PROMPT. AI Innovation Series
Cine City Studios · 8:00 AM CDT
Organized by PraxIQ, JustBreeK and Anthelo
Chicago Tech Week 2026
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Monday, July 20
From Me to We: Women Founders and Operators Community Coffee @TechChicago Week
South Loop · 8:30 AM CDT
Organized by The Dev Difference, AllRise, KNOWN, and Mooj Foods
TCW2026: Basecamp @ TechNexus
TeamWorking by TechNexus · 9:00 AM CDT
Organized by TechNexus
Film Screening & Talkback: The [Conserv]atives
Chicago Cultural Center · 11:00 AM CDT
Organized by Conserve Our Future
UChicago Tech Ventures Demo Day
Gleacher Center · 11:00 AM CDT
Organized by University of Chicago - Booth School of Business/ Polsky Center
Innovation Match Speed Networking for Founders Researchers and Inventors
mHUB · 1:00 PM CDT
Organized by mHUB
Aspen Ideas: Climate 2026
Convene, Willis Tower · 2:00 PM CDT
Organized by Aspen Institute
Best Buy Teen Tech Center Drop-In Hours
7200 S. Ingleside Chicago, IL 60619 · 2:00 PM CDT
Organized by Gary Comer Youth Center
Future of Commerce Summit: Discover, Build. Launch
Kennedy-King College · 4:00 PM CDT
Organized by Greater Englewood Chamber of Commerce
Chicago Sports Tech Week - Welcome Happy Hour
PB&J · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Mike Lynch
Adopting Solar in Illinois
Provided Upon Registration · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by 350 Chicago
Molecular Ecology: Using biology to grow the materials of the future
ChiTownBio · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by ChiTownBio
TechChicago Week KICKoff!
Skyline Pitch Chicago · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by LongJump, Chicago:Blend, LaFamilia, and Vamos Ventures
Grassroots Founder Pitch Kickoff
Provided Upon Registration · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by Chicago Grassroots Tech Community
Jewish Green Business Network Happy Hour
Provided Upon Registration · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by Adamah
A Seat at the Cap Table: We Don’t Wait for Invitations
Provided upon registration · 6:30 PM CDT
Organized by Black Men in Venture
Money Moves & Meditation for Chicago Brand Founders & Operators
Provided upon registration · 6:45 PM CDT
Organized by Mariah Parsons, Maddie Lavin, Sammy Martin, Jimmy Ton
Analog Room: Humans in the Loop
SoHo House Chicago · 7:00 PM CDT
Organized by Readiness Intelligence Lab
Skip the Small Talk | AI-matched Dinner Experience
Downtown · 7:00 PM CDT
Organized by Rauk AI
Tuesday, July 21
Bagel Entrepreneurs @ TechChicago Week
River North, Chicago (Provided upon registration) · 8:30 AM CDT
Organized by Coinflow Awana Ganance
AI Builder Day: Building Production AI Agents with MongoDB + LangChain
The Dalcy · 8:30 AM CDT
Organized by MongoDB + Langchain
Aspen Ideas: Climate 2026
Convene, Willis Tower · 9:00 AM CDT
Organized by Aspen Institute
AI in the Product Development Life Cycle
Aon Center · 9:00 AM CDT
Organized by Slalom
Chicago’s Second Fashion Tech Meetup! Coffee & Cake at the AIBI Lab
2031 W Fulton St Chicago, IL 60612, USA · 9:00 AM CDT
Organized by Apparel Industry Board, Inc. (AIBI)
Smart Tech, Big Dreams: Learning AI for the Future
Chicago State University · 10:00 AM CDT
Organized by Lisa Pratt, Executive Director
TechWalk
Chicago Riverwalk · 10:00 AM CDT
Organized by Chrystal Price, Chapter Director; Shara Deepankar, Chapter Director
Pilot Readiness – Designing and Running a Pilot
Virtual · 11:00 AM CDT
Organized by mHUB
F & F Ventures - Ecommerce Brunch
The Loop · 11:00 AM CDT
Join F&F Ventures for an intimate brunch bringing together eCommerce founders and the investors backing the next generation of consumer brands. This is a curated event specifically for eCommerce founders and investors. Who attends Founders building eCommerce brands, eCommerce platforms, and tools. VCs, angels, and family offices with active deal flow in consumer and eCommerce space. Format Brunch. Drinks. Small group conversations. Short panel discussion with eCommerce experts and investors. Organized by Founders & Funders
Midwest Fintech Networking Lunch During TechChicago Week
Workbox Chicago - Civic Opera House · 11:00 AM CDT
Organized by Midwest Fintech
Chicago Sports Tech Week
Loft Lucia · 1:00 PM CDT
The Future of Sports Innovation and Engagement Organized by Mike Lynch
Build Your Own AI Agent
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP · 1:00 PM CDT
Organized by Danny Pantuso (Mucker Capital) and Nathan Acevedo (Michael Best)
Panel Discussions
Fulton Market · 1:00 PM CDT
Organized by Mike Lynch
Chicago Connection Lab: Solving for Community
Fabrik Chicago · 1:00 PM CDT
Organized by In Good Company Co. Fabrik Milna Meetups
Systematic Trading with AI-Tested Trading Strategies
Provided Upon Registration · 1:00 PM CDT
Organized by AI Velocity Trading
Women Investing / Investing in Women
MATTER · 2:00 PM CDT
Organized by Golden Seeds Chicago Matter Chicago
Founder Fest (During TechChicago)
Three Cities Social Club (Wicker Park Location) · 2:00 PM CDT
Organized by Kamp
Best Buy Teen Tech Center Drop-In Hours
7200 S. Ingleside Chicago, IL 60619 · 2:00 PM CDT
Organized by Gary Comer Youth Center
Per Scholas Chicago Satellite Campus Launch
Xchange Chicago at the Gary Comer Youth Center · 3:00 PM CDT
Presented by Per Scholas Chicago
RichieBot | Art Exhibit & Documentary Film Experience
Vault Gallerie · 3:00 PM CDT
Organized by Department of Growth
Chicago Demo Day
Norton Rose Fulbright · 4:00 PM CDT
Organized by StartOut, Norton Rose Fulbright, TechRise, World Business Chicago, Innovare
Building Bridges 2: Investors Meeting Investors Cocktail Experience
4:30 PM CDT
Organized by Atlantis Capital, Startup Grind Chicago, and Startup Hypeman in partnership with J.P. Morgan.
So, You Want To Start A Business?
TechNexus Venture Collaborative · 5:00 PM CDT
Organized by Queer Connections: Men of Color + Allies, LLC and TechNexus Venture Collaborative
Women Who Lead @ Chicago Tech Week
Porter Kitchen + Deck · 5:00 PM CDT
Organized by Work Nouveau + JForce
AI & Quantum Security Beyond the Perimeter
Provided Upon Registration · 5:00 PM CDT
Organized by Gopher Security, The AI Collective - Chicago, Starplot, Research Net AI
Claude Cafe – Buildathon
Illy Cafe River North · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Maira Gupta
Chicago Defense and National Security Tech Social
Alumni Ventures LaSalle-Wacker Building · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Frontier Mission Network and Alumni Ventures
Tech for Good: Youth Mentoring & Innovation Gathering
1617 West Washington Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60612 · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by SEL Plus
Health2Tech Chicago
Chicago · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Alex Koshykov, Sarah Porter
Digital Delivery Chicago Meetup
Aon Center · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Slalom and Bitovi
1871 TechPalooza
ReloShare · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by 1871
Quantum Roundtable: What’s Your Business ‘Qase’?
Union League Club of Chicago (ULCC) · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Qampus Club, ULCC Tech Group
Startup Pitch Competition
Fulton Market · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Mike Lynch
Bridging Innovation & Opportunity™ A TechChicago Week Executive Fireside Chat on AI, Quantum Computing & Inclusive Economic Development
Kitchen + Koctails · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce Corporation® Garfield Park Chamber of Commerce Kitchen + Kocktails
Founders & Funders™: Chicago VC Reverse Pitch™
mHUB · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by Founders & Funders™
Adapty x Pie: After Hours Cafe
432 N Clark St · 6:00 PM CDT
Just in time for Chicago Tech Week, Adapty and Pie are collaborating on an After Hours Cafe for app builders! Come through after the 9-5 rush and come build your main / side app projects with us at the Pie office over endless coffee (vendor TBA). Whether you’re building subscription, in mobile, or just in tech, we’d love to have you come out! Adapty is the growth intelligence layer for all mobile consumer apps, helping you make money through paywall tools, paid acquisition attribution, and
TechChicago Week After Hours: Sunset Social Cruise for Founders, Creators & Innovators
Dusable Harbor Breakwater Access (Anita Dee Cruiseline Boat) · 6:30 PM CDT
Organized by Leiah Breitfelder: Founder of Cliquebait & Julia O'Mara: Founder of Pickle Suzanna Ozaila: Founder of Latch
Wednesday, July 22
The Growth Stack: GTM, Sales & Partnerships for Scaling ISOs Panel and Networking
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile · 8:30 AM CDT
Hosted by Midwest Acquirers Association
1 Million Cups Chicago
Teamworking by TechNexus · 9:00 AM CDT
Organized by Chicago Tech Collaborative
Aspen Ideas: Climate 2026
Convene, Willis Tower · 9:00 AM CDT
Organized by Aspen Institute
RCS: The New Way to Interact with Customers via Texts
Teamworking by TechNexus · 9:00 AM CDT
Organized by nativeMsg
Chicago Media & Entertainment Tech Summit
2112 (4245 N Knox Avenue) · 10:00 AM CDT
Organized by 2112 & Center for Creative Entrepreneurship
Stop Running Pilots. Start Running AI and Unlocking Value.
200 N Lasalle Street, Chicago, IL · 11:00 AM CDT
Organized by Launch Consulting
TECHicago: Building for Good
Fabrik Chicago · 11:00 AM CDT
A Chicago Tech Week event for founders building something that matters. Most tech week events, you watch. This one, you're in. Join us for an intimate session on community building, building for good, and navigating the messy middle of social impact, the parts no one posts about. We'll start with a candid panel, open it up to your questions, and then get to the good stuff: small-group hot-seat coaching, where you bring your real challenge to the table and leave with an actual next step (and a... Organized by Centr The App
AI-matched Connections and Interactive Conversations [VIRTUAL]
Virtual · 12:00 PM CDT
Organized by Rauk AI
Chicago Builds: Future of Money
Fulton Market · 1:00 PM CDT
Organized by Landon's Loop
Best Buy Teen Tech Center Drop-In Hours
7200 S. Ingleside Chicago, IL 60619 · 2:00 PM CDT
Organized by Gary Comer Youth Center
Let’s Make A Movie! The Future of AI In Media +
20 N Wacker Dr, Suite 1200 · 2:30 PM CDT
Organized by TeamWorking by TechNexus & Pixquid
Velocity through Community: Solving Grand Challenges via Human-Forward AI
The Metropolitan · 3:00 PM CDT
Organized by Randstad Digital
Partnerships Powering the Future of Healthcare AI
MATTER · 3:30 PM CDT
Organized by Boardwalk Health
2026 Tech Chicago Week: The Future of Tech Careers, Startups and AI
Level Sporting Club · 5:00 PM CDT
Organized by HispanicPro Network, Society of Hispanic Engineers (SHPE) Chicago Chapter, GANAS Tech
Queer Tech Club × PIE: TechChicago Week Mixer
PIE Office · 5:00 PM CDT
Organized by Queer Tech Club + PIE
Match House Chicago
HERE Technologies · 5:00 PM CDT
Organized by Gildre, Matchplay, FirstGlance, Boop
LiT Talk: Agents in Action
LinkedIn · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Latinas in Tech, Techqueria, and LinkedIn
Pixels & Prosecco: Women in Tech Mixer
Provided upon registration · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Lynette Correa-Velez, AI Founder/CEO, Pagame Project
10th Annual Summer Pitch Battle & Party
Chicago · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Startup Grind Chicago
AI, Search & Scale: Elastic x HyperFlex @Chicago Tech Week
Alliance Française de Chicago · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Elastic and Hyperflex
The Marketing Hot Seat: TechWeek Edition
Fabrik Chicago · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Ari Krzyzek, Chykalophia Web Agency
Just Ai Foundation: A Future Worth Imagining
Provided Upon Registration · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Just Ai Foundation
26Q3 Chicago Executive Dinner: Affordability & Grid Optimization
Sunda New Asian · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by Advanced Energy Group
Women Founders Crushing It
Bureau Gravity, 56 S. LaSalle St., Aurora, IL 60505 · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by MomSub
The bots – and robots – are ready. Are you?
Provided Upon Registration · 7:00 PM CDT
Organized by JD Miller and Autopilot at the Foundry
SparkLabs Founders Dinner
Provided Upon Registration · 8:30 PM CDT
Organized by SparkLabs Group
Thursday, July 23
Web3 Investor Day
Willis Tower - Convene · 8:00 AM CDT
Organized by Bridge Alternatives / Decasonic
Frontier: An Obvious.ai Build Sprint
Provided Upon Registration · 9:30 AM CDT
Organized by Obvious
Chicago Sports Tech Week - Women's Sports Day
Loft Lucia · 10:00 AM CDT
Organized by Mike Lynch
Tech Meets Green – Tour nonprofit PCs for People
PCs for People - 4535 SW Highway, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 · 10:00 AM CDT
Organized by PCs for People
From Garage to Gong – An Inside View of Full Stack Tech Investing
Provided upon registration · 11:00 AM CDT
Organized by Alumni Ventures
AEG Chicago 26Q3 Stakeholder Challenge: Affordability & Grid Optimization
Burns & McDonnell · 11:30 AM CDT
Organized by Advanced Energy Group
Chicago Tech Connect
Kennedy King College · 12:00 PM CDT
Organized by City Colleges of Chicago
Evergreen Co_Invest Climate
Blackhawks Ice Center Presented by Fifth Third Bank · 12:30 PM CDT
Organized by Evergreen Climate Innovations
Tech Meets Green – Tour nonprofit PCs for People
PCs for People - 4535 SW Highway, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 · 2:00 PM CDT
Organized by PCs for People
Best Buy Teen Tech Center Drop-In Hours
7200 S. Ingleside Chicago, IL 60619 · 2:00 PM CDT
Organized by Gary Comer Youth Center
Growth for All: Leveraging Data for Community Impact w/ ER Data Solutions
Hybrid - Provided upon registration · 2:00 PM CDT
Organized by ER Data Solutions
Passport to Founders
Fabrik Chicago · 2:00 PM CDT
Organized by Ari Kryzek, Chykalophia Web Agency
Powering Partnerships: Clean Energy Roundtables
Provided Upon Registration · 2:10 PM CDT
Organized by Alejandro Macias
The AI Workforce Shift: How will AI Change Employment
70 West Madison, Conference Room + Virtual Chicago, IL 60602 · 3:00 PM CDT
Organized by Golan Christie Taglia, BuzzCo, WSC, Prefect Sarah Dunkley, Anthony Wenn, Tracy Kramer, Will Smith, George Coyne
WMN Fintech Showcase
BMO Tower - 320 S Canal · 4:00 PM CDT
Organized by 1871, BMO
The Voucher Networking Mixer
20 N Wacker Dr, 15th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606 · 5:00 PM CDT
Organized by Illinois Science & Technology Coalition (ISTC) and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), Sponsored by ForgeX by TechNexus and IEEE Chicago Section
Chicago Grassroots Tech Meetup
Provided Upon Registration · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Chicago Grassroots Tech Community
Milna Launch Party @ TeamWorking
Teamworking by TechNexus · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Sid Khaitan, Founder of Milna; Chris Kilpatrick, Sr. Manager at TeamWorking
The Tunnel Walk – Fashion Show Experience
Chicago · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Mike Lynch
Halcyon >< MATTER Panel and Happy Hour
MATTER · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Halcyon & MATTER
Fundraising for the Rest of Us: How to Build Your Pitch, Navigate Bias, and Raise Capital on Your Terms
Three Cities Social Club · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by Damn Gravity Media Silicon Valley Bank
Summer Sparks: Lighting Talks on AI, Revenue and Customer Success
Workbox, River North · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by CuSP: a Chicago customer success community
CHICAT: Making Magic at the Intersection of Art & Technology
1701 W 13th St. Chicago, IL 60608 · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by Chicago Center for Arts and Technology
The Next Horizon: A Summer Soirée for Tech & Marketing Leaders
Hoste · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by VisualFizz
Stripe Developer Meetup Chicago July 2026
Stripe Office Chicago · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by Stripe Developers
The Finance & AI Executive Table
Provided upon registration · 8:00 PM CDT
Organized by Wael ElSahhar, Midlyr
Friday, July 24
Frontier: An Obvious.ai Build Sprint
Provided Upon Registration · 9:30 AM CDT
Organized by Obvious
TechWalk Solving Grand Challenges: What’s Next for Chicago?
Lakefront · 10:00 AM CDT
Organized by Chrystal Price, Chapter Director; Shara Deepankar, Chapter Director
Building Resilient Communities Brunch Hosted by Verizon, World Business Chicago, and P33
Ovation Chicago · 11:00 AM CDT
Organized by Verizon, World Business Chicago, and P33
Best Buy Teen Tech Center Drop-In Hours
7200 S. Ingleside Chicago, IL 60619 · 12:00 PM CDT
Organized by Gary Comer Youth Center
AI Voices: The Translation Layer
Microsoft Technology Center, Aon Center · 1:00 PM CDT
Organized by Fleming Consulting LLC®, Brownmine AI, K.L.E.O., Microsoft Corporation
Fastest Draw in the 312: Outpacing the Tech Frontier
Provided Upon Registration · 3:00 PM CDT
Organized by Drive Capital
Founders and Funders Forum in Sustainable Technology
Polsky Exchange North · 5:00 PM CDT
Organized by Big Energy Charging Stations and Polsky Center
Impacts of Data Centers on our Climate: An Interactive Workshop
Climate Action Museum · 5:00 PM CDT
Organized by Illinois Environmental Council, Vote Solar, and the Climate Action Museum
Frontier Happy Hour Chicago
Provided Upon Registration · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Obvious
Industrial Biotechnology Dinner in Chicago
Provided Upon Registration · 5:30 PM CDT
Organized by Industrial Biotechnology Community
/dev/color TechChicago: Fore the Culture
Fulton Market · 6:00 PM CDT
Organized by /dev/color Chicago
High Frequency US: Global Talent & Payments Dinner
Provided upon registration · 8:00 PM CDT
Organized by Ontop
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