Join Women in Hardware for sips, snacks, and a little show & tell at woman-led SF design studio, level. Nichole & Vicci are opening their studio door to our community and will share a bit about their practice as well as select client work.

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Please join us at Lightship for a happy hour and factory tour where we will talk about how to build the future of EVs, Thursday 12/07, 5:30-8:00pm.

RSVP and further info below!

Please join us at Heirloom for a happy hour and HQ tour where we will talk about how to build scalable carbon capture products, Thursday 9/21, 5:30-8:00pm.

Please join us for a virtual Women in Hardware event in partnership with FYTO, a venture-backed startup in the sustainable agriculture space. We will hear from FYTO’s lead mechanical engineer and research associate about how they are innovating in biology and engineering to revolutionize and decarbonize agriculture.

This is a great opportunity to see how women in hardware are applying their skills to fight climate change!

TICKETS + INFO HERE

Join us for a virtual Q&A with Narissa Chang, Director of Mechanical Engineering at Nike.

Im collaboration with Teardown Library.

TICKETS + INFO HERE

Women in Hardware is ushering in the spring with tie-dye and homemade cookies in the Bolt courtyard! Bring a white textile that needs a second life (cotton t-shirts, pillow cases, and tote bags) to transform.*

No talks or slides, just connecting with one another over this very San Francisco craft tradition. Bring a friend, a colleague, or your whole team!

*We'll have some thrifted (and washed) items on hand as backups.

Postponed indefinitely, but your ticket will be valid whenever we can safely gather again!

RSVP HERE

Women in Hardware is partnering with Dame Products to celebrate the first official appearance of sex toys at CES.

Escape the mainstream main strip and come hang in a femme // non-binary positive environment at Atomic Liquors, Vegas’ oldest free standing bar. All genders welcome.

Details and RSVP

Note: This is a 21+ event

This November, join the Women in Hardware community at Dame Products headquarters in NYC.

6-7pm: Refreshments & nibbles with fellow Women in Hardware

7-8pm: Kate McAndrew, Principal at Bolt, interviews Janet Lieberman, Co-founder and CTO at Dame Products, about lessons learned building sex toys. We'll cover everything from learning about product development to customer acquisition in this *hot* category. There will be plenty of time for Q&A.

8-9pm: More networking and hanging out.

About Dame Products:

Dame Products was founded by smart women with the purpose of making phenomenal sex toys. Their continuing mission: to design well-engineered sex toys, to heighten intimacy, and to openly empower the sexual experiences of womankind.

Women in Hardware

Women in Hardware is a community of female identified people working in the entrepreneurial ecosystem at intersection of hardware and software. Since 2015, Women in Hardware has hosted over 35 events in San Francisco, New York, Boston, Seattle, and Paris. Events are content rich and empower women to learn from one another and make meaningful connections.

Join Women in Hardware for Wine and Tear downs at Formlabs

When: Wednesday, July 25th, 2018.

Time: 
6pm-7pm: Enjoy drinks and snacks amongst friends. Interact with the Form 2, Form Wash, and Form Cure.

7pm-8pm: Fireside chat between Kate McAndrew and 5 year Formlabs veteran and Product Manager Jennifer Milne. 

8pm-9pm: More wine. More teardowns.

Directions: Formlabs' Twin City office is located in the Twin City Plaza at 22 McGrath Highway, Suite 201 in Somerville, 02143. The closest intersection is Gore Street and Lambert Street. You’ll find their entrance on the Dollar Tree side of the shopping center. Take the stairs to the second floor. The office is located to the right as you exit the stairs. 

With the rise of female-driven economy we are seeing a fundamental shift in design and product development. Balanced teams with women in leadership are driving innovation and bringing new experiences that address the authentic and unique needs of women. 

Join us for an evening showcasing products that are Redesigning Women's Health and Well Being featuring an in-depth dive into the design process and product development of the Fitbit Versa. 

An evening with innovators in women's health, wellness, and well-being:

6-7pm: Cocktails & conversation
7-8pm: Fitbit design’s Versa team discusses their exploration into redesigning the female health and wellness experience
8-9pm: Check out prototypes and samples from companies startups building cutting edge women’s health and well-being products

Everyone knows the fall is a crazy time in San Francisco, especially in hardware. Whether you are pushing on product to hit Christmas deadlines or doing the Sand Hill Shuffle for your next round, you probably need a break. Come for the cocktails, stay for the conversation.

Evening Schedule

• 6:00pm - 9:00pm- Drinks & small bites with the fellow Women in Hardware from the Boston community

• 7:00pm - 7:45pm- Hear from Clara Vu on her "Accidental Career in Robotics" 

• 7:45pm - 9:00pm- Further mixing and mingling

About our Speaker

Clara is a cofounder and VP Engineering at Veo Robotics. She is a technology leader who has developed multiple robotics products from inception to market. Clara started her career at iRobot programming robots for oil well exploration; she then moved on to robotic toys and eventually the Roomba. After iRobot, she cofounded and led the software team at agricultural robotics company Harvest Automation. She has also consulted at Rethink Robotics and at startups in additive manufacturing and IoT. She holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Yale University.

Evening Schedule

• 6:00pm - 9:00pm- Drinks & small bites with the fellow Women in Hardware

• 7:00pm - 7:45pm- How to Build a Satellite with Kiruthika Devaraj, Planet's RF Communications Lead

• 7:45pm - 9:00pm- Further mixing and mingling

About the Speakers

Kiruthika Devaraj is the RF & Comms Lead at Planet. She and her team build the satellite radios and ground stations that collectively download 5 TB of data everyday and recently deployed the fastest cubesat radios. Prior to Planet, Kiruthika was a research associate at the Kavli Institute of Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology (KIPAC) at Stanford University. Kiruthika holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. 

Join Casper's San Francisco office in hosting Women in Hardware for Happy Hour. 

6pm-7pm: Drinks and conversation with the WIH community

7pm-8pm: Chayne Johnson of Casper share supply chain wisdom

8pm-9pm: Further mixing & mingling

Women in Hardware connects women building the future of hardware. Join us for happy hour at Fictiv, a hardware development platform for engineers and designers. As always, come for the drinks, stay for the conversation. We hope you'll meet someone new, and learn something new.

Thanks to our sponsors, Bolt and Fictiv for making this possible!

Join us for a Women in Hardware Happy Hour! Women in Hardware brings together female founders, engineers, investors and manufacturers building the future of hardware. 

In addition to conversation and libations, we'll be treated to a talk by Target's Growth and Innovation lead for the Internet of Things category, Kate Whitcomb. Her talk will cover Retail 101, with a focus on actionable advice for working with buyers and getting products to shelves. 

Join Women in Hardware for a private tour of the MakerBot Factory with Diana Pincus, MakerBots Plant Manager. 

Diana was the first Manufacturing Process Engineer to be hired by MakerBot and was instrumental in constructing the Operations department as it exists today. Since November of 2012, Diana has built a reputation within MakerBot for efficient project execution and process development. She also focuses on promoting inter-departmental and company-wide engagement and communication.

A light breakfast will be provided on-site starting at 8AM.