February 2013

Selected events in the UK and elsewhere in February

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 event on 21st February (NWRUG), new events later in the year (open source, Cucumber, jQuery, security, Ruby, Linux, automotive)

Update 2 – New event on 27th February (Hacker News), 28th February (Git)

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

2-3 February - FOSS - Brussels

Who: FOSDEM 2013
What: FOSDEM 2013 Schedule – FOSDEM is a free event that offers open source communities a place to meet, share ideas and collaborate. 5000+ hackers, 478 speakers, 488 sessions, and 40 tracks. Taking place at the ULB Campus Solbosh in Brussels.
Cost: Free / No registration needed

4 February - Hacks/Hackers - Brighton

Who: Hacks/Hackers Brighton
What: Hacks and Hackers Meetup – James York and Richard Sams will be talking about Knitd, an app for premium long-form content that they are in the process of launching. Details of the second speaker are to be announced.
Cost: Free / Register on Meetup

7 February - PHP - London EC2A

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

7 February - Perl - London W2

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

9 February - Hack Day - 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

11 February - Ruby - London EC1V

Who: London Ruby User Group
What: Regular monthly meetup – February is the annual lightning talk evening, after which the meetup will continue in a more informal fashion in the pub.
Cost: Free / Register at Skills Matter

12 February - Ajax - London EC1V

Who: London Ajax User Group
What: User group meeting – This month's topic is challenging the assumptions made about performance best practices.
Cost: Free / Register at Skills Matter and on Meetup

12-13 February 2013 - Perl - London WC1H

Who: FLOSSUK
What: Intermediate Perl training – a two-day course for people who want to advance from being “someone who uses Perl” to being a “Perl programmer”.
Cost: from £395 (Individual member) to £500 (non-member) / Register

13 February - 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)

14-15 February 2013 - Perl - London WC1H

Who: FLOSSUK
What: Advanced Perl training – a two-day course for people who have a lot of experience with Perl, but who need to learn about the latest techniques.
Cost: from £395 (Individual member) to £500 (non-member) / Register

18 February - 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

19 February - Java - London W1S

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

21 February - Hardware - London WC1X

Who: OSHUG – Open Source Hardware User Group
What: Event #23 - Products – reflections on the Nanode project as it approaches its second anniversary, an industry perspective on developing open source hardware, and an update on developments in open source hardware licensing.
Cost: Register

21 February - 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

21 February - Ruby - Manchester

Who: North west Ruby User Group
What: Regular user group meeting – Ash Moran will be giving a talk called "Parsing for Fun & Profit – Building a Syntax Highlighter for Ruby in Ruby".
Cost: Free (no registration necessary)

27 February - Hacker News - London

Who: Hacker News
What: Hacker News meetup – this month's talks are "REST is dead, long live WebSockets", "To Infinity And Beyond - The story of a mosaic infinite scroll", "Lessons from the cloud", "Computing++: Sow the seeds in spring" and "Engineering process and philosophy at Facebook".
Cost: £6.00 / Register

28 February - Git - London

Who: London Java Community
What: Git from the Bits Up – In this talk, a file will be committed to a brand new repository without ever touching the git add or git commit commands, and in the process learn some critical Git internals that every power user should know.
Cost: Free / Register at Skills Matter and on Meetup

Coming later this year

9 March - Raspberry Pi - Manchester

Who: Raspberry Jam
What: Raspberry Jamboree 2013 – Raspberry Jam is the global user group for anyone with an interest in the Raspberry Pi computer and the aim of the Raspberry Jamboree is to focus on the impact that this low-cost computer is having on education and its potential.
Cost: £10 / Register

14-15 March - Open source - Oxford

Who: OSS Watch
What: Open Source Junction 4 – open source hardware meets open source software at a two-day workshop, which will showcase a selection of successful academic and industry projects.
Cost: Free / Register

15-16 March - Ruby - Manchester

Who: BritRuby
What: The British Ruby Conference – for 2 full days, anyone with an interest in Ruby is invited to Manchester for talks, social sessions and live entertainment in the company of some of the best respected figures in the Rubisphere.
Cost: £158 (Early Bird), £249 (Standard) / Register

26-27 March - Java - London

Who: London Java Community
What: Devoxx – The Java Community Conference with two days of tracks on "Java SE", "Java EE", "Languages on the JVM", "Mobile", "Architecture, Cloud and Security", "Web and Big Data", "Methodology" and "The Future".
Cost: £350 / Register

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: £175+VAT (early registration to 4 March) £225+VAT (standard price) / Register

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

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

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-£290 / Register

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.