Vancouver is home to many game developers and publishers, large and small.   We have acclaimed game design schools and play host to GDC Canada.  In other words, Vancouver is a bustling hive of game-related activity. It only natural that Vancouver is home to several independent game developers as well.  Whether you're a small studio or a bedroom coder, you have a unique view of the industry.  The purpose of this meetup is to get to know your fellow Vancouver indies and to share experience and kno …

//collaborate here Canada's largest tech meetups RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and …

What is this...HxD Vancouver is a group dedicated to those interested in Healthcare Experience Design. Who is this for...Designers, information architects, software developers, entrepreneurs, clinicians, business analysts, product managers, students basically anyone with tons of passion for designing how people find, access, experience and deliver healthcare information. Experience is not necessary. How does this work...Because HxD is so broad, everyone will bring something different to the tabl …

Lean Startup Vancouver is for startups and agile businesses that wants to transform how their products are built and launched by learning from the experience of others who are influenced by the Lean Startup, Lean, and Agile methodology. Through every other monthly events you will have a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers and learn from guest speakers. Video from The Lean Crossroad event "Innovation Through Experimentation. Not Just for Startups A …

Fair Trade Vancouver is a non-profit organization that seeks to increase awareness, availability, and sales of Fair Trade products in Metro Vancouver. By purchasing goods with the Fair Trade Certified logo, you support equality and contribute to empowering hardworking individuals and their families to build sustainable futures. Check our website: www.fairtradevancouver.ca

Ebooks, videos, audio programs, seminars, webinars, coaching, phew! Information products are one of the fastest growing online industries. Turn your current, unique knowledge into a viable, fun and profitable business! Join us for a night of sharing 'best-practices'. What worked, what didn't, and how do we grow our businesses as quickly and ethically as possible? Find out at the next Vancouver Infopreneur Meetup!

Designing products and services can be hard. And it can be lonely. Come share a problem or project you're working on and get advice and support from the group. You are invited to come share your frustrations and learnings with other people. This group is for people in all fields -- IA, UX, IxD, Product Management, Industrial Design, Architecture, Engineering & Development, Visual Design, Service Design -- creating digital or offline products -- an eclectic mix of practitioners and thinkers from …

To find out about the benefits of becoming an AES member, click here: http://www.aes.org/join/ The Audio Engineering Society — now in its sixth decade — is the only professional society devoted exclusively to audio technology. Its membership of leading engineers, scientists, academics and other authorities has grown dramatically throughout the world, boosting the stature of the society and that of its members. The AES serves its members, the audio industry and the public by stimulating and fa …

This group is for anyone interested in exploring, designing, and developing second screen experiences for games and television. I started this group, because mobile devices are now an integral part of the entertainment ecosystem and Vancouver with it's technology and creative industries in close proximity is ideally situated to be leaders in second screen experiences.

Come join us for informative and productive early morning learning and networking! We are in our third year and usually meet on the second and fourth Tuesdays 07:30-09:00 at the Light House Sustainable Building Centre in Kitsilano. We have 230+ members as of June, 2011. Fair trade coffee, "Capers" muffins and organic fruit are served for a $5.46 PayPal registration fee with proceeds benefiting the Light House Sustainable Building Centre. Plenty of free street parking and transit nearby. Our meet …

There's a big demand for natural buildings, information, as well as training and networking in the craft. This group is for professional networking as well as people completely new to the concept of natural building to get their feet wet. If you are at all interested in healthy building materials, sourced in an ethical and sane way, if you are interested in how communities can teach and share and work safely together to shelter themselves, if you are interested in harmony and craft over mass m …

VanHANA is a group for anyone interested in SAP HANA. As a group we will work together to build innovative startups, successful products, in-demand solutions and industry expertise. This is the group for you: If you have a startup or thinking about one that can benefit from in-memory computing. If you are working for SAP HANA project and want to know more. You are expert in building successful products, teams, solutions and looking for next big area of growth. What is SAP HANA? SAP HANA is SAP …

We are a lonely hybrid of hackers, software developers, entrepreneurs without the alpha male social skills to successfully manipulate corporate subordinates because only we exist and our product exists because of us. We must do everything because you are the business, the corporation, the secretary, the annoying HR, accountant, marketer, salesman, software dev, the CEO. Sorry not interested in startupdom or any of it's witchery, raising cash, venture capitalists, ben bernanke, are banned words. …

Hello Fellow Geek Entrepreneurs! This meetup is for tech entrepreneurs who want to elevate their game.  As a professional entrepreneur coach, I will provide 15 minutes or so of coaching to each person in turn. It will be great learning for both the group watching and of course for each of you who get's to be coached. So, each of you should bring something specific that you want to work on. Remember that coaching is not first and foremost about technology or business although both those realms …

`The arc of history is long, but it bends towards JUSTICE,' Martin Luther King Jr. Extraordinary defined as: Very unusual or remarkable. Unusually great. Synonyms uncommon - unusual - singular - remarkable - exceptional. This group is for EXTRAordinary Toastmasters Each of us can aspire and actualize becoming an EXTRAordinary toastmaster. Speaking, leading, acting and achieving at or near your peak potential is truly one of the most beautiful things in the world. We can speak, lead, achieve and …

Become a part of the largest not-for-profit Internet Marketing Meetup In Canada The Internet Masterminds Group Meetup The purpose of this group is to develop our businesses, marketing, share ideas, discuss strategies, and talk to people who get exited when we talk about internet marketing. We get together every Monday at 7pm to discuss various issues that we rarely get to talk about in the "real world". We are an internet marketing mastermind group that discusses: * Internet Marketing * Social …

The definition of Mecca = A place that attracts people of a particular group or with a particular interest. We live in the Mecca of Junior Mining, Vancouver BC. Regardless of age or experience, no investor will ever learn everything there is to know about the stock market …. But maybe if we all come together to share our knowledge (and some pitchers), we can come out the other side with new information and a new prospective. Our city is living through some pretty interesting and challenging time …

Empower by Design is a Meetup group for women in business. It's about creating a community that helps brings fresh perspectives, lively discussion and empowering ideas to your business challenges. Facilitated by DeAnn, a graphic designer and digital marketer, and Kristi, an internet strategist and business systems developer, both these women bring a wealth of professional experience and insights to help you simplify the overwhelming amount of technical, marketing, web and branding information ou …