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Private rooms of Chicago’s founders, operators, and investors learning what technology does for their businesses, investments, and the community they’re building.
This week in Chicago for trade shows & expos, investor, founder dinners and experiences: 11
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- Mon, Oct 19, 7:00 PMWomen in Business, Startups, Professionals Social Networking EventBusiness crowd, fun format
Ten Cat Tavern · Chicago · Chicago Startup Pitch & Networking Group
3931 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60613 - Tue, Oct 20, 9:00 AMDePaul's Cyber Risk: Supply Chain Risk in the Age of Agentic AI ConferenceConference or expo
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 KiriakosBusiness crowdChicago Booth Harper Center · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
- Tue, Oct 20, 5:00 PMInfo Session and Kickoff (Harper): New Venture Challenge (NVC)Business crowdChicago Booth Harper Center · Luma Chicago tech discovery feed
- Wed, Oct 21, 9:00 AMSoftware Quality SummitConference or expo
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 NotionBusiness crowdALTAR 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)Business crowdChicago · Luma Chicago AI discovery feed
- Thu, Oct 22, 8:15 AM2026 NSAIL Conference on AI & National Security w/ Buffett InstituteConference or expo
Evanston · THE GEOPOLITICAL FORUM - The World on Its Own Terms
1999 Campus Drive, 1999 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208 - Thu, Oct 22, 5:00 PMLeadDev Chicago @ Thoughtworks: October 22, 2026Conference or expo
Thoughtworks inc. · Chicago · LeadDev Meetup - Chicago
200 E Randolph St # 2500, Chicago, IL - Thu, Oct 22, 6:30 PMKeystone Dialogue: AI & Human Judgment, Where Should Decisions Stay Human?Business crowd
Mox.E Coworking · Chicago · Keystone
1449 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605 - Sat, Oct 24, 2:00 PMIVGDA Chicago - Game Developers' MeetupOpen networking
Capital One Café · Chicago · Indie Video Game Developers Association
100 S State St, Chicago, IL
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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.
