Tech Cocktail Chicago-Winter 2009
Nov 17th
Tech Cocktail makes one last visit to the windy city in 2009! Tech Cocktail is a highly anticipated event, so register now before it 
becomes sold out. Here’s what you can expect:
Join us for Tech Cocktail Chicago 12, a night of fun, mingling with the local technology movers and shakers. Expect to see a handful of new start-up companies showing off their stuff in an expo-style as we wrap up a great 2009 TECH cocktail season.
When: Thursday, December 10
Time: 6:30-9:00pm
Location: John Barleycorn Wrigleyville
Social DevCamp Chicago
Oct 16th
From the official website; 
SocialDevCamp is the unconference for developers, entrepreneurs, and marketers working with the social web. Come for two days of talks about development and implementation of social apps, platforms, APIs, mobile, identity management, business cases, and new media topics. Participate in the developers’ Hackathon Contest, where you can complete to win prizes and recognition by constructing social apps in a team over the weekend. Join some of the brightest minds in the Midwest for a weekend of fun, learning, and coding!
- Hackathon Contest with judges Harper Reed, Peter Morano, and Pek Pongpaet
- Talks from regional leaders including Alex Bratton, Harper Reed, Blagica Bottigliero, Daliah Saper, John R. Dallas, Jr., and Pek Pongpaet
- BarCamp Style unconference format, where everyone is encouraged to participate by coding, volunteering, discussing, or speaking!
Developer Hackathon Contest Saturday & Sunday
Bring your laptops and development tools this year! One of the exciting new features of this year’s SocialDevCamp is the Hack-a-thon contest. During this 2-day event, developers work alone or in teams to build social media-related applications, present their applications to the attendees, and compete for prizes in several categories. There is a set deadline for submission, and following the presentations, the judges votes are tallied and the prizes awarded.
When: November 7-8, 2009, 9:00am-6:00pm
Where: Illinois Institute of Technology
McCormick Tribune Center (the cool Rem Koolhaas building)
3201 South State Street
Cost: FREE, just Your Participation (Register Here)
Hat tip to the Chicago Nerd Social Club
Tech Karaoke: Battle Of The Startups
Oct 5th
Tech Karaoke has had a couple of events so far, but this could possibly be the best. Bring together some of Chicago’s hottest startups, put them in a bar with Rock Band, and what do you get? One hell of a party, that’s what.
You can still sign up and participate with the likes of GrubHub, Groupon, WeSeed and Lakeshore Branding, or just stop by to watch the fun.
When: Tuesday, October 6
Time: 6:00pm to 9:00pm
Location: Sully’s House Tap Room and Grill, 1501 N Dayton
Mozilla Add-ons Meetup
Sep 22nd
Attention geeks; this is your event! If you can code your way out of a paper bag and are have a ‘kill IE6′ frame of mind, you should stop by this official Mozilla hosted meetup. Meet other developers and discuss some of the latest add on initiatives going on at Mozilla currently. The best part? It’s being held at Threadless.
Their event page has more details, but if you’re not a hardcore developer, you’re still welcome to attend! Free pizza and pop will be provided, so really, you have no excuse not to show up.
Use the tag amochi09 for all tweets/photos.
When: Tuesday, September 29
Time: 6-9pm
Location: Threadless 4043 N Ravenswood Ave
Tech Cocktail Chicago
Aug 2nd
Join Chicago’s best and brightest in the tech scene at John Barleycorn. Tech Cocktail always brings out a huge crowd and is great for networking and mingling. Two drinks are included with admission. In addition to meeting great people, you’ll also be introduced to some of the hottest local start ups.
When: Thursday, August 6
Time: 6:30-9pm
Location: John Barleycorn Wrigleyville, 3524 N Clark
Register for Tech Cocktail on Eventbrite
