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Hi All!
What a busy April... read on to see what I've been up to. Are there workshops in May/June that people want us to run? I have a Django one nearly ready to go. Or if you are interested in Elm, I know someone who can teach that also. Do let us know. 😊
We are also delighted to be involved with The Women in Tech Meetups Summit hosted by Workday. A great way to meet other folks from other women in tech groups, so hope to see you there! It's free and it's on Tue May 15. Details >>>

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In April, Coding Grace partnered with ReFig:Network in Play to run three Diversity in Games Workshop in Galway, and they went really well. Takeaways was write often (especially first thing in the morning) when it comes to creative writing, play at least one board game (that's not monopoly or scrabble) and try making a game based on it. The team will have the research up on https://gamedevelopers.ie/diversity when feedback and surveys are analysed. I'll share in next newsletter.

I mentioned last month that I was accepting into Picademy programme. So I am officially a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator. If I were to run a Raspberry Pi event during summertime, would people be interested? Let me know - contact@codinggrace.com
(Credit: Photo courtesy of Picademy)

Last month I was involved in Repeal Jam, a creative event in support of the campaign to repeal the 8th amendment. We raised €170 at the Dublin event. You can find more info about the event, we are still accepting submissions. Details via https://repealjam.github.io.

Was at Dublin Tech Summit, great to bump into familiar faces and meeting new ones. And so much for my "no videos" rule, but I said something short and hopefully it will benefit whoever watches it. Click on link to watch it. 😊

#womenintech pic.twitter.com/pyMsYcH7OY

— Dublin Tech Summit (@DubTechSummit) April 19, 2018

In other news

• I'll be giving a short talk at SmartFutures in Tech for Girls by CodePlus and Hypatia Project at Science Gallery on Thu May 3
• I'll be running Sticker Circuit workshop with Michael Twomey at Coolest Projects (Sat May 26 @ RDS)
• I'll be heading to CarpentryCon hosted by UCD (May 30). Details >>>

Call for guest blog posts
We are looking for guests to write a blog. Share your experiences with us! 👩‍💻👨‍💻🌈

Keep sending on your requests on what workshops/events you want us to run, and if you want to run a Coding Grace workshop, and get involved.

I want to build up a reading list each month again, if you are interested in contributing (we will credit you in the newsletter), email us at contact@codinggrace.com.
In the meantime, here's a list you might be interested in:

• IMPORTPYTHON Newsletter - No 171
• Claire McDonnell and Jennifer Kim on Building an Inclusive Company Culture
• A Taxonomy of Women in Technology Resources
• HackerRank: 2018 Women in Tech Report
• Pass The Piper
• Hallucinogenic Deep Reinforcement Learning Using Python and Keras
• Another Collection of Interesting Facts About CSS Grid
• WoW Woman in AR and WoW Ambassador in Dublin | Darya Yegorina, serial entrepreneur, and CEO of CleverBooks
• Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming. It’s Time for That to Change

Thanks,

/// Vicky

Want us to run a specific workshop, get in touch.

• Beginners HTML5/CSS
• Intro to Elm
• Intro to F#
• More data-related workshops
• Intro to Elixir (looking for mentors)

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• Public Speaking Workshop with Russ Miles (July 17) - https://bit.ly/2w0mpX9
• Microservices Workshop with Russ Miles (July 18th) - https://bit.ly/2w26gAB

PyLadies Dublin CFP

Django Dublin User Group are looking for speakers for their upcoming meetup on Feb 6th.
https://www.meetup.com/django-dublin/

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

Two talks: Knowing your digital customer; Forecasting in R
When: Thu, May 3, 18:30 @ Oliver Wyman Labs
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Dublin/events/249543637/

Women Who Co-work (Dublin Jelly): Coworking @Dogpatch
When: Fri, May 4, 10:00 - 16:00 @ Dogpatch Labs
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Co-work-Dublin-Jelly/events/249877890/

May R-Ladies Dublin meetup
When: Thu, May 10, 18:00
Details: https://www.meetup.com/R-Ladies-Dublin/events/249718844/

What is Blockchain? And how is it used in the real world?
When: Thu, May 10, 18:00 @ Dogpatch Labs
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-in-Blockchain-Dublin/events/249740063/

GMIT Women in Technology Event
When: Thu, May 10, 18:00 @ GMIT
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gmit-women-in-technology-event-tickets-45473808385

Women in Tech Meetup Summit
When: Tue, May 15, 18:30 @ Workday
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/women-in-tech-meet-up-summit-tickets-45231650083

WITS STEMMinist Book Club: Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered Minds
When: Tue, May 15, 18:30 @ KC Peaches
Details: http://witsireland.com/events/?event_id=59

In case your are curious, I go through meetup, eventbrite and other places each month to curate events of interest for this newsletter, it takes a lot my time. If you find that this is not useful, let me know. In the meantime, after each newsletter, I'll post more updates on CodingGrace.com blog and do feel free to share events in the comments.
BTW, 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.

WED May 02
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Fri MAY 04

Brainhack Ireland 2018
Where: Huckletree, Pearse Street, D2

THU MAY 03

Collaborative Dublin: Side Project Coworking Session
Where: The Library Bar @ 18:30 - 20:30

Limerick AI - (Applications & Games) Software Development: 2 Talks (AR iOS Intro to Machine learning) / ( Developers guide to GDPR)
Where: Bank of Ireland Workbench, O'Connell St @ 18:30

The Shortcode - WordPress Meetup
Where: Nova, William St @ 18:30

Midweek Playtest Dublin #18
Where: Against the Grain @ 18:30

FRI MAY 04

State of Play
Where: DIT, Aungier St @ 18:00

SAT MAY 05

Python Professional Development Workshop 1 (Introduction)
Where: Microsoft Ireland HQ, Leopardstown @ 10:00

MON MAY 07

Dublin CSS Meetup
Where: La Pausa Cafe @ 19:00

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

TUE MAY 08

Google I/O 2018
Where: Gordon House, Barrow Street @ 13:30 - 22:00

AWS User Group Dublin
Where: The Button Factory @ 17:30

WED MAY 09

Python Ireland
Where: TBC @ 18:30

DublinJS: Lightning Talks
Where: Dogpatch Labs @ 18:30

Belfast FP: May Meetup - Elixir + Elm + Kata Hack!
Where: Instil Software @ 18:30

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

THU MAY 10

The Shortcode - WordPress Meetup
Where: Nova, William St, Galway @ 18:30

TUE MAY 15

Nodeschool - Learn JS Basics or API Technology with a bit of Docker
Where: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt @ 18:00 - 20:00

The Games Co-Op: May(be tonight)
Where: The Grand Social @ 19:00

WED MAY 16

Dublin Software Craftsmanship Community
Where: TechMeetup.space @ 18:15

Learning Tech Labs
Where: Huckletree @ 18:30

Dublin - Coder Forge: Dublin Blockchain Forge
Where: Crypto Cafe @ 18:30

Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and Art, Open to All
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

THU MAY 17

PyData Dublin #7
Where: TBC

MON MAY 21

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

TUE MAY 22

Galway Blockchain Meetup: Deeper voyage of Blockchain Discovery next Tuesday
Where: See event page @ 18:00

WED MAY 23

Dublin Blockchain Forge
Where: Crypto Cafe @ 18:30

MON MAY 28

DevOps Galway: May DevOps Galway Meetup
Where: Portershed @ 18:30

Coding Night
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

TUE MAY 29

Drop in maker evenings
Where: LexIcon Library, Dún Laoghaire @ 18:00

WED MAY 30

Dublin Blockchain Forge
Where: Crypto Cafe @ 18:30

Wikipedia Editing and Pizza
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

Craft Night, Knitting, Sewing and Art, Open to All
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

THU MAY 31

Tech For Good: A Solutions Brainstorm for Men's Sheds
Where: AIB, Grafton Street @ 18:00

MON JUN 04

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

TUE JUN 05

DublinJS Meetup
Where: Intercom @ 18:30

Dublin Django June meetup
Where: Udemy @ 18:30

TUE JUN 05

DublinJS Meetup
Where: Intercom @ 18:30

Dublin Django June meetup
Where: Udemy @ 18:30

THU JUN 07

Inaugural Eventprofs Dublin Meetup - with Alex Vail and Maria Keenan!
Where: Bank of Ireland, Montrose, Stillorgan Road, Dublin @ 18:00

Want me to include a conference in the coming months?
Email me at contact@codinggrace.com.

THU MAY 10

5th ARVR Innovate Conference
Where: RDS, Dublin
URL: http://innovatereality.com/

FRI MAY 18

TestBash Conference
Where: Smock Alley, Dublin
URL: https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/events/testbash-dublin-2018

WED MAY 23

UXDX Conference
Where: HuckleTree, Pearse Street, D2
URL: https://uxdxconf.com/dublin

FRI MAY 25

[Portlaoise] OSGEO Ireland 2018 Symposium
URL: https://www.meetup.com/DataScientistsIreland/events/247708465/

WED MAY 30

TechConnect Live
Where: RDS, Dublin
URL: http://techconnect-live.com/

WED MAY 30
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FRI JUN 1

CarpentryCon 2018
Where: UCD, Dublin
URL: http://www.carpentrycon.org/

THU JUN 21
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FRI JUN 22

RebelCon
Where: Clayton Hotel Cork City
URL: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/rebelcon-tickets-42119630950

THU JUN 21
-
FRI JUN 22

Inspirefest 2018
Where: Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin
URL: https://inspirefest.com/

SAT JUN 23
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SUN JUN 24

iNOG + RIPE CC
Where: DoSpace, Dublin
URL: https://inog.net/pr/

THU JUN 28
-
FRI JUN 29

Irish Conference on Game Based Learning
Where: Cork
URL: https://www.igbl-conference.com/

WED AUG 15
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FRI AUG 17

IEEE Games, Entertainment, & Media (GEM) 2018
Where: Galway National University Ireland
URL: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/ieee-games-entertainment-media-gem-2018-tickets-43735047705

TUE OCT 02

PredictConf
Where: RDS, Dublin
URL: https://www.predictconference.com/

THU OCT 18

Big Data Belfast 2018
Where: Belfast Waterfront
URL: http://www.bigdatabelfast.com/