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Below, April 2025 events appear first, then events farther out.

APRIL 1 • Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health's VIGH Student Advisory Council convenes VIGH Global Health Symposium. Student Life Center.

2 • Modern Healthcare - 2030 Playbook Conference (The Bell Tower, Nashville). Details.

2 • The Wond'ry at Vanderbilt University says the NSF Mid-South I-Corps Hub hosts an Innovation Open Mic event, for sharing ideas and projects before a panel of experts and mentors. Business, non-profit, technology, invention ideas, etc., are welcomed. Noon til 1:15pm.

2-3 • Alkami Technology, Plano-based provider of digital sales and service solutions for banks and credit unions is at Gaylord Hospitality, live session feeds here. Alkami fintech solutions.

2-3 • TennSMART's Tennessee Smart Mobility EXPO (Nashville Music City Center). More background here.

3 • Rural Business Accelerator Program, Dyersburg's The Mill Workspace. Apply now for April 3 start, IF you're ready to push growth of your business and are based in Benton, Carroll, Crockett, Dyer, Gibson, Henry, Lake, Obion or Weakley counties. Backed by The Mill and DaSilva Consulting.

4 • UT Anderson Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Competition Award Ceremony of the Graves Business Plan Competition. Knoxville. Register here.

4 • Deadline for University of Memphis Crews Center for Entrepreneurship Tiger Tank annual Shark Tank-style pitch competition among business-venture ideas. Sample app form. On UofM separate tracks: Cordell Jackson Music Ventures Fund; and, ad-hoc Mentoring for UofM students.

8 • Chattanooga Sustainable Mobility Kickoff Party (The Company Lab, Gener8tor) Program introduces 5 startups selected for 2025 Cohort. 5PM ET at Five Wits Brewing Co.

8 • Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce International Business Council panelists explore the "Tennessee-Japan Relationship," Waitlist only. Details.

8 • Tech Talent at Scale event by Nashville Innovation Alliance, focused on world-class skills and expertise needed to upskill Greater Nashville workforce. Vanderbilt Student Life Center.

10 • Sustainable Mobility Reverse Pitch, the Company Lab, Chattanooga. Hackers invited to explore solutions to challenges to movement of people, goods, energy and data.

10-11 • Vanderbilt University Summit on Modern Conflict & Emerging Threats (AI is emphasized this year), details.

11 • Deadline for Knoxville Entrepreneur Center's Building your Business 101 - Demo Day is August 20.

11 • "The Artificial Intelligence Revolution: Shaping our Present and Future," with Lipscomb University Center for Media Ethics Director Sarah Gibson. Details.

11 • Knoxville EC's "The Works" applications window CLOSES for 2025 cohort. Admitted companies announced April 30. Details.

14 • Deadline for Epicenter Memphis Logistics Industry Opportunities Challenge. Sponsored by Epicenter, Alchemist Accelerator and Memphis World Trade club.

15 • Deadline for Epicenter Memphis Customer Readiness program application. Program starts April 29.

15 • Frist Cressey VC Co-Founder Bill Frist MD discusses startups backed as innovative care-delivery models: Monogram, Main Street and CareBridge Health. Inperson or Virtual. George Shinn Center, Lipscomb University. An LU-NBJ event. Details.

16 • Knoxville EC - Navigating the lending landscape for small businesses, with speakers from Pathway Lending and Truist. Registration.

16 • "Omnimics: Executive Playbook for Artificial Intelligence Nashville Technology Council, 11:30am-1pm. Details.

17 • Board of Directors Meeting (public) Tennessee Technology Development Corporation dba Launch Tennessee, 10am CT.

17 • AMA: Techstars Economic Mobility Powered by Samvid Ventures virtual panel. Advance registration here. Nashville.

17 • Annual Pitch Competition, Fly! Mocs Business Pitch Competition, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

17 • "AI Governance in the Healthcare Sector: Navigating the Disruption" by Nashville chapter of National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD). Sponsor: EY. Venue: Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt University. Details.

21-23 • SBJ/CAA World Congress of Sports, Grand Hyatt Nashville, details.

22 • Project Fintech of Nashville Entrepreneur Center participates in RevTech Labs' NYC fintech-insurtech pitch and showcase. More here.

24 • "The State of the Market" panel discussion, Greater Nashville Venture Capital Association, moderated by Stuart McWhorter. Panel includes Michael Larsen, Managing Director, Cambridge Associates, and Jeff Maxwell, Senior Managing Director, Raymond James Financial.

25 • Deadline for Emerging Leaders nominees for Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, details here.

26 • Memphis: Society of Entrepreneurs Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet.

30 • Deadline for Nashville Entrepreneur Center NEXT Awards nominations. Form here.

IMPORTANT FUTURES

May 1 • Dealmakers Middle Market M&A Conference by Smart Business, at Nashville's Hillwood Country Club. Details. Related VNC story. This event, the sixth such Nashville gathering, was rescheduled from February due to inclement weather.

May 1 • Tennessee HIMSS Annual Summit. Cool Springs Marriott. Details. Registration.

May 1 • State of Tennessee AI Advisory Council deadline for report to Governor Bill Lee, et al. The Council is to meet April 3 and its staff said today the report will be available May 1. See previous VNC coverage.

May 5-8 • Gaylord Opryland Resort -- Hubbell Utilities Connect Conference (fka Acclara Connect). Details.

May 6-7 • National Small Business Week Virtual Summit 2025 (free) by Service Core of Retired Executives (SCORE). Details here.

May 6-9 • McDermott Will & Emery "HealthEx" healthcare and life sciences conference at Omni Nashville.

May 12-13 • REUTERS Digital Health USA 2025 in Nashville. More.

May 12-16 • OneStream (Nasdaq:OS) Splash and OneStream Technical Program, Music City Center Digital Finance Cloud and Ops reporting, Details.

May 13 • Nashville Health Care Council - "Crucial Conversations: Private Equity ownership in Healthcare". 7a-9a. Venue TBA. Details.

May 13-14 • Veteran Reconnect Conference transition to education, sponsored by TN Higher Ed Commission and Lipscomb University. Details.

May 14 • "AI Startup Pitch Competition" at Nashville Entrepreneur Center features elements including an AI startup showcase and an AI Pitch Competition. Event is convened by Nashville Entrepreneur Center, Enterprise Technology Association, The Innovation Group. 3PM-5PM. Co-promoted events also on May 15-16 at The Winery.

May 15 • Nashville Entrepreneurship Center Showcase at Geodis Park. 1pm-6:30pm. Details and registration.

May 16 • Deadline for Spark Cleantech accelerator applications, Knoxville.

May 19-20 • Insurance Innovators Conference, Music City Center.

May 28-31 • Jenzabar JAM, Gaylord Opryland Resort. VC-backed Jenzabar is acquisitive. It provides software and services for higher education institutions.

May 29-30 • Tennessee Valley Corridor 30th Annual Summit. Oak Ridge.

June 5-8 • CMA Music Festival, Nashville.

June 22-25 • American Society of Health Economists 14th Annual Conference, Grand Hyatt Nashville.

July 20-22 • American Hospital Association Leadership Summit, Nashville.

August 20 • Demo Day - The Works incubator, Knoxville Entrepreneur Center. Details.

Sept. 8-10 • Oracle Health Summit - Orlando. Details.

Sept. 9-11 • Launch Tennessee annual 3686 Festival, Nashville.

Sept. 9-11 • 3686 Festival by Tennessee Technology Development Corp. aka Launch Tennessee. Festival site.

Sept. 29-Oct. 3 • Nashville Healthcare Sessions. Nashville Health Care Council.

Oct. 19-22 • HLTH conference in Las Vegas. Details.

Nov. 25 • Musculoskeletal New Ventures Conference, Fedex Insitute, University of Memphis, Details.

NOTE: All past Venture Nashville coverage is here. Please send comments and corrections to the author via LinkedIn. VNC

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