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All Events in UF Hilton (13)
November 19Tuesday
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AITP-NCFL November Dinner Presentation
November 19, 2013 from 6pm to 8:30pm – UF Hilton Your local chapter of AITP, the Association of Information Technology Professionals, will host its next dinner and presentation on Tuesday, November 19, at the UF Hilton. We would love to have you j… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: dinner, presentation
March 25Tuesday
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AITP March Presentation: Daniel Evenson of Pathway Systems
March 25, 2014 from 5:45pm to 7:45pm – UF Hilton University of Florida graduate Daniel Evenson founded Pathway Systems in 2008 to solve IT complexity problems using graph theory and modeling/simulation. Daniel will present strategies for documenti… Organized by AITP North Central Florida Chapter | Type: dinner, presentation
April 22Tuesday
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AITP April Dinner Meeting: Joe Cirulli of Gainesville Health and Fitness
April 22, 2014 from 5:30pm to 7:45pm – UF Hilton Local business leader Joe Cirulli of Gainesville Health and Fitness will present "Building Your Brand Through Culture". Full details are available at www.aitp-ncfl.org/pdf/201404.pdf We hope to see… Organized by AITP North Central Florida Chapter | Type: monthly, presentation, and, dinner
May 20Tuesday
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AITP May Presentation
May 20, 2014 from 5:30pm to 7:45pm – UF Hilton We are pleased to welcome Matt Allison of Kelly Services as he speaks on the art of retaining employees. This topic has been requested by a number of people in our community and we are expecting an… Organized by AITP of North Central Florida | Type: dinner, and, 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
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
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
January 27Tuesday
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AITP-NCFL January 2015 Presentation
January 27, 2015 from 5:30pm to 8pm – UF Hilton The January 27 meeting of your North Central Florida chapter of AITP will feature Andrew Robb of UF's Virtual Experience Research Group presenting the Virtual Human:The University of Florida’s Virtua… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: dinner, and, presentation
April 28Tuesday
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AITP-NCFL April Presentation: John Tucker on "Leveraging Javascript Libraries For Rapid Web Development"
April 28, 2015 from 5:30pm to 8pm – UF Hilton The Association of Information Technology Professionals is a national organization dedicated to ethics and professionalism in the field of IT. Your local North-Central Florida chapter of AITP has be… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: education, and, technology, presentation
October 27Tuesday
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AITP-NCFL October Dinner Presentation
October 27, 2015 from 5:30pm to 8pm – UF Hilton The next meeting of your North Central Florida chapter of AITP will be held this Tuesday evening, October 27, at the UF Hilton and will feature Martin Smith of Rackspace presenting "Streaming Video o… Organized by Michael Lucas | Type: technology, presentation
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