The H Community Calendar – August 2012

Selected events coming up in the UK and elsewhere in August

The H Community Calendar presents the coming month's events 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 Twitter, add the #thehcc tag to your tweeted announcement.

Update – New event on 18-19 August (Linux).

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

2 August - PHP - London SE1

Who: PHP London
What: PHP "PubCon" – regular monthly social meeting. This month's talk is on "Unique ID Generation in Distributed Systems" by Dave Gardner. Note: this meeting is at a new venue: the Cafe at Google Campus.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

2 August - Perl - London W2

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

8 August - 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)

11 August - Linux - London EC2A

Who: Greater London Linux User Group
What: Greater London LUG Meetup – GLLUG is excited to announce the first meeting of the group for over two years. Open to anyone who is keen to discover something new about Linux, Android, Free and Open Source Software, Open Hardware and Free Culture, and meet new people with the same interests.
Cost: Free (no registration necessary)

13 August - Ruby - London EC1V

Who: London Ruby User Group
What: Regular monthly meetup – two talks this month: "Cut and Polish: Crafting Gems", about writing rubygems, and "nil points: a talk about nothing, NULL, undefined, Maybe, and other ghosts in Ruby and beyond".
Cost: Free / Register at Skills Matter

16 August - 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

18-19 August - Linux - Liverpool

Who: OggCamp
What: OggCamp 12 – the biggest community-organised Linux event in the UK. Now in its fourth year, this annual barcamp-style unconference focuses not only on free software, but also on open hardware hacking and free culture.
Cost: Free / Register

20 August - Groovy & Grails - London

Who: London Groovy & Grails User Group
What: LGGUG user group meetup – regular monthly meeting.
Cost: Free / Register at SkillsMatter and on Meetup

21 August - Java - London

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

Coming later in the year

15-16 September - Hardware - Hebden Bridge

Who: OSHUG – Open Source Hardware User Group
What: Open Source Hardware Camp 2012 – a weekend-long event with nine talks on the Saturday and four parallel workshops on the Sunday.
Cost: £10.00 / Register

15-16 September - Bitcoin - London WC1B

Who: Bitcoin 2012
What: Bitcoin Conference London 2012 – the aim of this conference is to be the hub for bitcoiners wishing to learn, meet, do business and expand their minds. The hope is that this will be a turning point in bringing bitcoin to the fore of the mainstream.
Cost: The first 100 tickets are €40 payable by Bitcoin, email [email protected] with the number of tickets you wish to purchase.

13-14 October - Python - Dublin, Ireland

Who: Python Ireland
What: PyCon Ireland – the premier Irish open source conference for python programming enthusiasts, professionals and students.
Cost: €50 (standard rate), €30 (student), €150 (corporate) / Register

27 October - FLOSS - London WC2E

Who: FLOSS UK and BCS OSSG
What: FLOSS UK unconference – An unconference is a conference where what happens is organised by the delegates on the day. A good opportunity to build informal relationships in the UK open source community and keep up with new and emerging technologies.
Cost: Free (no registration necessary)

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