Welcome, November! We’re grateful for all of the Civic Tech, Cybersecurity, and STEM events that are happening in Chicago this month. Join us at these top events around the city:
November 1-3
Code for America Summit
Oakland Marriott City Center 1001 Broadway, Oakland, CA
The Code for America Summit is a roll-up-your-sleeves conference that brings together government innovators, civic-minded technologists, and entrepreneurs. It’ll be you and 1,200 of the most talented civic tech leaders taking over downtown Oakland, CA. Come with your passion for building a 21st-century government. Leave with the skills you need to do it.
We’ve put together a lineup of more than 200 speakers from the public, private, and non-profit sectors. They’re excited to share what’s working, what’s not, and what they’re learning along the way.
November 2
Hacking the Presidential Election: The Dimensions of Russian Interference
6pm – 7:30pm
1871 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, 12th Floor, Chicago
The 2016 US presidential election is among the most tumultuous in the country’s history. The stark differences between the two major-party candidates, both in terms of demeanor as well as policy, make November 8th a pivotal day for the future of the United States and the world. Join Patrik Maldre, Managing Partner at Retel Partners, and Toni Gidwani, Director of Research Operations at ThreatConnect, discuss their direct experience with election cyber security breaches.
November 3
Chicago Women Developers Hack Night
6pm
1871 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, 12th Floor, Chicago
This weekly event gives ladies a space to code together. Whether you’re just getting started, or are a veteran in the tech world, there’s a seat for you at the table. BYOL: Bring your own laptop!
November 3
Minecraft Modding
6:30pm – 7:30pm
In this class, students will go over what they learned from “Spartan School”. Each child will provide a “Method” that modifies their Minecraft Avatar’s armor, inventory, and abilities. All the players will get to play against each other’s mods. This is the second class. If you were not in the first class, contact the host to make sure you are ready for this class before you RSVP.
November 3
Lunch and Learn: How to Prevent Sophisticated and Dangerous Attacks
11:00am – 2:30pm
Goose Island Clybourn 1800 North Clybourn Avenue, Chicago
Join RKON, Checkpoint and LogRhythm for a complimentary lunch and a beer as we go through your dream SIEM Solution. You will experience first-hand how to gain visibility to potential cyber activities and how to detect, block respond to cyber threats.
November 3
The Sound of Software: Voice and Tone for Interfaces
5:30pm — 8:30pm
The Nerdery 1033 W Van Buren St., Suite 700, Chicago
Come join us in our next Nerd Interface where one of our Nerds will be deep diving into this with a hands-on workshop!
November 8
Code & Coffee with Girl Develop It
6:00pm — 8:00pm
eSpark Learning 833 W Jackson Blvd. Suite 700, Chicago
We’re all learning to code, whether you’ve just decided to get started or you’ve been at it for years. Come hang out for a couple of hours with some friendly fellow coders.
November 9
Storytelling in Virtual Reality
5:30pm — 7:30pm
1871 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, Suite 1212 Chicago
This event features Angela Haddad, Founder and Creative Director of One Third Blue, a Virtual Reality art studio animating and producing hand-illustrated VR art experiences for fashion brands and magazines; and VR Producer for SilVR Thread, a VR startup specializing in first-person POV Virtual Reality technology.
November 9
FinTEx FinTech Science Fair
5:30pm — 7:30pm
Old Crow Smokehouse 149 W Kinzie St., Chicago
Join the FinTEx community for their annual Science Fair! Network with other innovators and learn about the products & technologies being developed by leading midwestern FinTech companies. These are not investment pitches, but chances to interact with products and the people building them while enjoying complimentary food & drink.
November 10
Chicago Women Developers Hack Night
6pm
1871 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, 12th Floor, Chicago
This weekly event gives ladies a space to code together. Whether you’re just getting started, or are a veteran in the tech world, there’s a seat for you at the table. BYOL: Bring your own laptop!
November 10
Future Founders: 3rd Annual U.Pitch Competition & Showcase
5:30pm — 8:30pm
1871 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, 12th Floor, Chicago
Join Future Founders for food and drinks at this fun showcase-style event, where top students from universities all over the nation will compete in the ultimate elevator pitch competition for incredible exposure, connections, and part of a $10,000 cash prize pool!
November 11
ChiTechathon: 16.1_hardware.pkg
12pm — 3pm
Chicago Technology Academy High School 1301 West 14th Street, Chicago
Want to learn how to build a computer? Want to learn more about the most techy high school you can attend? Well now is your chance! All 8th graders interested in attending ChiTech for the 2017-2018 school year, are cordially invited for some food, tech, and fun!
November 14-16
DX Summit 2016
Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel 221 N Columbus Dr, Chicago
CMSWire’s Digital Customer Experience (DX) Summit 2016 conference brings together the world’s foremost digital customer experience (DX) and marketing technology (MarTech) leaders and practitioners who are defining the next generation of digital experiences and creating the organizations and teams that make them a reality.
November 14
2016 Election Results: Change or Status Quo?
12:00pm — 1:30pm
The Standard Club 320 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago
Join ICPR for a free forum featuring local party experts explaining the results of the November General Election.
November 15
Midwest AgTech Conference
9am — 6pm
Germania Place 108 W. Germania Place, Chicago
Join us for the first annual Midwest AgTech Conference. The conference brings together farmers, founders, technologists, VCs, educators, and government representatives. This is a full day of networking, expert panels on investment outlook, grower’s fireside chat, startup fundamentals, new technologies, predicting farming & IoT, and features on-stage pitches by 15 of the most promising Midwest AgTech startups.
November 16
Edible Tech: Connecting Bytes and Bites
6:30pm — 8:30pm
Dev Bootcamp 1033 W. Van Buren St., Suite 300, Chicago
It’s the 21st century, and food and technology have found each other and have sat down to have a long conversation over dinner.
The goal with events at Dev Bootcamp is to bring together bright minds, to foster learning, inspiration, and wonder, and provoke conversations that matter. Specifically, for this event, the goal is to bring together the Chicago community to discuss the relationship between food and technology.
November 17
Chicago Women Developers Hack Night
6pm
1871 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza, 12th Floor, Chicago
This weekly event gives ladies a space to code together. Whether you’re just getting started, or are a veteran in the tech world, there’s a seat for you at the table. BYOL: Bring your own laptop!
November 17
T4Youth’s Table Tennis Tech Tournament
5:30pm
ACEBOUNCE 230 N. Clark St., Chicago
The third annual Table Tennis Tech Tournament, T4Youth, is kicking off this fall and you and your company are invited! Chicagoland technology companies will be competing to stake their claim as the #1 tech table tennis team.
November 17
Hyde Park Angels & 1871 Entrepreneurial Education Series
6pm — 8pm
1871 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, 12th Floor, Chicago
Hyde Park Angels is bringing together successful, influential entrepreneurs and investors to teach you everything you need to know about early-stage investment.
November 17
Microsoft Social 3.0 Chicago
6:30pm — 8:30pm
Microsoft Technology Center 200 E. Randolph St., Suite 200, Chicago
The event is in Chicago, the new Microsoft Center, where you can meet 1:1 with executive leaders, learn about Microsoft products and services and get exposure to cross functional groups at Microsoft.
This event is specifically geared to cloud professionals. Curiosity to connect and have fun is the idea. Free light appetizers and drinks.
November 20
2016 Young Tech Challenge
10am — 2pm
Navy Pier Festival Hall A & B, 840 E Grand Avenue, Chicago
Young Tech Challenge is an opportunity for creators aged 8-22 to show off a playful tech product.
November 29-30
Social Media & Web Innovation
Swissotel Chicago 323 E Upper Wacker Dr., Chicago
This is the leading, two-day business conference with a complete focus on innovative web analytics practices and analysis of social media platforms. Expect cutting-edge content which will demonstrate how you can leverage data on customer behavior to transform your online presence, identify patterns and trends and improve CRM. Join the conversation at #DataSocial.