A bit cheeky as its not techy but as Beth is such an awesome person, friend, and inspiration we are unashamedly selling this film about her epic swimming Against the tides film screening in Bristol on the 12th May. The screening only goes ahead if they sell all the seats hence the plug … “AGAINST THE TIDES follows marathon swimmer, Beth French, as she sets out to conquer Oceans Seven, a challenge consisting of the seven most dangerous sea-channels in the world. For extreme swimmers, it’s the ultimate test; the equivalent to the seven peaks in mountaineering. Only a handful of people have ever completed it, but Beth aims to become the first person ever to swim all seven in one year. “
AGAINST THE TIDES_TRAILER from Against the Tides on Vimeo.
Back to normal service!
Bristol GirlGeekDinners will be at the ACCU on April 11th and sponsored by Bloomberg. We will be announcing and giving details of some of the local groups helping promote women into tech so The ‘Women in Cyber’ academy – a collaboration between our sister Women’s Tech Hub and QA will be there to provide an overview and answer questions, KWMC (Knowle West Media Centre) will be there to announce their ‘Making It’ funded program ” Through practical sessions, you’ll learn a range of skills including how to use digital design software and follow a design process, operate machinery including laser cutters and 3D printers, and design for materials such as wood, fabric, acrylic
We’ll also be at the Security Cleared Expo on Thursday with
Another funded training opportunity is the partnership between Corsham Institute and the Harvey Nash Future Skills Programme: “You are invited to attend an exclusive launch event for a new Level 4 Apprenticeship training programme in Software Development and Data Analytics Concepts for employers in the South West. This exclusive event will take place at the beautiful Hartham Park Estate in Wiltshire on Tuesday 30th April 15:00 – 16:30. It is an opportunity to find out more about the Apprenticeship programme and how it can solve your resourcing challenges. To secure your place, please RSVP via our Eventbrite page here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-skills-programme-launch-tickets-57524334834“
There’s also a couple of Bristol is Open opportunities for involvement (unpaid) 1) For one of our projects we are looking at air quality
This week we were told about Data Week 2019 at the Jean Golding Institute on the 20th – 24th May – A week long series of workshops, talks and events in the field of data science and data-intensive research. Including Python, open data, reproducible research, data analysis, live coding, deep learning and more — book in quick as they fill up pretty quickly!
News, events coming up & speaker requests!
- b-sides The south-west’s
all new community-driven and industry-supportedcyber security conference hosted in sunny Bristol 20th – 21st June 2019 at the UWE”. - The PHP meetup group is looking for diverse speakers The theme is anything PHP or the related ecosystem – contact daveliddament@gmail.com
- Future of IoT: Manuf-Action Conference is running again this year on the 25th April and also looking for some female panelists especially experienced aerospace engineers – contact john.bradford@hbb.org.uk. The conference is free (but I have to warn you that the booking system is one of the most convoluted we have ever seen!)
- DDD southwest is coming on the 27th April ” DDD Southwest is a free-to-attend conference for software developers. “
This Weeks happenings
District 1 – Bristol
Monday the 1st
- Data Projects. Pitching and commissioning event – 1st April (no joke!) Will be constructive fun, and there are three available commissions of £1.5k.
Tuesday the 2nd
- Hack Night is back and we will be there – ran by CodeHub
- How Project Data Analytics Can Transform How We Deliver Projects by
Bristol Project Data Analytics Meetup - Global AI Nights – Bristol UK by Power BI User Group – Bristol UK
- Supercharging WordPress with
Lumberjack : How to write extensible WordPress code by Bristol WordPress People - From python plights with actual pirates to catching corrupt cops with C#
by . NET
Wednesday the 3
- Casual Co-working At Prince Street Social by Bristol co-workers
- We all have something worth saying. (Bristol) by Meet & Speak (we’ll be there!)
- Decision making: how do you make decisions and who should make them? by
Threads - NEUROMODULATION IN HEALTHTECH by Bristol One HealthTech Hub
- OA Cyber and Security Cleared Networking
- Women Like Me – Boosting mentoring for women in STEM in the West of England
- Neuromodulation in HealthTech by One HealthTech
- Extraordinary Women in Engineering: a WES Wikithon – UWE Bristol
Thursday the 4th
- The securityclearedjobs recruitment fair is back at UWE and we will be there with our Women in Cyber academy
- Free co-working at Framework by Bristol Co-Workers
- #58 TOM RICHARDS – DOMAIN & EVENT DRIVEN DEV / SAM WILLIAMS – CONSENSUS ALGOS by Bristech
- I’ll Be Back South West – Creativity, AI and Advertising – which we are finally planning to make it to!
- Innovation in Technology: Breakfast Briefing Part II
- ALAN Networking Meeting (about in home monitoring & sensing) by Institute of Bio-Sensing Technology
- Digital Gaggle Conference
Friday the 5th
- Our regular Friday, women only networking courtesy of Desklodge F3F and Womens Tech Jobs with ADLIB are available if you want to chat careers or training.
- Digital Technologies for a ‘Smarter’ Bristol Workshop at the Bristol Forum
District 2 – Bath
Tuesday the 2nd
- Electrification of road transport: myths, truths and the way ahead
- First Tuesday Talks with SETsquared Bath
Thursday the 4th
District 3 – Weston-Super-Mare
Tuesday the 2nd
- Boomsatsuma Launch Event
Friday the 5th
- Drupal Sitebuilding @ the stable
Did we miss anything?
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