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Mission Brief:

com·mu·ni·ty
2. a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.

GemCity TECH’s mission is to grow the Dayton industry and the Gem City community by providing a centralized destination for technical training, workshops and providing a forum for collaborating. detail

We have a variety of special interest groups representing different technical disciplines. We would like to expand and support the technical community and are always open to discussion about new opportunities.

Would you like to make a donation to help offset pizza expense?

What's changing in 2024?

  • The Dayton Web Developers users groups have joined to focus on the broader topics related to software engineering, application development, web development and mobile development.

    We will still meet on the same nights (the 1st Wednesday and the 2nd Thursday) but both we will not stay in the borders of web or .NET topics for either night.

    This new structure will be organized by Hanen Alkhafaji, James, Carr & Allen May

  • Cognitive Think Tank has joined the GemCity TECH family and will be meeting the 2nd Wednesday of the month online only. Welcome to the leadership team Layla Akilan & Damon Troncone.

Our family of user groups (in order of monthly occurance):

Logo User Group Organizer Meeting Time
Code for Dayton 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
Software Engineer Software Engineering (Formerly The Dayton Web Developers) - general topics around being a modern software, application, web or mobile developer Hanen Alkhafaji, James, Carr & Allen May 1st Wednesdays @6pm
New To Tech New to Tech - A public group focused on folks who are just starting to learn about software development, up through those already employed in the industry who are targeting their first promotion. Topics will be split between software development fundamentals & career guidance and there will be plenty of time for group discussion & live coding. Please bring your laptop! Matt Alioto 1st Thursday @6pm
Software Engineer Software Engineering (Formerly the .NET Developers user groups) - general topics around being a modern software, application, web or mobile developer Hanen Alkhafaji, James, Carr & Allen May 2nd Tuesday @6pm
Cognitive Think Tank Cognitive Think Tank (VIRTUAL ONLY) - Our Mission is to get people thinking, share diverse perspectives, generate rich discussion in our community about the tools and techniques we are all using, and make connections with like minded professionals! (This group meets online) Layla Akilan & Damon Troncone 2nd Wednesdays @5pm
Dynamic Languages Group Dayton Dynamic Languages - Casual discussions and demonstrations that lean towards Ruby/Rails, Python/Django, Scheme, Lisp & Smalltalk Catherine Devlin 2nd Wednesdays @7pm
Dayton .Net Developers Dayton .NET Developers - Helping software developers, technical leads, and managers keep in touch with .NET-related technologies. Hanen Alkhafaji 2nd Tuesdays @6pm
Gem City Game Developers 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
Gem City ML / AI For professionals who are curious about machine learning and meeting with like minded professionals. Evelyn Boettcher 3rd Thursdays @6pm

Resources:

Currently, all meetings are at the Innovation Hub at the Downtown Dayton Arcade Building.

The Innovation Hub
31 South Main Street Dayton, OH

All user groups are free and open to the public.

Meetup logo with link to GemCity TECH event calendar on Meetup

All events are listed on the GemCity TECH Meetup.com Events calandar

  • If you have an interest in tech, join us at an upcoming event
  • Have an idea for a tech community, let's talk about starting one up

What’s new

Opportunities

Connect with us

Meetup logo with link to GemCity TECH event calendar on Meetup | Discord logo with link to GemCity TECH Discord server | Linkedin logo with link to GemCity TECH Linkedin profile

Our Sponsors and Partners

The Dayton Innvovation Hub logo with link to The Innovation Hub website
The Arcade Innovation Hub, powered by PNC Bank, was created to serve as the regional nexus for the new venture creation and social innovation that will lead to a more vibrant and inclusive regional economy.

Technology First logo with link to Technology First website
Technology First is the technology member association for the region. For 25 years, Technology First has been committed to building a community of leading-edge IT professionals. We stand on three pillars: to connect, strengthen and champion technology in the Dayton region. Come shape the future of technology with us. #UniteDaytonTech

Videos of recent meetings

May 3, 2023 Dayton Web Developers: Augmented Development with AI by Bryan Braun

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December 7, 2022 Dayton Web Developers: Exploring the value of JavaScript frameworks by Seth White

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November 17, 2021 Dayton Frontend Dev: Intro to Figma design and Next JS
by Noelle Lansford & Bulent Tastan

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November 16, 2021 New to the Web - Getting Started with JSON Web Tokens
by Davis Sanders

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November 10, 2021 The Dynamic Languages Group - Tutorial: Handling Large Data with Python Pandas
by Evelyn Boettcher

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November 6, 2021 Dayton Web Developers: Visual Studio Code - The Swiss Army Knife of Editors
by James Carr

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October 20, 2021 GemCity TECH: Building Decentralized Apps on Blockchain
by Bulent Tastan

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September 1, 2021 Dayton Web Developers - Sharing the history of the Dayton Web Developers and the plans for the future with GemCity TECH
by Allen May

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