Talks events in and around San Francisco this week
105 events in the next 7 days (Oct 23–29) in and around San Francisco, 66 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 PM Artificial Intimacy: A Conversation with Sherry Turkle California Mission Room Free
- 12 PM BETR/EECS Solid State Technologies Seminar: Dr. Vivek Singh, NVIDIA | Let’s Talk About the Good: How AI and AC are Enabling Semiconductor Scaling Grimes Engineering Center Free
- 12 PM WGSS Lecture: Drag Story Time as a Site of Resistance, Queer World-Making and Community Building Student Union 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
- 4:30 PM Music Studies Colloquium: Rachana Vajjhala (University of California, Davis) Morrison Hall Free
- 5 PM GameDev Walks Penitencia Creek Park Free
- 5 PM Intro to Welding Visual Philosophy $168.99
- 6:30 PM Three Years of Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with Ali Abunimah, Lara Kiswani, and Cat Brooks (OAKLAND) First Congregational Church of Oakland
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 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 UCSF MDNC Parkinson's Disease (PD) Symposium ZOOM Link Sign up Mission Bay Conference Center- Robertson Auditorium 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 STEMPeers Bay Area Fall Meetup 2026 Mission Bay Housing Community Room $7.18
- 11 AM UC Berkeley Emeriti Association (UCBEA) Speaker Series: Elisa Tamarkin Women’s Faculty Club See tickets
- 1 PM a READING of the NOITUTITSNOC & panel discussion: Christy Chan performs the US Constitution backwards Central Library Free
- 1 PM The Ecology of Intelligence: Archetypal Wisdom in the Age of AI The Dogpatch Hub $0-$108.55
- 2 PM THE FUTURE OF AI IN SPORTS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT & CREATOR ECONOMY Fairmont San Francisco $475
- 3 PM Lincoln In Fact Rather Than Fiction Dublin Library Free
- 6:30 PM Introduction to Competitive Robotics (Age 8-18) Dr Owl Academy Free
- 7 PM Three Years of Ongoing Genocide: A Conversation with Ali Abunimah and Lara Kiswani (MENLO PARK) Sequoia Room
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
- 2 PM Forgotten Voices: Italian Americans Uprooted in Wartime California Gilroy Library Free
- 2 PM THE FUTURE OF AI IN SPORTS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT & CREATOR ECONOMY Fairmont San Francisco $475
- 2:30 PM Reel Talk with Mick LaSalle Castro Valley Library 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
- 12 PM WGSS Lecture: Drag Story Time as a Site of Resistance, Queer World-Making and Community Building Student Union 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 The Next Generation of Democratic Resilience: Commemorating 30 Years of Taiwan’s Electoral Sovereignty IEAS Conference Room 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
- 4:30 PM Ron Alexander Memorial Lectures in Musicology – Joy H. Calico, UCLA Braun Music Center Free
- 5 PM Revolutionizing Privacy and AI with Meredith Whittaker Computing and Data Science (CoDa) Free
- 7 PM Bend: A Linear Proof Language That Matches C Performance and Runs on GPUs – Victor Taelin, HigherOrderCO Mox Free
- 7 PM Forgotten Voices: Italian Americans Uprooted in Wartime California Cupertino Library 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 After Fission: Recognition and Contestation in the Atomic Age Encina Hall Free
- 12 PM Berkeley Writers at Work Morrison Library 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
- 3 PM Forgotten Voices: Italian Americans Uprooted in Wartime California Milpitas 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
- 6:30 PM Untouchable Calm - Mastering the Sacred Pause Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center
- 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
- 9 AM The Future of Decision-Making Conference Encina Hall 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
- 12 PM Faculty and Artist Lunch Time Conversation with Teaching Professor Kristin Kusanovich de Saisset Museum Free
- 1 PM Join My Study Group For MS-CS on Coursera (CU Boulder) + DS Cert + AI Cert Starbucks Table Free
- 1 PM Protecting Seniors: Spotting & Stopping Scams — Free Senior Symposium Northgate Free
- 2 PM THE FUTURE OF AI IN SPORTS, GAMES, ENTERTAINMENT & CREATOR ECONOMY Fairmont San Francisco $475
- 4 PM Author Erika Krouse in conversation with Fiona McFarlane at the Fife Room Wheeler Hall Free
- 5 PM CISO San Francisco Mixer Salesforce Tower 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
- 6 PM Chess Lecture at the Bernal Library Bernal Heights Branch Library Free
- 6 PM Defending Our Rights, Fighting For Our Future David Brower Center Free
- 6 PM Motor Valley to Silicon Valley: An Evening with Energica Consulate General of Italy Free
- 7 PM Native Plant Gardening for Year-round Interest Campbell Library Free
- 7 PM Protocols with Andrew Huberman The Masonic San Francisco
- 7:30 PM Angela Davis in conversation with Poulomi Saha Zellerbach Hall See tickets
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
- 3:30 PM Worse than War: The Global Costs of Violence Encina Hall Free
- 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 12th Annual Public Health Speaker Series 2026 Touro University California 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
- 5:30 PM Good Samaritan Hospital's Annual Breast Symposium Toll House Hotel Los Gatos Free
- 5:30 PM Home, Considered Keller Williams Danville Free
- 5:30 PM Weintz Art Lecture Series: Elizabeth Dospěl Williams Oshman Hall Free
- 6 PM Philosophy Salon with The Paradox Lab: Philosophical Zombies Manny's $10-$15.45
- 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
- 7 PM Impressionism: The Beautiful Revolution Lecture Series Triton Museum of Art $25
- 7 PM SAFE AT SCALE - WEATHERED Orinda Theatre
- 7:30 PM Grits & Eggs Podcast: Coming Thru America Tour Palace of Fine Arts Theatre
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