The London Almanac is an aggregation of all the conferences, socials, and networking events in and around London. It is targetted towards everyone working within the various technology disciplines we have in our great city. But essential it's a beer diary of London geek events. This page will point to shared calendars, blogs and corporate web sites to ensure you get the full coverage of what's going on in London. No editting, censorship, or priority is given to any of the events listed here. I will include all relevant information sent to me, . All events here are intended to be open to the general public.

General Purpose meetings
London Game Developers Calendar	For members of the games industry. This information is generally culled from the web sites for IGDA London and IGDA Guildford.
London Geek Events	A general purpose technology calendar, featuring Gllug, Lonix, and the London Perl Mongers, London Java, and PHP London groups.
InSync	InSync is a network and showcase programme for London's audio-visual and digital media sectors. Based at 01zero-one, InSync works with industry networks & associations to produce a series of activities to encourage new thinking, innovation, commercial partnerships & creative collaborations.	InSync Events or join InSync mailing list
Open Streetmap	OpenStreetMap is a project aimed at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. They occasionally plan meetups and informal cycle mapping weekends.	Open Streetmap Current Events
Ask Later	Formerly known as Techa Kucha, this is night of short lectures, consisting of 20 slides, each lasting 20 seconds. All questions are saved for the pub, thus keeping the momentum up.	Ask Later
open-lecture.net	Promotes lectures from universities and learned institutions on any topic, provided it's open to the public. Covers the UK, not just London. Most lectures are zero cost, but not all, so read the small print carefully!	open-lecture.net
Jigsaw UK	A wiki for those involved in digital media, covering funding, events, and product showcases. This list of events is has many useful up-to-date and short-notice events listed on it.	Jigsaw UK
Networking and business events
Second Chance Tuesday	A networking event for investors and entrepreneurs, occuring every few months. There's certainly a lower attendance since the increases in entry fee, but some influential people can be met.	Second Chance Tuesday
Open Rights Group	A more serious group with a solid agenda, namely protecting your rights in the digital age. Their events consist primarily of regular 'Copyfighters Brunches', picnics (yes, really!) and occasional talks on the topics of importance, with industry speakers. These offer a more thoughtful approach on the traditionally social side of geek networking.
Wiki Wednesday	Held on the first Wednesday of each month for people to get together and chat, learn about wikis, find jobs, talk deals and generally cavort. Some events have featured speakers, some have a round robin of 5 minute talks, while some are unstructured.	Wiki Wednesday - London
Networking Club	The Networking Club is a band of fellow travellers, who often get together for meetings. Not sure if this is still active, though.	Networking Club
Social events, meet-ups, and beer nights
GeekDinner London	A networking event that includes food, and a special guest that is usually known within the blogosphere. Usually involves (minimal) cost to cover food.	Geek Dinner
London Ruby User Group	A monthly event with prepared talks about all things Ruby. Registration required for attendees.	London Ruby User Group
Web Standards Group - Meetup	A free event with talks and discussions with a focus based around web standards (funnily enough.) The goal of these Web Standards Group events is to promote web-standards in such a way that attendees will go away having learnt something, or be inspired to create something great using web standards, whether they are seasoned standardistas or just starting out.	WSG Meetup
London Java - Meetup	A, presumably, free event billed as "some geeks, some beer, some rain...".	London Java Meetup
Swedish Beers	A semi-regular event held at the Nordic Bar, London for those interested in mobile to come and mingle. This event appears to have a lot of different companies represented, and often includes a sponsored bar. The majority of attendees are from sales and marketting, but a few geeks (especially those running the companies) do turn up.	Swedish Beers
London 2.0	All I know is that this is monthly, and features a coming together of geeks, beer, and gradient fills.	London 2.0 - Meetup
Irregular, Rare, and Annual Events
BarCamp London	An occasional networking event for technologists and geeks in various areas.	BarCamp London with iCal calendar
Permanent Locations with temporary exhibits of geek interest
Earls Court and Olympia	The two exhibition centres at Earls Court and Olympia are open most days of the year, with various trade and consumer shows. The trade shows are much better for talking to those involved in the particular industries, although the majority of stall holders are salesmen. The consumer shows, such as the Ideal Home, are expensive opportunities walk around a large shopping centre and be bombarded with advertising.	Current Exhibitions
The Science Museum	They have special exhibitions throughout the year, sometimes involving talks with industry luminaries. They are quite expensive however, and there is often little social interaction with other patrons. Currently the Game On exhibition is showing, and likely to draw good crowds.	Current Exhibitions

	Steven Goodwin is a software enginner, author, speaker, and "Geek About Town". He attends many of the events covered here, and promotes even more of them. He can be reached at