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| − | * [http:// | + | * [http://engineeringpechakucha2603.eventbrite.co.uk/ UCL Engineering Pecha Kucha] 4 free short talks from UCL engineers, feat synth bio and using wifi to physically detect intruders. March 26th, 18.00 @ UCL |
* [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. | ||
Revision as of 14:18, 18 March 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
In London
- UCL Engineering Pecha Kucha 4 free short talks from UCL engineers, feat synth bio and using wifi to physically detect intruders. March 26th, 18.00 @ UCL
- 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.
- Elephant and Castle Mini Maker Faire 6th July at LCC, Free event, deadline for Call for Makers 14th April
- Hacked.io A hack day at the dome. 20th and 21st of July. Seems to have no specific focus at this point, presumably people will turn up and work on whatever they want? Ticket cost not yet announced.
- Nineworlds Geekfest 9–11 August, Heathrow.
- 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
- Tim Hunkin at GEEK2013, creator of the secret life of machines talks at GEEK2013 in Margate. 21st of Feb. Geek2013 is 21-24 Feb.
- Raspberry Jamboree Manchester in march
- Next Newcastle makerfair April 27th and 28th, 2013
In Europe
- 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.
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. Check ?dc on IRC.
- 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. Check ?ps on IRC
- 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.
- London amateur brewers meetup
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
- Folklore of Network Protocols talk by Radia Perlman, 15 January 4pm, UCL.
- Funix term commenced 15th of January.
- restart parties
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