Tech Groups

Weekly gathering where entrepreneurs present their startups to a supportive community of peers and mentors. Part of the national Kauffman Foundation program born in KC.

Kansas City chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery. Talks on computer science, technology trends, and professional development.

Kansas City's Adobe design community. Covers Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, and the Creative Cloud ecosystem.

Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and all things agile for practitioners and teams in the Kansas City area.

Kansas City Atlassian User Group. Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and the full Atlassian toolset for dev teams.

Kansas City's Code for America Brigade — civic tech volunteers building open source tools for Kansas City.

Teaching kids to code through fun, accessible workshops. A volunteer-driven group making STEM approachable for young learners.

Informal co-working and coding sessions. Bring your laptop, grab a coffee, and work alongside other KC developers.

Kansas City's community for data professionals covering analytics, business intelligence, data engineering, and data strategy.

Exploring data science, machine learning, and statistical analysis. Talks and workshops for KC's data community.

Kansas City Databricks User Group. Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow, and the full Databricks Lakehouse platform.

CI/CD, infrastructure as code, platform engineering, and DevOps culture in the Kansas City community.

Kansas City Microsoft Dynamics and Power Platform User Group. Covering Dynamics 365, Power BI, Power Apps, and Power Automate.

Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, Beats) users and practitioners in the Kansas City area.

A community at the intersection of faith and technology. Building tech for social good and exploring the ethical dimensions of technology.

Kansas City Fortinet user group. Network security, firewall administration, and best practices for Fortinet products.

Kansas City chapter of the Global AI Community. Focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning, and AI application development.

Kansas City's Google Developer Group. Covers Google Cloud Platform, Firebase, Flutter, Android, and the broader Google ecosystem.

Kansas City chapter of 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. Monthly informal meetup for hackers, makers, and security enthusiasts.

Kansas City Hack The Box meetup. Collaborative CTF practice, offensive security training, and hacking challenges.

Kansas City community workshop and makerspace. Electronics, 3D printing, woodworking, and hardware hacking in a shared maker space.

Kansas City InfraGard chapter — an FBI partnership program for protecting US critical infrastructure. Membership required to attend.

Kansas City chapter of IIBA. Professional development for business analysts covering requirements, process modeling, and CBAP certification prep.

Kansas City ISACA chapter. IT auditing, risk management, security, and governance for IT professionals. CISA/CISM certification community.

Kansas City ISC2 chapter for CISSP holders and security professionals. Continuing education, networking, and community outreach.

Kansas City Information Systems Security Association chapter. Security best practices, networking, and professional development for InfoSec practitioners.

A community for AI enthusiasts, practitioners, and professionals in Kansas City. Covering LLMs, generative AI, and practical AI applications.

ASIS International Kansas City chapter. Physical security, security management, and professional development for security practitioners.

Kansas City CSA chapter. Cloud-focused security best practices, architecture guidance, and community education for practitioners.

Java, JVM languages, Spring, Quarkus, and enterprise Java development. One of KC's longest-running tech groups.

Kansas City Apache Kafka meetup. Event streaming, real-time data pipelines, and the Kafka ecosystem including Confluent Platform.

Open source on IBM Z (mainframe) in Kansas City. Linux, containerization, and modern development practices on the Z platform.

Kansas City PHP developers covering Laravel, WordPress, Symfony, and modern PHP best practices.

Kansas City PostgreSQL users group. Database design, performance tuning, extensions, and the broader Postgres ecosystem.

React, React Native, Next.js, and the broader React ecosystem for KC frontend developers.

Kansas City Red Hat Users Group (RHUG). OpenShift, RHEL, Ansible, and the broader Red Hat open source platform ecosystem.

Kansas City SharePoint professionals network. SharePoint administration, development, and Microsoft 365 integration.

SQL Server, database development, performance tuning, and business intelligence for KC's data professionals.

Supporting and promoting women in technology across the Kansas City area through networking, mentorship, and career development.

Monthly meetings for .NET, C#, ASP.NET Core, and the broader Microsoft development ecosystem.

Learn about Amazon Web Services from practitioners in the Kansas City area. All skill levels welcome.

Kansas City game developers. Unity, Unreal, indie game development, game design, and the local game dev community.

Kansas City Microsoft 365 User Group. Teams, SharePoint Online, Power Platform, and the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.

Kansas City Office 365 User Group and organizers of SharePoint Saturday. Annual SPSaturday event and regular O365 meetups.

Kansas City Qlik user group. QlikSense, QlikView, and data visualization for BI professionals.

Monthly reading and discussion of technical and technology-adjacent books. All tech backgrounds welcome.

A broad technology community for Kansas City tech enthusiasts across all skill levels and disciplines.

Kansas City UX Professionals Association community. User experience design, research methods, and UX career development.

Kansas City virtual reality and augmented reality community. VR/AR development, hardware, and immersive experiences.

Tech community for Lawrence, Kansas and surrounding areas. Networking and knowledge sharing for tech professionals west of the metro.

Lean Coffee format discussions for Kansas City's agile and lean community. Self-organizing agenda, open conversation.

Kansas City Microsoft Access user group. Database development, VBA, and desktop application development with Access.

Kansas City startup and innovation community. Connecting entrepreneurs, investors, and tech leaders around what's coming next.

Kansas City OWASP chapter. Application security, web security best practices, and the OWASP Top 10 for developers and security teams.

For Python developers from beginners to experts. Topics include web development, data science, automation, and more.

Kansas City's premier information security group. Monthly meetings with security presentations, demos, and CTF competitions.

Kansas City SharePoint and Office 365 Users Group. Practical SharePoint development, administration, and O365 tips.

Smarter SharePoint Kansas City User Group. Best practices for SharePoint adoption, governance, and administration.

Kansas City Ruby developers. Ruby on Rails, gems, testing, and the broader Ruby ecosystem.

UXPA (User Experience Professionals Association) Kansas City chapter. UX research, design methods, and professional development.

Women in CyberSecurity Kansas City Metro Plex affiliate. Supporting women entering and advancing in cybersecurity careers.

Community and professional development for women in information security in the Kansas City area.