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WSU Vancouver MIS club and the Oregon Data Community host a free one-day training event for data professionals and students using the Microsoft Data Platform.

Session topics include SQL Server, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, Azure Synapse, data analytics, visualization and more!

Coffee and Beverages will be provided, and lunch will be available for a small fee.

Conference attendance is free, but registration is required. Use the QR code below.

Topic: "The Most Human Documentation", talk by Christian Miles at WTD PDX 2026. Video followed by discussion.

Pizza will be served at 5:15pm.

Zoom Registration: https://pdx.zoom.us/meeting/register/0vPArxYIRa-VkJX47Ryn0g

NODES 2026 is Neo4j's free, 24-hour global online conference, running across every time zone on November 12. The program is aimed at developers, data professionals, architects and AI engineers, with sessions on modern application development, multi-agent workflows, graph-backed retrieval and building context-rich systems that hold up in production. Talks are grouped by experience level, so there are introductory sessions for people new to graph databases alongside deeper technical material on knowledge graphs, agent orchestration and graph analytics at scale. Because the event streams continuously for a full day, Pacific-time attendees can join sessions in the morning, over lunch or in the evening, and recordings are typically published afterward. Registration is free through the Neo4j eve https://neo4j.com/event/nodes-2026-engineering-better-intelligence/

Each quarter, LO TECH CONNECT presents "The Forum" featuring a speaker of note in the technology field. This group is designed for individuals who work in the tech sector to be able to meet and network with others in this sector. Heavy hors d'oeuvres and cash bar.

Want to join the mailing list for this group? Email [email protected]

Rock Band x Ground Kontrol is BACK AGAIN! Head to the blue side lounge of Ground Kontrol for an all-night karaoke party featuring pro gear, pro sound and now over 6,000 songs!

Rock Band is organized like karaoke, with song books and slips. It’s free to play on other people’s songs all night, and $1 to request your own song.

New to Rock Band x Ground Kontrol: the house band! No more waiting for other players to sign up for your song to get it in the queue – members of our house band will be available to fill in on any instruments as needed! You’ll still be able to sign yourself up to play on other people’s songs, but our house band will be prepared to jump in and help keep the solo players rocking all night!

Players of all experience levels are welcome. Performance and stage presence are encouraged, so ROCK OUT!

Portland Fabric User Group It's that magical time of year again where we have our all day FREE technical conference at a local site. This year, we are once again holding our conference at Washington State University Vancouver, up in the Salmon Creek area. As many of you know, the active leadership lives in the Vancouver area, so we've naturally migrated the event to Vancouver due to the availability of high-quality sites with excellent parking. We're in partnership with WSU Vancouver and the WSU

Make an augmented reality environment in an hour? Yes, it can be done.

Come to the workshop led by Brenda Grell and see.

Do you like to game? Are you in middle or high school? If so, join our game night the first Tuesday of every month! We'll play video games and board games, talk about games, and eat snacks.

Rock out at the Open Musician's Jam. Join these jam sessions, where music meets fun and friends meet rock 'n roll. It's gonna be a blast. Bring your instruments, your voice, and your A-game.

• Gear Galore: Pianos, electric/acoustic guitars, tube amps, bass (4 or 5 string), drum set, ukulele, ready for you. Plus, extra mics for singers and whatever else you want to bring.
• Covers welcome: Bring your band, or team up with fellow jammers. There are often lots of blues, rock, pop, and funk, plus a load of awesome covers from all decades, especially the '90s. This is a jam of any genre, tends to be rock/soul/bluesy pop/fusion/jazzy funk, but whatever you play, that's what it'll be.
• Game On: Ping Pong tables and arcade machines for friendly competition.
• No Limits: Bring your musical mojo, and get wild. Whether you're a pro or just here for the good times, it's all about the music and the good vibes.

This venue is 21+

Join us for a fun (and FREE) Mixer Tournament the 1st Monday of every month @ 6:40pm. This is a great tournament for people of all skill levels that want to play with new people in a more relaxed competitive environment.

Join our Discord server to engage with our community & register for tournaments online:
https://discord.gg/dnqG5wNzSa

CODE OF CONDUCT:
Please review our community Code of Conduct before attending, as ALL attendees will be responsible for upholding this during the tournament:
https://bit.ly/KQPDXcoc
We will have extra masks on hand if needed.

⏰ Schedule:
5 PM – 6:05 PM: Sign ups!
6:05 PM – 6:40 PM: Draft picks & warmup games
6:40 PM – 10 PM (ish): Mixer Tournament games

🕹 Format:
Exact format depends on the number of teams that sign up, and will be announced the night-of. Occasionally we’ll swap this out for other fun and unique formats. That said, here’s what we usually do:
<= 4 teams: Round Robin -> Ladder
5-6 teams: Round Robin
7+ teams: Double Elim
You don’t need to find or bring a team with you! All skill levels encouraged to sign up – including if you’ve never played before. You’ll sign up individually for the tournament (BEFORE 6:05pm!) at the venue, and we’ll find a few people that want to captain. After sign ups close, we’ll be doing a snake draft where captains choose members for their team. Please stay in the area between 6 – 6:30pm so we can find you after the draft is complete and get started on time!
If you show up late for signups there’s ~no guarantee~ you’ll get to play in the tournament. Please keep that in mind! If you’re running late but you know you’ll be there BEFORE 6:30pm, please message someone attending and ask if there are any options.

🏆 Prizes:
1st🥇: $50 gift certificate for the team to split & $10 game cards for each player.
2nd🥈: $50 gift certificate for the team to split.
3rd🥉: $25 gift certificate for the team to split.

🎥 Stream & Bracket:
You’ll be able to see the Twitch stream, Twitch chat, and the Challonge bracket on the Live Matches page of our website here:
https://killerqueenpdx.buzz/live
If you’d prefer direct links, we’ll be streaming the tournament on our Twitch page here:
https://www.twitch.tv/kqpdx
The Challonge bracket will be posted here:
https://challonge.com/communities/kqpdx

↩️ Finding the KQ cabinets:
🔵 Blue Side 🔵
Once you enter Ground Kontrol you’ll need to walk straight back and around the first bar, take a left and go all the way to the back room. Killer Queen is in the back-right corner of the blue room, near the second bar.

Do you like to game? Are you in middle or high school? If so, join our gaming club! We'll play games, talk about games and eat snacks.

A gaming-themed, adults-only night at OMSI with the museum floor open after hours. The program pairs curated vendors and themed lectures with the interactive exhibits and planetarium shows, drawing on the science and engineering behind games, simulation and play. Food and drink are available for purchase and a happy hour runs from 5:00 PM ahead of the 6:00 PM start. Attendees must be 21 or older; government-issued photo identification is required at the door and no minors are admitted. A good crossover evening for the Portland game development, hardware and science communities. Held at OMSI, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland. Ticketed, with advance purchase recommended as these evenings regularly sell out. https://omsi.edu/events/omsi-after-dark-game-on/

In our Pinny Cup Tournaments, players will register and then be placed into teams of 2-3. Teams will be made from a mix of beginner, intermediate, and advanced players to keep a fun and fair experience for everyone. Each team will be responsible for recording their own scores and turning them in. The winning teams of each machine will be determined by the highest combined score of everyone on the team, and teams will receive points based on how they placed. (4 points for 1st place, 2 points for 2nd place, 1 point for 3rd place) The winning teams for the whole event will be determined by which team has the most points after all the rounds. Each member of the winning teams receives prizes ranging from gift cards to free pinball wristbands to some of our merch!

Tournaments are open to people of all skill levels. We have some of the best players in the country here, as well as many new people getting into the hobby for the first time! It's a great way to improve your skills as well as meet friendly and fun people in the community!

After each tournament is concluded, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive points that will go towards picking an overall Pinny Cup winner that will receive a grand prize and a place in the Pinny Cup Hall of Fame.

There is no entry fee for the tournament, but players are required to purchase an unlimited pinball wristband for $12.

*Please note that the tournament is subject to slight modifications depending on attendance and machine availability. We may modify a tournament to have different group sizes or edit the number of rounds to ensure substantial tournament lengths.*

LFDT Oregon Join us for a webinar with Cosmos Labs, an LFDT general member, on Designing Tokenized Deposits for a Multi-Ledger Future. Most tokenized deposit initiatives start within a single institution or consortium, but the architecture choices banks make today will determine how effectively deposits can reach new markets and power new use cases. This session examines how an interoperability protocol fits into a tokenized deposit stack, covering how deposits and data can be exchanged across l

Thanks to Roseline Coffee for providing a physical location! Find inside the hotel and to the right, likely on the couches Coffee, bagels and people working on their careers and code! We have 2-5 mentors every month ready to help people get...

Portland Analytics Club Calling all developers, AI engineers, software architects, data scientists, DevOps professionals, and tech enthusiasts — **TechConnect** is your ultimate destination for career growth, project showcasing, and global peer networking in the tech ecosystem.

Hosted in a self-led, Slack-style virtual space, this **virtual tech networking event** invites you to connect, collaborate, and innovate with a diverse community of tech minds and hiring professionals from around the wo

AI agents dominate current industry discussion, yet clear explanations of what they are, why they fail, and what roles they are creating remain scarce. This session offers a foundational introduction for students and early-career technologists. We’ll examine what distinguishes an agent from a conventional chatbot — tools, memory, and planning loops — and trace an agent through the completion of a realistic task. We then turn to the less-demonstrated half of the problem: the data an agent requires to be useful, and the boundaries it requires to be safe.

Saving Throw Studio presents G.A.T.H.E.R., previously called Beginner Friendly App Building for Innovators: a three-hour, innovation-focused workshop for people building software without a technical background. No experience is required and the session is structured to be judgment-free -- guided, founder-friendly building rather than a lecture. This edition digs into prompting accuracy, breaking complex features down into plans a non-engineer can actually execute, and the architectural decisions behind front-end design. Bring a laptop and whatever refreshments you want; there is no dress code. Hosted by Ryan Green at North Bank Innovations inside the Vancouver Innovation Center, 18110 SE 34th St, Vancouver, Washington. Park in Lot 1, the red lot. Weekend doors are locked, so latecomers sho https://luma.com/j9rh2whz

Rock out at our Open Musician's Jam! Join us for our jam sessions, where music meets fun and friends meet rock 'n roll! It's gonna be a blast, and here's what's in store: Gear Galore: Pianos, electric/acoustic guitars, tube amps, bass (4 or 5 string), drum set, ukulele – we've got 'em ready for you! Plus, extra mics for singers and whatever else you want to bring. Covers welcome: Bring your band, or team up with fellow jammers. We often get lots of blues, rock, pop, funk, and a load of awesome covers from all decades, but especially 90's. Let's make some noise!Game On: We've got Ping Pong tables and arcade machines for friendly competition. No Limits: Bring your musical mojo, and let's get wild! Whether you're a pro or just here for the good times, it's all about the music and the good vibes. Admission: FREE, 'cause we're all about the music! Bring your instruments, your voice, and your A-game. Let's jam like there's no tomorrow! We'll see you there, ready to turn up the volume! This venue is 21+ *************************************************************************************************************** Questions? Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page!

The Connection Club is hosting a Game Night in Beaverton in partnership with The Arc PDX!

Come enjoy a relaxed evening, meet some new people,

🃏 We will have board and card games and there will be some video game consoles available to use. 🎮

🍕 There will be snacks, drinks, and pizza available.

This event is open to everyone and is free.

Discover how contemporary AI applications can serve as powerful tools for independent living, lifelong learning, and daily problem-solving. This interactive workshop demonstrates practical accessibility functions hidden inside everyday tech, such as instant text-to-speech audio conversion, natural voice-command interactions, and real-time smartphone image recognition (perfect for reading small labels or identifying objects). Moving into deeper research skills, we will outline advanced prompting methods while unpacking the distinct structural limits of large language models. Learn exactly why AI should never replace professional advisory services, and discover specific strategies for spotting online medical misinformation.

For this session, participants are asked to bring smartphones, laptops or tablets with internet access. Hands-on activities will also include more in-depth prompt writing techniques.

Taught by Adult Services Librarian April Younglove of the Lake Oswego Public Library, with one‑on‑one assistance provided by students from the Lake Youth Leadership Council.

For more information and to register for this free class, please call the Adult Community Center at (503) 635-3758. This class will take place at the Adult Community Center, located at 505 G Avenue, Lake Oswego. This event is sponsored by the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center and the Lake Oswego Public Library.

Join us at CtrlH in the Kenton neighborhood for Home Assistant Community day! Talk about your projects\, demo what you've created\, and learn how to convert that old Amazon Echo dot into a voice assistant to use with Home Assistant. Snacks and drinks are available!

Event page: https://events.pdxhackerspace.org/occurrences/home-assistant-community-day-2026-11-07

If chaotic free-for-all matches with items is your brand of fun with Super Smash Bros, this bonus Smash Bros Night is for you! In addition to this month’s 1v1 tournament night (scheduled for Tuesday 11/10), we’re hosting a casual Super Smash Bros Ultimate night on Tuesday 11/3, with all items on and rotating modes. This is free to play in the lounge on the projector from 7-11pm, so stop by for some matches!

Summary: Let's talk about the use (and abuse) of tmux! We'll cover the basics of how it works, how I use it for both good and evil, and the terrible things other people have done with it (hint: tmux is turing complete). This will be a helpful session for people who are just getting started, and (hopefully) amusing for people who have been using tmux for years. Bio: TBA

Tags: plug, linux, tmux

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Join us on Saturdays from 10am-3pm for a day of STEAM education through aviation. Our center is perfect for youth of all ages to experience hands-on learning and exploration.

Explore our flight simulator lab featuring Kerbal Space Program and Microsoft Flight Simulator, a vertical wind table, and historic airplanes and collections on display. Our various educational programs are designed to spark curiosity and encourage discovery.

Admission is free for all ages, making this a perfect outing for families, school groups, and community organizations.

Please note that children must be accompanied by an adult when attending Open Saturday.

Portland Fabric User Group Explore how the Port of Portland is blending machine learning and AI with traditional BI to support operational and customer experience insights. Using the PDX terminal passenger‑arrival forecasting model and the Customer Experience Scorecard as examples, we’ll trace the end‑to‑end data journey – from raw data to Databricks pipelines to Power BI. The session emphasizes practical design considerations for surfacing AI‑generated data products or advanced analytics in a w

Wacheno Welcome Center Mall Area Thursday, November 12, 2026, 11:30am – 3pm Open to Public, students, and staffClub engagement activity to celebrate Veteran's dayFood will be available board games, cards, and switch games available

Write The Docs PDX Hey, Write the Docs PDX!

Join us for our next meetup on **Thursday, November 12 @ 5:30 PM**. It's our annual supermeetup with the Tech Comms program at Portland State University. We'll meet somewhere TBD at the PSU campus, but you can also join us remotely using the Zoom link you get after you RSVP on Meetup.

Show up at 5:15 for pizza and/or come out afterwards for a drink/snack at the nearby [McMenamins Market Street Bar](https://maps.app.goo.gl/QjArSwJFKcDoqWQd6).

We'll m

Working with data that's too large, too slow, or too messy for regular CSVs? Join us for an introduction to the {arrow} package in R. We'll explore how Arrow and Parquet files can make large datasets faster to store, read, and analyze, all while using the familiar dplyr workflows you already know and love. Using Portland's Biketown data, we'll convert, query, and visualize millions of rides without breaking a sweat (or our laptops). Bring your laptop if you want to follow along. No need to RSVP via Meetup, but we might share info ahead of time in the event comments!

Tags: data, r, women in tech

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Do you like to game? Are you in middle or high school? If so, join our gaming club! We'll play games, talk about games and eat snacks.

Grab your gear and strap on your tunic, because The Hyrule Ball is here. A niche, nerdy, nightlife celebration of everyone's favorite action-adventure franchise, just in time for the latest release. Featuring Zelda-inspired DJ sets and drag performances, specialty cocktails, local vendors, and consoles and cabinets for playing games with friends.

Come dressed in your cosplay best, grab your wallet of rupees, and get ready to dance until the Sun Song plays.

Portland Code & Coffee Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session: drink your beverage of choice, bring your laptop, and hang out with your peers! Have engaging conversations, or focus on work or projects. This is a great opportunity to learn from others, share your knowledge, and possibly collaborate on side projects, online courses, or even your day-to-day work.

\-\-\-\- Schedule \-\-\-\-

**Drop** **in** **at** **any time!** Everyone has commitments from time to time so **join** **us** **when** **you** **can!**

**Introductions are informal and** **unscheduled** \- practice your personal elevator pitch\, or take things slower to build your confidence\.

\-\-\-\- Venue \-\-\-\-

**Fly** **Chai** allow us to informally and freely use their space. If within your budget, we'd appreciate your help to sustain our use of the venue, by purchasing **[something tasty](https://order.toasttab.com/online/fly-chai-12520-sw-farmington-rd)**, whether Chai or otherwise.

Find us at tables with a **Code&Coffee** **sign** \- or a group of laptop\-users\!

**Wifi** and **power** **outlets** are available. The meeting area should be **accessible** \- please let us know if you have concerns\.

\-\-\-\- What to expect \-\-\-

* A smaller, less intimidating, lower pressure, cozy atmosphere. * A mix of regular and new faces, week to week. * A simpler schedule - every week, same time, same place - that you can drop into when you like. * Being closer to you than other events.

If those are to your liking, we hope you'll drop by sometime!

\-\-\-\- Getting to the venue \-\-\-\-

Fly Chai is between Watson & Washington, and Farmington & the pedestrian 1st Street commons.

The meetup page has a Google map, or use alternatives like [OpenStreetMap](https://osm.org/go/WIDNi6~gt-?m=).

Let us know if you have advice on the travel options below!

\-\- Parking \-\-

A lot outside the venue has 4 regular and 1 accessible space.

Beaverton City maps indicate:

* On-street parking within \~2-3 blocks is limited to 2 hours. * On-street parking to the South between 3rd-5th have indefinite parking * A public parking lot bounded by Hall & Washington, and 3rd & Beaverton City park (next to Beaverton City Library)

Paid parking is available at the Beaverton central district garage, near the Beaverton Central MAX stop, for $1/hour up to 8 hours.

These are all up to 5-10 minutes from the venue.

\-\- Public Transit \-\-

Beaverton Central (Red/Blue MAX), then [walk~ 8 minutes](https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_foot&route=45.4904681%2C-122.8070937%3B45.4867379%2C-122.8052808#map=16/45.48864/-122.80644&layers=N)

Beaverton Transit Center (Red/Blue MAX, bus, WES) then [walk ~11 minutes](https://www.openstreetmap.org/directions?engine=fossgis_osrm_foot&route=45.4912376%2C-122.8009972%3B45.4867379%2C-122.8052808#map=15/45.48905/-122.80314&layers=N)

For a shorter walk to the venue, take a bus from Beaverton Transit Center (52 to Farmington/Hall, 76 to Watson/Broadway, 57 to Canyon/Watson)

\-\-\-\- Supporting the events \-\-\-\-

Purchasing items from the venue helps us maintain a healthy relationship with them.

If you attend semi-regularly then please consider signing up to be a co-host. This reduces the load on other co-hosts, and provides backup for the event if another is unable to attend. To get involved, please chat with a co-host at an event!

\-\-\- Links \-\-\-

Still uncertain?

Information on the wider Portland Code & Coffee group is available on [meetup](https://meetup.com/portland-code-coffee). The channel #portland-general is available for the group to chat on Discord.

That and the set of nationwide Discord channels may be accessed at [codeandcoffee.chat](https://codeandcoffee.chat/), or the Discord button at [codeandcoffee.org](https://codeandcoffee.org).

Further information about the central Code&Coffee organization and their other events is available on their [website](https://codeandcoffee.org/).

Introducing a new beginner-friendly monthly pinball tournament: Ball Save Social Club! Monthly on first Wednesdays.

The goal is to keep BSSC a casual space that boosts new players and further helps build the community. It’s also a place to highlight the skilled players in our community that are willing to share the secrets and take on a challenge. The tournament starts at 7:00 pm however if you are there at 6:00 pm and are a newer or lower skilled player the TD can find a higher skilled player to play some games with you to either teach rules or flipper skills.

Getting wrecked constantly can be exhausting and discouraging. So the difference with BSSC and other tournaments is the introduction of a handicap system. Inspired by bowling leagues and golf tournaments to help even the playing field and make it more fair. The format will be 4 games of a matchplay format with a one game final for the top 4.

Handicaps will be determined by player ratings in MatchPlay. Handicaps will be a percentage taken off of your score at the end of the game.

Expert: 40% off
A: 30% off
B: 15% off
C: 0% off
D, E and unrated: 0% off and can play one extra ball

Example with a score of 1,304, 216,800 this is what would count
Expert: 782,530,080 (1,304, 216,800 × 0.6)
A: 912,951,760 (1,304, 216,800 x 0.7)
B: 1,108,584,280 (1,304,216,800 x 0.85)
C: 1,304,216,800
D, E and unrated: 1,304,216,800 (plus an extra ball)

Sometimes an experimental format may happen!

Join us for a wild evening of games (board, RPG, cards, and retro video games head to head!) and fun! ODD Mondays feature Karaoke with a retro twist, decade costumes encouraged!

Suggested donation is $5-10 and refreshments are available from The Riff service counter. Craft kit bundle deal: $15-20 for craft kit and one free drink from the bar!

ALL AGES. 21+ID required for alcoholic beverages.

The Tech Academy **How can developers use AI effectively without losing sight of the fundamentals?**

AI is changing how software is built and how developers approach everyday problems. For students and early-career engineers, keeping up with new tools and practices can feel overwhelming. Understanding how the industry has evolved and learning to make thoughtful decisions about AI can help you adapt and build skills that last.

Our guest speaker, **Bethany Janos**, is a senior software engineer

That PLUG Clinic you like is coming back into style! The PLUG Clinic returns again this month on November 15, from 1pm-5pm. We are back at the Albina Branch Library this month. If you need help with your Linux computer, or want to offer help, you are welcome! Volunteer helpers are as desirable as helpees. Helping is fun and rewarding. If you've ever helped out at a PLUG Clinic before, come checkout the space! Thanks to the taxpayers of Multnomah County for the beautiful new building!

Tags: Linux Help, plug, clinic

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Strategic Sponsors - Oregon State University and Beacon Lake Oswego

LO TECH FORUM meets quarterly to hear from a speaker on the cutting edge of technological progress and presents a Lake Oswego version of "Shark Tank."

Watch this space as details emerge.

Want to join the mailing list for this group? Email [email protected].

If your Company would like to Sponsor an LO Tech Connect or Forum event, please click here for more information.

PDX Women Coders Join PDX Women Coders for a back-end study session, where we read and discuss *[Designing Data-Intensive Applications (2nd edition)](https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/designing-data-intensive-applications/9781098119058/)* by Martin Kleppmann. We plan to go over one chapter (or so) each session, and we will be meeting every two weeks for 7-8 months to finish the book. Each session, we'll go over that we learned in that chapter, and explore key concepts in distributed systems,

Join Adult Services Librarian April Younglove from the Lake Oswego Public Library for a hands-on, four-part series designed to demystify artificial intelligence. Learn how to navigate the digital world, protect your privacy, and use AI tools with confidence and skepticism. Sessions include clear, live demonstrations, interactive discussions, and personalized tech support. Free for all participants.

• Location: Lake Oswego Adult Community Center
• Cost: Free for both residents and non-residents
• Requirements: Please bring a smartphone, laptop, or tablet with internet access for the hands-on practice portions.

Foundations for Everyday Use

Kick off the series by stripping away the tech jargon and discovering how artificial intelligence can simplify your day-to-day life. This foundational session introduces core AI concepts and terminology—including AI summarizers, generative chatbots, and natural prompting—in clear, approachable language. Through live demonstrations of Claude AI, Microsoft Copilot, and ChatGPT, you will learn how to safely use these tools to brainstorm recipes, plan custom travel itineraries, and organize daily tasks. We will introduce the essential "Ask–Tweak–Verify" (ATV) framework alongside critical privacy guidelines to ensure you protect your personal data right from the start.

One-on-one lab assistance is proudly provided by student volunteers from the Lake Youth Leadership Council to help you configure settings on your personal devices.

Date / Time: Tuesday, September 15 | 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Class Number: 34825

Hands-On Skills and Sandbox Practice

Build directly upon your foundational knowledge with a supportive, highly interactive sandbox session dedicated to mastering digital assistants. In Part 2, participants shift from watching demonstrations to writing and refining their own prompts. Under patient guidance, you will practice conversational techniques, discover how subtle shifts in word choices yield dramatically improved answers, and learn how to implement standard internet safety boundaries. A major focus of this workshop will be learning how to cross-reference and fact-check chatbot output to ensure your digital interactions remain secure, accurate, and productive.

Personalized, one-on-one tech support will be provided throughout the hands-on practice intervals by members of the Lake Youth Leadership Council.

Date / Time: Tuesday, October 20 | 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Class Number: 34826

Helping Seniors Navigate Daily Life With Confidence

Discover how contemporary AI applications can serve as powerful tools for independent living, lifelong learning, and daily problem-solving. This interactive workshop demonstrates practical accessibility functions hidden inside everyday tech, such as instant text-to-speech audio conversion, natural voice-command interactions, and real-time smartphone image recognition (perfect for reading small labels or identifying objects). Moving into deeper research skills, we will outline advanced prompting methods while unpacking the distinct structural limits of large language models. Learn exactly why AI should never replace professional advisory services, and discover specific strategies for spotting online medical misinformation.

Personalized, one-on-one tech support will be provided throughout the hands-on practice intervals by members of the Lake Youth Leadership Council.

Date / Time: Tuesday, November 17 | 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Class Number: 34827

Becoming a Confident, Critical AI User

The final installation equips you with an essential digital defense toolkit to evaluate whether online content is authentic, accurate, and trustworthy. We will break down common system errors, reveal how "hallucinations" occur, and introduce quick, library-approved methods for verifying data across independent sources. Crucially, this session helps participants recognize how malicious actors deploy technology for modern fraudulent schemes—including cloning voices for identity scams, fabricating hyper-realistic deepfakes, and pushing complex cryptocurrency traps. Leave with the confidence and critical awareness needed to enjoy modern digital conveniences safely and securely.

Personalized, one-on-one tech support will be provided throughout the hands-on practice intervals by members of the Lake Youth Leadership Council.

Date / Time: Tuesday, December 15 | 2:00–3:30 p.m.
Class Number: 34828

Missed a previous session? Access archived video recordings, interactive presentation slides, and educational handouts from our past technology literacy classes below:

Explore the sophisticated tools and methodologies professional librarians utilize to identify computer-generated texts, altered documents, and artificial imagery. This session provides actionable, real-world clues to help you differentiate between genuine human creations and artificial content in your daily newsfeeds and correspondence.

This class was originally presented at the Lake Oswego Public Library.

• Watch the Presentation Video on YouTube
• View Interactive Presentation Slides
• Download Class Instructional Handout

Navigate the rapidly-evolving digital landscape with clarity and balance. This session pulls back the curtain on automated "content farms," breaking down how social media algorithms, financial pay-per-click incentives, and strategic influence campaigns purposefully accelerate the distribution of false narratives. Learn to evaluate source motivations and protect your digital footprint from predatory content design.

This class was originally presented at the Lake Oswego Adult Community Center.

• Watch the Presentation Video on YouTube
• View Interactive Presentation Slides
• Download Class Instructional Handout

For questions or more information regarding our technology programs, please contact Adult Services Librarian April Younglove at [email protected].

Better Futures Club is a weekly event (alternating Tuesdays and Thursdays) focused on imagining and making better futures. Imagine an artist community, a think tank, and a research center in the same building. People in all of those fields working alongside each other imagining and creating different futures together. Cross pollination and inspiration. Liberal Arts and STEM and R&D. Photographers, physicists, authors, astronomers, musicians, makers, mathematicians, designers, developers, fashionistas, climatologists and all manner of imaginative optimists. All Better Futures Club events are covered by the Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct (https://www.contributor-covenant.org)

Tags: ruby, STEM, liberal arts, community, hacking, AI

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Head to Head qualifying with rounds being drawn until 9pm. Top players will make it to finals in a strikes elimination finals.

Check in before 7pm. $20 admission to Next Level + $5 buy-in to the tournament.

IFPA sanctioned for World Ranking points.

Veterans in Technology First Thursday of the month at Tap Union Freehouse, 1300 Washington St #200 Vancouver, WA.

Join NWVIT for our meeting in Vancouver, WA. Join us at this informal professional networking event. No presentation/agenda for this meeting. Bring your spouse! Connect with other veterans in the Vancouver, WA area.

Enjoy games, snacks, and fun! We will have Switch, Xbox, and Wii games available. We are excited to welcome everyone!

People doing strange things with electricity! Dorkbot PDX is an informal show-and-tell for electronic artists, circuit designers, microcontroller programmers, retro computing enthusiasts, video game designers, digital archaeologists and modular synth gearheads. Bring something you have built and talk about it, or just come along to see what other people in the Portland hardware and electronic art community are up to. Presentations are short and casual, and range from finished installations to half-working prototypes and instructive failures. The meetup usually draws 20 to 50 people, is free, and is very welcoming to newcomers -- no project required. Hosted at PDX Hackerspace (CTRL-H), 7608 N Interstate Ave, Portland, in Section 2, the main space you enter through the front door, from 6:30 https://events.pdxhackerspace.org/occurrences/dorkbot-2026-11-09

Tech talent pool This is a fun networking event to play pool and talk tech. We will have free tables to play on and Happy Hour runs until 6pm. Everyone is welcome, you do not have to be great at pool to attend!

The ultimate after-school hangout for teens and pre-teens (ages 13-17)! Kick back with your friends, get creative, or just chill. We've got comfy spots, board games, art supplies, quiet study zones, and all the video games you could want. It's the perfect spot to meet new people, try cool stuff, and de-stress after school.

LFDT Oregon Panurus ([https://github.com/LFDT-Panurus](https://github.com/LFDT-Panurus)) is an open-source framework for building token-based applications that preserve transactional privacy while remaining fully auditable and interoperable across ledgers. In this talk, we'll walk through how Panurus's driver-based architecture lets developers plug in different token technologies — from Fabtoken to zero-knowledge schemes — behind a common transaction lifecycle (Request → Assemble → Sign → Commit