Tag: Auckland

Open Banking & Event-driven Microservices using Apache Kafka – Auckland – 13 March 2019

What

Details
Event driven architecture in microservices and Open Banking driving APIs and microservices.

Agenda

Meet and greet

Talk 1: What Open Banking is driving with APIs and Microservices
Damian Harvey – Partner at Deloitte NZ https://www.linkedin.com/in/damianharvey

Damian presents on why Open Banking is fuelling the move towards APIs and Microservices in Banking, and what the future may look like in an Open Banking world.

Refreshments!
(Caviar and pickled fish canapés or pizza and beer … still deciding)

Talk 2: Event-driven Microservices using Apache Kafka
Andrew Schofield – Chief Architect, Event Streams at IBM
https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewjschofield/

Microservices usually communicate synchronously, often using REST APIs. There is an alternative way using events. By adopting an event-based approach for intercommunication between microservices, the microservices applications are naturally responsive (event-driven). This approach enhances the loose coupling nature of microservices because it decouples producers and consumers.

When and Where

Wednesday 13 March 2019
5:30pm to 7:30pm

Amazon Web Services
Level 1
139 Pakenham St West
Wynyard Quarter
Auckland

How Much

Free

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Open Banking & Event-driven Microservices using Apache Kafka
Auckland API and Microservices Meetup

Knative: Building serverless experiences on top of Kubernetes – Auckland – 28 March 2019

What

Presented by
Craig Box — Cloud Native Advocacy Lead at Google Cloud.

5:30 – Networking, drink and nibbles
6:00 – Presentations

You’re following DevOps or SRE best practices, perhaps even with containers and Kubernetes. You might even have implemented Istio! But are you exposing this system to your programmers? Wouldn’t they rather just write code, and have the system figure it out for them?

Knative is a platform for allowing just that. In this talk, Craig will tell you about the Knative platform and its three primary components — build, serving and events — and how you can offer serverless experiences to your users, but on top of all those servers you still love.

Auckland Kubernetes Meetup

A group for people interested in talking about and hacking on Kubernetes, Google’s solution for scheduling and orchestrating containers at scale.

We’re excited about microservices, containers, the distributions that run them and the solutions that deploy, manage, and extend them. Any skill level is welcome; we’re all new to Kubernetes and we want to create an open, welcoming environment for other Kubernauts.

When and Where

Thursday, 28 March 2019
5:30pm – 8pm

Clearpoint Ltd
Level 3, 7-9 Fanshawe Street,
Auckland

How Much

Free

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Knative: Building serverless experiences on top of Kubernetes
Auckland Kubernetes Meetup

AR 101 for Business: Engagement on steroids – Auckland – 13 March 2019

What

Want to dip your toes into the world of experiential tech’ including Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (XR), Gamification and Edufication? Then you’ve come to the right place. The way we learn, work and engage is changing fast.

Pop-ups may include strategy and actual case studies, but you’ll also get to talk with real people who know stuff, and play with cool real-world examples to take away.

Schedule:

5:29 Welcome
5:45 Latest world news
6:15 tic-toc workshop
6:45 SME speaker
7:00 the greater good project
7:30 Close

Capped at 25 people. RSVP is required to access the security floor.

When and Where

Wednesday 13 March 2019
5:15pm – 7:15pm

EY Building
9th Floor
2 Takutai Square
Britomart
Auckland CBD

RSVP. See Concierge on arrival for access to security floor. Please arrive 5:15 latest as you can not get access to secure floor after 5:30

How Much

Free

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Augmented Reality Experience Auckland
AR 101 Meetup event

Koordinates 2019 Roadshow – Auckland – 6 March 2019

What

Koordinates is going on the road! We’re travelling Aotearoa New Zealand to host events, meet data users, and demo-ing the Koordinates platform

This year, our theme is ‘The Next Ten Years of Geospatial Data,’ with a special focus on better open data, smoother data supply chains, and simpler data collaboration.

This theme dovetails with some of the work we’re doing here at Koordinates. Our platform is already a key resource for Aotearoa New Zealand’s data users. Our customers include some of the most successful data projects in the world, including the LINZ Data Service and the InternetNZ Broadband Map.

Now, we’re expanding our product to solve some of the most intractable problems in geospatial data management, distribution, and collaboration.

Come along for a lively discussion, detailed demonstration, and quick Q&A with the Koordinates team—and stick around afterwards for drinks and nibbles.

When and Where

Wednesday, 6 March 2019
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm NZDT

Lysaght Building, GridAKL,
101 Pakenham Street West, Auckland 1010

How Much

Free. Reserve seat here.

More

Organised by Koordinates. Twitter @koordinates and facebook.
Announcing the Koordinates 2019 Roadshow.
Eventbrite event.

Aurora Chasing around and above New Zealand – Auckland – 27 February 2019

What

Presented by Café Scientifique
Speaker – Dr Ian Griffin, Otago Museum

The Aurora Australis or southern lights are one of the most beautiful phenomena in nature. Ian Griffin moved to Dunedin five years ago. A few weeks after he arrived he realised it was possible to view and photograph displays of the southern lights just five minutes from his new home on the Otago Peninsula. Upon making this discovery Ian has become a self-confessed aurora addict, spending hundreds of nights under clear Otago skies recording auroral displays. Ian’s passion for the aurora has led to several unusual adventures, including hiring two airliners. In this talk Ian will speak about the scientific origins of the aurora, and show how these amazing natural lights have fascinated humans since they first arrived in Aotearoa,

An astronomer by training, Ian is currently Director of the Otago Museum in Dunedin. He has held senior roles in Museums, planetariums and cultural organisations in Europe, the USA and New Zealand.

When and Where

6:30pm Wednesday 27 February 2019

Horse and Trap Pub
3 Enfield St
Mt Eden
Auckland

How Much

Free

More

Tweet by Ian Griffin advertising the talk

Google Developer Group: Intro to Flutter – Auckland – 27 February 2019

What

GDG Auckland are kicking off the year with an intro to Flutter!

You’ve probably heard the hype about Google’s shiny new mobile development cross-platform toolkit. Come hear from Lance Johnstone, a software developer at Auror, about his experiences getting started with Flutter and how it compares to other cross-platform options.

Join us for some beer and pizza after the talk to connect and start the year on a good note!

This is Auckland’s Google Developer Group. We meet each month and discuss a variety of content including: Android, IO and other Google related technology

When and Where

6pm – 8:30pm
Wednesday 27 February 2019

Auror HQ
32 Nikau St
Eden Terrace
Auckland

How Much

Free

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Intro to Flutter Meetup
Google Development Group Auckland

SuperDaughter Day – Auckland – 9 March 2019

What

SuperDaughter Day (SDD) is coming to Auckland! Join us as we explore the exciting world of STEM through a range of activities.

About SuperDaughter Day
SuperDaughter Day is an annual International Women’s Day Event hosted by WORK180. Since 2016, over 3000 girls aged 5-12 years old became superheroes along with the parents, exploring the exciting world of STEM (science, technology, engineering, maths).

The girls participated in a wide range of hands-on activities, including:

  • Magformers, Cubetto Robots and Ozobots
  • Interactive Bug Displays
  • Lego Mind Storms
  • Makey Makey
  • Visit from NAO the Humanoid Robot
  • Jewelbots and interactive unicorn horns

Apart from participating in engaging workshops, the girls also have an opportunity to meet inspiring female role models, enjoy cupcakes and receive a goodie bag to take home. The event is held in capital cities in Australia and New Zealand. We are 100% not-for-profit.

This event is for Girls aged 5-12

When and Where

9 March 2019
Session 1: 10am – 1pm
Session 2: 2pm – 5pm

Conference Centre
Spark City
167 Victoria Street West
Auckland CBD

How Much

$25 for girls (plus booking fee)
Adults come free (you MUST book an adult ticket with your girl’s ticket)

More

SuperDaughter Day Auckland Webpage
Booking via EventBrite

2019 New Zealand Rutherford Lecture Logic, Maths and Modern Society – Auckland – 26 March 2019

What

We are living in the most mathematical age of all time, because of computers.

The massive computational power at our disposal has driven innovation in all aspects of modern society such as science, medicine, and social development. Mobile phones, internet, GPS, online shopping, banking are commonplace examples, but there’s also medical imaging, data mining, even non-skid braking on vehicles – the impact of computing is extraordinary.

A main contributor to the evolution of computing power is a branch of mathematics called Logic. But what is Logic and how does this type of reasoning contribute to advancing technology?

Rod Downey, Professor of Mathematics and 2018 Rutherford Medal winner, chronicles the story of Logic, beginning with the ancient Greeks, then onwards to some of the deepest and most important issues of modern mathematics and computing – what can we compute and what can’t we compute and why? For instance, ‘NP-complete problems’ can be solved in theory, but are deemed intractable because we actually think solving them would take longer than the life of the universe. On the other hand, there is no (mathematical) proof of this belief – yet. As one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems set by the Clay Mathematics Institute, finding a proof, could earn you $US one million dollars. Rod has developed an approach that shows this intractability can be sidestepped in many practical problems. Does this have an effect on society? How close are we to understanding intractability in practice?

When and Where

6pm – 7pm
Tuesday, 26 March 2019

Centennial Theatre
Auckland Grammar School
55 Mountain View Round
Auckland Central

How Much

Free but register to guarantee seat

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Information and Registration

How to Develop Skills for Alexa – Auckland – 13 February 2019

What


Anybody can create an Alexa skill! No coding knowledge required!
Concepts and Terms relating to Alexa Skills
What could you do with Alexa?
Creating a skill

What the Amazon Alexa Meetup is about

This is a group for folk interested in voice controlled smart home or industrial automation. Amazon “Alexa” devices are now available in New Zealand. Alexa is easy to mould to your own purposes by creating your own Alexa skills. Come along to see what is possible and to share knowledge. This technology has been around since November 2014 and is very mature.

When and Where

5:30pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday 13 February 2019

Amazon Web Services Office
139 Pakenham St West
Viaduct Basin
Auckland CBD

How Much

Free

More

Webpage for the Feb 14th Meetup
Auckland Amazon Alexa Meetup Group


Agile Auckland: Happy Birthday Agile Manifesto! – Auckland – 13 February 2019

What

The Agile Manifesto is turning 18 this month! Now that the Manifesto is entering “adulthood”, what are the next steps?

Come and join us to reflect on the past, investigate the present and look into the future of the agile movement. This will be an interactive session so come with open mind and be ready to share your ideas. And no birthday party would be complete without a cake, so hope you can join in the fun!

This event is co-organised by 3 meetups: Agile Auckland, Business Agility New Zealand (BANZ) and Auckland Agile Coaching. You don’t need to sign up to all the 3 events, just pick one and come join us.

When and Where

5:30pm – 7:30pm
Wednesday 13 February 2019

GridAKL / John Lysaght
101 Pakenham St West
Viaduct Basin
Auckland

How Much

Free

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Happy Birthday Agile Manifesto Meetup
Agile Auckland Meetup