Toledo Tech Events

All local chapters of getWITit.org are coming together to invite you to our joint virtual conference in 2020! This year brings a unique opportunity to get to know all four chapters (Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh) and our national board at one collaborative event. We’re thrilled to welcome you!

This event celebrates the contributions that women have made to computing and other STEM fields, while continuing to focus on how we can work together to improve opportunities for women of all backgrounds to contribute to the next era of innovation.

The 2020 InfoSec Summit is BACK and this year we will be adapting our conference to provide you with the same great experience and in the comfort of your own home!

Up until recently, JavaScript was the only language that could be run natively in most web browsers.

However, WebAssembly changes all of this by allowing browsers to run bytecode which can be compiled from a wide array of languages.

This will help close the gap between browser and desktop applications and allow developers from a variety of backgrounds to develop applications for the browser.

This presentation will go over the advantages of using WebAssembly and assess the tools currently available for working with the technology.

It will also include a demonstration of how to compile Rust into WebAssembly packaged inside a node module which can be imported into a web app.

Come and join CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, and CFOs, executives, developers, entrepreneurs, innovators, and dreamers with a passion for tech for our region's landmark celebration of technology and innovation.

Experience a full day of top-quality tech programs that will inspire your passion for innovation and learning.

The event provides opportunities to build relationships, learn from industry professions, visit with vendors and network with a variety of tech professionals. Your full day experience will include workshops, speakers, dozens of tech providers and demonstrations.

The event is completely virtual this year. The dynamic virtual platform will allow you to visit vendor booths to learn about the latest innovations, grant access to live streaming talks with Q&A opportunities, provide incredible networking opportunities and give you the full experience that Comspark traditionally has offered but on a global level.

Comspark, in partnership with Central Ohio CIO Forum, Cincinnati CDO Forum, Columbus CDO Forum, Tech Life Columbus, The Circuit, Women in Analytics, and Technology First, is the largest technology conference in the region. New this year, we’re excited to be collaborating with MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium based at MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts which is the global leader in data and analytics. Comspark is a key event for sharing and exchanging new ideas, technology trends and networking. Virtual ComSpark will include a Keynote Discussion, C-Suite Summit, Cybersecurity Summit, Midwest CDO Summit, approximately 70 speakers, and over 30 break-out sessions.

Join us for another installation of Rocket Innovators.

Learn from UT Doctor of Psychology Jon Elhai about how CyberPsychology can change the way you do business.

OhioX Tech Talks are monthly Ohio tech community meetups where new ideas are shared and attendees will have opportunities to network, learn and share their work.

Jerry Valentine, Founder and CEO of Renter Mentor, will breakdown the current affordable housing ecosystem and share how and why Renter Mentor is using technology and innovation to help lead the future of affordable housing.

If you want to learn how to utilize SQL, are new or need a refresher on SQL concepts, want to learn relational database concepts: THIS COURSE IS FOR YOU! Your instructor is John Zalewski mentor with CoderDojo and over 20 years application development.
Offered right here in Toledo.

GDEX is the convention dedicated to a love of games and creative technology, located in Columbus, Ohio.

GDEX 2020 is going Virtual with GDEX TV, a weekend long celebration of Gaming Culture, Game Development, and Indie Games. Join us October 9-11 for a weekend of networking events, streams, game showcases and much more!

All are invited to join Bamboo Detroit for a virtual series this Fall as we learn about new trends and technologies shaping our cities' futures during and after the crisis, and what startups can build and innovate on next. Register to receive the details for this virtual gathering and discussion.

How will mobility and new technologies make our cities smarter, more accessible, and also more responsive during Covid-19? Join us on October 14th to discuss these big questions, and how in Detroit we can create smart city technology and new mobility solutions.

Venture capitalists played a crucial role in the founding and growth of iconic companies like Intel, Apple and Atari. In Something Ventured, you’ll learn how the industry was born through stories from the country’s greatest entrepreneurs.

North Coast Ventures has partnered with KeyBank to host virtual screenings of three can’t-miss documentaries on entrepreneurship and technology. This “Venture Flicks” movie series is open to anyone with a passion for entrepreneurship or technology.

Each movie is screened via Zoom. After each movie, we will have a 30-minute panel discussion that will include subjects from the movies, and relevant founders, investors and technologists..

The Ann Arbor, Detroit and Windsor Google Developer Groups are teaming up to bring you the first ever Great Lakes DevFest.

This is our 8th annual DevFest and we aim to put together a great online event full of networking activities and knowledge sharing for all involved.

Technology Takes the Wheel is a free, educational seminar series that explores autonomous vehicles and their societal impacts.

Co-sponsored by The University of Toledo's College of Engineering and AAA Northwest Ohio, this event addresses how autonomous vehicles impact the engineering world, as well as the world at-large.

The eighth seminar, and our first virtual, in this free series focuses on:

Great Lakes Hyperloop: Are You Ready for the Transportation Revolution?

Friday, October 23, 2020, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Virtual Seminar

Join us for another installation of Rocket Innovators, a conversation with Josh Cooper, CEO of Whitelabel Collaborative.

Hear how he and his team built a marketing and software development business.

Save the date!

Information Assurance Forum, Wed., Oct. 28, 2020, University of Findlay.

Topic - Ransom ware

In person and virtual (no cost for virtual)

Join NWo365UG and about the latest updates from the Microsoft Ignite (Virtual) Conference. This will also be a virtual event hosted on Microsoft Teams.

We will be comprising a panel of people who would like to share any cool thing they learned starting with:

Sean Flahie: Microsoft Practice Director at Apex Digital Solutions with a focus on the full Microsoft 365 platform. Specializations include security, voice, messaging, and identity solutions.

Kyle Gonyer: Senior IT Lead O365 at Dana Corp. Specializations include MS Teams, governance, modernization, end user adoption and training.

Join high school-aged girls from around the world as they try to better their community through technology and collaboration in Code Girl, a thrilling, heartfelt documentary.

North Coast Ventures has partnered with KeyBank to host virtual screenings of three can’t-miss documentaries on entrepreneurship and technology. This “Venture Flicks” movie series is open to anyone with a passion for entrepreneurship or technology.

Each movie is screened via Zoom. After each movie, we will have a 30-minute panel discussion that will include subjects from the movies, and relevant founders, investors and technologists..

Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is an annual celebration put on by local ecosystem builders and support organizations to strengthen entrepreneurial communities across the globe.

Ohio is collectively celebrating for its third year with organizers throughout the state, country, and globe. This year we are particularly focused on uplifting local entrepreneurs during this difficult time and reminding people that no matter what is happening in the world — entrepreneurship is still the future!

GEW 2020 will will include virtual and in-person presentations, facilitated discussions, workshops, networking opportunities, and other virtual activities

All are invited to join Bamboo Detroit for a virtual series this Fall as we learn about new trends and technologies shaping our cities' futures during and after the crisis, and what startups can build and innovate on next.

When the world stayed home many food businesses had to pivot to quickly move goods and services in new ways. Along with delivery applications, cloud kitchens, or drones flying your groceries to your door, startups are creating new technologies to better reach you. Join us as we discuss the trends in our food ecosystem and technologies, and also what Detroiters want to see ahead.

TLDR: We are informing you that CodeMash 2021 [and KidzMash] has been cancelled.

CodeMash is a unique event that educates developers on current practices, methodologies and technology trends in variety of platforms and development languages such as Java, .NET, Ruby and PHP. Held every January at the lush Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio, attendees will be able to attend a world-class technical conference amid Ohio’s largest indoor waterpark. Nobody will frown if you show up in shorts, sandals, and your loudest t-shirt. You might even win a prize for doing so.

It’s not just about a grind of sessions, but also providing attendees the opportunity of continuing the conversations and networking outside of the daily conference events. The goal has always been to achieve this mission by creating a conference environment that focuses on professionalism and respect for one another.

Tentative.

Speaker/Presentation will be Kyle Gonyer (Dana Corp) and Wanda Brotzki (First Solar) covering topics to include the collaboration journey from planning to adoption of Office 365 apps, primarily Microsoft Teams.