Well, you’re in luck. I’ve gathered a smattering of events that are taking place this week. While I don’t expect you to attend every single one, maybe pick out one or two that look interesting. As always, I put out a list like this every week in the Silicon Florist newsletter. Happy event attending! Or something. And stuff.
Monday (Aug 24)
- Code & Coffee – Beaverton — 9:00am
Tuesday (Aug 25)
- Startup Business Essentials: From Chaos to Clarity: Systems, Automation & AI for Founders — 8:30am
- Data Prepper Triage Meeting [OpenSearch Portland] — 9:00am
- Bridgespace Coworking X ATPROTO PDX | Open Coworking in Sellwood — 10:00am
- Development Backlog & Triage Meeting – ml-commons [OpenSearch Portland] — 10:00am
- The Current – Midterm Elections & Climate Action — 12:00pm
- Cascadia Builders Club (Aug Demo night) — 5:00pm, Vancouver
- AI for Java Developers [PDXJUG – Portland Java User Group] — 5:30pm
- Portland Geek Dinner – Hillsboro! [PADNUG – Portland Area .NET User Group] — 5:30pm
- Coding Club [Westside Coding Club] — 6:00pm
- RainSec – PDX Information Security Meetup [RainSec] — 6:30pm
Wednesday (Aug 26)
- LFDT Mentorship: Talent Angels – MVP Presentation [LFDT Oregon (Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust)] — 8:00am
- Search Community Meeting – Triage and Backlog Discussion [OpenSearch Portland] — 9:00am
- (CS)²AI Online™ Symposium: ICS/OT Cyber Security for Oil & Gas Sector [Portland Cyber Security for Control Systems] — 10:00am
- Marketing Meetup at SnowMoon Cafe Beaverton — 12:00pm
- Virtual Lunch & Learn: Patent Pitfalls: The Early Mistakes That Come Back to Bite You — 12:00pm
- Drafting Hours — 1:00pm
- Bronze, Gold, Then Silver: Contract-First Data Products in SQL Server [Portland Microsoft Fabric & Power BI User Group] — 5:30pm
- Portland Happy Hour [Veterans in Technology] — 6:00pm
- PDXOSGeo August Meetup – Gamifying GIS: From OpenStreetMap to Steam — 6:30pm
- You Coming or What? The End-of-Summer Mixer — 6:30pm
Thursday (Aug 27)
- ZK Learning Group: Introduction to ZkSync [LFDT Oregon (Linux Foundation Decentralized Trust)] — 9:00am
- Better Futures Club — 1:30pm
- AIDataTech Connect: Global Virtual Networking Event for AI, Data & Tech Pros [AC PDX (Agile Community Portland)] — 5:00pm
- AI for UX Pros [Portland Design Thinkers] — 5:30pm
- Vantechy Happy Hour — 5:30pm, Vancouver
- PDX Founders Poker — 6:00pm
- Data Engineering Happy Hour Portland – August 2026 [Data Engineering Happy Hour Portland] — 6:30pm
- Digital Creatives “Drink-N-Draw” at Rose City Book Pub! [Digital Dabblers] — 6:30pm
- PDX DevOps [Portland DevOps Groundup] — 6:30pm
Friday (Aug 28)
- Prompt to Profit Bootcamp — 12:00am
- PNW CoffeeOps [Portland DevOps Groundup] — 8:00am
- Abundance – Office Hour — 10:00am
- Friday Happy Hour at Beermongers [Code Freeze Fridays] — 12:00pm
- Tech Talk | Building a Standout Developer Portfolio with Annie Bombanie [The Tech Academy] — 1:00pm
- Coding Club [Westside Coding Club] — 6:00pm
- PDX Neurodivergent Tech Workers Online Meetup! [PDX Neurodivergent Software Engineers] — 6:00pm
- Silicon Florist watch party — 9:00pm
Saturday (Aug 29)
- Combat Bots Showdown — 10:00am
- Beginner Friendly App Building for Innovators — 1:00pm, Vancouver
Sunday (Aug 30)
