South London Geek Nights offer a chance for web developers, designers, technologists and the like in the local area to get together, share their knowledge and talk about new ideas, issues, techniques and more.
Each event consists of two keynote talks of 15 minutes each. You can also expect frenetic bursts of socialising and networking, interspersed with two bunches of 5-minute-long microslots. And beer. It's in a pub, after all.
Avoid the crush! We have space for 75 people this time around. If you're coming, please make your mark on our Upcoming entry - that way we'll know if we need to switch to a larger room!
Keynotes
Keynote speakers are invited to talk at South London Geek Night. SLGN1 will feature:
HTML5, CSS3 and cool new things in Javascript by Paul Kinlan [Slides]
Paul is a Developer Programs Engineer at Google, where he "helps you build really cool stuff." He's currently working on Google Chrome, HTML5, Chrome Extensions and iGoogle.
Starting up with a cofounder, a partner, a friend, by Daniel Tenner
[ Slides | Video ]
Microslots
These are five-minute "lightning" talks that anyone can volunteer for. They're easy to do: pick something that excites you, or a project you've worked on that you think might be of interest; then talk to a friendly audience for just five minutes with a handful of slides. Submit your microslot and we'll see you on the night!
Confirmed microslots for SLGN1 are:
Intellectual property for geeks: who really owns that code? Vanessa Barnett, partner and specialist in online, technology and digital media at law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner [ Slides | Video ]
Battersea Election Candidates on the Internet Dave Cross, Battersea GE:2010 "I've been monitoring the General Election candidates in this constituency to see how well they use the internet. I'd love to take five minutes to share my findings" [ Slides | Video ]
Getting European rail back on track - Jamie Andrews, Loco2. "It's about the nightmare of all the different online rail-travel booking systems, and what Loco2 is trying to do to end it."
What's Mine! is not yours: more user autonomy online, greater control over personal data, its analysis and sharing - Adriana Lukas, themineproject.org. "When you want to make a private picture or note available only to your friends, why do you hand it over to a multi-national corporation first?" - Danny O'Brien
PHPunchlines - Will Voelcker. PHP coder and occasional stand-up Will "makes a complete prat of himself for five minutes."
The Bedford - Tavistock Room (the one right at the top of the stairs. There's a bar up there, but the room's only open from 8.15 - so feel free to lounge around in the main bar first if you arrive early, then wobble your drink up the stairs at quarter past)
77 Bedford Hill, Balham, London SW12 9HD
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SLGN 1 is made possible thanks to sponsorship from
Big thanks also go to Torchbox, who are keen supporters of the whole Geek Night concept and provided lots of advice on getting SLGN set up. Cheers!
The raffle prizes for SLGN1 include great books from O'Reilly and some awesome T-shirts from Last Exit To Nowhere - make sure you drop your name into the hat when you arrive!
