… * Network with other developers, programmers and consultants * Get the latest and greatest Microsoft .NET related news * Have your questions answered by senior developers and Microsoft insiders * Get the inside track on emerging technologies * Learn valuable information for career development * Enjoy refreshments and valuable giveaways   6:30 to 7:00 pm – Introductions, food, networking 7:00 to 9:00 pm – Presentation and Q&A  

This meetup is dedicated to the design practices, technologies, insights and opportunities around the next frontier information access - the Internet of Things (IoT). We want to cross-pollinate ideas from engineers, designers, researchers and entrepreneurs to create meaningful and tangible solutions that will make information access more human, ubiquitous and commercially viable.

The San Francisco chapter of GTUG aims to provide technical training on emerging google technologies, as well as to provide a environment that facilitates networking. GTUG SF will be hosted once a month in San Francisco #GTUGSF - Google Technology User Group  - San Francisco 

There is relatively little talk about how technology influences the quality and cost of healthcare given that it consumes one-sixth of the US GDP. Why does this segment lag in taking advantage of the post web2.0 and totally-mobile world?  For the past few years healthcare technology companies are emerging hoping to disrupt the existing care-giving modality, prepared to combat the current insane costs and inefficiencies. The advent of PHRs, social network, open platforms, smart phone, persona …

The GigaOM Pro meetup group is an opportunity for GigaOM Pro subscribers and analysts to meet, network, and stay informed about GigaOM Pro's upcoming meetups and events. If you're interested in learning more about GigaOM Pro and our network of research reports, analysts, and events, please visit: http://pro.gigaom.com/

If you are an accountant, bookkeeper, or entrepreneur, this is the group for you. We are the Future of Accounting, and we want to help you network, meet other awesome finance professionals, and stay on top of emerging technologies and trends in accounting.     

  San Francisco SQL Server User Group We meet on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at the Microsoft office in San Francisco. Meetings are free - please join us! * Network with other Developers and DBAs * Get the latest and greatest SQL Server news * Have your SQL Server questions answered by Microsoft insiders * Get the inside track on emerging technologies * Learn valuable information for career development * Enjoy dinner, drinks, and valuable software giveaways 6:30 to 7:00 pm – Introd …

This group brings together the minds of those who are passionate about changing the EMS Industry for the better. From best practices, sharing the latest technologies to improving how we diliver healthcare in the EMS setting. This community will bring the latest in ideas, resources and concepts from the leading EMS community and will be a great place to network. Visit http://ChroniclesofEMS.com for more information on this concept. We will be streaming live from http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ …

HR and Tech SF is a new recurring event bringing together actors in the HR industry from startups offering new ways to connect talent and employers to recruiters and HR managers looking for innovative ways to attract professionals. It's for people that want to explore evolutions in the HR field brought about by the Web, social media and social recruiting. HR and Tech SF is an emerging community of experts, innovators, techies and HR professionals in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you are …

Semantic Garage is at the cutting edge of semantic and natural language processing. It's where new web companies in the semantic space can showcase live demos and where open discussion and debate about the future and philosophy of semantic technologies emerge.

Welcome to the San Francisco HTML User Group (also known as THE Largest HTML5 User Group in the World)! We are enthusiasts of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and related cutting-edge web technologies. We meet monthly with the industry's leading experts who talk about, present, and demonstrate the latest concepts, features, APIs (you name it!) in this cool new world, and answer all your burning questions. Our past speakers have included such HTML5 superstars as Paul Irish, Bruce Lawson, Steve Souders, G …

There are many people in the San Francisco Bay Area interested in the quickly emerging field of robotics. Whether you work on robots full time, part time, as a hobby, or are interested in getting involved with robots, this group is for you! We are trying to develop a strong community dedicated to moving the robotics industry forward by bringing the best robotics minds in the area together to network, brainstorm, collaborate, and take real action to execute our ideas and visions.

SofTech is the Marin Software and Business networking group where individuals and organizations connect, learn, and share for business and professional success. Our goal is to help technical and non-technical members master existing tools and applications, and identify emerging opportunities that new technologies promise. We meet monthly at the San Rafael Corporate Center, located just off I-101. Cost for non-members to attend meetings is $15 and includes food and drinks. Please visit our we …

This group will discuss ideas and projects involving Collective Intelligence, which is defined as a shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration and competition of many individuals, connected by computer hardware and software, so that collectively they, learn faster, create more intelligent ideas and make more intelligent decisions than is possible for any individual human being. The second Collective Intelligence Meetup was a success! It was a really great group with a …

… Humanists find that science is the best method for determining this knowledge as well as for solving problems and developing beneficial technologies. We also recognize the value of new departures in thought, the arts, and inner experience—each subject to analysis by critical intelligence. Humans are an integral part of nature, the result of unguided evolutionary change. Humanists recognize nature as self-existing. We accept our life as all and enough, distinguishing things as they are from thin …

… There are also dozens of other emerging and long-established intentional communities. EBCOHO members have recently bought or rented homes in cohousing neighborhoods and cooperatively owned apartment buildings in Berkeley,  Emeryville, Oakland ,  Pleasant Hill, Grass Valley, Santa Rosa, and Nevada City. We have members living in Swan's Market Cohousing, Triple Point, Temescal Commons, Berkeley Cohousing,  Parker Street Coop, Berkeley Town House, Addison Court Coop and established forming groups l …