Monday, 7/27, is the day when we celebrate the techies and tech companies in the 727 area code: 727 Tech Day!
727 Tech Day is a one-day, all-in celebration of the St. Pete / Clearwater / Pinellas tech community, presented by the folks behind Tampa Bay Tech Week (with HyLo Innovation and W3RTech). If TBTW is the five-day, five-neighborhood sprawl, then 727 Tech Day as the encore focused on a single Tampa Bay county, with everybody in the same few rooms.
If you’re anywhere near the 727 and you build systems or software for a living, this is the easiest “yes” on your calendar this week.
The essentials
- When: Monday, July 27, 2026
- Where: Clearwater and St. Pete. It’s a venue-hop (details below)!
- Cost: Register on Luma → luma.com/567lh3c0
- Vibe: Panels, hands-on workshops, a lot of open networking, and an evening that keeps going
727 Tech Day moves around the county!
This isn’t a sit-in-one-ballroom-until-4pm situation. The day migrates across Clearwater and St. Pete, which is either a feature or a step-count challenge depending on your mood:
- Sunrise yoga on the rooftop at Station House to kick things off. Yes, yoga. At a tech event. Bring your own mat or grab one onsite. I’m told no other tech event in Florida opens like this, and I believe it.
- Morning sessions at Collaborative Labs (over at St. Petersburg College).
- Afternoon sessions at NOVA 535 in downtown St. Pete.
- Happy Hour Networking at 4 PM at the St. Pete Athletic Club, with three hours of the good stuff (founders, operators, investors, community folks, all in one place).
- Closing Night at 7 PM at The Estate, because “conversations to activations” apparently requires at least one iconic venue and a proper send-off.
Why go?
Because this is our scene! It shows up best when we show up. 727 Tech Day is pitched as “no filler, no fluff”. The afternoon track alone, which is a build-something-real AI workshop plus three panels that all promise to separate signal from hype, is worth the trip. Add the networking window and the closing night, and you’ve got a full day of the people you actually want to run into.
I’ll be around. Come say hi! I’m the one with the accordion energy and strong opinions about zero-trust networking.
Grab your spot: luma.com/567lh3c0. For more info, check out 727techday.com
See you in the 727!