Startup and tech events this week

If you’re looking to get out to an event or three this week, there are a bunch of options available. There’s also High Desert Innovation Week happening in Bend with several events to attend.

Monday (Oct 12)

• The Pacific NW Software Quality Conference (PNSQC)
• PNSQC Free Track – Online — 7:00am
• Code & Coffee – Beaverton — 9:00am
• Hands on with Home Assistant — 5:30pm
• Enterprise Blockchain Club — 6:00pm
• Dorkbot — 6:30pm

Tuesday (Oct 13)

• What PDPP Unlocks: 4 Builders on What They Built, Why It Was Hard, What’s Next — 9:00am
• founder.coffee @ 40lbs (downtown) — 9:00am
• What Microsoft Doesn’t Tell You About the Canvas Authoring MCP — 5:30pm
• Portland Geek Dinner – Tigard! — 5:30pm
• Coding Club — 6:00pm

Wednesday (Oct 14)

• Automated Supply Chain Accountability with Computer Vision & Ledger Technology — 7:00am
• FabricOps: Operating Hyperledger Fabric Networks on Kubernetes — 9:00am
• (CS)²AI Online™ Replay: ICS Cybersecurity Roundtable: Product Lifecycle — 10:00am
• Cyber Incident Response Tabletop for Small Businesses — 10:30am, Vancouver
• Hack Lunch — 12:00pm
• WORKSHOP: After the Idea Session 6 — 2:00pm
• Applied AI Ethics MonthlyMixer – Where Innovation Meets Responsibility — 5:00pm
• **READ 1ST SENTENCE** GitHub Copilot Dev Days | Portland(-ish), Oregon — 5:00pm
• R-Ladies: Everyone Makes a Map — 5:00pm
• The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms — 6:00pm
• October Fintech PDX Meetup! — 6:30pm
• Portland Drupal User Group — 6:30pm
• Exploit Workshop — 6:30pm

Thursday (Oct 15)

• LFDT Mentorship: Talent Angels – Pilot Project — 8:00am
• Portland Monthly BEAM Meet & Chat — 11:00am
• Accelerate Biotech Networking Lunch at Bend Venture Conference — 11:30am
• Panel: Future of AdTech – Portland — 3:00pm
• Demolicious – October 2026 — 5:00pm
• Beers with Engineers — 5:00pm
• Westside Marketers + AMA Collab at Beaverton BG Food Cartel — 5:30pm
• Upcoming HUG Event — 5:30pm
• Table Recursion — 6:00pm
• BSD Pizza Night — 7:00pm

Friday (Oct 16)

• PNW CoffeeOps — 8:00am
• PDX Code & Coffee @ Kiln — 9:00am
• Tech Talk | Staying Relevant in Tech with Advait Sowale — 10:00am
• Friday Happy Hour at Beermongers — 12:00pm
• PDX Neurodivergent Tech Workers Online Meetup! — 6:00pm
• Coding Club — 6:00pm
• 🌹Silicon Florist watch party — 9:00pm

Saturday (Oct 17)

• Code & Coffee @ Roseline Café — 10:00am
• Work Party+Open House — 12:00pm
• Locksport Meetup — 2:00pm

Sunday (Oct 18)

• Digital Creatives and Coffee! (drop-in social) — 9:00am
• The Final Frontier: Star Trek Night! — 5:00pm