AI events in San Diego this weekend
San Diego's AI events for the upcoming weekend, Friday through Sunday, gathered and verified so you can just show up.
Sep
12
Sat
8:30 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
North County AI Coffee Chat
Pannikin Coffee & Teaby North County AI
Informal Saturday morning coffee meetup in Oceanside where North County builders, practitioners and learners compare AI projects, tooling and open questions. No agenda, no speakers, just conversation over coffee.
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM PDT
AI for Systems Engineering Tutorial/Workshop
Sorrento Valley Modern Lounge & Suiteby INCOSE San Diego
Four-hour Sorrento Valley workshop on applying large language models to complex systems-engineering analysis, covering prompt design, problem framing, collaborative exercises and lessons learned.
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM PDT
Agents, Everywhere: Bots, Channels, & More, Global Hackathon
by AI Tinkerers San Diego
AI Tinkerers San Diego’s day-long builder hackathon for creating working agent prototypes, with resources from OpenAI, CopilotKit and OpenRouter.
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM PDT
The AGI Transition: How AI Affects Work and Life
San Diego County Library, Lakeside Branchby AI Safety Awareness Group San Diego
Free, beginner-friendly Lakeside workshop examining what artificial general intelligence means, how it differs from today’s tools, and the potential effects on work, relationships and everyday life.