Events

Convergence AI returns to Dallas April 30–May 1, backed by Google and Accenture—with a focus on applied AI and North Texas innovators.

Two-Day Convergence AI Conference Names First Speakers From Toyota, CBRE, Accenture—and More

Set for April 30–May 1, the expanded 2025 conference—backed by Google and Accenture—will focus on applied AI, feature top corporate leaders, and unveil the second annual AI75 list of innovators.
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Calloway’s Nursery To Offer the World’s First ‘Biolumenescent’ Flower
by | Mar 11, 2025
One of TIME Magazine's Best Inventions of 2024, Light Bio's glow-in-the-dark Firefly Petunia goes on sale this Friday at Calloway's Nursery locations across DFW. Gardeners can get insights about the flower at special after-hours events that same day.
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Chopper Swarm Over Downtown Dallas: Verticon Conference Swoops in Friday
by | Mar 6, 2025
More than 34 helicopters, including some of the world's most popular models, will start arriving about 10 a.m. Friday at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas.
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DEC Network Celebrates Innovation at 10th Annual State of Entrepreneurship, Honors DFW Founders, Companies
by | Feb 25, 2025
From startup evangelists to visionary leaders, community-voted awards recognize excellence across the North Texas ecosystem.
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EarthX Announces Earthx2025: A Global Conference in Dallas on Sustainability, Green Finance, and Conservation

by | Feb 13, 2025
EarthX Founder Trammell S. Crow said this year's five-day conference will be the organization's largest ever, "bringing together leaders, advocates, and innovators from around the world to work together on tangible solutions for our planet."
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The Last Word: On the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum Honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day
This coming Monday, Jan. 27, marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, also recognized as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. In the run-up to this global event, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is opening up its doors for free to students this Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 25 and 26.
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The Dallas Foundation Launches Rising GENerosity to Engage the Next Wave of Philanthropic Leaders
by | Dec 4, 2024
The Rising GENerosity kickoff at Dallas’ Park House brought together changemakers aged 25 to 50 for an evening of bold ideas, meaningful connections, and fresh inspiration. See highlights in our gallery.
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Venture Dallas 2024 Kickoff Spotlights North Texas as a Thriving Hub for Entrepreneurs: ‘This Is the Best Time and Place To Be’
by | Nov 7, 2024
Behind the scenes at an exclusive VIP event at the Perot family's Circle T Ranch in Westlake, where Ross Perot Jr. and Anurag Jain held forth in an annual highlight of the Venture Dallas summit.
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Celebrity Chefs Are Cooking Up a Benefit to Fight Child Hunger Saturday in Dallas

by | Oct 29, 2024
“Meet the Chefs,” a signature fundraising event for local nonprofit Hunger Busters, will feature Food Network celebrities and local restaurant, steakhouse menu curator, and "food artist" luminaries.
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EarthX Announces Speakers for Next April’s Earthx2025 Conference
by | Oct 28, 2024
Slated for April 21-25 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Earthx2025 will feature four main conference tracks, three invitation-only summits, and several partner conferences and side events that convene leaders around a broad-range of environmental topics and initiatives.
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OpenAI CFO Featured in Launch of Pegasus Park Speaker Series
by | Oct 28, 2024
OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar, the former CEO of Nextdoor, was the inaugural guest at last week's launch of the Pegasus Park Speaker Series at the biotech hub in Dallas. The fireside chat before 200 "tenants and friends" of Pegasus Park featured interviewer Nicole Small, CEO of Lyda Hill Philanthropies and LH Capital, and was followed by a Ladies Who Launch event.
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Finalists Announced for The Innovation Awards 2025, Presented by D CEO and Dallas Innovates
The Innovation Awards 2025 recognizes 76 companies and trailblazers paving the way for the future of innovation in North Texas. Here's who made the finalists list.
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Venture Dallas Announces 2024 Startup of the Year Awards Finalists, Expands Field to 20 After Record Nominations

by | Oct 21, 2024
Winners will be revealed in a live announcement at the George W. Bush Presidential Center during the Venture Dallas Summit on October 30.
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Venture Dallas Names First Round of Speakers for 2024 Summit
by | Oct 11, 2024
Featuring leaders like Jesse Draper of Halogen Ventures, Jim Lee of the Texas Stock Exchange, and Christopher Darby, former CEO of In-Q-Tel, the October 30 event at the Bush Center in Dallas will focus on emerging trends in sectors such as healthcare, national security, and the creator economy.
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2026 Just Got Louder: IndyCar Grand Prix Roaring Into Arlington Entertainment District
by | Oct 9, 2024
If you've been stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic around Texas Stadium and Globe Life Field before a game, you probably dreamed of going faster. How does 200 MPH-plus sound? Those speeds are on the way when the IndyCar Grand Prix of Arlington roars through in 2026.
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AURORA Biennial Returning to Downtown Dallas with Free Multi-Sensory Art Experience
by | Oct 8, 2024
Titled "FuturePresentPast," the one-night-only event will be held Saturday, Nov. 16, at Dallas City Hall and surrounding areas. Regional and international artists will be presenting "an expansive exhibition of technology-based public art" that explores North Texas' past "in order to shape our future through the present."
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