Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 3 through Sunday, August 9!
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, August 3
- Tuesday, August 4
- Wednesday, August 5
- Thursday, August 6
- Friday, August 7
- Saturday, August 8
- Sunday, August 9
Monday, August 3
Tuesday, August 4
Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. online: Computer Coach presents Standing Out In A Crowd: Truths for navigating a flooded market!
From their description:
This Job Search Masterclass looks at what helps candidates rise above the noise in today’s competitive job market. Instead of relying on outdated advice, we’ll explore practical job search strategies that help you become a stronger candidate and make a more memorable impression.
We’ll explore topics like:
- Why qualified candidates still get overlooked
- What recruiters notice during the hiring process
- Common job search habits that waste time
- Ways to position your experience more effectively
- How to focus your efforts where they can have the greatest impact
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, August 5
Wednesday at 5:30 at Entrepreneur Collaborative Center (Tampa): Tampa Bay Biotech presents Building Agentic AI Projects for Machine Learning: A Practical Development Guide!
From their writeup:
In this presentation, we will explore the latest technologies, architectures, frameworks, and development practices for building Agentic AI applications that manage the complete machine learning lifecycle—from data acquisition and preprocessing to feature engineering, model training, evaluation, explainability, deployment, monitoring, and intelligent decision support. Rather than focusing solely on machine learning models, we will demonstrate how AI agents can reason, plan, invoke specialized skills, collaborate with external tools and services, and coordinate multiple machine learning models to automate complex workflows while keeping humans in control of critical decisions. Attendees will gain a practical understanding of modern Agentic AI frameworks, software architecture patterns, and best practices for developing intelligent systems that extend far beyond traditional ML pipelines.
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday at 5:30 at spARK Labs (St. Pete): It’s time for another AI Salon St. Pete / Tampa! It’s your chance to meet local AI movers and shakers and find out what’s going on here in “The Other Bay Area”!
Find out more and register here.
Thursday, August 6
Friday, August 7
Friday at 10:00 a.m. at Paradeco Coffee Roasters (St. Pete): Tampa Bay Designers presents an opportunity to co-work in a friendly space with great people and coffee!
Find out more and register here.
Saturday, August 8
Sunday, August 9
| Event name and location | Group | Time |
|---|---|---|
| Saltmarsh and Beyond (5e 2024 D&D Campaign) Sunday, Aug 9 · 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Adventurers of Central Florida | 5:00 PM |
| Sunday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa Whole Foods Market |
Chess Republic | 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT |
| D&D Adventurers League Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games | 2:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
| Traveller – Science Fiction Adventure RPG Black Harbor Gaming |
St Pete and Pinellas Tabletop RPG Group | 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
| Sunday Pokemon League Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games | 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
| A Duck Presents NB Movie Night Discord.io/Nerdbrew |
Nerd Night Out | 7:00 PM to 11:30 PM EDT |
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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
