SCHEDULE
8:00 -
9:30 AM
Monday Night Brewing
1308 Adams St
Your recharge stop during 3686 week. Coffee poured by Asulon Collective, plus Pitch Portraits, a free professional headshot for your next pitch or your LinkedIn profile. Built for founders, investors, advisors, and anyone in town for 3686 who wants to keep the momentum going.
8:30 -
9:15 AM
Werthan Building Plaza
601 Press Pl
Start your Wednesday with movement, mindfulness, and fresh air. Join our friends from Small World Yoga for an outdoor slow flow session designed to help you stretch, reset, and recharge before another packed day at 3686. Whether you're a seasoned yogi or still learning, all experience levels are welcome—just bring yourself and get ready to start the day feeling your best.
9:00 -
10:30 AM
The Lighthouse
207 24th Ave N
Come check out the Lighthouse. We rarely open the doors to the public, so this is your shot! We’ll have a coffee truck from Paradeisos offering drinks. Grab something, walk around the space, and hangout with founders. No panels or agenda, just good people building in Nashville!
Cohosts include:
Derrick from FBT, Andrea from Rho, Tommy from Riverfront
9:30 -
11:30 AM
Monday Night Brewing
1308 Adams St
Join a lively discussion on the impact of AI data center development. Communities are demanding a seat at the negotiating table. Nashville's Metro Council approved sweeping legislation to protect the community in July.
Guests will include: Ross Hamilton, Design Manager at global architecture firm Gensler; and Burkley Allen, mechanical engineer and at-Large Nashville Metro Council member.
The Innovators Forum explores AI, energy, and health and is co-hosted by Julia Polk of Curio and Dr. Reed Omary, a planetary care physician.
11:00 AM -
1:00 PM
Werthan Building
601 Taylor Pl
Join us for a lunch session led by the Nelson Mullins law firm, covering negotiation strategies for financings, exits and technology transactions. Topics include market terms for Safes, Convertible Notes, Preferred Stock; key M&A considerations; investor expectations for equity and IP protection; and AI and technology commercial transactions.
11:30 AM -
12:30 PM
Monday Night Brewing
1308 Adams St
In this hands-on workshop, co-hosted by Jessica Murray and Melissa Jones, founders will learn how to interpret real-time customer behavior through the lenses of design, marketing, and operations — and use those insights to build smarter, more aligned experiences. We’ll explore how customer insights reveal hidden friction, operational inefficiencies and gaps in your user experience— and how to respond with intentional design decisions, clearer communication, and streamlined systems.
12:30 -
1:30 PM
Monday Night Brewing
1308 Adams St
Building a venture backed company comes with a distinct set of challenges with raising venture capital often being one of the most challenging. Join us for a discussion with early-stage investors and leading industry experts who will provide candid advice and insights into the fundraising process.
1:45 -
2:45 PM
Werthan Building
601 Taylor Pl
Join the Tennessee Advanced Energy Business Council, Tennessee Tech, the Knoxville Entrepreneur Center, and the Biz Foundry to take a deep dive into grid innovation in the Appalachian region. Hear from innovators and infrastructure developers and see a demo of HILLTOP+, a tool developed by Tennessee Tech to model new technologies in real time and provide utilities and startups with real data on how a new innovation will affect the grid.
1:45 -
2:45 PM
Partner Popup
Brewing Connections
Building in Public: An Interactive Social Media Workshop
Monday Night Brewing
1308 Adams St
Stop scrolling. Start creating. Janvier Buggs, the EC's social media and content manager, grew her own brand woogirling to 34,000 followers across Instagram and TikTok, self-taught, by filming Nashville. She is bringing that to a hands-on hour: why short-form video works, what makes people stop scrolling, and the BUILD framework for making content on purpose. You leave with a video concept and B-roll shot on-site. No expertise, no camera. Bring your phone.
2:00 -
4:00 PM
Partner Popup
Emerging Defense Technology Forum
Tennessee State Library and Archives
1001 Rep. John Lewis Way N
Founders from emerging defense technology startups will share their backgrounds, what pulled them into the space, and the ideas they are building around today’s toughest industry challenges. Expect a lively hour of real stories, sharp perspectives, and a closer look at where innovation in defense is heading.
3:00 -
4:00 PM
Monday Night Brewing
1308 Adams St
Founders Circles exists to help underrepresented entrepreneurs build relationships, access opportunities, and find support along the way. This happy hour makes room for real conversations and useful introductions, the kind that turn into collaborators, customers, mentors, and friends. Every Founders Circles program works on one of the three biggest gaps underrepresented founders face: capital, community, and representation.
4:00 -
6:00 PM
Back Corner at Fifth & Taylor
1411 5th Ave N
Join us for AgeInnovate's 2026 live pitch competition. Three finalists take the stage to compete for a $25,000 investment from Community Equity Partners, judged live in front of Nashville's AgeTech community of founders, investors, and industry leaders.
AgeInnovate is Tennessee's AgeTech community, connecting founders building the future of aging and care with real local investment. In 2025, we moved $100K+ into AgeTech startups, including a $25,000 win for SpendCare.
4:30 -
6:00 PM
Monday Night Brewing
1308 Adams St
Borrowed from Nashville's songwriting rounds. Founders, researchers, and innovators interview one another about the problems they are solving and the collaborations that got them there.
Featuring Mark Norton (Adele Health), Kate O'Neil (Opre), Nikki Sanz (Giggs), and Ian Villa (Whisper Aero).
