MIT are delighted to announce Rob Acton as a guest speaker who will be giving a presentation entitled “The Midlands as a Gaming Technopolis“. Rob is quite active on the Social and Monetised Gaming scene and will be announcing ten new jobs for the midlands in his companies at the event. Rob will be available afterwards to talk to those that are interested in his open positions. On the night Rob will be sponsoring pizza and wedges for attendees for…

Discussion on a possible *future* MIT Careers Event (In the bar over a cup of coffee/pint) If anyone is interested in participating in a future IT careers event please let us know. MIT are looking for mentors, hiring managers etc to help newbies and those looking to advance their careers with some interview tips and CV reviews. Come along and let us know how you think this might work!

Our next meetup will be more social and we are looking forward to a good discussion on future events. Suggestions are: Mullingar IT/Web Conference MIT Public Ideas Pitching Event Have you an idea for an event? Drop us a line and let us know your ideas → Looking forward to catching up !

MIT Mullingar is proud to present an informal talk by Mark O'Neill entitled "The API Economy - why APIs, not apps, are the future". API's have been around for a long time, however, in recent years Web based API's have grown hugely in popularity allowing disparate applications talk to each other seamlessly. Every major web player have their API's e.g. Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter. When we talk of the Connected House, Connected Car, Internet of Things, Manufacturing 4.0 etc, API's…

MIT are delighted to announce Gerry Duffy will be giving a presentation to the MIT group entitled "How to be Happier At Work - Six ways to make magic happen every day". Gerry is a world renowned motivational speaker and author and is probably best known locally for his achievement of running 32 marathons over 32 consecutive days and winning the first ever Deca Ironman event. Currently Gerry runs the Gerry Duff Academy gerryduffyacademy.com offering expert guidance to those seeking…

MIT are delighted to announce Darren Doyle will be giving a presentation to the MIT group entitled "Creativity is not a Talent. It's a way of operating. Your Brain, Creativity and Business". About Darren Doyle Brain owner....Creative type....Business person "Like some I have the creative flare or so I’ve been told my entire life. But is that just the way I was born or can anyone learn to be creative , or at least more creative?" Darren is creative director…

MIT Mullingar are delighted to announce that Peter Mooney of Maynooth University will be giving a presentation entitled "Is Open Source Farming the next Agricultural Revolution?" on Tuesday 24th January in the Annebrook House Hotel at 7:30pm. Topic Overview Today the smartphones in our pockets and tablets on our desks have computational and communication abilities that could not have been even imagined 15 or 20 years ago. The Internet is everywhere. Communications and connectivity among people and systems are found…

MIT Mullingar are delighted to announce that Dr. Joe Timoney of Maynooth University will be giving a presentation entitled "Making and Listening to Digital Music - From the past to the future" on Tuesday 14th March in the Annebrook House Hotel at 7:30pm. Topic Overview Mullingar has produced its share of famous musicians over the years such as Foster and Alan,Joe Dolan,The Aftermath,The Blizzards, and Niall Horan. Digital technology has brought many changes to music making and the listening experience.…