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  • Friday
    Feb 6 2026
    Up & Running - A one-day mini conference on resourcing your early stage startup

    Hosted by the Metro Region Innovation Hub and HERE, this is a first-of-its-kind, day-long conference to help founders and tech startups navigate the obstacle course of early stage business development.

    ​Seeking Investment capital? A brand strategy? Wondering about your sales funnel? No matter your challenge, this is the place to get you past the confusion. Experts and prospective business partners in multiple disciplines will be on hand for you to learn from, huddle with, and grow your local network.

    ​The day will feature panel discussions, presentations, Q&A sessions and 1-on-1 advising with business investors and professional service consultants.

    ​This mini-conference is best suited for early stage startups that involve technology-based innovation. As this is an educational conference, pitching, selling, and solicitations will be prohibited.

    ​Lunch is included. Space is limited to the first 80 registrants. Walk-in registrations will not be available.

    ​Registration closes February 5. Early pricing ends January 28 ($35 registration fee beginning 1/28).

    Website
  • Emerging Professionals of Portland (EPOP) Exclusive!

    Portland Metro Chamber is thrilled to host the first EPOP Exclusive of the season with The Performing Arts Scene in Portland! Come enjoy a talk about the performing arts scene and enjoy complimentary breakfast bites.

    Panelists:

    Luke Burbank : Host / LiveWire Radio & Correspondant / CBS Sunday Morning Paul Snyder : President & CEO / Oregon Symphony Dani Rowe : Artistic Director / Oregon Ballet Theater Poison Waters : Drag Performer / Darcelle XV Showplace

    Moderator: Jessi Duley: Founder & CEO / Burncycle & the Reckless Optimist

    You may be familiar with our monthly signature EPOP Last Tuesday events, and after a 4 year hiatus, we are excited to bring back our EPOP Exclusives.

    EPOP Exclusives are geared toward connecting professionals and community members with established civic and business leaders in the Portland region. EPOP Exclusives include a moderated Q&A session with a featured panel of experts as well as an opportunity to network with like-minded emerging professionals.

    Join us at ShowBar at Revolution Hall!

    Complimentary breakfast bites.

  • Score Meet-a-Mentor event
    –
    Holgate Library

    Step into the Portland small business community’s best-kept secret: a team of seasoned volunteer mentors who’ve seen—and solved—almost every challenge a business can face. For more than 60 years, SCORE has been matching entrepreneurs with one‑on‑one advisors from every sector you can imagine: tech, retail, food, creative, nonprofits, professional services, trades, and more. Whether you’re just sketching an idea or scaling a growing company, you can tap into that experience for free, as often as you need it.

    Our mentors reflect Portland’s diversity across industries, career stages, and lived experiences. At this event, you’ll meet some of them, hear how they work with clients, and get a feel for what a confidential, tailored mentoring relationship could look like for you. You’ll also get plugged into workshops, webinars, and a deep library of practical tools—all at no cost.

    Need funding? An SBA representative will speak and be available to answer your questions about financing, loan programs, and how to position your business to qualify for capital. If you’ve ever wondered how to actually get money in the door to grow your business, this is your chance to ask directly. This, combined with conversations with a free mentor, can set your business up for success.

    Come if you’re serious about moving your business forward and want a trusted, long‑term ally on your side, without adding another line item to your budget.

    Website

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  • Sunday
    Feb 8 2026
    Portland Area Robotics Society (PARTS) Monthly Meeting
    –
    Control-H

    Show & Tell with Geoff Rhoads (Transformative Optics Corporation)

    Join us for an interactive, behind-the-scenes look at cutting-edge optical technology with Geoff Rhoads, founder of Transformative Optics Corporation.

    Rather than a traditional slide deck, Geoff will lead a show-and-tell style presentation featuring images of array cameras, sample outputs, and the company’s unique lens designs. The format is intentionally informal and conversational, with plenty of opportunities to ask questions as the visuals unfold. We’ll wrap up with an open Q&A session (about 5–15 minutes) for deeper discussion.

    If you’re interested in robotics, computer vision, imaging systems, or novel optical hardware, this will be a great chance to see real technology in action and engage directly with some of the inventors behind it.

    As always, all experience levels are welcome—come curious and ready to ask questions!

    Website
  • Tuesday
    Feb 10 2026
    Virtual Lunch & Learn: Built from the Core: Values that Guide

    Built from the Core: Values that Guide is a focused, one-hour virtual webinar designed for entrepreneurs navigating the complexity of building and scaling bioscience ventures. Participants will identify their core values and examine how those values show up in real-world professional decisions, particularly in high-stakes, regulated environments. Through a practical, values-based decision tool, founders will learn how to bring clarity and consistency to tough choices involving science, speed, and more. The session closes with actionable strategies to stay grounded amid uncertainty, enabling entrepreneurs to lead with intention, credibility, and confidence as they grow their organizations.

    Website
  • AI & sustainability learning session (dinner included)

    ​Sick of hearing about AI yet? Same, but also... we would like for an expert to sit us down and talk about it.

    ​For our February LEARN night, we're going to host an expert speaker on AI, the threats we know about, the threats we need to talk about, and the opportunities it can create that we need to pay attention to.

    ​​The plan

    ​​5~5:45 pm | arrive, eat dinner, chit chat

    ​​5:45~7 pm | interactive Q&A (more announced soon!)

    ​7-8 pm | peer learning + the vibes will continue; pick up the conversation with new people and make friends

    ​​Please arrive by 5:30pm so you have time to eat before the programming begins.

    Website
  • The Skill of Letting Go: Mastering the Toughest Conversation in Business- Small Business and Community Resilance Series
    free

    Most managers and HR professionals are never taught one of the most critical skills in business: how to let people go skillfully. Without these tools, leaders often "wing it," leading to a cycle of fear, guilt, and avoidable mistakes that ripple through an entire organization. What we will cover: The Reality of the Gap: We’ll examine the data showing why so many managers are left unprepared without the training they need to handle departures. The Human Impact: We will explore how "winging it" impacts the mental health of the leader delivering the news and the dignity of the employee receiving it. The One Essential Skill: You will walk away with one concrete, repeatable skill to handle these conversations with clarity and composure. Why you should be there: If your company hasn't invested in your training, invest in yourself. Whether you are the one having the conversation or the one on the receiving end, understanding the mechanics of this process changes the experience from one of trauma to one of professional integrity. Stop fearing the conversation. Master the skill.

    Website
  • Wednesday
    Feb 11 2026
    Women Who Dare PDX: Founder Talk
    –
    Nedspace

    The Power in the Pause, The Bravery in the Shift

    You’re invited to an inspiring morning with Shi Choong, Founder & Event Producer of Women Who Dare PDX. This intimate speaker event will explore the deeper mission behind WWD and the transformational theme for 2026: “The Power in the Pause, The Bravery in the Shift.” This event is for women and allies who support women empowerment and lifting women up.

    In this session, Shi will share: ✨ Her personal journey of courage, reinvention, and leadership ✨ Why intentional pauses and pivotal life shifts shape who we become ✨ How Women Who Dare creates spaces for women to be seen, heard & celebrated ✨ What to expect at the March 8, 2026 WWD Conference

    If you’re navigating change, seeking clarity, or craving a community that supports your evolution—this conversation will speak to your heart. Bring a friend, your journal, or simply your open mind. Prepare to feel inspired, grounded, and ready to rise.

    RSVP (free): https://www.meetup.com/startup-your-startup/events/312356008/

    Website
  • Feb 11th Tech Lunch At Papaccino's
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    Papaccino's

    Come hang out with other tech people for lunch every other Wednesday at Papaccino’s from 12 ~ 2pm.

    Website
  • Thursday
    Feb 12 2026
    Portland Monthly BEAM Meet & Chat
    –
    Honey Latte

    Let’s get together for an informal BEAM PDX hangout: coffee, conversation, and light co-working.

    This is a low-key monthly meetup for folks working with Elixir, Erlang, Gleam, and other BEAM languages, aimed at reconnecting the local community and rebuilding momentum after a long quiet stretch. We'll holding this on the second Thursday of each month.

    There will be opportunities to:

    • Ask questions about Elixir and other BEAM languages
    • Share what you’ve been working on (or stuck on)
    • Get help with programming or design problems
    • Co-work: get things done with like-minded folks nearby
    • Brainstorm ideas for future talk-based meetups and identify potential speakers

    Bring your laptop if you’d like. It's totally optional.

    New to BEAM languages, or just curious? You’re very welcome.

    Please RSVP so we know roughly how many people to expect. If your plans change, un-RSVP when you can.

    This meetup is also part of our transition away from Meetup to a new home for the group, where we’ll be organizing future events.

    Website
  • Better Futures Club
    ruby

    ​Better Futures Club is a weekly event (alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays) focused on imagining and making better futures.

    Imagine an artist community, a think tank, and a research center in the same building. People in all of those fields working alongside each other imagining and creating different futures together. Cross pollination and inspiration. Liberal Arts and STEM and R&D. Photographers, physicists, authors, astronomers, musicians, makers, mathematicians, designers, developers, fashionistas, climatologists and all manner of imaginative optimists.

    All Better Futures Club events are covered by the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct (https://www.contributor-covenant.org)

    Website
  • Implementing a Window Manager: developer workflows, C bindings, and Rust tooling
    rustlang

    An artist might paint their parent a picture, a sculptor may craft them a vase, but a programmer writes them an x11 window manager.

    For Christmas of 2025, Ben Massey started on a project for his dad: an x11 window manager written in Rust. Development workflow is an important part of a programmer's life: we use these computer things quite a bit every single day, so basic usage of them should aid the creative process, rather than fight it. After some discussions on the topic of workflow, Ben decided that there were some needs not met by traditional window managers, and that it was worth taking a stab at a solution.

    This talk will go over the project "pick-full-wm", which takes full advantage of the wonderful tooling offered to Rust like Cargo, and the niceties of aspects like memory safety and compiler rule enforcement. This will also naturally lead to topics of Rust bindings to C, and more general discussions of Linux and software development.

    Website
  • Sunday
    Feb 15 2026
    Portland Linux/Unix Group's Monthly Linux Clinic

    That PLUG Clinic you like is coming back into style!

    The PLUG Clinic returns again this month on February 15, from 1pm-5pm. Note the different venue this month, we are back at the Albina Branch Library. If you need help with your Linux computer, or want to offer help, you are welcome!

    Volunteer helpers are as desirable as helpees. Helping is fun and rewarding. If you've ever helped out at a PLUG Clinic before, come checkout the space!

    Thanks to the taxpayers of Multnomah County for the beautiful new building!

    Website
  • Tuesday
    Feb 17 2026
    action party for an AI-resilient future (dinner included)

    ​Make friends who care about stuff at Soapbox Portland, the city's most fun community space for climate action! ​We're having a party for people who care about the planet. Same time, same place, every week. You're invited. Request a reparative ticket here if you need one.

    ​It's time to take action on AI and how it's affecting our planet, minds, and communities!

    ​​The plan (more details to be announced soon!)

    ​​5~5:45 pm | arrive, eat dinner, chit chat

    ​​5:45~6:15 pm | context-setting & affinity activity

    ​7-8 pm | action time!

    ​​Please arrive by 5:30pm so you have time to eat before the programming begins.

    Website
  • Portland Accessibility and User Experience Meetup (PDX A11Y UX) - Making Accessibility the Default: Continuous Accessibility Practices [virtual]
    –
    Online

    Topic

    Often relegated to episodic efforts such as late-stage audits and ad hoc projects, digital accessibility is most effective and efficient when it is the organization’s default mode of operation. Making the shift to continuous accessibility leads to better outcomes across the board, including improving the experience of disabled users, mitigating the risk of accessibility-related lawsuits, improving brand reputation, and even creating a positive return on investment (ROI).

    In this talk we provide practical strategies for embedding accessibility into daily routines and technical systems, demonstrating how to start small and scale over time. Key topics include:

    • Establishing a repeatable accessibility routine and improving it over time.
    • The importance of data and metrics, such as bug counts and time-to-resolution (TTR), to establish a baseline and measure progress.
    • Rallying cross-functional allies to drive change (yes, even without C-suite mandates).
    • Creating a unified system where human workflows and technical tools work in concert.

    A real world case study illustrates how the strategic application of automated regression testing and clear bug prioritization led to a profound cultural shift where accessibility is treated like any other product quality concern. Attendees will leave with actionable ideas for initiating and sustaining cultural change, making the case for accessibility as a core business principle.

    Agenda

    The event begins at 6 pm; join early, starting at 5:45 pm for networking.

    • 5:45–6:00pm Networking
    • 6:00–6:15pm Introductions and announcements
    • 6:15–6:45pm Presentation
    • 6:45–7:15pm Q&A and discussion

    About the presenters

    Devon Persing is your neighbor to the north in Seattle, WA. Before joining "big" tech as an accessibility professional around 2012, she worked in "small" tech as a UI designer, front-end web developer, and usability advocate in libraries, higher education, and local government. She has an MS in Information and is disabled, chronically ill, and neurodivergent, and as a result her approach to digital accessibility centers information literacy, organization dynamics, and disability justice. Her current focus as a solo consultant is on helping people do accessibility work that is more holistic, inclusive, cooperative, and sustainable. She wrote a book called The Accessibility Operations Guidebook with that goal in mind.

    Portlander by birth and by choice, Andrew Hedges is COO for Assistiv Labs, an accessibility tooling company based in the PNW. His 28-year career as a web developer and engineering leader has taken him to companies from Apple to Zapier. As a longtime advocate for improving the usability of websites for people with disabilities, Andrew would love nothing more than for accessibility to become the default so we can finally realize the original promise of the web to democratize access to information for everyone.

    RSVP

    Please RSVP for the Zoom link.

    Accommodation requests

    If you have any accommodation requests, don't hesitate to contact us before the event to discuss.

    Website
  • Get your resume seen! Talks to help your tech job search

    ​This event is hybrid; a Zoom link will be emailed to registered attendees closer to the date, but please note that the talk itself doesn't start until 6:30!

    February is right in the middle of peak hiring season, and PNSQC has a couple of speakers lined up to help you land that next role in a very competitive market.

    First, Jeremy Elwood will give his talk titled The Paradox of Plenty: A Modern Hiring Story. It's a reflection on finding a job, but told from the employer's perspective: exploring what actually differentiated successful candidates from the rest, why resume screening failed to surface the strongest candidates, and what to look for in a successful candidate. Along the way, it offers concrete advice for everyone: how job seekers can better present their experience, approach take-home challenges, and prepare for interviews; and how hiring managers can ask better questions, design meaningful evaluations, and reduce unnecessary pain in the process. Ultimately, the talk aims not only to surface systemic problems in modern software engineer hiring, but also to offer practical guidance and cautious optimism for navigating (and surviving) the "paradox of plenty".

    Heather Wilcox is excited to follow with her talk titled Resume Tips and Tricks, which will go further in depth on how to write a resume that hiring managers will notice, along with other helpful hints for survival in the era of AI. As an experienced hiring manager and job seeker herself, Heather has reviewed hundreds (maybe thousands?) of resumes. She can tell you that the AI and recruiter generated resumes are usually easy to spot and often treated with a certain amount of disdain and distrust. But, at the same time, you need your information to get past the AI screeners and into the hands of a real human. It's not an easy needle to thread, but she's done it and so can you!

    Schedule (all times in PT): 6-6:30 PM: Light refreshments (soft drinks, pizza) and networking 6:30-7:30 PM: Talks/Presentation 7:30-8 PM: Q&A and more networking

    Thanks to Trimble this month for lending us their space for the evening!

    Website
  • Better Futures Club
    ruby

    ​Better Futures Club is a weekly event (alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays) focused on imagining and making better futures.

    Imagine an artist community, a think tank, and a research center in the same building. People in all of those fields working alongside each other imagining and creating different futures together. Cross pollination and inspiration. Liberal Arts and STEM and R&D. Photographers, physicists, authors, astronomers, musicians, makers, mathematicians, designers, developers, fashionistas, climatologists and all manner of imaginative optimists.

    All Better Futures Club events are covered by the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct (https://www.contributor-covenant.org)

    Website
  • Healing After the Exit: Moving Past the Trauma of Being Let Go- Small Business & Community Resilience Series

    Being let go is rarely just about a paycheck; it is a profound disruption of your identity and security. When managers aren't trained to handle these moments skillfully, the result is often "termination trauma." Even in the best-case scenarios, losing a job triggers a unique form of grief that can leave you feeling stuck, paralyzed, or resentful. Why This Matters for Your Career The weight of a bad exit doesn't stay at your old desk; it follows you. If left unaddressed, that "trauma energy" can leak into your interviews and follow you into your next role, impacting your confidence and how you show up for new opportunities. To be truly marketable, you have to work through the baggage. In this class, we will talk about the trauma, understanding that you aren't alone, that the person who had to let you go might also be struggling, and some ways to overcome so you don't bring it into your next job. This form is a google form that let's us know what class you are intrested please fill it out https://luma.com/lgdzr48d

    Website
  • Wednesday
    Feb 18 2026
    Portland AI Engineers, Feb 2026 meeting

    ​Core Defender returns with student (age 6-14) showcases in AI and Robotics.

    ​More details to follow

    ​This was a wonderful event back in 2025 and we are happy to see them return.

    ​Schedule:

    ​5:00 - 5:30: Snacks and networking ​5:30 - 6:30: Presentations ​6:30 - 7:00: Wrap up and networking

    ​Get involved:

    ​Present your work at a future event: Email us at [email protected] to discuss sharing your project or insights

    ​Provide feedback: Help shape our community by sharing your ideas and suggestions

    ​Sponsor an event: Contact us to discuss partnership opportunities

    ​For more information and to join our community, visit portlandai.engineer

    ​Thank you to our amazing sponsors

    ​Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) ​Silicon Florist ​AlteredCraft ​O'Reilly

    Website
  • Thursday
    Feb 19 2026
    Think and Drink Trivia Night

    Think & Drink Trivia Night is back at OBI and we’re kicking off the year strong.

    Join us at the Oregon Bioscience Incubator for an evening of dinner, drinks, and smart competition. Whether you roll in with friends or show up solo, you’ll be placed on a team of four or fewer to keep things fair and fun. No trivia steamrolling allowed.

    Your ticket includes a hearty catered dinner and two drink tickets to fuel both your brain and your confidence.

    Expect classic pub-style trivia covering a wide range of general knowledge topics. Nothing too obscure, nothing too easy, and just challenging enough to spark a little trash talk.

    Doors open at 5:30 PM for networking and mingling. Trivia starts promptly at 6:00 PM and yes, there will be prizes worth bragging about.

    Come for the trivia. Stay for the community. Leave with bragging rights.

    Website
  • PDXPUG: Portland PostgreSQL Users Meetup : What's new in PostgreSQL 18
    –
    Multnomah Arts Center

    Please note different location at Multnomah Arts Center. Also, please RSVP on MeetUp as space is limited: https://www.meetup.com/pdxpug/events/312977438/

    PostgreSQL 18 was released September 25, 2025.

    We will review freely available presentations available on the internet.

    Come learn what's new, share experiences, or just meet with local peers! Casual, informal.

    Website
  • BSD Pizza Night

    A meeting of folks interested in BSD operating systems and related technologies to get together, eat pizza, drink beer, and talk about what interesting things have been going on.

    Website

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