From waffles to workshops: what’s coming up in Miami in October – Knight Foundation
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From waffles to workshops: what’s coming up in Miami in October

Code for Miami weekly civic hack night at the LAB Miami. Photo by Flickr user Ernie Hsiung. 

This month’s lineup of Knight Foundation-supported events in Miami features opportunities for a cross-section of innovators—from the civic-minded hacker who yearns to catalyze change, to the casual creative who enjoys conversation over waffles.

See what’s on tap for October:

Oct.15, 22 and 29: #WaffleWednesday, the tech and creatives morning meetup in Wynwood that occurs every Wednesday. 

Oct. 13: Meet Knight Foundation Miami breakfast; join our bimonthly free breakfast event to learn about our work and provide feedback. You can RSVP here for the Oct. 13 event

Oct. 9: HYPE Miami, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s young professionals network, presents “Tech Tank: Keeping Miami Afloat in a Growing Technology Ecosystem.” 

Oct. 9: TEDxMiami presents a live stream of TEDGlobal at The Stage.

Oct. 13: The American Institute of Architects Miami chapter presents a talk at the Miami Center for Architecture and Design by Jaime Lerner, urbanist, architect and former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, on his book “Urban Acupuncture.” 

Oct. 13, 20 and 27: Code for Miami’s weekly civic hack night at The LAB Miami. 

Oct. 14: Startup Grind Miami presents an interview with Melissa Krinzman, founder and managing director of Venture Architects and partner at Krillion Ventures, at The LAB Miami. 

Oct. 15: The Miami Foundation presents its “2014 Our Miami Report at the Bakehouse Art Complex. 

Oct. 16: WynCode presents Pitch Day No. 2 at The LAB Miami. 

Oct. 18: NewME returns to Miami with its PopUp Accelerator, Idea Lab, at Revolt Music Conference. 

Oct. 21: Brainfood @ The LAB with Manny Medina, founder of the eMerge Americas technology conference and chairman and CEO of Medina Capital Partners.   

Oct. 23: Enterprise Development Corp. in partnership with Florida Venture Forum presents the Emerging Technology Business Showcase at Miami Dade College.     

Oct. 23: Casimiro Global Foundation presents its annual reception, “Young Minds of the Past, Present & Future” at the Miami Innovation Center. 

Oct. 25: Maker Saturdays by MIAMade, a monthly workshop for makers in Miami.

Oct 25 and 26: TechWeekend @ the Dolphins, two days of tech events, including a hackathon, at Sun Life Stadium. 

Nov. 8: The Miami Mini Maker Faire returns for its second year.

Additional events happening across the South Florida community can be found on The LAB Miami and Refresh Miami events calendars. We hope to see you out there!

Matt Haggman is Miami program director at Knight Foundation. 

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