Tag: Evening

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

More

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

Wellington.vue: Using Vue.js with a Headless CMS – Wellington – 12 September 2018

What

Vue.js users will be presenting their methods and experiences with using Vue to present data from a “headless CMS”. Different approaches will be discussed: RESTful APIs, GraphQL, custom API controllers and static files.

Speakers include:
– Aaron Carlino, SilverStripe Ltd
– Ed Linklater, Somar Design Studios

This will be a joint meetup with Wellington SilverStripe User/Developer Workshops, but most of the content will be relevant to those using other frameworks such as Laravel, Django or Rails.

Venue, drinks and snacks provided by Somar Design Studios.

When and Where

5pm – 7pm
Wednesday 12 September 2018

Somar Design Studios
Level 9 50 Manners Street,
i-centre building, entrance to the right of Life Pharmacy. Take the lift to Level 9.
Wellington

How Much

Free

More

Using Vue.js with a Headless CMS meetup page
Wellington.vue Meetup

AKLgamedev Meetup: ‘Guardian’ Launch – Auckland – 12 September 2018

What

Come along and celebrate the release of Metia Interactive’s ‘Guardian’ on Wednesday September 12that the September AKLgamedev Meetup is during Māori Language Week.

The Guardian story is an interactive fiction. The game will showcase our unique cultural identity in New Zealand and highlight beautiful regions of our country in a contemporary and original story across popular platforms.

This is a journey that will take the player into a world of mystery and impending mayhem while discovering the truth behind an ancient secret.

AGENDA
– 6:00p | Doors open
– 6:10p | Welcome
– 6:20p | Guardian: A journey from idea to now.
– The importance and uniqueness of telling Maori stories.
– Using a narrative script engine with Unity.
– Community announcements.
– 7:00 | Meetup ends – Progress Bar

When and Where

Wednesday 12 September 2018
6pm – 7pm

Room TBC
AUT City Campus
St Paul St
Auckland CBD

How Much

Free

More

Meetup Page for event
The Auckland Game Development Meetup
Guardian

I can code, but what do I specialise as?! – Auckland – 27 August 2018

What

I can code, but what do I specialise as?! : A panel discussion

Join us at the brand new Dev Academy space, where we’ll hear from a panel of speakers from different career tracks in the coding space!

Our awesome panel will have:
– Raghu Kasturi – Frontend dev from Movio
– Morris Nye – Test Automation Engineer from Gentrack
– Duck Lawn – Site Reliability Engineer from Pushpay
– Alistair Bush – Backend Dev from Xero

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Remember to respect our Code of Conduct during all JuniorDev interactions. This is a safe and inclusive space for everyone!

When and Where

Monday, 27 August, 2018
6:00 PM to 8:00 PM

Enspiral Dev Academy
Level 5, 100 Carlton Gore Rd, Newmarket, Auckland

Schedule
5.45 – 6.15: Networking and pizza
6.15 – 6.20: Welcome and intro the sponsors
6.20 – 7.20: Panel discussion and Q&A
7.20 – 7.30: Audience pitches/requests for help
7.30 – 8.00: Networking

How Much

Free. RSVP here.

More

A massive thanks to our sponsors for this event:
Enspiral Dev Academy as a venue sponsor!
Xero for catering!

I can code, but what do I specialise as?! : A panel discussion.

JuniorDev Auckland Meetup

CERT NZ Update at Information Security Interest Group – Christchurch – 29 August 2018

What

CERT NZ is officially one (happy birthday to us!), and being the central point for reporting security incidents: we have seen things. Many, many things. 506 things this past quarter in fact! We share the data for all the incidents we see in our quarterly report. Our latest quarterly report (Q1 2018) is out and Erica is going to come by and talk about some of the interesting stories that the data is telling us, and what we do with it.

Highly recommend giving the report a read (it is a quick read!) so you can come ask some difficult questions and discuss the data with us. BYO birthday hats.

https://www.cert.govt.nz/about/quarterly-report/

Speaker: Erica Anderson
Her twitter bio says “info sec, cat, and ketchup enthusiast” which summarises her quite nicely. Erica works at CERT NZ as a Senior Incident Manager on the Operations team. She also does stuff with Kiwicon, Code Club Aotearoa, and (previously) BSides Wellington.

Like all Meetups, we’ll have the locksport gear at hand and some folks to help get you started on it!

When and Where

29 August 2018
7 pm to 9 pm

The Twisted Hop, 616 Ferry Road, Christchurch

How Much

Free. Buy your own food and drink. RSVP here.

More

Meetup event.
Information Security Interest Group (ISIG) – Christchurch, NZ meets on the last Wednesday of the month.
NZISIG Code of Conduct (pdf).
NZISIG – NZ Information Security Interest Group.

Digital Trust 2018 – Wellington – 30 August 2018

What

Digital Trust in 2018 – what do they know about you?

Have you ever wondered about how companies such as Google manage your information – and how you can get more control? And how secure is your bank information? And that’s just you as an individual – what about the organisations that you work for – how do you ensure that your customers feel they are safe when dealing with you?

We’ve pulled together an evening event where you can hear from the experts about these things. Our main keynote speaker is Ross Young from Google will talk about what they store but also about how to know more about that information.

Ross will join us for a panel with Serena Chen, from BNZ Digital who will offer her perspective of security online, and Ben Creet, Policy manager at InternetNZ

I can promise you that this evening will be enlightening and you’ll come away with a better sense of what’s happening when you interact online.

More about Ross : Born and bred in Wellington, Ross manages public policy for Google in New Zealand. After completing degrees in psychology and law, he worked in the public and private sectors in New Zealand and overseas – including the BBC, Vodafone Australia, Minority Rights Group International and the Commerce Commission. He lives in Wellington with his husband and exuberant 7 year old daughter.

Serena Chen is a product designer building frameworks at BNZ Digital. She is an ex-physicist/mathematician, teen magazine founder, and hacker at heart. She believes deeply in using technology to build a kinder, fairer, and better world.

Creeture (aka Ben Creet) is a policy analyst, technology geek and cybersecurity professional who has a dayjob with InternetNZ doing Internet policy stuff. Ben is a member of the New Zealand Internet Task Force, the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security’s Reference Group, InternetNZ, a part time Master of Strategic Studies student at Victoria University of Wellington and an national expert on vulnerability disclosure policy. A tabletop & xbox gamer, a football fan and a NatSec nerd, Ben is mostly importantly parent/pack-leader to #LilCreeture, #LittlestCreeture and #CreeturePup.

Please note: The event opens at 5.00pm with the formal parts of the evening getting underway at 5.30pm.

When and Where

Thursday 30 August 2018
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

InternetNZ,
Level 11, 80 Boulcott Street. Wellington

How Much

Free. Please register here.

More

Event on TUANZ and Eventbrite.
Telecommunications Users Association of New Zealand  (TUANZ)

Gitting Good with Git – Auckland – 23 August 2018

What

North Shore .NET User Group regularly meets every 3rd or 4th Thursday each month at Massey University Albany Campus.

Regular tech talks focused on Microsoft Technologies and skills relevant to developers working with Microsoft .NET.

Marcus Bristol (a Senior Engineer at Pushpay) will peek under the hood and give us all an idea of how git works under the covers.

This understanding will help us be better equipped to recover when things go wrong.

When and Where

5:45pm – 7:30pm
23 August 2018

MBS 2.15 Flexible Learning Room
Massey University
Albany
Auckland

How Much

Free

More

North Shore .NET User Group
Gitting Good with Git Meetup

2018 Rutherford Lecture: Life and Times of Supervolcanoes – Rotorua – 21 August 2018

What

2018 NZ Rutherford Lecture
The Life and Times of Supervolcanoes

There is no denying that as New Zealand sits astride the Indo-Australian and Pacific tectonic plates our land is subject to tremendous natural forces. We may commonly experience this as a gentle but sometimes a severe shuddering of earthquakes. Yet with Aotearoa dotted with cones and calderas, Kiwis should also keep in mind that the Taupō Eruption was actually the world’s most violent volcanic eruption in the last 5000 years!

Colin Wilson has gathered many accolades for studying volcanoes, and in particular, those giant examples known as supervolcanoes. He likens his work to that of a crime scene investigator, where he travels the world piecing together the dual puzzle of why such cataclysmic explosions occur and why they are joined by much smaller eruptions. He aims to forecast volcanic phenomena with enough warning so that communities can respond. But although Colin is digging deep in the Earth’s crust to find the triggering mechanisms, volcanic systems are not letting their secrets go easily…

Royal Society Te Apārangi is proud to partner with GNS Science, EQC and Victoria University of Wellington in presenting the 2018 New Zealand Rutherford Lecture. Strong support from these organisations comes from the belief that New Zealanders will greatly benefit both from learning about and gaining a better awareness of this ‘sleeping’ giant in our midst. From late July to early September, Professor Wilson will head to 22 towns and cities to explain the nature of supervolcanoes, the ways in which such volcanoes operate and can be studied, and whether the next eruption is still likely to take us by surprise.

About the speaker

Professor Colin Wilson FRS FRSNZ, Victoria University of Wellington

In 2017, geologist Professor Colin Wilson was awarded Royal Society Te Apārangi’s highest honour, the Rutherford Medal, for his research into understanding large, explosive supervolcanoes and the dangers they pose. Yet although significant eruptions are still rare, threats from volcanic activity are considered a very serious natural hazard for Aotearoa New Zealand.

The 2018 New Zealand Rutherford Lecture is proudly presented by Royal Society Te Apārangi in partnership with GNS Science, EQC and Victoria University of Wellington.

When and Where

Tuesday 21 August 2018
6pm – 7pm

Millennium Hotel Rotorua, 1270 Hinemaru Street, Rotorua

How Much

Free.
You are welcome to turn up on the day, however, due to their expected popularity, to guarantee your seat(s) please register here.

More

Press release: 2018 New Zealand Rutherford Lecture: It’s a super tour!

The Life and Times of Supervolcanoes | Rotorua.

The 2018 New Zealand Rutherford Lecture is proudly presented by Royal Society Te Apārangi in partnership with GNS Science, EQC and Victoria University of Wellington.

2018 Rutherford Lecture: Life and Times of Supervolcanoes – Tauranga – 22 August 2018

What

2018 NZ Rutherford Lecture
The Life and Times of Supervolcanoes

There is no denying that as New Zealand sits astride the Indo-Australian and Pacific tectonic plates our land is subject to tremendous natural forces. We may commonly experience this as a gentle but sometimes a severe shuddering of earthquakes. Yet with Aotearoa dotted with cones and calderas, Kiwis should also keep in mind that the Taupō Eruption was actually the world’s most violent volcanic eruption in the last 5000 years!

Colin Wilson has gathered many accolades for studying volcanoes, and in particular, those giant examples known as supervolcanoes. He likens his work to that of a crime scene investigator, where he travels the world piecing together the dual puzzle of why such cataclysmic explosions occur and why they are joined by much smaller eruptions. He aims to forecast volcanic phenomena with enough warning so that communities can respond. But although Colin is digging deep in the Earth’s crust to find the triggering mechanisms, volcanic systems are not letting their secrets go easily…

Royal Society Te Apārangi is proud to partner with GNS Science, EQC and Victoria University of Wellington in presenting the 2018 New Zealand Rutherford Lecture. Strong support from these organisations comes from the belief that New Zealanders will greatly benefit both from learning about and gaining a better awareness of this ‘sleeping’ giant in our midst. From late July to early September, Professor Wilson will head to 22 towns and cities to explain the nature of supervolcanoes, the ways in which such volcanoes operate and can be studied, and whether the next eruption is still likely to take us by surprise.

About the speaker

Professor Colin Wilson FRS FRSNZ, Victoria University of Wellington

In 2017, geologist Professor Colin Wilson was awarded Royal Society Te Apārangi’s highest honour, the Rutherford Medal, for his research into understanding large, explosive supervolcanoes and the dangers they pose. Yet although significant eruptions are still rare, threats from volcanic activity are considered a very serious natural hazard for Aotearoa New Zealand.

The 2018 New Zealand Rutherford Lecture is proudly presented by Royal Society Te Apārangi in partnership with GNS Science, EQC and Victoria University of Wellington.

When and Where

Wednesday 22 August 2018
5:30pm – 6:30pm

Tauranga Yacht and Boat Club
90 Keith Allen Drive, Tauranga,

How Much

Free.
You are welcome to turn up on the day, however, due to their expected popularity, to guarantee your seat(s) please register here.

More

Press release: 2018 New Zealand Rutherford Lecture: It’s a super tour!

The Life and Times of Supervolcanoes | Tauranga.

The 2018 New Zealand Rutherford Lecture is proudly presented by Royal Society Te Apārangi in partnership with GNS Science, EQC and Victoria University of Wellington.

PechaKucha Night ChCh 37 – Women, Science and Conservation – Christchurch – 19 September 2018

What

PechaKucha Night Christchurch is teaming up with Christchurch City Council to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Women’s Suffrage and Conservation Week with a night of quick-fire talks by some amazing women!

We are proud to bring you a collection of local women including a marine biologist working with the world’s rarest and smallest dolphins, an adventurer who returned from a 29-day expedition across the Greenland Icecap, a young musician speaking on the power of rest and creativity, an entrepreneur starting a podcast focused on women change-makers, a writer working on a book about women and World II and more.

Line-up include:

María Jesús Valdés Hernández // Marine Biologist // Working with the world’s rarest and smallest dolphins

Amy Johnston Bray // Interpretation and Exhibition Designer // Conversation is about conservation-engaging the public to act

Victoria Metcalf // Scientist // Celebrating the unlovable and the unseen

Jo Bailey // Writer, Author and Editor // Writing, Women and World II

Rebecca(Bek) Tavete// Founder ARGO beach Co-working Limited // A Contribution to Sustainability

Hollie Woodhouse // Adventurer, Designer + Daydreamer // Be your own Movement Maker and more.

When and Where

Wednesday 19 September 2018
Doors open 6:30pm, event starts 7:30pm
(Ilex café open for drinks and snacks)

Botanic Garden’s Visitor Centre
Rolleston Ave, Christchurch

How Much

$18

More

Event on pechakucha.org
Event on Eventfinda