Japan, Tokyo Weekly Tech Event Digest [`24 Sep 2 - Sep 8]

Hello, tech enthusiasts! Hope you’re having a great week. Here’s a list of upcoming tech events in Japan for the week of September 2 to September 8.

Events

Monday, September 2

• Code & Breakfast | 🕢 7:45 | 💁‍♂️ Offline, Beltempo Restaurant, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Start your day with productive discussions and hands-on coding over breakfast. Join software enthusiasts to dive into software architecture, design, and coding.
• The 83rd TrustML: Reliable Data Use by Pang Wei Koh | 🕥 10:30 | 💻 Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Pang Wei Koh (U of Washington) discusses reliable data use, exploring synthetic data, scaling datastores for language models, and challenges in interactive model settings.

Tuesday, September 3

• Tokyo Startup Lunch Club | 🕦 11:30 | 💁‍♂️ Offline, Marunouchi, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Casual lunch for startup founders, investors, and enthusiasts.
• Tokyo HackerSpace Weekly | 🕢 19:30 | 💁‍♂️ Offline, Tokyo | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Weekly gathering for tech enthusiasts, makers, and hackers.

Wednesday, September 4

• Special Lunch Event! Tokyo Startup Lunch Club x Moon Creative Lab | 🕛 12:00 | 💁‍♂️ Offline, Moon Creative Lab’s Omotesando Office, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Network with entrepreneurs, investors, and innovators at this special lunch hosted by Tokyo Startup Lunch Club and Moon Creative Lab.
• Tokyo HackerSpace Weekly JP | 🕢 19:30 | 💁‍♂️ Offline, Tokyo | 🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Weekly tech meetup in Japanese for enthusiasts, makers, and hackers.

Thursday, September 5

• Shibuya Public Event Brunch | 🕕 16:00 | 💁‍♂️ Offline, Shibuya Startup Support Space, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Networking brunch hosted by Shibuya Startup Support, offering tools and connections for startups to grow.
• Virtual Session: “Tabular Learning: skrub and Foundation Models” | 🕔 17:00 | 💻 Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Gaël Varoquaux discusses new approaches to tabular learning using skrub and foundation models.
• ProductTank Tokyo - Monthly Casual Meeting | 🕖 19:00 | 💁‍♂️ Offline, Tokyo | 🇬🇧🇯🇵 | 🔗Link: Casual networking with product managers and enthusiasts. Share experiences over food and drinks.
• Ladies Night - III | 🕖 19:00 | 💻 Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Join an evening with Women Tech Leaders sharing their experiences and insights.

Friday, September 6

• Virtual Session: “Do Large Language Models Have a Duty to Tell the Truth?” | 🕔 17:00 | 💻 Online | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Brent Mittelstadt explores the ethical implications of large language models and the potential impacts on society.

Saturday, September 7

• Daikanyama Morning Code | 🕙 10:00 | 💁‍♂️ Offline, Dean & DeLuca, Meguro | 🇯🇵🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Casual meetup for coding, web development, design, cloud, blockchain, or AI enthusiasts of all levels.
• Coffee and Code | 🕙 10:00 | 💁‍♂️ Offline, Starbucks Roppongi Hills | 🇯🇵🇬 | 🔗Link: Relaxed coding meetup. Bring your laptop, enjoy coffee, and chat about personal projects.

Sunday, September 8

• Digital Nomads Morning Activity in Nakameguro | 🕘 9:00 | 💁‍♂️ Offline, DEAN & DELUCA, Nakameguro | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: A morning meetup for digital nomads, expats, and international-minded individuals. Enjoy breakfast and connect in a relaxed, green setting.

• Developer Personal Project Meetup | 🕤 9:30 | 💁‍♂️ Starbucks, Shibuya MODI | 🇬🇧 | 🔗Link: Connect with other developers, share your projects, and get feedback. Ideal for discussing personal projects, improving portfolios, and networking with like-minded individuals.

New event reviews from past week

Last week I got to visit Hacker News Japan Metup after a long break. It remains one of the top networking events for engineers in Tokyo. I shared my thoughts in a detailed review.

Disclaimer

Events above are collected from a variety of online open sources. There might be changes or cancellations. Please check the event page for the most up-to-date information.

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