Tech Events in Manchester

Welcome, Manchester Data Intelligence Network!

Manchester Data Intelligence Network is a community-based networking event bringing people together to meet peers, share stories, and build meaningful relationships around data intelligence.

Hosted by Datacove, award-winning Brighton-based R, Python and Shiny experts, these events also offer inspiring talks, hands-on sessions, and open knowledge sharing, all in a friendly, inclusive environment. Whether you’re just starting out in data or a seasoned expert, there’s always something new to discover, spark your curiosity, and take back to the office.

We run four events each year in Manchester, offering fresh insights, lively discussions, and opportunities to connect with the wider Data Intelligence Network, anchored by the EARL Data Intelligence Conference, our flagship event held in Brighton each October.

The events are supported by the generous team at DiSH, Eagle Labs

For more information, sponsorship opportunities, or to get involved as a speaker, contact us at [[admin@datacove.co.uk](mailto:admin@datacove.co.uk)](https://datacove.co.uk/contact/) or visit https://datacove.co.uk

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Data Meets Dev: How cross‑functional collaboration has changed my work forever

Fiona Pye. Senior Data Analyst, AutoTrader UK

I have spent the last two years as a Data Scientist/Analyst embedded in a backend development team. There is so much I have learnt from them: ways of thinking, collaboration, design and coding methods which have changed my approach and perspective on analytics work. In return, they have a richer understanding of the data they are handling and producing and its implications on the wider business. We are all the richer for it, and I want to share my experience as I think this is special, important and useful for others to hear about.
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Seeing and Believing: How AI Decides Which Brands Get Discovered

Jonas Almesri, Co-Founder, GenSight.AI

The disappearing click: discovery is no longer a page of links a human scans but a single AI-written answer with a few names in it. "How do we get found?" has become "does the machine recommend us?" AI Visibility and GEO focus on presence, recommendation, and citation as three distinct outcomes. GenSight.AI Research explores how LLMs see, believe, cite and recommend, and the shift ahead as AI agents move from recommending to buying. We will also explore the frontier problems we are working on, including measuring people vs companies as different objects, product-level vs brand-level visibility, and the cold-start problem of measuring a market a brand has never entered, and how all of these lend to different marketing strategies.

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Now, refreshments! Drinks and nibbles will be served from 6pm. Talks will commence at 6:30pm/6:45pm and the event will conclude at 8pm. The conversation will continue after the event at a local pub.

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Our event relies heavily on sponsorship from companies that attend. Please contact the organisers or [admin@datacove.co.uk](https://datacove.co.uk/) to get involved.

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There are several entrances for Heron House, however, to access DiSH you need to go to Lloyd
street reception. This is the same entrance used for the Registry office.
What3Words: mason.baking.dined

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We look forward to seeing you all again!

We’re back! It’s been a minute. We weren’t able to run any meetups this year, and we’ve missed seeing you all. Thanks for sticking with us.

Our fantastic sponsors KrakenFlex (Octopus Energy Group) are hosting us again. Over the coming weeks we’ll be planning the 2027 schedule, so expect more regular events from here.

Agenda:
6:00pm - Food and drink
6:20pm - Welcome
6:30pm - Isabel Maccabee - Diagrams will Save Your Serverless Spaghetti: Mapping Boundaries to Visualise Complex Architectures
7:15pm - Break
7:30pm - Speaker TBC - Talk TBC
8:15pm - Wrap up, pub

Want to speak at a future event?
With the 2027 schedule taking shape, now’s a great time to get involved. Do you have an AWS or cloud related story, a recent major project to share your experience of, special expertise in the field or even just some tips to share? If so, we’d love to have you as a speaker at one of our future meetups!

Please submit your talk idea through our Call For Papers

HER+Data MCR is a community working to connect, inspire, support and empower the NW UK’s Women in Data. Our goal is to bring together women and non-binary people who work in data or who would like to work in data - to support one another, share experiences and talk data - big or small! Whether you’re a student just embarking on a career or a seasoned data professional, this group is for you. We want to connect and inspire amazing data women with diverse expertise and experience.

This event is very generously hosted by COLONY Fabrica (269 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, M4 7DB).

✨ Please note:

• Due to venue policies, this event is for 18+ attendees only.
• If you have any allergies/special dietary requirements, please let us know in advance, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
• If you have any access needs, please get in touch beforehand so we can ensure you have the best experience at the event.

Agenda
(All times in local time)
18:00 - 18:30 Networking with food and drinks
18:30 - 18:40 Welcome and announcements
18:40 Lightning talks and Q&A
20:30 Close

Speakers

1. Irene Amadi is a Data Engineer at Accenture. She designs and monitors production-scale machine learning pipelines and large-scale data systems.
   Before moving into engineering, she built a career in broadcast journalism, mental health, and business analysis.
   Talk title From Care Plans to Data Pipelines: A Non-Linear Path into Data Engineering in an AI Driven world.
   Talk abstract: In this talk, she shares her journey into tech as a career changer, moving from working as a Registered Mental Health Nurse in Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) to building and supporting modern data platforms. She reflects on what it means to find your place in a rapidly evolving, AI-shaped industry—especially when you come from a non-traditional background—and how prior experience can be channelled into being a secret advantage.
   This talk is for anyone trying to understand where they fit in the world of data and AI, particularly early career talent who are taking less conventional paths into the field, people supporting newcomers into the field, or those hiring talent into the field.

2. Lucy Tiffany is a data leader and coach in the public sector, spanning health and local government. She began her data career as a data inputter, progressing through a variety of technical roles before unexpectedly finding herself in leadership. Along the way, she discovered that people are an organisation’s greatest asset, and developing others quickly became a passion. Alongside her data career, Lucy coaches women to transform their lifestyles through nutrition and movement, helping them build confidence, challenge their thinking and take action towards what matters most to them.
   Talk title: The Power of Doing It Anyway
   Talk abstract: How often do we overthink, worry about what people will say or wait until we feel ready before doing something we really want to do? Drawing on over 20 years in NHS and local government data leadership, alongside her experience of changing her lifestyle and building a coaching business, Lucy challenges the idea that success has to follow a set path. With honesty and a no-nonsense approach, Lucy explores the pressure to meet expectations, the freedom of following what you love, and why you don't need a five-year plan to take your next step. Because you don't have to climb the career ladder just because it's there, have all the answers or make everyone else comfortable with your choices. Sometimes, you just need to know what's right for you right now — and have the courage to do it anyway.

3. Prevail Uzodinma is a technology professional and Founder and Chair of the BCS Student Chapter at the University of Greater Manchester. She currently works in application support at Magentus, a health technology company, and holds an MSc in Software Engineering. Through her work in technology and community building, she is passionate about bridging the gap between education and industry and helping people gain the exposure they need to explore career paths, recognise their strengths, and navigate the tech industry with greater confidence.
   Talk title: Database Forensics: When Production Data Fights Back
   Talk Abstract: We learn how databases should work in theory, but production systems rarely behave like textbook examples. What happens when a change that seems pretty straightforward gets blocked by the rules of a live system? In this practical talk, I'll share an anonymised troubleshooting scenario from my first few weeks in application support, where a routine change request ran into database constraints I had to understand before I could move forward.

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We’re back in November for another evening of Azure, AI, cloud engineering and plenty of real-world lessons from people actually building this stuff.

This month we’ve got two very different sessions covering some increasingly important challenges: how much AI agents really cost once you move beyond the demo, and how to build secure multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms without spinning up a cluster for every customer.

Session 1: Dieter Gobeyn - What does an agent actually cost? Designing for token economics before you ship
AI agent demos are everywhere, but there’s one question that often gets skipped: what does an agent actually cost to run?
Unlike a traditional REST call, the cost of an agent can vary depending on reasoning depth, tool calls, retries and how much context it carries around.

Dieter will dig into what you’re really paying for when building agents in Microsoft Foundry, explore architectural approaches for keeping spend under control, and importantly, look at when not to build an agent at all.

Session 2: Jaseetha Satkurunathan - Multi-Tenant Kubernetes: Isolating Customers on a Shared Cluster
A Kubernetes cluster for every customer gives you isolation, but it can also mean more infrastructure, more cost and more operational overhead.
So what happens when you want multiple customers to safely share the same underlying Kubernetes platform?

Jaseetha will explore a practical approach to designing a multi-tenant Kubernetes environment, looking at how customer workloads can remain isolated while avoiding unnecessary duplication of infrastructure.
This session is aimed at cloud, DevOps, platform and Kubernetes engineers thinking about multi-tenancy or looking for more efficient ways to host customer workloads.

Meetup location what3words:///daisy.coffee.awards

Agenda:
6:00 - 6:30 - Welcome & networking
6:30 - 7:15 - Foundry IQ and the Journey to Agentic Search
7:15 - 7:45 - Food, drinks and general chatter
7:45 - 8:30 - Stop building data lakes for AI. Build a context lake instead.

Location Details
what3words:///daisy.coffee.awards
Address: 18 Lower Byrom St, Manchester M3 4AP.
Morson Edge are based in a renovated space called the Bonded Warehouse which sits on the same site as the Old-Granada studio tour.
The entrance to the bonded warehouse can be reached from Lower Byrom street just next to the Museum of Science and Industry, the building entrance is on the right hand side across from the crystal maze. Google and apple maps may attempt to direct you to the rear of the building, if in doubt use the what3words location and look for the Crystal Maze too.

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We organise friendly informal networking events for people in Tech to share ideas, learn from each other, and make new connections.

Who are the events for?
People working in tech who want to connect with others in the Manchester tech community, including:

• Software engineers
• Product managers
• Data / AI professionals
• Startup founders & operators

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📍 Location
We host events at relaxed venues in central Manchester:

• Easy to get to locations
• Pubs or bars with a good atmosphere
• Spaces that are ideal for conversation 🍻

Spots are limited to keep the group high quality.

If you work in tech and want to meet others in your space, you’ll get a lot from this 👋

Join us for the November edition of the Manchester Databricks User Group, bringing together the Manchester data community for an evening of technical deep dives, live demos and networking.

Agenda

17:30 – 17:45 | Arrival & Networking
Grab a drink, meet fellow data professionals and connect with the Manchester Databricks community.

17:45 – 18:00 | Opening Remarks & Introductions
Welcome from the organisers and an introduction to the evening's speakers and sessions.

18:00 – 18:45 | Session 1 - Keeping Up with Databricks: What a Year of Releases Tells Us About Where the Platform Is Going.

Alex Cole – Principal Databricks Architect & Databricks MVP
A year ago, Alex Cole built Databricks Release Hub to solve a simple problem: keeping track of the constant stream of new features, previews, GA releases and platform updates.
Since then, he has tracked hundreds of Databricks releases, giving him a unique dataset—and a front-row seat—to how one of the fastest-moving platforms in Data & AI is evolving.
In this session, Alex will use a year of release data to uncover some of the trends hidden beneath the announcements.

18:45 – 19:00 | Break & Networking

19:00 – 19:45 | Session 2 - From Fragmented Data to a Modern Lakehouse – An NHS Databricks Journey.

David McDwyer – Head of Data & Analytics – Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

How do you transform a fragmented hospital data estate into a modern, scalable data platform?

In this session, David will share the journey of moving from disconnected legacy systems to a Databricks-powered Lakehouse within the NHS.

Drawing on real-world experience, he'll explore the challenges encountered along the way, the architectural decisions that shaped the platform, the successes achieved so far and the practical lessons learned throughout the transformation.

A great opportunity to hear first-hand what it really takes to modernise healthcare data infrastructure, including what worked, what didn't and what he'd approach differently.

19:45 – 20:00 | Session 3 - Introducing Databricks Lakebase: Bringing Operational and Analytical Data Together.

Barry Regan - Lakebase Specialist at Databricks

Databricks Lakebase introduces a new approach to data architecture, bringing PostgreSQL-based transactional databases (OLTP) directly into the Databricks ecosystem, bridging the gap between operational applications, analytics and AI.

In this session, Barry will introduce Databricks Lakebase, exploring how it brings together two traditionally separate worlds of data: operational databases and analytical platforms.

Wrap-Up & Networking

Final questions, conversations and a chance to connect with our speakers and fellow attendees.

Date & Location

📅 Date: Thursday, 19th November
🕠 Time: 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 Venue: Canopius Group – 100 Barbirolli Square, Manchester, M2 3BD

Whether you're a Data Engineer, Architect, Data Scientist, AI/ML Engineer, Platform Engineer or simply interested in what's coming next from Databricks, we'd love to have you there.

Join us for another evening of technical content, live demos, learning and networking with the Manchester Databricks community.

We’re back.

This is our Final Big Tech Debate of 2026, and we’re closing out the year with a topic that’s set to get the room talking.

📍 Cubo, NO. 1, Spinningfields, Manchester M3 3EB

If you’ve been before, you know the format.

Two tech leaders on a stage. No slides. No sales pitches.

This month’s motion:

Human engineering is now more essential than ever in the agentic era.

FOR the motion: Matt Stephenson - The Common Sense CTO!

AGAINST the motion: John Nicholas - Aerocloud CTO

We’ll put both sides head-to-head and let the room decide.

Expect strong views, good people, and a few lively arguments.

Limited spaces as always. Grab a ticket and join us.

Join UKAI and Mindstone for an evening of hands-on AI discovery.

This event features two live demonstrations led by AI experts who walk you through real AI-powered tools in real time. No slides, no theory, just practical AI in action. It's the kind of session that genuinely surprises people and leaves them thinking differently about what's possible. We'll round off the presentations with a concise talk on how to start applying AI meaningfully inside your organisation.

What makes these evenings special is the room itself. From founders building AI-powered products to senior leaders navigating adoption, and from seasoned engineers to those just getting started, everyone brings something different and everyone leaves with something new. We'll have a brilliant mix of local businesses all figuring out the future of AI together.

Then to finish the evening, we open up the floor for networking over pizza and beers. This is where the real conversations happen: swap ideas, share experiences, and connect with people who are thinking about AI just as seriously as you are. Whether you leave with a new contact, a new perspective, or just a better sense of where things are heading, it's an evening well spent.

In Partnership with Mindstone and Barclays

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We're back for another Practically AI Manchester!

This November, we're being hosted by the team at Bally's Interactive, with two brilliant talks exploring how AI is moving beyond experimentation and into real-world systems operating at scale.

From AI agents making payments on our behalf to personalisation systems serving hundreds of thousands of players, we'll be looking at the engineering, infrastructure and practical challenges behind making AI work in production.

As always, expect practical insights, real-world examples, no sales pitches and plenty of opportunities to meet others from Manchester's growing AI and software engineering community.

We'll also have our regular AI Spotlight, plus pizza, drinks and networking!

🎤 Talk 1: The Rise of Agentic Payments

Luke Grayland | Senior Software Developer, Conferma

What happens when AI agents start spending money on our behalf?

From booking travel and purchasing computing resources to managing everyday transactions, the payments industry is rapidly developing the infrastructure needed to let autonomous AI agents make purchases safely.

In less than two years, we've moved from theoretical concepts to emerging payment protocols from Google, Visa and Mastercard.

Luke will take us under the hood of this evolving landscape, exploring:

• How AI agents change the way we think about payment authorisation, identity, consent and trust.
• The different layers of the agentic payments stack.
• Google's AP2, Mastercard Agent Pay and Visa Intelligent Commerce.
• Why virtual cards, with their built-in spending limits and controls, are particularly well suited to autonomous agents.
• The challenges still to solve, including disputes, liability and merchant verification.

With standards still evolving, this talk offers a practical developer's perspective on one of the next big challenges for agentic AI.

About Luke

Luke is a Senior Software Developer at Conferma, a virtual card payments platform. He works at the intersection of payments infrastructure and emerging technology, with a particular interest in making complex technical subjects accessible.

🎤 Talk 2: AI Engineering at Scale

Alastair Jepps | VP Technology, Bally's Interactive

Building an AI-powered feature is one thing. Making it work reliably and cost-effectively for hundreds of thousands of users is another.
Alastair will share how the engineering team at Bally's Intralot is delivering Netflix-style, behaviour-driven personalisation across 700,000 players and five casino brands.

We'll explore:

• How to deliver personalised experiences at scale.
• The engineering and commercial considerations behind making AI cost-effective.
• Combining classical machine learning with AI and semantic matching.
• Using evaluations and error analysis to continuously improve products.
• Experimentation through A/B testing and contextual bandits.

A look at the practical engineering decisions involved in building, measuring and improving AI-powered products at scale.

About Alastair

Alastair is VP Technology at Bally's Interactive, working across technology and engineering within the gaming industry.

💡 AI Spotlight

We'll kick things off with our regular AI Spotlight!

A quick look at some of the interesting developments, tools and ideas emerging across the AI world.

A chance to catch up on what's happening, discover something new and get everyone thinking before the main talks.

🎟️ Win a ticket to AI Coding Summit Berlin

Practically AI is a community partner of AI Coding Summit Berlin, a practitioner-led conference on how AI is changing software engineering, with 38 talks and 40 speakers. It runs in person in Berlin on Friday 4 December, with an online day on Monday 7 December: https://aicodingsummit.com/berlin/

We’ll be raffling one free full ticket (in person in Berlin plus online access) among everyone at this meetup, with the draw during the wrap-up. Please note the prize is the ticket only; travel and accommodation aren’t included.

Not lucky in the raffle? Our members also get 10% off tickets with a discount code, which we’ll share in a message to the group.

📅 Agenda

18:00 – Doors open, pizza, drinks and networking
18:20 – Welcome and introductions
18:25 – AI Spotlight
18:35 – Luke Grayland: The Rise of Agentic Payments
19:15 – Alastair Jepps: AI Engineering at Scale
19:55 – Wrap-up, raffle draw and final conversations
20:00 – Event close
Timings are approximate and may change slightly.

📍 Venue

Bally's Interactive
60 Spring Gardens
Manchester, M2 2BQ

A huge thank you to Bally's Interactive for hosting us this month and generously providing the venue, pizza and drinks.
Support like this makes a real difference in helping us keep Practically AI free and accessible to the community.

About Practically AI

Practically AI is a community-led meetup bringing together software engineers, technology professionals and anyone interested in the practical application of AI.

Our focus is on real experiences, honest conversations and learning from people who are actually building and working with AI.

Whether you're experimenting with AI tools, developing production systems or simply curious about where the technology is heading, you're welcome to join us.

No hype. No sales pitches. Just practical AI, good conversations and a growing community.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Thursday 19th November!

We're delighted to be partnering with Vonage for our next Software Crafters Manchester meetup, taking place at the stunning Campfield in Manchester!

Vonage is a global technology company and part of Ericsson, helping businesses build better connections through innovative communications APIs, cloud communications and contact centre solutions. Supporting over 100,000 businesses worldwide, Vonage empowers developers and organisations to create smarter, more connected digital experiences.

About the Session: Slop-Driven Development
The year is 2026. We were promised hoverboots. That did not become the world we live in. The world we live in is teaching every developer that they must be an influencer of some sort, for some reason, and AI has arrived to help us do it.

Join James Seconde, Senior Developer Advocate at Vonage, on a quite frankly ridiculous journey, as he delves into the world of attempting to look at the top of your game, while actually showing everyone that you believe Arrays start at 1.

Expect an engaging discussion about AI, engineering culture and what it really takes to build trust in an increasingly AI-driven world.

Pizza, networking and great conversations!
As always, there'll be plenty of opportunities to connect with fellow software engineers, developers and technology enthusiasts from across Manchester.

A huge thank you to Vonage for supporting the community and providing pizza and treats for everyone attending!

Whether you're a regular at Software Crafters Manchester or joining us for the first time, we'd love to see you there as this session is open to all levels!

We're be back on Wednesday 25th November for the last ProductTank of 2026 with the usual format...drinks, food and 3 great speakers!

Location: Accenture, 2 Circle Square (5th Floor, The Forum), 1 Symphony Park, Oxford Road, Manchester, M1 7FS

Speakers:

Russ Sirkett – Product Manager

Talk Title: Sellafield Ltd.’s Product Management Journey

Talk Description: This presentation shares Sellafield Ltd.’s product management journey within a complex, highly regulated and safety-critical environment. The presentation explores how the organisation is moving from project-led delivery towards a stronger focus on users, outcomes and long-term product ownership. It covers the use of design sprints, early product delivery, communities of practice and technical product management, alongside honest reflections on cultural change, scaling and the lessons learned along the way.

Ayodeji Ishola - Technology Founder | Product Leader | Writer

Speaker bio: Ayodeji Ishola is a technology founder, product leader and writer with over a decade of experience working across digital products, innovation and technology-led businesses. He is the founder of PineLeap and Managing Director of Trivalue Limited. His work spans product strategy, digital transformation and building technology products, with a particular interest in the relationship between technology, human judgement and business outcomes.

Talk Title: Your Product Is Only Part of the Product

Talk description: Building a great product is only part of the challenge. The experience customers have, the trust they develop, the expectations we set and the wider ecosystem surrounding a product all influence whether it succeeds. Drawing on practical examples and lessons from interviewing product leaders around the world, this talk explores why product managers must look beyond features, roadmaps and delivery to understand the broader experience they're actually responsible for creating.

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Why you should come?
Networking with fellow product people 👋

• Great talks from local and national speakers 🎤
• Food 🍕and drink 🍺
• We welcome people from all backgrounds!

We're a friendly bunch, our typical crowd includes:

• senior product leaders
• startup founders
• mid-level PMs
• new PMs
• people looking to get into Product
• engineers/developers
• designers
• people who work with product teams - and just want to learn more.

Whatever your situation, come along and say hello.

Event timings
6:00pm start - Networking (drinks and food)
6:30pm - Talks (3x 20-min talks + 5-min Q&A)
8:00pm - Talks finish - more networking - drinks and food
8:30pm - Close
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Please note:

• Speakers and venue are be subject to change.
• We sometimes take photos at our events for community and promotional use. By attending, you’re happy for any photos you appear in to be used in this way.
• Your name will be used for registration and check-in purposes only.
• Tickets are free but limited — please update your RSVP if you can’t make it so someone else can grab the spot.

Agentic AI Hackathon | DevOps Society Manchester

Everyone's talking about AI agents. Far fewer people have actually built one that does something useful. So we're getting a room full of engineers together for one evening to do exactly that.

On Thursday 26th November, DevOps Society is running an Agentic AI Hackathon at Colony King Street in Manchester. It's three hours of building, breaking things and figuring out what agents can really do when you point them at real problems. You don't need to be an AI expert. As long as you work in software engineering, DevOps, Data, AI, or other tech vertical, just bring a laptop and an idea, or just turn up and join a team on the night.

The evening is run by:

Benjamin Clark, Principal Consultant
Akash Joshi, Senior AI Engineer

📍 Colony King Street, 76 King Street, Manchester M2 4NH
🗓 Thursday 26th November
⏰ 6pm to 9pm

Full details are coming soon. We'll share the format, themes, team setup and anything you need to prep closer to the date. Hit attend now so you don't miss the updates, as spaces will be limited.
In the meantime, come and say hello in the DevOps Society community:

🌐 https://thedevopsociety.com/
💬 https://discord.gg/KQNtNcPGeg

Strive welcomes you to 'Tech and Business Networking', an event for tenured and newcomers at Rain Bar! Event is 18+. Limited Tickets.

Strive welcomes you to 'Tech and Business Networking', Manchester's hottest networking event! We are set in the perfect central location for all to join.

Are you interested in tech and business? Want to elevate your career? Meet Consultants, Analysts of all types, Bankers, Software Engineers, Entrepreneurs, and more who are active in the space or are eager to get started.

**This will be a multi-vertical event**********

There will be professionals with backgrounds in the arts, finance, tech, real estate, healthcare, and more. Come with an open mind, and leave with connections that wouldn't be possible otherwise!

Pack some business cards and come with an open mind!

Meet your future business partners, employers, coworkers, investors, and friends. You don't want to miss this opportunity to expand your network and create a brighter future.

We will have a space for our event to check-in.

The event will go from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM(feel free to come at any point in this timeframe).

Name tags will be provided.

Business casual dress code. Job fair attire.

Remember - it's not about who you know today, it's who you'll meet tomorrow!

We look forward to meeting you at the event!

Sincerely,

Strive Networking Team

Refund requests are permitted up to 24 hours after purchase, so long as we are not within 48 hours before the event start time. Refunds will be made in full and repaid to your method of payment. Note that we are unable to reimburse for eventbrite fees.

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