AMS Girl Geek Dinner #3 October 8, 2008

8 October from 7-11 PM, will be the third Amsterdam Girl Geek Dinner! :)

What is the the Amsterdam Girl Geek Dinner, you ask?? The (GGD) is a social event that is intended to encourage women to explore science, technology, and other traditionally male-dominated areas. The idea behind the GGD is simple — we invite women who are kicking-ass in their respective fields, and we ask them to give an informal talk, where they can describe themselves and their work. This is followed by a Q&A session.

Men are welcome to attend the Girl Geek Dinner if a female counterpart invites them. Yep, there will be a well-balanced gender representation for once. At that point, we can concentrate on the important things: socializing with interesting people, having thought-provoking chats and lively discussions (including listening to the guest speaker), sipping some fancy drinks and having a good time with each other.

Information about the invited talk is provided below.

To register, please visit 'www.girlgeekdinner.nl'.

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Amsterdam Girl Geek Dinner #3
Julie Lerman
Staying dry while drinking from the technology firehose

Date: Wednesday, 8 October, 2008
Time: 7-11 PM
Location: Flexbar (Pazzanistraat 1, Amsterdam)
Cost: 22.50 Euros (buffet dinner, excluding drinks)

The Flexbar is located on the Westergasfabriek terrain.

Abstract: Julie Lerman has been programming for over 20 years, with the glorious beginnings of a single BASIC computer class while acquiring a degree in Russian history. At her first job (nothing to do with history) the only computer in a company of over 1000 people quickly ended up on her desk. Since then she has used about 10 programming languages, but it took 13 years before she attended her first programming class. Julie will talk to the Amsterdam Girl Geeks about the challenge of trying to remain sane while keeping up with constantly changing technology and some of the extra challenges that being a girl geek added along the way.

Speaker Bio: Julie Lerman is an independent consultant and .NET Mentor who has been designing and writing software applications for over 20 years. Julie is the author of “Programming Entity Framework” (O’Reilly) and is well known in the .NET community as a Microsoft MVP, ASPInsider and INETA Speaker. She is a prolific blogger, a frequent presenter at conferences around the world and author of articles in many technical publications. Julie lives in the tiny U.S. state of Vermont where she runs the Vermont.NET User Group and serves on the board of the Vermont Software Developers Alliance. You can read Julie’s blog at www.thedatafarm.com/blog.

Official Website: http://www.girlgeekdinner.nl