Navigating potential career paths can often seem overwhelming amid the ever-evolving landscape of innovation. The Silicon Forest Tech Summit, however, seeks to unveil the true essence of local tech companies and elucidate pathways to join them.

Join us for a virtual Town Hall Happy Hour where you’ll connect with PDXWIT leadership and staff. 

During the event, you’ll learn about the results of the 2023 member survey, get insight into PDXWIT’s plans for 2024, and ask questions during a community member Q&A session. 

It’s time for gathering with community, gift giving, and celebrating accomplishments. Join PDXWIT and our host Cambia Health Solutions as we celebrate the end of the year at our annual Winter Soiree & Awards Ceremony. 

During our event you’ll hear from our Executive Director Hazel Valdez, who will share our accomplishments in 2023 and how you can help PDXWIT level up in its next chapter. We’ll also reveal the winners of our 2023 Speaker and Community Changemaker awards.

Did we mention raffle prizes? Those who donate to our Give!Guide fundraising campaign during the event will be entered to win incredible prizes generously donated by local business owners. They include Portland staycations, restaurant gift certificates, and more!

We look forward to celebrating with you!

Give!Guide is Willamette Week’s end-of-year effort to raise funds for the good works of local nonprofits, and PDXWIT is proud to be a part of it in 2023! Join us and host Prosper Portland as we celebrate in the heart of downtown Portland: The Imperial at Hotel Lucia. 

Interviewing for a new job can be a stressful proposition. A group of volunteers from Amazon Web Services (AWS, aws.amazon.com) created this training to demystify the interview process. This is tailored to job seekers seeking employment in tech. In this virtual seminar, they’ll cover good and bad interviewing practices they’ve witnessed through their careers. They’ll also present helpful tips and resources to prepare for your next technical interviews.

PDXWIT & the Portland Chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) are excited to present Remaining Human in the time of Big Data, Big Tech, and AI.

Join us as we dive into issues related to healthcare laws governing tech and AI. Hear from officials and privacy professionals—digital ethicists on the front lines—who are working to keep humans in the loop.

Join LGBTQ+ in Tech and event sponsor Paradigm as we honor Indigenous People’s Month and National Coming Out Day. During this event, you’ll learn from someone's perspective on what it means to be two-spirit and show up for Indigenous and LGBTQ2S+ people in Tech.

We’re celebrating Latinx Heritage Month and exploring : 

• The impact of the digital divide on the Latinx community

• Initiatives that are bridging the gap and promoting digital inclusion

• The importance of culturally inclusive technology initiatives

PDXWIT, along with our host NAVEX, are excited to share insights that will help you chart your course to career success in tech and tech-adjacent fields.

PDXWIT and our host Autodesk, are celebrating the end of summer with a big game night! We’ll have a Cornhole Tournament, large versions of Jenga and Connect Four, as well as some quieter game options and plenty of food and drink. We hope you can join us!

PDXWIT and our host, Fresh Consulting, are excited to celebrate the amazing group of folks that make up our Volunteer staff.

Join PDXWIT for our monthly happy hour with our sponsor Lytics! Come for the dynamic lightning talks, and stay for the networking and community building. 

PDXWIT, in collaboration with community members, is proud to participate in this year's Pride Parade.

PDXWIT loves to celebrate the rich diversity of our community. At this year’s Pride Happy Hour event, our theme’s all about Peace, Love, and Revolution! 

Join PDXWIT and OBI/OTRADI for this virtual fireside chat where we will examine and discuss digital health through an equity lens.

In support of Mental Health Awareness Month, Lori Eberly, LCSW is curating a panel to explore how collective trauma, oppressive systems, COVID grief, and layoffs threaten our wellbeing

At this month’s virtual Happy Hour, PDXWIT and sponsor First Tech celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! 

Are you looking for a new role in tech? A new role in a tech-adjacent industry? If you answered yes, then join PDXWIT, AWS, and host Hydrolix for a mash-up of our two most popular events: Get Hired Up! and How to Prepare for a Technical Interview!  

Are you a PDXWIT volunteer? Have you been interested in becoming a volunteer but don’t know where to start? Join us for a celebration of the PDXWIT volunteer community!

At this month’s Happy Hour, PDXWIT, Women in CyberSercurity (WiCyS), and our host RadarFirst are excited to present a panel on Pathways into Privacy and Security. Our panel of experts will demystify the privacy & cybersecurity industry.

Join PDXWIT as we collaborate with the Oregon Venture Fund (OVF) for the annual OVF and Women in Tech’s Entrepreneur Pitch event! 

Are you looking to find your place in leadership and need some advice and inspiration to move you along your path? Our panelists are successful leaders with stories to share about how they have made their way to high profile leadership roles and burst through the rainbow ceiling! Join PDXWIT and our sponsor Convergence to learn how they define success and the tips and tricks they used to be successful while being queer in the tech industry.

This month, join PDXWIT and Viewpoint for a happy hour event focused on what it means to normalize technology. 

Are you a mentor, or looking for an opportunity to become one? Join us at Cambia Health as we dive into the PDXWIT Mentorship Program. You’ll hear from some of our current mentors about their experiences as part of the program, and our volunteer Mentor Team will explain what you can expect as you work with a mentee.

Join us and the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity at the University of Portland for a panel discussion on the different pathways you can use to get into tech.

Interviewing for a new job can be a stressful proposition. A group of volunteers from Amazon Web Services (AWS, aws.amazon.com) created this training to demystify the interview process. This is tailored to job seekers seeking employment in tech.

In this virtual happy hour in collaboration with hosts First Tech Federal Credit Union and PixelSpoke, PDXWIT is celebrating Black voices.

PDXWIT and Blacks in Tech (BiT), along with host NV5 Geospatial, have teamed up to highlight Portland organizations working to provide access to tech to marginalized and underserved communities in our school system.

Join PDXWIT for a small and informal in-person dinner discussion where we share our experiences with diversity in the tech workplace.

Join us for a virtual Town Hall Happy Hour where you’ll hear from PDXWIT’s new Executive Director, Hazel Valdez!