• Sat. Sep 20th, 2008 @ 8:00am - 4:00pm
• ChicagoRuby.org
• IIT
• Address: 3201 South State Street
• Fee: $ 99.00
• http://windycityrails.org

WindyCityRails is a gathering for all who are passionate about Ruby on Rails. Developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists will interact for a full day in the Windy City. Only 150 seats are available and they are expected to sell fast. Visit http://windycityrails.org for registration and details.

Questions? Contact: http://windycityrails.org

• Sat. Aug 9th, 2008 @ 8:30am - 6:00pm
• SocialDevCampChicago
• Illinois Institute of Technology McCormick Tribune Center
• Address: 3201 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60616
• Fee: Free
• Add Name to Wiki

SocialDevCamp Chicago is an unconference for individuals passionate about social networks, web applications, platform development, new media, and any of the exciting (but messy) topics between.

Join some of the brightest minds in the Midwest for a day of fun, learning, and coding. Discussions will surround topics including Google App Engine, Data Portability, Online Trust, and mobile application development.

Please sign up and contribute to the topics list on the official BarCamp Wiki.

To add your name and contact info to the wiki, use the password \\\”c4mp\\\”

Also feel free to help us SPREAD the word by blogging, tweeting, forced coercion, word-of-mouth marketing, fortune cookie inserts, etc. Link to either this event page or the official Wiki.

BLOG, BLOG, TWEET, POWNCE, BLOG, TUMBLE, SHARE THIS…enter your social media buzzword of choice and help spread the message!

Finally, thanks to Nik Rokop and the Illinois Institute of Technology staff for helping to secure the amazing McCormick Tribune Campus Center. Don\\\’t forget to look up from your computer to enjoy the Mies van der Rohe and Rem Koolhaas designs.

(A successful SocialDevCamp East already occurred in Baltimore on May 10. The next East installment is tentatively scheduled for Fall 08).

Questions? Contact: Tim Courtney - tim at timcourtney , net

• Thu. Jul 3rd, 2008 @ 7:00pm - 9:00pm
• West Suburban Chicago PHP Meetup
• Wheaton, IL
• Address: Panera Bread, 25 Rice Lake Square, Wheaton, IL. 60187
• Fee: 0
• RSVP @ meetup.com

This month, I\’ll be presenting Subversion, one of the leading version control systems out there. Even if you\’re a team of one, version control can save you numerous headaches. Come learn how you can put it to use!

Be sure to visit our website/blog at suburbanchicagophp.org!

Questions? Contact: http://php.meetup.com/381

• Tue. Jul 1st, 2008 @ 6:45pm - 9:45pm
• NWCLUG
• Harper College - A238
• Address: 1200 W. Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067
• Fee: Free

We talk about linux and the things in the linux area, open source, networking, interacting w/ other os’s and such. We can have newbies to sys admins to programs at our meetings. So come on out to the NW burbs and see what things we are doing.
We meet the first Tuesday of the month at Harper College in Palatine IL.

Questions? Contact: nwclugadmin@harpercollege.edu

• Tue. Apr 22nd, 2008 @ 11:00am - 2:00am
• NAWBO
• Hilton
• Address: 720 South Michigan
• Fee: $ 80
• Call NAWBO at 312-609-1300 or visit the NAWBO Chicago site

Join the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and featured speaker, Kay Koplovitz, the founder of USA network and the first woman president in television history. She is the author of Bold Women, Big Ideas, which she wrote to inform and inspire women entrepreneurs to create wealth through equity. Koplovitz also created Springboard Enterprises, a national organization that fosters venture capital investments in women-led high growth companies.

Questions? Contact: NAWBO/312-609-1300

• Sat. Apr 19th, 2008 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
• ChicagoRuby.org
• Elmhurst, IL
• Address: Elmhurst, IL
• Fee: 0.00
• Visit ChicagoRuby.org

ChicagoRuby.org is a group of Chicago area Ruby and Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen!

Next meeting: Sat, April 19, 2008 at 3pm. ChicagoRuby.org meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 3pm. Visit http://chicagoruby.org for details and to RSVP.

Questions? Contact: http://ChicagoRuby.org

• Fri. Apr 4th, 2008 @ 12:00am - Sat. Apr 5th, 2008 @ 12:00am
• UIC LUG/UIC ACM
• UIC
• Address: 842 west taylor st, chicago,il
• Fee: 0
• http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php

To everyone interested,

The University of Illinois at Chicago Linux Users Group (UIC-LUG) and the University of Illinois at Chicago Association for Computing
Machinery (UIC-ACM) are hosting their second annual Flourish Conference promoting the adoption and use of Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). The UIC-LUG and UIC-ACM would like to invite you to attend this glorious event. The entire conference is free

with registration (or $ 5 at the door), but please do register if you plant to
attend please lets us know how many people we should expect. http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php.

Some of our featured speakers will include: Bruce Perens from Source Labs, Jon “maddog” Hall from Linux International, Brian Fitzpatrick (and Ben Collins-Sussman) from Google, Dru Lavigne from Open Source Business Resource and BSD Certification Group Inc., among many others.

We will be hosting a variety of events which include but are not limited to: BarCamp Mini, Flourish Mini-expo, WAFD (Web Application Framework Development) Rumble, Networking Events, and Hack-a-Thon, BSDA Examination. For more information please visit: http://www.flourishconf.com/flourish2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30

Flourish 2008 will be held on Friday, April 4th and Saturday, April 5th. We expect the conference attendance to be between 300 and 400 people. Please reply and let me know whether or not you will be attending Flourish 2008.

Organizations/Developers: We still have open tables in the expo space, if you’d like to use one of the tables to advertise your said organization or promote an event. We are also still looking for developers to represent the various Web frameworks. If anyone is interested in participating, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you,

Samir Faci

Flourish Public Relations

Questions? Contact: samir at esamir dot com

• Sat. Mar 15th, 2008 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
• ChicagoRuby.org
• Elmhurst, IL
• Address: Elmhurst, IL
• Fee: 0.00

ChicagoRuby.org is a group of Chicago area Ruby and Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen!

Next meeting: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 3pm. ChicagoRuby.org meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 3pm. Visit http://chicagoruby.org for details and to RSVP.

Questions? Contact: ChicagoRuby.org

• Thu. Mar 6th, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 2:00pm
• Intelestream
• Please RSVP first
• Fee: Free
• Register for the event at meetup.com

Meet with others in the Chicagoland area to share knowledge about SugarCRM. Learn from SugarCRM experts and hear others present their lessons learned across all areas of SugarCRM.

A great deal has occurred in the world of SugarCRM since our January meeting. A key software patch has been released, new plug-ins have been developed to enhance the application, and a major annual conference took place in San Jose that has shaped the future of SugarCRM.

Come join us to learn and exchange information about SugarCRM!

Member Profiles: Business Users of SugarCRM, Devlopers of SugarCRM, Prospects/Customers of SugarCRM, and Partners of SugarCRM. Both Open Source and Commercial Versions will be included in discussions.

If you are already using SugarCRM or just looking to learn more about SugarCRM before making your CRM decision, the Chicagoland SugarCRM meetup is for you!

As with all our meetings, all are welcome to attend - From absolute beginner to expert developer.

Questions? Contact: stafford (at) intelestream.net

• Tue. Mar 4th, 2008 @ 6:45pm - 9:35pm
• NWCLUG
• Harper College - A238
• Address: 1200 W Algonquin Rd Palatine IL
• Fee: Free

New to linux or an if you are an experienced veteran come out and enjoy NWCLUG. See what where all about.

Questions? Contact: nwclugadmin@harpercollege.edu

• Thu. Jan 31st, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 2:00pm
• Jason Green - Intelestream
• Please RSVP first
• Fee: Free
• Register for the event at meetup.com

Meet with others in the Chicagoland area to share knowledge about SugarCRM. Learn from SugarCRM experts and hear others present their lessons learned across all areas of SugarCRM.

Member Profiles: Business Users of SugarCRM, Devlopers of SugarCRM, Prospects/Customers of SugarCRM, and Partners of SugarCRM. Both Open Source and Commercial Versions will be included in discussions.

If you are already using SugarCRM or just looking to learn more about SugarCRM before making your CRM decision, the Chicagoland SugarCRM meetup is for you!

Questions? Contact: stafford (at) intelestream.net

• Sat. Jan 19th, 2008 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
• ChicagoRuby.org
• Western Suburbs, Chicago
• Address: Elmhurst, IL
• Fee: 0.00
• RSVP thru http://ChicagoRuby.org

ChicagoRuby.org is a group of Chicago area Ruby and Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. We meet on the third Saturday of each month in the Western suburbs of Chicago. The agenda and RSVP details are posted at http://chicagoruby.org.

Questions? Contact: http://chicagoruby.org

• Wed. Jan 9th, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 1:00pm
• Joomla Chicago User Group
• Chicago
• Address: 500 W. Madison, Chicago
• Fee: Free
• Since the downstairs is a train lobby, security is tight, so you MUST RSVP for each and every meeting . Sorry, no last-minute walk-ins.

If you are hooked on Joomla, or just want to learn more, you are invited to attend our monthly General Meeting on the second Wednesday of every month in the Chicago Loop over the lunch hour - noon to 1:00 pm.

11:30 AM: Pre-Meeting - Joomla 101 Basics . . . Noon to 1:00 pm - User Group Meeting . . . 1:00 to 1:30 - Social & Networking Time

• Fri. Dec 14th, 2007 @ 9:00am - Sun. Dec 16th, 2007 @ 5:00pm
• Windy City Perl Mongers
• Hostel International
• Address: 29 E. Congress, Chicago
• Fee: free
• RSVP website

Join local Perl hackers for three days of informal group work on various Perl topics. Volunteer to help other people on their projects, get people to work on your project, or just work alone while hanging out with other Perl programmers.

If you are coming from out-of-town and would like to stay at the hostel, we’ve reserved some beds. See the wiki for reservation details.

Questions? Contact: joshua.mcadams@gmail.com

• Thu. Dec 13th, 2007 @ 6:00pm - Fri. Dec 14th, 2007 @ 9:00pm
• Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc
• Hostel International
• Address: 29 E. Congress, Chicago
• Fee: $ 500
• RSVP website

This Alpaca course, sometimes known as PROM, uses O’Reilly’s Alpaca book, “Intermediate” by Randal L. Schwartz and brian d foy. It’s suitable for students who have completed the Learning Perl (Llama) course, or who otherwise have a good background in the basics of Perl. This course covers Perl’s references, object-oriented program, module creation, and testing.

Stonehenge open enrollment classes are a low-cost alternative to our onsite classes. Students travel to the open enrollment site and supply their own laptops for the labs, and students are responsible for their own meals and refreshment. Stonehenge supplies all other materials, including copies of the class sides, handouts, and tutorial books.

All prices are for single registrations paying by credit cards. Please contact us for information on group pricing and alternate payment methods. We can accept purchase orders from established companies with verifiable credit.

Questions? Contact: brian.d.foy@gmail.com

• Mon. Dec 10th, 2007 @ 9:00am - Wed. Dec 12th, 2007 @ 5:00am
• Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc
• Hostel International
• Address: 29 E. Congress, Chicago
• Fee: $ 750
• RSVP website

This course is based on the popular O’Reilly Nutshell book, Learning Perl, and taught by its co-author brian d foy. The course presumes no prior knowledge of Perl, and exposes the course participants to the most important parts of Perl — those items that are needed to accomplish many common tasks, and to lay the groundwork for more advanced study on an as-needed basis.

Stonehenge open enrollment classes are a low-cost alternative to our onsite classes. Students travel to the open enrollment site and supply their own laptops for the labs, and students are responsible for their own meals and refreshment. Stonehenge supplies all other materials, including copies of the class sides, handouts, and tutorial books.

All prices are for single registrations paying by credit cards. Please contact us for information on group pricing and alternate payment methods. We can accept purchase orders from established companies with verifiable credit.

Questions? Contact: brian.d.foy@gmail.com

This sounds like a super cool event! — Ed.

• Thu. Dec 6th, 2007 @ 6:00pm - 11:00pm
• Ignite Chicago
• Goose Island Wrigleyville
• Address: 3535 North Clark St
• Fee: $ 0
• RSVP at upcoming.org

If you had five minutes on stage what would you say? What if you only got 20 slides and they rotated automatically after 15 seconds? Around the world geeks have been putting together Ignite nights to show their answers.

For more information check out http://ignite-chicago.org

Questions? Contact: harper dot sean at gmail dot com

• Sat. Nov 17th, 2007 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
• ChicagoRuby.org
• Elmhurst, IL
• Address: Western Suburbs, Chicago, IL
• Fee: 0.00
• http://chicagoruby.org

Agenda for Saturday, Nov 17, 2007, 3pm - 5pm

• Agile Web Development With Rails -the continued review.
• Google Maps & Rails Apps -integrating the two.
• Unstructured Hackfest - time to hack what we learn that day.

To participate in the hackfest, please install and test rails before the meeting. See you Saturday!

Questions? Contact: http://chicagoruby.org

• Wed. Oct 24th, 2007 @ 12:00pm - 1:30pm
• Business Network Chicago
• Weber Grill
• Address: 539 N State Street in Chicago
• Fee: $ 20
• Online sign-up

Join us at the October BNC IT Speed Networking Event. You don’t have to be a member to attend. You just have to possess a desire to meet IT and IT related professionals who can help you with your career or IT needs.

Questions? Contact: jpic333@hotmail.com

• Sat. Oct 20th, 2007 @ 3:00am - 5:00am
• ChicagoRuby.org
• Western Suburbs of Chicago
• http://ruby.meetup.com/77

Questions? Contact: http://chicagoruby.org

• Mon. Oct 8th, 2007 @ 5:30am - 7:30am
• MoMo Chicago
• ThoughtWorks Offices
• Address: 200 E Randolph, 25th Floor, Chicago IL
• Fee: 0
• FREE but registration required (limited seating - so please register early)

An industry analysis of mobile financial services as they are today and a vision for the future. With mobile payment systems all advancing fairly quickly what does that mean for the consumer as well as the providers - do the carriers have a stake in this vision (as everywhere else in the mobile spectrum?
The two persons on our panel providing us insight into this exciting new area in mobile commerce are:

George Fasching, Product Leader at the Mobile/Wireless Centre of Excellence in Master-Card. Georg is based in London and drives the innovation and development of payment elated services via mobile/wireless means. Products like MasterCard PayPass and Master-Card RePower are some of the results. He has almost a decade of in-depth experience in the mobile telephony services industry.

Kevin Bailey, is a member of Motorola�s Corporate Technology Office CTO) Incubator Group. For the past few years, he has been focused on defining and delivering -commerce solutions. The technology incubator is a team of multi-disciplined, experienced professionals directed towards recognizing opportunities for growth from ideas and technologies generated within Motorola. Each project run out of the incubator group is much like a start up company and is provided with the leadership, resources, and capital to advance the technology and its connected eco-system to a position that can be graduated into a new or existing business.

Where: ThoughtWorks Inc,
200 E Randolph, 25th Floor,
Chicago, IL 60601
When: October 8th, Monday @
5:30pm

RSVP Required!

Email:
chapin@momochicago.com
kiran@momochicago.com,

• Thu. Oct 4th, 2007 @ 8:00am - 11:30am
• The Technology Executives Club
• Milwaukee Athletic Club
• Address: 758 N. Braodway, Milwaukee
• Fee: $ 85 - $ 125
• Call Celine Seaback 847-837-3900 x4

How secure is your organization? Are you sure? Explore the latest security technologies, infrastructure and policies designed to protect the 24-7, zero-perimeter enterprise:

Local IT executives will review top security concerns and strategies facing their companies: Keynote Panel
Enabling business through IT security
Steps to building a comprehensive Information Security Management System
Managing identity and access
Strategies for securing the network

Questions? Contact: Celine Seback 847-837-3900 x4

• Fri. Sep 28th, 2007 @ 7:00pm - Sat. Sep 29th, 2007 @ 5:00pm
• SilverlightDevCampChicago Wiki
• Clarity Consulting
• Address: 1 N Franklin Suite 3400 Chicago, IL 60606
• Fee: Free
• Add your name to the attendees list on the Wiki

SilverlightDevCampChicago is an upcoming gathering, inspired by BarCamp, to build Silverlight applications, It is organized by volunteers & Silverlight enthusiasts, with attendance free to all. It is the same weekend as Adobe MAX, but Adobe MAX costs $ 1,495. This is free to attend. Plus you can help plan it or lead sessions with a simple edit of the event wiki page.

While similar to iPhoneDevCamp this event is focused on a singular technology, we would like offer some diverse sessions like using PHP to generate Silverlight content, IronRuby/IronPython & the DLR or Moonlight on Linux.

Attendees will include web designers, developers, testers, all working together over the weekend to build Silverlight applications, share experiences, ask questions, and push the limits of web application design. If you are interested in Silverlight, but have not had time to learn, this is your chance to get up to speed. Plus you will be able network with other developers in the Chicago area who are interested in Silverlight.

In the barcamp spirit, this is a community event driven by developers around the area. If you have ideas for topics or you want to show off some Silverlight applications you have built, please add it to SilverlightDevCampChicagoSessions

Questions? Contact: silverlightdevcamp@gmail.com

• Tue. Sep 25th, 2007 @ 5:30pm - 7:30pm
• Business Network Chicago
• Midtown Kitchen & Bar
• Address: 203 N. LaSalle (in the loop, just North of State of IL building)
• Fee: 17.00
• register online

Please join us for the next gathering of the BNC IT Group. This month Robert Harney will be our guest speaker. Robert is the president of RHS Telecom (www.rhstelecom.com). The presentation is called ‘Pay Close Attention to What is Behind the Curtain’. Robert will be talking about all the things you need to consider when choosing a telecommunications service for your company.

You will notice that with this event there are some differences: 1) it is an early evening/after work event, 2) it is scheduled to last 2 hours, 3) the first 30 minutes will be used for mingling and 4) there will be a cash bar. At 6:00 pm, we will have the 15 minute presentation from Robert Harney and then we will begin our speed networking table rotations.

All attendees will be charged a fee of $ 17.00 which covers the cost of some appetizers and the room. Because we will have a cash bar, you will be responsible for paying for your own drinks. The registration fee will be collected on line at http://sept07bncitgroup.eventbrite.com. Once you have paid the registration fee, you will receive an email confirming your RSVP.

RSVPs will be required in order to attend the event. Midtown Kitchen & Bar requires a guaranteed head count by Friday, Sept 21, at noon. Therefore, no reservations will be accepted after Friday, Sept 21st at 11:00am CST.

Space is limited so make your reservation early. Once all seats are filled, you must send me an email to have your name put on the wait list. If space opens up, you will be sent an email or I will call you to tell you how to submit your registration fee and receive your RSVP confirmation.

Please bring your business cards and/or hand bills which you can share with the other attendees when you move from table to table. An attendee list will be included in the handouts packet which is distributed to all attendees.

To contact me:
Call: 312-431-8335
Email: jpic333@hotmail.com

We actually had to turn people away at our last event. Our group is growing. I am starting out with 36 spaces this time. However, I expect that the space will be filled quickly so don’t wait until the last minute. Sign-up early to make sure you can attend our first evening networking event.

See you there,
Jean Pickering President The Tektite Group, LLC

• Sat. Sep 15th, 2007 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
• ChicagoRuby.org
• Western Suburbs
• Address: Elmhurst, IL (full details at RSVP)
• Fee: 0.00
• RSVP at http://ruby.meetup.com/77

ChicagoRuby.org features something for every level of Ruby experience in every meeting- Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. Check out our agenda for 9/15/2007:

• Beginner: Agile Rails (30 minutes)
• Intermediate: Overview of RadiantCMS (30 minutes)
• Advanced: When All Else Fails, Go Rails Spelunking (30 minutes)
• Wrap Up and Discussion of Next Agenda (15 minutes)

Questions? Contact: ChicagoRuby.org

• Thu. Sep 6th, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
• WCLUG
• Goose Island
• Address: 800 N Clybourn Avenue Chicago, IL 60614
• Fee: 0
• RSVP website

Discussions of all things Linux and Open Source.

We are finding a new location for WCLUG meetings. Come to goose island to discuss new locations.

Questions? Contact: mmccune@wclug.com

• Thu. Aug 23rd, 2007 @ 9:00am - Fri. Aug 24th, 2007 @ 7:00pm
• Jay Pipes announced this here
• Brooklyn
• Address: Polytechnic University

Jay Pipes just posted about the new MySQL camp that will occur in NYC this August. Tickets from Chicago are under $ 200 round trip if you buy them soon.

Want to go? Please leave a comment below. I’m buying tickets soon, I’ll wait on finalizing on the flight dates for a week or so.

From Jay:

Book Your Tickets. MySQL Camp II is Coming on August 23-24

I just got off the phone with Carl Skelton from Polytechnic University and we have finalized the dates for the next camp. MySQL Camp II will be held on Thursday and Friday, August 23-24, in Brooklyn, New York. Polytechnic University has graciously offered to host the camp. More details to follow about the new camp website, places to stay around Polytechnic, and much more. But I wanted to give everyone a heads up. If MySQL Camp II is anything like MySQL Camp I, I expect it to be a breeding ground for new hacks, ideas, and of course, beer.

-jaw

• Tue. Jul 24th, 2007 @ 5:00pm - 8:30pm
• Chicago NW Suburb Websphere Users Group
• IBM Innovation Center, Hyatt Center Chicago
• Address: 71 S Wacker Dr, Chicago
• Fee: Free
• You must pre-register for building security on 1st floor

Agenda

• 5:00pm - 6:30pm Pizza and Networking

• 6:30pm - 6:45pm Membership Meeting (future topics you want to see)
• 6:45pm - 8:00pm Presentation
• 8:00pm - 8:30pm Discussions

Presentation Topic
- What is Ruby (with a perspective for Java Developers)
- What is Rails?
- Why Rails?
- Demo some of our Rails projects
- Talk about deployment/scaling (Rails caching),
- Talk about JRuby, show an example Rails app and how to deploy it to Websphere
Presenters
Blaine Dolph is the Lead Architect for the Chicago Innovation Center and Rails Community Leader for IBM.
David Zayas is an Application Architect for the Chicago Innovation Center. After 8 years leading Java EE based projects, David has been Java-free for the last year and half, leading the charge on the most recent Ruby on Rails projects for the Center, Transition to Teaching and SME Toolkit.
Tom Sokalski is an application developer at the IBM Center for Solution Innovation in Chicago. He switched to Ruby on Rails around a year ago and is planning on sticking around for a while. You can contact Tom at tmsokals@us.ibm.com.

Questions? Contact: bernie@mesatech.com

• Wed. Jun 27th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $95-$150
• Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x 4

Flu pandemics, terrorism, hurricanes and other disasters dictate companies immediate response. Executives must plan for the worst while building enterprise resilience and managing costs. Join us and gain insight on these key issues:

Area IT executives best approaches to disaster recovery and business continuity planning:

Keynote Panel
Linking disaster recovery to business and compliance requirements
Business continuity and corporate governance synergies
The convergence of business continuity, security and emergency management trends

Questions? Contact: Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x4

• Thu. Jun 7th, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
• wclug.org
• State Restaurant
• Address: 935 W. Webster Ave., Chicago, IL
• Fee: 0
• Non needed

Join one of the longest running Linux users groups in the Chicago area for food, drink and all things Open.

Questions? Contact: mjmccune at sbcglobal dot net

• Thu. Jun 7th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:45pm
• The Technology Executives Club
• Union League Club
• Address: 65 W. Jackson Blvd
• Fee: $95-$150
• Call Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x 4

As outsourcing becomes more accepted within an enterprise, the company perspective of its own boundaries begin to change. Companies are now transforming themselves into an extended enterprise model, whereby many of the functions of the companies are performed outside the company itself. In this seminar we’ll explore how top CIO’s and IT executives support the extended enterprise model while maintaining control over their projects, budgets, compliance risks, & corporate objectives. Following are the sessions you’ll experience as a participant in the event:

Learn from a keynote panel of top CIO’s and IT executives how they successfully support the concept of the Extended Enterprise.

Receive an executive briefing on the top trends facing the Extended Enterprise today
Learn how companies manage the risk and complexity of compliant sourcing in an era where suppliers are willing to accept responsibility.

In a Framework for the Outsourcing Decision process, you’ll learn how to identify your companies core competencies and determine which areas to outsource.

In Making Global Work, Work you’ll learn how to take advantage of the opportunities of global outsourcing, while minimizing the risk

Questions? Contact: Celine Seaback at 847-837-3900 x4

• Wed. May 9th, 2007 @ 9:00am - 1:00pm
• eZ Systems
• Downtown Chicago
• Address: Downtown Chicago
• Fee: Free
• Open Online Registration for RSVP

eZ Systems is organizing a free seminar in Chicago on May 9th with focus on Content Management, online Business and

Why attend?

• Learn about the eZ Publish Open Source Content Management System
• Understand how the eZ Publish model can fit in with your business model and needs
• Get first-hand information from eZ Systems
• Learn about eZ Partners in the Chicago area
• Discover how your business can benefit from technologies like blogging, wikis, tagging and e-commerce
• Meet co-founder of eZ Systems

• Mon. May 7, 6-8pm
• Chicago Central ColdFusion and Flex User Group
• International Academy of Design and Technology
• Address: One North State Street between Madison & Washington
• Fee: Free, Prizes & Pizza will be provided. win a copy of CF Server Professional
• For security reasons, you MUST rsvp on our web site and bring ID.

Ever wonder why some companies pay good money to develop apps on the ColdFusion platform when there are free robust options available? Well, Adobe’s Senior Technical Evangelist is coming to Chicago to tell you why his company charges $ 1K-$ 6K for a single server license (and developers are still buying them like hotcakes). We will also get a sneak peek into the next release of CF, codenamed Scorpio.

Think CF is lame, too expensive, uncool, unscaleable? We invite you to attend this free event to grill the CF masters, and defend your platform of choice. Perhaps you will influence the future direction of CF, or even find new supporters for your platform.

Even before the release of CFMX 7 two years ago, the ColdFusion team was already hard at work planning the 8th major ColdFusion edition. Building on top of the powerful platform introduced in ColdFusion MX, and the solid feature set of ColdFusion MX 7, “Scorpio” piles on new features and technologies for developers, administrators, technical decision makers, and more. The official “Scorpio” release is scheduled for mid-2007, but you don’t have to wait until then to see it for yourself. Ben Forta will be demoing lots of Scorpio throughout a user group tour, where attendees will get to see “Scorpio” in action, as well as gain access to the pre-release beta, and get the chance to win Adobe software. And since our user group is part of the Scorpio tour, plan on coming out for this special event!!

Ben Forta is Adobe Inc.’s Senior Technical Evangelist, and has over two decades of experience in the computer industry in product development, support, training, and marketing. Ben is the author of the best-selling ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit and its sequel Advanced ColdFusion Application Development, as well as books on SQL, Regular Expressions, JavaServer Pages, WAP, Windows development, and more. Over 1/2 million Ben Forta books have been printed in a dozen languages worldwide. Ben co-authored the official ColdFusion training material, as well as the certification tests and official study guides for those tests, writes regular columns on ColdFusion and Internet development, and now spends a considerable amount of time lecturing and speaking on application development worldwide.

Questions? Contact: Igor Ilyinsky - manager {AT} cccfug [DOT] org

• Fri. Apr 6th, 2007 @ 10:00am - Sat. Feb 7th, 2007 @ 5:00pm
• Visit the official website
• Chicago, exact location to be announced
• Registration

In this inquisitive spirit, The University of Illinois at Chicago’s CS Department, the Linux User’s Group at UIC, and the Association for Computer Machinery at UIC would like to invite you to come join us April 6-7 to Flourish!: a two-day conference reflecting on the impact of FLOSS on our future.

We are extending this open invitation to academia, to industry members, and to the community, so that together we can explore FLOSS and how it influences our daily lives, both present and future.

Featured Speakers Include:
Chris Dibona of Google Corporation
Peter T. Brown of the Free Software Foundation

Don’t forget to register to avoid the $10 entrance fee.

• Thu. Apr 5th, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
• Windy City Linux User Group
• State Restaurant
• Address: 935 W. Webster Ave., Chicago, IL
• Fee: 0
• None Required.

Informal discussion about Linux, Free Software and all things open.

Free WiFi and 5 dollar laptop rentals.

State Restaurant now has 1/2 off all items on Thursday, which means most meals are between 5-10 dollars. It is BYOB with no corkage fees.

Questions? Contact: mmccune at wclug dot com

• Sat. Mar 10th, 2007 @ 1:00pm - 5:00pm
• SugarCRM Users’ Group
• Downtown Chicago Marriott
• Register for the event here

SugarCRM is the open source competitor to Salesforce.com. This is an exciting and thriving open source (and commercial) product. Enjoy learning how to make more money converting leads to customers, as well as talk with several key SugarCRM executives.

SugarCRM will have two team members presenting at the event Andy Dreisch (Vice President, Online Team) and Manoj Jayadevan (Product Management). Ken Brill from the SugarCRM community will also be presenting. I will be presenting as well in addition to running the event. Registration is required for the event there will be no walk-in registration and we have a seating limit of 40 attendees.

Here is the draft of the Agenda for the meeting all (times are in Central Time):

1:00 pm - 1:30 pm - Sign-In
1:30 pm - 1:45 pm - Introductions and Chicago SDUG (Max Blackmer)
1:45 pm - 2:15 pm - SugarCRM, Inc. and the Community (Andy Dreisch)
2:15 pm - 2:30 pm - Break
2:30 pm - 3:15 pm - SugarCRM Product Roadmap (Manoj Jayadevan)
3:15 pm - 3:30 pm - Break
3:30 pm - 4:15 pm - Modifying SugarCRM with Studio (Max Blackmer)
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm - Closing by Ken Brill and door prize drawing.
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm - Social Networking.

This agenda will change as content for the event progresses.

More information can be found in this forum thread

• Thu. Mar 1st, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
• WCLUG
• State Restaurant
• Address: 935 W. Webster Ave., Chicago, IL
• Fee: 0
• None Needed.

Discussion of Linux and all things Free and Open Source in an informal setting.

Questions? Contact: mjmccune at sbcglobal dot net

• Tue. Feb 13th, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 9:30pm
• organization"s website
• Lincoln Park Cafe
• Address: 2413 N. Clark St.
• RSVP website

Personal Computing as we know it today can be traced back to a few key moments in the late 70s where a few hobbyists got together to play with very crude computers at the homebrew computer club in Silicon Valley.

It has been a great ride, but we are coming to a point where the last 10 years of the PC experience is largely unchanged.

This isn’t about old computers, Microsoft, web 2.0, Google, Linux, or Apple. It is about starting off with a clean whiteboard, a crazy idea and what you would like to see the next 20 years of computing look like.

• Thu. Feb 1st, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
• WCLUG
• State Restaurant
• Address: 935 W. Webster Avenue, Chicago, IL
• Fee: 0
• No RSVP Needed

We’ve Moved! The new location has more room, free WIFI and $ 5 laptop rentals. State Restaurant

Questions? Contact: mmccune@wclug.com

• Thu. Jan 4th, 2007 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
• Windy City Linux Users Group
• Letezia’s Bakery
• Address: 2144 W. Division St, Chicago, IL
• Fee: 0
• None Needed.

We will be discussing and voting on a new venue for WCLUG.

Questions? Contact: mjmccune at sbcglobal dot net.

• Fri. Dec 22nd, 2006 @ 7:00am - 9:00am
• TECHcoffee
• Caribou Coffee at LaSalle & Lake.
• Fee: Buy something to drink and get 1 hour free wifi, $ 1.50 purchases /additional hours

TechCoffee is an idea that’s part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon.

Get up early like a running club and work on fun, independent, non-work-related projects. Open source is great, but everyone is invited. Spend a few hours with some of Chicago’s most dedicated software developers.

What languages are allowed?
Whatever floats your Blub. Season One saw Python, Perl, Lisp, Ruby, Javascript, and Java (at least). Oh, and some OCaml. Work on what you’re working on. Everyone’s welcome.

• Tue. Dec 5th, 2006 @ 6:50pm - 9:30pm
• NorthWest Chicagoland Linux User Group
• Harper College - A242
• Address: 1200 W. Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067
• Fee: Free

We talk about linux and the things in the linux area…open source, networking, interacting w/ other os’s and such. We can have newbies to sys admins to programs at our meetings. So come on out to the NW burbs and see what things we are doing.
We meet the first Tuesday of the month at Harper College in Palatine IL.

Questions? Contact: nwclugadmin@harpercollege.edu

• Fri. Nov 17th, 2006 @ 7:00am - 9:00am
• TECHcoffee
• Caribou Coffee on LaSalle and Lake
• Fee: just buy some coffee

TechCoffee is an idea that’s part running club, part knitting bee, and part hackathon.

Get up early — like a running club — and work on fun, independent, non-work-related projects. Open source is great, but everyone is invited. Spend a few hours with some of Chicago’s most dedicated software developers.

• November 10-12 Fri-Sun
• Crystal Lake, IL
• hackathon.info for details and to register
• Free, with hotel discounts available

The Chicago Perl Mongers and The Perl Foundation are proud to announce the Fall 2006 Chicago Hackathon. It will be a round-the-clock weekend of programming on Perl-related projects with your colleagues in the open source community. Dozens of programmers from the open source community in the midwest, as well as others from around the US, will be getting together to share ideas, work on code, and move their Perl-related projects forward.

The participants set the agenda for what we’ll be working on, but Perl 6 and Parrot are already on the roster of projects. Chip Salzenberg, pumpking for the Parrot project, will be on hand to help with Parrot and Perl 6. Andy Lester will also be driving some Parrot maintenance tasks, and other midwest programmers will be working on their own projects. There’s sure to be something interesting for everyone!

Participation in the hackathon costs nothing. The Perl Foundation is even providing hotel rooms at a special rate if you want to spend the night. Even if you’re in the area for just an hour, stop by, grab a snack or some pizza and talk with other people interested in Perl. You might contribute more than you think just by talking with other programmers.

To find out more, visit http://hackathon.info. If you’ll be attending, please sign in on the Attendees wiki page, and/or email rsvp@hackathon.info . You can also send questions to Andy Lester at andy@hackathon.info

• Sat. Nov 4th, 2006 @ 10:00am - 12:00pm
• IIT ACM
• MTCC McCloska Auditorium
• Address: 3201 S State St, Chicago, IL 60616
• Fee: free

Richard Stallman is the founder of the GNU Project, launched in 1984 to develop the free operating system, GNU. He is the principal author of the GNU C Compiler, the GNU symbolic debugger (GDB), GNU Emacs, and various other GNU programs. Stallman currently serves as resident of the Free Software Foundation.

This event is made possible by the IIT Student Chapter of the ACM, the CS Department, and the Chicago GNU/Linux Users Group.

• Thu. Nov 2nd, 2006 @ 7:00pm - 10:00pm
• Windy City Linux Users Group
• Letizia’s Natural Bakery
• Address: 2144 W Division, Chicago, IL
• Fee: 0
• None required

We are into all things Linux. We have been meeting on the first Thursday at Letizia’s since 1999.

Questions? Contact: m.mccune at comcast dot net

• Monday Oct 16th, 6pm
• Place: Info.com 150 N Michigan, 28th floor, Chicago, IL
• If you will be arriving PAST 7pm, give me your name and I’ll tell Security to let you up.

What’s possible in a post Web 2.0 world? Innovation continues at a mind-bending pace, and this presentation will showcase some thought-provoking new directions that Web Services are headed in. The presentation will provide an overview of Amazon Web Services, and feature a demonstration showing how developers are able to easily utilize on-demand server capacity.

Amazon spent ten years and over $1 billion developing a world-class technology and content platform that powers Amazon web sites for millions of customers every day. Most people think “Amazon.com” when they hear the word; however developers are excited to learn that there is a separate technology arm of the company, known as Amazon Web Services or AWS. Using AWS, developers can build software applications leveraging the same robust, scalable, and reliable technology that powers Amazon’s retail business. AWS has now launched eleven services with open API’s for developers to build applications, with the result that over 160,000 developers have registered on Amazon’s developer site to create applications based on these services.

• First Annual Chicago Hackmeeting!
• October 13 - 15 @ www.dai5ychain.net
• 2159 W 21st PL (21st PL and Leavitt) Chicago, IL USA 60608
• hackmeetingwiki.dai5ychain.net

Calling all free-wheeling free-information free-reproductionistas! Attention to the hackers who love the streets! For the activists that just want to share resources! And for the militant media makers in search of free and open access to knowledge and ideas!
This event will gather some of the regions most committed activist programmers, free software lovers, socially engaged artists, independent media makers and critical thinkers to brainstorm and develop an agenda for the technological support of radical social movements in the great lakes region.

Theme suggestions:
Intellectual Property Regimes, Creative Commons, Low Power Radio FM, Internet Law for Activists, Public Space, Non Profit, Free Labor, Electronic Security Culture, The Global Politics of the Digital Infrastructure

Collaborate and collectively develop the first Annual Chicago Hackmeeting with us by proposing themes, presentations, workshops, discussions, skill shares, swaps, etc…!

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More info:

• http://www.dai5ychain.net
• http://www.chicagolug.org/pipermail/chicago-hacktavism
• http://hackmeetingwiki.dai5ychain.net

• Tech Geeks Unite at Milwaukee’s First BarCamp “Un-Conference”
• Sept. 30, 2006 10am - Oct 1, 2006 5pm
• Bucketworks, 1319 N. Martin Luther King Drive, Milwaukee
• For more information and to pre-register for the event, please visit barcampmilwaukee.com or contact Pete Prodoehl at pete@2xlnetworks.com or 262-490-4531.

Calling all tech-geeks! The city will be buzzing with robots, PDAs and remote controlled go-carts as Milwaukee welcomes its first BarCampMilwaukee, an un-conference dedicated to learning, sharing and participation. Yes, an un-conference — a conference where the participants create and lead the content of the sessions instead of having a single organizer or group.

“We want to shine a bright light on the technology industry in Milwaukee,” says organizer Pete Prodoehl. “There are great opportunities in this city, it’s just a matter of making all the interesting people aware of each other.”

BarCamp occurs nationwide as an ad-hoc gathering fueled by people who want to learn and share in an open environment. Technology and creativity focused discussions, demos and interaction will form an intense 24+ hour event. BarCampMilwaukee is FREE, but there’s a catch. “Campers” must participate in some aspect of the event, whether it be leading a session, helping with a session, setting up before the event or cleaning up afterward. This powerful participation dynamic creates a unique, technology-focused gathering.

Campers will expand their minds, share their passions and have an unforgettable time. BarCampMilwaukee will take place at Bucketworks.

This is a special event, as it is out of Chicago, but many of us Chicagoans will be travelling to Sunnyvale, CA for this sweet-action event. Be sure to RSVP here, and if you’re a Chicagoan, leave a comment below on this post.

• Friday - Sunday Sept 29 - Oct. 1st in Sunnyvale, CA
• Free to participate, just RSVP here, on Upcoming’s site (Also leave a comment below).
• www.hackday.org

From Yahoo’s announcement:

We’ll kick things off on Friday, September 29th with a free all-day developer workshop. Then we’ll launch a 24-hour Hack Day with an outdoor party into the wee hours, with special guests providing the soundtrack. (Details to come later, but we guarantee this won’t be your usual corporate-wedding-band leading the crowd through 2am group sing-alongs of “Brick House.”) We’ll hack through the night, keep going through Saturday morning, and wind it all up that evening with hacker demos, judging from a panel of luminaries. and special awards for the coolest hacks. We’ll have special guest speakers all weekend, with Michael Arrington of TechCrunch presiding over the festivities. After nightfall we’ll close things out with another round of entertainment that you would be happy to pay for, except that you won’t have to.

Update:

Most of us are taking a Southwest flight (only $110 each way) out on Thursday night and and leaving Sunday morning. Book a flight with us, or leave a post below to split up the hotel room!
Southwest flight details follow: