We're excited to announce Mode 2 Meetup episode 7, sponsored this time by Hymans Robertson
Mode 2 is a regular meetup about IT innovation within large companies across central Scotland.
Each meetup will feature two short talks and a chance to connect with IT innovators in a relaxed environment with free beer/wine and pizza. The talks for this meetup are:
1: Scott Finnie, Product Architect, Hymans Robertson
#agilerobocloud: 3 years behind the buzzwords
In January 2014, Hymans Robertson embarked on delivering a new “Robo-advice” offering using cloud-based, agile delivery. 3 years later we have a successful product that’s won several industry awards. In this talk, we’ll take a frank look at the journey behind the product: what went well, what didn’t; what we’ve learned and where we still have puzzles.
2: Paul Makin, Digital Finance & Identity Consultant, Trouver
Despite the presence of some very bright people, the established financial sector does not have a reputation for innovation. During this short presentation, Paul will explore why this is the case, and how - and if - it can be addressed. He’ll be drawing on his experience of working with teams developing innovative services in banks and other corporates, looking at where this has gone well, where it has failed, and what lessons can be drawn.
Paul has been working in fintech since long before it got that name, from the truly innovative (various precursors to Bitcoin) to the mundane (variations of card products for banks). His principal claim to fame is as the concept developer for M-Pesa in Kenya, by far the most successful non-bank financial service in the world. He has worked with banks, non-banks, financial regulators and others across Africa, South Asia, Europe and North America. Sometimes his ideas have survived the process.
Getting to Hymans Robertson
You can enter Hymans Robertson via the main entrance on Semple street.
Technology is evolving at an amazing rate, and customer expectations with it. Headlines are dominated by tech companies disrupting the world with new technology and fearless business models. However many of the organisations we work in are far older than the Internet. Legacy technology, organisational silos and hierarchies are all around. Every decision involves many stakeholders and complex processes are everywhere. Change of any kind can be slow and difficult.
Can Silicon Valley thinking translate to our established, risk-exposed, regulated organisations? Should it? In any case, how can we apply technology and creativity to delight our customers and avoid being overtaken by competitors or disruptors?
We're aiming to create a friendly, relaxed environment where we can discuss the reality of innovation in larger organisations. There will be two short talks per month, with plenty of opportunity to network afterwards over free beer/wine and pizza. The talks will cover a broad range of topics about technology, business and culture change.
We need ideas and volunteers for future talks, although the golden rule is: no sales pitches! We're also looking for venues for future events, so please let us know if you are able to host a meetup.
We'd love to build a diverse audience representing the increasingly blurred line between IT and business across different industries: financial services, public sector, energy, consultancies etc.
www.prewired.org
Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
Wednesday evenings are for you to play around with whatever technologies and programming languages you want. You can learn something brand new, practice something you already know, start a project, get help with something you're stuck on, or even teach others.
Last year we've had people working on basic Python, Python games, websites (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), Java, Scratch and Arduinos.
If there are different topics, languages or technologies you want to cover, just let us know!
Please sign up for as many sessions as you can. Coming regularly makes it easier to make friends and do as much coding as possible :)
Resources
Please bring your own laptops if you can, as you'll be able to get to work a lot faster on a system you're familiar with. We do have spares, but bring one if you can.
There will be some very light refreshments, but not much, so make sure you've had your dinner or a snack before you come if you usually eat around this time.
Location
The entrance to CodeBase is on 38 Castle Street - come in to reception and go straight into the hot desking space. You sign in at the Prewired registration desk.
Parents
Parents are welcome to accompany their children, we have a sofa or two that you can occupy (for example if your child is young). However participants under the age of 11 must be accompanied. If you do come along, please feel free to bring your own laptop and get stuck in with one of the coding sessions if this interests you! We can alsways help you if you want to get started exploring coding yourself.
Getting involved if you're over 19 and not a parent..
If you're interested in mentoring, sponsoring, helping to organise or otherwise get involved, please email hello [at] prewired.org and we can arrange for you to attend one of our sessions and see how it works.
Cancellations
If you sign up but realise you can't make it, or if you accidentally book extra spaces for any reason, please make sure to cancel your ticket so the place can be released to someone else!
Contact
Please see our FAQ at www.prewired.org or get in touch via hello@prewired.org with any questions.
Wed 18th Oct 2017 5:30pm to 7:30pm (Europe/London time)
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www.prewired.org
Computers let you create anything you can think of. Prewired is here to help enthusiastic young coders of any ability to do just that.
Wednesday evenings are for you to play around with whatever technologies and programming languages you want. You can learn something brand new, practice something you already know, start a project, get help with something you're stuck on, or even teach others.
Last year we've had people working on basic Python, Python games, websites (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), Java, Scratch and Arduinos.
If there are different topics, languages or technologies you want to cover, just let us know!
Please sign up for as many sessions as you can. Coming regularly makes it easier to make friends and do as much coding as possible :)
Resources
Please bring your own laptops if you can, as you'll be able to get to work a lot faster on a system you're familiar with. We do have spares, but bring one if you can.
There will be some very light refreshments, but not much, so make sure you've had your dinner or a snack before you come if you usually eat around this time.
Location
The entrance to CodeBase is on 38 Castle Street - come in to reception and go straight into the hot desking space. You sign in at the Prewired registration desk.
Parents
Parents are welcome to accompany their children, we have a sofa or two that you can occupy (for example if your child is young). However participants under the age of 11 must be accompanied. If you do come along, please feel free to bring your own laptop and get stuck in with one of the coding sessions if this interests you! We can alsways help you if you want to get started exploring coding yourself.
Getting involved if you're over 19 and not a parent..
If you're interested in mentoring, sponsoring, helping to organise or otherwise get involved, please email hello [at] prewired.org and we can arrange for you to attend one of our sessions and see how it works.
Cancellations
If you sign up but realise you can't make it, or if you accidentally book extra spaces for any reason, please make sure to cancel your ticket so the place can be released to someone else!
Contact
Please see our FAQ at www.prewired.org/faq or get in touch via hello@prewired.org with any questions.
Hello edPUGGERs! It's been a bit quiet in here, but we wanted to let you know that we're still here and working behind the scenes to organise a new edPUG venue and sponsors. Ally and Stephen have also been very busy preparing to launch their new App and I've been helping out with the ScotlandPHP Conference!
Since we had a break for the Fringe, we hoped that this month you would like to join us in the pub (Footlights, 7 Spittal St, Edinburgh) and have a good old fashioned chat and some drinks instead of the usual format.
We're really interested in discussing the future of edPUG, like what kind of content you guys want to see and what variety of food and drink is preferred. We also want to try and become more diverse - if there's anything we can do to make edPUG more inclusive, get in touch or come along to the pub on the 19th and share your ideas.
We will also talk about tech, obviously :-)
Hope to see you there, stay tuned for the details!
Join us and write some Go code together! This is an opportunity to join other Gophers and work on projects, play with the newest library or just chat about all things Go.
This meetup is for people of any level of experience and will be a great environment to ask/answer questions and share some knowledge with each other.
This meetup is kindly being hosted by iZettle in their great new office. Pizza and refreshments will be on offer, not to mention the expertise of some of their developers.
So, whether you're struggling to set up your GOPATH or digging through Go's compiler, come along and write some Go.
If you have any questions, please get in touch with me through meetup.com, @edinburghgo on twitter or by email at [masked].
The Docker Edinburgh meetup takes place at Codebase, in their Event Space, which is accessible from the entrance on 38 Castle Terrace. The Meetup will run from around 18h30 to 20h00, with further discussion afterwards in the pub! Cloudsoft will be sponsoring the meetup, and pizza and beer will be provided.
Please let us know what sort of speakers or topics you would like to see at future Meetups, or if there are alternative formats like lightning talks that would prefer.
We're always looking for new speakers, so please get in touch if you have something you'd like to present about Docker or the wider DevOps community!
Speakers
TBC
Discussion
Current Schedule
18h30 - Pizza and beer (thanks, Cloudsoft)
19h00 - First Talk
19h30 - Second Talk
20h00 - Discussion continues at an appropriate external venue...
GGS Autumn Social: Meet The Volunteers (Casual Meetup)
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Time for another seasonal social meetup for GGS. This is a casual and informal event, an opportunity for the volunteering team to relax and catch up with each other, and to welcome other likeminded folks to meet them, meet each other, network, and have a relaxing Autumnal drink at the delightful Le Monde Hotel bar.
