GENERAL MEETING INFORMATION:
We meet monthly, usually on the first Saturday of every month from 10:30am to 12:30pm (unless it conflicts with a holiday weekend or some other significant event where we may push it to the second Saturday). Meetings alternate between open industry-speaker presentations with networking, and quarterly closed NDA-covered member workshops.
Meeting location varies, often at the NEC (National Entrepreneur Center) in Central Orlando, Maitland Public Library, or Familab makerspace. Meetings apart from workshops are also hybrid over Zoom.
Cost: Open meetings are free. Workshops require $30 annual dues.
Date & Time: Saturday June 6, 2026, 10:30am – 12:30pm EST
Location: National Entrepreneur Center, 3201 E. Colonial Drive Suite A-20, Orlando FL 32803
Meeting type: Open Meeting Summer Social (In person and Zoom) Bring snacks to share while we celebrate 250 years of American inventiveness.
Audience: All are welcome
Presentation (in person) Neil Narwani – Prototyping on a Shoestring
Most inventions need prototypes as a proof of concept and, eventually, for marketing purposes. Neil, an experienced contract prototyper, will show you many ways you can make your own prototype without extensive building skills or budget. Get the basics out of the way before spending money on the professionals.
Neil Narwani is the founder and President of 2-Pi Labs, a product development and prototyping firm in Orlando, FL, and VEI Systems, which designs high-end performance automotive instrumentation. His passion is transforming ideas into functional products, with projects such as hi-end performance automotive instrumentation, IoT/embedded systems, robots, and mechatronic systems. He has a passion for STEM education and has been a FIRST & VEX robotics mentor for over a decade.
