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 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.
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
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 — 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.
Community Powered Means Everyone Builds It
The "open-sourced un-conference" model means AI Week grows through community participation.
Ready to Get Started?
Every ETA event is an opportunity to learn, connect, and lead — whether you're in a regional AI Week, the national Congress, or a virtual masterclass from your desk.
Questions or inquiries? Email hello@joineta.org