A community-powered, open-sourced AI festival anchored by a two-day leadership conference — bringing civic, business, and technology leaders together across regions of America to explore how AI is reshaping their industries, communities, and workplaces.
A Full Week of AI.
For Your City.
AI Week is more than a conference. It's a week-long AI festival — a community-powered, open-sourced experience where the two-day anchor conference sits inside a broader week of activations, community events, workshops, and networking across the city.
- Community-hosted events and meetups
- Company open houses and demos
- University and research showcases
- Startup pitch events
- Women in AI & Business Breakfast
- AI awards and recognitions
- VIP opening reception
- Curated happy hours
- AI Awards luncheon
- Speaker and sponsor dinners
- Vendor and solution showcase
- Leadership roundtable dinners
Every Format. Every Audience.
Every Level.
AI Week programming is designed to meet attendees where they are — from main stage keynotes to intimate roundtables, from hands-on workshops to curated networking. There's something for every leader at every stage of their AI journey.
Leave with a Credential.
Every AI Week includes hands-on workshops and training sessions where attendees earn professional development credit toward ETA's AI certification pathways. From the AI Explorer to AI Empowered Leader — credits accumulate across sessions and events until your credential is complete.
- Register for AI Week at any of our 8+ regional events
- Attend afternoon certificate workshops — included with your ticket
- Credits are logged automatically via the ETA mobile event app
- Credits carry between events until your certification pathway is complete
- Partner credentials from NVIDIA, Microsoft, AWS, and USAII also available
The Best & Brightest
From Your Region
AI Week brings together the full spectrum of leaders shaping how AI is adopted in your region — from the C-suite to the practitioner, from the policy table to the startup floor.
8+ Regions Across America
AI Week is expanding across America. Each event is locally rooted and nationally connected — shaped by the unique technology ecosystem of each region.
Bring AI Week to
Your Community
AI Week is a community-powered, open-sourced model — and it grows through local leaders who believe their city or region deserves a seat at the national AI conversation. ETA is actively expanding the AI Week series and is looking for the right partners to build the next chapter.
ETA partners with local anchor organizations, economic development agencies, and community champions to bring AI Week to new markets. We handle the national programming infrastructure — you bring the local network, venue relationships, and community credibility.
- →ETA provides full event infrastructure, brand, programming model, and speaker network
- →Local host committee and community partners shape the regional identity and agenda
- →Your region joins the national AI Week series — instantly connected to ETA's 20,000+ member ecosystem
Universities, chambers, accelerators, nonprofits, civic organizations, and companies can become official AI Week Community Partners — co-hosting events, contributing programming, and shaping the AI conversation in their region.
- →Host an officially affiliated AI Week community event during the festival week
- →Co-market the event to your network and amplify the regional AI conversation
- →Listed as an official community partner with recognition across event materials and digital channels
Questions about bringing AI Week to your community? Email hello@joineta.org
AI Week is community powered. Whether you're a practitioner ready for the stage, a company building brand equity with AI decision-makers, or a local leader wanting to shape the conversation in your city — there's a role for you.
Bring Your Story
to the Stage
AI Week stages are for practitioners first. If you've done the work — deployed AI, built something real, led a transformation, or driven a community initiative — your story belongs in the room.
- Keynote, panel, fireside, breakout, workshop, and roundtable opportunities across every region
- Main stage placement for senior leaders with established practitioner credentials
- Ancillary stage and workshop slots for hands-on practitioners and subject matter experts
- Roundtable facilitation roles for leaders who drive peer-level dialogue
- Community-hosted event programming for local leaders and regional champions
- Media and content opportunities amplified across ETA's national platform
Put Your Brand Where
Decisions Get Made
AI Week sponsors reach a concentrated audience of enterprise decision-makers, regional innovation leaders, and AI practitioners actively evaluating technology and services. ETA curates sponsorships for fit — not just revenue.
Community Powered
Means Everyone Builds It
The "open-sourced un-conference" model means AI Week grows through community participation. Here are more ways to shape the experience in your city.
Questions or inquiries? Contact hello@joineta.org