7/7/2008-7/10/2008Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008
George R. Brown Convention
Houston
Texas
USA
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The event allows Microsoft partners to engage in partner-to-partner networking. A range of keynote presentations from top Microsoft executives (including CEO Steve Ballmer) will be available alongside breakout sessions and hands-on training led by Microsoft and industry experts.
7/7/2008-7/9/20084th International Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference
Holiday Inn Oulu,
Sokos Hotel Arina
Oulu
Finland
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MobiMedia is intended to provide a unique international forum for researchers from industry and academia who work in the multimedia coding and mobile networking fields to study new applications, solutions, and standards.
7/7/2008-7/9/2008EuroPython 2008
Reval Hotel Lietuva
Vilnius
Lithuania
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EuroPython is for Python programming communities, including the Plone and Zope communities. The event brings together developers of some of the most prominent Python technologies, designers and business people, alongside novices.
7/10/2008-7/11/2008Social Networking Conference 2008
Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
San Francisco
California
USA
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The Mobile and Enterprise Social Networking event targets social networking executives interested in learning about new technologies, business social networking, marketing strategies, business management, venture capital, networks and mobile telecom.
7/11/2008-7/13/2008E3 Media & Business Summit 2008
Los Angeles Convention Center
Santa Monica
California
USA
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An invitation-only event focusing on gaming industry professionals, the event provides opportunities for both ESA members and non-members to stage major press events, and to have personal meetings with media, retailers, developer partners, and other key industry contacts.
7/14/2008-7/18/2008PHP 5 and PostgreSQL Bootcamp at the Big Nerd Ranch
The Big Nerd Ranch
Atlanta
Georgia
USA
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This five-day intensive programming event for those who need to master web design with PHP 5 driven by a PostgreSQL database back-end focuses on individuals at a range of levels and experience of PHP. At the end of the course, participants will be able to use PHP and PostgreSQL to build a complete CRM website and application.
7/15/2008-7/16/20082008 Wireless & Mobile Expo and Conference
Metro Toronto Convention Centre – North Building
Toronto
Canada
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The event is a value-packed IT conference and exhibition geared towards senior executives, IT managers, program managers and technical specialists. It covers the future adoption and integration of wireless enterprise architecture, mobile networks and user-defined products.
7/16/2008-7/16/2008IT Roadmap Conference & Expo: Atlanta
Atlanta
Georgia
USA
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This unique, all-in-one, single-day event caters to IT professionals who want to cover multiple industry topics in one day. The event considers new solutions, best practices and case studies from leading industry experts, experienced end users and top vendors.
7/19/2008-7/25/2008Ruby & Ruby on Rails Bootcamp
The Big Nerd Ranch
Atlanta
Georgia
USA
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The first two days of the event are devoted to learning Ruby. These are followed by five day Ruby on Rails Bootcamp taking you “from complete novice to being a Rails developer”. The class is taught on Rails 2.0 and takes advantage of many Rails 2.0 features including REST, MultiView, ATOM, and ActiveSupport.
7/21/2008-7/24/2008Architecture & Design World 2008
Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
Chicago
USA
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The event is an independent conference dedicated to software architecture, design, modeling and UML offering more than 70 educational sessions. The event provides the tools, resources and knowledge needed to “implement the latest design techniques into your software development projects”.
7/21/2008-7/23/2008Web Design World Seatle Westin Seattle
Seattle
Washington
USA
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A three-day intensive summary of key aspects of web design, sessions cover topics that include Ajax, CSS, JavaScript, and rich interface design. Usability, ecommerce design, and search engine optimization. The event includes a full-day workshop on Adobe Photoshop, Flash, and Dreamweaver.
7/21/2008-7/25/2008Mobiquitous
College Green
Dublin
Ireland
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The Fifth Annual International Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Computing, Networking and Services (MobiQuitous 2008) will provide a forum where practitioners and researchers from many areas involved in ubiquitous solutions design and deployment interact and exchange experiences.
7/21/2008-7/23/200819th Open Group Enterprise Architecture Practitioners Conference
InterContinental Hotel
Chicago
Illinois
USA
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The event details the elements of a successful Government Enterprise Architecture and considers end-user case studies, provides keynotes, panel sessions and technical tutorials. Additional topics include SOA, security, egovernment and the TOGAF framework.
7/26/2008-7/26/2008PyOhio
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Columbus
Ohio
USA
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Ohio’s first annual Python miniconference is free of charge and includes a number of scheduled talks, Lightning Talks, and Open Spaces.
7/26/2008-7/27/2008EuroSciPy 2008
Mediencampus, Poetenweg 28
Leipzig
Germany
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Catering to the European Python programming language user of the event provides presentations and collaboration for users of SciPy, NumPy and Python. This conference provides an opportunity to learn and impact what is happening in scientific computing with Python.
7/26/2008-7/26/2008MacDayLATM
Busbys, 5364 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles
California
USA
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Conducted by Deborah Shadovitz, the event enables users to get the most from Macintosh computers and Apple-related products and provides experts tips. Topics covered include wireless security, Mac Efficiency, home automation, GarageBand, and photography.
7/27/2008-8/1/2008XML Summer School 2008
Wadham College
Oxford
United Kingdom
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The event caters to people using, designing or implementing XML-based and related technology solutions. The curriculum combines presentations, hands-on exercises, tutorials and panel discussions in ‘Introductory’, ‘Foundations’ and ‘Applications’ tracks for all levels.
