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last updated 22 December 2025 1639 - Send 2026 events info to Milt Capps via LinkedIn.
DECEMBER 2025
Dec. 1-5 • Tennessee Education Technology Association, Chattanooga Convention Center, details.
Dec. 1 • Nashville Game Dev Demo Day @ Nashville Technology Council, 6pm-8pm. Details.
Dec. 2 • Global Health Innovators Virtual Event (no charge), details. 11am-Noon Central Time -Partners: Global Health Connector, Systems Evolution Inc. (SEI), Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, Leeds Nexus Innovation Hub. Collaborators: Digital Den Accelerator (Montenegro), West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds Innovation Hub, Nashville Entrepreneur Center Project Healthcare.
Dec. 2 • Williamson Inc. Annual Celebration at The Factory, Franklin, 10:45am-1pm, Details. Williamson County Chamber and County Economic Development.
Dec. 2-3 • Healthcare Providers Transformation Assembly, Nashville's JW Marriott, details.
Dec. 3 • Calvetti Ferguson "The Funding Flywheel" focused on Angel-Founder dealings, 0830-1030 at CF offices, Nashville, details.
Dec. 3 • Nashville Entrepreneur Day, 12:45p-6pm, GEODIS Park, details.
Dec. 3 • Building a cross-sector Age-Tech innovation ecosystem in Tennessee, convened by Amy LaGrant of Amy LaGrant Strategy and Project Healthcare of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Details.
Dec. 3 • Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville "Shaping our Visual Art Future," details.
Dec. 4 • Synergizing Wellness and Prosperity: The Intersection of Health, Healthcare, and Business, convened 0745-1200 by Nashville Health. Details.
Dec. 5 • DEADLINE for PRE-applications for Appalachian Regional Initiative for Stronger Economies, details.
Dec. 5 • Tennessee Entertainment Commission meeting, 10am. TN Tower, Nashville. Details.
Dec. 11 • Black Dog Venture Partners investors and entrepreneurs fast pitch LIVE event, Nashville Entrepreneur Center, 6pm-9pm, details here.
Dec. 11 • Medical device startup Demo Day for ZeroTo510 accelerator backed by Epicenter Memphis. Related info.
Dec. 11 • Greater Nashville "Talent Solutions Forum," at Caterpillar Financial Solutions on West End, 8:30am-10am, details.
Dec. 11 • Greater Nashville Technology Council and NTC Awards finalists unveiling. Details.
Dec. 14 • NOVA Entrepreneur Center "Innovators in Action" program with UT Southern, at Makeshift, 5pm-7pm CT, Gault Fine Arts Center, Pulaski. Details.
Dec. 15 • ITIF: "Crafting a National Power Industry Strategy" to counter China actions, details.
Dec. 16 • "Nowhere but Up" workshop centered on Dave Delaney's Root Down Framework. Program "designed to help professionals prepare for change, reignite momentum, build meaningful connections, and grow with purpose. Venue: Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Details.
Dec. 17 • TN AI Advisory Council strategic plan update prep meeting scheduled. Details TBD. Related policy - Action Plan (2025) - VNC coverage.
Dec. 22 • Deadline for signup for Nashville Entrepreneur Center cohorts for 2026. Form.
Dec. 31 • Nashville New Year's Eve Celebration.
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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. 13 • Greater 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, herself.
Jan. 15 • Board meeting, TN Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee.
Jan. 16 • "How business can partner with ORNL to drive economic development," Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, details.
Jan. 19 • Knoxville Entrepreneur Center's 'What's the Big Idea' applications deadline.
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, details.
Jan. 28-29 • AI Tennessee Summit, Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, details. Also here.
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. 31-Feb. 1 • Maker City Summit, Knoxville, details and registration.
Feb. 5 • Nashville Health Care Council Wall Street View of Healthcare Industry, details.
Feb. 5 • SmartBusiness DealMakers Conference, Hillwood Country Club, Nashville, details TBA.
Feb. 7 • Women in AI Summit, Vanderbilt University School of Law, by VU AI Law Lab, 8:30am-6pm, details.
Feb. 9 • Osaic W Forum for women in financial advisory services. Nashville venue tba. More.
Feb. 13 • Launch Tennessee 2026 Summer Internships application deadline, details here.
Feb. 17-20 • National Religious Broadcasters expo and convention, Gaylord Opryland. Details.
Feb. 18-21 • Safari Club International convenes Gaylord Opryland Hotel, details.
Feb. 19 • Greater Nashville Technology Council Awards Ceremony @ Country Music Hall of Fame, details.
Feb. 19-20 • Life Sciences: Phase Capital Frontiers Summit (II), Noah Liff Opera Center, details.
Feb. 22-25 • ViVE 2026, Los Angeles. Details.
Feb. 23-24 • 2026 Remote Patient Monitoring Conference, Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, details.
Feb. 25-27 • Tennessee Bankers Association, Credit Conference. Omni Hotel Nashville. Details.
March 6-7 • DataTune Conference, data, analytics, AI, and more at Belmont University, details.
March 9-12 • HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, Las Vegas. Details.
March 12-18 • South by Southwest SXSW Innovation Conference, Austin, more here.
March 13-15 • Tennessee House at SXSW Pitch - Austin - South By Southwest, details.
March 16-19 • TMC Transportation Technology Exposition, Music City Center, details.
March 20-22 • 'What's the Big Idea' pitch finale and weekend in Knoxville, details.
March 25-27 • Association of National Advertisers, Omni Nashville, details.
April 8 • Freedom Forum Freely Fest at Bridgestone Arena, 5:30pm, details here and here.
April 8-9 • UT Haslam College of Business Marketing and Sales Conference, Knoxville, details.
April 16 • Board meeting, Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee.
April 16-17 • Direct Lending Conference by DealCatalyst, details. Grand Hyatt Nashville.
April 18-26 • San Francisco Climate Week, speakers to include Former VPUS Al Gore, more here.
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.
April 21-23 • Angel Capital Association & Rockies Ventures Club convene Summit of Angel Investing, Westminster, Colo.
April 23-24 • Fourth annual Vanderbilt University Summit on Modern Conflict and Emerging Threats.
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.
June 4-7 • CMA Fest. Nashville. Details.
June 15-18 • HLTH Europe, details tba.
June 24-26 • Technosolutions Slate Conference, Nashville.
July 13-16 • Cvent CONNECT (technology for meetings, events, hospitality) hits Music City Center after 2 years in Austin. Details here.
July 22-24 • Xello convenes FUTURE WORLD 2026, "a national gathering of educators, employers, higher-ed leaders, and innovators defining what it means to be future ready." Omni Nashville Hotel, details here.
Aug. 5-7 • STR Inc. Hotel Data Conference. Venue TBA.
Sept. 14-15 • Nashville Health Care Council Sessions, details. (2025 recaps 1 & 2)
Sept. 16 • Global Health Innovators conference, Nashville, tentative, details TBA.
Oct. 1-2 • Gov. Bill Lee's GOVCON annual conference, Chattanooga Convention Center, details TBA.
Nov. 15-18 • HLTH Las Vegas, details TBA.
ENDNOTES:
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