Finally after a couple of delays, we've updated the website and it's live (thanks, @micktwomey for helping the switch over), and I want to give a big shout out to all our supporters over the years, you can find them at https://codinggrace.com/supporters/. <3<3<3
If you are curious, we are using GitLab on our private server. They also hosts your project repos publically. Check GitLab for more info. They also gave me these awesome stickers when I was at Dublin Tech Summit recently.

Thanks to @IWish_ie for invite to spk to TYs #iwish17 #fabentrepreneurs @CiaraFudgyJudgy #annie @fenuhealth #nikki @War_Ducks @CodingGrace 🤗 pic.twitter.com/Z1WEU9tXfv

— Grainne Bagnall (@GrainneBagnall) February 14, 2017

I attended iWish to chat to transition year female students on how I am involved with the tech community and various organisations, advocating diversity in tech, and why it's important.
The following two days I was at Dublin Tech Summit, I met folks like Christina of Ireland Girl Geek Dinners, Roisin Markham, Marissa, Nicaise of We for Africa Dublin, and Girls in Tech Dublin. I know I bumped into a few more, so apologies if I forgot your name. :-)

I also had a blast at Kats Conf 2, the allyship workshop went really well also the evening before the conference. See what happened at Kats Conf 2 via this storified link.

And a huge thank you to the organisers of Kats Conf this year, they have donated proceeds from the conference to Coding Grace supporting your initiative to run more workshops and events.

I'm also excited to shout out about a new intersectional feminist lgbtq+ inclusive secular space, for hackers, makers, educators, and feminists. It's called LoveLaceSpace. They have an event on Mar 5 coming up, and it's also a chance to drop by and see what LoveLaceSpace is about and meet the members. Dets: lovelacespace.com | @LoveLaceSpace

And if you haven't heard, LEGO has approved Women of NASA LEGO set for review. More info of the submission on LEGO Ideas website. EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!!!

Don't forget about International Women's day. It's on the week of March 8th and you can find out more about events happening around Ireland via their website.

Here's some links of interest that I pinned for this month. Do let me know if you want me to include a link to share with folks.

Any enquiries or if you want to help, please email contact@codinggrace.com.

Thanks,

/// Vicky

Workshops

[Wexford] Learn simple HTML coding

When: Mon Mar 13 (18:00-20:00)

Introduction to html - Suitable for total beginners. Bring your laptop.
We will learn the basics of html, every web page you were ever on is made using html!

weAREhere Careers in Tech Panel

When: Tue Mar 21 (18:00-20:00)

Let's demystify jobs in tech. We invited the following guests to tell you about their experiences in getting hired for a tech job as well as tips and advice when they are interviewing candidates for a tech role in their company.

[Dublin] Introduction to the Tidyverse Toolkit for R

When: Sat Mar 25 (11:00-17:00)

We are delighted to have Kevin O'Brien back to mentor a beginner-friendly R workshop introducing the tidyverse toolkit.

Upcoming Workshops

• Beginners HTML5/CSS
• Intro to Elm
• Intro to F#

Follow @CodingGrace for updates.

Special Announcements

XX+Data - Kickstarting the community!
XX+Data need your help establish a community of women in Ireland who work with and love data.

Next Generation Women Leaders Award 2017
McKinsey & Company invites female students and experienced professionals across Europe, the Middle East and Africa to apply for the Next Generation Women Leaders Award 2017!
DEADLINE: March 6

Code Jam to Google I/O for Women
Applications open. Deadline is March 17 17:00 UTC

Call for Mentors

(Sat Mar 11)

Girls Hack Ireland is a programme brought to you by the Insight Centre for Data Analytics. The programme aims to introduce girls to the world of science, technology, engineering and maths in a fun and supportive way.

ShipItCon CFP
Coming in August, CFP is currently open.

SUGGESTIONS/FEEDBACK

What workshop would you like us to run next?

Other events happening around Ireland

I'll post more on CodingGrace.com blog if I find more after this newsletter.
Startup Digest Dublin also has a great listings of events happening in Dublin.
Want me to include an event? Email me at contact@codinggrace.com.

Diversity-Friendly Events

@_caitriona created this awesome Women in Tech events listings, contributions welcome.

LoveLaceSpace: Cross-stitch for Choice Workshop
When: Sun Mar 5 @ Black Sheep, Capel St, D1
Details: http://www.lovelacespace.com/events/

International Womens Day
When: Wed Mar 8 @ Various (Events are happening all week)
Details: https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Events

Note: Following are events not listed on IWD site:
Wikipedia:Meetup/Ireland wikiwomenIE Maynooth University 2017
When: 14:30 - 17:30
Where: Training Rooms A and B at Maynooth University Library
Details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/Ireland_wikiwomenIE_Maynooth_University_2017

Girls Hack Ireland - Dublin
When: Sat Mar 11, 10:00 – 16:30 @ DCU
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/girls-hack-ireland-dublin-tickets-31543506477?aff=es2

‘Women in Science’ Networking Evening, TCD
When: Mon Mar 13, 18:00 - 20:00 @ Trinity College Dublin, TBSI (Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute)
Details: http://witsireland.com/events/?event_id=39

Girls in Tech Dublin - Launch Event
When: Mon Mar 20, 17:45 – 21:00 @ BoI, Grand Canal Sq, D2
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/girls-in-tech-dublin-launch-event-tickets-32063055462?aff=es2

Women Who Code Belfast: An evening with Instil & Women Who Code
When: Mon Mar 27, 19:00 @ Instil Software
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/237131669/

Ireland Girl Geek Dinner February Meetup
When: Thu Mar 30, 18:00 - 20:00 @ TBC
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Ireland-Girl-Geek-Dinners

Diversity Champions Conference 2017
When: Thu Mar 30 2017 @ Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Details: http://www.diversitychampionsconference.ie/

Inspirefest 2017
When: Thu Jul 6 - Sat Jul 8 2017 @ Bord Gais Theatre, Dublin
Details: http://inspirefest.com/

Upcoming Events

TBC

Dublin Julia Users Group
Where: Chaplins Bar 2 Hawkins St, Dublin 2

• Software Engineering vs Theoretical Physics
• Tragicomedy part 2
• Julia Follow-up Talk in Finance
• Julia in Computational Biology
• Julia Workflow for Biomedical Datamining

MON MAR 06

Hadoop User Group Ireland: Fast Analytics on Fast Data for Hadoop. Processing Geo Information in Big Data.
Where: BoI, Grand Canal Sq, D2 @ 18:00

TUE MAR 07

AWS Usergroup Dublin MeetUp #19
Where: Button Factory, Temple Bar @ 17:45

DublinJS: VueJS and more TBC
Where: Intercom @ 18:30 - 21:00

Dublin Data Engineering: Programming Dojo Python (Pandas library)
Where: Locations shown to members @ 18:30 - 20:00

Graphic Design Dublin
Where: The Longstone Pub @ 19:00

The Games Co-Op: Debut meetup!
Where: The Liquor Rooms @ 19:00 - 23:00

WED MAR 08

Digital Dun Laoghaire meetup: Why 'good' design is essential to growing your digital business
Where: Starbucks, Marine Road , Dun Laoghaire @ 07:45

GDG Dublin - Google Cloud Next'17 Extended - Live Keynote
Where: Google, Barrow St, D4 @ 18:00 - 21:00

OWASP Dublin - AppSec Risk & Attacks
Where: Workday @ 18:00 - 21:00

Python Ireland Monthly Meetup
Where: Zalando @ 18:30

Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and artistic open night
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

The Limerick Open Source Meetup
Where: Absolute Hotel Limerick @ 20:00

THU MAR 09

AI 101: Everything You Wish You Knew About Machine Learning But Were Too Afraid to Ask
Where: Science Gallery @ 18:00 – 19:30

Interaction Design Foundation Dublin Monthly community meetup
Where: Starbucks, Saint Martins House, Waterloo Rd, Dublin 4 @ 18:30 - 20:00

IxDA: People, Cities & Urban Interaction Design
Where: NCAD @ 18:30 - 21:00

Coder Forge @ DFC - learn and code, then code some more
Where: Dublin Food Co-operative Society Ltd @ 19:00 - 21:00

FRI MAR 10

The Analytics Institute: Analytics Institute Inspire Event
Where: Chartered Accountants Ireland, D2 @ 08:30 to 10:00

SAT MAR 11

Hackers/Founders in Dublin: How To Do Front-End Development And Remain Sane
Where: The Digital Depot, The Digital Hub @ 11:00

Career Zoo
Where: Convention Centre Dublin @ 10:00 - 17:00

MON MAR 13

Introduction to 3D Printing (Adult), dlr LexIcon
Where: LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00 - 20:00

TOG: Electronics, Microcontroller and IOT Evening
Where: TOG Hackerspace, Blackpitts, D8 @ 19:00

TUE MAR 14

Data Visualization - ers
Where: TBC @ 18:00

Wordpress Talks and Chats
Where: Innovation Hub, Mayo @ 18:00 - 20:00

Google Developers Group in Galway Meetup: Docker 4th Birthday Workshop with Tom Barlow
Where: Portershed, Galway @ 18:00 - 21:00

Elm User Group Dublin
Where: (Upstairs) Against the Grain @ 19:00

Making and Listening to Digital Music - From the past to the future
Where: Annebrook House Hotel, Mullingar @ 19:30 – 21:00

WED MAR 15

Tech for Good: Techfugees: A tech community response to the needs of refugees
Where: Trinity Workbench @ Bank of Ireland @ 18:00 - 20:00

Dublin Android Developer Meetup
Where: Zendesk @ 18:00

Rust Lightning Talks
Where: WhatClinic.com @ 18:30

THU MAR 16

DublinCSS: Maintaining a large CSS codebase with Dr. John Craddock
Where: Bank of Ireland TCD @ 18:00

3D Meetup in Dublin
Where: Dogpatch Labs @ 18:30 - 21:00

MON MAR 20

3D printing- Let’s get technical
Where: dlr LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00 – 20:30

TUE MAR 21

Drop in Maker Evenings, dlr LexIcon
Where: dlr LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00 – 20:00

THU MAR 23

Docker Dublin: Docker 4th Birthday Celebration
Where: Workday @ 18:30 - 20:30

Introduction to 3D Printing
Where: The Workbench, BOI, Patrick St., Cork @ 18:00 – 21:00

Functional Kubs: March Katas
Where: The Liquor Rooms @ 18:30

SAT MAR 25

Belfast GameCraft
Where: Farset Labs, Belfast @ 10:00 - 21:00

MON MAR 27

DublinBeta 21st March 2017 Edition!
Where: The Hangar @ 17:30 - 20:30

Electronics, Microcontroller and IOT Evening
Where: TOG Hackerspace, Blackpitts @ 19:00

CAD Night
Where: TOG Hackerspace, Blackpitts @ 19:00

TUE MAR 28

Flightglobal : Enabling Aviation Analytics
Where: LexisNexis Risk Solutions @ 18:00

Getting Started with Raspberry Pi & Arduino, dlr LexIcon
Where: LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00 - 20:00

Dublin MakerSpace: Call for Crafters/Collaborat­ors/Inventors of Dublin
Where: TBC @ 19:00 - 22:00

WED MAR 29

ROBOT RIGHTS: INTELLIGENT MACHINES
Where: Science Gallery Dublin @ 18:00 - 20:00

The IT Shaker- A Cocktail of Tech Talks
Where: Zendesk @ 18:00 - 21:00

Cork Functional Programmers
Where: Republic Of Work @ 18:30

Belfast Elixir: Hack/Project Night
Where: Farset Labs, Belfast @ 19:00 - 21:00

DublinUX: March Meetup
Where: TBC @ 19:00

THU MAR 30

3Dcamp Dublin & Irish VR meetup
Where: Workday @ 18:30 - 21:00

SAT APR 01

Interaction Design Foundation: Introduction to UX
Where: DIT @ 10:00 - 15:00

WED APR 05

State of Play 2017 - Irish Game Maker EXPO and Talks - #SOP17
Where: DIT @ 18:30 - 20:30

SAT APR 29

#HACK THE HUB 2017
Where: Deloitte Digital, Belfast

Upcoming Conferences

TUE MAR 07

Zero Day Conference
Where: The Convention Centre Dublin
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/zero-day-conference-tickets-29816086718?aff=es2

MAVRIC 2017
Where: Republic of Work, 12 South Mall
Details: https://ti.to/mavric/mavric-2017

THU MAR 09

Engineers Without Borders Ireland: Engineers Without Borders Ireland National Conference
Where: Engineers Ireland, Ballsbridge, D4 @ 18:00 - 21:00
Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/engineers-without-borders-ireland-national-conference-tickets-31482231201

SAT MAY 06

Agile Ireland 2017
Where: Workday, Dublin
Details: http://www.agileireland.org

WED MAY 10

Future Scope 2017
Where: The Convention Centre Dublin
Details: http://www.futurescope.ie

THU MAY 11

ARVR Innovate Conference
Where: RDS, Dublin
Details: http://innovatereality.com

MON May 22
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WED MAY 24

LavaCon: Content Strategy Conference: Spanning Silos, Building Bridges
Where: Croke Park
Details: https://lavacon.org/2017/dublin/

TUE MAY 30

The Irish Tech News IoT Awards 2017
Details: http://irishtechnews.ie/why-is-ireland-excelling-in-iot-dcu-alpha-campus-in-partnership-with-irish-tech-news-to-host-may-30th-conference/