GeekWire Events

GeekWire Summer Bash, June 21, 2012

We’ll be breaking out the ping-pong tables and bringing back the GeekBall Court for this giant summer celebration at the Showbox SODO — with expert and intermediate ping-pong tournaments, foosball, prizes, special guests, good friends, good times and plenty of food and drink.

Learn More And Register for the GeekWire Summer Bash

GeekWire Presents Seattle 2.0 Startup Day, September 22, 2012

Wantrepreneurs, look no further than this one-day conference to inspire and inform your decision to join the world of startups! GeekWire is pleased to present the fourth year of this popular favorite, featuring a series of speakers who have been there and are doing that.

Save the date for Saturday, September 22 at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue.

GeekWire Gala, December 6, 2012

Join hundreds of geeks, from startuppers to tech titans, as we take a moment to celebrate the Newsmakers of the Year and the year in geek. Our holiday is your holiday party, and you won’t want to miss this year-end celebration.

GeekWire Meetups

As part of our mission to create community and catalyze conversation, in addition to our signature events, GeekWire produces quarterly, casual meetups. From fireside chats to game night, join us to connect with techies.

Aug. 8, 2012: GeekWire Meetup
Oct. 24, 2012: GeekWire Meetup

Past Events

Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards, May 3, 2012

This was the fourth year of one of the region’s most-anticipated and hotly-contested tech events: the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards at the EMP. Continuing this great tradition, we celebrated our community’s movers-and-shakers, up-and-comers, and thought leaders: the region’s tech rock stars.

Revealed: The Winners of the Seattle 2.0 Startup Awards

March 7, 2012 – The GeekWire Summit

Former Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie at the GeekWire Summit in Seattle. (Annie Laurie Malarkey photo)

More than 500 people joined us for the first-ever GeekWire Summit and Anniversary Celebration, an afternoon conference and evening party in downtown Seattle that brought together thought leaders from our region and beyond to discuss the future of innovation.

The event featured keynote conversations with former Microsoft software chief Ray Ozzie and Hulu CTO Richard Tom plus panels with leaders from Facebook, T-Mobile USA, Rhapsody, Microsoft, Swype, the University of Washington and more.

News emerging from the event generated multiple rounds of coverage from sites including Engadget, Mashable, Reuters, CNet News.com and more.

Also see more of GeekWire’s coverage from the event.

Dec. 8, 2011 – GeekWire Gala

At the GeekWire Gala: Scott MacFarlane of Avalara, Ben and Emily Huh of Cheezburger, Mike McSherry of Swype, Darrell Cavens of Zulily, Jason Kapalka and John Vechey of PopCap and T.A. McCann of Gist/RIM. (Click for larger image).

We looked back on a big year in technology at the first-ever GeekWire Gala — toasting our GeekWire Newsmakers of 2011, and celebrating the “Geeks Who Give Back,” who were featured in a specially produced 2012 GeekWire Calendar that was our gift to everyone who joined us for the event.

Apart from recognizing those tech luminaries, the event provided an important setting for the technology community to connect as the year drew to a close.

More than 500 people attended the GeekWire Gala at Seattle’s Union Station, including executives and employees from many of the region’s top startups and larger companies such Microsoft, Facebook, Amazon, RealNetworks and many more.

See this roundup with photos and video from the event.

June 22, 2011 – GeekWire Launch Event

The centerpiece of the evening was our specially constructed GeekBall court. (Photo by Karen Ducey)

More than 800 people joined us for the epic GeekWire Launch Event, including NBA legend Detlef Schrempf, music legend Sir Mix-A-Lot, Seattle Sounders Pat Noonan and Brad Evans, and hundreds of people from the Seattle tech community.

The event featured classic games, prizes and a new sport that we call “GeekBall” — a unique combination of soccer and billiards on an oversized pool table.

More: Photos and Video from the GeekWire Launch Event