Jared Steffes
Entrepreneur

Kick off Wicker Park's New Monthly House Music Party: House Party One

House Party One is a late-night event bringing the best in House, Tech House, Electro House, and Progressive House Music without the dress codes, long lines, or huge cover charges. Think of it as your Neighborhood House (Music) Party.

This Month: The Housewarming,...

Join us for an evening of events as we look to showcase some the latest innovations from the Midwest.

***SPECIAL EVENT BEFORE THE TECH COCKTAIL CHICAGO MIXER***

Cars.com Speaker Series - Cars.com and Tech Cocktail cordially invite you to an innovative speaker series event to kick off the Tech Cocktail mixer event. Whether you are a technology...

Professionals Only Event

During lunch the discussion will be based around how can Chicago game developers share and collaborate. Or for that matter, how does it makes sense for game developers to share and collaborate resources? If there's one resource at Robo that Iron Galaxy needs how does that happen?

Tickets available at: http://igtmchicago.eventbrite.com/

Indie Game: The Movie - The Tour Presented by Adobe®

Music Box Theatre, 3733 N. Southport Ave.

Chicago, IL 60613
April 17th, 2012
7pm (Doors Open at 6:30pm)

The 96 min film follows the dramatic journeys of game developers as they create and release their games to the world. The...

Quick Note: I can't invite people that I'm (Kyle) not specifically friends with on Facebook, so please, invite your friends. This event should be public so you can invite them.

Also, make sure you "like" the industry night page to get these updates:
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Whether you find the recent surge of motion controlled peripherals a fad or simply the next step of a technological singularity merging man and machine, these things are certainly fun to mess around with.

Indie City Games is proud to announce the Kinect Workshop Hackathon Extravaganza. Discover just how easy it is to integrate real time skeleton...

This event is PROFESSIONALS ONLY.

At this lunch we'll be discussing publishing from both a developer and publisher perspective. Topics discussed will include:
- Benefits of publishers
- What publishing really is
- What to watch out for when publishing
- How to become a publisher
- Is publishing necessary
- Success publishing stories
-...

Play casual games of Magic The Gathering all day long. Food and stuff too. More details to come.

We will have a learning table so we can explain the game to new people, and probably a 1v1 table right next to the fireplace (epic).

Suggested team games, and draft games will probably be going on as well.

Bring your own cards, and maybe we'll...

Anyone interested in going? I know it's a bit of a drive for some but I think it would be fun. We're planning on grabbing lunch there and playing games until we're bored. Any takers? If I forgot anyone let me know because everyone and anyone is invited.

Its almost time for NYE! And the boys at the Kibblesmithsonian are getting ready to throw the best party of the year, again!!! This year we are planning a halloween party, because, halloween is the best! Im guessing we will have some beer but BYOB and communal donations are always rad. Andrew is going to try his hand at doing a live dj set, and we...

Chicago Ideas Week ("CIW") is the platform for ideas, created for innovators, thinkers, doers, and interested members of the Chicago and greater Midwestern area. With a goal to stimulate new initiatives and ventures, create new connections and collaborations, and establish a community of people who have the desire to connect to achieve...

In 2010, GDC Online hosted its eighth annual event for developers and game business professionals involved in online and connected gaming. The event attracted over 3,000 attendees, 85 press and media representatives, 190 speakers, 140 sessions, and 120 exhibitors and sponsors.

Now in its ninth iteration, GDC Online returns to Austin in 2011 and...

The Epicpower Convention is the first of its kind!
It is just a vacation/trip to Las Vegas to beautiful and fun Freemont St.

Anyone that wants to come is invited! (Look at the Frequently asked Questions before asking me a question)

Reason: Everyone has something to celebrate and needs a proper party to celebrate it! This year is very big for me;...

Our annual Unity developer conference is on once again! This year Unite 2011 is back in San Francisco and we cannot wait to see everyone there. There are a lot more details to sort out so please stay tuned for updates. If you want to see the latest information then you can always stop by our website at the following URL:

http://unity3d.com/unite
...

It's that time again. And this is the last costume party I had planned for my birthdays. 3 years of planning all comes to this.

If you're my friend. You know what's up. Costume theme this year is video game characters. Dress like one. Or come close. It's not so hard and there are a lot of easy options. No excuses everyone.

On...

Jared and I will be heading up to the faire around 9am. (In the city by 9:30/10am) We can make a stop in the city if anyone needs/wants a ride. Let me know if you need a ride asap because we only have room for 3. If you are definitely going and want to meet up at the faire let me know so we know to look for you when we arrive. Hope people can make...

TechWeek is a week-long festival that showcases everything new in the technology, web and interactive industries.

From mobile apps and enterprise software to consumer products and greentech innovations, from advertising and product design to robotics and nanotechnology, TechWeek covers it.

- TechWeek Conference & Expo, July 22-25, 2011,...

For the duration of a week, SPARK Chicago will launch three companies from scratch, each receiving over $100,000 of free services! After six days of intense incubation, SPARK Chicago will have helped to create, build, and launch these three startups.

How? Through an application process, the contest will be narrowed down to sixty entrepreneurs who...

http://www.warriordash.com/register2011_midwest.php#

The time slots on Saturday all filled up before we could grab a good spot so we switched this event to Sunday.

GRAB THE 11AM TIME SLOT as fast as you can. 3.5 miles with obsticals should take about an hour for the strong hearted which gives us plenty of time to drink/eat our fill afterward...

We've got something really sweet to show you. So join us & your fellow developers at The OpenFeint 2011 WWDC Party for a sneak peek, free drinks & good eats. ...

Join Mobclix & Groupon for the annual WWDC Mashup Cocktail Party! This year we will have twice the space, more awesome music from DJ Solomon and a few extra surprises that are sure to not disappoint! Join us for drinks, the company of the creme de la creme of mobile app developers, 30 of the hottest iPhone/iPad app demos and tons of awesome...

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) showcases the latest innovations and the newest technologies in iOS and Mac OS X. Over 1,000 Apple engineers guide you through five exciting days of in-depth technical sessions and hands-on labs that demonstrate how to harness the incredible power of the world’s most advanced operating systems into...

Anime Central ("Acen" for short) is the fourth largest anime convention in the United States. It's held yearly in the spring in Rosemont, IL. Like a lot of other conventions, Acen runs from Friday morning to Sunday, and usually 24 hours a day. The Anime Central staff brings in guests from America and Japan that have worked in the...

Join technology executives, entrepreneurs, corporate executives and investors in the region for an evening of dining, socializing, and celebration as we toast the winners at the 12th Annual ITA CityLIGHTS Awards Gala. The ITA CityLIGHTS Awards Gala is
The largest technology gathering of technology executives in the state of Illinois
A chance to...

Google I/O brings together thousands of developers for two days of deep technical content, focused on building the next generation of web, mobile, and enterprise applications with Google and open web technologies such as Android, Google Chrome, Google APIs, Google Web Toolkit, App Engine, and more.