Open Tech Calendar

Thu 24th Oct 2019 5:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 24th Oct 2019 7:30pm (Europe/London)

Podcast Rebellion Podcaster Meet-up

The bi-monthly Podcast Rebellion meetup, in collaboration with the Sheffield Podcasters Network, returns for October.

Beer, food, and podcast chat - sounds like heaven, right?

With speakers being announced for most of the events, you're sure to have fun in a friendly, informal setting where everyone is there for the love of podcasting! :)

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcast-rebellion-podcaster-meet-up-17th-october-2019-tickets-73260416879

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcast-rebellion-podcaster-meet-up-17th-october-2019-tickets-73260416879

Thu 17th Oct 2019 5:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 17th Oct 2019 7:30pm (Europe/London)

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Sheffield Women in Tech Meetup (ShfWIT)

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.

https://shfwit.org/

Tue 24th Sep 2019 5:30pm (Europe/London)

Tue 24th Sep 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://sheffield.digital/events/meetup-code-of-conduct/

Immerse Sheffield #3

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!

http://immersesheffield.co.uk/

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/immerse-sheffield-3-tickets-66190209699

Thu 15th Aug 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 15th Aug 2019 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Startup Meetup

A friendly and informal meetup for anyone who:

--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!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/startup-meetup-tickets-62971159433

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/startup-meetup-tickets-62971159433

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

Tue 6th Aug 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sheffield-php-continuous-deployment-with-gitlab-tickets-64361086743

Since the beginning Gitlab have made it their mission to enable the entire devops lifecycle within a single application and it is now starting to reveal it's true potential for development teams.

Focusing on the Gitlab CI/CD pipeline and the way in which it can be used to improve your entire team's workflow. We will cover how:
- Your developers can be re-assured on every commit that the build still passes your unit tests, integration tests and performance benchmarks.
- Your QA team will be able to test the features with ease with the automatically spun up instances for each feature branch.
- And the rest of the team can be confident that feature roll-outs are smooth and consistent across all environments.

We will go through setting up a sample Laravel application and configuring Gitlab's suite of pipeline features to demostrate it's potential for your applications and teams.

The event is free, open to all and will be held in the co-working space at Sheffield Technology Parks.

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This talk will provide a very simple explanation of Bitcoin. It will begin with a quick discussion about why Bitcoin was created, followed by a step-by-step visualisation of how the blockchain is built, and finishes with a live demonstration of how Bitcoin mining works.

This talk is aimed at anyone interested in understanding how Bitcoin actually works.

Doors open at 6PM, and the talk will start at 6.30PM.

An Introduction to Bitcoin

This talk will provide a very simple explanation of Bitcoin. It will begin with a quick discussion about why Bitcoin was created, followed by a step-by-step visualisation of how the blockchain is built, and finishes with a live demonstration of how Bitcoin mining works.

This talk is aimed at anyone interested in understanding how Bitcoin actually works.

https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinsheffield/events/262448147/

https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinsheffield/events/262448147/

Wed 24th Jul 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Wed 24th Jul 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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An Introduction to Bitcoin

This talk will provide a very simple explanation of Bitcoin. It will begin with a quick discussion about why Bitcoin was created, followed by a step-by-step visualisation of how the blockchain is built, and finishes with a live demonstration of how Bitcoin mining works.

This talk is aimed at anyone interested in understanding how Bitcoin actually works.

https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinsheffield/events/262448147/

https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinsheffield/events/262448147/

Wed 24th Jul 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Wed 24th Jul 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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Immerse Sheffield

We've got another exciting line up of speakers planned for our June event, including;

Ben Carlin - Ben will be presenting Megaverse's latest project called FLOOD which has been developed as part of the 2019 Creative XR programme from Digital Catapult and Arts Council England.

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!

http://immersesheffield.co.uk/

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/immerse-sheffield-3-tickets-61995578444

Thu 20th Jun 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 20th Jun 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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Startup Meetup

A friendly and informal meetup for anyone who:

--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!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/startup-meetup-tickets-62971158430?aff=erelexpmlt

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/startup-meetup-tickets-62971158430?aff=erelexpmlt

Tue 2nd Jul 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Tue 2nd Jul 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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Startup Meetup

A friendly and informal meetup for anyone who:

--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!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/startup-meetup-tickets-62136424719

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/startup-meetup-tickets-62136424719

Tue 4th Jun 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Tue 4th Jun 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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Sheffield PHP - PHP Unit Testing Workshop - May 2019

We aren't going to give you a long spiel about why you should test, everywhere you look developers are shouting from the rooftops about the importance of testing as part of our daily workflow.

So you have finally given in to the chorus of developers proclaiming that TTD is the only way forward. You have perhaps tried a tutorial or two on how to setup PHPUnit and wrote unit tests for a simple calculator.

Now for the tricky bit - how do you write a test for something that isn't just a single class application? You apply your new skills to your real life code and all of a sudden it feels like the learning curve has gone vertical.

Our workshop aims to tackle the tricky subject of how to structure your objects and application to make your code more testable when your application inevitably becomes more complex than a simple calculator.

Novices and experienced testers all welcomed and encouraged. We are hoping to see some developers with prior PHPUnit testing experience and will actively encourage those to share their knowledge with others during the workshop!

Bring your laptop if possible with the ability to run PHP and PHPUnit.

After the event we'll head to a local pub for a chat with fellow attendees and a few drinks.

Our event is free to all but we ask that you sign up online so we have an idea of numbers for the venue. We love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future events either on Twitter or through the #SheffieldPHP channel on the Sheffield Digital Slack account.

6.00pm - 6.15pm

Arrive, take a seat and power up your laptop.

6.15pm - 7.15pm

PHPUnit Testing Workshop

7.15pm - 7:30pm

Open mic.

7:30pm onwards

Mingle and drinks at the local pub.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sheffield-php-php-unit-testing-workshop-tickets-61693879053

Thu 16th May 2019 7:30pm (Europe/London)

(def shef) Advent of Code Days 9 and 10

Beginners and experts alike are welcome. You don't need to know anything about functional programming!

(def shef) is working through last year's Advent of Code (adventofcode.com) taking a few exercises each month. In March, we're looking at days 9 and 10. You don't need to start on Day 1, you can just jump in now and have a go!

We won't be able to complete these exercises in the two hour session. Whlst you can just come along and participate, you'll get the most out of the session if you have a go on your own in the month leading up to it. We can use the time to share approaches and learn from one another. You can use any language you like. It doesn't need to be a "functional language", although functional approaches and their practical considerations will be a focus.

Check out our work so far at https://github.com/defshef/advent-of-code-2018. We look forward to seeing you!

Follow (def shef) on Twiiter @def_shef

We adhere to the Sheffield Digital code of conduct. We're grateful to Sheffield Technology Parks for hosting us and ask that you leave them a review on Google to say thanks!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/def-shef-advent-of-code-days-9-and-10-tickets-60177686079

Tue 14th May 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Tue 14th May 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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We adhere to the Sheffield Digital code of conduct

Podcast Rebellion Sheffield: first meet-up

The first Podcast Rebellion meet-up, in collaboration with the Sheffield Podcasters Network bringing together podcasters and anyone looking to begin their journey into podcasting for a few hours of chilled out podcast talk, a tour of the Sheffield podcast studio at Rebel Base Media and a live recording of Sheffield Hopcast, with participatory beer and pizza!

https://rebelbasemedia.io/events

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/podcast-rebellion-podcaster-meetup-sheffield-tickets-60519004973

Thu 16th May 2019 5:30pm (Europe/London)

Thu 16th May 2019 7:00pm (Europe/London)

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Immerse Sheffield

Immerse Sheffield is a meetup for those working, or simply interested in the growing immersive technologies sector in the Sheffield City Region

Immerse Sheffield is a meetup for those working, or simply interested in the growing immersive technologies sector in the Sheffield City Region. Sheffield is home to a hotbed of innovative companies and businesses that are exploring the application of Virtual and Augmented Reality technology in fields ranging from data analysis to medicine to entertainment. We wanted to create a space where people can come together and learn from each other, discuss challenges they’ve overcome in exploring how to interact in the virtual world.

http://immersesheffield.co.uk/

http://immersesheffield.co.uk/

Thu 18th Apr 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 18th Apr 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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As per Sheffield Digital Code of Conduct

(def shef) Advent of Code Days 7 and 8

Beginners and experts alike are welcome. You don't need to know anything about functional programming!

(def shef) is working through last year's Advent of Code (adventofcode.com) taking a few exercises each month. In March, we're looking at days 7 and 8. If you didn't start on day 1, you can just jump in at day 7!

We won't be able to complete these exercises in the two hour session. The idea is that you have a go on your own in the month leading up to the session and we can use the time to share approaches and learn from one another. You can use any language you like. It doesn't need to be a "functional language", although functional approaches and their practical considerations will be a focus.

You can see some of our work at https://github.com/defshef/advent-of-code-2018. We look forward to seeing you!

Follow (def shef) on Twitter @def_shef

We adhere to the Sheffield Digital code of conduct. We're grateful to Sheffield Technology Parks for hosting us and ask that you leave them a review on Google to say thanks!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/def-shef-advent-of-code-days-7-and-8-tickets-59273311069

Tue 9th Apr 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Tue 9th Apr 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://sheffield.digital/events/meetup-code-of-conduct/

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Warmup on Time Series Data

We ran an open session on time series data back in January and we're picking that up again this month.

You're welcome to play with any techniques or dataset you like. If you're not sure, try our suggested data set - https://www.kaggle.com/c/web-traffic-time-series-forecasting. That's an overview page, you'll find the dataset itself in the Data tab, and other people's analysis in the Kernels tab. Beginners are more than welcome, so don't be put off!

Catch up with the group on the SheffieldML slack channel https://sheffield.digital/slack, channel #shef_ml and follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/shef_ml

You'll need a laptop (or to buddy up with someone else!). If you'd like to use Kaggle (which provides online notebooks in Python and R) then please sign up for an account at https://www.kaggle.com/

Thanks to Sheffield Technology Parks for our venue (all they ask is that you leave them a review on Google Maps) and to Razor https://www.razor.co.uk for sponsoring this meetup group.

https://www.meetup.com/sheffieldml/events/259370803

https://www.meetup.com/sheffieldml/events/259370803

Wed 20th Mar 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Wed 20th Mar 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://sheffield.digital/events/meetup-code-of-conduct/

Business x Creativity x Technology = A Process of Imagination and Action

Join us for our next Fireside Chat with Nick Bax of Human
Please arrive for 5:30pm (where drinks will be provided), ready to start at 6pm.

Have you ever wondered how some of the stand-out businesses in the region’s digital sector carved out their success? Our Fireside Chats are an opportunity to sit down with the leaders of those businesses to hear about their journey, including the highs and lows and the lessons they learned along the way. Join us for the next session with entrepreneur Nick Bax of Human and expect to come away with some useful tips for growing your business.

About Nick Bax

For over 25 years Nick's career has spanned the fields of graphic design, creative direction and art. He was part of the world-renowned Designers Republic team for 15 years before launching creative agency Human in 2007. Nick is a visiting lecturer in design & visual communication and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He is a trustee of the mental health charity Sheffield Flourish and arts organisation ROAR and an ambassador for Eureka National Children's Museum. Nick is also currently a PhD researcher in the School of English at the University of Sheffield, studying Mixed Reality and Nonlinear Narratives.

About Human - www.humanstudio.com

Human is a creative agency based in Sheffield with global credentials in design, digital and moving image since 2007. Driven by the discovery of knowledge, technology and culture, Human collaborate with individuals, groups and organisations that make a difference. Their domestic clients include the Arts Council, Channel 4, Warp Films, Virgin Records and the University of Sheffield to name just a few. Their international clients are spread across Europe, the USA, Canada, Japan, and Brazil. Work by the team has featured in various publications around the world including Design Week, Eye Magazine and The Guardian. Human have created innovative exhibitions and events in the UK and internationally, collaborating with artists, musicians, and featuring the latest VR technology to create immersive experiences.

Cooper Sessions is year-long programme of events and activities aimed at small businesses and entrepreneurs who want to take their business to the next level.

Cooper Sessions include post-work “Fireside Chats” on the first Tuesday of every month, and hour-long “Lunch and Learns” on the third Thursday of every month.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/business-x-creativity-x-technology-a-process-of-imagination-and-action-tickets-55972451108

Sheffield Technology Parks

Sheffield Technology Parks

Sheffield Technology Parks

Sheffield Technology Parks

Sheffield Technology Parks

Sheffield Technology Parks

Sheffield Technology Parks

Sheffield Technology Parks

Sheffield Technology Parks

Sheffield Technology Parks

Surviving Dysfunction: Dealing with Organisational Antipatterns

This month we're going to look at some organisational antipatterns. We'll have a chat about our tactics for surviving them - and destroying them!

We'll be on a whistle stop tour of silos, reactivity, blame culture, and death by committee - or you can bring your own organisational dysfunctions to talk about.

Thanks to Louise McMahon for offering to facilitate.

We have the space from 6pm to meet, mingle and make tea, and we'll be experimenting with starting at 6:30pm.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sheffield-digital-leadership-meetup-tickets-56924219874

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sheffield-digital-leadership-meetup-tickets-56924219874

Mon 18th Mar 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Mon 18th Mar 2019 8:30pm (Europe/London)

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Cooper Sessions

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Sheffield PHP - July 2019

The event is free, open to all and will be held in the co-working space at Sheffield Technology Parks.

https://www.sheffieldphp.co.uk

Thu 18th Jul 2019 6:00pm (Europe/London)

Thu 18th Jul 2019 8:00pm (Europe/London)

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https://sheffield.digital/events/meetup-code-of-conduct/