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AUGUST 2026

Aug. 1 • The Small Business Matters Entrepreneurship Summit (free), National Urban League, Music City Center, details. 8am-5pm.

Aug. 3-4 • Enterprise AI Marketing Transformation, Millenium Alliance, Four Seasons Nashville, details.

Aug. 4-5 • Nuclear Opportunities Workshop, ETEC, Knoxville. Details.

Aug. 5 • Tech Transfer and Commercialization maturation grant AMA, LaunchTN, details.

Aug. 5 • Legal Clinic (pro bono) for artists, musicians, creatives - managed by Arts + Business Council of Greater Nashville, details.

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

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

Aug. 6 • Tennessee Executive Tech Lounge for business leaders and tech & security leaders, details.

Aug. 6 • (Virtual) TVA priorities are the focus of this TAEBC webinar, with TVA speakers Mike Skaggs, president & CEO, and Heidi Smith, vice president of economic development, moderated by Cortney Piper. Details.

Aug. 7 • Epicenter Memphis Logistics Opportunity Challenge cohort application deadline. Details.

Aug. 7 • Williamson County Schools Innovation Center ribbon-cutting ceremony, Franklin, Tenn.

Aug. 7 • Ribbon Cutting, Entrepreneurship & Innovation Campus, Williamson County Schools facility, 106 Claude Yates Drive, Franklin, TN. Info here.

Aug. 9 • Deadline: Applications for Nashvillle's EO Catalyst program, details. 

Aug. 9 • Periscope Pitch + Artists Entrepreneur Showcase, OZ Nashville, by the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville. Register. Cohort of 2026 here.

Aug. 10-14 • AI Summer School, Vanderbilt University, details.

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Aug. 11 • Entrepreneur, investor, advisor Jane Allen addresses Torch Collective, 5:45pm, Glasshaus, Nashville. Members and, subject to approval, potential members of Torch Collective may attend.  

Aug. 12 • Tennessee World Affairs Council, "America at 250: U.S. Armed Forces & Global Leadership," details. 11a-1pm. 

Aug. 13 • (virtual) 'Where Fintech VCs are placing their bets', Informa-Fintech_Futures, with speakers from QED and BankTech Ventures, register.

Aug. 13 • Lunch & Learn (free space limited) Nashville Entrepreneur Center - Edwin Acevedo discussed Unlocking Entity SEO - the future of Search. Details.

Aug. 13 • Deadline for Applications to pitch startups during 3686 on Sept. 15 in Nashville, details. 

Aug. 13 • Chattanooga panel and networking event: Janet Rehberg, president and CEO-elect of EPB and Tasia Malakasis, CEO of CO.LAB, will speak on the panel moderated by Cortney Piper, executive director of TAEBC. Register. Venue: Liberty Tower, 605 Chestnut.

Aug. 14 • Applications window closes for full-day BRAND CAMP at Knoxville Entrepreneur Center on August 25.

Aug. 15 • Closing: EPIcenter Memphis deadline for applications for DelTech (Oct. 14-16) Pitch Competition, details. 

Aug. 15-18 • WVC Nashville (Veterinarians) meet Aug. 15-17, Music City Center, details.

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

Aug. 19 • TN World Affairs Council, "The Iran War & The Asian Future of the Middle East," 11a-1pm, Bass Berry & Sims. Details.

Aug. 20 • Founders Forge, Johnson City, Tenn. - Amplify423 Events, next in series Aug. 20, Noon-1pm EDT. RSVP.

Aug. 20 • Annual Parthenon Awards, Nashville Chapter - Public Relations Society of America, Renaissance Nashville, details.

Aug. 25-27 • Business Continuum Mid-South Business Forum, Memphis, details.

Aug. 26 • (Virtual) Cross-border health-sector innovation, emphasis Nashville and Leeds, England. Nashville Entrepreneur Center and Leeds (University) NEXUS. 10a-11am CT. Details.

Aug. 26 • Nashville Entrepreneur Center Alumni Happy Hour, 4pm-6pm, register free.

April 27 • Embark's Nashville Healthcare Roundtable, 1 Hotel Nashville, details.

Aug. 27 • Epicenter Memphis's Final Pitch in Innovate Xcelerate Accelerator, Grand prize: $25K. details.

Aug. 27 • Association for Corporate Growth Tennessee Chapter "Roaring Twenties Awards" for fast-growing businesses in Tennessee. Conrad Nashville Hotel. Nominations and Ticketing details. 

Aug. 27 • AI + Cybersecurity Conference at Fedex Institute of Technology, University of Memphis, 0830-1700 CDT, Speakers here + Calendar to registration.

Aug. 27 • (virtual) TennSMART partner call 10 a.m. CT. Investigators will present emerging technologies — from autonomous systems to infrastructure innovation to AI tools — with direct applications for industry. Register.

Aug. 27 • BioStLouis "Breakthrough 25 Gala" - St. Louis, details.

Aug. 28 • Content Economy Nashville, journalists discuss media trends, Nashville EC, 1:30pm-4pm, details.

Aug. 28 • The Biz Foundry, Cookeville, hosts Small Business & Entrepreneurial Conference, Leslie Towne Centre, details.

Aug. 31-Sept. 3 • Intro Nashville: presented by Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, a Nashville expedition for newcomers and residents seeking fresh perspective on an extraordinary city at an extraordinary time. Details.

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