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

Mon JAN 18, 2010
Boston DotNetNuke Users, "tips and tricks working with DotNetNuke", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Java Developers Meetup, topic TBA, 6:30, Cambridge
NH Ruby User Group, "Object Oriented Programming (OOP)", 7 pm, RMC Research, Portsmouth, NH

Tue JAN 19, 2010
Boston Flex Application Incubator Group, "TBA", 5:45-7:15, Online and at Broduer Partners, Boston
SPIN - Software Process Improvement, "Becoming a Technology Manager", 6-8:30, MITRE Corp, Bedford
Business Intelligence Group, "Administering, Executing, Deploying, Debugging SSIS", 6:30,  Microsoft, Waltham
Boston CiviCRM Meetup, "implementations of CiviCRM & future for CiviCRM Meetup", 6:30, NEXUS, downtown Boston
Boston Drupal, "Informal Social Meet-Up with  Ryan Price (@liberatr)", 6:30, MIT and CBC

Wed JAN 20, 2010
NE Open Text Users, "RightFax consolidation & resiliency with Shared Services", 4PM, Kendall Sq, Cambridge
Providence Geeks, "Launch & overview of new book Building iPhone Apps...", 5:30-8:30, AS220, Providence
Boston ColdFusion User Group, "Get to know CommonSpot", 6PM, Sun Life, Wellesley
DBUG (DataCAD Boston Users Group), "January Meeting", 6PM, Milford High School
NE Midrange Users, "Mass Data Breach Regulations", 6PM, Ramada Inn, Seekonk
NE Sitecore Meetup, topic TBD, 6PM, One Broadway, Cambridge
NH .NET Users, "Get Started with the Windows Azure SDK", 6PM,  Daniel Webster College, Nashua
NE ASP.NET Professionals, "ASP.NET MVC", 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Linux & Unix, "Doc Searls: Why We Need Individual Freedom and Power", 6:30, MIT Room E51-315
New England Digital Media Users Group, "TBA", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Joomla Users, topic TBD, 7PM, Cyber Cafe, Malden
Cambridge Python Meetup, "PyCon on the Charles 2010", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
So NE Network Users, "SBS 2008", 7PM, NEIT, Warwick RI

Thu JAN 21, 2010
Boston KM Forum, "Successful KM Manager + Snapshots of the CES Show", 4PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston SolidWorks Users, "SW Installation Manager, Understanding Translators", 5:30, 300 Baker Av, Concord
Gr Boston AITP, $ "How to Excel Professionally as an Introvert SM", 5:30, Phillip's Old Colony, Dorchester $
Boston Section ASQ, "Customer Experience Management", 6PM, Best Western, Waltham
Final Cut Pro Users, "A Night of Compression: Delivering in H.264", 6PM, Arsenal Center for the Arts, Watertown
NH Sys Eng & Admin Tech (SEA-TUG), "NAC and Other Network Security Tactics", 6PM, Hilton Garden, Portsmouth NH
Boston NAISG, "Security Domination via Hard Drive Isolation", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Greater Boston Chapter ACM, "Revealing Design Treasures from The Amazon", 7PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
North Shore Web Geeks Meetup, "Lightening talks", 7PM, The Grog, Newburyport
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston
The WebSquared Meetup, 8PM, Cambridge Brewing Company

Mon JAN 25, 2010
Boston Lisp, "Ryan Culpepper on PLT Scheme Macros", 6PM, Northeastern University, West Village H 366
Waltham Quickbooks Meetup Group, "Discussions and Questions about QuickBooks", 6PM
Mobile Moday Boston Developers Meetup, 6PM, Jillian’s, Boston
Boston Water User Group, "topic TBD", 7PM, One Broadway, Cambridge

Tue JAN 26, 2010
NH SolidWorks Users, "Simulation, Pandora's Toolbox", 5:30, Daniel Webster College, Nashua
NE Sharepoint Users, "SharePoint Governance Strategies", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
NE Digital Artists, "Unity’s Art Workflow", 7PM, Mt. Ida College, Newton

Wed JAN 27, 2010
Boston XNA Developers, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
IT Job Seekers Meetup Group, 6PM, Boston
Agile Boston User Group, "Social Contracts in Agile Adoptions", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Metrowest Ruby Meetup Group, 7PM

Thu JAN 28, 2010
Boston Azure User Group, "Windows Azure Storage", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Refresh Boston, "How Cromulent Design Would Make The Simpsons Less Funny", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Plone Meetup Group, 7PM, Betahouse, cambridge

Mon FEB 01, 2010
NE F# User Group, "Bring your laptops- Speaker: Rick Minerich", 6:30-8:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge
Cambridge SEO Meetup, 7PM

Tue FEB 02, 2010
Boston Drupal Meetup, "Lightning Talks", 6:30 PM, MIT Tang Center, room E51-149
Boston Network Users Group, "Cloud Computing is in Your Future", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Cape Cod XNA Users, topic TBD, 6:30, Venture Hyannis
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest @ Thoughtbot", 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston

Wed FEB 03, 2010
Google Technology Users Group, "Overview of GWT 2.0", 6PM, Google Cambridge Office
Boston Area Windows Server User Group (BAWSUG), "Topic(s) TBD, Speaker(s) TBD", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu FEB 04, 2010
The Agile Bazaar, "Amir Elfar of MedAvante", 6PM, location TBD
Visual Basic Pros, topic TBD, 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Fri FEB 05, 2010
No Shore Comp Soc Computer Clinic, 7PM, Peabody Municipal Light

Mon FEB 08, 2010
Boston MySQL Meetup, 7PM, MIT Bldg E-51
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, 7PM, RedBones, Davis Square
Cambridge Enterprise Web 2.0 Meetup, 7:30, The Field, Cambridge

Tue FEB 09, 2010
NH Adobe Users, "Video Creation and Editing for the Web and Youtube", 1:30, UNH Durham, Taylor Hall
NH Seacoast Mac Users, "Top 20 Mac Hints & Shortcuts for New and Seasoned Users", 6:15, Rye Jr High
BostonCHI, "David Rose: Disability Access", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup Group, "Check website", 6PM, Cambridge
Boston Rubyists, "More details to follow"
Boston.pm, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Room E51-376

Wed FEB 10, 2010
Boston Cloud Services Meetup, "Windows Azure & Viewfinity SaaS-enabled software", 6:30, Aprigo, Waltham

Thu FEB 11, 2010
Beantown .NET Users, "Parallelism Zen for .NET Developers", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
New England SQL User Group, "SQL Server 2008 R2", 6:30-9, Microsoft, Waltham

Mon FEB 13, 2010
Visually Impaired and Blind User Group, "Details in early February", 1-4 PM, MIT Room 5-134, Cambridge

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
Boston Linux & Unix, "no speaker yet", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335

Thu FEB 18, 2010
Oracle Users, DAMA NE, "A Common Class of Business-Oriented DB Apps", 7PM, MIT Room E51-315

Thu FEB 25, 2010
JavaScript Meetup Group, "Ubiquity and/or JetPack", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Final Cut Pro Users, "Workflow Mixer, 6:30, New England Institute of Art
Boston Azure User Group, "speakers and topics being worked out", Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge

Mon MAR 01, 2010
NE F# User Group, "Bring your laptops- Speaker: Jason", 6:30-8:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge
Web Innovators Group, "WebInno25", 6:30 PM, Cambridge Royal Sonesta Hotel

Tue MAR 02, 2010
Boston Drupal Meetup, "Lightning Talks", 6:30 PM, MIT Tang Center, room E51-149

Thu MAR 04, 2010
Beantown .NET Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Visual Basic Pros, topic TBD, 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Tue MAR 09, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Google, Cambridge
Virtualization User Group, "monthly meeting", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston.pm, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Room E51-376

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

Wed MAR 17, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Soup to Nuts with Triggers (Subject to Change)", 6PM, Seekonk
Boston Linux & Unix, "no speaker yet", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335

Tue MAR 23, 2010
DBUG (DataCAD Boston Users Group), "March Meeting", 6PM, Boston Society of Architects

Thu APR 01, 2010
Beantown .NET Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Visual Basic Pros, topic TBD, 6:15, Microsoft, Waltham

Mon APR 05, 2010
NE F# User Group, "Visual Studio 2010 Special Event", 6:30-8:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
BostonDotNet Certification Group "regular meeting" 6:30-9, Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge

Tue APR 06, 2010
Boston Drupal Meetup, "Lightning Talks", 6:30, MIT Tang Center, room E51-149

Tue APR 13, 2010
BostonCHI, "Learning from People, Applying to Humanoid Robots", 6:30, Sun Microsystems, Burlington
Boston.pm, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Room E51-376

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

Wed APR 21, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "No Meeting, Please Attend the User Conference"
Boston Linux & Unix, "no speaker yet", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335

Tue MAY 04, 2010
Boston Drupal Meetup, "Lightning Talks", 6:30 PM, MIT Tang Center, room E51-149

Tue MAY 11, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Harvard University
Boston.pm, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Room E51-376

Tue MAY 18, 2010
SPIN - S/W Process Improvement Network "Agile in Safety-Critical Environments", 6PM, MITRE, Bedford

Wed MAY 19, 2010
New England Midrange Users Group, "Security Encryption (Subject to Change)", 6PM, Seekonk
Boston Linux & Unix, "no speaker yet", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335

Tue JUN 08, 2010
BostonCHI, topic TBD, 6:30, Location TBD

Tue JUN 15, 2010
SPIN - Software Process Improvement Network "TBA", 6PM, 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 and Thursday
Massachusetts UBUNTU Team training, 7-9 pm, South End Technology Center, Boston

JAN 21, 2010
CiviCRM, "Configuring and Customizing CiviCRM", 8:30 AM-6:30 PM, Isovera.com, Waltham

JAN 22, 2010
CiviCRM, "CiviCRM Developer Training", 8:30 AM-6:30 PM, Isovera.com, Waltham

JAN 23, 2010
WordCamp Boston, "4 session tracks, plus unconference", 9-7, Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge

JAN 26, 2010
Rhode Island Oracle Users Group, "Best of Oracle PL/SQL", 9-5, Sheraton Needham

JAN 27, 2010
The Architect Factory, "for experienced developers", 1-8pm, Microsoft NERD Center, Cambridge

JAN 30, 2010
New England Data Camp v2.0 (a.k.a. SQLSaturday #34), Microsoft, Waltham

FEB 11, 2010
Code Mastery Day, 8:30-4:30, Microsoft, Waltham

FEB 12, 2010
Virtualization Deep Dive Day, Microsoft, Waltham

FEB 26, 2010
Agile Bazaar Course, "Agile Leaders", Doubletree Hotel, Waltham

FEB 27, 2010
SharePoint Saturday Boston, Microsoft, Waltham

MAR 08, 2010
Drupal Admin Training, schooling in Drupal basics, Central Sq, Cambridge

MAR 20-21, 2010
IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces 2010, Westin Hotel, Waltham

MAR 20-24, 2010
IEEE Virtual Reality 2010, Westin Hotel, Waltham

MAR 24, 2010
TechNet Event, "Azure, Hyper-V and Windows 7 Deployment", 8 am, Microsoft, Waltham
MSDN Northeast Roadshow, "Driving Toward a New Horizon", 1-5, Microsoft, Waltham

MAR 25, 2010
Northeast Oracle Users Group, "NOUG Training Day", 8 am, Bentley University, Waltham

MAR 25-26, 2010
The Haptics Symposium, Westin Hotel, Waltham

OCT 20, 2010
Northeast Oracle Users Group, "NOUG Training Day", 8 am, Bentley University, 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/

South End Technology Center @ Tent City Course list

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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