Upcoming events: GTUG Melbourne (Today!), SydJS, YOW Australia, and more!

[pamela (Google Employee)]

Hi developers!

Here are some upcoming events about Google tech or featuring Google speakers:

GTUG Melbourne: Going Google


When: Wed, Oct. 6th - TODAY
Where: Monash Uni, Clayton
Learn how Rob Norris migrated over 150,000 students and faculty over to Google Apps with the help of the various Google Apps APIs (Provisioning, Calendar, Contacts, etc).
More info here: http://www.melbourne-gtug.org/



SydJS: JavaScript Frameworks


When: Wed., Oct. 13
Where: Atlassian office, Sydney CBD
Hear a panel of JavaScript programmers discuss their favorite frameworks and coding styles. The panel includes 2 engineers from the Google Sydney office.
More info here: http://tixi.com.au/sydjs



YOW Australia


When: Early December
Where: Melbourne, Brisbane
A conference filled with talks about software best practices, including Gregor Hohpe on "Distributed Programming the Google Way" and me (Pamela) on "Writing Apps the Google-y Way".
More info here: http://yowaustralia.com.au/



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And here are some upcoming web-related events:

Sydney Startup Camp


When: Oct 8-10
Where: Sydney
Spend a weekend of developing a startup app, from brainstorming to programming to pitching.
More info here: http://www.startup-australia.org/startupcamp4



WebWeek 2011


When: Oct. 8 - 16
Where: Sydney
A week long of events about web design and development, including the Web Directions South conference which includes a talk by Googler and performance expert Steve Souders.
More info here: http://www.webweek.com.au/



Amped: The Hack Day Reloaded


When: Saturday, October 16
Where: Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Spend an intense 10 hours competing in both coding and design challenges, learning at workshops, meeting new people, and finally, partying!
More info here: http://ampedweb.org/




HTML5 & ARIA Workshops


When: Various dates in late Nov./Early Dec.
Where: Various cities: Sydney, Perth, Canberra, Brisbane, Melbourne

Spend half a day learning about HTML5 & ARIA from experts in the field, Bruce Lawson and Steve Faulkner.
More info here: http://wipa.org.au/html5/