Here’s what’s happening in the thriving tech scene in Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 26 through Sunday, September 1, 2024. That’s right — September is starting! 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
But first, a quick promo:
This week’s events
Monday, August 26
Tuesday, August 27
Tuesday at 10 a.m., online: Computer Coach’s webinar, webinar, Professionalism Rebooted: Reviving the Basics of Business Etiquette, will refresh your knowledge of essential business etiquette, elevate your professionalism and help you stand out in any professional setting. Find out more and register here.
Wednesday, August 28
Wednesday at 2 p.m., online: Join Gen AI Tampa as they participate in Data Science Connect’s “Generative AI for Data Executives” webinar series with the latest installment, Harnessing Generative AI for Predictive Maintenance and Anomaly Detection. This will be a deep dive into how Generative AI is revolutionizing data observability, enhancing predictive maintenance, and detecting anomalies for more resilient operations. Find out more and register here.
Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., Embarc Collective (Tampa): Join Tampa Bay Innovation for Idea 2 Product, an intimate fireside chat with Ned Pope. He’ll share his insights on turning ideas into successful products, and you’ll be able to network with like-minded innovators and gain valuable knowledge from a seasoned entrepreneur and thought leader. Find out more and register here.
Thursday, August 29
Thursday at 12 p.m., online: Computer Coach presents A Professionally Evil Intro to Prompt Injection, where Information Security Consultant Cory Sabol will show you the essentials of recognizing and defending against prompt injection attacks. Find out more and register here.
Thursday at 6 p.m., Coppertail brewing (Tampa): Cocktails and Security is a vibrant monthly meetup where cybersecurity enthusiasts gather to enjoy free beverages and engage in lively discussions on the latest information security issues. Whether you’re a seasoned professional or just starting, you’re welcome here! Find out more and register here.
Thursday at 6 p.m., 501 E. Kennedy (Tampa): Tampa Bay AWS Group presents Hands-on: Build a GenAI Chatbot with Amazon Q for Business. This hands-on workshop will teach you how to build chatbots using cutting-edge generative AI technology. You will learn how to create conversational AI that can understand natural language and generate human-like responses. By the end, you will understand the skillset needed to deploy smart and useful chatbots for real-world applications. Find out more and register here.
| Event name and location |
Group |
Time |
Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!
The Happy Hangar Café |
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals |
7:30 AM to 9:00 AM EDT |
Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce |
Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table |
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT |
Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables
Dunedin Chamber of Commerce |
Entrepreneur Round Table |
8:30 AM to 9:30 AM EDT |
Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!
The Breakroom Bar & Grill |
Hosted By Tampa Bay Singles Activities Group |
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT |
RGA’s Founders & Amplify Clearwater Partnership meeting ~ All Welcome, JOIN in.
Chili’s Grill & Bar |
RGA Networking Professional Business Networking |
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals
Carrabas Italian Grill |
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) |
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Lakewood Ranch RGANetwork Business Networking Lunch
Station 400 |
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers |
11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Tokenized Zero Knowledge Machine Learning and Its Applications
Online |
Hyperledger Tampa |
12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT |
Professionally Evil Intro to Prompt Injection
Online |
Tampa Cybersecurity Training |
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters
Online |
Toastmasters District 48 |
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp
509 E Twiggs St 3rd floor |
Downtown Tampa Toastmasters MeetUp |
12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EDT |
Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games
Armada Games |
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! |
1:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)
Online |
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg |
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT |
Alchemist Virtual Networking!
Online |
Tampa Professional Networking Meetup |
5:00 PM to 6:00 PM EDT |
Thursday Night Gaming
3407 Lithia Pinecrest Rd |
Brandon Boardgamers |
5:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Gulfport Scrabble and Social
The Drunken Taco |
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social |
5:00 PM to 7:00 PM EDT |
Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective
The Collective: A Comic & Game Community |
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup |
5:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Happy Hour at RockPit Brewing
Rockpit Brewery |
Young Professionals for the Orlando Science Center |
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Tomb of Annihilation (T3-APL11)
Coliseum of Comics Kissimmee |
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild |
5:30 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Cocktails and Security at Coopertail Brewing
Coppertail Brewing Co. |
Cocktails and Security |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
The Blueprint for Crafting a Successful Services Page – Tampa SEO Meetup
Online |
Tampa SEO and Digital Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
ODevs Social at Stardust
Stardust Video & Coffee |
Orlando Developers Meetup |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Hands-on: Build a GenAI Chatbot with Amazon Q for Business
501 E Kennedy Blvd |
Tampa Bay AWS User Group |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Hands-on Build with GenAI: Build Your Own Chat Assistant with Your Data!
Online |
Orlando AWS User Group |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
TBDEG – Apache Iceberg REST Catalog with Alex Merced!
Online |
Tampa Bay Data Engineering Group |
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM EDT |
Cocktails and Connections – Orlando
The Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes |
Cocktails and Connections Orlando |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District
Hourglass Brewing at Hourglass District |
Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming |
6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Board game night!!!
Online |
Summerfield Board and Card Games and Euchre |
6:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
Board Game Thursday at Great Southern Box Company
Great Southern Box Company Food Hall |
The Inaccurately Named Secret Nerd Society |
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
The Fallen Lands
405 Mahogany Dr |
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group |
6:00 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Nerdy Needs (Casual Thursday Commander Night)
Nerdy Needs |
Hosted By Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete |
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Game Night at Conworlds Emporium
Conworlds Emporium |
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup |
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Spunky Reporters and Con Artists
Lam’s Garden |
Cult, Mystery & Suspense Movie Club |
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Board Game Night at Ivanhoe Park Lager House
Ivanhoe Park Lager House |
Brews N Board Games |
6:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Wine Tasting at Wine on Water Street – Chile & Argentina Edition
Wine on Waterstreet |
Tampa Bay Happy Hour |
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Career PathFinder Workshop
AGILEST® |
Florida Agile Innovators |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
August’s Book Club at 6:30
Raining Berries South Tampa |
The Gloss: Tampa |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Introverts Go to the Arcade
Dave & Busters |
O-Town Introverts |
6:30 PM to 9:30 PM EDT |
Writing Meetup
HotWax Coffee Shop, Kava Bar & Tap House |
Tampa Free Writing Group |
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Girls Who Code Interest Session AND Enrollment
4935 W Nassau St |
Tampa Hackerspace |
7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT |
Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza
Wilder’s Pizza |
Game Night Meetup for Trivia in Tampa, Sarasota, Venice |
7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EDT |
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament
Balance Martial Arts & Gaming |
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming |
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Dungeons and Dragons with Donavan
Unlucky Roll Cafe |
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup |
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
Pathfinder Society
Critical Hit Games |
Critical Hit Games |
7:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT |
FABulous Thursdays
Sunshine Games | Magic the Gathering, Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! |
Sunshine Games |
7:00 PM to 11:00 PM EDT |
“You Should Be So Lucky” by Cat Sebastian
Georgies |
SRQ Ladies Book Club |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Live streaming production and talent
124 S Ring Ave |
Live streaming production and talent |
7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT |
Day 04 – CSS – Full Stack Web Dev Bootcamp
Online |
Florida Software School |
8:00 PM to 9:00 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:
- 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
