June 2018 Archives

Open Bank Project Workshop with Ismail Chaib – Auckland – 27 June 2018

What

An interactive workshop on day two of the Point 2018 conference with one of the international speakers, Ismail Chaib. Ismail is the COO of TESOBE, the Berlin-based company which leads the Open Bank Project. The workshop is designed for API practitioners and is open to anyone interested in how to design and implement a successful open API programme.

Ismail Chaib, COO of TESOBE, the Berlin-based company which leads the Open Bank Project, will use the experiences and technical framework of the Open Bank Project to explore open banking APIs.

He will discuss what makes a good open platform architecture, which APIs to open, how to design and build RESTful APIs that developers like to use, and how to attract the best and brightest to your platform. Using real world case studies, Ismail will share insights into defining, designing and implementing successful API programmes.

The workshop will end with an extended Q&A session where you will get the chance to directly interact with Ismail. Technical and business questions are welcome.

The Open Bank Project enables banks to offer an ecosystem of third-party apps and services to their customers through open source API technology and a community of over 8,000 fintech developers.

With over five years’ experience in open banking, Ismail brings a wealth of knowledge on what makes a successful banking API. He will also be speaking at the conference on day one in the future connections breakout stream, where he will share his vision of an open banking future and talk about what that could look like in a New Zealand context.

When and Where

27 June 2018 8:15 am – 10:15 am

Cordis, Auckland, Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand

How Much

A full conference pass gives you access to this workshop or tickets can be purchased separately for $75 +GST.
The Open Bank Project Workshop includes breakfast and will take place in the Crystal Ballroom at Cordis hotel. Breakfast and registration will start from 7.30am. Spaces are limited.

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Wellington DevOps Meetup – Wellington – 13 June 2018

What

Join us in our June monthly event. We have three great speakers sharing their experience and best practices for testing in a Devops world.

Vaughan Westray, BreakPoint
Paul Hicks, IntegrationQA
Katrina Clokie, BNZ

This group for all working professionals, enthusiasts to contribute and/or learn DevOps technologies. Who should join: Users of DevOps tools, software professionals looking to get information on DevOps, students and hackers who are interested in understanding more about the DevOps movement, culture, practice and tools.

When and Where

5pm – 7pm
Wednesday June 13 2018

Westpac – Level 16
318 Lambton Quay
Wellington

How Much

Free

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Auckland Sci Fi: SciFriday – Auckland – 8 June 2018

What

Join us for our regular social meet-up in the city where new and regular members get together for coffee and chat about all things sci-fi, fantasy and whatever geekiness takes the mood.

Newbies – if you’re new to the group and feeling shy, just bring a friend along. You don’t need to be a hard-core sci-fi fan – anyone with a passing interest is welcome and we love meeting new people!

What we’re about

If you are a fan of anything sci-fi, fantasy, superhero or zombie related then this is the group for you! Our current favourites include Dr Who, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Big Bang Theory, Supernatural, Firefly, BSG, Stargate…you get the idea!

Meetup events consist of getting together for social nights or to watch scifi shows and movies together; there’s a book club, we run quiz nights, go to karaoke etc – basically we offer a place where you can hang out and argue with other sci-fi fans about all kinds of nerdy stuff that other people just don’t understand.

We aim to be an inclusive group and welcome all genders, ethnicities, beliefs, sexual orientations and ages (note: all members must be over 18). If you don’t feel comfortable with this, then this group isn’t for you.

When and Where

Gloria Jean’s Coffee
Cnr Victoria and Federal St
Near the Sky Tower
We’ll be in the lounge upstairs

7pm – 10:30pm
Friday June 8 2018

How Much

Free

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Waikato Boardgamers Monthly Games Night – Hamilton – 7 June 2018 (+ more)

What

Every first Thursday of the month, we meet up at Discovery Christian Centre for a night of board gaming.

There will be a selection of games available, but you can of course always bring your own.

We are also very happy to have first-timers, there are plenty of people on hand to teach games – and there is something for everybody!

When and Where

Discovery Christian Centre,
Cnrr of Peachgrove Road and Insoll Avenue,
Hamilton, Waikato

6pm – 10pm

How Much

There is a $3 charge to cover the hall hire.

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Network device programmability – Lower Hutt – 8 June 2018

What

Network programmability 101 with practical examples

There is significant effort in the industry to make networking equipment easier to install and use, and a large part of the focus is introducing and improving programmability for networking devices – especially for machine to machine interactions and interfaces. Although there is still the need for old-style command-line interfaces and SNMP, the industry is converging on NETCONF/Yang for management.

The Yang data models are not necessarily human-readable friendly, but they do make automation and programmability easier. In the end these enhancements and interfaces should make the entire systems easier to use and monitor. Some programming skills are useful though…

About Lower Hutt software Engineers Meetup

There are 10 types of people in Lower Hutt; those that get nerdy jokes and those who don’t. This is a call for all Software Developers, IT engineers, Software Testers, Scrum Masters, IT Project Managers and Digital Gurus who are keen on discussing interesting topics in Software with other like-minded folk. This group will meet at various locations around the Lower Hutt area, with a loose presentation / open discussion format and with any luck, some free pizza and drinks! We’re always open to new members, presenters and hosts, just contact an Organiser and let them know!

When and Where

Noon to 1:30pm
Friday June 8 2018

Avait Networks
20 Peterkin St
Lower Hutt

How Much

Free

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ITx 2018 – Wellington – 11-13 July 2018

What

ITx is a collaboration of twelve tech-focused conferences and bodies and focuses on innovation, technology and education.

ITx brings IT professionals, decision-makers, leaders and academics together under one roof. This is a conference like no other: where industry, academia and government come together to network, learn and engage.

IT Professionals NZ is New Zealand’s leading body for those working or studying in Software and Information Technology (IT) related fields.
The IT Service Management Forum (itSMF) is the only internationally recognised and independent organisation dedicated to IT Service Management.
Computer and Information Technology Research and Education New Zealand (CITRENZ) is the representative body for the IT departments of New Zealand’s Polytech and Institute of Technology sector.
NZTech is the voice of the New Zealand technology industry.
NZRise exists to represent the interests of NZ-owned digital technology businesses.
Health informatics is about getting the right information to the right person at the right time.
AgileDay is a new Agile software development-focussed day at ITx.
The Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand exists to inform, educate and advocate.
InternetNZ’s vision is for a better world through a better Internet
TechCommNZ supports, educates, and encourages technical communicators around New Zealand
Project Management Institute is the world’s leading not-forprofit professional membership association for the project, program and portfolio management profession.
The New Zealand Open Source Society exists to share the freedom of open source software, open standards, and open information for the benefit of New Zealand.
ITx 2018 also sees the return of the New Zealand Excellence in IT Awards

There are also MasterClass Workshops on Tuesday the 10th of July.

When and Where

TSB Bank Arena and Shed 6 Complex
4 Queens Wharf, Wellington

Main Conferences:
9am – 6pm
Wednesday 11 July – Friday 13th July 2018

It Awards Gala Dinner
6pm – late
Thursday 12 July

ITx MasterClass Workshops:
1pm – 5pm
Thursday 10 July 2018

How Much

Earlybird Pricing:

Member 3 Days: $895
Non-Member 3 days: $1095
ITx MasterClass Workshops: ~$600 (not included in 3 day price)

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The Rise of the Microservice Frameworks – Auckland – 14 June 2018

What

Hosted by The Auckland JVM Meetup

Further to our Microservice series, comes the discussion around the rise of microservice focused frameworks that are designed to achieve specific end goals. We will start the talk with by sharing experiences of the positives and negatives of deploying vs writing such services, the increasing ownership that the developers need to take as they take further control down the deployment stack, and this includes techniques for optimising deployments.

We will cover the complexity of deployment and orchestration of monolith vs microservice vs serverless.

We will complete the talk by covering a small number of Microservice frameworks and their pros and cons.

If you have a particular framework that has arisen to address this need you would like to speak about, please contact us and we will try and fit you in!

Speakers: Robin Bygrave, Richard Vowles

About The Auckland JVM Meetup :

Meet other local Java/Groovy/Scala/Clojure developers to talk about code, architecture, and innovation. Both beginners and pros are welcome! We hold regular upskilling sessions about new languages as well as general topics applicable to all languages on the JVM. Except perhaps Cow.

When and Where

6pm – 8pm Thursday 14 June 2018

Clearpoint Auckland
7/9 Fenshaw St, CBD, Auckland

How Much

Free

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Retcon – Auckland – 10 June 2018

What

A back to basics comic and collectible convention. A strong approach to encouraging local business and private sellers to come together and share their love of everything comics and collectables. So come along and meet some like-minded people and grow your collection at the same time. Open to anything comics, collectibles, pop culture, hot wheels, die casts, marvel, dc, star wars, star trek, vintage toys, T.V, movies and everything in between.

Under 12s are free. So join our group and spread the Love of everything Nerdy and Pop Culture.

When and Where

Sun 10 Jun 2018, 10am – 2pm

Takapuna War Memorial Hall,
5 The Strand,
Takapuna, Auckland

How Much

Table: $20.00
Entry: $3.00
Door Sales Only

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The Star Regent 24 Hour Book Sale – Dunedin – 8-9 June 2018

What

From midday on Friday 8th June until midday Saturday 9th June, tens of thousands of books – over half of them just $1 – will be on sale for book lovers and bargain hunters everywhere.

We are proud to play host to this much anticipated iconic event; reputedly the largest book sale in the Southern Hemisphere!

You are invited to come along – more than once even – as books in your favourite categories are replenished regularly throughout the sale by our ever energetic volunteers, and live music will be featured throughout to provide additional enjoyment.

You will find books for all tastes: from thrillers to humour to child-rearing. If there’s a topic, we will have a book on it.

When and Where

Start: Noon Friday 8th June
Finish: Noon Saturday 9th June 2018

Regent Theatre,
17 The Octagon,
Dunedin, Otago

How Much

Free Entry

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