This is a selection of events to be held in the capital in the coming days. In my list today there are mitapas devoted to software development, as well as technological hackathons.
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For mailing, we select useful (by itself) and free (or for reasonable money) events, where you can learn something new, upgrade your skills and communicate with colleagues.
When: Fri, Oct. 19 - Sun, Oct. 21
What time: 19:00
Where: Technopolis "Moscow", Volgograd, etc., 42, b.5
How much is: Free
Participants will be given 30 hours to assemble a quadrocopter. Winners will receive valuable prizes from hackathon partners. Pupils of the senior classes, students, graduate students and graduates of universities are invited to participate - all who are interested in unmanned aircraft systems.
When: Sat, October 20
What time: 7:00
Where: Boiling Point, Small Konyushkovsky Lane, 2
How much is: Free
On this international hackathon from NASA, a team of representatives from all professions, from developers to astrophysicists, can try their hand. The participants will have to develop a draft software product in two days that will help humanity master space or solve the long-standing problems of earthlings - the shortage of water, food and clean air.
When: Sat, October 20
What time: 10:00
Where: "Red October", Bersenevskaya Embankment, 6, p. 3
How much is: Free
Hackathon from the Moscow Department of Finance for developers, designers and data journalists. You can create different projects: applications, services, bots, plugins, infographics. The main thing is for the project to solve socially significant tasks in the context of finance. For example, he answered the questions of users “where are our taxes going?” Or “how is the budget spent?”. The working material will be open data of state bodies.
When: Sat, October 27
What time: 11:00
Where: "Red October", Bersenevskaya Embankment, 6, p. 3
How much is: Free
Mitap was created for IT professionals to share experiences and interesting cases with each other. The program of the autumn meeting was divided into three streams: Big Data & Java, Frontend & Javascript and business analytics. The topics of the reports will be different: from cases of Kafka implementation to working with the native capabilities of the web and recipes for rescuing customer relationships.
When: Sat, October 27
What time: 10:00
Where: DI Telegraph, Tverskaya, d.7
How much is: $ 10
Talented startups and development teams will build solutions for the city, media and retail on product concepts. Fest will be held in the interactive foresight mode with leading practitioners, experts and technologists. At the end of the event, teams will present their decisions in the format of TED-performances. A demo zone, lecture rooms will be held at the site, and master classes will be held. Any guest will be able to break his head over quests in augmented reality.
When: Mon, Oct. 29
What time: 19:00
Where: Faculty of Economics of Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 1, p.46
How much is: Free
This is a lecture by Mikhail Antropov, a teacher at the Innovations and Business Development program at Moscow State University. It will be a question of insolvency of “turquoise organizations”, in which instead of managers there is coaching and self-government, and instead of KPI there are goals and values. The lecturer will explain why some of these popular approaches do not work, and what to do about it.
When: Thu, November 1st
What time: 10:00
Where: FRIA, st. Myasnitskaya, 13, p. 18
How much is: Free
Why do companies need digital transformation? How to start the introduction of new technologies? These questions will be answered by FRIA experts and invited speakers - representatives of Leroy Merlin, MTS, Kirovsky Plant, Megafon and other companies. But they will not just answer, but will talk about personal experience in introducing innovations. The event will include open presentations and panel discussions, workshops and pitch sessions, consultations and discussion tools. Recommended for representatives of large businesses.
When: Wed, November 14
What time: 9:00
Where: International Trade Center, Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment, 12
How much is: $ 75
Voice assistants, smart chat bots, conversational interfaces: analytics, technology overview and first-hand cases. The conference workspace will be divided into four sections. In one of them, you can immerse yourself in the development of Just AI solutions, in the other you can learn from the experience of Yandex b Google experts in creating a “conversational” UX. A separate section is devoted to technologies of natural language processing by bots.
When: Tue, November 20
What time: 9:00
Where: Digital October, Bersenevskaya Embankment, 6, p. 3
How much is: $ 75
The GoTech conference is an opportunity to see the most interesting projects over the past year, learn the insights of companies that have “taken over the world”, find partners, communicate with like-minded people and recharge the drive a year in advance. The event will bring together 300 selected startups, 400 investors and corporations and thousands of participants from 15 countries. There will be performances in the format of pitch-sessions, an exhibition of technological solutions, presentations of the participants of the start-up competition and GoTech After-Party.
When: Thu, November 22
What time: 8:30
Where: "Discovery Arena", Volokolamsk Highway, 69
How much is: Free
Here we will talk about how to apply digital solutions in the sports industry. Speakers from Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Russia will share successful cases of introducing new technologies for broadcasting, collecting and processing competition results, working with fans, transforming stadiums. Technological startups will share their visions at the conference - they will propose ideas for the development of eSports, healthy lifestyles and the fitness industry.
PS You can watch the events in the calendar format here . If you know other cool (and accessible) IT events, write to me or discuss it here in the comments.
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