September-thru-December '26 calendar last edited 31 Aug 2026 1359h /
Listing guide: TN regions • West | • Central | • Eastern | • Elsewhere
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SEPTEMBER 2026
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| Sarah Trahern |
Sept. 1 • Country Music Association CEO Sarah Trahern (retiring EOCY 26) speaks during NBJ's Nashville Business Breakfast at Lipscomb University, 7:00am-8:30am, Shinn Center of Lipscomb University. Details.
Sept. 1 • Greater Nashville Metro Council crucial 3rd vote on passage of Vanderbilt University Innovation Neighborhood, tune-in details.
Sept. 1 • TNDOT: Tennessee Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Small Business Annual Meeting, Cambria Hotel, BNA, details. Event registration.
Sept. 1 • Business Organization Fair, dozens of business-related student groups convene to connect with others with business and financial endeavors in mind, an initiative of the Vanderbilt University Hoogland Undergraduate Business Program, details. Related C4E events.
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| Laura Ritchey |
Sept. 2 • GEODIS Americas CEO Laura Ritchey addresses Tennessee World Affairs Council, at Alliance Bernstein, 11am-1pm, details. Subject: Adaptability as global competitive advantage.
Sept. 2 • (virtual) Maggie Wu of TransAmerica Financial Advisors leads program on Career Diversification in the AI Era, 8PM Central Time, free registration.
Sept. 2-3 • University of Tennessee, Chattanooga 2026 Fall Research Conference, details.
Sept. 2-5 • Business Analytics Corporate Partner Week of Haslam College of Business, University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Details.
Sept. 2-16 • VOL COURT pitch competition, Roe Prize funding, Reverse Shark Tank, details. UT Knoxville Haslam College of Business.
Sept. 3 • Entrepreneur Bobby Hartline (an EOS implementer better known as the exited operator of Absolute Wireless) is among presenters at Music City Work Club, 4pm-6pm, open the full event listing here.
Sept. 3 • Free CoWork Day at Nashville Entrepreneur Center, register here.
Sept. 3 • Greater Nashville Private Capital Association program on Defense Technology sponsored by FirstIn and Ridgeline VC. Sponsored by FirstIn, Rockmont Partners, Ridgeline. Details.
Sept. 3 • (virtual) US PTO highlights International Business Innovation Association, 1pm-3pm CDT, registration. Registration.
Sept. 5 • "Stand-Up for Global Health," fundraiser for Project C.U.R.E., at Zanie's Comedy Club, Nashville. 4pm showtime.
Sept. 7 • U.S. Labor Day.
Sept. 8 • Women in Entrepreneurship - Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, 10:30am, details.
Sept. 8 • Nashville-based Torch Collective (registered in TN in April 2025) rolls-out Torch Signals Exchange, built to help Torch members "find and act on the right relationships, faster." Related. Torch has said it aims to serve "high-caliber individuals who build, fund and grow businesses".
Sept. 8-10 • Semperis Hybrid Identity Protection HIP Conference, Embassy Suites, Nashville. Related.
Sept. 9 • "The Works 2026" Demo Day, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, details.
Sept. 9 • (virtual) Blue Oval City Community Impact Ford West TN, TN ECD. Details.
Sept. 9 • Think Tennessee Policy Forum, Music City Center, details. Music City Center 8am-4pm.
Sept. 9 • Periscope Pitch & Artist Entrepreneur Showcase, Arts + Business Council of Greater Nashville, details. 8am-9am
Sept. 9 • Oak Ridge Corridor Development Corporation President Mike Magill addresses Knoxville Chamber 'Fueling regional growth through nuclear" program, 8:30AM ET registration.
Sept. 9-11 • FINOVATE fintech conference, Marriott Marquis Times Square, NYC, details.
Sept. 9-10 • Greater Nashville Technology Council Summit, Bungalow Studios, Omni Nashville. Details.
Sept. 10 • AWS hosts healthcare life-sciences meetup downtown Nashville, details. Related.
Sept. 10 • Raising Early-Stage Funding in Nashville, remarks by Phil Shmerling and several founders TBD, registration free. 11:30a-1:30p. Nashville Entrepreneur Center.
Sept. 10 • Women's Renaissance Business Summit, Riverwood Mansion, details.
Sept. 10 • Nashville Creator Summit, Ampersand Studios, 9am-1pm, Details.
Sept. 11 • Deadline Meharry Medical College NSF I-Corps filing deadline, details. Related University of Memphis details.
Sept. 12 • NEXT Health's Inaugural Longevity Summit, Conrad Nashville, details.
Sept. 13-15 • McLeod Software User Conference, transportation and logistics, Nashville.
Sept. 13-15 • Nashville Health Care Council Sessions. (2025 recaps 1 & 2) Full Agenda.
Sept. 13-16 • Administrative Professionals Conference, Gaylord Opryland, details.
Sept. 14-16 • Piper Sandler Growth Frontiers Conference, Nashville.
Sept. 14-16 • TTDC LaunchTN's 13th annual 3686 Festival and sidebar InvestTN Summit. Nashville.
Sept. 14-17 • VU School of Nursing and International Council of Nurses conduct Advanced Practice Nurses conference. Also, on Sept. 13: Nurse Hack for Health.
Sept. 15 • DEADLINE nominations for Women of Influence ranking by Nashville Business Journal, balloting here.
Sept. 15 • Upshot Nashville Women's Basketball team reveals Pro Basketball name and logo, ahead of 2027 season. Register.
Sept. 15-Oct. 15 • National Hispanic Heritage Month.
Sept. 15 • The Middle East After Iran War, Mona Yacoubian, director and senior advisor for the Middle East program at Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Venue: Bass Berry & Sims. 11a-1pm. Details.
Sept. 15 • Nashville Entrepreneur Center: Pre-Summit workshop for healthtech startups ahead of Sept. 16 Global Health Innovators Summit III, details and registration.
Sept. 16 • Global Health Innovators Summit, Nashville, The Cannery, homepage here, more info here.
Sept. 16 • Julia Polk (Curio) and Reed Omary convene Innovators Forum on AI Data Centers as 3686 Popup, Nashville, request registration here.
Sept. 16 • Deadline: Applications for Capital Readiness Accelerator, Epicenter Memphis, details.
Sept. 16 • LaunchTN (3686) popup: Grid innovation in Tennessee, 1:45pm-2:45pm. Deets.
Sept. 16 • AgeInnovate Pitch Competition, in association with 3686 event, details here.
Sept. 17 • FintechFutures: Embedded finance and BaaS, webinar, details.
Sept. 17 • Nashville-Israel Health Summit, details. Presented by Friends of the Tennessee-Israel Caucus FTIC.
Sept. 17 • "Next Starts Now" Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce event. "Spirit of the Region Award". Details. 5pm-9:30pm.
Sept. 17-18 • INFOSEC Nashville, cybersecurity conference, Music City Center, registration.
Sept. 21 • HealthTrust Connect, Omni Hotel Nashville.
Sept. 21-23 • USPTO Innovation Expo, Washington, D.C. - details.
Sept. 22 • Virtual - Association for Corporate Growth - M&A Mid-Year Recap & Outlook with GFData, 1pm CDT, details.
Sept. 22-24 • Behavioral Health Tech Conference, Gaylord Opryland, details here.
Sept. 23-25 • Quantum World Congress, includes Tennessee delegation's presentation. Details 1 & 2.
Sept. 24 • Leadership Nashville Alumni Association 50th Anniversary Opening Dinner.
Sept. 24-25 • D.A. Davidson Diversified Industrials & Services Conference (financial advisory), Nashville. Invitation only.
Sept. 25 • Content Economy Nashville: Sports and gaming Content are topics at Nashville Entrepreneur Center, registration.
Sept. 25 • Fintech @ Rocky Top: Vibe Coding Challenge, through Nov. 20. Details.
Sept. 26-29 • Annual Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, Washington, D.C. details.
Sept. 28 • Coresight conference, Tractor Suppply HQ, Nashville, covering "How AI is Redefining the Possible." Speakers include Coresight CEO Deborah Weinswig, Nashville Technology Council CEO Mark Blaze, et al. Details.
Sept. 29 • 865Fest, Knoxville, entrepreneurial conference with two pitch competitions, details.
Sept. 30 • Memphis Logistics Summit, registration. At Peabody Memphis Skyway. Host: Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce. 11am-2:30pm
Sept. 30 • TN World Affairs Council, speaker Douglas Kreulen, president-ceo, Metro Nashville Airport Authority, details.
Sept. 30 • Tennessee Manufacturers Association announces "Coolest Thing Made in Tennessee" winners during annual meeting.
OCTOBER
Oct. 1 • Logistics Innovation Showcase, Epicenter Memphis, registration. Related Logistics Challenges info.
Oct. 1 • EPB Chattanooga convenes "Quantum in Business (QiB26), Chattanooga, details.
Oct. 1 • Nashville Health Care Council "Women connect," details.
Oct. 2 • BrainTrust LIVE, off-record conference for women executives, Music City Center, resources, registration, background.
Oct. 1-2 • Gov. Bill Lee's GOVCON annual conference, Chattanooga Convention Center, details TBA.
Oct. 2-3 • Global Free Speech 3rd Summit by Future of Free Speech and Dialogue Vanderbilt, registration.
Oct. 4-7 • NCQA Health Innovation Summit, Atlanta, details.
Oct. 6 • Greater Nashville Private Capital Association program on building relationships with endowments, details. Speakers: Anders Hall, Bill Spitz, Michael Brakebill.
Oct. 6-7 • Dealflows' PREDICT 2026 prediction markets event, NYC, details.
Oct. 6-8 • Security Week Cybersecurity Conference, W Hotel Nashville, details. Release.
Oct. 7-9 • (Chattanooga) 2026 Summit of Thrive Regional Partnership, program, registration.
Oct. 7-9 • Customer Contact Week, Omni Nashville, details.
Oct. 8 • Crucial Conversations | After the Deal: Protecting Clinical Culture in a Private Equity Environment, Nashville Health Care Council, details.
Oct. 10-13 • Xerox Partner Summit, Nashville.
Oct. 12-13 • Startup Mountain Summit, Johnson City, Tenn. Details. Major Pitch event.
Oct. 13-15 • Neurodiversity: Neurotech Frontiers Conference, Vanderbilt University, details.
Oct. 13-15 • "Business Side of Sports: Careers in the fast lane", UT Haslam College students travel to Charlotte, NC, to explore the sports industry. Details.
Oct. 14-16 • Epicenter Memphis holds DelTech II, culminating with Pitch competition. More info.
Oct. 15 • Vanderbilt Women in Business (VWIB) and Wells Fargo pro's discuss investment banking careers, and related. Details.
Oct. 17-18 • Southern Festival of Books, details. Nashville.
Oct. 18-20 • Cobblestone User Conference 2026, Embassy Suites by Hilton Nashville Downtown. Focus: contract life-cycle management and related AI. Details.
Oct. 18-21 • AdvaMed MedTech Conference, Boston, details.
Oct. 19 • Nashville Entrepreneur Center NEXT Awards, Entrepreneurs Hall of Fame, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, details.
Oct. 19-21 • America's Credit Unions annual Attorneys Conference, Conrad Nashville, details.
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| Malcolm Gladwell |
Oct. 20 • Malcolm Gladwell -- journalist, author, speaker -- joins a guest yet-to-be-disclosed for discussion of his latest book, "The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic." Event hosted by Jean & Alexander Heard Libraries, Dialogue Vanderbilt, in collaboration with Parnassus Books. Langford Auditorium. Details.
Oct. 21 • Advancing Women in Nashville, Fall Executive Roundtable, featuring Wendy Timmons, sr. managing director, Ankura. Details.
Oct. 20-22 • Detroit. 2026 e.Builders Forum of International Business Innovation Association, details.
Oct. 20-22 • FINTECH: MultiState User Group, for banking executives who manage Fiserv, IBM or Unisys systems and solultions, Nashville, details TBA.
Oct. 22-24 • Consortium for Undergraduate International Business Education (CUIBE) annual Governance Meeting, UT Knoxville. Details.
Oct. 23 • Content Economy's The Remix: How the world's evolving entertainment economy affects Nashville's advancement, 1:30p-4p, registration.
Oct. 25-27 • Southeast US/Japan Association meets in Nashville. Details.
Oct. 26 • Chattanooga - Freightwaves' Future of Freight Festival Awards Dinner, including reveal of Shipper of Choice and FreightTech Award winners, details. Note: followed by Future of Freight Festival, Oct. 27-28.
Oct. 26-28 • Hot Topics Studio World Studio: Tech leadership insight, immersive experiences, Global C-Suite Awards, Country Music Hall of Fame, 11a-13pm. Details.
Oct. 27-28 • AMAZON Business Reshape 2026. Nashville. More info.
Oct. 27 • Salute to Excellence Awards 2026, Center for Nonprofit Excellence of Middle Tennessee, details.
Oct. 27-28 • 2026 Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference, Memphis, details.
Oct. 31 • Technology Maturation Awards - Deadline for applications for University of Tennessee Research Foundation, details.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 2-4 • AthenaHealth Thrive Summit, Nashville. Details.
Nov. 3 • U.S. General Election Day.
Nov. 5 • Operation Stand Down's Nashville Heroes Breakfast, Music City Center, details.
Nov. 5 • Life Science Tennessee LSTCON conference, Nashville, interim info.
Nov. 5-8 • Indie Memphis Film Festival. Details.
Nov. 6 • "1776 Labs Hackathon Day" 9am-Noon, Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University. Details. The 1776 initiative was launched in Pennsylvania by OnGov Founder Silas Deane Jr., who grew up in the Nashville area and is an alumnus of Vanderbilt University.
Nov. 6 • 17th Annual Haslam College of Business Alumni Awards Gala, details.
Nov. 6-8 • Startup Mountain Summit and The Pitch. Johnson City. More here.
Nov. 9-11 • ACG NY "Middle-Market Week," New York City, Assoc. for Corporate Growth, details.
Nov. 11 • U.S. Veterans Day.
Nov. 12 • Scott Kelly's Black Dog Venture Partners hosts 2nd VC Fast Pitch in Nashville. Nashville Entrepreneur Center. 5pm. Details.
Nov. 12-13 • Hack 4 the Community - Greater Nashville Technology Council partners with local nonprofits to partner with GNTC member companies for possible assistance. Details.
Nov. 12-13 • Tennessee Bar Association 38th Annual Health Law Forum, details.
Nov. 13 • Lipscomb University, Nashville: "The Well Coffeehouse Story: Past, Present & Future," presented by The Well Co-founder Rob Touchstone, executive director of LU Center for Vocational Discovery. Details. Venue: Longview Mansion. Details.
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Nov. 13-15 • Tennessee Quantum Hackathon, Chattanooga - hosted by The Company Lab (CO.LAB) in partnership with the Chattanooga Quantum Collaborative (CQC) and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). Details.
Nov. 15-18 • HLTH Las Vegas, details TBA.
Nov. 17 • Cumberland Region Tomorrow (comprised of 10 counties) produces Power of 10 conference at Music City Center, details here.
Nov. 17 • ITIF National Power Industry Trade-War Conference (U.S.-China face-off), in D.C., register here.
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Nov. 17 • Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council "Opportunities in Energy" conference, Knoxville, details.
Nov. 17-20 • World Affairs Councils of America, 2026 National Conference, Washington, DC. (Related: Tennessee WAC). Details.
Nov. 20 • Lipscomb University and Colorado-based BoodleBox (a dba for Boodle Inc.) partner for "Campus AI Summit," Details.
Nov. 26 • Thanksgiving.
DECEMBER
Dec. 3 • Nashville Entrepreneur Day, Accelerator teams report, venue TBD. Details.
Dec. 9-11 • "Edge" conference, American Telehealth Association (ATA), Watergate Hotel, Washington, D.C., details.
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