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Science events in and around San Francisco this week

85 events in the next 7 days (Oct 23–29) in and around San Francisco, 55 of them free. Each links to its original listing. Updated October 23.

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Friday, October 23

8 AM Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Ecology & Conservation Workshop Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation $400
10 AM SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS CONCIERGE SERVICE (For Visiting Executives) Fairmont San Francisco Free
10 AM SILICON VALLEY OPPORTUNITY TOUR 2026-2027 Rosewood Sand Hill Free
12:30 PM Tech Talk & Connect: Lunch Benhamou Global Ventures LLC $33.85
2 PM THE FUTURE OF AI IN SPORTS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT & CREATOR ECONOMY Fairmont San Francisco $475
4 PM Code in the Cluster: Introduction to High-Performance Computing Spilker 232 Engineering & Applied Sciences Building Free
5 PM GameDev Walks Penitencia Creek Park Free
5 PM Intro to Welding Visual Philosophy $168.99

Saturday, October 24

8 AM AI in Education Summit 2026 - Khan Lab School Khan Lab School - Middle & Upper School $160-$200
8 AM Climate Summit College of San Mateo Bayview Dining Room Free
8 AM Fifth Annual San Mateo County Climate Summit College of San Mateo Bayview Dining Room Free
9 AM International Day of Climate Action Volunteering Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Environmental Education Center Free
9 AM PMP Certification Training in Erie, PA | PMI Exam Prep Highway 101 Sold out
9 AM The Debug Table SF: 24-Hour AI Operations Hackathon Stanford Court San Francisco $0-$119
9 AM Trash or Treat and the Invasion of Exotic Weeds! Lagunita BBQ Pit Free
9:30 AM ASEI 38th Anual Convention Computer History Museum $44.52
10 AM Middle School Girls STEM & Business Opportunity Saratoga High School Free
10 AM SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS CONCIERGE SERVICE (For Visiting Executives) Fairmont San Francisco Free
10 AM SILICON VALLEY OPPORTUNITY TOUR 2026-2027 Rosewood Sand Hill Free
11 AM National Chemistry Week Celebration 2026: Chemistry Under Construction King Library Free
11 AM STEMPeers Bay Area Fall Meetup 2026 Mission Bay Housing Community Room $7.18
11:30 AM What DO People Do at the Science Museum? @Central: w/ Author Maggie Tokuda-Hall and UCMP Scientists! Central Library Free
1 PM STEM Saturday: 3D Printing and TinkerCAD Pearl Avenue Library Free
1 PM The Ecology of Intelligence: Archetypal Wisdom in the Age of AI The Dogpatch Hub $0-$108.55
2 PM Make Your Own Music - Music Production Workshop for Teens Saratoga Library Free
2 PM Saturday STEM: Brain Games! Willow Glen Library Free
2 PM THE FUTURE OF AI IN SPORTS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT & CREATOR ECONOMY Fairmont San Francisco $475
6:30 PM Introduction to Competitive Robotics (Age 8-18) Dr Owl Academy Free

Sunday, October 25

10 AM SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS CONCIERGE SERVICE (For Visiting Executives) Fairmont San Francisco Free
10 AM SILICON VALLEY OPPORTUNITY TOUR 2026-2027 Rosewood Sand Hill Free
12 PM AI SAFETY LAB - SILICON VALLEY Embarcadero Center $161.90
1 PM Student-Led Astronomy Workshop for Tweens Morgan Hill Library Free
2 PM THE FUTURE OF AI IN SPORTS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT & CREATOR ECONOMY Fairmont San Francisco $475
5:30 PM Otsukimi Moon Viewing Event Lakeside Park Garden Center Free

Monday, October 26

10 AM SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS CONCIERGE SERVICE (For Visiting Executives) Fairmont San Francisco Free
10 AM SILICON VALLEY OPPORTUNITY TOUR 2026-2027 Rosewood Sand Hill Free
12 PM AI SAFETY LAB - SILICON VALLEY Embarcadero Center $161.90
12 PM Daniel Rock | The Free Hypothesis: AI and Shifted Bottlenecks in Science Gates Computer Science Free
1 PM Join My Study Group For MS-CS on Coursera (CU Boulder) + DS Cert + AI Cert Starbucks Table Free
2 PM THE FUTURE OF AI IN SPORTS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT & CREATOR ECONOMY Fairmont San Francisco $475
4 PM STEM Club: Pumpkin Catapult Challenge King Library Free
4:15 PM Physics Colloquium with Alexander Sushkov: Quantum noise from a piece of Teflon: macroscopic magnetic resonance at the standard quantum limit Lecture Hall #1 Free
5 PM Revolutionizing Privacy and AI with Meredith Whittaker Computing and Data Science (CoDa) Free

Tuesday, October 27

8 AM PMP Certification Training in Houston, TX | PMI Exam Prep American Global Security $746.92-$2,132.72
8 AM PMP Certification Training in Seattle, WA | PMI Exam Prep RIDE Napa Valley $746.92-$2,132.72
8:30 AM Power Up Your Skills: Split Heat Pump Water Heater Training & Fair San José City College Career Education Complex Free
9 AM AI X Leadership Summit | ODSC AI West 2026 Hyatt Regency San Francisco Airport Free
9 AM PMP Certification Training in Erie, PA | PMI Exam Prep Highway 101 $746.92-$2,132.72
9 AM PMP Certification Training in Yakima, WA | PMI Exam Prep BEEC Inc (Beyond Education Consulting) - Palo Alto $746.92-$2,132.72
10 AM SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS CONCIERGE SERVICE (For Visiting Executives) Fairmont San Francisco Free
10 AM SILICON VALLEY OPPORTUNITY TOUR 2026-2027 Rosewood Sand Hill Free
12 PM Sustainable Systems Seminar Lunch Series - From Reliability to Resilience: Risk-Informed Asset Management for the Energy Transition Y2E2 Building Free
1 PM Join My Study Group For MS-CS on Coursera (CU Boulder) + DS Cert + AI Cert Starbucks Table Free
2 PM THE FUTURE OF AI IN SPORTS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT & CREATOR ECONOMY Fairmont San Francisco $475
2:30 PM Totally Tuesdays Dougherty Station Library Free
4:30 PM LEGO Club @Central CCR Central Library Free
5 PM The Future of Personalized Universal Agents - AI Talk & Reception Plug and Play Tech Center $28.52-$44.52
6 PM MODULE 2: AI Longevity Researcher REGISTRATION FORM Biomedical Innovations Building $360-$1215
7 PM Public Lecture: Gravitational Wave Detection Sapp Center for Science Teaching and Learning Free

Wednesday, October 28

8 AM West Coast Ergonomics Symposium SRVCC Free
10 AM SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS CONCIERGE SERVICE (For Visiting Executives) Fairmont San Francisco Free
10 AM SILICON VALLEY OPPORTUNITY TOUR 2026-2027 Rosewood Sand Hill Free
1 PM Join My Study Group For MS-CS on Coursera (CU Boulder) + DS Cert + AI Cert Starbucks Table Free
1 PM Kids LEGO Club Morgan Hill Library Free
2 PM THE FUTURE OF AI IN SPORTS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT & CREATOR ECONOMY Fairmont San Francisco $475
4 PM CSA-Markaz Event: Physics, Politics, & Pakistan w/ Pervez Hoodbhoy Black Community Services Center
4 PM STEM Wednesdays: Code Your Cauldron - A Halloween Potion project (in Scratch) Bascom Library Free
5 PM CISO San Francisco Mixer Salesforce Tower Free
5 PM NeuroNight SF: Free Neuroscience Night with Talks, Brain Demos & Food City College of San Francisco - Chinatown Center Free
5 PM Stanford Liu Lecture with Llisa Demetrios Stanford d.school Free
6 PM AI & Security: Securing the Age of Autonomous AI Orrick $12.51
7 PM Astronomy on Tap San Francisco Public Works Free

Thursday, October 29

8 AM Fall 2026 California Engineering Liaison Council Meeting Santa Rosa Junior College $12.51-$55.20
9 AM 2026 Stanford RNA Medicine Symposium Paul & Mildred Berg Hall $50-$595
9 AM Learn Robotics – 1 Day Hands-On Training in San Francisco, CA Regus - San Francisco - Mid-Market $560.73-$1,037.75
10 AM SILICON VALLEY BUSINESS CONCIERGE SERVICE (For Visiting Executives) Fairmont San Francisco Free
10 AM SILICON VALLEY OPPORTUNITY TOUR 2026-2027 Rosewood Sand Hill Free
1 PM Join My Study Group For MS-CS on Coursera (CU Boulder) + DS Cert + AI Cert Starbucks Table Free
2 PM THE FUTURE OF AI IN SPORTS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT & CREATOR ECONOMY Fairmont San Francisco $475
4:30 PM A Conversation with Matthew L. Jones, Princeton University, on his book How Data Happened and the development of AI, with comments by Tom Mullaney, Stanford University Building 200 Free
5 PM Panel and Pitch Fintech Startup. Founders and Investors. San Francisco Downtown Free
5 PM Zero Trust for AI: Securing Models, Data, and Autonomous Agents Cloudflare Free
6 PM Cosmic Connections Springstowne Library Free
6:30 PM Project Pitch Night Hack Night Open Source San Jose Mountain Mike's Pizza Free
6:30 PM The Prompt Kitchen SF: Practical AI Prompt Workshop Groundfloor $0-$139

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