Chicago Tech Insider

Sunday, March 30, 2025

• • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
  • University of Chicago (exact location TBA)

  [FREE] Uncommon Hacks | 24-hour college hackathon

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, March 31, 2025

• • 7:00 - 9:00 pm
  • Pumping Station: One, 3519 N. Elston Ave., Chicago, IL

  [FREE] NERP is not exclusively Raspberry Pi

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:30 pm
  • University of Chicago, William Eckhardt Research Center. Room 401 5640 S Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

  [FREE] Chibueze Amanchukwu (UChicago): AI+ Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Lecture
• • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
  • 1871, 222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza Suite 1212 Chicago, IL

  [FREE] Tech Pulse 2030 Summit Series Chicago

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting
• • 7:00 - 10:00 pm
  • Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60618

  [FREE] Signals and Pixels Art & Tech Meetup

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

• • 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • MxD, 1415 N Cherry Ave Chicago, IL 60642

  [Low cost] Manufacturing with AR|VR: What’s Now. What’s Tomorrow.

  This event is low-cost.

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
  • MxD, 1415 N Cherry Ave Chicago, IL 60642

  [Low Cost] MxD | Manufacturing with AR|VR: What’s Now. What’s Tomorrow

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Informational
• • 6:00 - 8:00 pm
  • Tegus, 200 N. LaSalle Street. Suite 1100 · Chicago, IL

  [Low cost] ChicagoRuby MeetUp | Ruby @ Tegus by AlphaSense

  This event is low-cost or free for students..

  • Meeting

Thursday, April 3, 2025

• • 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
  • HERE Technologies, 425 W Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60606

  [FREE] GeoAI Hackathon | WIN a paid internship!!!

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development
• • 4:30 - 6:30 pm
  • PB&J: Pizza Beer and Jukebox, 205 N Peoria St · Chicago, IL

  [FREE] Chicago Sports Tech - Happy Hour

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting
• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Navigator Taproom, 2211 North Milwaukee Avenue · Chicago, IL

  [FREE] BurbSec East sponsored by SPLX.AI

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Friday, April 4, 2025

• • 8:30 am - 6:00 pm
  • HERE Technologies, 425 W Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60606

  [FREE] GeoAI Hackathon | WIN a paid internship!!!

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development
• • 5:00 pm
  • Loyola University, 16430 N Kenmore Ave., Cuneo Hall, Chicago, IL 60626

  [FREE] Data Fest

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Timothy O'Toole's Pub, 622 N Fairbanks Ct, Chicago, IL 60611

  [Low Cost] IT Social Chicago | Data, Technology, Cybersecurity, IT

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Saturday, April 5, 2025

• • 5:00 pm
  • Loyola University, 16430 N Kenmore Ave., Cuneo Hall, Chicago, IL 60626

  [FREE] Data Fest

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
  • Google Office, 320 N. Morgan Street, Chicago, IL

  [Low Cost] Code For Good Hackathon @Google - Deadline 3/25/2025

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 9:00 am
  • Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 (exact location given upon registration)

  [FREE] WildHacks 2025!

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Conference/Workshop

Sunday, April 6, 2025

• • 5:00 pm
  • Loyola University, 16430 N Kenmore Ave., Cuneo Hall, Chicago, IL 60626

  [FREE] Data Fest

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 9:00 am
  • Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 (exact location given upon registration)

  [FREE] WildHacks 2025!

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Conference/Workshop

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:30 pm
  • University of Chicago, William Eckhardt Research Center. Room 401 5640 S Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

  [FREE] Shirley Ho (Flatiron Institute): AI+ Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Lecture
• • 7:00 - 10:00 pm
  • Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60618

  [FREE] Signals and Pixels Art & Tech Meetup

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting

Thursday, April 10, 2025

• • 1:00 - 6:00 pm
  • Soldier Field, 1410 Special Olympics DrChicagoIL60605

  Chicago Chamber of Commerce | The Exchange 2025

  This event involves associated costs and is intended for faculty and staff.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Navigator Taproom, 2211 North Milwaukee Avenue · Chicago, IL

  [FREE] BurbSec East sponsored by SPLX.AI

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Friday, April 11, 2025

• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Timothy O'Toole's Pub, 622 N Fairbanks Ct, Chicago, IL 60611

  [Low Cost] IT Social Chicago | Data, Technology, Cybersecurity, IT

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Monday, April 14, 2025

• • 7:00 - 9:00 pm
  • Pumping Station: One, 3519 N. Elston Ave., Chicago, IL

  [FREE] NERP is not exclusively Raspberry Pi

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

• • All Day
  • 1871 Innovation Hub at the Merchandise Mart, 222 W Merchandise Plaza, #1212 Chicago, IL 60654

  AEC Industry CEO Forum

  This event involves associated costs and is intended for faculty and staff.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 4:00 - 5:30 pm
  • University of Chicago, William Eckhardt Research Center. Room 401 5640 S Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

  [FREE] Farah Fahim (Fermilab): AI+Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Lecture
• • 7:00 - 10:00 pm
  • Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60618

  [FREE] Signals and Pixels Art & Tech Meetup

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

• • All Day
  • 1871 Innovation Hub at the Merchandise Mart, 222 W Merchandise Plaza, #1212 Chicago, IL 60654

  AEC Industry CEO Forum

  This event involves associated costs and is intended for faculty and staff.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
  • Microsoft- 200 E Randolph #200, Chicago IL

  [FREE] AI Meetup (Chicago): GenAI, LLMs and Agent

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting
• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship—Tellabs Innovation Alley, 3137 South Federal Street Chicago, IL 60616

  [FREE] Innovation Day (Spring '25)

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Exhibition

Thursday, April 17, 2025

• • All Day
  • 1871 Innovation Hub at the Merchandise Mart, 222 W Merchandise Plaza, #1212 Chicago, IL 60654

  AEC Industry CEO Forum

  This event involves associated costs and is intended for faculty and staff.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 8:00 am
  • Convene at Willis Tower, 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606

  Chicago LIVE! Accelerate Conference

  This event involves associated costs.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 2:00 - 3:30 pm
  • MxD, 1415 N Cherry Ave Chicago, IL 60642

  [FREE] MxD In-Person Information Session

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Informational
• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Navigator Taproom, 2211 North Milwaukee Avenue · Chicago, IL

  [FREE] BurbSec East sponsored by SPLX.AI

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Friday, April 18, 2025

• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Timothy O'Toole's Pub, 622 N Fairbanks Ct, Chicago, IL 60611

  [Low Cost] IT Social Chicago | Data, Technology, Cybersecurity, IT

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:30 pm
  • University of Chicago, William Eckhardt Research Center. Room 401 5640 S Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

  [FREE] Yuan-Sen Ting (OSU): AI+Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Lecture
• • 6:00 pm
  • University Club of Chicago, 76 E Monroe St, Chicago, IL

  2025 Chicago Illini of the Year Award

  • Social/Informal Event
• • 7:00 - 10:00 pm
  • Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60618

  [FREE] Signals and Pixels Art & Tech Meetup

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

• • All Day
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Institute of Technology, 565 West Adams Street Chicago, IL 60661

  Global Cyber Security Initiative Conference (GCSI 2025)

  This event involves associated costs.

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, April 24, 2025

• • 12:00 - 4:00 pm
  • tba

  [Low cost] 2025 Chicago Quantum Recruiting Forum

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development
• • 1:00 - 5:00 pm
  • Ida Noyes Hall, 1212 E. 59th Street, Chicago, IL

  [FREE] 2025 Chicago Quantum Recruiting Forum

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Seminar/Symposium
• • 5:30 - 8:30 pm
  • Cognizant, 350 N Orleans St, Chicago, IL 60654 · Chicago, IL

  [Free or Low Cost] Chicago Product Management Association | Syncing Product & Marketing

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting
• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Navigator Taproom, 2211 North Milwaukee Avenue · Chicago, IL

  [FREE] BurbSec East sponsored by SPLX.AI

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Friday, April 25, 2025

• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Timothy O'Toole's Pub, 622 N Fairbanks Ct, Chicago, IL 60611

  [Low Cost] IT Social Chicago | Data, Technology, Cybersecurity, IT

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Monday, April 28, 2025

• • 7:00 - 9:00 pm
  • Pumping Station: One, 3519 N. Elston Ave., Chicago, IL

  [FREE] NERP is not exclusively Raspberry Pi

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

• • 4:00 - 5:30 pm
  • University of Chicago, William Eckhardt Research Center. Room 401 5640 S Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637

  [FREE] Ophelia Venturelli (UW Madison): AI+ Science Schmidt Fellows Speaker Series

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Lecture
• • 7:00 - 10:00 pm
  • Hairpin Arts Center, 2810 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL 60618

  [FREE] Signals and Pixels Art & Tech Meetup

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

• • 5:00 - 8:00 pm
  • mHUB, 1623 W. Fulton St., Chicago, IL

  [Low cost] Chicago Innovation Award Winners

  This event is low-cost.

  • Reception/Open House

Thursday, May 1, 2025

• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Navigator Taproom, 2211 North Milwaukee Avenue · Chicago, IL

  [FREE] BurbSec East sponsored by SPLX.AI

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Friday, May 2, 2025

• • 6:00 - 11:00 pm
  • Timothy O'Toole's Pub, 622 N Fairbanks Ct, Chicago, IL 60611

  [Low Cost] IT Social Chicago | Data, Technology, Cybersecurity, IT

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event