**Event Schedule**
**6pm** - **Event starts**: Meet and greet! Show off your laptop stickers, and argue about spaces vs tabs over **free dinner and drinks**

**7pm -** Talk, QA, hang out and socialize

**Location**
UpstatePHP meets at OpenWorks in downtown Greenville SC and [access after 6 PM will be through the 3rd floor entrance from the Richardson St. parking garage](https://joinopenworks.com/guest-access).

**About [UpstatePHP](https://upstatephp.com)**
**Our mission**: empower PHP developers through knowledge sharing, collaboration, and community building in the Upstate of South Carolina!

**Stay up to date:** Subscribe to our newsletter @ [UpstatePHP.com](https://upstatephp.com) to be notified about future events, as well as finding photos and videos from previous events.

**Sponsors**
**[OpenWorks Coworking](https://joinopenworks.com/)**
We are incredibly thankful to [OpenWorks](https://joinopenworks.com/) for providing us a space to gather and share our passion and ideas!

We post our events to this Meetup account, share them through our [Twitter](https://twitter.com/upstatephp?lang=en) and the [HackGreenville Slack account](https://hackgreenville.com/join-slack) in #events.

HackGreenville Community

Bogdan

Jacob Adelberg

Jason Beggs

Elliot Derhay

Galen Gidman

Jim Ciallella

Shane

Chris K.

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UpstatePHP - Fall Meetup

OpenWorks

Welcome, fellow ladies and femfolk of technology! This meeting is for you. This is a virtual chat for members and anyone interested in UpWiSE to hop on and network.

There is a light agenda for these meetings, as follows:

1. **Brief Overview of UpWiSE**: What we do, where to find us, and how to donate to our organization.
2. **Introductions**: Brief roundtable to introduce ourselves.
3. **Upcoming Events**: Quick look at the calendar.
4. **Technical Projects and Learning**: Discussion for attendees about current technical projects or what we are learning currently. This is a great time to share where your challenges are in case we can share resources and advice.
5. **Wrap Up**

We also ask that all attendees adhere to the following. *We reserve the right to remove attendees from the meeting that do not adhere to these policies.*

1. **Be respectful of one another.**
2. **Be kind.**
3. **Do not proposition the meeting attendees for projects or employee hiring.** To maintain a welcoming and inclusive environment at our UpWiSE meetups, we kindly ask all participants to refrain from recruitment activities, direct solicitation, and self-promotion.
4. **Our focus is on fostering collaboration, learning, and networking without commercial intent.** Please respect these guidelines to help ensure a positive experience for everyone involved.

Visit us at [UpWiSESC.org](https://upwisesc.org/) for more information about our group.

UpWiSE: Upstate Women in Software Engineering

Jen Bauer

Peyton

UpWiSE Virtual Lunch Hour Meet and Greet ☀️

Online event

Join us for the Fall 2025 Edition of *HackGreenville Nights* at *[OpenWorks Coworking](https://joinopenworks.com)* in downtown Greenville on Tuesday, October 21st!

Our "quarterly-ish" community gathering offers social time for the entire evening, plus the option to join rooms with community member talks!
If you are not already a member of our Slack, [join via the HackGreenville site](https://hackgreenville.com/join-slack).

Talks will be tech or tech-adjacent topics of interest sparked from conversations in the HackGreenville Slack. Links to past talks are on our [HG Nights page](https://hackgreenville.com/hg-nights).

**[Submit a talk](https://forms.gle/oz4vDwrwG9c4h5Bo6) for this event!**

We'll have a variety of food that is primarily made by HackGreenville members. The food theme and speakers will be announced soon.

⭐️ Thanks to [Blue Ridge Consultants](https://blueridge.cx/) for sponsoring this Fall Edition ⭐️

**Food Menu TBD**

* Many Yummy Options!

**Schedule**
6:00 - 6:25 — Check-in, Food, Socializing
6:25 - 6:30 — Welcome and Intro to Sponsor
6:30 - 6:35 — Speaker TBD
6:35 - 6:40 — Social Break
6:40 - 6:55 — Speaker TBD
6:55 - 7:15

* Social Break
* Optional Community Breakouts
* Community Whiteboard Recap

7:15 - 7:30 — Speaker TBD
7:30 - 7:35 — Social Break and Ice Cream Bars
7:35 - 7:50 — Speaker TBD
7:50 - 8:00+ — Social

**Directions** ([more details](https://joinopenworks.com/guest-access))

* Downtown Greenville, SC
* 101 North Main Street (the former *Bank of America* building, now *Canal*)
* Enter the [Richardson Street Parking Garage](https://www.greenvillesc.gov/facilities/facility/details/richardson-street-garage-33). Drive up to the 3rd floor, then follow the "Out" sign to stay on the 3rd floor. There is an [entrance door on the 3rd floor of the deck, between the yellow "3" signs](https://joinopenworks.com/guest-access#after-hours). Park near the door and ring the doorbell.
Parking rates apply on weekday evenings.
* Or, enter the lobby on the Main Street side, via *ONE Plaza* and take the elevator to the 3rd floor. Mention *OpenWorks,* on the 3rd floor, if the security folks ask where you're headed.

HackGreenville is powered by [RefactorGVL](https://refactorgvl.com/), a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
Individuals and organizations can support future HackGreenville events by [sponsoring RefactorGVL](https://refactorgvl.com/#donate).

Pamela Wood Browne

Steven Wade

Greg Schroeder

Jās Eckard

Luke Kapustka

Jonathan Simpson

Rich

Clara Lopez-Uribe

Todd Gower

Jen with Another Angle Solutions

HackGreenville Nights - Fall Edition

OpenWorks Coworking

Welcome, fellow femfolk of technology and supporters of UpWiSE.

This Lightning Talks session features brief talks given by members of Upstate Women in Software Engineering.

There is a light agenda for this meetings, as follows:

1. **Brief Overview of UpWiSE**: What we do, where to find us, and how to donate to our organization.
2. **Introductions**: Quick roundtable to introduce ourselves and allow attendees to introduce themselves as well.
3. **Lightning Presentations**: We have short talks on topics, ranging from 5-10 minutes and any number of technical and related topics.
4. **Wrap Up**

We also ask that all attendees adhere to the following. *We reserve the right to remove attendees from the meeting that do not adhere to these policies.*

1. **Be respectful of one another.**
2. **Be kind.**
3. **Do not proposition the meeting attendees for projects or employee hiring.** To maintain a welcoming and inclusive environment at our UpWiSE meetups, we kindly ask all participants to refrain from recruitment activities, direct solicitation, and self-promotion.
4. **Our focus is on fostering collaboration, learning, and networking without commercial intent.** Please respect these guidelines to help ensure a positive experience for everyone involved.

Visit us at [UpWiSESC.org](http://upwisesc.org/) for more information about our group.

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