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”

 

 


 

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.