Welcome to 2017! Our New Year’s Resolution? Attend all the great civic tech events the Boston area has to offer.
Here are our top picks for January 2017:
January 4
Social Venture Partners: Creating One Million Jobs by 2020
Can a group of local leaders come together to trigger transformational change? Join Social Venture Partners Boston and our special guests on January 4th in discussing the power of venture philanthropy to drive critical social change, both locally and globally. Doug Miller, an SVP Boston Partner and Founding Chairman of both the European Venture Philanthropy Association and the Asian Venture Philanthropy Network, will talk about trends in the space before introducing the former chairman of Microsoft India and founding chairman of Social Venture Partners India, Ravi Venkatesan, to share SVP India’s audacious new goal, the Million Jobs Mission, of training and empowering one million people for sustainable livelihoods by 2020.
January 9
Children will engage in programs that explore science, technology, engineering, arts and math through activities, experiments and play. Ages 5+
January 10, 17, 24, 31
Code for Boston Weekly Hack Night
These Hack Nights are our time to meet in person to work on and discuss civic tech projects. Come by to say hi and hack with us!
January 10
Boston Python User Group January Project Night
An evening of collegial cooperation!
Bring a laptop. Bring ideas. Bring questions. Bring enthusiasm. Bring friends. The Boston Python Project Night is a time to find others with compatible interests, and work away. Code, hack, teach, learn, meet, laugh, talk: it all happens at Project Night.
All skill levels are welcome. There will be at least two tables of beginning learners, and helpers for them. Other table-topics in the past have been Django, Data, Web Scraping, Hardware, Puzzle, Science, Art. Anything goes!
Boston New Technology January 2017 Startup Showcase #BNT73
Free event! Come learn about 7 innovative and exciting technology products and network with the Boston/Cambridge startup community!
January 11
Start the year off right and join us for this cool technology focused event with Draper’s startup-focused Sembler Office hosting and sponsoring. We will have it all — robotics, a pressure sensor tool for prosthetic and protective gear, a device to disable smartphones while driving and so much more! We will have ten products in all to showcase along with two products from Wentworth Institute of Technology’s Accelerate.
How to become a Data Scientist
This event will feature data scientists in the Boston area who have recently started their careers and will share stories of their journey from post-doc to full-time careers with great companies. These stories will focus on the projects that each speaker completed during their time as fellows for Insight Data Science.
Insight Data Science is an intensive seven (7) week post-doctoral training fellowship bridging the gap between academia & data science.
January 14
Winter in Boston: Fun Activities during Colder Winter Months
New England weather in Boston can make it easy to stay at home to hibernate, but fear not. This class will cover ways to find fun activities and how to explore Boston during the cold winter months.
January 19
Boston WITI Meetup (Women in Technology) — Coaching Circles: Be Your Best
Join WITI Boston as we host a group of outstanding coaches as they share their views on what can make the coaching experience a game-changer for you. You’ll choose two different coaches to learn from and attend their coaching circles. During the 40-minute sessions, coaches will provide insight into their fields of expertise and answer your questions. See the coaches’ bios on the registration website to get started on choosing your two coaching circles!
January 26
Association for Women in Science + Society of Women Engineers: The Proper Etiquette of Job Hunting
During the recruiting process, job candidates often find themselves confused about what’s appropriate when it comes to professional etiquette: how to increase your professional network, what makes an application successful, or how important your online brand is. Whether you are a student or a professional, join ASWIC + SWE for a lively panel discussion moderated by Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Career.
January 28
We proud to announce FIG Talks, which will take place on January 16th, 2016, at the Microsoft New England Research and Development Center. This event is aimed at designers and developers, and for people who are interested in getting started creating games of their own. The talks will feature three main tracks, Game Design, Game Development and Game Business.