April tech events in Porto
Hello again all you OPO.network lovers,
April is pretty much here already (thank you holidays!!!🍾) and with it is our monthly calendar of tech events in Porto.
But first…
🎉The FIRST ever OPO.design meetup will happen in April so we just HAVE to start with this: Book the 24th on your calendar (yeah, it’s the day before a holiday again, we’re clever like that 😎)🎉
Now, let’s all calm down and check out the rest of April’s calendar 😍
Upcoming Porto Events
April 3, 19h-21h
Intro to HTML & CSS > 2 Hour Landing Page
Le Wagon is a coding bootcamp for creative people, startups and tech entrepreneurs with a 9-week full-stack program designed for beginners.
April 4, 14h30–18h30
Another Day At The Office 2018
This is an informal networking cocktail event that brings students and companies together.
April 4, 19h-20h30
Launch your Product: Tools and Metrics from idea to Product/Market fit
An overview of all the steps you have to go through to launch a product together with tools and metrics to help you at each of these steps.
April 5, 19h30–20h30
Mudo podcast — Conversa com Hugo Moura — Xesta Studio
This is a meeting between creative people that also results in a podcast.
April 5, 19h15–20h30
Sessão] Novo Regulamento Geral de Proteção de Dados (RGPD)
This session will inform all engineers who work with personal data of the new General Reguation for Data Protection (Portuguese RGPD).
April 5, 18h00–20h00
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain within the Portuguese Law
This is certainly a hot topic that everyone within the community is buzzing about.
April 6, 9h00–18h00
Dirty Little Tricks From The Dark Corners of eCommerce
Join a 1-day workshop with Vitaly Friedman to identify and tackle current problems, following techniques and strategies used recently by him and his team at Smashing Magazine.
April 7, 10h00–12h00
Pronto para o GDPR? Chega de conversa, passemos à prática.
The GDPR is coming and whatever role you have on your current workplace, this will affect your work.
April 7, 10h00–13h00
PyCoffee
For those ready to start a weekend with a cup of hot coffee and a chat with like-minded python developers.
April 7, 10h30–12h30
Disruptive Tech Tools #002 — My baby steps on Docker containers
This group is for anyone interested in learning new skills which are commonly used nowadays in the business.
April 7–8, 9h00–19h00
Beta Sound System #3: New Instruments
Part of a series of events over weekends where attendees get shots of entrepreneurship skills for the music industry.
April 12, 19h00–21h00
Porto Codes
Porto Codes is a meetup for local and international programming enthusiasts.
April 13, 14h30–18h00
TEDxPorto: 9ª Edição — Workshops
This year, for the first time, there will be an afternoon of workshops before TEDx Porto.
April 13–15
Make or Break
Make or Break (MoB) is a hackathon, the spiritual successor to Porto Summer of Code, brought to you by the same team. Everyone can participate. It’s free, it’s fun, and there are prizes for the best projects.
April 14, 9h00–19h00
TEDxPorto: 9ª Edição “É Natural?”
This year’s edition is about understanding that the concept of “natural” is complex and that what is artificial doesn’t have to be bad.
April 14, 10h30–14h00
63º Geek Girls Portugal — Porto
Join the Geek Girls and celebrate their 8th anniversary. This time they’ve partnered up with Make or Break Hackathon.
April 14, 9h30–17h30
London Cryptocurrency Show: Porto livestreaming
The London CryptoCurrency Show covers four clear areas of this new market: Cryptocurrency Investment; Blockchain & ICO Investment; Ways to Trade Crypto; Further education, tools and service providers.
April 14, 15h00–17h00
“Disruptive Data Science #003 — Geographical Analysis and Visualization of potential criminal activity”
This group is for anyone interested in data science, design data product and related best practices. All levels are welcome.
April 16, 18h30–19h30
Hack For Good 2018 — Sessão de Esclarecimento Porto
Open session where the 2018 program will be announced and all challenges will be presented. Go Hack For Good!
April 18–19, 18h30–21h30 (6h total)
A hands-on 101 introduction to arduino, electronics and coding
Introduction to electronics, programming and systems controlled by microcontrollers with a strong practical component.
April 19, 18h45–20h30
xFuture Meetup on Universal Basic Income with Steven Strehl
Attend a conversation with Steven Strehl, member of Mein Grundeinkommen, a German non-governmental organisation that crowd-funds and raffles off unconditional basic incomes of 1.000 euros a month. They have even helped kick-start other similar initiatives around Europe. Steven Strehl is a Platform Engineer and Digital Campaigner at the German NGO. In this conversation, Steven will be talking about UBI and his plans for Portugal.
April 21–22
Beta Sound System #4: Services for the Digital Music Industry
Another weekend focused on the music industry, this time to discuss services available.
April 24, 19h00–21h00
OPO.design meetup #1
Brace yourselves for the 1st meetup of the Porto Design Community, dedicated to the Porto area designers and creatives. We’ll publish the registration link soon, so stay tuned and join the OPO.design community on meetup!
April 28–29
Beta Sound System #5: Music in the Digital Era
The last weekend in April focusing on the Digital Music Industry.
… We know what you are thinking about this month’s calendar…
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