Open Tech Calendar

This three-hour event is our first highly interactive workshopping event, featuring Andrea Edmondson (Founder of NeuroSmart Learning), Nadine Pfeifer (Founder of Hopstair), Peter Hopton and Nick Dytczak Midworth.

This event will open up with 3x 10-minute talks from Andrea, Nadine and Peter exploring their expertise in understanding your differences, Neurodiversity and its traits, and debunking myths surrounding confidence. These three speakers will then be joined by Nick to form a panel for a 30-minute fireside chat & QnA discussing difficulties faced by founders regarding healthy self-regulation and other commonly perceived issues.

Workshops
The final half of this event will include practical workshops where the room will be divided into four and the participants will be led through the following activities:

Peter Hopton – How to navigate the entrepreneurial space with the unique tools at your disposal.

Andrea Edmondson – Neurodiversity and its traits, how to best regulat...

This is your chance to hear from Keynote speakers from offices around the combined authorities, hear inside information into some of the big unannounced developments, and of course, hear from Peter Hopton and Nick Dytczak Midworth about Ampere’s role in the coming changes.

We will be discussing how Ampere can help South Yorkshire Startups gain access to increased levels of funding, how we are working to build a bridge of innovation to Leeds and West Yorkshire, and what our plans are to put Sshhefield on the map in 2024! Finally, this event will outline the structure of the first-ever UK Tech Week! This really is not one to be missed if you want to keep your finger on the pulse of the great things coming to Ampere and South Yorkshire this year.

Work on sewing, quilting, knitting, and crochet projects.

Share skills and tips in a creative, friendly, and supportive environment.

Free to Hackspace members, £3 for non-members.

Employers are invited to our free breakfast event. Join us to learn how our degree apprenticeships can add value to your business.

Hear more about our industry-leading courses and their mode of delivery, as well as out recruitment support and learner support offer. Subject experts include:

Anne Brady, Senior Lecturer, Accounting and Finance
Claire Holland, Principal Lecturer, Leadership and Management
Peter Macqueen, Principal Lecturer, Packaging and Creative & Digital
Simon Peck, Senior Lecturer, Supply Chain
Richard Clegg, Work Based Learning Manager

We look forward to seeing you on the day!

Dive into the World of AI with Ease! 🚀

💡 Ever wondered how AI can benefit your business? Unsure where to start? Do you feel uneasy about the ethical implications and risks it brings along? You're not alone, and the best part? You've got everything you need to jumpstart your AI adventure already - and we're here to show you how.

🤖 AI is revolutionizing the business world by enhancing customer service, speeding up decision-making with rapid data analysis and automating mundane tasks, freeing up valuable time for strategic work. AI is the key to efficiency, insight, and responsiveness in your business.

Join us for an Exclusive AI Experience Session hosted by Angel Takooree, where we demystify AI for you. We will cover everything you need, whether it's identifying business processes improvements by using automation, tackling data protection concerns, addressing the fears within your organization, or simply wondering how to begin.

Our session is perfect for non-techies curious a...

Welcome to Hands on IoT @Sheffield Tech Week! Join us for a hands-on experience exploring Internet of Things(IoT) technologies from a top down view and using no-code to establish some fun and commercially realistic IoT problems. This in-person event will be held at Sheffield Hallam University's ilab and is free for anyone to come along and build software for raspberry Pis as well commercial products.

What to expect:
Get ready to dive into informal small group interactive workshops and learn from industry experts and see through the code-haze at the underlying technologies used in IoT.

Who should attend
Whether you're a beginner, student, IoT enthusiast or you have been running IoT projects and looking for new ways to optimise and innovate this event is perfect for you! We will respond to any questions and share our 15 years of learnings of IoT systems and AI from device to cloud.

Are you interested in data analytics in the Microsoft ecosystem and beyond? Do you want to learn new skills, share your insights, and network with other data enthusiasts?

If so, join us for our bi-monthly Sheffield based data analytics user group, where we discuss topics related to data analysis and engineering, visualisation, and data science using MS Fabric, Power BI, Microsoft Azure tools and services and more.

Our user group is open to anyone who wants to learn more about data analytics, whether you are a beginner or an expert. We meet every last Wednesday every other month in Sheffield at Electric Works, close to the central train and bus stations. Each meeting features a mix of presentations by guest speakers, Q&A sessions and, a chance to chat, network and grab some (free) food.

We’re keen to keep a local element to the group so if you have your own projects, challenges or ideas to share through anything from a short lightening talk to a full hour-long session we’d love...

Code Club - Open to the Public

We're in Room 12.4.12 at the Charles Street Building, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE, England

You'll need to sign-in at the security desk, but look for FES signs up into the lift and the 4th floor.

This month: Richard Oliver Bray

Our event is free and inclusive; we welcome people of all backgrounds and experience levels to join. We will be checking in people at the door so be sure to sign up online.

Before you attend, please read our code of conduct: bit.ly

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This month we'll be welcoming:

Richard Oliver Bray - Solving Data Fetching Issues With React

This talk explores the common challenges developers face when using the useEffect hook for data fetching, and will go through practices and patterns to overcome these issues, all without relying on third-party libraries.

Join us for an insightful roundtable discussion hosted by the Cloud Solutions team at Simoda, where we delve into the real-world experiences of businesses facing the rapid growth of public cloud costs and look at ways business can optimise cloud environments. This roundtable will feature a series of customer stories highlighting the challenges and triumphs in mitigating financial risks associated with cloud services. The aim is for the roundtable to be an open discussion opportunity to align best practice ideas and solutions.

Background: As per industry forecasts by Gartner and IDC, the global end-user spending on public cloud services is on an upward trajectory, with a 20.7% increase in 2023, amounting to $591.8 billion. The trend is expected to continue, with spending projected to reach $678.8 billion in 2024 and $1.35 trillion by 2027. The shift towards cloud technologies is becoming more pronounced, with over half of enterprise IT spending in key market segments predicted to mov...

Sheffield StartUp is a lively evening get-together that pulls in the region's top talents from the startup scene. Set in Showroom Café Bar in Sheffield city centre, this event is all about sparking real connections, having insightful chats, and opening doors for teamwork among cool entrepreneurs, potential investors, and folks from different industry corners. With a fun and diverse crowd, the buzz here fuels fresh ideas and sets the stage for future collaborations that could kick off the next big wave of innovation.

Ampere is doing another social party! After a fantastic Xmas Bash, we are delighted to invite you to the UK Tech Week Closing Party, celebrating the first Sheffield Tech Week and promising to be bigger, bolder and better than our first party!

This event will include the debut of Ampere’s Got Talent Contest, A Karaoke Room which will move to the main stage later in the evening, Live music (DJs and Bands) and Street Food vendors on site!

We know how abundant the Tech talent is in our region, but what about the other aspects of your life? We want to see what you can bring to the table, and share your unique abilities be they singing, stand-up, interpretive dance or beyond! There will be fame, prestige, bragging rights and of course a selection of prizes to be won! Sign-ups will start before the event so please follow this link to enter! forms.gle

Make sure to arrive hungry and we will be bringing fantastic flavours from everyone’s favourite trend, the St...

Dive into the World of AI with Ease! 🚀

💡 Ever wondered how AI can benefit your business? Unsure where to start? Do you feel uneasy about the ethical implications and risks it brings along? You're not alone, and the best part? You've got everything you need to jumpstart your AI adventure already - and we're here to show you how.

🤖 AI is revolutionizing the business world by enhancing customer service, speeding up decision-making with rapid data analysis and automating mundane tasks, freeing up valuable time for strategic work. AI is the key to efficiency, insight, and responsiveness in your business.

Join us for an Exclusive AI Experience Session hosted by Angel Takooree, where we demystify AI for you. We will cover everything you need, whether it's identifying business processes improvements by using automation, tackling data protection concerns, addressing the fears within your organization, or simply wondering how to begin.

Our session is perfect for non-techies curious a...

Come join us for all things AI in Sheffield. In April we have two talks:
Confessions of an AI Obsessed University Lecturer - Will Roberts
IntelliAM w/ David Richards

We're excited to announce a joint meetup between Agile Sheffield and Sheffield DevOps.

In this event we will describe how Agile ways of working are introduced through a typical digital delivery project and how they work to support DevOps in the build of a digital service.

The event will be hosted by Richard Joseph from Agile Sheffield and Jared Holgate from Sheffield DevOps.

Richard is an experienced Agile Coach, with a wealth of experience working across the UK in the public sector and providing training and coaching services to many companies in Sheffield.

Jared is an experienced DevOps engineer currently working for Microsoft.

Doors open at 6pm, for meet & greet & networking with pizza and beverages kindly provided by our hosts at BJSS.

The session will start at 6:30 and we should be all wrapped up by 8:30pm.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

Work on sewing, quilting, knitting, and crochet projects.

Share skills and tips in a creative, friendly, and supportive environment.

Free to Hackspace members, £3 for non-members.

There are many opportunities for collaboration between your organization and the Department of Computing at Sheffield Hallam University. Are you aware that we can work with you on:

Research projects including knowledge exchange
Student projects of varying lengths and nature
Hiring apprentices, placement students and graduates

The Computer Science and Software Engineering group at Sheffield Hallam University invites you to a showcase of student work done with companies across South Yorkshire, the UK, and abroad.

-Talk to students about their experiences working with a wide range of organizations as part of their degree, including on placement.
-Meet academic staff and discuss the many ways that we can work with you. Discover the range of opportunities we have for research and innovation, including projects funded by Innovate UK.
-Learn about placements and graduate jobs.
-Find out about the benefits to you of Higher Degree Apprenticeships at both undergraduate and postgrad...

FaithTech Sheffield
Are you a Christian working in tech, or just someone curious about the relevance of faith to tech? Want to connect with a community of like-minded people who love Jesus and love tech? Join us for a social evening of community building. All are welcome.

New date and venue for the next FaithTech
We've postponed the April FaithTech meetup by a week to avoid a clash with Sheffield Startup, which had already scheduled their meetup for 25 April.

We'll now meet on Wednesday, 1 May instead, which will also allow those with a regular commitment on a Thursday an opportunity to join us.

This time round, we've planned a social gathering in town to enable us to continue to get to know each other and forge deeper, more meaningful relationships.

We will meet at Bungalows and Bears on Division Street from 18:00 for after-work drinks, followed by food at Pieminster at 19:00 for an updated take on a 'pie and pea supper'.

In order for us to confirm the booking at Piem...

Code Club - Open to the Public

Dive into the World of AI with Ease! 🚀

💡 Ever wondered how AI can benefit your business? Unsure where to start? Do you feel uneasy about the ethical implications and risks it brings along? You're not alone, and the best part? You've got everything you need to jumpstart your AI adventure already - and we're here to show you how.

🤖 AI is revolutionizing the business world by enhancing customer service, speeding up decision-making with rapid data analysis and automating mundane tasks, freeing up valuable time for strategic work. AI is the key to efficiency, insight, and responsiveness in your business.

Join us for an Exclusive AI Experience Session hosted by Angel Takooree, where we demystify AI for you. We will cover everything you need, whether it's identifying business processes improvements by using automation, tackling data protection concerns, addressing the fears within your organization, or simply wondering how to begin.

Our session is perfect for non-techies curious a...

Monthly CTF - HackTheBox/TryHackMe/Other

Work on sewing, quilting, knitting, and crochet projects.

Share skills and tips in a creative, friendly, and supportive environment.

Free to Hackspace members, £3 for non-members.

Code Club - Open to the Public

Our next meetup is on Thursday 9th May at Sheffield Tech Parks.

Speakers and format TBC. Do get in touch if you're interested in speaking at this or a future event, or if your company might be interested in sponsoring us.

We are a group of A-level and college students in Sheffield who have come together with the aim of connecting students and employers directly. We aim to do this by organising interactive events that help students form a much better understanding of opportunities that exist, eliminating common misconceptions and making the path to a job in the technology industry much clearer!

The events are organised and led by students to help them be as enjoyable and informative as possible, removing the common power dynamic and facilitating a less formal space where students can feel more comfortable asking questions and getting to know employers and each other, helping with employment and apprenticeship opportunities in the future.

As this is the launch event it is going to be relatively small and simple, with the aim of dispelling myths about employment and building up networking connections, alongside forming the student network and finding people who would be interested in getting involved...

Work on sewing, quilting, knitting, and crochet projects.

Share skills and tips in a creative, friendly, and supportive environment.

Free to Hackspace members, £3 for non-members.

Code Club - Open to the Public

Join us for TechConnect, a dynamic event designed to bridge the gap between junior developers looking to kick start their careers, and employers in the industry. If you’re a recent graduate, a career changer, or an employer seeking top talent, TechConnect offers a unique platform to network, learn, and connect.

What to Expect:

Inspiring Lightning Talks: Hear from leading tech companies who will provide knowledge and advice on getting into tech, alongside individuals who have successfully transitioned into their dream career.
Gain valuable insights into the industry, career paths, and the skills that employers value most.
Networking Opportunities: Connect with professionals from a diverse range of tech companies and backgrounds.
Expand your network, exchange ideas, and explore potential career opportunities.
Expert Advice: Get practical advice on job seeking strategies, crafting standout CVs and portfolios, and acing interviews in the tech industry.
Learn from industry profes...

Work on sewing, quilting, knitting, and crochet projects.

Share skills and tips in a creative, friendly, and supportive environment.

Free to Hackspace members, £3 for non-members.

Code Club - Open to the Public

We're in Room 12.4.12 at the Charles Street Building, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE, England

You'll need to sign-in at the security desk, but look for FES signs up into the lift and the 4th floor.

Details TBC

Before you attend, please read our code of conduct: bit.ly

Sheffield StartUp is a lively evening get-together that pulls in the region's top talents from the startup scene. Set in Showroom Café Bar in Sheffield city centre, this event is all about sparking real connections, having insightful chats, and opening doors for teamwork among cool entrepreneurs, potential investors, and folks from different industry corners. With a fun and diverse crowd, the buzz here fuels fresh ideas and sets the stage for future collaborations that could kick off the next big wave of innovation.

Come join us to discuss all things Accessibility. Harriet Holman and Melissa Rocks will host a talk about the topic in general and how and why we should test for it. We'd love to see some of you there!

Pizza will be provided (thanks to our lovely sponsors at BJSS!) but please message me if you have any dietary requirements we need to account for.

Thanks everyone!

Agenda

18:00 - 18:30: Guest Arrival, Networking, Pizza & Beverages
18:30 - 19:30: Presentation
19:30 - 20:00: Networking & Closure

We're in Room 12.4.12 at the Charles Street Building, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE, England

You'll need to sign-in at the security desk, but look for FES signs up into the lift and the 4th floor.

Details TBC

Before you attend, please read our code of conduct: bit.ly

Sheffield StartUp is a lively evening get-together that pulls in the region's top talents from the startup scene. Set in Showroom Café Bar in Sheffield city centre, this event is all about sparking real connections, having insightful chats, and opening doors for teamwork among cool entrepreneurs, potential investors, and folks from different industry corners. With a fun and diverse crowd, the buzz here fuels fresh ideas and sets the stage for future collaborations that could kick off the next big wave of innovation.

With a new state-of-the-art venue and our biggest ever speaker line-up, we're taking this summer's event to the next level.

We went big for our August 2023 event, expanding to two stages for the first time, hosting more than 22 speakers and panelists across the day and welcoming over 230 marketers from all over the UK.

This year, we're moving up the road to The Wave, the University of Sheffield's futuristic new building.

This will be another brilliant day of insights across all digital marketing disciplines: SEO, Digital PR, Content, Social, PPC, marketing strategy and more.

We're in Room 12.4.12 at the Charles Street Building, Sheffield Hallam University, 120 Charles St, Sheffield, S1 2NE, England

You'll need to sign-in at the security desk, but look for FES signs up into the lift and the 4th floor.

Details TBC