If you're interested in video game development, the only event happening on Martin Luther King Jr. Day may interest you. There's plenty of variety in topics for the coming week's events, including augmented reality, women in tech and more.
Monday, Jan. 16
‘Stop Remaking Mario’: Boston Indies host this talk starting at 6 p.m. at the MIT Stata Center. The event is free.
Tuesday, Jan. 17
AR in Action 2017: This two-day event begins at 9 a.m. and ends on Wednesday at 8 pm. at the MIT Media Lab. Speakers include PTC CEO Jim Heppelmann, MassVentures Vice President Jennifer Jordan and Wayfair Next Director Mike Festa. Tickets range from $314 to $1000.
New Research in Vision: Boston Imaging and Vision hosts this event from 6 p.m. to 8 at the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories in Cambridge. The speakers are Carl Vondrick of MIT and Tim Marks of MERL. The event is free.
Compensation and Equity for Early Stage Leadership Teams: Boston Entrepreneurs’ Network hosts this event from 6 p.m. to 9 at Pivotal Labs’ Cambridge office. The panelists are Tamr CEO Andy Palmer, Project 11 Managing Director Katie Rae, former InfoBionic CEO Nancy Briefs and Boston Enet Chairman Robert Adelson. The event is free for members, $10 for non-members.
Jumpstart Your Career: General Assembly hosts this event from 6 p.m. to 8 at its 125 Summer St. location in Boston. The panelists are Mike Finneran of Kindrdfood, Ligmie Preval of athenahealth, Tim Hogan and Sam Feldman of Trello. The event is free.
Wednesday, Jan. 18
The Founding Moms’ Exchange Featuring Diane Hessan: This event runs from 11 a.m. to noon at C-Space in Boston. The speaker is C-Space Chairman Diane Hessan. The event costs $10.
Globalization and Localization in Mobile Apps: Boston Mobile C# Developers host this event starting at 6 p.m. at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge. The event is free.
BREAD presents Startup Classroom Featuring Willie Jackson, Founder & Publisher of Abernathy: Boston’s racial + Economic Activated Dialogue hosts this event from 6:30 p.m. to 9 at the Bruce C. Bolling Building. The event is free.
High-Performance Teams—Culture and Core Protocols: Kendall Square Agilists Group hosts this event starting at 6 p.m. at Cisco’s Cambridge office. The event is free.
Thursday, Jan. 19
TUGG It Forward—Evening of Service Benefitting Level Ground MMA: This event runs from 6 p.m. to 8 at the Level Ground Training Center in Boston. This event is free.
Connected Car Jam: Connected Car Boston hosts this meetup starting at 6 p.m. at the MIT CSAIL building. The event is free.
A Case for AI-Driven Employee Engagement: HRTech & TalentAnalytics Club hosts this event starting at 6 p.m. at the Microsoft NERD Center in Cambridge. The event is free.
Women in Technology—Debugging the Gender Gap: This screening of the “Code: Debugging the Gender Gap” documentary runs from 6 p.m. to 10 at Wayfair’s Boston headquarters. The event is free.
Friday, Jan. 20
Hack the Future of Higher Ed: Design Thinking with OpenIDEO Boston Chapter hosts this event from 6 p.m. to 9 at Impact Hub Boston. The event is free.
Startup Incubator and MakerSpace Open House Party: Tool Inc. hosts the open house for its new business incubator and workspace in Marblehead from 5 p.m. to 11. The event is free.
