October 13-22, 2017
Thanks for helping make Connect Week 2017 amazing!
We, our attendees, collaborators, sponsors, and venues all had a great time. See what we made together and get involved to make our upcoming Connect even better!
October 14
Saturday
9:00AM – 12:00PM
Introduction to JavaScript
STEAM:CODERS
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Activities Educational Workshop11:00AM – 6:00PM
ARTWalk 2017
Playhouse District Association
Design Kid-Friendly Activities Entertainment Showcase6:00PM – 10:00PM
Mars: Astronomy and Culture
ArtCenter College of Design
Design Students Entertainment ShowcaseOctober 15
Sunday
10:00AM – 12:00PM
Connect '17 URB-E Derby Training Day
Innovate Pasadena
Signature 21+ Educational Mixer Networking2:00PM – 5:00PM
Carnegie Observatories 16th Annual Open House
Carnegie Observatories
Science Kid-Friendly Students Activities Educational Open House2:00PM – 5:00PM
Collaborative AI: Bodies, Machines & Architectures
Artificial Knowing
Technology Students Educational Lecture/Seminar WorkshopOctober 16
Monday
9:30AM – 11:00AM
Computer Literacy
Pasadena Public Library
Technology Activities Educational Workshop12:00PM – 3:00PM
Caltech CMS TechFest
Caltech Computing + Mathematical Sciences
Technology Students Lecture/Seminar Open House Showcase12:00PM – 2:00PM
Connect '17 Tech Ride
Innovate Pasadena
Signature Networking Open House Showcase2:00PM – 4:00PM
Connect '17 Tech Ride
Innovate Pasadena
Signature Networking Open House Showcase3:30PM – 5:30PM
Happy Hour and Intellectual Property Law for Entrepreneurs
Griffin Lee
Entrepreneurship 21+ Students Educational Entertainment Lecture/Seminar Meetup Mixer Networking Open House Showcase4:00PM – 5:30PM
Graphic Arts
Pasadena Public Library
Design Students Activities Educational Workshop4:00PM – 6:00PM
Connect '17 Tech Ride
Innovate Pasadena
Signature Networking Open House Showcase4:00PM – 6:00PM
Apple Field Trips @ Apple Store Pasadena
STEAM:CODERS
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Activities Open House Workshop5:00PM – 7:00PM
Roomba Beer Pong & Pizza Social
iRobot
Technology 21+ Students Activities Entertainment Mixer Networking Open House6:00PM – 9:00PM
Cassini Mission Wrap: Our Final Moments at Saturn
Enbroaden
Science 21+ Educational Lecture/Seminar Mixer Showcase7:00PM – 8:50PM
San Gabriel Valley Apple Users’ Group Meeting
Pasadena Public Library
Technology Educational Meetup7:00PM – 8:00PM
Astropreneurs and New Space Ventures
Astropreneurs + NSV Meetup
Science Educational Meetup Networking RoundtableOctober 17
Tuesday
12:00PM – 1:00PM
Take the "Work" out of Networking
Christy Conner
Entrepreneurship Educational Networking12:30PM – 2:00PM
Designing on Your Feet: Improv and the Creative Process
DesignX Meetup, Speechless
Design Educational Lecture/Seminar Meetup Workshop12:30PM – 4:30PM
SCORE Small Business Counseling
Pasadena Public Library
Entrepreneurship Educational Workshop2:30PM – 4:00PM
Arduino Robotics at Rosebud Academy for Grades 4-8
STEAM:CODERS
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Activities Educational Workshop4:00PM – 6:00PM
Arcade Night for Grades 4-5
STEAM:CODERS
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Activities Educational Workshop5:00PM – 8:00PM
Navigating the Reality of Video Games and Pop Culture
LevelUp Pasadena
Technology 21+ Entertainment Mixer Panel5:00PM – 9:00PM
Tea Tech & Tequila Autumn Mixer Fundraiser
Media Technologies MarketPlace
Technology 21+ Entertainment Mixer Networking Showcase5:00PM – 7:30PM
3D Printing What? Happy Hour 3D Printing with MAKEiT
MAKEiT
Technology Activities Educational Mixer Open House Showcase5:00PM – 7:30PM
Mixer at Bluebeam: The Best Kept Secret in Pasadena Tech
Bluebeam
Technology 21+ Students Entertainment Mixer5:00PM – 7:00PM
Sellbrite Happy Hour
Sellbrite
Technology 21+ Mixer Open House5:45PM – 6:45PM
SBA Loans: The Alternative to Venture Capital
E-Central Credit Union, SBDC Hosted by Pasadena City College
Entrepreneurship Lecture/Seminar Workshop6:00PM – 8:00PM
Gamify Your Network
Pasadena Women in Tech Meetup
Technology Technology Activities Meetup Mixer Networking6:00PM – 8:30PM
Hackaday & Tindie Happy Hour Bring-A-Hack
Tindie
Technology 21+ Educational Meetup Mixer Networking7:00PM – 9:00PM
WordPress Pasadena General Meetup, Spooktober 2017 Edition
WordPress Pasadena General Meetup
Technology Educational Meetup RoundtableOctober 18
Wednesday
10:00AM – 11:00AM
From Design Board to Event: How Jackalope Arts Came to be a Pasadena Destination
Jackalope Arts
Entrepreneurship Students Educational Lecture/Seminar Speaker Series10:00AM – 10:30AM
Why Manufacturing Hardware is HARD
Juize
Technology Students Educational Lecture/Seminar12:00PM – 2:00PM
Disaster Preparedness in the Digital Age
Innovate Pasadena, City of Pasadena
Technology Kid-Friendly Educational Lecture/Seminar4:00PM – 5:00PM
Squishy Electricity
Kidspace Children's Museum
Science Kid-Friendly Students Educational4:00PM – 6:00PM
Apple Field Trips @ Apple Store Pasadena
STEAM:CODERS
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Activities Open House Workshop5:45PM – 7:30PM
Connect '17 URB-E Derby Qualifying Races
Innovate Pasadena
Signature Kid-Friendly Contest Entertainment Showcase6:00PM – 8:00PM
Is your SUCCESS putting your business at risk?
KSHIFT
Entrepreneurship Educational Lecture/Seminar Speaker Series Workshop6:00PM – 7:30PM
Building Confidence From Your Core
Turtle Executive Coaching
Entrepreneurship Activities Workshop6:00PM – 8:00PM
Pasadena Marketing & PR Professionals (IP.PR) Meet-Up
Pasadena Marketing & PR Professionals Meet-Up
Entrepreneurship Meetup Networking Roundtable6:00PM – 8:00PM
Cyber Happy Hour: Security Awareness, the Funny Stuff
Cyber Happy Hour Meetup
Technology Educational Entertainment Lecture/Seminar Meetup Mixer Networking Panel Speaker Series6:15PM – 8:45PM
Pasadena Entrepreneurs' Mastermind Meetup
Goldstar Events, Inc.
Entrepreneurship Students Meetup Roundtable Workshop6:30PM – 8:30PM
Decentralization and Democratization of Animation and VFX Technology
Pasadena Media CoLAB
Technology Students Educational Lecture/Seminar Meetup Networking Roundtable Showcase7:00PM – 10:00PM
The Science of UX Design
NELAUX
Design Educational Lecture/Seminar Mixer Panel7:30PM – 8:30PM
Friday Coffee Meetup Speed Networking
Friday Coffee Meetup
Entrepreneurship Activities Educational Meetup Mixer Networking WorkshopOctober 19
Thursday
10:00AM – 4:00PM
Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator Open House
Pasadena Bio Collaborative Incubator
Science Kid-Friendly Students Open House11:00AM – 1:00PM
Real-Time Object Recognition with the Raspberry Pi
Erik Dreyer
Technology Students Educational Lecture/Seminar Meetup11:00AM – 1:30PM
Caltech Alumni Entrepreneurs Panel
Caltech Eclub, Caltech Office of Technology Transfer and Corporate Partnerships
Entrepreneurship Students Lecture/Seminar Mixer Networking Panel Workshop12:00PM – 2:00PM
Pasadena Small Business Owners Networking Group
Pasadena Public Library
Entrepreneurship Meetup Networking Pitch3:30PM – 5:30PM
Arduino LilyPad for Girls in Grades 5-8
STEAM:CODERS
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Activities Educational Workshop4:00PM – 6:00PM
Arcade Night for Grades 6-8
STEAM:CODERS
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Activities Educational Workshop4:00PM – 6:00PM
Coding Workshop for Grades 2-4
STEAM:CODERS
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Activities Educational Workshop4:00PM – 6:00PM
CTO Meetup: Inaugural Meeting
Erick Herring
Technology 21+ Meetup Mixer Roundtable4:00PM – 7:00PM
MATHMania Robotics Freeze Tag Soccer
Pasadena Public Library
Science Kid-Friendly Students Activities Educational Entertainment Workshop6:00PM – 7:00PM
Top 10 Legal Mistakes Made by First Time Entrepreneurs
Crowley Corporate Legal Strategy
Entrepreneurship Students Educational Lecture/Seminar Networking Workshop6:00PM – 8:00PM
Getting Your Startup From 1 to 10
Paul Orlando
Entrepreneurship Educational Lecture/Seminar Workshop6:00PM – 8:30PM
How I Got Funded
Pasadena Angels
Entrepreneurship Mixer Networking Panel6:00PM – 8:00PM
Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead
Pasadena Public Library
Design Entertainment Showcase6:30PM – 8:30PM
Get the Job: A Night of Workshops for Getting Hired as a Product Manager
ADP Innovation Center
Design Activities Networking Speaker Series Workshop6:30PM – 8:30PM
The 3 Ps of Impactful Pitching
Speechless, StartUp Grind of Greater Pasadena
Entrepreneurship 21+ Students Activities Educational Entertainment Networking Pitch Speaker Series Workshop6:30PM – 9:30PM
TechSparks Mixer & Pitchers
Techsparks
Entrepreneurship 21+ Entertainment Meetup Mixer Networking Pitch7:00PM – 9:00PM
Sink or Swim? Using Radar to Protect California’s Water Supply
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Science Students Educational Lecture/Seminar Speaker Series7:00PM – 9:00PM
TEDx Yourself
TEDxPasadena
Entrepreneurship Educational Lecture/Seminar Pitch Workshop7:00PM – 9:00PM
Pasadena 3D Printing: Case Studies Presentations!
Nonscriptum, LLC
Technology Students Lecture/Seminar Meetup Mixer Networking ShowcaseOctober 20
Friday
8:15AM – 9:30AM
"TGIM": A new look at how to create the best work environment
Friday Coffee Meetup
Technology Activities Educational Lecture/Seminar Meetup Networking Speaker Series9:30AM – 11:30AM
The Future of the Car and Urban Mobility
ArtCenter College of Design
Design Students Educational Lecture/Seminar Panel3:00PM – 5:00PM
Design as an Asset: #Connect17 Panel
Products To Profits
Design Meetup Networking Speaker Series3:30PM – 5:00PM
Payments Goes Netflix: On Demand, Real-Time, On Any Device
FinTech Connector - LA
Technology Educational Meetup Networking Speaker Series4:00PM – 6:00PM
Apple Field Trips @ Apple Store Pasadena
STEAM:CODERS
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Activities Open House Workshop5:45PM – 7:00PM
Connect '17 URB-E Derby Final + Bonus Races
Innovate Pasadena
Signature Kid-Friendly Students Activities Contest Entertainment6:00PM – 10:00PM
Connect '17 Festival
Innovate Pasadena
Signature 21+ Activities Contest Entertainment Mixer Showcase7:00PM – 10:00PM
Rails Girls LA
Rails Girls, Spokeo
Technology Educational Workshop7:00PM – 9:00PM
Sink or Swim? Using Radar to Protect California’s Water Supply
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Science Students Educational Lecture/Seminar Speaker SeriesOctober 21
Saturday
8:30AM – 11:30AM
Family Code Day
STEAM:CODERS, PCC STEM
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Educational9:00AM – 6:00PM
Rails Girls LA
Rails Girls, Spokeo
Technology Educational Workshop10:00AM – 11:30AM
Computer Pals
Pasadena Public Library
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Activities Workshop10:30AM – 12:30PM
TEDx Yourself
TEDxPasadena
Entrepreneurship Educational Lecture/Seminar Pitch Workshop1:00PM – 4:00PM
The Evolution of Success
Innovate Pasadena
Entrepreneurship Educational Lecture/Seminar1:00PM – 3:00PM
Mayseo the Magician
STEAM:CODERS
Science Kid-Friendly Students Educational EntertainmentOctober 22
Sunday
10:00AM – 4:00PM
How to Build an App
SwiftEngine
Technology Students Activities Lecture/Seminar Workshop10:30AM – 4:30PM
ArtCenter Car Classic
ArtCenter College of Design
Design Kid-Friendly Students Activities Educational Open House Showcase1:00PM – 3:00PM
Arduino LilyPad for Girls in Grades 5-8
STEAM:CODERS
Technology Kid-Friendly Students Educational Workshop1:00PM – 3:00PM
Spoiler Alert: A Good Artist is a Great Entrepreneur
Katrina Frye of Mischief Managed
Design Educational Lecture/Seminar Networking Workshop