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X-WR-CALNAME:Orlando · tech · next 7 days · CalDiscovery BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:CECS Virtual Faculty Research Talks DTSTART:20260918T160000Z DTEND:20260918T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260915T180758Z UID:https://events.ucf.edu/event/4211972/cecs-virtual-faculty-research-tal ks/ CATEGORIES:education,tech DESCRIPTION:The UCF College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS)'s Z oom-cast series is live-streamed every other Friday from noon to 1 p.m.\, offering talks by CECS faculty and a live-chat Q&A. Targeted to faculty\, scientists\, and potential industry and government partners\, all are invi ted to Zoom-in and hear presentations by UCF's engineering and computer sc ience faculty who explain their cutting-edge\, pioneering research endeavo rs in quick snapshots.\n\nThese talks provide an opportunity to get to kno w -- and collaborate with -- our faculty who are advancing innovations in all areas of engineering and computer science\, including smart city techn ology\, aerospace\, energy\, modeling and simulation\, medicine\, advanced materials\, cyber security\, and more. Each faculty presenter will narrat e as they share illustrative slides.\n\nModerated by Subith Vasu\, Ph.D. f rom the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering\, viewers can s ubmit questions in real-time and express interest in collaborating.\n\nThe Sept. 18\, 2026 presenter lineup:\n\n * Chenghao Wan\, Ph.D.\, Departmen t of Electrical and Computer Engineering: "Sustainable Electromagnetic Eng ineering: From Nanophotonic Devices to Industrial Heating"\n * Yohanna Cr uz\, Ph.D.\, Department of Civil\, Environmental and Construction Engineer ing: "When Buildings Care: Engineering Infrastructure Around Human Needs"\ n * Tuhin Das\, Ph.D.\, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineerin g: "The CRAFTS Software for Acausal Modeling\, Rapid Simulations and Desig n of Energy Systems"\n\n\n\nVirtual Location URL: https://ucf.zoom.us/j/96 681677675?from=addon LAST-MODIFIED:20260915T180758Z LOCATION:Virtual URL:https://events.ucf.edu/event/4211972/cecs-virtual-faculty-research-tal ks/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=orlando-fl X-SOURCE-NAME:UCF Speaker/Lecture/Seminar Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.ucf.edu/category/23/speakerlectureseminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Introduction to Woodworking and Lasers DTSTART:20260919T200000Z DTEND:20260919T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T062957Z UID:ipgg9qe9mnrlhu4f6aaklqve0k@google.com CATEGORIES:education,tech DESCRIPTION:Event Description:Register at https://givebutter.com/laserwood \n\nWoodworking and Lasers workshop rescheduled for 9/19!\n\nThis Central Florida Tool Library & FamiLAB workshop will introduce participants to han d and power tools used for woodworking in a supportive\, hands-on environm ent. We will begin the workshop with basic tool safety\, then use that kno wledge to make a take-home project using a miter saw\, Laser engraver\, dr ill\, and orbital hand sander. This month's take-home project will be a la ser engraved door side key rack.\n\nThis workshop will take place at FamiL AB makerspace in Longwood\, and is offered on a sliding scale of $0-20. In struction will be led by members of the CFL Tool Library and FamiLAB.\n\nh ttps://givebutter.com/laserwoodIntended Audience:Public EventCost to atten d (if any)?:Sliding scale\, Free to $20Which area of FamiLAB will the even t be held?:Wood ShopWhat type of event is this?:Class\nWorkshop LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T062957Z X-SOURCE-NAME:FamiLAB X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.familab.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Seminar: "Programming Light and Quantum Electrodynamic Interaction s in Two-Dimensional Quantum Materials"-Michael Leuenberger/Nano & Physics \, UCF DTSTART:20260922T160000Z DTEND:20260922T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260728T153455Z UID:https://events.ucf.edu/event/4129640/seminar-programming-light-and-qua ntum-electrodynamic-interactions-in-two-dimensional-quantum-materials-mich ael-leuenbergernano-physics-ucf/ CATEGORIES:education,tech DESCRIPTION:Abstract:\n\nModern quantum technologies depend on our ability to understand\, predict\, and ultimately engineer interactions between el ectrons\, excitons\, spins\, and photons. In this colloquium\, I will desc ribe a method of turning quantum materials into programmable quantum syste ms. I will first briefly discuss how many-body GW-Bethe-Salpeter and Kadan off-Baym approaches provide a predictive framework for the linear and nonl inear optical response of two-dimensional semiconductors\, including excit onic effects\, harmonic generation\, and design rules for enhanced nonline ar response in layered materials. I will then focus on recent work showing that a gate-tunable conductor-dielectric-conductor heterostructure can pr ovide universal tuning of quantum electrodynamic interactions: the same pl atform allows interactions to be switched from familiar power-law behavior to exponential screening and even logarithmic antiscreening\, with direct implications for reconfigurable Coulomb\, dipolar\, van der Waals/Casimir -Polder\, and spin-spin interactions.\n\nBio: \nMichael N. Leuenberger is Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Ce ntral Florida\, with appointments in the NanoScience Technology Center and Department of Physics. He is also a Visiting Scientist at MIT. He receive d his Ph.D. in theoretical condensed matter physics from the University of Basel\, Switzerland\, under Daniel Loss\, and subsequently held postdocto ral positions at the University of Iowa with Michael Flatte and at UC San Diego with Lu Sham. His research spans quantum information science\, nonli near optics\, many-body theory of quantum materials\, and multiscale model ing of quantum devices. He has led or co-led research supported by AFOSR\, ARO\, DARPA\, NSF\, and ONR\, and his recent work includes predictive man y-body theories of nonlinear optical response in 2D materials\, excitonic quantum matter in breathing-kagome materials\, and programmable quantum el ectrodynamic interactions in van der Waals heterostructures. LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T153455Z LOCATION:CREOL: 102 URL:https://events.ucf.edu/event/4129640/seminar-programming-light-and-qua ntum-electrodynamic-interactions-in-two-dimensional-quantum-materials-mich ael-leuenbergernano-physics-ucf/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=orlando-fl X-SOURCE-NAME:UCF Speaker/Lecture/Seminar Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.ucf.edu/category/23/speakerlectureseminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thriving in the Skills Economy Era: Lessons from Building Ventures and Careers DTSTART:20260922T190000Z DTEND:20260922T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T181119Z UID:https://events.ucf.edu/event/4195842/thriving-in-the-skills-economy-er a-lessons-from-building-ventures-and-careers/ CATEGORIES:education,tech DESCRIPTION:Success today isn't about traditional career paths but masteri ng the skills that drive impact and innovation.\n\nOur speaker will share their journey of building ventures and scaling teams in the Skills Economy Era\, offering practical insights into learning\, adaptability and creati ng your own opportunities. \nRegistration Link: https://ucf.startuptree.or g/events/943 LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T181119Z LOCATION:Student Union: The Blackstone LaunchPad URL:https://events.ucf.edu/event/4195842/thriving-in-the-skills-economy-er a-lessons-from-building-ventures-and-careers/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_ medium=ics&utm_campaign=orlando-fl X-SOURCE-NAME:UCF Speaker/Lecture/Seminar Events X-SOURCE-URL:https://events.ucf.edu/category/23/speakerlectureseminar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Women in Tech & Entrepreneurship - Orlando Chapter Voter Education Mixer DTSTART:20260922T213000Z DTEND:20260922T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T022933Z UID:10000343-1790098200-1790105400@innovateorlando.io CATEGORIES:community,tech DESCRIPTION:*Photo: West Orlando News\n \n \nOrlando is home to moonshot s and magic. I came up through creative industries\, then spent twelve yea rs at what was the Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission\, now the Orlando Economic Partnership\, learning what it actually takes to move a region. The slow\, structural work of building relationships that compound \, aligning incentives across sectors\, and creating the conditions where the private market does things it would not do alone. I have worked alongs ide many regional leaders over the years. What I know about myself is that I am not done. I have more to give\, more to build\, and a clearer pictur e than ever of what it is actually going to take. \n\n\n\n\nAnd what it i s going to take is not another event. Not another building with innovation in the name. It is a repeatable system\, one that connects talent to capi tal\, research to commercialization\, founders to procurement\, and all of it to a regional strategy across cities and counties that compounds o ver time instead of resetting every grant cycle. The connective tissue tha t does not just celebrate the ecosystem but structurally advances it.  \n Innovate Orlando\, as it was\, was not that system. I say that with full ownership. I ran it. And what I learned running it is that this work can not live outside the larger regional economic development infrastructure. It has to be woven into it\, or it spends all of its energy trying to be heard by the rooms it needs to be inside.  \nThat is why this decision is not hard. It is overdue.  \nI wanted you to hear this directly from m e: Innovate Orlando is transitioning its mission and programs back to the Orlando Economic Partnership\, and I am returning with them as Vice Presid ent of Innovation\, effective March 9.  \nThis is about finding the right partnerships\, alignments\, and connected momentum to do this work at t he scale it deserves. Moving this work inside the Orlando Economic Partne rship means the mission is now backed by the full infrastructure of region al government\, industry\, academia\, and community partners working towar d the same goal. The platform is bigger. The reach is longer. The mission  can have the infrastructure to match its ambition.  \nTech Connect\, t he Orlando Tech Summit and Community Awards\, and the Orlando Tech Grant a ll make the move. What comes next is not another program or another event. It is a repeatable system\, one that connects talent to capital\, researc h to commercialization\, founders to procurement\, and all of it to a regi onal strategy that compounds over time instead of resetting every grant cy cle.  \nThis is not a step away from the work. It is the work\, finally in the right kitchen. Orlando does not need more cheerleaders. It needs i nfrastructure that works.  \nNow scroll down. Because this week’s news is exactly the argument I have been making the entire time. A Central Flor ida AV company is heading to the FIFA World Cup. UCF just launched a $3.5 billion campaign\, its largest in history. An Orlando cybersecurity co mpany hosted a national conference in our own backyard. Space Florida open ed a $531M call for projects. And that is just the headline layer. The ful l picture is below\, and it will remind you why this region is not waiting to be discovered. It never was.  \n  \nSpace Coast and Aerospace  \nRe ad these four stories as phases of a single capital formation sequence. Pu blic infrastructure investment comes first and de-risks everything that fo llows. Private real estate comes second\, signaling long-term operational commitment. International capital comes third\, validating that the regi on can compete globally. NASA is the backdrop that makes all three moves l egible.  \nBlue Origin’s $11.5M land acquisition in Cocoa is the kind o f move a company makes when it has already decided the Space Coast is a lo ng-term operating address\, not a launch convenience. That decision compou nds against Space Florida’s 2026 Spaceport Improvement Program\, which j ust opened a call for projects backed by $531M in state investment\, esse ntially a public infrastructure commitment that de-risks the private capi tal following behind it. EOS-X Space’s acquisition of Space Perspective and its $650M+ combined valuation shows what happens when international ae rospace capital looks for a U.S. home and finds that this region has both the infrastructure and the talent density to justify the bet. NASA’s Art emis 2 timeline\, still targeting April\, is the backdrop to all of it. Wh en public investment\, private real estate\, and international capital are all moving in the same direction at the same time\, that is not momentum. That is a thesis becoming infrastructure.  \n\nBlue Origin snags 20-acr e Cocoa site for $11.5M as latest Brevard expansion \n\n\nEOS-X Space Exp ands U.S. Footprint after Space Perspective Deal \n\n\nNASA repairs Artem is 2 moon rocket in hopes of an April lunar launch \n\n\nSpace Florida’ s 2026 Call for Spaceport Projects\, $531M in state investment\, April 22 deadline \n\n  \nDefense\, Drones and Cybersecurity  \nRead these five stories as a demand signal map. The government signals what it needs. The private sector builds the product. The universities build the workforce. T hen the cycle repeats at a higher level. Every story in this section is a different point on that loop.  \nOrange County’s $7M drone-as-first-r esponder program is a local government buying what the private market has already proven works\, a direct downstream effect of companies and researc hers in this region building real-world drone operations for years. Centra l Florida’s role in the missile defense planning conversation runs direc tly through the modeling and simulation corridor\, home to more than 15\,0 00 simulation professionals working across systems that range from missile guidance and radar tracking to autonomous vehicle training and pilot read iness. That is the digital infrastructure missile defense architecture req uires before a physical system is ever built. The golden dome starts with a digital twin\, and this region is where those twins get made.   Threa tLocker’s Zero Trust World conference just made that demand signal visib le to thousands of security professionals gathered in Orlando this week\, and Embry-Riddle answered with both a new aviation cybersecurity certifica tion program and a drone-based research deployment on Lake Okeechobee. Tho se same hyperspectral imaging and autonomous sampling systems being used t o study algae blooms can be adapted for border surveillance\, maritime pat rol\, and environmental threat detection. Embry-Riddle is not just doing e nvironmental research. It is building the operational proof of concept for a capability the defense community is actively looking for. These stories are not parallel. They are sequential. The research produces the workforc e. The workforce builds the products. The products win the contracts. The contracts fund the next round of research.  \n\n$7M approved to fund firs t responder drones in Orange County \n\n\nCentral Florida’s role in Tru mp’s missile defense system \n\n\nThreatLocker Zero Trust World 2026\, Orlando\, March 4-6 \n\n\nEmbry-Riddle Launches Aviation Cybersecurity Tr aining and Certification \n\n\nEmbry-Riddle Researchers Develop Drone Tec h to Study Harmful Blue-Green Algae on Lake Okeechobee \n\n  \nHealth Te ch and Life Sciences  \nRead these three stories as a pipeline\, not a cl uster. The forum sets the agenda. The research fills it. The talent expor ts validate it globally and come back. That is how a health tech ecosyst em matures.  \nLake Nona’s Impact Forum argument\, that longevity is in separable from technology\, is easy to endorse on a panel stage. What make s it credible is the research pipeline sitting behind it. A UCF researcher developing a new therapy for diabetic neuropathy is working on a conditio n that affects more than 50% of people with diabetes and has no FDA-approv ed cure\, the kind of gap that attracts serious capital once clinical proo f of concept exists. A UCF doctoral graduate heading to Harvard Medical Sc hool to advance AI-driven clinical tools is exactly the talent export stor y that benchmarks a region’s research quality on a national stage\, even as it feels like a loss locally. Orlando’s health tech ecosystem is not built on one medical city with good architecture. It is built on a univer sity research pipeline that feeds institutions like Harvard\, and on appli ed science that is moving toward the clinic. Lake Nona is the platform. UC F is the engine underneath it.  \n\nLake Nona Impact Forum: There can’t be longevity without tech \n\n\nUCF Researcher Developing New Therapy to Treat Diabetic Neuropathy \n\n\nUCF Doctoral Grad Heads to Harvard Medic al School to Advance AI-Driven Clinical Tools \n\n  \nResearch\, Talent and University Innovation  \nIf you wanted to design a regional innovatio n ecosystem from scratch\, you would do something that looks very much lik e what Central Florida’s universities are doing right now. UCF’s $3.5 billion Go For Launch campaign is the largest fundraising effort in th e university’s history and it is essentially a capital formation eve nt for the ecosystem. The proceeds flow into research infrastructure\, sch olarships\, and facilities that the private sector will benefit from dir ectly. The $4M electron microscope is a small illustration of the larger l ogic: UCF is not just training students\, it is building shared research infrastructure that companies in the region can access without owning. Ro llins College’s addition of the Rick Goings Institute to its $200M Innov ation Triangle takes a different approach\, connecting liberal arts educat ion to entrepreneurship and economic development\, a bet that the skills g ap in the innovation economy is not purely technical.   \nAnd at Full Sa il University in Winter Park\, my alma mater\, student filmmakers just lan ded finalist spots in the Coca-Cola Refreshing Films competition\, a preci se illustration of what happens when production-focused education puts stu dents on national stages before they graduate. These institutions are not competing. They are covering different parts of the same talent and rese arch formation problem\, and the aggregate investment this week runs well past $3.7 billion. That is not coincidence. That is a coordinated instit utional bet on this region’s trajectory.  \n\nUCF Launches $3.5 Billion Go For Launch Campaign \n\n\nUCF’s New $4M Electron Microscope Expands Research Access Across Campus\, Industry \n\n\nUCF Computer Science Prof essor Recognized for Contributions to Human-Computer Interaction \n\n\nNe w institute to join Rollins College’s $200M Innovation Triangle \n\n\nF ull Sail Filmmakers Named Finalists in Prestigious Nationwide Film Competi tion\, Coca-Cola Refreshing Films \n\n  \nStartups\, Capital and Busin ess Growth  \nRead these four stories as a capital stack\, not as isolate d company announcements. FirmPilot’s $22M Series A-1 in AI legal marke ting is venture capital flowing into vertical SaaS\, a signal that investo rs see Orlando-area companies as credible bets at growth-stage check sizes \, not just seed experiments. Kore.ai’s strategic growth investment fr om AllianceBernstein is institutional private credit entering the enterpri se AI story through an Orlando-headquartered company\, a different flavor of capital\, from a different part of the market\, validating a differen t stage of growth. RSG Security’s California expansion and Laser Photoni cs’ consolidation to Lake Mary are operational scaling stories\, not fun draising announcements. They represent companies that have already raise d and are now executing. Together\, the four companies span early growth\, scale-up\, and operational maturity. That is what a functioning startup e cosystem looks like when it is working: multiple companies at multiple sta ges\, attracting multiple types of capital\, and still calling Central Fl orida home.  \nOne gap this newsletter never fully closed is the capital formation story itself. Who is writing the checks in Orlando? What does the fund landscape actually look like? Where does a founder go when they need a Series A and do not want to fly to San Francisco to get it? That is the story I am most eager to tell from inside OEP\, where the relationshi ps between capital\, institutions\, and founders can be mapped and connect ed at regional scale.  \n\nFirmPilot Secures $22 Million Series A-1 \n\n \nKore.ai Secures Strategic Growth Investment from AllianceBernstein \n\n \nMatthew Sierra\, Founder of RSG Security\, Scales Orlando’s Fastest-Gr owing Private Security Firm as Company Expands Into California \n\n\nLase r Photonics Announces Strategic Consolidation of Manufacturing Footprint t o Lake Mary\, Florida \n\n  \nTech Infrastructure and Economic Developme nt  \nRead these three stories as a market validation sequence. First ten ant\, first mobility operator\, first AV deployment at global scale. Eac h one lowers the risk for everything that follows.  \nTerracon signing as the first tenant at the Lake Mary Technology Center is significant not fo r the lease itself but for what a first tenant signals to every tenant tha t follows. The anchor has arrived\, the risk has been absorbed\, the addr ess is legitimate. Freebee’s EV rideshare launch in Lake Nona works the same way: it is a Miami company choosing a Central Florida innovation di strict as its expansion market\, which tells you something about how that district is perceived by operators making real capital allocation decision s outside of Florida. Beep is the furthest along of the three. An Altamo nte Springs company that built the first permanent AV deployment by any U. S. city is now carrying 150\,000 kilometers of verified real-world opera tions into the FIFA World Cup in Atlanta. That is a Central Florida compan y writing the operational playbook for autonomous mobility on a global sta ge. The infrastructure layer of this ecosystem is not background. It is th e proof of concept that makes everything else fundable.  \n\nLake Mary Te chnology Center lands engineering firm as first leaseholder \n\n\nMiami r ideshare company brings electric vehicles to Lake Nona \n\n\nBeep AV depl oyments launching in Altamonte Springs and Atlanta World Cup \n\n  \nIn Case You Missed It  \nSpaceX’s March 3 Starlink launch from Cape Canave ral produced a jellyfish atmospheric effect visible across Central Florida \, striking enough that it trended locally\, routine enough that it barely made the business press. That tension is itself a story: Florida’s spac eport is now launching so frequently that rocket plumes have become regi onal weather. NASA’s separate announcement of a major change to its long -term lunar architecture adds policy context to the Artemis 2 repair timel ine. Watch this space as the downstream implications for Kennedy and the S pace Coast supply chain come into focus. Team Orlando’s SERDP and ESTCP wildland fire safety tabletop exchange is the quietest story of the week\, but it is exactly the kind of cross-sector defense research collaboration that keeps the connective tissue of this community intact between the lar ger headlines. And an Orlando-area studio launches Everwind\, a sandbox s urvival RPG\, on Steam Early Access March 17\, a Central Florida game goin g live on one of the world’s largest gaming platforms.  \n\nSpaceX ‘j ellyfish’ launch recap: Live updates from Florida Starlink mission \n\n \nNASA Announces Major Change to Plans For Putting Humans on The Moon \n\ n\nSERDP and ESTCP host wildland safety\, fire PPE tabletop exchange \n\n \nSandbox Survival RPG Everwind launches on March 17 via Steam Early Acces s \n\n  \nThank You  \nThis newsletter was never the point. It was evid ence.  \nEvidence that this ecosystem had stories worth telling. Evidence that the founders\, researchers\, operators\, and investors building in O rlando deserved the same attention as the regions that simply had better P R. Evidence that connective tissue\, the unglamorous\, unsponsored\, unsex y work of linking people and ideas and capital across a geography\, is the difference between a collection of companies and an actual ecosystem.  \ nThat evidence is now substantial.  \nDavid Adelson built the foundation . Ashley McMullan built it with me week after week. Our sponsors and board made the long bet. This community showed up and proved it was worth makin g.  \nThe next chapter of this work continues at the Orlando Economic Par tnership. Stay connected. Keep submitting. Keep showing up to the summits \, applying for the grants\, and making the introductions that move this e cosystem forward. The connective tissue holds because you hold it.  \nA nd if you have a story worth telling\, you already know where to find me.   \n  \n— Sheena Fowler  \n\n\n  \n \n \n \n \nCheck out upcoming events here\n\n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin the movement by becoming an invest or in Innovate Orlando to propel Central Florida’s tech and innovation ecosystem \n\n\n\nJoin Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \ n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Investor Highlight \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nFlorida High Tech Corridor  is a vital force in Central Florida’s innovation ecosystem\, bringing together world-class research institutions like the University of Central Florida and a collaborative network of industry\, academia\, and economic partners to grow high-tech industries and opportunities across a 23-county region. Anchored by Orlando’s thriving technology community\, \nThe Cor ridor fuels innovation through strategic research partnerships\, workforce development programs\, and initiatives that help startups and established firms alike advance cutting-edge technologies and talent pipelines. Its d edication to boundary-breaking collaboration and community-driven innovati on accelerates economic growth\, strengthens Orlando’s role as a regiona l tech hub\, and fosters long-term prosperity across sectors from aerospac e to life sciences.  \n\n\nLearn more at: Florida High Tech Corridor \n \n \n \n Innovate Orlando News\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nAMPLIFY CENTRAL FLORIDA CONSORTIUM: VISIBILITY FOR T HE REGION’S INNOVATORS\n\n  \nCentral Florida is emerging as a nation al hub for technology\, simulation\, space\, health innovation\, and clea ntech but small and mid-sized enterprises often lack the resources to com pete with global brands shaping online narratives. The new Amplify Centra l Florida Consortium provides shared-investment marketing infrastructure for forward-thinking companies\, delivering enterprise-grade branding\, mu ltimedia production\, and strategic communications.  \nMembership tiers  (preferred rates through March 2026):  \n\nVisibility Package: $450 (Blin kCo. Mag feature reaching 1M+ viewers) \n\n\nVideo Essential Kit: $2\,975 /mo (monthly production session\, 3-mo commitment) \n\n\nLifestyle Story Kit: $4\,025/mo (30-day content plan + cinematic video) \n\n\nPrestige Fe ature Kit: $5\,075/mo (8-12 short-form videos + BlinkCo. distribution) \n \nLed by Amóre Marketing & Productions\, the Consortium elevates indivi dual companies while strengthening Central Florida’s competitive profile . 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LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T022933Z LOCATION:Pilars Martini & Loft\, 146 West Plant Street\, #Suite 120 & 210\ , Winter Garden\, FL\, 34787\, United States URL:https://innovateorlando.io/event/women-in-tech-entrepreneurship-orland o-chapter-voter-education-mixer/?utm_source=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&ut m_campaign=orlando-fl X-SOURCE-NAME:Innovate Orlando X-SOURCE-URL:https://innovateorlando.io END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Virtual "Show and Tell" of Projects by the Community DTSTART:20260922T230000Z DTEND:20260923T000000Z DTSTAMP:20260828T022950Z UID:event_314661190@meetup.com CATEGORIES:tech DESCRIPTION:Google Developer Group Central Florida\nReady to showcase your creativity and ingenuity? Want to see what fun\, cool\, and innovative pr ojects community members are working on? Then get ready for our Monthly Cr eative Exchange!\n\nThis is your chance to:\n\nShowcase Your Craft: Experi menting with AI or trying to kickstart a new app? This is your stage! Demo your latest creations\, share your process\, and spark inspiration in oth ers. Projects do not have to be perfect or completely refined to help insp ire others.\n\nThe Creative Exchange: Need a second pair of eyes on an app you’re building? Or maybe you’re looking for a collaborator? Tap into our collective to get the feedback or partnership you need to level up.\n \nFound a new "toy" or app that’s completely leveled up your creative fl ow? We want to see it in action! Come give us a quick demo of the tools or techniques that are making your work fun again. Your "aha!" moment might be exactly the inspiration someone else needs to break through a creative block.\n\nDemo and “Show and tell” sessions should be shared as brief and impactful “lighting” talks. All talks will be time boxed to 7 minu tes. Got something to share? Sign up using the following Google Form. http s://forms.gle/gXSoEPL7Z7QXrWpQ6\n\nAgenda\n\n---\n\nHosted By\n\nJavier Ca rrion\, GDG Organizer\n\nHi everyone! My name is Javier\, but you can call me "Javi." I live in Ocala\, known as "the Horse Capital of the World" an d I'm actively involved in the Central Florida Development communities. As a Software Engineer (Web) at Design Interactive\, I work with cutting-edg e human-system integration (HSI) technologies\, which means I get to play with devices like HoloLens and more. Fun Fact: I have a mixology certifica tion from the city of Waterbury! 🍸 I'm excited to be a part of this ama zing group and looking forward to connecting with all of you! 🚀\n\nMich ael Rosario\, GDG Team Lead Member\n\nAs an experienced software developer with over 19 years of experience\, I enjoy helping organizations with agi le software development\, promoting cultures of innovation\, and creative business solutions. I enjoy helping organizations and software teams disco ver the craft of continuous improvement. I am always looking for opportuni ties to serve leaders and teams who want to create more value with integri ty\, character\, and predictability.\n\nProfessional interests: AR/VR\, We b dev\, MAKERS movement\, Agile leadership\, Machine learning\, Cultures o f Innovation\, Gaming & Game based learning\, Visual analytics\n\nChristi Kapp\, Founder & CEO\n\nChristi Kapp is a well-respected Management Consul tant and Coach that has spoken at numerous professional conferences on top ics ranging from business analysis\, to managing organizational change.\n\ nChristi’s career has included management consulting\, executive leaders hip\, coaching and teaching in the hospitality\, training and technology i ndustries. She has also managed performance\, as well as the professional development of staff engaged in development and delivery of complex inform ation system solutions\, solution sales\, training\, and customer service. \n\nHer entrepreneurial background includes founding\, growing and selling TechKnowQuest\, Inc – one of the Orlando Area's Fastest Growing Tech Co mpanies in 1998 (1992 – 2000). While at TechKnowQuest\, she created cust om courses for a number of clients and performed management consulting ser vices. She has also performed coaching and consulting services through Kno wledgeSpot\, Inc\, (2000 – 2007) and JustIntegration\, Inc. (founded in 2006). She was also co-founder of Art In Motion LLC Custom Motorcycles (fo unded in 2007)\, and is Owner/Innkeeper at Kapp and Kappy Bed & Breakfast (2016)\n\nShe is an accomplished author also. She has written several ente rprise information technology books (Prentice-Hall)\, a UCF Master's thesi s on “Regional Readiness for Homeland Security Information Sharing”\, and in 2016\, wrote a book chapter titled “Soft Factors Enabling Innovat ion” in the Apple Academic Press series called Ecosystems and Technology : Idea Generation and Content Model Processing.\n\nShe has a B.S. Degree f rom the University of Rochester and a M.S. from the College of Health & Pu blic Affairs at the University of Central Florida.\n\nKendra Kennedy\, Sof tware Engineer II\n\nHello everyone! My name is Kendra Kennedy\, and I am a Software Engineer who specializes in eXtended Reality (XR) Development a nd dabbles in Web Development\, Mobile Development\, and a bit of Machine Learning. I have a deep love for learning and trying out new skills\, so w hen I'm not behind the keyboard I can be often be found taking acting\, da ncing\, or media art classes from the nearby art center or martial arts\, yoga\, or one-off exercise classes at my local gym. I'm happy to be a part of such an awesome team and look forward to learning and creating with al l of you!\n\nKayle Brown\,\n\nComplete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.c ommunity.dev/events/details/google-gdg-central-florida-presents-virtual-sh ow-and-tell-of-projects-by-the-community-2026-09-22/. LAST-MODIFIED:20260828T022950Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/gdg-central-florida/events/314661190/?utm_sourc e=caldiscovery&utm_medium=ics&utm_campaign=orlando-fl X-SOURCE-NAME:Google Developer Group Central Florida END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:FamiLAB Social Night DTSTART:20260922T233000Z DTEND:20260923T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260728T153455Z UID:mk61b057mm589a4ba32gdcanqi@google.com CATEGORIES:tech DESCRIPTION:Join us for social night! Bring a project you have been workin g on\, ideas of projects\, or just hang out and enjoy discussions with oth er makers. LAST-MODIFIED:20260728T153455Z LOCATION:400 North st #152\, Longwood FL 32750 X-SOURCE-NAME:FamiLAB X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.familab.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:(CS)²AI Online™ Symposium: Level Zero Visions & Reflections DTSTART:20260923T170000Z DTEND:20260923T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260918T012221Z UID:event_316597594@meetup.com CATEGORIES:free,tech DESCRIPTION:Orlando Cyber Security for Control Systems\nMissed Level Zero 2026 — or want to relive the best of it? Last year\, sixty-six speakers delivered over a hundred hours of can't-miss OT cybersecurity programming. In this symposium\, you'll hear it straight from the contributors and top -rated speakers who made it happen: the lessons learned\, the ideas plante d\, and the moments that mattered most.\n\nAcross a four hours of panel di scussions\, we're bringing back the voices that defined last year's confer ence to reflect on where ICS/OT security stands today — what's changed\, what's stuck\, and what the community is still wrestling with.\n\nAnd we' re not just looking back. Throughout the day\, we'll drop clues about what 's coming in 2027 — a bigger\, bolder Level Zero built on your demand fo r more. Think five full days of content\, including two brand-new pre-conf erence days ahead of the three-day main event.\n\nWhether you were there i n person\, watched from afar\, or are just discovering Level Zero for the first time\, this is your chance to catch up on the conversations that mat tered — and get a first look at what's next.\n\n**[Join us for Visions a nd Reflections. 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