PortlandTech/Reoccurring Calendar
The following is a list of regularly scheduled meetings and events held monthly in the PortlandTech community. Please feel free to add or edit your organization's information. For a list of non-regularly scheduled events, be sure to check out our PortlandTech: Upcoming Events listing.
NOTE: Please check with the organization to be sure meeting times/locations haven't changed. Also be aware that many organizations change or cancel regularly occurring meetings around holidays.
Monthly Events
Every Friday
- Database Reading Group -- 10 to 11:30 a.m. | at Datalab-sponsored entity at Portland State University discussing papers related to database technology.
- Portland State University's 4th Ave Building, room 115, 1900 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR 97201
- Info: Reading group announcement via group mailing list at
First Tuesday
- PDXFCPUG -- Final Cut Pro Portland User Group -- 6:30-8:30 p.m. | Experts to hobbyists discussing both the Apple Final Cut Pro software as well as video animation, compositing and authoring.
- PCC Cascade Campus, Moriarty Arts and Humanities Building, Room 104, 705 N. Killingsworth St., Portland, OR 97217
- Info:
First Wednesday
- WikiWednesday -- 6:30 p.m. | Discussion of wikis and related online collaborative tools. For experts and novices alike.
- AboutUs, 107 SE Washington St., Suite 520, Portland, OR 97214.
- Info: SocialText listing page or call AboutUs, 503-488-5763.
First Thursday
- PDXLinux.org -- Portland Linux/UNIX Group (PLUG) -- 7 p.m. | General group meetings
- Portland State University's Smith Memorial Student Union, room 294, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland OR 97201
Second Monday
- PMUG - Portland Mac User Group -- 6:30 p.m. | General meetings, learn about computer setup, operation and maintenance, as well as a wide range of shareware and commercial software.
- Jean Vollum Natural Capital Center (aka "Ecotrust Center"), 721 NW Ninth Avenue, Portland, OR 97209
- Info: 503-616-4736
Second Wednesday
- Portland Drupal Group -- 6 p.m. | General meetings.
- Bus Project, 333 SE 2nd Ave, Portland, OR 97214
- Info: http://groups.drupal.org/portland
Second Thursday
- PDXLUG.org -- Portland Linux User Group -- Round-table discussions about Linux and Open Source related topics.
- Fireside Coffee Lodge, 1223 SE Powell Blvd Portland, OR 97202.
Third Thursday
- Portland Adobe Servers User Group -- 5:30-7:30 | See their meetings page for each month's presentation topic
- PCC Sylvania Campus, Library Building Room 112, 12000 SW 49th Ave, Portland, OR 97219.
- Info: meetings page
Fourth Wednesday
- Extreme Programming Portland -- 6:30 p.m. | People interested in the XP-style of software development.
- CubeSpace 622 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214
- Contact: ArloBelshee on C2.com if you'd like to give a presentation, talk or lead an activity.
Fourth Thursday
- BarCamp.org/BarCampPortland: Informal meetups monthly at 5:30 p.m. (except for months with either a Ignite Portland or a formal BarCamp event. Meetings are for those interested in the Ignite and BarCamp events and for those just interested in chatting about technology.
- Jive Software office, 317 SW Alder St. Suite 500, Portland, OR 97204.
Regular/Monthly Meetings, Dates TBD
- CascadeSIGGRAPH.org -- General meetings for the local chapter of Special Interest Group on GRAPHics and Interactive Technologies (SIGGRAPH). All are welcome to come and meet like-minded computer graphics people.
- Info: events page.
- DevGroupNW.org -- A forum for developers to meet, share knowledge about what's happening in the web, multimedia and interactive communities.
- Info: events page
- DorkbotPDX.org -- Regular informal meetings every other week.