The Green Technology Organization is a not-for-profit organization focused on advancing the knowledge of members, businesses and the general public through networking, education and improving the visibility of green technology businesses within the region. Our monthly meetings focus on exciting topics related to new technologies for generating, distributing, storing, conserving and efficiently managing greener energy technologies and fuels.You are encouraged to participate in the group as …

Chicago Food Tech offers a variety of meetup events to bring together restauranteurs, food and technology changemakers and innovators with diverse backgrounds in order to create dialogues surrounding new business models, showcase opportunities, challenges, synergies, and forecast food technology's future.

Google Developer Group (GDG) Schaumburg meets on the 1st or 2nd Wednesday of the month. If you are interested in Google technologies (Android, App Engine, Chrome and etc.) or just love tech in general then please join our group.

This group is created to provide a great networking opportunity for Chinese professionals in Chicago. We welcome people in different fields to join us!

Join fellow IT Managers, IT Professionals, Solutions Architects, Technical Decision Makers, Developers, and Architects when Neudesic, LLC. explores cloud computing. Learn from industry experts about Microsoft’s cloud services operating system, Windows Azure, and how it fits into your company's bigger picture. Take the first steps towards understanding the features, functionality and value of the Azure platform, and what it takes to develop and deploy applications to the cloud. Meetings are hoste …

Chicago Health 2.0 | Tech is a community organized to improve healthcare through technology. We design meetup content that profiles startups and individuals - mixed with networking. Our meetup membership includes entrepreneurs, startup employees, clinicians, pharmacists, social workers and industry executives. Recent events have focused on opportunities where technology can solve problems - personal health records (PHRs), information therapy (Ix), patient/caregiver communities, patient/doctor co …

WHY SHAREPOINT 2010?  LATEST UPDATE Many organizations are doing quite well with their 2007 and 2003 SharePoint farms. However, Microsoft has announce the next version of SharePoint 2013 this year.  Additionally, Microsoft will discontinue formal support of SharePoint 2007 in October 2012. This will be a huge push to 2010, depending upon the size of an organization’s SharePoint installation. If it’s small and not utilizing much of the complexity of SharePoint, it might not be a factor.  Large im …

Inviting educators of technology, vendors, experts, professors and students involved in bringing new ways to learn to students in the K-12 arena in Chicago and abroad.

Chicago Startup Pitch Night focuses on providing monthly opportunities for you to practice, refine, and perfect your startup pitches.  We also provide targeted networking and learning opportunities in the Chicago, Illinois region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. Chicago Startup Pitch Night's events are run by a leadership team that works to find the meeting venues and plan out and execute all the Meetup events.  Our mission is to be known as the place to practi …

Technori Meetup is a group of impassioned entrepreneurs, developers, designers, tech companies, investors and general tech enthusiasts who have a deep love for Chicago and who want to see our emerging tech community flourish. By way of editorial content and an assortment of events throughout the year, Technori is dedicated to fostering relationships and celebrating those who make the Chicago tech scene what it is.  One of the group’s primary events is Technori Pitch; held on the last Tuesday of …

This group is designed for technology professionals who want to get together to network/socialize after work once every couple of months. Anyone from help desk to CIO level are invited to join us. We will provide appetizers. The meetups will be located in the Chicago Loop Area (locations will vary every other month). Hope you can join us!

We are a meet-up group aiming to provide a forum that combines all the people involved in the fast pace world of digital advertising. The groups' goal is provide discussions and topics where individuals involved on either side of the equation, Technology or Creative, can come together to learn more or contribute to the next wave of advertising. **Please no 3rd Party Recruiters**

This is a group for anyone interested in arts, business, lectures, music, science, technology, outdoors, family events, education, book clubs and any event that can be organized with a secular approach. If you are an Agnostic, Atheist, Non-Religious, Freethinker, Rationalist, Secular, Skeptic, Cynic, Secular Humanist, Naturalist, Deist, 'Nothing,' or any number of non-religious descriptives, you belong here. Visit us at our Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/NOgodsLAND/3844180982 …

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. * Compare Notes * Exchange Ideas * Learn from Others’ Mistakes * Brainstorm with Peers * Find Partners * Small Group Atmosphere * Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage technology startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious …

This is a group for anyone who is a Technology Professional and interested in learning how to stay relevant and wants to learn more about hiring and career trends for technologists in the Chicagoland area. We will profile tech companies/startups, the most marketable tech skills, tech interview techniques and more.

Educelerate is a national education industry network with an initial focus on Chicago and the Midwest and new offshoots in Los Angeles and Phoenix. We are starting our efforts through this monthly MeetUp to grow and develop an ecosystem of entrepreneurs, investors and partners. Please visit our website at www.educelerate.com

Community Community Events From private group training sessions and guest speakers to concerts and organization meetings, the Microsoft Store offers a variety of complimentary events and services in our Theater. We are proud members of the local community and welcome opportunities to host events for our friends and neighbors. Learn technology skills. Have fun. Spread the word. Whether you're looking to enhance your organization's technology skills, build awareness in the local community for th …

Welcome to the Chicago Woman Developers Meet-up Chicago Women Developers (CWDevs) is run by a group of women from a variety of background and technical expertise. We have one thing in common: we are passionate about coding and we are passionate about women in tech. We host a variety of classes and events for women at all technical skill levels, see you soon.

Startup Bootcamp is a Chicago-based community dedicated to facilitating the initial phases associated with technology-related startups. In particular, it is a community of startups that can support each other throughout the so-called "Valley of Death" period. Startup Bootcamp is entirely free, barring the cost of any meeting facilities or other logistical costs (which are split up amongst the attendees). The goal of the community is to provide each other with support in order to facilitate the …

WHY SHAREPOINT? Currently SharePoint is one of the hottest technologies in the marketplace today. Companies are adopting it at record pace. This has create a huge demand for SharePoint knowledge and not enough people to supply that demand. IT Professionals: SharePoint 2010 helps you cut training and maintenance costs, save time and effort, and focus on higher priorities. Developers: SharePoint 2010 helps you build custom applications and components to rapidly respond to business needs. End U …

A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary basic feature phone.Smartphones and feature phones may be thought of as handheld computers integrated within a mobile telephone, but while most feature phones are able to run applications based on platforms such as Java ME, a smartphone allows the user to install and run more advanced applications based on a specific platform. Smartphones run complete operating system software providin …

This group is for telecom professionals interested in unified communications and collaboration technologies. This group was started to bring together entrepreneurs, consultants and other business professionals to share experiences with unified communications technologies. Also to provide professional networking opportunities.

UniForum Chicago is a non-profit organization that holds monthly informative and technical discussions every fourth Tuesday from 7pm to 9pm. This provides a local forum in the Chicago area for open systems and UNIX discussion and allows us to meet with students and other professionals in the field. All meetings are free and open to members and non-members alike and are held at: IIT - Rice Campus Room 103 201 East Loop Road Wheaton, IL 60187-8489 For more information about UniForum Chicago or …

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Aggrego hack night - for all the times you wished you could have hacked on something in the Chicago Sun-Times building. Now you can. Aggrego aims to use data collection, data analytics, visualization technology to create the next generation of digital media. Come hack with us!

SharePoint Social is a group for technology professionals to network and discuss with local SharePoint users and experts in the Chicago suburbs in a social setting. Our aim is to bring together SharePoint talent to provide an avenue for relevant discussions driven primarily by our members. Whether it is a seasoned user seeking advice or an individual new to SharePoint, you are invited to ask your question, tell your story and even Share-A-Pint! ***Please note that the event is aimed for SharePoi …

Startup Collaboratory is a group of Entrepreneurs, Business Professionals, and Business Owners who meet to… Collaborate on starting and growing businesses Share viewpoints and generate new ideas Network for help overcoming business challenges Please join Startup Collaboratory as we help each other learn to become more successful! Another branch meets in Schaumburg http://www.meetup.com/Startup-Collaboratory/ One of the group's activities will be to organize Fox Valley Demo Days to show off loc …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning and/or exchanging ideas directed to integrating technology into works of Art. All skills levels are welcome. The group was started in order to meet people interested in exploring issues common to integrating technology into works of Art. Looking forward to exploring strategies and best practices with anyone interested.