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Updated 03/03/2009 -- '09 #76
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Tue MAR 03, 2009
MIT Enterprise Forum Interactive Entertainment SIG, "State of the Game Industry", 6-8 pm, MIT Room 32-141
Greater Boston Area Network Users Group, "Massachusetts new data privacy law", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
STC-Boston Technical Editing SIG, "Accessible PDF Documents and Forms", 6:30, Middlesex Comm College, Bedford
Boston Rubyists Hackfest, 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston

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
MacTechGroup, "Going from the Simulator to the iPhone", 7PM, MIT Sloan Room 335 Bldg E51

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
eXtreme Thursday Club meetup, 6:30, Kinsale Irish Pub, Boston

Fri MAR 06, 2009
Boston Digital Arts Meetup, "academy awards-nominated animation shorts", 6:45, ICA, Boston
North Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light

Mon MAR 09, 2009
Boston .NET Certification Group, "A presentation on LINQ by Hoyt", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston MySQL Meetup Group, "Optimizing Concurrent Storage and Retrieval Operations", 7PM
Boston Wikipedia Meetup Group, "Wikipedia March Meetup", 7PM, Wagamama, Cambridge
Seacoast Linux Users, "Optimizing MySQL", 7PM, UNH Morse Hall, Room 301
Cambridge Enterprise Web, "current issues developing web applications", 7:30, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Tue MAR 10, 2009
NE M Users (NEMUG), details TBA, 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Bldg
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup Group, "3 presentations - see website", 6PM, Cambridge
Autodesk Users, "Sustainability, LEED certifications", 6PM, 66 Long Wharf, Boston
NH Seacoast Mac, "Full Session of Mac Mentors", 6:15, Rye NH Junior High
Web Innovators, "start-ups and individual innovators demo their product/service", 6:30, Cambridge Royal Sonesta
OWASP Boston Chapter, "Web Application Analysis and Pen Test Tools", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI (ACM SIG), "The Art of Information", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Flex Users, "Building a music notation editor", 7PM, Adobe, Newton
Boston Rubyists, "Sphinx Search Engine, Rails Internationalization", 7PM, Sermo, Cambridge
Boston.pm (Perl Mongers), "Hacking the WD Mybook 2 with Perl", 7:15, MIT room E51-335

Wed MAR 11, 2009
RI .NET User Group, "ArcObjects with .NET", 5PM, Roger Williams Univ, room SE-201
SW Quality Group, "Testing the Untestable", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
NE OpenSolaris Group, "New Features OpenSolaris 2008.11/Solaris 10 Update", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston .NET User Group, "Interfacing .NET and Java", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonPHP User Group, "jQuery and the Last Mile", 6:30-8:30, Optaros, Boston
Boston Macintosh User Group, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

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
RI Mac (RIMUG), "Q&A Session", 7PM, RI College Bldg 6

Sat MAR 14, 2009
Visually Impaired & Blind Users, topic TBA, 1-4PM, Natl Braille Press, Boston

Mon MAR 16, 2009
New England ASP.NET Professionals, "The changing face of ASP.NET development", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Java Meetup Group, "RIA, Adobe Flex with Java", 6:30, MIT's EHS Office, Cambridge

Tue MAR 17, 2009
Boston SPIN, "Facilitating the Shift to a Collaborative Culture for Agile Project Success", 6PM, MITRE, Bedford

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 Flex & Interactive Media Meetup "for entrepreneurs and RIA developers" 6:00, Auburndale
Boston Linux & Unix UG, topic TBA, 6:30-9 pm, MIT E51, Room 395
So NE Network Users, "Diskshadow and Volume Shadow Copy Service", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), topic TBA, 7 pm, Morgan Hall, WPI
Cambridge Python Meetup Group, "A Whirlwind Excursion through Python C Extensions", 7 pm, Cambridge

Thu MAR 19, 2009
Boston Area SAS Users, "Matching Challenge", 8:45AM, Brookline Holiday Inn
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
New Hampshire Ruby / Rails group, "Cascading Style Sheets, Sinatra", 7-9 PM, RMC Research, Portsmouth, NH

Fri MAR 20, 2009
North Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light

Mon MAR 23, 2009
Waltham Quickbooks Meetup, "Discussions and Questions about QuickBooks issues", 6PM, Waltham area

Tue MAR 24, 2009
DataCAD Boston Users Group, "March DBUG Meeting", 6 PM, Boston Society of Architects, Boston
Independent Computer Consultants Ass'n, "Your Consulting Business Model", 6-9, Rebecca’s Cafe, Burlington

Wed MAR 25, 2009
Agile Boston, "Effective Agile Adoptions", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Cape Cod .NET User Group, "Windows Azure and Azure Services Platform", 6:30-8:30, Plymouth Public Library
Metrowest Ruby Meetup, topic TBD, 7PM

Thu MAR 26, 2009
IASA New England, "The Event Driven Business", 5PM, Progress Software, Bedford
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Virtualization Training", 6-9 pm, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Plone Meetup, topic TBD, 7PM
Cent MA-No CT Solidworks Users, topic TBD, Morgan Const, Worcester

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
Cent NH Linux Users, "Open Source Business Models, Part 2", 7PM, NHTI Library, Concord NH

Tue APR 07, 2009
Boston Network Users, "Site Visit to Colospace", details TBA

Wed APR 08, 2009
RI .NET User Group, topic TBA, 5PM, Roger Williams Univ, room SE-201
Boston .NET User Group, "Mono 2.0 and More!", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
SW Quality Group, "Security testing w cURL and Perl", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Macintosh User Group, topic TBA, 7PM, MIT Building E51
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, 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", 6PM, 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
So NE Network Users, "Mass data protection law", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI

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

Wed APR 22, 2009
Cape Cod .NET User Group, "Bob Depin on LINQ", 6:30-8:30, Plymouth Public Library
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "TBA", 7PM, 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
Cape Cod .NET User Group, "Microsoft Developer Evangelist Jim O'Neil", 6:30-8:30, Plymouth Public Library

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
So NE Network Users, "Tips and Tricks", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI

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
Boston .NET User Group, "A First Look at Windows Azure", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
SW Quality Group, "Test Tool - Make or Buy?", 6PM, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Tue JUN 16, 2009
Cape Cod .NET User Group, "SQL Server Guru Adam Machanic", 6:30-8:30, Plymouth Public Library

Wed JUN 17, 2009
NE Midrange Users, "Roundtable Discussions", 6PM, Ramada Inn, Seekonk
So NE Network Users, "Terminal Services 2008", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI

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

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

Wed JUL 01, 2009
Windows Boston, topic TBA, 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), topic TBA, 7 pm, Morgan Hall, WPI

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

Wed SEP 16, 2009
So NE Network Users, topic TBA, 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI

Wed OCT 21, 2009
So NE Network Users, "Likley Sharepoint 2007", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI



Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

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

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

MAR 06, 2009
seminar on Scrum and Team Foundation Server, Microsoft, Waltham

MAR 07, 2009
Geek Girl Boot Camp - Cape Cod 2009

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
Geek Girl Boot Camp - Boston/South Shore 2009

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, 2009
Mobile Camp Boston 2, MIT Building E51 (Tang Center)

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

MAR 23, 2009
The MSDN March 2009 Northeast Roadshow, Microsoft, Waltham

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 16, 2009
Oracle Technology "Network Developer Day", Westin Hotel, Waltham

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 09, 2009
ACM and IEEE seminar: A Practical Approach to Programming Algorithms, MIT Tang Center, 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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