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Updated 02/19/2009 -- '09 #61
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Thu FEB 19, 2009
Boston AITP, $ "Windows Server 2008", 5:30, Phillip's Old Colony House, Dorchester $
Boston Section ASQ, topic TBD, 6:30, location to be announced
GBC/ACM and IEEE, "Bridged Ethernets: RBridges using IETF TRILL", 7-9pm, Verizon Labs, Waltham
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), topic TBD, 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
Boston Digital Arts Meetup, "Free Night at the ICA Museum", 7PM, Institute of Contemporary Art
NH Ruby/Rails, "RubyGems, Rails Metal", 7PM, RMC Research, Portsmouth NH

Fri FEB 20, 2009
North Shore Computer Society (NSCS), "Computer Clinic (members only)", 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light Plant

Mon FEB 23, 2009
Waltham Quickbooks Meetup, "Discussions and Questions about QuickBooks issues", 6PM, Waltham area
Boston .NET Certification Group, "TBA", 6:30-9:00, Microsoft, Waltham
Social Implications of Technology, "Fighting Malware @ StopBadware.org", 5:30, MIT Lincoln Labs, Lexington
Boston Java Meetup Group, "Groovy in the Enterprise", 6:30, MIT's EHS Office, Cambridge
Water Users, "Bio and biotechnology apps", 7 PM, One Broadway, Cambridge

Tue FEB 24, 2009
Boston Digital Arts Meetup, "Digital Photo Montage", 7-9, Desera Interactive, Somerville
Independent Computer Consultants Ass'n, Boston Chapter, “Consultants Chat”, 6:30-8:30, Little India, Waltham
New England SharePoint User Group, “Leveraging PerformancePoint Services....”, 6-7:30, Microsoft, Waltham
iPhone Developers Roundtable, "Possible date for meetup", Cambridge

Wed FEB 25, 2009
Metrowest Ruby Users Group, "Metrowest Ruby Users Group February Meetup", 7PM, Natick
Flash Platform Users, "Flash CS4", 7PM, NEIA Annex, Brookline
Agile Boston (chapter of APLN), "Ken Schwaber on SCRUM", 6:30-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham
iPhone Developers Roundtable, "Possible date for meetup", Cambridge

Thu FEB 26, 2009
IASA New England Chapter, "The Event Driven Business", 5PM, Progress Software, Bedford
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Virtualization Training", 6-9 pm, Microsoft, Waltham
Agile Bazaar, "Product Managers and Product Owners", 6PM, Pizzeria Uno, Newton
Amazon Web Services Meetup Group, "all aspects of Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, SaaS", 6:30, Boston
NH Python SIG, "Implementing XMPP with Python", 6:30, Amoskeag Incubator, Manchester NH
Boston Plone Meetup Group, "There is no definite topic yet", 7 pm, Betahouse, Cambridge

Sat FEB 28, 2009
Boston Linux & Unix UG "Linux InstallFest XXXII" 9 am - 5 pm, MIT E51, Room 061

Mon MAR 02, 2009
Cambridge Search Engine Optimization Meetup, "Open Round Table Discussions", 6:30-9, Robbins Library, Arlington
Boston .NET Certification Group, "TBA", 6:30-9:00, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue MAR 03, 2009
MIT Enterprise Forum Interactive Entertainment SIG, "State of the Game Industry", 6-8 pm, MIT Room 32-141

Wed MAR 04, 2009
NH SolidWorks User Group, "Advanced SolidWorks Techniques", 6-9:15, Merrimack, NH
Windows Boston, "Astaro product line and current security topics", 6 pm, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu MAR 05, 2009
Beantown .NET, "Composite Application Library for WPF and Silverlight", 6PM, Hollister, 75 State St, Boston
Visual Basic Pro, "ASP.Net Data Services (Astoria)", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Mon MAR 09, 2009
Boston MySQL Meetup Group, "TBA", 7 PM, MIT
Cambridge Enterprise Web "current issues developing web applications" 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge
Boston Wikipedia Meetup Group, "Wikipedia March Meetup", 7 PM, Wagamama, Cambridge

Tue MAR 10, 2009
NE M Users (NEMUG), details TBA, 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Bldg
Web Innovators, "start-ups and individual innovators demo their product/service", 6:30, Cambridge
BostonCHI (ACM SIG), "The Art of Information", 6:30 PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Flex Users, topic TBA, 7PM, Adobe, Newton
Boston.pm (Perl Mongers), "Hacking the WD Mybook 2 with Perl", 7:15, MIT room E51-335
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup Group, "3 presentations - see website", 6PM, Cambridge

Wed MAR 11, 2009
SW Quality Group, "Testing the Untestable", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Macintosh User Group, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51
Boston .NET User Group, "Interfacing .NET and Java", 6-8 PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7 PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
BostonPHP User Group, "Jquery as a way of life", 6:30-8:30, Optaros, Boston

Thu MAR 12, 2009
New England Java, "Are you ready for Cloud Computing?", 6 pm, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
SQL Server User Group, "Understanding LINQ to SQL: is it a Better ADO.NET?", 6:30-9, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Web Design Meetup Group, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7 PM, Boston
Digital Arts Meetup, 7-9 pm, Desera, Somerville
CocoaHeads: Boston Cocoa Programmers' Group, "Next Meeting", 7 pm,  MIT Building E51/Room 149

Mon MAR 16, 2009
New England ASP.NET Professionals "The changing face of ASP.NET development" 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed MAR 18, 2009
Access Day, Intro & Intermediate sessions, 1-4PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Access Day, Developer sessions, 4-8:30PM, Microsoft, Waltham
NE Midrange Users, "Putting Run SQL Scripts to Work for You", 6PM, Ramada Inn, Seekonk
Boston Linux & Unix UG "Topic to be determined" 6:30-9 pm, MIT E51, Room 395
Southern NE Network UG, "Deep dive into diskshadow and Volume Shadow Copy Service", 7-9pm, NEIT, Warwick, RI
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "TBA", 7 pm, Morgan Hall, WPI


Thu MAR 19, 2009
Boston Section ASQ, topic TBD, 5:30, Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham
SolidWorks Users, "PDM Workgroup & more", 5:30, Z-Corporation, Burlington
Boston Red Hat meetup group, " keep informed of what's going on with Red Hat Linux", 6PM, Somerville
Information Security Group, "Topic to be announced...", 6:30-9, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston ACM Chapter, "The Improbable Success of Probabilistic Models", 7PM, MIT Room E51-325

Tue MAR 24, 2009
DataCAD Boston Users Group, "March DBUG Meeting", 6 PM, Boston Society of Architects, Boston

Thu MAR 26, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Virtualization Training, 6-9 pm, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed APR 01, 2009
Windows Boston, "Powershell", 6 pm, Microsoft, Waltham
Northeast Autosys Users, "exchange ideas & learn of future product enhancements", 9-2, CA, Framingham
BostonPHP User Group, "Lessons from my.barackobama.com", 6:30-8:30, Optaros, Boston

Thu APR 02, 2009
Visual Basic Pro, "Geographic Information Systems in .Net", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Sat APR 04, 2009
DataCAD Boston Users Group, "DATACAD's 25th Anniversary", (Tentative Date), Site TBA

Mon APR 06, 2009
Boston SEO Networking Group, "informal search engine round table", 6:30, Robbins Library, Arlington

Wed APR 08, 2009
SW Quality Group, "Security testing w cURL and Perl", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Macintosh User Group, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7 PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu APR 09, 2009
Beantown .NET, "Unit Testing Throwdown", 6PM, Hollister, 75 State St, Boston
New England Java, "JSF 2.0 Updates and RichFaces", 6 pm, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
SQL Server User Group, "Using Resource Governor in SQL Server 2008", 6:30-9, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed APR 15, 2009
Boston Linux & Unix UG "UNIX, Linux, and BSD: A Look Back" 6:30-9 pm, MIT E51, Room 395

Thu APR 16, 2009
Boston Section ASQ, "TBD", 6:30, location to be announced

Wed APR 22, 2009
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "TBA", 7 pm, Morgan Hall, WPI

Thu APR 23, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Virtualization Training, 6-9 pm, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed MAY 06, 2009
Windows Boston, "thoughts and insights on Windows 7", 6 pm, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu MAY 07, 2009
Visual Basic Pro, "TBA", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue MAY 12, 2009
BostonCHI (ACM SIG), "TBA", 6:30 PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed MAY 13, 2009
SW Quality Group, "Automated Functional Test Design", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7 PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu MAY 14, 2009
SQL Server User Group, "Master Data Management(MDM)on the Microsoft Stack", 6:30-9, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed MAY 20, 2009
NE Midrange Users, "What’s New in RPG for V6R1", 6PM, Ramada Inn, Seekonk
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "TBA", 7 pm, Morgan Hall, WPI
Boston Linux & Unix UG "Topic to be determined" 6:30-9 pm, MIT E51, Room 395

Thu MAY 21, 2009
Boston Section ASQ, "TBD", 6:30, location to be announced

Thu MAY 28, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Virtualization Training, 6-9 pm, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue JUN 02, 2009
NE Oracle Users Group, "Tom Kyte- Details to come..."

Wed JUN 03, 2009
Windows Boston, "TBD", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Exchange Server Users, "Best of TechEd", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu JUN 04, 2009
Visual Basic Pro, "TBA", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue JUN 09, 2009
BostonCHI (ACM SIG), "TBA", 6:30 PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed JUN 10, 2009
SW Quality Group, "Test Tool - Make or Buy?", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7 PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu JUN 18, 2009
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "TBA", 7 pm, Morgan Hall, WPI
Boston Section ASQ, "TBD", 6:30, location to be announced

Thu JUN 25, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Virtualization Training, 6-9 pm, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed JUL 01, 2009
Windows Boston, "Topic TBD", 6 pm, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed JUL 08, 2009
SW Quality Group, "Hot Topics Night", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7 PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu JUL 23, 2009
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "TBA", 7 pm, Morgan Hall, WPI

Wed AUG 05, 2009
Windows Boston, "What's in your toolbox? PART 2", 6 pm, Microsoft, Waltham



Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

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

FEB 20, 2009
Virtualization Deep Dive Day, "virtualization technologies", Microsoft, Waltham

FEB 26-27, 2009
XamlFest Boston, "learn about the platforms the tools and processes", Microsoft, Waltham

FEB 28, 2009
Code Camp New Hampshire, Daniel Webster College, Nashua

MAR 03, 2009
Adobe Day Boston, Boston Marriott Copley Place

MAR 10-11, 2009
Software Quality Consulting & IEEE, "SW Development for Medical Device Manufacturers", Woburn

MAR 12, 2009
Software Quality Consulting & IEEE, "Requirements-based Estimating and Scheduling", Woburn

MAR 14, 2009
SharePoint Saturday, "FREE, open to the public", Microsoft, Waltham

MAR 20-21, 2009
Annual Pro Video Show, Holiday Inn, Dedham

MAR 20-22, 2009
New England Software Symposium, Sheraton Ferncroft, Danvers  NEJUG discount

MAR 21-22, 2009
FSF Libre Planet 2009 conference, Cambridge

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

MAR 27, 2009
SQL Server 2008 Loadfest, Microsoft, Waltham

MAR 28, 2009
Code Camp 11: Developer Stimulus Package, Microsoft, Waltham

APR 01, 2009
NE Oracle Users Group, Training Day at Bentley College

APR 04-09, 2009
ACM SIGCHI Conference, CHI 2009, Hynes Convention Center

APR 06-08, 2009
Northeast User Groups Conference, "The Power of i", Sheraton Hotel, Framingham

APR 28, 2009
Boston Section ASQ, "BOSCON 2009",  Waltham Woods Conference Center

APR 25-26, 2009
Agile Bazaar, "Deep Agile 2009: Agile for Embedded Systems ", Cambridge

MAY 11-13, 2009
IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (HST 09), Westin Hotel, Waltham

JUN 22-24, 2009
SPTechCon: SharePoint Technology Conference, BZ Media, Hyatt Regency, Cambridge

SEP 22-24, 2009
Embedded Systems Conference, 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, http://www.develop.com

Future Media Concepts provides training in all areas of digital media

New Horizons Boston, Quincy, Waltham and Westborough.


Apple seminars


Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar



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