Join us for our 11th event, and our first Community Night, hosted by Crowd Supply! For this event, we’re inviting members to share a project, demo a prototype, or present an idea in a casual 3-5 minute slot. This is a great opportunity to showcase something you’ve been working on—whether it’s a hardware hack, a new product, or an experiment you’d like feedback on. The only requirement? It should be something you haven’t shared with the group before!

If you’re interested in sharing a project, reach out to the organizers with the following details to let us know what you’d like to share:

• Your name
• What you’d like to present
• Any relevant links (i.e. if your project has a website, crowdfunding page, etc)
• If you’ll be doing a live demo, presentation, or both
• The reason you’d like to present - sharing your idea, getting feedback, looking for collaborators, etc

Agenda

6:00-6:30 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
6:30-7:30 - Scheduled Community Presentations with audience Q+A
7:30-8:00p - Overflow Community prototype/demo sharing, mix + mingle

Don’t miss out on the chance to learn about amazing products being designed and made in Portland, while making new connections, sharing ideas, and getting inspired. See you there!

Our monthly Hardware Meetups happen in 25+ cities around the world, bringing together hardware professionals to share projects, talk about their businesses, and network with other engineers, entrepreneurs, designers, suppliers, and more. Whether you’re a hardware pro or just hardware curious, all are welcome.

Thank you to our partners:

Crowd Supply is on a mission to bring original, useful, respectful hardware to life. Crowd Supply helps creators launch with the funding and support they need to deliver thoughtfully crafted products to delighted backers.

informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware and hardtech. With expertise in a diverse range of industries from consumer electronics to automotive, climate tech to medical devices, informal members work with clients at every stage to design, manufacture, and scale top-quality physical products. Whether you’re looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market strategy, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job. Learn more.

If you want to help support the next meetup, please reach out to nate@informal.cc for sponsorship inquiries.
See you soon!