Kick off May with a Mobile C# Meetup

We are kicking off May the right way with another round of awesome Xamarin meetups happening all over the world. This month is packed full of great talks ranging from Arduino Hacking with Xamarin, using ServiceStack and Amazon with Xamarin, PCL, F#, and ChromeCast! This is just a small sampling of what is going on in just the first two weeks of May. So kick off May by joining your fellow developers to learn about new topics with Xamarin!

Here are some upcoming Xamarin developer group meetups:

New England Microsoft Developers

• Waltham, MA: Thursday, May 1st 6:30PM

• Cross Platform Mobile App Development, with Xamarin’s Mike Bluestein

Lagos de Moreno Mobile .NET Developers Group

• Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco México: Saturday, May 3rd 7:00PM
• Xamarin.Android + Arduino : Hacking Robots

Intel Software MeetUp

• Bologna, Italy: Saturday, May 3rd 4:30PM
• Developing Native Mobile Applications using Xamarin

Seattle Mobile .NET Developers Group

• Seattle, WA: Tuesday, May 6th 6:00PM
• Xamarin, ServiceStack and Amazon for Great Apps, Fast!

NYC Mobile .NET Developers Group

• New York, NY: Tuesday, May 6th 6:45PM
• 1) Write cross-platform mobile apps with F# & Xamarin. 2) ??? 3) Profit!, with Firefly Logic’s Rachel Reese

Philly Area Xamarin Group

• Philadelphia, PA: Tuesday, May 6th 6:30PM
• A Whirlwind Tour of Xamarin, with Twilio’s Brent Schooley

Glasgow Mobile Developers Meetup

• Glasgow, Scotland: Thursday, May 8th 6:00PM
• WP and W8 development experience

Tech Valley .NET User Group

• Albany, NY: Tuesday, May 13th 6:30PM

• Cross-Platform Mobile Development Using C#, with Xamarin’s Mike Bluestein

Pittsburgh .NET User Group

• Pittsburgh, PA: Tuesday, May 13th 5:30PM
• Mobile Development with Xamarin

DFW Mobile .NET

• Dallas / Fort Worth, TX: Wednesday, May 14th 6:00PM

• Xamarin + PCL, with Headspring’s Jimmy Bogard

Houston Xamarin C# Mobile Developers Group

• Houston, TX: Wednesday, May 14th 7:00PM
• Xamarin and ChromeCast

There are always tons of events happening all over the world, so if you don’t see your city listed above there is no need to worry. Check out the Xamarin Events forum where new meetups are being added all the time. While you are there, make sure to browse through past presentations on the Xamarin Presentations forum. Here are a few new presentations given and shared recently:

• Go Mobile with C# and Xamarin (Build 2014), by Miguel de Icaza
• Mobile Development Strategies with MVVM, by James Montemagno
• Azure Mobile Services with Xamarin and MvvmCross, by Alec Tucker

Don’t see a developer group in your area and you interested in getting one starter? We are here to help! We have a tips and tricks guide on staring a developer group, a brand new introduction to Xamarin slide deck, and of course our community sponsorship program to get you on your way. We also want to hear from you so please feel free to send us an email or tweet @XamarinHQ so we can help spread the word and continue to grow the Xamarin community.