Bootlaw is a free boot camp for emerging technology, internet and digital businesses and the professionals working in them who want to learn more about the legal issues they face. Its brought to you by an enthusiastic team of lawyers at Pinsent Masons LLP, an international law firm based in the City of London. Monthly at our London office we're hosting an evening for the members of Bootlaw where we'll cover business questions and their legal ramifications from a pragmatic and practical standpoin …

Meet with individuals to explore the Knowing Field through constellations. The Knowing Field refers to the fact that people in a (family) constellation can tap into "knowledge or facts" that belong to members of another system of which they don't have any previous information; the Knowning Field provides a way to uncover hidden dynamics that "bind" members of systems across generations, time and space. Family Constellations help to explore relational and energetic dynamics between members in fam …

About Us and About You This is one of the best social technical group, positive and progressive meetup group. We are a small and enthusiastic group. We can give you good advice and guidance and support your adventure into owning a website; from planning for one, building one, managing one and connecting with commercial and social market places. Our group does not just focus on one web technology, we experience an array of web technologies.  Join us and you will have wished you started earlier. …

Never been to a live comedy event? You have no idea what you're missing! There are few more enjoyable ways to spend an evening. And London has a lavish buffet-spread of comedy waiting to be devoured. The variety and quality is unparalleled. From stand-up to comedy theatre, sketch shows and chat shows, comedy-magic and comedy-quiz, improv. and open mic. - our wonderful city has it all! Whether they're comedy virgins, emerging newcomers, the current hot act, comics testing their latest material be …

Welcome, The aim of the group is to be the Best fashion photography based group on Meetup. This group is dedicated to fashion and fashion photography only. Members of this group could be anyone who owns of a DSLR (make and model not important) and models wanting to participate in fashion shoots. If you are a beginner, no worries, you're more than welcome as this group is for all level of photographers wanting to share tips and techniques, looking to improve your images and most importantly, to …

Welcome! This wonderful group brings together people who want to get out in London and enjoy the best dance the capital has to offer! Join us to see inspiring ballets, ground-breaking contemporary and modern dance, some salsa, hip hop, and much more from outstanding and emerging dance companies. The group is open to everyone who wants to experience new and exciting arts events and performances & to share these with others who love dance. We look forward to meeting you at one of our upcoming meet …

An opportunity to discuss the emerging Real-Time Internet and the effects on business. A monthly gathering for friends of #140conf to get together and discuss issues of the day. Events are being held in London and a number of other European cities.

London HTML5 User Group is focused on the next-generation Web technologies, specifically HTML5, WebSocket, CSS3, JavaScript and so on. Members are those who have a passion in seeing Web applications advance in a rich and dynamic fashion and a keen interest in new and emerging standards and technologies for Web infrastructure. Regular topics of discussion will focus on the gamut of HTML5 technologies that promise to deliver a better, rich Web experience for all.

Fox&Squirrel walks are the brainchild of Jojo and Penelope. With a collective background in various Cultural & Creative Industries Jojo and Penelope are fascinated by the cultural significance of fashion, art, architecture and food. Their everyday terrain involves detecting, observing and analysing fashion, architecture, art and food phenomena and the impact these have on peoples’ lives and on their city. This detailed knowledge prompted the duo to set up the Fox&Squirrel blog through which …

ActionAid tackles the effects of poverty. We also change what keeps people poor. ActionAid improves people’s lives every day. But we know that’s not enough. So we work relentlessly to change whatever is keeping them trapped in poverty. This means we have a better chance of ending poverty for good. ActionAid is a partnership between people in rich and poor countries dedicated to ending poverty and injustice. ActionAid works with local people to fight hunger and disease, seek justice and ed …

British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s and which reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of the genre including The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin. A number of these moved into mainstream rock music and as a result British blues helped to form many of the sub-ge …

Politics made personal - and personality made political This meet-up is for the purpose of exploring a new dimension in political practice that is summed up in Dr Mike Roth's claim: the quality of our personal and political judgments stems directly from the intelligence and the rapport that we are able to embody in the inter-personal space. (for more on "inter-personal space" follow this link: http://bit.ly/yqdaWi#inter-personal%20space ) Mikes claim - that our politics can only be as good as th …

Welcome to the Conscious Business Meetups for London (4th Monday) & Brighton (3rd Monday) & starting in May 2013, Bristol (2nd Monday), with other new locations planned. There are much better ways of doing business. Our big goal is to change the way the world of business works. Our small goal is to enjoy pioneering and collaborating towards that better world. We meet monthly in both Brighton and London on the 3rd and 4th Mondays respectively. At the meetup you will have the opportunity to: Lear …

This is a group for anyone interested in networking with other solution-focused practitioners. We're a mix of therapists, coaches, organisation consultants, trainers, counsellors and others who appreciate the SF approach in work and life. Our meetings sometimes have a topic chosen in advance, and sometimes the themes emerge from discussions during the session. A typical meeting might be: 6.00: drink buying/gossip 6.30: introductions with each participant describing something going well this mont …

We've set up this meetup group to engage London's wider digital community in a constructive evaluation of the current and future shape of digital. We're excited about the emerging social, commercial and cultural possibilities enabled by rapid advances in technology and we'll be opening the floor to a combination of forward thinking Reading Room colleagues and guest speakers. It's been a year getting around to our first event but our hope is to establish a semi regular programme of meetups so if …

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans Buddhist Meditation Group has been meeting since January 2004. It is a regular event, usually at 18h15 on Thursdays. Usually there are between eight to twenty people attending. The sessions are usually facilitated by Dirk de Klerk. The group has the guidance of the Tibetan teacher Ringu Tulku. Every week will include a short structured talk, time to chat and discuss and guided meditation. Every talk will cover a different topic. At the moment we are listening to …

Be the first to hear about sample sales and events for emerging fashion designers. Network with designers and fashion industry professionals. Stay ahead of the curve, discover new designers and have your finger on the pulse of emerging trends. This group is for fashion designers, fashion lovers, shopping kings & queens, anyone interested in fashion and industry networking.

iBehave is a meetup focused on the usage of technology as an enabler of behaviour change by enabling behavioural transition from risk behaviours to those akin with positive health outcomes. Our mission is to provide an OPEN INNOVATION ecosystem designed to: 1. Enable the achievement of game changing health outcomes by showcasing, encouraging and accelerating technical innovations where game mechanics related techniques can be used to drive behaviour change and compliance. 2. Foster a community …

“INSTANT THEATRE combines my favorite aspects of Improv and Theatre; The “rush” of Improv and the “Emotional Depth”of Theatre.” Emily Newhouse (Being There 2 Dec 6th 2010 NYC) INSTANT THEATRE is a new & fabulous concept of ‘Theatre’ and ‘Performance’ devised and directed by British Director, Writer and Teacher Diana Laurie. Through a series of Theatre Workshops actors become acquainted with Diana’s method of working... (initially invented to develop ‘Sight-Reading’ skills for actors and thus im …

New technologies are constantly appearing and software development practices continue to adapt and evolve. Recently we have observed a new role emerging in the IT industry which has been labelled SDET or Software Developer in Test. This role has increasingly gained traction with the software industry and several employers have now started to recruit specifically for this role. The aim of the London SDET group is to bring together people who are interested in the SDET role to form a community whe …

This Meet Up is for foodies. travellers or those who want to experience more about the cuisine, ancient cultural traditions and native literature from emerging or less travelled to tourist regions and nations such as Palestine, Galapagos, Chad, Bosnia, Senegal, Burkina Faso and Bangladesh. Perfect if you want to dip your toe into these exciting remote places while in the UK, or are thinking about travelling out there be it with my start up dream Lovedesh.com (or even any other company).  I think …

In the ongoing discussion regarding when to release an API, there is a growing consensus that the API should come early, if not first in the order of tasks to get from concept to fully functioning application. Some say that releasing the API immediately is like putting the cart before the horse, but the emerging popular view seems to say the opposite. Adopting what is now being called an "API-first" philosophy requires that we introspect more around the role of APIs What goals are we accomplishi …

This group is aimed at emerging Fashion Designers - we will provide a platform to help you showcase your garments in more ways than one. This group is also aimed at models. If you are an aspiring model, will help set you on the right track. In Moda Fashion Showcase is a new fashion event showcasing garments from the freshest and most talented up and coming fashion designers. Created in London, In Moda seeks to be the platform for emerging designers around the globe with exceptional talent. Mixin …

This group is for all the professionals who are interested in Emerging Markets, and tired of hearing same same old cliches about generic "opportunities" and "challenges". Goal of this group is to bring together people and setup events that will be useful, productive and above all honest, focusing and what it really takes to make it in Emerging Markets. We will be focusing on the Eastern Europe, South America and Asia for now. We are aiming for an informal and yet productive atmosphere during our …

Our goal is to help each other get in touch with inner wisdom and creativity.We want to illuminate any area of our life where we may feel stuck or in need of help. When we share experiences like this together, instead of going it alone, we emerge stronger, clearer, brighter, more inspired, empowered and more open to life. We often try to solve our problems with logical thought and we just can't quite get there that way! Some situations need something different to solve them! We want to help you …

ICT4E is a collaborative learning platform linking NGOs to the growing networked age of humanitarian assistance. Composed of LinkedIn Discussions, Causal Meet-ups and Presentations, the group is a fun, open space that brings together a cross-section of like minded people who want to transform the way aid agencies use information technology in emergencies. ICT4E puts special emphasis on the on the needs of practitioners and “how” these can be met in simple, practical ways. It’s open to anyone fro …

There is only one requirement, you must have completed a PhD. Otherwise there is no set agenda. We meet up and socialize, go to gigs, go for dinner, we talk about the Man Ray exhibition, North Korea, emergence of society, gene therapy, Saul Bellow, pornography in Victorian Britain, Dadaism, Scandinavian socialism, high frequency algorithmic trading, why the Japanese love robots, the universal myth of the hero, punctuated equilibrium, the century of the self, stories of being drunk, smoking and A …

Innovators, designers, creatives, clients, crafters, makers, writers, doers... and those of you who span it all, please join us. In our meetups we'll be: Exploring what creative, design and innovation projects need to succeed Looking at the impacts of new and emerging technologies and practices Exploring our experiences in and expectations of the design industry Getting dirty/hot/sweaty testing emerging mapping tools and techniques By doing this, I hope that we can all learn more about design, …