Upcoming Edmonton Tech Events

Now that we're officially into fall and everyone is back at work/school, local user groups are reorganizing and the number of events taking place will start to increase again. Here in Edmonton, there are three upcoming tech events you may be interested in.

The Edmonton Agile Methods User Group (EAMUG) exists to advance Agile methodologies in the Edmonton area. Their upcoming meeting will feature Michael McCullough, one of the two presenters behind a very popular session at the recent Agile 2008 conference in Toronto called "The Agile Playground - Learning Games for the Agile Practitioner". Here's the abstract:

This fun, energetic, and interactive session will explore techniques for accelerating the adoption and understanding of Agile principles through experiential learning. The audience will participate in games and exercises that will illustrate how to target unique learning Vectors (Physical, Emotional, and Impressional) to maximize understanding. This session is for anyone looking to learn new and powerful techniques to convey and reinforce the concepts and principles behind Agile.

Michael will be presenting a shortened, 60-minute version of the session on Friday, September 26th at a lunch event. Here are the details:

EAMUG September Meeting - "The Agile Playground"
Friday, September 26th, 2008 from noon until 1:00pm
Room 115, IBM Innovation Centre (10044 108th Street) - map
Bring your lunch!

And here are the details on a couple of other upcoming events:

EMUG September Meeting - Small Business Server 2008
Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 6:30pm
Room X107, NAIT Campus, 11762 106th Street - map
Register here!

Edmonton Social Web Meetup Inaugural Meeting
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008 at 7:00pm
Financial Management, 9090 51st Avenue - map
More information here.