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User Group events:
See below for Seminars, Shows, Learning, etc.

Thu OCT 29, 2009
Greater Boston Computer Measurement Group "Details coming soon", 8:30AM-4:30PM, Doubletree, Westborough
Boston JavaScript Meetup Group, "Search Engine Optimization Overview", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Lisp, " CLWEB, LibCL, 2 Lightning Talks", 6 pm, MIT 34-401B

Fri OCT 30, 2009
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, Noon-2PM, @Not Your Average Joe's, Newburyport
Inquisitive Minds, "Should Google be the World's Librarian?", 7 pm, Diesel Cafe, Somerville

Mon NOV 02, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Towards the Ultimate Web Application Framework, via Fancy Types" 6:30, NERD, Cambridge
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Executive Briefing Center Microsoft Waltham
Boston SEO & Internet Marketing, "people interested in Internet Marketing", 6:30, Robbins Library, Arlington

Tue NOV 03, 2009
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149
Boston Cloud Services Meetup, 6:30, Aprigo, Waltham
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest @ Thoughtbot", 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston

Wed NOV 04, 2009
Windows Boston, "How to survive at IT in this depressed economy", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
The Boston Avid Group, "Editing NOVA", 7 PM, WGBH Yawkey Auditorium
RI Defcon Group, "Synthetic Economies: A Real World Arms Race for Virtual Gold", 5:30-7, @AS220, Providence

Thu NOV 05, 2009
Beantown .NET Users, "Four Short Talks About Developer Utilities", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
The Agile Bazaar, "Introducing Kanban into an Org", 6PM, Pizzeria Uno, Newton
NE Visual Basic Pros, "Introducing F#", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Refresh Boston, "Confessions of a Public Speaker", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Fri NOV 06, 2009
No Shore Comp Soc computer clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light

Mon NOV 09, 2009
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Executive Briefing Center Microsoft Waltham
Boston MySQL User Group, "details TBA", 7PM, MIT building E51
Boston Wikipedia Meetup Group, "details TBA", 7PM, Cambridge
Seacoast Linux Users, "GPS Pictures Synchronization", 7PM, UNH Morse Hall, Rm 301
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, "details TBA", 7:30, Cambridge

Tue NOV 10, 2009
NH Adobe Users, topic TBD, 1:30-3:30, @UNH Durham, Taylor Hall
Virtualization User Group, "Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup Group, "1.Rating World Project & Linked Data Potential", 6PM, Cambridge
NE "M" Users Group, topic TBD, 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Building
BostonCHI, "Understanding Social Media, Accelerating Social Participation", 6:30,  Bentley, Waltham
Silver Lining Users, "business segmentation in the cloud", 7-9 PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston.pm, "Tech Meeting: mvhub - perl some modules launchpad bzr", 7:15, MIT, Room E51-376
boston.rb (Rubyists), "It's not just about the code...", 215 First Street, Cambridge

Wed NOV 11, 2009
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
Boston Macintosh User Group, "Gifts & Games", MIT Building E51
Back Bay LISA, "LISA '09 Recap", 7:30-9:30, MIT E-51, Room 149

Thu NOV 12, 2009
New England SQL User Group, "Automating Query Tuning", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston
New England Java UG, "Modern Software Development: Coding with Eclipse", 6 pm, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Rhode Island Mac Users’ Group, "Mac OS X Snow Leopard", 7 PM, East Campus of Rhode Island College 

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

Sat NOV 14, 2009
Visually Impaired and Blind UG, "Details  TBA", 1-4 PM, MIT room 5-134

Mon NOV 16, 2009
DotNetNuke Boston User Group, "OpenForce ’09 Recap", 6:30-8:30pm, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Java Meetup, "VM internals", 6:30
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Executive Briefing Center Microsoft Waltham

Tue NOV 17, 2009
NH SolidWorks Users, "Presentations TBD", 5:30-9:15, Nashua Community College
SPIN - Software Process Improvement "Credibility & Persuasion Skills", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford
Independent Computer Consultants Assn "Winning Contracts with Scrum & Agile" 6-9, Rebecca’s Cafe, Burlington
InDesign Users, "Prepress: Getting your files to print", 6:30, Mass College of Art and Design

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, "AMD-V: AMD64 virtualization extension", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 325
NE Midrange Users Group, "RFID (Subject to change)" (check website), Seekonk
So NE Network Users, "Exchange 2010", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI
Cape Cod .NET Users, "An Update on Open Cape", 6PM, Venture Think Together, Hyannis
New England Sitecore User Group, "tentative November Meetup Date", 6 pm,  Cambridge Innovation Center
NE Digital Media UG, "Astaro Loadfest - Build your own personal use firewall", 6:30 pm, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu NOV 19, 2009
Gr Boston Chapter of the ACM & IEEE Computer Society "The Power of Abstraction" 7-9 PM, MIT Room 6-120
Final Cut Pro Users, "Codec-Confusion: Resolution!", 6:30-9 PM, New England Institute of Art, Brookline
Northwest iPhone Developers, "developing 3D applications for iPhone", 7 pm, Acton Library

Fri NOV 20, 2009
SIBMUG - A PC User Group "A detailed look at Windows 7 features", 7 pm, Adult Learning Center, Dover, NH

Mon NOV 23, 2009
Waltham Quickbooks Meetup Group, "how to get the most out of your QuickBooks software", 6PM, Waltham

Wed NOV 25, 2009
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, 7PM, Natick

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

Mon NOV 30, 2009
DAMA New England, "Master Metadata Management Using an ELDM", 6PM, Harvard Pilgrim HC, Wellesley
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Executive Briefing Center Microsoft Waltham

Tue DEC 01, 2009
Boston Drupal Meetup, 6:30, MIT Tang Center, rm E51-149
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest @ Thoughtbot", 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston

Wed DEC 02, 2009
Boston Area SAS Users, "Coders Corner", 8:15AM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Windows Boston, "Whats in your toolbox? - ROUND 2", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham

Thu DEC 03, 2009
Beantown .NET Users, "Bill Heys, Branching & Merging Best Practices", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
The Agile Bazaar, "Mike Hill of Anarchy Creek", 6PM, location TBD
NE Visual Basic Pros, "TBA", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Azure User Group, "speakers and topics being worked out", Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge

Sat DEC 05, 2009
Boston Linux & Unix, "Linux InstallFest XXXV", 9-5, MIT Building E51, Room 061

Mon DEC 07, 2009
NE F# User Group, "Speaker: Talbott Crowell", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Web Innovators Group, "internet and mobile innovation", 6:30 pm, Cambridge Royal Sonesta
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Executive Briefing Center Microsoft Waltham

Tue DEC 08, 2009
Virtualization User Group, "Virtualization Boston Monthly Meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonCHI, "Steve Krug: Finding and Fixing Usability Problems", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston.pm, "Tech Meeting", 7:15, MIT, Room E51-376
Silver Lining Users, "Meeting on Cloud & Virtualization", 7-9 PM, Microsoft, Waltham

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
Greater Boston Chapter of the ACM & IEEE Computer Society "Task-specific Search" 7-9 PM, MIT Room E51-315

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 05, 2010
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest @ Thoughtbot", 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston

Thu JAN 07, 2010
The Agile Bazaar, "Tom and Mary Poppendieck", 6PM, location TBD
NE Visual Basic Pros, "Silverlight 3 - SketchFlow", 6:15-8:30, Microsoft, Waltham

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

Tue JAN 19, 2010
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, "Virtualization (IBM Blade Server)", 6pm, Seekonk

Thu JAN 28, 2010
Boston Azure User Group, "speakers and topics being worked out", Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge

Thu FEB 04, 2010
The Agile Bazaar, "Amir Elfar of MedAvante", 6PM, location TBD

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

Tue FEB 16, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Power of Project Patterns", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed FEB 17, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "PHP Case Study (Subject to Change)", 6pm, Seekonk

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

Tue MAR 16, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Ed Yourdon: TBA", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed MAR 17, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Soup to Nuts with Triggers (Subject to Change)", 6pm, Seekonk

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

Tue APR 20, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "Using Social Media", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed APR 21, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "No Meeting, Please Attend the User Conference"

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

Tue MAY 18, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "TBA", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed MAY 19, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Security Encryption (Subject to Change)", 6pm, Seekonk

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

Tue JUN 15, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "TBA", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford

Wed JUN 16, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "DB Web Query (Subject to Change)", 6pm, Seekonk



Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

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


OCT 30, 2009
AgilePalooza Boston, Crowne Plaza Hotel Boston-Natick

NOV 3 & 4
IEEE Continuing Education Program, "Software Verification & Validation", 8:30-4:30, Holiday Inn, Woburn

NOV 4, 11, 18, 23, DEC 2
IEEE Continuing Education Program, "Advanced Embedded Linux", 6-9, Holiday Inn, Woburn

NOV 12, 19, DEC 3 & 10
IEEE Continuing Ed Program, "Virtualization and VMware’s Infrastructure", 6:15-9:30, Holiday Inn, Woburn

NOV 13, 2009
Windows Boston, "Windows 7 Deployment Hands On Lab", 9-4, Microsoft, Waltham
RIA Unleashed:Boston covering Flex, AIR, ColdFusion, related technologies & disciplines, Bentley University

NOV 14-15, 2009
GBCACM Prof. Development Seminar "The Spring Framework: Enterprise Java Framework", Harvard U, Cambridge

NOV 17, 24, DEC 1, 8
IEEE Continuing Ed Program, "Perl Scripting for System Administrators", 6:15-9:15, Holiday Inn, Woburn

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

DEC 02, 2009
Boston Area SAS Users, "An Afternoon with Ron Cody", 1-4:30PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

DEC 08, 2009
The MSDN Northeast Roadshow, "Don't Fear the Coder Tour", Microsoft, Waltham

DEC 09, 2009
The MSDN Northeast Roadshow, "Don't Fear the Coder Tour", Hotel Providence, Providence


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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