Tag: Wellington

WOSSAT – Wellington – 21 August 2018

What

Wellington Open Source Show And Tell (WOSSAT)

Martin Krafft — Stepping up the game against Web trackers

The attempt to standardize the Do-Not-Track HTTP request header is going nowhere, and it’s cute anyway, in that it expects the other side to honour the request, and how would we know if they did? After all, tracking is serious business, and it’s hard to imagine a company in this field walking past money lying on the street without picking it up.

Martin is at war with what the Web has become, and he’s here to talk to you about techniques he’s using to minimise his browsing footprint on a day to day basis. Do not attend if you’d prefer to think of the Web as the decentralized knowledge-sharing network it was originally conceived as.

Brent Wood — NIWA’s Marine Data Portal

The NIWA Marine Data portal started life as a web portal for a Bay of Islands research project in 2008. The entire site was based on open source and open standards to provide open data (and open information – there is a difference!). NIWA has a number of other marine research projects that need a “web presence” so the site was enhanced and renamed to support multiple projects.

The portal is based on a suite of open Source applications, including Silverstripe (CMS), PostGIS (spatial database), Geonetwork (metadata catalogue), mapserver (spatial data web services), Openlayers (web map client). It runs on Linux servers. Data is served and accessed using OGC web services (WMS, WFS, CSW) and some of the data services have been picked up and reused elsewhere.

Wellington Open Source Show And Tell is a monthly meetup for fans of all things open. Come along to share tools, techniques and experiences.

When and Where

6pm Tuesday, 21st August 2018

Catalyst IT
Level 3, Catalyst House,
150 Willis Street, Wellington

How Much

Free

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wossat.nz

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Future Meetings Schedule:

Monthly meetings alternate between the 3rd Tuesday and the 3rd Thursday of each month.

Let’s talk: careers in tech – Wellington – 9 August 2018

What

Join us for the next Wāhine in Tech Wellington event for an engaging discussion about careers in tech.

We have gathered a group of kick ass women for the discussion panel, all of whom have had really interesting journeys in the tech industry. Come armed with your own questions or discussion points, and let’s get the conversation started.

Is the tech industry a welcoming place for women? What kind of treatment should be expected? What does success look like? How do we make it a better space in which to progress and flourish? How do we make it more inclusive for underrepresented people?

About our panellists:

aurynn shaw
aurynn is the founder of Eiara, a DevOps consultancy based out of Wellington, New Zealand, focussing on helping clients develop technical DevOps capability, and the cultural knowledge to use it.

With over a decade as a professional software developer, aurynn’s expertise ranges from modern cloud deployments to massively parallel supercomputer environments.

As the defining voice of the ideas of “contempt culture”, aurynn is working to change the very nature of how we create new technologies, and the questions that we must answer as we do.

Hiria Te Rangi
Hiria loves her community and loves technology, so Kaiwhakahaere (CEO) for WhareHauora was a natural role for her.

With 15 years in tech with numerous technical and business roles in open data, open source, digital technologies and infrastructure, Hiria relishes the middle ground that Whare Hauora holds for Aotearoa.

Whare Hauora’s ability to go into a Marae, Community centres or schools to teach low income families about Whare Sensors, how to build them and how they can help whānau make informed decisions about how their home affects their health, brilliantly marries Hiria’s two loves and she is very happy to talk to you about them.

Tamara Buckland
Tamara is a passionate people and culture consultant in the tech industry with a background in entrepreneurship, service design and delivery, and people leadership. She balances consulting with working part time for CoLiberate, a local business delivering Mental Health First Aid training. Tamara brings a mental health and wellbeing focus to her work in the tech industry, and is particularly interested in how we can support people in marginalised groups

When and Where

How Much

Free. Please reserve your seat here.

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A big thank you to TradeMe (https://www.trademe.co.nz/) for hosting us, and once again to Raygun (https://raygun.com/) and Rabid Technologies (http://www.rabid.co.nz/) for sponsoring the drinks and nibbles.

RailsBridge Workshop – Wellington – 11-12 August 2018

What

RailsBridge is a free weekend workshop for underrepresented peoples looking to get a taste of tech. We provide a warm and encouraging environment as we run you through tutorials and activities about coding in Ruby, Rails, and whatever else might catch your eye.

This is primarily for women and non-binary peoples who are beginners to coding and want to try it out and see what it’s all about. We welcome Māori and Pasifika, those in LGBTQIA+ communities, and any who are underrepresented in tech. We’re here to support YOU!

The venue is wheelchair accessible. If you require a sign language interpreter, child care or the like, we’d be happy to accommodate you 🙂

RailsBridge is open to people of all ages, but if you are 13 or under you must attend with a guardian.

When and Where

8:30am – 5pm Saturday 11 August
9am – 2pm Sunday 12 August

Flex Federation
Customhouse Quay
Wellington CBD

How Much

Free

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RailsBridge NZ Website

Introduction to openHAB and Android Things – Wellington – 26 July 2018

What

Wellington Home Automation Hackers are a meetup group of like minded people who are interested in home automation, whether it’s plugging in off-the-shelf IoT lightbulbs, or soldering your own PCB designs doing BLE – and everything in between!

For our second meetup, we have two exciting presentations lined up.

David Cole is going to do an introduction to openHAB, including comparing some of it’s key differences with Home Assistant (as featured last time).

And Dave McKelvie is going to do an introduction to Android Things, Google’s platform for building smart/IoT devices.

When and Where

5:30pm to 7:30pm
Thursday, 26 July 2018

Schedule
17:30 – 18:00: Casual chat
18:00 – 19:00: Presentations
19:00 – 19:30: Casual chat

Sailthru,
Level 1 14 Blair Street,
Wellington

How Much

Free

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Meeting Page
Wellington Home Automation Hackers Meetup Group Webpage

WeTest Conference – Auckland/ Wellington – 23/25 October 2018

What

WeTest is the heart of the New Zealand software testing community. We bring together people who are passionate about testing, providing a platform for sharing ideas and learning through experience-based sessions and workshops.

The 2018 is a single day conference being held (with the same speakers) in Wellington and Auckland

When and Where

8:45am – 5pm
Wellington – Tuesday 23 October 2018
Auckland – Thursday 25 October 2018

Te Papa Tongarewa,
Te Aro,
Wellington

Cordis Auckland (ex Langham),
83 Symonds Street,
Grafton,
Auckland

How Much
$250

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WeTest 2018 Programme Overview

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.

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

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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).

ScaleConf NZ 2018 – Wellington – 7 August 2018

What

Technical Conference on Software Development

Performance. Scalability. Resilience. Security. Cloud. People.

ScaleConf New Zealand is an international technical conference for those who build or maintain web systems. Audience includes developers, engineers and managers from companies of all sizes, researchers, academics, influential business decision makers, CTOs and VPs engaged in the web development and performance ecosystem.

Bringing together international and local thought-leaders, knowledge of innovators, and practitioners in development and operations. ScaleConf promises to provide plenty of networking opportunities, as well as opportunities to connect with decision makers, influencers and industry minds.

When and Where

Main Conference : 7 August  2018
Workshops & Pre-Conference Day : 6 August 2018

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Level 2 – 55 Cable St, Wellington 6011.

How Much

Regular price: $395 + GST (ends 27 July 2018)
Late price: $490 +GST (ends 6 August 2018)
Workshops: $215 + GST
Students: $170 + GST

More

http://www.scaleconf.co.nz/2018/

Stats NZ: Open Data for Kiwi companies – Wellington – 28 June 2018

What

Nadia McGregor and Paul Stone from Stats NZ will be talking to the ITP Wellington branch.

The session will focus on the New Zealand Open Data Programme and how it is opening the door to a new mind-set in government and creating opportunities for companies and individuals to leverage publicly available data sets for innovation.

Nadia will be illustrating the current growth of publicly available data sets and provide examples of how NZ government Open Data is currently being used in innovative ways.

Paul, with years of experience in this area, will be there to support and help answer questions at the end of the session.

When and Where

Thursday 28 June 2018

4:15 pm – 6:30 pm
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm Open data presentation

KPMG Executive Boardroom
10 Customhouse Quay
Wellington 6011

How Much

ITP Financial Members FREE
Staff of Corporate Partners (20% Discount) $17.39 + GST / $20.00 incl GST
Non-Members $21.74 + GST / $25.00 incl GST

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Stats NZ: Open Data for Kiwi companies – Registration and information about the event.

 

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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