Laureate and Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore delivers keynote address for San Francisco Climate Week.
April 21-23 • Angel Capital Association & Rockies Ventures Club convene Summit of Angel Investing, Westminster, Colo.
April 23 • ClimateWiser Innovator's Forum: "AI, Energy, Health." At Glasshaus. Details.
April 23 • Texas-based Valorem Capital has included Nashville in its series of roundups of small groups of accredited investors seeking to help acquire businesses with retiring owners and cashflow. Details.
April 23 • TN World Affairs Council hosts Lichtenstein Ambassador to the U.S. Georg Sparber, 11a-1pm. venue: Alliance Bernstein. Details.
April 23 • Knoxville Entrepreneur Center offers AI Facts, Fiction & FOMO," The Square Room, details.
April 23-24 • Vanderbilt University Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats.
April 27-28 • Project Voice 2026: A decade of conversational AI, Chattanooga Convention Center, details.
April 27-29 • BITCOIN 2026, Las Vegas.
April 27-30 • Environmental Markets Conference, Chattanooga, details.
April 28-30 • Siemens "Innovations for Healthcare" conference, Gaylord Opryland, Nashville. Deets.
April 28-30 • 2026 AAPCP National Healthcare Provider Compensation & Workforce Strategy Conference. Embassy Suites, Nashville.
April 29 • "How Nashville Became Music City," with Mark Montgomery and Robert K. Oermann, doors open 5pm. Details.
April 30 • Torch Collective, Pitch Night, presenters TBA. This event's presenters have been chosen, according to the Collective's April 13 newsletter, but founders may inquire about future Pitch nights. Related.
April 30 • Nashville Technology Council Spring Fest, details TBA.
April 30 • San Francisco - McDermott Will & Schulte health tech investment forum, Four Seasons, details.
MORE RESOURCES: Try LaunchTN's Regional Network and Industry Partners, individually arrayed and hyperlinked here. Previous VNC Calendars here. All VNC news coverage here. VNC
.last edited 0709 30 April 2026