Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, October 13 through Sunday, October 19!
This list includes both in-person and online events. Note that each item in the list includes:
✅ When the event will take place
✅ What the event is
✅ Where the event will take place
✅ Who is holding the event
This week’s events
- Monday, October 13
- Tuesday, October 14
- Wednesday, October 15
- Thursday, October 16
- Friday, October 17
- Saturday, October 18
- Sunday, October 19
Monday, October 13
Monday through Wednesday this week at the Marriott Water Street (Tampa): CyberBay 2025, Tampa Bay’s cybersecurity / AI / national security conference takes place! Organized by the University of South Florida, Cyber Florida, Bellini Capital, the USF Bellini College of AI, Cybersecurity, and Computing, and the USF Institute for AI+X, CyberBay is where talent, technology, and national security converge to build the future of digital defense.
Find out more and register here.
Tuesday, October 14
Tuesday at 10:00 a.m., online: Computer Coach is hosting the webinar Essential Elements of a Digital Portfolio, where you’ll learn how to create a compelling digital portfolio to showcasing your skills and experience effectively, which is crucial in today’s job market.
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, October 15
Wednesday from 4:30 to 7:00 p.m. at Kforce headquarters (Tampa): Career Rebound are holding a special event at Tampa’s very own Kforce (who helped me land my current gig). Join them for an in-person meeting, where Kforce’s specialists will provide free resume reviews! Meet others and get personal attention as you learn how they can help you in your career transition or job search.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday, October 16
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Kforce headquarters (Tampa): Tampa Java User Group, Tampa Bay Artificial Intelligence Group, and Tampa Devs present Architecture Patterns for AI Powered Applications! Learn about when it’s a good idea to add AI to your applications, and if that’s the case, learn what architecture patterns work well!
Find out more and register here.
Thursday at 6 p.m. at Dracula’s Legacy (St. Pete): Tampa Bay Designers is holding their next Design Hangout at St. Pete’s best vampire-themed bar! Join your fellow designers as we grab some drinks, talk shop, or whatever else comes to mind.
Find out more and register here.
Friday, October 17
Saturday, October 18
Sunday, October 19
About this list
How do I put this list together?
It’s largely automated. I have a collection of Python scripts in a Jupyter Notebook that scrapes Meetup and Eventbrite for events in categories that I consider to be “tech,” “entrepreneur,” and “nerd.” The result is a checklist that I review. I make judgment calls and uncheck any items that I don’t think fit on this list.
In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.
What goes into this list?
I prefer to cast a wide net, so the list includes events that would be of interest to techies, nerds, and entrepreneurs. It includes (but isn’t limited to) events that fall under any of these categories:
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- Programming, DevOps, systems administration, and testing
- Tech project management / agile processes
- Video, board, and role-playing games
- Book, philosophy, and discussion clubs
- Tech, business, and entrepreneur networking events
- Toastmasters and other events related to improving your presentation and public speaking skills, because nerds really need to up their presentation game
- Sci-fi, fantasy, and other genre fandoms
- Self-improvement, especially of the sort that appeals to techies
- Anything I deem geeky