Events

Join us at one our events to connect with other women, foster learning, and engage with the Charlottesville tech scene.  CWIT events are usually free and open to all women in our community. If you are new to or have been in technology for many years, you will find a welcoming and safe environment to engage.

CWIT Summit 2020

Features 3 days of virtual events from 11am-2pm on 
November 11, 12, 13!
The CWIT Summit is a conference supporting women in tech across Virginia.

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Charlottesville Tech Scene

 There are many ways to get connected to Charlottesville's vibrant tech scene. Check out this list of events and resources curated by CWIT to help guide your way.

Upcoming

October 28 | Always Learning Tech: Demystifying Ruby on Rails
hosted by Shift/Enter as part of the Always Learning Tech (ALT) Meet-up series.

September 15 - October 30 | Cities Rising Summit from the Tom Tom Foundation. Weekly themes will include justice, health, small business, arts, education and machine learning for good.

October 29 | "Tech-It-Yourself": Propelling Your Career Forward to Head of Product
Noon to 1 pm from rvatech. In this panel discussion, you will hear 3 Executive Product Leaders share their varying career journeys and describe this unique role within their organizations.

November 5 | DRIVE Conference
Join rvatech/Women for conference experience from 8:30am to 3:00pm with new virtual platforms, new ways to engage, new ways to learn, and new ways to celebrate our technology community in Richmond.  

Ongoing

Online

Techq&la Monthly Lunch No programming, just women talking tech. ("Techq&la" = Tech questions and ladies answer.)

CBIC Tech on Tap, a monthly series of happy hours held on the 2nd Tuesdays from 5:00–7:00 p.m.

CBIC Charlottesville Entrepreneurs + Espresso (ce-2) is a casual gathering of learning for entrepreneurs at all stages of venture creation on the 3rd Tuesday of every month at 8:00am at the i.Lab at UVA.

First Wednesdays is an informal, ad-hoc, technology-agnostic meetup held on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 5:30-8:30pm.

Charlottesville Business Innovation Council (CBIC) has a mission to educate, celebrate and advocate for Charlottesville’s technology community and to accelerate technology innovation and entrepreneurship in the region. CBIC Connect

Code for Charlottesville is a local chapter of the Code for America Brigades focused on improving the lives of Charlottesville residents.

Cville Makes is a meetup group sharing and creating projects while working toward making a makerspace a reality in Cville.

Cville Slack is a quick and easy way to catch the ear of the local tech community.

CWIT group on CBIC Connect

Shift/Enter provides educational and career development resources, in a welcoming and inclusive environment, for the burgeoning technical workforce in Charlottesville and the surrounding area.

The Neon Guild listserv offers another avenue to reach local tech folks. To get on this famous list, however, you have to attend at least one of their monthly meetings (except summer).