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Technology Events
A calendar listing of technology events of importance.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Web Designers Users Group (WDUG)
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: TechMaine Technology Center, Westbrook
Website Content Management Systems - Panel Discussion
This will be an informal discussion on a few different types of website content management systems, including proprietary and open source solutions. Bill Clarke of The Geek Team will discuss RevolutionCMS; Casey Rosenthal will discuss Rails; Randy Runnels and Suzy Massey will discuss WordPress;and Todd Woofenden will discuss Drupal. (Maybe others as well.)
About the Speakers:
- Bill Clarke co-founded The Geek Team in 1999 and currently serves as President and Application Architect. The Geek Team specializes in custom web application development, and has a number of products under development including RevolutionCMS, a painless Content Management System for Web Designers. The Geek Team is headquartered in Greene, Maine.
- Casey Rosenthal is the Chief Software Engineer at Port Forty Nine, an online application business specializing in Ruby on Rails software. Mr. Rosenthal has over a decade of experience writing and deploying online applications, and has been using the Rails framework for over two years. Port Forty Nine's flagship product is an online business simulation for sales managers, used mostly in the pharmaceutical industry, and written entirely on Rails.
- T.H. Creations co-founder Randy Runnels has been designing and building web applications since 1999. He's passionate about accessibility, usability, and web standards.
- Todd Woofenden is TechMaine's Users Group Coordinator, and manages about a dozen Drupal websites. He is currently working on developing a new site for TechMaine in Drupal 6.2.
Door Prizes: Registered attendees will be entered in
drawings for several copies of the hot-off-the-presses O'Reilly book, Web 2.0: A Strategy Guide, by Amy Shuen. You must register and attend to be in the drawing.
About the TechMaine Web Designers Users Group (WDUG): WDUG meets monthly, on the 3rd Monday of the month. Membership is open to any member of the Maine community, and any other people the Group may invite. Please attend a meeting, visit the WDUG website or contact the Users Group Coordinator for details.
Please Register Here to attend the next meeting. There is no charge for this event. Please include your email address so that we can notify you if there is a change in schedule.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
2008 Technology Awards Gala
Time: 6:15 - 9:30 PM
Location: Eastland Park Hotel Ballroom
Announcing the 2008 Finalists
The Technology Awards showcase the progress and recognize the accomplishments and significant contributions of the state's technology sectors over the past year and present awards to Maine's top technology companies. This event allows TechMaine the opportunity to highlight outstanding achievements and success stories from technology firms across the state.
We are especially pleased this year to announce the Governor's Award for Technology Company of the Year.
Join us and our special guest Tom DeMarco as the Master of Ceremony for this year's Technology Awards Gala. Tom is a Principal of the Atlantic Systems Guild, and a Fellow of the Cutter Consortium. He was the winner of the 1986 Warnier Prize for "lifetime contribution to the field of computing," and the 1999 Stevens Award for "contribution to the methods of software development."
Along with the other members of The Atlantic Systems Guild, Tom has written a 2008 book on patterns of behavior observed when groups of technical workers join together to take on a substantial task. The book is called: Adrenaline Junkies and Template Zombies: Understanding Patterns of Project Behavior.
The 2008 Technology Awards Gala will be held Tuesday, May 20. The Gala features heavy hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar plus exceptional networking opportunities. Register Today
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Digital Communications Users Group (DCUG)
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: TechMaine Technology Center, Westbrook
At the May DCUG meeting, Jeff Nevins and Jeff McCarthy of Fairpoint will be presenting. Details soon -- but you can register to attend now.
About the Speakers:
Jeff McCarthy has been in the telecommunications industry in northern New England for 21 years, starting his career as an Agent for New England Telephone in Vermont. He has served in a role as a communications services consumer, as a telecommunications manager for Banknorth Group. He also has a background in sales and product management having worked for Hyperion Communications in 1997, RCC Atlantic, Adelphia Business Solutions / TelCove / Level 3. Mr. McCarthy joined FairPoint in June of 2007 and is the Assistant Vice President – Business Services, with responsibility for the sales and account support areas for business and enterprise markets throughout Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Jeff Nevins has over 20 years of experience in corporate communications, public relations and governmental affairs. He has worked in communications department for FairPoint Communications since November 2008 when he returned to Maine after spending three years in Louisiana working for CenturyTel, a telecommunications company similar to FairPoint. He is a Maine native who graduated from the University of Maine and has an MBA from Thomas College. He has also worked for Mead Paper/Boise Cascade, Allied Signal Corporation, the Maine Better Transportation Association and the United Way of Kennebec Valley. He has two grown daughters and lives in Augusta with his wife Barbara.
Door Prize: Registered attendees will be entered in a door prize drawing for a copy of the Addison-Wesley book:Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses, by Markus Jakobsson and Zulfikar Ramzan, courtesy of Pearson Education. You must register and attend to be in the drawing.
A presentation of DCUG: The TechMaine Digital Communications Users Group. No charge. plenty of free parking. Contact The TechMaine Users Group Coordinator for more information.
Please register online to attend and to be entered in the door prize drawing.Please include your email address so that we can contact you if there is any change in the schedule.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Usability / User Experience Users Group (UUUG)
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: TechMaine Technology Center
Usability Testing with Morae and UserVue - with Shane Lovellette
Shane Lovellette, Product Manager of Morae, will be giving a presentation of usability testing with Morae and Uservue. Morae is an application that helps usability professionals run and analyze usability tests as well as lets remote observers observe the test in process. The Techsmith Team is hard at work adding new capabilities that will help test devices like the iPhone, paper prototyping as well as perform in-depth interviews to focus groups and unmoderated testing. In this session, Shane will provide an overview of how Morae supports traditional usability testing and will pull back the curtain to give you a peek at what's coming...and demonstrate specific use scenarios. Remote user testing with UserVue will also be shown. We hope you can join us!
About the Speaker: Shane Lovellette is the product manager for Morae and UserVue. Shane came to TechSmith with over eight years of management and production experience in video and television. In 2004, Shane helped TechSmith introduce Morae, the first all-digital solution that records and synchronizes user and system data for the analysis of human-computer interaction. In that time, Morae has become the gold standard for usability testing and user experience research. Shane holds a bachelor's degree in television, radio, and film production from Syracuse University and an MBA from Michigan State University. Shane resides in DeWitt, Michigan, with his wife and two children.
Door Prize: Registered attendees will be entered in a drawing for the new O'Reilly Book, Making Things Happen: Mastering Project Management, by Scott Berkun. You must register and attend to be in the drawing.
A presentation of UUUG: The TechMaine Usability / User Experience Users Group. No charge; open to the public. Visit The UUUG Web Site for more information.
UUUG is sponsored by IDEXX Laboratories, a worldwide leader in innovative products and services for veterinary, food and water applications.
Please register online to attend and to be entered in the door prize drawing. Please include your email address when registering, so that we can notify you if there is any change in the schedule.
Monday, June 2, 2008
MTI Development Award Deadline
Time: 5:00 pm
Location: www.mainetechnology.org
Up to $500,000 per project available.
Please note that there have been changes to the Development Award Request for Application. Please click here to review the changes.
Complete applications must be in the MTI office by 5:00 p.m. on the deadline date
405 Water Street, Suite 300, Gardiner, ME 04345.
For details, forms and online registration, visit: www.mainetechnology.org.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Oracle Users Group (ORUG)
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: TechMaine Technology Center, Westbrook
Introduction to Oracle Data Integrator - with Cori Peele, Oracle Corporation
In today’s fast-paced, information-based economy, companies must be able to quickly integrate vast amounts of data from disparate systems. Oracle Data Integrator streamlines the high performance movement and transformation of data between disparate systems in batch, real-time, synchronous, and asynchronous modes. This presentation will provide an overview of how ODI's innovative, modular design and built-in connectivity to all major databases, data warehouse appliances, analytic applications, and Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) suites dramatically enhance user productivity.
About the Speaker: Cori Peele has served as the lead Middleware Architect on consulting
engagements and has over 12 years of experience in the IT industry as a
developer, consultant, and project manager.
Door Prize: Registered attendees will be entered in a drawing for a copy of the O'Reilly book, Oracle PL/SQL Language Pocket Reference, Fourth Edition, by Steven Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl and Chip Dawes. You must register and attend to be in the drawing.
About the TechMaine ORACLE Users Group (ORUG): ORUG meets every other month on the 1st Wednesday of the month. Membership is open to any member of the Maine community, and any other people the Group may invite. Please attend a meeting or contact the TechMaine Users Group Coordinator for details.
ORUG is sponsored by: ORACLE Corporation.
Please Register Here to attend the next meeting. There is no charge for this event. Please include your email address so that we can notify you if there is a change in schedule.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Metro NETpm
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Location: Sapphire Technologies, 280 Fore St, 4th Floor, Portland
Kick start summer with Sapphire Technologies!
Don't miss TechMaine’s upcoming monthly networking event. Join TechMaine and Sapphire Technologies on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 for a party at Sapphire Technologies in Portland from 5:00 - 7:00 pm.
We will close out the workday in style with NETpm. Meet your friends and network in a relaxed, unstructured atmosphere. Admission is free. Pass the word! Everyone come join the fun and festivities. Win Red Sox tickets and other great prizes plus free hors d'oeuvres and an OPEN bar of soft drinks, beer, wine, and frozen summer cocktails! WOW! Please register online here for this event.
Sapphire Technologies is our benevolent host for NETpm this month. Metro NETpm is presented on the first Thursday of every month by TechMaine.
Sapphire Technologies is an Information Technology staffing service. Specializing in IT since 1984, Sapphire attracts and retains the highest quality technology professionals across the U.S. and Canada for contract and permanent positions in all industries, including telecommunications, banking, software, R & D, and Internet/e-commerce. Sapphire Technologies Portland office opened in Maine in October 2004, and has over 40 offices nationwide. Sapphire Technologies is located at 280 Fore St, 4th Floor in Portland. More information can be learned @ www.sapphire.com.
Monday, June 9, 2008
RUBY Users Group (RUBYug)
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: TechMaine Technology Center
Meeting topic TBA (but you can register to attend now)
General meeting schedule:
- 6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.: Ruby Beginners: a Ruby newbie half-hour. You other seasoned Ruby pros are welcome to help answer questions as well, so everyone should still show up at six o'clock.
- 6:30 to 7:30: Regular topic.
- 7:30 to ??: Informal discussion at the pub down the hall.
Door Prize: Registered attendees will be entered in a drawing for a copy of a new O'Reilly book, title TBA. You must register and attend to be in the drawing.
About the TechMaine Ruby Users Group (RUBYug): RUBYug meets monthly on the second Monday of the month. Membership is open to any member of the Maine community, and any other people the Group may invite. Please attend a meeting or contact the TechMaine Users Group Coordinator for details.
Please Register Here to attend the next meeting. There is no charge for this event. Please include your email address so that we can notify you if there is a change in schedule.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Network and Systems Administrators Users Group (NETSUG)
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Location: TechMaine Technology Center, Westbrook
Data Protection Strategies - with Bill McKeen, Workgroup Technology Partners
The discussion will be a high-level tutorial of various current storage technologies, including a contrast between NAS and SAN technologies, data protection strategies, etc. The presentation will also cover how technologies from Network Appliance can be utilized to improve performance and reliability while reducing capital and operational costs. A discussion of virtual environments (server, storage, and networking) will be included as well.
A demo of Netapp technology will be provided. The goal will be to show the advantages in database environments like Exchange, SQL Server, Oracle, etc, as well as the tremendous benefit for virtual infrastructures. As time permits, the demo may extend into other areas.
About the Speaker: Bill McKeen has been designing, implementing, and supporting various IT solutions for over 20 years. Currently, he is the VP of Systems & Technology at Workgroup Technology Partners, where he manages the technical staff, and determines the company’s technology and services direction. Bill is very familiar with the practical aspects of current IT environments, including the disciplines of networking, storage, security, and virtualization.
Door Prize: Registered attendees will be entered in a door prize drawing for a copy of the hot-off-the-presses O'Reilly book, The Book of Wireless: A Painless Guide to Wi-Fi and Broadband Wireless, First Edition, by John Ross. You must register and attend to be in the drawing.
Please Register Here to attend the next meeting and be entered for the doorprizes. There is no charge for this event. Please include your email address so that we can notify you if there is a change in schedule.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Web Designers Users Group (WDUG)
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: TechMaine Technology Center, Westbrook
Shine on you Crazy Diamond: the 10 Shiny Facets of Information Architecture - with Susan Doran
Details soon, but you can register to attend now.
About the TechMaine Web Designers Users Group (WDUG): WDUG meets monthly, on the 3rd Monday of the month. Membership is open to any member of the Maine community, and any other people the Group may invite. Please attend a meeting, visit the WDUG website or contact the Users Group Coordinator for details.
Please Register Here to attend the next meeting. There is no charge for this event. Please include your email address so that we can notify you if there is a change in schedule.
May - June 2008
SBIR/STTR Grant Deadlines May - June
Location: www.sbir.gov
Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer
The SBIR/STTR program provides more than $2 billion each year to small business, helping entrepreneurs take their ideas from laboratory to market. The following SBIR agencies are currently accepting proposals:
- Department of Health & Human Services, National Institutes of Health: Due August 5 and December 5, 2008
- Environmental Protection Agency: Due May 21, 2008
- Department of Transportation: Due June 3, 2008
- National Science Foundation: Due June 10, 2008
- Department of Defense: Due June 18, 2008
Upcoming releases:
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: Release June, 2008
- NASA: Release July, 2008
To monitor agency release dates or find other information on the SBIR program, go to www.sbir.gov or www.zyn.com/sbir.
Important Notice to Companies Submitting SBIR/STTR Proposals: Most agencies are migrating to electronic submission of grant applications and companies must first complete a registration process. To begin registration, visit www.grants.gov/GetStarted.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
MIX Forum
Time: 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Location: Woodlands Club, Falmouth
The purpose of MIX is to provide opportunities for entrepreneurs who are seeking risk capital to make brief presentations to audiences of potential investors.
To Present: Entrepreneurs must submit an Application Form, two copies of their business plan, and an executive summary.
For complete information and registration with instructions, please visit www.maineco.org.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Bioinformatics Special Interest Group (BIOsig)
Time: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Location: TechMaine Technology Center
This summer TechMaine is starting a new Bioinformatics Special Interest Group, and you are invited to attend. Our first presenter will be Jason Moore, of Dartmouth.
Details on this new group and presentation details for the August meeting will be posted soon -- but you can register to attend the August meeting now. Come help build an exiting new special interest group!
A presentation of BIOsig: The TechMaine Bioinformatics Special Interest Group. No charge; open to the public. Contact The Techmaine Users Group Coordinator for more information.
Please register online to attend and to be entered in the door prize drawing. Please include your email address when registering, so that we can notify you if there is any change in the schedule.
March 19 - 25, 2009
CeBIT 2009
Location: Hannover, Germany
Contact MESDA if you are interested in exhibiting or attending CeBIT 2009.
CeBIT is the world's most important international business platform and showcase for digital IT and telecommunications solutions and attracts a highly international audience of users from the worlds of industry, commerce, the skilled trades, banking and finance, the services sector, the public sector, R&D and science.
CeBIt 2007 hosted 6,153 exhibiting companies from 79 countries and 480,000 attendees -- 50,000 more than in 2006. Of the 480,000, roughly 106,000 visitors came from outside Germany. Orders worth a total of eleven billion euros were placed at CeBIT 2007.
Ongoing Events...
First Thursday of each month
MESDA METRO NETpm
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Location: NETpm's are hosted by Maine's leading technology companies - the location varies each month
One of MESDA's most popular technology events. This is an on-going regularly scheduled MESDA Meeting. Please check elsewhere on this page for additional information and promotion for the next meeting.
Ongoing TechMaine Users Group Meetings
Location: Techmaine (MESDA) Technology Center, 506 Main Street, Westbrook - Directions
*** TechMaine Users Groups ***
Groups meet 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the MESDA Technology Center in Westbrook unless otherwise noted.
Bioinformatics Special Interest Group Will meet the 3rd Thursday of the month.
(Note: This is a new/upcoming group. Interested? Please contact The UG Coordinator)
Digital Communications Users Group (DCUG) Meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month.
Information Security Users Group (InfoSEC) Meets the 2nd Wednesday of the month.
Maine Java Users Group (MaineJUG) Meets the last Wednesday of the month.
Maine Database Users Group (MDUG) is dormant. If you would like to re-start this group, please contact The Users Group Coordinator.
Network and Systems Administrators Users Group (NETSUG) Meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month.
Oracle Users Group (ORug) Meets periodically, normally on the first Wednesday of the month.
Open Source Solutions Users Group (OSSUG)is dormant. If you would like to re-start this group, please contact The Users Group Coordinator.
Project Leadership Users Group (PLUG) Note: Meets about every two months, on the 1st Monday.
Ruby Users Group (RUBYug) Meets every month, on the second Monday of the month.
Software Testing / QA Users Group (STQA) Meets on the last Monday of the month.
User/Usability Users Group (UUUG) Meets the last Tuesday of the month.
Web Designers Users Group (WDUG) Meets the 3rd Monday of the month.
*** New/Upcoming MESDA Users Groups ***
Bioinformatics Users Group starting in 2008. If you would like to participate in this group, please contact The Users Group Coordinator.
PHP Users Group Starting in 2008. bIf you would like to participate in this group, please contact The Users Group Coordinator.
Drupal Users Group Starting early to mid 2008. If you would like to participate in this group, please contact The Users Group Coordinator.
NOTES:
- Want to help form a new technology users group, or to be added to the notification list for one or more active groups? Contact the Users Group Coordinator
- All Users Group meetings are open to the general public. Feel free to attend. No charge.
- Please check the calendar entries for speakers/topics and to confirm the dates. Occasionally a meeting is moved from the normal time slot.
- Most groups don't meet in July and December.
Ongoing Events...
Second Thursday of each Month
.NET Users Group
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: UNUM Home Office #3, Portland
This is an on-going regularly scheduled Technology Users Group Meeting. The .NET Users Group meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Please check elsewhere on this page or MaineBytes for additional information and promotion for the next meeting.
Sync your PDA
Sync the MESDA Calendar with your Handheld
Location: www.mesda.com
You can add the MESDA Calendar to your handheld device through the Avantgo software by clicking here.
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