Toledo Tech Events

Techstars Startup Week Detroit is a free five-day celebration of entrepreneurship, hosted by a unified community in spaces that you love. Participate in a new type of conference, led by entrepreneurs dedicated to building momentum and opportunity in a revived

Open Toledo focuses on civic technology and government technology, technologies that enhance civic engagement and help government run efficiently.

We encourage everyday citizens, technologists, creatives, community organizers, civic leaders, professionals, students and anyone interested in using technology to strengthen our region to bring their ideas and skills to table!

Every 3rd Thursday of the month.

Does your business develop new products? Are you an inventor? Do you have an idea, and want to know the next steps in protecting and commercializing it?

If yes, then join The BiG Fab Lab for this important seminar.

A registered patent attorney will provide an overview of intellectual property, explain the differences between patents, trademarks, copyright, and trade secrets, and will be available to answer your questions.

Entrepreneurs, inventors, and business leaders interested in learning more about this important topic are encouraged to attend. This seminar is free and open to the public.

Featured Speaker: Jacob M. Ward, Esq., Registered Patent Attorney, Ward Law Office LLC

New location!

CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. At a Dojo, young people, between 7 and 17, learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and explore technology in an informal and creative environment.

In addition to learning to code, attendees meet like-minded people and are exposed to the possibilities of technology. Within the CoderDojo Movement, there is a focus on community, peer learning, youth mentoring and self-led learning, with an emphasis on showing how coding is a force for change in the world.

The Toledo Region's first CoderDojo meets every Saturday from noon to 3pm.

New location!

CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. At a Dojo, young people, between 7 and 17, learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and explore technology in an informal and creative environment.

In addition to learning to code, attendees meet like-minded people and are exposed to the possibilities of technology. Within the CoderDojo Movement, there is a focus on community, peer learning, youth mentoring and self-led learning, with an emphasis on showing how coding is a force for change in the world.

The Toledo Region's first CoderDojo meets every Saturday from noon to 3pm.

NWNUG will be doing the 2nd Tuesday morning every month.

Very casual. Just show up and talk tech, cowork, or just hang out.

Find your next obsession on a quirky journey through the outlandish and profound creations of brilliant hackers, inventors and entrepreneurs. Inside and outside Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, explore 24 acres of cutting-edge technology alongside the historic inventions and innovations that first sparked the maker movement.

Roll up your sleeves for hundreds of DIY projects that will leave you reeling and ruminating on your next big idea long after the two-day festival ends. Encounter creativity everywhere you look, from robotics and animatronics to flaming carnivalgames, marshmallow shooters, mechanical wizardry and more.

DIYers, engineers and artists — meet your tribes through demonstrations, hands-on workshops and spontaneous spectacles.

A City in Transit is an annual gala that invites community organizations and businesses together to learn about Toledo’s present and dream for Toledo’s future. A train is a symbol for ourselves and for our city—a public place full of seeming strangers brought together by a shared destination. The event will feature networking, media exhibition from local youth, free refreshments, food trucks, live outdoor music, children’s events, public art exhibits and more.

The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are asked to RSVP at www.midstory.org/gala. Participating organizations and businesses can sponsor the gala and/or show their support by donating to Midstory, through which they will have the opportunity to be an Exhibitor and showcase their organization through tabling. The gala is family-friendly. For more information or to sponsor the event, visit www.midstory.org/gala.

Event Contact: lsander@midstory.org / 567-318-2676

Fundraiser for the Sylvania STEM Center, hosted by Imagination Station. 100% of the proceeds will directly support STEM programs.

Robots, Awards, Cash bar, Arcade games, Trivia, Dinner, Donuts, Wine Pull, Silent Auction, Games of chance.

Tickets: $50.

We have several speakers lined up, and will publish the details once we determine who is speaking on which date.

The Toledo Area Alliance of InfraGard is sponsoring a tabletop exercise and would like you to participate.

A tabletop exercise involves a diverse group of government and industry professionals in an informal setting, discussing a simulated situation. The intention of this type of exercise is to stimulate discussion of various issues regarding a hypothetical situation.

The information gathered can be used to assess plans, policies, and procedures or to assess types of systems needed to guide the prevention of, response to, and recovery from a defined event. Tabletop exercises are typically aimed at facilitating an understanding of concepts, identifying strengths and shortfalls, and/or achieving a change in attitude.

Participants are encouraged to discuss issues in depth and develop decisions through slow-paced problem solving rather than the rapid, spontaneous decision making that occurs under actual or simulated emergency conditions.

Microsoft Ignite is a once a year conference where Microsoft reveals many of its latest technical announcements for products like Office. Join us for a panel of Ignite attendees that demonstrate the cool things they learned.

CodeMash 2020 will be Tuesday, 7 January to Friday, 10 January, 2020.

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