This July-November 2026 issue last updated 30 July 2026 1220 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.
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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.
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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 • (virtual) Tasia Malakasis, CEO of The Company Lab entrepreneur center in Chattanooga, is guest on State Science & Technology Insitute webinar on the CoLab's "energy mobility and quantum access capital, mentors, and pilot opportunities with corporate partners. We’ll discuss what it takes to support startups working in these emerging tech spaces, including the practical challenges of matching them with real-world pilot opportunities. Registration.
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 • Global Health Innovators Nashville at GEODIS stadium with executives from Nashville SC and Sunderland AFC discussing how sports clubs help build healthier communities, registration.
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.
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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 26 • American Property Owners Association speakers include Nashville EC CEO Sam Davidson as speakers address closing the wealth gap via home ownership and related prerequisites to wealth-generation, business ownership and entrepreneurship. 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.
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