Fall 2026 Events and Opportunities with ETA: A Look Ahead
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A Look Ahead: Fall 2026 and 2027 ETA Events Preview
Every ETA event is built to send people home with more than notes. Sharper AI skills. A stronger network. A credential that proves it. Here is where we will be next, and what you will walk away with.
- Leave AI Certified
- Hands on learning
- Curated networking
- Thought leadership
Attendees do not come to ETA events to watch. They come to level up. They leave with new AI skills, a network they can actually call on, and a certification that turns readiness into capability.
That is the arc of every program on this calendar. Thought leadership sets the direction, hands on learning builds the skill, and curated networking makes sure the right people are in the room to act on it. Organizations arrive AI Ready. They leave AI Enabled.
What these events explore
- AI technology and policy
- AI innovation and investment
- Business enablement and education
- Workforce and economic development
- Security, governance, and trust
These themes run through every stop on the calendar, tuned to what each region is actually building. Mark your dates. Registration, agendas, and speaker calls open on a rolling basis, and members hear first.
2026
What is left this year-
August 26 and 27, Virtual
AI Ready Ohio Cleveland Launch
Two days of virtual certification training brings AI Ready Ohio to Northeast Ohio. Participants finish with a credential in hand and the practical skills to apply AI in their current role, no relocation or time off the job required.
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Fall 2026
ETA Membership Portal Live Launch
The network stops being something you only access at events. Members get a year round home for peer connection, certificate tracks, program updates, and direct lines to the people building AI capacity in their region.
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September 10 and 11, Columbus, Ohio
Columbus AI Week
Policy, workforce, and enterprise adoption on one agenda in the state capital. Certificate tracks run alongside the main program, so attendees can build credentials while the conversations that shape state strategy are happening in the next room.
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October 13 to 15, Tampa, Florida
Tampa AI Week
Three days that connect founders, operators, public sector leaders, and researchers across Tampa Bay. Deep dives on innovation and investment sit next to hands on sessions that send people back to work with something they can use immediately.
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November 10 to 12
Great Lakes AI Week
The program that proved the AI Ready Ohio model returns to close the year. Regional leadership programming and certification, aimed squarely at manufacturers, institutions, and employers moving from pilot to production.
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Dates to be announced, Virtual
AI Ready America Virtual Summit
Every AI Ready state program in one virtual room. A working session on what has been proven, what is being replicated, and what each state needs next to move its workforce from ready to enabled.
A note on the 2027 calendar. Dates below are confirmed by month. Exact dates, venues, and registration links publish as each program opens. Speaker and sponsor calls open roughly four to six months ahead of each event.
2027
The full year ahead-
February 2027, Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville AI Week
The AI Week year opens in Kentucky, with logistics, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing leaders working through what AI adoption looks like in operations that cannot afford downtime.
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March 2027, Dayton, Ohio
Dayton AI Week
A new stop on the map. Dayton brings the aerospace, defense, and research corridor into the series, with security, governance, and trust at the center of the agenda.
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April 2027, Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta AI Week
The Southeast's startup, enterprise, and civic communities back at the same table, with innovation and investment programming built for people raising, deploying, and hiring.
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May 2027, Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville AI Week
Healthcare, music, and creative industry leaders meet the technologists building for them. Sessions focus on governance and trust in industries where getting AI wrong carries real consequences.
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Spring 2027, Washington, DC
US AI Congress
The national convening returns to Washington. Federal leaders, state officials, industry, and academia in one room on the questions that cross every jurisdiction, with the policy conversation informed by what the states have actually shipped. Dates to be announced.
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June 2027, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincy AI Week
The flagship returns to Greater Cincinnati. Multiple stages, the Awards Luncheon, and the widest range of hands on learning and curated networking on the calendar.
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August 2027, Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland AI Week
Northeast Ohio gets a full in person program, building on the certification momentum from the 2026 launch and turning a cohort of newly certified professionals into a working regional network.
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September 2027, Columbus, Ohio
Columbus AI Week
The capital city program returns, connecting statewide policy and workforce leaders with the employers putting certified talent to work.
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October 2027, Tampa, Florida
Tampa AI Week
Tampa returns for a third year, with a growing alumni network of certified professionals anchoring the series in the Southeast.
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November 2027
Great Lakes AI Week
The regional program closes the in person calendar with leadership programming and certification across the Great Lakes footprint.
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December 2027, Virtual
AI Enabled America Virtual Summit
The year closes where the work adds up. A national look at what AI enablement has delivered across states, sectors, and workforces, and what it takes to keep moving.
Come to level up, not to listen
Members get first access to registration, certificate tracks, speaker calls, and sponsorship before anything goes public. If your organization wants to send a team or take the stage, the earlier the conversation starts, the more we can build around you.
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