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• Austin Forum | Building with Intelligence: AI-Powered Website Design, Analysis, & Updates

  • When
    Wed, October 14, 2026
  •  
    3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
  • Location
    The Sail Tower, 601 W 2nd St. Austin, TX 78701

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  Join us in person for an interactive workshop on how modern AI is transforming the way we create, evaluate, and maintain websites.

  Discover how modern artificial intelligence is transforming the way we create, evaluate, and maintain websites. This hands-on Austin Forum workshop begins with a clear, accessible look under the hood of Large Language Models (LLMs), unpacking how they function and why their multimodal coding and design capabilities make them uniquely powerful partners for modern web development.

  Next, attendees will see AI in action with live, complimentary analyses of their own websites. Leveraging LLMs to audit design, copy, structure, and user experience, this segment demonstrates how to quickly pinpoint high-impact opportunities for optimization and accessibility.

  The workshop wraps up with a practical walkthrough of the next frontier: agentic web development. Attendees will learn how to design, build, and update live websites using natural language prompts, including simple email updates, without writing a single line of code. We'll showcase this workflow using SWATS, the innovative agentic development system used to build the new Austin Forum website, giving you the practical tools and techniques to deploy these capabilities for your own projects and organizations.

  What we'll cover

  • Demystifying Multimodal LLMs in Web Development: An accessible breakdown of Large Language Models (LLMs), focusing on how their multimodal coding and design capabilities make them powerful tools for building and maintaining modern websites.
  • Live Website Audits & UX Optimization: Hands-on, real-time evaluations of attendees' existing websites using LLMs to analyze design, copy, structure, and accessibility for quick, high-impact improvements.
  • No-Code Agentic Development via SWATS: A practical walkthrough showing how to build and update live websites through natural language prompts and simple email updates, featuring the SWATS system used to develop the new Austin Forum website.

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• FIESTA Round Rock October 2026

  • When
    Wed, October 14, 2026
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    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    305 W Liberty Ave 2nd Floor, Round Rock, Texas 78664, United States

  

  Welcome to F.I.E.S.T.A.—Founders, Investors, Entrepreneurs, Startups, Techies, and Adventures—the heart of Round Rock’s startup community.

  Built by founders for founders, FIESTA helps you be seen, connected, resourced, and celebrated. More than a Meetup, it welcomes anyone building, investing, advising, exploring, or simply curious.

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  Monthly FIESTA Agenda

  • 4:00 PM - Doors open and check-in begins. Grab your name tag and start connecting by scanning other name tags.

  • 4:00 to 5:00 PM - Open networking, conversations, and snacks. Pizza and drinks are available until 5:00 PM.

  • 5:00 to 5:30 PM - Welcome, brief announcements, sponsor and funder (VCs, angels, etc.) introductions, followed by 5-10 founders sharing one-minute pitches.

  • 5:30 to 6:00 PM - More networking and time to connect with founders, funders, and fellow attendees.

  • 6:00 PM Event ends. If you want to keep the conversations going, join us for the after-party.

  • 6:00 till : After-party at Purely Provisions.

  
  

  What FIESTA Offers

  Connection - Meet founders and supporters, exchange ideas, make introductions, and build lasting relationships.

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• She Means Business: Building the Plane While Flying

  • When
    Thu, October 15, 2026
  •  
    10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    1805 Rutherford Lane, Austin, Texas, 78754, United States.

  

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  (Contact Hanna Busekrus on AWT Slack for the Discount Code)

  Real-Time Leadership, Growth, and Reinvention in Business

  Cost: $65

  Buckle up! This day is for every woman in business who took off before the runway was finished and is building her business at full altitude. Our speakers will share how they kept climbing through the turbulence.

  This is the finale of the 2026 She Means Business series, brought to you by vcfo. A high impact day on leading, growing, and reinventing your business in real time, with an opening fireside chat, an afternoon keynote, a hands-on EOS workshop, expert roundtables, a panel produced with the Austin Business Journal, and a Delta Air Lines travel grand prize awarded live. 

  The Flight Plan

  • An opening fireside chat and an afternoon keynote
  • A hands-on EOS workshop with a drafted operating rhythm to take home
  • Ignite Essentials breakouts: choose the track your business needs right now
  • Ask Me Anything roundtables with practitioners from the Ignite Expert Collective
  • The Power of Better Business panel, produced with the Austin Business Journal
  • A Delta Air Lines travel voucher drawing
  • Networking luncheon
  • Closing happy hour reception to follow

   

  The Lineup

  Opening Fireside: Janice Omadeke

  The Company You Have Isn't the Company You're Building

  Janice is an Austin entrepreneur, author, and TEDx speaker who built and exited a venture-backed technology company, The Mentor Method. Recognized as one of the first 100 Black women to raise more than $1M in seed funding and as Austin’s first Black woman to secure a venture-backed tech exit, she has been featured in Forbes, Harvard Business Review, and Inc., and is the author of Mentorship Unlocked. As the opening keynote she sets the theme for the entire day: the modern reinvention story of building in real time, knowing when to make the next move, and becoming the CEO of your own career.

  Afternoon Keynote: Becky Taylor, KASAMA

  Seeing Your Business From Multiple Sides of the Table

  You are building the business and running it at the same time, with no pause to step back and see it clearly. Meanwhile the who can fund it, buy it, partner with it, or govern it are sizing it up from the outside, right now, while you fly. A buyer sees opportunity. A lender sees risk. A board sees long-term value. An investor sees return. Becky Taylor, Austin technology strategist, investor, entrepreneur, and Partner at KASAMA, has spent decades across technology, startups, venture investing, and corporate innovation. She closes the afternoon with a practical look at how sophisticated decision-makers read a business mid-flight, and what founders, owners, and corporate leaders learn by turning that lens on their own. She unpacks the signals that build confidence and the traits that create real strategic value, whether you are chasing growth, capital, partnerships, an exit, or simply a stronger company. Then she flips it, giving the many in the room who evaluate businesses themselves a framework for sizing up partners, vendors, and opportunities of their own. You will leave knowing how decision-makers see your business while you build it, where your greatest value sits, and what earns confidence across the relationships that shape your future.

  
  

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• Agile Austin Book Club: Nexus (2)

  • When
    Thu, October 15, 2026
  •  
    6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Online

  

  Agile Book Online Book Club

  Book Featured: Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari.

  We plan to read and discuss through chapter 7 at our meeting October 15th and continue reading November 5th and probably 19th. 

                                              ***REGISTER***

  (The Zoom link is visible right after you register. The link to the Miro discussion board will be posted in the Zoom chat once the meeting is underway.)

  Do you have a book to recommend? Please submit this form, so our program committee can consider it.

  if you'd like to be on the program (book selection) committee, please contact david.wight@agileaustin.org .

  Date: Thursday, Oct 15 · 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM CDT

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• WiseWomenCode - Austin

  • When
    Fri, October 16, 2026
  • Location
    10025 Alterra Pkwy floor 23, Austin, TX 78758

  
  

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  Company Description

  WiseWomenCode is a unique experience designed to increase the diversity of the technology sector by providing support, guidance and opportunities to women and non-binary individuals who are eager to kickstart their careers in the tech world.

  Job Description

  This 1-day immersive program is packed with hands-on workshops, job shadowing and networking opportunities, all aimed at boosting your confidence and skills, whilst helping you to explore the different technical paths within the fintech industry. 

  Join us at our Austin office on the 16th October 2026, where you'll connect with industry leaders, collaborate side-by-side with different technical specialists, and gain insights from our experts - all in a welcoming and inclusive environment.

  As basic understanding of engineering and/or analytics is needed, we invite applications from students studying in related fields, recent career changers and individuals returning to work after a career break.

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• Women Communicators of Austin Get Smart Conference

  • When
    Fri, October 16, 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    KMFA Classical Radio Event Center 41 Navasota Street Austin, Texas 78702

  
  

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  The WCA Get Smart Conference

  This is Austin's annual conference for communications professionals.

  Registration is open to WCA members and non-members, peers, and communications students in the Austin community! This is a day packed with professional development related to trends and techniques in communications fields, marketing roles, media formats, and more. Coffee, tea, water, light morning snacks, and catered lunch included. See the full agenda and exciting speaker info here!

  
  

  Agenda Includes:

  8:00 AM - Doors open for registration check-in, coffee, and networking

  9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Conference content, presentations, breakouts, and catered lunch panel

  1:15 PM - After-party meetup

  
  

  
  

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• ABJ | Inno Fire Awards 2026

  • When
    Mon, October 19, 2026
  •  
    4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
  • Location
    Austin Central Library, 710 W Cesar Chavez, Austin, TX

  
  

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  The Fire Awards is our annual celebration of innovation across the Austin ecosystem - big and small, people and organizations. Join us this year to connect with major players in Austin's innovation scene, be the first to find out the Blazer winners, and celebrate all of the nominees.

  New to 2026 and beyond: the Austin Business Journal's Fire Awards and Opportunity Austin's A-L!ST Awards have merged under the Fire Awards banner. We look forward to partnering with audiences from both programs and further shining the spotlight on fast-growing, successful startups, as well as the businesses and people supporting our local entrepreneurial ecosystem.

  Event Details

  Monday, October 19 | 4:00 to 6:00 pm

  Austin Central Library | 710 W Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78701

  Event Agenda

  4:00 pm | Registration & Networking

  5:30 pm | Awards Presentation

  6:00 pm | Event concludes

  
  

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• Lonestar Summit

  • Start
    Tue, October 20, 2026
  • End
    Wed, October 21, 2026
  • Location
    Austin, Texas

  

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  We are excited to announce that Austin Women in Technology is partnering with the 2nd edition of Lone Star Cyber Summit! 

  
  Returning to Austin, Texas on October 20th - 21st, this must-attend event unites senior IT Security Leaders from across Texas to collaborate and share insights on how to build cyber resilience in a transformed world. 

  
  

  The stellar speaker line-up includes CISOs from major organizations such as @Universal Aviation, @Brinks Home, @Wilsonart and @Red Oak Compliance. 

  
  

  Over 2 days, attendees will benefit from 40+ content-driven sessions addressing key challenges such as:

  
  

  Defend Against AI-Powered Attacks While Securing AI Governance and Operations

  Defend the Modern Attack Surface

  Master Governance and Compliance in Cyber Defense 

  Manage Supply Chain and Third-Party Risk Management

  Balance Threat Mitigation with Boardroom Communication & Business Growth as a CISO

  
  

  Find out more about Lone Star Cyber Summit’s agenda and speaker line-up online at https://lonestar.cyberseries.io/agenda/
  
  As a partner of the event, members of Austin Women in Technology can redeem a complimentary pass with the code “AWT-VIP” at https://lonestar.cyberseries.io/register/  (T&Cs apply).

  
  

  Secure your complimentary pass online today to earn up to 12 CPD credits for your attendance! 

  
  

  *T&Cs: Complimentary passes can only be redeemed by senior end-users. Individuals who work for cybersecurity solution providers or consultancies do not qualify but can claim a 30% discount with the code “MP30”.

  
  

  
  

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• Meridian: Quarterly Showcase of AI in Deep Tech

  • When
    Wed, October 21, 2026
  •  
    4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
  • Location
    Register to see address!

  

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  ​Where deep tech meets AI meets the energy transition. Brought to you by Neon Syndicate and the Texas Futures Coalition.

  ​Texas is becoming the center of gravity for the technologies that will define the next century: AI, advanced energy, new materials, agriculture, and the deep tech infrastructure underneath all of it.

  ​Meridian is where that work gets seen and connections are made to unlock growth.

  ​Each quarter, Meridian convenes a focused group of founders, investors, academics, policymakers, and corporate leaders for a curated showcase of the most promising AI and climate-driven deep tech companies coming out of Texas and beyond. A small number of companies present. The rest of the time is for the conversations that move capital, pilots, and partnerships forward.

  ​Presented by Neon Syndicate and the Texas Futures Coalition, Meridian brings together the operators, investors, academics, and policymakers shaping what comes next, including perspectives drawn from the front lines of corporate, venture, startups, national lab research, and the classroom at UT Austin.

  ​Together we're building a stronger ecosystem that can create healthy growth and a more resilient future.

  ​This is not a pitch competition or meetup. It is a recurring reference point for people serious about building the future here.

  
  

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• Austin Tech Week Preview Party

  • When
    Wed, October 21, 2026
  •  
    5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Location
    Station Austin Voltran, 701 Brazos St, Austin, TX 78701

  

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  ​Curaite is a planning and discovery platform that helps you find the events, communities, and people worth your time, all in one place.
  
  Join us for an evening preview of Austin Tech Week, where we’ll show Curaite in action and help you start building your week before it begins.

  • ​Melissa Wood, founder of Curaite, shares the story of how Curaite came to be, and how quickly it resonated with Hugh Forrest, former President of SXSW.

  • ​Cherie Werner (Founder, FIESTA), Emily Gupton (President, Austin Women in Tech), and Nick Spiller (Managing Director, Capital Factory) discuss the people and communities behind Austin Tech Week and what makes Austin’s tech ecosystem unique.

  • ​Time to connect with community leaders, learn about their events, and plan your week.

  ​Come get a head start on Austin Tech Week, discover what you want to attend, and start curating your week with Curaite.
  
  Is your company hosting an event during Austin Tech Week? Sponsor the Preview Party to get it in front of attendees before the week even starts.
  

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• AAIA: Agentic Research Systems

  • When
    Wed, October 21, 2026
  •  
    5:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    The Center for Government and Civic Service, ACC Rio Grande: Building 3000

  

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  What You’ll Learn

  • The difference between asking AI a question and designing a research system — and why the second one compounds the more you use it
  • How AI inherits the biases of the web it was trained on — and what to do about it in your own workflow
  • A plain-English framework for judging credibility — recency, authority, evidence, relevance
  • The vocabulary you actually need: just-in-time help, multi-step AI helpers, triangulation, automation bias
  • How to wire credibility checks into your workflow so you trust what comes out

  What You’ll Build

  In the 90-minute hands-on lab, you will:

  • Pick one real research problem you actually have — a topic you track, a brief you write, a class of question you answer over and over
  • Map it into a 3–5 step research system: what to pull, where to cross-check, how to flag uncertainty
  • Test it with a small data set you bring — your PDFs, URLs, notes
  • Leave with an MVP workflow and a roadmap for taking it further

  
  

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• All Day AI

  • When
    Thu, October 22, 2026
  • Location
    Virtual

  

  
  

  All Day AI is a free, live, virtual conference on October 22, 2026 for teams and practitioners applying AI across development, leadership, security, and business functions. Four tracks share practical 30-minute implementation lessons, with no vendor pitches.

  APPLY to SPEAK: https://www.alldayai.com/#speak

  Register to attend: https://www.alldayai.com/#register

  Every enterprise team is under pressure to build with AI, but the guidance out there changes by the week and half of it contradicts the other half. Nobody’s short on motivation. They’re short on a clear playbook.

  Most events won’t give you one. They’re built to sell you a platform, not teach you the craft. All Day AI skips that entirely: no sponsors, no disguised product demos, no sharing your info with anyone trying to close you. Just engineers and practitioners who’ve actually shipped agents into production, telling you what held up and what fell apart.

  Date: October 22, 2026

  Format: Live and virtual

  Cost: Free

  
  

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• PROMPT. AI Innovation Series

  • When
    Mon, October 26, 2026
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    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Register to Find Out!

  

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  ​PROMPT. kicks off Austin Tech Week with one-of-a-kind programming dedicated entirely to AI, humanity and business development community in Austin.

  ​Visit promptaustin.com for the event overview and programming updates.

  ​ October 26th, 2026  |  9 AM – 9 PM
  Texas Science & Natural History Museum · UT campus · Austin, Texas

  ​WHAT IS PROMPT.
  Spend a day exploring how AI is changing the decisions we make at work. PROMPT. brings business builders, investors and leaders across industries together for practical workshops, candid panel conversations and time to connect.

  ​THE DAY
  All times Central.

  • ​9:00 AM — Breakfast, networking and workshop

  • ​10:30 AM — Discussion Panel: Present Tense

    • ​A civic conversation about AI as an Austin story. Why this city, why this moment, and what we choose to build from here matters. Featuring local city leadership and community voices.

  • ​12:00 PM — Lunch and time with exhibitors

  • ​1:00 PM — Discussion Panel: By Design

    • ​The ethics, governance, and design choices behind AI as active decisions being made right now. A cross-disciplinary panel willing to say the things most rooms won't.

  • ​2:30 PM — Workshop, networking and exhibitors

  • ​4:00 PM — Discussion Panel: The Ceiling and the Sky

    • ​The tension between AI as liberation and AI as a new kind of ceiling — who benefits, who gets left behind, and what it means to lead in the middle of that.

  • ​5:30 PM — Discussion Panel: The AI Money Game

    • ​Valuation, margins, investment thesis, regulation. The investor, operator, banker, and lawyer in the same room. Where the day's conversations come to rest on the hardest questions.

  • ​7:00 PM — Dinner

  ​TICKETS
  $249 presale · $299 full price
  Both include the full day of programming, breakfast, workshops, happy hour and dinner. Please indicate whether you plan to join dinner so we can plan the headcount.

  
  

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• Austin Tech Week - Women in Tech Day

  • When
    Mon, October 26, 2026
  •  
    9:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Station Austin (formerly Capitol Factory), 701 Brazos Street, Floor 8, Austin TX 78701

  
  

  Join us for a full day dedicated to celebrating and empowering women in Austin's tech community! Austin Tech Week brings together several incredible organizations including Austin Women In Technology, Ayana, and more, for a day of workshops, connection, and celebration.
  

  When & Where: Monday, October 26, 2026

  • Workshops from 9:30am - 3:45pm at Station Austin (formerly Capitol Factory), 701 Brazos Street, Floor 8, Austin TX 78701

  • Happy Hour from 4:30pm - 6:30pm at TWINS Rooftop, 219 W 4th St, Austin, TX 78701

  Register: https://www.austintech.com/

  Use Discount Code ATW26WiTech for 20% off

  Be sure to register for the Connector+ Badge to get access to the happy hour!

  What's In Store

  The rules of building a company and leading a team are being rewritten as we work. AI has moved from a curiosity to a coworker, and the leaders who do well won't just adopt new tools. They'll know when to lean on them, when to push back, and how to keep human judgment at the center.

  This series is built for founders, executives, and team leaders who want practical answers, not hype. We start with the real story behind building a company, then look ahead at what leadership will require, and finish with the systems, tools, and guardrails you need to put AI to work responsibly.

  • Spilling the Tea on Becoming a Successful Founder: An unfiltered look at what it takes to build something from nothing: the wins, the missteps, and the lessons that don't make it into the pitch deck.
  • Cognitive Futures: What the Fifth Industrial Revolution Requires of Leaders Today: As people and intelligent machines start working side by side, the job of a leader changes. This session looks at the mindsets and capabilities that will set leaders apart.
  • Build Your AI Advantage: Intelligence System: How to design a connected system that turns AI from a set of separate experiments into a lasting competitive advantage for you and your organization.
  • The AI Productivity Tool Kit for Efficiency: A hands-on tour of the tools and workflows that win back time, cut out busywork, and help your team focus on the work that matters.
  • Too Much of a Good Thing? Recognizing AI Over-reliance in Yourself and Your Team: The honest counterweight. Learn to spot when convenience starts to wear down critical thinking, skill, and accountability, and how to keep your edge sharp.

  Come ready to question assumptions, pick up tools you can use right away, and leave with a clearer view of how to lead in this new era.

  Whether you're an engineer, product manager, data specialist, designer, ops leader, or founder — this event is for you. Come ready to connect with a room full of sharp, driven women (and allies!) in tech.

  
  

  Space is limited so register early to guarantee your seat!

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• AI Made Practical for Small Businesses

  • When
    Tue, October 27, 2026
  •  
    8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    1805 Rutherford Lane, Austin, Texas, 78754, United States.

  

  ***REGISTER HERE***

  (AWT Members reach out on slack to the VP of Partnerships, Hanna Busekrus, for the Discount Code)

  Cost: Early bird pricing until October 1 is $49.99. Includes coffee bar, lunch, networking happy hour, materials, and a 90-day plan. 

  Every small business owner has heard the same warning: adopt AI or get left behind. But nobody's telling you where to actually start.

  You don't need to become an AI expert. You need a clear next step, and a room full of people who've already found theirs.

  That's what this day is built for.

  The Foundation for Better Business and Agentic Commerce Advisory are bringing Austin's small business community together for one working day of practical AI adoption, hosted as the Small Business Track of Austin Tech Week 2026. No jargon. No hype. Just real answers to the questions you're actually asking:

  • What does AI actually mean for my business?
  • Where should I start?
  • Which tools are worth using?
  • How can AI help me attract more customers?
  • How can AI save me time every week?
  • What should I do first?

  You'll hear from leaders at Google, Amazon, Accenture, and more. But just as important, you'll hear from small business owners who aren't theorizing about AI. They've already put it to work in their own companies, made the mistakes, found what actually moves the needle, and they're going to tell you exactly how.

  Here's what your day looks like:

  • What's changing and why it matters. A clear-eyed look at what's actually shifting for small businesses right now, and what to do about it.
  • Getting real results from AI. Practical ways to move past just trying AI tools and start getting something useful out of them.
  • Prompting and working with AI well. Techniques you can use the same afternoon to get sharper, more useful answers.
  • Putting AI to work in daily operations. Where AI actually earns its keep in the day-to-day of running a business.
  • Real owners, real results. Small business owners, not theorists, on exactly where AI has saved them time and money.
  • Using AI responsibly. What to protect, what to watch, and how to set basic ground rules without overcomplicating things.
  • Building a business with AI. A founder's honest story of going from idea to launch with AI as a real partner.
  • Getting found by AI. How to show up and get recommended inside the AI platforms your customers are already using.
  • Hands-on workshops. Choose one: get your business found and recommended by AI, redesign a real workflow to save hours a week, or set practical AI ground rules for your team.
  • Ask the Experts roundtables. Small-group tables with specialists across tools, workflows, finance, and more. Bring your toughest questions.
  • Closing conversation. The day's biggest ideas, brought together, with a clear read on what to do next.
  • Your 90-day action plan. Leave with a written plan built for your business, not just notes.

   

  
  

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• October Tactic Tuesday

  • When
    Tue, October 27, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    SKG, 2010 S. Lamar Blvd #125, Austin, Tx 78704
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  Whether you’re actively job hunting, exploring a career pivot, or just want to sharpen your strategy, Tactic Tuesdays is your space to connect, learn, and grow. This monthly gathering is designed for current and prospective members of Austin Women in Technology who are navigating the job search, offering a supportive environment where you can share insights, swap resources, and learn practical tips from others on a similar path.

  Offered in partnership with CO.LABx, Tactic Tuesdays will host sessions centered around actionable tactics from refining your resume and prepping for interviews, to building a standout LinkedIn presence and navigating recruiter conversations. Come ready to collaborate, ask questions, and leave each month with something new to try.

  Let’s turn challenges into momentum, together.

  KEY INFORMATION

  • When: Tuesday, October 27, 2026, 6:00 - 8:00pm

  • Where: SKG, 2010 S. Lamar Blvd #125, Austin, Tx 78704

  • Attire: Wear whatever makes you feel good! 

  • Food & Beverages: Light food and refreshments will be served.

  

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• Governing AI

  • When
    Fri, October 30, 2026
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • Location
    Virtual

  

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  AI is becoming part of everyday organisational decision-making, yet responsible adoption requires much more than technical capability.

  This discussion will explore:

  • Who remains accountable for AI decisions
  • Human oversight
  • Data and privacy
  • AI risk and cybersecurity
  • Organisational governance
  • How technology ultimately affects people and society

  Given AWT's focus on helping women in technology connect, learn, grow and lead, we believe the session would offer useful professional-development value to members working across AI, data, cybersecurity, governance, product, risk and technology leadership.

  
  

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• Code2College 10 Year Anniversary Event

  • When
    Sat, November 07, 2026
  •  
    6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
  • Location
    Cardinal Hall at Concordia High School, Pflugerville, TX

  

  ***REGISTER HERE***

  Celebrating 10 years. We need you to fund the next decade.

  For ten years, Code2College has connected high-school students from low-access communities with the skills, mentorship, and paid internships to launch real tech careers. On November 7, we mark the decade and set our sights on the next ten.

  • Saturday, November 7, 2026, 6:00–9:00 PM CT
  • Cardinal Hall at Concordia High School, Pflugerville, TX
  • Free to attend. It's billed as an immersive, student-built experience and award show, with more details to come.

  A decade in numbers

  • 6,000+ students served since 2016
  • 600+ paid technical internship placements
  • 96% of seniors matriculate to four-year colleges
  • 93% of managers rate interns at or above undergrad level
  • 80% of alumni graduate with a STEM degree

  Story spotlight: Noel Mendez, a first-generation student from Del Valle High School who earned paid internships at Eventbrite and H-E-B, then a full ride to Harvard, and is months from finishing a Computer Science degree.

  What to expect: Four themes: Discover Code2College, See real student work, Meet the community, and Celebrate together.

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• Future of Communications Conference

  • Start
    Wed, November 11, 2026
  • End
    Fri, November 13, 2026
  • Location
    Hyatt Regency

  

  Where communicators become strategic power players.

  ***REGISTER HERE****

  Global instability is reshaping how organizations operate and respond. AI is no longer an experiment. It’s an expectation. Employees increasingly look to their organizations for clarity, protection and guidance.

  Communicators like you stand at the epicenter. The opportunity to influence your organization has never been more available. Step into your power by getting ahead of 2027 now.

  The Future of Communications Conference brings together internal and external communications, marketing and HR functions to focus on what’s next: guiding organizations through continuous disruption. This is where the conversation moves beyond merely spotting trends to how best to implement for real business impact.

  Join global and national leaders in Austin, Tex. for three days of bold keynotes, hands-on workshops, expert panels and peer-driven discussions designed to prepare you for 2027. You’ll learn leadership strategies and best-in-class practices to lead through uncertainty, guide your workforce through change and elevate your brand across stakeholders, all to prove your value in the moments that matter most.

  
  

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• State of AI in Texas 2026

  • When
    Tue, November 17, 2026
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    1:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Location
    Capital

  

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  Artificial intelligence is already reshaping how Texas operates, from transportation and infrastructure to hiring and workforce development. This half-day summit at the Texas State Capitol brings together the people driving that change: workforce leaders, industry voices, and policymakers, for a direct conversation about where Texas AI stands today and the opportunities ahead.

  Our keynote speaker is Anh Selissen, Chief Information Officer for the Texas Department of Transportation. She leads a technology portfolio of more than $500 million and has spent the last several years guiding how AI gets deployed responsibly across one of the state’s largest agencies, with real implications for public safety and infrastructure. Her perspective grounds the day in what AI adoption actually looks like at scale.

  The afternoon is built around additional speakers and panels to be announced and added here. Expected topics include:

  • Texas as a National AI Hub
  • Balancing Innovation and Responsibility
  • Economic development
  • Industry ecosystem specifics and trends
  • Social impacts
  • Government/policy/regulation
  • Technology Horizons (LLMs, Datacenters, Quantum, etc)
  • Labor markets and workforce trends
  • Looking Ahead

  
  

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• AWT Girlsgiving Fundraiser

  • When
    Tue, November 17, 2026
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    5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    Cirrus Logic, 800 W. 6th St., Austin, TX 78701
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  Austin Women in Tech invites you to an evening of giving, connection, and celebration at our Girlsgiving Fundraiser. This year, we’re gathering to support four Austin nonprofits that are opening doors for women and girls in our community: Dress for Success Austin, Girls Empowerment Network, girlstart, and Code2College. All funds raised that evening will be donated directly back to these organizations.

  This is a black-tie, elegant evening, but as always, wear what makes you comfortable. What matters most is that you’re in the room.

  What to expect:

  • Raffle prizes: Take home something special from our raffle, with prizes including Logitech items, a Milk + Honey gift card, a Villarreal Jewelers necklace, and more.
  • Who’s Who: Join us for a game with a purpose! We’ll introduce each organization through its mission statement, and you’ll guess which nonprofit it belongs to. It’s a fun way to learn more about the incredible work happening right here in Austin!
  • Guest speaker: Hear from a special guest on the power of female organizations and the impact they can have on your life, your career, and your community.

  Come ready to mingle, learn, and give back alongside fellow members of the Austin tech community.

  RSVP today to join us!

  By registering for this event you consent to:

  -Being photographed, filmed, and/or recorded for promotional purposes by the event organizers for use in event-related materials, including but not limited to: social media, websites, and promotional materials.

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• AAIA: A Studio of One

  • When
    Wed, November 18, 2026
  • Location
    The Center for Government and Civic Service, ACC Rio Grande: Building 3000

  

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  You used to need a film crew, a designer, and a sound engineer to make good content. Now you need to know how to direct AI. In this hands-on evening you’ll set up your own one-person studio and make something real, on your own topic, in a single night, whether that’s a video, a podcast, an infographic, or a set of social posts.

  We’ll get into two shifts that are quietly changing creative work. First, the AI agents now built inside creative platforms like Higgsfield, Runway, and Luma, where you describe what you want and the tool handles the production. Second, the orchestration layer that sits above them, something like Cowork (Claude’s desktop agent), which lets you run the whole stack from one place, the way a director calls the shots on a set.

  Starting from one idea, you’ll generate the visuals, direct AI video, produce audio for narration or a podcast, and lay it all out into a finished piece you can publish. You pick the format. The point isn’t any single tool. It’s learning to direct them together, so you walk out with a system you can run again the next morning.

  Tools we’ll use: Cowork (Claude’s desktop agent) as your director’s chair; Higgsfield, Runway, and Luma for AI video; ElevenLabs for narration, podcast audio, music, and sound; and AI design tools like Gemini, Nano Banana, Ideogram, and Canva for images, infographics, and layout. HeyGen and Descript make cameos.

  
  

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• TechNexus Austin - Technology & Cybersecurity Conference

  • When
    Wed, November 18, 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    Hyatt Regency Austin

  

  Join us for TechNexus Austin, happening November 18 at the Hyatt Regency Austin!

  TechNexus is bringing together IT and cybersecurity leaders from the public and private sectors, along with innovative technology providers, for a day of insightful discussions, knowledge sharing, and meaningful networking.

  Explore emerging technology trends, cybersecurity challenges, leadership insights, and opportunities to connect with industry peers.

  November 18, 2026
  Hyatt Regency Austin, TX

  ️ Complimentary passes available! Interested in attending?

  Email Yousra Magouri at partnershipsupport@awtaustin.org for details.

  Learn more: https://technexusevents.com/

  
  

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• Greater Austin Business Awards (GABA)

  • When
    Wed, November 18, 2026
  •  
    5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    JW Marriott Austin

  

  Greater Austin Business Awards (GABA) is Austin’s largest business event of the year, drawing more than 700 attendees to celebrate companies with outstanding business practices and industry leadership.

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  This year's GABA will take place on November 18th at the JW Marriott Austin. Don’t miss the pinnacle of business recognition in the Greater Austin region.

  We have four finalists in our Uniquely Austin award category who were selected through our nominations and judging process. It's up to YOU to vote for the winner. Congratulations to Austin Wine & Food Foundation, Mozart's Coffee Roasters, Peter Pan Mini Golf, or Yellow Ranger.

  <<Click Here to Cast Your Vote!>>
  Voting closes on October 9th.

  This is our “people’s choice” award at the Greater Austin Business Awards. A Uniquely Austin company or organization embraces the unique Austin culture and exemplifies what it means to live and do business in Austin.
  

  The winner will be announced at this event.

  
  

  
  

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