The idea of Future Office Labs is to encourage a collective exploration and discussion of new technologies and practices in the work-place. It's a group for early-adopters, change-makers, entrepreneurs and organizational revolutionaries; people who are excited by cutting-edge ideas, fascinated by shiny toys (go on, admit it), but frustrated when they don't get to use them in their day-jobs. You don't need to be a technologist to join F.O.L.; you might be a power-user or a practitioner who …

Events by Apps for Good and regular networking drinks for people interested in mobile, technology and social change: charities, developers, business people, journalists, youth workers, young people…

  Learn something new; be amazed, amused and enthused. This is an informal gathering of those curious about technology in the classroom and/or setting up a personal learning network (professional or private). Anyone can share great ideas they have trialled, ask questions or simply sign up to take part in learning conversations. Professionals from all sectors are welcome to take part.   The main part of iTrackR Edtech is hearing stories about learning, from everyone not just teachers. This is not …

Welcome to the SSV Network! The "Startups & Societal Ventures" Network http://www.ssvnetwork.com Discuss: http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=48286 Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/SSVNetwork Follow us on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/ycd24uk Check the SSV Network Innovation Hubs' Worldwide Map: http://www.communitywalk.com/SSVNetwork Entrepreneurs, investors and all other resources providers need better relationships matchmaking. SSVN is an internet-based entrepreneurship support system e …

Meet PHP users, developers and recruiters near you! Come to PHP London to exchange ideas and talk about code, architecture, innovation, and open source in general. Anyone interested in PHP is welcome!

If you enjoy challenging and interesting discussions then this is the meet up for you.  We are a community of people that want to change the world for the better. So we gather every month to discuss the issues of the world and share ideas about possible solutions. We want to engage with the government, non-profit organisations and companies that can help us with making a difference.  Every month we invite inspiring speakers, discuss complex issues and connect like-minded people that want to take …

Do you want to practice your coding skills while helping the next generation of hackers flourish? Then come hang out with us. It doesn't matter what you program in, or if you've ever taught before. Everyone is welcome. Every fortnight in a Shoreditch studio we work through coding challenges with young people from local secondary colleges. Check out the photos from some of our recent sessions. Remember how terrible computer classes were when you were a kid? They're still like that. There are brig …

The London Quantified Self meetup (#QSelfUK) is modeled on the Bay Area Quantified Self Show & Tell meetings started in 2008 by Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly in the Bay Area. Your host for the London meetup are a team composed of Adriana Lukas (@adriana872), David Bradshaw and Denis Harscoat (@harscoat). Write us with your recommendations, tips, and observations. This is a regular show and tell for people who take advantage of various personal self-tracking tools and methods to gain more knowledge …

The group Our emphasis is on patterns of change and how things are shaping up in the 21st century - especially, but not only, in the worlds of work, and of life-long-learning. Not just for Londoners We hope to do related online events later, and to run meetings at additional locations, so you're very welcome to join this group wherever you're based. We are "growing a group"- not just "arranging meetups". The meetups Our sessions are participative, typically lasting two hours with a break h …

A meetup group for Mardi members and supporters in London. Mardi is a new international organisation for university students and alumni to work together to make the world a better place. Please see http://mardinet.org for details.

IF YOU ARE SOMEONE that wants to develop more profound WISDOM IN YOUR LIFE, and you can see a need for greater UNITY and COOPERATION in the world - based on wisdom, then you have come to the right place! Here - you will have the opportunity to engage with new ideas and people that want to make a real difference in their own lives, and also want to greatly improve the state of the world. What is TEAMHumanity? Essentially people working together as a team, to help create greater wisdom and uni …

… We meet monthly in London to showcase and discuss the emerging trends of our industry, share experiences and practices of using video in education, communication, marketing and more. Each month we'll have 2-4 lightning presentations followed by bi-directional Q&A. Our goal is to bring the local online video community from leading media & entertainment companies, top tier universities, enterprises, small businesses and publishers gather to learn, connect, and consider the state of web video and m …

Hi my names Nathan, I'm a regular attendee at many of the Big Data meet ups and I’ve decided this rapidly expanding space is in need of some hiring solutions to help both employers and employees find suitable matches in confidence. So please, if you’re on here or your employee is it doesn’t mean you/they are looking but you may be contacted by someone who is! I hope people will just use it just like any other job board but it’s free and with the benefit of it being our market specific and hav …

The aim of this group is to build a network of people interested in recommender systems and give them a forum for presenting and discussing ideas. We are a mixed group of people from research, industry, education, design and startups. If you have an interest in recommender systems, come and join us.  

The purpose of this group is to provide education and share ideas on short term trading strategies for stocks, options, futures or currencies. Many people begin their trading career with little to no education expecting to become financially independent but what they soon realize is that trading is a challenging venture that first requires the proper knowledge and a proven trading plan. Trading is even more of a challenge if done in isolation. That is why we focus on banding together groups …

If you are part of a business or idea that will need financeing over the coming years then it typically takes 6-9 months minimum to secure and requires you to have very strong relationships with investors. This MeetUp group was created by BankToTheFuture.com for entrepreneurs, businesses and investors to meet each other and share the challenging process of raising finance for businesses and finding good investable businesses. It was also to created to educate entrepreneurs, businesses and invest …