Chicago Tech Insider

Monday, September 29, 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, September 30, 2025

• • 4:00 - 6:00 pm
  • Uturn, 343 W Erie Street, Suite 520, Chicago IL 60654 · chicago, IL

  [FREE] AWS Chicago User Group

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting
• • 6:00 - 9:00 pm
  • Please register to see the exact location of this event. (Microsoft is hosting)

  [FREE] AI Native Roadtrip - Chicago

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting
• • 6:00 - 8:00 pm
  • Expedia 500 W Madison St Suite 700 · Chicago, IL

  [FREE] NSCoder + CocoaHeads Chicago Meetup @Expedia

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development
• • 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, October 1, 2025

• • 1:00 - 2:15 pm
  • Maison Marcel, 3114 North Broadway Street · Chicago, IL

  [FREE] Chicago Women Entrepreneurs Mastermind Meet Up

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting
• • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
  • Arrive Logistics, 10 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL

  [FREE] Chicago .NET Developers Meetup | Putting AI to Work: What the Heck is an MCP Server?

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development
• • 5:30 - 8:30 pm
  • 4245 North Knox Avenue, Chicago, IL

  [FREE] Virtual Reality | The Next Evolution of the Collaborative Workplace | AWE Nite Chicago

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development

Thursday, October 2, 2025

• • 12:00 - 2:00 pm
  • Polsinelli Law Office, 150 N Riverside Plaza, Chicago, il

  [FREE] Tech Pulse 2030: Global Finance (AI + FinTech)

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development
• • 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, October 3, 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, October 7, 2025

• • 5:30 pm
  • 200 E Randolph St., Chicago, IL

  [FREE] Chicago JavaScript Meetup | Building a Proxy Model Context Protocol (MCP) in Node.js

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting
• • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
  • 1871, 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza #1212, Chicago, IL

  [FREE] Tech Pulse 2030: AI in Healthcare

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Informational
• • 6:00 - 8:00 pm
  • Northwestern University, Mudd Hall, 2233 Tech Drive, room 3514 · Evanston, IL

  [FREE] ACM Chicago MeetUp - Data Warehousing - the Industrial Perspective

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Meeting
• • 6:00 - 8:00 pm
  • Aon Center, 200 E Randolph St #200, Chicago, IL 60601 · Chicago, IL

  [FREE] The Chicago Cloud Computing Meetup Group | Accelerate Your Azure Journey with GitHub Copilot

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development
• • 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, October 8, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
  • mHUB 1623 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

  [Low Cost] mHUB Women in Manufacturing & Engineering

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Renaissance Chicago Downtown Hotel, 1 W. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL

  Test Automation Summit – Chicago | October 8, 2025

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

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 4:00 - 7:30 pm
  • The Second City 230 West North Avenue Chicago, IL 60614

  [Low Cost] The Complete Innovator | Mastering the Critical Combination of Core Skills and Tech Skills

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 5:30 - 8:00 pm
  • TeamWorking by TechNexus, 20 North Wacker Drive, #12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606

  [FREE] AI, Equity, and Us: Building a Better Digital Future

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Thursday, October 9, 2025

• • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
  • Stripe Office Chicago 350 N Orleans St #5000s, Chicago, IL 60654 · Chicago, IL

  [FREE] Stripe meetup Chicago October 2025 (In Person)

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development
• • 5:30 - 6:30 pm
  • Union Park - Chicago, 60607

  [FREE] TechWalk | Chicago, 10/9

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event
• • 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, October 10, 2025

• • 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
  • McDonald's - Corporate Office, 110 North Carpenter Street, Chicago, IL 60607

  [Low Cost] ProductCamp Chicago 2025

  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, October 11, 2025

• • 5:00 - 7:00 pm
  • Sawada Coffee, 112 N Green St, Chicago, IL 60607

  [FREE] AI x Skincare – The Future of Personalized Beauty

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Social/Informal Event

Sunday, October 12, 2025

• • All Day
  • McCormick Place West Building | 2301 S. Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60616

  Women in Manufacturing (WiM) SUMMIT

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

  • Conference/Workshop

Monday, October 13, 2025

• • All Day
  • McCormick Place West Building | 2301 S. Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60616

  Women in Manufacturing (WiM) SUMMIT

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

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 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, October 14, 2025

• • All Day
  • McCormick Place West Building | 2301 S. Indiana Ave, Chicago, IL 60616

  Women in Manufacturing (WiM) SUMMIT

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

  • Conference/Workshop
• • All Day
  • 167 N Green St, Chicago, IL 60607

  Chicago Venture Summit: Future of Food

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
  • 1871, 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza #1212, Chicago, IL

  [FREE] Tech Pulse 2030: Emerging Technologies, Responsible Innovation, and Entrepreneur

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Informational
• • 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, October 15, 2025

• • 5:00 - 7:30 pm
  • Adyen Office, 333 N Green St, Chicago IL

  [FREE] ProductTank Meetup : Keynote with Author and Global Keynote speaker Kate Leto:It’s Conflict-Entangled

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development
• • 5:30 pm
  • DRW Training Center, 540 W. Madison, 25th floor.

  [FREE] Illinois Prairie PUG Meetup: Long Queries and the Art of Full Scan @DRW

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Professional Development

Thursday, October 16, 2025

• • 3:30 - 5:00 pm
  • 200 East Randolph Street · Chicago, IL

  PyData Meetup | Smart, Connected, & Healthy Outcomes from Leveraging Assets & Research

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • 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, October 17, 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, October 21, 2025

• • 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, October 22, 2025

• • 4:30
  • mHUB 1623 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612, USA

  [Low Cost] Annual PumpKing Carving Contest

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Festival/Celebration
• • 5:30 - 7:30 pm
  • Drive Capital, Fulton East Building, 8th Floor 215 N Peoria Street, Chicago, IL

  [FREE] Chicago Data Night - Kemal Badur (UChicago) | Building AI Tools for the Enterprise

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • Lecture

Thursday, October 23, 2025

• • 5:30 - 8:00 pm
  • TeamWorking by TechNexus, 20 N Wacker Dr 12th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606

  [FREE] Fireside Chat : Unlocking the Power of Context Engineering w/ Pinecone

  This event is free or low-cost for students.

  • 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, October 24, 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, October 27, 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, October 28, 2025

• • All Day
  • Thompson Chicago, by Hyatt 21 East Bellevue Place Chicago, IL 60611

  [FREE] RT25 Conference: Free Student Tickets Available Until September 30

  • Conference/Workshop
• • 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, October 29, 2025

• • All Day
  • Thompson Chicago, by Hyatt 21 East Bellevue Place Chicago, IL 60611

  [FREE] RT25 Conference: Free Student Tickets Available Until September 30

  • Conference/Workshop

Thursday, October 30, 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
• • 7:00 - 11:00 pm
  • mHUB, 1623 W Fulton St, Chicago, IL 60612

  [Low Cost] mHUB | Night of the Living Tech

  • Social/Informal Event

Friday, October 31, 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