April 2013

Selected events in the UK and elsewhere in April

The H Community Calendar presents details of the coming month's events – along with advance notification of larger events later in the year – in various open source, development, Linux, Unix and other communities, from multi-day conferences to user group get-togethers.

If you are an event organiser, let The H know about your event by sending us a mail at [email protected], or if you're on Twitter, add the #thehcc tag to your tweeted announcement.

Update – New events on 16 (Java), 17 (Java, Big Data), 18 (Hardware) and 25 (Lua) April.

Update 2 – New events on 18 (Ruby), 25 (Hackers, Meteor ), 28 (Arduino) April.

Note: Most events listed take place in the evening. Check times and locations before travelling.

4 April - Cucumber - London

Who: Skills Matter and Cucumber
What: CukeUp! – a fast-paced day packed with 30-minute talks on the latest developments, ideas, and best practices in Cucumberworld.
Cost: £225+VAT / Register

4 April - PHP - London EC2A

Who: PHP London
What: PHP "PubCon" – regular monthly meeting with talks; details to be determined.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

4 April - Perl - London W2

Who: London Perl Mongers
What: London.pm Social – regular monthly social meeting.
Cost: Free (no registration necessary)

6 April - Hack day - London

Who: Rewired State
What: National Hack The Government Day – an opportunity for developers, designers and tech-heads to visualise data in new and interesting ways, or build frameworks that make it easier for future software to tap into. Find ways to improve your Government by coding a better country. Create prototypes of tools, services, applications or web sites, all fuelled by coffee, pizza and sweets.
Cost: Free / Register

8 April - Ruby - London EC1V

Who: London Ruby User Group
What: Regular monthly meetup – after "Better security for your web applications" from Najaf Ali, and "Say hello to Padrino" from Xavier Riley, the meetup will continue in informal fashion in the pub.
Cost: Free / Register at Skills Matter

9 April - MongoDB - London

Who: 10gen
What: MongoDB London 2013 – an annual one-day conference dedicated to MongoDB, with talks about core concepts and new features from 10gen engineers, customers and community members. Workshops are being held on the day before the conference.
Cost: From $30 (student) to $125 (general) / Register

9 April - Ajax - London EC1V

Who: London Ajax User Group
What: User group meeting – "Lessons learned - 7 real life lessons learnt from a Single Page Application".
Cost: Free / Register at Skills Matter and on Meetup

10 April - Linux - Reading

Who: Silicon Corridor Linux User Group
What: A regular social evening for Linux users in the Reading area.
Cost: Free (no registration necessary)

13 April - Scala - London EC2R

Who: London Scala Users' Group
What: Hack the Tower – Another chance to hack with the London Scala community and the wider software development community. Join in with existing projects or build your own.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

15 April - Groovy & Grails - London

Who: London Groovy & Grails User Group
What: LGGUG user group meetup – Meeting details to be determined.
Cost: Free / Register at SkillsMatter and on Meetup

16 April - Java - London W1S

Who: London Java Community
What: London Developer Sessions – regular monthly social meeting.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

17 April - Java - London E1

Who: London Java Community
What: Meet a Project – Part of the MaP series of events designed to connect open source software projects and potential contributors. It will be in a speed networking style, with Project Ambassadors giving a pitch of an open source or personal project to a small group of 3-6 developers, then answering questions before moving on to another group.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

17 April - Big Data - London NW1

Who: Big Data London
What: Big Data London meetup – this month's session will include two talks: one from Ben Engber on "How to Compare NoSQL Databases: Determining True Performance and Recoverability Metrics For Real-World Use Cases" and the second from Peter Milne, talk title to be announced.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

18 April - Hardware - London WC1X

Who: OSHUG – Open Source Hardware User Group
What: OSHUG is Three – the twenty-fifth meeting marks OSHUG's third anniversary and will feature a talk on writing embedded firmware and a panel discussion looking at the future of open hardware.
Cost: Free / Register

18 April - Scala - London EC2R

Who: London Scala Users' Group
What: LSug Scala coding dojo – a regular coding dojo session run on the third Thursday of every month.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

18 April - Open Technology - London

Who: GovNet Communications
What: Open Source, Open Standards 2013 – a summit exploring how to take full advantage of open technology solutions across the public sector.
Cost: Unknown / Register

18 April - Ruby - Manchester

Who: North West Ruby User Group
What: Monthly user group meeting – "How to Make Your Objects Selfish, Ignorant, and Lazy in One Easy Step", a talk by JB Steadman, the Director of Pivotal Labs London.
Cost: Free

19 April - jQuery - Oxford

Who: jquery.org and White October
What: jQuery UK 2013 – a single-track conference with ten speakers. Three workshops are being run on the day before the conference and a hack day is being held on the day after it.
Cost: £160 (early bird until 31 March) / Register

24 April - Security - London W8

Who: Security B-Sides
What: Security B-Sides London – a community-driven event built for and by information security community members.
Cost: Free / Join the waiting list

25 April - Lua - London EC1V

Who: London Lua User Group
What: User group meetup – "Using Lua for the Internet of Things with Eclipse Koneki and Mihini", a presentation by Benjamin Cabé.
Cost: Free / Register at Skills Matter and on Meetup

25 April - Hacks/Hackers - London EC2A

Who: Hacks/Hackers London
What: Hacks and Hackers Meetup – this month's session will include lightning pitches and two talks: "Turning 'viral' into 'profit': how BuzzFeed disrupts the model" and "Bitcoin Fever: how the world's largest online currency is taking the economy by storm".
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup and fill in this Google form

25 April - Meteor - London

Who: Meteor London
What: Show & Tell & Ale – Build a demo, a thingamy, a doodad, a whatever, as trivial or fancy as you like. Then meet up and compare notes.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

27-28 April - Technology - Canterbury

Who: BarCamp Canterbury
What: BarCamp Canterbury 2013 – an unconference that is based loosely around the theme of technology.
Cost: Free / Register

28 April - Arduino - London W1B

Who: The Lab by O2 and BlueVia
What: Arduino GSM Playground – an evening of talks explaining what the GSM Shield can do, demos of existing projects and the chance to get hands on with the shield.
Cost: Free / Register

Coming later this year

12-13 May - Ruby - Crieff, Scotland

Who: Scottish Ruby Conference
What: 2013 Scottish Ruby Conference – The premier European Ruby/Rails Conference, now in its fifth year. Two days of sessions of interest to Rubyists.
Cost: £210-£295 / Register

6-8 September - OpenStreetMap - Birmingham

Who: OpenStreetMap Foundation
What: State of the Map 2013 – the 7th edition of the official OpenStreetMap conference State of the Map (SotM).
Cost: Registration not yet open

21-23 October - Linux - Edinburgh

Who: The Linux Foundation
What: LinuxCon Europe 2013 – The conference will bring together community developers, system administrators, business executives and operations experts, and deliver high-quality speaking talent, innovative program content, and plenty of opportunities to connect with peers.
Cost: $475 (early registration to 14 July) / Register

24-25 October - Automotive - Edinburgh

Who: The Linux Foundation
What: Automotive Linux Summit Fall 2013 – The summit will bring together automotive systems engineers, Linux experts, R&D managers, business executives, open-source licensing and compliance specialists and community developers, and deliver high-quality speaking talent, innovative program content, and plenty of opportunities to connect with peers.
Cost: $300 (early registration to 14 July) / Register

If you are an event organiser, let The H know about your event by sending us a mail at [email protected], or if you're on Twitter, add the #thehcc tag to your tweeted announcement.