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- Mon, Oct 19, 7:00 PMWomen in Tech, Fintech, AI, Startups, Networking & Elevator Pitch
Ten Cat Tavern · Chicago · Chicago Startup Pitch & Networking Group
3931 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60613 - Mon, Oct 19, 7:00 PMChicago Women in Tech: Founders & Professionals Networking Night
Ten Cat Tavern · Chicago · The Business Minds
3931 North Ashland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60613 - Mon, Oct 19, 7:00 PMWomen in Business, Startups, Professionals Social Networking Event
Ten Cat Tavern · Chicago · Chicago Startup Pitch & Networking Group
3931 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60613 - Tue, Oct 20, 9:00 AMArcadia Advanced Level II Training
ShowREADY · Maywood · Clear-Com
50 Madison Street, Maywood, IL 60153 - Tue, Oct 20, 9:00 AMDePaul's Cyber Risk: Supply Chain Risk in the Age of Agentic AI Conference
DePaul University - DePaul Center · Chicago · DePaul Department of Finance and Real Estate
1 East Jackson Boulevard, 8th Floor Conference Center 8005, Chicago, IL 60604 - Tue, Oct 20, 12:00 PMEntrepreneurship Essentials (E2): AI Prototyping 101 with Cathy KiriakosChicago Booth Harper Center · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
- Tue, Oct 20, 5:00 PMInfo Session and Kickoff (Harper): New Venture Challenge (NVC)Chicago Booth Harper Center · Luma Chicago tech discovery feed
- Tue, Oct 20, 5:30 PMDatabricks Oct Meetup
Chicago · Databricks Community Meetup Chicago
200 E Randolph St, Chicago, IL 60601 - Wed, Oct 21, 9:00 AMSoftware Quality Summit
Courtyard by Marriott Chicago Downtown/Magnificent Mile · Chicago Software Testing
165 East Ontario Street, Chicago, IL - Wed, Oct 21, 10:00 AMBuild Your Business HQ in NotionALTAR Community · Chicago · Luma Chicago tech discovery feed
- Wed, Oct 21, 2:00 PMThe AI-Fluent Revenue Leader: What It Takes to Win in Today's Market (Chicago)Chicago · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
- Wed, Oct 21, 5:30 PMChicago Data Night: Harper Reed (Former CTO Obama for America)
TechNexus Venture Collaborative · Chicago · Data Science Institute, The University of Chicago
20 N Wacker Dr 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606 - Thu, Oct 22, 8:15 AM2026 NSAIL Conference on AI & National Security w/ Buffett Institute
Evanston · THE GEOPOLITICAL FORUM - The World on Its Own Terms
1999 Campus Drive, 1999 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208 - Thu, Oct 22, 4:30 PMAI‑Accelerated Model‑Driven Development
Selby Jennings · Chicago · Chicago C/C++ Users Group
181 West Madison St, 18th Floor, Chicago, IL - Thu, Oct 22, 5:00 PMLeadDev Chicago @ Thoughtworks: October 22, 2026
Thoughtworks inc. · Chicago · LeadDev Meetup - Chicago
200 E Randolph St # 2500, Chicago, IL - Thu, Oct 22, 5:30 PMGrassroots Tech Community Meetup - OctoberChicago · Luma Chicago tech discovery feed
- Thu, Oct 22, 6:00 PMBuilding Trust in AI: Data Governance, Risk, and Responsible Adoption
Chicago · Tech in Motion: Chicago
100 South Wacker Drive, 100 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606 - Thu, Oct 22, 6:30 PMKeystone Dialogue: AI & Human Judgment, Where Should Decisions Stay Human?
Mox.E Coworking · Chicago · Keystone
1449 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605 - Sat, Oct 24, 2:00 PMIVGDA Chicago - Game Developers' Meetup
Capital One Café · Chicago · Indie Video Game Developers Association
100 S State St, Chicago, IL
Further out
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- Mon, Oct 26, 5:00 PMOctober Mixer & Mastermind
Hampton Social · Chicago · Chicago WomenTech
353 W Hubbard, Chicago, IL - Mon, Oct 26, 7:00 PMBioTech and Pharma Startups, Investors & Professionals Networking Event
Green Eye Lounge · Chicago · Chicago Startup Pitch & Networking Group
2403 W Homer St, Chicago, IL 60647 - Tue, Oct 27, 5:30 PMTechWalk | Chicago, 10/27Chicago · Luma Chicago tech discovery feed
- Tue, Oct 27, 7:00 PMReal Estate & Construction Networking Event with Elevator Pitch
Easy Bar · Chicago · Chicago Startup Pitch & Networking Group
1944 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622 - Wed, Oct 28, 7:00 PMStartup Pitch Events Chicago: 5 Founders on StageJoy District · Chicago · Luma Chicago tech discovery feed
- Thu, Oct 29, 9:00 AMSouthwest Suburbs Networking Alliance "A Referral Group'
Barraco's Pizza · Orland Park · Southwest Suburbs Networking Alliance "A Referral Group'
18040 Wolf Rd, Orland Park, IL 60467 - Thu, Oct 29, 9:00 AMFounder’s Therapy - Coffee Roundtable
Bitter Pops · Chicago · Founder’s Therapy - Chicago
3345 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL - Thu, Oct 29, 10:00 AMBusiness Acumen: B2B Growth - Finding Partners, Landing ContractsPolsky Exchange North · Chicago · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
- Thu, Oct 29, 5:30 PMOpenAI Forum ChicagoChicago · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
- Thu, Oct 29, 6:00 PMChicago AI Builders Meetup: From First Build to ProductionChicago · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
- Mon, Nov 2, 12:00 PMInvesting Essentials: How to Build a Strong Investment ThesisChicago Booth Harper Center · Luma Chicago tech discovery feed
- Tue, Nov 3, 7:00 PMHealthTech Startups, Investors, Innovators Networking Event with Elevator Pitch
Easy Bar · Chicago · Chicago Startup Pitch & Networking Group
1944 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60622 - Thu, Nov 5, 8:30 AMHyde Park Venture Partners Founder Breakfast Club ☕Chicago · Luma Chicago tech discovery feed
- Thu, Nov 5, 5:30 PM79. Tech Pulse 2030-The AI-Powered Enterprise: Transforming HR and the Future of WorkChicago · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
- Thu, Nov 5, 5:30 PMWorkshop : Building Production-Ready AI Agents with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore 🚀
Chicago · AWS Chicago Western Suburbs
227 W Monroe St, Chicago, IL 60606 - Fri, Nov 6, 6:00 PMThe Heart of AI: A Networking EventRow 24 Chicago · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
- Tue, Nov 10, 5:00 PMEdTech Institute of Chicago: Town Hall & Vision PlanningFabrik Chicago · Luma Chicago tech discovery feed
- Tue, Nov 10, 6:30 PMBioTech Fermenter: Chicago's Biotechnology Meetup
mHUB · Chicago · ChiTownBio
1623 West Fulton Street, Chicago, IL - Thu, Nov 12, 12:00 PM1871 Fintech Innovation Summit: The Next Financial SystemChicago · Luma Chicago tech discovery feed
- Sun, Nov 15, 4:00 PMCIQ and Drive Capital Present: Pre-SC26 Happy HourChicago · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
- Tue, Nov 17, 5:30 PM(AAIF Chicago) The State of AI: From Hype to Production-Ready Agentic SystemsMicrosoft Midwest District · Chicago · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
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Featured Neighbor
This quarter, the Chicago room is spotlighting Project Exploration
Project Exploration provides hands-on STEM learning and mentorship to Chicago students from communities underrepresented in science.
We send attention their way. They didn’t ask us to, we just think you should know about them. A cause our members can back locally. Share their work with a parent, teacher, or business owner who would want to know. Visit their site to learn more and find the ways to get involved that fit you.
Our nonprofit partner
And the one this whole network is for: Best-Friend.org
Millions of healthy animals are put down simply because shelters run out of room. Best‑Friend.org is the world’s first decentralized nonprofit with a planned ending: it builds the system any community can install to fix that, then shuts itself down because it is no longer needed.
It never asks anyone for money. Sharing is the donation. The rooms build the businesses, and the attention they earn goes to emptying the shelters.
