Copenhagen is where it’s at this week!

Copenhagen

Monday 23rd February
Copenhagen Legal Hack Kickoff!
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, @ Gorrissen Federspiel, H.C. Andersens Boulevard 12
“The primary goal for this meetup is to get to know each other and figure out how we want to structure future meetups.” Refreshments are courtesy of Gorrissen Federspiel law firm.

Pirates on Shore
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm, @ DARE2mansion, Vermundsgade 13
These days all the big tech conferences seem to host local events to build awareness by hosting talks by VCs and holding pitch competitions. This time, the Pirate Summit has teamed up with DARE2mansion to an event here in Copenhagen.

Tuesday February 24th
MY WORLD – PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES FOR MORE PARTICIPATORY GLOBAL GOVERNANCE
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm, @ UN City, Marmorvej 51
The next global development agenda will be based on an unprecedented worldwide consultation process that has reached far beyond government officials and allowed people from all walks of life and regions – including the poor and the marginalized – to have a direct say in the priorities for the next development goals. MY World on-line survey, has paved the way for far greater public participation and inclusiveness in policy-making than we could ever imagine just a decade ago.

Media Hack Night
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm, @ Dagbladet Information, Store Kongensgade 40C
“It’s time for another excellent night of hacking in great company, hosted this time by Danish daily “Information”. Bring your own computer or gadget. Do not hesitate to bring cool ideas and half-finished work. Kick off with a show-and-tell, and afterwards pair up in groups to work on projects.

Wednesday February 25th
Army of Advocates: How Social Adoption & Media Intelligence Can make or Break a Company
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm, @ One.com, Kalvebod Brygge 24.
Today, a company’s brand reputation can shift within minutes. In order to keep pace with the market and maintain a strategic perspective of business activities, all facets of an organization should be taking advantage of media intelligence, data beyond their own firewall. With the whole organization participating, it will become easier to harness and use data more effectively.

Microservices – SOA reminded of what it was supposed to deliver?
6:00 pm – 9:00 pm, @ Telenor, Frederikskaj 8, 2450
“Are Microservices new and different, or just SOA as it was intended – or distributed objects revived? What are the qualities of microservices, how can we determine the right size for a service, what are the consequences of our service integration patterns, what’s the difference between the logical and physical views of a service and how can we avoid the traps of yet another failed SOA?

Happy Hack
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm, @ CBS – DIT-lab, Howitzvej 60
“Happy hack is an informal meet-up where participants can hack on their favorite projects, get help from other participants or just talk with like-minded BSD users.”

#TestLab Meetup with James Bach on Building Skills and Reputation
6:30 pm – 9:00 pm, @ Trustpilot, Pilestræde 58, 5. Sal
#TestLab Meetup with James Bach on Skills and Reputation. James is going to talk to about ‘Skills and Reputation’. If you think your boss should be in charge of your career…you’re dead wrong! From “high school dropout” to the (probably) highest paid software-testing expert and a sort of person that everyone would want to know about and many would love to invite as speaker!
Thursdy February 26th
WORKSHOP: CREATE A NEXT GENERATION DIGITAL EXPERIENCE FOR COPENHAGEN AIRPORT WITH REAL-TIME EMOTIONAL DECODING.
1:00 pm – 6:00 pm, @ SAP, Lautrupsgade 11
A few weeks ago, Airmagine and Copenhagen Airport revealed their next generation digital platform securing highest end-user relevance and involvement combined with the ultimate brand flexibility based on big data and real-time segmentation and measurement. They will get a deep insight into next generation consumer relations and into innovative technology that support customer relations. Assited by certified Design Thinking coaches, participants will get hands-on experience with exploring and understanding the new market conditions and its impact on customer experience

A FIRESIDE TALK WITH ALAINE PERCIVAL
2:30 pm – 3:30 pm, @ Realdania / Bolius, Jarmers Plads 2
Alaina Percival will talk to Christiane Vejlø about how the start up culture will impact the traditional business structure. With all industries going towards the technological sector, the traditional businesses need to revamp many of their existing ways of operating. This will further encourage and display the need of thinking innovatively and entrepreneurially.

Demo Day ’15 Uno
4:30 pm – 8:00 pm, @ DTU Skylab, Diplomvej, building 373 s
“Meet the new and graduating startups from Stardust DTU, hear them pitch and see their products. Guest speakers from AIRTAME and various entrepreneurial disciplines will come too – and there will be a networking session at the end, too!.

MVVM talk
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, @ Trifork, Borgergade 24, 1.
“Lets talk MVVM. Tomasz Cielecki, aka Cheesebaron, will be doing a talk on MVVM (Model – View -ViewModel) and the different frameworks. Tomasz wants to know what you expect from the talk. So if you have any questions, or thoughts on MVVM, head over to the discussion thread here. If you are about to start a new project it might be a good idea to attend this talk, as you will get an idea of what each framework to use for your project.”

Friday February 27th
Feb: Pro Scrum w Lean Coffee
8:30 am – 10:30 am, @ Requires sign-up (usually at Microsoft in Hellerup.)
Time for coffee fueled discussion.

Silicon Drinkabout
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm, @ location tbd
Kick it after a hard-working week with like-minded spirits.

SMWCPH MYNEWSDESK WRAP-UP PARTY
10:00 pm – 2:00 am, @ 23
You need to keep an eye on the program to get the details for this party!

Malmö

Tuesday February 24th
Seminar: Yasemin (Region Skåne) (SWE)
8:30 am – 10:00 am, @ Minc I Sverige AB, Anckargripsgatan 3
Breakfast and a seminar on entrepreneuship with Yasemin Arhan Modéer.

Thursday February 26th
Frukostseminarie WooCommerce – din nästa e-handelsplattform? (SWE)
7:30 am – 9:00 am, @ Foo Café, Stora Varvsgatan 6a
A presentation of WooCommerce, an e-commerce platform.

Thursday February 26th
ØSCG meetup – TDD practice session
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, @ Foo Café, Stora Varvsgatan 6a
“ØSCG is continuing to try and expand our knowledge of, and experience with, Test Driven Development (TDD). Our monthly TDD practice session is aneffort to achieve this goal and strengthen not only our skills but also our community. Louis Hansen will guidie us. Since this is a practice session that involves hands-on work, it is preferable if each participant has their own laptop, but we’ll work in pairs, so don’t be discouraged.”

Startup Dojo by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm, @ Foo Café, Stora Varvsgatan 6a
Some would argue that these events ought to be mandatory for all startups. If you need help with the nuts and bolts of your business – go to market, raising capital, expanding internationally – then go.

Friday February 27th
Breakfast seminar – DevOps for the Enterprise
7:30 am – 9:00 am, @ Foo Café, Stora Varvsgatan 6a, 211 19 Malmö, Sweden
The objectives of this session are:1. Demystify DevOps2. Technical implications of DevOps3. Evaluate Java EE with DevOps in mindSpeaker: Ivar Grimstad is an experienced software architect focusing on Enterprise Java.

CreativeMornings – Johan Berhin talks about Climate
8:00 am – 9:00 am, @ Foo Café, Stora Varvsgatan 6a
“This is a breakfast lecture series for the creative community.Johan Berhin is designer and founder atGreen Furniture Sweden, producers of sustainable design furniture for public indoor landscapes.

Helsingborg

Tuesday February 24th
OpenLab – Creating stuff (ENG/SWE)
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm, @ CreativeLab Bredgatan 11
No registration needed. Just show up and make something cool!

Have we missed anything? Let us know!