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User Group events:
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Tue APR 26, 2011
SPIN (SW Process Improvement Network) "Add Steak to Exploratory Testing's Parlor-Trick Sizzle", 6PM, MITRE, Bedford
Refresh Boston, "The Chimera: Current trends in Web-based UIs", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Python Meetup, "Python Hack Night", 6:30, Performable, 486 Green St, Cambridge
NH Java Users, "Test Driven Development (TDD)", 6:30, NH-ICC, Portsmouth NH
Boston PDA Developer Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133
So NH Apple Core (SNAC), "Dropbox and Amazon Cloud", 7PM, Nashua Public Library

Wed APR 27, 2011
DAMA Intl, "Applying Knowledge to Meta and Master Data Management", 8:15AM, Bentley Univ, Waltham
Boston Area SolidWorks UG, "SolidWorks Routing/Large Assembly File Management", 5:30, Canton Public Library
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston Meetup, "Monthly Meetup", 6PM, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge
Agile Boston, "What is Agile Project Management?", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston CiviCRM Meetup, 6:30, Encuentro 5, 33 Harrison Ave, Boston
Boston InDesign User Group, "Networking Night", 6:30, Cityside Bar & Grille, Brighton
Boston PHP Meetup, "Web Performance, Scalability, and Testing techniques", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Joomla Users, topic TBD, 7PM, Cyber Cafe, Malden

Thu APR 28, 2011
SEMPO Boston Working Group, "Using the Internet to Expand Business", 7:45AM, Location TBA
Boston Azure Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston WebsiteSpark Meetup, "Merchant Accounts & Small Business Banking", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Security Meetup, "Cyberterrorism ... Drinking Water Infrastructure", 6PM, Jobspring, Boston
Lean Startup Circle, "How to recruit and interview potential customers", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NH Python SIG, "Python discussion; questions answered; success stories shared", 6:30, Amoskeag Business Incubator, Manchester
UX Boston Book Club, "Christopher Alexander: The Timeless Way of Building", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
App Development Meetup, "General Meetup", 7PM, Au Bon Pain, 431 Boylston St
jQuery Boston Meetup, "SproutCore for jQuery Developers", 7PM, Bocoup Loft, 355 Congress St
GBC/ACM & IEEE Computer Society, "Network Science: From the Web to the Cell", 7PM, MIT Broad Institute Auditorium

Fri APR 29, 2011
App Development Meetup, $ "Getting started with iPhone App Development for Beginners", 6PM, Courtyard South Boston $

Mon MAY 02, 2011
NE F# User Group, "Numbers, Functions and Computation Expressions", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Java Meetup, "Visualizing java.util.concurrent", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Android Developers, "Hackfest", 7PM, ThoughtBot, Boston
Boston Hacks/Hackers Meetup, "Knight-Mozilla News Innovation Meetup", 7PM, MIT Media Lab

Tue MAY 03, 2011
Boston Drupal, "A (Web) Face for Radio: Building a Platform on Drupal 7", 6:30 pm, MIT E51-145
Boston Unity Group, "Unity demo showcase", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest at Thoughtbot", 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston

Wed MAY 04, 2011
NSHappyHour Meetup Group, "informal gathering of iPhone, iPad and Mac developers", 6:30, The Lyceum, Salem
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford
Boston iPad Developers Meetup Group, "Share your iPad / HD Apps", 7PM, Bertucci's, Cambridge

Thu MAY 05, 2011
Beantown .NET Users, "Too Slow: Performance Profiling, Testing & Fixing with VS2010", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Agile New England, "Agile Program Management: Is Large Agile an Oxymoron?", 6PM, IBM Innovation Center, Waltham
North Shore Drupal Meetup, "First Meeting", 7PM, Port Tavern, Newburyport

Fri MAY 06, 2011
Merrimack Valley Section ASQ, "50th Anniversary Celebration", 6PM, Meadow Creek Club, Dracut

Mon MAY 09, 2011
Mobile Monday Boston, "Mobile Startups Showcase at MIT Museum", 6:30, MIT Building N51
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Clover Food Lab, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51

Tue MAY 10, 2011
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup, "Currently setting up the agenda", 6PM, MIT Stata Center
Virtualization User Group, "Monthly Meeting - TBA", 6PM, Citrix, Burlington
Boston JBoss Users, "Java and Postgres", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135
New England M Users' Group, "Devcon Recap", 6PM, Wellesley Gateway Building, Wellesley
NH Seacoast Mac Users, "Photo Extravaganza!", 6:15, Rye Jr High
BostonCHI, "From Natural Gesture to Game UI", 6:30, Constant Contact, Waltham
eXtreme Tuesday Club Meetup, "Extreme Programming (XP) for software development", 6:30, Cambridge Brewing Company
Boston DotNetNuke Users, "Agenda TBD", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Rubyists, "Main Event", 7PM, Sermo, Cambridge
Boston PDA User Meeting, 7PM, MIT Room 3-133
Flash Platform Users/Flex Users, "Christophe Coenraets on Flash Builder & Flex 4.5", 7PM, Adobe, Waltham

Wed MAY 11, 2011
NE Open Text Users, "RightFax 10.0 revealed", 4PM, One Broadway, Cambridge
Boston Area Sharepoint Users, "Architecture: Fast Search Server 2010 for SharePoint", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Software Quality Group of NE, "Career Paths for Software QA Staff", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
Boston .NET Users, "Parallelism and Performance with PLINQ and C#/.NET 4.0", 6PM, Microsoft, Waltham
NH Joomla Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Manchester School of Technology
Boston Avid Users, "NAB Review", 6:30, Avid Technology, Burlington
Back Bay LISA, "Automating Inventory, Deployment and Configuration of Windows Infrastructure", 7PM, MIT room E51-376

Thu MAY 12, 2011
Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence
NE Java Users Group, "What Functional Purists don't want you to know about Scala", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
NE SQL Server Users Group, "topic tbd", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
Boston Web Design Meetup, "whatever comes up relating to to web design, or not", 7PM, Boston
Boston CocoaHeads, topic TBD, 7PM, MIT Building E51/Room 376

Sat MAY 14, 2011
RI Linux Users, topic TBD, 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI
Visually Impaired & Blind Users, "details will be announced at the beginning of May", 1-4PM, MIT Building 5, room 134
Cambridge SEO Meetup, "SEO Class at the BCAE", 1:30, Boston Center for Adult Education

Mon MAY 16, 2011
Boston Android Developers, "Hackfest", 7PM, SCVNGR Inc, Cambridge
NH Ruby Users Group, "Regular Meeting", 7PM, NH-ICC, Portsmouth NH

Tue MAY 17, 2011
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest at SCVNGR", 7PM, 175 Second Street, Cambridge
Boston New Technology Meetup Group, topic TBD, 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Wed MAY 18, 2011
Boston Arduino Meetup Group, topic TBD, 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
NH .NET Users, topic TBD, 6PM, Daniel Webster College, Nashua
Boston Linux & Unix, "Miguel de Icaza: Details to follow", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 395
Boston HTML5 Game Development Group, "topic tbd", 7PM, MocoSpace, Boston
Boston Python Meetup, "two scientists sharing their work in Python", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Southern New England Network, "Integrating Windows AD and Linux with Likewise", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI

Thu MAY 19, 2011
Lean Startup Circle, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Hacks/Hackers Meetup, "Data visualizations: Using data to explain the world around us", 7PM, Boston Globe

Mon MAY 23, 2011
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington

Wed MAY 25, 2011
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston Meetup, "Monthly Meetup", 6PM, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Thu MAY 26, 2011
Boston Azure Users, "PowerShell + Azure", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
OWASP Boston Chapter, "A Web-App Architecture for Regulatory Compliant Cloud Computing", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Mon MAY 30, 2011
Boston Android Developers, "Hackfest", 7PM, ThoughtBot, Boston

Wed JUN 01, 2011
Exchange Server Boston, "Microsoft Office 365", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham
NSHappyHour Meetup Group, "informal gathering of iPhone, iPad and Mac developers", 6:30, The Lyceum, Salem
Boston iPad Developers Meetup Group, "Share your iPad / HD Apps", 7PM, Bertucci's, Cambridge
Chelmsford Linux Meetup, "talk about the latest news and software", 7PM, Java Room, Chelmsford

Thu JUN 02, 2011
Beantown .NET Users, "TBA", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
DAMA International, "Agile and Pervasive BI: Oxymoron or Emerging Trend?", location TBD

Sat JUN 04, 2011
Boston Linux & Unix, "Linux InstallFest XL", 9-5, MIT Building E51, Room 061

Tue JUN 07, 2011
Boston Rubyists, "Hackfest at Thoughtbot", 7PM, 41 Winter St, Boston

Wed JUN 08, 2011
Software Quality Group of NE, "Maximizing the Value of Testing to the Business", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
Boston PHP Meetup, "Introducing the Lithium PHP Framework", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Thu JUN 09, 2011
Providence Web Development Lunch Hour Meetup, "freeform discussion of all things web", noon, Providence
NE Java Users Group, "Special Members Meeting", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington
NE SQL Server Users Group, "Disk I/O Tuning - Kevin Kline", 6:30, Microsoft, Waltham

Sat JUN 11, 2011
RI Linux Users, topic TBD, 11AM-2PM, New England Tech, Warwick RI

Mon JUN 13, 2011
Web Innovators Group, "internet and mobile innovation", 6:30, Cambridge Royal Sonesta
Boston Android Developers, "Hackfest", 7PM, SCVNGR Inc, Cambridge
Boston Wikipedia Meetup, "Eating, drinking, and Wikipedia gossip", 7PM, Clover Food Lab, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51

Tue JUN 14, 2011
Boston JBoss Users, "Fedora", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup, "Currently setting up the agenda", 6PM, MIT Stata Center
BostonCHI, "Speaker: Matt Boch, Harmonix Music", 6:30, IBM Center for Social Software, Cambridge
eXtreme Tuesday Club Meetup, "Extreme Programming (XP) for software development", 6:30, Cambridge Brewing Company
Boston DotNetNuke Users, "Agenda TBD", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Rubyists, "Main Event", 7PM, Sermo, Cambridge

Wed JUN 15, 2011
Boston Area SAS Users Group, topic TBD, 8:15AM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston Linux & Unix, "Joseph Guarino: Free and Open-Source Software", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335
Southern New England Network, "SharePoint 2010", 7PM, NE Inst of Technology, Warwick, RI
Boston Arduino Meetup Group, "TBA", 6PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge
Boston HTML5 Game Development Group, "topic tbd", 7PM, MocoSpace, Boston

Mon JUN 20, 2011
NH Ruby Users Group, "Regular Meeting", 7PM, NH-ICC, Portsmouth NH

Wed JUN 22, 2011
IT Job Seekers Greater Boston Meetup, "Monthly Meetup", 6PM, Tavern In the Square, Cambridge

Thu JUN 23, 2011
Lean Startup Circle, "TBA", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon JUN 27, 2011
Quickbooks Monthly Meetup, "QuickBooks versions and issues", 6PM, Siegel & Assoc, Lexington
Boston Android Developers, "Hackfest", 7PM, ThoughtBot, Boston

Thu JUN 30, 2011
Lean Startup Circle, topic TBD, 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

Mon JUL 11, 2011
Boston Android Developers, "Hackfest", 7PM, SCVNGR Inc, Cambridge
Boston MySQL Meetup, "TBA", 7PM, MIT Building E51

Tue JUL 12, 2011
Cambridge Semantic Web Meetup, "Currently setting up the agenda", 6PM, MIT Stata Center
Boston DotNetNuke Users, "Agenda TBD", 6:30, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Wed JUL 13, 2011 Software Quality Group of NE, "Annual Hot Topics Night", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington Boston PHP Meetup, "Learn SEO (Search Engine Optimization)", 7PM, Microsoft NERD, Cambridge Mon JUL 18, 2011 NH Ruby Users Group, "Regular Meeting", 7PM, NH-ICC, Portsmouth NH Wed JUL 20, 2011 Boston Linux & Unix, "Open Source Hardware Platforms", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335 Wed JUL 27, 2011 DataCAD Users (DBUG), 6PM, topic and location TBD Thu AUG 11, 2011 NE Java Users Group, "Ken Sipe: Enter the Gradle", 6PM, Oracle-Sun, Burlington Wed AUG 17, 2011 Boston Linux & Unix, "Android Tablet Wars", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335 Tue SEP 13, 2011 Boston JBoss Users, "Intro to JBoss Application Server 7", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135 Wed SEP 21, 2011 Boston Linux & Unix, "PGP/GnuPG Keysigning Party XII", 6:30, MIT Building E51, Room 335 Wed SEP 28, 2011 DataCAD Users (DBUG), topic TBD, 6PM, Boston Society of Architects Tue OCT 11, 2011 Boston JBoss Users, "Developing in the Cloud", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135 Wed OCT 26, 2011 DataCAD Users (DBUG), 6PM, topic and location TBD Tue NOV 08, 2011 Boston JBoss Users, "Open Source Licensing and Java Projects", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135 Thu NOV 17, 2011 DataCAD Users (DBUG), "BSA's Build Boston", 6PM, World Trade Center Tue DEC 06, 2011 Boston JBoss Users, "Lightning Talks 2011", 6PM, Boston Univ MCS 135

Events, Conferences, Education and Training:

APR 29, 2011
Drupaltherapy Training, "intensive workshop: fresh Drupal skills for new and novice users", 9-5, CompuWorks, Boston

APR 29- MAY 01, 2011
New England Give Camp, "Planning is underway", Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

MAY 03, 2011
Oracle BPM Suite Seminar, Westin Hotel, Waltham

MAY 06, 2011
Making Media Now 2011, Bentley Univ, Waltham

MAY 07, 2011
New England Code Camp 15, "full day of knowledge sharing and networking", Microsoft Waltham

MAY 09, 2011
Windows Phone Garage, "Silverlight, Visual Studio 2010, XNA Game Studio and Windows Phone 7", Microsoft NERD, Cambridge

MAY 10-11, 2011
Google I/O 2011 Extended, HubSpot, Cambridge

MAY 16, 2011
Azure Deep Dive with Jeffrey Richter, "how to leverage Azure’s data storage and compute services", Microsoft Waltham

MAY 25, 2011
Boston Mini UPA conference, "Usability and User Experience 2011", Cambridge Hyatt

JUN 01-03, 2011
SharePoint Technology Conference, "90+ classes and workshops", Sheraton Boston

JUN 03-05, 2011
iPhone Boot Camp Boston, "3 Day Intensive Workshop", 10-6, WorkBar Boston

JUN 07, 2011
IT Roadmap Conference & Expo, Hynes Convention Center

JUN 13-16, 2011
TechConnect World 2011, Hynes Convention Center

SEP 26-29, 2011
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/

South End Technology Center @ Tent City Course list

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

Boston SQL Training

Apple seminars

Microsoft New England: Local Event Calendar

Boston TechVenue Calendar

Boston Events List for Professionals

IBM Innovation Centers for Business Partners - Waltham

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