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<!DOCTYPE HTML> <html><head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="http://bcs-spa.org/stylesheet.php?cssid=42&mediatype=screen" /> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" > <title>SPA - London Meeting Programme</title> </head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" onLoad="" margin-height="0"> <div class="header"> <div class="spamenu"> <table align="right" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="3" width="510px"> <tr><td id="Membership"><a href="http://bcs-spa.org/membership.html" class="menuitem">Membership</a></td><td>   -   </td><td id="Aims"><a href="http://bcs-spa.org/aims.html" class="menuitem">Aims</a></td><td>   -   </td><td id="Events"><a href="http://bcs-spa.org/events.html" class="menuitem">Events</a></td><td>   -   </td><td id="Committee"><a href="http://bcs-spa.org/spa-committee.html" class="menuitem">Committee</a></td><td>   -   </td><td id="Resources"><a href="http://bcs-spa.org/resources.html" class="menuitem">Resources</a></td><td>   -   </td><td id="Wiki"><a href="http://bcs-spa.org/cgi-bin/view/SPA/WebHome" class="menuitem">Wiki</a></td></tr></table> </div> <div class="utilities"> <a href="/" class="utilityitem">Home</a> - <a href="committee.html" class="utilityitem">Committee</a> - <a href="contact.html" class="utilityitem">Contact</a> </div> <div class="logo"> <a href="index.php"><img src="furniture/spalogo.gif" width="151" height="82" border="0" /></a> </div> <div class="title"><img src="furniture/spatitle.gif" width="422" height="41" /></div> </div> <div class="content"> <p>This page lists planned and past SPA SG meetings in London. See also the presentations and notes published under <a href="previous-meetings.html">past evening meetings</a>.</p> <h1 style="line-height: 21px;">2025</h1> <div> <p style="line-height: 19.5px;">Meetings are normally held in hybrid form - at BCS London and online simultaneously. Doors open at 18:00 with refreshments, programme begins at 18:30 and continues to about 20:00 (give or take 15 minutes including Q&A), networking continues over freshly delivered pizza & drinks and we aim to clear the building by 20:45. Those who have the urge to debate further are warmly invited to adjourn to <a href="https://www.olddoctorbutlershead.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Old Doctor Butler's Head</a> about 5 minutes' walk away.</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">8(!)</span> January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="white-space: pre;">SPA-397</span></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-398</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-399</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-400</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #808080;">7 May</span></span></td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-401</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">11(!)</span> June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-402</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 July</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-403</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 August</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-404</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-405</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="color: #808080;">1 October</span></span></td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-406</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-407</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-408</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><br /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="line-height: 19.5px;"> </p> </div> <h1 style="line-height: 21px;">2024</h1> <p style="line-height: 19.5px;"> </p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">no meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-386</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Andrey Breslav: <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2024/february/hybrid-event-kotlin-bits-of-history/" target="_blank">Kotlin - bits of history</a>, by the original language designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">7</span> (!) March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-387</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Derek M Jones: <a href="https://7march24spa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Software Estimation - evidence for and against common practices</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-388</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Immo Hüneke: <a href="https://3April24SPA.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Speed up your CI/CD: getting started with Bazel</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">7<span style="color: #808080;"> (!) May</span></span></td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-389</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Quintin Balsdon: <a href="https://7may24spa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Design for Accessibility</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-390</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Giovanni Asproni: <a href="https://5June24SPA.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Design for Testability</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">22 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-377</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Derek M Jones: <a href="https://22June24SPA.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Data analysis for software engineers</a> (all day tutorial)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 July</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-391</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Tom Gilb: <a href="https://3July24SPA.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Is your AI quality good enough to save humanity?</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 August</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-392</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><br /></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-393</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Allan Kelly: <a title="Learn how to win the Value Poker game" href="https://spa04092024.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Learn how to win the Value Poker game</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">9 <span style="color: #808080;">(!) October</span></span></td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-394</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Chris Jones, CryptoQuantique: <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2024/october/cloud-based-tools-to-simplify-post-quantum-iot-security-from-chip-to-cloud/" target="_blank">Using cloud-based dev tools to simplify Post-Quantum security for the IoT from chip to cloud</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-395</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">AGM</span> + Charles Weir, Lancaster University: <a href="https://SPA061124.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Looking to the Future - How Can I Prepare?</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-396</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Dildeep Gabrhi: <a href="https://spa041224.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Adventures in AI-generated video</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="line-height: 19.5px;"> </p> <h1>2023</h1> <br /><br /> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">11 January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-374</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Anupama Pathirage, WSO2's Director of Engineering leading Ballerina Language development: <a href="https://spa110123.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">The role of modern programming languages in cloud-native application development</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-375</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Isaac Putt, AppCheck: <a href="https://spasg010223.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Bridge the gap between automated and manual penetration testing</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">8(!)</span> March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-376</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Amit Bhagwat:Â <a href="https://spasg080323.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Empathy & Inclusion in Professional Life</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-377</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">no meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 May</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-378</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">no meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-379</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Tom Gilb:Â <a href="https://spa070623.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Quantifying Software Security</a> - Engineering Cyber Security</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">? June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA2023</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">No full-scale conference this year</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 July</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-380</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Sean Rafter, Firebrand Training:Â <a href="https://5july23spa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Scale the BCS Business Analysis Certification Ladder</a> (joint event with Business Change and West London)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 August</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-381</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Akmal B. Chaudhri, SingleStore: <a href="https://2august23spa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">AI - Using Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT) Without Hallucinations</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-382</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">no meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 October</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-383</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Tomasz "TK" Kropiewnicki: <a href="https://4october23spa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">The First Rule of Scaling Agile</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-384</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">AGM followed by Gojko Adzic: <a href="https://1november23spa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">"Hey ChatGPT, do we still need developers?"</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-385</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Rafe Tariq, <a href="https://singularitynet.io/" target="_blank">SingularityNet</a>: <a href="https://6December23SPA.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">3 Ways to build your own Financial Assistant with Generative A.I.</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h1 style="line-height: 21px;">2022</h1> <p style="line-height: 19.5px;">Meetings are normally held in hybrid form - at BCS London and online simultaneously.</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-362</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Jagandeep Singh:Â <a href="https://5january2022spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Example mapping</a> - A collaborative approach to exploring user stories</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2Â February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-363</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Vassilis Rizopoulos:Â <a href="https://2feb22spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Gaudi - an architecture for project automation</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-364</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Galatia Evangelidou:Â <a href="https://2march22spa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">An introduction to Network Subnetting</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-365</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">(no meeting)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 May</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-366</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Tom Gilb:Â <a href="https://4may22spa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Clarity</a> - the essentials of getting 2 people to agree on anything</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-367</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Raul Rodriguez:Â <a href="https://spa010622.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Web Development Patterns</a> - ReactJS Apps vs WebFlow</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">22 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA2022</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">One-day annual conference -Â <a href="https://22june22spa.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Software in Practice (a.k.a. MiniSPA)</a> - Leeds</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 July</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-368</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Chintana Wilamuna:Â <a href="https://6july22spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Getting started with Choreo</a> - a modern platform for delivering digital experiences fast</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 August</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-369</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">No meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-370</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">No meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 October</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-371</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">No meeting - launch of BCSÂ Annual Diversity and Inclusion Report by Coding Black Females. Please contact <a href="mailto:groups@bcs.uk?subject=Annual+Diversity+and+Inclusion+Report+Launch" target="_blank">Member Groups</a> if you wish to attend.</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-372</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Dr Charles Weir: <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events-calendar/2022/november/hybrid-event-threat-assessment-by-the-numbers-how-to-avoid-doing-security-and-privacy/" target="_blank">Threat Assessment by the Numbers</a> â€“ How to <em><strong>Avoid</strong></em> Doing Security and Privacy</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-373</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">AGM + Jonathan Tate: How to Reduce Your Cloud Footprint</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p style="line-height: 19.5px;"> </p> <h1>2021</h1> <p>PLEASE NOTE: until further notice, all BCS SPA specialist group meetings will be held as virtual meetings, via GoTo Webinar, in order to comply with official advice to limit the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-350</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="https://www.orchestrated-knowledge.com/" target="_blank">Peter Leeson</a>: <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/2021/january/webinar-a-manifesto-for-vitruvian-quality-why-process-doesnt-necessarily-equate-to-progress/" target="_blank">A Manifesto for Vitruvian Quality</a> - why process doesn't necessarily equate to progress</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-351</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Fazal Ahmad, General Manager at EN-Projects: <a href="https://3feb2021spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Role of Technology in Humanitarian Programmes</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-352</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Gen Ashley: <a href="https://3march2021spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - The Practical Bits</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">24-25 March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;"></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="https://minispaconference2021.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">MiniSPA 2021 Conference</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-353</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Akmal Chaudhri: <a href="https://7april2021spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Data Analysis with Pandas</a> (interactive workshop)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 May</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-354</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Nader Talai, ValueGlide: <a href="https://5may21spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">The need for business agility - how to meet the challenges with SAFe</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-355</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Daniel Aherne, Adjust Services - <a href="https://2junes21spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Neurodiversity Understood</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 July</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-356</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Kevlin Henney - <a href="https://7july21spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Six Impossible Things</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 August</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-357</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Peter Leeson - <a href="https://spa040821.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Design a Culture for Innovation</a> (with Software Quality and Business Change SGs)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-358</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Gian-Luca Frei, Patrick Steger - <a href="https://1september21spa.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">the new OWASP Application Gateway</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">13-17 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA2021</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="https://spaconference.org/" target="_blank">Annual Conference: Software in Practice</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 October</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-359</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Dr Stephen Castell - <a href="https://6october21spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">software defects and the Law</a>: dealing with the despair, distrust and disputes of a DISPRO, the DISaster PROject</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-360</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">AGM</span> and Jack Shirazi - <a style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;" href="https://3novemberspa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">A Guide to Reliability Engineering</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-361</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Sherilyn Aitken, BCS:Â <a href="https://1december2021spasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Managing Your Own IT Career</a> - time to take (back) control?</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h1>2020</h1> <p>PLEASE NOTE: until further notice, all BCS SPA specialist group meetings will be held as virtual meetings, via GoTo Webinar, in order to comply with official advice to limit the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.</p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Thu! </span>9 January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-338</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">No meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Thu!</span> 30 January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">JointÂ meetingÂ with BusinessÂ ChangeÂ SG</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/2020/january/build-your-winning-business-model-value-proposition-canvas-business-model-canvas-business-change-and-spa-specialist-group/" target="_blank">Build your winning business model</a>:<br />Value proposition canvas and business model canvas</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Tue! </span>4 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-339</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/2020/february/from-source-to-finish-fast-cloud-native-development-workflows-with-garden-spa-specialist-group/" target="_blank">From source to finish</a>: fast, cloud-native development workflows with Garden</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Thu! </span>5 March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-340</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Martyn Puddephatt - <a href="https://5marchspa2020.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Why Agile is Nothing New</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-341</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Tom Gilb - <a href="https://bcsspa010420.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Technoscopes: Meet the Challenge of Engineering Complexity</a> (slides <a href="resources/20200401_TomGilb_Technoscopes.pdf" target="_blank">here</a>)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">22 April onwards</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;"></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Tom Gilb Workshop Series (rescheduled): <a href="workshop-series-with-tom-gilb.html">Agile Tools for Value Delivery</a> (now 100% online)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 May</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-342</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Nick Tune - <a href="https://6mayspa2020.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Sociotechnical Architecture Toolkit</a>: Designing Loosely-coupled Systems and Teams</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-343</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Pradeep Bhadani - <a href="https://bcsspa03062020.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Introduction to Terraform and Google Cloud Platform</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Tue! </span>23 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Joint with Business Change SG</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Tom Gilb - <a href="https://23junebcspaqualitywebinar.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Proper Public Planning Principles: Engineering Society Responsibly</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="body" style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 July</td> <td class="body" style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-344</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://www.kuan0.com/" target="_blank">Dr Kuan Hon</a> - <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/2020/july/webinar-gdp-huuuuh-myths-misconceptions-and-reality/" target="_blank">GDP-Huuuuh? Myths, Misconceptions - and Reality</a> [<a href="resources/GDP-Huuuuh-resources-v2.pdf" target="_blank">resources mentioned in the presentation</a>]</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="body" style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">21-22 July</td> <td class="body" style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA2020</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Annual conference: <a href="https://spaconference.org/spa2020/" target="_blank">SPA Software in Practice 2020 <span style="color: #ff0000;">(postponed to Spring 2021)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="body" style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 August</td> <td class="body" style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-345</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Joint meeting between Quality and SPA SGs with Hampshire and Sussex branches - <a href="https://5augustspasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Passing the ISO 9001 Audit in the 2020s</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="body" style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 September</td> <td class="body" style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-346</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Bernie Fishpool, Mark Fishpool - <a href="https://spa020920.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Software Development in Practice</a> (joint meeting with BCS Software Quality SG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 October</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-347</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Charles Weir and Lucy Hunt - <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/2020/october/webinar-making-security-easy-with-the-agile-app-security-game/" target="_blank">the Agile App Security game</a> (hands-on)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-348</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">AGM</span> followed by Kevlin Henney on <a href="https://4novspa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Unreasonable Architecture</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-349</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Giuliano Casale - <a href="https://2decspasg.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Rational decomposition and orchestration for serverless computing with RADON</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h1><br />2019</h1> <p> </p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th><th style="border-style: solid; border-color: #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">9 January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-327</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">No meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-328</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Yan Cui, DAZN: <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/2019/february/spa-starting-aws-lambda-serverless-development/" target="_blank">Starting AWS Lambda Serverless Development</a> (workshop)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-329</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Martin Brenig-Jones and James Dawn: <a href="https://6mar19bcsgspa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Accelerating Change</a> and how to become a Maestro of Transformation</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-330</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Kostas Bonikos, RapidMiner:Â <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/2019/april/ai-and-machine-learning-in-the-real-world-spa-sg/" target="_blank">AI and Machine Learning in the real world</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 May</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-331</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">No meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-332</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Steven Duckaert, Platform9: <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/2019/june/platform-9-develop-fast-serverless-functions-for-kubernetes-with-fission/" target="_blank">Develop Fast Serverless Functions for Kubernetes with Open-Source Fission</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="body" style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 July</td> <td class="body" style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-333</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Alok Dwivedi, instaclustr: <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/2019/july/an-architects-guide-to-scalable-technologies-spa-specialist-group/" target="_blank">An Architect's Guide to Scalable Technologies</a> - Cassandra, Kafka, and ElasticSearch</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="body" style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 September</td> <td class="body" style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-334</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Akmal Chaudhri, OmniSci & City University (London): <a href="https://www.bcs.org/events/2019/september/speed-meets-scale-interactively-analysing-and-visualising-billions-of-rows-with-gpu-powered-analytics-spa/" target="_blank">Speed meets Scale</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 October</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-335</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-336</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">AGM</span> + Kacper Gunia: <a href="https://6novspa.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bridging the gap between IT and business using Event Storming</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-337</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Andy Parker: <a href="https://spa4dec.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Effective Incident Analysis</a> - Leaving Blame Behind</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h1>2018</h1> <p> </p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-317</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Glenn Wilson: <a href="https://spa317.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Putting the "Sec" into "DevOps"</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-318</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Ivan Sanchez and David Denton:<br /><a href="https://spa318.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank"> Server as a Function. In Kotlin. Without the Server.</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-319</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">no meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 May<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-320</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">no meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-321</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Rob Brown: <a href="https://www.bcs.org/content/conEvent/11855" target="_blank">What's possibly possible in large organisations adopting agile</a>?</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 August</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-322</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Stefania Chaplin:Â <a href="https://spa1aug.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">We are all Equifax - The Data behind DevSecOps</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-323</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Chris Sluman:Â <a href="https://spa05sep18.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">A discussion on Identity, Persona, Authority, Authorisation</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 October</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-324</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">no meeting</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-325</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">AGM</span> (see <a href="resources/20181107_BCS_SPA_AGM.pdf" target="_blank">minutes</a>) + Immo Huneke: <a href="https://spa07nov18.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Consumer Driven Contract Testing</a> - Integration without tears</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-326</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Natalia Oskina and Giovanni Asproni, ZÃ¼hlke Engineering: <a href="https://www.bcs.org/content/conEvent/12217" target="_blank">Be Your Own Threatbuster!</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h1>2017</h1> <p> </p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-306</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Tony Das: <a href="https://spa306.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Container 2.0 - moving beyond Docker itself</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-307</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Alison Lowndes, NVIDIA: <a href="https://spa307.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Machines that Think</a> - how Deep Learning fuels the AI boom</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-308</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Jonathan Rothwell: <a href="https://spa308.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Accessibility - the developer's overlooked responsibility</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-309</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Jo Kent, BBC Radio: <a href="https://spa309.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Automated Data Architecture - creating user journeys through content using Linked Data</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 May</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-310</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Robert Chatley: <a href="https://spa310.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Lean Learning</a> -Â Applying Lean Techniques to Improve Software Engineering Education</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-311</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Tom Johnson: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spa-311-failure-patterns-in-java-tickets-33547124352" target="_blank">Failure Patterns in Java</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 July</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;"></td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">NO MEETING</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 August</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-312</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Quentyn Taylor, Canon Europe:Â <a href="https://spa312.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">IoT Printing - The Unloved Elephant in the Room</a> (with DevSecOps SG)</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-313</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">cancelled</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 October</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-314</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">NO MEETING - BCS London closed from 2-16 Oct for AV systems upgrade</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-315</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Phil Nash (JetBrains): <a href="https://spa315.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Swift Driven Development</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-316</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Paul Stringer: <a href="https://spa316.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Subcutaneous Mobile Application Testing</a></td> </tr> <tr> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h1>2016</h1> <p> </p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-295</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="font-size: 12.0000019073486px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">No Meeting</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-296</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">Yan Cui, JUST EAT:Â <a href="http://spa296.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">7 ineffective coding habits many F# programmers don't have</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-297</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Giovanni Asproni, Asprotunity:Â <a href="http://spa297.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Design for Testability</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-298</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Daniel Bryant, OpenCredo: <a href="http://spa298.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">The Seven Deadly Sins of Microservices</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 May</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-299</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Emily Webber, Tacit: <a style="line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" href="http://spa299.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Building Successful Communities of Practice</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-300</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16.8px;">Duncan McGregor and Nat Pryce: </span><a href="http://spa300.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Hands-On Introduction to the Kotlin Language</a></span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 July</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-301</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Immo HÃ¼neke, ZÃ¼hlke Engineering: <a href="http://spa301.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">The blockchain e-commerce/e-government revolution</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-302</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Liz Keogh: <a href="http://spa302.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Handling Uncertainty with BDD and Cynefin</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 October<span style="color: #ff0000;"> (Thu!)</span></td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-303</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Daniel Gartmann:Â <a href="http://spa303.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Harness the power of HTTP headers to secure your web apps</a></td> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-304</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">AGM</span> followed byÂ Jason Gorman:Â <a href="http://spa304.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Are you a TDD maker, or a TDD faker?</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 December<span style="color: #ff0000;"> (Tue!)</span></td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-305</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Giovanni Asproni: <a href="https://spa305.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Creating an Incremental Architecture for your system</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h1>2015</h1> <p> </p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 January</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-285</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="font-size: 12.0000019073486px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"><a href="https://spa285.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Pathfinding Peril</a> - Chris Parsons. Escape the Minotaur!</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-286</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"><a href="http://spa286.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Decision Modelling by example</a> - Paul Vincent</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 March (Tue!)</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-287</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://spa287.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">How to build streaming data applications</a> - Akmal Chaudhri</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-289</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://spa289.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Make a Shrimp for Easter</a> - a practical embedded computing workshop for kids and their parents</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">6 May</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-288</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a style="line-height: 16.7999992370605px;" href="http://spa288.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">Retrospective Antipatterns</a><span style="line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">: what can go wrong and how to fix it - Aino Corry</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 June</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-290</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', 'Segoe UI', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;"><a href="http://spa290.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Getting to Grips with Data: can Clojure breach the abstraction barrier?</a></span> - Roland Sadowski</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-291</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">Cancelled</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 October</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-292</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">AGM</span><span style="font-size: 12.0000019073486px; line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"> followed by <a href="http://spa292.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">A Practical Introduction to DevOps</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">4 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-293</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://spa293.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Planning for Value</a> - Allan Kelly</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-294</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://spa294.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Defend your Web apps</a>: what every developer needs to know - Daniel Gartmann<br /></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h1>2014</h1> <p> </p> <table border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">Date</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">No.</th> <th style="border: 1px solid #dddddd; text-align: left;">Title</th> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 February</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-277</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://spa277.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_top">The Development Testing Process - where next?</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 March</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-278</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://spa278.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_top">Resource-Oriented Computing</a> - what happens when Web concepts are applied to solution economics</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">2 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-279</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://spa279.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_top">Pushing CSP to Prod</a> - Case Study of a Real-World Implementation of Content-Security Policy</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">11 April</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">with Agile SG</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://www.bcs.org/content/conEvent/8618" target="_top">Introduction to Holacracy</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">7 May</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-280</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://spa280.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_top">ARM yourself</a> - an Architectural Reference Model for Enterprise Application Development</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 September</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-281</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="https://spa281.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">How to build front-end web apps that scale</a> - Phil Leggetter</td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">1 October</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-282</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="line-height: 16.7999992370605px;"><a href="https://spa282.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">How to name things</a>: the solution to the hardest problem in programming - Peter Hilton</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">5 November</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-283</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">AGM </span><span style="line-height: 16.7999992370605px;">followed by a workshop on <a href="http://spa283.eventbrite.co.uk" target="_blank">Visual Thinking and effective note-taking</a></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;">3 December</td> <td style="width: 60px; border: 1px solid #dddddd;">SPA-284</td> <td style="border: 1px solid #dddddd;"><a href="http://spa284.eventbrite.co.uk/" target="_blank">My adventure with source code management</a>: How I learned to stop worrying and love the merge - Graeme Macfarlane</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> </p> <h1>2013 and earlier</h1> <p>The preceding meetings are listed <a title="LondonMeetings" href="cgi-bin/view/SPA/PreRegistrations">here</a>.</p> </div> <br /> <div class="footer">© 2004-2012 BCS SPA. </div> </body> </html>