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- Busiest Wed, Oct 7
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USER EXPERIENCE - new expressions in tech
· USER EXPERIENCE by Material Album, presented by Forerunner Ventures, Material Album · Union Square · 406 going
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Product Builders Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter
· Lenny's Newsletter, PostHog +3 · Lower Nob Hill · 337 going
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ArtTech PlaygroundFood
· ArtTech Playground, Jerusalem D. +2 · SoMa · 305 going
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Fashion Tech: THE STYLE UPGRADE
· Xchange Fashion, Ly Pham +3 · SoMa · 252 going
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Make it, Market it: A New Launch Playbook for Physical Products
· Whipsaw, Vizcom +1 · Potrero Hill · 122 going
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USER EXPERIENCE - new expressions in tech
· USER EXPERIENCE by Material Album, presented by Forerunner Ventures, Material Album · Union Square · 406 going
- Apply
Product Builders Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter
· Lenny's Newsletter, PostHog +3 · Lower Nob Hill · 337 going
- RSVP
ArtTech PlaygroundFood
· ArtTech Playground, Jerusalem D. +2 · SoMa · 305 going
- Apply
Fashion Tech: THE STYLE UPGRADE
· Xchange Fashion, Ly Pham +3 · SoMa · 252 going
- Apply
Make it, Market it: A New Launch Playbook for Physical Products
· Whipsaw, Vizcom +1 · Potrero Hill · 122 going
Updated Sep 30 · from the official Tech Week calendar and each event’s own page
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| Time | Event | Host | Neighborhood | Access | Food | Price |
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| Monday, Oct 53 events | ||||||
| USER EXPERIENCE - new expressions in tech406 going | USER EXPERIENCE by Material Album, presented by Forerunner Ventures, Material Album | Union Square | Open RSVP | |||
| to 4 PM | AI-Native Design: Build with AI Agents | Koki AI, Koki Xu | SoMa | Apply | ||
| to 7 PM | AI with Personality | Flair Labs, Stephen Willis | SoMa | Apply | ||
| Tuesday, Oct 67 events | ||||||
| to 9 PM | Autodesk X GLITCHED - Women in Game Dev Meetup115 goingwith Gina Hendry, Carina Velasquez, Francesca Mendoza, Sabine B | GLITCHED - Women in Game Dev, Autodesk | Embarcadero | Apply | Snacks | |
| to 8 PM | Fashion Tech: 3D Printed Fashion and Beyond77 goingwith Sarina Campanella, Krisztan Fockter, Diarra Bousso | Soigné, Sarina C, Reina montenegro | Panhandle | Apply | Snacks | |
| to 8:30 PM | Product Builders Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter337 going | Lenny's Newsletter, PostHog, Annie Warner +2 more | Lower Nob Hill | Apply | ||
| to 7:30 PM | Build, Automate, Secure: Designing the Next Wave of Agent Interfaces6 goingwith Kal Grinberg, Elaine Lu, Sounak Gupta | depthfirst, Mitchell Wright, Elaine +1 more | FiDi | Apply | Snacks | |
| Astorie Live: One Canvas, 100+ AI Models | Astorie, Jiayue Wang | Union Square | Apply | |||
| Show and Tell: AI Design72 going | Hightouch | FiDi | Apply | Snacks | ||
| to 10:30 PM | Synesthesia | Eli Willis Music, Eli | SoMa | Apply | ||
| Wednesday, Oct 710 events | ||||||
| The Minimum Viable Avatar: Scientific Method for Customer Understandingwith Mustafa Türksavaş | Susam Creative, Mustafa Turksavas | Union Square | Apply | |||
| to 11:30 AM | Pancakes* with Pensa: A Forum for Leaders of Hardware Startupswith Mark Prommel, Marco Perry, Kathy Larchian | Pensa, Karen Amodio, Adwoa Agyeman | Apply | Breakfast | ||
| to 5 PM | Design Roasting Session (vol. 2)54 going | Ondrej Jelinek, European Startup Embassy, TRAU | Mission Bay | Apply | Free | |
| to 4 PM | Why AI Design slop is hurting your growth - w/88 | 88 Design Collective, Kushal Dagli, Niomi Shah | Mission | Apply | ||
| to 5 PM | The Pitch Is a Story: Presence, Narrative, and Connection for AI Founders | Fenwick & West | FiDi | Apply | ||
| to 6 PM | Beyond Burnout: Designing for the Senses | InnovatorX, Sike Li | FiDi | Apply | ||
| to 9 PM | Roast My Product by Macroscope | Macroscope, amber shen | SoMa | Waitlist or full | ||
| Creativity in the age if AI4 going | Pactto, Angelique Strauss | Mission Bay | Apply | Snacks | ||
| to 10 PM | Fashion Tech: THE STYLE UPGRADE252 going | Xchange Fashion, Ly Pham, Traci Tucker +2 more | SoMa | Apply | ||
| Unstuck: The Art of Creative Problem Solving108 going | Acorn Design Studio, Rob Stout | Civic Center | Open RSVP | |||
| Thursday, Oct 810 events | ||||||
| a16z + Krea - Hawk Hill Ride + Breakfast44 going | Krea, Cliff, Ivan Makarov +3 more | North Beach | Apply | Breakfast, Soft drinks | ||
| to 6 PM | Potato Meter: The Brand Roast Your Team Won't Give You33 goingwith Lester Chen, Morgane Palomares, Malthe Sigurdsson, Maya Spivak | tonik.com | SoMa | Open RSVP | ||
| to 7:30 PM | 2036: A Day at the Office - A Design-Fiction Hackathon | Aura Ventures, Australian American Chamber of Commerce, Build Club +2 more | Union Square | Apply | ||
| to 8 PM | Building the Physical World with AI66 going | Autodesk, Reer, Connie Hui | Downtown | Apply | Drinks | |
| to 8 PM | Make it, Market it: A New Launch Playbook for Physical Products122 going | Whipsaw, Vizcom, Walker | Potrero Hill | Apply | ||
| to 9 PM | ArtTech Playground305 goingwith Allen Smith, Lydia Idem | ArtTech Playground, Jerusalem D., Nora +1 more | SoMa | Open RSVP | Snacks | |
| to 9 PM | Soirée Salon: On Taste41 going | Karina Thrasyvoulou, Karina | Apply | Snacks | ||
| Founder & Designer Speed Dating | Design Meetup, Ilyssa Yan, Joanna Chen +2 more | Dogpatch | Apply | Snacks | ||
| to 11 PM | Sensory Intelligence | Cristina Soltesz, Adame, Matrix Edge Therapeutics +2 more | Apply | |||
| to 9 PM | Tech Meets Couture88 going | Neighborhood Linguist, Unity Match Development Project | SoMa | Apply | ||
| Friday, Oct 91 event | ||||||
| to 4 PM | How does AI change product management?108 goingwith Dan Olsen, Eric Boduch | Define, Eric Boduch | Downtown | Apply | ||
| Saturday, Oct 101 event | ||||||
| to 5 PM | Design in the age of AI100 going | UXPie, Industrial Designers Society of America, San Francisco, Mia Guo +2 more | Mission | Waitlist or full | ||
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Questions
Which Design events can I join without applying?
5 of the 32 are open RSVP; the other 27 ask you to apply. Among them are USER EXPERIENCE - new expressions in tech (Mon 12:00 PM), ArtTech Playground (Thu 6:00 PM), Unstuck: The Art of Creative Problem Solving (Wed 6:00 PM), Design in the age of AI (Sat 2:00 PM) and Potato Meter: The Brand Roast Your Team Won't Give You (Thu 2:00 PM).
What do hosts ask when you apply?
Across 26 Design events with an application form, 26 ask for a job title, 26 for a company, 26 for LinkedIn and 19 for GitHub.
What are the main Design events on Tuesday, Oct 6?
7 Design events are listed for Tuesday, Oct 6, led by Product Builders Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter and Autodesk X GLITCHED - Women in Game Dev Meetup.
What are the main Design events on Wednesday, Oct 7?
10 Design events are listed for Wednesday, Oct 7, led by Fashion Tech: THE STYLE UPGRADE and Unstuck: The Art of Creative Problem Solving.
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Fashion Tech: THE STYLE UPGRADE
· Xchange Fashion, Ly Pham +3 · SoMa · 252 going
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Unstuck: The Art of Creative Problem Solving
· Acorn Design Studio, Rob Stout · Civic Center · 108 going
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Design Roasting Session (vol. 2)Free
· Ondrej Jelinek, European Startup Embassy +1 · Mission Bay · 54 going
- Apply
Creativity in the age if AIFood
· Pactto, Angelique Strauss · Mission Bay · 4 going
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The Minimum Viable Avatar: Scientific Method for Customer Understanding
· Susam Creative, Mustafa Turksavas · Union Square
Which Design events have food?
10 of the 32 mention food (8 snacks, 2 breakfast).
Which Design events have drinks?
Which Design events have the most RSVPs?
USER EXPERIENCE - new expressions in tech has the most, 406 going.
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USER EXPERIENCE - new expressions in tech
· USER EXPERIENCE by Material Album, presented by Forerunner Ventures, Material Album · Union Square · 406 going
- Apply
Product Builders Meetup by Lenny's Newsletter
· Lenny's Newsletter, PostHog +3 · Lower Nob Hill · 337 going
- RSVP
ArtTech PlaygroundFood
· ArtTech Playground, Jerusalem D. +2 · SoMa · 305 going
- Apply
Fashion Tech: THE STYLE UPGRADE
· Xchange Fashion, Ly Pham +3 · SoMa · 252 going
- Apply
Make it, Market it: A New Launch Playbook for Physical Products
· Whipsaw, Vizcom +1 · Potrero Hill · 122 going
Who hosts the most Design events?
Autodesk hosts 2.
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Hosts 12
Speakers 22
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- Diarra BoussoTheir event
- Kal GrinbergTheir event
- Elaine LuTheir event
- Sounak GuptaTheir event
- Mustafa TürksavaşTheir event
- Mark PrommelTheir event
- Marco PerryTheir event
- Kathy LarchianTheir event
- Lester ChenTheir event
- Morgane PalomaresTheir event
- Malthe SigurdssonTheir event
- Maya SpivakTheir event
- Allen SmithTheir event
- Lydia IdemTheir event
- Dan OlsenTheir event
- Eric BoduchTheir event
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