Are you a User Experience (UX) or User Interface (UI) Designer? If so, this Meetup has been created for you! We want to mix and mingle with like-minded individuals to share our passions, get help on the problems we face daily and have that support on hand. Come along and be part of the Manchester UX UI Networking group. Looking forward to meeting you all and seeing you at the next meetup! Events are held on the last Wednesday/Thursday of the month.

This event, hosted by BTL Group, will consist of several speakers describing what they are doing with the blockchain and their interests surrounding it. Industry representatives are encouraged to attend in order to learn more about the technology and so are people already working with or in the blockchain space.

Summer is coming, so put your (rain) Macs away! To celebrate, our next Rise a Glass drinks will be Summer Garden Party themed. I know we don't have a garden, but that needn't stop us! Expect Pimms, fruity ciders, picnic food and strawberries & cream. Head down to Rise London for a relaxed evening meeting the start-ups that make up this vibrant community. All welcome!

DISRUPT is an information exchange designed to energize, inform and empower executives, business leaders and people in the HR field. Are you tired of the same old approach to Human Resources? Are you ready to start talking about talent in a whole new way? DisruptHR is for you!

This is a great opportunity for Technical Directors, IT Service Providers, Resellers, Compliance Officers and anyone with an interest in the cyber threat landcape to network with their peers in the industry and meet with the cyber threat specialists who work daily to combat the growth of malicious malware around the world.

Project SAFE (Secure Access For Everyone) aims to create a decentralized and secure Internet 2.0. The SAFE Network is a secure and fully decentralized data management service made up from the unused computer resources provided by the network users. This will be a practical session catering on getting those new to maidsafe setup and running, demo apps to more seasoned developers, and sharing their learning using the test dropet vault network.

For the third meetup, Messaging Bots London has curated a panel of amazing investors who are excited about bots and intelligent software. They will answer questions about building scalable businesses, raising funding, dos and don'ts, to bot or not to bot, etc. #riseofbots

We're hosting a free growth event to help and mentor local startups, there'll be food and good-times provided.

Rise Manchester is hosting a series of free Internet of Things (IoT) workshops, partnering with key stakeholders & selected applicants for focused hands-on development sessions & networking. The fifth in a series of Rise Manchester IoT events, held at 1pm on Tuesday the 12th July, the workshop will host 20-30 developers, with Microsoft providing a comprehensive overview of their IoT and data offerings – the Azure cloud, crunching big data, processing IoT telemetry, using machine learning, designing microservices and a whole lot more! This discussion will be followed by a hands-on coding lab utilising Microsoft IoT kits (provided for the day) connected to Azure (using a free trial pass). The session will conclude with a networking session with free drinks & food provided. Interested developers must register their details by applying below: https://t.co/S18s22Vwij

This one day conference gives you the opportunity to hear their inspirational stories and very real lessons learnt. Ordinary people sharing their extraordinary dreams and life stories. All of our speakers have had to overcome real challenges. They are just like you, people who have a dream.