Looking for some startup and tech events…?

Good news. We have those. And we have a lot of them. Which may make choosing more difficult. But it’s better than the alternative. So if you’re looking for the opportunity to get out and about and meet some new folks — or reconnect with folks you haven’t seen in a minute — here are some options for you.

Monday (Sep 21)

• 3rd-Monday Techno Action Social! — 7:15pm

Tuesday (Sep 22)

• How To Improve The Quality Of Your Project With AI Powered Tools — 9:00am
• Virtual Lunch & Learn: The Scientist-CEO Communication Trap — 12:00pm
• Writer’s Workshop – Borrowed Truth: Writing From Real Life Without Writing Your Diary — 12:00pm
• Harvest Abundance: Connect with Nonprofit Professionals — 5:30pm
• Portland Geek Dinner – Hillsboro! — 5:30pm
• Where Agents Actually Pay Off: Four tests for finding the AI use cases hiding in your business — 6:00pm
• Coding Club — 6:00pm
• Snap SPECS PDX Meetup — 7:00pm

Wednesday (Sep 23)

• Who’s Watching the Agents? Open Verification Standards for AI — 8:00am
• NEDME (NW Electronics Design & Manufacturing Expo) — 8:00am
• (CS)²AI Online™ Symposium: Level Zero Visions & Reflections — 10:00am
• BrowserStack Meetup Portland: AI for Flawless Requirements in QA — 10:30am
• SIM/TAO Cybersecurity Leadership Forum: AI & Cybersecurity — 5:00pm
• 2026 Sept Portland AI Engineers Meetup — 5:00pm
• Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting with Fabric Plan — 5:30pm
• AWS User Group Tech Talk – Cyber Resilience — 5:30pm
• Hot Topics, Cool Heads Workshop — 5:30pm, Vancouver
• Project Work Session — 5:45pm
• Spooky drink and draw — 6:00pm
• PDXOSGeo September Meetup – Gamifying GIS: From OpenStreetMap to Steam — 6:30pm
• The Last Dive: Portland Premiere — 7:00pm

Thursday (Sep 24)

• Customer Experience Roundtable — 4:00pm
• AIDataTech Connect: Global Virtual Networking Event for AI, Data & Tech Pros — 5:00pm
• Mac’s List: Getting Unstuck, The Tools You Need to Accelerate Your Career — 5:30pm
• Vantechy Happy Hour /Birthday Party — 5:30pm, Vancouver
• Social Beer: Sept Gathering — 6:00pm
• Digital Creatives “Drink-N-Draw” at Rose City Book Pub! — 6:30pm
• PDX DevOps — 6:30pm

Friday (Sep 25)

• PNW CoffeeOps — 8:00am
• The NextNW Open Golf Tournament: 2026 — 10:00am
• Built Festival 2026 — 10:00am
• Write the Docs PDX – Casual Meetup — 12:00pm
• Friday Happy Hour at Beermongers — 12:00pm
• Tech Talk | How to Stay on Top of the Ever Changing World of Development — 1:00pm
• Harvest Moon Celebration at Asia America — 4:45pm
• Coding Club — 6:00pm
• 🌹 Silicon Florist watch party — 9:00pm

Saturday (Sep 26)

• Beginner Friendly App Building for Innovators — 1:00pm, Vancouver

Sunday (Sep 27)

• Digital Creatives and Coffee! (drop-in social) — 9:00am

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