Past Events
Hardware Hangout - September 2024
Date: September 19th, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Place: ISU Research Park, 1805 Collaboration Pl, Ames, IA, 50010
Join us for the fourth Hardware Hangout, where you can meet and connect with fellow enthusiasts and professionals in the industry.
Iowans of Things is hosting another “field trip” edition to the upcoming September Hardware Hangout. Join us in Ames at the ISU Research Park Core Facility near the Iowa State campus.
This Hardware Hangout’s theme is all about careers! Since our host location is located in the ISU Research Park, we will also be inviting engineering students to accompany our Iowans of Things community. Please join us to share more about the opportunities your company offers, tips and tricks you’ve learned in your career, or to share your stories about how you got to where you are in your role.
Registration below.
Student Mixer - September 2024
Date: September 19th, 2024
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Place: ISU Research Park, 1805 Collaboration Pl, Ames, IA, 50010
Iowans of Things is hosting a Student Mixer in conjunction with our regular Hardware Hangout event, where you can meet and connect with fellow enthusiasts and professionals in Iowa’s technology industry. Join us in Ames at the ISU Research Park Core Facility near the Iowa State campus.
At the Student Mixer, you’ll have time to interact informally with reprentatives of Iowa tech companies of all sizes ahead of the career fair. Many will have hands-on demonstrations of their products to show. At the Hardware Hangout, a wider array of employees, business owners, and technology enthusiasts will gather for networking and collaborative learning. Speakers will share their experiences and advice for early careers in tech.
Registration below.
Hardware Hangout - May 2024
Date: May 9th, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Place: Hart Smart Products, 9850 Douglas Ave Suite 200, Urbandale, IA 50322
Join us for the third Hardware Hangout, where you can meet and connect with fellow enthusiasts and professionals in the industry.
Two new things this time around! First, location! Hart Smart Products is hosting our first “field trip” edition of Hardware Hangout. Second, a new name for this group! Welcome to the Iowans of Things!
Inspired by our excellent host venue, the Tech Talk topic for this event is prototyping! And we’re hoping you’ll be a part of it. If you have stories to share, pitfalls to point out, or tips and tricks to trade, sign up to be on the panel of speakers when you register!
Registration below.
Hardware Hangout - February 2024
Date: February 29th, 2024
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Place: Maple Studios, 1207 Maple Street, West Des Moines
Join us at the first Hardware Hangout of the year, where you can meet and connect with fellow enthusiasts and professionals in the industry.
The odd date made us think about all of the odd things that calendars and clocks throw at an embedded system. So that’s the topic for our first Tech Talk! And we’re hoping you’ll be a part of it. If you have stories to share, pitfalls to point out, or tips and tricks to trade, sign up to be on the panel of speakers when you register!
Registration below.
Inaugural Hardware Hangout
Date: November 7th, 2023
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Place: Maple Studios, 1207 Maple Street, West Des Moines
Join us at our first Hardware Hangout, where you can meet and connect with fellow enthusiasts and professionals in the industry.