Public Event Calendar

FRI
January
31

Birmingham on Rails is a forward-thinking Ruby on Rails conference with the purpose of building a network of software professionals and educating them on the latest developments and uses of the Rails platform. Birmingham on Rails is based in Birmingham, AL

THU
February
6
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

All Your BASE Are Belong to Us A monthly social hangout to drink beer and discuss code (or whatever topic may come up). Bring a friend that may be interested in growing in the Birmingham tech community, or getting started in a tech career. No structure

SAT
February
8
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

This monthly study group brings together anyone with an interest in coding to work on side projects, study, learn, and socialize together! Our primary focus will be coding. There will not be a hard agenda or a formal lesson plan. Feel free to come and g

SAT
February
8
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

This month we will be testing something new for BALU. We will be making the location be the Hoover Public Library and on a Saturday afternoon. February 8th is the second Saturday of the month and we have reserved a meeting room at the Hoover Public Library

WED
February
12
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Lets Talk About Kubernetes Shipt will be sharing their ongoing journey to Kubernetes. Please mark your calendars and plan to join other Gophers for this event! Note that this event was originally scheduled for January 15th.

THU
February
13
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

The new BWIT Breakfast Club was designed as an opportunity for women in technology to have networking and educational options. This first meeting will introduce the concept of the Breakfast Club and explore what topics and interests the group would like to

MON
February
17

The TechBirmingham office will be closed for the Presidents Day holiday. We will reopen on Tuesday, February 18.

TUE
February
18
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

In just 16 months, the Alabama Futures Fund has placed 6 investments and recruited 4 startups to Alabama. Come hear Matt Hottle, Partner and co-founder of Redhawk Advisory talk about their success in recruiting founders to the state, why Birmingham should

TUE
February
18
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

QuantHub is hosting a meetup at Avondale Brewing company aimed at inspiring technical and non-technical leaders to engage more deeply with the most powerful, and underutilized, resource they have: their data. Team members from Shipt, Mercedes, and Deft Dyn

TUE
February
18
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

February’s Code Café will be led by network director Sherri Ross. Sherri is a certified Amazon Web Services Solutions Architect for C Spire Business where she serves on the Presales & Solutions Engineering team to design, implement, and support strategic s

TUE
February
18
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

A presentation on EBSCO's SAFE journey for the past 5 years. Brad Arnold is the Sr. Director Lean Enterprise Office for EBSCO, and will cover the 5 year journey EBSCO has embarked upon in transitioning to a SAFE organization. Five years of successes and ch

WED
February
19
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM

As a security analyst, threat hunting is a big part of your daily routine. You need an edge to find the most sophisticated threats, understand how they got through, hunt them across your organization and drive the quickest response possible. Are you sure y

WED
February
19
11:30 AM - 2:00 PM

As a security analyst, threat hunting is a big part of your daily routine. You need an edge to find the most sophisticated threats, understand how they got through, hunt them across your organization and drive the quickest response possible. Are you sure y

WED
February
19
2:30 PM - 5:00 PM

As a security analyst, threat hunting is a big part of your daily routine. You need an edge to find the most sophisticated threats, understand how they got through, hunt them across your organization and drive the quickest response possible. Are you sure y

THU
February
20
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Join Sparkhound and Snowflake this Thursday at 10:00 AM (CST), for a quick hits Spark/ED webcast to learn about the latest advancements in cloud data analytics and data science. We'll reveal how a single, integrated cloud data platform can deliver the perf

THU
February
20
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

The TechBirmingham full board of directors will have their first meeting of 2020. Board Meetings are open to board members only.

THU
February
20
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

A Meetup for Birmingham based game developers, animators, interactive media designers, artists, coders with an an interest in making games or interactive media. We are a small group of multi-talented creators. Our community is to help share resources, know

SAT
February
22
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

This is a networking and social group for Black tech lovers. All skill levels are welcome. Haven't started a career in tech yet? That's perfectly fine! This group will serve as space for us to talk tech, share our experiences, and provide a support group f

TUE
February
25
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

We're meeting at the bar at Sidewalk Cinema this month! Come chat with founders, engineers, investors, and other awesome folks in the Birmingham startup scene at this cool, new downtown space.

SAT
February
29
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Join us for a FREE STEM Fair for Girls in 6th -12th Grade! Thanks to our presenting sponsor, The Caring Foundation of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, and additional sponsors, AAUW Birmingham Branch and Girls Inc. of Central Alabama Meet prominen

TUE
March
3
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

F-up Nights is a global movement and event series that shares stories of professional failure. Each month, in events across the globe, we get three to four people to get up in front of a room full of strangers to share their own professional f-up. The stor

SAT
March
7
7:30 AM - 9:00 PM

  We are teaming up again with TEALS (Technology Education and Literacy in Schools) and Samford University Department of Computer Science to host the Teen TechBham Hackathon. This event is open for students 8-12th grade who will work on teams with other

TUE
March
10
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

What is it like to be a woman working in Cybersecurity? Women are playing significant roles in this industry and taking on important roles to help disrupt the industry. Heather McCalley, the Director of Investigations at Dark Tower, will talk about her jou

WED
March
11
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Join Hydra1303 in Birmingham for one of our must-attend VMware Cloud Foundations workshops Industry experts will discuss the following key benefits of VMware’s Cloud Foundations: • Discuss how VCF can reduce CapEX up to 50% with server-side economics

THU
March
12
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM

All Your BASE Are Belong To Us A monthly social hangout to drink beer and discuss code (or whatever topic may come up). Bring a friend that may be interested in growing in the Birmingham tech community, or getting started in a tech career. No structure

FRI
March
13
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Join us for our Career Expo on March 13th at Innovation Depot (the atrium)! Your company will have a booth set up while our candidates make their rounds to meet and learn more about your company. The attendees will be Innovate Birmingham candidates (curren

SAT
March
14
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Coding Study Group This monthly study group brings together anyone with an interest in coding to work on side projects, study, learn, and socialize together! Our primary focus will be coding. There will not be a hard agenda or a formal lesson plan. Fee

WED
March
18 20

This three-day course will guide participants through the world of Scrum Mastery and Product Ownership. Participants will gain hands-on knowledge and will grow their ability to embrace Scrum and guide their teams to doing twice the work in half the time. A

THU
March
19
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Join us for the second installment of the BWIT Breakfast Club - Show Us Your Mug! The new BWIT Breakfast Club was designed as an opportunity for women in technology to have networking and educational options. At the March meeting we will be discussing u

THU
March
19
10:30 AM - 11:30 PM

TechBirmingham member company Forge is hosting a webinar on Pandemic Survival Tips for Small Businesses & Entrepreneurs. Small businesses are working to adjust to quickly changing world. Join us as we hear from Jacqui Jones, CEO of One Degree Marketing,

THU
March
19
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Our friends at Gatehouse Law are running a Live Update on Instagram (@gatehouselaw) each day at 1:30 pm CST to make sure that they can get information out as quickly as possible. They will focus on the issues we are seeing and ways for small businesses to

FRI
March
20
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

TechBirmingham's volunteer crew, the TechBees, are gathering virtually to check in and network. Let's talk about what our new normal looks like now that we've been in it for a week! It's BYOB - Broadcast Your Own Beverage!

MON
March
23
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Right now, with all of the unrest and confusion facing us concerning COVID-19, companies need guidance to help protect their businesses and make informed decisions as they work to respond to uncertain times. This webinar is brought to you by Forge, a Te

TUE
March
24
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

NOTE: Please see updated meeting link! (updated 3/23/20, 1:18 pm) Navigating the New Normal: Security & Logistics Welcome to our first installment of our Navigating the New Normal webinar series.  Our topic will be Security & Logistics. A panel of

THU
March
26
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Our first BWIT Virtual Breakfast Club was a hit! Now, we're opening up Virtual Breakfast Club to everyone!  Most Thursdays (through April 23) we will have an open meeting for up to 15 people to hop on and have coffee with us. TechBirmingham staff will b

THU
March
26
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Looking for a data lover? If you are an HR professional, technical recruiter, or hiring is one of your many responsibilities, join us for an upcoming virtual information session where you’ll learn about all things Innovate Birmingham. We want to share with

THU
March
26
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

You are invited to attend a business and infrastructure partners call concerning the Novel Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), hosted by the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and FEMA’s Office of Response an

THU
March
26
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

Webinar: Leading Remote Teams  Resources, processes, and best practices you can implement NOW to lead successful remote teams, brought to you by Airship. Airship is a member of TechBirmingham

THU
March
26
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

Webinar: Managing Your Small Business in Times of Disaster, presented by REV Birmingham Using the framework Alabama Small Business Development Center’s Disaster Recovery Toolkit we will explore 10 actions you can take to improve your cash position durin

FRI
March
27

As we adjust to so many virtual events, something was bound to get missed in the proofreading!  On Thursday, you may have received an invitation to join us for a Virtual Breakfast Club "tomorrow" (meaning Friday, March 27). We're not having another Brea

FRI
March
27
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Webinar: Navigating Your Commercial Lease in a Disaster, presented by REV Birmingham Led by Elizabeth Barbaree-Tasker, REV’s Chief Operating & Finance Officer  In this facilitated discussion, you’ll gain perspective from property owners, brokers and

FRI
March
27
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Innovate Birmingham and Central Six AlabamaWorks! are excited to invite you to the Birmingham Tech Council meeting on March 27th. We will continue to discuss your IT talent needs as well as the workforce partnership pipeline. Together we will identify the

SAT
March
28
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Birmingham Black Techies is hosting their first webinar, ''Remote Transitions 101"! Kellie Clark, Director of Operations at Innovate Birmingham, will be thier special guest. Innovate Birmingham is a local nonprofit that's truly making a difference in th

MON
March
30
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

ULECx Market is hosting a weekly conference call for business leaders to discuss concerns and topics during this transitionary period during COVID.  The March 30 discussion will center around proposed legislation to turn COVID-19 SBA Loans into Grants f

MON
March
30
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

COVID-19 SBA Loans & Tax Relief Webinar, presented by Forge Hear from Adam West, CPA at Warren Averett, as he talks about SBA Loans & Tax Relief.  

TUE
March
31
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Running & Financing Your Startup in Tough Circumstances, presented by Techstars Join Techstars Managing Directors and Southeast Investors for a special edition AMA on Crowdcast. Dave Payne (Managing Director of Techstars Atlanta), along with two other

TUE
March
31
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Webinar: Pivoting Your Model: Product Diversification and Distribution During Disaster, presented by REV Birmingham Led by Taylor Clark Jacobson, REV’s Director of Business Growth and Recruitment  Major economic shifts like we’re currently experienci

TUE
March
31
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Shifting & Realigning: Restaurants + Retail, presented by Create Birmingham Everything is changing. Your customer is changing. Your customer's problem is changing. How can you change with it? Let's connect to talk through your business and how to realig

TUE
March
31
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

** Registration is now closed so we can start the webinar. A video will be available soon! Thank you! Navigating the New Normal:  Deploying Remote Teams - A View from the Trenches Join us for a discussion with TechBirmingham members who have recentl

TUE
March
31
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Navigating the Next 3 Months Webinar, presented by Forge Presenter: Sean Eikerman from Cultivate Advisors "The world feels upside-down right now! What should we be doing right now to manage the next few months of uncertainty?" This is something I'

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