Auckland

Augmented Reality Auckland experiential tech 102 – Auckland – 10 October 2018

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.

miAR 102 – The experiential economy

5:29 Welcome
5:45 Latest news on experiential tech
6:15 tic-toc workshop
6:45 Speaker – Subject matter expert
7:00 the greater good project
7:30 Close

It’s capped at 50 people to ensure a quality experience.
RSVP is required to access the security floor.

When and Where

Wednesday, October 10, 2018
5:29pm to 7:30pm

Bizdojo Takapuna
Partner Life Building – 3rd Floor, 33-45 Hurstmere Rd, Takapuna, Auckland

How to find us:
Building access set back from Hurstmere Rd. See person at lift for 3rd floor access.

Note: Location has been updated from previously published location. Please refer to meetup event for correct details.

How Much

Free

miAR 102 – The experiential economy meeting on 10 Oct
Augmented Reality Auckland experiential tech Meetup Group

Infrastructure at an Emerging Company – Auckland – 8 October 2018

What

Our presenter is Thomas Yang – Software Developer at AskNicely, and a bit of a server wrangler at work and for play.

He will share with us “Infrastructure at an Emerging Company”: A talk about how we have our Infrastructure set up at AskNicely, and the lessons and experiences from the perspective of someone new to DevOps.

** Please note the new venue and this meetup runs on the later schedule **

Doors will open at 17:30, and the presentation will run from 18:00 to 19:00, and we’ll leave at 19:30.

Catalyst IT have kindly offered us the use of their training space in the heart of downtown. Come to 2 Commerce Street, and someone will help you unlock the door and come up the lift.

Please observe our code of conduct (https://www.meetup.com/DevOps-Auckland/pages/Code_of_Conduct/) while participating in the group.

When and Where

8 October 2018
5:30pm – 7:30pm

Catalyst IT
Level 4, 2 Commerce Street,Auckland

How Much

Free.

Meetup event.

DevOps Auckland Meetup Group.

Behind the scenes: Conservation Tour at Auckland Art Gallery – Auckland – 10 October 2018

What

Join us for a rare opportunity to go behind the scenes at the Gallery and visit the painting and paper conservation studios. More than just a tour you will meet the conservators and see some of their current projects.

This event is part of Artweek Auckland, an annual, week-long festival celebrating the visual arts of Auckland.

There are 24 tickets available per session.

When and Where

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki,
Cnr Kitchener and Wellesley Streets,
CBD, Auckland

Wed 10 Oct 2018, 10:30am – 12pm
Wed 10 Oct 2018, 1pm – 2:30pm

How Much

Art Gallery members $33
Non-members $40

Conservation Tour Eventfinda page

TEDxAuckland – Auckland – 13 October 2018

What

In 2018, TEDxAuckland’s annual festival of ideas is returning. This year will see speakers from New Zealand and around the globe come together for a day of inspiration and connection in the heart of Auckland City.

The theme for this year’s event is Off-Piste:
– Venturing into uncharted territory.
– Going where no one has gone before.
– Exploring new and innovative ideas.

TEDxAuckland have been working hard for our like-minded community, to create a mind opening experience, celebrating new and unique ideas, local producers, and our city of Auckland.

When and Where

9am – 6pm
Saturday 13 October 2018

Shed 10,
Queens Wharf, 89 Quay St
Auckland CBD

How Much

$199 – $239 – cheaper tickets selling out first

TEDXAuckland Website

Backporting to the Future, Surfacing Composition, Lightning Talks – Auckland – 26 September 2018

What

This month we have two mini-talks previewing content to be presented at Pacific++ next month and a continuation of lightning talks left over from last month if time permits.

## “Backporting to the Future” – Andrew Paxie

Andrew will give a very draft version of the presentation he plans to give at Pacific++ next month. You will hear why he added C++11 support to Trompeloeil, a mocking framework that is top-to-bottom a C++14 library. After a brief introduction of its top-level features, Andrew will highlight the techniques he used to provide equivalent functionality in C++11. Compromises, limitations, and open issues will be discussed.

## “Surfacing Composition” – Toby Allsopp

Toby will also give an early version of part of his Pacific++ talk. He will talk about composition in software in general and C++ in particular

## “Lightning Talks”

If time permits:

* “Your C++ build system in 2020” – Nick Sarten
* “Naming Things” – Richard Maxwell
* “Finding stuff with the SQL…” – Paul Leslie

When and Where

26 September 2018
6pm – 8pm

WhereScape
12-16 Tapora Street, Quay Park, Auckland

## Rough Agenda

18:00 Arrive
18:15 Backporting to the Future
18:45 Lightning Talks
19:00 Pizza
19:15 Surfacing Composition
19:45 Lightning Talks

How Much

Free

Meetup event

Meetings are held approximately monthly and run under the Berlin Code of Conduct (http://berlincodeofconduct.org/).

Auckland Star Trek fan group, dinner and film evening – Devonport – 6 October 2018

What

Auckland Star Trek Fan group is a place where fans of the Star Trek universe can meet other Trekkies for conversation, food and video nights Whether you are a fan of TOS, TAS, TNG, DS9, VOY, ENT, DIS, or the fan films all are welcome!

Wow exciting things are happening with our group, with a brand new beautiful venue situated in the picturesque Devonport area. We will be getting together for fun, food and uniformed frivolity in the gorgeous Devonport library. You can have a snack and a Trek chat in the dinning area or put your feet up by the gas fire and watch some on the TV. Nothing compares to watching Star Trek together with a diverse group of Trekkers who love Trek just as much as you.

While we have and still do communicate with our members via email we are now opening it up on Meetup! This means that we are open to new members joining and also that the number attending on our Meetup is not accurate as it does not include our current members who RSVP by email.

This is what will be happening
We will be meeting at the library for our dinner and film evening. From there some of us may decide to buy some takeaways just over the road from one of the nearby shops. We will have dinner in the library. If you want to bring something to eat please bear in mind there are no food heating facilities, sink or utensils so please bring your own plates etc.

When and Where

Saturday 6 October 2018
4pm – 10pm

Devonport Library
2 Victoria Rd
Devonport
Auckland

How Much

A gold coin donation to cover meetup costs is appreciated but not expected

Meetup Page for the October 6th event
Auckland Star Trek Meetup

Women In Engineering Meetup – Auckland – 25 September 2018

What

We’re thrilled to be having our first meetup on Tuesday 25th September 2018 at 6pm.

We’ll start with wine, nibbles and networking from 6:00pm and then begin our panel discussions at 7:00pm, with the evening wrapping up by 8:30pm so you can be home for a late dinner. Please feel free to bring along any friends or colleagues who you think would enjoy the evening.

Please do let us know if you’re able to attend so we can organise catering.

We look forward to seeing you there.

About

The Auckland Women’s Engineering Meetup is a group where women in Engineering (and those who wish to explore the industry) can connect and share experiences.

Come and join us as we share our stories; how we got into Engineering, our journeys as professional Engineers, challenges that we’ve faced and overcome and celebration of our successes!

We want to learn about current goings on within the industry, new initiatives and opportunities to help develop not only the skills of Women Engineers in Auckland but to help raise the profile of Engineering as a career for new Women Engineers of all ages.

When and Where

Manpower Albany
Building E,
42 Tawa Drive,
Albany
Auckland

Tuesday, September 25, 2018
6 pm to 8:30pm
Every 4th Tuesday of the month until November 26, 2018

How Much

Free

25 September Women In Engineering Event
Women In Engineering – Auckland Meetup Group

Running things in Go / Go modules fishbowl conversation – Auckland – 18 September 2018

What

GO AKL is a Auckland based meetup group for anyone interested in Go programming language. We will try to organise regular meetups with talks by members and guests. Depending on interest we can also consider organising Go hacking sessions.

This month we will be having one speaker followed by a ‘fishbowl conversation’.

Dmitry will be speaking to us about ‘running things in Go’ – lessons and advice for running Go apps in production.

Then we will have a fishbowl conversation on [at least one of] the following topics:
* Go modules and dependency management
* Go2 and Generics

Fishbowls are a fun format to conduct a group conversation, and you’re welcome to participate or spectate as you feel. Both these topics are hotly debated in the Go world, and this feels like an interesting time to discuss each one. We’ll vote on a topic and see how far it takes us – we don’t necessarily have to cover both.

This will be our first meetup with this kind of format – naturally we’ll keep things friendly and inclusive, and agree on some ground rules to ensure that everyone feels comfortable.

In the meantime feel free to connect via the Gophers slack community, on the #auckland channel (sign up via https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org/ ).

When and Where

Tuesday 18 September 2018
6pm – 8pm

Movio
2.4 / 30 St Benedicts St
Eden Tce
Auckland

How Much

Free

Meetup page for this week’s event
Meetup page for Go AKL

Armageddon Expo – Auckland – 19-22 October 2018

What

Aucklands ASB Showgrounds will be host to three and a half days of Gaming, Wrestling, Animation, Cosplay Costuming, Amusements, ESports, TV and Movie stars and much more!

With one of our largest guest lists ever, meet international TV and Movie stars from Doctor Who, Shadowhunters, X-Men, Addams Family, Runaways, Supernatural, Stargate SG1, Supergirl, Harry Potter and so many more. Meet animation voices from RWBY, Mass Effect, Attack on Titan, Yuri on Ice and more. Comic creators, animation portfolio reviews, screenings, cosplay events with international cosplay stars Jessica Nigri and others.

PLUS, NZ’s biggest gaming displays from PlayStation, Nintendo, Logitech, Total Interactive, OMEN, Warner Brothers and more, with a huge ESports arena, gaming events and activities.

Numerous collectible companies from all over the world with merchandise unavailable anywhere else in NZ as well as huge sale areas from EB Games and MightyApe.

With special Music events, Gaming displays and releases as well as Special advance previews, Armageddon is THE entertainment event for NZ not to be missed.

When and Where

ASB Showgrounds
217 Green Lane West
Epsom, Auckland

Labour Weekend
Friday 19th October – 6pm to 9pm
Saturday 20th October – 9am to 6pm
Sunday 21st October – 10am to 6pm
Monday 22nd October – 10am to 5pm

How Much

Adult One-day entry (Friday, Sunday, Monday) – $26
Adult Saturday Entry – $28
Adult Three-day pass – $70.00
Premium Pass – $349
Ultra Pass – $1249

Various other discounted passes for Students and Children.

Armageddon Expo Auckland Website

Erlang in Earnest, for Mixed Reality gaming – Auckland – 19 September 2018

What

Using Erlang in earnest – building a Mixed Reality, multiplayer, game engine embodying digital Agents – a beginner’s guide

Description: We have built a Mixed Reality game engine in .Net running in Azure. It works well, but scaling and cost mean it is not tenable as the business grows. We needed to build something that could be massively parallel, and scale without limit. We tried NodeJS. We rethought things, did some more research, and came up with Erlang. It took us a couple of years to find a way into the language, but once we found the right tools, getting started with Erlang took about two weeks. This talk will attempt to help you avoid a similar two-year trial period. With examples.

Short Bio: Dr Roy Davies is a computer scientist who went to the dark side and became interested in the human side of the cursor. Studying cognitive science and psychology prepared him for doing research in Mixed Reality in the 90s when it was still a new and amazing thing. Over the years, he has worked in academia and business, with a stint as a consultant, in both Sweden and New Zealand. His first introduction to ‘interesting’ languages was programming in Prolog, and building hard-wired computers to control robots for people with disabilities. Roy is currently the CTO of Imersia, but still gets his hand dirty by cutting code – leading by example.

Functional Programming Auckland

Come learn, teach, play with all things FP. We’ll see what people are into including some presentations and hack nights to try other cool languages etc. Haskell, Scala, Clojure, Lisp, ML, OCaml, Javascript, Erlang and all the others…

When and Where

Wednesday 19 September 2018
6pm – 8pm

Movio HQ
2.4 – 30 St Benedicts St
Eden Tce
Auckland

How Much

Free

Using Erlang in earnest – building a Mixed Reality
Functional Programming Auckland Meetup Group