Toledo Tech Events

Code City is piloting a Hack Reactor bootcamp prep in Toledo. Several students are taking a live streamed SSP (structured study program) led by instructors in San Francisco to prepare for the 12 week immersive. The program is highly self directed and we are opening the sessions to everyone who wants to learn more about coding, be a mentor, look for potential talent, or help advise us on how to make this the best it can be for the students and as an organization. The class meets everyday except Friday, 9pm to midnight on weekdays and weekends 1pm to 10pm, for 5 weeks. Come on out and make some friends, see others in the tech community, and jump in and help out, or find a new passion! coding :D

July 22 & 23 FREE with admission

On your mark, get set, derby! Don’t miss this two-day event at Imagination Station. We’re taking racing to a whole new level. Create a car to race down the hills and valleys of our 40 foot track. Don’t worry about supplies we have that covered -- all you need are your best automotive ideas. Race to see if you can be the Greased Lightning or the Slow and Steady of the bunch.

Get your engineering engine started – this will be a weekend to remember! The most important rule…there are no rules!

For more information, visit our website: http://imaginationstationtoledo.org/visit/events/nerdy-derby

The first iteration of Code City is currently in development phase.

We are building a community of people interested in coding, design, film, music, emerging tech, and entrepreneurship ...helping them find the tools, resources and friendships to create pathways toward a new career or personal goals.

Come and check us out, everyone is welcome. Hack your passion. We'll help you crack the code.

After our Code City talk by Ashley Schaffer speaking on "Overcoming Fear", we'll continue the conversation or split up into breakout groups on topics such as coding, design, film, music, or business.

Wordpress Toledo welcomes Eric Naujock!

Today it is commonplace to hear how software, servers, and devices have allowed people to access private data. As people who use WordPress whether as a blogger or as someone who builds websites, knowing how to keep our data, and our client's data safe is of utmost importance.

Please join us for an informal talk followed by a WP Q&A session. Join us afterward to continue the conversation over food & drinks at a restaurant.

Agenda:

• 5:30 - Welcome & Networking
• 6:00 - Announcements & Introduction
• 6:15 - Talk
• Security and WP Q&A
• 7:30 - Close

This tour will bring together diverse and non-traditional talent with companies who need their skills the most.

Right now America has over 500,000 open tech jobs – by 2020 this number will grow to over 1 million. At the time same time, over 60% of all new coders, engineers and data scientists are emerging from bootcamps and industry-current vocational schools.

Speed Mentoring. Speed mentoring == networking that doesn’t suck! It’s a great way to build relationships quickly and connect with other people in tech. We especially seek mentors and mentees in software development and design, QA, data science, and product management. To sign up, just tell us what skills you have and which skills you’d like to learn.

Showcase + Demos. Past Participants: Make School, Dev Bootcamp, Hackbright Academy, Hack Reactor, Grace Hopper Academy, Coding Dojo, Telegraph Track, BLOC, MotherCoders, Floodgate Academy, The Iron Yard, Turing School, Galvanize, Metis, Designation.io, Fullstack Academy, MakerSquare, Rithm School, Epicodus, General Assembly, Apprentice.io by Thoughtbot, Grace Hopper Program, DevMountain, Sabio.la, UT Austin Coding Boot Camp, and more.

Tech Career Fair. We recruit: front end developers, back end developers, mobile developers, graphic designers, UX + UI designers, data scientists, database administrators, tech journalists, product + project managers, IT professionals, full stack engineers, JavaScript, Ruby, Python, and Java programmers, social media professionals, marketing professionals, and more.

BiG Fab Lab, LLC is an open-access 24/7 workshop (or “Maker Space“) that serves people in the Northwest Ohio region. We provide the equipment, classes, private storage and studio space, and personal assistance to a membership community that allows them to prototype and develop any idea they can imagine.

Thursday evenings are both an open house, where anyone is invited to visit to tour the space and learn more about BFL, and build nights, where BFL members build stuff.

See the final projects of the IT Specialist class.

Please R.S.V.P. to dfortney@northweststate.edu or 419-267-1318

Refreshments follow the Final Project Presentations.

Find your next obsession on a quirky journey through the outlandish and sometimes brilliant creations of hundreds of inventors, innovators and hackers. Inside and outside Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, explore 24 acres of imagination meeting determination. The maker movement will leave you reeling and ruminating long after the two-day festival ends. Encounter inspiration everywhere you look on the open-air midway and inside the museum, in the form of robotics, animatronics, flaming carnival games, marshmallow shooters, clothing, food, games, mechanical wizardry and more. DIYers, curiosity seekers, artists, scientists and engineers meet their tribes through demonstrations, hands-on workshops and spontaneous spectacles.

Where else but in the home of American innovation would you find this extravaganza of next big ideas? Wear your walking shoes and thinking caps and join us! A free shuttle service with parking, sponsored by the University of Michigan-Dearborn, will be available at its Fairlane campus at 19000 Hubbard Drive in Dearborn.

Coffee & Code is an opportunity for you to practice your skills, meet new people and get help when you need it. Bring your laptop, recent project and any programming problems you might be stuck on!

This is an informal and relaxed event where anyone is welcome regardless of background or skill level. If you are a beginner, or relatively new, we'll be right there to help you work through any issues you might have. This event is intended to help one another learn new things, overcome their coding problems or just hang out and talk about code in general.

Girl Develop It Toledo's Code & Coffee is a monthly opportunity for you to practice your skills, meet new friends, and get help if you need it. Bring your laptop, your recent projects, and your programming problems!

All are welcome regardless of gender or skill level, whether or not you've attended past Girl Develop It events. If you're a beginner, we'll be right there to help you work through your questions as needed.

Code & Coffee events are relaxed and informal, and are intended as a way for our community to work and play together while providing each other with ongoing support and feedback.

This event is free, though of course we encourage you to support our fantastic host.

The first iteration of Code City is currently in development phase.

We are building a community of people interested in coding, design, film, music, emerging tech, and entrepreneurship ...helping them find the tools, resources and friendships to create pathways toward a new career or personal goals.

Come and check us out, everyone is welcome. Hack your passion. We'll help you crack the code.

After our Code City talk by Aaron McKisic speaking on "Forecast Your Future: Decision Making with Data", we'll continue the conversation or split up into breakout groups on topics such as coding, design, film, music, or business.

August 5, 10am – 5pm FREE with admission

Birds ARE living dinosaurs! Explore the similarities and differences between today’s feathered creatures and their ancestors. Spend the day at the science center with our partners and discover what makes modern-day birds so similar to their prehistoric ancestors.

For more information, visit our website: http://imaginationstationtoledo.org/exhibits/dinosaurs-around-the-world/birds-the-living-dinosaurs

The first iteration of Code City is currently in development phase.

We are building a community of people interested in coding, design, film, music, emerging tech, and entrepreneurship ...helping them find the tools, resources and friendships to create pathways toward a new career or personal goals.

Come and check us out, everyone is welcome. Hack your passion. We'll help you crack the code.

After our Code City talk by Chaz Becker speaking on "The 3 R's of Leadership", we'll continue the conversation or split up into breakout groups on topics such as coding, design, film, music, or business.

Toledo region entrepreneurs are invited to check out what is happening in Cleveland.

Join us for JumpStart’s 3rd annual Startup Scaleup community event, where entrepreneurs and the organizations that support them gather to network with one another, learn from each other and celebrate Northeast Ohio’s continuously growing entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Whether you’re thinking of launching a venture, currently building a startup or working to grow an existing business, Startup Scaleup offers a day of new ideas, practical advice and collaborative sessions geared toward helping you access the resources available to achieve your entrepreneurial goals.

Ever wonder how a Fortune 500 company can create meaningful connections with its customers through strategic marketing?

Learn about the design, execution, and evaluation of a local marketing campaign with Assembly and Owens Corning. The marketing campaign that will be discussed leveraged Digital, radio, and billboard components for strategic growth.

Light appetizers and drinks will be provided by Owens Corning.

August 19 & 20

Day will turn into night as Toledo will be in the path of a partial solar eclipse. Celebrate this rare celestial event at the science center as we explore what causes these amazing space phenomenon.

For more information, visit our website: http://imaginationstationtoledo.org/visit/events/solar-eclipse-celebration

The first iteration of Code City is currently in development phase.

We are building a community of people interested in coding, design, film, music, emerging tech, and entrepreneurship ...helping them find the tools, resources and friendships to create pathways toward a new career or personal goals.

Come and check us out, everyone is welcome. Hack your passion. We'll help you crack the code.

After our Code City talk by Sam Melden speaking on "Human Connection in a Digital World", we'll continue the conversation or split up into breakout groups on topics such as coding, design, film, music, or business.

The first DETxTOL event will be a panel discussion focused on the similarities and differences between the Detroit and Toledo startup ecosystems and how we can share resources. We'd love to give you a sneak peak and introduce you to our first panelist, Anistia Phiaria, Founder of D-Life. Read through her impressive bio and mark your calendars for 8/22 so you can come out and meet her!

"Anistia Phiaria is a Planet Designer and Power Connector. Anistia is the Founder of the new multi-tiered brand D-LIFE - a Detroit-focused innovative brand that consists of an insurance exchange; The D-LIFE Institute - a not-for-profit organization; and D-LIFE H20 - a social enterprise where 3% of sales fund alkaline water ionizers for low-income Flint Water Crisis victims. Anistia currently serves as President Emeritus of the Ann Arbor Ypsilanti Black Chamber of Commerce, empowering small business owners to succeed within the community. Anistia also served as Advisory Board Member: Alzheimer's Association, African American Initiative and Advisory Board Director: Budgeting & Economic Development, Washtenaw County, My Brother’s Keeper under the Obama Administration. Anistia serves as the Detroit Chair of Walker’s Legacy - a national business collective for Women of Color.

The first iteration of Code City is currently in development phase.

We are building a community of people interested in coding, design, film, music, emerging tech, and entrepreneurship ...helping them find the tools, resources and friendships to create pathways toward a new career or personal goals.

Come and check us out, everyone is welcome. Hack your passion. We'll help you crack the code.

After our Code City talk by Jacqui and Valerie Espinoza of OZA Day Spa speaking on "YET TO BE DETERMINED", we'll continue the conversation or split up into breakout groups on topics such as coding, design, film, music, or business.

The first iteration of Code City is currently in development phase.

We are building a community of people interested in coding, design, film, music, emerging tech, and entrepreneurship ...helping them find the tools, resources and friendships to create pathways toward a new career or personal goals.

Come and check us out, everyone is welcome. Hack your passion. We'll help you crack the code.

After our Code City talk by Mark Pannell speaking on "You can Do More in Toledo", we'll continue the conversation or split up into breakout groups on topics such as coding, design, film, music, or business.

OpenHack is a meetup with a simple purpose: Code, Hack, UX, Design, Learn together, on anything. OpenHack works by hosting a meetup in Toledo that gets programmers, designers, hackers of any experience level together to code.

All skill levels welcomed. Come to learn, teach, work, and play.

Save the date for the 4th edition of Connect IT. Learn something new, meet other Information Technology professionals, and discuss the latest IT trends and solutions.

The evening features small group discussions with other IT Professionals, facilitated by regional experts.

OpenHack is a meetup with a simple purpose: Code, Hack, UX, Design, Learn together, on anything. OpenHack works by hosting a meetup in Toledo that gets programmers, designers, hackers of any experience level together to code.

All skill levels welcomed. Come to learn, teach, work, and play.

On Oct. 12-14, 2017, Cincinnati will host the seventh annual Midwest UX Conference. The regional conference celebrates the growing practice of user experience design, and since its inception in 2011, has been held in Columbus, Grand Rapids, Indianapolis, Louisville and Pittsburgh.

“The conference is a reflection of the host city and the UX community within it,” said Jessica Schomaker, Cincinnati MWUX chair. “It’s really refreshing to get to go to all of these cities and see the UX communities there.”

The three-day event will feature hands-on workshops, keynote speakers, city excursions and networking events. Keynotes will be held at Memorial Hall, workshops will be at Cintrifuse and other locations in Over-the-Rhine and the closing party will be held at the Contemporary Arts Center.

Day one of the conference is workshop-based. Attendees will be able to go into the sessions and meet with international industry leaders who will teach skills needed for UX design. Cincinnati is in the middle of redefining itself. “It's a reflection of what UX does — it improves user experience, just like Cincinnati is doing,” Jessica Schomaker.

“I moved here not too long ago and took a UX job,” Schomaker said. “The UX community in Cincinnati is remarkable, and the quality of people and conversations I’ve had are remarkable. It would be surprising to people outside of the Midwest that these conversations and groups are here because the perception is that good design happens on the coast. But good design is happening in the Midwest too.”

She feels that with the renaissance of OTR and downtown, Cincinnati is in the middle of redefining itself. “It’s a reflection of what UX does — it improves user experience, just like Cincinnati is doing.”

The Midwest UX Conference is entirely volunteer-based. With each new host city, new conference chairs are chosen from the local UX community, which allows each city to put on the best conference possible for the region.

“We get to highlight things that are happening in the city and highlight our favorite places,” Schomaker said.

OpenHack is a meetup with a simple purpose: Code, Hack, UX, Design, Learn together, on anything. OpenHack works by hosting a meetup in Toledo that gets programmers, designers, hackers of any experience level together to code.

All skill levels welcomed. Come to learn, teach, work, and play.

Businesses need an edge over their competition, and the owner who works smarter is often the one who gets ahead. The Library has electronic databases than an owner can use to build targeted lists of prospective customers and that can help businesses learn how their competitive peers are performing. Using American Business/Reference USA/One Source either at the Library or from your office or home, business owners can get valuable information quickly. You are welcome to bring along your mobile device or laptop. You will leave with handouts and worksheets for review at your office.

The University of Findlay's Computer Science Program is proud to offer an annual Information Assurance Forum that covers real world topics. This event is open to the campus community and the general public.

This year's theme is "Secure Smart Living."

CodeMash 2018 will be Tuesday, 9 January to Friday, 12 January, 2018.

Pre-compiler Tue & Wed. Main conference Thu & Fri.

Now in its 18th year, the Information Architecture Summit is the foremost gathering of information architects, user experience designers, content strategists, and all those who work to create and manage information spaces. This is where the community comes together to refine our craft, solve problems, and break new ground. The IA Summit features workshops, keynote addresses, sessions as well as networking and social events.