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Updated 5/05/2006 -- '06 #117
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See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Fri MAY 05, 2006
North Shore Computer Society computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light

Mon MAY 08, 2006
Boston MySQL Meetup Group, 7PM, MIT, E51-372
Worcester Comp Soc, topic TBA, 6:30, Worcester State College
Boston Wikipedia Meetup Group, 7pm, Cambridge
Seacoast Linux Users, "Wiki", 7PM, Room 301, Morse Hall, UNH, Durham NH

Tue MAY 09, 2006
Northeast Autosys User Group, "Spring 2006 Meeting", 9AM-3PM, Computer Associates, Framingham
Autodesk Users, "New Autocad 2007 features in depth", 6PM, @Cubellis, 711 Atlantic Ave
IEEE, ACM, and SwANH IT Seminar "Business Process Outsourcing" 5pm, Southern NH University
Eclipse Developers, topic TBA, 7PM, IBM Rational, Lexington
Boston Network Users (BNUG), "Verizon FiOS Internet Service", 7PM, NEW LOCATION - MIT Building 2
GBC/ACM, "Self-organizing Robots", 6-8pm, Kiva (MIT Room 32-G449)
New England M Users' Group "RECAP of DEVCON 2006 meeting", 7pm,  Wellesley Gateway Building
Seacoast Mac Users, "Getting more out of the Web", 7PM, Rye Jr High, Rye NH
Boston Ruby Users Group, "Next Meeting",  Northeastern University
BostonCHI "Agile Programming: Principles & Concepts for Development" 7pm, Sun Micro, Burlington
Boston.PM (Perl Monger), "Technical Meeting", Details to follow
Windows Tech Forum, "IE 7 Beta 2", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Voice Users, "MS Word Productivity", 7:30, MIT, Room 2-135
Boston PDA Users, "Get Synced", 7PM, MIT room 3-133

Wed MAY 10, 2006
Boston Area SAS Users Group, "Just Can’t Get Enough Macros", 8:15AM-Noon, Holiday Inn, Newton
Back Bay LISA "The Sourcefire 3D Intrusion Prevention System", 7pm, MIT E51-149
Boston Mac Users (BMAC), "Secure your Mac", 7PM, MIT Bldg E51
Boston .NET Users, "Visual Studio Team System", 5PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Avid Group, "Post NAB Wrap-Up" 6:30-9, Center for Digital Imaging Arts, Waltham
Macromedia Boston, "Bulletproof Web Design", 6PM, MIT Stata Bldg, rm 32-124
Adobe Mobile, "i2 tecnologia", 7PM, Adobe, Newton
Notes & Domino Users, "Using AJAX in Domino Apps", 7:15, 404 Wyman St, Waltham
Worcester Linux Users, "Ruby on Rails", 7pm, Access Grid Room, WPI

Thu MAY 11, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "Omniscient Debugging", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
RI Macintosh UG, "iLife 06 on Core Duo Macintosh", 7:30-9, Davies Career Technical School
Boston Python Meetup Group, 7pm, Boston
Boston Web Design Meetup Group, 6pm, Trident Booksellers and Cafe, Newbury St, Boston
North Shore Computer Society "Comcast: Broadband and Digital Voice" 7pm, Higgins School, Peabody
NE SQL Server, "Solid Quality Learning", 7PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston CocoaHeads, topic TBA, 7PM, MIT Building E51 Room 149

Sat MAY 13, 2006
Visually Impaired & Blind Users, "NFB portable reading machine", 1-4PM, Natl Braille Press, Boston
RI Macintosh UG, "Apps Open Forum", 10 am - 1 pm, Davies Career Technical School

Mon MAY 15, 2006
Boston Java Meetup Group, "Service oriented architecture", 7pm, Boston

Tue MAY 16, 2006
Small Business Server UG "the Battle of the Security Appliances" 6pm, Microsoft, Waltham
DotNETLearn Study Group, "DotNETLearn UG is adding a study group", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
DotNETLearn User Group, "TBA", 7PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Storage Networking, "Continuous Data Protection", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston SPIN, "Offshore Outsourcing Panel", 6-8:30, MITRE, Bedford
So NE Network Users, "True Image and Disk Director", 7PM, Gibbs College, Cranston RI

Wed MAY 17, 2006
Access Day "Introduction to Access", 9:30AM-Noon, Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day "Intermediate Access", 1-6, Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day "Access Developer", 6-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Linux & Unix, "Sybase on Linux and the Sybase Developer Network" 7-9PM, MIT E51-315
Home Theater PC User Group, "No Agenda yet", 6:30–9 ish, Microsoft, Waltham
Wi-Fi Meetup Group, Wentworth Institute Boston Community Wireless Network, 7pm, Boston
MacWoburn, "TBA", 7 pm to 9 pm, Woburn Senior Center
Club Pocket PC-Boston, "MEDC Wrapup", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Mac Meetup Group, 6pm, Tech Superpowers, Boston
Boston Wi-Fi Meetup Group, "Wentworth Community Wireless Network", 7pm

Thu MAY 18, 2006
NE Info Security Group, "The State of Security: 2006", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Merimac Linux (MerriLUG), "NH's oldest ISP", 6 or 7:30, Martha's, Nashua
Boston Red Hat Meetup Group, "some techniques for how to block attacks", 6pm
Gr Bos AITP, $ "Balancing Security and Budget Reqs", 5:30, Phillip's Old Colony House, Dorchester $

Fri MAY 19, 2006
SIBMUG: A PC User Group, topic TBD, 7PM, Adult Learning Ctr, Dover NH

Sat MAY 20, 2006
Boston Linux & Unix, "Linux InstallFest XXI", 9 am to 5 pm, MIT Building E-51, Room 061
Rhode Island Apple Group, "General Meeting,Holiday party and Auction", Smithfield

Sun MAY 21, 2006
The Flea at MIT, "Flyer has Admission Discount", 9am to 2pm, Albany and Main Sts, Cambridge

Mon MAY 22, 2006
PC Users Group of RI, topic TBD, 7PM, NE Inst of Tech, Warwick RI

Tue MAY 23, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "AppleScript & Shell Scripting", MIT Building E51, Room 345
Microsoft Project Users, "Visio and Project", Microsoft, Waltham
Final Cut Pro "Creating With SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 4" 6:30, BU Digital Imaging Arts, Waltham

Wed MAY 24, 2006
Boston Flash Platform, "May Meeting", 7-9:30 pm, New England Institute of Art, Brookline

Thu JUN 01, 2006
Visual Basic Professionals, "Ink Recognition, Monad, etc", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston PHP, "Adobe Flex", 6:30-8:30,  Boston

Wed JUN 07, 2006
Boston Area Windows Server, "TBA", Microsoft, Waltham
NH SQL Server Users, "Identifying SQL Server Performance Issues", 7PM, New Horizons, Nashua NH

Thu JUN 08, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), "Patterns-driven Security Design", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "Topic: TBD",7pm, Access Grid Room, WPI
GBC/ACM "The Evolving Security Threat Landscape", 7-9pm, Verizon Labs, Waltham

Mon JUN 12, 2006
NE Info Security Group, "FBI Case Studies", 6:45, Boston Convention and Exhibition Center
Mega User Group Mtg, 7PM, Boston Convention Center/TechEd 2006
Worcester Comp Soc, topic TBA, 6:30, Worcester State College
Beantown .NET, ""Essential Tools", 5:30, Adesso Systems, Liberty Sq, Boston

Tue JUN 13, 2006
Eclipse Developers, topic TBA, 7PM, IBM Rational, Lexington
Boston Network Users (BNUG), "Apple On Intel", 7PM, MIT Building 2
Seacoast Mac Users, "iLife '06 Demo", 7PM, Rye Jr High, Rye NH

Wed JUN 14, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Introduction to Function Points", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Back Bay LISA (administrators of large and small networks) (virtual iron)
Boston Wi-Fi Meetup Group, "VoIP and Wireless", 7pm
Boston Mac Users (BMAC), "Windows on Intel Macs", 7PM, MIT Bldg E51

Thu JUN 15, 2006
GBC/ACM "Online Health Communities", 7-9pm, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham

Sat JUN 17, 2006
Rhode Island Apple Group, "General Meeting, Topic: To Be Announced", Smithfield

Sun JUN 18, 2006
The Flea at MIT, "Flyer has Admission Discount", 9am to 2pm, Albany and Main Sts, Cambridge

Tue JUN 20, 2006
So NE Network Users,"Pro Curve Switches", 7PM, Gibbs College, Cranston RI

Wed JUN 21, 2006
Boston Linux & Unix, "To be determined", 7-9PM, MIT E-51, Room 315

Thu JUN 22, 2006
DBUG (the DataCAD Boston Users Group), 6pm, Boston Society of Architects

Tue JUN 27, 2006
Boston AppleScript Users Group, "Scripting Additions", MIT Building E51, Room 345

Wed JUL 05, 2006
Boston Area Windows Server, "TBA", Microsoft, Waltham

Thu JUL 06, 2006
Visual Basic Professionals, "SQL Server Reporting Services", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue JUL 11, 2006
Autodesk Users, "New Autocad 2007 features in depth", 6PM, @Cubellis, 711 Atlantic Ave
Back Bay LISA (administrators of large and small networks)  TBA
Seacoast Mac Users, "Open Q&A", 7PM, Rye Jr High, Rye NH

Wed JUL 12, 2006
SW Quality Group, "Annual Hot Topics Night", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Wi-Fi Meetup Group, "Cambridge Wireless Network", 7pm

Sat JUL 15, 2006
Rhode Island Apple Group, "General Meeting, Topic: To Be Announced", Smithfield

Sun JUL 16, 2006
The Flea at MIT, "Flyer has Admission Discount", 9am to 2pm, Albany and Main Sts, Cambridge

Tue JUL 18, 2006
So NE Network Users,"Perimeter Security", 7PM, Gibbs College, Cranston RI

Wed JUL 19, 2006
Boston Linux & Unix, "To be determined", 7-9PM, MIT E-51, Room 315

Sat JUL 22, 2006
Boston Linux & Unix, "Annual Summer BBQ XII", 1-6 pm, Waltham

Wed AUG 02, 2006
Visual Basic Pro, "TBA", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu AUG 03, 2006
Boston PHP, "PHP-GTK 2", 6:30-8:30, IBM/Lotus, Cambridge

Thu AUG 10, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed AUG 16, 2006
Boston Linux & Unix, "Rooftop WLAN Project", 7PM, Location TBA
So NE Network Users, "Fluke Networks", 7PM, Gibbs College, Cranston RI

Sat AUG 19, 2006
Rhode Island Apple Group, "AppleWorks review, new MacBook Pro", Smithfield

Sun AUG 20, 2006
The Flea at MIT, "Flyer has Admission Discount", 9am to 2pm, Albany and Main Sts, Cambridge

Thu SEP 07, 2006
Boston PHP, "OSS Governance", 6:30-8:30, location TBA

Thu SEP 14, 2006
NE Java Users (NEJUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Sun SEP 17, 2006
The Flea at MIT, "Flyer has Admission Discount", 9am to 2pm, Albany and Main Sts, Cambridge

Wed SEP 20, 2006
So NE Network Users, "Mobile connectivity in Exchange 2003", 7PM, Gibbs College, Cranston RI
Boston Linux & Unix, "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party", 7PM, Location TBA

Sun OCT 15, 2006
The Flea at MIT, "Flyer has Admission Discount", 9am to 2pm, Albany and Main Sts, Cambridge

Tue OCT 17, 2006
DataCAD Users (DBUG), 6pm, Boston Society of Architects

Wed OCT 18, 2006
So NE Network Users, "Packet Sniff w Ethereal", 7PM, Gibbs College, Cranston RI

Thu NOV 16, 2006
DataCAD Users (DBUG) 19th Anniversary Meeting, 6pm, World Trade Ctr


Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

MAY 05-06, 2006
Hosstraders Hamfest Linux+radio demos, Hopkinton State Fairgrounds, Hopkinton NH

MAY 06-07, 2006
.NET Developers, "Code Camp 5: Code Frenzy!", Microsoft, Waltham

MAY 08, 15, 22, 29
IEEE: Introduction to Java Servlets and JSPs", 6:15-9:45 pm, Lexington

MAY 11, 18
IEEE: Developing for Embedded Linux 2.6", 6:30-8:30 pm,  Lexington

MAY 16-18, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): WebSphere Everyplace Deployment Enterprise Edition, 9:00AM - 5:00PM

MAY 16-18, 2006
IBM Innovation Center Waltham (free): Introduction to IBM Workplace Forms, 9:00am - 5:00pm

MAY 22, 2006
IBM Innovation Center Waltham (free): IBM Software as Services business seminar, 12:30-4 pm

MAY 30-JUN 03, 2006
USENIX Annual Technical Conference, "Training, Technical Sessions, workshops, more", Boston

JUN 7-9, 2006
IBM Innovation Center Waltham (free): WebSphere performance tuning for iSeries, 9:00-5:00

JUN 11-16, 2006
Microsoft Tech Ed 2006 Convention, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

JUN 12-14, 2006
IBM Innovation Center Waltham (free): DB2 Document Manager workshop  9:00AM - 5:00PM

JUN 14-16, 2006
IBM Waltham (free): DB2 Document Manager system planning and advanced configuration 9AM - 5PM

JUL 7, 2006
IIST: "Disciplined Software Testing & Effective Test Management", 8:30-4:30, Cambridge

JUL 30 - AUG 03, 2006
SIGGRAPH 2006 International Conference, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

AUG 21-25, 2006
IIST: "20 Full day in-depth courses in Software Testing & Quality", Cambridge

OCT 17-18, 2006
56th Annual Northeast Quality Conference, Holiday Inn, Mansfield


Ongoing:

MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science events open to the public

The IEEE Boston Section posts local courses at http://www.ieeeboston.org/

Qualware Instructional Services, Burlington, flexible public and corporate IT training.

Cambridge Center for Adult Education, 617 547-6789 or http://www.ccae.org

DevelopMentor Training Classes, Cummings Park, Woburn. http://www.develop.com

Future Media Concepts provides training in all areas of digital media

New Horizons Boston, Quincy, Waltham and Westborough.


Apple seminars  MA NH RI

Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar

IBM Innovation Centers for Business Partners - Waltham

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