Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it’s happening in the Silicon Prairie, you’ll find it here.
To submit an event for consideration, please email brittany@siliconprairienews.com.
Holiday TechBrew Des Moines – Tuesday, 5-7 p.m.
Des Moines – StartupCity Des Moines, 5th Floor (317 6th Ave.)
Join us for a special nondenominational holiday edition of TAI’s TechBrew at StartupCity Des Moines! Join area entrepreneurs, technologists, business people and funders for a beer (social lubrication). Cocktails and networking will begin promptly at 5 pm!
Thanks to our sponsor
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SITAKS Breakfast: The Real Impact of High-Speed Connectivity – Wednesday, 8:30-10 a.m.
Overland Park, Kan. – Arsalon Technologies (10605 W 84th Terrace)
Simon Kuo, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of LightThread, will be the featured speaker at the last SITAKS Breakfast Briefing of 2011. In the last 15 years we’ve seen network connections change from a disparate protocols to the adoption of standards like IP, connection speeds increase from 1,200 bits per second to 10 Mbps and higher, and online multimedia content evolve from barely palatable to sophisticated presentations with high definition video.
SITAKS Members – Free, Nonmember – $10.00 (USD)
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Silicon Prairie News Holiday Meetup at Saigon Surface – Wednesday, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Omaha – Saigon Surface (324 S 14th St.)
Come meet our team and others from the Silicon Prairie community, chat about hot topics on our blog, discuss new startups and products that have launched in the region and ultimately make a connection offline this holiday season. If you’re in the area, stop by to say hello and enjoy a holiday spirit or two. The event is free to the public, and all are welcome.
RSVP on facebook.com (encouraged but not required)
bizperc December Open House – Thursday, 4:30-6 p.m.
Kansas City, Mo. – bizperc, 6th Floor (1800 Baltimore)
bizperc has been getting a lot of drop-in tours lately. So, in order to accommodate all of the entrepreneurs, startups and big thinkers interested in this Crossroads coworking space, bizperc is hosting an Open House on Dec. 15th. We have new office space available so come check it out!
Learn more tbpdec11openhouse.eventbrite.com
Dwolla Dwolla – 1 year anniversary party + icing on the cake – Thursday, 5:30-8:30 p.m.
Des Moines – Vaudeville Mews (212 4th St.)
We’re releasing our next big project and celebrating 1 year of Dwolla. What a ride it’s been 🙂
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