Innovation in the mobile payments, banking, retail, and social spaces. •Product launches and demos from the hottest startups and influential companies •Expert speakers ranging from game changing entrepreneurs to seasoned financial service veterans •Networking and knowledge sharing with industry thought leaders Interested in demoing your product? Contact Julianna at julianna [at] moven [dot] com.

Along the same lines as IGDA, I'm starting an professional association, the International Mobile Developers Association effective today, Feb 17, 2012, to address the technology, business and creative concerns of mobile developers, regardless of platform. We'll have our first meeting within 60 days. If you'd like to be on the board and are at least a Manager level (as well as a developer) at a large media or financial services company, we'd love to hear from you.

The masses should have access to the tools, people, and resources to learn technology and help us continue to grow the IT sector in New York City! The biggest players in NYC tech scene come together to help shine a light on the latest goings on for both experienced and novice/aspiring techies. The best way to learn is to be interactive. Learn from the professionals, have your questions answered real-time, discover new tech, and hear stories that inspire. NYC boasts the best and the brightest, th …

This is the meetup group for the SharePoint User Group in NYC that meets at Microsoft Manhattan on the first Wednesday of the month. The NYC SharePoint Users Group (NYCSPUG) was founded in March 2006. Our mission from inception has been to share deep SharePoint experience with individuals who are interested in learning, sharing and growing their Microsoft SharePoint knowledge and capabilities. The group’s vision is to provide members with a forum to hear top industry experts present, learn and t …

GeoNYC brings together enthusiasts, users, and developers interested in the technical and social aspects of maps.  Whether you're that desktop aficionado, rand mcnally addict, mobile application savant, open source evangelist, or spatial student of tomorrow -- if you ever wonder at the power of maps to visualize and transform our worlds -- this meetup is for you. An open, friendly, educational salon of geospatial ideas and projects. Events are held within a social environment focused on a handfu …

Welcome techies, business people and Verizon team members... Come join us at our offices in NYC for a monthly discussion of interesting topics including subject areas like M2M, banking finance, healthcare and the Internet. Verizon has numerous ongoing projects that contribute expertise and services to the technology ecosystem. We will be partnering with our colleagues running related Meetups and are interested to act as much as a host as a presenter ! NOTE: PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PROVIDE YOUR FULL …

The People Side (TPS, pronounced "tips") is a group for discussing the people side of startups. Founders, leaders, engineers and organization development professionals all think about culture, scaling, communication, conflict, feedback and stress as the startup starts, grows and begins to thrive. What best practices are out there? What programs and services might help and how much do they cost? Come on out and find out!

brandh@ckers digital insights workshop series *Take our 2013 Call for Sessions Survey who we are @brandhackers is a new york city workshop series since 2008 showcasing prominent and rising digital marketing and brand technology opinion leaders in the marketing and digital ad tech space. Embracing digital media and creative innovation @brandhackers seeks to keep members abreast of technologies, innovations and digital platforms which effectively connect brands to consumers in ways that facilita …

Are you an entrepreneur, developer, investor, tech executive or other professional with a brilliant idea, product or service for the digital living room or smart home? This group focuses on how to build and roll out new products and services for today’s high-speed IP-connected home.

This group is focused on helping advertisers, marketers, content owners and others monetize video content across all four screens. We will explore new services, technologies, ad formats, distribution systems and best practices.   This group is also focusing on helping advertisers, distributors, owners, technology providers and others in the video industry connect and do business.

Hi UXers! We've created this Meetup group to help get the word out about the UX Awards- www.UserExperienceAwards.com The UX Awards are the first Awards created to specifically celebrate and showcase examples of outstanding, game-changing UX. The annual UX Awards Event is also the biggest UX event of the season, and it's around the corner on Tuesday May 21, 2013 in NYC! Now in the third year, the User Experience Awards are the premiere Awards to showcase, celebrate, and raise understanding of exc …

brandh@ckers digital insights workshop series who we are @brandhackers is a new york city workshop series since 2008 showcasing prominent and rising digital marketing and brand technology opinion leaders in the marketing and digital ad tech space. Embracing digital media and creative innovation @brandhackers seeks to keep members abreast of technologies, innovations and digital platforms which effectively connect brands to consumers in ways that facilitate commerce. The Meetup calls these brand …

Welcome to NYC-CHI, the NYC chapter of SIG-CHI (Special Interest Group - Computer Human Interaction www.sigchi.org/). We hold UX-focused events and have an active mailing list to service the NYC region. We have over 1900 active members in all aspects of HCI, including information architects, interaction designers, user experience designers, service designers, product and museum experience designers, usability practitioners, digital librarians, user interface designers and UI developers. We're t …

There are a number of trends in the world that if left to follow their current course have the potential of becoming serious disasters. Devaluation of Human Labor - decreasing ability to improve one's situation through human labor Polarization of Wealth - decline of the middle class Freezing of Classes - end of upward mobility Impending Generational Conflicts over shrinking financial resources Widening Gap between Education Haves and Have Nots and related disparity in economic opportunities Cli …

The NYC Charities Group seeks to promote community service and volunteer events in the NYC area. Our events include fundraisers, supporting various charities and non-profit entities, volunteer events and other community service activities. We welcome everyone who is interested in volunteering and giving back to the community. Join us as we mobilize our efforts to promote further good!

All kinds of Khronos technology-related events are hosted, from casual meetups and socials to hack fests, fundraisers, guest lectures, community service and educational events in the city that never sleeps - New York City. Khronos APIs: OpenCL OpenGL OpenGL ES WebGL WebCL COLLADA OpenVG OpenSL ES OpenMAX AL OpenMAX IL EGL StreamInput OpenVX OpenWF OpenKODE OpenML

Come Together For Health™ Improving access to affordable healthcare by promoting innovative technologies that transform healthcare. Health Technology Forum (HTF) is a platform for people worldwide who have a common interest in making healthcare better, more accessible and affordable. Our international network of technology and healthcare entrepreneurs, developers, regulators, and providers are advancing the pace of healthcare innovation by engaging in exciting and productive dialogue between exp …

In the ongoing discussion regarding when to release an API, there is a growing consensus that the API should come early, if not first in the order of tasks to get from concept to fully functioning application. Some say that releasing the API immediately is like putting the cart before the horse, but the emerging popular view seems to say the opposite. Adopting what is now being called an "API-first" philosophy requires that we introspect more around the role of APIs What goals are we accomplishi …

This meetup is for people interested in learning iPhone and iPad Programming at a competitive price during the weekend (Saturday, Sunday). Topics covered: Creating Apps with iAd capability. Creating Apps that use the motion sensors in the devices. Hardware (accelerometer, touch screen, GPS Receiver, Three axis Gyro, Proximity sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Retina Display, etc). IPhone OS (Berkley BSD Unix, Core OS & Core Services, Media Layer and Cocoa Touch Layer). Cocoa Touch (Collectio …

mediaIDEAS CABARET is for discerning (possibly even jaded) MEDIA PROFESSIONALS (& friends, investors, watchers) with curiosity, wit, imagination, and an UNQUENCHABLE THIRST for LIFE and the future of publishing and paginated media. Come join us for an evening of THRILLS, CHILLS, SPILLS, and A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE. GASP as old business models and the publishing industry of yore GOES DOWN IN FLAMES! CHEER as you yourself WITNESS with your very own eyes and PARTICIPATE in REINVENTING the publishi …

We attract the most disruptive startups founded by students and seasoned professionals in both the tech and non-tech spaces. We host monthly events that include: *Co-founder mixer, professional networking and investor meet and greets *Startup Contest and demo nights *Social events such as entrepreneurs hiking, biking, ski trip and dining events The topics we will cover at our events include but are not limited to: how to find your tech co-founder, how to make a video pitch, how to raise fun …

Bring together common interests and create stimulating dialogue. Awareness through passion of technology Anyone interested in technology and how it weaves it way into everyday life creating better quality and more purposeful embracement of new technologies. We're on LinkedIn To: ( http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Personal-Cloud-Services-My-Personal-4412263?trk=myg_ugrp_ovr ) This Meetup is focusing on the following areas: Personal Clouds pClouds and the Services behind having a pCloud by ( http:/ …

This group will meet regularly to discuss cross-device HTML5 developer tools for creating both native mobile applications for iOS & Android along with HTML5 web apps. We'll include guest speakers that will talk about new advances in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 that empower web and mobile developers to accelerate their time to market and reduce the costs associated with deploying across a variety of handsets. Group Meetups will include both technical and market-oriented sessions and will likely me …

In the words of an ancient proverb: "Change is a dragon. You can ignore it, which is futile. You can fight it, in which case you will lose. Or you can ride it." [Anon.] In this group we seek similarly-minded individuals and organizations to partner with in developing & delivering the next generation of successful business solutions to market by bringing the very best innovative technology and services solutions to the marketplace they merit.

Earth Celebrations-Hudson River Pageant is an opportunity for you, to become involved in the enhancement and improvement of the Hudson River while increasing your knowledge of our environment and the impacts upon it by our society. We do this with exciting, interesting, and innovative projects and workshops culminating in the 'Hudson River Pageant' in the last week in May. With over 100 participants, and more than 1,000 spectators, The 'Pageant' itself moves from Battery Park City to Gaansvort …

eAmore NYC, founded in Nov 2010 and based in NYC, aims to bring together professionals in the online dating industry (entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, service providers, industry affiliates) by organizing highly relevant thought-leader-led events several times a year.  Our prior events on 2/1/11, 6/28/11, and 2/29/12 attracted 150 attendees each!  If you are interested in becoming a sponsor or being on the panel/demo'ing at future events, please contact the group organizer directly. Testimon …

As computing shifts away from desktop and to mobile there are huge opportunities for location-aware applications. This meetup is meant to bring NYC-area people together to discuss emerging trends in location-based technology, and provide NYC location-based startups with a way to share their latest technology with the community.

The goal of this meetup is to discuss the technology and business behind location based apps, and to meet other developers and entrepreneurs who are building cool new ways to leverage location aware technologies. This meetup is for anyone who is interested in location-based technologies, especially: iPhone, Android, and other mobile platform developers Web developers GIS Professionals and Software Developers Internet Entrepreneurs Anyone interested in the future of location based apps (an …