Open Tech Calendar

We're excited to announce Mode 2 Meetup episode 4, sponsored this time by RBS!

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:

Rachel Willmer
Firebase and what it can do for you

Firebase was an easy-to-use real-time database. And then Google bought
the company. This year, Google repositioned Firebase as a complete
mobile platform that helps you quickly develop, deploy and monetise
high-quality apps. In this talk, Rachel will give you an overview of
what Firebase can do for you, and a frank opinion of what's good (and
not so good) about it.

Rachel Willmer has been working at the “bleeding edge” of technology for
30 years, as programmer, network engineer, manager, startup founder.
She remains insatiably curious about how today’s new technology gives
birth to tomorrow’s new business opportunity.

She is a freelance consultant and a Google Developer Expert for Firebase.

Udita Banerjee, RBS
Open Innovation, APIs, and how RBS is the #BankOfAPIs

Udita works for the RBS Solutions Innovation Engineering team and is helping create and communicate the API strategy for the bank. She is a serial Hackathon organiser and an online and social media marketer. She has led initiatives to communicate RBS’ strategy internally and externally and is focussed on fostering and developing relationships with FinTechs.

Getting There:

This time round, we’re excited to announce that the event will be sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland and hosted at their Gogarburn facility. This is a very impressive building and is well worth a visit - as well as being the bank’s global HQ it is also home to their new Entrepreneurial Centre and Open Experience.
It’s easy to get to Gogarburn by bus or tram. Several of us will be meeting at the tram stop on Shandwick Place at 17:30 to head out to Gogarburn, we’ll see you there if you want to travel together. We’ll also be getting the tram back into the city centre after the event, and heading to the pub as usual!

Contact Us:
Mail: mode2meetup@gmail.com
Twitter: @mode2meetup
Periscope: @mode2meetup

Code of Conduct:
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.
Hope to see you there!