Aug 13: Drones and Robotics in Austin
The Forrest Four-Cast: August 11, 2019
Central Texas serves as home for all different varieties and stripes of entrepreneurs involved in so many different kinds of startup activities. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that drones and robotics are part of what makes this ecosystem special.
Learn more about this space at the “Intro to the Austin Drone & Robotics Scene: Ask Me Anything” at 4:00 pm on Tuesday, August 13 at Capital Factory (701 Brazos Street).
Shakeel Rashed, the Director of the Capital Factory Accelerator Program will host this event. Also, speaking is Colin Guinn, the Founder of Guinn Partners, who will talk about his experience building numerous drone companies and offer his perspectives on how the Austin ecosystem for this drones and robotics fits into the larger whole.
Cost to attend the August 13 event is $10. Register / RSVP here to ensure your spot. The tour of Capital Factory begins at 4:00 pm; the overview of drones and robotics starts at 4:45 pm; post-lecture happy hour commences at 5:45.
Innovation-Focused Events in Austin for the Week of August 12
August 12: Learn to Code: Functions & Scope
August 12; Introduction to Python
August 12: Austin Algorithms Meet Up
August 12: AustinRB Meet Up
August 12: Co-Founders Wanted Austin Meet Up
August 12: Austin Clojure Meet Up
August 12: Austin Virtual League Meet Up
August 13: Serverless Workshop with Cloudflare Workers
August 13: Intro to the Austin Drone & Robotics Scene: Ask Me Anything
August 13: Austin Deep Learning Meet Up
August 13: Hyperledger Austin Meet Up
August 13: Austin Design Sprint Meet Up
August 13: NetWORKit
August 13: Introduction to User Experience Design
August 13: EFF-Austin Meet Up
August 14: Digital Marketing Info Session
August 14: Austin August Serverless Meet Up
August 14: Data Science Immersive Info Session
August 14: Agile2019 Conference Top 10 Takeaways
August 14: Startup Grind Austin
August 14: Austin Python Meet Up
August 14: Austin eCommerce Meet Up
August 14: Transformative Technology Austin
August 15: Hack Reactor @Galvanize Campus Education Group Tour
August 15: Austin Retail & eCommerce Meet Up
August 15: Diversity & Inclusion in Technology
August 15: Driving Change With Innovation
August 15: Bleeding Edge Web Meet Up
August 16–17: Tech for Community Hackathon
August 16–18: DIY Music Conference
More Upcoming Austin Innovation Events
August 20: Austin Music Tech Meet Up
August 21: AWS (Amazon Web Services) AI & ML Workshop
August 22: Austin Mosaic Awards
August 28: Army S&T Summit Networking Social
Sept 6: Salman Rushdie Book Reading
Sept 9: Austin Fast Start Mobility Innovation Pitch Event
Sept 14: ContentATX3
Sept 19: Mighty Big Day
Sept 9: EquitySpace: Designing for an Inclusive Community
Sept 30-Oct 1: ARTIFACT
Oct 2–4: ComNet 19
Oct 4–6: Austin City Limits Festival, Weekend 1
Oct 11–13: Austin City Limits Festival, Weekend 2
Oct 26–27: Texas Book Festival
Nov 4–8: Austin Design Week
Nov 6: SpaceATX
Nov 13–14: Time Machine 2019
Nov 19: InnoTech Austin
Jan 12: 2020 Austin Startup Games
March 13–21: SXSW 2020
April 17–19: 2020 Austin Reggae Festival
Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
