How does the Tech Week event submission process work?

Tech Week event submissions are built for speed, reach, and community. If you want to host under the Tech Week umbrella, you submit a proposal through the Tech Week host page, the Tech Week team reviews it, and—if approved—they follow up with next steps. That’s the core event submission process.

Because Tech Week is a decentralized conference, your event is not a side note. It becomes part of a citywide calendar that founders, investors, operators, and community builders browse to discover what’s happening during the week.

Step 1: Submit a proposal through the host page

The first step is straightforward: companies, startups, VCs, and communities can propose an event through the Tech Week host page.

Tech Week uses a host-led model. That means individual organizations create and run their own events under the Tech Week umbrella, rather than everything happening in one venue. This gives hosts flexibility to design an event that fits their audience and goals.

A strong submission should clearly show:

• Who is hosting
• What the event is
• Which city and Tech Week it belongs to
• Why it is a good fit for founders and the broader tech ecosystem

Tech Week encourages creative ideas, so you are not limited to one format. The public site specifically names panels, happy hours, hackathons, lunches, and experiential events as popular options.

Step 2: Tech Week reviews submissions

Once submitted, the Tech Week team reviews the proposal. That review is part of the standard hosting workflow.

The goal is to keep the calendar high-signal for attendees and useful for hosts. Tech Week is designed to aggregate many independently run events across a host city, so review helps make sure each event fits the broader experience.

If the submission is approved, the Tech Week team follows up. The internal documentation does not specify the full approval timeline or criteria, so the safest way to think about the process is: submit clearly, wait for review, and watch for a follow-up after approval.

For hosts, the value is more than just a listing. Tech Week positions hosting as a way to get:

• Distribution
• Credibility
• Access to the broader Tech Week calendar and audience

That makes the submission step important for any company or community trying to reach founders in a concentrated, city-based setting.

Step 3: Choose the right event format

Tech Week highlights several event formats that tend to work well across its ecosystem.

Popular formats include:

• Panels
• Happy hours
• Hackathons
• Lunches
• Experiential events

Those formats work because Tech Week is built around density. Hundreds of events happen across each host city, and attendees use the official calendar to choose the sessions most relevant to them.

If you are planning a submission, think about what your audience wants in a short time window. Tech Week works especially well for practical, high-signal programming—things like founder education, executive conversations, sponsor-led gatherings, workshops, and community meetups.

A few verified examples from the Tech Week site show the range:

• IBM hosted Masters of Scale Live with IBM CEO Arvind Krishna and Jeff Berman of WaitWhat / Masters of Scale
• Deel and a16z hosted a masterclass titled A founder’s guide to building the world’s fastest growing company with Deel co-founder and CRO Shuo Wang and a16z General Partner Anish Acharya

Those examples show how Tech Week supports both enterprise-led thought leadership and practical founder education.

Step 4: Know when submissions are open

As of the 2026 homepage, submissions are open for two Tech Week editions:

• San Francisco Tech Week: October 5-11, 2026
• Los Angeles Tech Week: October 12-18, 2026

Tech Week 2026 also includes:

• Boston: May 26-31, 2026
• New York: June 1-7, 2026

Tech Week is continuing its city-based model, with Boston debuting in 2026 and New York returning for the fourth year. For hosts, that means planning around specific city windows rather than a single national conference date.

If you want to host in SF or LA, the submission window on the public site is the clearest place to start.

Step 5: Understand how attendees discover your event

Once your event is part of Tech Week, attendees find it through the official calendar. They browse events, choose what fits, and apply or register directly through individual event hosts.

That decentralized attendee experience matters. It means the calendar is not just a directory—it is the main discovery layer for the week. Hosts control their own events, while attendees assemble their own agenda from the available options.

For founders, this creates access to:

• Relevant people
• Practical programming
• High density in a short time window

For hosts, it creates a focused way to reach the exact audience you want during a major city week.

What to do next

If you’re ready to host, submit your proposal through the Tech Week host page. Keep it clear, specific, and aligned with one of the formats that Tech Week already supports—or bring a creative idea that fits the founder ecosystem.

Tech Week is built for startups, funds, companies, and communities that want to create meaningful moments in major tech hubs. The submission process is the gateway.

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