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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.
AI Ready → AI Enabled Readiness is knowing AI matters. Enablement is putting it to work, with certified people and a plan that holds up on Monday morning.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. AI Week dates below are confirmed (all dates subject to change). Venues and registration links publish as each program opens, and pre-registration for 2027 is live now. Speaker and sponsor calls open roughly four to six months ahead of each event.
2027
The full year ahead
- February 9-11, 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.
- March 24 and 25, 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.
- April 20-22, 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.
- May 11-13, 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.
- June 8-10, 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.
- September 14-16, 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.
- October 19-21, 2027, Tampa, Florida Tampa AI Week Tampa AI Week arrives in 2027, connecting founders, operators, public sector leaders, and researchers across Tampa Bay and anchoring the series in the Southeast.
- November 2027 Great Lakes AI Week The regional program closes the in person calendar with leadership programming and certification across the Great Lakes footprint.
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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