[BLU/Officers] Register for Community Leaders Summit 2015

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Boston User Groups, Inc.

Community Leaders Summit 2015

Friday December 11th @ 2:30pm - 7pm

Community leaders come together at Microsoft's NERD Center in Cambridge, MA.  We're throwing a free event you will not want to miss!!  Come join us for some fun, network, and learn from other leaders about their experiences.

Learn from other community leaders.  Learn from their successes and failures.

Network with other leaders such as yourself.  Make connections, and even some friends.

Come meet the BUG board and what exciting things we're doing to help you.  We have some services coming out that you'll definitely want to hear about.



Keynote by Bob Frankston - Internet of Things (IoT)

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Consumer electronics is in transition. We are shifting from creating value and defining products using electronics to creating solutions using software. Consider the smartphone: is it a telephone, or is it a gaming unit, a calendar a camera or a television? With other form factors we can mix or match parts to create a desktop computer, a television, a home control system or whatever we can imagine. Many single-use devices and classic limitations no longer exist.

The Internet is central to this revolution. It is a byproduct of creating connectivity solutions using any available means. The Internet represents a fundamental change in how we build systems and in what it means to communicate.

You simply click on a URL and you're "there". You don't worry about wires or reserved frequency. You can just assume that the packets will appear at the destination most of the time. Using software defined relationships as building blocks is very different from traditional hardware-based engineering. Welcome to the new world of software and the Internet. There's no dependence on providers or networks.

For the IEEE these changes present an opportunity and challenge. Devices are becoming connected, opening up new frontiers as we create and share our own solutions and become less dependent on service providers.

We're at the very earliest stages of an exciting new world.

Bio

Bob Frankston<http://frankston.com/> is a Fellow of the IEEE, the ACM and the Computer History Museum. He is on the Board of Governors and is a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Consumer Electronics Society. He writes the Bits Vs. Electrons column in the IEEE/CE Magazine.

He has been online since 1966 and was co-developer of the first electronic spreadsheet and has been honored by the IEEE for his contributions to home networking while at Microsoft. He received BS degrees in both Computer Science and Mathematics and Master's and Engineer's degrees in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering all from MIT.

Since leaving Microsoft he has been doing angel investing and advising. He is currently working with entrepreneurs and established companies on the issues we face as we transition to a software-defined connected world.





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Agenda
2:30  Registration

3:00-4:00  Introduction & Keynote

4:00-4:30  Break

4:30-5:30  Micro Talks with Dan Stolts

5:30-6:30  Dinner & Sponsor Presentations

6:30-6:45  Networking & Prize Raffles

7:00-7:30 Post-Event Interviews and Chanel 9 Recording



Not a member of BUG?  No problem.  This event is open to ALL information technology community leaders whether you are IT-Pro, Development, Database, or something else.  Come join us and learn how Boston User Groups, Inc. can help promote your groups, and help you in your efforts to help the IT community.

The BUG Community Leader Summit is a semi-annual half-day FREE event for community leaders.  Whether you are a user group leader, meetup leader, podcaster/webcaster, etc. come and join us.

Food will be provided, and don't forget about the giveaway prizes!



Register Online<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bug-community-leader-summit-winter-2015-tickets-19212465000> or visit us online at www.BostonUserGroups.org<http://www.BostonUserGroups.org>





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