Tech Events at The Watershed, Bristol

South West Data's monthly social, upstairs in the Watershed cafe and bar on the harbourside, clustered around the peninsula bar on your right as you come in. There is no programme: no talks, no slides, just people who use, build with or are learning data technologies in the South West, from 19:00 until about 22:00. The group has 1,683 members and the socials run small - recent ones have drawn three to six - so it is a conversation, not a room. Free, RSVP on Meetup. Second Tuesday of every month, so if you miss it the next is 8 December. Why go: Bristol's data community is well served for talks and badly served for unstructured time, and this is the fixture that fills the gap. Best for data engineers, analysts and ML people who want to compare notes without a speaker in the way.

The South West Data community's monthly evening for people who use, learn about or are discovering data technologies, held on the second Tuesday of every month. No talks or agenda, just conversation. Hosted by Gary, 19:00 to 22:00 at the Watershed, 1 Canon's Road: head upstairs to the cafe-bar and look for the group clustered around the peninsula bar, immediately on your right. Free. Why go: a long-running, reliably informal place to meet Bristol's data engineers, analysts and scientists without sitting through slides. Best for newcomers to the city's data scene and anyone hiring or job-hunting in it.

The South West data community's monthly bar social — no talks, no agenda, just people who work with data. Second Tuesday of the month at the Watershed.

The South West Data Social is an informal monthly evening for anyone involved in using, learning about or discovering data technologies - data engineers, analysts, data scientists, ML practitioners and the merely data-curious - to meet and network. Held on the second Tuesday of every month at the Watershed on Bristol's Harbourside, it's a long-running, welcoming fixture of the city's data community (part of the wider South West Data group, 1,600+ members). Turn up from 7pm for relaxed conversation, war stories and knowledge-sharing over a drink - no talks, no pressure, just good company from across the region's data scene.