IDNY is New York City's newest social network and common interest group created to talk about cool products and people in architecture and design. Convening every other month in design showrooms across the city, IDNY brings together architects, designers, builders, engineers, real estate developers, enthusiasts and friends for drinks, music, dynamic conversation and an unprecedented look at the brightest ideas coming out of Manhattan. We love to talk about innovative product design and we hope y …

The buildingSMART alliance™ (bSa) has been originally established to coordinate the profound constructive changes coming to the fragmented real property industry in North America. The BSA is a part of the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) which was established by the U.S. Congress in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, Public Law 93-383. As an interest group of the bSa, the New York City Metro BIM was formed to meet and network NYC Metro area industry professionals. O …

Adverlytics is a monthly networking event for professionals focused on analytics and optimization in the advertising industry

Twitter New York welcomes software engineers and technologists who are interested in learning about our engineering projects and initiatives. While we have made great progress, there are lots of massive technical challenges to solve. With millions of  active users on Twitter, we're always working on ways to scale our products and play with massive amounts of realtime data. Our New York based engineering teams own the Discover tab, working on new approaches to search quality and building highly s …

This is a group for both those who record and produce sound as a hobby as well as those who do it professionally. It's a group to learn new techniques, share thoughts about gear, and keep up to date on what's coming out.

If you are a Citrix administrator, engineer, manager, researcher or just very interested in the Citrix product line, come join us for regularly scheduled sessions where we will discuss the different product offerings (along with benefits/disadvantages of competing products), where the product line is heading, lessons we've learned from experience, and tips/tricks that could be used to solve critical issues. The goal of each meeting will be: everyone leaves with another helpful piece of informa …

NYC Tech Engineers is creating a community of Tech Engineers coming together to meet like-minded Engineers and exchange ideas and best practices in the evolving Tech scene in NYC. Within this community we are promoting mentoring along with professional development within a general forum for Tech Engineers to share their experiences. And we plan to have fun doing it.   Software engineers are also welcomed to join this group to gain knowledge and give feedback on what they seek from a technical re …

What has happened to the north Brooklyn tech scene?!?!?! You Cant tell me that everybody went to Etsy?!?!? Seriously though, I am a systems engineer trying to find some new local talent, and I am picking up the bar tab to get people to hang out, and discuss the things that they like/dislike about technology, and to see if there is a good place for them to join my team.

Meet with other quantitative finance professionals in your local area that are in or interested in Financial Engineering and Quantitative Finance (Quant Devs, Quant Analysts, Traders, Risk Managers and others interested) Discuss the field and develop professional network while making new friends. Discuss financial models and attend industry events. Meet locally and online. Use this forum to discuss the field in general, careers, schools and technical/theoretical problems. Please see the Messag …

A group for successful men who want even greater success with women and business. Add more horse power to your career, great car and amazing apartment with tools that work. You already have the beautiful woman, but you wonder about those exotic, sultry and sexy women you encounter during your day. Or you want to know how to reach this level. For the confirmed bachelor, recently divorced man, someone fresh out of a long-term relationship, want to date interracially, date much older, date much you …

Hackers + Designers + Entrepreneurs = Code Crew! Passionate about learning how to code, creating beautiful designs or building the prototype for your business idea and tired of doing it alone? Then this is the group for you! This is the perfect group for people serious about learning how to code through self-study using resources on the web like Code School, Codecademy, Treehouse, P2PU, Coursera, edX, Udacity, programming books, screencasts or whatever else is out there on the internet. We also …

This is the meetup group for the SharePoint User Group in NYC that meets at Microsoft Manhattan on the first Wednesday of the month. The NYC SharePoint Users Group (NYCSPUG) was founded in March 2006. Our mission from inception has been to share deep SharePoint experience with individuals who are interested in learning, sharing and growing their Microsoft SharePoint knowledge and capabilities. The group’s vision is to provide members with a forum to hear top industry experts present, learn and t …

A group of NYC Startup CTOs, VP of Engineering, Tech Leads, and technologists who would like to become leaders. Membership is by approval, and ONLY technical people are allowed to join.   The membership is open to senior technical leaders, or people on the cusp of getting there (e.g. lead developers). The goal is to have an ongoing forum for senior technical people (esp. in startups) to discuss their issues, weather the issues related to management, process or technology. We meet on the second M …

This group is intended to become a hub for all today's technologies that make up the Internet as we know it. Here you are free to talk about front-end as well as back-end. This includes but not limited to everything from CSS3, HTML5, JavaScript, NodeJS, jQuery, YUI, MooTools, to Perl, Ruby, JAVA, UNIX, FreeBSD, Linux, OpenBSD, and anything else that drives today's Web 2.0 websites. Once this group reaches 50 members, we will begin meeting biweekly in informal settings (usually over coffee, drink …

This group is dedicated to advancing innovations that focus on improving patient care with the active involvement of Patients, Physicians, Nurses, Administrators, Engineers, and even Lawyers.  If your interest is in improving the practice and performance of medicine, than this is the meetup for you. Borne of the Health 2.0 international movement, Eugene Borukovich started the NYC chapter in 2008. Our chapter has since grown to become the largest healthcare innovation focused meetup in the world …

We're a group of SEO professionals who enjoy hanging out together and sharing cutting edge SEO tactics (sometimes in that order, sometimes not). We have the back of our members and take the time to get to know them on a personal and professional level. We meet once a month and our members have access to the most influential SEO network in North America. If you are looking for a new job or need help learning vital SEO skills, there's definitely someone in our group who can help you out. We're i …

The Thalesians are a group of dedicated professionals with an interest in finance, economics, mathematics, physics and computer science, not necessarily in that order.  We are currently based in London, New York and San Francisco. Please visit our home page: The Thalesians - http://www.thalesians.com/

SEMPO New York is a local working group for SEMPO members and other interested search engine marketing professionals in the NYC area. We take an inclusive approach and welcome all. Our meetings garner 100+ attendees from firms such as DoubleClick, Clickable, Yahoo!, Microsoft, Did-it, BusinessWeek, Comedy Central, MTV, Ogilvy, DMNews, Incisive, Spike, LexisNexis, Digitas, McKinsey & Co, CharmingShoppes, Conductor, and many more.

The People Side (TPS, pronounced "tips") is a group for discussing the people side of startups. Founders, leaders, engineers and organization development professionals all think about culture, scaling, communication, conflict, feedback and stress as the startup starts, grows and begins to thrive. What best practices are out there? What programs and services might help and how much do they cost? Come on out and find out!

This group is: A place to showcase your company and services to the group. A place where a small business can network with marketing, advertising and public relations companies and professionals to grow their business. We will cover Small Business Marketing Strategy, Internet Professionals, Business Networking, Marketing, E-Business Owners, Advertising, Internet Marketing, Online Marketing, Lead Generation, Affiliate Marketing, Website Marketing, Network Marketing, Small Business Marketing Str …

The Salon is for designers, lean practitioners, product managers, engineers, leadership, and entrepreneurs to gather together, hear from people tackling real-world problems in their day-to-day work, the strategies and tactics they are employing, as well as to have open and frank discussions of the challenges implementing lean strategies and design in organizations large and small to create better customer experiences.

A network of web developers, software engineers, database administrators - any and all technologists who'd like to use their skills for good. We share opportunities to volunteer, learn about social mission businesses, and network with other developers who want to make a difference. We're supported by CodeMontage, where developers can enroll in challenges to improve their skills while helping social good projects. Outside of meetups, you can connect with us through our individual office hours. N …

Providing a monthly forum for casual networking amongst the great SEO & SEM talent in the NYC area. There are so many great internet marketers to collaborate with in our area. It seems silly we more often get together at conferences then meet fellow internet professionals in our own city. If you want to discuss search engine happenings and you are in NYC, Long Island or even New Jersey then come on over and join us for a great networking and collaborating experience. Bring your questions with a …

This is a group of financial professionals, accountants, technologists, economists, traders, engineers, housewives, househusbands, laborers, professors, students, activists and workers interested in reforming, revolutionizing and improving our financial system. We discuss and act regularly. Everyone is welcome! We meet at Columbia University's International Affairs Building on the corner of 118th and Amsterdam in room 409 or room 410 from 3 to 5 and go for dinner afterwards at Amsterdam.

brandh@ckers digital insights workshop series *Take our 2013 Call for Sessions Survey who we are @brandhackers is a new york city workshop series since 2008 showcasing prominent and rising digital marketing and brand technology opinion leaders in the marketing and digital ad tech space. Embracing digital media and creative innovation @brandhackers seeks to keep members abreast of technologies, innovations and digital platforms which effectively connect brands to consumers in ways that facilita …

Welcome to the NY Magento group –by Hara Partners The almost 500 New York Magento meet-up members are a varied lot representing the whole of the E-commerce landscape, including Magento employees, industry providers, certified developers, E-commerce professionals, industry executives, and of course, the Magento experts from Hara Partners. It is our goal that by nurturing relationships amongst Magento users in the Greater New York area we can grow this meet-up into a vast knowledge base and strong …

A group for Web Ops engineers, Sysadmins or other Engineers to sit, drink and swap war stories, compare current headaches, and share ideas. If you join, include a short blurb about what sort of ops you do!

NY Data Stories - Digital Insights & Analytics Meetup provides a  forum for intellectual exchange and stirring up discussion on the true story behind "the data". This meetup welcomes members to: 1. open up their data and 2. to offer insights and recommendations to optimize results Format of meetups in 2012 will be: 1. Introduction 2. Open discussion about Data Trends - what new tool have you discovered or want to vet? 3. New Tech Startup talking about how their startup will revolutionize da …