Events Calendar
IT Events in Palmerston North and the wider Manawatū. We aggregate a number of calendars: meetups, local ITP events, NZTech, and other tech related events we hear about from time to time.
Upcoming Events
October 2022
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
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| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Breakfast at Hope Cafe | 14 | 15 |
| 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
| 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 Your projects | 28 | 29 |
| 30 | 31 |
November 2022
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Breakfast at Hope Cafe | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 Building and Retaining Talent with SFIA Level Up: Assessing your skills with SFIA | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
December 2022
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Vic MacLennan, CEO of IT Professionals | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 Monthly Software Meetup | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
January 2023
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 Breakfast at Hope Cafe | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
| 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 Monthly Software Meetup | 27 | 28 |
| 29 | 30 | 31 |
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
13 Oct 2022, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Regular meetup breakfast.Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead, Please mark as attending as the Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Your projects
Palmerston North Software Developers
27 Oct 2022, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
An informal round table discussion. Tell us about your hobby project or something you are doing at work. Everyone will get a chance to speak for a couple of minutes Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy.We usually walk to Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
10 Nov 2022, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Regular meetup breakfast.Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead, Please mark as attending as the Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Building and Retaining Talent with SFIA
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
24 Nov 2022, Thursday 12:00 PM. RSVP
Daniel Merriott from [Partner Consulting](https://partnerconsulting.nz/) is the NZ expert on [SFIA](https://www.manawa.tech/sfia) (Skills Framework for the Information Age). SFIA can take something vague like "I have 5 years software development experience" and make it very specific and measurable. You can use the results to plan training and development, for discovering hidden / unused skills in your staff (less need for contractors, better job satisfaction), and just for knowing what you have available to you. There is lots more to it. Come and hear Daniel explain it way better than I can. Around the same time, Daniel is speaking at the Software Developers Meetup to show individual devs and techies what it means for them at a personal level. This is a lunch event at a local cafe. Buy your own lunch on the way in. Expect some useful informal conversations with other local companies who use the framework or starting to adopt it. Date and time to be confirmed: it will either be Thursday 24 or Friday 25 November. Please check back here a week before the event in case it has changed.
Level Up: Assessing your skills with SFIA
Palmerston North Software Developers
24 Nov 2022, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
Daniel Merriott from [Partner Consulting](https://partnerconsulting.nz/) is the NZ expert on [SFIA](https://www.manawa.tech/sfia): Skills Framework for the Information Age. SFIA can take something vague like "I have 5 years software development experience" and make it very specific and measurable. You can use the results to plan personal training and development, or at your workplace for opening up new opportunities or discovering hidden / unused skills in your peers. There is lots more to it. Come and hear Daniel explain it way better than I can. Around the same time, Daniel is speaking at a lunch event for CEOS/CTOs to show people how SFIA works from the organisational side. Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy.We usually walk to Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.
Vic MacLennan, CEO of IT Professionals
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
8 Dec 2022, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Join Vic and the regulars for an informal discussion of tech in NZ. Vic is connected to so many interesting projects and organisations. She has a broad and deep view of developments around the country. Should be a fascinating conversation Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead, Please mark as attending as the Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
22 Dec 2022, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
More information coming soon Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy.We usually walk to Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
12 Jan 2023, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Regular meetup breakfast.Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead, Please mark as attending as the Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
26 Jan 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
More information coming soon Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy.We usually walk to Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
9 Feb 2023, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Regular meetup breakfast.Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead, Please mark as attending as the Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
23 Feb 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
More information coming soon Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy.We usually walk to Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
9 Mar 2023, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Regular meetup breakfast.Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead, Please mark as attending as the Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
23 Mar 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
More information coming soon Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy.We usually walk to Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.
Breakfast at Hope Cafe
Palmerston North Senior IT / ITP
13 Apr 2023, Thursday 7:30 AM. RSVP
Regular meetup breakfast.Hope Cafe asked if you could pre-order your breakfast https://www.hopevineyard.nz/cafe/ so they can prepare ahead, Please mark as attending as the Cafe opens specially for this and needs a minimum of 4 people.
Monthly Software Meetup
Palmerston North Software Developers
27 Apr 2023, Thursday 5:30 PM. RSVP
More information coming soon Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to buy.We usually walk to Brew Union around 6:30-7pm for the social half of the meeting.