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title: 'Startup and tech events for the week of Oct 5, 2026'
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# Startup and tech events for the week of Oct 5, 2026

If you’re looking for an event or two to attend this week, we’ve got a few options for you. Hoping to run into you out in the community, this week.

**Monday (Oct 5)**

- [Code & Coffee – Beaverton](https://calagator.org/events/1250482670) — 9:00am
- [AI Tinkerers Portland — What Your UX Isn’t Telling You](https://portland.aitinkerers.org/p/ai-tinkerers-portland-what-your-ux-isn-t-telling-you) — 6:00pm

**Tuesday (Oct 6)**

- [Startup Business Essentials: Gain Clarity and Build Your 2027 Roadmap](https://oen.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/event-detail?event=601) — 8:30am
- [AI × Decentralized Trust: Kickoff of the LFDT AI Working Group](https://www.meetup.com/lfdt-oregon/events/316485515/) — 9:00am
- [Writer’s Workshop – Borrowed Truth: Writing From Real Life Without Writing Your Diary](https://luma.com/ebibbsci) — 12:00pm
- [CORAL Chats: Community Organization Roundtable – Ask A Lawyer](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/coral-chats-community-organization-roundtable-ask-a-lawyer-tickets-1994100215424?aff=ebdsoporgprofile) — 12:00pm
- [WEBINAR: How To Market Your Agency](https://www.nextnw.org/event/webinar-how-to-market-your-agency) — 12:00pm
- [Better Futures Club](https://betterfutures.club/) — 1:30pm
- [ADX Fest: Your Art Is Your Business®](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adx-fest-your-art-is-your-business-tickets-1991730955905?aff=ebdsoporgprofile) — 5:30pm
- [Portland Geek Dinner – Beaverton!](https://www.meetup.com/padnug/events/dfqsxtyjcnbjb/) — 5:30pm
- [Coding Club](https://www.meetup.com/westside-coding-club/events/316590408/) — 6:00pm

**Wednesday (Oct 7)**

- [October: Co-Work with OEN](https://oen.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/event-detail?event=626) — 9:00am
- [Work-In Wednesday](https://partiful.com/e/UNo1j42zZL7fgv9vDWZW?) — 10:00am
- [(CS)²AI Online™ Seminar: Water Cybersecurity: Keeping It Pure](https://www.meetup.com/portland-cyber-security-for-control-systems/events/316785880/) — 10:00am
- [Talk Tech Together: Strategies for Digital Empowerment](https://multcolib.org/events-classes/talk-tech-together-strategies-digital-empowerment) — 12:30pm
- [TechConnect: Global Virtual Job & Networking Event for Data, AI, and Tech Pros](https://www.meetup.com/ac-pdx/events/grknrtyjcnbkb/) — 4:00pm
- [Assistive Tech User Research with Cindy Merrill (Hybrid) – CHIFOO / PDX A11Y UX](https://chifoo.org/event/assistive-tech-user-research-with-cindy-merrill-hybrid/) — 6:00pm

**Thursday (Oct 8)**

- **[Portland, OR – Investor Ready Workshop](https://luma.com/workshopor)** — 9:30am
- [BLD PNW 2026](https://onpurposeoregon.org/events/bld-pnw-2026) — 10:00am
- [Brand Storytelling Workshop – Your Brand is NOT Your Logo](https://luma.com/tk6qzm3v) — 3:00pm
- [Community Broadband PDX Campaign Meeting](http://communitybroadbandpdx.org/) — 5:30pm
- [Play pool. Talk tech](https://www.meetup.com/tech-talent-pool/events/szxkwtyjcnblb/) — 5:30pm
- **[Pitch Latino Portland 2026](https://www.latinofounder.com/pitchlatinoportland)** — 6:00pm

**Friday (Oct 9)**

- [Sweater Weather Coffee & Connecting!](https://www.meetup.com/portland-women-in-technology/events/315880736/) — 8:00am
- [Pumpkin Spice and Sweater Weather](https://luma.com/5dj55tek) — 8:00am
- [PNW CoffeeOps](https://www.meetup.com/portland-devops-groundup/events/pzprgtyjcnbmb/) — 8:00am
- **[AI & Robotics Field Trip](https://luma.com/event/evt-8SLFiHOovlsn86X)** — 9:00am
- [Friday Happy Hour at Beermongers](https://www.meetup.com/code-freeze-fridays/events/snsbztyjcnbmb/) — 12:00pm
- [Tech Talk: Inside the Role of a Forward Deployed Engineer with MJ Hill](https://www.meetup.com/techacademy/events/316770007/) — 1:00pm
- [World Mental Health Day @ UpStart Collective](https://eventship.com/event/the-1st-annual-world-mental-health-day-hosted-by-joyely) — 4:00pm
- [Coding Club](https://www.meetup.com/westside-coding-club/events/316631474/) — 6:00pm
- **[🌹 Silicon Florist watch party](https://luma.com/7dvn5mp6)** — 9:00pm, online

**Saturday (Oct 10)**

- [PDX Code & Coffee – Happy Valley @ Peet’s Coffee](https://www.meetup.com/portland-code-coffee/events/316068419/) — 10:00am
- [Web Surfing Party!](https://clipdx.com/webday) — 1:00pm

**Sunday (Oct 11)**

- [PNSQC Innovation Day](https://pnsqc.org/innovation-day/) — 1:00pm


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