A network of NYC CTOs, CIOs, VPs of Engineering & EAs. This is a chance to expand your network by participating in regular roundtable discussions and compare notes on a broad range of topics including new trends & technology, best practices, tools, software, hardware, vendors, virtualization, integration, disaster recovery, mobile, cloud computing, etc.

If you've ever visited Hacker News, you've almost certainly seen the "Show HN" or "Ask HN" posts. Well, it's time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face. We'll provide you with our honest feedback, you provide us with a great hack, or idea. We'll give you 5 minutes to show off your tool, hack, library (did you just write a library to access the Meetup API in Go!?), whatever. We're language and software/hardware agnostic, so it's all fair game. After you present, it's an open f …

We're talking urban infrastructure, smart grid, open hardware, quantified self, open data, environmental monitoring and more.  Anything that puts a networked computer where none has gone before.

This meetup is for people interested in learning iPhone and iPad Programming at a competitive price during the weekend (Saturday, Sunday). Topics covered: Creating Apps with iAd capability. Creating Apps that use the motion sensors in the devices. Hardware (accelerometer, touch screen, GPS Receiver, Three axis Gyro, Proximity sensor, Ambient Light Sensor, Retina Display, etc). IPhone OS (Berkley BSD Unix, Core OS & Core Services, Media Layer and Cocoa Touch Layer). Cocoa Touch (Collectio …

Join the local New York City forum for the Volumetric Society ( http://volumetric.org ) an eclectic group of innovators exploring the arts & sciences of a new world of natural user interfaces between body, brain, and spatially aware computing for the physical world.  Come exchange ideas, demo your projects, or just get exposed to the volumetric future that devices such as Kinect, Emotiv/MindWare, volumetric 3D displays and cameras and telematic interfaces are taking us. Everyone is welcome - fro …

Welcome to NYC Mobile! This group is for folks doing interesting things in the mobile space. The goal is to inspire mobile innovation in New York City through thought exchange and networking. We love the perspectives of technologists, strategists, business innovators, marketers and advertisers. Important topics to discuss include ad networks, payment systems, mobile UI, 2D codes, app development, mobile hardware and software, platform opportunities/growth and how legacy industries are evolving t …

Introduction This group is for anyone who likes producing electronic music using software, and/or wishes to learn new production skills, other software products, find out about various plug-ins, and take their mixes to the next level. There is no particular skill requirement to join the group. However if you are a beginner, we recommend you at least try a demo version of a popular DAW software package, and watch some free tutorials on youtube before coming to your first meeting. We mostly concen …

A monthly event inviting folks from other disciplines who are intimidated or frightened by the prospect of learning programming to join a judgment-free community that will offer free education and fellowship. The Meetup is typically split into three sections - Section 1 - Learn2Code: An introductory session on some aspect of actual programming with real coding examples. Section 2 - API Junkie: An introduction to the world of APIs. Learn how easy it is to develop using a specific API. Section 3 …

I love FPGAs. To me, they're a fascinating, exotic computer architecture. To others, they're high-bandwidth video processors, high frequency trading engines, network coordinators, and ASIC prototype platforms. Some people just want to use FPGAs for their hobbies, because they're curious. This group is for all of you. We'll meet to talk about the things we're doing with FPGAs--the languages we're using, the systems we're building, how we manage design flows and complexity, and other things of int …

You're obsessed with Making It. You made It, that thing, that object, and you want to show It off. Perhaps you're in the process making It, but you'd like some feedback from your peers before you finish It. Or you want to make It, but you have no idea how. Maybe you've perfected It, but now you need to figure out how to Kickstart It, sell It, license It, manufacture It. MakeIt is a general show-and-tell for physical things that you've made, where Makers can talk about their projects, how they cr …

NYC has countless tech meet-ups and events, but where's all the hardware love? We want to bring together a strong community of folks eager to build businesses with physical products, be it a cold fusion engine or a bionic fork. Whether you're an engineer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being a part of the hardware start-up eco-system, come join us and let's create an amazing addition to the tech scene in the Big Apple.

There are interesting trends emerging in Manufacturing. On-Shoring, 3-D printing, a resurgence of small shops in Brooklyn and Queens. With all the latent manufacturing expertise in the Tri-State area, I think it's time to wrangle a group together to capitalize on these trends. There's more going on around here than Social Media!

The Alumni Association for all graduates of The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science at Columbia University.

We'll be hosting various dodgeball games and tournaments around the city for members of the Startup World. This is going to be freakin awesome!

The fact of the matter is bowling is a game that some of us deep down inside really really really enjoy. Some of us like to play while drunk, some like to play while delivering mounds and mounds of trash talk. However, whatever your inclination whether of the drunken variety, the pure enjoyment variety, or even the trash talking variety, Startup Bowling is going to be about bringing developers, designers, business developers, VCs, investors and the remaining gamut of the New York startup communi …

The Design Task Force for Global Change is an interdisciplinary team that addresses the citizen usability of software and mobile applications with organizations such as The Guardian Project, Open Internet Tools Project, Witness.org, Georgia Law Society Project, and many more. Comprised of designers and open source developers, The Task Force meets semi-regularly to discuss the UX/UI/design strengths and weaknesses of current software projects in development; discuss software usability from a desi …

Are you: - Passionate about stereoscopy? - A stereoscopic 3D professional? - Interested in 3D and want to find out more? - Or, have you never experienced stereo vision? Join the new 3D Club of NY and enjoy the magical world of stereoscopic 3D! We are a group of passionate Stereoscopers, organized for the purpose of promoting the art, practice, enjoyment and science of 3D imaging. This will be accomplished through open monthly meetings (with 3D projections and programs), events, workshops, …

Come Together For Health™ Improving access to affordable healthcare by promoting innovative technologies that transform healthcare. Health Technology Forum (HTF) is a platform for people worldwide who have a common interest in making healthcare better, more accessible and affordable. Our international network of technology and healthcare entrepreneurs, developers, regulators, and providers are advancing the pace of healthcare innovation by engaging in exciting and productive dialogue between exp …

fat cat fab lab is a new undertaking of the fat cat club, music, and gaming venue on 75 Christopher street. We are expanding to include a small Maker facility that will provide access to digital fabrication equipment and related hacker, maker, crafter, and hardware enthusiast tools and workshops.

Total 3D Experience 3D Printing New York is for anyone interested in the revolutionary 3D technology. Whether you are: a novice and would love to see a 3D printer in action, owner of a 3D Printer and keen to show off your creations and share your experience, a designer or an artist using 3D printing in your work - or keen to, enthusiast user of Sketchup, Blender, SolidWorks or any other 3D drawing software, a developer interested in new 3D modelling techniques, curious about making your own jew …

The Internet of Things holds exciting potential for connecting people, objects, machines, infrastructure, and spaces in new ways. Join us to dig into IoT with the NY tech community.