Tuesday
Chicago angel investor and West Loop Ventures founder Jeff Carter is speaking Tuesday at Startup Grind's meetup at WeWork Kinzie. More info here.
Wednesday
General Assembly is hosting a screening of the InVision-produced documentary DESIGN DISRUPTORS, which features design leaders like Julie Zhuo, VP of Product Design at Facebook; Alex Castellarnau, Head of Design at Dropbox; and John Maeda, Design Partner at Kleiner Perkins. They talk about how design solutions have formed booming, billion-dollar companies and how we can keep up the momentum. More info here.
CHIVR is hosting a virtual reality meetup at Allstate Wednesday featuring technology from Chicago-based companies. Participants will have a chance to demo the HTC Vive, Oculus Rift CV1, Oculus Touch, and Samsung Gear VR. More info here.
ChickTech Chicago is hosting a Chicago Women in Tech Kickoff event Wednesday at Brad's Deals. The event will be a "gathering with Chicago’s rad women in tech for a night of food, drinks, board games, and general revelry." More info here.
Thursday
The Microsoft Tech Summit is taking place Thursday and Friday at the McCormick Place. Attendees will hear how Microsoft’s enterprise solutions can help you be more successful, and there will be over 70 technical training sessions covering a range of topics across Microsoft Azure. More info here.
Built In Chicago is hosting its monthly Built In Brews meetup Thursday at ReviewTrackers. Attendees will get to meet the ReviewTrackers team and network with other tech folks. More info here.
Thursday at Piece Brewery and Pizzeria Chicago's bitcoin and blockchain community is getting together for some drinks, food and informal networking. More info here.
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