Open Tech Calendar

SmartSheffield #14

November's SmartSheffield Meetup focusses on the Future of Mobility!

Moving people and goods around cities is of course a longstanding problem, and a ubiquotiuous aspect of 'smartcity' thinking. Urban design in the 20th century was heavily shaped by new personal and mass transport technologies, along with retail and consumer behaviours. As these driving forces change in the 21st century, how will cities adapt to them and is retrofitting new mobility capabilities even possible?

We're looking forward to thinking and talking about these issues, and will announce our speaker lineup very shortly as well!

If you have something you would like to contribute to the programme, please get in touch!

As always, there will be a meeting of the Sheffield Things Network beforehand at 5pm, please take a look at the TTN Sheffield community page for details, and register for the meeting by choosing the corresponding ticket type when you book for the main SmartSheffield meetup.

Please also note that this meetup will be held at the Electric Works, not Arup as has been the case previously, as we are now alternating between our sponsor venues!

https://www.smartsheffield.city/

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/smartsheffield-14-new-ways-to-get-about-tickets-75998498555

Mon 4th Nov 2019 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Mon 4th Nov 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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We employ Sheffield Digital's Code of Conduct and abide by the standards it lays down.
https://sheffield.digital/events/meetup-code-of-conduct/

TechSEO Summat is Yorkshire's technical SEO conference.

Version 1 happens on 29/10/19 at Electric Works. It's free to attend; we provide free beers and soft drinks; and we'll be hosting talks from DeepCrawl's Ruth Everett and Jen Hoffman, Delete's Polly Pospelova, Rise at Seven's Stephen Kenwright, Front End Sheffield/Monzo's Katie Fenn and Sitebulb's Patrick Hathaway.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techseo-summat-tickets-74084606051

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/techseo-summat-tickets-74084606051

Tue 29th Oct 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Tue 29th Oct 2019 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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TechSEO Summat is an inclusive event: everyone should feel welcome and everyone should feel safe. We provide a harrassment-free conference experience for everyone, regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, physical ability, appearance, race or religion - harrassment of any form is not tolerated and anyone violating these rules may be asked to leave, without any compensation, at the sole discretion of the organisers.
If you are being harrassed; notice someone else is being harrassed; or have any other concerns, contact the conference organisers:
Stephen Kenwright
stephen.kenwright@riseatseven.com

A Sheffield Digital event, in partnership with Coadec (the Coalition for a Digital Economy), The UK Tech Clusters Group and Tech Nation.

About this Event

With the Prime Minister saying he is committed to leaving the European Union by the 31st October “do or die”, The UK Tech Cluster Group, Tech Nation, and The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) are working together to explain what tech and digital companies need to do to ensure that their businesses are ready for a potential “no-deal” Brexit.

Areas of focus will include:

- Steps to secure your cross-border data flows.
- Ensuring your European staff are ready and understand how settled status works.
- Tax implications for your business.
- How to manage the other business critical impacts of a no-deal Brexit.

We will have industry experts, as well as local legal and accounting professionals, at hand to ensure that you are able to take the necessary steps to Brexit-proof your business.

By attending this briefing you will:

Find out the key issues that will impact tech and digital companies in a no deal outcome and what you can do about it to that your business is fully prepared for all eventualities.

Hear expert guidance from Dom Hallas, Executive Director of Coadec and former official at the Department for Exiting the European Union, on both the UK political context and the Brexit process in order to understand what’s really happening.

Benefit from a Q&A discussion to learn what other organisations are doing in preparation for Brexit.

Timings:

16:30 - Registration
16:50 - Intro from Sheffield Digital
17:00 - Presentation of guidance paper from Coadec
17:30 - Political context / Brexit process update
17:50 - Q&A session
18:30 - Close

This event is of great importance and relevance to all firms that develop digital products and services, or who's operations depend on digital technology.

The event is limited to 60 places, so please book your place at the earliest opportunity!

No Deal Brexit - Briefing for the local Tech Sector

A Sheffield Digital event, in partnership with Coadec (the Coalition for a Digital Economy), The UK Tech Clusters Group and Tech Nation.

About this Event

With the Prime Minister saying he is committed to leaving the European Union by the 31st October “do or die”, The UK Tech Cluster Group, Tech Nation, and The Coalition for a Digital Economy (Coadec) are working together to explain what tech and digital companies need to do to ensure that their businesses are ready for a potential “no-deal” Brexit.

Areas of focus will include:

Steps to secure your cross-border data flows.
Ensuring your European staff are ready and understand how settled status works.
Tax implications for your business.
How to manage the other business critical impacts of a no-deal Brexit.

We will have industry experts, as well as local legal and accounting professionals, at hand to ensure that you are able to take the necessary steps to Brexit-proof your business.

By attending this briefing you will:

Find out the key issues that will impact tech and digital companies in a no deal outcome and what you can do about it to that your business is fully prepared for all eventualities.

Hear expert guidance from Dom Hallas, Executive Director of Coadec and former official at the Department for Exiting the European Union, on both the UK political context and the Brexit process in order to understand what’s really happening.

Benefit from a Q&A discussion to learn what other organisations are doing in preparation for Brexit.

Timings:

16:30 - Registration
16:50 - Intro from Sheffield Digital
17:00 - Presentation of guidance paper from Coadec
17:30 - Political context / Brexit process update
17:50 - Q&A session
18:30 - Close

This event is of great importance and relevance to all firms that develop digital products and services, or who's operations depend on digital technology.

The event is limited to 60 places, so please book your place at the earliest opportunity!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-deal-brexit-briefing-for-the-local-tech-sector-tickets-73797280653

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/no-deal-brexit-briefing-for-the-local-tech-sector-tickets-73797280653

Wed 9th Oct 2019 4:30pm (Europe/London)

Wed 9th Oct 2019 6:30pm (Europe/London)

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The event is open to all, and is guided by Sheffield Digital's Code of Conduct.

Financial Services Roundtable - Knowledge Share with Marjolo

What you’re going to get out of it:

- Knowledge sharing with others in your industry in a small group format

- Insights into the challenges faced by the industry today

- A look into some of the future trends as they apply to Financial Services

- Building your network of peers

- Drink and food will be provided

Open discussions in a safe environment, engaging speakers and free food and drink! If, this sounds good then come along and click attend !

https://www.marjolo.co.uk/about-us/

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/financial-services-roundtable-knowledge-share-with-marjolo-registration-62703112698?aff=affiliate1

Thu 18th Jul 2019 1:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 18th Jul 2019 5:00pm (Europe/London)

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For this to be successful we need everyone attending to be able to talk completely openly and in a safe environment, so Chatham House Rules will apply.

DEFCON Sheffield (DC44114): Meetup #3

DC44114 started in 2018 to help fill the gap between Steelcon every year.

The group provides a regular meetup for anybody interested in learning more about infosec and getting to know like-minded individuals.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/defcon-sheffield-dc44114-meetup-3-tickets-56492455455

Thu 28th Feb 2019 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 28th Feb 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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Co-op day

Dark Peak is a user-run co-operative providing hosted open-source software for the benefit of our members. The 'co-op day' is when we get together to share knowledge, improve our services, and make decisions.

Non-members interested in learning more about the project are welcome to attend. If you're unable to make the event in person you can join us in #darkpeak on Freenode, where we'll post updates and be available to answer questions.

Doors open at 11:30am, official start time is 12:00pm. The event usually runs until people get hungry and we head out to find some dinner. Attendees are not expected to stay for the whole day, just drop in for however long you like.

If you'd like to ask questions before the event, the best place is on the mailing list (https://lists.richardskingdom.net/mailman/listinfo/sheffgeeks-hosting) - or in #darkpeak on Freenode IRC.

Sat 9th Mar 2019 11:30am (Europe/London)

Sat 9th Mar 2019 4:30pm (Europe/London)

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Co-op day

Dark Peak is a user-run co-operative providing hosted open-source software for the benefit of our members. The 'co-op day' is when we get together to share knowledge, improve our services, and make decisions.

Non-members interested in learning more about the project are welcome to attend. If you're unable to make the event in person you can join us in #darkpeak on Freenode, where we'll post updates and be available to answer questions.

Doors open at 11:30am, official start time is 12:00pm. The event usually runs until people get hungry and we head out to find some dinner. Attendees are not expected to stay for the whole day, just drop in for however long you like.

If you'd like to ask questions before the event, the best place is on the mailing list (https://lists.richardskingdom.net/mailman/listinfo/sheffgeeks-hosting) - or in #darkpeak on Freenode IRC.

Sat 9th Feb 2019 11:30am (Europe/London)

Sat 9th Feb 2019 4:30pm (Europe/London)

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Co-op day

Dark Peak is a user-run co-operative providing hosted open-source software for the benefit of our members. The 'co-op day' is when we get together to share knowledge, improve our services, and make decisions.

Non-members interested in learning more about the project are welcome to attend. If you're unable to make the event in person you can join us in #darkpeak on Freenode, where we'll post updates and be available to answer questions.

Doors open at 11:30am, official start time is 12:00pm. The event usually runs until people get hungry and we head out to find some dinner. Attendees are not expected to stay for the whole day, just drop in for however long you like.

If you'd like to ask questions before the event, the best place is on the mailing list (https://lists.richardskingdom.net/mailman/listinfo/sheffgeeks-hosting) - or in #darkpeak on Freenode IRC.

Sat 8th Dec 2018 11:30am (Europe/London)

Sat 8th Dec 2018 4:30pm (Europe/London)

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Co-op day

Dark Peak is a user-run co-operative providing hosted open-source software for the benefit of our members. The 'co-op day' is when we get together to share knowledge, improve our services, and make decisions.

Non-members interested in learning more about the project are welcome to attend. If you're unable to make the event in person you can join us in #darkpeak on Freenode, where we'll post updates and be available to answer questions.

Doors open at 11:30am, official start time is 12:00pm. The event usually runs until people get hungry and we head out to find some dinner. Attendees are not expected to stay for the whole day, just drop in for however long you like.

If you'd like to ask questions before the event, the best place is on the mailing list (https://lists.richardskingdom.net/mailman/listinfo/sheffgeeks-hosting) - or in #darkpeak on Freenode IRC.

Sat 10th Nov 2018 11:30am (Europe/London)

Sat 10th Nov 2018 4:30pm (Europe/London)

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Co-op day

Dark Peak is a user-run co-operative providing hosted open-source software for the benefit of our members. The 'co-op day' is when we get together to share knowledge, improve our services, and make decisions.

Non-members interested in learning more about the project are welcome to attend. If you're unable to make the event in person you can join us in #darkpeak on Freenode, where we'll post updates and be available to answer questions.

Doors open at 11:30am, official start time is 12:00pm. The event usually runs until people get hungry and we head out to find some dinner. Attendees are not expected to stay for the whole day, just drop in for however long you like.

If you'd like to ask questions before the event, the best place is on the mailing list (https://lists.richardskingdom.net/mailman/listinfo/sheffgeeks-hosting) - or in #darkpeak on Freenode IRC.

Sat 12th Jan 2019 11:30am (Europe/London)

Sat 12th Jan 2019 4:30pm (Europe/London)

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https://opentechcalendar.co.uk/group/526-dark-peak-data-co-operative

Co-op day

Dark Peak is a user-run co-operative providing hosted open-source software for the benefit of our members. The 'co-op day' is when we get together to share knowledge, improve our services, and make decisions.

Non-members interested in learning more about the project are welcome to attend. If you're unable to make the event in person you can join us in #darkpeak on Freenode, where we'll post updates and be available to answer questions.

Doors open at 11:30am, official start time is 12:00pm. The event usually runs until people get hungry and we head out to find some dinner. Attendees are not expected to stay for the whole day, just drop in for however long you like.

If you'd like to ask questions before the event, the best place is on the mailing list (https://lists.richardskingdom.net/mailman/listinfo/sheffgeeks-hosting) - or in #darkpeak on Freenode IRC.

https://darkpeak.org

Sat 13th Oct 2018 11:30am (Europe/London)

Sat 13th Oct 2018 4:30pm (Europe/London)

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ProductTank Yorkshire (Sheffield)

ProductTank provides an opportunity for Product Managers, and those involved with Product roles, to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Design, Development and Management, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited.

Events include talks from guest speakers on topics around product management, networking opportunities, and a good old-fashioned chin-wag over a beer or two.

We're open to companies big and small. We also welcome early-stage technology businesses looking to learn how to get their ideas off the ground.

We also have a blog, where we encourage the community to get engaged by commenting on or writing new posts for http://www.mindtheproduct.com , as well as the world's largest product conferences http://mtpcon.co

This will be the third ProductTank in Sheffield. As with previous events there will be free drinks and food, as awell as great talks and a chance for networking before and after the talks.

This is open to anyone that has an interest in product, so come along and listen to a great evening of talks.

https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Yorkshire/

https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Yorkshire/events/250844799/

Wed 13th Jun 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Wed 13th Jun 2018 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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ProductTank Yorkshire (Sheffield)

ProductTank Yorkshire is coming to Sheffield, aiming to bring the local product community together. We hope to get the Steel City sharing ideas, best practices and lessons learned from across the various industries. If that's not enough to persuade you, as with previous events there will be free drinks and food!

https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Yorkshire/

https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Yorkshire/events/244968046/

Tue 30th Jan 2018 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Tue 30th Jan 2018 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Sheffield's 1st Annual Digital Conference

We are extremely happy and excited to announce Sheffield's first annual Digital Conference!
This is the conference for the city's digital leaders - the people who are using digital tech to make people's lives better across the city, from the economy to skills, from improving health and well-being to building our connected infrastructure. This is the conference for everyone who is interested in developing the digital capabilities, economy and reputation of Sheffield.

https://sheffielddigitalconference2017.eventbrite.co.uk

https://sheffielddigitalconference2017.eventbrite.co.uk

Wed 15th Nov 2017 12:00pm (Europe/London)

Wed 15th Nov 2017 7:00pm (Europe/London)

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ProductTank Yorkshire (Sheffield)

After a number of successful ProductTank meetups in Leeds, ProductTank Yorkshire is now venturing south to Sheffield. We're aiming to bring the local product community together. We hope to get the Steel City sharing ideas, best practices and lessons learned from across the various industries. If that's not enough to persuade you, as with previous events there will be free drinks and pizza!

https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Yorkshire/events/243775212/

https://www.meetup.com/ProductTank-Yorkshire/events/243775212/

Tue 7th Nov 2017 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Tue 7th Nov 2017 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Sheffield Project Night

A monthly gathering for the Sheffield tech community to work on personal and group projects.

Time for that project you'll never get around to thanks to the magic of peer pressure.

Participate in person at the venue or online in the #sheffgeeks freenode irc channel.

"Doors open" at 17:30 and the event starts in earnest at 18:30.

Wed 20th Sep 2017 5:30pm (Europe/London)

Wed 20th Sep 2017 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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ExpertTalks Sheffield

Please join us for our very first ExpertTalks in Sheffield!

Session One: Smoothing the Continuous Delivery Path - practices for improving your team's delivery

Lyndsay Prewer, Delivery Manager, Equal Experts

Continuous delivery is gaining recognition as a best practice. It is now in use by many leading organisations, including Netflix, Amazon, and Etsy. Yet despite offering a proven way of reducing risk, reducing time to market, and increasing a team’s agility, adopting and improving continuous delivery is challenging.

Lyndsay Prewer offers an experience report of practices used by two very different teams to improve their continuous delivery. Both teams were sizeable (more than five features teams) and mature in their use of Agile and Lean practices. One team chose Scala, MongoDB, Docker, and microservices on a greenfield project. The other faced the constraints of legacy code, .Net, MySQL, Windows, and a monolithic architecture.

Lyndsay shares the practices and pain points encountered by the two teams, looking at those common to both and those that were specific to each team’s own context.


Session Two: Ball Point Game - taking it further

Bethan Timmins, Delivery Manager, Equal Experts

The Ball Point Game by Boris Gloger is one of the most famous Agile games to help teach people the basic concepts behind Agile delivery. It allows participants to understand the basic principles of a scrum team and the concepts of velocity, fixed time box delivery, self organisation and communication.

However, for those of us that have been working within agile teams for a while, how can you use this game to highlight specific issues your project team is facing? This session will go through the Ball Point game and highlight how it can be used to tackle specific project problems and where you can use it to help your organisation.

Food and drinks will be provided. We look forward to seeing you there!

https://www.meetup.com/ExpertTalks-Sheffield/events/242950122/

https://www.meetup.com/ExpertTalks-Sheffield/events/242950122/

Tue 3rd Oct 2017 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Tue 3rd Oct 2017 9:00pm (Europe/London)

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Sheffield Project Night

A monthly gathering for the Sheffield tech community to work on personal and group projects.

Time for that project you'll never get around to thanks to the magic of peer pressure.

Participate in person at the venue or online in the #sheffgeeks freenode irc channel.

Wed 21st Jun 2017 5:30pm (Europe/London)

Wed 21st Jun 2017 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Training Course: Designing for the human mind/brain

Exploiting psychology and neuroscience to deliver exceptional interactive design

An intensive one day introduction to designing to exploit what is known about the human brain and its capabilities and limitations

Using principles honed from years of scientific study from the disciplines of sociology, psychology, perceptual psychology and neuroscience, this course will teach you how to tickle the brains of your customers with your designs and communications

It's fun, it's interactive, you will meet interesting people to exchange ideas and experiences with, you will produce something worthwhile and go back to your desk armed with weapons (and a few dinner party tricks) to impress your colleagues and friends

http://bunnyfoot.com/services/ux-training/designing-for-the-human-mind-brain-exploiting-psychology-and-neuroscience-to-deliver-exceptional-interactive-design.php

http://bunnyfoot.com/services/ux-training/designing-for-the-human-mind-brain-exploiting-psychology-and-neuroscience-to-deliver-exceptional-interactive-design.php

Tue 28th Feb 2017 9:30am (Europe/London)

Tue 28th Feb 2017 5:00pm (Europe/London)

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Certified Practitioner In UX - CPUX

Prove your UX knowledge, get CPUX certified!

Bunnyfoot in association with the international UXQB and Bunnyfoot present a Professional 3-day UX certification program covering user experience methods and theories – delivered by Bunnyfoot and independently assessed/certified by iSQI.

What is CPUX?
CPUX (Certified Professional in User Experience) is an international standard for qualification of individuals who are professionally involved in developing or ensuring the usability or user experience of products.


Is UX certification relevant to me?
Absolutely! Foundation level certification is appropriate for anyone who works in UX or who wants to become familiar with the basics of usability, for example product managers, software developers and designers of all interactive systems that have a user interface.


Why is this course relevant to you?
to ensure that your knowledge of usability and user experience is completely up to date
to acquire knowledge and skills that follow the established conventions
to have recognised proof of your knowledge of usability and user experience
the certification gives you the qualification needed to advance to the higher certificates in the areas of usability testing (CPUX-UT) and user requirements engineering (CPUX-UR)

http://bunnyfoot.com/services/ux-training/cpux-foundation-prove-your-UX-knowledge.php

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/february-2017-cpux-foundation-course-and-certification-exam-sheffield-tickets-28691372668?aff=erelpanelorg

Tue 21st Feb 2017 10:00am (Europe/London)

Thu 23rd Feb 2017 5:00pm (Europe/London)

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Skybet Sheffield Tech Talk

SkyBet Sheffield would like to invite you to join us on Wednesday 22nd June at the Electric Works for another evening of fantastic Tech talks, discussion (and hopefully a little heckling!) with Pizza and Beer to round off the night.

http://skybetsheffieldtechtalk.eventbrite.co.uk

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/skybet-sheffield-tech-talk-tickets-25813443705

Wed 22nd Jun 2016 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Wed 22nd Jun 2016 9:30pm (Europe/London)

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Only to listen openly to the Tech Talks shared, share your views and opinions with us and relax with some food/drink (responsible drinking) afterwards!

Electric works is an public office to other tenants as well as the general public suing the space, so if we can ask everyone who attends the event, to be mindful to this during and after the Tech Talk.

Sheffield Refugee Hackathon

We're delighted to announce that we have a date for the second Sheffield Refugee Hackathon. It'll take place at Yoomee's offices at the Electric Works over the weekend of 8th and 9th of April (or as much/little of these days you can spare).
Please make sure you get your free ticket here so we know who's coming and can provide enough space etc.
The plan is to use the Friday evening for:
- people to get to know each other, if they don't already
- catch up on the projects created last time (http://www.yoomee.com/first-refugee-hackathon)
- if there are more people, form teams to look at some of the other ideas

See more info on the Eventbrite page

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sheffield-refugee-hackathon-tickets-22657560373

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sheffield-refugee-hackathon-tickets-22657560373

Fri 8th Apr 2016 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Sat 9th Apr 2016 5:00pm (Europe/London)

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A meet up for people interested in using technology to positively change the world.

We believe it’s never been easier to use digital to help tackle some of our society’s toughest social challenges.

But the disparate worlds of tech and social good don’t naturally collide. So, we want to create a space where digital people can mix with those who really understand and work with social issues –aiming to inspire and learn from each other.

Each meet up will involve four speakers followed by an hour for socialising; two will talk about problems they’re trying to solve. The second two will share stories of problems solved and lessons learned.

The talks will be followed by time to socialise and share ideas over food (plenty of veggie/vegan options available) and drink (alcoholic and non). We may well head to a local pub to continue conversations at the end of the night, if people want to.

Tickets available from http://shefftech4good.org/

http://shefftech4good.org/

http://shefftech4good.org/

A meet up for people interested in using technology to positively change the world.

We believe it’s never been easier to use digital to help tackle some of our society’s toughest social challenges.

But the disparate worlds of tech and social good don’t naturally collide. So, we want to create a space where digital people can mix with those who really understand and work with social issues –aiming to inspire and learn from each other.

Each meet up will involve four speakers followed by an hour for socialising; two will talk about problems they’re trying to solve. The second two will share stories of problems solved and lessons learned.

The talks will be followed by time to socialise and share ideas over food (plenty of veggie/vegan options available) and drink (alcoholic and non). We may well head to a local pub to continue conversations at the end of the night, if people want to.

Tickets available on Eventbrite coming soon.

Organised by http://yoomee.com

Tue 16th Feb 2016 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Tue 16th Feb 2016 8:30pm (Europe/London)

Sheffield Tech for Good

A meet up for people interested in using technology to positively change the world.

We believe it’s never been easier to use digital to help tackle some of our society’s toughest social challenges.

But the disparate worlds of tech and social good don’t naturally collide. So, we want to create a space where digital people can mix with those who really understand and work with social issues –aiming to inspire and learn from each other.

Each meet up will involve four speakers followed by an hour for socialising; two will talk about problems they’re trying to solve. The second two will share stories of problems solved and lessons learned.

The talks will be followed by time to socialise and share ideas over food (plenty of veggie/vegan options available) and drink (alcoholic and non). We may well head to a local pub to continue conversations at the end of the night, if people want to.

More info coming soon.

Organised by http://yoomee.com

Sat 6th Feb 2016 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Sat 6th Feb 2016 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Sheffield Refugee Hackathon

We're looking for Sheffield geeks interested in volunteering their time and skills to see how we could help with the European refugee crisis through developing open source apps and websites. It'll take place at Yoomee's offices at the Electric Works over the weekend of 5, 6 and 7 February (or as much/little of these days you can spare).

http://www.yoomee.com/refugee-crisis-get-involved-with-a-sheffield-hackathon

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sheffield-refugee-hackathon-tickets-21030922054

Fri 5th Feb 2016 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Sat 6th Feb 2016 6:00pm (Europe/London)

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Gameblast 16

We are excited to be holding this event for the third year; a 24 hour gaming marathon weekend in order to raise money for Special Effect

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gameblast-2016-tickets-20458241150

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gameblast-2016-tickets-20458241150

Sat 27th Feb 2016 10:00am (Europe/London)

Sun 28th Feb 2016 10:00am (Europe/London)

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SkyBet Sheffield - Tech Talk

Back by popular demand, after the huge success of our inaugural Sheffield Tech Talk, SkyBet would like to invite you to join us on Wednesday 20th January at the Electric Works for another evening of fantastic talks, discussion and hopefully a little heckling.
We have 3 excellent speakers lined up to give an insight on their views on DevOps, Business Analysis and Scaling our Platform

The itinerary for the event is:
6.00 - 6.45 - Welcome, food & drinks
6.45 - 7.00 - Introduction
7.00 - 7.30 - “DevOps & Automation: StartUp Ideas in an Enterprise” Phil Roffe
7.35 - 8.05 - “What is a BA for anyway?” Saul Cozens
8.05 - 8.20 - Break
8.20 - 8.50 - “Everyone has a flutter on the Grand National:Scaling Account Services for the masses" Michael Maibaum

The Speakers
Phil Roffe
Phil is the Principal DevOps within our International team – SkyBet Italia. He is a DevOps enthusiast/evangelist focused on using lean and automation techniques to deliver repeatable end-to-end environments and deployments through to Production. Throughout his career he has moved from Java development towards System Administration, IT Management and Infrastructure Architecture and gained a real understanding of the challenges of working in the DevOps space.
His talk will discuss what it is like to be a start-up in an existing enterprise. The opportunity for innovation with an overview of some of the technology choices, as well as some of the challenges faced along the way

Saul Cozens
Saul is currently working as Business Analyst on Skybet’s Italian Casino Product. Previously he has been Technical Director and Consultant for a digital agency, a developer, an architect and is currently a contract/freelance Agile Coach. Having been around the block more than once he has a view (and many opinions) on how teams fit together to produce digital products.
His talk will look at the role a BA plays in a user focused Agile team (and also how it is not actually a role in a user focused Agile team!).

Mike Maibaum
Mike is the Chief Architect at Sky Betting and Gaming, he is responsible for defining the technology strategy of the business as it continues to grow. He is particularly interested in scalability, big data, event processing, continuous improvement, shipping stuff and building things people like to work on.
The Grand National is by far the biggest test of any UK bookies ability to scale their services. We spend a lot of time focussed on continuing to improve the capacity and resilience of our platform to meet the demands of our customers. This talk will describe some of the key activities leading up to the day, how we manage the day itself, things that went wrong, and ambitious future plans.


Sky Betting and Gaming will be supplying pizza and drinks for the evening, so register now for your free ticket. We look forward to seeing you on the night!
For more information please contact victoria.howling@skybettingandgaming.com

http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/skybet-sheffield-tech-talk-tickets-20015559076

Wed 20th Jan 2016 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Wed 20th Jan 2016 9:30pm (Europe/London)

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At this month's meeting we are going to be discussing Astro Pi and the Raspberry Pi Sense Hat.

We can expect some discussion of projects that are going to the ISS in December and possibly an opportunity to play with programming with the hardware.

Attendance is free and the event is intended to be suitable for all levels of python experience. For this event, you may want to bring a laptop and perhaps a Raspberry Pi.

Before the meeting, it is traditional for some attendees to meet at StreetFoodChef on Arundel Street for burritos around 17:45. An additional tradition is the post-meetup beer at the Sheffield Tap. Unfortunately, the latter venue does not allow for children.

Check here or https://twitter.com/pysheff for further updates.

At this month's meeting we are going to be discussing Astro Pi and the Raspberry Pi Sense Hat.

The details of this event are still being finalised but we can expect some discussion of projects that are going to the ISS in December and possibly an opportunity to play with programming with the hardware.

Attendance is free and the event is intended to be suitable for all levels of python experience.

Check here or https://twitter.com/pysheff for further updates.

Astro Pi Evening

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At this month's meeting we are going to be discussing AstroPi and the Raspberry Pi Sense Hat.

The details of this event are still being finalised but we can expect some discussion of projects that are going to the ISS in December and possibly an opportunity to play with programming with the hardware.

Attendance is free and the event is intended to be suitable for all levels of python experience.

Check here or https://twitter.com/pysheff for further updates.

Tue 27th Oct 2015 6:30pm (Europe/London)

Tue 27th Oct 2015 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Sky Bet Tech Talks - Electric Works

Sky Betting and Gaming are holding our inaugural Sky Bet Tech Talk and we would love for you to come and join us and celebrate the fantastic digital community we have right here on our door step in Sheffield!
Join us on Monday 12th October at the Electric Works for an evening of talks, discussion and hopefully a little heckling. We have 3 excellent speakers lined up to give an insight on their views on Agile, React.JS and Big Data
The night kicks off at 6pm, with the event finishing approx 9pm as we then head off for a few drinks in the Sheffield Tap

6.00 - 6.45 - Welcome food & Drinks
6.45 - 7.15 - Scaling Agile by not talking to each other – Glen Mailer
7.15 - 7.45 - The forefront of front end: React.JS - Dr Naomi Rosenberg
7.45 - 8.00 - Break
8.00 - 8.30 - Big data - From Oracle to Hadoop;
The tears, triumphs & the Italians – Mike Maibaum

Glen Mailer
Over the years with Skybet, Glen has worked with various parts of the business to improve agility and the ability to continuously deliver iterative change
The overarching theme to his roles have been to find ways to allow individuals & small teams to have an impact on the bottom line - without getting in each other's way and bumping into one another. He believes the key to this is in simplicity. His talk discusses how many of the tricks we use to scale complex software applications, can be applied (with a pinch of salt) to scaling software development capabilities, including ways to structure your teams to reduce handoffs while still maintaining some level of consistency in practices.

Dr Naomi Rosenberg
Naomi came into software development from Philosophical Logic and has worked on a variety of projects including phone systems and sensors. She is currently getting into the functional programming aspects of Javascript, and finding Sky Bet a great place to do so.
Her talk covers the benefits of using React.JS and what sets it apart from other JS libraries.

Mike Maibaum
Mike is the Chief Architect at Sky Betting and Gaming, he is responsible for defining the technology strategy of the business as it continues to grow. He is particularly interested in scalability, big data, event processing, continuous improvement, shipping stuff and building things people like to work on. His talk will go over the high and lows of how Skybet-UK migrated from Oracle data warehouse to a Hadoop based solution & how those lessons are shaping Sky Bet’s Greenfield Italian project.

Register for your free ticket now at:

https://skybetsheffield-techtalk.eventbrite.co.uk

https://skybetsheffield-techtalk.eventbrite.co.uk

https://skybetsheffield-techtalk.eventbrite.co.uk

Mon 12th Oct 2015 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Mon 12th Oct 2015 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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