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*Next [[#dc|dc4420]]: Tuesday December 11th. | *Next [[#dc|dc4420]]: Tuesday December 11th. | ||
*Next [[#ps|pubstandards]]: [http://london.pubstandards.com/next middle Thursday] of the month. | *Next [[#ps|pubstandards]]: [http://london.pubstandards.com/next middle Thursday] of the month. | ||
| + | Check ?dc and ?ps on [[IRC]] | ||
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| + | Next London Raspberry Jam on the 31st of January. See people's raspberry pi based projects and chat to interesting people. | ||
| + | Last one featured a raspberry pi controlled bigtrack with a robot arm grafted on top, RISCOS, the techno tunnel. | ||
| + | Beginners can usually find someone to help load a memory card with the OS etc. | ||
| + | There are a few big TV's bolted to the walls that can be used as HDMI displays with about 15 minutes of messing | ||
| + | about with the remote control but bringing a monitor is handy if you want to use one all evening. | ||
| + | Registration requested but they will usually let a few extra people in. | ||
| + | Link below | ||
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| + | [http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/newsandeventspggrp/imperialcollege/engineering/manufacturingfutureslab/eventssummary/event_11-12-2012-19-43-37 3D printing talk at Imperial on thursday] | ||
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===In London=== | ===In London=== | ||
| − | + | * [http://www.meetup.com/London-Indie-Game-Developers/ London indie game developers meetup] thursday | |
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* [http://www.meetup.com/Restart-electronics-repairers/events/99864782/ Repair Party] Wednesday, 23 January, 18–21:00, Brixton. | * [http://www.meetup.com/Restart-electronics-repairers/events/99864782/ Repair Party] Wednesday, 23 January, 18–21:00, Brixton. | ||
* [http://therestartproject.org/events/ Repair Party] Saturday, 26 January, 14–17:00, NW1. | * [http://therestartproject.org/events/ Repair Party] Saturday, 26 January, 14–17:00, NW1. | ||
* [http://therestartproject.org/events/ Repair Party] Saturday, 2 February, 14-17:00, Finsbury Park. | * [http://therestartproject.org/events/ Repair Party] Saturday, 2 February, 14-17:00, Finsbury Park. | ||
| + | * [http://eventhandler.co.uk/events/designmodelling-1 Design Modelling Workshop] A training session for hobbiests to product designers. Jude Pullen from Dyson teaches how to make and develop models and how to turn them into prototypes. £100 | ||
| + | * [http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/visitmuseum/events/events_for_adults/Lates.aspx Science museum late] 30th of jan | ||
* [http://www.bettshow.com/ BETT] Technology for Education. 30/1-2/2, Excel. | * [http://www.bettshow.com/ BETT] Technology for Education. 30/1-2/2, Excel. | ||
| + | * [http://www.meetup.com/raspberryjam/events/100624282/ Raspberry Jam London number 5] thursday 31st of January at the Mozilla space, five minutes walk from Charing Cross. | ||
| + | * [http://londonamateurbrewers.wordpress.com/ London amateur brewers meetup] 4th of february | ||
* [http://therestartproject.org/events/ Repair Party] Sun 10 February 2013, 14- 17:00, SE1 0QL. | * [http://therestartproject.org/events/ Repair Party] Sun 10 February 2013, 14- 17:00, SE1 0QL. | ||
| + | * [http://www.school-of-booze.com/booze-news/upcoming-events School of Booze Belgian beers session] February the 12th at the White Horse, costs £27. | ||
| + | * [http://www.rigb.org/contentControl?action=displayContent&id=00000004974 Quantum mechanics training] A Royal Institution science training course over six sessions, costs 200 quid. | ||
* [http://www.kinetica-artfair.com Kinetica artfare] February 28th – March 3rd. | * [http://www.kinetica-artfair.com Kinetica artfare] February 28th – March 3rd. | ||
* [http://www.infosec.co.uk/ Infosec] Security expo. 23-25th April, Earls Court. | * [http://www.infosec.co.uk/ Infosec] Security expo. 23-25th April, Earls Court. | ||
* [http://www.securitybsides.org.uk/ BsidesLondon13] community driven free security conference. April 24th, Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall. | * [http://www.securitybsides.org.uk/ BsidesLondon13] community driven free security conference. April 24th, Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall. | ||
* [http://www.londonexpo.com/ MCM Expo] Movies, Comics and Media. Excel, 24-26 May. | * [http://www.londonexpo.com/ MCM Expo] Movies, Comics and Media. Excel, 24-26 May. | ||
| + | * [http://www.plasashow.com/ Plasa] Sound and light trade show at the ExCel center. 6-8October | ||
See [http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/ Ian Visits] for other London events of a intellectual but somewhat less geeky nature. | See [http://www.ianvisits.co.uk/ Ian Visits] for other London events of a intellectual but somewhat less geeky nature. | ||
And for a round-up of geek-themed events and nights, check out the latest | And for a round-up of geek-themed events and nights, check out the latest | ||
[http://londonist.com/tags/geeklist geeky listings from the Londonist]. | [http://londonist.com/tags/geeklist geeky listings from the Londonist]. | ||
| + | [http://www.rougol.jellybaby.net/ London Riscos meeting] | ||
===In UK=== | ===In UK=== | ||
| + | * [http://www.eventbrite.com/org/2308520311 Raspberry Jamboree] Manchester in march | ||
* [http://www.makerfaireuk.com/ Next Newcastle makerfair] April 27th and 28th, 2013 | * [http://www.makerfaireuk.com/ Next Newcastle makerfair] April 27th and 28th, 2013 | ||
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* http://eventhandler.co.uk/ Various geek events. | * http://eventhandler.co.uk/ Various geek events. | ||
* Tour of Whitechapel bell foundry (Britain's oldest manufacturing company) - needs about 4-6 months notice and a fixed number of people (20) | * Tour of Whitechapel bell foundry (Britain's oldest manufacturing company) - needs about 4-6 months notice and a fixed number of people (20) | ||
| + | * http://www.cultureseekers.org/ Walks, history tours and stuff around London | ||
| + | * http://www.kensevents.co.uk/ London dinners, walks and days out organized by Ken. | ||
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===In UK=== | ===In UK=== | ||
Revision as of 00:09, 23 January 2013
See the calendar for details of activities at the Hackspace and events primarily aimed at LHS members.
This page is for other events, elsewhere, that may be of interest. Please add more events.
Upcoming
- Next dc4420: Tuesday December 11th.
- Next pubstandards: middle Thursday of the month.
Check ?dc and ?ps on IRC
Next London Raspberry Jam on the 31st of January. See people's raspberry pi based projects and chat to interesting people. Last one featured a raspberry pi controlled bigtrack with a robot arm grafted on top, RISCOS, the techno tunnel. Beginners can usually find someone to help load a memory card with the OS etc. There are a few big TV's bolted to the walls that can be used as HDMI displays with about 15 minutes of messing about with the remote control but bringing a monitor is handy if you want to use one all evening. Registration requested but they will usually let a few extra people in. Link below
3D printing talk at Imperial on thursday
In London
- London indie game developers meetup thursday
- Repair Party Wednesday, 23 January, 18–21:00, Brixton.
- Repair Party Saturday, 26 January, 14–17:00, NW1.
- Repair Party Saturday, 2 February, 14-17:00, Finsbury Park.
- Design Modelling Workshop A training session for hobbiests to product designers. Jude Pullen from Dyson teaches how to make and develop models and how to turn them into prototypes. £100
- Science museum late 30th of jan
- BETT Technology for Education. 30/1-2/2, Excel.
- Raspberry Jam London number 5 thursday 31st of January at the Mozilla space, five minutes walk from Charing Cross.
- London amateur brewers meetup 4th of february
- Repair Party Sun 10 February 2013, 14- 17:00, SE1 0QL.
- School of Booze Belgian beers session February the 12th at the White Horse, costs £27.
- Quantum mechanics training A Royal Institution science training course over six sessions, costs 200 quid.
- Kinetica artfare February 28th – March 3rd.
- Infosec Security expo. 23-25th April, Earls Court.
- BsidesLondon13 community driven free security conference. April 24th, Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall.
- MCM Expo Movies, Comics and Media. Excel, 24-26 May.
- Plasa Sound and light trade show at the ExCel center. 6-8October
See Ian Visits for other London events of a intellectual but somewhat less geeky nature. And for a round-up of geek-themed events and nights, check out the latest geeky listings from the Londonist. London Riscos meeting
In UK
- Raspberry Jamboree Manchester in march
- Next Newcastle makerfair April 27th and 28th, 2013
In Europe
- The Payback Demoparty, Finland, 1-3 Feb 2013.
- Eth0 winter conference 22-24/02/2013 Lievelde, The Netherlands.
- OHM July 31st – August 4th 2013. Geestmerambacht, The Netherlands. The next in a series of camps that have been happening every four years since 1989.
- Fosdem 2013 2&3 February 2013. Five thousand open source developers in Brussels.
- Payback Demoparty 1 - 3rd Febuary 2013 Large demoparty.
Internationally
Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast
Recurring
In London
- CryptoParty
- RestartParty Fixing Stuff.
- Brixton Tinkerspace exists as a small weekly meetup. Discuss plans for a space in the Brixton area or just turn up to socialise.
- geekpub Geeks in a pub
- Dorkbot London: "people doing strange things with electricity"
- Science in the pub Roughly monthly, a talk on something sciency followed by drinking.
- Skeptics in the pub three different groups of them in London apparently, Hackney, Westminster and Camden.
- MathsJam is a monthly opportunity for like-minded self-confessed maths enthusiasts to get together in a pub and share stuff they like. Mathjam London
- http://www.gllug.org.uk Greater London Unix User Group.
- IET london Regular possibly interesting talks.
- Funix: Free Unix Command Line Workshops every week in Shoreditch
- Open Wireless Network Wednesdays.
- http://hub.opensolaris.org/bin/view/User+Group+losug/ London Open Solaris User Group
- http://london2600.org.uk/ Telecomms, security and more...
- http://dc4420.org/ Defcon London Meetup. November 20th, December 11th so far.
- http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/lates
- http://oshug.org/ Open Source Hardware User Group
- http://www.amiganorththames.co.uk/ Amiga North Thames User Group
- http://www.nintendisco.com/ A retro gaming night
- http://www.pubstandards.co.uk/ Where beer and web people collide
- hacks/hackers Hacks & Hackers.
- http://eventhandler.co.uk/ Various geek events.
- Tour of Whitechapel bell foundry (Britain's oldest manufacturing company) - needs about 4-6 months notice and a fixed number of people (20)
- http://www.cultureseekers.org/ Walks, history tours and stuff around London
- http://www.kensevents.co.uk/ London dinners, walks and days out organized by Ken.
In UK
- Maker Faire
- Various things at the Lighthouse in Brighton
- http://www.rsgb.org/events/ Amateur radio rallies around the country. Usually lots of cheap electronic components and interesting junk.
- DDRC Bootsale One of the biggest and best radio rallies in the UK, anually in May.
In Europe
- http://plumbercon.org/ (Vienna)
- http://eth-0.nl/ (The Netherlands)
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/ and CCC Camp (Germany)
- http://www.demoparty.net/
- http://www.fosdem.org/ (Belgium)
Internationally
- http://dorkbot.org/ Various cities globally
- http://www.2600.org/meetings/ Various cities globally (Paris 2600 wanted to do some sort of exchange visit a while back but we were too lazy to do anything).
Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast
- World Amateur Radio Day - 18th April
Visited / Past Events
In London
- Repair Party and Feast in Brixton. Sunday Dec 16.
- Cryptoparty London
- Turing's legacy at the BCS, Southampton Street. 19th of January.
- The Wild Rumpus:feat: The Beast 2nd of Feb.
- The centenary of Britain's first public automatic telephone exchange. 8th February @ The Science Museum.
- plastic electronics including solar cells. 8th February, Imperial College.
- MySociety.Org Pub Meet. 22nd February in the Prince Arthur, near Euston Station from 19:30.
- Dorkbot
- NPL Openhouse 14th March from 14:00. Loose plan here.
- HactionLab - @LARC 4-6th May.
- Mozilla London office launch events: 9-16th May.
- Science London The science of sound, friday 18th of May. 5 quid including a drink on arrival
In UK
- Electro Magnetic Field: A UK Hacker Camp 31st August to the 2nd September.
- Hovershow 2012 April 28-29, Lee-on-the-Solent, outside Portsmouth video
- Mini Maker faire Derby maker fair
In Europe
Non-geographic / virtual / broadcast
- Free online CS courses Free online computer science course from Stanford university starting January