Baltimore tech community upcoming events

Here are some of the events we’re tracking in Baltimore’s tech and innovation community.

This week!

• Digital Fabrication Lab Open House - Celebrate the inauguration of Towson University’s state-of-the-art digital fabrication and rapid technologies lab. Wednesday, Dec. 7, 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Towson University’s Center for the Arts.

• Designer and Developer Bowling Showdown! Wednesday, Dec. 7, 6:00 to 9:00 pm at Mustang Alley.

• GBTC’s “Tech the Halls” Holiday Party on Thursday, Dec. 8, 5:00 to 7:00 pm at Mother’s Federal Hill Grille.

Other upcoming events

• B’more on Rails Meetup on Tuesday, Dec. 13 at Medical Decision Logic.

• The NewME Accelerator was profiled in the recent CNN special on race in Silicon Valley and discussed in Mario Armstrong’s live-streamed panel discussion. NewME is organizing a global meetup for under-represented minorities in the technology industry (African-Americans, Latinos, and women) and others who support the cause of inclusion in the tech industry. Led by DiversiTech founder Christine Celise Johnson, there will be a Baltimore NewME Community Meetup on Thursday, Dec. 15, 6:30 pm at Teavolve

• The Federal Hill coworkers of Sizeable Spaces are hosting a Holiday Happy Hour on Dec. 21.

A look ahead to 2012

Save the date: On March 24 the GBTC will host a major conference on Inclusive Innovation. More details coming soon!

Other resources for tracking events in Baltimore’s tech community

• Baltimore Tech Events tracks a range of recurring meetups.

• StartupDigest Baltimore is an essential email newsletter for our community.

• People often post details about events at the Baltimore Tech Facebook group.

• The Startup Baltimore events calendar is another good resource.

• If you have an Eventbrite account for signing up to attend events, you can also use their service to find out about other local happenings and to see what your friends are up to.

• Plancast is great service for sharing and tracking events you’ll be attending. Here’s my Plancast profile

• Also check out the events page at BaltimoreTech.net.

What are we missing? Are there tech events we need to know about? Contact me at ahazlett[at]gbtechcouncil.org with things you want people to know about.