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Upcoming Events & Deadlines
September 2026
Events Calendar
Sept 2 - Innovation Industry Day | New Orleans, LA
Sept 2-4 - Mississippi Aerospace & Defense Symposium | Flowood, MS
Sept 9 - The Works Demo Day | Knoxville, TN
Sept 10 - 4th Annual Wilmington INVESTOR BUZZ IN| Wilmington, NC
Sept 14-16 - LaunchTN 3686 Festival + InvestTN Summit | Nashville, TN
Sept 15 - Tulane Open Season Pitch Event | New Orleans, LA
Sept 25 - Startup Crawl 2026: Making Waves| Fayetteville, AR
Sept 29 - OCEAN Innovation Conference | Wilmington, NC
Sept 29 - 865 Fest | Knoxville, TN
Pitch Competitions and Deadlines
Sept 4 - The Venture Center Spark! Pre-Accelerator Application Deadline | Little Rock, AR
Sept 10 - Wolf Pack LaunchU Final Pitch Competition | New Orleans, LA
October 2026
Events Calendar
Oct 14-15 - Venture Atlanta 2026 | Atlanta, GA
Oct 14-15 - Startup Showcase Live | Atlanta, GA
Oct 16 - Pitch Friday: First Round | New Orleans, LA
Oct 19 - NEXT Awards + Entrepreneurs' Hall of Fame | Nashville, TN
Oct 27 - Onward FX 2026 | Little Rock, AR
Oct 29 - BioChallenge 2026 | New Orleans, LA
Pitch Competitions and Deadlines
Oct 9 - FuelAL HBCU Innovation Internship, Spring 2027 Cohort | Alabama (statewide)
2026 & Rolling
Nov 5 - InnoVision Awards Celebration | Greer, SC
Nov 6 - Pitch Friday: Second Round | New Orleans, LA
Nov 10 - CoBuilders Pitch Day | Flowood, MS
Nov 10-11 - Accelerate Conference | Flowood, MS
Nov 11 - NSU Inferno Pitch 2026 | Natchitoches, LA
Nov 12 - Catalyst by Beemok Pitch Competition | Charleston, SC
Nov 12-13 - NC IDEA Ecosystem Summit | Wrightsville Beach, NC
Nov 17 - River Pitch Competition | Tuscaloosa, AL
Rolling - Startup FIU Local | South Florida
Rolling - 2025 Venture Capital Conference - Apply to Pitch to Investors | Florida
Rolling - ScaleUp by Endeavor Cohort | Florida
Rolling - NC Idea Startup Grant | North Carolina
Rolling - Florida Atlantic Market Valuation Workshop | Florida
Rolling - Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program’s Facilitated Growth Cohort | Florida
Pitch Competitions and Deadlines