Tech meetups, week of May 25, 2026
May 25–31, 2026 — 9 events across 5 groups in Hampton Roads.
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Tuesday, May 26
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Build Your Own AI Agent: The Claude Agent SDK | AICHR
Notice: This meeting will be recorded. By joining and remaining in this meeting, you consent to being recorded. If you do not consent, please do not join. This event is capped at 500 attendees. Register now to secure your spot. Build Your Own AI Agent: The Claude Agent SDK - You've been using Claude Code interactively. Type a prompt, watch it work, review the output. That's great for your workflow. But what happens when you need Claude running inside your application? Processing uploads at 3 AM? Reviewing PRs automatically?
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AICHR | Peninsula Builders Study Group
New AI tools are dropping every week. Bookmarks are piling up. “To-be-studied” lists are growing faster than we can keep up with. Sound familiar? Peninsula Builders Study Group is a local initiative for students and developers of the Peninsula area who want to stop meaning to learn and start actually doing it—together. There’s no pressure to be an expert, and no bootcamp intensity. Just a consistent habit, a room full of curious people, and the accountability that comes from showing up. How it works: We meet every two weeks on Tuesdays from 6:00–7:30 PM at CNU.
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Peninsula Developers Study Group
New AI tools are dropping every week. Bookmarks are piling up. “To-be-studied” lists are growing faster than we can keep up with. Sound familiar? Peninsula Builders Study Group is a local initiative for students and developers of the Peninsula area who want to stop meaning to learn and start actually doing it—together. There’s no pressure to be an expert, and no bootcamp intensity. Just a consistent habit, a room full of curious people, and the accountability that comes from showing up. How it works: We meet every two weeks on Tuesdays from 6:00–7:30 PM at CNU.
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Building an AI RAG Application with Logic Apps
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE NOTE THE DATE. NOT OUR NORMAL SCHEDULE. Building an AI RAG Application with Logic Apps We have a special guest in-person this month! Microsoft Azure MVP, Dan Toomey, is visiting us all the way from Australia! Schedule 5:45 PM — Doors open 6:00 PM — Food, drinks, and networking 6:30 PM — Presentation begins About This Session Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is a proven model for exposing your data to AI-assisted search platforms whilst breaking through the limitations of unwieldy Large Language Modules (LLMs).
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Geeks at a Bar- Peninsula Happy Hour
Do you work with technology or for a tech company? Do you speak geek? Come network with other technology industry workers for a casual, conversational happy hour. This meetup is loosely organized, but very consistently scheduled. If you want to meet up somewhere else, share it in the #peninsula channel at 757dev.org Slack, or in the comments.
Wednesday, May 27
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(CS)²AI Online™ Seminar: NERC CIP Review Process-Updates & Getting Involved
Reserve a seat to join the discussion: Join industry leaders Bill Lawrence, Chief Delivery Officer at INTEGRITI and former CISO, NERC, and Juan Villareal, Principal, Villareal Energy for an insightful webinar on the NERC CIP review process and the evolving landscape of Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) standards. This session will provide attendees with a practical overview of how NERC Reliability Standards are developed, reviewed, and updated through the industry-driven standards process, including the latest developments currently under review and under development.
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Cybersecurity Social/Happy Hour meetup for networking, meeting new people
Information Security and Cybersecurity professionals, come out and meet some new people. Have a night out on the town. Meet new people with similar interests. We love connecting with people who have similar interests. Whether you thinking about entering cybersecurity, recently entered, or seasoned, we welcome all to come out and drink some beers with us, or not drink with us. We want to meet you, to meet new people. We had enough of the virtual world with covid.
Thursday, May 28
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AICHR | Connections & (grocery) carts
Meet people and pick up your weekly groceries. 🤝 A casual networking hangout in the grocery store cafe Chats, connections, & grocery carts is a relaxed, social-first networking event for curious, friendly people across Hampton Roads who enjoy good conversation and knocking out life errands at the same time. This is not a lecture. This is not a pitch night. And you definitely do not need to “prepare” anything. It is simply a low-pressure space to meet new people, have real conversations, and casually connect while wandering the aisles and picking up your weekly groceries. Whether you are…
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Peninsula Happy Hour
A social event to network, or just talk about development