The Maker City Summit 2024 is a full weekend of workshops, powerful presentations, and meaningful networking. There is a social event on Friday, September 27 at Maker Exchange. Main programming will take place on Saturday, September 28 - Sunday, September 29, also at Maker Exchange in Downtown Knoxville, TN. The leaders of The Maker City Summit will be ready to ignite conversation and discuss the creative culture in our city, our region, and our nation.

This Summit is designed for makers of all types — from illustrators to innovators, bakers to brewers, tinkerers to full-timers, and everyone in between — who are looking for maker business education and creative inspiration. By attending the Summit, you have access to practical know-how and dialogue about growing a successful maker business. Our goal is that you’ll leave ready to accomplish your next business milestone. All it takes is an eagerness to learn.

Learn from and be inspired by incredible talent from East Tennessee and beyond. Connect with artists, makers, and the larger creative community to network with like-minded makers. Expand your perspective, gain valuable business insights, and get the jumpstart you need to push your creative work further.

Two days of programming, two evening social events, t-shirt, swag, coffee and light pastries in the morning on Saturday and Sunday, lunch on Saturday and Sunday, optional headshot, access to expert one-on-ones in the weeks following the Summit event, and much more.

If you need handicapped parking, please email hello@themakercity.org to reserve a spot.

Parking options are available at public parking lots and garages throughout the downtown area. Their published rates will apply.

The Knoxville Museum of Art offers free parking on the north side of the large staff lot. There's another free lot across the street, which is the first right onto World's Fair Park Drive.

More parking information can be found here.

We want The Maker City Summit to be as accessible as possible. If you’re interested in scholarship opportunities, please contact us at hello@themakercity.org

The Maker City Summit requires a lot of hands to make a successful event. If you’re interested in volunteer opportunities, please contact us at hello@themakercity.org

Whether financial or in-kind, sponsoring The Maker City Summit puts your business in front of our audience, the audience of our speakers, and the maker community. If you would like to discuss sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at hello@themakercity.org

If you are in need of an accommodation for accessibility, please reach out to hello@themakercity.org.

If you are in need of an interpreter, please reach out to hello@themakercity.org.