I thought it would be useful to do a quick roundup of some of the interesting events taking place across the Scottish tech community in the coming months. These are just a few of the event in the community if you think there’s anything I’ve missed add it to the comments or drop me an email.
Engage Invest Exploit 2014
8th May 2014
http://eie14.com
Tickets – Free
The long running talent showcase by Informatics Ventures is back for 2014. Bigger in scale and in partnership with the Edinburgh BioQuarter and Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Innovation, EIE will put some of the countries best startups and more established tech businesses in contact with investors, mentors and press.
The keynote speaker this year is Julie Meyer MBE, one of the Dragons on the online version of BBC’s Dragons Den.
Edinburgh Publishing Conference – ‘Disruption in Publishing’
20th June 2014
http://edinpubconf.net
Tickets – £99/149 (early bird until end of April 2014)
Following the success of last year’s Edinburgh Publishing Conference it returns in 2014 with a brilliant line up of speakers. Pick of the bunch for me are:
- Cory Doctorow: award-winning writer, journalist, activist. His talk at O’Reilly’s 2013 “Tools of Change” conference was one of the highlights, and we’re delighted to have him as our main speaker.
- Ian Ritchie CBE: Ian is well known in the Scottish tech community with International Computers Limited and Office Workstations Limited. Ian will be telling a short story about information, connectivity and learning from mistakes.
- Rachel Willmer: founder of the ebook search site, Luzme and is a well known attendee of TechMeetups (and the odd RookieOven Meetup). With a host of domain experience it will be interesting to hear what Rachel has to say about disruption in the publishing industry.
The event in in June and if you’re quick you can get yourself an early bird ticket for £99.
Crossover Edinburgh Events
5th – 8th June 2014
http://2014.crossoveredinburgh.com/
Tickets – various
A bunch of events organised by Edinburgh based startup Insight Arcade aimed more towards HR and training professionals.
Throughout the event there will be discussions on how learning technology is affecting workforce skills development. Improve your learning and development programs and drive efficiencies through the crossover of technology and best practice.
The event includes Product Forge a weekend of design, development and innovation with the objective of prototyping new learning technology products.
Whether you have an idea already or would simply like to spend a rewarding weekend meeting new people and developing your skills, join us for a weekend of networking and collaboration.
UX Scotland
19th/20th June 2014
http://uxscotland.net
Tickets: £195-£390
Another event returning for 2014 is UX Scotland. Once again taking place in Edinburgh and UX Scotland is ideal for those working in UX, Service Design and Digital communities. The two day event has a programme full of talks and workshops.
SOTR – Scotch on the Rocks
5/6th June 2014
http://www.sotr.eu/
Tickets: £155 + VAT (currently sold out and on waiting list)
Scotch on the Rocks is an annual gathering of web technologists organised by Glasgow based Fuzzy Orange. SOTR brings together some of the brightest minds from across the globe. Focusing on development, best practices and human experience, Scotch on the Rocks has built a reputation as a must attend event.
So that’s just a few of the events coming up in the short term. There’s also many great events for particular user groups in the community such as:
- ScotlandJS – 9th/10th May 2014
- Scottish Ruby Conference - 12th/13 May 2014
- Drupal Camp Scotland – 9th/10th May 2014
Also worth once again highlighting Open Tech Calendar and the StartupDigest Scotland which will both keep you up-to-date with events taking place across the Scottish community.
