Events

« February 13, 2008 - May 13, 2008 »
 
02 / 13
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Speakers: Andres Carvallo, CIO of Austin Energy; Steve Hauser, chairman of Gridwise Alliance; Chris Hickman, COO of SiteControls; Milton Holloway, COO of CCET; Jeff Osborne, equity analyst of Thomas Weisel Partners and Kelley Speakes-Backman, director of marketing of SunEdison.

Austin City Hall
City Council Auditorium
301 W. Second St.

$20 pre-registration, $30 at the door.

http://tinyurl.com/2wchh3/

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm

American Society of Quality presents "Maximizing customer value through advanced testing and design for reliability methods" with Jon Fitch.

Dell Parmer South Campus
Corner of Parmer Lane and Interstate 35.

Free.

Call (636)627-1290 or email: john.hartzler@austinasq.org

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Rackspace Technical Job Fair
February 13th, from 5:30-8pm
Monarch Event Center
6406 North I-35 Ste. 3100, Austin Tx 78752

Rackspace is Hiring Fanatical:
Windows and Linux Systems Administrators
Java and Python Developers
Network Security Professionals
Windows Systems Engineers
MySQL DBAs
Ruby on Rails Developers

For more info, visit www.rackspacecareers.com

02 / 14
Start: 9:00 am
End: 6:00 pm

Sun Microsystems and the Austin Technology Incubator request you to join us to preview the world's first datacenter in a box.

Code-named “Project Blackbox”, this Sun innovation is the first virtualized datacenter, optimized for extreme energy, space and performance efficiency. Project Blackbox will enable instant-on expansion and rapid deployment, while maximizing savings and providing operational flexibility to address two of today’s most critical IT issues – soaring energy prices and space constraints.

THE ANSWERS ARE HERE

02 / 15
Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

Breakfast with James Parsons

The Austin Club
110 E. Ninth St.

$20, includes breakfast.

Call 502-8258, extension 2, or register www.theaustinleadershipforum.com/register.html

Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.

Our next event is Friday February 15th at Cafe Caffeine and goes from 9am to 5pm. There's no agenda. It's simply an opportunity for unique people to get together and work alongside one another. Hopefully exchanging ideas and making new connections.

To get involved check out:
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/JellyInAustin

And if you can make the Feb 15th get-together PLEASE RSVP here:

02 / 16
02 / 17
Start: 1:00 am

Proclamation

Start: 11:15 pm

Ubuntu User Group

Flipnotics
1601 Barton Springs Rd

02 / 18
Start: 4:00 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Novotus, LLC and Avaya invite local tech-forward executives and directors to network with one another at this Happy Hour style event. Enjoy great smoked Texas barbecue and other refreshments with a backdrop of the beautiful hills of River Place.

We'll have the amazing Avaya Demo Truck on hand for all of the Technophiles, so come join us for gadgets and some good eatin'. Click here to register. Registration deadline is noon on Monday February 18, 2008.

River Place Country Club
4207 River Place Blvd.

02 / 19
Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm

Austin SCORE

3809 S. Second St.
Building C, Suite 300

$30

Call 928-2425, or see: www.scoreaustin.org

Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm

Hacking Business Networks - February 19th
presented by Tex Mitchell

* See how hackers can quickly penetrate standard perimeter security!
* Watch as we demonstrate how easily we can harvest user passwords!
* Listen as we intercept a private VOIP phone call!

Special! - The first ten pre-registrants to sign-in will get in FREE!

Click Here to Preregister Now. (you will be transferred to a secure server)

Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm

Judd Chism, founder of Xitronix Corp., on exploiting a niche in competitive semiconductor equipment marketplace.

Tokyo Electron America
2400 Grove Blvd.

$15

See: www.semi.org/austin

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Bootstrap Web welcomes Rob Campanell of Blastro, one of the oldest and hottest video music sites on the web. Rob's going to talk about his experience with Internet video for the past 12 years, and make some comments about short term trends. He'll also discuss how Blastro has survived as an internet media company. Join us! Absolutely free; you don't have to be a member. (Bootstrap Web is a forum for web entrepreneurs and technologists.)

We meet at Cafe Caffeine, 909 W. Mary in the heart of South Austin.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Central Texas Product Safety Engineering Society: 'Investigating Field Failures' with Ivan VanDeWege of CASE Forensics.

Dell
Parmer Campus
701 E. Parmer Lane
Building S.4
Victoria Conference Room.

Free

Call: 651-5338

02 / 20
Start: 8:30 am
End: 5:00 pm

A full day conference featuring brilliant speakers and useful sessions all there to support you in your life - whatever leaps you're wanting to take.

Website with speaker and session detail coming soon at www.AWTAustin.org

Early Registration (through January 24, 2008)
$65 Members
$85 Non-Members

Standard Registration (after January 24, 2008)
$80 Members
$100 Non-Members

Take advantage of the Early Bird Special and register now: www.AWTAustin.org

Also see: http://www.wbconference.org/

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

LOCATION: Austin
VENUE: Sun Microsystems, 5300 Riata Park Court, Building 8 - Longhorn Conference Room
TIME: 6:00 PM

Please join us for the February 2008 meeting of the Austin Sun Users
Group. We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of every other month. This is a
great opportunity to network with your peers in the Austin area.

"Innovation Matters: Multi-Core Multi-Thread in your DataCenter"

The computer industry has always had a fixation with megahertz. CPU
cycle times. Clock speed. Sun's UltraSPARC processor has been obsessed

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

We wanted to let you know about the upcoming User Experience 101 event in your area (at the Cool River Cafe - 4001 Parmer Lane,Austin, TX 78727) that may interest you and others within your organizati

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Learn to create new products, new services and new ventures. Earn your M.S. from The University of Texas in just one year. Join us for an information session to learn more.

IC2 Institute
The University of Texas at Austin
2815 San Gabriel
Austin, Texas 78705

Please RSVP to msstc@icc.utexas.edu or 512.475.8923
www.ic2.utexas.edu/msstc

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:45 pm

Special joint meeting - Austin SPIN & Austin IEEE Computer Society:
Next A-SPIN Meeting:
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - 7:00pm to 8:45pm, National Instruments HQ, 11500 North Mopac, Rm 1S13

Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm

Creative Commons is a an easy licensing method used by artists, musicians and writers worldwide to allow others to use their work according to a set of guidelines you select, including control over any profits. It increases the creativity and profile of those who share in the licenses.

For a full introduction to Creative Commons and examples of prominent and rising artists who are using this, join us at the first Austin Creative Commons Salon. It will be held will be held at Cafe Caffeine on February 20th starting at 7:30.

02 / 21
Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

Austin Social Media Club Presents

Breakfast with Bryan Person

Join us for the Austin debut of the Social Media Breakfast with the event's originator, Bryan Person. This free event is sponsored by GCI Read Poland.

Register here: http://smcaustinbreakfast.eventbrite.com/
Please print and bring your registration confirmation with you to the breakfast.

About Bryan Person

Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm

Austin Human Resource Management Association Monthly Meeting

9 to 11 a.m. 'Leadership vs. management' with Randy Anderson, E3 Professional Training.

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tonia O'Neill, founder and CEO of Soverex Inc. on employment practices solutions.

1 to 4 p.m. Pamela Hutchison on 'employer or big brother.'

Austin Country Club, 4408 Long Champ Drive.

$25 members, $35 nonmembers.

328-2476

See: www.austinhumanresource.org

Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.

Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm

Austin Chapter of the American Marketing Association presents John McGrath of GSD&M's Idea City and freelance writer Glenda Goehrs.

Cool River
4001 Parmer Lane

$25 members, $40 nonmembers.

See: www.austinama.org

Start: 4:30 pm
End: 6:30 pm

AUSTIN SALESFORCE USER GROUP
Monthly Meeting for February
Thursday, February 21st
4:30pm to 6:30pm

LOCATION
Bulldog Solutions Conference Room
5608 Parkcrest Drive, 3rd Floor
Austin, TX 78731

CONTACTS
David Franklin: david.franklin@genband.com
Alice Jones: ajones@bulldogsolutions.com

FOOD & DRINKS
Beef & Chicken Fajitas
Chips, Salsa & Queso
Water, Soda & Beer

SCHEDULE

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Tired of networking and making the wrong kinds of connections? Well Stop Networking and Start Connecting™ - Ripple Style!

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Marketing training presented by Sanjay Nasta, CEO and founder of MicroAssist.

Radisson Hotel
6000 Middle Fiskville Road

$24 members, $32 nonmembers

See: www.astd.org

02 / 22
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

Austin Advertising Federation presents The Austin Show/2008 Addy Awards.

Austin Music Hall
208 Nueces St.

$45

See: www.austinaddys.com, or call 997-9994.

02 / 23
02 / 24
02 / 25
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:00 pm

Pizza and Public Computers
Monday, February 25, 2008 [note corrected date]
5:30 - 7 pm
at the Austin Free-Net offices
2209 Rosewood Ave, 2nd Fl
Austin, TX 78702

Sign up to attend at:
http://www.sporg.com/registration?link_type=form&form_id=101944&returnUR...

Signing up is not required, but it helps the organizers order the right amount of pizza.

Come, share, learn

Presenter: John Neale, Austin Free-Net Technical Services Manager

5:30 Pizza (thank you N-TEN), networking, catching up with friends

02 / 26
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm

When: February 26th, 2008, 11:30am - 1:00pm

Who: Michael Howard, Author of Writing Secure Code

MICHAEL HOWARD, PRINCIPAL SECURITY PROGRAM MANAGER, MICROSOFT’S SECURITY ENGINEERING TEAM

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Cool New Developments for Java on the Web

Presentation Abstract

02 / 27
Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

The first SEEN event was a Sell-Out.

SEEN 2 is scheduled;

Wednesday, February 27, 2008. 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM

Scholz Garten, 1607 San Jacinto Street, Austin TX

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

Wednesday, February 27 @ Pangaea Ultra-Lounge

Time: 6 pm-10 pm
Address: 409 Colorado Street
Admission: Free w/ rsvp; $25 at the door

As seen in Forbes (Best of the Web) and Cosmopolitan ("Top New Ways to Meet"), NetParty Austin is a unique event that is held at the hippest venues and "combines business networking with social fun" (Forbes).

Please join us on Wed, February 27 as we return to the exclusive and newly-opened Pangaea Ultra-Lounge. Open yourself up to meeting hundreds of new people for business contacts and social connections, and gain acess to the new Austin hotspot!

02 / 28
02 / 29
Start: 7:00 am
End: 8:30 am

Biotech is a complex area that doesn’t quite fit the traditional High Tech commercialization model.

Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.

03 / 1
Start: 10:00 am
End: 6:30 pm

The Texas Community Media Summit will bring together Texas community media makers, stakeholders, activists, and advocates on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at the University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Unio

03 / 2
03 / 3
Start: 8:30 am

This five-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to implement a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database. The course focuses on teaching individuals how to use SQL Server 2005 product features and tools related to implementing a database.

This course is intended for IT Professionals who want to become skilled on SQL Server 2005 product features and technologies for implementing a database.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating system and its core functionality.

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

What: Entrepreneur Town Hall Meeting - A conversation among Austin's entrepreneurs
Who: Austin's entrepreneurs
When: Monday March 3rd, 6pm until 8:30pm

03 / 4
Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

Blake Hastings and state Sen. Kirk Watson on 'The Global Economy: The good, the bad and the ugly.'

Chez Zee
5406 Balcones Drive.

$20-$25.

512-499-0435

See: www.leadershipaustin.org

Start: 8:00 am
Start: 03/04/2008 - 8:00am
End: 03/06/2008 - 5:00pm

PCB Austin 2008, a conference and exhibition for the design, engineering and manufacturing professional, is coming to Austin March 4-6.

Featuring:

* Educational Training
* Industry Experts

Start: 9:00 am
Start: 03/04/2008 - 9:00am
End: 03/06/2008 - 5:00pm

"From March 4-6, aspiring entrepreneurs may attend free RISE Sessions led by successful members of the Austin business community.

Start: 9:00 am
End: 4:00 pm

Engineering and Technology
Career Expo
March 4, 2008
Palmer Events Center
900 Barton Springs Road
Austin, TX 78704
10:00 am to 4:00 pm

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Software developer Scott Bellware on 'User stories, acceptance criteria and behavior-driven development.'

Microsoft Technology Center
Stonebridge Plaza One
9606 N. MoPac Blvd. (Loop1).

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Rice Alliance Austin Chapter Speaker Event
"Fundraising Without V.C.'s – Austin as the Alternative Capital Capitol"

Tuesday, March 4, 2008
6:00 p.m.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Tailored for busy schedules, these two-year programs provide the unique opportunity to pursue a master’s degree while continuing to work full-time. What’s more, students receive the same master’s degree that a traditional, full-time graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin receives. Students are presented with the best the top ranked Cockrell School of Engineering has to offer: rigorous coursework that encompasses the latest advances and core fundamentals.

03 / 5
(all day)
Start: 03/04/2008 - 8:00am
End: 03/06/2008 - 5:00pm

PCB Austin 2008, a conference and exhibition for the design, engineering and manufacturing professional, is coming to Austin March 4-6.

Featuring:

* Educational Training
* Industry Experts

(all day)
Start: 03/04/2008 - 9:00am
End: 03/06/2008 - 5:00pm

"From March 4-6, aspiring entrepreneurs may attend free RISE Sessions led by successful members of the Austin business community.

03 / 6
End: 5:00 pm
Start: 03/04/2008 - 8:00am
End: 03/06/2008 - 5:00pm

PCB Austin 2008, a conference and exhibition for the design, engineering and manufacturing professional, is coming to Austin March 4-6.

Featuring:

* Educational Training
* Industry Experts

End: 5:00 pm
Start: 03/04/2008 - 9:00am
End: 03/06/2008 - 5:00pm

"From March 4-6, aspiring entrepreneurs may attend free RISE Sessions led by successful members of the Austin business community.

Start: 8:30 am
End: 7:32 pm

With the help of two local south Texas organizations, the March 6
Innotech trade show should have a program or event for every
technology business leader or advocate. The event will be held at
both the Norris Conference Center, located within the CrossRoads Mall,
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the San
Antonio Technology Center, 3463 Magic Drive.

"We are fortunate to have the help of the North San Antonio chamber
and the Technology Connexus Association working with us to promote the
growth of technology within the San Antonio region," said Sean Lowery,

Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.

Start: 3:00 pm

Stop by the St. Edward's University Professional Education Center and find out more about our popular Project Management Evening Certificate Program which begins April 8th. You will hear an overview of the program from the instructor, get your questions answered, meet other folks who are also looking into the program and most of all, see if it is a good fit for you.

Please contact Teri Turner to register for the event at 342-4103.

9420 Research Blvd
Echelon III
Austin

03 / 7
Start: 8:00 am
Start: 03/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 03/11/2008 - 10:00pm
Start: 9:00 pm
Start: 03/07/2008 - 9:00pm
End: 03/08/2008 - 9:59pm

See here to sign up: http://barcamp.org/BarCampAustinIII

What is BarCamp?

03 / 8
(all day)
Start: 03/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 03/11/2008 - 10:00pm
End: 9:59 pm
Start: 03/07/2008 - 9:00pm
End: 03/08/2008 - 9:59pm

See here to sign up: http://barcamp.org/BarCampAustinIII

What is BarCamp?

03 / 9
(all day)
Start: 03/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 03/11/2008 - 10:00pm
Start: 12:00 pm
Start: 03/09/2008 - 12:00pm
End: 03/11/2008 - 4:00pm

Come help promote Knowbility's mission at the SXSW trade show.

03 / 10
(all day)
Start: 03/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 03/11/2008 - 10:00pm
(all day)
Start: 03/09/2008 - 12:00pm
End: 03/11/2008 - 4:00pm

Come help promote Knowbility's mission at the SXSW trade show.

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 11:59 pm

Plutopia is gang of artists, techs, and futurists creating a mutation of the annual EFF-Austin party at SXSW Interactive - probably the most ambitious party on the SXSW calendar, with a green utopian sci-fi theme, Bill McKibben speaking, The Heather Gold Show, David Demaris, electronic composer Carl Stone, Intimate Stranger, the Lance Van De Kamp show, many more... at Scholz Beer Garten, 1609 San Jacinto. Event is free with a SXSW badge or costume, all others pay $10.

Tentative schedule...
6-7 Bootstrap Austin Cocktail Party (Biergarten)
7-8 Bill McKibben (Biergarten)

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 7:59 pm

*** Deadline for paper submission is 10-Mar-2008 ***

AUSTIN CONFERENCE ON INTEGRATED SYSTEMS & CIRCUITS
CALL FOR PAPERS!!

MAY 7-9, 2008
THE COMMONS CONFERENCE CENTER, AUSTIN, TEXAS
www.acisc.org

The 3rd Annual Austin Conference on Integrated Systems & Circuits will
again serve as a forum for the dissemination of technical information and
advances in electronic technology at chip, board and system levels,
covering design, CAD methodology, and test. Austin, the Silicon Hills of
the USA, is a hotbed of electronic design with most of the world’s major

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

The Austin Technology Council (ATC) is hosting a SXSW Interactive Happy Hour sponsored by Time Warner Cable Business Class.

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

An open session with mobile Web experts James Pearce and Brian Fling.

Austin City Hall, Room 1101
301 W. Second Street.

Free.

RSVP to rsvp@austinwirelessalliance.org

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm

Federated Media and Dell, along with Bulldog Solutions, The Conversation Group, and Social Media Club Austin, cordially invite you to join us for an evening of "Conversation Starters"

03 / 11
End: 10:00 pm
Start: 03/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 03/11/2008 - 10:00pm
End: 4:00 pm
Start: 03/09/2008 - 12:00pm
End: 03/11/2008 - 4:00pm

Come help promote Knowbility's mission at the SXSW trade show.

Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm

Austin Bar Association, Technology Section presents Fred von Lohmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation on 'Copyright in the Age of YouTube: Protecting Rightsholders and Free Speech Online.'

03 / 12
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm

Please join us for our March Web Analytics Wednesday.
Jace Dicker from Omniture will join us to discuss the state of
web analytics, observations from his customers and other insights.

Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

A panel of experts discusses 'Carbon pricing and the transition from voluntary to mandatory markets.' Preregistration recommended.

Austin City Hall
City Council Auditorium
301 W. Second St.

03 / 13
Start: 8:30 am
End: 5:30 pm

The next STC meeting will focus on three Semiconductor Test Interface eXtensions (STIX) Working Groups.

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm

American Society of Quality presents Wayne Drews on 'An Overview of Clustering and Multidimensional Scaling.'

Applied Materials
Building 34
9700 U.S. 290 East.

Free.

Call (636) 627-1290

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 8:45 pm

We invite the Austin software community to come and describe their requirements for finding and sharing information about software practices and technology in Austin.

03 / 14
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.

03 / 15
03 / 16
03 / 17
Start: 8:30 am
End: 5:00 pm

03/17/2008 to 03/21/2008 – Service Delivery
04/07/2008 to 04/11/2008 – Service Support
04/28/2008 – Review
04/30/2008 – Exam Session 1: 10am – 1pm
05/01/2008 – Exam Session 2: 10am – 1pm

Course Description:
The program is an intensive 3-week, instructor-led course that:

• Provides an in-depth understanding of all of the ITIL disciplines, including objectives, terminology, responsibilities, and critical success factors
• Helps the attendee to obtain ITSM Certification

Attendee Profile

03 / 18
Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

Tech Trends that Impact Your Workout:
Gadgets that Get You Going!

***NEW TIME & NEW LOCATION!***
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
7:30am - 9:00am

Start: 8:30 am
End: 11:30 am

WHAT: Symposium on Sustainable Design -- Greening the Technology Industry

WHO: UK Trade & Investment and the Austin Technology Council

WHEN: Tuesday, 18 March 2008
8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Topic: Conversion: The Most Important Word for Online Businesses
Date: Tuesday, March 18
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Location: Cafe Caffiene, 909 Mary St., Austin, TX

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Update on wireless regulatory issues with Jason Limoges of Dell Inc.

Dell Parmer Campus
701 E. Parmer Lane
Building S.4
Victoria Conference Room.

Free.

Call 651-5338

03 / 19
Start: 1:30 pm
End: 2:30 pm

Event: Electrical Engineering Faculty Candidate
http://www.ece.utexas.edu/seminars/series/ece-seminar-series/

Speaker: Neil Vaccharajani
Princeton University

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Matt Sanchez speaks on adoption and value of service-oriented architecture in the industry.

National Instruments
11500 N. MoPac Blvd. (Loop 1)
Building C, Room 1S13.

Free.

Call 388-2101

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

The Austin Bloggers have an informal monthly meetup, the third Wednesday of every month. All people interested in weblogging are welcome. This month's gathering is at Mozart's Coffee Roasters.

03 / 20
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm

Austin Chapter of the American Marketing Association presents Colin Wallis of the Lance Armstrong Foundation and Adam Butler, founder of Butler Brothers, on cause-related marketing.

Cool River

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Austin Top Guns LinkedIn is a professional, executive level, networking group created to maximize communication and networking across multiple industries

Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:45 pm

Austin Linux Group meets every Thursday evening 7:30PM at the City of Austin Waller Creek Complex. 625 East 10th Street, Austin, TX.

Info here:

03 / 21
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.

03 / 22
03 / 23
03 / 24
03 / 25
Start: 7:30 am
End: 11:30 am

CIO Strategies on "Security, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity"
Ensuring Business Success through security, disaster recovery and business continuity.

Start: 12:00 pm
End: 1:00 pm

Austin Management Society presents Kip Thompson of Dell on 'Global economic development opportunities and challenges.'

Cool River Cafe
4001 W. Parmer Lane.

$15 members, $20 non-members.

Start: 4:00 pm
End: 8:00 pm

I'm trying a new venue and format for Austin Jelly.

Info on Wiki here:
http://wiki.workatjelly.com/Jelly-Austin-March-25-2008

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

http://austinima.org/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=5&year=2008&month=03&day=25&Itemid=14&catids=5|6|7

More info to come.

03 / 26
Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm

Presented by: Brian Massey, Conversion Scientist at Conversion Sciences

Start: 12:00 pm
End: 7:30 pm

Love technology and golf?

Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm

About CTLUG

Start: 4:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Come join the fun at our next Austin Salesforce User Group event being held at 300 Austin.  This fun-filled evening is being co-sponsored by Cast Iron Systems, an AppExchange partner providing an

Start: 7:30 pm
End: 9:30 pm

This month the Austin Creative Commons group will review music sites Jamendo and CCMixter and go into details about what they offer and their features.

03 / 27
Start: 3:30 pm
End: 5:00 pm

Event: Computer Architecture Seminar Series
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/cart/arch

Speaker: Shubu Mukherjee
Intel

Title: "Fault Screeners"

Start: 5:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm

It's time for the next door64 Austin LinkedIn Happy Hour!

If you're a Central Texas technology professional, you're invited to this free networking event. Our last one in January was spectacular, drawing almost 400 software, hardware, semiconductor, and IT folks. Here's another chance to meet your industry peers while enjoying free food, drinks, and door prizes at J.Black's downtown!

The invite has been sent to the door64 & LinkedIn group members. Please RSVP via that invite. If you haven't received an invite, simply join up at door64, or email Matt (matt@door64.com) -- either way, you'll receive the invite email to the event (within a day of joining up; it's a somewhat manual process.)


A BIG thank you goes out to our sponsors. Premier sponsor HT Staffing Professional has reserved the entire venue for this event, and is providing delicious hors d'oeuvres and fantastic door prizes.

Thanks to our co-sponsor Intrinsity for serving up drinks for our distinguished guests (YOU!)

Event details...

03 / 28
Start: 7:00 am
End: 8:30 am

Technology Advisory Group presents Chris McKinzie on 'Fluid Innovation: A new channel for technology commercialization.'

The Austin Club
110 E. Ninth St.

Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Jelly is an every-so-often casual coworking session. Anyone is welcome to come, bring your laptop, art supplies, or whatever you need to work, and work alongside other creative, fun people.

03 / 29
Start: 9:00 am
End: 2:00 pm

When: March 29, 2008 @ 9:00am – 2:00 pm
Where: Rackspace Corporate Headquarters
9725 Datapoint Drive Suite 100
San Antonio, Texas 78229
Rackspace map

You are invited!

03 / 30
03 / 31
04 / 1
Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

Leadership Austin presents 'Clean and alternative energy: What does this mean to the quality of life in Central Texas?'

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Agile Austin presents Joe Shideler of Seilevel on 'Requirements at the speed of thought.'

Microsoft Technology Center
Stonebridge Plaza One
9606 N. MoPac Blvd. (Loop 1), Suite 200.

Free

04 / 2
Start: 1:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm

I'm trying a new venue and format for Austin Jelly. Beer and free food instead of just coffee shops ;)

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

The Austin Forum presents "Introducing Ranger: The most powerful computer in the world for open science research."

Texas Advanced Computing Center
J.J. Pickle Research Campus
10100 Burnet Road

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Austin Community College Video Game Seminar presents developer Troy Gilbert on 'ActionScript for Casual/Web Games.'

Austin Community College Highland Business Center

04 / 3
Start: 11:00 am
End: 1:00 pm

Marketing and market strategy is critical and vital to the the success of your business.

Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Austin Linux Group meets every Thursday evening 7:30PM at the City of Austin Waller Creek Complex. 625 East 10th Street, Austin, TX.

Info here:
www.AustinLUG.org

04 / 4
Start: 10:00 am
End: 5:00 pm

Our next event is Friday April 4th at Cafe Caffeine and goes from 10am to 5pm. There's no agenda. It's simply an opportunity for unique people to get together and work alongside one another.

Start: 11:30 am
End: 1:00 pm

Please join us for our monthly Web Analytics Wednesday meeting.

04 / 5
04 / 6
Start: 5:30 pm
End: 10:00 pm

http://austin.startupdrinks.com

Need a place to pimp your idea? Or maybe you just want to meet other chronic drinkers with a startup problem?

04 / 7
Start: 8:00 am
Start: 04/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 04/11/2008 - 12:59pm

Register here for what will be an intense week of crazy coding. This course is making its way around the world and is coming to rest in Austin for the week of April 7th - 11th. For more information on the course check out the following post:

http://www.jpboodhoo.com/blog/NothinButNetAustinTXApril7th11th.aspx

Start: 3:00 pm
End: 6:00 pm

Please join us for a Central Texas Electronics Association (CTEA) meeting on Monday, April 7, hosted by National Instruments in North Central Austin featuring four excellent industry speakers.

Start: 3:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm

Event: Computer Architecture Seminar Series
http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/cart/arch

Speaker: Josep Torrellas
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

04 / 8
(all day)
Start: 04/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 04/11/2008 - 12:59pm

Register here for what will be an intense week of crazy coding. This course is making its way around the world and is coming to rest in Austin for the week of April 7th - 11th. For more information on the course check out the following post:

http://www.jpboodhoo.com/blog/NothinButNetAustinTXApril7th11th.aspx

Start: 7:30 am
End: 9:00 am

Solar power and other clean or green technologies are finding their way into numerous aspects of business for industrial electric users, cities, and utilites.

Start: 8:00 am
Start: 04/08/2008 - 8:00am
End: 04/10/2008 - 5:00pm

3-day course for systems and software engineering managers and practitioners, introducing fundamental concepts of CMMI, a set of best practices for software and systems development and maintenance.

Start: 11:30 am

Whether Salesforce is already part of your company’s CRM success story — or you’re considering the possibility — this insight-filled event is the place to be.

Start: 6:00 pm
End: 9:30 pm

Description: 16 sessions Beginning April 8th, 2008- Meets Tues. & Thurs. - 6:00 to 9:30 p.m.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

IEEE Austin chapter presents a technical seminar with Sani Nassif, manager of tools and technology department for the IBM Austin Research Lab, on 'What every architect should know about technology.'

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Buffalo Billiards, 6th and Brazos

Topics:

Draw a True Picture Of Usability by Combining Various Data Sources

04 / 9
(all day)
Start: 04/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 04/11/2008 - 12:59pm

Register here for what will be an intense week of crazy coding. This course is making its way around the world and is coming to rest in Austin for the week of April 7th - 11th. For more information on the course check out the following post:

http://www.jpboodhoo.com/blog/NothinButNetAustinTXApril7th11th.aspx

(all day)
Start: 04/08/2008 - 8:00am
End: 04/10/2008 - 5:00pm

3-day course for systems and software engineering managers and practitioners, introducing fundamental concepts of CMMI, a set of best practices for software and systems development and maintenance.

Start: 5:00 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Location:
Austin City Hall: City Council Auditorium
301 W. Second Street
Austin, TX 78701

Moderator: Gaines Bagby – Vice President, CB Richard Ellis

Speakers:

Start: 6:45 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Building US-Israel Partnerships – Austin Dinner Reception

Hosted by Texas-Israel Chamber of Commerce

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
6:45 PR - 8:30 PM

Dell Jewish Community Center

04 / 10
(all day)
Start: 04/07/2008 - 8:00am
End: 04/11/2008 - 12:59pm

Register here for what will be an intense week of crazy coding. This course is making its way around the world and is coming to rest in Austin for the week of April 7th - 11th. For more information on the course check out the following post:

http://www.jpboodhoo.com/blog/NothinButNetAustinTXApril7th11th.aspx

End: 5:00 pm
Start: 04/08/2008 - 8:00am
End: 04/10/2008 - 5:00pm

3-day course for systems and software engineering managers and practitioners, introducing fundamental concepts of CMMI, a set of best practices for software and systems development and maintenance.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 8:00 pm

Current degree offerings include: Advanced Manufacturing, Circuit Design, Engineering Management, and Software Engineering.

Start: 6:30 pm
End: 9:00 pm

Herb Krasner speaks on Team Collaboration for Global Software Development.

Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm

Help create the future of the Web -- or just find out what's coming...

Start: 7:01 pm
End: 9:01 pm

Dorkbot takes on music with our April soirée. Believe it or not but a TV crew from CBS Sunday Morning will be there to cover the event. Don't miss it.

Thursday, April 10, 2008
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Start: 7:30 pm
End: 8:30 pm

Austin Linux Group meets every Thursday evening 7:30PM at the City of Austin Waller Creek Complex. 625 East 10th Street, Austin, TX.

Info here:
www.AustinLUG.org