UniForum Chicago is a non-profit organization that holds monthly informative and technical discussions every fourth Tuesday from 7pm to 9pm. This provides a local forum in the Chicago area for open systems and UNIX discussion and allows us to meet with students and other professionals in the field. All meetings are free and open to members and non-members alike and are held at: IIT - Rice Campus Room 103 201 East Loop Road Wheaton, IL 60187-8489 For more information about UniForum Chicago or …

Meet other local webmasters to exchange experiences in programming, administration, hosting, development, design, or just to meet to chat and learn. This group is open to all developers, designers, marketers and project managers who are local to our meetup area.

We are a group of independent game developers, students, and fans. We share a passion for game development and the independent games that we love to play. We meet every other Sunday at the Schaumburg Public Library, at 6pm. Our meetups usually last around 2 - 3 hours but the great thing about the meetup is the relationships with other developers that you will build. We are not just colleagues we are friends and are willing to help with feedback on projects and other needs that fellow indie …

Assistive / Educational Technology training sessions [Please note that you need to sign up for each individual training session you are interested in.] I will be providing training and information sessions for parents, educators and all who are interested in how technology can help children with learning and participation. I have worked as an occupational therapist and assistive technology consultant for 24 years. There have been some very significant developments in the assistive technology …

SharePoint Social is a group for technology professionals to network and discuss with local SharePoint users and experts in the Chicago suburbs in a social setting. Our aim is to bring together SharePoint talent to provide an avenue for relevant discussions driven primarily by our members. Whether it is a seasoned user seeking advice or an individual new to SharePoint, you are invited to ask your question, tell your story and even Share-A-Pint! ***Please note that the event is aimed for SharePoi …

Welcome to Connecters Networking! We are a group of FUN people that incorporate business networking with social networking! Our networking events are not your "run of the mill" sit down and listen to a spiel about someone's business. We put the networkers in a social atmosphere that creates a face to face meeting and everyone gets to know everyone as friends AND networkers! Why not be productive and have fun at the same time! We have a Partner's Page on our main web site that allows you to adver …

WHY SHAREPOINT 2010?  LATEST UPDATE Many organizations are doing quite well with their 2007 and 2003 SharePoint farms. However, Microsoft has announce the next version of SharePoint 2013 this year.  Additionally, Microsoft will discontinue formal support of SharePoint 2007 in October 2012. This will be a huge push to 2010, depending upon the size of an organization’s SharePoint installation. If it’s small and not utilizing much of the complexity of SharePoint, it might not be a factor.  Large im …

The West Suburban Women's Chapter of Leads Club is a group of dynamic businesswomen committed to working together for the purpose of building business relationships that will increase their business success. We are looking for dynamic women in some of the following categories: Health Insurance,  Chiropractor, Clothing Sales,  Hair Stylist,  Cleaning Service,  Gift Baskets, Pampered Chef, Tastefully Simple and more! In order to maximize our networking efforts, we only allow one business per categ …

Startup Collaboratory is a group of Entrepreneurs, Business Professionals, and Business Owners who meet to...• Collaborate on starting and growing businesses• Share viewpoints and generate new ideas• Network for help overcoming business challengesAt Startup Collaboratory Meetups, selected members deliver short presentations describing their business, customers, and challenges. After each presentation, a moderated discussion explores new ways of viewing and addressing the member's business challe …

The South Naperville Women's Chapter meets weekly to develop business, exchange leads, and increase their business success. We only allow one business per category, so this is a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a growing group. The chapter is based on Leads Club 34 year successful system to increase business, develop relationships, become a resource, while in a positive, supportive environment. We are actively looking for women in some of the following categories: Financial Pla …

The Fox Valley PhoneGap Meetup group is proud to be hosting PhoneGap related meetups in the area. We will be doing presentations on various PhoneGap, HTML5, and mobile development related topics that the group shows interest in. Meet other local fans of PhoneGap, the best tool for quickly building mobile applications for iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Palm, iPad, and Symbian. If you’re an entrepreneur looking to build a mobile application, or a web developer who wants to build mobile applications …

Join fellow IT Managers, IT Professionals, Solutions Architects, Technical Decision Makers, Developers, and Architects when Neudesic, LLC. explores cloud computing. Learn from industry experts about Microsoft’s cloud services operating system, Windows Azure, and how it fits into your company's bigger picture. Take the first steps towards understanding the features, functionality and value of the Azure platform, and what it takes to develop and deploy applications to the cloud. Meetings are hoste …

For over 20 years, the Oak Brook Chapter of Leads Club has been helping business professionals work together, build relationships, exchange referrals, and increase their business success. We have continually developed over $100K in revenue for our members and have been recognized at the National Level for our success! We allow one business per category, so you don't have a competitor in the group. We are currently looking for members in some of the following categories: Web Design Computer Rep …

This meetup is to help bring together dev and ops folks in chicagoland area working with Hbase to exchange notes and discuss ideas for roadmap

A family friendly Drupal User Group that meets in Oak Park Illinois. Hurray! We got a Drupal Community Cultivation Grant from the Drupal Association. It will pay for 6 months of meetup.com ($72) plus fees up to $40 a month for a meeting space or other promotional expenses.

Google Developer Group (GDG) Schaumburg meets on the 1st or 2nd Wednesday of the month. If you are interested in Google technologies (Android, App Engine, Chrome and etc.) or just love tech in general then please join our group.

Looking to get out of the studio and meet other creative people in the Chicago burbs? Designers from all walks of life (graphic, package, product, interior, etc.) can gather and talk about projects, business, inspiration, and anything else that tickles your fancy! This group was started because it's hard to get downtown for all the wonderful, creative events, and I knew there were others like me who were looking for something more local! We can mix it up and meet at the attendees' offices someti …

The Chicagoland ColdFusion User Group is a local group of web professionals and enthusiasts who are dedicated to expanding and sharing their knowledge of CFML and related web technologies. Most developers reside in the Greater Chicagoland area of IL which includes Cook County, DuPage County, Will County, Kane County, and more. All skill levels are welcome to attend our meetings. Come early for some socializing, networking, and enjoy some food and drink. This group was started in September 2012.

ETC is a network and support center for professional programmers, software developers, web developers, e-commerce professionals, software sales and marketing experts, graphic designers, consultants and tech businesses. Our non-profit organization strives to help IT-professionals, new start-ups, and smaller tech firms network, find consulting, contract work, and projects. We are a strong supporter of "local-sourcing" instead of outsourcing.

Everything about Cross Platform Application Development Techniques using Xamarin Monotouch, Mono for Android, Visual Studio and HTML5. We discuss the pros and cons of using a tool like MonoTouch and MonoDroid vs using HTML5 and Native Development Software Development kits.  Speakers will present solutions they have implemented, show code samples, and talk about real life experiences on choosing a specific development path.

This group is for anyone in Chicago or the suburbs interested in Graphic Design, Freelance Design and Graphic Design Students. We want to get together monthly with other design creatives and exchange ideas and tips on the latest design trends, products, client needs, tricks of the trade, and anything else that involves graphic design in a casual environment. We welcome all levels and areas of experience and expertise.

This is a group for software developers and coders that enjoy coding competitions. Competitions will happen once every quarter. Past competitions we've had include writing a bot that competes at the board game Clue, and mini-puzzles solved in C# and JavaScript. We aim to have some competitions that are language agnostic.

Code together, on anything...in Naperville! Flying under the OpenHack banner, like a boss.