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BSides St. Pete IT Security Conference: Saturday, September 16!

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 12, 2023

This year’s edition of BSides St. Pete — the second BSides event to be held there — happens this Saturday, September 16 at St. Pete College, Seminole Campus, and you can still buy one of the 98 remaining (at the time of writing) “no swag” tickets if you register now! They’re a mere $20.

Want a “feel” for what a BSides event is like? Check out my writeup of BSides Tampa from April!

BSides gets it name from “b-side,” the alternate side of a vinyl or cassette single, where the a-side has the primary content and the b-side is the bonus or additional content. In 2009, when the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas received way more presentation submissions than they could take on, the rejected presenters (who still had very could presentations; there just wasn’t enough capacity for them) banded together and made their own “b-side” conference that ran in parallel with Black Hat. From that event came BSides.

BSides conferences are community events, and unlike a lot of tech conferences, they’re inexpensive. As I wrote earlier, the remaining “no swag” tickets — which unfortunately don’t come with swag but still get you in the door — sell for a mere $20.

BSides Tampa took place back in April, and it was a great event — you can check out my writeup to get a feel for it.

BSides St. Pete is just one of the events in the Tampa Bay tech scene’s September to Remember!

I’ve already got my ticket for BSides St. Pete, and if you’re interested in diving deeper into security, you should too!

Register for BSides St. Pete 2023 here!

Artificial Intelligence Presentations Tampa Bay What I’m Up To

Slides from “Centaurs vs. Minotaurs,” my presentation at SocialCode x Tampa

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 9, 2023

Thanks to everyone who came to The SocialCode x Tampa: Embracing the AI Evolution event last Thursday (September 7, 2023) for an evening of presentations and discussion about AI! As promised, here’s a link to the slides for my presentation, Centaurs vs. Minotaurs:

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Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, September 11, 2023)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 8, 2023

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 11 through Sunday, September 17, 2023.

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This will be the second full week of September, and the Tampa Bay tech community is having some big events this month:

Event	Quick summary	When and where
BSides St. Pete	Deep cybersecurity knowledge will abound, with a full Friday of training sessions and a full Saturday devoted to a Black Hat-style conference.	Friday/Saturday Sept. 15 – 16 St. Petersburg College’s Seminole Campus
DevOpsDays Tampa Bay	A full-day conference dedicated to DevOps (“Dev” as in “software development,” “Ops” and in “IT operations”) in Tampa’s best conference venue.	Thursday, September 21 Armature Works
Navigating Your Tech Journey	An evening of tech career guidance (keynote and panel discussion) and networking at Tampa Bay’s premier tech gathering space.	Tuesday, September 26 Embarc Collective

Want to find out more about what’s happening during the “September to Remember?” I spell it all out in this article.

This week’s events

Monday, September 11

On Monday evening, the Tampa Bay Apple Coding Meetup will get together to build a “soundboard” app that plays sounds when you press buttons. Now that Apple has outlawed fart apps, the only way you can get one is by writing your own — and you’ll learn how! Find out more and register here.

Group	Event Name	Time
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Mon, Sep 11 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Ford’s Garage	Mon, Sep 11 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Mon, Sep 11 · 11:00 AM EDT
Option Trading Strategies (Tampa Bay area) Meetup Group • Tampa, FL	Option Trading Strategies Meetup (Online)	Mon, Sep 11 · 11:00 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Mon, Sep 11 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Cafe’ Delanie	Mon, Sep 11 · 11:30 AM EDT
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay • Largo, FL	Business Networking Meeting	Mon, Sep 11 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s	Mon, Sep 11 · 11:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	In PERSON Networking Lunch East Brandon Reserve your seat	Mon, Sep 11 · 11:30 AM EDT
Entrepreneurs & Startups – Bradenton Networking & Education • Bradenton, FL	Larry Rose: Replay Outreach	Mon, Sep 11 · 5:30 PM EDT
Toastmasters Division G • Ocala, FL	Radiant Ridge Toastmasters	Mon, Sep 11 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Game Nights • Tampa, FL	Karaoke Night at Felicitous	Mon, Sep 11 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Apple Coding Meetup • Tampa, FL	Build an iOS Soundboard!	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:00 PM EDT
Win a Job Fast • Tampa, FL	Job Search Acceleration Group (JSAG) Workshop	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers • Tampa, FL	Monday Feast & Game Night	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League • Sarasota, FL	Blood Rage w/Promo Monsters – Monday September 11!	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	MTG: Commander Night	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	Casual Pokemon League at Nerdy Needs	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:00 PM EDT
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar • Orlando, FL	Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:00 PM EDT
Brews N Board Games • Orlando, FL	Board Game Night at Persimmon Hollow Flamingo Crossings	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Intro to the Babylock Embroidery Machine (Members Only)	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:30 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:30 PM EDT
Orlando Spades Meetup Group • Orlando, FL	Let’s Play Spades	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:30 PM EDT
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild • Orlando, FL	Tomb of Annhilation (APL 8 Forgotten Realms) – DM Carson	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Orlando • Orlando, FL	Shut Up & Write!® Dr. Phillips/Orlando	Mon, Sep 11 · 6:30 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Mon, Sep 11 · 7:00 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg • Saint Petersburg, FL	Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Mon, Sep 11 · 7:00 PM EDT
Geekocracy! • Tampa, FL	Pool at Peabodys	Mon, Sep 11 · 7:30 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	DigiMondays	Mon, Sep 11 · 7:30 PM EDT
Beginning Web Development • Windermere, FL	Weekly Meetup	Mon, Sep 11 · 8:00 PM EDT
The Vantage Social and Creative Events • Palm Harbor, FL	Magic the Gathering Mondays @ The Vantage!	Mon, Sep 11 · 8:00 PM EDT
Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida • Fort Myers, FL	Where is Bitcoin Going?	Mon, Sep 11 · 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, September 12

On Tuesday morning, Computer Coach (by way of the Career Success Academy, Front End Creatives, Tampa Bay Agile, and Tampa Cybersecurity Training meetups) will hold an online meetup on becoming an empowered AI worker. Find out more and register here.

Group	Event Name	Time
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Agile • Tampa, FL	v-Lean Coffee	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:30 AM EDT
Front End Creatives • Tampa, FL	Becoming an Empowered AI Worker	Tue, Sep 12 · 10:00 AM EDT
Tampa Cybersecurity Training • Tampa, FL	Becoming an Empowered AI Worker	Tue, Sep 12 · 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Success Network • Tampa, FL	Becoming an Empowered AI Worker	Tue, Sep 12 · 10:00 AM EDT
Career Success Academy • Tampa, FL	Becoming an Empowered AI Worker	Tue, Sep 12 · 10:00 AM EDT
Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough • Largo, FL	Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Grand Hacienda	Tue, Sep 12 · 11:00 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Tue, Sep 12 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tue, Sep 12 · 11:00 AM EDT
Hyperledger Tampa • Tampa, FL	Web3 Technologies Enabling New Enterprise & Government Solutions	Tue, Sep 12 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tue, Sep 12 · 11:00 AM EDT
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals • Wesley Chapel, FL	New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Tue, Sep 12 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tue, Sep 12 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Italian Touch, St. Pete	Tue, Sep 12 · 11:30 AM EDT
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome • Wesley Chapel, FL	Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Tue, Sep 12 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Entrepreneurs Network • Tampa, FL	Hear People Say Yes To You More – Master The Art Of Persuasion And Influence	Tue, Sep 12 · 12:00 PM EDT
Deirdre A. McKay • Sarasota, FL	Creatives! How to Finish that Project.	Tue, Sep 12 · 1:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Weekly Open Make Night	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Game Nights • Tampa, FL	Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Hobby Night	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:00 PM EDT
Florida Center for Creative Photography • Saint Petersburg, FL	Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:00 PM EDT
Young Entrepreneurs of America YEA Meetup Group • Tampa, FL	YEA Young Entrepreneur Meetup! Seminar & Networking	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:30 PM EDT
Tampa eMarketing Groups • Tampa, FL	Learn About Podcasting and How to Monetize Your Interest!	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:30 PM EDT
Florida Podcasters Association • Tampa, FL	Florida Podcasters Association General Meeting!!!	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:30 PM EDT
Oldsmar Reads Between The Lines • Oldsmar, FL	Book Club Meeting	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:30 PM EDT
Their Eyes Were Watching Books – Classic Book Meetup • Sarasota, FL	September Book Club	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:30 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers • Largo, FL	Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Orlando • Orlando, FL	Shut Up & Write!® in Altamonte Springs/Lake Mary	Tue, Sep 12 · 6:30 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Woodshop Safety (Members Only)	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters 2166 • Dunedin, FL	Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome!	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM EDT
The Orlando Python User Group • Orlando, FL	Pizza Python	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM EDT
Google Developer Group Central Florida • Orlando, FL	Road To DevFestFlorida: WebML, Flutter, and LLM integration	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM EDT
Kava Culture Clearwater • Clearwater, FL	Trivia Night	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults • Saint Petersburg, FL	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM EDT
Suncoast Gamers • Sarasota, FL	Dems with Dice	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Books and Brews • Kissimmee, FL	Let’s Meetup and Discuss “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:00 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa • Tampa, FL	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Tue, Sep 12 · 7:45 PM EDT
Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida • Fort Myers, FL	Trading Tuesday	Tue, Sep 12 · 8:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Trivia Lovers • Oviedo, FL	MUSIC BINGO at ISLAND WING COMPANY – UCF	Tue, Sep 12 · 8:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, September 13

On Wednesday evening, Computer Coach will host an in-person event where they’ll explain how to land a job with a Department of Defense contractor — whether you have a security clearance or not! Find out more and register here.

Group	Event Name	Time
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	St Pete Networking Breakfast at the Hangar Meet St Pete’s Top Pro’s All Weclcome	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:30 AM EDT
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) • Saint Petersburg, FL	NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:30 AM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:45 AM EDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando • Winter Park, FL	1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	Wed, Sep 13 · 8:30 AM EDT
WordPress Orlando • Orlando, FL	Coffee & WordPress at Foxtail Coffee – Howell Branch	Wed, Sep 13 · 9:00 AM EDT
Suncoast Drone Club • Tampa, FL	Dunedin Youth Guild Park	Wed, Sep 13 · 9:00 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	In Person Networking BRANDON! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Wed, Sep 13 · 11:15 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Wed, Sep 13 · 11:30 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Wed, Sep 13 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Wed, Sep 13 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers • Tampa, FL	Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Wed, Sep 13 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Wed, Sep 13 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	Wed, Sep 13 · 11:30 AM EDT
Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group • Tampa, FL	Midjourney Prompt Help & Advanced FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Wed, Sep 13 · 12:00 PM EDT
Hyperledger Tampa • Tampa, FL	Unleashing The Potential Of Tokenized Assets Via Public/Private Architecture	Wed, Sep 13 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa SEO & Internet Marketing Meetup with Steve Scott • Tampa, FL	Free Webinar: AI: Cool New Toy or Extinction Level Event on the Horizon?	Wed, Sep 13 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Startup Founder 101 • Tampa, FL	Quickfire Pitching: Get Instant Feedback on Your Startup Idea	Wed, Sep 13 · 1:00 PM EDT
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO • Tampa, FL	Silicon Valley Business Networking (Online)	Wed, Sep 13 · 1:00 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg • Saint Petersburg, FL	Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Wed, Sep 13 · 1:00 PM EDT
The Movers and Shakers Collective of Central Florida • Orlando, FL	Mix, Mingle, & Mastermind	Wed, Sep 13 · 2:00 PM EDT
Central Florida CitySec • Orlando, FL	SwanCitySec Meetup	Wed, Sep 13 · 5:00 PM EDT
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play • Tampa, FL	Playing Games in the Alley	Wed, Sep 13 · 5:00 PM EDT
Brandon Boardgamers • Brandon, FL	Board Gaming – In Person	Wed, Sep 13 · 5:00 PM EDT
Bay Pines Toastmasters • Saint Petersburg, FL	Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Wed, Sep 13 · 5:15 PM EDT
Front End Creatives • Tampa, FL	How to Land a Job with a DoD Contractor with or without a Clearance	Wed, Sep 13 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Cybersecurity Training • Tampa, FL	How to Land a Job with a DoD Contractor with or without a Clearance	Wed, Sep 13 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tech Success Network • Tampa, FL	How to Land a Job with a DoD Contractor with or without a Clearance	Wed, Sep 13 · 5:30 PM EDT
Career Success Academy • Tampa, FL	How to Land a Job with a DoD Contractor with or without a Clearance	Wed, Sep 13 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Wed, Sep 13 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Gaming Guild • Tampa, FL	Wednesday Board Game Night	Wed, Sep 13 · 5:30 PM EDT
Defcon813 • Tampa, FL	Whiskey Tech Wednesdays	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:00 PM EDT
Win a Job Fast • Tampa, FL	Job Search Acceleration Group (JSAG) Workshop	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Casual Commander Wednesdays	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:00 PM EDT
Clermont Nerd Games • Clermont, FL	Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Board Game Night	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:00 PM EDT
Brews N Board Games • Orlando, FL	Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:00 PM EDT
Prose Society Writers’ Group • Saint Petersburg, FL	Monthly Meeting: How to Effectively Outline a Story (For a Killer First Draft)	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.TampaBayInventors.org • Largo, FL	Tampa Bay Inventors Council – www.tbic.us bi-monthly Meetup	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:30 PM EDT
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers • Palm Harbor, FL	Game Night!	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:30 PM EDT
The Weirder Things Book Club • Parrish, FL	Ghost Eaters-Clayton McLeod-midway	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:30 PM EDT
Tampa Writers Alliance • Tampa, FL	Tampa Writers Alliance Critique Group	Wed, Sep 13 · 6:30 PM EDT
Hyperledger Tampa • Tampa, FL	Learning Tokens @ Hyperledger Besu, 2nd. Public Session	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Amazon Seller Meetup Group • Tampa, FL	Managing A White Hat Brand In A Black Hat World	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:00 PM EDT
Broward Drupal Users Group • Boca Raton, FL	Call for presenters	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace • Orlando, FL	MakerFX Embrilliance Study Group	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:00 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club • Saint Petersburg, FL	Castaways Euchre Club	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:00 PM EDT
Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games • Orlando, FL	Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:00 PM EDT
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild • Winter Park, FL	New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:00 PM EDT
Writers of Central Florida or Thereabouts • Winter Park, FL	The Short Attention Span Storytelling Hour	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	Songs & Soju \| Karaoke & Party Games!	Wed, Sep 13 · 7:30 PM EDT
Florida AWS Security Users Meetup Group • Sarasota, FL	Security Chaos Engineering on AWS	Wed, Sep 13 · 8:00 PM EDT
Orlando Lady Developers Meetup • Orlando, FL	Code challenge Monthly coding session	Wed, Sep 13 · 8:00 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming • Dunnellon, FL	Wednesday night game	Wed, Sep 13 · 8:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Trivia Lovers • Oviedo, FL	TRIVIA at ISLAND WING COMPANY – UCF	Wed, Sep 13 · 8:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, September 14

There’s a lot going on Thursday evening! At 5:30 in Tampa, the Tampa Java User Group session will be on how a dedicated Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) organization can create 10x developers. Brian Demers, Developer Advocate at Gradle, will present. Find out more and register here.

Tech4Good Tampa will hold an in-person roundtable discussion on digital fundraising and leveraging AI. There’ll also be a device drive — bring your old, unused tech gadgets and they will be donated to the Pinellas ‘Digital Inclusion Program.’ Your donated devices/equipment will be cleaned and donated to those in our community in need. Find out more and register here.

The Tampa Dynamics 365 Meetup will host the discussion “The Future of AI in Dynamics and Power Platform,” where they’ll have a general conversation how to utilize the technology and where it is going in the Dynamics and Power Platform space. Find out more and register here.

Tampa Women in Agile will hold an online event featuring guest speakers Padma Putrevu and Leila Rao, as they share insights into the role of empathy and how it relates to Agilists. Find out more and register here.

Group	Event Name	Time
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals • Wesley Chapel, FL	Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:30 AM EDT
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome • Wesley Chapel, FL	Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Thu, Sep 14 · 8:00 AM EDT
Entrepreneur Round Table • Dunedin, FL	Tackle it in Ten – Entrepreneur Roundtables	Thu, Sep 14 · 8:30 AM EDT
Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table • Dunedin, FL	Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth	Thu, Sep 14 · 8:30 AM EDT
Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough • Largo, FL	Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Thu, Sep 14 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Thu, Sep 14 · 11:00 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	Thu, Sep 14 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business	Thu, Sep 14 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up • Clearwater, FL	Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Thu, Sep 14 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business!	Thu, Sep 14 · 11:00 AM EDT
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals • Wesley Chapel, FL	Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Thu, Sep 14 · 11:30 AM EDT
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome • Wesley Chapel, FL	Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Thu, Sep 14 · 11:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person	Thu, Sep 14 · 11:30 AM EDT
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) • Saint Petersburg, FL	NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Thu, Sep 14 · 11:30 AM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Thu, Sep 14 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Thu, Sep 14 · 1:00 PM EDT
Science & Technology Society – Suncoast Region • Sarasota, FL	Everglades Restoration Seminar at USF Sarasota-Manatee campus	Thu, Sep 14 · 5:00 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social • Saint Petersburg, FL	Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Thu, Sep 14 · 5:00 PM EDT
Horror Fan Fun Time Gang • Saint Petersburg, FL	Horror Friends Movie Night – Satanic Hispanics!!!	Thu, Sep 14 · 5:00 PM EDT
Tampa Java User Group • Tampa, FL	Breeding 10x Developers with Developer Productivity Engineering	Thu, Sep 14 · 5:30 PM EDT
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild • Orlando, FL	The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan T2 APL5 (Tales from the Yawning Portal)	Thu, Sep 14 · 5:30 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Gaming Group • Ocala, FL	Catan Night with Dennis	Thu, Sep 14 · 5:30 PM EDT
Microsoft Dynamics 365 – Tampa • Tampa, FL	September Power Up event – WE ARE BACK	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tech4Good Tampa • Tampa, FL	In-Person Roundtable Discussion: Digital Fundraising & Leveraging AI	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:00 PM EDT
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events • Tampa, FL	The MBA Tour Spotlight on Women in Business	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:00 PM EDT
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events • Tampa, FL	Virtual Cocktails and Connections	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:00 PM EDT
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals” • Saint Petersburg, FL	Happy Hour: Rooftop Series – Level 11	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Pathfinder Society	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:00 PM EDT
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup • Orlando, FL	Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:00 PM EDT
Southwest Florida Board Game Meetup • Cape Coral, FL	Meetup to Play Board Games	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:00 PM EDT
Orlando Horror Movie Fans 20s-30s • Orlando, FL	Halloween Horror Nights 🎃💀	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sanford Book Club • Sanford, FL	September Book Club Discussion – The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Women in Agile • Tampa, FL	Cultivating Empathy as a Change Trigger	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:30 PM EDT
SWFL Coders • Fort Myers, FL	Modern React for Beginners ⚛️	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:30 PM EDT
Tampa Free Writing Group • Tampa, FL	Writing Meetup	Thu, Sep 14 · 6:30 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Woodshop Tool Sign Off-Jointer, Planer, & Bandsaw (Members Only)	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM EDT
IIBA Tampa Bay • Tampa, FL	BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Bitcoin • Tampa, FL	Bitcoin Social	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	One Piece Thursdays	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	FOWL PLAY @ Gangchu!	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM EDT
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming • Pinellas Park, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM EDT
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group • Saint Petersburg, FL	Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent • Tarpon Springs, FL	Live streaming production and talent	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	Seminole Heights Thurs Game Night @ Gangchu!	Thu, Sep 14 · 7:00 PM EDT
Plant City Web Development Group • Plant City, FL	Weekly Meetup	Thu, Sep 14 · 8:00 PM EDT
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Friday, September 15

Friday is day 1 of BSides St. Pete, and it’s training day! Find out more and register here.

Group	Event Name	Time
Defcon813 • Tampa, FL	BSides St. Pete	Fri, Sep 15 · 7:00 AM EDT
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN! • Winter Park, FL	Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	Fri, Sep 15 · 7:15 AM EDT
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton • Sarasota, FL	A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Fri, Sep 15 · 8:45 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Fri, Sep 15 · 8:45 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers • Tampa, FL	Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Fri, Sep 15 · 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking over breakfast	Fri, Sep 15 · 9:00 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Fri, Sep 15 · 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay UX Group • Tampa, FL	TBUX Lite: Virtual Coffee Talk	Fri, Sep 15 · 9:00 AM EDT
Brandon Biz Pros • Brandon, FL	Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros	Fri, Sep 15 · 9:00 AM EDT
Project Codex • Orlando, FL	Virtual Coffee	Fri, Sep 15 · 9:00 AM EDT
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay • Largo, FL	Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	Fri, Sep 15 · 9:25 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together • Oviedo, FL	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together	Fri, Sep 15 · 10:00 AM EDT
Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough • Largo, FL	International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Fri, Sep 15 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Fri, Sep 15 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers • Tampa, FL	Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Fri, Sep 15 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	International Professionals Networking Meeting	Fri, Sep 15 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up • Clearwater, FL	International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Fri, Sep 15 · 11:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Fri, Sep 15 · 11:30 AM EDT
Integrated Community of Professionals • Winter Haven, FL	Virtual coffee with like-minded professionals	Fri, Sep 15 · 12:00 PM EDT
Women Business Networking – Florida • Boca Grande, FL	Margarita Girls time – Networking with fun	Fri, Sep 15 · 4:00 PM EDT
Bitcoin Ben Crypto Club Meetup’s • Sarasota, FL	LNX SARASOTA	Fri, Sep 15 · 4:30 PM EDT
Happy Hour For Remote Workers (All Ages Welcome😊) • Saint Petersburg, FL	Happy Hour at Bayboro	Fri, Sep 15 · 4:30 PM EDT
Brandon Boardgamers • Brandon, FL	WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Fri, Sep 15 · 5:00 PM EDT
Clermont Nerd Games • Clermont, FL	Board Game Night!	Fri, Sep 15 · 5:00 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Gaming Group • Ocala, FL	Board Game Night at Meeple Movers Cafe	Fri, Sep 15 · 5:00 PM EDT
Free Thinkers Dinner Club • Tampa, FL	Dinner and lively conversation at Maggiano’s Little Italy	Fri, Sep 15 · 5:00 PM EDT
Tampa Gaming Guild • Tampa, FL	Friday Board Game Night	Fri, Sep 15 · 5:30 PM EDT
Win a Job Fast • Tampa, FL	Job Search Acceleration Group (JSAG) Workshop	Fri, Sep 15 · 6:00 PM EDT
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton • Sarasota, FL	Pizza and Board Games on Bee Ridge	Fri, Sep 15 · 6:00 PM EDT
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup • Inverness, FL	Friday Night Dice Throne	Fri, Sep 15 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	MTG: Commander FNM	Fri, Sep 15 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Japanese Meetup • Tampa, FL	Nihongo De Okay	Fri, Sep 15 · 6:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	Taps & Drafts	Fri, Sep 15 · 6:00 PM EDT
Self-Perfected Orlando • Orlando, FL	GROWTH MINDSET	Fri, Sep 15 · 6:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace • Orlando, FL	MakerFX Makerspace Woodshop Guild	Fri, Sep 15 · 7:00 PM EDT
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) • Oviedo, FL	Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night	Fri, Sep 15 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Books & Brews • Sarasota, FL	Book Discussion: The Covenant of Water	Fri, Sep 15 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Friday Pokemon Tournament	Fri, Sep 15 · 7:30 PM EDT
Kava Culture Winter Springs • Winter Springs, FL	Trivia Night!	Fri, Sep 15 · 8:00 PM EDT
Indica Cafe Events • Tampa, FL	Friday night game night	Fri, Sep 15 · 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Fri, Sep 15 · 11:30 PM EDT
Florida Center for Creative Photography • Saint Petersburg, FL	Monthly Cell Phone Photo Showcase	Fri, Sep 15 · 11:59 PM EDT
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Saturday, September 16

Saturday is day 2 of BSides St. Pete, which is conference day! Find out more and register here.

Group	Event Name	Time
Suncoast Drone Club • Tampa, FL	Alligator Lake Park	Sat, Sep 16 · 7:00 AM EDT
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup • Winter Park, FL	Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Sat, Sep 16 · 7:00 AM EDT
Orlando Innovative Business Minds: Creative Strategy Meetup • Orlando, FL	Creative business minds & coffee	Sat, Sep 16 · 8:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters Division G • Ocala, FL	Early Bird Ocala	Sat, Sep 16 · 8:00 AM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Members Only: Make a Cutting Board 101	Sat, Sep 16 · 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Bitcoin • Tampa, FL	Bitcoin Bay Beach Clean Up partnered with Keep Pinellas Beautiful	Sat, Sep 16 · 9:00 AM EDT
Bitcoin Ben Crypto Club Meetup’s • Sarasota, FL	Founders Event Sarasota	Sat, Sep 16 · 9:00 AM EDT
Organic and Sustainable Living Meetup • Orlando, FL	Free Classes – South Seminole Farm & Nursery – Casselberry	Sat, Sep 16 · 9:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters Division E • Orlando, FL	Hunters Creek Toastmasters	Sat, Sep 16 · 9:30 AM EDT
Chess Republic • Tampa, FL	Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Sat, Sep 16 · 9:30 AM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Warhammer 40K: Rogue Trader Tournament (RTT/ITC)	Sat, Sep 16 · 10:00 AM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Sarasota • Sarasota, FL	Shut Up & Write!® in Sarasota Coffee Shop	Sat, Sep 16 · 11:00 AM EDT
Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group • Tampa, FL	Midjourney Basics: Intro & FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Sat, Sep 16 · 12:00 PM EDT
Florida Center for Creative Photography • Saint Petersburg, FL	JOIN our Facebook Group, LIKE our Fan Page and Invite your Friends	Sat, Sep 16 · 12:00 PM EDT
Suncoast Makers • Sarasota, FL	FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Sat, Sep 16 · 1:00 PM EDT
Orlando Amazon Sellers Meetup Group • Orlando, FL	How To Get Paid To Review Amazon Products – Amazon Influencer Program	Sat, Sep 16 · 1:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Women’s Book Club Meetup Group • Saint Petersburg, FL	September Book Club	Sat, Sep 16 · 1:00 PM EDT
Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay • Tampa, FL	Wine Down	Sat, Sep 16 · 1:00 PM EDT
Beast Mode Networking Orlando • Orlando, FL	GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP: Learn How To Create an Action Plan to Achieve Your Goals!	Sat, Sep 16 · 2:00 PM EDT
Tampa Book Club – Award-Winning Books • Tampa, FL	Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver – Winner of the Pulitzer Prize	Sat, Sep 16 · 3:00 PM EDT
Tampa Games Developer Guild • Tampa, FL	Game Project Therapy (Virtual)	Sat, Sep 16 · 4:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Web3 Frens • Tampa, FL	Pickleball 🏓🥎 then 🍻	Sat, Sep 16 · 5:00 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Gaming Group • Ocala, FL	Board Game Night at Meeple Movers Cafe	Sat, Sep 16 · 5:00 PM EDT
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) • Oviedo, FL	Golf Group – Star Wars: Force & Destiny & One-Shots	Sat, Sep 16 · 5:00 PM EDT
AI Tampa Elites • Tampa, FL	AI Art & ChatGPT Summit	Sat, Sep 16 · 6:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	Community Hang-out Night	Sat, Sep 16 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Tampa Hackerspace Board Game Night and Potluck	Sat, Sep 16 · 6:30 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sat, Sep 16 · 7:00 PM EDT
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming • Pinellas Park, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Sat, Sep 16 · 7:00 PM EDT
Black Entrepreneurs who Love Great Music & Networking • Tampa, FL	Spade Dating @ Riverview TapHouse	Sat, Sep 16 · 9:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	KARAOKE NIGHT!	Sat, Sep 16 · 9:00 PM EDT
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Sunday, September 17

Group	Event Name	Time
Dunedin Professional Meetup • Clearwater, FL	Wild Iris Cafe Breakfast Meet!	Sun, Sep 17 · 8:00 AM EDT
Suncoast Drone Club • Tampa, FL	Safety Harbor Waterfront Park	Sun, Sep 17 · 9:00 AM EDT
The Art Of Photography – Tampa/St. Pete Chapter • Tampa, FL	Sun 9/17 at 10 AM ONLINE PHOTOGRAPHY CRITIQUE PROGRAM	Sun, Sep 17 · 10:00 AM EDT
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group • Sarasota, FL	Dangerous Wishcraft! Religion & Mental Health Brunch	Sun, Sep 17 · 10:05 AM EDT
Simply Referrals Tampa Business Networking • Tampa, FL	Simply Sunday Morning :) What are you drinking? reading? & listening to?	Sun, Sep 17 · 10:30 AM EDT
Clermont Nerd Games • Clermont, FL	Warhammer 40K	Sun, Sep 17 · 11:00 AM EDT
Saint Cloud Social Group • Saint Cloud, FL	Philosophical Café	Sun, Sep 17 · 11:00 AM EDT
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group • Largo, FL	Large format printing	Sun, Sep 17 · 12:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming • Orlando, FL	Blood on the Clocktower at The Collective	Sun, Sep 17 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Gaming Guild • Tampa, FL	Sunday Gaming	Sun, Sep 17 · 1:00 PM EDT
Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames) • Port Richey, FL	Weekend Game Day	Sun, Sep 17 · 1:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Sun, Sep 17 · 2:00 PM EDT
Chess Republic • Tampa, FL	Sunday Chess at Grassroots Kava House in Ybor	Sun, Sep 17 · 2:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	D&D Adventurers League	Sun, Sep 17 · 2:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters, Division D • Altamonte Springs, FL	Weekend Toastmasters	Sun, Sep 17 · 3:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Sunday Pokemon League	Sun, Sep 17 · 4:00 PM EDT
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild • Orlando, FL	(In-Person) July Session Zero: Creating a Character: Special Edition	Sun, Sep 17 · 5:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)	Sun, Sep 17 · 5:30 PM EDT
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group • Seffner, FL	Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Sun, Sep 17 · 5:30 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	Sun, Sep 17 · 7:00 PM EDT
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup • Inverness, FL	Open Game Night	Sun, Sep 17 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	Sun, Sep 17 · 7:00 PM EDT
Solana – Tampa • Tampa, FL	Office Hours	Sun, Sep 17 · 8:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	Sun, Sep 17 · 8:00 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 scrape 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 judgement 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 (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

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Artificial Intelligence Deals Programming Reading Material

Get started with Python and AI with 3 books for only a dollar!

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 2, 2023

Covers of the books “Transformers for Natural Language Processing,” “Machine Learning with PyTorch and SciKit-Learn,” and “Artificial Intelligence with Python.”

Banner for “The SocialCode x Tampa — Embracing the AI Revolution.” — Are you in Tampa on Thursday, September 7th? Join me and other Tampa AI enthusiasts at The SocialCode x Tampa for an AI panel and networking event!

The current “best bang for your buck” deal on AI ebooks is the 3-book version of Humble Bundle’s Machine Learning and AI 2023 book bundle, which is available for a mere one US dollar for the next 16 days.

I already own one of the three (Artificial Intelligence with Python, Second Edition), but I’m not going to complain about getting two new-to-me books at 50 cents each!

The books are:

Artificial Intelligence with Python, Second Edition, by Alberto Artasanchez and Prateek Joshi. This book is a great introduction to artificial intelligence via TensorfFow and Python, and great companion for the other two books in this one-dollar set.
Machine Learning with PyTorch and Scikit-Learn, by Sebastian Raschka, Yuxi (Hayden) Liu, and Vahid Mirjalili. PyTorch offers both neural networks and tensors, Scikit-Learn provides a collection of machine learning algorithms, and this book walks you through both.
Transformers for Natural Language Processing, Second Edition, by Denis Rothman. The “T” in ChatGPT is “transformer,” and this book covers them extensively. I’m looking forward to the exercise where you use Hugging Face to pretrain a RoBERTa model from scratch.

Are you looking for an economical way to become an AI development expert? Spend a buck on these three books, get any computer made in the past dozen years with plenty of RAM (SODIMMS for old computers are pretty cheap these days), and do the exercises in the books. We’re early enough into the new AI age that if you do all these, you’ll be ahead of most aspiring AI developers out there.

Find out more about these books and this deal!

Current Events Meetups Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, September 4, 2023)

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date September 1, 2023

Banner for Tampa Bay Tech, Entrepreneur, and Nerd Events for September 4 - 10, 2023. Features Tampa Bay man swimming through floodwater, with the warning “Don’t walk, swim, or play in flood water...a lot of it is sewer overflow!”

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, September 4 through Sunday, September 10, 2023.

It’s the start of the Tampa Bay tech scene’s “September to Remember!”

Banner for Tampa Bay tech scene’s September to Remember.

This will be the first full week of September, and there are some big events happening this month:

Event	Quick summary	When and where
SocialCode x Tampa	An evening of AI (3 short talks and a panel discussion) and networking in a swanky Hyde Park venue.	Thursday, Sept. 7 Hyde House
BSides St. Pete	Deep cybersecurity knowledge will abound, with a full Friday of training sessions and a full Saturday devoted to a Black Hat-style conference.	Friday/Saturday Sept. 15 – 16 St. Petersburg College’s Seminole Campus
DevOpsDays Tampa Bay	A full-day conference dedicated to DevOps (“Dev” as in “software development,” “Ops” and in “IT operations”) in Tampa’s best conference venue.	Thursday, September 21 Armature Works
Navigating Your Tech Journey	An evening of tech career guidance (keynote and panel discussion) and networking at Tampa Bay’s premier tech gathering space.	Tuesday, September 26 Embarc Collective

Want to find out more about what’s happening during the “September to Remember?” I spell it all out in this article.

This week’s “September to Remember” event is The SocialCode x Tampa, with three fast-moving presentations and a panel discussion on AI. Find out more and register here.

This week’s events

Remember that this is the Labor Day long weekend, so expect things to be a little more quiet on Monday and possibly even Tuesday.

A number of meetup organizers have their announcements posted automatically as “The first Monday of each month,” so if you’re planning on attending a meetup scheduled for Labor Day, check with the organizer to make sure it’s actually happening that day!

Monday, September 4
Tuesday, September 5
Wednesday, September 6
Thursday, September 7
Friday, September 8
Saturday, September 9
Sunday, September 10

Monday, September 4 (Labor Day)

Group	Event Name	Time
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Mon, Sep 4 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Ford’s Garage	Mon, Sep 4 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Mon, Sep 4 · 11:00 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Mon, Sep 4 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Cafe’ Delanie	Mon, Sep 4 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s	Mon, Sep 4 · 11:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	In PERSON Networking Lunch East Brandon Reserve your seat	Mon, Sep 4 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Game Nights • Tampa, FL	Karaoke Night at Felicitous	Mon, Sep 4 · 5:30 PM EDT
Win a Job Fast • Tampa, FL	Job Search Acceleration Group (JSAG) Workshop	Mon, Sep 4 · 6:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Mon, Sep 4 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers • Tampa, FL	Monday Feast & Game Night	Mon, Sep 4 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League • Sarasota, FL	Cosmic Encounter – Monday September 4!	Mon, Sep 4 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	MTG: Commander Night	Mon, Sep 4 · 6:00 PM EDT
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar • Orlando, FL	Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	Mon, Sep 4 · 6:00 PM EDT
Brews N Board Games • Orlando, FL	Board Game Night at Persimmon Hollow Flamingo Crossings	Mon, Sep 4 · 6:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	Mon, Sep 4 · 6:30 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League @ Adobe Graffiti Lounge!!! • Bradenton, FL	D&D Adventurer’s League @AGL!	Mon, Sep 4 · 6:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Orlando • Orlando, FL	Shut Up & Write!® Dr. Phillips/Orlando	Mon, Sep 4 · 6:30 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Mon, Sep 4 · 7:00 PM EDT
Success Mindset Mastermind • Ocoee, FL	Book Club: “You Were Born Rich Chapter 1	Mon, Sep 4 · 7:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters Division E • Orlando, FL	Lakeland (FL) Toastmasters Club #2262	Mon, Sep 4 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	Board Game Night at Armada Games	Mon, Sep 4 · 7:00 PM EDT
School is closed- Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop • Miami, FL	Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	Mon, Sep 4 · 7:00 PM EDT
Orlando Stoics • Altamonte Springs, FL	ONLINE: The Virtues (Part 2)	Mon, Sep 4 · 7:00 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg • Saint Petersburg, FL	Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Mon, Sep 4 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	DigiMondays	Mon, Sep 4 · 7:30 PM EDT
Beginning Web Development • Windermere, FL	Weekly Meetup	Mon, Sep 4 · 8:00 PM EDT
The Vantage Social and Creative Events • Palm Harbor, FL	Magic the Gathering Mondays @ The Vantage!	Mon, Sep 4 · 8:00 PM EDT
Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida • Fort Myers, FL	Where is Bitcoin Going?	Mon, Sep 4 · 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, September 5

On Tuesday evening, the Data Analytics – Tampa Bay meetup will get together at the Entrepreneur Collaborative Center! Find out more and register here.

Group	Event Name	Time
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:30 AM EDT
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) • Saint Petersburg, FL	NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:30 AM EDT
Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough • Largo, FL	Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Grand Hacienda	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:00 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	Westchase Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda~ Meet your next referral	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:00 AM EDT
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals • Wesley Chapel, FL	New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Italian Touch, St. Pete	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:30 AM EDT
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome • Wesley Chapel, FL	Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:30 AM EDT
SWAT Networking – Successful Women Aligning Together • Bradenton, FL	SWAT Networking Sarasota Luncheon	Tue, Sep 5 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Entrepreneurs Network • Tampa, FL	How To Live The Life That Awaits You by Karen Bonnett-Natraj	Tue, Sep 5 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Weekly Open Make Night	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:00 PM EDT
Data Analytics – Tampa Bay • Tampa, FL	Data Analytics – Tampa Bay – SEPTEMBER MEETUP	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:00 PM EDT
Ironhack Orlando – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking • Orlando, FL	The Basics of UX UI Design	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Game Nights • Tampa, FL	Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Hobby Night	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:00 PM EDT
Florida Center for Creative Photography • Saint Petersburg, FL	Meet & Greet at O’Keefe’s Family Restaurant	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:00 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Orlando • Orlando, FL	Shut Up & Write!® at [FOXTAIL COFFEE / HOWELL BRANCH RD]	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:00 PM EDT
West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824 • New Port Richey, FL	Weekly Meeting	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:30 PM EDT
We Write Here Black and Women of Color Writing Group • Tampa, FL	Weekday Writing Get Down	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:30 PM EDT
The Sarasota Creative Writers Meetup Group • Sarasota, FL	The Sarasota Creative Writers	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:30 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers • Largo, FL	Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	Tue, Sep 5 · 6:30 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Naples Toastmasters Club #2835	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:00 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters 2166 • Dunedin, FL	Club Competition!! -Guests Welcome! (In-person and Zoom)	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace • Orlando, FL	MakerFX Makerspace 3D Printing Basics	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults • Saint Petersburg, FL	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup • Bradenton, FL	Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:00 PM EDT
Suncoast Gamers • Sarasota, FL	Dems with Dice	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:00 PM EDT
The Gloss: Orlando • Orlando, FL	August’s Book Club at 7 PM ( In September)	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:00 PM EDT
Chan’s Book Club of Tampa Bay • Tampa, FL	Save What’s Left by Elizabeth Castellano	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:00 PM EDT
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group • Saint Petersburg, FL	Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa • Tampa, FL	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Tue, Sep 5 · 7:45 PM EDT
Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida • Fort Myers, FL	Trading Tuesday	Tue, Sep 5 · 8:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Trivia Lovers • Oviedo, FL	MUSIC BINGO at ISLAND WING COMPANY – UCF	Tue, Sep 5 · 8:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, September 6

On Wednesday evening, the Tampa Devs “Meet & Greet” takes place at Armature Works! This was supposed to take place last week, but Hurricane Idalia had other plans. So don’t forget — it’s THIS WEDNESDAY. Find out more and register here!

Group	Event Name	Time
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:30 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	St Pete Networking Breakfast at the Hangar Meet St Pete’s Top Pro’s All Weclcome	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	DOWNTOWN ST PETE YOUNG NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST AT THE HANGAR!	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:30 AM EDT
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) • Saint Petersburg, FL	NPI Profit Partners Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:30 AM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:45 AM EDT
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa • Tampa, FL	How to be ready for our preferred future: What is Strategic Foresight?	Wed, Sep 6 · 8:00 AM EDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando • Winter Park, FL	1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	Wed, Sep 6 · 8:30 AM EDT
Suncoast Drone Club • Tampa, FL	Lake Chautauqua Park	Wed, Sep 6 · 9:00 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	In Person Networking BRANDON! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Wed, Sep 6 · 11:15 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Wed, Sep 6 · 11:30 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Wed, Sep 6 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Wed, Sep 6 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers • Tampa, FL	Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Wed, Sep 6 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Wed, Sep 6 · 11:30 AM EDT
Bradenton/Sarasota Networking Meetings and Mixers • Sarasota, FL	Business Networking Lunch	Wed, Sep 6 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	Wed, Sep 6 · 11:30 AM EDT
Orlando Stoics • Altamonte Springs, FL	HYBRID EVENT: Business Ethics 2023 – Class for September	Wed, Sep 6 · 11:30 AM EDT
Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group • Tampa, FL	Midjourney Prompt Help & Advanced FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Wed, Sep 6 · 12:00 PM EDT
Web Design And SEO/SEM Three Sixty Degrees • Apollo Beach, FL	Web Design And SEO/SEM Three Sixty Degrees	Wed, Sep 6 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Startup Founder 101 • Tampa, FL	Global Webinar — Co-Founders Connect: Find a Business Partner Online	Wed, Sep 6 · 1:00 PM EDT
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO • Tampa, FL	Silicon Valley Business Networking (Online)	Wed, Sep 6 · 1:00 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg • Saint Petersburg, FL	Online Event: Shut Up & Write!® Your Life Story (on Zoom)	Wed, Sep 6 · 1:00 PM EDT
Tampa Energy Healing and Meditation – Training in Power • Tampa, FL	The Magic of Relationships	Wed, Sep 6 · 2:00 PM EDT
I Refuse 2 Fail Virtual Meetings • Pinellas Park, FL	FREE 15+30 Virtual Meetings	Wed, Sep 6 · 2:45 PM EDT
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events • Tampa, FL	Building a Multi-Six Figure Business through Social Media Marketing	Wed, Sep 6 · 3:00 PM EDT
Euchre Fun • Bradenton, FL	First Euchre Tourney :)	Wed, Sep 6 · 5:00 PM EDT
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play • Tampa, FL	Playing Games in the Alley	Wed, Sep 6 · 5:00 PM EDT
Brandon Boardgamers • Brandon, FL	Board Gaming – In Person	Wed, Sep 6 · 5:00 PM EDT
Bay Pines Toastmasters • Saint Petersburg, FL	Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Wed, Sep 6 · 5:15 PM EDT
Tampa Blockchain Meetup Group • Tampa, FL	The New Digital Era is Here!! Learn more about blockchain opportunities	Wed, Sep 6 · 5:30 PM EDT
Sarasota Business Exchange Club • Sarasota, FL	We ARE meeting again at Rusty Bucket Restaurant	Wed, Sep 6 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Game Nights • Tampa, FL	Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Wed, Sep 6 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Gaming Guild • Tampa, FL	Wednesday Board Game Night	Wed, Sep 6 · 5:30 PM EDT
Data Science Salon \| Tampa Bay • Tampa, FL	DSS TPA \| Using Generative AI & ML In The Enterprise	Wed, Sep 6 · 6:00 PM EDT
Win a Job Fast • Tampa, FL	Job Search Acceleration Group (JSAG) Workshop	Wed, Sep 6 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Casual Commander Wednesdays	Wed, Sep 6 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Board Game Night	Wed, Sep 6 · 6:00 PM EDT
Clermont Nerd Games • Clermont, FL	Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Wed, Sep 6 · 6:00 PM EDT
Brews N Board Games • Orlando, FL	Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	Wed, Sep 6 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Devs • Tampa, FL	TDevs – Meet & Greet @ Armature Works	Wed, Sep 6 · 6:30 PM EDT
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group • Largo, FL	Advance Resin 3D Printing	Wed, Sep 6 · 6:30 PM EDT
Blockchain and Crypto Investors and Enthusiasts • Saint Petersburg, FL	Crypto Investors Club (5 STAR RATED)	Wed, Sep 6 · 6:30 PM EDT
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers • Palm Harbor, FL	Game Night!	Wed, Sep 6 · 6:30 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Amazon Sellers E-commerce Meetup • Tampa, FL	Amplify Your Amazon Success by Eliminating Negative Reviews!	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:00 PM EDT
The Founder Incubator • Orlando, FL	The Founder Incubator – Kickoff	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:00 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club • Saint Petersburg, FL	Castaways Euchre Club- AT THE HANGER	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	MtG Modern Constructed at Armada Games	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:00 PM EDT
Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games • Orlando, FL	Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:00 PM EDT
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild • Winter Park, FL	New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	Songs & Soju \| Karaoke & Party Games!	Wed, Sep 6 · 7:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming • Dunnellon, FL	Wednesday night game	Wed, Sep 6 · 8:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Trivia Lovers • Oviedo, FL	TRIVIA at ISLAND WING COMPANY – UCF	Wed, Sep 6 · 8:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, September 7

On Thursday evening in Hyde Park, Oscar Technology is hosting The SocialCode x Tampa, which will feature networking and an evening of AI — 3 short talks and a panel discussion — featuring Yours Truly!

If you’re…

Interested in AI (that’s the speaker and panel topic)
Looking for tech work (because it’s sponsored and run by a tech recruiting company)
Looking for a fancier event (it’s in Hyde Park)

…then you’ll want to catch this event. Find out more and register here!

Group	Event Name	Time
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals • Wesley Chapel, FL	Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Thu, Sep 7 · 8:00 AM EDT
Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough • Largo, FL	Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Thu, Sep 7 · 11:00 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	Thu, Sep 7 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Thu, Sep 7 · 11:00 AM EDT
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals • Wesley Chapel, FL	Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Thu, Sep 7 · 11:30 AM EDT
Wesley Chapel 50+ Social Meetup Group • Wesley Chapel, FL	Weekday lunch at Cheddar’s Scratch kitchen	Thu, Sep 7 · 11:30 AM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Thu, Sep 7 · 12:00 PM EDT
Hyperledger Tampa • Tampa, FL	Decentralization and Privacy on Blockchain: the Basics	Thu, Sep 7 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Thu, Sep 7 · 1:00 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Gaming Group • Ocala, FL	Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers	Thu, Sep 7 · 2:00 PM EDT
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa • Tampa, FL	How to be ready for our preferred future: What is Strategic Foresight?	Thu, Sep 7 · 3:30 PM EDT
Tech On Tap Tampa • Tampa, FL	TECH ON TAP – SEPTEMBER 7TH – AT HOTEL ALBA in WestShore (Tampa)	Thu, Sep 7 · 5:00 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social • Saint Petersburg, FL	Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Thu, Sep 7 · 5:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Artificial Intelligence Meetup • Tampa, FL	The SocialCode x Tampa: Embracing the AI Evolution	Thu, Sep 7 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Generative AI Meetup • Tampa, FL	The SocialCode x Tampa: Embracing the AI Evolution	Thu, Sep 7 · 5:30 PM EDT
Defcon813 • Tampa, FL	Post BlackHat and Defcon Meetup	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	1st Thursday Networking Mixer, Romi’s Tacos & RGANetwork.net $10 cash at door	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers • Tampa, FL	After Hours Mixer Romi’s Tacos! All Welcome $10 cash	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:00 PM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Business Happy Hour ~ Cafe Delanie 1st Thursday Every Month 6pm to 8pm	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:00 PM EDT
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group • Seffner, FL	2nd ed. AD&D Campaign.	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Warhammer Night	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:00 PM EDT
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup • Orlando, FL	Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:00 PM EDT
Southwest Florida Board Game Meetup • Cape Coral, FL	Meetup to Play Board Games	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:00 PM EDT
Real Freedom CoLab • Tampa, FL	Bitcoin Meetup	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:30 PM EDT
VR & AR of Southwest Florida • Fort Myers, FL	Multiplayer Virtual Reality Basics – ONLINE	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:30 PM EDT
Orlando Spades Meetup Group • Orlando, FL	Let’s play Spades	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:30 PM EDT
Feminist Book Club – Tampa & St Pete • Tampa, FL	September Book Club – Discussing “Men Explain Things to Me” by Rebecca Solnit	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:30 PM EDT
South Asian Professional Women in Tampa Bay • Tampa, FL	Meet & Greet w Martinis 🍸 at DOC B’s	Thu, Sep 7 · 6:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Drupal User Group • Tampa, FL	Tampa Bay Drupal & Web Technologies Q&A. Everyone welcome!	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Shopbot Safety and Usage (Members Only)	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
IIBA Tampa Bay • Tampa, FL	BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Bitcoin • Tampa, FL	Bitcoin Only Meetup	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida • Fort Myers, FL	Bitcoiners of SWFL – Fort Myers Forum	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	FABulous Thursdays	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group • Saint Petersburg, FL	Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming • Pinellas Park, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	FOWL PLAY @ Gangchu!	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent • Tarpon Springs, FL	Live streaming production and talent	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Books & Brews! • Largo, FL	ATTENTION BOOK CHANGE -September – The Yiddish Policeman’s U	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	Seminole Heights Thurs Game Night @ Gangchu!	Thu, Sep 7 · 7:00 PM EDT
Plant City Web Development Group • Plant City, FL	Weekly Meetup	Thu, Sep 7 · 8:00 PM EDT
Hacktivate – Hackathon Meetup Group • Orlando, FL	Weekly Hacks	Thu, Sep 7 · 8:00 PM EDT
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Friday, September 8

On Friday evening at Tampa Hackerspace, there’ll be a two-hour class on prototyping circuits using the venerable 555 timer chip (as I like to say: “8 pins, but infinite possibilities!”). No experience is required! Find out more and register here.

Group	Event Name	Time
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN! • Winter Park, FL	Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	Fri, Sep 8 · 7:15 AM EDT
Agile Orlando • Orlando, FL	Virtual “2nd Fridays” Lean Coffee Orlando	Fri, Sep 8 · 7:30 AM EDT
Write the Docs Florida • Orlando, FL	Focused conversation for documentarians	Fri, Sep 8 · 8:30 AM EDT
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton • Sarasota, FL	A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Fri, Sep 8 · 8:45 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Fri, Sep 8 · 8:45 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers • Tampa, FL	Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Fri, Sep 8 · 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking over breakfast	Fri, Sep 8 · 9:00 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Fri, Sep 8 · 9:00 AM EDT
Brandon Biz Pros • Brandon, FL	Online Networking with Brandon Biz Pros	Fri, Sep 8 · 9:00 AM EDT
Project Codex • Orlando, FL	Virtual Coffee	Fri, Sep 8 · 9:00 AM EDT
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay • Largo, FL	Toastmasters – Improve Speaking Skills & Build Confidence	Fri, Sep 8 · 9:25 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together • Oviedo, FL	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together	Fri, Sep 8 · 10:00 AM EDT
Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough • Largo, FL	International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Fri, Sep 8 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Fri, Sep 8 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers • Tampa, FL	Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Fri, Sep 8 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	International Professionals Networking Meeting	Fri, Sep 8 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up • Clearwater, FL	International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Fri, Sep 8 · 11:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Fri, Sep 8 · 11:30 AM EDT
Powerful Women Networking • Orlando, FL	WINTER PARK: Join us for outrageous connection, growth and networking too!	Fri, Sep 8 · 11:30 AM EDT
SWFL Business Network • Fort Myers, FL	LEAD: LADIES’ EMPOWERMENT, ACTION & DEVELOPMENT	Fri, Sep 8 · 11:30 AM EDT
Real Freedom CoLab • Tampa, FL	How To Make Money In Ground Up Construction	Fri, Sep 8 · 12:00 PM EDT
Brandon Boardgamers • Brandon, FL	WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Fri, Sep 8 · 5:00 PM EDT
Clermont Nerd Games • Clermont, FL	Board Game Night!	Fri, Sep 8 · 5:00 PM EDT
Tampa Gaming Guild • Tampa, FL	Friday Board Game Night	Fri, Sep 8 · 5:30 PM EDT
Win a Job Fast • Tampa, FL	Job Search Acceleration Group (JSAG) Workshop	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:00 PM EDT
Real Freedom CoLab • Tampa, FL	3 Savvy Ways to Increase Occupancy Rates on Your Short Term Rental	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League • Sarasota, FL	Concordia – Friday September 8	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	Taps & Drafts	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	MTG: Commander FNM	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:00 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Gaming Group • Ocala, FL	Board Game Night featuring Red Dragon Inn	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:00 PM EDT
Dunnellon Area Board Gamers • Dunnellon, FL	Friday Night Board Gaming	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:00 PM EDT
Social and Active 20’s – 30’s of Central Florida • Orlando, FL	Senses Fail Concert – Then Disney Springs	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:00 PM EDT
Self-Perfected Orlando • Orlando, FL	GROWTH MINDSET	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:00 PM EDT
Ladies Book & Explorer Club • Altamonte Springs, FL	The Minds of Billy Milligan at Francesco’s	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® St. Petersburg • Saint Petersburg, FL	Shut Up & Write!® Gulfport	Fri, Sep 8 · 6:30 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Electronics: Breadboarding 102 – 555 Timer Circuits	Fri, Sep 8 · 7:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace • Orlando, FL	MakerFX Maskerspace Laser Guild	Fri, Sep 8 · 7:00 PM EDT
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals” • Saint Petersburg, FL	Join our Facebook group!	Fri, Sep 8 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tarpon Springs Pop Culture & Gaming Meetup • Tarpon Springs, FL	Karaoke Night at Conworlds Emporium	Fri, Sep 8 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Modern FNM	Fri, Sep 8 · 7:00 PM EDT
► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group • Tampa, FL	Social in the covered Beer Garden of c.1949	Fri, Sep 8 · 7:15 PM EDT
Indica Cafe Events • Tampa, FL	Friday night game night	Fri, Sep 8 · 9:00 PM EDT
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Saturday, September 9

Group	Event Name	Time
Suncoast Drone Club • Tampa, FL	Veterans Memorial Park	Sat, Sep 9 · 7:00 AM EDT
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup • Winter Park, FL	Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Sat, Sep 9 · 7:00 AM EDT
Orlando Innovative Business Minds: Creative Strategy Meetup • Orlando, FL	Creative business minds & coffee	Sat, Sep 9 · 8:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters Division G • Ocala, FL	Early Bird Ocala	Sat, Sep 9 · 8:00 AM EDT
Real Freedom CoLab • Tampa, FL	FREE TAX LIEN SEMINAR	Sat, Sep 9 · 9:00 AM EDT
Chess Republic • Tampa, FL	Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Sat, Sep 9 · 9:30 AM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Wood Shop Router Table 101 (Members Only)	Sat, Sep 9 · 10:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Drone Club • Tampa, FL	Open Fly @ Purveyor	Sat, Sep 9 · 10:30 AM EDT
Orlando DevOps • Orlando, FL	Hackathon – Feel free to arrive later	Sat, Sep 9 · 11:00 AM EDT
Learn-To-Trade Crypto (Online) • Maitland, FL	Learn-To-Trade for Beginners / Q&A (Live Webinar)	Sat, Sep 9 · 11:00 AM EDT
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) • Oviedo, FL	Bravo Group Campaign Continues	Sat, Sep 9 · 11:00 AM EDT
The Jane Austen Book Club • Maitland, FL	Persuasion Discussion	Sat, Sep 9 · 11:00 AM EDT
St. Pete Short Video Projects Meetup Group • Saint Petersburg, FL	Open Mic at the Multimedia Studio	Sat, Sep 9 · 12:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week • Bradenton, FL	Winning The Week – 1st Meet	Sat, Sep 9 · 12:00 PM EDT
Suncoast Makers • Sarasota, FL	FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Sat, Sep 9 · 1:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Laser Cutter Orientation (Members Only)	Sat, Sep 9 · 2:00 PM EDT
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild • Orlando, FL	Radiant Citadel Adventures (Tier 1)	Sat, Sep 9 · 2:00 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Gaming Group • Ocala, FL	Co-Op Day – Learn Marvel Champions The Card Game	Sat, Sep 9 · 2:00 PM EDT
Bradenton Photo Group • Bradenton, FL	Camera Button Breakdown	Sat, Sep 9 · 2:30 PM EDT
Seminole Isle Monthly Board Games 2nd Saturday Evening Group • Seminole, FL	Game Night 2nd Saturday of each Month 4 – 10 PM	Sat, Sep 9 · 4:00 PM EDT
Florida Center for Creative Photography • Saint Petersburg, FL	(DIY) – Second Saturday Car Show – Our Place Restaurant & Bar – (DIY)	Sat, Sep 9 · 4:00 PM EDT
Bitcoin Orlando • Orlando, FL	Monthly Bitcoin: Q and A	Sat, Sep 9 · 4:30 PM EDT
New Port Richey Casual Games and Fun Socializing Group! • Hudson, FL	Bring your own food game night – September style	Sat, Sep 9 · 4:30 PM EDT
3D Print Orlando – 3D Printing Community • Orlando, FL	3D Print Orlando Community Meetup – September	Sat, Sep 9 · 5:00 PM EDT
Heartled Dating Games – Tampa • Tampa, FL	Heartled Dating Card Game Night – Tampa	Sat, Sep 9 · 5:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	Community Hang-out Night	Sat, Sep 9 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sat, Sep 9 · 7:00 PM EDT
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming • Pinellas Park, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Sat, Sep 9 · 7:00 PM EDT
Suncoast Gamers • Sarasota, FL	Dems with Dice	Sat, Sep 9 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	ONLINE NNO Book Club: The Wilderwomen	Sat, Sep 9 · 7:30 PM EDT
Gen Geek • Saint Petersburg, FL	Gen Geek Cruise POW WOW	Sat, Sep 9 · 8:00 PM EDT
Gaming.net • Orlando, FL	Group Outing- Arcade!	Sat, Sep 9 · 8:00 PM EDT
Black Entrepreneurs who Love Great Music & Networking • Tampa, FL	Jam Session @ Riverview TapHouse	Sat, Sep 9 · 9:00 PM EDT
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Sunday, September 10

There’ll be an online session of the Guild of Independent Game Developers late Sunday afternoon, where you’ll get the chance to fire up Unreal Engine and learn about various game dev techniques. Find out more and register here.

On Sunday evening, AI Tampa Elites is holding their online “Intro To AI Summit,” where they’ll explore the fascinating world of AI-generated art, all from the comfort of your home. Find out more and register here.

Group	Event Name	Time
Geekocracy! • Tampa, FL	Beach Day at Honeymoon Island – North Beach	Sun, Sep 10 · 9:00 AM EDT
Suncoast Drone Club • Tampa, FL	Dunedin Causeway	Sun, Sep 10 · 9:00 AM EDT
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group • Sarasota, FL	IHOP Restaurant CRITICAL THINKERS SUNDAY BRUNCH	Sun, Sep 10 · 10:00 AM EDT
Clermont Nerd Games • Clermont, FL	Warhammer 40K	Sun, Sep 10 · 11:00 AM EDT
Meeple Movers Gaming Group • Ocala, FL	The Show Must Go On (RPG bi-weekly on-going campaign)	Sun, Sep 10 · 12:30 PM EDT
Board Gamers of West Volusia • Deltona, FL	Monthly Gaming at the Deltona Library	Sun, Sep 10 · 12:30 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	* NEW * Steel MIG Welding Safety and Basic Usage (Members Only)	Sun, Sep 10 · 1:00 PM EDT
Brandon Boardgamers • Brandon, FL	2ND SUNDAY OF THE MONTH BOARDGAMING AT NERDY NEEDS	Sun, Sep 10 · 1:00 PM EDT
Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames) • Port Richey, FL	Weekend Game Day	Sun, Sep 10 · 1:00 PM EDT
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild • Orlando, FL	New Player Nights East Colonial – Tier 1 (Various DMs)	Sun, Sep 10 · 1:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Computer Society • Orlando, FL	Join us for the Windows Special Interest Group	Sun, Sep 10 · 1:30 PM EDT
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group • Largo, FL	3D Printing basics	Sun, Sep 10 · 2:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Sun, Sep 10 · 2:00 PM EDT
Chess Republic • Tampa, FL	Sunday Chess at Grassroots Kava House in Ybor	Sun, Sep 10 · 2:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	D&D Adventurers League	Sun, Sep 10 · 2:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Sunday Pokemon League	Sun, Sep 10 · 4:00 PM EDT
O-Town Introverts • Orlando, FL	Introverts Meet n Greet at Snow Bean	Sun, Sep 10 · 4:00 PM EDT
The Guild of Independent Game Developers • Winter Park, FL	Lecture	Sun, Sep 10 · 5:00 PM EDT
Florida Center for Creative Photography • Saint Petersburg, FL	Alphabet Soup 2023 \| Finding Letters in the World Around Us	Sun, Sep 10 · 5:00 PM EDT
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group • Seffner, FL	Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Sun, Sep 10 · 5:30 PM EDT
AI Tampa Elites • Tampa, FL	Intro To AI Summit	Sun, Sep 10 · 6:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters Division E • Orlando, FL	Find Your Funny Toastmaster	Sun, Sep 10 · 6:30 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	Sun, Sep 10 · 7:00 PM EDT
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup • Inverness, FL	Open Game Night	Sun, Sep 10 · 7:00 PM EDT
Solana – Tampa • Tampa, FL	Office Hours	Sun, Sep 10 · 8:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	Sun, Sep 10 · 8:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Trivia Lovers • Oviedo, FL	MUSIC BINGO at BAR LOUIE – UCF	Sun, Sep 10 · 8:30 PM EDT
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In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.

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 (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

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Tampa Bay’s tech scene is having a September to Remember!

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date August 28, 2023
1 Comment on Tampa Bay’s tech scene is having a September to Remember!

September starts this week, and each week in this new month has its own big Tampa Bay tech event, with new opportunities to learn, network, make friends, and take part in “The Other Bay Area’s” tech scene!

These events, which are covered in more detail below, are:

Event	Quick summary	When and where
SocialCode x Tampa	An evening of AI (3 short talks and a panel discussion) and networking in a swanky Hyde Park venue.	Thursday, Sept. 7 Hyde House
BSides St. Pete	Deep cybersecurity knowledge will abound, with a full Friday of training sessions and a full Saturday devoted to a Black Hat-style conference.	Friday/Saturday Sept. 15 – 16 St. Petersburg College’s Seminole Campus
DevOpsDays Tampa Bay	A full-day conference dedicated to DevOps (“Dev” as in “software development,” “Ops” and in “IT operations”) in Tampa’s best conference venue.	Thursday, September 21 Armature Works
Navigating Your Tech Journey	An evening of tech career guidance (keynote and panel discussion) and networking at Tampa Bay’s premier tech gathering space.	Tuesday, September 26 Embarc Collective

SocialCode x Tampa (Thursday, September 7)

The SocialCode is the name for events that tech recruiter Oscar Technology hold worldwide, and they’re holding one in Tampa on Thursday, September 7th!

The event:	The SocialCode x Tampa
TL;DR:	An evening of AI (3 short talks and a panel discussion) and networking in a swanky Hyde Park venue.
Recommended if you’re:	• Interested in AI (that’s the speaker and panel topic) • Looking for tech work (because it’s sponsored and run by a tech recruiting company) • Looking for a fancier event (it’s in Hyde Park)
When:	Thursday, September 7, 2023 5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Where:	Hyde House Public Studio 1646 W Snow Avenue, Tampa FL
How much:	Free!
Where to register:	The SocialCode x Tampa’s Eventbrite page

This event, The SocialCode x Tampa, will focus on AI and feature these speakers:

Craig Bosco, Data Scientist at Gale Healthcare, who’ll talk about how predictive analytics can play a part in healthcare staffing, the role of AI in automation and operational excellence, and how different types of AI can be used to augment the skills of a limited workforce.
James Gress, Generative AI Director at Accenture, who’ll talk about how various organizations are harnessing the power of generative AI to drive innovation in their products and enhance operational efficiency, and how we can use multiple technologies across the entire software delivery lifecycle.
Yours Truly, Joey deVilla, Senior Developer Advocate at Okta, who’ll talk about two different approaches to human/AI synergy — “centaur” (human head/non-human body) and “minotaur” (non-human head/human body) — and how to get on the right side of this equation.

This event is free to attend — register here!

BSides St. Pete 2023 (Friday/Saturday Sept 15 – 16)

BSides is the name of a series of cybersecurity conferences that grew from the “overflow presentation” at Black Hat and are now their own thing! The St. Pete edition happens on the weekend of September 15th and 16th, with the training sessions on the 15th and the conference proper on the 16th!

The event:	BSides St. Pete
TL;DR:	Deep cybersecurity knowledge will abound, with a full Friday of training sessions and a full Saturday devoted to a Black Hat-style conference.
Recommended if you’re:	• Interested in cybersecurity and infosec (that’s what this conference is all about) • Looking for cybersecurity and infosec work (there’ll be lots of people from security companies there, and some of them will be recruiting) • “Homesick” for Black Hat and/or DEFCON or didn’t get to go this year • On a budget and want to get the most hardcore conference bang for your buck
When:	• Training sessions on Friday, September 15, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. • Conference day on Saturday, September 16, 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Where:	St. Petersburg College – Seminole Campus 9200 113th Street N, Seminole FL
How much:	• Friday training sessions: $1 (really!) • Regular admission: $25 • College/university student admission: $15 • Middle/high school student admission: $10 • Elementary school student admission: $1
Where to register:	BSides St. Pete’s registration page

If you want a taste of what BSides is like, check out my article, Scenes from BSides Tampa X 2023, which I attended this spring. BSides St. Pete will continue the tradition of sharing deep cybersecurity/infosec knowledge, but on the St. Pete side of the Bay this time!

The Friday training sessions will be:

Blue Team Workshop – Network Attacks, with Laura Mayeux from Vectra AI
Introduction to Hands-On Purple Teaming, with Bryson Bort & Chris Peacock from SCYTHE
Splunk Boss of the SOC, with Will Robus from Outpost Security

The Saturday conference sessions will be:

Between Two Palms: A Session on Burnout, with Elvira Reyes and Chris Machowski
Complexity is the Enemy: How to start doing Cyber Risk Management with Dan Holland
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Build a Modern Detection & Response Program, with Allyn Scott
Exploring Threat Actor Strategies on Exploitation of Emerging TLDs, with Pat Gelin
Integrating Cybersecurity into Organizational Culture and Portfolio Management, with Carlos Rodriguez
How to Build a Cybersecurity Journey, with Ivan Marchany
Getting into Cybersecurity, with Stacey Oneal
A Urinal Story: Human Behavior & Security, with Daniel Lopez
Navigating New Cybersecurity Regulations: Charting a Course for Success, with Terri Khalil
Everything I Needed to Know About Practical Cybersecurity, I Learned from my Mom, with Michael Magyar
Creating your Security & Compliance Audit Framework, with Michael Brown
Building a Comprehensive Framework for AI Systems Security: Methodology and Grading, with Wilson Bautista
IAM Security and So Can You: An Intro to Identity Access Management and How to Beat It to a Pulp, with “Uncle Raydar”
Adversarial Prompting: Exploiting Large Language Models, with Sam Decker
Enhancing Chrome Extension Security: Fortifying Your Browser Experience, with Aishwarya Ramesh & Nagarajan Samuel Ogunlade
Cyber Supply Chain Risk Management and Evolving Governance, with Joshua Weathers
How to Wage War and Bypass Congress: a Primer on Gray Zone Warfare, with Jon “Cochise” Buzin
Getting MAAD-AF to Attack Microsoft 365 & Azure AD, with Arpan Sarkar
The Boring Parts of AI: Risks and Governance of Large Language Models, with Dan Fernandez

This event charges admission, but it’s pretty cheap — register here!

DevOpsDays Tampa Bay 2023 (Thursday, September 21)

Devops is underrated, which is a terrible shame, because software and systems don’t happen without it! Luckily for us techies in Tampa Bay, we have a conference on devops, and it’s happening on Thursday, September 21!

The event:	DevOpsDays Tampa Bay
TL;DR:	A full-day conference dedicated to DevOps (“Dev” as in “software development,” “Ops” and in “IT operations”) in Tampa’s best conference venue.
Recommended if you’re:	• Interested in devops, CI/CD, and setting up, operating, and maintaining all the things that make software development and delivery possible (that’s what this conference is all about) • Looking for devops work (there’ll be lots of people working in devops there, and some of them will be recruiting) • Curious as to how software and systems get built and deployed beyond the planning and coding phases
When:	Thursday, September 21, 2023 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Where:	Armature Works 1910 N Ola Avenue, Tampa FL
How much:	• Before September 1: $100 • After September 1: $150
Where to register:	DevOpsDays Tampa Bay’s Eventbrite page

The conference sessions will be:

How do we talk to each other?, with Nora Jones
Realigning DevOps: Customers and Learning First, with Kishore Jalleda
The Startup DevOps Playbook – Making It A Success From Day One, with Aman Sharma
Building Resilience: A Journey of Crafting and Validating Our Disaster Recovery Plan, with Yedidya Schwartz
The Power of DevOps in the Real World, with Randy Pagels
Simplifying Cloud Native Chaos Engineering: A Deep Dive into Chaos Mesh, with Soumyadip Chowdhury
Best Practices for Securing CI/CD Pipelines, with Lizz Parody
The OpenTelemetry Hero’s Journey: Working with Open Source Observability, with Josh Lee
Open spaces

Admission is $150, but if you register before September 1, you can save $50 and pay only $100 — register here!

Navigating Your Tech Journey (Tuesday, September 26)

Hot on the heels of their successful “Breaking into Tech” panel back in late July, Tampa Bay Techies are holding a great follow-up meetup where the topic will be about bridging the opportunity gap in the Tampa Bay technology industry.

The event:	Navigating Your Tech Journey
TL;DR:	An evening of tech career guidance (keynote and panel discussion) and networking at Tampa Bay’s premier tech gathering space.
Recommended if you’re:	• Wondering what the next move in your tech career should be (that’s the main topic of this meetup) • Looking for tech work (there’ll be lots of people working in tech there, and some of them will be recruiting) • New to the Tampa Bay tech scene or haven’t been to a Tampa Bay tech event in a while
When:	Tuesday, September 26, 2023 5:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Where:	Embarc Collective 802 E Whiting Street, Tampa FL
How much:	Free!
Where to register:	Navigating Your Tech Journey’s Meetup page

This event will feature Candace Williams, who will share her inspiring journey into the world of technology. From her early days to becoming Associate Director, Cybersecurity at Raytheon and starting Cyb(H)er Ally, Candace’s story is a testament to what’s possible in the tech industry.

Following Candace’s keynote address, there will be a panel of accomplished industry professionals ready to answer your burning questions. Guided by the audience’s inquiries, this discussion will focus on the invaluable lessons they learned when starting their tech careers and finding their own unique paths in the industry.

This event is free to attend — register here!

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Tampa Bay tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events list (Week of Monday, August 28, 2023) – Hurricane Update

Post author By Joey deVilla
Post date August 25, 2023

Here’s the “official unofficial” list of tech, entrepreneur, and nerd events for Tampa Bay and surrounding areas for the week of Monday, August 28 through Sunday, September 3, 2023.

Update [Monday, August 28 @ 2:20 p.m.] Hurricane watch!

From Tampa Bay Times, Monday, August 28, 2:20 p.m.
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As of Monday, August 28 at 2:20 p.m., the prediction is that Hurricane Idalia will get close enough to us to start being a problem around Tuesday evening. There’s a good chance that non-online events (and possibly online ones as well) will be canceled. Check the page for your event and or contact the organizers for any event you want to attend — and if it’s storming outside, stay home!

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Monday, August 28

Group	Event Name	Time
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	In person at Fords Garage St Pete	Mon, Aug 28 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Ford’s Garage	Mon, Aug 28 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Downtown St Pete Business Professionals Lunch	Mon, Aug 28 · 11:00 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Start the Week with more connections MONDAYS at Romi’s Tacos All Welcome!	Mon, Aug 28 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Cafe’ Delanie	Mon, Aug 28 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	Monday Business Introductions at Romi’s Taco’s	Mon, Aug 28 · 11:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	St. Pete Networking Lunch! Fords Garage! Monday’s	Mon, Aug 28 · 11:30 AM EDT
Christian Professionals Network Tampa Bay • Largo, FL	Business Networking Meeting	Mon, Aug 28 · 11:30 AM EDT
Entrepreneurs Empower Empire • Orlando, FL	Entrepreneurs Empower Empire Official Meeting- Owning a Business VS A Job	Mon, Aug 28 · 11:30 AM EDT
Entrepreneurs’ Empowerment Empire • Orlando, FL	Official Meeting- Owning A Business VS A Job	Mon, Aug 28 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Startup Founder 101 • Tampa, FL	Global Webinar — How to Convert Product Trials into Paying Customers	Mon, Aug 28 · 1:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters Division G • Ocala, FL	Radiant Ridge Toastmasters	Mon, Aug 28 · 5:15 PM EDT
Tampa Game Nights • Tampa, FL	Karaoke Night at Felicitous	Mon, Aug 28 · 5:30 PM EDT
Win a Job Fast • Tampa, FL	Job Search Acceleration Group (JSAG) Workshop	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Speakeasy Toastmasters #4698	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM EDT
The Movers and Shakers Collective of Central Florida • Orlando, FL	August Movers Meetup by The Movers & Shakers Collective	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Tabletoppers • Tampa, FL	Monday Feast & Game Night	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Strategy Board Game League • Sarasota, FL	Cosmic Encounter – Monday August 28!	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	MTG: Commander Night	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM EDT
Board Game Meetup: Board Game Boxcar • Orlando, FL	Monday Weekly Board Game Night! (Lazy Moon Colonial Location)	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM EDT
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild • Orlando, FL	Tomb of Annhilation (APL 8 Forgotten Realms) – DM Carson	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM EDT
Brews N Board Games • Orlando, FL	Board Game Night at Persimmon Hollow Flamingo Crossings	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	North Port Toastmasters Meets Online!!	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:30 PM EDT
D&D Adventurers League @ Adobe Graffiti Lounge!!! • Bradenton, FL	D&D Adventurer’s League @ AGL	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Orlando • Orlando, FL	Shut Up & Write!® Dr. Phillips/Orlando	Mon, Aug 28 · 6:30 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Stirling Toastmasters Club #7461614	Mon, Aug 28 · 7:00 PM EDT
Success Mindset Mastermind • Ocoee, FL	Book Club: “You Were Born Rich Chapter 1	Mon, Aug 28 · 7:00 PM EDT
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking • Tampa, FL	Interview Skills for Tech Career Success	Mon, Aug 28 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	Board Game Night at Armada Games	Mon, Aug 28 · 7:00 PM EDT
Light Study PRO – A Photography Workshop for Emerging Pros • Miami, FL	Members as far back as 2008 can access their photos	Mon, Aug 28 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	DigiMondays	Mon, Aug 28 · 7:30 PM EDT
Beginning Web Development • Windermere, FL	Weekly Meetup	Mon, Aug 28 · 8:00 PM EDT
Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida • Fort Myers, FL	Where is Bitcoin Going?	Mon, Aug 28 · 9:00 PM EDT
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Tuesday, August 29

⚠️ Please note that the effects of Hurricane Idalia may start reaching Tampa Bay Tuesday evening. It might be a good idea to cancel any in-person get-together plans for the next couple of days.

Tuesday morning will start with Computer Coach’s Suzanne Ricci’s “Ask a Coach” session, where she’ll answer your burning career questions while forging meaningful connections and gaining invaluable insights to drive your professional growth. Find out more and register here.

On Tuesday at noon, CoreX Legal will host an online webinar titled Ownability: How Intellectual Property Works … and Why It Matters. Brent Britton will cover intellectual property (IP) — trademarks, patents, copyrights, and trade secrets. Its rules determine who owns your creations and whether or not you can prevent other people from copying them. If you work in a creative or innovative field, you should know enough about IP to make intelligent decisions about your job or business. You should understand the ownability of your own ability. Find out more and register here.

Also on Tuesday at noon: Women Who Code’s global team and partner panel from Block will have an online session where the speakers will talk about their experiences in constantly evolving careers while highlighting stories around their global impact through creating global access to economic empowerment. Find out more and register here!

Group	Event Name	Time
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Venice Area Toastmasters Club #5486	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Agile • Tampa, FL	v-Lean Coffee	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:30 AM EDT
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) • Saint Petersburg, FL	NPI St. Pete Business Builders Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:30 AM EDT
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup • Orlando, FL	Shield 2023 : An IAM and Cybersecurity Seminar – Orlando, United States	Tue, Aug 29 · 9:00 AM EDT
Front End Creatives • Tampa, FL	Career Q&A: Ask a Coach with Suzanne Ricci	Tue, Aug 29 · 10:00 AM EDT
Career Success Academy • Tampa, FL	Career Q&A: Ask a Coach with Suzanne Ricci	Tue, Aug 29 · 10:00 AM EDT
Tampa Cybersecurity Training • Tampa, FL	Career Q&A: Ask a Coach with Suzanne Ricci	Tue, Aug 29 · 10:00 AM EDT
Tech Success Network • Tampa, FL	Career Q&A: Ask a Coach with Suzanne Ricci	Tue, Aug 29 · 10:00 AM EDT
ManageEngine Events in Chicago • Chicago, IL	Shield 2023 : An IAM and Cybersecurity Seminar – Orlando, United States	Tue, Aug 29 · 10:00 AM EDT
Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough • Largo, FL	Tuesday Westchase Business Networking Lunch at Grand Hacienda	Tue, Aug 29 · 11:00 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Westchase Professional Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome	Tue, Aug 29 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at SeaGlass Tavern~ All Welcome, join us!!!	Tue, Aug 29 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Westchase Business Networking Lunch ~ All Welcome JOIN us and connect!	Tue, Aug 29 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	Westchase Networking Lunch -Grand Hacienda~ Meet your next referral	Tue, Aug 29 · 11:00 AM EDT
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals • Wesley Chapel, FL	New Tampa Networking Lunch at Glory Day’s Grill New Tampa	Tue, Aug 29 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Glory Days Grill	Tue, Aug 29 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Italian Touch, St. Pete	Tue, Aug 29 · 11:30 AM EDT
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome • Wesley Chapel, FL	Professional Business Networking Lunch Glory Day’s New Tampa	Tue, Aug 29 · 11:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	New Tampa RGA Chapter ~ Glory Days Meet your next referral partner!	Tue, Aug 29 · 11:30 AM EDT
CoreX Legal	Ownability: How Intellectual Property Works … and Why It Matters	Tue, Aug 29 · 12:00 PM EDT
Women Who Code Tampa • Tampa, FL	A New Rhythm: Unlocking Economic Empowerment at Block \| WWCode Partner Event	Tue, Aug 29 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Entrepreneurs Network • Tampa, FL	Organize Your Way to Success with Kathi Burns	Tue, Aug 29 · 12:00 PM EDT
ManageEngine Events in California • California City, CA	Shield 2023 : An IAM and Cybersecurity Seminar – Orlando, United States	Tue, Aug 29 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Startup Founder 101 • Tampa, FL	Global Webinar — How to Build and Model a Cap Table for Your Startup	Tue, Aug 29 · 1:00 PM EDT
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild • Orlando, FL	(Tier 1, APL 1) Wildemount Adventures [In Person, East Colonial]	Tue, Aug 29 · 4:00 PM EDT
Young Professionals in Orlando #YPO • Orlando, FL	Young Professional Network & Social @ Pour Choice Taphouse	Tue, Aug 29 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Weekly Open Make Night	Tue, Aug 29 · 6:00 PM EDT
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events • Tampa, FL	Six Figures Blueprint	Tue, Aug 29 · 6:00 PM EDT
Tampa Game Nights • Tampa, FL	Magic: The Gathering Night at Felicitous	Tue, Aug 29 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Hobby Night	Tue, Aug 29 · 6:00 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Orlando • Orlando, FL	Shut Up & Write!® at [FOXTAIL COFFEE / HOWELL BRANCH RD]	Tue, Aug 29 · 6:00 PM EDT
GDG Tampa Bay • Tampa, FL	Build The Game Dots and Boxes in Flutter	Tue, Aug 29 · 6:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Android Developers Group • Saint Petersburg, FL	Build The Game Dots and Boxes in Flutter	Tue, Aug 29 · 6:30 PM EDT
West Pasco Toastmasters Club #2824 • New Port Richey, FL	Weekly Meeting	Tue, Aug 29 · 6:30 PM EDT
Pinellas Writers • Largo, FL	Weekly Group Meetings – All Writers Welcome!	Tue, Aug 29 · 6:30 PM EDT
Dunedin Toastmasters 2166 • Dunedin, FL	Dunedin Toastmasters – Guests Welcome! (In-person and Zoom)	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games for Young Adults • Saint Petersburg, FL	St. Pete Beers ‘n Board Games Meetup for Young Adults	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup • Bradenton, FL	Trivia Night – Moose Lodge 2117 Smartphone Trivia Game Show	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM EDT
Suncoast Gamers • Sarasota, FL	Dems with Dice	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	D&D Adventurers League at Armada Games	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM EDT
Florida Center for Creative Photography • Saint Petersburg, FL	AMA – Ask Me Anything Related to Photography, Computers and Software	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:00 PM EDT
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group • Saint Petersburg, FL	Let’s play chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:30 PM EDT
Shut Up & Write!® Tampa • Tampa, FL	Online Event: Shut Up & Write on Zoom	Tue, Aug 29 · 7:45 PM EDT
Bitcoiners of Southwest Florida • Fort Myers, FL	Trading Tuesday	Tue, Aug 29 · 8:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Trivia Lovers • Oviedo, FL	MUSIC BINGO at ISLAND WING COMPANY – UCF	Tue, Aug 29 · 8:00 PM EDT
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Wednesday, August 30

⚠️⚠️⚠️ We’re expecteing Hurricane Idalia to pass through the area on Wednesday. Assume that any in-person meetup on Wednesday has been canceled.

Group	Event Name	Time
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at The Hanger Restaurant & Flight Lounge!	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:30 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	St Pete Networking Breakfast at the Hangar Meet St Pete’s Top Pro’s All Weclcome	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	DOWNTOWN ST PETE YOUNG NETWORKING PROFESSIONALS BREAKFAST AT THE HANGAR!	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:30 AM EDT
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) • Saint Petersburg, FL	NPI St. Pete Sunrise Chapter – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:30 AM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Tampa Highrisers Toastmasters	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:45 AM EDT
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa • Tampa, FL	How to secure crown jewel data in a multi-cloud environment	Wed, Aug 30 · 8:00 AM EDT
1 Million Cups – Orlando • Winter Park, FL	1 Million Cups – Orlando Weekly Meetup	Wed, Aug 30 · 8:30 AM EDT
Suncoast Credit Union Micro Enterprise Development Meetup • Tampa, FL	Benefits of Certification with Hillsborough County	Wed, Aug 30 · 9:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	In Person Networking BRANDON! Just Love Coffee Cafe – Brandon FL	Wed, Aug 30 · 11:15 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Brandon Business Professionals Just Love Coffee	Wed, Aug 30 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Brandon Business Professionals IN Person!!!!	Wed, Aug 30 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Just Love Coffee!	Wed, Aug 30 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers • Tampa, FL	Carrollwood Networking Lunch! Join us and win!	Wed, Aug 30 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking at Glory Days Grill!	Wed, Aug 30 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	Brandon Networking Professionals Networking Lunch	Wed, Aug 30 · 11:30 AM EDT
Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group • Tampa, FL	Midjourney Prompt Help & Advanced FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Wed, Aug 30 · 12:00 PM EDT
Sarasota Web Development Meetup Group • Sarasota, FL	Lunch Hour Meetup	Wed, Aug 30 · 12:00 PM EDT
Orlando Innovative Business Minds: Creative Strategy Meetup • Orlando, FL	Collaborative Exploration of AI Perspectives	Wed, Aug 30 · 12:30 PM EDT
Tampa Startup Founder 101 • Tampa, FL	Global Webinar — How to Build a Bottom-up Financial Model for Your Startup	Wed, Aug 30 · 1:00 PM EDT
Florida Startup: Idea to IPO • Tampa, FL	Silicon Valley Business Networking (Online)	Wed, Aug 30 · 1:00 PM EDT
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events • Tampa, FL	How To Be Successful on LinkedIn with AI	Wed, Aug 30 · 2:00 PM EDT
Orlando Cybersecurity Meetup • Orlando, FL	Why AD Delegation has to be non intrusive and the need to backup AD Objects	Wed, Aug 30 · 2:00 PM EDT
Network After Work Tampa – Networking Events • Tampa, FL	The Ultimate 2023 Client Acquisition Marketing Guide	Wed, Aug 30 · 3:00 PM EDT
Brandon Boardgamers • Brandon, FL	Board Gaming – In Person	Wed, Aug 30 · 5:00 PM EDT
Bay Pines Toastmasters • Saint Petersburg, FL	Bay pines toastmaster’s hybrid meeting	Wed, Aug 30 · 5:15 PM EDT
Bitcoin Ben Crypto Club Meetup’s • Sarasota, FL	Happy Hour with Bitcoin Ben	Wed, Aug 30 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	Felicitous Game Night w/Heritage Dim Sum	Wed, Aug 30 · 5:30 PM EDT
Tampa Gaming Guild • Tampa, FL	Wednesday Board Game Night	Wed, Aug 30 · 5:30 PM EDT
The Tampa Chapter of the Society for the Exploration of Play • Tampa, FL	Critical Hit Games: Board Game Night	Wed, Aug 30 · 6:00 PM EDT
Clermont Nerd Games • Clermont, FL	Dungeons & Dragons One Shot Wednesdays	Wed, Aug 30 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Board Game Night	Wed, Aug 30 · 6:00 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Gaming Group • Ocala, FL	Wine Down Wednesday – Ladies Night at Meeple Movers Board Game Cafe	Wed, Aug 30 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sanford Book Club • Sanford, FL	August Book Club Discussion – The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah	Wed, Aug 30 · 6:00 PM EDT
Suncoast Critical Thinking Discussion Group • Sarasota, FL	CRITICAL THINKERS SUPPER AT AMOB LANDSIDE IN PRIVATE ROOM	Wed, Aug 30 · 6:00 PM EDT
Brews N Board Games • Orlando, FL	Board Game Night at Deadwords Brewing	Wed, Aug 30 · 6:00 PM EDT
Drunk’n Meeples the Social Tabletop (Board) Gamers • Palm Harbor, FL	Game Night!	Wed, Aug 30 · 6:30 PM EDT
The Weirder Things Book Club • Parrish, FL	The Chain by Adrian McKinty – final	Wed, Aug 30 · 6:30 PM EDT
Gen Geek • Saint Petersburg, FL	Blue moon and sunset paddle	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Communication Skills for Interviews and Life • Tampa, FL	Communication Practice and Improvement	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Carrollwood Toastmasters Meetings meet In-Person and Online	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Bitcoin • Tampa, FL	[In-Person] Meetup/Celebration of FBBA 5th year Anniversary in Tampa!	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Want to Make More Connections by Improving Communication • Tampa, FL	How to Communicate and Make More Connections	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace • Orlando, FL	MakerFX Monthly Membership Meeting	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Geekocracy! • Tampa, FL	Disney Trivia at World of Beer (Fowler)	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Castaways Euchre Club • Saint Petersburg, FL	Castaways Euchre Club	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Magic Pioneer Event	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Adventures On Tap: TTRPGs and Board Games • Orlando, FL	Nerd Night: Board Games and Beer at Deadwords Brewing	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Central Florida AD&D (1st ed.) Grognards Guild • Winter Park, FL	New Beginnings & Old Rivalries	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Professionals Meetup For Networking And Social Skillsets • Orlando, FL	How to Express Yourself and Connect with People	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
The Fun Group in Orlando 20’s and 30’s • Orlando, FL	Trivia @ Deviant Wolfe Brewing	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	Songs & Soju \| Karaoke & Party Games!	Wed, Aug 30 · 7:30 PM EDT
Wednesday Night Gaming • Dunnellon, FL	Wednesday night game	Wed, Aug 30 · 8:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Trivia Lovers • Oviedo, FL	TRIVIA at ISLAND WING COMPANY – UCF	Wed, Aug 30 · 8:00 PM EDT
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Thursday, August 31

⚠️ We expect that Hurricane Idalia may have come and gone by Thursday, but there’s a chance some meetups will be affected. Contact the organizers for your meetup before going, just to make sure it’s still on!

On Thursday at noon, Computer Coach will host an online “fireside chat” with Suzanne Ricci and Katrina Cortese where they’ll share invaluable insights on building meaningful relationships with talent acquisition professionals. Find out more and register here.

Thursday evening will feature High Tech Connect’s August Tech Fest at Embarc Collective. It’ll be an evening of socializing, networking, and company pitches. Participating companies will include: Heave. Roberts Recruiting, Think Big for Kids, True North Society, and DevOps Days Tampa Bay. Find out more and register here.

Group	Event Name	Time
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals • Wesley Chapel, FL	Business Over Breakfast ~ Happy Hangar IN PERSON JOIN US!	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:30 AM EDT
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome • Wesley Chapel, FL	Happy Hangar Early Bird Professionals Networking	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	Wesley Chapel/Lutz networking breakfast	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	LUTZ, FL – HAPPY HANGER CAFE THURSDAY NETWORKING	Thu, Aug 31 · 8:00 AM EDT
Orlando Unity Developers Group • Orlando, FL	✨🎮 Indie Games Development Certificate Online Open Day – 📅 Aug / Thu 31st	Thu, Aug 31 · 8:00 AM EDT
Clearwater Entrepreneurs’ Round Table • Dunedin, FL	Entrepreneur Roundtable to SPARK Ideas & Build Growth	Thu, Aug 31 · 8:30 AM EDT
Bitcoin Ben Crypto Club Meetup’s • Sarasota, FL	Bottomless Mimosas with Bitcoin Ben	Thu, Aug 31 · 9:30 AM EDT
Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough • Largo, FL	Clearwater Professional Networking Lunch	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:00 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	The Founders Meeting where it all Began! JOIN us! Bring a guest and get a gift	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Bitcoin • Tampa, FL	Our Blood Runs Orange!	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up • Clearwater, FL	Pinellas County’s Largest Networking Lunch and your invited!	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	Clearwater/Central Pinellas Networking Lunch JOIN us and connect your business!	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:00 AM EDT
Wesley Chapel, Trinity, New Tampa, Business Professionals • Wesley Chapel, FL	Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:30 AM EDT
Pasco County Young Entrepreneurs/Business Owners All Welcome • Wesley Chapel, FL	Lutz / Wesley Chapel Professional Networking Lunch at Bahama Breeze!	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	Breakroom Bar & Grill 11:28 Doors open at 11:00am IN Person	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:30 AM EDT
Network Professionals Inc. of South Pinellas (NPI) • Saint Petersburg, FL	NPI Power Lunch – Exchange Qualified Business Referrals	Thu, Aug 31 · 11:30 AM EDT
Front End Creatives • Tampa, FL	Fireside Chat: How to Build Relationships with Talent Acquisition Professionals	Thu, Aug 31 · 12:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Sarasota Speakers Exchange Toastmasters	Thu, Aug 31 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Cybersecurity Training • Tampa, FL	Fireside Chat: How to Build Relationships with Talent Acquisition Professionals	Thu, Aug 31 · 12:00 PM EDT
Hyperledger Tampa • Tampa, FL	Deposit Tokens — Ideas, Approaches and Implementation Challenges	Thu, Aug 31 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tech Success Network • Tampa, FL	Fireside Chat: How to Build Relationships with Talent Acquisition Professionals	Thu, Aug 31 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	Commander Open Play Night at Armada Games	Thu, Aug 31 · 1:00 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Gaming Group • Ocala, FL	Pathfinder Society at Meeple Movers	Thu, Aug 31 · 2:00 PM EDT
Data, Cloud and AI in Tampa • Tampa, FL	How to secure crown jewel data in a multi-cloud environment	Thu, Aug 31 · 3:30 PM EDT
Women Who Code Tampa • Tampa, FL	💝 Making an Impact While Building Your Tech Career \| WWCode Global Event	Thu, Aug 31 · 5:00 PM EDT
High Tech Connect • Tampa, FL	August Tech Fest	Thu, Aug 31 · 5:00 PM EDT
Gulfport Scrabblers and Social • Saint Petersburg, FL	Gulfport Scrabble and Social	Thu, Aug 31 · 5:00 PM EDT
GDG Tampa Bay • Tampa, FL	Intel: The Web Just Took A Quantum Leap	Thu, Aug 31 · 5:30 PM EDT
Business and Social Networking • Sarasota, FL	August Happy Hour!	Thu, Aug 31 · 5:30 PM EDT
Orlando Adventurer’s Guild • Orlando, FL	The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan T2 APL5 (Tales from the Yawning Portal)	Thu, Aug 31 · 5:30 PM EDT
Ironhack Tampa – Tech Careers, Learning and Networking • Tampa, FL	The Basics of Web Development	Thu, Aug 31 · 6:00 PM EDT
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group • Seffner, FL	2nd ed. AD&D Campaign.	Thu, Aug 31 · 6:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Warhammer Night	Thu, Aug 31 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming • Orlando, FL	BotC night at Hourglass Brewery at the Hourglass District	Thu, Aug 31 · 6:00 PM EDT
Orlando Board Gaming Weekly Meetup • Orlando, FL	Central Florida Board Gaming at The Collective	Thu, Aug 31 · 6:00 PM EDT
Southwest Florida Board Game Meetup • Cape Coral, FL	Meetup to Play Board Games	Thu, Aug 31 · 6:00 PM EDT
TIME OF YOUR LIFE! 50+ • Lake Mary, FL	Trivia Night at Duffy’s in Lake Mary	Thu, Aug 31 · 6:00 PM EDT
The Pinellas County Young “Professionals” • Saint Petersburg, FL	Happy Hour: El Agave Tequila Bar	Thu, Aug 31 · 6:30 PM EDT
Tampa Free Writing Group • Tampa, FL	Writing Meetup	Thu, Aug 31 · 6:30 PM EDT
IIBA Tampa Bay • Tampa, FL	BABOK IIBA Tampa Bay Study Group	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters District 48 • Saint Petersburg, FL	Palm Harbor Toastmasters Club #8248	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM EDT
Orlando Developers Meetup • Orlando, FL	Cool Developer Talks at ODevs in August	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	One Piece Thursdays	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM EDT
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming • Pinellas Park, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa – Sarasota – Venice Trivia & Quiz Meetup • Bradenton, FL	Smartphone Trivia Game Show at Wilders Pizza	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM EDT
TB Chess – Tampa Bay – St. Petersburg Chess Meetup Group • Saint Petersburg, FL	Thursday chess at 54th Ave Kava House!	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	FOWL PLAY @ Gangchu!	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM EDT
Live streaming production and talent • Tarpon Springs, FL	Live streaming production and talent	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	Seminole Heights Thurs Game Night @ Gangchu!	Thu, Aug 31 · 7:00 PM EDT
Plant City Web Development Group • Plant City, FL	Weekly Meetup	Thu, Aug 31 · 8:00 PM EDT
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Friday, September 1

Group	Event Name	Time
Winter Park Toastmasters – Learn while having FUN! • Winter Park, FL	Improve your communication, listening, and leadership skills	Fri, Sep 1 · 7:15 AM EDT
Entrepreneurs & Business Owners of Sarasota & Bradenton • Sarasota, FL	A.C.T. Acquire Connections Today Morning Business Networking All Welcome!	Fri, Sep 1 · 8:45 AM EDT
Young Professionals Networking JOIN in and Connect! • Saint Petersburg, FL	Tampa Young Professionals Virtual Networking Friday Morning All WElCOME	Fri, Sep 1 · 8:45 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Networking over breakfast	Fri, Sep 1 · 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers • Tampa, FL	Business over Breakfast Clearwater	Fri, Sep 1 · 9:00 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	FBI ~ Friday Business Introductions at Largo Family Restaurant	Fri, Sep 1 · 9:00 AM EDT
Tampa Bay UX Group • Tampa, FL	TBUX Lite: Virtual Coffee Talk	Fri, Sep 1 · 9:00 AM EDT
Project Codex • Orlando, FL	Virtual Coffee	Fri, Sep 1 · 9:00 AM EDT
West Orlando WordPress Meetup • Winter Garden, FL	First Friday WordPress Collaboration Meetup – September 2023	Fri, Sep 1 · 10:00 AM EDT
Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorming together • Oviedo, FL	Ms. Biz Connectz- business leaders brainstorm together	Fri, Sep 1 · 10:00 AM EDT
Bitcoin Ben Crypto Club Meetup’s • Sarasota, FL	Bitcoin Ben’s Crypto Club at the Florida’s Largest Home Show	Fri, Sep 1 · 11:00 AM EDT
Business Professionals of Pinellas, Pasco & Hillsborough • Largo, FL	International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Fri, Sep 1 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking and Events • Largo, FL	Westshore Business Networking Lunch at McAlisters Deli Every Friday All Welcome	Fri, Sep 1 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Networking Meetings and Mixers • Tampa, FL	Friday Business Introductions Tampa	Fri, Sep 1 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa / St Pete Business Connections • Tampa, FL	International Professionals Networking Meeting	Fri, Sep 1 · 11:30 AM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Happy Hour/Meetings/Meet Up • Clearwater, FL	International Networking Westshore McAlisters Deli	Fri, Sep 1 · 11:30 AM EDT
Professional Business Networking with RGAnetwork.net • Tampa, FL	Friday International Business Introductions at McAlisters Westshore	Fri, Sep 1 · 11:30 AM EDT
Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group • Tampa, FL	Midjourney and Face Swapping for Characters	Fri, Sep 1 · 2:00 PM EDT
Brandon Boardgamers • Brandon, FL	WEEKLY FRIDAY NIGHT GAMING AT GAMER’S COMMAND	Fri, Sep 1 · 5:00 PM EDT
Clermont Nerd Games • Clermont, FL	Board Game Night!	Fri, Sep 1 · 5:00 PM EDT
Meeple Movers Gaming Group • Ocala, FL	Board Game Night at Meeple Movers Cafe	Fri, Sep 1 · 5:00 PM EDT
Ocala Photography Group • Ocala, FL	Photowalk: “First Friday Faces”	Fri, Sep 1 · 5:00 PM EDT
Tampa Gaming Guild • Tampa, FL	Friday Board Game Night	Fri, Sep 1 · 5:30 PM EDT
Orlando Horror Movie Fans 20s-30s • Orlando, FL	Halloween Horror Nights (Opening Night)	Fri, Sep 1 · 5:30 PM EDT
Board Games and Card Games in Sarasota & Bradenton • Sarasota, FL	Pizza and Board Games on Bee Ridge	Fri, Sep 1 · 6:00 PM EDT
Magic the Gathering Tampa/Brandon/St Pete • Tampa, FL	Commander Night	Fri, Sep 1 · 6:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Social Deduction Gaming • Orlando, FL	Blood on the Clocktower at Blackbird Comics and Coffeehouse	Fri, Sep 1 · 6:00 PM EDT
Dunnellon Area Board Gamers • Dunnellon, FL	Friday Night Board Gaming	Fri, Sep 1 · 6:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	Taps & Drafts	Fri, Sep 1 · 6:00 PM EDT
Self-Perfected Orlando • Orlando, FL	GROWTH MINDSET	Fri, Sep 1 · 6:00 PM EDT
MakerFX Makerspace • Orlando, FL	MakerFX Makerspace Soft Arts Guild	Fri, Sep 1 · 7:00 PM EDT
Helping Entrepreneurs Live Prosperously • Orlando, FL	Professional Networking Mixer	Fri, Sep 1 · 7:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Modern FNM	Fri, Sep 1 · 7:00 PM EDT
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) • Oviedo, FL	Tabletop: Friday Board Game Night	Fri, Sep 1 · 7:00 PM EDT
St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club • Saint Petersburg, FL	St. Pete Arthouse Cinema Club – “Oldboy (4K Remaster)” – 1 Sept 2023, 07:00 PM	Fri, Sep 1 · 7:00 PM EDT
Tampa Stoics • Tampa, FL	IN-PERSON: “A Guide to the Good Life” (Chapter 22 and Closing)	Fri, Sep 1 · 7:00 PM EDT
Kava Culture Winter Springs • Winter Springs, FL	Trivia Night!	Fri, Sep 1 · 8:00 PM EDT
Indica Cafe Events • Tampa, FL	Friday night game night	Fri, Sep 1 · 9:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Business Networking Meetings & Mixers • Tampa, FL	International Networking at McAlisters Deli every Friday	Fri, Sep 1 · 11:30 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Wilds of Eldraine Prerelease	Sat, Sep 2 · 12:00 AM EDT
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Saturday, September 2

Group	Event Name	Time
Suncoast Drone Club • Tampa, FL	Safety Harbor Waterfront Park	Sat, Sep 2 · 7:00 AM EDT
Central Florida Philosophy Meetup • Winter Park, FL	Wake Up and Think Clearly Saturday morning share and discuss.	Sat, Sep 2 · 7:00 AM EDT
Florida Center for Creative Photography • Saint Petersburg, FL	(DIY) – First Saturday Cars & Coffee – VFW Post 2550 Dunedin – (DIY)	Sat, Sep 2 · 7:30 AM EDT
Orlando Innovative Business Minds: Creative Strategy Meetup • Orlando, FL	Creative business minds & coffee	Sat, Sep 2 · 8:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters Division G • Ocala, FL	Early Bird Ocala	Sat, Sep 2 · 8:00 AM EDT
Pinellas Writers • Largo, FL	Monthly In Person Group Meeting – All Writers Welcome!	Sat, Sep 2 · 9:00 AM EDT
Toastmasters Division E • Orlando, FL	Hunters Creek Toastmasters	Sat, Sep 2 · 9:30 AM EDT
Chess Republic • Tampa, FL	Saturday Chess at Wholefoods in Midtown, Tampa	Sat, Sep 2 · 9:30 AM EDT
Gen Geek • Saint Petersburg, FL	Paddle to John Pass Sand bar	Sat, Sep 2 · 10:00 AM EDT
Learn-To-Trade Crypto (Online) • Maitland, FL	Learn-To-Trade for Beginners / Q&A (Live Webinar)	Sat, Sep 2 · 11:00 AM EDT
► Tampa Bay Young Professionals Group • Tampa, FL	Good Times at Pro Karting Experience (St. Pete)	Sat, Sep 2 · 11:00 AM EDT
Midjourney A.I. Art Meetup Group • Tampa, FL	Midjourney Basics: Intro & FAQ with A.I. Creative Compass!	Sat, Sep 2 · 12:00 PM EDT
Winning The Week • Bradenton, FL	Winning The Week – 1st Meet	Sat, Sep 2 · 12:00 PM EDT
Suncoast Makers • Sarasota, FL	FREE Fab Lab Orientation	Sat, Sep 2 · 1:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Wilds of Eldraine Prerelease	Sat, Sep 2 · 2:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	Outside the Binary Boardgame Meetup at Critical Hit Games	Sat, Sep 2 · 3:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	Community Hang-out Night	Sat, Sep 2 · 6:00 PM EDT
Oviedo Middle Aged Gamers (OMAG) • Oviedo, FL	Golf Group – RPG One-Shots	Sat, Sep 2 · 6:30 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Evening Tournament	Sat, Sep 2 · 7:00 PM EDT
Balance Martial Arts and Gaming • Pinellas Park, FL	Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament	Sat, Sep 2 · 7:00 PM EDT
Suncoast Gamers • Sarasota, FL	Dems with Dice	Sat, Sep 2 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	Tampa Nerd Online Hang-out & Game Night!	Sat, Sep 2 · 7:00 PM EDT
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Sunday, September 3

Group	Event Name	Time
Dunedin Professional Meetup • Clearwater, FL	Wild Iris Cafe Breakfast Meet!	Sun, Sep 3 · 8:00 AM EDT
Suncoast Drone Club • Tampa, FL	Craig Park in Tarpon Springs	Sun, Sep 3 · 9:00 AM EDT
Clermont Nerd Games • Clermont, FL	Warhammer 40K	Sun, Sep 3 · 11:00 AM EDT
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group • Largo, FL	Plotter CriCut vinyl cutting	Sun, Sep 3 · 12:00 PM EDT
Tampa Gaming Guild • Tampa, FL	Sunday Gaming	Sun, Sep 3 · 1:00 PM EDT
Drunk’n Meeples West Pasco (Boardgames) • Port Richey, FL	Weekend Game Day	Sun, Sep 3 · 1:00 PM EDT
Makerspaces Pinellas Meetup Group • Largo, FL	T-Shirts and Caps printing	Sun, Sep 3 · 2:00 PM EDT
Tampa Bay Gaming: RPG’s, Board Games & more! • Tampa, FL	D&D Adventurers League at Critical Hit Games	Sun, Sep 3 · 2:00 PM EDT
Chess Republic • Tampa, FL	Sunday Chess at Grassroots Kava House in Ybor	Sun, Sep 3 · 2:00 PM EDT
Toastmasters, Division D • Altamonte Springs, FL	Weekend Toastmasters	Sun, Sep 3 · 3:00 PM EDT
Sunshine Games • Tampa, FL	Sunday Pokemon League	Sun, Sep 3 · 4:00 PM EDT
Tampa Hackerspace • Tampa, FL	Sew Awesome! (Textile Arts & Crafts)	Sun, Sep 3 · 5:30 PM EDT
Brandon and Seffner area AD&D and OSR Group • Seffner, FL	Lankhmar: City of Adventure	Sun, Sep 3 · 5:30 PM EDT
Volusia Young Professionals Group (covers East and West) • Daytona Beach, FL	February West Volusia Networking Social	Sun, Sep 3 · 6:00 PM EDT
Nerdbrew Events • Tampa, FL	Hidden Gems Night, Presented by A Duck!	Sun, Sep 3 · 7:00 PM EDT
Critical Hit Games • Saint Petersburg, FL	Wilds of Eldraine Prerelease	Sun, Sep 3 · 7:00 PM EDT
Unlucky Roll Cafe Board Game Meetup • Inverness, FL	Open Game Night	Sun, Sep 3 · 7:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	A Duck Presents NB Movie Night	Sun, Sep 3 · 7:00 PM EDT
Solana – Tampa • Tampa, FL	Office Hours	Sun, Sep 3 · 8:00 PM EDT
Nerd Night Out • Tampa, FL	NerdBrew Karaoke @ MacDinton’s!	Sun, Sep 3 · 8:00 PM EDT
Central Florida Trivia Lovers • Oviedo, FL	MUSIC BINGO at BAR LOUIE – UCF	Sun, Sep 3 · 8:30 PM EDT
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About this list

In addition to events that my scripts find, I also manually add events when their organizers contact me with their details.

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 (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

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