Thank you to ANS for sponsoring and hosting this event.

Car parking is available for free on the ANS site car park.

Network, learn, ask a question, meet other folks - these are all things that happen at our user group events. These events are a really great opportunity to socialise in an informal learning experience. Remember to tell your friends and the people you work with; make sure you register as soon as you can. Hybrid event - Link provided to those who sign up. Not being recorded.

17:45 – 18:00 - Intro and updates

18:00 - 19:00 - Liz Hardy - Using your existing knowledge, skills and experience to “make it” in the Tech World. Are you new to tech or have you started along the journey and are looking to make a success of working in this industry but aren’t sure how? Are you struggling to progress and want to know how to get further in your career? Whether you are starting your first job, you already have years of experience in other areas or you are already part way into your journey, it’s only natural to think that it will be difficult to thrive in the Data World! However, don’t let this put you off. What if I told you that you might just find you have more relevant skills and experience to progress in tech than you first thought? In this session, I will share my own experiences and how I have overcome many obstacles during my career so far where I have worked in a wide range of industries. Even if you are not new to tech but are keen to help others along their journey and learn from it, then this session is also for you. We will talk about the skills and tools we have at our disposal that you can leverage to help kick-start your new tech career!

19:00 - 19:30 Drinks and Pizza

19:30 - 20:30 Jim Bowery - NoSQL What is it and why should I care Working in data, most of us aware of relational databases and their place in the data world. But what about NoSQL databases? What does NoSQL even mean? We will be looking a Microsoft's Cosmos DB in particular, identifying the similarities and differences between the two systems, how we structure and store data, and how we query it. All you need to know, and a few things you don't.