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Like a book club, but for code. \\REGISTER ON LUMA\\ Join us as we guide you through reading a surprise code excerpt and learn from each other how to better read unfamiliar code. As more and more code is generated due to AI, our ability to read code is increasingly important but a skill we rarely practice. At this meetup we will guide you through a series of prompts and activities to explore and discuss a small piece of code. This meeting is language agnostic - whether you know the language or it’s new to you, your perspective matters. Fresh eyes often spot what experts overlook. This meetup is equally for those new to development as well as seasoned professionals - we can all get better at reading code (and understanding how others approach code so we can be better mentors and teammates). If you know what a variable is, this is for you! Learn more about Code Reading Clubs This month's discussion will be led by Brendan Chen! Agenda 6:00 pm - Check-in & Networking 6:30 pm - Welcome & Introduction Kick-off 6:45 pm - Read some Code! The group will be guided through a series of questions and actions as we read a piece of unfamiliar code together 8:00 pm - Closing & Next Steps Host & Sponsor PrizePicks \\REGISTER ON LUMA\\ Attendees should bring: themselves colored pencils/highlighters pen or pencil for writing on code Parking is available for visitor deck of the Star Metal Building (turn onto Vidalia Lane off of 11th Street) MARTA is smarta: Both the 12 and 14 bus, departing from Midtown Station, will take you to west midtown. Transfer to bus from rail is free. Pro-tip, follow along on google maps or the transit app if you’re unfamiliar with the bus route and which stop to take. Everyone participating in the REFACTR.TECH conference, events and Discord/Slack community—including, but not limited to attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at REFACTR.TECH, are required to agree to the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code througho
Build or join a startup in one night. Meet cofounders, collaborators, and early-stage teams—live. This is a high-energy meetup for founders, builders, and operators in the tech ecosystem. 🚀 What happens: Founders pitch early-stage startups Live audience voting selects the top startup of the night Attendees join breakout groups to collaborate, give feedback, or join teams 🤝 Who should attend: Startup founders Engineers & builders Designers & marketers Investors & operators 💡 Why come: Meet potential co-founders and teammates Get real feedback on your idea Join a startup at the earliest stage 🏆 The winning startup qualifies for our championship round at the end of the year to pitch for the grand prize! Schedule: 5:00 PM – Doors open for ATDC's Entrepreneurs Night for networking with food and drinks provided 7:00 PM – Founder pitches 7:30 PM – Breakout groups 🚗 Cheap street parking or parking decks 🚇 Walkable from Midtown or North Ave stations 🍕 Arrive early to get food and drinks
Aug 5th session ran long probably because nobody wanted to stop. That is the best problem a community can have. === September 23rd is going to be the next one (maintaining roughly 45 days interval, Wednesday to be consistent) — and I tried to derive this agenda draft (subject to change!) directly from some of your questions/discussion topics that emerged from Aug 5th. Please mark your calendars. === Note: Venue is TBD === Tentative Times === In-person, 2 hours, Atlanta, GA possibly in town or midtown. === Doors open 12:30 PM. Session kicks off 1:00 PM. === Three topics. All driven by what YOU asked last time. === PART 1 — UNSTRUCTURED DATA + OPENRAG + CONTEXT ENGINEERING Enterprise AI runs on data. Most of that data is unstructured — documents, emails, contracts, case notes, reports. How do you make it AI-ready? We go deep on unstructured data processing and OpenRAG — the open, scalable approach to retrieval-augmented generation that does not lock you in. But this is bigger than RAG. OpenRAG is a context engineering story. Instead of stuffing a prompt and hoping, you build a pipeline that gives agents the right context, at the right time, at scale. Context engineering is becoming essential to go from testing and prototype to production. This is where it gets real. === PART 2 — CONTROL PLANE TELEMETRY — WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR YOUR BUSINESS? Continuing from Aug 5 session. Lets not lose that context (pun intended!).The control plane governs what agents do. But how do you explain that to a business stakeholder? How do you translate agent telemetry to say risks, audit, compliance reporting etc.,.. === PART 3 — COMMUNITY SHOWCASE — WHAT DID YOU BUILD WITH BOB? This part is yours. Looking for volunteer(s). === Detailed AGENDA Draft === -> 12:30 PM Doors open — arrive early, connect with the room === -> 1:00 PM Unstructured Data + OpenRAG + Context Engineering === -> 1:35 PM Control Plane Telemetry — translating agent behavior to business outcomes , Quantum Safe
Join us for a casual happy hour at Westside Motor Lounge, a chance to connect with others across the Atlanta tech community in a relaxed, social setting. This one is all about meeting new people, catching up with familiar faces, and having real conversations. It’s an easy way to expand your network and get plugged into the community. If you’ve been to past events, come hang and reconnect. If you’re new, this is a great entry point — just show up, say hi, and join a conversation. 📍 Westside Motor Lounge 🕒 6 PM - 8:30 PM Food and drinks will be available for purchase (everyone covers their own tab). If you’ve been wanting to meet more people in the community or just get out and connect, we’d love to see you there. Everyone participating in the REFACTR.TECH conference, events and Discord/Slack community—including, but not limited to attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at REFACTR.TECH, are required to agree to the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event.
Come see demos, learn about new tools, and more from the hackers pushing the possibilities of AI in Atlanta. Rough plan for the evening: 7:00 - Doors open, food and drinks, introductions 7:30 - Welcome from the new organizers 7:45 - Demos from our presenters 8:30 - Networking and board games after We strongly suggest bringing a laptop if possible. A few things worth knowing: \- The event is hosted by Dirty South AI with special support from our sponsors Autonomous Agent AI \- The venue is South Park Lofts in Reynoldstown\, minutes from Downtown\, Midtown\, Buckhead and Decatur\. \- Parking is along Kirkwood Avenue near the Beltline\. Please RSVP so we can plan food and seating accordingly. If you are interested in presenting at this or a future meetup, reply here or message the organizers directly. Watch our meetups live and support Dirty South AI: Watch on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/autonomousagentai Support us monthly on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/DirtySouthAI/membership Make a one-time contribution: https://donate.stripe.com/dRmaEZ7ce4dVaT99W82880c
Where Global Innovation Meets Enterprise Atlanta is one of the world’s leading fintech hubs, and during Atlanta Fintech Week, the global fintech community comes together to experience it firsthand. Following Run it by the Buyers – World Cup Edition, the Global Fintech Rooftop Reception brings together international fintech founders, enterprise leaders, investors, ecosystem partners, and Atlanta’s fintech community for an evening of meaningful connections overlooking the Atlanta skyline. The reception is open to both Run it by the Buyers attendees and the broader fintech community. Meet international founders and delegations exploring the U.S. market, connect with enterprise and financial services leaders, investors, and ecosystem partners, and discover emerging fintech innovation from around the world. Join us on the rooftop at Atlanta Tech Village for an evening of conversation, connection, and collaboration as we welcome the global fintech community to Atlanta and showcase the city’s role as a global destination for fintech innovation. Thank you to our Global Fintech Rooftop Reception sponsors: Wipfli, SIA, KYXStart, and Keeper Solutions.
Fintoberfest is a celebration of fintech, community, and connection. The finale of Atlanta Fintech Week. Part festival, part networking event — an evening of insight, laughter, and stein-raising for the founders, students, executives, investors, and enthusiasts who built this ecosystem. Not a conference. Not a cocktail hour. A festival of ideas and people. What's in the room What's in the room 🍺 Oktoberfest games, activations, and a few surprises — discoverable all night, no sign-up sheet 🍺 Lightning talks worth staying for 🍺 Curated networking that doesn't feel like networking 🍺 The Stein Raise, 8:00 PM — the whole room, one toast, one photo Last year, 100 people showed up for Atlanta's first fintech festival. This year we're closing the week — and the room is capped at 150. Requests are reviewed. Thursday, October 1, 2026 · Round Trip Brewing · Atlanta Produced by Standups & Startups Your Festwirt for the evening: Robert "RED" Daniel See you at the stein raise. THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS & COMMUNITY PARTNERS Fintoberfest is made possible with the support of fintech leaders, partners, and innovators who believe in growing this community. Community Partners Atlanta Fintech Week · Fintech Atlanta · Georgia Fintech Academy · ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator Sponsors ABF Consulting · CheckAlt · Hypepotamus · NXTMOVES · Round Trip Brewing Company · Standups & Startups · Testlio · William Mills Agency Questions or sponsorship inquiries: hello@fintoberfest.com
Wrap up Atlanta Fintech Week with some fresh air, light movement, and good conversation at Beltline/Piedmont Park. The Fintech Walking Club is exactly what it sounds like: an informal walk with Fintech friends. No agenda, no panels, no pitches. Just a chance to get outside, get a little exercise and oxygen, and connect with people across the Atlanta Fintech community before we close out the week. Come as you are. Comfortable shoes encouraged. We will share the exact starting point as we get closer to the event. Walk. Talk. Fintech.
Close out Atlanta Fintech Week with a fast-moving conversation about the forces transforming how money moves—and what they mean for financial institutions, fintech companies, merchants, and consumers. We’ll explore five major shifts: AI and agentic commerce — Jordan Reynolds, Checkout.com: What happens when AI begins searching, deciding, and transacting on behalf of customers? Stablecoins and tokenized money — Jonathan King, Coinbase: Where are these technologies moving from experimentation to practical adoption? Cross-border payments and local payment rails — Francheska Flores, Thunes: How are new platforms and local rails making international transactions faster, simpler, and more accessible? Digital identity, fraud, and trust — Ravi Bijlani, KYXStart: How do we establish trust as transactions become faster, more automated, and increasingly invisible? The changing economics of payments — Callum Godwin, CMSPI: How are evolving costs, regulation, competition, and payment methods reshaping the industry? Each expert will offer a brief perspective on one of these forces before we open the conversation among the group and with the audience. Join us for coffee, practical insights, and one final opportunity to connect during Atlanta Fintech Week.
Strive welcomes you to 'Hospitality and Business Networking', Atlanta's hottest networking event! We are set in the perfect central location for all to join. Are you interested in hospitality and business? Want to elevate your career? Meet Consultants, Analysts of all types, Promoters, DJs, Restaurateurs, Entrepreneurs, and more who are active in the space or are eager to get started. **This will be a multi-vertical event ** There will be professionals with backgrounds in the arts, finance, tech, real estate, healthcare, and more. Come with an open mind, and leave with connections that wouldn't be possible otherwise! Pack some business cards and come with an open mind! Meet your future business partners, employers, coworkers, investors, and friends. You don't want to miss this opportunity to expand your network and create a brighter future. We will have a space for our event to check-in. The event will go from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM(feel free to come at any point in this timeframe). Name tags will be provided. Business casual dress code. Job fair attire. Remember - it's not about who you know today, it's who you'll meet tomorrow! We look forward to meeting you at the event! Sincerely, Strive Networking Team Refund requests are permitted up to 24 hours after purchase, so long as we are not within 48 hours before the event start time. Refunds will be made in full and repaid to your method of payment. Note that we are unable to reimburse for eventbrite fees. Disclaimer: By attending Strive Networking events you agree to photos/videos taken during the event being used to promote future events.
Like a book club, but for code. \\REGISTER ON LUMA\\ Join us as we guide you through reading a surprise code excerpt and learn from each other how to better read unfamiliar code. As more and more code is generated due to AI, our ability to read code is increasingly important but a skill we rarely practice. At this meetup we will guide you through a series of prompts and activities to explore and discuss a small piece of code. This meeting is language agnostic - whether you know the language or it’s new to you, your perspective matters. Fresh eyes often spot what experts overlook. This meetup is equally for those new to development as well as seasoned professionals - we can all get better at reading code (and understanding how others approach code so we can be better mentors and teammates). If you know what a variable is, this is for you! Learn more about Code Reading Clubs Agenda 6:00 pm - Check-in & Networking 6:30 pm - Welcome & Introduction Kick-off 6:45 pm - Read some Code! The group will be guided through a series of questions and actions as we read a piece of unfamiliar code together 8:00 pm - Closing & Next Steps Host & Sponsor PrizePicks \\REGISTER ON LUMA\\ Attendees should bring: themselves colored pencils/highlighters pen or pencil for writing on code Parking is available for visitor deck of the Star Metal Building (turn onto Vidalia Lane off of 11th Street) MARTA is smarta: Both the 12 and 14 bus, departing from Midtown Station, will take you to west midtown. Transfer to bus from rail is free. Pro-tip, follow along on google maps or the transit app if you’re unfamiliar with the bus route and which stop to take. Everyone participating in the REFACTR.TECH conference, events and Discord/Slack community—including, but not limited to attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at REFACTR.TECH, are required to agree to the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event.
Like a book club, but for code. \\REGISTER ON LUMA\\ Join us as we guide you through reading a surprise code excerpt and learn from each other how to better read unfamiliar code. As more and more code is generated due to AI, our ability to read code is increasingly important but a skill we rarely practice. At this meetup we will guide you through a series of prompts and activities to explore and discuss a small piece of code. This meeting is language agnostic - whether you know the language or it’s new to you, your perspective matters. Fresh eyes often spot what experts overlook. This meetup is equally for those new to development as well as seasoned professionals - we can all get better at reading code (and understanding how others approach code so we can be better mentors and teammates). If you know what a variable is, this is for you! Learn more about Code Reading Clubs Agenda 6:00 pm - Check-in & Networking 6:30 pm - Welcome & Introduction Kick-off 6:45 pm - Read some Code! The group will be guided through a series of questions and actions as we read a piece of unfamiliar code together 8:00 pm - Closing & Next Steps Host & Sponsor PrizePicks \\REGISTER ON LUMA\\ Attendees should bring: themselves colored pencils/highlighters pen or pencil for writing on code Parking is available for visitor deck of the Star Metal Building (turn onto Vidalia Lane off of 11th Street) MARTA is smarta: Both the 12 and 14 bus, departing from Midtown Station, will take you to west midtown. Transfer to bus from rail is free. Pro-tip, follow along on google maps or the transit app if you’re unfamiliar with the bus route and which stop to take. Everyone participating in the REFACTR.TECH conference, events and Discord/Slack community—including, but not limited to attendees, speakers, sponsors and volunteers at REFACTR.TECH, are required to agree to the following code of conduct. Organizers will enforce this code throughout the event.