What's Up Wudaokou: This Week's Best Events in the Heart of Studentland

What's Up, Wudaokou? Whether you're at Tsinghua, BLCU, Peking University, or even Google, there is an event for you in Haidian. In this series, we round up the best innovation, entrepreneurship, technology forums and workshops as well as student-related events. Don't worry, we'll even sneak in the occasional happy hour...
 

Thursday, Feb 14

Couchsurfing Weekly Meetup Thursdays
No date for Valentine's? No worries. Head over to Hangover bar for this weekly meetup for the city's Couchsurfing community. It's an opportunity to chat, interact, make new friends and of course, have a drink. This weekly meet-up session brings together people from all walks of life, so who knows, you might even meet somebody special on this romantic day after all.  All cocktails are 20 percent off, RMB 10 for a bottle of Tiger. Free. 9pm onwards. Hangover Bar
 

Sunday, Feb 17

Python Offline Communication Meetup
OK, perhaps not the snake pictured above, but it can be just as slippery for newcomers, Python is one of the world's dominant coding languages. Renowned for its clean language and tight-knit community, Python coding language is used by sites like YouTube and Dropbox all over the world. This event will cover basic knowledge of Python, including basic syntax and variables, and will conclude with a case study: the "you may like" recommendation algorithm used on movie streaming websites like Netflix. RMB 9.9. 10am-5.30pm. Rm 1109, Jinma Mansion, 38 Xueqing Road, Haidian District
 

Wednesday, Feb 20

Entrepreneurship within Corporates
If you've ever struggled between lone-wolfing your career as an entrepreneur or scaling the heights of the corporate ladder in a big company, then this workshop is perfect for you. Presented by Startup Grind University Beijing, this event will equip participants with the knowledge of corporate entrepreneurship as well as career development as an entrepreneur. Keynote speakers Slavo Tujela from the New Digital Business department of Skoda Auto China and Jonas Wolf of AngelHack will discuss what it means to be an 'intrapreneur' – somebody who works within the traditional corporate experience but remains driven and motivated to innovate towards new products, services, and business areas. Free. 6.30-8.45pm. Innoway, Bldg 6, 48 Haidian West Street, Haidian District
 

Friday, Feb 22

From Technology to Management - The Occupation Development of IT Practitioners
If you're interested in a career in IT but don't want to be stuck behind a computer screen forever, get yourself to this technology to management workshop. The course will feature a talk by keynote speaker Zhu Wenbing, an IT professional with more than 20 years experience in providing service management and consultation to clients such as China Mobile, General Administration of Customs, HP, Siemens, and BMW. The course will discuss the IT industry in a broad manner, giving guidance on how IT professionals can move from development into management and beyond as well as give analysis on the future of the industry. The event will be conducted in Chinese only. RMB 49.9. 9am-1pm. Hongkekeyi Bldg, 270 Chengfu Road, Haidian District

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Photos: Unsplash, courtesy of the organizers