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Updated Feb. 27, 2026 1101 CT- Send events to Milt Capps via LinkedIn.

Now • Johnson City's Founders Forge Avante Bootcamp, details here. +Pending: Startup World Cup TN Regional Pitch - Bootcamp - Startup Mountain Summit 2026.

March 1-3 • UA Huntsville 3rd Annual Business of Space, Huntsville, details.

March 1-4 • Nashville's Eric Thrailkill among Global Health Connector attendees during Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain.

March 2 • "Business of Sports" hosted by Nashville Business Journal at West Club, Nissan Stadium, with Former Gov. Bill Haslam (Predators), Adolpho Birch (Titans), Marcus Whitney, (Jumpstart Nova, Nashville SC), Robert LeBlanc (LeBlanc + Smith), Allyson Weatherspoon (Nissan). Details. Events.

March 4 • EPICENTER Memphis entrepreneur center's "Women Innovating Memphis" program details.

March 4 • TN World Affairs Council on "A New Framework for US-Korea Economic Relations," 11am-1pm, details.

March 4 • Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Tech Talent Solutions Forum, focus: collaboration on the tech-talent pipeline, register.

March 4 • Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee holds private event for founders, other stakeholders, in Washington, D.C. Details.

March 4 • UT Chattanooga: Culturally Inclusive Care: Caring for Aging populations. Among topics: "program integration across health and allied disciplines on components that address health disparities". Register (free).

March 4 • Mid-TN Tech talent development is focus of forum convened by Nashville Innovation Alliance and allies, 8:30-10:00am, Details.

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March 5 • Greater Nashville Private Capital Association, in-line with VNC 's report of Feb. 17, will alongside State of Tennessee officials and others announce findings of a 2025 Impact Report in conjunction with a panel discussion on Capitol Hill. Previous GNPCA coverage.

March 5 • Solopreneur Edition and Free CoWork Day for "Solopreneurs" at Nashville Entrepreneur Center, details.

March 5 • Capital Analytics Associates' Invest: Nashville Leadership Summit, 8am-11am, Bridgestone Arena, details.

March 5 • Louisville: KY Inno Startups to Watch, ET: 4:30-6:30pm. details.

March 6-7 • DataTune Conference, data, analytics, AI, and more at Belmont University, Nashville details.

March 7 • Business Connect Brunch, JW Marriott Hotel Downtown, with dozens of sponsors, details here.

March 9 • Application deadline! Vanderbilt University Center for Entrepreneurship is sorting candidates for its new "Dry Dock" program, which is designed to build, launch and grow 'problem-first, market-validated' ventures operated by experienced VU alumni who are allied with corporate sponsors to commercialize solutions with "Unicorn" potential. Each Dry Dock team will be augmented by experts from among VU faculty with relevant expertise and students capable of shouldering functional roles related to product, engineering, go-to-market and operations. Applications due by March 9 beginning series of panels, fireside chats, lectures and mixers that run through April 22. Then, business-building efforts run April 30-May 6, ending with demo-pitch sessions and investor meetings. More info.

March 9-12 • HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition, Las Vegas. Details.

March 10 • Association for Corporate Growth meets in Chattanooga with panel including EPB President and CEO-Elect Janet Rehberg and others. Details.

March 10 • FLEX Retail Summit, City Winery, Nashville details.

March 10 • Northern Mid-TN opportunity Zones update, details here.

March 10 • TN Gov. Bill Lee addresses Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce event, The Pinnacle, 7:30am-9:30am. Details.

Governor Bill Lee

March 11-13 • AiPEX Annual Conference - Insuretech, Fintech: iPipeline digital solutions and services, JW Marriott Nashville.

March 12 • The Company Lab, et al, convene for "Quantum in Action", 10am-2pm ET, UT Chattanooga Wolford Center, details. Foci: research, talent, TN advantages.

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 17 • Nashville VC Fast Pitch event by Black Dog Venture Partners, CEO Scott Kelly, details. 

March 18 • Meetup for Veterans in Entrepreneurs and Business, Nashville Entrepreneur Center, details.

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March 19 • Society of Entrepreneurs, Memphis, speaker: Doug Marchant, co-founder, RCM-oriented Unified Health Services, details.

March 20 •  MTSU Forum on Growth and Regional Challenges, Murfreesboro, details here.

March 20-22 • 'What's the Big Idea' pitch finale and weekend in Knoxville, details.

March 24 • Belmont University Entrepreneur Awards, celebrating alumni-founded businesses, to be held at Fisher Center for the Performing Arts on campus. 7-8pm, preceded and followed by receptions. Top 100 Founders recognized. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. Free registration here.

March 24 • (Hybrid) Brock Family Center for Applied Innovation presents 2025 Innovator of the Year Lecture by honoree Daniel Fabbri PhD of Brim Analytics, 12pm, Light Hall 208. For online attendance, register here.

March 24 • Pulaski, Tenn.-based NOVA Entrepreneur Center, allied with University of TN Research Foundation and with UT Southern, joins with Speer Entrepreneurship Initiative, UT Southern Department of Career Advancement for Student-Industry internship, experiential learning, etc. Details here.

March 24-26 • ARTISTS THRIVE Conference Nashville, Noah Liff Opera Center, details.

March 25-26 • AI Tennessee Summit - Nashville, Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum, details.

March 25-27 • (hybrid) Media Conference, Association of National Advertisers, Omni Nashville, details.

March 26 • "Leaders Conference" at Renaissance Hotel, Nashville, by Nashville Post (FreemanWebb Publishing), details.

March 26 • Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Network+ Women with a featured speaker and a panel addressing 'Women at the Helm' experiences, details here.

March 30-April 1 • AI is among dozens of topics on the agenda during Society of Hospital Medicine CONVERGE conference, Music City Center.

March 31 • Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council (TAEBC) Annual meeting (Virtual), details TBA. 9am-1030am CT.

March 31 • International BioMass Conference & Expo, Gaylord Opryland, details.

APRIL

April 2 • Memphis's Epicenter Live innovation, entertainment celebration, details.

April 2-3 • HealthCare Foundations program for rising healthcare executives, Nashville Health Care Council, 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 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 • Memphis: Society of Entrepreneurs, Family Business: The Good, Bad & Ugly, details. Founder Denise Stewart and CEO Bryan Burnett of Travel Nurses Inc.

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 14 • "Bridge to Excellence 2026", Center for Nonprofit Excellence of Middle Tennessee, details here.

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 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.

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 20-21 • 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 •  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 23-24 • 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.

April 28-30 • 2026 AAPCP National Healthcare Provider Compensation & Workforce Strategy Conference. Embassy Suites, Nashville.

April 30 • San Francisco - McDermott Will & Schulte health tech investment forum, Four Seasons, details.

MAY

May 6-10 • Business Professionals Association National Leadership Conference, Gaylord Opryland, details.

May 12 • TennSMART's Tennessee Smart Mobility Expo, GEODIS Park, Nashville. Details.

May 14-15 • Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) Tennessee, MidSouth Capital Connection, Omni Nashville, details.

May 20-21 • McDermott Will & Schulte's HealthEx 2026, Renaissance Nashville Hotel, 

May 21 • Nashville Entrepreneur Day, location to be determined. Nashville Entrepreneur Center. 

May 25 • Memorial Day.  

May 27-29 • Turnaround Management Association Southeast event, Asheville, NC, details here.

May 28-29 • Tennessee Valley Corridor National Summit, Chattanooga, details. 

May 28 • Banking Tech Awards,  New York City, details. Fintech.

JUNE 

June 4-7 • CMA Fest. Nashville. Details.

June 8-10 • Investment Company Institute ETF Conference, Renaissance Nashville Hotel, details.

June 15-18 • HLTH Europe, details tba. Amsterdam.

June 15-18 • Informa MedTech Summit, Berlin. Details.

June 23-26 • Forrester CX Summit (hybrid), Gaylord Opryland, Nashville.

June 24 • Sloss.Tech Pitch Competition, Birmingham, Ala., registration here. $135K aggregate prizes. Pitch-app window closes April 10, 2026.

June 24-26 • Higher EDTECH: Technosolutions Slate Conference, Nashville.

JULY

July 4 • 250th U.S. Independence Day. See the Semiquincentennial Commission info here.

July 13-16 • Cvent CONNECT (technology for meetings, events, hospitality) hits Music City Center after 2 years in Austin. Details here.

July 18-19 • Borchetta Bourbon Music City Grand Prix Race, NTT INDYCAR Series, Nashville, details. 

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.

July 22-24 • National Conference on Gambling Addiction & Responsible Gambling 2026, Nashville (venue TBA). Registration opens April 8, 2026. More info.

July 27-29 • Third Party Administrators TPA Summit by Health Care Administrators Association. Nashville, venue TBA.

July 29-Aug. 1 • The 2026 National Urban League Conference convenes at Nashville's Music City Center, details.

AUGUST

Aug. 1 • The Small Business Matters Entrepreneurship Summit (free), National Urban League, Music City Center, details.

Aug. 5-6 • Global Business Summit, Memphis, details.

Aug. 5-7 • STR Inc. Hotel Data Conference, Nashville.

Aug. 17-20 • SOLVER 2026 ASCEND, Embassy Suites Hilton,, Nashville. Financial Planning-Analysis solution provider.

SEPTEMBER

TBD Autumn • Nashville Technology Council's Nashville Innovation Summit.

Sept. 7 • U.S. Labor Day.

Sept. 8-10 • Semperis Hybrid Identity Protection HIP Conference, Nashville. Related.

Sept. 13-15 • McLeod Software User Conference, transportation and logistics, Nashville.

Sept. 14-15 • Nashville Health Care Council Sessions, details. (2025 recaps 1 & 2)

Sept. 14+(?) • TTDC LaunchTN's customary annual 3686 Festival and sidebar InvestTN Summit. Nashville. Details may not be released til June '26. 

Sept. 15-Oct. 15 • National Hispanic Heritage Month.

Sept. 16 • Global Health Innovators conference, Nashville, The Cannery, homepage here, more info here.

Sept. 21 • HealthTrust Connect, Omni Hotel Nashville.

Sept. 22-24 • Behavioral Health Tech Conference, Gaylord Opryland, details here.

OCTOBER

Oct. 1-2 • Gov. Bill Lee's GOVCON annual conference, Chattanooga Convention Center, details TBA.

Oct. 10-13 • Xerox Partner Summit, Nashville.

Oct. 14-16 • Epicenter Memphis holds DelTech II, dates + venue to be announced. More info.

Oct. 18-21 • AdvaMed MedTech Conference, Boston, details.

Oct. 19-21 • America's Credit Unions annual Attorneys Conference, Conrad Nashville, details.

Oct. 20-22 • FINTECH: MultiState User Group, for banking executives who manage Fiserv, IBM or Unisys systems and solultions, Nashville, details TBA.

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 • Future of Freight Festival, FreightWaves, venue: The Signal, Chattanooga, more info.

NOVEMBER

Nov. 2-4 • AthenaHealth Thrive Summit, Nashville. Details.

Nov. 3 • U.S. Mid-Term General Election Day.

Nov. 5 • Life Science Tennessee LSTCON conference, Nashville, interim info.

Nov. 5-8 • Indie Memphis Film Festival. Details.

Nov. 6-8 • Startup Mountain Summit and The Pitch. Johnson City. More here.

Nov. 11 • U.S. Veterans Day.

Nov. 15-18 • HLTH Las Vegas, details TBA.

Nov. 17 • ITIF National Power Industry Trade-War Conference (U.S.-China face-off), in D.C., register here.

Nov. 26 • Thanksgiving. 

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 1101 27 February 2026