The AI Week
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 is a week-long AI festival, a community-powered 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.
National and regional leaders delivering high-impact talks on AI's most pressing challenges and opportunities.
Candid, conversational interviews with executives, founders, and innovators sharing the unfiltered story of their AI journey.
Focused, track-specific sessions running parallel to main stage. Smaller rooms, deeper dives, and more direct conversation.
Interactive sessions where attendees build real skills with AI tools and frameworks. All workshops qualify for ETA certificate credit.
Afternoon certificate workshops earning credit toward AI Explorer, AI Empowered Professional, and AI Empowered Leader credentials.
Intimate, invite-level roundtables where senior leaders engage off-script. Facilitated for depth, not breadth.
Structured and unstructured networking built into every part of the day; these are the conversations that change careers.
Curated vendor booths featuring AI solutions, platforms, and services actively seeking enterprise and SMB relationships.
AI Week celebrates local AI leaders, innovators, and organizations through community-hosted programming and awards ceremonies.
Every AI Week includes hands-on workshops where attendees earn credit toward ETA's AI certification pathways. Credits accumulate across sessions and events.
- 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.
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 partners with local anchor organizations, economic development agencies, and community champions to bring AI Week to new markets.
- 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.
- 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
The AI Week
AI Week is community powered. Whether you are 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 is a role for you.
Bring your story to the stage
AI Week stages are for practitioners first. If you have done the work, deployed AI, built something real, led a transformation, 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.
Maximum visibility and exclusivity across the full AI Week experience, with naming rights, main stage integration, and premier recognition.
Own one of the two anchor summits with stage branding, opening remarks, and deep programming integration.
Own a signature moment: the awards ceremony, VIP reception, happy hour, or roundtable series.
Featured placement across event programming, marketing, and digital channels with speaking opportunities.
Sponsor a specific track, workshop series, or breakout stage, connecting your brand directly to sessions.
Branded booth on the expo floor, with direct access to 1,000+ attendees exploring AI solutions and services.
Logo and brand recognition across event materials, signage, digital channels, and the official event app.
Community powered means everyone builds it
The open-sourced un-conference model means AI Week grows through community participation.
Host an AI Week-affiliated meetup, open house, or community event during the week and get listed as an official community partner.
AI Week runs on passionate local volunteers. Help shape the experience in your city and gain full conference access.
Associations, civic organizations, and community groups can join as official AI Week community partners.
Interested in hosting AI Week in a new city? ETA is actively expanding the series. Reach out to discuss a local partnership.
Ready to get started?
Every ETA event is an opportunity to learn, connect, and lead, whether you are at a regional AI Week, the national Congress, or a virtual masterclass from your desk.
Questions or inquiries? hello@joineta.org