Come join us for the inaugural Houston Hardware Meetup with some inspiring guest speakers lined up, as well refreshments provided by sponsors. There will be opportunities to make connections, see demos from the community, and trade expertise.
Houston Hardware Meetup is bringing professionals who build physical products together to foster ideas, enthusiasm, and solutions. They believe when related talent across unrelated fields collides, innovation is catalyzed and tough problems are solved faster.
Hosted by The Ion Prototyping Lab, a shared innovation and collaboration space with access to equipment, expertise, and technical training. It is located inside The Ion, the intersection of Houston’s culture, creativity, and innovation.
Hardware Meetups happen across over 30 cities around the world every month, helping bring together founders, engineers, and other hardware professionals to networks, share insights, and collaborate with one another.
Agenda
6:00-6:30pm Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
6:30-6:35pm Welcome and introduction
6:35-7:30pm Guest talks + audience Q&A
7:30-8:00pm Community open mic +
8:00-9:00pm Mix + mingle, pints at Second Draught
9:00pm Depart
+ Anyone will have the chance for a 1 minute pitch to talk about what they are working on. Bring a demo and get double time!
Sponsors
informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in the hardware ecosystem. 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.
TheJigsApp provides made-to-measure electronic test jigs. With a fully parameterized system that fits into board designers existing workflow, TheJigsApp is the fastest and most efficient method to instrument your design with a bed-of-nails test fixture.
The Ion Prototyping Lab is where your ideas meet the designers, engineers, and fabricators that can make it a reality. Located at The Ion, our 6500 sqft site offers access to equipment, expertise, and technical training–a must for every inventor, innovator, and creator.
Interested in speaking at, hosting, or sponsoring a Hardware Meetup event? Fill out the involvement form.
Ion District Parking Garage
Enter 4111 Fannin Street into your GPS for directions directly to this parking garage, located a block from the Ion. Parking in the Ion District Garage is free for the first two hours.
Red Parking Lot
Enter 4203 Fannin Street into your GPS for directions directly to the red parking lot, located across the street from the Ion. This lot is for overflow guest parking and tenant parking and is free for the first three hours.
Information and access to pay online for parking in the Red Lot can be found here.
