About ChiropracticEvents.com
TL;DR
ChiropracticEvents.com is the profession's first AI-powered, autonomous directory for continuing education (CE), seminars, and association conventions. We built this platform to solve a decades-old problem: the fragmentation of chiropractic event data. By leveraging advanced machine learning, computer vision, and custom data-ingestion pipelines, we aggregate, clean, and organize hundreds of scattered live and on-demand events into a single, searchable database for the chiropractic profession.
The Origins: From Planet Chiropractic to AI
The DNA of ChiropracticEvents.com traces back to the very early days of the internet. Founded by Dr. Michael Dorausch, the platform is an evolution of the ethos behind Planet Chiropractic (planetc1.com)—one of the first and most trafficked chiropractic websites in the world, launched before Google even existed.
For over 30 years, Dr. Dorausch has been a fixture in the chiropractic community, speaking at events, seminars, and conventions worldwide. Over those three decades, one frustrating constant remained: finding accurate, up-to-date information on continuing education and seminars can be incredibly difficult.
The profession's data has always been heavily siloed. A doctor looking to fulfill their state license requirements often has to hunt across dozens of independent state association websites, decipher poorly formatted PDFs, and navigate clunky university catalogs just to find a weekend seminar.
We realized that to truly serve the profession, we didn't just need a better calendar—we needed a completely new way to process data.
Dr. Michael Dorausch, DC
Founder
Planet Chiropractic · planetc1.com
The Technical Challenge: Taming Massively Subluxated Web Data
To understand why a centralized directory like this hasn't existed before, you have to look at the reality of the internet. Gathering event information from hundreds of independent sources is an absolute data engineering nightmare. The "Wild West" of chiropractic event data includes:
The Graphic-Only Schedule
Many associations still upload seminar schedules as single .jpg flyers or scanned images—completely invisible to traditional search engines.
The JavaScript Maze
Modern catalogs often use heavy client-side rendering, burying speaker lists and CE credits deep within complex application logic.
The Formatting Chaos
No two organizations format their data the same way. Dates are written differently, CE hours are hidden in titles, and speaker credentials routinely break standard sorting algorithms.
How We Do It: The Data Engineering Pipeline
ChiropracticEvents.com is not built on manual data entry; it is built on autonomous, AI-driven ingestion pipelines. To overcome the challenges of unstructured data, we developed a proprietary architecture utilizing modern large language models (LLMs) and advanced scraping methodologies:
Multimodal AI Ingestion
We utilize Google's Gemini Pro models as semantic processors. Our engine reads pages like a human—understanding context to identify CE hours, venues, and speaker bios without relying on fragile HTML scrapers.
Computer Vision & Document Parsing
For organizations relying on image flyers and complex PDF brochures, our pipeline employs OCR and Gemini's Vision API to extract dates, times, and speakers from graphic schedules into structured database rows.
Sanitization & Delta-Tracking
Before any event goes live, custom middleware sanitizes text via strict Pydantic schemas—scrubbing encoding glitches, standardizing pricing, generating SEO slugs, and filtering out sponsorships mislabeled as seminars.
The Tech Stack
The platform runs on a decoupled architecture: React/Next.js on the frontend for speed, PostgreSQL on the backend for strict relational mapping—ensuring a PACE-approved course accurately reflects across multiple state compliance matrices.
The Platform Today
Our engine autonomously tracks data across numerous state associations, CE networks, and independent providers. At a glance, our live database manages:
~1,000
Active Events Tracked
100+ in-person live, 900+ on-demand
Dozens
Host Domains Monitored
Continuously scanned for new releases
Thousands
CE Hours Mapped
Categorized for state compliance
Growing
Speaker & Educator Matrix
Top voices in the profession
Looking Ahead
We are continuously refining our Python ingestion scripts and expanding our target domains. Our goal is to shift the burden of discovery off the shoulders of the chiropractor and onto the servers. We are building the engine so that you can focus on what you do best: serving your patients and advancing the principles of chiropractic.
Disclaimer on AI Curation
We use AI automation to discover and list chiropractic meetings, conferences, and seminars across the country. However, because we aggregate data from so many external sources, details found on ChiropracticEvents.com are not guaranteed to be perfectly accurate or up-to-date. To confirm CE approvals, pricing, and exact schedules, please verify the information directly with the official host organization.