By Coding Grace in Newsletter — Dec 11, 2019

🎄Coding Grace Dec Edition 🎄

Holly Jolly Holiday Edition

Ho, ho, ho... it's a wonderful time of the year...🎶

Here we are, we made it to the end of the year, what have you learnt this year, what amazing events/conferences did you go to and what were you highlights? Share with us if you are using Twitter to @CodingGrace.

And great news if you haven't heard, Dublin will be hosting EuroPython in 2020. 🙌 I'll (Vicky) certainly will try and gather PyDiversity folks together, it's a reality ever since the first PyCon Ireland I first co-organised back in 2010! Dream come true, only took nearly 10 years! 😅😂 -- if you want to help out, check out https://www.europython-society.org/workgroups.

We've been quite busy this year, here's an overview of events we either ran, spoke or attended (I may have missed out an event here and there):-

Jan

Attended Gaming for Peace @ TCD
Ran PyLadies Dublin Jan Meetup@ Dogpatch Labs
Involved Women Who Code Dublin CV Clinic@ Huckletree
Ran Coding Grace Python workshop@ Dogpatch
Attended launch of Diversity in Workplace Report @ Dogpatch
Ran Coding Grace Python workshop@ TCD

Feb

Demoed at "Maker Workshop on Wearables" workshop at Hopper Local / Dublin
Lightning talk at iWish on Tue @ The RDS.

Mar

Organised Dublin's Raspberry Pi Jam @ TOG
Involved with Global CFP Diversity Day @ Zendesk
Spoke at Ard Scoil Le Salle as part of Bridge21's programme.
Attended PyConLM
Attended Designing Inclusive Events @ Dogpatch

Apr

Attended Dublin Tech Summit

May

Involved with Raspberry Pi Area at Coolest Projects @ RDS
Visited State of Play @ TU Dublin
Visited Northern Ireland Raspberry Pi Jam
Attended Inspirefest 2019 @ Bord Gais Theatre
Spoke as closing keynote at Technovation Regional Pitch Event @ MS
Attended Joy of Coding (Rotterdam)
Joined Vessy's online Diversity and Inclusion Champions network

June

Attended Tech For Good: 3D Printing for Good @ AIB Grafton St
Attended Dublin Maker 2019 Social Meetup
Attended The Irish Conference on Game-Based Learning (Cork)
Attended Creatives retreat at Lough Boora

Jul

Involved with Startup Week Dublin Town Hall @ WeWork (Charlemont)
Attended Future/Island 2019 Conference
Involved with Dublin Maker Festival @ Merrion Square
Organised Coding Grace: Intro to Vue.js Workshop

Aug

Organised PyLadies Dublin @ Groupon

Sep

Attended Women in Tech Dublin Conference @ CCD
Attended ShipItCon @ Mansion House
Involved with Women Who Code Dublin @ Toast
Involved with LoveLaceSpace Workshop @ The Digital Depot
Organised PyLadies Dublin @ AON
Involved with StartupWeek Dublin Town Hall @ City Hall

Oct

Organised Coding Grace Python @ Blanch Library
Attended CONFLUENCE @ Science Gallery
Attended Women in Tech Awards @ RDS
Zita ran Coding Grace Wexford workshop
Attended PyConIE
Involved with Startup Week Dublin @ DCC Civic Offices
Attended Techfugees Ireland @ Dogpatch Labs
Attended Selling DIY Electronic Creations @ TOG Hackerspace
Attended StartAbility: Entrepreneurship for disabled people @The Digital Hub
Attended Curiosity Conference @ Aviva Stadium
Ran Python Turtle Workshops at Creative Tech Fest @ CCD

Nov

[Partners]Vue Vixens Sligo
Attended Hack&&Tell @ Zalando
Organised PyLadies Dublin @ Optum
Spoke at EventProfs (Diversity in Games) @ Dogpatch Labs
Organised Techie Table Quiz @ Workday
Attended WITS Ireland AGM

Dec

Organised Dublin GameCraft @ TU Dublin Grangegorman
Attended SCI:COM 2019

Thank you to everyone that came along, the techie table quiz raised €886.60 for Dublin Simon Community. Here's a quick write up >>>

It’s actually €885.60 Missed out a €2 coin! 🙌🏼 #IrishGeeks

I’ll get full confirmation letter from Dublin Simon when I drop in the cash (this week or next Monday the earliest, they don’t open Saturdays) & this period is a very busy time for them. https://t.co/c8HXDYtm19 pic.twitter.com/SUTeP2rXiG

— whykay 👩🏻‍💻🐈🏳️‍🌈 (@whykay) November 25, 2019

📚Reading list this month. If you have something to share in our reading list, drop me an email.

Well this is pretty cool, a game jam on a boat! I still have hope to have a tech event of some kind on a chartered boat this side of the waters.

Earlier this year I was on the Isabella with other amazing women, sailing around Thailand, making games.

Can't recommend this game jam enough. Women, do apply!

🏝⛵☠#piratejam https://t.co/BfaSEVMS3d pic.twitter.com/JpT38k03nQ

— Rosa Carbo-Mascarell 🍊 (@moreelen) November 30, 2019

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.

💻Don't forget that we have a private "coding-grace" channel on IrishTechCommunity.com on Slack. You can self-join the slack group by visiting the link, and when you have joined, DM me (Vicky Twomey-Lee or whykay) and I will add you to the private group where you can ask questions, exchange knowledge in a safe space.

There's an open women_of_itc channel in the group also if you want to meet other female techies, there's also an lgbt_plus channel and many other cool channels that suits everyone's tastes.

🎄🎄🎄On behalf of Coding Grace Foundation and friends, I would like to say Seasons Greetings and see you in 2020!

Thanks,

/// Vicky

🛠 No Coding Grace workshops this month. If you want me to run, drop me an email at contact@codinggrace.com.

DublinAI Fellowship 2020
8 week Fellowship for PhD grads and postdocs.

Interested in joining the #GoingFar mentorship programme?
A beta programme for diverse migrant professionals living in Ireland, which will initially run for 3 months. (Limited places)

Call for Action: Volunteers for UseR! 2021 in Dublin
If you are interested in being on the bidding team for Dublin, contact Kevin O'Brien.
Details: https://www.r-project.org/useR-2021_call.html

🌈What workshop would you like us to run next?🌈
FEEDBACK

Women Techmakers Belfast CFP
Deadline: Wed Jan 8 2020

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

Call for Speakers: Hack && Tell!
Dublin's Second "Hack && Tell!" meetup looking for people togive 5 minute demos on some cool hardware/software hacks they've built.

Call for Speakers: PyCon Limerick
Limerick's 2nd Python Conference in Feb 29, 2020

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.

"She Rocks!" Awards - WWCode Belfast in conjunction with Puppet & Ladies that UX
When: Tue Dec 17, 19:00 - 21:00 @ Puppet
Details: https://www.meetup.com/Women-Who-Code-Belfast/events/266349511/

Girl Develop IT
When: Wed Dec 18, 18:30 @ Republic of Work
Details: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-KtPOQaae/events/bnqblryzqbxb/

ICS & AWS

Women’s Leadership Workshop with ICS and AWS
When: Wed Jan 8 - Jan Thu 9, 2020 @ Amazon Shannon office, Burlington Road, D4
Details: https://www.ics.ie/events/aws-in-the-community-initiative-women-s-leadership-workshop-1896

WTM Belfast 2020
When: Sat Mar 7 @ Belfast
Details: https://womentechmakersbelfast.com/index.html

PyLadies Dublin
When: Tue Jan 21 @ Zalando
Details: https://www.meetup.com/PyLadiesDublin/events/dclgvlybccbcc/

<future_> <human_>
When: Thu May 21 - Fri May 22 @ Trinity Business School
Details: https://www.futurehuman.xyz/

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 DEC 11

AWS Meetup - DEC 11th - Re:Invent 2019 Unpacked!!
Where: Button Factory @ 18:00 - 20:00

Dublin Kotlin User Group: Intro to Functional Programming in Kotlin with Arrow
Where: Toast Ireland @ 18:00 - 20:00

Data Science and Engineering Club
Where: Dogpatch Labs @ 18:00 - 20:45

TAG Talks: European Space Agency
Where: Talent Garden @ 18:00 - 19:30

Python Ireland: Christmas Party
Where: The Central Hotel @ 18:30

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

Wikipedia Meetup Cork
Where: Flannery's Irish Pub & Lounge @ 19:30