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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. 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. 24-26 • 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. 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 • 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.)

LATE FALL DEMO DAY date TBA for Accelerate Appalachia Beta Tech Accelerator Demo Day, Johnson City. Backed by East Tennessee State University Research Corporation, Synch Space Entrepreneur Center, Tennessee Small Business Development Center at ETSU, and Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee. Five startups have been chosen to present. Release here.

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. 8-10 • New conference: DelTech hosted by Epicenter Memphis, details here.

Oct. 13-15 • NCQA Health Innovation Summit, Chula Vista, San Diego. Details.

Oct. 14-15 • Opal Group (NYC) creates "Transforming Healthcare with Emerging Technologies," Hilton Downtown Nashville. 

Oct. 20 •  NEXT Awards ceremony by Nashville Entrepreneur Center. 

Oct. 15-16 • Venture Atlanta.

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. 20-21 • Women in Banking Conference, TN Bankers Association, The Westin, Chattanooga

Oct. 22 • Memphis Logistics Summit 2025. Memphis Chamber.

Oct. 22-24 • Tennessee Economic Development Council, Knoxville, details.

Oct. 22-24 • SmartSense & Jolt Software LIVE User Conference, Embassy Suites Downtown.

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.

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. 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.

Nov. 25 • Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference, Fedex Insitute, University of Memphis, Details.

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.

Feb. 9 • Osaic W Forum for women in financial advisory services. Nashville venue tba. More.

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 22-24 • 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 1500 29 August 2025