Toledo Tech Events

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.

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 Diana Patton speaking on "Find Your Why", we'll continue the conversation or split up into breakout groups on topics such as coding, design, film, music, or business.

After much ado, the Michigan User Experience Professionals Association is back! And we're kicking things off with Pamela Pavliscak on Monday, July 10th in Ann Arbor. Join us to learn more about the local chapter of UXPA International and give input on what you need to advance your career in UX.

• What: Michigan UXPA presentation of "The Emotional Life of Internet Things" by Pamela Pavliscak
• When: Monday, July 10, 2017, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
• Where: U. of Michigan, North Quad, Room 2245, Ann Arbor
• Why: Kicking off a revitalized UXPA chapter in Michigan (also serving the Toledo region)

The Emotional Life of Internet Things: The technology we use every day knows a lot about what we do: what we click on, where we go, who we follow. But so far, it doesn't know much about how we feel. That's changing. What will it be like when our internet things know how we feel? Let’s invent emotional machines for the human future we want.

Come join the Arakyta team for lunch and learn about the latest theats and how to protect your business against viruses ransomware, phishing, and cyber attacks.

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.

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 Roger Tipping speaking on "Imposter Syndrome", we'll continue the conversation or split up into breakout groups on topics such as coding, design, film, music, or business.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.