South West tech and digital events roundup - October 2017

Bristol Data Scientists, Watershed, Bristol, 2 October @ 6pm

This is a group for statisticians, mathematicians, programmers, data scientists, data alchemists and anyone interested in using data for analytics.

Join them and three expert speakers for their last meetup of the year.

Find out more about the speakers and RSVP to confirm your place at the Bristol Data Scientists meetup.

CreativeXR Briefing, Watershed, Bristol, 3 October @ 1 – 3pm

CreativeXR unlocks the opportunity for creative talent to experiment with immersive content that inspires audiences.

Focused on the creative industries, namely the arts and culture sector; the three-month programme works with the best creative teams to help develop concepts and prototypes of immersive content by offering access to finance, facilities, industry leaders and commissioning bodies.

Through the application process, 20 companies will be awarded £20k each to develop VR content.

RSVP to confirm your place at the CreativeXR Briefing.

The Official Shopify Meetup, Brightpearl HQ, Bristol, Bristol, 3 October @ 7 – 9pm

You know that number on your Shopify dashboard which says ‘conversion rate’? Some days you may feel it’s impossible to control. You toss and turn, wondering how it will impact your business tomorrow.

If this is you, get yourself to this free Shopify meetup – a growth crash course for e-commerce managers and enterprise store owners.

RSVP for your free place at the Official Shopify Meetup here.

Threads: GDPR – why tech businesses should be preparing now, Ashfords, Bristol, 4 October @ 6.30PM

Running a technology company can seem a challenging and solitary place as you build, lead and grow the business.

Threads is a different kind of learning resource. Exclusively for founders and senior managers of companies creating technology, IP or products, it’s an informal facilitated roundtable discussion that draws on collective learning and experience.

Join Threads this month to dicuss GDPR and why tech businesses should be preparing now.

Bath Machine Learning: Kaggle Newbie Workshop + BMLM 1st Anniversary, The Guild Coworking Hub, Bath, 4 October @ 7 – 9pm

This group is for anyone (beginners through to experts) interested in machine learning and its applications.

This meetup will help members get to grips with Kaggle – a platform for data science competitions – ahead of its future Kaggle workshops. It’s also a special day for the meetup – its 1st anniversary.

Join Bath Machine Learning meetup and RSVP for free to attend the Kaggle workshop.

BATHSPARK: COFFEE & NETWORKING, THE GUILD COWORKING HUB, BATH, 5 October @ 10.30AM – 12PM

BathSPARK’s drop-in coffee mornings are a very informal networking forum, where you can come along and meet others who work in tech in the region.

Whether you’ve just moved your business to the area and would like to build your network, or if you’re well established in the region, feel free to pop down, have a coffee courtesy of the lovely people at the Guild Co-working Hub, and a friendly chat.

Join BathSPARK for free to sign-up to attend Coffee and Networking at the Guild Coworking Hub.

Bristech, Engine Shed, Bristol, 5 October @ 7pm

Bristech is a meetup for those interested in the more technical side of well… tech. This month its welcoming two speakers – Shaun Dunne on WebXR and ‘Building the Open Metaverse’, along with Susan Thomson on why we can’t vote online.

The popularity of Bristech’s meetups is quite impressive so you’ll need to RSVP quick to guarantee yourself a spot.

Join Bristech to RSVP for free for its October talks evening.

South West UX October Meetup, Just Eat, Bristol, 10 October @ 6.45pm

A free meet-up for UX and UX-curious people, on the third Tuesday of every month in Bristol.

Sign up to SWUX and RSVP be the first to find out about its October speakers.

South West Founders, Watershed, Bristol, 11 October @ 7pm

South West Founders is a monthly meetup for people based in the South West who have been, are, or want to be tech startup founders.

They welcome entrepreneurs and tech investors with open arms, as well as those who have a genuine interest in founding or mentoring startup businesses.

Check out the South West Founders and RSVP to its October meetup.

Simpleweb and Venturefest Challenge hack night: Blockchain for future cities, Bristol, 12 October @ 6.30pm

In partnership with Venturefest – celebrating innovation in Bristol and Bath – Simpleweb is inviting all (developer or not) to create working prototypes or concepts for projects exploring how we can use blockchain to create a positive impact on cities in the future.

Find out more about this Simpleweb challenge and RSVP for free to confirm your place.

BathCamp: The future of health, The Guild Coworking Hub, Bath, 12 October @ 7pm

BathCamp is a free event for anyone interested in technology, from hardware to software through to the business and design side of things.

This month they have speakers talking about the inventive hardware design that solves problems for the disabled and a beginner’s guide to hacking your genome.

Register for free to hear the speakers at October’s BathCamp.

SQL Relay 2017, The Bristol Hotel, Bristol, 21 September @ 9am – 2pm

SQL Relay is returning for its 8th year and is heading your way this October.

With four tracks the event will provide in-depth tips and tricks for your SQL Server and Azure environment. There is also a morning and afternoon in-depth workshop, although spaces are limited in these so ensure you register your place by following the link below.

Check out the full line-up for this year’s SQL Relay and register for your free ticket.

SWARVR, Engine Shed, Bristol, 16 October @ 6.30 – 9.30pm

SWARVR aims to promote networking and idea development in AR/VR within the South West. They welcome academics, students, technology providers and users to meet with others with similar interests.

Get a piece of the SWARVR action by joining the meetup group for free.

Venturefest Smart Cities Thought Leadership Conference, Watershed, Bristol, 17 October

The Thought Leadership programme will lead the Smart City debate, posing the challenges of developing the future city for the business and entrepreneurial communities to respond to.

The following key themes will be explored: ‘Intelligent Infrastructure’, ‘The Future of Work’, ‘The Future of Mobility’ and ‘Smart Cities, Smart Citizens’.

Find out more about the Venturefest Thought Leadership Conference and register your place.

ACCU Bristol: How I Rob Banks (Legally) With FC, Bristol Marriott Hotel, Bristol, 18 October @ 7pm

ACCU Bristol is the local chapter of the ACCU, which stands for professionalism in programming, meeting most months to discuss a wide range of topics relating to software development.

At this month’s meetup, hear FC take a light-hearted trip through security failures both physical and electronic that has enabled him over the years to circumvent the security of most of the world’s largest banks.

Join ACCU Bristol for free to RSVP to this month’s meetup.

Tech4Good Bath: Community Mapping, Bath Innovation Centre, Bath, 19 October @ 6 – 8.30pm

A growing community of over 200 members, this event will be held during the Digital Good day at the Bath Digital Festival, sponsored by the Social Enterprise & Innovation Programme.

Tech4Good Bath will use this meetup to provide a relaxed and friendly convening space for its network to map shared interests, projects, skills and the experience of the group.

Help to map the needs of Bath by RSVPing to the next Tech4Good Bath meetup.

Festival of Female Entrepreneurs 2017, Bristol Harbour Hotel & Spa, Bristol, 20 October @ 9.30am – 6.30pm

Back for its sixth year, this event is a must in your entrepreneurial calendar. The unique event, hosted at the brand new and beautiful Bristol Harbour Hotel & Spa, will bring together some of the UK’s most influential female entrepreneurs, business leaders and brightest startups to provide you with detailed and practical insight to grow your business.

Get your tickets to the Festival of Female Entrepreneurs 2017.

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.Net South West: Diving into Elasticsearch, Just Eat, Bristol, 24 October @ 6.30pm

Get up and running with Elasticsearch from a .NET perspective, explore its search and analytics capabilities through the Stackoverflow and .NET Core telemetry data sets. Hopefully you’ll find the answers you’re looking for and come away with new ways to splice and dice your own data.

Find out more about .Net South West and sign up to the October Elasticsearch talk here.

Artificial Intelligence Demystified, Engine Shed, Bristol, 26 October @ 9am – 5pm

A one-day, hands-on workshop to get you on top of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

AI can seem inaccessible and complex at first, but this workshop is designed to quickly give you the tools you need to understand how AI works and how you can use it.

This workshop will walk you through AI – what it is, and how to use and build it.

Get your tickets for AI Demystified here.

freenode #live, We the Curious, Bristol, 28 – 29 October

freenode #live is a community-focused live event designed to build and strengthen relationships between Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) developers and users.

Facilitating face-to-face interaction, creative workshops, talks and think tanks, freenode #live will bring developers and users together in a nurturing and dynamic environment stimulating the free exchange of ideas and information while fostering cross-project collaboration and dialogue for innovation.

Find out more about freenode #live and register for your free tickets.

Co-creating Today’s Technology: Young User Approach, Watershed, Bristol, 28 October @ 10.30am – 1.30pm

This is an event that aims to bring together local tech, young people, children, parents, and teachers for a morning of innovation and free access to some of the latest developments in our city.

A new type of event that seeks to open a dialogue in which local companies and organisations can work with schools in a systematic and collaborative way, encouraging young people to get involved in the process of developing technology, providing an insight into their needs, experiences, and expectations.

Find out more about the ‘Co-creating Today’s Technology’ event and RSVP for free to secure your place.