2026 BLAZE AI Summit

BLAZE AI Summit 2026

📅 September 22, 2026

🕗 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM*

📍 Weidner Field | Colorado Springs, CO

Presented by BBB of Southern Colorado

In Partnership with the Colorado AI Alliance

Ignite the Future of Your Business with AI

The BLAZE AI Summit is Southern Colorado's premier artificial intelligence conference designed specifically for small businesses, entrepreneurs, executives, and forward-thinking leaders ready to turn AI into a competitive advantage.

Artificial intelligence is no longer a future trend—it's transforming how businesses market, sell, serve customers, and make decisions today. BLAZE was created to help business leaders move beyond curiosity and confidently begin using AI in practical, meaningful ways.

Set against the backdrop of Colorado Springs, this one-day immersive summit brings together nationally recognized AI experts, innovative business leaders, and real-world practitioners who are helping organizations work smarter, innovate faster, and grow with confidence.

Whether you're taking your first step into AI or looking to expand your current strategy, you'll leave with practical tools, proven frameworks, and actionable ideas you can begin implementing immediately.

Summit Goals

The BLAZE AI Summit exists to make artificial intelligence practical, approachable, and immediately valuable for business leaders.

Our goal isn't simply to introduce AI—it's to help you confidently apply it to the challenges and opportunities facing your organization today.

Every attendee should leave with:

• Five or more AI tools, prompts, or strategies they can begin using immediately.

• A clear understanding of how AI can improve productivity, marketing, customer service, operations, and decision-making.

• The confidence to begin implementing AI responsibly within their business.

• A practical roadmap for integrating AI over the next 30 to 90 days.

• Connections with a growing community of business leaders embracing innovation together.

Most importantly, we want every participant to shift from asking "What is AI?" to confidently answering "Here's how I'm using AI to grow my business."

What You'll Learn

Practical AI for Real Businesses

This isn't a conference about futuristic technology or technical jargon.

It's about solving real business problems.

Throughout the day, you'll hear from AI leaders, entrepreneurs, and industry experts who are actively helping organizations implement AI across marketing, sales, operations, customer service, strategy, and leadership.

Sessions are designed to help you:

• Save time by automating repetitive work

• Improve marketing and customer engagement

• Increase productivity with today's leading AI tools

• Build smarter workflows and business systems

• Understand responsible and ethical AI implementation

• Develop an AI strategy that supports long-term business growth

Whether you're a business owner, nonprofit leader, manager, or professional, you'll leave with ideas you can put into practice the very next day.

Learn. Connect. Take Action.

The BLAZE AI Summit combines inspiring keynote presentations, interactive panel discussions, and hands-on breakout sessions designed for every experience level.

Rather than overwhelming attendees with technical complexity, every session focuses on practical implementation, real-world examples, and immediate business value.

You'll leave with more than inspiration—you'll leave with a plan.

Because AI isn't replacing business leaders.

It's empowering the ones who are ready to lead the future.

*Lunch is included with the purchase of a ticket