Sheffield Digital Marketing Meeting September 2019
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Sheffield DM returns to the Sheffield Tap with two fabulous speakers, more free drinks and your usual dose of marketing goodness!
After a brief summer break Sheffield DM is back! Join us at the Sheffield Tap on Thursday 19th September at 6pm for a double-billing of marketing brainpower.
Our fabulous speaker lineup for the evening includes:
Street Food Chef: The Brand We Built By Accident
Abi Golland (Co-Founder, Street Food Chef)
Digital PR: The Secret to Securing Top-Tier Links for Unknown Brands
Carrie Rose (Creative Director, Rise at Seven)
The first one wasn't a failure, so here's the second meetup for Bitcoin Sheffield. Worth a visit if you have any interest in cryptocurrency, or if you're just curious.
My name is Greg, and I've been working on Bitcoin projects for the last 5 years. I think Bitcoin is an incredibly interesting technology, and I like trying to explain how it works. https://twitter.com/in3rsha
At this meetup I'll cover the basics how blockchain technology works. I'll answer questions like:
* What is the blockchain?
* How does the blockchain work?
* How many confirmations should you wait for?
* Can you rewrite the blockchain?
* What's the difference between a hard fork and a soft fork?
As always there will be plenty of diagrams and lots of beginner-friendly explanations. I'm a techy person at heart, but I like trying to explain complex systems in a way that everyone can understand.
So if you're interested in cryptocurrency, or just want to find out what Bitcoin is, please come along. Doors open at 6PM, and the talk will begin at 6.30PM. Feel free to come and enjoy the air-conditioning before the talk starts.
If you have any questions at all, please ask.
See you there,
Greg.
P.S. There is no free beer or pizza at this event, but we will head to the pub afterwards!
Following our continued success of the lightning talks, we are hosting another round! We will be having 6 speakers doing a 10-15 minute lightning talks, if you would like to get involved please message me on meetup or twitter.
A lightning talk is a very short presentation lasting only a few minutes, given at a conference or a similar forum. Several lightning talks will usually be delivered by different speakers in a single session, sometimes called a data blitz.
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_talk)
Agenda:
Slot 1 - Consul and Traefik - Brad Gyton
Slot 2 - TBA - Kevin Smith ( @kev_bite )
Slot 3 - Chrome DevTools Tricks - Danny Jones ( @dfjones )
The life changing opportunity to leave prison as a Software Developer
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About the talk
The life-changing opportunity to leave prison as a Software Developer
The general consensus is that prison is a bad place full of bad people. The first part of the statement is largely true, the latter somewhat of a misconception.
Prison is a bad place full of deprived people. There are very few opportunities for the average prisoner to turn their life around and a necessity for our prison system and prison education programs to address this problem. Being in desirable employment is all it will take for a large percentage of our 83,000 prisoners to stop reoffending.
This talk is about something which actually has the potential to make a difference to two socio-economic problems in the UK; the rate of reoffending prisoners and the inadequate supply of software developers.
Code 4000 is a prison-based program which equips inmates with the necessary opportunities to be released into quality employment within the tech industry.
About our speaker
Josh Rolland is a former prisoner who while in custody engaged in an initiative which teaches inmates to code; Code 4000.
As a result of his hard work and competence, the scheme was able to look for employment opportunities for Josh ahead of his release. This has led to Josh starting work as a Junior Java Developer at Metro Bank in Central London exactly one week after being released from prison earlier this year.
Because of his back story, he is very aware of the potential for tech talent to be found from all walks of life and with a range of backgrounds. As well as the talent in general which exists within the UK prison system. Josh wants to make people aware of the positive impact of Code 4000 in order to generate new stakeholders and employment opportunities for other ex-prisoners going forward.
As a bonus, we have the opportunity to have Ryan, Josh's mentor/coach, as a guest speaker to share his side of the story, too.
About the talk
Mentoring and coaching, what's in it for me?
Mentoring and coaching techniques help people learn, focus, define and achieve their goals. That's all well and good... but why would you choose to be a mentor?
In this guided discussion we'll talk about the value of mentoring and coaching for the mentor, when to start, opportunities to get involved, and considerations from a contracting & consulting perspective.
About our speaker
Ryan Brooks is a senior technical architect at the Ministry of Justice, but he tends to talk more about people and process than tech. Ryan has been coaching and mentoring in tech for a few years, helping people from underrepresented groups enter tech and further their careers. He has run coaching workshops for developers and helped companies take on a mentoring mentality. He draws diagrams, writes buzzwords, and often raves about cheese. He occasionally tweets as @spikeheap.
Welcome to GoSheffield! This is where the Go community in Sheffield meets once a month to talk about cool hacks and interesting technology.
As usual, we'll have three twenty-minute talks, with a break including food. The talks will start at 18:15. The speakers list will be announced in the coming days.
Please get in touch with the organisers if you'd like to give one yourself. All topics and levels of experience are welcome!
Food and drinks will be provided for all attendees, courtesy of our sponsors.
We are always looking for more sponsors and venues - if you know someone that can help us keep our gophers fed and happy, please get in touch!
Please note that all attendees and sponsors are required to follow the Go code of conduct (https://golang.org/conduct).
Following our continued success of the lightning talks, we are hosting another round! We will be having 6 speakers doing a 10-15 minute lightning talks, if you would like to get involved please message me on meetup or twitter.
A lightning talk is a very short presentation lasting only a few minutes, given at a conference or a similar forum. Several lightning talks will usually be delivered by different speakers in a single session, sometimes called a data blitz.
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.NET Conf is a FREE, 3 day virtual developer event co-organized by the .NET community and Microsoft. This year .NET Core 3.0 will launch at .NET Conf 2019!
https://www.dotnetconf.net/
We will be live-streaming the .NET Conf 2019 from 18:00 as part of a ".NET Conf local event".
If you can't make it for 18:00 please feel free to turn up when you can, we'll be watching the keynote and hopefully a few of sessions which will spark some discussions!
Following our continued success of the lightning talks, we are hosting another round! We will be having 6 speakers doing a 10-15 minute lightning talks, if you would like to get involved please message me on meetup or twitter.
A lightning talk is a very short presentation lasting only a few minutes, given at a conference or a similar forum. Several lightning talks will usually be delivered by different speakers in a single session, sometimes called a data blitz.
September's meet-up sees Sam Burns return with his talk Tests Make Good Architects.
This talk takes a look at the positive impacts that automated tests can have on architecture. Unit testing in PHPUnit or PhpSpec, as well as behavioural testing using tools like Behat, have a noticeable effect on software architecture. Tested (or testable) code is often easier to work with, cleaner, and has architectural advantages. We will take a look at some of the impacts that a good test suite can have on your application’s architecture, and how to let your tests be your architect.
Jon Skeet is a Java developer working for Google in London. He is a C# author and community leader, spending far too much time on the Stack Overflow developer Q&A site.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Sheffield Hackspace is a non-profit, member-run hackspace for central Sheffield. Together we’re building a workshop and community to help people get involved in “the creative use of technology and tools for projects in fields such as computing, robotics, machining, technology, digital art or electronic art“.
We’re interested in whatever our members are interested in! Such as electronics (including Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and ESP8266), 3D printing and CAD, laser cutting, textiles (including clothing and kites), crafts, woodwork and metalwork, LoRaWAN and IoT, robotics and machine learning, photography...
We’re always keen for new people to join who can swap ideas, learn from each other, and build new things. All skill levels welcome!
Additionally we’re open every other Saturday from 11am - 6pm, and check out our website www.sheffieldhackspace.org.uk for info on the various interest groups that meet throughout the week.
Do you have ideas that you want to bring alive to be part of Festival of the Mind 2020? Come along to the Ideas Bazaar and find your creative partner to make ideas happen!
The Ideas Bazaar is where academics and the creative community meet and collaborate on projects that will highlight the University's research at the Festival of the Mind 2020. The event sees artists, animators, filmmakers, VR specialists, theatre companies and poets team up with academics from a diverse range of disciplines to create unique projects.
This event is free to attend with funding available to develop successful collaborations.
Visit the webpges for full details and to register for the event:https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ideasbazaar
For enquiries contact: ideasbazaar@sheffield.ac.uk, Tel: 0114 2225322
For further information about Festival of the Mind visit: www.sheffield.ac.uk/festivalofthemind
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• We welcome applications for projects from October 2019-December 2019
• Projects must be about University of Sheffield research
• Creative partners must be located within the Sheffield city region
• Only one applicant can lead on one project but can act as a collaborator on others
• Notification of successful applications will be made in February 2020
--is interested in starting a business
--has an idea for a business
--has already got a startup business
--had a startup that developed into a full blown business
--had a startup that didn't quite work out but want to share the experience and lessons learned!
Summer is here, and for some people, that means going away and spending time doing things that are even more fun than coding (hard to believe, we know!). The result is that attendance in July and August is usually lower than average. Please be understanding if there are no mentors/experts in your area of interest present this time around.
However many people attend, we hope it will be a fun and useful time for all!
CodeUp Sheffield is a mentoring program for adults who would like to learn how to code for free. Once a month we get together to learn from each other, sharpen our skills and enjoy being in a space where everyone is immersed in code!
There are many resources out there that help you to teach yourself to code, but sometimes there is no substitute for the insight and guidance that another person can give. Our group consists of coders with a wide range of experience, and our aim is to facilitate mentoring between more experienced and less experienced coders.
All you have to bring is a laptop and some coding to get on with, such as a project, a book, or some online tutorials. If you are starting completely from scratch, we will try to guide you towards some learning resources. Please try to install any relevant software in advance, but if you need assistance with this, we are happy to help.
Please RSVP as soon as possible. If you are subsequently unable to come, please change your RSVP so that someone else can have your place. Also remember to register with your full name (as opposed to your nickname in Meetup) so that reception can check you in!
If you can't wait until the event to start sharing interesting coding stuff and learning from each other, you can join our Slack workspace at the below link! We now have a -intros channel where you can introduce yourself, if you wish. We are always happy to be able to welcome new coders to the group!
https://codeupshf-slack.herokuapp.com/
Many thanks to Sheffield Technology Parks for providing the venue (all they ask is that you leave them a review on Google Maps).
Mapping and spatial modelling in R for crime prevention and conservation
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JOIN US IN WELCOMING SPECIAL GUESTS REKA SOLYMOSI & JOANNA HILL FOR A SPATIAL SUMMER SPECIAL! 🔍🗺
USING R TO SCRAPE, SAMPLE AND MAP CROWDSOURCED REPORTS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN INDIA
Reka Solymosi, University of Manchester
In this session I will describe a project where I scraped data from a crowdsourced website for reporting sexual harassment in India called safecity.in, and used mapping techniques to sample for further qualitative analysis, and again to draw conclusions about the spatial distribution of various incidents.
Speaker Bio: Reka is a lecturer in quantitative methods focused on making use of new forms of data to gain insight into people's behaviour and subjective experiences, particularly focusing on crime, transport, and spatial research. Reka is also interested in promoting data literacy.
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USING SPATIAL MODELLING IN R TO PROMOTE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION IN UGANDA
Joanna Hill, Rutgers School of Criminal Justice
Poaching is a serious problem in many developing countries, with detrimental consequences to wildlife, tourism and human health. A key conservation concern is that anti-poaching rangers cannot provide complete spatial and temporal coverage of protected areas, which means that much poaching activity goes undetected. Drawing from my PhD fieldwork in Uganda collecting qualitative and quantitative data about poaching, this presentation will show some spatial modelling of snare data and discuss how this can be used to reduce poaching and promote wildlife conservation.
Speaker Bio: Joanna Hill is a Post-Doctoral Associate at the Rutgers School of Criminal Justice in the US ( https://www.c3e.rutgers.edu). She received her Ph.D. in Security Science from University College London, an MRes degree in Biosystematics from Imperial College and a first class honors degree in Animal Behavior and Conservation from Anglia Ruskin University. Her research interests focus on applying crime science, systems thinking and evolutionary concepts to conservation problems. She is now researching poaching and human-elephant conflict in Uganda using crime science principles.
Discover What Artificial Intelligence Means For You
As an emerging technology Artificial Intelligence can be confusing or overwhelming for those who want to get started. This event aims to demystify and educate around where Data Science is up to and what applications businesses can implement today. This is a free event hosted by Barclays at Kollider in Sheffield featuring guest speakers:
Dr. Caroline Chibelushi, Knowledge Transfer Manager for Artificial Intelligence, Innovate UK
Sue Daley, Associate Director, Technology and Innovation, TechUK
Ben O’Brien, Managing Director, Jaywing AI
Sherin Mathew, Founder of AI Tech North and AI Lead at IBM
Hosted by Ian Holland, Ecosystem Manager Barclays, Matt Bowler AI Eagle for the North West and Tim Latham, Founder, Datatrainer.
Ian Holland, Ecosystem Manager at Barclays Eagle Lab at Kollider will talk to us about the Barclays AI Frenzy programme that Barclays are driving to promote awareness of the revolutionary capabilities of ML/AI
https://labs.uk.barclays/ai#frenzy
Tim Latham, Founder of datatrainer and new administrator for this group will talk about the potential for AI for organisations across the Sheffield City Region and breaking down the barriers to adoption
https://datatrainer.co.uk/home
Rough timing...
Doors Open: 18:00
First Talk: 18:15 - 19:00
Second Talk: 19:15 - 20:00
You don't need to bring anything for this event.
There will be free drinks and snacks after the talks and potentially a table football competition!
The first one wasn't a failure, so here's the second meetup for Bitcoin Sheffield. Worth a visit if you have any interest in cryptocurrency, or if you're just curious.
My name is Greg, and I've been working on Bitcoin projects for the last 5 years. I think Bitcoin is an incredibly interesting technology, and I like trying to explain how it works. https://twitter.com/in3rsha
At this meetup I'll explain some more basics about Bitcoin. It will either be about how the blockchain is built, or how individual transactions work. I'll update this page closer to the date. Either way, there will be plenty of diagrams and lots of beginner-friendly explanations. I'm a techy person, but I like trying to explain complex systems in a way that everyone can understand.
So if you're interested in cryptocurrency, or just want to find out what Bitcoin is, please come along. Doors open at 6PM, and the talk will begin at 6.30PM. Feel free to come and enjoy the air-conditioning before the talk starts.
If you have any questions at all, please ask.
See you there,
Greg.
P.S. There is no free beer or pizza at this event.
Sheffield Legal Hackers summer social “Flying Pizza Talks”
Come along and explore the legal technology world with us! There will be a series of short presentations followed by pizza at Bloo 88 in Sheffield, sponsored by Irwin Mitchell LLP!
If you want to deliver a 5 minute presentation - please email sheffield@legalhackers.org.uk with your proposed topic.
A reminder of why iterative design, build and delivery is good, and why we
do it.
Includes international diamond thieves, ducks and even a primer in secure
key exchange!
Our speaker for this event is Kate Rennie.
This event is being kindly sponsored by dxw: https://www.dxw.com/
6pm - Arrive for refreshments and a bit of chit chat
6:45pm - The talk
7:45ish - The Q&A session
9pm - we gotta go
His main research interests and current activities revolve around the following topics/problems:
Decision Making under Uncertainty (predominantly of fuzzy and linguistic nature).
Multi-Criteria, Collective and Consensus-driven Decision Making.
Intelligent Decision Support Systems
Recommender Systems: Multi-View Data Fusion Strategies, Group Recommender Systems and Applications (tourism, smart cities, digital health...)
Preference Modelling and Intelligent Aggregation Methods.
Collaborative Planning and Decision-Making with Autonomous Intelligent Systems.
Applications of Fuzzy Decision Making and Aggregation (autonomous systems, cyber-security, energy planning, ...)
Everyone is welcome. You don’t have to work in digital right now, you don’t have to identify as a woman, you don’t have to know how to code or how to explain bitcoin. You do have come in, be open and ready to participate in bringing about positive change.
Babies and children are welcome to attend with a (vaguely) responsible adult.
A reminder of why iterative design, build and delivery is good, and why we
do it.
Includes international diamond thieves, ducks and even a primer in secure
key exchange!
Our speaker for this event is Kate Rennie.
6pm - Arrive for refreshments and a bit of chit chat
6:45pm - The talk
7:45ish - The Q&A session
9pm - we gotta go
One of our favourite aspects of running a meetup is meeting new people and hearing stories from them, so we've decided to dedicate a whole evening to it!
We'd particularly like to hear from people about how they got involved with testing, what they've done since, and where they hope to go in future. We hope this would help us select topics for future meetups. We'd also really like to hear from people who don't work full-time in testing, but still do testing as part of their job, or as a hobby!
If anyone has a lightning talk prepared on any software related matters, we'd also love to hear those. If there's time towards the end, possibly some none testing related talks too...
If you've never done a lightning talk before - then why not jump in and have a go? You don't need to be a subject matter expert or a master of public speaking. You can talk about your own ideas or experiences.
Talks should be anything from 99 seconds to a few minutes long. You can use the TV to show slides if you want them, as long as you bring them along on a USB drive or can email them to us in advance so we're ready to go on the night.
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The rough running order for the evening will be:
6:30 - Doors open
7:00 - Some stories
7:30 - Break and food
7:45 - Some more stories!
8:15 - Leg stretch
8:30 - Head off to a local pub for networking and such.
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Big thanks to our sponsors - U Account for keeping us fed and watered, and Tech Parks for letting us use their wonderful meeting space! And Ministry of Testing for just existing and being awesome.
As always, if you'd like to sponsor, host or speak at a future event then please do get in touch! And don't forget to keep an eye on the Meetup page or on www.twitter.com/steelbugs for details of upcoming events.
How do you take one of the most trusted brands in the UK, and its 10-year-old website, and help both prepare for the future of healthcare?
I will talk about the experience of leading the redesign of the NHS website (www.nhs.uk). Over the last year-and-a-bit, I have been involved with a number of projects intended to prepare the National Health Service for delivering services in a way its users need and expect in the coming years.
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About Dean
Dean is Lead Designer for the NHS website. With a 20-year career in interaction and brand design, Dean is now helping establish a design culture within NHS Digital to help the organisation make better services for people.
UX Sheffield - Intensive care – redesigning NHS.UK - Dean Vipond
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How do you take one of the most trusted brands in the UK, and its 10-year-old website, and help both prepare for the future of healthcare?
I will talk about the experience of leading the redesign of the NHS website (www.nhs.uk). Over the last year-and-a-bit, I have been involved with a number of projects intended to prepare the National Health Service for delivering services in a way its users need and expect in the coming years.
<strong>About Dean</strong>
Dean is Lead Designer for the NHS website. With a 20-year career in interaction and brand design, Dean is now helping establish a design culture within NHS Digital to help the organisation make better services for people.
The monthly Podcast Rebellion meetup, in collaboration with the Sheffield Podcasters Network, returns for August.
Beer, food, and podcast chat - sounds like heaven, right?
Mark and Kieran from the Rebel Base Media team will be just back from Podcast Movement in Florida, the biggest international podcasting event, so will have plenty of news and gossip to reveal.
We'll be setting up our mobile studio at the event as well. Fancy recording an episode of your show there? Drop James a line: james@rebelbasemedia.io
Afterwards we'll head off to a local pub to continue to podtalk.
We've got another exciting line up of speakers planned for our August event, including;
1. Eddie Murphy - Ollio Consultancy - Eddie runs a buildings and architecture consultancy and has been using VR to help clients make better decisions.
2. TBA!
We will also be hearing the latest XR news and open the floor to you if you have anything you would like to share or help shape the direction of the meetup in the future. So please bring any ideas with you!
Also access to @Slantedtheory public ALAIRA VR data room! If you saw Laura Smith's presentation at Sheffield Digitial Festival this year, this is a great chance to have a go on an amazing immersive data platform that allows everyone to analyse data intuitively!
The SmartSheffield Meetup returns in September for a new run of events, starting with a focus on initiatives that tackle the city's Air Quality!
SmartSheffield is an open forum for people interested in urban innovation and the use of new technologies and approaches to help to address challenges both big and small. We're very happy to announce new sponsorships with Ove Arup Group, Pitch-In at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Digital and a new run of six events planned for the first Monday every two months, starting on the 2nd September.
For our first meetup back, we'll be looking at current efforts to measure air quality across the city, both institutional and comunity-driven, and what kinds of interventions are being proposed.As always, there will also be a Sheffield Things Network meeting beforehand at 5pm.
The SmartSheffield meetup is a free and inclusive open forum and social meeting space for anyone interested in 'smart cities' and urban innovation, and everyone is welcome.
Barclays AI Frenzy programme and Datatrainer introduction
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We have two guest speakers for our August event
Ian Holland, Ecosystem Manager at Barclays Eagle Lab at Kollider will talk to us about the Barclays AI Frenzy programme that Barclays are driving to promote awareness of the revolutionary capabilities of ML/AI
https://labs.uk.barclays/ai#frenzy
Tim Latham, Founder of datatrainer and new administrator for this group will talk about the potential for AI fir organisations across the Sheffield City Region and breaking down the barriers to adoption
https://datatrainer.co.uk/home
Rough timing...
Doors Open: 18:00
First Talk: 18:15 - 19:00
Second Talk: 19:15 - 20:00
You don't need to bring anything for this event.
There will be free drinks and snacks after the talks and potentially a table football competition!
Jon Skeet is a Java developer working for Google in London. He is a C# author and community leader, spending far too much time on the Stack Overflow developer Q&A site.
