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Updated 09/16/2009 -- '09 #293
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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Tue SEP 15, 2009
IASA New England, "Virtualization: where it came from and where it's going", 5 PM, VMware, Cambridge
NH SolidWorks Users, 3 presentations, 5:30, Nashua Community College
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network, "Systematic Networking", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford
Boston Post Mortem, "MTLC Tech Tuesday on Digital Games", 6-8 pm Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest", 7PM, 13 Magazine St #2, Cambridge
Flex Application Incubator Group, "code that I’ve been working on", 5:45PM, Online & Metatomix, Dedham

Wed SEP 16, 2009
New England Midrange Users Group, "Integrate Your Shipping PCs to the System i", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk
Boston Linux & Unix, "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning plus The Illustrated history of Crypto", 6:30, MIT E51-325
Cambridge Python Meetup, "Open Hack Night", 7PM, Betahouse, Cambridge
Boston Post Mortem, "Music As An Element Of Game Design", 7PM, The Skelllig, Waltham
So NE Network Users, "Windows 7 Secrets", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI
Boston  ColdFusion UG, "ColdFusion Application Security: The Next Step...", 6-8 PM, Adobe Systems, Newton
NH .Net Users, "Expression Blend and RIA.net for Silverlight", 6-8:30, Daniel Webster College, Nashua
Boston Area Haskell Users' Group, "A Parallel Parsing Trifecta: Iteratees, Parsec, and Monoids", 7-9, MIT 32-G882
Boston Area New England Digital Media Users Group, "Intro to: Windows Home Server", 7-9, Microsoft, Waltham
Windows Mobile User and Developer Group, "demonstrations of Windows Mobile devices", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu SEP 17, 2009
The Agile Bazaar, "The Voyage toward Agility", 6PM, Harvard Pilgrim HC, Wellesley
Boston ASQ Workshop, $ "Top 5 Audit Findings We Hate to Find", 6PM, Paparazzi, Burlington $
Info Security Group, "The CISSP Certification & Disclosure Samsara", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
IEEE Computer & GBC/ACM, "Project Wonderland: Building Virtual Worlds", 7PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
Ass'n of Information Technology Professionals (AITP), "TBD", 5:30-8, Phillip's Old Colony House, Dorchester 
Boston Product Management Association, "Mining the web for customer insights", 7-9 PM, Oracle, Burlington 
 
Fri SEP 18, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport
No Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light
SIBMUG User Group "Malware: Protecting your computer & home network", 7PM, Adult Learning Center, Dover, NH

Sat SEP 19, 2009
GNU/Linux event, "Software Freedom Day", 10am-5pm, Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave, Boston
GNHLUG & NH Ubuntu event, "Software Freedom Day", Pulaski Park, Manchester, NH
New England Java, "NEJUG Picnic", 11am - 4pm, Great Brook Farm State Park, Carlisle

Mon SEP 21, 2009
Boston North DotNetNuke Meetup, topic TBD, 6:30
Boston Java Meetup Group, "social group of Java developers and enthusiasts", 6:30, Cambridge

Tue SEP 22, 2009
DataCAD Boston, "Home Energy Control Systems & Photorealistic Imaging", 6PM, 52 Broad St, Boston
New England SharePoint User Group, "Citrix NetScaler", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Independent Computer Consultants Ass’n, "Consultants Chat", 6:30-8:30, Hilton Garden Inn, Burlington

Wed SEP 23, 2009
Providence Geeks, topic TBD, 5:30-8:30, @AS220, Providence
Cape Cod .NET Users, "Best Practices for SQL Server Execution Plans", 6PM, Venture Think Together, Hyannis
Agile Boston, "Agile Project Portfolio Planning", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Cloud Services Meetup, "Amazon's EC2 security & Twisted Storage", 6:30, Aprigo, Waltham
IEEE Consultants Network & Computational Intelligence Chapter "Cloud Computing", 6:30, Depot Sq, Lexington
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), "Legal Interpretation of the GPL", 7PM, Salisbury Labs Room 104, WPI
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, 7PM, Natick
Boston XNA Developers, "September 2009 Meeting", 6:30-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham
NE Area SMS User Group, "SQL Reporting Svcs", 6 pm, Microsoft Technology Center, 890 Winter St, Waltham

Thu SEP 24, 2009
DAMA New England, "Data Quality & SOA What are the requirements?", 4:30-6:30, Hilton Garden Inn, Waltham
Final Cut Pro UG, "Final Cut Studio 2009", 6PM, location TBD
Boston Plone Meetup Group, "ExpressionEngine", 7PM, Betahouse, Cambridge
Nashua Scrum Club, "inaugural meeting: David Spann", 6-8:30, Harbor Homes, Nashua, NH  
Boston Post Mortem, "Culture Clash", 4-6 PM, NERD, Cambridge

Fri SEP 25, 2009
Boston Area SAS Users Group quarterly meeting, 8:15AM-Noon, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon SEP 28, 2009
Waltham Quickbooks Meetup Group, "how to get the most out of your QuickBooks software", 6PM, Waltham
Boston Water User Group, "TBA", 6:30, One Broadway, Cambridge
Boston Webmasters Meetup, "discussions on topics of interest to the group", 6:30, Vlora Restaurant, Boston

Tue SEP 29, 2009
Web Innovators Group, "people interested in internet and mobile innovation", 6:30, Cambridge
So NH Apple Core, "30th Anniversary w Andy Ihnatko", 7PM, Nashua Public Library

Wed SEP 30, 2009
Cent MA/NE CT SolidWorks Users, "Motion Manager, Advanced Mates", 5:30, WPI, Worcester
Boston Digital Arts Meetup, "Digital Portfolio Night II", 7 pm, Wheeler's Frozen Desserts, Boston

Thu OCT 01, 2009
Boston SolidWorks Users, "Importing, Exporting, Simulation Express", 5:30, MKS Instruments, Wilmington
Beantown .NET Users, "SCRUM and Team Foundation Server", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE Visual Basic Pros, "Windows 7 - Sexy, Sensitive and Heading Your Way", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Fri OCT 02, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Mon OCT 05, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Speaker: Chance Coble", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston SEO & Internet Marketing, "Content Strategies: How important to SEO?", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue OCT 06, 2009
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149

Wed OCT 07, 2009
Windows Boston with Exchange Users, "NearPoint and Topic TBD", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu OCT 08, 2009
New England SQL UG, "Auditing, Tracking, and Change Monitoring in SQL Server 2008", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
No Shore Comp Soc, "Parental Controls via OpenDNS", 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston
New England Java, "Java EE (JSR 299) and JSF 2.0", 6 pm, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Mon OCT 12, 2009
Boston MySQL User Group, "TBA", 7PM 
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, Cambridge

Tue OCT 13, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Thin and Free?", 6:30-9 PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Social Media", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston Rubyists, "Amazon Web Services", 7PM, 215 First Street, Cambridge
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup Group, "Metadata Repositories,  Content Reuse, SPARQL 2", 6PM, Cambridge

Wed OCT 14, 2009
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
Final Cut Pro Users, ""BOSFCPUG & BAVUG JOINT Meeting", 6:30,  Details TBA
Back Bay LISA, "Thirty Minute Tools (Tentative)", 7-9:30 pm, MIT Building E51
Boston Macintosh User Group, "Snow Leopard under the hood", MIT Building E51

Fri OCT 16, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Tue OCT 20, 2009
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network, "Is Agile Any Better?", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed OCT 21, 2009
Boston Linux & Unix, topic TBD, 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So NE Network Users, "Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI
Worcester Linux Users (WLUG), "Making Money from Free Software", 7PM, Salisbury Labs Room 104, WPI
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Thu OCT 22, 2009
Cape Cod .NET Users, "A Look at Design Patterns with .NET", 6PM, Venture Think Together, Hyannis

Tue OCT 27, 2009
Independent Computer Consultants Ass’n, Details to be Announced

Thu OCT 29, 2009
Greater Boston Computer Measurement Group "Details coming soon", 8:30-4:30, Doubletree, Westborough
Boston JavaScript Meetup Group, "Search Engine Optimization Overview", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Fri OCT 30, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Mon NOV 02, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Speaker: Adam Chlipala", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue NOV 03, 2009
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149

Wed NOV 04, 2009
Windows Boston, "IT in this depressed economy and Topic TBD", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu NOV 05, 2009
Beantown .NET Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE Visual Basic Pros, "TBA", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue NOV 10, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
NE "M" Users Group, topic TBD, 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Building
BostonCHI, "Ben Shneiderman", 6:30, Special location: Bentley University's Wilder Pavilion

Wed NOV 11, 2009
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu NOV 12, 2009
New England SQL User Group, "Automating Query Tuning", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Fri NOV 13, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Tue NOV 17, 2009
Independent Computer Consultants Ass’n, Details to be Announced
SPIN - Software Process Improvement "Credibility & Persuasion Skills", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed NOV 18, 2009
Providence Geeks, (Tentative date) topic TBD, 5:30-8:30, @AS220, Providence
DataCAD Boston Users Group, "DBUG's 22nd Anniversary", 6PM, World Trade Center, Boston
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), topic TBD, 7PM, Salisbury Labs Room 104, WPI
Boston Linux & Unix, topic TBD, 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
NE Midrange Users Group, "Subject to change" (check website), Seekonk
So NE Network Users, "Exchange 2010", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI

Fri NOV 27, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport

Tue DEC 01, 2009
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149

Wed DEC 02, 2009
Boston Area SAS Users, "Coders Corner", location TBD
Windows Boston, "Whats in your toolbox? - ROUND 2", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu DEC 03, 2009
Beantown .NET Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NE Visual Basic Pros, "TBA", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Mon DEC 07, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Speaker: Talbott Crowell", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Tue DEC 08, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Steve Krug", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Wed DEC 09, 2009
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu DEC 10, 2009
New England SQL User Group, "Scouting Out Execution Plans", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue DEC 15, 2009
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Tactical Coherence", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed DEC 16, 2009
Providence Geeks, (Tentative date) topic TBD, 5:30-8:30, @AS220, Providence
Boston Linux & Unix, topic TBD, 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
So NE Network Users, "Symantec", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI

Thu DEC 17, 2009
Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG), topic TBD, 7PM, Salisbury Labs Room 104, WPI

Tue JAN 12, 2010
BostonCHI, No Regular Meeting in Januray, Seminar date & details TBA

Tue JAN 19, 2009
SPIN - Software Process Improvement, "Becoming a Technology Manager", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed JAN 20, 2010
So NE Network Users, "SBS 2008", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Tue FEB 09, 2010
BostonCHI, "David Rose: Disability Access", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue FEB 16, 2009
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Power of Project Patterns", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed FEB 17, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Tue MAR 09, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue MAR 16, 2009
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Ed Yourdon: TBA", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed MAR 17, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Tue APR 08, 2010
BostonCHI, "Candy Sidner: Engagement and Deixis", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue APR 20, 2009
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Using Social Media", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed APR 21, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Tue MAY 11, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue MAY 18, 2009
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "TBA", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed MAY 19, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk

Tue JUN 08, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington

Tue JUN 15, 2009
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "TBA", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed JUN 16, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Subject to Change", 6pm, Ramada Inn, Seekonk



Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

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

SEP 15, 2009
Pulse Comes to You "current market situation & dynamic infrastructures of the future", Boston

SEP 17, 2009
Boston ASQ Workshop, "Top 5 Audit Findings We Hate to Find", 6PM, Paparazzi, Burlington $

SEP 22-24, 2009
Embedded Systems Conference, Hynes Convention Center

SEP 23, 2009
Northeast MSDN Roadshow, "Food for Thoughts Tour", Microsoft, Waltham

SEP 26, 2009
BarCampManchester, "an un-conference BarCamp event", 9:30am-4:30pm, Manchester, NH

SEP 28, 2009
Northeast MSDN Roadshow, "Food for Thoughts Tour", Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

OCT 05, 2009
Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Exchange 2010 Launch Event, AMC Boston Common 19
The Agile Bazaar, "Team Technical Agility: A Special Program offered by Agile Bazaar", location TBD

OCT 08, 2009
SwANH InfoXchange 2009 Conference, SERESC, Bedford NH

OCT 12-16, 2009
SQL Server 2005/2008 Internals and Query Tuning, Microsoft, Waltham

OCT 16, 2009
North Eastern SolidWorks User Conference, Westford Regency Inn

OCT 17, 2009
New England Code Camp 12, Microsoft, Waltham

OCT 28, 2009
Oracle Fall Training Day, Bentley College

NOV 14, 2009
GBACM Professional Development Seminar, "Powering Enterprise Java Development", Harvard U., Cambridge

NOV 18, 2009
Brick Marketing, "Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & Email Marketing", Waltham



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

Boston TechVenue Calendar

IBM Innovation Centers for Business Partners - Waltham

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