Open Coffee events are regular informal meet-ups for entrepreneurs, investors and people interested in entrepreneurship - most of the time with an online component. OpenCoffee Meetup Den Haag is scheduled every 1st Wednesday of the month.  Meeting language is Dutch and/or English. The idea is that there is one place and time where people can have a coffee before going to work and might meet some interesting folks - sometimes there's a Meetup topic and a speaker, but networking with people at the …

Startup Weekend recruits a highly motivated group of developers, business managers, startup enthusiasts, marketing gurus, graphic artists and more to a 54 hour event that builds communities, companies and projects. It is an amazing opportunity to connect with other passionate and skilled individuals, and perhaps even find a co-founder or two to transform your idea into reality. Check out our website  http://amsterdam.startupweekend.org/ for more info.

Meetup group Dutch Silverstripers

/dev/haag is a monthly gathering of like-minded programmers, designers, journalist and others who share an interest in both technology and design. We try to keep things open and free format so we organize a few workshops ourselves and leave the rest open for attendees to fill in (like a BarCamp).

The Drupal User Group Belgium gathers all DUG meetups in Belgium. We are aiming at getting a monthly meetup in the following cities Antwerp Ghent Brussels Unfortunately, meetup.com does not allow us to select multiple cities as location. Therefor we've choosen Antwerp (as it is the birthplace of Drupal).

This is a group for User Experience practitioners(*) in and around Amsterdam who would like to attend UX Cocktail Hours in the neighborhood. The goal of the cocktail hours is to get together informally, share news and ideas through short presentations, meet other UX practitioners, chat about work, the weather, "koetjes en kalfjes" (chit-chat), and have a drink (or two). Most Cocktail Hours these days are held at the offices of a local UX department and the drinks and some snacks are usually spon …

This is a safe environment to learn about lean startup execution techniques  based on peer exchange. Most startups fail not because they fail to execute and build their product, but because they fail to build a viable business around it. Startup is a temporary organization designed to search for a repeatable and scalable business model. Customer development and lean startup help us do exactly this. Lean startup is a collection of techniques built around maximizing validated customer learning tho …

The worlds of hackers and journalists are coming together as reporting goes digital and Internet companies become media empires. Journalists call themselves "hacks," someone who can churn out words in any situation. Hackers use the digital equivalent of duct tape to whip out code. Hacker-journalists try and bridge the two worlds. This group is to bring all these people together -- those who are working to help people make sense of their world. It's for hackers exploring technologies to filter a …

Hi! I'm an expat living in Utrecht and i started this group because I would like to meet with new people and chat about web design and web development while drinking a beer. If you are a web designer/developer/seo/sem/etc. and like to meet with new people and chat, join us!

ProductTank provides an opportunity for Product Managers working for (or wanting to work for) web companies in the Netherlands to exchange ideas and experiences about Product Management & Design, Business Modelling, Metrics, User Experience and all the other things that get us excited. Events include talks from guest speakers on topics around product management, networking opportunities, and a good old-fashioned chin-wag over a beer or two. We're open to companies big and small. We also welcome …

A user group for Play! framework enthusiasts living and working in Belgium. We don't focus on Scala or Java, Play 1.x or 2.x, the key is Play, and not a subset of it. Come and have a talk over a glass of good Belgian beer!

The objective of the BeMyApp WeekEnd Brussels meetup is to gather together like-minded and creative people for a weekend-long mobile app hackathon. In this group you can discuss app ideas, get insights on how to prepare for your pitch, and start any sort of discussion with regard to app development, UX, new technologies, etc. BeMyApp WeekEnds take places every 3 months in various places around the world; hackathon with a spirit, BeMyApp aspires to promote an encounter between imagination and exe …

Lean Startup Eindhoven Meetup Group connects designers, artists, geeks, hackers, architects, entrepreneurs and other creative people. Multi-disciplinary approach of people and technology issues brings great results. One of them is starting You up.

Who are we? We are the Belgium Web Performance Group. We meet monthly to discuss various topics related to Web Performance, both front-end and back-end. We are one of the local entity as you have already many in the world (San Francisco, New York, etc...) Why is this so important? Multiple studies have shown a direct correlation between web site performance and the bottom line: +100ms → -1% sales (Amazon) * +400ms → -5-9% full-page traffic (Yahoo! Autos front page) ** +500ms → -20% searches …

This meetup group is meant to share knowledge, skills and enthusiasm for ExpressionEngine. We welcome everybody who likes to works with EE or would like to learn a bit more about EE. As a format we tend to keep things simple. More beer and pizza, less official program with presentations. We want to unite ExpressionEngine users in the Netherlands so enhance our knowledge and have better arguments for our customers to chose ExpressionEngine. In deze meetup-groep draait alles om het delen van kenni …

Meeting for internet and media entrepreneurs for the Euregio.

The goal of 010DEV is to create a vibrant software development community in the Rotterdam area. 010DEV is a group of developers with a broad interest in software development concepts and aims to create a space where people of different backgrounds can exchange their knowledge and ideas. Everyone interested in software development is welcome to join our meet-ups. If you have an interesting story and would like to present during one of our events, let us know.

GOTO Nights are free evening community events, driven by involvement from both speakers and participants. These events are organized in the runup toward the GOTO Conference in June and are designed for software developers, IT architects, agilists, product owners and project managers and everyone who is interested in the topics presented at one of the GOTO Nights. GOTO Amsterdam offers ideal opportunities for learning, networking and tracking innovation occurring in the Java, Mobile, Cloud, OpenS …

Booking.com is organizing an informal “Designers & Drinks” event for the Amsterdam area Web & Mobile Design (and Web & Mobile Development) professionals. It's an excellent opportunity to find out more about the everyday challenges Booking.com faces, to network, to have some drinks and a good time. Booking.com has a big team of designers and developers that work together on the global website. Our website is available in 40+ languages and we host 41,000+ global destinations. Each day, over 400,0 …

Meet other developers using Meteor. Share your knowledge, apps, and get feedback from others. Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you're an expert developer or just getting started.

A group for sharing experiences and best practices with collegue webdesigners and developers in The Hague Area.

Meet other developers using Meteor. Share your knowledge, apps, and get feedback from others. Meteor is an open-source platform for building top-quality web apps in a fraction of the time, whether you're an expert developer or just getting started.

This is a group for WordPress developers, webmasters and users. The goal is to meet up and have talks on diverse topics about WordPress, such as development, design, to business and more. And of course meet great people and have fun. The aim is to meet at least once a month.

In this group we play games to learn UX principles. Want to know more about UX (User eXperience)? Want a feel for what we, 'ux people', do? In this group, we will learn the specific mindset and skillset of UX by playing games. You'll experience a hands-on, fun, creative workshop in which you will learn one of the many ux principles (Quality through Quantity, Everything lives in a context, Feedback is crucial, etc.). Every meetup is organized at a different company that does a lot of UX. A great …

Launchdesk organizes drinks and lectures for startups, freelancers, designers, marketeers and developers. We aim to connect everyone that rents a desk at one of our amazing offices, but everyone is welcome to join!

Connect with local developers building on the Salesforce Platform.

The official meetup group for the Push2Press Open Source App Building platform. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Push2Press it is the worlds first completely open source native IOS and Android app building CMS built for designers rather than programmers. Created by award winning Amsterdam based Glimworm IT with Appcelerator's Titanium mobile SDK inside gives it the best functionality and design. Features include: ★ Develop native Apps for for your clients using your WordPress or web desi …

This is a group for Software, Web & Mobile Design professionals in The Netherlands, who like to network, grab a drink and have a good time.