San Diego User Groups and Tech Meetups

The following is a list of 20 130 180+ tech user groups, SIGS and startup related groups in San Diego. This is San Diego’s Tech Scene! If you’re a group organizer or member in a SD tech group and you’re not on this list, please reach out and let us know.

Programming and Developers | Mobile Developers | Web Design, User Interface, User Experience and Graphic Design | Crowdsource | Multimedia and Content | Content Management (CMS) | Social Media | Startups | Search Engine Optimization | Internet Marketing and E-Commerce | Hackers | Hardware and Makers | Networking and IT | Mac and PC | General Topic User Groups | Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality | Biotech / Life Sciences | Cyber Security | Drones and Robots | Engineering | Maker | Other Groups

Programming Language and Developer User Groups TOP

• 7CTO’s 7ctos.com | @7ctos | Facebook
• Access User Group of San Diego AUGSD – (augsd.org)
• Agile Coffee San Diego | Meetup
• Django SD (Django User Group)
• Girl Develop It San Diego | Meetup
• HTML5 Developer Group (HTML5 on Meetup) HTML5, Javascript, CSS, jQuery, YUI, JSON, ajax, php, python, SVG, Canvas
• jQuery User Group (meetups.jquery.com)
• Kindle/eBook Publishing (Meetup)
• PyLadies San Diego | Meetup | @PyLadies_SD
• Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) San Diego Local Chapter)
• San Diego .NET User Group (sandiegodotnet.com | Meetup | @sandiegodotnet
• San Diego Agile Group (meetup)
• San Diego Atlassian User Group (meetup | Facebook)
• San Diego Clojure Users Group | Meetup
• San Diego Endpoint Management User Group (symantec)
• San Diego Functional Programmers Group (SDFPG on Meetup | info)
• San Diego Haskell User Group on Meetup
• San Diego JS (Javascript User Group on Meetup)
• San Diego Java User’s Group (SDJUG)
• Papers We Love San Diego | Meetup
• San Diego PHP (Meetup | sdphp.org | @sdphp)
• San Diego PostgreSQL Meetup Group (SDPUG on Meetup)
• San Diego Ruby on Rails Enthusiasts (SDRails on Meetup)
• San Diego SAS® Users’ Group, Inc. – Statistical Analysis System (sandsug.org | wiki)
• San Diego SolidWorks User Group (sdswug.org)
• San Diego Tech Immersion Group – SDTIG
• SD DevOps on Meetup
• SD InfusionSoft User Group (InfusionSoft on Meetup)
• SD MongoDB User Group on Meetup
• SD Perl Mongers (PERL – sandiego.pm.org
• SD R User Group (R on Meetup)
• SD Ruby (Ruby SDRuby.org)
• SDdotNETDG (.NET – sddotnetdg.org)
• SDLUG Kernel-Panic (Linux – kernel-panic.org)
• SDSQLBIG (San Diego SQL Business Intelligence Group – sdsqlbig.org)
• Ubuntu Hour (Ubuntu-california.org | @ubuntu_us_ca)
• ETH San Diego (withkoji.com/@ethsd)

Mobile Developers User Groups TOP

• Android Developers Group (android developers on meetup)
• Commnexus http://www.commnexus.org/
• San Diego iOS | SDiOS.org
  | Meetup
• San Diego iPhone Developers (iPhone Google Groups)
• SD Mobile (iPhone/Blackberry/Android Mobile Developers) (SD Mobile on Meetup)

Web Design, User Interface, Graphic Design User Groups TOP

• AIGA San Diego American Institute of Graphic Arts (sandiego.aiga.org)
• Cascade San Diego | Website | Meetup
• Designing Women | Twitter
• IxDA San Diego (Interaction Design Association)
• RefreshSD (Web User Group on MeetUp | RefreshSD.org | more) @refreshsd
• SD WebDesign Meetup (Design – webdesign.meetup.com)
• SDXD – San Diego Experience Design (formerly SandCHI) Meetup | FB
• SDUPA (Usability Professionals Association)
• UX Speakeasy Meetup

Crowdsource TOP

• San Diego Kickstarter | Meetup

Multimedia, Video, Audio, Communications and Interactive Content Creation TOP

• FCPUG Final Cut Pro User Group | (FCPUG)
• San Diego ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics (SD ACM SIGGRAPH)
• San Diego Interactive Content Professionals (SDICP on LinkedIn | FB)
• San Diego Premiere Pro Users Group (SD Premiere Pro on Adobe)
• SD Podcasters (podcasters on meetup)
• SDMODO 3D Modeling (sdmodo.org)
• STC SD SD Society for Technical Communication (stc-sd.org | @STCSoCal

Content Management System User Groups TOP

• Advanced WordPress San Diego (meetup | FB)
• North County Drupal (North County San Diego DUG)
• San Diego Drupal (groups.drupal.org/san-diego)
• San Diego Joomla (Joomla on MeetUp)
• San Diego WordPress (SD WordPress on Meetup)
• WordPress Help on Meetup
• WordPress North County Meetup
• WordPress San Diego Community (WordPress SD on MeetUp)

Social Media User Groups TOP

• SD Bloggers (SD Bloggers on meetup) @sdbloggers
• SD TweetUp Twitter Meetup (sdtweetup)

Startups TOP

• 1Million Cups | Website
• Access Silicon Valley | Meetup
• Bootstrappers Breakfast | Meetup
• EvoNexus Startup Incubator | Meetup
• Founders Institute | Website | Meetup
• Master Builders SD Entrepreneurs | Meetup
• San Diego Entrepreneur Center Society | Meetup
• San Diego Entrepreneurs Startups | Meetup
• San Diego Startup Week | Website
• San Diego Tech Events | Meetup
• San Diego Tech Founders – Lean Startup Group | Facebook | Meetup | Blog
• San Diego Web Startups | Meetup
• SD Startup Accelerator | Meetup
• San Diego Tech Coffee Solana Beach, Downtown | Meetup
• SD Startup Weekend | Meetup
• Startup Digest | Website
• Startup San Diego | Website
• StartupSanDiego | Meetup

Search Engine Optimization TOP

• SDSEO (SEO on Meetup)
• Semantic Web San Diego (Semantic Web on meetup)

Internet Marketing, E-commerce, Work at Home User Groups TOP

• Internet Business Beginners (IBB on Meetup)
• Meetup202: San Diego Affiliate Marketing Group (Affiliate Marketing on MeetUp)
• San Diego HubSpot User Group | Website | #sdhug
• San Diego Magento (Magento on Meetup)
• SD Internet Marketing Meetup (work at home on meetup)

Hacker and Hacking Meetups TOP

• Hacks/Hackers San Diego (HHSD on Meetup)
• San Diego Hacker Space (GroupSpaces)
• San Diego Legal Hackers | Meetup

Hardware, Makers 3D Printing, Arduino TOP

• 3D Printing San Diego | Meetup
• FabLab San Diego (fablabsd.org)
• Hardware Innovators of San Diego on Meetup
• Makers at San Diego Central Library Meetup | Meetup
• Onshape Users San Diego | Meetup
• San Diego Arduino Enthusiasts | Meetup
• San Diego Inventors Forum Meetup
• San Diego Maker Faire | Meetup
• San Diego Makers Guild | Website
• SDIF San Diego Inventors Forum | website

Networking, IT, Security User Groups TOP

• Association of IT Professionals San Diego | Website | #AITP
• Citrix User Group Community | Website | @SDCUGC | #SDCUGC
• IAMCP (International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners) | Website | Twitter
• (ISC)2 San Diego chapter | Website
• IT Service Management Framework San Diego (sandgo.itsmfusa.org)
• San Diego Cisco User Group Meetup
• San Diego ITMSF Local Interest Group (Local Chapter)
• SDNPA (Networking – sdnpa.org)
• San Diego Privacy by Design / Data Security | Meetup

Mac, PC, Computer User Groups TOP

• IEEE Computer Society of San Diego (ieee.sdsu.edu)
• SDMUG Mac User Group (sdmug.org)
• Seniors Computer Group (scgsd.org)
• Under the Computer Hood Users Group – UCHUG (uchug.org)

General, Uncategorized and Other Topic User Groups TOP

• Balboa Park Online Collaborative (BPOC)
• Chinese Associate of Science and Technology, San Diego (CASTSD | info)
• Cloud Computing San Diego – Intro to eDiscovery and Forensics in the Cloud on Meetup
• International Institute of Business Analysis San Diego chapter IIBA-SD
• Media Arts Center San Diego (@macsd | Media Arts)
• Online News Association (ONA) on Meetup
• San Diego Bitcoin Meetup | Meetup
• San Diego Blockchain Technology Meetup | Meetup
• San Diego Data Loss Prevention User Group (symantec)
• San Diego Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA-SD | more)
• SD MIT SD Massachusetts Institute of Technology (sdmitforum.org)
• San Diego Predictive Analytics | Meetup
• SD Web Techs (SD Web Techs on meetup)
• WebSanDiego (General – websandiego.org)
• Women in Technology International – San Diego | Website | Facebook | Twitter

Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality User Groups TOP

• Augmented Reality (AR) Meetup | Meetup
• San Diego Virtual Reality | Meetup

Biotech / Life Sciences

• HDI San Diego Chapter | Website

Cyber Security User Groups TOP

• AttackIQ-Tech Talks | Meetup
• CyberTECH Cybersecurity | Meetup
• CyberTECH Smart & Safe Cities Incubator | Meetup
• Greater San Diego Cyber Security for Control Systems | Meetup
• Protecting Tomorrow – Cybersecurity and more! | Meetup
• San Diego Sophos User Group | Meetup

Drones TOP

• San Diego Diego Drone User Group | Meetup
• San Diego North County Multicopter & Drones Meetup | Meetup
• San Diego Robotics Club | Website | Meetup | Twitter
• The Drone Lab | Meetup

Engineering TOP

• IEEE, Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers – San Diego Section | Website
• San Diego Quality Engineering User Group | Meetup

Other Groups TOP

• Northern San Diego Photography Group (Northern SD Photography Group on Meetup)
• Project Management Institute San Diego Chapter (PMI-SD)
• San Diego Photoshop User Group (sdphotoshopusers.com)

SoCal User Groups TOP

• American Medical Writers Association AMWA (amwa-pacsw.org)

Social Related Groups TOP

• SoCal Science Cafe (So Cal on Meetup)