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Updated 07/31/2008 -- '08 #212
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Thu JUL 31, 2008
Boston Plone Meetup Group, "Exploring the hidden treasures of Plone", 7 pm, Betahouse, Cambridge
Agile Bazaar, "Test Driven Development for Data Management projects using FIT4Data", 7-8:30, MIT E51-315

Sat AUG 02, 2008
Ubuntu MA Group, "Ubuntu Exploration (Installfest and demo)" 10-5, MIT Wiesner Building, E15 (lower atrium)

Mon AUG 04, 2008
Cambridge Search Engine Optimization Group, "Domain & Click Fraud Blog", 7PM, Robbins Library, Arlington

Wed AUG 06, 2008
Final Cut Pro, "Red Digital Cinema Camera", Noon-9PM, WGBH, Brighton

Thu AUG 07, 2008
BostonPHP User Group, "Beach Blanket Summer School II" 7 pm, Cambridge Brewing Company
Adobe Mobile & Devices Users informal meeting, 7PM, The Green Briar, Brighton
NE Visual Basic Pro, NO MEETING

Mon AUG 11, 2008
Cold Fusion Users, "Railo CFML engine", 6PM, Sun Life, Wellesley
Seacoast Linux, "write your own KDE4 background", 7-9, Morse Hall room 301, UHH, Durham, NH
Cambridge Enterprise Web "current issues developing web applications" 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge
Boston jQuery, "jQuery JavaScript, iPhone, and Rich Internet Applications" 7 PM. Panera, Needham

Tue AUG 12, 2008
Boston-area chapter of Perl Mongers, "Technical Meeting", 7:15pm, MIT Room E51-376
Autodesk Users, topic TBD, 6PM, 160 Federal St, Boston

Wed AUG 13, 2008
Boston .NET Users, "Reflection, with Custom Attributes", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7 PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu AUG 14, 2008
New England Java Users Group, "10 ways to use Hibernate effectively", 6pm, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Extreme Thursday Club, 6:30, Kinsale Pub, Two Center Plaza
Boston Web Design Meetup Group, "discuss projects, methods and whatever else", 7 PM, Boston

Fri AUG 15, 2008
Boston Area Windows Server User Group, "Virtualization Deep Dive" Full Day Training Event. Details coming soon

Mon AUG 18, 2008
Boston Java Meetup Group, "Scala: learn together and share our experiences" 6:30 PM

Wed AUG 20, 2008
Access Day, Intro & Intermediate sessions, 1-4PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day, Developer sessions, 4-8:30PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Digital Media Users, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston PocketPC, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Linux & Unix, topic TBD, 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 315
Cambridge Python Meetup Group, "Follow-up to our last meeting on GAE", 7 pm

Thu AUG 21, 2008
Worcester Linux Users, topic TBD, 7:00 PM, Morgan Hall, WPI

Sat AUG 23, 2008
Boston Linux & Unix, "Linux InstallFest XXX", 9 am, MIT Building E51, Room 061

Mon AUG 25, 2008
Waltham Quickbooks Meetup, "We will talk about everything QuickBooks", 6PM, Waltham

Wed AUG 27, 2008
Boston Scalability UG, "Akamai solutions and technologies in depth" 6pm, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
Metrowest Ruby Users Group, "Ruby, Agile Software", 7PM, Natick

Wed SEP 03, 2008
Boston Area Windows Server User Group, "TBA", 6 pm, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu SEP 04, 2008
New England Visual Basic Professionals, "ASP.Net Dynamic Data", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Mon SEP 08, 2008
Boston MySQL Meetup Group, "Meet nearby MySQL Users", 7 PM, MIT campus

Tue SEP 09, 2008
Boston CHI, "Regular Meeting", Details TBA
Boston-area chapter of Perl Mongers, "Technical Meeting", 7:15pm, MIT Room E51-376
NE M Users' Group, "Something Interesting (details to be provided)", 6 or 7 pm, Wellesley Gateway Building

Thu SEP 11, 2008
NE Java Users Group, "BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Technology)", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston MySQL Meetup Group, "Meet nearby MySQL Users", 7 PM, MIT campus
BostonPHP User Group, "Show us your stuff" 6:30 pm, IBM/Lotus, Cambridge

Sat SEP 13, 2008
Visually Impaired and Blind User Group, "Check in September", 1-4 pm, National Braille Press, Boston

Mon SEP 15, 2008
Web Innovators Group, "a forum for entrepreneurs", 6:30pm in Cambridge

Tue SEP 16, 2008
Cold Fusion Users, topic and location TBD, 6PM
Boston SPIN (Software Process Improvement Network), "Automated Defect Prevention", 6-8:30, Mitre, Bedford

Wed SEP 17, 2008
Boston Linux & Unix, "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party", 6:30, location TBD
So NE Network Users, "SharePoint 2007", 7PM, @NEIT, Warwick RI
Worcester Linux Users, topic TBD, 7:00 PM, Morgan Hall, WPI

Thu SEP 18, 2008
G Boston Chapter of ACM, "Evolvability and Robust Design", 7-9 PM, Broad Inst Auditorium (MIT building NE-30)
Boston chapter of National Information Security Group, "Topic to be announced", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Fri SEP 19, 2008
Boston Red Hat Meetup Group, "xxxx", 7PM, Somerville
SIBMUG: A PC User Group, "Lotus Symphony", 7PM, Adult Learning Ctr, Dover NH

Sat SEP 20, 2008
Software Freedom Day, Watch for more information

Tue SEP 23, 2008
New England SharePoint User Group, "TBA", 6-7:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed SEP 24, 2008
Boston Scalability UG, "WebSphere eXtreme Scale" 6pm, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham

Thu SEP 25, 2008
NE Visual Basic Professionals, "Come Build the NEVB Site with DotNetNuke", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu OCT 02, 2008
NE Visual Basic Professionals, "Literals in VB – XML and Text Processing", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed OCT 08, 2008
Rhode Island and SE Mass SolidWorks Users Group, "TBA", 5:30-9:30, Ramada, Seekonk 

Tue OCT 14, 2008
Boston CHI, "Regular Meeting", Details TBA

Wed OCT 15, 2008
Worcester Linux Users, topic TBD, 7:00 PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
Central MA / Northern CT SolidWorks User Group, "TBA", Metso Automation, Shrewsbury

Tue OCT 21, 2008
NH SolidWorks Users Group, "TBA", 6-9:15, Nashua Community College 

Thu OCT 16, 2008
Final Cut Pro, "An Evening With Larry Jordan", 6:30, location TBD

Thu NOV 07, 2008
NE Visual Basic Professionals, "How to Defend Against Stupid Hacker Tricks", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu NOV 19, 2008
Worcester Linux Users, topic TBD, 7:00 PM, Morgan Hall, WPI



Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

Every Tuesday
Massachusetts UBUNTU Team training, 7-9 pm, South End Technology Center, Boston

AUG 15, 2008
Boston Area Windows Server User Group, "Virtualization Deep Dive" Full Day Training Event. Details coming soon

SEP 18, 2008
North Eastern SolidWorks User Conference, Westford Regency Conference Center

SEP 22-24, 2008
Oracle Performance Firefighting training class, Embassy Suites, Logan Airport

SEP 25-27, 2008
Oracle Forecasting & Predictive Analysis training class, Embassy Suites, Logan Airport

OCT 07-09, 2008
Flash On Tap Conference, Park Plaza Castle, Boston

OCT 08, 2008
Oracle Training Day at Bentley College

OCT 13-17, 2008
ASQ  57th NEQC Conference Royal Plaza, Marlborough

OCT 27-30, 2008
Embedded Systems Conference, Hynes Convention Center
Fall 2008 VON Conference & Expo, Boston Convention & Exhibition Center

MAR 25-27, 2009
Photoshop World 2009, Hynes Convention Center

APR 05-09, 2009
ACM SIGCHI Conference, CHI 2009, Hynes Convention Center


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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