Check out events being held in our local communities. You'll find both in-person and online offerings.

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Events by location

Cedar Rapids/Iowa City Area (in-person and online)

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Des Moines Area (in-person and online)
  • Thursday, July 31 from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. (in-person): Business Record's 2025 Women of Influence

    • The Women of Influence awards celebrate the work of women who have made a difference. They have devoted their lives to doing things most wouldn’t. They have spent countless hours on various boards and are role models with impeccable ethics. They have blazed a trail either personally or professionally for other women to follow.

      The Women of Influence event will recognize Central Iowa women for their contributions in the public or private sector. Winners are chosen based on the impact they have made in their chosen field or for their contributions through civic and philanthropic organizations. This event will also award the Woman Business Owner of the Year and Emerging Woman of Influence. 

  • Tuesday, August 5 from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. (in-person): Des Moines Data & Analytics Group - A Chatbot for Data Analytics? A Proof of Value Study from Casey’s

    • Event Description: Generative AI is already transforming creative and language-based tasks. Freely available LLMs and prompt engineering are often all you need. However, for precise, repeatable tasks like data analytics, it’s a little more complex.

      Casey’s Analytics Center of Excellence was looking for ways to free up analysts for strategic efforts, reduce last-minute requests, and speed up time to insights for our partners. Could a GenAI assistant, tailored to our business, conduct descriptive and diagnostic analyses for business users at their direction? We decided to find out.

  • Wednesday, August 6 from 12:00 - 1:00 p.m. CST (online): Made in Iowa: 2025 Iowa Manufacturing Forecast
    • Event Description: In a time marked by tariffs and economic uncertainty, Iowa’s manufacturing sector is persisting through new pressures as well as existing challenges including elevated interest rates, a depressed ag economy and ongoing labor shortages. A handful of manufacturers have recently reported layoffs, reflecting pressure in the sector. At the upcoming Manufacturing Forecast event, a panel of industry leaders will examine how Iowa’s manufacturing sector is responding and offer an outlook on what to expect from the manufacturing economy heading into 2026. The discussion will cover how tariffs’ effect on manufacturing could affect other sectors, how companies are adjusting capital investment plans and strategies for attracting and retaining manufacturers and skilled workers.

Check out the Greater DSM Partnership page for more upcoming events in the area.