You can have a conversation with Alexander Hamilton at this Boston tech event
September is when the fall schmoozing scene shifts into high gear in Massachusetts, with conferences and meetups events.
Here are the six big tech-focused "weeks" happening this fall. Most are Boston-centric, though Massachusetts STEM Education Week takes place statewide.
Startup Boston Week
Sept. 8-12 • Website
Five days of free programming, including panels, workshops, and networking opportunities, especially geared to people working on a startup — or thinking about it. This is the ninth annual edition, and most events take place on the Suffolk University campus in Boston.
Boston Blockchain Week
Sept. 9-13 • Website
A five‑day regional blockchain and AI event that takes place at locations along the MBTA's Red Line, bringing together entrepreneurs, investors and the director of "Dirty Coin," a 2024 documentary film about Bitcoin mining.
Boston Fintech Week
Sept. 15-19 • Website
Focused on all kinds of technologies related to financial services. The big draw may be an AI-revived version of founding father and Broadway star Alexander Hamilton. "Attendees of Boston Fintech Week will have the opportunity to engage in conversation with Alexander Hamilton and ask him questions about U.S. financial history, his life, and current events, including fintech," a spokesperson said.
Takes place in and near the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, with speakers from Fidelity Investments, MassMutual, HSBC, Eastern Bank and more.
Boston AI Week
Sept. 26-Oct. 3 • Website
How is artificial intelligence changing fields like health care, education, and filmmaking? Boston AI Week dives in. Congressman Jake Auchincloss shows up to talk about national competitiveness and Congress's role in regulating AI, and there's a career fair at Boston's Hynes Convention Center on Oct. 1st.
Massachusetts STEM Education Week
Oct. 20–24 • Website
A statewide initiative under the "STEM Starts Now" theme, designed to inspire learners of all ages to engage with STEM through design challenges and local events. Events include the "Moon Over Merrimack Family Astronomy Festival" in North Andover, "Explore the EcoTarium" in Worcester, and "Light Lab" in Charlestown, which invites kids to play and experiment with light. Events in other regions aren't yet on the calendar.
Tough Tech Week
Oct. 27–31 • Website
Taking us into Halloween is Tough Tech Week, organized by The Engine, an MIT-affiliated incubator space and venture capital fund in Cambridge. It focuses on energy, national security, biotech, climate tech — basically anything that requires lots of brains, funding and testing to develop. During this week, the Gateway Cities Innovation Summit takes place in Lowell, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute brings a set of startups to Cambridge to demo. Tough Tech Week includes a job fair on Oct. 28th, hosted at The Engine.
Stories by Scott Kirsner
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