“People don’t take opportunities because the timing is bad, the financial side unsecure. Too many people are overanalyzing. Sometimes you just have to go for it.” - Michelle Zatlyn, Co-Founder of CloudFlare

Easter month, and spring is nearly over, and exciting things are happening.

Coding Grace Wexford are running monthly beginner-friendly HTML5 workshops, their next one is on Monday April 24th, see their Facebook event page for more information.

A huge thanks to Kevin O'Brien (mentor) and Eoin Kelly (Microsoft Ireland) for hosting our beginners R workshop recently. Look out for more data workshops from us in the near future.

On Tue Mar 14, I was invited to speak at TCD's “Women in Engineering & Computer Science” event alongside Carol O'Sullivan from Disney & TCD, Catriona Lally from Biomedical Engineering and Bidesh Ghosh from Civil Engineering, and it was a full house. It was great to share my experiences about the community groups I'm involved with.

Coding Grace (and PyLadies Dublin) were delighted to be part of #weAREhere Careers in Tech Panel at Science Gallery recently. Great insight and experiences shared by the panelists: Christina Lynch (moderator), Elizabeth Murphy, Sorcha Bowler, Sarah Doran, Ingrid Epure. Congrats to Velda Conaty for winning a free ticket to deviconf.org.
Read more about the event here >>>

Side note, this sounds amazing for anyone who's thinking of getting into the games industry. Wooga & Unity are sponsoring five trips to this year’s UNITE Europe Conference. Deadline for applications is 23:59 on April 30th, 2017.

Here's some links of interest that I pinned for this month. Do let me know if you want me to include a link to share with folks.

Any enquiries or if you want to help, please email contact@codinggrace.com.

Thanks,

/// Vicky

Workshops

[Wexford] HTML5 Session

When: Mon Apr 24 (18:00-20:00)

Introduction to html - Suitable for total beginners. Bring your laptop.
We will learn the basics of html, every web page you were ever on is made using html!

Tickets

Upcoming Workshops

Beginners HTML5/CSS
Intro to Elm
Intro to F#
Intro to Python
More data-related workshops

Follow @CodingGrace for updates.

Special Announcements

XX+Data - Kickstarting the community!
XX+Data need your help establish a community of women in Ireland who work with and love data.

Survey

ShipItCon CFP
Coming in August, CFP is currently open.

Submit your Talk

Girls in Tech Catalyst London - Call for Speakers

When: September 13-14, 2017

Submit your Talk

SUGGESTIONS/FEEDBACK

What workshop would you like us to run next?

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Other events happening around Ireland

I'll post more on CodingGrace.com blog if I find more after this newsletter.
Startup Digest Dublin also has a great listings of events happening in Dublin.
Want me to include an event? Email me at contact@codinggrace.com.

Diversity-Friendly Events

@_caitriona created this awesome Women in Tech events listings, contributions welcome.

R-Ladies Dublin: Data Import into R - workshop
When: Wed, April 5 (18:30-20:30) @ Nitro
Details: https://www.meetup.com/R-Ladies-Dublin/events/237924579/

Code: Debugging the Gender Gap (followed by Tech Panel Discussion)
When: Wed, April 5 (10:45-13:00) @ IMC Cinema Dundalk
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/code-debugging-the-gender-gap-followed-by-tech-panel-discussion-tickets-33277521964

Women Techmakers powered by GDG Dublin presents IWD Celebration 2017 theme "Telling our Story"
When: Tue Apr 11, 18:30 – 21:30 @ Google, Barrow St
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/women-techmakers-2017-telling-our-story-tickets-33207279868

LTUX DUB is Back in Town - April 2017 Meetup
When: Thu Apr 13, 18:30 – 20:00 @ J.W. Sweetman
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ltux-dub-is-back-in-town-april-2017-meetup-tickets-33309924882

PyLadies Dublin April Meeting
When: Tue Apr 18, 18:30 – 21:00 @ Etsy Ireland
Details: https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/236605149/

Movie Screening - She Started it
When: Thu Apr 20, 18:30 – 20:30 @ Arista Networks
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Arista-Networks/events/238824094/

Codess Dublin
When: Mon Apr 24, 18:00 @ Morrison Hotel, Dublin
Details: https://codessdublin.splashthat.com/

Women Who Code Belfast: How to make cities smarter
When: Tue Apr 25, 19:00 @ Location TBC
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/237131691/

The Entrepreneurship Rollercoaster with Cristina Luminea
When: Tue, May 2, 18:00 - 20:00 @ Science Gallery Dublin
Details: http://witsireland.com/events/40/

OWASP Women in AppSec & Women Who Code: An Evening with the Pros!
When: Mon May 8, 19:00-21:00 @ Waterfront Conference Centre
Details: https://www.meetup.com/OWASP-Belfast/events/238434511/

Girls in Tech Dublin
When: Thu May 11, 18:00-21:00 @ Realex Payments
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/girls-in-tech-dublin-realex-payments-tickets-32988781333

Inspirefest 2017
When: Thu Jul 6 - Sat Jul 8 2017 @ Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin
Details: http://inspirefest.com/

Upcoming Events

TBC

Dublin Julia Users Group

Where: Chaplins Bar 2 Hawkins St, Dublin 2
Software Engineering vs Theoretical Physics
Tragicomedy part 2
Julia Follow-up Talk in Finance
Julia in Computational Biology

MON APR 03

All Aboard 2017 digital skills week: Introduction to Animation

Where: FET Centre O' Connell Avenue, Limerick @ 16:00-17:00

Introduction to 3D Printing (Adult), dlr LexIcon

Where: LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00

MON APR 03

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FRI APR 07

Digital Skills Week at GMIT Galway Campus and Mayo Campus

Where: Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology

TUE APR 04

3D Printing – what’s in it for me?

Where: NUIG @ 12:30-14:00

AWS Usergroup Dublin MeetUp #20 - Serverless and Lambda Theme

Where: Button Factory, Temple Bar @ 17:45 - 20:00

Introduction to Programming and Electronics: Raspberry Pi and Arduino

Where: LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00

DublinJS: Lightning Talks

Where: Dogpatch Labs, CHQ, IFSC, D1 @ 18:30 - 21:00

Data Scientists Ireland: [Limerick] The 19th Century Data Scientists

Where: UL Room C2062 (main building) @ 18:30

Dublin Julia Users Group: Julia Workflow for Biomedical Datamining

Where: Chaplins Bar 2 Hawkins St, Dublin 2 @ 19:00 - 21:00

NixOS Dublin April Meetup

Where: Workday, Smithfield, D7 @ 19:00

Graphic Designers Dublin

Where: Longstone Pub @ 19:00

1GAM Galway Meetup

Where: Pulse College, Fairgreen Building, Galway

CoderDojo Limerick: Python for Absolute Beginners (Adult Workshop)

Where: LIT @ 19:00 - 22:00

WED APR 05

State of Play 2016 - Irish Game Maker EXPO

Where: DIT @ 13:00 - 17:00

State of Play 2017 - Irish Game Maker Talks - #SOP17

Where: DIT @ 18:30 - 20:30

Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and artistic open night

Where: TOG Hackerspace, Blackpitts, D8 @ 19:00

TUE APR 06

All Aboard 2017 digital skills week: Working with Images

Where: NUIG @ 13:00-14:00

All Aboard 2017 digital skills week: Coding Basecamp

Where: Limerick College of Further Education @ 16:30-18:30

CHAI Dublin (Chatbot & AI) Meetup: Meet up 3 : How Clever does my Chatbot need to be

Where: Location to members @ 18:00

Hadoop User Group Ireland: Fast Analytics on Fast Data for Hadoop. Processing Geo Information in Big Data.

Where: BoI, Grand Canal Sq, D2 @ 18:00

Coder Forge @ DFC - learn and code, then code some more

Where: Dublin Food Co-operative Society @ 19:00 - 21:00

Machine Learning with Julia

Where: Fablab Limerick @ 19:00

FRI APR 07

All Aboard 2017 digital skills: Coding - An Introduction

Where: LCETB FET Centre Raheen Campus, Limerick @ 14:00-15:00

Silicon #Drinkabout Dublin Meetup 7th April 2017

Where: Yamamori Izakaya @ 18:00 - 20:30

SAT APR 08

Dublin Datathon: Compete for €25,000 in Cash Prizes and Interviews with Citadel

Where: UCD @ 08:00 - 18:30

MON APR 10

C/C++ Meetup

Where: Zalando @ 18:30

Electronics, Microcontroller and IOT Evening

Where: Tog Hackerspace, Blackpitts, D8 @ 19:00

The Games Co-Op: April meetup

Where: The Liquor Rooms @ 19:00 - 22:00

TUE APR 11

GDG Galway: Intro to the GO Programming Language

Where: Workbench on Mainguard Street, Galway @ 18:00 - 21:00

3D printing - Let's get technical

Where: LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00

Elm User Group Dublin

Where: Against the Grain @ 19:00

WED APR 12

Python Ireland Meetup

Where: TBC @ 18:30

Artificial intelligence - Understanding IBM Watson

Where: Annebrook House Hotel, Mullingar @ 19:30-21:00

The Limerick Open Source Meetup

Where: Absolute Hotel Limerick @ 20:00

TUE APR 18

Synesthesia Talk Series: TIME

Where: The Liquor Rooms @ 19:00-22:00

Dublin MakerSpace: DMS podcast kickoff (Early to mid April)

Where: Alfie Byrnes @ 21:30 - 23:00

WED APR 19

3Dcamp Limerick - High Design VR

Where: Workbench, Bank of Ireland, O'Connell St, Limerick @ 18:30 - 21:00

Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and artistic open night

Where: TOG Hackerspace, Blackpitts, D8 @ 19:00

THU APR 20

DublinCSS: April Meetup

Where: Bank of Ireland, Grand Canal Sq, D2 @ 18:00

Google Developers Group in Galway Meetup

Where: Portershed, Galway @ 19:00 - 21:00

MON APR 24

Electronics, Microcontroller and IOT Evening

Where: TOG Hackerspace, Blackpitts, D8 @ 19:00

TUE APR 25

TechForGood Dublin: VR for Social Impact

Where: Trinity Workbench @ Bank of Ireland @ 18:00 - 20:00

PyBelfast April Meetup

Where: Shopkeep @ 18:30

WED APR 26

Hadoop User Group Ireland (HUG IRL): The Data Analytics Platform at Indeed

Where: Indeed Ireland @ 18:00

THU APR 27

Dublin Java User Group - April 2017

Where: TechMeetup.space @ 18:15

SAT APR 29

#HACK THE HUB 2017

Where: Deloitte Digital, Belfast

Dublin Kaggle Meetup: NASA Space Apps Challenge 2017 (Dublin)

Where: Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute @ 08:00

TUE MAY 02

DublinUX: Service Design Drinks Dublin

Where: Bank of Ireland, Trinity College Branch @ 18:00 - 20:00

DublinJS: NPM/Yarn, Virtual Reality with JS and TBD

Where: Intercom @ 18:30 - 21:00

Upcoming Conferences

SAT MAY 06

Agile Ireland 2017

Where: Workday, Dublin

Details: http://www.agileireland.org

WED MAY 10

Future Scope 2017

Where: The Convention Centre Dublin

Details: http://www.futurescope.ie

THU MAY 11

ARVR Innovate Conference

Where: RDS, Dublin

Details: http://innovatereality.com

MON May 22

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WED MAY 24

LavaCon: Content Strategy Conference: Spanning Silos, Building Bridges

Where: Croke Park

Details: https://lavacon.org/2017/dublin/

TUE MAY 30

The Irish Tech News IoT Awards 2017

Details: http://irishtechnews.ie/why-is-ireland-excelling-in-iot-dcu-alpha-campus-in-partnership-with-irish-tech-news-to-host-may-30th-conference/

FRI JUN 16

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SUN JUN 18

Q-Con XXIV

UK & Ireland's greatest weekend of gaming and anime entertainment

Details: http://www.q-con.org.uk/

THU JUL 20

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SUN JUL 23

The Festival of Curiosity

Dublin’s International festival of science, art, design & technology.

Details: https://festivalofcuriosity.ie/programme/

SAT JUL 22

Dublin Maker

Dublin Maker takes the form of a “show and tell” experience where inventors/makers sourced through an open call, will have an opportunity to showcase their creations in a carnival atmosphere.

Details: http://www.dublinmaker.ie/