Meet other local JavaScripters to share knowledge, help each other out, review new technology and dream up new ways to use and make JavaScript the most loved language around. We encourage knowledge sharing and a comfortable environment to be yourself. Our meetings cover general Web Development topics focused on the programming side of things. Sometimes we cover the many JavaScript libraries available to aid in JavaScript development, including Backbone, Ember, ExtJS, Sencha Touch, jQuery, etc.

This group is for people in and around Maryland who are involved in internet marketing whether it is building your business, marketing your company or just promoting your blog. We want to create a local forum where we can discuss Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), social media, link building, online advertising and other internet marketing techniques. This group is for everyone to come hang out, network, and share ideas, tips, and techniques to stay up with the lat …

Meet other local developers, architects, and designers focused on Java, J/EE (J2EE), and J/ME (J2ME) technologies. We try to strike a balance between networking/socializing and discussing/learning about code, architecture, and innovations. Both beginners and pros are welcome!

What if you could do everything you normally do, but do it without consuming fossil fuels? What if you could power your entire home and/or car from solar panels on your roof? What if you could protect your children from their imminent financial burden of paying 10 times what you are paying for energy? If you like the sounds of what you just read, you should join us - we're forming a new cause, a new movement to change the way we perceive, retrieve and receive energy. We don't want to wait 20 mor …

New Tech Network is an excellent opportunity to hear about new technologies and opportunities that may enhance the skills you can offer your company or allow you to grow your own company. The New Tech Network will provide you with the industry information you can't get just off of reading articles online. The New Tech Network provides real world experience and exposure to information you need to change the way you do business. Past New Tech Speakers: Intel, VMWare, Sun, IBM, Symantec, Hitac …

With the growing interest in Cyber Security and the various certifications, this is a club where like minded Ethical Hackers, Penetration Testers and Network / Computer Security professionals can come together and share knowledge and mentor those looking to break into the field. If you have or trying to get a Network+, Security+, CCNA, CEH, CISSP, CHFI...etc, lets get together and expand on our knowledge by cooperating in lectures, hands on labs and group discussions about all things network / c …

Geocaching is absolutely the best game ever created. It utilizes the latest technology, outdoor fun, creative thinking, good exercise, and is fairly cheap to do. What else could you ask for? This group is for those who are just starting (like me) or those who are advanced in the hobby. I want to meet others who love this hobby or those just curious about it. All you need is just a GPS unit, and most good cell phones already have that. Come learn and enjoy the coolest activity in the world!

The recent wave of interest in semantic technology has led to the growing popularity of Semantic Meetups in US and around the world. The purpose of local Meetup is to provide a forum for newcomers to learn about the foundational technologies of the Semantic Web [] and for the well versed to keep up on industry trends and share their experiences.  Discuss topics will cover a broad range of subject matter that includes OWL, RDF, SPARQL, RIF, Open Linked data, semantics in the enterprise, rules, in …

Meet and learn from other mobile developers, designers, and enthusiasts in the Baltimore area! Come to a meetup to exchange ideas, talk about code, architecture, innovation! Anyone interested in mobile is welcome! Are you interested in the business or marketing of the mobile space? You don't have to be a developer or designer.  This group is for everyone! Comments and suggestions are welcome.

What is a Fab Lab? The CCBC (Community College of Baltimore County) MIT Fab Lab is a high tech workshop open to the public where entrepreneurs, product developers, inventors, and business people can get help making prototypes of their inventions. What do I have to Do to Use the CCBC MIT Fab Lab & What Can I Do There? After you take the Fab Lab Introduction safety and training class, you will have access to a ShopBot CNC milling/routing machine, UPrint 3D printer, Roland vinyl cutter, Epilog lase …

A group of database technologists that discuss data technology of all types, but with a focus on the PostgreSQL relational database. Open to developers, admins, and engineers of all types!

Live in MD or DC area and want to get together and talk about NoSQL technologies like Hadoop, HBase, CouchDB, Cassandra? Whether you're an expert or an interested novice, everyone is welcome to come and discuss NoSQL technologies, get and trade tips, network, and learn more from each other.

Professional group of distributed computing practitioners.

Got an idea for the next great mobile app, web service or product?  If you are ambitious and hungry for success, this is the place for you.  Are you a graphic/industrial designer, mobile or web developer?  Are you an independent contractor, entrepreneur, or small business owner?  If so, this is where you need to be.  If you are an investor looking for opportunities, these are the people you may want to meet.  Want to contribute or create a new start up venture, here is your opportunity. Just Dev …

Interested in High Dynamic Range images from digital cameras? Looking to learn how to take better HDR photographs? Wondering which HDR software program works the best? Want to join a group of HDR enthusiasts who have like interests? You've come to the right spot. Our meetup group is interested in digital HDR photography. We examine the various alternatives for processing multi-images and look at the various software programs used including Photomatix, NIK HDR Efex Pro, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Topaz …

This will be the first clean energy meetup at the clean energy incubator (CETI) at UMBC (University of Maryland, Baltimore County). We already have a dozen clean energy companies in the incubator; some of which are already showing great signs of success. The objective of this meeting will be to meet some of the incubator companies and to attract additional clean energy entrepreneurs who want to network with likeminded. This will be an opportunity to meet peers, learn what is going on in clean en …

There are a number of really cool, informative graphic design, web design and technology driven groups out there and we wanted to bring the technology together. At the end of the day, a well designed graphic or website is useless without a powerful, stable, secure back-end and the most secure website is boring without a cool design and look. Let's bring the teams together and see how we could work together to create better designers and coders! This group is based on industry standards; new tech …

Going where no Lean has gone before! **Running the simplest experiments to quickly validate business assumptions** Software developers, engineers, scientists, entrepreneurs: Are you building the right product? We help you be more innovative, stop wasting time, and be more successful! LEAN STARTUP is a collection of principles and techniques aimed at creating a product/service under conditions of extreme uncertainty. The group provides learning, support, and discussion focused on Lean methods (v …

Digital Harbor Foundation presents the monthly Baltimore EdTech Meetup as well as various activities undertaken by teacher-fellows in our EdTech Link program and students in our STEM Engine and STEM League programs.

We currently have a 1600+ SF space located in Severn, MD. This space is open to the public, anyone can join, and is available for people to come and collaborate on their projects. The motto of the space is Teach, Learn, Build! FYI most of our members don't use meetup.com, so it doesn't look like many people are registered, but nearly every event posted has had 10+ people.

In each meeting we will discuss: common design patterns that can improve your application code; software development principles that underlie many design patterns; best practices in application design and development; frameworks that support best practices. Applying these patterns and practices in real-world applications can be a lot trickier than understanding them conceptually, so we will encourage you to bring in application design problems that you have been struggling with, or solutions t …

The Central Maryland Association of .Net Professionals (CMAP) Advanced Topics in Software. The CMAP organization provides networking and training in Microsoft and integration technologies. The advanced topics group studies applied software problems and techniques. The advanced topics group is not limited to Microsoft technologies understanding that applied software technologies utilize technologies from many different sources. The topic for the 2012/13 year will be medical software and will prov …

User's group for those using, planning, or supporting BMC Software Cloud Lifecycle Management solution.

Group where both experienced and newly certified medical coders can meet and discuss medical codes, how to find employment, and upcoming ICD-10 and how to implement it. These meetings will try to be held with AAPC local chapter meetings in mind. I have trouble with the scheduling of local chapter meetings, and this will give me the opportunity to network with coders on a better schedule for me.

Join the Baltimore SQL Server Users Group to expand your knowledge and network! We hold free monthly meetings focusing on SQL Server DBA, Development and Business Intelligence topics. Our meetings are typically on the third Monday of the month from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM in Columbia, MD. Please join us for one of our upcoming meetings.

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an open-source application security project led by The OWASP Foundation, a professional association of global members that is open to anyone interested in learning more about software security. The OWASP community works to create freely-available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies. There is no bar for entry. Whether you are interested in security, would like to hear from professionals in the industry, simply netwo …

Big Data ! Data Science ! Predictive Analytics ! Machine Learning ! ... these are all great buzzwords but to make a system actually work and that has an impact is a non-trivial task. To go from concept to system deployment many technical, project and program elements need to come together. The goal of this meet-up group is to provide a forum for systems architects/engineers, software architects, software engineers, analysts, informaticists, data scientists, program managers and end customers a f …

This is a group for enterprise development and for everyone interested in entrepreneurship, start up venture, business development and strategy, mentorship and every other aspect of business that makes for a success and profitable enterprise.