Entrepreneurial Economic Development Calendar

Events that shine a spotlight on entrepreneurship

A calendar of events celebrating entrepreneurs and economic development

Attending conferences and events is one of the best ways to stay up-to-date with entrepreneurship-led economic development. We’ve curated this calendar to help economic developers and ecosystem builders stay abreast of networking opportunities, educational webinars and national conversations happening around entrepreneurship.

Below, you’ll find just a few of the business and entrepreneur-focused events on our radar in 2022. This list is not comprehensive and does not serve as an endorsement for non-SourceLink events. If there’s something we missed, feel free to send us a note.

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January 2023

Jan

National Mentoring Month

Jan

Financial Wellness Month

1-7

National Thank Your Customers Week

13

Make Your Dream Come True Day

16

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

16-20

World Economic Forum Annual Meeting

Davos-Klosters, Switzerland #WEF23

18-20

U.S. Conference of Mayors- 91st Winter Meeting

19-20

IEDC Training Course: Managing Economic Development Organizations

18-21

American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Workforce Development Institute 2023

Jacksonville, FL

18-22

United States Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE) 2023 Conference

Tallahassee, FL

28-29

IEDC Certified Economic Developer (CEcD) Exam

Tuscon, AZ

29-31

IEDC 2023 Leadership Summit

Tuscon, AZ

February 2023

Feb

Black History Month

Feb

Youth Leadership Month

Feb

Library Lovers' Month

9

International Day of Women and Girls in Science

#womeninSTEM

11

National Inventors Day

11-18

National Entrepreneurship Week

15

Finding More Volunteers: Beyond the same ten people who try to do it all; Radically Rural

21-24

IEDC Economic Development Academy

21-22

IEDC Introduction to Entrepreneurship-led Economic Development

23-24

IEDC Accelerating Growth through Entrepreneurship-Led Economic Development

March 2023

Mar

National Women’s History Month

3-5

Sustainability, Ethics & Entrepreneurship Conference

#SEEConf San Juan, PR

8

International Women’s Day

#IWD2023 #EmbraceEquity

8

CityAge: How to Build the Future Workforce

9-10

IEDC Business Retention and Expansion

10-19

2023 SXSW Interactive Conference

#SXSW

12

Daylight Saving Time 2023

15

America's SBDC Day

#SBDCday

20-23

WBENC 2023: Momentum National Conference

Nashville, TN

22-24

Advancing Research Impact in Society Summit

22-24

IEDC Economic Development Credit Analysis

26-28

2023 National League of Cities Congressional City Conference

Washington D.C.

27-29

Main Street Now Conference

Boston, MA

29

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

April 2023

1-4

2023 American Association of Community Colleges Annual Conference (AACC Annual)

Denver, CO

11-12

Startup Grind Global Conference 2023

#startupgrind

12-14

Skoll World Forum

Oxford, UK, #skollwf

13-14

IEDC Neighborhood Development Strategies

Virtual

20

National Get to Know Your Customer Day

#GetToKnowYourCustomersDay

23-26

InBIA 37th International Conference on Business Incubation (ICBI37)

Detroit, MI

23-29

National Library Week 2023

#NationalLibraryWeek

24-26

SourceLink Summit

San Juan, PR

25-27

2023 Collective Impact Action Summit

Virtual

27-28

IEDC Real Estate Development and Reuse

Virtual

30

National Small Business Week, April 30 - May 6

#SmallBusinessWeek #NSBW #NationalSmallBusinessWeek

May 2023

May

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

May

Jewish American Heritage Month

1-4

Global Entrepreneurship Congress 2023

Melbourne, Australia

4-5

IEDC Entrepreneurial & Small Business Development Strategies Course

Virtual

8-12

Economic Development Week

#EconDevWeek

9-12

Women in Tech Global Conference 2023

Virtual

10-12

Mid-America Economic Development Council Best Practices Conference

Kansas City, MO

16-18

Angel Capital Association Annual Summit

Las Vegas, NV

16-19

2023 IEDC Economic Development Academy

Virtual

29

Memorial Day

31

Inventures, May 31 - June 2

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

June 2023

June

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transexual Pride Month

2-5

U.S. Conference of Mayors- 91st Annual Meeting

Columbus, OH

7-8

Startup Champions Network Policy Summit

Washington, D.C.

7-10

Babson College Entrepreneurship Research Conference

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

11-13

IEDC Economic Future Forum

Calgary, AB

19

Juneteenth

20-21

OFN Small Business Finance Forum

Chicago, IL

20-22

RuralRISE Summit

Waterville and Skowhegan, Maine

25-28

2023 APLU Council on Research Summer Meeting

Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

27-28

IEDC Technology Led Economic Development

Virtual

27-30

IEDC Economic Development Academy

Virtual

29-30

IEDC Workforce Development Strategies

Virtual

29

Essence Festival of Culture June 29 - July 3

New Orleans, LA #ESSENCEFESTIVAL

July 2023

July

National Park and Recreation Month

July

National Culinary Arts Month

4

Independence Day

24-28

IEDC Economic Development Academy

Virtual

24-25

IEDC Business Retention and Expansion

Virtual

26-29

National Urban League Annual Conference

Houston, TX

31

2023 Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives Convention

Salt Lake City, UT #ACCE23

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