Tampa Bay Python

Name: Python for Beginners Workshop!
Start: 2025-05-24T14:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-05-24T17:00:00.000Z
Location: Embarc Collective

Tampa, FL, US

2,014 members · Public group

Organized by Joe Blankenship and 3 others

What we’re about

Welcome to the Tampa Bay Python Meetup group!‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎

Upcoming events (2)

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Wed, May 14, 2025, 11:00 AM EDTJoin our Tampa Bay Tech friends at poweredUP to Learn and Network!
Mahaffey Theater at the Duke Energy Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg, FL
poweredUP, Tampa Bay’s annual tech festival organized by Tampa Bay Tech, takes place next Wednesday, May 14 at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Pete. It always features presentations and talks on top-of-mind topics for Tampa Bay’s tech leaders. It’s a full day of dynamic discussions, panel sessions, and insights from industry visionaries, with these featured track topics:

The Future of Work: Robotics & Intelligent Process Automation

Digital Governance: Managing IT, Data & Compliance

Healthcare Transformation: How Emerging Tech Is Reshaping Care Delivery

From Concept to Coaster: The Tech Behind Universal’s Iconic Experiences

Leading Locally: Spotlight on Tampa Bay’s Tech Trailblazers

Smarter Solutions: Rapid-Fire Use Cases from Companies Solving Big Problems with Tech

It’s a great event for Python programmers (and aspiring ones) to attend, and to make it even easier to go, there are TWO ways to attend it even more cheaply than the low $79 admission fee:

Attend for 15% off with the discount code “CP15”

Attend for FREE by being a volunteer! If you do two hours’ volunteering for at poweredUP, and you get to attend for free! You can sign up to volunteer here.

Here’s the conference agenda:

12:00 PM Opening Remarks Tampa Bay Tech: Meghan O'Keefe City of St. Petersburg: Mayor Ken Welch

12:15 PM Keynote: Arnie Bellini, Former ConnectWise Founder & CEO

12:57 PM The Future of Work: Robotics & Intelligent Process Automation Panel: Jay Rogers (Haddy), Christa Kerlin (Jabil) Moderator: Beth Galic (BAMA)

1:29 PM Digital Governance: Managing IT, Data & Compliance Panel: Petar Besalev (A-LIGN), Cathy Ryan Reneer (JPMorganChase), Chris Black (DGR Systems) Moderator: Mike Gabriel (Guidepoint Security)

2:00 PM Intermission

2:20 PM Healthcare Transformation: How Emerging Tech is Reshaping Care Delivery Featuring: Doug Fee (Moffitt Cancer Center) & Tarun Sondhi (Accenture)

2:52 PM From Concept to Coaster: The Tech Behind Universal's Iconic Experiences Featuring: Teddy Benson (Universal Destinations & Experiences)

3:19 PM Leading Locally: Spotlight on Tampa Bay's Tech Trailblazers Panel: Kim Anstett (Trellix), Vladimir Voyuts (Dynasty Financial Partners), John Armenia (Accusoft) Moderator: Meghan O'Keefe (Tampa Bay Tech)

3:51 PM Smarter Solutions: Rapid-Fire Use Cases from Companies Solving Big Problems with Tech Featuring: Trellix, BlackStraw, CDW, Nix United

4:30 PM Closing Remarks Tampa Bay Tech: Meghan O'Keefe

4:35 PM Happy Hour & Networking

Join us at poweredUP! We’ll be there, and if you want to talk Python (or if you have topic suggestions or requests for upcoming Tampa Bay Python meetups), we’ll be more than happy to.
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Sat, May 24, 2025, 10:00 AM EDTPython for Beginners Workshop!
Embarc Collective, Tampa, FL
Join me for an introduction to the Python programming language. This is the first in a series of workshops focused on giving you the basics for programming simple and useful solutions with Python.

Learners should bring their own computers:

For PCs with Windows, it would be best to have Windows 11 with WSL2 installed.

For Mac and Linux, you should have what you need to get started.

If you have no idea about what any of the things above are, that's okay: the first session will be an orientation to the language, getting setup, and making your first program.

Schedule for Workshop 1

* Introduction to Python
* Getting Setup
* Writing Your First Program
* Homework Assignment

Your homework assignment will be to pick a topic area you're interested in (be it from work, school, or other) and think of a use case where Python could help automate a task. Try to keep it simple: pick a task where you are automating just one thing and bring a write-up to the next workshop.
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