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Past Events (418)
December 9Tuesday
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AITP-NCFL December Meeting
December 9, 2014 from 5:45pm to 8:30pm – UF Hilton The December 9 meeting of your North Central Florida chapter of AITP will be held a bit early, to minimize schedule conflicts with the holidays. As usual our holiday topic is a little less technical… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: dinner, and, presentation
November 18Tuesday
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AITP-NCFL November 2014 Dinner Presentation
November 18, 2014 from 5:15pm to 7:45pm – UF Hilton Now in its 45th year of serving Gainesville and the surrounding communities, your North Central Florida chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals hosts David Nessl, PMP, MBA,… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: informational, presentation
October 28Tuesday
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AITP-NCFL October Presentation
October 28, 2014 from 5:15pm to 7:45pm – UF Hilton We're honored and delighted to have Tony Barr, creator of the SAS programming language and founder of Barr Systems here in Gainesville, making an intriguing presentation on his latest project, "A Mod… Organized by North-Central Florida chapter of AITP | Type: dinner, and, presentation
September 28Sunday
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Java One
September 28, 2014 to October 2, 2014 – Hilton Union Square This is the premiere Java event in the USA. Organized by Oracle | Type: convention
September 23Tuesday
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Hobnobb
September 23, 2014 from 5pm to 7pm – Innovation Square HOBNOB IS BACK, and it's not your parent's career fair! Parisleaf, Community Redevelopment Agency, Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce, and the Council for Economic Outreach will be hosting the 20… Organized by Staci Bertrand, Director of Industry Development | Type: job, fair
September 17Wednesday
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GatorJUG-Gainesville Java User Group
September 17, 2014 from 6pm to 10pm – Santafe S building on the third floor. Monthly meeting. Come to talk and socialize. I don't know if we have a speaker but we'll have fun meeting and talking. Hope to see you there, Dan Organized by Dan Lackey | Type: monthly, meeting, gatorjug, java
July 24Thursday
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OrlandoJUG - July Meeting Cancelled!
July 24, 2014 from 6pm to 8pm – DeVry Hello, OrlandoJUG! I'm going to cancel this month's meeting because I'll be in Portland for OSCON - the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. I'll have a lot to report, so stay tuned and we'll all get t… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: meeting
July 20Sunday
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OSCON
July 20, 2014 to July 24, 2014 – Oregon Convention Center Once considered a radical upstart, open source has moved from disruption to default. Its methods and culture commoditized the technologies that drove the Internet revolution, and transformed the prac… Organized by OSCON | Type: conference
July 9Wednesday
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GatorJUG
July 9, 2014 from 6pm to 8pm – SantaFe College Hello Software Enthusiasts!We're having a GatorJUG meeting tomorrow - Wed, July 9th, from 6-8PM atSanta Fe College, Rm S326.This will be an informal meeting to socialize and discuss whatever we findi… Organized by Michael Levin | Type: monthly, meeting
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Oracle Virtual Technology Summit - Free!
July 9, 2014 from 12pm to 4pm – web The Oracle Technology Network (OTN) is excited to invite you to our first Virtual Technology Summit, July 9th 2014 (9:00 am PT to 1PM PT). Learn first hand from Oracle ACEs, Java Champions, and O… Organized by Oracle | Type: virtual, presentation
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