GemCity TECH - 2026 Lineup

Our family of user groups (in order of monthly occurrence) for the 2026 season:

User Group	Organizer	Meeting Time
Code For Dayton A monthly user group meeting that follows the “hack night” format - a little discussion and show and tell up front, followed by an opportunity to break into groups to work on civic or community oriented projects.	David Best	1st Tuesday @6pm
Dayton Dynamic Languages - Casual discussions and demonstrations that lean towards Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, Scheme, Lisp & Smalltalk	Catherine Devlin	2nd Wednesdays @7pm
Gem City Game Developers - Exploring all topics around gaming and the gaming industry. We explore design, art, programming, digital and non-digital game topics.	Brian Turner	2nd Thursdays @5:30pm
Hack Dayton A monthly hacker meet-up focus on sharing knowledge and hands experiences around the offensive cybersecurity industry in the Dayton area.	Brett Ewing	The last Friday @5pm

🎯 Product Ownership Taylor Luehrs, PMP
- What the Customer Actually Meant: Product Ownership and Translating Requirements Into Real Software
👥 Teaming: Evelyn J. Boettcher
- Resolving the I in Team,
Lunch provided by Astero Engineering
🎨 UX & Accessibility Ren Estep
- Don’t Get Stuck in a Toxic Situationship: Building Web Experiences for Every Context
⚙️ DevOps Sunny Kolattukody
- Dry in the Age of AI
💡 Side Hustles
- Turning your tech skills into additional opportunities and passion projects.

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