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Upcoming events
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Saint Louis AI Summit - Day One (STL TechWeek 2026)
America's Center, 701 Convention Plz, Saint Louis, MO, USThe 4th Annual STL TechWeek is taking over St. Louis on April 13 - 17, 2026 with free events all over the region. Hosted by https://techstl.com/TechSTL.
The Saint Louis AI Summit is a two-day, city-scale convening that launches the 4th Annual STL TechWeek, positioning St. Louis as a geographic and strategic center of the nation’s AI economy. Located at the crossroads of industry, logistics, research, and talent, St. Louis serves as a natural hub for convening leaders from across the Midwest and beyond to shape the future of artificial intelligence. Hosted at the America’s Center in Downtown St. Louis, the Summit brings together industry, government, academia, startups, and the public sector for one of the largest tech events in Missouri.
DAY ONE - OPENING CEREMONY
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM (Doors Open at 8:00 AM) in the Ferrara Theatre at the America's CenterApril 13 features a full day of high-profile keynotes and mainstage conversations with Fortune 500 CEOs, elected officials, government leaders, and global AI experts. Sessions will focus on the most consequential trends and technology breakthroughs in artificial intelligence—exploring how AI is transforming enterprise, national competitiveness, public policy, defense, manufacturing, healthcare, and the future of work. As a centrally located Midwest convening point, the Summit creates a rare opportunity for cross-sector alignment between coastal innovation centers and the nation’s industrial and agricultural heartland.
The Saint Louis AI Summit is free to attend (registration required) and serves as the capstone opening event of STL TechWeek, reinforcing St. Louis’ role as a Midwest leader in applied innovation, talent development, and AI-driven economic growth. Whether you’re building AI systems, deploying them at scale, shaping policy, or preparing the future-ready workforce, this is where the Midwest’s AI ecosystem comes together—at the center of the country.
Parking is available in the America's Center garage, the nearby Marriott garage or along the streets.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Would you like to be a sponsor STL TechWeek or the Saint Louis AI Expo?5 attendees
Saint Louis AI Summit - Day Two (STL TechWeek 2026)
America's Center, 701 Convention Plz, Saint Louis, MO, USThe 4th Annual STL TechWeek is taking over St. Louis on April 13 - 17, 2026 with free events all over the region. Hosted by TechSTL.
The Saint Louis AI Summit is a two-day, city-scale convening that launches the 4th Annual STL TechWeek, positioning St. Louis as a geographic and strategic center of the nation’s AI economy. Located at the crossroads of industry, logistics, research, and talent, St. Louis serves as a natural hub for convening leaders from across the Midwest and beyond to shape the future of artificial intelligence. Hosted at the America’s Center in Downtown St. Louis, the Summit brings together industry, government, academia, startups, and the public sector for one of the largest tech events in Missouri.
DAY TWO - AI TEXPO & INNOVATION SESSIONS
9:30 AM - 4:00 PM (Doors Open at 8:00 AM) in Banquet Rooms at the America's CenterApril 14th expands into a large-scale TeXpo, hosting +100 tech vendors, as well as, industry speakers across 50 breakout sessions organized into 10 innovation tracks. Attendees will engage in product demos, applied case studies, expert panels, research discussions, and hands-on AI workshops—highlighting how AI is being built, deployed, and scaled across real-world Midwest industries and global markets alike.
BREAKOUT TRACKS INCLUDE:
- AgriFood AI (Bio-Systems & Consumer Products)
- GeoAI (Spatial Data & Imagery)
- HealthAI (Clinical & Precision Medicine)
- FintechAI (Trust, Risk & Financial Infrastructure)
- Physical AI & Autonomous Industry (Manufacturing & Construction)
- Mission-Critical Intelligence (Defense, Logistics & Supply Chain)
- Future-Ready Workforce (Human–AI Teaming, Education & Workforce Development)
- Digital Transformation (The Generative Enterprise)
- AI-First Ventures (Business & Startup Scaling)
- CyberReadiness (Defensive AI & Security)
The Saint Louis AI Summit is free to attend (registration required) and serves as the capstone opening event of STL TechWeek, reinforcing St. Louis’ role as a Midwest leader in applied innovation, talent development, and AI-driven economic growth. Whether you’re building AI systems, deploying them at scale, shaping policy, or preparing the future-ready workforce, this is where the Midwest’s AI ecosystem comes together—at the center of the country.
Parking is available in the America Center garage, in the nearby Marriott garage, or along the street.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Would you like to be a sponsor STL TechWeek or the Saint Louis AI Expo?2 attendees
Women Tech Leaders Networking Mixer (STL TechWeek 2026)
T-REX, 911 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO, USWomen Tech Leaders Networking Mixer
A Featured STL TechWeek GatheringFollowing the energy of the Saint Louis AI Summit at the America’s Center, join us for the Women Tech Leaders Networking Mixer, an afternoon dedicated to connecting and celebrating women shaping the future of technology across the region.
Hosted at T-REX during the STL TechWeek, this free networking reception brings together women leaders in business, technology, entrepreneurship, research, and community leadership from across the St. Louis metro.
Designed as a relaxed and welcoming space to unwind after the Summit, the mixer creates opportunities for meaningful conversations, new collaborations, and expanded networks among the women driving innovation in the region.Whether you're a founder, developer, executive, investor, researcher, or emerging leader, this gathering offers a chance to meet peers, share insights, and strengthen the growing community of women leading St. Louis forward.
Event Details
📅 Tuesday, April 14, 2026
🕓 4:00 – 5:30 PM
📍 T-REX Downtown on the 4th Floor
🎟️ Free to attend, Drinks & Appetizers will be servedCome raise a glass, make new connections, and celebrate the women helping shape the future of technology in St. Louis.
Parking
Parking is available in the Marriott garage across from T-REX, in the lots between 10th & 11th street, or along the street at the meters.7 attendees
PetCare: STL's Next Tech-Enabled Innovation Ecosystem (STL TechWeek 2026)
T-REX, 911 Washington Avenue, St. Louis, MO, USThere's nothing more fun than talking about our pet's -- unless you do that AND discuss how St. Louis is uniquely positioned to become a PetCare and PetTech innovation powerhouse! That is, making St. Louis the place entrepreneurs come to start, grow, de-risk and accelerate new ventures in PetCare.
This event is for you IF you're an entrepreneur, investor or from a corporate, civic, government, innovation or ecosystem organization who wants to see our region own a piece of the rich and growing PetCare & PetTech industry.
WHY PETCARE?
PetCare is a robust and growing, ~$400 billion, global industry -- nearly half of which is in the US. PetTech, as a category, is exploding -- currently at $12 billion and forecast to double by 2030 and likely double again by 2040.While not well socialized locally, St. Louis possesses an unrivaled density of PetCare companies today -- a story that began right here in St. Louis, in the late 1890's, by William H. Danforth, Purina's founder -- a startup entrepreneur long before startups were ever a thing (yes, our city is arguably the global ground-zero where the PetCare industry began!).
Yet, given this iconic history and our region's amazing innovation ecosystems supporting Geospatial, Fintech, Biotech, Agtech and Medtech, surprisingly, we lack a St. Louis-based and backed PetCare innovation ecosystem.
Join industry expert and serial PetTech inventor, Mark Donavon, founder & Managing Partner at Launchpad Pet (and ex-Purina!) and Dan Reus, Founder & Chief Instigator at Openly Disruptive, who will share a vision and path towards how we can make PetCare and PetTech a next-gen innovation growth engine in our region.
PARKING
Parking is available around T-REX in the nearby lot between 10th and 11th street, in the Marriott parking garage across from the building, or at the street meters along Washington Avenue. All parking requires payment.2 attendees
