Hunting Creek Country Club, 6807 Foxcroft Rd, Prospect, KY 40059

Techfest Louisville is an annual event organized and hosted by the Technology Association of Louisville KY (TALK), the area’s employer-led, non-profit tech council. TALK is a member of the Technology Councils of North America (TECNA). This 7th annual Techfest is designed for business and tech professionals in the region to gain knowledge and dialogue about all the tech current trends and their application, including governance, infrastructure, talent development, tech recruitment and more, through case studies, demos, overviews, panel discussions, keynotes, and tech-specific workshops. Our key focus areas in 2025 are: (a) Healthcare IT; (b) Cybersecurity; (c) Artificial Intelligence; and (d) Data Analytics.
Tech professionals, government officials, academics, and business executives are tasked with figuring out how to operate in today’s tech ecosystem with new products, stronger leadership, talent recruitment and management, governance, budgetary considerations, plus data quality and cloud management in a service environment. Our event is designed for engaging with tech circles of influence that may assist in your daily operations, project planning, as well as implementation, plus focus on innovation and deep-dive into emerging technology.
TechFest educates, connects, and entertains the audience of CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, VIPs, CEOs, entrepreneurs, professionals, programmers, data analysts, designers, IT managers, makers, government officials, and more by bringing national and regional speakers and vendors together to cover topics.

Schedule for Thursday August 21
8:30 AM
Trade Show Setup
9:00 AM
Shaun Rodabaugh, Executive Technology Leader, Baptist Health System
10:00 AM
Aaron Butler, Senior Project Manager at Bardstown Bourbon Company
11:00 AM
Corporate Panel Discussion: “Examining Your Next Cybersecurity Spend – Beefing Up For AI & Cyber Resilience”
12:00 PM
Box Lunch will be served for all attendees and tradeshow booth personnel.
Location: On-Premise
Keynote
Keynote Speaker: TBA
1:00 PM
TBA
2:00 PM
TBA
3:00 PM
TBA
4:00 PM-6:00 PM
TALK Cocktail Hours. Heavy Appetizers. Special Prizes!
Schedule for Friday August 22
9:00 AM
Trade Show Setup
10:30 AM – Noon
Workshop:
“How to Build a Simple Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Pipeline” – Justin Tindle, Director of Software Development, E-Blu Solutions
10:00 AM
MIDDLE ROOM:
ISACA – TALK SESSION
Workforce Training – Certifications Overview & Signups
10:30 AM
MIDDLE ROOM:
ISACA – TALK SESSION
“Winning at the Recruitment Game – What to Consider to Move Up the Ladder”
- Michael Newkirk, Professional Services Representative & Recruiter, Patriot Talent
- Dan Lutes, , TCI
- Chris Rittenmueller, Senior Business Development Manager, TCI
11:30 AM
MIDDLE ROOM:
ISACA – TALK SESSION
TALK Panel of Corporate Recruiters
12:00 PM
Keynote with Luncheon / Networking.
Location: On-Premise
1:00 PM
TBA
2:00 PM
TBA
3:00 PM
Trade Show teardown
TechFest Louisville Sponsors for 2025









Friends of Techfest


Wrap-up Video from Techfest 2024

Our Mission
Our mission: Workforce and economic development
Goal: To create opportunities for job growth, job training, STEAM curriculum, plus public policy and advocacy around technology subjects at the state and federal level.
- One of 65+ tech councils in North America, including Canada.
- Member of TECNA (Tech Councils of America)
- Independent, non-profit educational organization
- Registered 501C3.
- Established officially April 22, 2014. First official meetup February 2013.
- In short: Create and identify jobs. Train people.