EFF-Austin Yearly Kickoff Meetup!
Schedule
Tue Jan 13 2026 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
Capital Factory | Austin, TX
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MEETUP SUMMARY:
EFF-Austin is ready to kick off 2026 with a bang! Fresh off a year of successful education and activism, we are looking forward to the year ahead. And instead of our traditional monthly talks, we have decided to start off this year with a nice, low-key, good old fashioned meetup. Come for the pizza and refreshments (first come, first serve), stick around to meet your fellow digital civil liberties nerds in Austin and learn how you can get involved in the fight for technology to serve people, not the other way around.
EFF-Austin board members will be present and will debrief you on some of our accomplishments in 2025, ranging from our partnership with the No ALPRs coalition to successfully remove Automated License Plate Readers from Austin, to our work helping the Austin Technology Commission craft recommendations on responsible AI vendor contracts for the City of Austin. They will also alert you to some of the things we have planned in the near term, including our upcoming free SXSW-adjacent gathering, as well as inform you of what we see as the continuing global trends in digital civil liberties in 2026.
HOW TO ATTEND:
Station Austin is located at 701 Brazos Street, on the 1st floor of the Omni Hotel. We are in the Apollo meeting room. To locate Apollo, locate Station Austin's main event room off the Omni lobby, Voltron, Suite 150. Once inside, there should be someone at the desk to direct you to our meetup, but, if no one is there, proceed to the left past the kitchen and down the hallway, Apollo is right around the corner. You may also message us on this event or message us at our Bluesky account, @[email protected], our Mastodon account, @[email protected], or our Twitter account, @EFFaustin, if you are having trouble finding us. Please note that the room will be locked and EFF-Austin will not have access until 10-15 minutes before 7:00pm CST. We will try to have someone in the Omni lobby earlier than that in front of the Voltron doors to greet you if you arrive early, but otherwise just wait in the lobby until you are let in.
Parking for the Omni Garage can be validated at the Station Austin front desk inside room Voltron, Suite 150, reducing the cost to $8. If no one is at the desk, check with EFF-Austin meetup organizers, we can provide you with one. Attendees must park after 5pm and leave before 10pm to receive the discount, otherwise they will be charged full price, which is $3.25 for every 30 minutes. Affordable street park is also available nearby. Details: https://capitalfactory.com/parking/
AFTER PARTY:
Join us for the meetup from 7:00PM-9:00PM, followed by drinks and camaraderie from 9:00PM-10:00PM in the Omni Hotel lobby.
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Where is it happening?
Capital Factory, 700 San Jacinto Blvd, Austin, TX 78701-3231, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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