New Year, New Skills!

Now we are well rested from the holidays, and started back to the ole routine, we've also been also busy behind the scenes. I'll be running a beginners Python workshop this month, check below for more info.

🥧We are also part of the Dublin's Raspberry Pi Jam, which itself is part of a global celebration of Raspberry Pi's 7th birthday on Mar 2 and kindly hosted by TOG Hackerspace. Check below for more info if you want to dust off those Pis and do something with them, you never know what amazing idea/invention you will come up with.

🤔Have you ever wondered about submitting a talk to a conference? I'm co-organising Global Diversity CFP Day (which also falls on Mar 2) and it's a great opportunity to get some advice and see how you can get that seed of an idea become an abstract and get it submitted to that awesome tech conference. I'll be tweeting more details as we finialise on the details.

Want to keep this at the top so folks in and around Wexford can keep up to date with what they are up to.

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

Big shout out to allthetechthings.com where we pulled information about Diversity/Grants and Call for Papers from around Europe.

Any enquiries (incl. CFPs, announcements, etc), you can drop me an email at contact@codinggrace.com.

Thanks,
/// Vicky

Learn Python making a text-based adventure game
Beginner-friendly workshop learning the basics of command line and Python.
When: Tue Jan 21, 2019 (18:30 - 20:30)
Where: Dogpatch Labs, CHQ, D1

🛠 If there's one you really, really want me to run, drop me an email at contact@codinggrace.com.

Raspberry Jam Big Birthday Event 2019
When: Sat Mar 2, 2019 (12:30-17:30)
Where: TOG Hackerspace, Dublin As part of a global event celebrating Raspberry Pi's 7th Birthday, we are delighted to have our 3rd Pi Jam as part of this official celebration.

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Call for Speakers: PyLadies Dublin
We are looking for lightning talk speakers/demos for our upcoming monthly meetups.

Toptal Scholarships for Women
Toptal is awarding $10,000 and a year of mentorship to five future female leaders who want to change the world.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2019

Grant for School of AI Programme (Rome)
Twice a year, they host a batch of the best engineers from all over the world to turn them into AI specialists. Full-scholarships available, and the participants get a monthly grant for their expenses. Opportunity to be in Rome for two months, working in a challenging project for a real client.

Application Deadline: February 17 2019

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

PyLadies Dublin Jan Meetup
When: Tue, Jan 15 @ Dogpatch Labs
Details: https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/dclgvlyzcbtb/

Ideation Session and Introduction to Technovation Challenge @ Trinity College
When: Tue, Jan 15 @ Science Gallery
Details: https://www.meetup.com/BAMETech-Innovators/events/257507348/

Girl Develop It: Code & Coffee
When: Tue, Jan 15 @ Republic of Work, Cork
Details: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-KtPOQaae/events/lsqfnqyzcbtb/

Technovation Ireland Chapter- Information and Ideation session-Drogheda
When: Thu, Jan 16 @ The Mill Enterprise Centre, Drogheda
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/technovation-ireland-chapter-information-and-ideation-session-drogheda-tickets-53949210541

Women Who Code Dublin CV Clinic
When: Thu, Jan 17 @ Huckletree
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Dublin/events/257583280/

Technovation Ireland Chapter- Information and Ideation session-BOI
When: Fri, Jan 18 @ Bank of Ireland, Ballycoolin, Dublin
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/technovation-ireland-chapter-information-and-ideation-session-boi-tickets-53906920049

BlockW Series 4: Blockchain meets Payments
When: Wed, Jan 23 @ Dublin
Details: https://www.meetup.com/BlockW-Ireland/events/254985491/

Understanding Unconscious Bias
When: Wed, Jan 30 @ UCD
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/understanding-unconscious-bias-tickets-54004100719

Mentorship for Women in Tech - Empowering Women
When: Thu, Jan 31 @ The Tara Building
Details: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/mentorship-for-women-in-tech-empowering-women-tickets-50144214696

Women Funding Women Dublin
When: Wed, Feb 6 @ Huckletree, D2
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-funding-women-dublin-tickets-53352081512

Tech for Good: Next Generation
When: Thu, Feb 7 @ AIB Grafton St, D2
Details: https://www.meetup.com/TechForGood-Dublin/events/257985489/

Women Techmakers Belfast 2019
When: Sat, Mar 9 @ Queens University, Belfast, UK
Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-techmakers-belfast-2019-tickets-53994737714

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Women in Innovation: Building Success - Belfast
When: Wed, Mar 20 @ Titanic Belfast
Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-innovation-building-success-belfast-registration-48687856690

The Dublin Tech Summit in partnership with The WOW Dinner
When: Wed, Apr 10 @ Ballsbridge Hotel
Details: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dublin-tech-summit-in-partnership-with-the-wow-dinner-10th-of-april-2019-tickets-51181351801

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.

MON JAN 14

Hack Unwanted Christmas Presents @ TOG - Electronics, IOT
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

TUE JAN 15

Skellig.ai: Tutorial support for fast.ai ai4coders course
Where: Talent Garden @ 18:30

WED JAN 16

Dublin Tech Talks: Building effective teams and leadership
Where: Harvey Nash @ 18:00

The Games Co-Op - January Resolutions
Where: The Grand Social (19:00-23:00)

THU JAN 17

AML Hyperspy Workshop
Where: Advanced Microscopy Laboratory, Pearse Street, D2

SAT JAN 19

[Imirt + Games NI] Run for the Border 2019
Where: Dundalk (includes coach if you are not driving)

MON JAN 21

Cork (Ireland) R-Users Group
Where: TBC, Cork @ 13:00 - 14:00

TechWontBuildIt: Codes of Ethics in Technology: Necessary But Not Sufficient
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 18:45

Dublin Data Science: Workshop on Time Series Analysis
Where: Chaplin's Bar, Hawkin St @ 19:00

Bring Your Laptop, Work on Code, it's TOG's Open Coding Night!
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

TUE JAN 22

Coffee + Code Dublin
Where: WeWork, Iveagh Court @ 18:30

WED JAN 23

Work on 3D modeling, laser cutter, 3D Printer projects at TOG's CAD Night
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

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

THU JAN 24

'The Ethics of AI'
Where: Ormeau Baths, Belfast @ 18:30-20:30

SAT JAN 26

Data Science and Engineering Club: Deep Learning Workshop
Where: Bank of Ireland, TCD @ 09:30

TOG 10th Birthday Party
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

MON JAN 28

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

WED JAN 30

DUUG #22: BRAIN of the DUUG
Where: Dogpatch Labs @ 18:00 - 10:00

Dublin Tech Talks: We are talking about cyber security!
Where: Harvey Nash @ 18:00

Immersive Tech NI Re-launch @Digital Catapult Immersive Lab
Where: Ormeau Baths @ 18:30

Wikimedia Community Ireland: Wikipedia Editing and Pizza, at TOG Dublin
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

MON FEB 04

Bring Your Laptop, Work on Code, it's TOG's Open Coding Night!
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

TUE FEB 05

Mobilize Dublin - Kicking off 2019
Where: Hubspot @ 18:00

AWS | Dublin Meetup - 2019
Where: Button Factory @ 18:00

Study Group: Functional Programming in Scala: Chapter 10: Monoids
Where: Tenable @ 19:00

THU FEB 07

3Dcamp Dublin & Irish VR meetup
Where: Workday, D7 @ 18:30