Summer is here...

... but don't forget your umbrellas!
It's a mixed bag weather-wise but what hasn't changed is the amount of amazing events that are happening around Dublin (and Ireland).

I was at a few events last month, and this month, it will be a little bit quieter events-wise because of my new Maker Advocate role with Dublin Maker Team. I'll be busy with production on Dublin Maker Festival itself, which is on Sat Jul 20 in Merrion Square. Here's some highlights of some events I was at.

(Photo Credit - Bottom: Miren and Inspirefest)
I was Inspirefest this year, and I was amazing! From meeting the awesome Julie who helped Coding Grace by asking her company, Symantec, donate 3 Pi-Tops last year to surprise guest, Jim Fitzpatrick to Erika Cheung who regaled her story of Theranos, it was certainly very gripping stuff. I can't wait for 2020 edition, I've already secured the Ultra Early Bird. More dets >>>

A big thank you to Evelyn who invited me to Technovation to give a keynote on my journey and why being part of the community can make a difference. I was blown away from all the enthusiasm of the students, their ideas, and their camaraderie of everyone who participated regardless if they won or not.

(via @IseultMangan)

Mick and I were at Coolest Projects this year and had so much fun working with NI Raspberry Pi Jam folks running the DOTs board with Pi area. It took a few days to get rid of the black conductive paint, and it was a lot of fun.

We actually went up to Belfast the following Saturday to check out the NI Raspberry Pi Jam as I was curious how they run multiple tracks within 4 hours. If you are curious, you should check them out >>>

And finally, I am delighted to be part of Vessy's online Diversity and Inclusion Champions network on behalf of Coding Grace.
I'm looking forward to learning and sharing my experiences with this new community. 🌈

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

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📍Event(s) you will find Coding Grace (aka me, Vicky) this month:

• Thu Jun 27 - Dublin Maker 2019 Social Meetup
• Fri Jun 28 - The Irish Conference on Game-Based Learning (Cork)

This year, I'm involved with Startup Week Dublin as one of their track captains again. Startup Week Dublin powered by Dublin City Council brings entrepreneurs, local leaders, and friends together over five days to build momentum and opportunity around our community’s unique entrepreneurial and innovative identity.
If you would like to register your interest to attend please click HERE and use the Get Notified button on the home page.

If you are:-

• Event Organiser:
  Have an idea, click here
• Event Volunteer: If you would like to help the organising team and track captains before or during the Startup Week at Town Halls, Base Camp or at the other events then please click here to sign up.

📚Reading list (if you have any to share in our upcoming newsletters, just drop me an email):

• diyphotography.net/nasa-makes-entire-media-library-publicly-accessible-copyright-free
• MagPi Issue 82 (PDF)
• Pride Parades around the World visualised by Sidney Sullivan
• LGBTQ+ Creatives in the Gaming Industry
• The Apollo 11 Moon Landing Anniversary Is a Reminder of the Importance of Women in STEM
• "I just wrote my first function in python , it's awesome()..." via @Foustberrypi

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, and Happy Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈!

/// Vicky

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

Intro to Vue.js Workshop
Date: Sat Jul 27
Where: Dublin City Centre
This is a 4-5 hour workshop, lunch will be included, tickets and other details will be announced shortly.

Full Stack - Ruby on Rails
Who: Global Invest Her

NodeConf EU 2019 - Scholarship Conference Date: Nov 10 - 13, 2019
Where: Kilkenny
Deadline: Wed July 31, 2019

ShipItCon 2019 FinAid Conference Date: Fri Sep 6 2019
Where: Mansion House

Write the Docs - Free Tickets Conference Date: Sun Sep 15 - Wed Sep 17, 2019
Where: Prague,, Czechia
Conference site: writethedocs.org/conf
Deadline: Wed Jul 17 2019

🌈What workshop would you like us to run next?🌈
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Teen-Turn
Teen-Turn are looking for company hosts for work placements from July 29 to Aug 9th.

Python Software Foundation Fundraiser
Why? The PSF is the central source of funds and resources for furthering the development and adoption of Python.
Deadline: Sunday, June 30th, 2019

CONNECTIONS: london An event for tech event organizers.
Deadline: Thu Aug 1, 2019

DevSecCon London Conference site: https://www.devseccon.com/london-2019
Deadline: Sun Jul 14, 2019

Call for Speakers: IxDA Dublin
IxDA Dublin are looking for speakers for their monthly events.

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

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

Platform F: Connecting Female Entrepreneurs
When: Jun 13, 17:15 - 19:30 @ Facebook
Details: https://platformfconnectingfemaleentre.splashthat.com/

Tech For Good Dublin: 3D for Good
When: Jun 13, 18:00 - 20:00 @ AIB, Grafton Street, D2
Details: https://www.meetup.com/TechForGood-Dublin/events/261254906/

Women Who Code Dublin: 1 year anniversary: GDPR
When: Thu Jun 13, 18:30 @ Whitney Moore, D2
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Dublin/events/261671052/

Coworking & Coffee @ Mind the Step Cafe
When: Jun 14, 10:00 - 15:00 @ Mind The Step
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Co-work-Dublin-Jelly/events/260339419

Girl Develop It: Code & Coffee
When: Tue, Jun 18 @ Republic of Work @ 18:30
Details: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-KtPOQaae/events/kwslwqyzjbxb/

PyLadies Dublin: Introduction to MicroPython (Part 2 of 2)
When: Tue, Jun 18 @ Demonware @ 18:30
Details: https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/dclgvlyzjbxb/

Women CyberSecurity Society - Dublin: Mentor Monday
When: Mon Jun 24 @ Online via Zoom @ 18:00
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-CyberSecurity-Society-Dublin-Ireland/events/ggngbryzjbgc/

An introduction to Random Forests using R - RLadies June meetup
When: Mon Jun 24 @ 18:30 @ NewsWhip
Details: https://www.meetup.com/rladies-dublin/events/261637456/

Learn how to make apps for Android the easy - peasy way.
When: Sat, 29 June, 11:00 - 13:00 @ Cois Barry Community House, Wexford
Details: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/make-an-app-tickets-61027954254

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.

TUE JUN 11

Ethics, Privacy and Cybersecurity for Business Workshop
Where: Trinity Long Room Hub @ 09:30

Cork R-users Group: An introduction to the Julia programming language
Where: UCC @ 13:00

OWASP Dublin- June Meetup
Where: Tenable Ireland @ 18:00

User Experience Design - Now and Next
Where: Talent Garden Dublin @ 18:00

Belfast FP: Func up your Java
Where: Instil Software @ 18:30

Xcake! Mobile app development with an Appley flavour: Post WWDC Xcake
Where: Deloitte Digital & Blockchain Lab @ 18:30

DubLinuxers: All about Linux/Unix Editors
Where: Chaplins Bar @ 19:00

WED JUN 12

Intel Movidius Edge AI Incubator Open Day
Where: Talent Garden Dublin @ 10:00

Python Ireland
Where: Viasat Ireland @ 18:30

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

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

THU JUN 13

Swords Makerspace (SMS): Open Coding Night: Bring Your Laptop, Work on Code
Where: Insomnia, Pavilions Shopping Centre @ 18:00

#MLDublin Meets Bank of Ireland and RSM: AI for Customer and Financial services
Where: Bank Of Ireland, 1 Grand Canal Quay

ML Galway: Deep Learning, Visual Perception and Autonomous Driving
Where: Portershed, Galway @ 18:30

SAT JUN 15

Global DevOps Bootcamp
Where: LYIT, Letterkenny

OpenStreetMap Ireland AGM and General Information Day
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 11:00

TOG June Open Social
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

MON JUN 17

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

TUE JUN 18

Data Science, #ODSC Dublin: Model-based Reinforcement Learning for Atari
Where: TBC @ 13:00

WED JUN 19

Data Science Learnathon: From Raw Data to Deployment, Dublin
Where: Marsh House, D2 @ 18:00

Dublin Java User Group: Lightweight Microservices with Microprofile and Raspberry PIs
Where: Location known to members @ 18:15

Dublin Data Science: Web Scraping Talk
Where: WeWork, Dublin Landings, D1 @ 19:00

3DCamp Galway: How to Develop AR/VR for Industry
Where: H91 R9YR, Galway @ 19:00

THU JUN 20

Masterclass Data Visualisation (€750)
Where: Talent Garden Dublin

Lets Talk Tech
Where: Fallon & Byrne, Food Hall, Exchequer Street, D2

Low Earth Orbit Satellites, do they have a role to play in the National Broadband Plan?
Where: 1 Lapp's Quay, Centre, Cork @ 07:30

Swords Makerspace (SMS): Open Coding Night: Bring Your Laptop, Work on Code
Where: Insomnia, Pavilions Shopping Centre @ 18:00

PERFECTION Launch Party
Where: Science Gallery Dublin @ 18:00

Creating the Dragons of Game of Thrones
Where: Talent Garden Dublin @ 18:30

FRI JUN 21

Wave Hackers Experimental Music Group
Where: TOG Hackerspace @ 19:00

SAT JUN 22
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SUN JUN 23

Cork Carnival of Science
Where: Fitzgerald Park

MON JUN 24

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

WED JUN 26

Leaders in Tech Pub Quiz
Where: Kennedy's Pub and Station @ 18:00

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

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

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

THU JUN 27

Dublin Tech Talks: We are talking Cyber Security in Grant Thornton Ireland
Where: Grant Thornton, Dublin @ 18:00

Swords Makerspace (SMS): Open Coding Night: Bring Your Laptop, Work on Code
Where: Insomnia, Pavilions Shopping Centre @ 18:00

3Dcamp Dublin AR / VR meetup
Where: Workday @ 18:30

MON JUL 01

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

FRI JUL 05

The Laptop Ensemble at Clonmel Junction Arts Festival
Where: The Main Guard, Clonmel