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Past Events (418)
July 16Sunday
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JCrete® 2017 {FULL!}
July 16, 2017 at 8pm to July 21, 2017 at 12pm – Orthodox Academy of Crete This event is now full! Java programmers speak in hushed whispers about some mythical conference in the Mediterranean. Is it real? Is it truly the best Java conference in the world, as claimed he… Organized by Heinz Kabutz | Type: conference, jcrete
June 21Wednesday
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GatorLUG
June 21, 2017 from 6pm to 8pm – First Magnitude Brewing Come join the Gator Linux Users Group & talk about Linux & Open Source for a June social meeting at the First Magnitude Brewery on S. Main St. Location: 1220 Se Veitch St, Gainesville, FL Ma… Organized by Martin Smith | Type: meetup
June 20Tuesday
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Open Source Bridge
June 20, 2017 to June 23, 2017 – The Eliot Center Open Source Bridge is a volunteer-run conference that connects people across open source technologies, projects and experiences. Register now to attend the conference during June 20-23, 2017 at The E… Organized by Stumptown Syndicate | Type: conference
May 20Saturday
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Java USA Tour 2017 is Coming to Jax
May 20, 2017 from 9am to 5pm – Availity LLC Jacksonville Java User Group (JaxJUG) is proud and excited to be part of the 2017 Oracle sponsored Java Tour of US JUGs, by Java Experts and Champions from Brazil. The release date of Java 9 is less… Organized by Eyal Wirsansky | Type: java, symposium
May 10Wednesday
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JSpring
May 10, 2017 all day – Taets Art & Event Park Organized by NLJug | Type: conference
May 8Monday
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OSCON
May 8, 2017 to May 11, 2017 – Austin Convention Center OSCON is... the O'Reilly Open Source Conference. Of course! Open source is everywhere—from the bottom of the programming stack to the top. OSCON brings the software engineering and developer communi… Organized by O'Reilly and Associates | Type: conference
April 19Wednesday
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IoT Tech Day
April 19, 2017 all day – Jaarbeurs WHAT IS THE IOT TECH DAY 2017? 19 April 2017 CELEBRATE THE LOVE FOR SMART TECHNOLOGY AT THE BIGGEST INTERNET OF THINGS CONFERENCE OF EUROPE IoT Tech Day 2017 is the biggest Internet of Things confe… Organized by NLJug ::: http://iottechday.nl/team | Type: conference
March 25Saturday
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Gainesville Barcamp 2017
March 25, 2017 all day – Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship "BarCamp is an “unconference” – an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from… Organized by Kyle Redon and others | Type: conference
March 21Tuesday
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Devoxx US 2017
March 21, 2017 to March 23, 2017 – San Jose convention center The largest vendor-independent developer conference, Devoxx, is pleased to announce the first ever USA edition, Devoxx US. This inaugural event is scheduled for March 21-23, 2017 at the San Jose Conv… Organized by Eclipse Foundation | Type: devoxx, community, conference
February 11Saturday
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Kevin Neelands - Memorial Service
February 11, 2017 from 2pm to 3pm – Gainesville Senior Center Kevin Neelands passed away recently. For those of you who can make it, there will be a memorial service for Kevin on Saturday, Feb 11, 2017 at 2 PM at the Gainesville Senior Center on 5701 NW 34th St… Organized by The Neelands Family | Type: memorial
Happy 10th year, JCertif!
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