Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, October 20 through Sunday, October 26!
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 20
Tuesday, October 21
Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. at Buffalo Wild Wings on Tampa Road (Oldsmar): Join Tampa Bay Generative AI Meetup for a casual and engaging evening of AI discussions, great food, and new connections at Wings, Beer, and AI: A Generative Gathering! Whether you’re an AI enthusiast, developer, artist, or just curious about the future of Generative AI, this meetup is the perfect place to share ideas, ask questions, and explore the possibilities of AI.
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, October 22
Wednesday from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at Tampa Bay Innovation Center (St. Pete): AI Salon is the global community bringing together AI founders, builders, investors, and partners to connect and collaborate, and they’re holding their chapter launch!
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday from 5:30 to 8:00 p.m. at University of Tampa Entrepreneurship Center (Tampa): Join Ebony Vaz, Joy Randels, and Dr. Sunny Wear in an IWF discussion about how today’s leaders must embrace cybersecurity as a foundational element of effective leadership.
They will share insights on:
- Leadership strategies for navigating constant technological change
- Integrating cybersecurity into comprehensive business strategy
- Real-world experiences: what actually happens when cyber crises strike
- How inclusion and multidisciplinary thinking create more secure, adaptable organizations
This is an open conversation where your voice matters. All attendees are invited to actively participate in the dialogue about our women and our digital future. Come prepared to engage, share insights, and contribute to this essential discussion that will shape tomorrow’s leadership landscape.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday, October 23
Thursday evening, from 6 – 8 p.m. at Embarc Collective (Tampa): Tampa Bay Techies will host a celebration of the life of Vincent Tang, co-founder of Tampa Devs, whose work has positively impacted countless lives in our community. Hear from those who have worked with Vincent and celebrate his life with the community. Light food and beverages will be served.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday evening, from 6 – 8 p.m. at Green Bench Brewing (St. Pete): The Cyber Ohana Project helps veterans with comprehensive cybersecurity training, ensuring they have the necessary skills to excel in this high-demand field. They also help civilians get up to speed with cybersecurity, too! They’re holding a social evening at Green Bench Brewing, and it’s a chance to meet your local cybersecurity pros, network, find out more about the field, and make new friends!
Find out more and register here.
Friday, October 24
Saturday, October 25
Saturday at Seminole State College’s Sanford/Lake Mary Campus (Sanford): Google Developer Group Central Florida presents DevFest GemJam, where people of all backgrounds come together to imagine, build, and share ideas for a better future. Instead of focusing on competition or speed, it emphasizes collaboration, creativity, and community impact.
At this event, you’ll explore how to use AI responsibly and ethically, ensuring that innovation is guided by inclusivity, fairness, and care for people. Whether you’re a coder, designer, storyteller, or community builder, there’s a place for your voice. Together, we’ll create solutions that reflect both human ingenuity and human values.
Find out more and register here.
Sunday, October 26
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
