Category: Location

December 10th – Reading Girl Geek Dinner


[tweetmeme source=readinggd]We’re back just before the Holidays: our December Reading Girl Geek Dinner, sponsored by our friends at Symantec, is back at La Tasca in central Reading.


The event will commence at 6.30pm; a lovely tapas dinner will follow from 7pm and we will have some time for networking during and after the meal.


The theme of the evening is “Be Inspired “. We will have a very inspiring group as guest speakers: Millennials from Microsoft will be talking about how they use technology, what they expect from it and how it is likely to change the way we live and work. We are very pleased to have these speakers join us. As usual, come with your ideas and ready to ask questions, network and be inspired.

Full Details:

  • Date & Time: Thursday, 10th December, 6:30pm for a 7pm start
  • End Time: Late
  • Venue: La Tasca, Reading
  • Hosted by: Girl Geek Dinners and Symantec
  • Food & Drink: Spanish tapas, buy your own drinks
  • Subject for the evening: Be Inspired
  • Format: Reception, Dinner, Conversation
  • Capacity: 40 people
  • Attendees: As ever, boy geeks are welcome to attend if invited by a girl geek although on this occasion we do stress that there are few and limited spaces so more boy geeks = less girl geeks.

 

If you’d like to attend on 10th December, please sign up via the Register Now button below, and we’ll see you at the event!

Geeky Gadgets & Gizmos – a Christmas Event

London Girl Geek Dinners and the British Computer Society (North London Branch) have joined forces to bring a wonderful Christmas event to you all.  The “Geeky Gadgets & Gizmos” event is a fun pre-Christmas party where 120 people gather to watch some of us show off their favourite gadgets, judged by a panel of geeky gadgety experts.

You don’t have to present your favourite gadget – you can just come and enjoy watching others present and of course the festive season cheer.  With mince pies galore, friends, fun, wine, juice and geeky gadgets, it’s sure to be a fantastically fun event!

To join up for this brilliant evening, simply visit: http://bcsnlbdec09-lggd.eventbrite.com/

This is a special LGGD & BCS combined event so let’s show our support by grabbing a ticket quickly and visiting one of the homes of geekyness – The British Computer Society.

If you’re curious about being a member, they are always happy to chat membership so just find a BCS member on the night or ask me – Judith Lewis – and I’ll help you find some information.

See you there!

The Bank of England Wants YOU!

Ladies – finished (or about to finish) Uni but not entirely sure what to do next?  Looking to radically change your career? Well, the Bank of England could be looking for you!

Yes, that’s right, the Bank of England is looking to fill some graduate level roles and there’s no need for a degree in finance or computing to join their IT department; just a desire to work in IT and learn more.  The Bank values their female employees, who tend to stay for longer in its IT area and so it wishes to get the message out to all ’Girl Geeks’ out there that they are hiring.

The Bank of England is so generous that they will be offering some insight and advice valuable for anyone applying anywhere, so even if you’re not ready right now or unsure of the IT roles within the Bankyou should pop along for the skills session which will help immensely at any job interview.

Remember that this is for *ANYONE* – not just those with a degree in IT or finance (however a background in maths, natural sciences or computing  is helpful!). Last year they recruited someone with a degree in philosophy so please do come along to see what it’s all about.

Here are the vital stats – if you have a genuine interest in working in IT and are predicted or have achieved a minimum of a 2:1 for your degree, just send an email to [email protected] and attach your CV.  My degree is in psychology and I work in a heavily technical discipline and so could you – at the Bank of England!

Date: Thursday 29 October 2009
Time: 4pm – 6.30pm
Location: Bank of England
Event Title: Women’s Networking Event
Outline:
4pm – 5.30pm: Presentation and Q&A by the IT department and then a skills session (TBC but related to applying to/working for the Bank of England)
5.30pm – 6.30pm: Keynote speech from Sarah Breeden, Head of Risk Management followed by drinks and nibbles with members of the Bank’s Women’s Network

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Come on ladies – it’s worth the opportunity to join one of the country’s most prestigious institutions in their IT department without needing a background in It – just a genuine interest in it.  See you there!!

BarCamp Ticket Lottery finishes TODAY!

Sorry for the late alert London Girl Geek Dinner Folks!

BarCampLondon is a semi-annual unconference run by volunteers for all geeks. The 7th version is at the IBM offices on the Southbank and will be held on the 24/25th of October. BarCamps are great events for geeks and anyone else with the slightest interest in BarCamps to meet new people in a relaxed and inspiring environment.

The organisers of this BarCamp are looking very hard for all of you out there that haven’t been to a BarCamp before, hoping to give you a great weekend to remember. To give you a bit of an extra nudge to apply for a ticket they have increased all newcomers’ chance to get a ticket in their lottery.

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Tickets are always in demand and limited but newcomers get a 50% higher chance to win a ticket in the lottery!

You can now sign up on http://bcl7lottery.heroku.com/, and you can find more info on the BarCamp site http://www.barcamplondon.org/. Alternatively you can also say hi to the organisers on their Twitter account @barcamplondon.

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So get in there and get your name down TODAY!

We’re still working on the next event for London GGD and are looking for a sponsor but if we can find a venue and can all pitch in some food or drink we can always have a great smaller event I’m sure! голова болит секс

If you work for a tech-savvy company who might be interested in supporting London Girl Geek Dinners, please do let us know 🙂

The next event will likely be first week of November or late October.

Thanks for reading!

London GGD Cloud Computing Event

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September 30th, 6:30pm at the Waterpoet pub with food, fun, information and a lovely sweatshirt

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    London Girl Geek Dinners presents in conjunction with Symantec – A talk on cloud computing and a wonderful event in a lovely pub!

    This event is all about CLOUD COMPUTING.  We’ve got expert Con Mallon coming in to speak.  Thanks go out to NORTON for helping us by offering this inspirational speaker

    It’s going to be a fabulous evening thanks to Symantec who, besides giving us a great speaker have also supplied us with funds for the event and some hooded London Girl Geek Dinners tops so please indicate if you’d like one on your ticket so we know how many to get shipped over.

    Waterpoet

    9 – 11 Folgate St
    London, London E1 6BX
    United Kingdom

    It’s going to be an interesting evening with Con Mallon European product developer with Norton spealking on CLOUD COMPUTING and lots of other geeky women talking, chatting and networking.  We’ll be in a dedicated space within Waterpoet and the movely people at SYMANTEC so just look for the signs and pick up your badge at the door! голова болит секс

    Please note that as always geek guys are welcome as a guest of a girl geek. Both tickets need to be added at the same time – thanks so much!!

      To get tickets, please visit http://lggdcloudcomputing.eventbrite.com/ where they are available now!

      dConstruct – Girl Geek Picnic

      Alongside this year’s dConstruct there will be a Girl Geek Picnic which is being organized by our very own Girl Geek from Brighton,

      Rosie Sherry!

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      Since the event is in the early planning stages there is just a wiki sign up

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      The Perfect Man release and further details will come out as and when they are announced on the Wiki.  If you are planning on going to dConstruct then do consider joining in with the picnic.  And as always if you are a guy, you are invited to attend with one of the girl geeks, so pop your name down too! We also have a discount code that Girl Geeks can use to get a reduced rate for this event.  This can be mailed out on request. Just send an e-mail titled Girl Geeks at dConstruct and we will send you the details of this.

      Over The Air – Suggest a Session!

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      After a number of false starts, we are a “go” for Over the Air 2009 – the sequel to last year’s hugely well-received Over the Air mobile developer event. We will be holding the event over the 25th and 26th of September (Friday and Saturday). Once again, we will be featuring a number of sessions on different technology / development (and now art / design) topics, with a focus on mobile. Once again, the event will be free for attendees and we expect between 300 and 400 attendees over the 2 days. Once again, people will be working overnight on mobile prototypes and hacks and once again there will be an awards ceremony on the second day to reward the most creative and exciting work.

      I am working on putting together the schedule right now and on this I need your help. If you would like to run a session at Over the Air, please take moment to fill in our session suggestion form (http://bit.ly/ota2009session). The sessions will be 55 minutes in length and while the focus of the event is on mobile development, we are also accepting sessions on user experience and design and we are putting together some sessions on mobile art including (hopefully) a mobile film festival.

      If you’re not in London and you don’t think you can make it over but you know someone who might be interested in running a session, please feel free to pass this on to them (or indeed to blog / tweet about it). I am also trying to drive awareness of the event and since this is a “grass roots” event, we have a very limited marketing budget so any help getting the word out would be greatly appreciated.

      For more information on the event, visit http://overtheair.org

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      . Let me know if you have any questions.

      Thanks!

      Dan Appelquist

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      London Girl Geek Dinner 4 Year Anniversary Event Announcement!

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      We have just finalised all the details for this year’s anniversary Girl Geek Dinner.  Since we know that there will be way more demand for this event than we could possibly cater for we are also going to live stream the event.

      The tickets will be released in two batches.  The first batch will be released on the 08/17/2009 at 1:30pm so that it’s across lunchtime rather than meeting times! The second batch are at an after work time of 8:30pm on 08/18/2009.  Remember to add those times to the diary.

      We will open up a small reserves list but we need to know drop outs asap as we can’t have more than 80 people for fire & safety reasons and Channel 4 require a list of attendees in advance of the event for name badges and to provide to security.

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      Many thanks

      Sarah

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      London Girl Geek Dinner 4 Year Anniversary – Sponosored by Channel 4!

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      Date:
      Wednesday, August 26, 2009 from 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM (GMT)

      Location:
      Channel 4 (In Cinema, Downstairs!)
      124-126 Horseferry Rd
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