Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 21 through Sunday, September 27!
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, September 21
Tuesday, September 22
Tuesday from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (online): Computer Coach, via their Tampa Cybersecurity Training Meetup group, presents Career Changing Successfully!
Ready for a career change? Join our webinar, “Career Changing Without Resetting Your Journey,” and learn actionable steps to transition successfully. Recognize your current skills and seize new opportunities without starting from scratch. Register now and take the next step in your career!
Find out more and register here.
Tuesday from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Hidden Springs Ale Works (Tampa): It’s the September edition of TampaTech Taps & Taco Tuesday!
This is a once-a-month gathering of Tampa Bay’s tech community for good company, good conversations, 15% off the regular beer prices, and most importantly, FREE TACOS!
Find out more and register here.
Tuesday from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. (online): Tampa AI Applications Meetup Group presents Mastering Guardrails for Generative AI Testing!
This session explores key strategies for testing and validating AI guardrails: covering bias detection, hallucination control, and output validation. Gain valuable insights into building trustworthy AI systems and effectively testing generative models in real-world applications.
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, September 23
Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. (online): Heart of Agile St. Pete – Tampa – Orlando is hosting an online coffee corner!
The Heart of Agile Coffee Corner brings people together from around the world via Zoom in a casual setting to share and discuss ways we Collaborate, Deliver, Reflect, and Improve.
We explore the kinds of topics people ask for: real-world stories of Agile in practice, small high-leverage changes in how we work together, and the intersections between Heart of Agile and emerging areas like AI — shaped by who’s in the room and what you bring.
The Heart of Agile is not just for software teams. It applies anywhere people work together — healthcare, education, community work, product development, coaching, and beyond — so you’re welcome whether or not you work in tech.
This is not a formal talk or webinar. Expect an informal, conversational space where you can join for as much time as you have, listen in, and contribute when you’re ready.
Find out more and register here.
Wednesday from 6:00 – 9:00 p.m. at Coppertail Brewing (Tampa): ISACA West Florida Chapter is hodling their Q3 2026 Networking Event!
Whether you’re deep in tech or work in a technology-adjacent field, this is the perfect chance to connect with fellow professionals, share ideas, and just have a good time.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday, September 24
Thursday from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. at American Legion Post 138 (Tampa): It’s time for the monthly Tampa/ MacDill AFB Orange Call, Networking Event & Tech Round Table!
The purpose of this event is to bring together communicators, guardians, and enablers of all ranks, titles, and experience levels to network, share resources, and foster professional development.
Invited: communicators, guardians, and enablers past and present as well as DoD civilians, business leaders, defense executives, government contractors, nonprofit organizations, and military community stakeholders from across the Tampa Bay area.
The program will include networking opportunities, a stand-up, tech. roundtable conversations, and a meet-and-greet focused on MacDill missions and the communications community, including the growing role of cyber operations and the importance of defending our nation’s networks and critical infrastructure.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday at 5:45 p.m. at Hillsborough Community College’s Dale Mabry Campus (Tampa): TampaBay AI Meetup / Tampa QA Meetup / Tampa Java User Group present Known and Unknowns: Testing AI-Generated Code!
Billy Korando (developer advocate at Oracle) is visiting from Kansas City and will be here to walk us through three distinct phases of testing AI-generated code, from defining expected business behavior and covering edge cases to uncovering bugs and risks you may not have anticipated. Telling your coding agent to “write tests” isn’t enough, and Billy’s here to show us ways that work.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at University of Tampa’s Skyview/TECH 694 (Tampa): IEEE Florida West Coast and Women in Engineering present Data Science & AI in Action : Industry Perspectives!
This event will feature 5 lightning talks from industry leaders, followed by an open panel discussion.
Find out more and register here.
Thursday from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Embarc Collective (Tampa): Tampa Digital Mixer!
Calling all e-commerce operators, remote workers, digital marketers, Shopify entrepreneurs, Facebook Ads pros and AI enthusiasts and start-up entrepreneurs! Join us for an evening of high-impact networking and actionable conversations in the heart of Tampa Bay.
The Digital Mixer is not just an event for trading business cards and forgetting names by Friday, but turning a Thursday evening into real clients, real partnerships, and real career moves.
Find out more and register here.
Friday, September 25
Friday at noon to 1:00 p.m. (online): Computer Coach, via their Tampa Cybersecurity Training Meetup group, presents Back To Basics: The Fundamentals That Still Matter!
Back to Basics is a practical look at the fundamentals that can make a difference in your job search. This presentation will discuss what is working for candidates, along with the importance of preparation, professionalism, and knowing how to make a strong impression.
The conversation will cover:
- What candidates should know about the current job market
- Why preparation matters before applying and interviewing
- How professionalism can influence the hiring process
- Ways to stand out without overcomplicating your job search
- Simple fundamentals that are easy to overlook
Find out more and register here.
Saturday, September 26
Sunday, September 27
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
