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Women in Tech Meetup – Auckland – 31 July 2018

What

Lightning Talks

Women in Tech Auckland hosts regular events for our community, and our purpose is to create networks and amplify the voices of people from marginalised groups. We’re looking for speakers for our next event, on 31 July, which will be a series of short Lightning Talks.

This is a format where you get 5 minutes to speak, you provide 20 slides, which are set to advance automagically every 15 seconds. For people who want to practice their speaking skills, Lightning Talks give you the opportunity to present for the first time without having to create a formal presentation proposals, and its short so its a great intro to speaking in public. A good lightning talk is insightful, inspiring, thought-provoking, useful, humorous, controversial, or enlightening.

You do not have to be an experienced speaker! Your work and time are valuable even if you have never spoken before. We are happy to meet with you for coffee and brainstorm ideas, as well as attend a dry run of your talk and provide constructive feedback.

Let us know if you’d like to do a Lightning Talk using this form.

We value the participation of each member of our community and want all attendees to have an enjoyable and fulfilling experience. Please familiarise yourself with our Code of Conduct ahead of attending a Women in Tech meetup.

When and Where

ASB Cube North Wharf, 12 Jellicoe St, Auckland

How Much

Free. Please RSVP.

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Women in Tech Meetup Auckland – Lightning Talks

Many thanks to ASB (https://www.asb.co.nz/) for sponsoring and hosting this event.

impactNPO Wellington Charity Hackathon July 2018 – Wellington – 13-15 July 2018

What

We are pleased to announce our second Wellington impactNPO Charity Hackathon. To be part of this amazing weekend, all you need to do is get a ticket.

The weekend starting on Friday 13th July from 6 pm to 8 pm with networking, charity introductions, and team forming. You will be volunteering your weekend (Saturday 14th July and Sunday 15th July from 9 am to 5 pm) where we all will be giving back to the community by providing IT solutions to charities. We will be providing the food and drinks this weekend to keep you well fed and energised!

What do you need to bring?

An open mind, a smile and your own computer/laptop. Don’t forget your phone, chargers or any other gadgets that you rely on.

What’s in it for me?

First and foremost we aim to help local non-profits. NPOs often have quite a lot of IT challenges. Through this, you may find that you meet new people from different companies or industries, find contacts if you’re looking for work, or get to step outside of your comfort zone and learn something new through a weekend project. Or just have a fun weekend working in a team to deliver something that is really useful to the community!

The charities you will be helping at this event will be announced shortly.

A big thank you to our lovely sponsors, emhTrade who are sponsoring the food for the weekend and BizDojo, via the Collider Programme, who are sponsoring the venue.

What can we expect as results for the NPOs?

This depends on you, your team and the needs of your chosen NPO! Over the many successful weekends we have run, we have helped numerous NPOs with websites, IT infrastructure, design, branding, content as well as general advice.

When and Where

Friday, 13/07/2018, 6:00 PM – Sunday, 15/07/2018, 5:30 PM

BizDojo Wellington,
115 Tory Street, Wellington 6011

How Much

Free.  Please register for a ticket.

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impactNPO Wellington Charity Hackathon Weekend – July 2018

About impactNPO

“Harnessing ingenuity for good.”

We are making the world a better place by facilitating connections between charities and individuals intent on enhancing their impact on the world. We coordinate and support hackathons for charities, but our larger mission is to help individuals and organisations to run their own events in their own communities.

http://www.impactnpo.org/ and Facebook.

Auckland Science Fiction Book Club: Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar – Auckland – 10 July 2018

What

What we’re about

This is for all lovers of books – in particular science fiction and fantasy. We’ll meet once a month, on the second Tuesday of the month at a pub so you can have a drink and food if you want to.

We’ll read a variety of books by both male and female authors and try to vary them across different sub-genres eg Dystopian Fiction, Feminist SF, Literary SF, Post-Apocalyptic SF, Short Story Collections, Space Opera, etc.

Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar

Shortlisted for the Arthur C Clark award 2018

An intergalactic odyssey of love, ambition, and self-discovery

Orphaned as a boy, raised in the Czech countryside by his doting grandparents, Jakub Procházka has risen from small-time scientist to become the country’s first astronaut. When a dangerous solo mission to Venus offers him both the chance at heroism he’s dreamt of, and a way to atone for his father’s sins as a Communist informer, he ventures boldly into the vast unknown. But in so doing, he leaves behind his devoted wife, Lenka, whose love, he realizes too late, he has sacrificed on the altar of his ambitions.

Alone in Deep Space, Jakub discovers a possibly imaginary giant alien spider, who becomes his unlikely companion. Over philosophical conversations about the nature of love, life and death, and the deliciousness of bacon, the pair form an intense and emotional bond. Will it be enough to see Jakub through a clash with secret Russian rivals and return him safely to Earth for a second chance with Lenka?

Rich with warmth and suspense and surprise, Spaceman of Bohemia is an exuberant delight from start to finish. Very seldom has a novel this profound taken readers on a journey of such boundless entertainment and sheer fun.

When and Where

The Brew on Quay
Corner of Quay Street and Britomart Place
CBD, Auckland

6:30pm to 9pm
Tuesday, July 10 2018

How Much

Free

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Event page on meetup.com
Auckland Science Fiction Book Club

Transforming public transport with Auckland’s new network – Auckland – 18 July 2018

What

Auckland has made enormous strides in public transport in the last two decades. Since its foundation in 2010, Auckland Transport has achieved major public transport transformation.

Some highlights include: integrated ticketing and fares, electric trains, making real time information more real, much improved public transport interchanges and more reliable public transport services. But the workhorse of the public transport system is the humble city bus, carrying over 70% of all public transport trips. Even with City Rail Link and Light Rail, the bus will still be the dominant public transport mode into the future.

For City Rail Link and light rail to do their thing, they need a great bus network to support and feed them. This is where the new network comes in, as a first-principles review of the entire bus system that had been only incrementally changed since the late 1970s. This is being implemented in stages, with delivery to be complete in September this year.

Anthony Cross, the Manager Network Development under the new Auckland public transport brand AT Metro, has been the architect, champion and spearhead of the new network. Anthony will share Auckland’s journey from public transport backwater, to a bus system redesign widely regarded internationally as being best in class.

This Street Talks event is brought to you by the Auckland Design Office at Auckland Council and MRCagney Ltd.

When and Where

5:30 – 8pm
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Doors open 5:30pm with light refreshments and networking in the atrium area adjacent to the Whare Wānanga. The event itself kicks off at 6pm

Central City Library
44-46 Lorne St
Auckland

How Much

Free

More

Event on Library Website

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).

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

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

 

 

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.

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

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Contemporary Comics Panel Discussion – Wellington – 21 June 2018

What

Come and listen to 3 Wellington-based comics artists talk about their work and contemporary practice.

Giselle Clarkson, Jem Yoshioka, and Tara Black are accomplished artists with diverse styles and fascinating perspectives on the contemporary comics scene.

About the speakers:

Jem Yoshioka is an award winning comic artist and illustrator from Wellington, New Zealand.

Giselle Clarkson is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist based in Wellington. She has a comic strip about children’s books published monthly on The Sapling and has created non-fiction comics about science and conservation for Auckland Zoo, Forest & Bird, The NZ School Journal and others.

Her first picture book Secret World of Butterflies, a collaboration with author Courtney Sina Meredith and Auckland Museum, was released in May 2018.

Tara Black makes comics. Tara aims to wear at least three types of pattern in an outfit and can recite Pi to an underwhelming, 10 decimal places. She live illustrates book events for Booksellers NZ as well as making comics about otter-dogs, dead literary heroes who haunt teachers, and book dragons. You can find these things on her website, ablackart.com, but not Pi.

When and Where

5:30pm -6:30pm
Thursday 21 June 2018

Te Ahumairangi
Ground Floor, National Library
cnr Molesworth & Aitken Streets
Thorndon, Wellington

How Much

Free

More

Eventfinda Page
National Library Events page