1. 2015 NYC Cleantech Summit , October 19 at 5:30pm
Watch history unfold as leading cleantech startups from around the region showcase their companies and are presented with awards. Pitching companies will feature the winners of this year’s Cleantech Open business competition and top startups from the NEXUS-NY and PowerBridgeNY programs. Enjoy insightful keynotes and a landmark night of networking with the Northeast’s cleantech business community, including entrepreneurs, executives and investors.
2. NYC TechBreakfast featuring Ulula, Pager, KIDDOapp Inc, and DomainSkate, October 20 at 8:00am
Interact with NYC’s local tech community at this monthly morning breakfast meetup. Mingle with other techies, developers, designers and entrepreneurs and share insights through show and tell presentations. Coffee and bagels are on the house!
3. Tech Talks at AppNexus: Stopping Invalid Traffic using Spark Streaming, Kafka and Science, October 20 at 6:00pm
The Signals Intelligence group (SIGINT) within AppNexus Data Science has the responsibility of identifying and stopping invalid traffic as quickly as possible. One technique they use to achieve this very quickly is collecting, aggregating and acting on streaming data using Kafka and Spark Streaming. Come to Tech Talks at AppNexus to learn how they use these systems, some of the data science findings and how you can put these techniques into practice yourself.
4. Food Waste Innovation From Farm to Fork, October 21 at 7:00pm
From restaurant scraps, to grocers disposing of imperfect produce, to spoiled food, roughly $400B in food ends up in landfills every year globally. To address this enormous problem, innovators are developing technologies and initiatives that aim to reduce food waste across the supply chain. Hear from a handful of these innovators at this month's Food+Tech Meetup. You'll get an inside look at their companies' business models, products, challenges and lessons learned.
5. The Point of Prototyping, October 22 at 7:00pm
Turning a design into a final product can be a magical yet difficult process. Prototyping not only helps you cast the right spell but also suffer less while doing so. "The Point of Prototyping" is a high-level chat about the art of creating and using prototypes. Presented by Doug DeMarco, the Senior UX Developer at Spotify, this event will cover what user-experience prototyping is, how it has helped Spotify, and how it can help you and your organization.
