Month: June 2018

EdTechNZ Wellington Connect – Wellington – 25 July 2018

What

The future of education is now!
Future trends and how technology is shaping the way we train and educate.

At this event:

  • participate in the panel discussion, “The Future of Education is Now”, with business and educational leaders from the Wellington region. The panel will discuss future trends and how technology is shaping the way we train and educate
  • learn more about upcoming activities and have your say in shaping EdTechNZ
  • get the opportunity to tour Te Papa’s Hīnātore Learning Lab.
  • catch-up with industry peers.

When and Where

Wednesday, 25 July 2018
from 4:00 pm to 6:30 pm

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington

How Much

Free

More

Registration and info.

Special thanks to Te Papa Tongarewa for hosting this event.

Organiser: Education Technology Association of New Zealand (EdTechNZ) (Facebook and twitter @EdTech_NZ).

ScaleConf NZ 2018 – Wellington – 7 August 2018

What

Technical Conference on Software Development

Performance. Scalability. Resilience. Security. Cloud. People.

ScaleConf New Zealand is an international technical conference for those who build or maintain web systems. Audience includes developers, engineers and managers from companies of all sizes, researchers, academics, influential business decision makers, CTOs and VPs engaged in the web development and performance ecosystem.

Bringing together international and local thought-leaders, knowledge of innovators, and practitioners in development and operations. ScaleConf promises to provide plenty of networking opportunities, as well as opportunities to connect with decision makers, influencers and industry minds.

When and Where

Main Conference : 7 August  2018
Workshops & Pre-Conference Day : 6 August 2018

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Level 2 – 55 Cable St, Wellington 6011.

How Much

Regular price: $395 + GST (ends 27 July 2018)
Late price: $490 +GST (ends 6 August 2018)
Workshops: $215 + GST
Students: $170 + GST

More

http://www.scaleconf.co.nz/2018/

NZ Success story on a microservice platform – Palmerston North – 28 June 2018

What

The Palmerston North Software Development Meetup is a group for anyone interested in developing software/web stuff and (more or less) related tech

This month we are lucky enough to have Max Dietrich speaking to us about his experiences in building a Fly Buys micro-service platform.

Max was a developer on the Fly Buys redevelopment, moving the platform to a cloud-based micro-service architecture. The platform is based on Alchemy and Advanced Message Queuing Protocol frameworks. Alchemy is a framework for creating highly available systems that are built from micro-services. Alchemy includes service discovery, easy deployment, smart load balancing and is a polyglot, so you can use the best languages to solve all your problems.

Max graduated from Massey University in 2013 and has recently returned home to the Manawatu.

As usual there will be pizza sponsored by Objective and for those who are keen, a trip to Brew Union afterwards.

When and Where

Objective
114 The Square
Palmerston North
We are Upstairs. Look for the Meetup sign on the door

5:30pm – 8:30pm
Thursday June 28 2018

How Much

Free

More

Meetup page for this meetup
The Palmerston North Software Development Meetup

Stats NZ: Open Data for Kiwi companies – Wellington – 28 June 2018

What

Nadia McGregor and Paul Stone from Stats NZ will be talking to the ITP Wellington branch.

The session will focus on the New Zealand Open Data Programme and how it is opening the door to a new mind-set in government and creating opportunities for companies and individuals to leverage publicly available data sets for innovation.

Nadia will be illustrating the current growth of publicly available data sets and provide examples of how NZ government Open Data is currently being used in innovative ways.

Paul, with years of experience in this area, will be there to support and help answer questions at the end of the session.

When and Where

Thursday 28 June 2018

4:15 pm – 6:30 pm
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Open data presentation

KPMG Executive Boardroom
10 Customhouse Quay
Wellington 6011

How Much

ITP Financial Members FREE
Staff of Corporate Partners (20% Discount) $17.39 + GST / $20.00 incl GST
Non-Members $21.74 + GST / $25.00 incl GST

More

Stats NZ: Open Data for Kiwi companies – Registration and information about the event.

 

Christchurch Amateur Radio Club Monthly Meeting – Christchurch – 4 July 2018

What

Monthly meeting is where radio enthusiasts get together to share ideas and meet with fellow hams.

Amateur Radio offers something for everybody, talking to the world or your mate down the road, even helping in an emergency. Using any communications means available this includes radio, satellite, smart phones and computers, all from the comfort of your home, your car, or walking the dog via a handheld radio.

We offer advanced radio training where you get a world recognised qualification (An Amateur radio licence). Once you have this you can become a part of our Amateur Radio Emergency Communications team. This will have you out on a jetboat, or in a prime spot for rally car action. You may even help save a life working with the Police Search And Rescue teams in the communications area.

If this sounds like you come along and meet us.

When and Where

5 Idris Rd
Fendalton
Christchurch 8052

7:30pm – Midnight
July 4 2018

How Much

Free

More

Christchurch Amateur Radio Club Webpage

Canterbury Tech Cluster meeting: With Vivienne Ming – Christchurch – 3 July 2018

What

Our monthly Canterbury Tech Cluster events provide a great opportunity to network and listen to speakers present on a wide range of topics.

Feature Speaker: Dr. Vivienne Ming, Theoretical Neuroscientist Co-Founder, Socos Founder

Named one of 10 Women to Watch in Tech in 2013 by Inc. Magazine, Vivienne Ming is a theoretical neuroscientist, technologist and entrepreneur. She co-founded Socos, where machine learning and cognitive neuroscience combine to maximize students’ life outcomes.

Schedule:

5.30pm Networking, drinks and nibbles
6.00pm Canterbury Tech (David Carter), industry news & quick pitches (15 minutes)
6.15pm Joanna Norris (10 minutes)
6.25pm Dr. Vivienne Ming (20 minutes)
6.45pm Two Stream Presentations
Stream A ~ Phil Garing (30 minutes)
Stream B ~ Sarah Trevethick & Mary Martin (30 minutes)
7.15pm Networking and drinks until 7.45pm

When and Where

Ara – Engineering and Architectural Studies building
Corner Moorhouse St & Madras St
Christchurch, 8041

5:30pm – 7:45pm
Tuesday, 3 July 2018

How Much

Canterbury Tech members – Free
Students – Free
Non Members – $25

More

Event webpage
Canterbury Tech Website

Young Photographers Workshop – Auckland Zoo – 11,18 July 2018

What

A fun and educational school holiday activity for the budding young photographer.

Kids (10 – 14 years) will learn to take photos of animals, nature, and people – plus how to use the creative scene modes on their camera.

Run by a photography tutor as well as an experienced Zoo guide who can share stories about the animals and take the kids to meet one of our special animals up close.

What they’ll learn: Your camera functions, aperture, shutter speed, ISO, depth of field,  white balance, how to use flash, image size and quality, and picture composition.

  1. Participants: Ages 10-14 years. No prior knowledge or experience needed.
  2. Group size: Maximum of 10 students.

When and Where

11 and 18 July 2018

How Much

$95 per person. Book more than one child and save 1​0%

More

Course webpage

 

Better Rules Hack – Tauranga – 28 + 29 July 2018

What

A weekend hackathon with the aim of exploring the ideas and practice of making legislation into machine consumable ‘digital rules’ that can be reused and integrated across domains for the benefit of businesses, individuals and communities. The aim is to understand the feasibility of providing government hosted machine consumable legislation as part of Government as a Platform. We want to understand how well aligned existing standards, languages, and toolsets are for across domain integration, and what the options are for how machine consumable legislation can be presented as authoritative open data. We also want to understand the value of machine consumable legislation to community and industry.

Hackathon participants will be required to build a working demonstrator that benefits their sector or community using digital rules from more than one source, for example, legislation from multiple agencies, or trade agreements, or any other form of rules from more than one source. Teams will need to show the value of digital rules, how they made the digital rules consumable by everyone, and share their lessons learnt.

As background, see the recent work from the Service Innovation Lab on Better Rules for Government.

When and Where

Saturday 28th June and Sunday 29th July, 2018

Basement @ Basestation, 148 Durham St, Tauranga 3112.

How Much

Free.  Register here. Don’t worry if you haven’t registered (although it helps them plan catering), you are welcome to turn up on Saturday. They do ask in the spirit of team effort that you commit to the weekend if you’re joining a team challenge.

More

Tauranga event is jointly run with Venture Centre.
More information in this legalhackers page or registration page.
Legal Hackers on twitter

 

 

Pop Kultcha – Auckland – 7 July 2018

What

Returning by popular demand, Pop Kultcha will have tables of both new and pre-loved goodies, toys, action figures, comics and more!

Expect more of the same and a bit of the new as we prepare ourselves for pop culture goodness.

When and Where

10am – 3pm
Saturday 7 June 2018

Ellerslie War Memorial Hall
138 Main Highway
Ellerslie, Auckland

How Much

$5 entry
Children under 5 free

More

Facebook Page
Eventfinda Page

 

 

Wāhine in Tech Wellington Happy Hour – 28 June 2018

What

First Wāhine in Tech Wellington networking event!

Please join us for drinks and nibbles (and maybe even a speech!) in a yet-to-be-confirmed inner city location and get your networking on! This is a great to meet some other great women and non-binary folk in Wellington, share some stories and laughs and do it in a low-stakes and casual environment.
Please consider bringing someone who is new to the industry, or who may not usually come along to meetup events – we’d love to see some new faces and help people feel really comfy within this group going forward.

When and Where

28 June 2018 from 5:30pm

Venue: Yet-to-be-confirmed inner city location

How Much

No mention of cost.

More

 

https://www.meetup.com/Wahine-in-Tech-Wellington/events/251103033/

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