Watcamp Upcoming Events

Ubuntu Hour Waterloo

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:45:16 +0000

When: Thu May 23, 2013 8pm to 9pm EDT
Where: Almadina Egyptian Cuisine, 150 University Avenue West Waterloo, ON N2L 3E4

Event Description: New Venue! With power outlets and WiFi! Come join us for a glass of Egyptian Tea, a Baklava and conversations about Ubuntu, computers, and other stuff.

Grains of Sound: A Concert of Electroacoustics, Video, and Robotic Performers

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Thu, 02 May 2013 14:32:10 +0000

When: Sat May 25, 2013 1pm to Sat May 25, 2013 10pm EDT
Where: Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum Nano Centre, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/scientific/12-13/xenakis/schedule.html Celebrating the Music and Legacy of Iannis Xenakis May 24–25, 2013 The Fields Institute, together with the Perimeter Institute and the Institute for Quantum Computing in Waterloo present a two-day festival of contemporary string quartet, percussion, and electroacoustic music, together with lectures and discussion on the impact of Xenakis's work

WatPy - Python Project Hours

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:35:15 +0000

When: Mon May 27, 2013 4pm to 6pm EDT
Where: Grad House, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://www.watpy.ca/project-hours/ Waterloo Python Users Group Every* Monday 4pm to 6pm at the University of Waterloo Grad House. Focused on helping students and researchers with their Python and computing problems. It is like office hours but for your projects. If you don't have any particular problem you can come by to work on your projects where help is close at hand. We will also be encouraging questions online so if you can make it person you can still get help. More information soon. We tend to get a different group of people every week, but generally you can expect people with experience in Python, NumPy, SciPy and R (including representatives from IST and Sharcnet) and we'll always try our best to anwser your questions.

DevHouseWaterloo

redune@gmail.com — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 22:41:42 +0000

When: Mon May 27, 2013 7pm to Mon May 27, 2013 10pm EDT
Where: Art Barn, 187 King St. South, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: https://groups.google.com/group/waterloo-dev-house DevHouse Waterloo 7PM to 10PM Where: ArtBarn Labs Hey Everyone, ArtBarn will host again this month. More information and directions to our office can be found here: http://artbarnlabs.com/devhouse Somebody from ArtBarn will meet you down in the lobby in front of Vincenzo's and The Bauer Kitchen around 7pm. If you arrive late email b...@artbarnlabs.com or call 519 722 9408 and somebody come down to let you in. See you all then! -Ben

KWAD - Code Lab: Google Cloud Messaging; Local-storage via Content Providers

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Mon, 13 May 2013 21:54:16 +0000

When: Mon May 27, 2013 7pm to Mon May 27, 2013 9pm EDT
Where: VeloCity Matrix Room The Tannery, 151 Charles Street, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://www.meetup.com/KW-Android-Developers/events/119247682/ KW Android Developers Monday, May 27 at 7:00 PM * Push notifications via Google Cloud Messaging * Local storage via Content Providers Keep your users up-to-date! Stewart will present a short lecture on the Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) service for pushing update notifications from the Internet to Android devices. He will demonstrate with code examples from the Lost Android group project. Keep your user's view consistent with the data! Norm will present a tutorial on implementing local storage in Android's Content Providers and SQLite database, and displaying the data in user Activities. He will demonstrate with code examples from his Real Messaging project. This intermediate-level technical session will focus on receiving, storing and displaying data in your native Android application. Bring questions and examples from your own projects for an interactive discussion!

WWITPRO Meeting

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Tue, 04 Jun 1907 13:39:44 +0000

When: Mon May 27, 2013 7pm to Mon May 27, 2013 9pm EDT
Where: TRIOS College, Market Square - Ground Floor: 110 King Street East Kitchener Ontario

Event Description: http://www.wwitpro.com/ We are the Waterloo Wellington Information Technology Professional User Group - a non-profit forum for IT people who work with Microsoft (and other) Server Technologies. Our events are free, however, we ask that you first create a user account so that you can register for each event you plan on attending. That way, we can make sure there is enough food and seats available. This account is also free of charge and we promise not to give away or sell your personal contact information. We will use your e-mail address to keep you informed about WWITPRO and other relevant IT events. Please login to the WWITPRO site and click on the Events page to view/register for upcoming WWITPRO events.

Diyode - Electronic Drop-in

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Tue, 04 Jun 1907 13:39:44 +0000

When: Mon May 27, 2013 8pm to 9pm EDT
Where: Diyode Community Workshop, Unit B - 71 Wyndham St. S, Guelph, Ontario

Event Description: http://www.diyode.com/events/ Tony Thompson leads this weekly event, answering questions, chatting about design, and poking at breadboards

The Accessibility Conference

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:02:22 +0000

When: Tue May 28, 2013 to Wed May 29, 2013
Where: University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://www.accessconf.ca/default.aspx The Accessibility Conference Visit Sessions 2013 to view the session titles, presenters and descriptions. The schedule will be posted at the end of April. http://www.accessconf.ca/programs.aspx Thanks to Accessibil-IT for sponsoring the conference again this year! Registration is open - visit the registration page. http://www.accessconf.ca/registration.aspx

Waterloo Agile Lean P2P Lean Change: Using Lean Startup for Organizational Change

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Wed, 22 May 2013 04:14:21 +0000

When: Tue May 28, 2013 4:30pm to 6pm EDT
Where: Communitech Hub, 151 Charles St West, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://waterlooagilelean.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/waterloo-agile-lean-may-28th-p2p-lean-change-using-lean-startup-for-organizational-change/ What?: Agile, whether it be Transformation or Adoption, is simply a trigger for organizational change, and according to various change management studies dating back to 1995, change efforts have a lousy success record. Change management brings many tools, methods and practices for managing change and Agile brings a set of values and principles for how to better manage work in today’s organizations. Lean Change is a method that applies the customer development aspect of Lean Startup to organizational change. In this session, Jason Little and Andrew Annett will talk about what Lean Change is, how it evolved and tell some stories from the trenches. When?: Tueday May 28th, 2013 from 4:30p.m. to 6:00p.m. Where?: Communitech Hub, 151 Charles St West, Atlas and Matrix Rooms, Kitchener Who?: Andrew Annett: Andrew is an experienced coach and facilitator focused on helping organizations (large and small) organizing their work better. He has a consistent record of successfully implementing new technology and processes. Throughout his career he has managed significant process change to support critical business needs. His passion for resolving dilemmas in practical ways has lead him to the agile and lean communities. Jason Little: Jason is an Organizational Change Coach at Leanintuit, licensed Management 3.0 trainer, international speaker and author. Jason is passionate about the people-side of change and has been officially helping organizations adopt Agile practices since 2007. In his spare time he runs Lean Startup workshops with the Ivey School of Business and University of Waterloo. Jason founded the Silicon Halton Agile Community and started the local Toronto Stoos Chapter. Register: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07e7gy3lap8aedd24c

A11yCamp Guelph 2013

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:11:34 +0000

When: Tue May 28, 2013 5:30pm to Tue May 28, 2013 8:30pm EDT
Where: The Bullring, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road W, Guelph, Ontario, Canada)

Event Description: http://www.meetup.com/A11yCamp-Guelph/events/113296052/ A11yCamp Guelph 2013 Tuesday, May 28, 2013 5:30 PM The Bullring University of Guelph, 50 Stone Road W, Guelph, ON (map) Join us for the fourth annual A11yCamp in Guelph on May 28, 2013. Once again being held in partnership with the Accessibility Conference, we’ll be gathering after the conference closes to pitch concepts, share ideas, discuss and debate about Accessibility. Once again, A11yCamp Guelph will be held at the historic Bullring pub on the University of Guelph campus. starting at 5:30 pm.

GGDKW - May Dinner with Valerie Blackmore

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Wed, 01 May 2013 16:36:09 +0000

When: Tue May 28, 2013 6pm to Tue May 28, 2013 8:30pm EDT
Where: Communitech Hub at the Tannery, 151 Charles Street West, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://may13ggdkw-estw.eventbrite.ca/ Girl Geek Dinner Kitchener Waterloo We have confirmed our May Dinner, which will take place on Tuesday, May 28th at 6pm at the Communitech Hub, with dinner provided. Our speaker will be Valerie Blackmore, President of Wyndham Forensic Group in Guelph. She'll be talking about what really happens in a forensic laboratory, compared to what we see on tv. She'll also delve into some of the challenges executing their corporate vision as a private firm within what has historically been the domain of public laboratories. Valerie co-founded Wyndham Forensic Group in 2009, and was responsible for startup, establishing the necessary relationships, and applying the requisite skills and competencies to establish and grow the organization. She holds a M.Sc. in Molecular Biology from McMaster University and an Hons. B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Guelph. In addition to her business development and management responsibilities, Valerie continues hands-on work as a forensic biologist, performing body fluid and DNA analyses and reporting their results, as well as providing expert opinion and testimony when called upon. She began her career at Ontario's Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto in 1997, where she held a number of progressively responsible positions until moving to a private laboratory in 2006. She has been a qualified reporting scientist since 2000 and has been actively involved in the provision of client training throughout this time. Valerie is also a qualified laboratory auditor, with certification from the FBI to perform DNA audits. We try to cover a wide range of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) topics at the Dinners, and I admit that this one gives me a geek thrill, as forensics is a personal interest of mine (and Valerie came highly recommended by a good friend, also a forensic scientist). Our May Dinner will be the last one of this season until September, so we really hope you can join us!

KWArtzLab Tuesday Open Night

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Tue, 04 Jun 1907 13:39:44 +0000

When: Tue May 28, 2013 7pm to Tue May 28, 2013 10pm EDT
Where: KWArtzlab, 33 Kent Avenue, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://kwartzlab.ca/mediawiki/index.php/Tuesday_Open_Night Every Tuesday, we open up Kwartzlab for people to come in, meet some of our members and work on projects. Doors open at 7pm. Be sure to sign our guest book! If you're looking to join kwartzlab, Tuesday Open Nights are the best way for you to get a feel for what we're about, and for us to get to know you.

KWRoRD - Ruby on Rails Developers

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 00:16:16 +0000

When: Tue May 28, 2013 7pm to Tue May 28, 2013 9pm EDT

Event Description: http://www.meetup.com/kw-ruby-on-rails/ Kitchener-Waterloo Ruby on Rails Developers KW Ruby on Rails Developers is a meetup group dedicated to learning about and exchanging information on Ruby on Rails. Everyone of all skill levels and interest are welcome. The idea is to meet once per month and give a workshop, training session, etc.

WLSG Waterloo Libre Sofware Group

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Tue, 04 Jun 1907 13:39:44 +0000

When: Tue May 28, 2013 7pm to Tue May 28, 2013 9pm EDT
Where: Kwartzlab, 33 Kent Ave, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://wlsg.uwaterloo.ca/wiki/Main_Page What is WLSG? WLSG (Waterloo Libre Software Group) is a group of people interested in working on free/libre/open-source software (FLOSS) projects. We have formed a group in order to help prospective contributors to find projects that interest them, to bring current and prospective contributors together to help each other with projects, and to provide computing resources to people working on FLOSS projects during our regular meetings. WLSG holds regular meetings at Kwartzlab. Anyone in the area is welcome to attend.

KWSQA - Paul Holland: How to plan and report your test activities without using bad metrics

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Mon, 06 May 2013 00:21:02 +0000

When: Wed May 29, 2013 11:30am to 1:15pm EDT
Where: DC 1302, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://www.kwsqa.org/meetings/default.asp Kitchener Waterloo Software Quality Association Paul Holland Time: 11:30am - 1:15pm. Doors open at 11:30. Announcements start at 11:45. Lunch is provided. Place: University of Waterloo, Davis Centre Building - Room DC1302 Maps: See http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map for a Campus Map and Parking Map ** Please send an email to rsvp@kwsqa.org by Friday May 24th at 5:00pm if you plan on attending our meeting.

Ahead of the Curve Learning Event

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:39:52 +0000

When: Wed May 29, 2013 4:30pm to Wed May 29, 2013 9:30pm EDT
Where: Quarry Integrated Communications,1440 King St. North, St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://wptcurve.eventbrite.ca/ Note: The cost for this event is $83.71 + $3.08 Fee + $11.28 HST = $98.07 AHEAD OF THE CURVE in Cloud Computing, Big Data, and Analytics If you want to learn where the Cloud is headed and how to navigate it, here’s a fantastic learning opportunity... The world's technological per-capita capacity to gather and store information has roughly doubled every 40 months since the 1980s. Professionals who work in or with technology need solid information on data and analytics to grow their businesses and careers and stay ahead of the curve. This WPT learning event aims to provide just that. Here are the issues and ideas we'll be exploring: MARKETING: Stephanie Curry - President & CMO, InflectionPoint Inc. ● Cloud-based tools that are especially important for business growth ● How to read and interpret important cloud-based marketing analytics ● How to deal with changes required by the rapid development of web-based marketing tools Stephanie Curry's background in Marketing and Channel Sales Strategy with strong knowledge of enterprise technology solutions brings a unique perspective to the market. Her experience ranges from Account Management, to Field, Channel and Alliance marketing strategies with top IT companies such as NetApp, Arrow Electronics, Avnet Technologies and Peer 1 Hosting. She is known for creating repeatable best practices and a unique approach to solving market problems. Key initiatives focused on leveraging partnerships, innovation in marketing and resources to increase market reach that are repeatable and scalable. She is passionate about enabling business leaders to bring their vision to market and connecting customer value to business deliverables. LEADERSHIP: Ruth Morton - Microsoft Solutions Specialist, Compugen ● How to overcome growth-related hurdles related to cloud-based analytics ● How to make a strong business case for cloud computing in your organization ● How to minimize the impact of cloud-related organizational changes Ruth Morton is a Microsoft Solutions Specialist for Compugen who is passionate about showing customers what technology can do for them, helping them put together their vision and providing them with the software and professional services to implement that vision. Ruth is known for her authenticity, her ability to build trust and her knack for facilitating connections and dialogue. She truly believes that technology can change the world! Before joining Compugen, Ruth worked for 6 years at Microsoft Canada where she co-hosted the AlignIT Manager Tech Talk Series, wrote posts for the Canadian IT Manager Connection blog and the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog and gave countless presentations as a Technology Evangelist. Prior to Microsoft, Ruth worked as an IT professional for over 12 years implementing enterprise technologies and formulating IT strategies for organizations in Canada, Europe and the US. R&D: Dr. Rozita Dara - Asst. Professor of Computer Science, U of Guelph ● How to ensure your data architecture and collection system is gathering the right information and measuring the right KPI’s. ● How to ensure that your staff stays up-to-date regarding data analytics trends & practices. Dr. Rozita Dara is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Computer Science, University of Guelph. Rozita received her PhD from University of Waterloo, Centre of Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, in 2007. She joined BlackBerry (previously known as Research in Motion Ltd.), between 2005 until 2011, where she initiated and led a team in the area of software analytics and quality management. Rozita was also the lead for two research projects, i.e. mobile health and user centered analytics, while she worked at the Advanced Technology organization as a research scientist. She later joined the office of Information and Privacy Commissioner/Ontario as the Privacy and Information Technology Officer where she investigated the impact of information technologies on individuals’ information privacy. Dr. Dara has extensive experiences in the area of information systems, data mining, user centered analytics/designs, and information privacy. She also has an in-depth understanding of trends and challenges related to mobile health, electronic learning, and electronic commerce. Her current research interests are in social informatics, intelligent reasoning, user centered design, mobile health, and information privacy. EMCEE: Julia Rosien - Founder, Social North Julia Rosien is Women Powering Technology's Chief Marketing Officer, is the founder and Chief Idea Officer of SocialNorth, a social media strategist firm as well as founder and owner of GoGirlfriend, a travel-based website for women. Julia serves on additional boards of directors. She is currently the 2013 Chairman for Withit.org, a non-profit organization for women in the home and furnishings industries. Co-founder of Canada’s first 140 Conference and its master of ceremonies as well as a presenter at TEDxWomen Waterloo, Impact99, Tweetstock.ca, Women in Biz Conference to name just a few, Julia is much-requested speaker in a variety of industries. Julia’s motto in life – “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” AGENDA 4:30 Registration 5:00 Welcome and Introductions Leadership Seminar Marketing Seminar Dinner & Connecting Opportunities R&D Seminar 9:15 Wrap up and Close 9:30 Final networking SPONSORS We heartily thank our sponsors! Quarry Integrated Communications Innovative Designs ITEC Group

CTTDNUG - Modern UI Design

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:29:11 +0000

When: Wed May 29, 2013 6pm to Wed May 29, 2013 8:30pm EDT
Where: Waterloo Public Library,35 Albert Street, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/6611100981/ Canada's Technology Triangle .NET User Group Session Overview If you have used a Windows Phone, Windows 8, various Microsoft web sites or the new XBOX Dashboard then you’ve already been immersed in it but you may not realize what it is. Microsoft’s new design language called Modern UI is fresh, bold and very distinct. The Windows 8 and Windows Phone experience is driven through the Modern UI design language and as such Modern UI is of strategic importance to Microsoft. In this session you will learn how Modern UI drives an immersive user experience, how Modern UI was created and what ultimately what it is and isn’t. Speaker Bio Paul is a Technical Evangelist with Microsoft Canada, based in Mississauga, Ontario. Paul brings over 15 years of technical experience working with some of the largest North American Fortune 500 companies to the role and has been with Microsoft for 6 years. His experience includes being a lead developer, development manager, lead application architect and IT management for a wide variety of technical solutions. Currently, Paul leads Microsoft's developer engagement around Windows Phone and in that role, he can be found working with mobile developers of all walks of life, speaking at events, providing information on various social networks and, of course, driving the great Canadian developer ecosystem to building amazing Windows Phone apps. Paul is also passionate about Windows 8 and Windows Store apps, Microsoft's cloud computing strategy and HTML5 as a way to drive great cross-platform experiences. When? Pizza and pop will be served at 6pm. Session starts at 6:30pm. Where? Waterloo Public Library 35 Albert Street Meeting Room: James J. Brown Auditorium Waterloo, Ontario Canada Parking Details Pay and Display parking is available at the Waterloo Public Library parking lot. NOTE: Please do not print tickets for this event, as we will not be checking tickets at the door. Registration is used to ensure we do not exceed maximum seating capacity for the selected venue, and to confirm the final count for food/refreshments. Thanks to all of our swag sponsors for the coolest giveaways: Microsoft Canada, Telerik, Mindscape, Syncfusion, Pluralsight, O’Reilly, CODE Magazine, campusMVP .NET

ASQ Kitchener - Some Things You May Not Know About FMEAs

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 13:50:09 +0000

When: Wed May 29, 2013 7pm to Wed May 29, 2013 8:30pm EDT
Where: Bingemans Conference Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Event Description: http://www.eventbrite.ca/event/6695629809/ American Society for Quality, Kitchener Event Details 7:00pm – 7:15pm – Registration and networking 7:20pm -- 8:30pm- Presentation followed by questions and answers. Topic: Some Things You May Not Know About FMEAs Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is an engineering tool used for identifying and correcting potential failure modes in products, processes, and service systems. It has been used in many industries for almost 60 years. While the uses of FMEAs over this time have claimed many successes, catastrophic failures in the automotive, aerospace, public safety, and financial areas, to name a few, still persists. Join us as Ken Myers discusses four prevailing challenges to the FMEA method that could limit its effectiveness. In this open-forum discussion Ken will present some concerns about the FMEA approach and provide a few potential solutions. Ken Myers is no stranger to risk management and FMEAs. Over his professional life he has supported or facilitated more than 200 complex FMEA efforts. Much of this work was claimed successful, but on rare occasion the failures still occurred or failure modes were somehow missed despite the attention to detail. These observation led Ken understand the limitations of FMEA and how best to improve the method and future results. Presenter : Ken Myers, Ascendant Consulting Service Inc Ken Myers is the founder and president of Ascendant Consulting Service, Inc., where he helps organizations develop and implement strategies for improving their product and service competitiveness. His 30 year experience base includes work in research and development, product and process design, manufacturing, quality systems and engineering, service systems, supplier development, and global corporate consulting. Ken has 20 years experience helping clients create sustainable results as a consultant, workshop designer and leader, group facilitator, trainer, project manager, coach and mentor in the areas of robust process design, process improvement, organizational change, risk management, process management, sustainable business practice, root-cause analysis and complex problem solving. Prior to starting Ascendant Consulting, Ken worked for Baxter Healthcare Corporation where he co-managed the corporate Six Sigma Engineer program. While at Baxter, Ken worked as a Six Sigma Master Black Belt where he trained and mentored 1,100 managers and engineers at 26 plants located in 12 countries. In that position he certified an aggregate of 200 Six Sigma Black Belts, Green Belts, and Six Sigma Engineers. His combined career problem solving and improvement benefits to serviced corporations presently exceed 400 million US dollars. Ken holds a BSc Physics degree from San Diego State University and is a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He has been an ASQ Certified Quality Engineer since 1993 and a Certified Six Sigma Black Belt since 2006.

GPUG - Guelph PHP Users Group

bobjonkman@gmail.com — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 03:50:19 +0000

When: Wed May 29, 2013 7:30pm to Wed May 29, 2013 10:30pm EDT

Where: Well.ca, 919 York Rd, Guelph, ON N1E 6Y9

Event Description: http://www.gpug.ca/ Guelph PHP meets on the last Wednesday of every month at the offices of Well.ca. For more information check out http://www.gpug.ca/ and http://www.meetup.com/Guelph-PHP/.