Samantha Snabes, cofounder of re:3d, Hugh Forrest, director of SXSW Interactive and Jonathan and Sabrina Wojtewicz, directors of Bunker Labs Austin and San Antonio. Photo by John Davidson.


We’re still basking in the glow of the Austin Technology Calendar Party last Friday at Galvanize Austin.

It was a great event and a good time for all. If you missed it and you want a Austin 2017 Wall Sized Tech Calendar for $30 each, please contact Laura Lorek.

Austin always has a lot of events going on. This week, we’ve picked out five that should be on your radar.

TUESDAY: Austin Internet of Things Meetup at Sherlock’s Baker St Pub, 9012 Research Blvd from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Kevin Saye of Microsoft will give a talk about Azure Machine Learning, Cognitive Services, and IoT to secure a location and eliminate human error and false alarms.

Also on Tuesday, the VR Austin Meetup at The North Door, 502 Brushy St. from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. The meetup will feature demos of The Town by Troll House Games and VR Dungeon Crawler by Potato Face Games.

WEDNESDAY: The Rice Alliance – Austin Chapter and Central Texas Angel Network are hosting a pitch competition that kicks off at 6 p.m. at Alamo Drafthouse, 1120 S. Lamar Blvd. Tickets cost $25. The winner of the pitch competition will receive a prize package.

THURSDAY: Built In Brews at Procore Technologies at 221 W. 6th St, 18th floor from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Procore just moved into larger offices in Austin. This is a chance to check out their new space and to learn about the jobs they have open. (Full disclosure: Procore is an advertiser with Silicon Hills News)

SATURDAY: Business Fundamentals for Musicians at General Assembly from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at WeWork, 600 Congress Ave., 14th floor.