• Sat. Aug 9th, 2008 @ 8:30am - 6:00pm
• SocialDevCampChicago
• Illinois Institute of Technology McCormick Tribune Center
• Address: 3201 South State Street, Chicago, IL 60616
• Fee: Free
• Add Name to Wiki

SocialDevCamp Chicago is an unconference for individuals passionate about social networks, web applications, platform development, new media, and any of the exciting (but messy) topics between.

Join some of the brightest minds in the Midwest for a day of fun, learning, and coding. Discussions will surround topics including Google App Engine, Data Portability, Online Trust, and mobile application development.

Please sign up and contribute to the topics list on the official BarCamp Wiki.

To add your name and contact info to the wiki, use the password \\\”c4mp\\\”

Also feel free to help us SPREAD the word by blogging, tweeting, forced coercion, word-of-mouth marketing, fortune cookie inserts, etc. Link to either this event page or the official Wiki.

BLOG, BLOG, TWEET, POWNCE, BLOG, TUMBLE, SHARE THIS…enter your social media buzzword of choice and help spread the message!

Finally, thanks to Nik Rokop and the Illinois Institute of Technology staff for helping to secure the amazing McCormick Tribune Campus Center. Don\\\’t forget to look up from your computer to enjoy the Mies van der Rohe and Rem Koolhaas designs.

(A successful SocialDevCamp East already occurred in Baltimore on May 10. The next East installment is tentatively scheduled for Fall 08).

Questions? Contact: Tim Courtney - tim at timcourtney , net

• Sat. Sep 20th, 2008 @ 8:00am - 4:00pm
• ChicagoRuby.org
• IIT
• Address: 3201 South State Street
• Fee: $ 99.00
• http://windycityrails.org

WindyCityRails is a gathering for all who are passionate about Ruby on Rails. Developers, designers, entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists will interact for a full day in the Windy City. Only 150 seats are available and they are expected to sell fast. Visit http://windycityrails.org for registration and details.

Questions? Contact: http://windycityrails.org

• Thu. Jul 3rd, 2008 @ 7:00pm - 9:00pm
• West Suburban Chicago PHP Meetup
• Wheaton, IL
• Address: Panera Bread, 25 Rice Lake Square, Wheaton, IL. 60187
• Fee: 0
• RSVP @ meetup.com

This month, I\’ll be presenting Subversion, one of the leading version control systems out there. Even if you\’re a team of one, version control can save you numerous headaches. Come learn how you can put it to use!

Be sure to visit our website/blog at suburbanchicagophp.org!

Questions? Contact: http://php.meetup.com/381

• Tue. Jul 1st, 2008 @ 6:45pm - 9:45pm
• NWCLUG
• Harper College - A238
• Address: 1200 W. Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IL 60067
• Fee: Free

We talk about linux and the things in the linux area, open source, networking, interacting w/ other os’s and such. We can have newbies to sys admins to programs at our meetings. So come on out to the NW burbs and see what things we are doing.
We meet the first Tuesday of the month at Harper College in Palatine IL.

Questions? Contact: nwclugadmin@harpercollege.edu

• Tue. Apr 22nd, 2008 @ 11:00am - 2:00am
• NAWBO
• Hilton
• Address: 720 South Michigan
• Fee: $ 80
• Call NAWBO at 312-609-1300 or visit the NAWBO Chicago site

Join the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) and featured speaker, Kay Koplovitz, the founder of USA network and the first woman president in television history. She is the author of Bold Women, Big Ideas, which she wrote to inform and inspire women entrepreneurs to create wealth through equity. Koplovitz also created Springboard Enterprises, a national organization that fosters venture capital investments in women-led high growth companies.

Questions? Contact: NAWBO/312-609-1300

• Sat. Apr 19th, 2008 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
• ChicagoRuby.org
• Elmhurst, IL
• Address: Elmhurst, IL
• Fee: 0.00
• Visit ChicagoRuby.org

ChicagoRuby.org is a group of Chicago area Ruby and Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen!

Next meeting: Sat, April 19, 2008 at 3pm. ChicagoRuby.org meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 3pm. Visit http://chicagoruby.org for details and to RSVP.

Questions? Contact: http://ChicagoRuby.org

• Fri. Apr 4th, 2008 @ 12:00am - Sat. Apr 5th, 2008 @ 12:00am
• UIC LUG/UIC ACM
• UIC
• Address: 842 west taylor st, chicago,il
• Fee: 0
• http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php

To everyone interested,

The University of Illinois at Chicago Linux Users Group (UIC-LUG) and the University of Illinois at Chicago Association for Computing
Machinery (UIC-ACM) are hosting their second annual Flourish Conference promoting the adoption and use of Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). The UIC-LUG and UIC-ACM would like to invite you to attend this glorious event. The entire conference is free

with registration (or $ 5 at the door), but please do register if you plant to
attend please lets us know how many people we should expect. http://www.flourishconf.com/register.php.

Some of our featured speakers will include: Bruce Perens from Source Labs, Jon “maddog” Hall from Linux International, Brian Fitzpatrick (and Ben Collins-Sussman) from Google, Dru Lavigne from Open Source Business Resource and BSD Certification Group Inc., among many others.

We will be hosting a variety of events which include but are not limited to: BarCamp Mini, Flourish Mini-expo, WAFD (Web Application Framework Development) Rumble, Networking Events, and Hack-a-Thon, BSDA Examination. For more information please visit: http://www.flourishconf.com/flourish2008/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=30

Flourish 2008 will be held on Friday, April 4th and Saturday, April 5th. We expect the conference attendance to be between 300 and 400 people. Please reply and let me know whether or not you will be attending Flourish 2008.

Organizations/Developers: We still have open tables in the expo space, if you’d like to use one of the tables to advertise your said organization or promote an event. We are also still looking for developers to represent the various Web frameworks. If anyone is interested in participating, please feel free to contact me.

Thank you,

Samir Faci

Flourish Public Relations

Questions? Contact: samir at esamir dot com

• Sat. Mar 15th, 2008 @ 3:00pm - 5:00pm
• ChicagoRuby.org
• Elmhurst, IL
• Address: Elmhurst, IL
• Fee: 0.00

ChicagoRuby.org is a group of Chicago area Ruby and Ruby on Rails enthusiasts. When smart people challenge each other to grow, great things happen!

Next meeting: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 3pm. ChicagoRuby.org meets on the 3rd Saturday of every month at 3pm. Visit http://chicagoruby.org for details and to RSVP.

Questions? Contact: ChicagoRuby.org

• Thu. Mar 6th, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 2:00pm
• Intelestream
• Please RSVP first
• Fee: Free
• Register for the event at meetup.com

Meet with others in the Chicagoland area to share knowledge about SugarCRM. Learn from SugarCRM experts and hear others present their lessons learned across all areas of SugarCRM.

A great deal has occurred in the world of SugarCRM since our January meeting. A key software patch has been released, new plug-ins have been developed to enhance the application, and a major annual conference took place in San Jose that has shaped the future of SugarCRM.

Come join us to learn and exchange information about SugarCRM!

Member Profiles: Business Users of SugarCRM, Devlopers of SugarCRM, Prospects/Customers of SugarCRM, and Partners of SugarCRM. Both Open Source and Commercial Versions will be included in discussions.

If you are already using SugarCRM or just looking to learn more about SugarCRM before making your CRM decision, the Chicagoland SugarCRM meetup is for you!

As with all our meetings, all are welcome to attend - From absolute beginner to expert developer.

Questions? Contact: stafford (at) intelestream.net

• Tue. Mar 4th, 2008 @ 6:45pm - 9:35pm
• NWCLUG
• Harper College - A238
• Address: 1200 W Algonquin Rd Palatine IL
• Fee: Free

New to linux or an if you are an experienced veteran come out and enjoy NWCLUG. See what where all about.

Questions? Contact: nwclugadmin@harpercollege.edu

• Thu. Jan 31st, 2008 @ 12:00pm - 2:00pm
• Jason Green - Intelestream
• Please RSVP first
• Fee: Free
• Register for the event at meetup.com

Meet with others in the Chicagoland area to share knowledge about SugarCRM. Learn from SugarCRM experts and hear others present their lessons learned across all areas of SugarCRM.

Member Profiles: Business Users of SugarCRM, Devlopers of SugarCRM, Prospects/Customers of SugarCRM, and Partners of SugarCRM. Both Open Source and Commercial Versions will be included in discussions.

If you are already using SugarCRM or just looking to learn more about SugarCRM before making your CRM decision, the Chicagoland SugarCRM meetup is for you!

Questions? Contact: stafford (at) intelestream.net