Presented by:  The CONTENT Conference .CONTENT. The merging of Technology between three major industries: Music TV/Film Publishing & how companies can distribute quality content that can be monetized. ______________________ technology • engagement • delivery monetize • distribution • social interactive • creation • compliance _______________ Types of discussion topics: •Monetizing the Intersection of Entertainment and Technology •How Entertainment Can Monetize the Digital World •Leveraging th …

Health 2.0 Los Angeles is a group dedicated to actively promoting and advancing innovation transforming the delivery of healthcare and healthcare technology. The group aims to create a community around Health 2.0 in the Los Angeles area and is a subchapter of the larger Health 2.0 organization. Our goal is to aid in the advancement of healthcare technology by creating a forum for sharing, discussing and showcasing innovative ideas at the intersection of healthcare and technology with an emphasi …

BioSpark is a social platform aimed at pushing the boundaries of medical technologies. Our mission is to bring medical, technology, and engineering subject matter experts together to meet, share ideas, and push innovation in medical technologies.

Huge Los Angeles events are open to anyone who has interest in technology, UX, design, agency life and more. Join us for a fun evening of refreshments, networking and presentations by industry experts.

Google fans unite! Meet others in the greater Los Angeles area interested in developing apps on Google App Engine and for the business productivity suite Google Apps. This meetup has a technical and programming focus, but we also encourage those that are currently on or interested in learning more about Google Apps and App Engine to join! Join if you would like to: Network with fellow App Engine developers and Google Apps enthusiasts - Learn more about where Google technology is heading. Learn …

The focus of this MySQL group will be: 1. Learn as much as possible about MySQL from experts in the field. From High Availability, Clustering and Replication to Storage Engine technology. 2. Network with others interested in MySQL. 3. Have some good conversation about the world's most popular open source database. All levels of experience welcome!

This is a group for anyone interested in a fun meet up to chat about web technology, web start ups, & basically everything new in development & incubating a web based organization. Engaging discussion & drinking is not required but strongly encouraged!

Los Angeles, Orange Country, San Diego meetup focused on Server Side Javascript, and in particular, Node.js. Goals for the group are to spread ideas about Server Side Javascript, Node.js in particular, socialize projects, and discuss the technology and best practices. We'd like to keep the group informal but focused on technology and interesting projects. I think the ideal group would be made up of developers on OSS projects, site/app builders, systems integrators, architects, designers, freelan …

This group is an extension of the popular and successful New York City meetup for education entrepreneurs and people who love them. The group was started to create a global education media and start-up incubator environment to facilitate innovative ideas that will change the way people learn around the world. Members of this meetup are eligible to become global bloggers: please email doug.crets@gmail.com for more information. This group is for those of us who are using their backgrounds as edu …

Female Entrepreneurs in Web Technology is a group designed for women (and men) to get together and inspire, support, share stories and tips about making their way through the Startup environment. Whether you're a designer, developer, entrepreneur or investor, this group is for you!

Calling all women in technology interested in being part of a 'Lean in' circle. The idea is to meet in small groups regularly to share and learn together, based on the lean in 'Circles' idea conceptualized by Sheryl Sandberg in her book 'Lean In: Women, Work and the Will to Lead'. Please check out http://leanin.org/ if you would like to learn more. I have started this group because there are not enough women at my workplace and i want to keep my social contacts...social. We will meet in the Pasa …

Net2LA helps Los Angeles–based nonprofits—and those working toward nonprofit status—actively engage their base and find new supporters through community-empowering technology. We meet every month alternating between educational Support Sessions and partnership-building Happy Hours. Follow us on Twitter @Net2LA Facebook Fan Page Coming Soon.

The Los Angeles .NET Developers Group is The Premier Forum for Los Angeles Area .NET Developers. The purpose of the organization is to support local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on Microsoft .NET technologies. Our Group is over 10 years old and meets the first Monday of every month. We are a group that participates and organizes events for the LA development community. LADOTNET Monthly Meeting on the first Monday of every month. LADOTNET Master's Series, a …

LA Makerspace is a non-profit member-driven family friendly community space for makers, tinkerers, and DIYers of all ages to create and collaborate. Our mission is to provide a place where youth can make and learn alongside adults and where members can work on their own projects while learning new, unique maker skills through our workshops, on-going interest-based programs, mentorship, and peer learning environment. We offer affordable single classes, multi-day workshops, access to equipment, an …

If you're creating scalable, high performance, high quality systems, or writing mobile applications for the largest smartphone market you should probably join this group.

PrestaShop is an Open-source e-commerce software dedicated to innovative technology and providing online success for merchants. We always want to grow our community and reach out to e-commerce lovers. We are looking to connect with PrestaShop users, web developers, web designers, open-source advocates, start-ups, and technology organizations. We welcome all individuals interested in providing suggestions, encouragement, or simply have questions about e-commerce. It is our goal to educate, spark …

gsummitX - Gamification in LA is a meetup for anyone involved in and/or interested in the topic of gamification, engagement and/or loyalty. A few times each year, we'll ask the community to come together to hear a speaker from the gamification space, 1-2 demos from companies using gamification in their business model, and our unique workshop-like game called "Play for a Cause." We'll have some grub and beverages for everyone as well. This meetup is run by the Team at Gamification.co and the Gami …

StartupMonthly is a seed fund and an on-going startup accelerator in San Francisco providing a global ecosystem of resources, tools and mentors for early-stage startups. Startups accepted to the accelerator will get up to $300K initial investment. During our on-going mentorship program in our offices in San Francisco we will work with you to quickly build and release the right minimum viable product, analyze customer engagement and metrics, and then react and iterate accordingly. We will become …

Los Angeles chapter of LOPSA (League of Professional System Administrators) exists to: - Provide a social forum for Sys Admins via the monthly UUASC-LA meeting (http://uuasc.org/la/) consisting of a technical presentation and dinner. To contribute speakers to UUASC-LA. - Provide a social forum for professional Sys Admins via the occasional LOPSA-LA meeting consisting of a technical presentation and dinner. - Help educate the community in the practice of system administration through support of L …

A supportive casual lunch group for architects of Big Data -- Hadoop, Data Warehouse and everything in-between. Implementers and strategists only; to enrich and contribute, collaborate and discuss, divide and concur the problems of today's big data challenges.

A group for anyone interested in jQuery, the classiest JavaScript library out there. All levels welcome from absolute beginners to advanced users. We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month - in Culver City for odd months and downtown for even months.

Join us for the first networking event to meet and greet other SFV SharePoint professionals.

Stay ahead of today’s competition and leverage the IT solution of the future: Microsoft Office 365. Meet others in the greater California area looking to adopt, learn and expand their practices with Microsoft Cloud. This group is targeted towards IT decision makers interested in events that demonstrate how Office 365 can drive collaboration, innovation and productivity in your workplace - all while simplifying IT management and reducing overhead costs. Join if you’d like to: Learn more about wh …

2013 is here and AR is beginning to hit the main stream.  Google Glass is in the pipeline with developer hackathons at the end of January/Early Feb.  Augmented World Expo (AWE) has become a destination developer conference and will (apparently?) undergo a rebranding due to its popularity.  The commercial AR development suites (Vuforia, Layar, Metaio, Total Immersion, String, et al) have thousands of registered developers around the world.  And it turns out, the greater Los Angeles area, and Sout …

We'd like to work through some of the seminal texts in computer science that normally collect dust on the bookshelf (AIMA, PAIP, SICP, TAOCP, &c.) We've finished up Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs; and are currently working through Russell and Norvig's Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach.

Talk shop with the rest of LA's C++ community. (Discussion and links on the LAC++ G+ page.)

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter …

This group gathers web designers, developers, and other people interested in working on the web. We will talk about web technology and the design process. Meetings are scheduled to be held on a monthly or bi-monthly basis.