Happy Friday. Welcome to the Weekend Update. Our goal with this weekly post is to share quick updates about online education, networking and collaboration opportunities and resources for the open source enterprise blockchain community.
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Webinar: Privacy features of Hyperledger Besu
Join the @PegaSysEng team at 2:00pm ET on Wednesday, April 22nd, for a free webinar with a discussion and demo of new privacy features of Hyperledger Besu.
Hyperledger Summer Mentorship application deadline
The Hyperledger Summer Mentorship program has become a valuable on-ramp for college and graduate students looking to gain real world experience and skills in open source development, work closely with technical experts to grow their professional network and enhance their resumes with tangible project contributions.
This year there are 18 paid mentorship opportunities, available to students anywhere in the world to work wherever they are. Get more details here. The application deadline is April 24.
Updates from Linux Foundation Training
For the ninth time, the Linux Foundation is hosting the Linux Foundation Training (LiFT) Scholarship Program to provide opportunities to up-and-coming developers and sysadmins who show promise for helping shape the future of Linux and open source software but do not otherwise have the ability to attend training courses. Details are here.
In addition, the Linux Foundation will continue to offer the 30% off for all bundles, courses and certification exams until April 30. Use the Coupon Code ANYWHERE30.
Upcoming Virtual Meetups
- Tuesday, April 21, 2020 at 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST: Hyperledger Netherlands hosts: “Hyperledger Telco with Telefonica and Deutsche Telekom”
- Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 16:00 UTC / 19:00 AST: Hyperledger Saudi Arabia hosts a discussion with Hyperledger Executive Director, Brian Behlendorf
- Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 8:00 UTC / 18:00 AEST: Hyperledger Sydney hosts: “Stop COVID-19 with Health App by Hyperledger Indy”
- Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 0:00 UTC (April 23) / 19:00 EST: Hyperledger Panama hosts “Webinar la revolución de la transparencia (Colaboración con Ágiles Panamá)” (Spanish)
- Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM GMT-4: Hyperledger Besu: Ethereum para redes permisionadas (Spanish)
- Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 17:00 UTC / 19:00 CEST / Hyperledger Bologna hosts “Hyperledger Grid – blockchain per la supply-chain” (Italian)
- Friday, April 24, 2020 at 9:30 UTC / 18:30 JST: Hyperledger Tokyo hosts a Japanese language meetup with speakers from Hitachi and Oracle Japan (Japanese)
- Saturday, April 25 at 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST: Hyperledger Sweden hosts “Online Certification Study Circle”
