This July-November 2026 issue last updated 18 July 2026 1340  CDT 
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JULY

July 1 •  Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's new Chairman and other board officers assume their duties. The new chair is Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier PhD. Release.

July 1 • Nashville Entrepreneur Center Founders Circle Series: Founders of Color Edition, Slim & Husky's Pizza, 5pm-7pm.

July 1 • BizFoundry Luncheon: How to grow a business in Cookeville, Tenn., speaker: Chad Gilbert, co-owner, Putnam Properties (residential management), details.

July 3 •  Deadline for applications for Greater Nashville Technology Council "Emerging Leaders In Tech" (ELITE). Program cycle begins Aug. 20. Apply details. Graduation program is Oct. 29, 2026.

July 3-5 • Graceland's "All American Weekend," Memphis offers fireworks, party, gospel music and more. Details.

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

July 6 • Deadline for applications for ClimateBase Fellowship seats. Details.

July 6-9 • NOVA Entrepreneur Center Bootcamp for NCTA, Pulaski, details.

July 8 • L3 Harris (Defense tech) has career fair and onsite interviews for a wide range of technical and operational roles, details.  

July 8 • University of Memphis Tech Transfer Demo Day, details.

July 9 • Nashville Emerging Leaders Awards (NELAs) presented by Belmont University with Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce. Marathon Music Works. Details.

July 9 • (Virtual) InvestTennessee "Ask me anything" investment Q&A session, 10am-11:30, details.

July 9 • Nashville Post "Innovation and Ideas" panel discussion, 3pm-5pm. Details.

July 10 • Fintech: Deadline for submission of entrants for Informa Fintech Futures Awards, details.

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

July 14 • Tennessee Chamber of Commerce & Industry Infrastructure Conference, details. Embassy Suites, Franklin.

July 15 • Nashville Entrepreneur Center unveils latest findings of Morehead-Cain interns who studied NEC resource requirements, 11am-1pm. at NEC. Events page. 

July 15 • Deadline for application for opportunity to participate in AgeInnovate's AgeTech Startup Pitch Competition on Sept. 16. Winning startup gets $25K SAFE-note investment from Community Equity Partners. Details.

July 15 • Epicenter ZeroTo510 medical device operations challenge application deadline, details.

July 16 • Epicenter 2026 Program Graduates celebration, Memphis, 5pm-7:30pm, details. 

July 16 • Tech & Finance Sector Networking Event by Sum of Five, Marquee Nashville, details.

July 17 • Accelerator-applications window closes, Nashville Entrepreneur Center, details.

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

July 21 • Speaker: Franklin, Tenn.-based Maneet Chauhan, cofounder of Morph Hospitality Group and award-winning chef, author, restaurateur and Food Network personality, addresses Nashville Business Breakfast, Lipscomb University, details.

July 22 • EO Catalyst: Briefing for startup entrepreneurs on the EO-NEC Catalyst program, supported by Entrepreneurs Organization Nashville and Nashville Entrepreneur Center, 1130am, registration request.

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 23 • Epicenter Memphis Summer Showcase, 1pm-2:30pm, details.

July 23 • Vanderbilt Life Sciences Showcase, AI in translational research, Student Life Center, details.

July 23 • (Virtual) Black Dog Venture Partners VC Fast Pitch event, details. Note: See Black Dog's Nov. 12 live event in Nashville, below.

July 24 • AI Summer Summit, Nashville Entrepreneur Center, details.

July 25 • Social Commerce Festival, Nashville, Luke Combs Category 10 details.

July 25 • Food Business Basics, by Real Good Kitchen, Pellissippi State Community College, details.

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

July 28 • (Virtual) State Science & Technology Institute (SSTI) community of pracstice focus on funding innovation, details.

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

July 29 • (Virtual) How startups shape the modern battlefield "Learnings from Ukraine". 9am-10am CDT program by 17Tech Defense Accelerator (Finland). More.

July 30 • EO Catalyst Information event, Nashville entrepreneur Center, 7:30am, details.

July 30 • Nashville Innovation Alliance Annual Forum, 3pm-6pm, National Museum of African American Music. Facets: Appearance by innovation ecosystem experts from Atlanta and Pittsburgh; update on Nashville's Civic Tech Jam; AWS tech skills to jobs alliance; update on Alliance's CoWrite the Future messaging, branding, events other pro-collaboration activities. REGISTER.

July 30 • Raymond James webinar on Business Exit planning for wealth, details.

AUGUST

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. 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 • (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. 

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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.

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

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

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. 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 • BioStLouis "Breakthrough 25 Gala, St. Louis, Mo., 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.

SEPTEMBER

Sept. 1 •  Fall 2026 Accelerators begin, Nashville Entrepreneur Center, details. 

Sept. 3 • Greater Nashville Private Capital Association program on Defense Technology sponsored by FirstIn and Ridgeline VC. Details.

Sept. 7 • U.S. Labor Day.

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

Sept. 9 • Think Tennessee Policy Forum, Music City Center, details.

Sept. 9 • Periscope Pitch & Artist Entrepreneur Showcase, Arts + Business Council of Greater Nashville, details.

Sept. 9-11 • FINOVATE fintech conference, Marriott Marquis Times Square, NYC, details.

Sept. 10 • Greater Nashville Technology Council Analytics Summit, 7am-7pm. Omni Nashville. 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, details. (2025 recaps 1 & 2) Prelim outline.

Sept. 14-16 • Piper Sandler Growth Frontiers Conference, Nashville.

Sept. 14-16 • TTDC LaunchTN's customary annual 3686 Festival and sidebar InvestTN Summit. Nashville. Agenda details may not be released til August '26. 

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

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

Sept. 16 • AgeInnovate Pitch Competition, in association with 3686 event, details here.

Sept. 17 •  "Next Starts Now" Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce event. Details tba. 

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. 24 • Leadership Nashville Alumni Association 50th Anniversary Opening Dinner.

Sept. 26-29 • Annual Clinical Congress, American College of Surgeons, Washington, D.C. details.

Sept. 29 • 865Fest, Knoxville, entrepreneurial conference with two pitch competitions, details.

Sept. 30 • Nashpreneur's Conference, Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, details. Related.

Sept. 30 • Tennessee Manufacturers Association announced "Coolest Thing Made in Tennessee" during annual meeting. 

OCTOBER

Oct. 1 • EPB Chattanooga convenes "Quantum in Business (QiB26), Chattanooga, details.

Oct. 1 • Nashville Health Care Council "Women connect," details.

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.

Oct. 7-9 • Customer Contact Week, Omni Nashville, details.

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

Oct. 12-13 • Startup Mountain Summit, Johnson City, Tenn. Details. Major Pitch event. 

Oct. 14-16 • Epicenter Memphis holds DelTech II. More info.

Oct. 17-18 • Southern Festival of Books, details. Nashville.

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.

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

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. 

NOVEMBER

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

Nov. 3 • U.S. Mid-Term 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. 5-6 • Bitcoin Conference, Nashville, details.

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

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. 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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