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Updated 03/30/2009 -- '09 #113
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Mon MAR 30, 2009
Boston Water User Group, "Communication with Water Comms", 6PM, One Broadway, Cambridge
BostonDotNet Certification Group, "Passing Microsoft .NET Certification Exams", 6:30-9, Microsoft, Waltham

Wed APR 01, 2009
Northeast Autosys Users, "Face-to-Face User Group Meeting", 9AM-2PM, CA, Framingham
Windows Boston, "All About Powershell", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonPHP Users & BostonPHP Meetup, "Lessons from my.barackobama.com", 7PM, Harvard Pilgrim HC, Quincy

Thu APR 02, 2009
Beantown.NET, "The Unit Testing Throw down", 6-8 pm, Microsoft NERD, 1 Memorial Drive, Cambridge
Visual Basic Pro, "Geographic Information Systems in .NET", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Fri APR 03, 2009
North Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light
Cape Cod .NET User Group, "Windows Azure and Azure Services Platform", 7:30-9 (breakfast), Hyannis

Sat APR 04, 2009
DataCAD Boston Users Group, "25th Anniversary Party", 6-9 pm, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville CT

Sun APR 05, 2009
Boston Digital Arts Meetup, "Spring Photo Hike to Webster Conservation Area", 9 am, Hammond Pond, Newton

Mon APR 06, 2009
Boston SEO Networking Group, "informal search engine round table", 6:30, Robbins Library, Arlington
Mobile Monday Boston, "Opportunities in Mobile Apps", 7PM, MIT Morse Hall
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
Boston Amazon Web Services Meetup Group, 6:30

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
Final Cut Pro Users, "Digital Cinema", 6:30, BU Ctr for Digital Imaging Arts, Waltham
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
North Shore Comp Soc, "Social Networking - What's All the Twitter?", 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light
RI Mac Users (RIMUG), "Welcome to Macintosh: The Documentary", 7PM, RI College
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston

Sat APR 11, 2009
Visually Impaired and Blind User Group, "TBA", 1-4 PM, National Braille Press, Boston

Mon APR 13, 2009
Seacoast Linux Users, "MySQL Optimization", 7PM, UNH Morse Hall, Room 301
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, "current issues developing web applications", 7:30, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, "Infobright", 7PM, MIT Building E51, Room 372

Tue APR 14, 2009
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup Group, "3 presentations - see website", 6PM, Cambridge
Boston Flex Users, "Flex API for ArcGIS", 7PM, Adobe, Newton
Boston.PM (Perl Mongers), "a tutorial-style workshop", 7:15 PM, MIT E51-376

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
Cambridge Python Meetup Group, 7PM, Cambridge

Thu APR 16, 2009
Boston Section ASQ, "Lean-Six Sigma model for Non-Manufacturing Groups", 6PM, Hilton Garden, Waltham
Natl Info Security Group, "Encryptathon", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Fri APR 17, 2009
SIBMUG: A PC User Group, "Twitter", 7PM, Adult Learning Ctr, Dover NH

Tue APR 21, 2009
Boston Software Process Improvement Network (SPIN), "Beautiful Teams", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

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
Metrowest Ruby Meetup, topic TBD, 7PM

Thu APR 23, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Virtualization Training, 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Ubuntu Massachusetts, "Jaunty Jackalope Release Party", 7PM, Boston Bar and Grill
Boston Plone Meetup Group, "Meet other locals who use Plone", 7PM, Betahouse, Cambridge
IEEE Computer & GBC/ACM & others, "Current Challenges in Synthetic Biology" 7PM, MIT Broad Institute

Mon APR 27, 2009
Boston Java Meetup Group, "A discussion of Seam", 6:30, MIT's EHS Office, Cambridge
Waltham Quickbooks Meetup, "Learn how to get the most out of your QuickBooks software", 6PM, Waltham
IEEE Social Implications of Technology "Software Simplicity Suffocated" 5:30, Lincoln Lab, Lexington

Tue APR 28, 2009
Independent Computer Consultants, Boston Chapter, "Consultants Chat", 6:30-8:30, Little India, Waltham

Wed APR 29, 2009
Agile Boston, "Ellen Gottesdiener on Agile Requirements", 6:30-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue MAY 05, 2009
NH SolidWorks Users, "Non-Native Parts, Surfacing CSWP", 6PM, Nashua Community College

Wed MAY 06, 2009
Windows Boston, "thoughts and insights on Windows 7", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonPHP User Group, "Get Smart - Use Smarty!", 7pm, Optaros, Boston

Thu MAY 07, 2009
Visual Basic Pro, "Beyond the Core Concepts of OOP", 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
 New England M Users' Group, "Something Not to Be Missed", 6:30 PM, Wellesley Gateway Building
Boston.PM (Perl Mongers), "TBD", 7:15 PM, MIT E51-376

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, "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
Boston Linux & Unix UG "Hacking your Portable Linux Server" 6:30-9 pm, MIT E51, Room 395
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "TBA", 7PM, Morgan Hall, WPI
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

Wed May 27, 2009
Agile Boston, "Learning Agile via Agile Games", 6:30-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu MAY 28, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Virtualization Training, 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Sat MAY 30, 2009
Boston Linux & Unix, "Installfest", 9:00 am, MIT Building E51, Room 061

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
Boston Linux & Unix UG "Roofnet III - Municipal Wireless" 6:30-9 pm, MIT Location to be determined

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
Boston Linux & Unix UG "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party X" 6:30-9 pm, MIT Location to be determined

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

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

APR 04, 2009
3D Stimulus Day, 10AM, Mt Ida College, Newton

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 22-24, 2009
USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation,  Boston Park Plaza Hotel

APR 25-26, 2009
Agile Bazaar, "Deep Agile 2009: Agile for Embedded Systems ", Cambridge
BarCamp Boston 4, "Wikipedia Description of BarCamp", 9 AM or whenever, MIT, Stata Center

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

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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