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Baltimore Innovation Week continues: Groundwork, Venture for America launches, Startup Weekend and more

The inaugural Baltimore Innovation Week continues this week, with events being put on by the Greater Baltimore Technology Council, Venture for America, Startup Weekend and more. Check the Innovation Week calendar, or read on below to figure out which events to attend. Social Enterprise Alliance Mid-Atlantic Summit: Held at the University of Baltimore’s Thumel Business Center, the Social […]

The inaugural Baltimore Innovation Week continues this week, with events being put on by the Greater Baltimore Technology Council, Venture for America, Startup Weekend and more. Check the Innovation Week calendar, or read on below to figure out which events to attend.

Social Enterprise Alliance Mid-Atlantic Summit: Held at the University of Baltimore’s Thumel Business Center, the Social Enterprise Alliance Summit will bring together practitioners and researchers in the relatively new field of social enterprise—businesses whose “primary purpose is the common good.”Monday, Sept. 24, 8 a.m. Thumel Business Center at the University of Baltimore, 11 W. Mt. Royal Ave., Mount Vernon, Baltimore city. RSVP. $50.
Inaugural BmoreTech Meetup: A monthly evening demo that explores how the local tech community is impacting job growth, digital access and government reform in Baltimore. Details are forthcoming.Monday, Sept. 24, 7 p.m. RSVP. FREE. 
Cyber Security: Essential Understanding: Organized by the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council, this panel on cyber security is for business owners interested in best practices to protect their companies’ data. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 7:30 a.m. Anne Arundel Community College, 7009 Arundel Mills Circle, Hanover, Anne Arundel County. RSVP. FREE.
GBTC Big Data Tools Workshop: Lead developers from Advertisim.com and MLN Advertising will provide Hadoop and MongoDB training for those interested in becoming better miners of open data.Tuesday, Sept. 25, noon. Advertising.com, 1020 Hull St., Locust Point, Baltimore city. RSVP. $10. 
B’more on Rails Open Source Hack Night: Come prepared with some Ruby on Rails project or task you’d like to hack away at. The event location is still pending. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m. Location TBA, Baltimore city. RSVP. FREE.
IdeaMensch Baltimore: Hear a range of speakers talk about their ideas for businesses, projects and nonprofit causes, and walk away with information on how to implement your own ideas. Tuesday, Sept. 25, 6 p.m. Loyola University Maryland Columbia Campus, 8890 McGaw Rd., Columbia, Howard County. RSVP. $12. 
Venture for America Launch: Venture for America—the organization that puts plucky college graduates in startup companies for two-year periods—officially comes to BaltimoreWednesday, Sept. 26, 5:30 p.m. Emerging Technology Center, 2400 Boston St., Canton, Baltimore city. RSVP. FREE.
Baltimore JavaScript Users Group: The monthly Meetup group descends upon Advertising.com.Wednesday, Sept. 26, 6 p.m. Advertising.com, 1020 Hull St., Locust Point, Baltimore city. RSVP. FREE. 
DiversiTech #7: Head to Mindgrub Technologies for the seventh installment of the Diversity in Technology Meetup. Details are forthcoming. Wednesday, Sept. 26, 7 p.m. Mindgrub Technologies, 640 Frederick Rd., Catonsville, Baltimore County. RSVP. FREE. 
Baltimore TechBreakfast: Travel to DLA Piper once again for another Baltimore TechBreakfast. NewsUp and Procurely are among September’s presenters. Thursday, Sept. 27, 8 a.m. DLA Piper, 6225 Smith Avenue, Mt. Washington, Baltimore city. RSVP. FREE.
Trivia with NewsUp and BeerGivr: Join BeerGivr for a special trivia night at Alonso’s bar on Cold Spring Lane, happening after the official launch of NewsUpThursday, Sept. 27, 5:30 p.m. Alonso’s, 415 W. Cold Spring Ln., Keswick, Baltimore city. RSVP. FREE TO ATTEND.
Easy WebContent Presenter Beta Launch: Be among the first to try out a demo of the Easy WebContent Presenter tool at this launch at the Beehive Baltimore. Thursday, Sept. 27, 6:30 p.m.Beehive Baltimore, 2400 Boston St., Canton, Baltimore city. RSVP. FREE.
Startup Weekend: The second Startup Weekend Baltimore commences on September 28 at Advertising.com. Developers, designers and those with ideas are encouraged to come and code and build for 54 hours. Launch your own startup during this weekend. Friday, Sept. 28, 8 a.m.Advertising.com, 1020 Hull St., Locust Point, Baltimore city. RSVP. $99. 
Station North 10-Year Anniversary: Ten years ago the Station North neighborhood was officially declared an arts and entertainment district by the state. Celebrate the businesses, shops and artists who make Station North the great spot it is. Oh, and Governor Martin O’Malley will be there. Friday, Sept. 28, 5 p.m. Rooftop of Charles Street Parking Garage, 1714 N. Charles St., Station North, Baltimore city. FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
GBTC’s Groundwork: Hacker-techies and non-techies alike head to MLN Advertising to analyze a collection of open data, make sense of it all and use it to develop solutions to some of Baltimore’s pressing problems. If you attended UnWIREd—or wanted to attend UnWIREd and couldn’t go—be sure to get to GroundworkFriday, Sept. 28, 5 p.m. MLN Advertising, 1608 Bush St., Carroll-Camden Industrial Area, Baltimore city. RSVP. $10.
Crowdstitch Demo: Be among the first to try out Mark Howells’ “Twitter hashtag on steroids” at the beta launch of Crowdstitch. Saturday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m. The Fitzgerald, 1201 W. Mt. Royal Ave., Mount Vernon, Baltimore city. RSVP. FREE.

Companies: Baltimore TechBreakfast / BeerGivr / CrowdStitch / NewsUp / Venture for America / Startup Weekend
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