I'm starting a tech meetup in my small town. I moved from a city last year and with remote work I really miss sitting with other devs and chatting about tech, asking questions, and offering advice.

I'd like to encourage participation beyond just powerpoint talks so I'm looking at the Lean Coffee framework, where folks write down topics and we go through them as a group one by one. Anyone else have suggestions for a meetup format less formal than PowerPoint talks but more structured than just a social chat?