It’s only the beginning of the year, but there are already many opportunities to get out and start building on your mobile app development education! Network with local user groups to learn about new and exciting releases, tooling, or updates to Xamarin and related technologies. Below are just a few of the Xamarin events happening around the world this January; find one here, or search through the Xamarin Events page to find an event near you!

January 6:

• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Xamarin Code Camp: Learn all about Xamarin from begining to end in a full day of sessions with Xamarin experts hosted by Malaysia Mobile .NET Developers Group.
• Mumbai, India | Mumbai Mobile Developers (.Net/Xamarin): Next meetup will be all about Bots and some goodies on Xamarin Tricks and Tips.

January 9:

• Sydney, Austraila | Sydney Mobile .Net (Xamarin) Developers : In 2018 we’ll be working through a series of talks on Xamarin, starting form scratch with an introduction in January.

January 10:

• Rochester, NY. USA | Rochester Xamarin Meetup : Intro to Xamarin Training Session.

January 11:

• Tempe, AZ. USA | Arizona – Xamarin : Changes to Xamarin Forms in Xamarin 2.5.
• Istanbul, Turkey | Xamarin Istanbul Development Meetup : Xamarin.Forms UI Design & Performance – .NET Core Web API & Integration Test.

January 16:

• New York, NY. USA | NYC Mobile .Net Developers: Vector Graphics with Xamarin by Microsoft MVP, Chris Miller.

January 19:

• Warsaw, Poland | XaMarinesWarsaw: Learn examples and tips on how to organize a project, style an application, add support for multiple languages, and more!

January 24:

• San Diego, CA. USA | Team Hackathon Challenge: Spend an evening with San Diego Xamarin Dev’s to learn, mingle, and hack with Xamarin & Xamarin.Forms.

New Xamarin user groups and events are constantly being announced, so we can’t fit all of the awesome opportunities in one place. For the full list of mobile .NET developer events, browse through our Xamarin Events page, and sarch for Xamarin events happening around the world or pick one close to home by filtering by location. New events and user groups are being added often, so be sure to check throughout the month for updates.

Can’t find a user group near you?

Start one of your own! These helpful resources offer tips on how to organize a local Xamarin User Group:

• How to get started
• Introduction to Xamarin slide deck
• Advanced Speaker decks and presentations with demos
• Promote your upcoming events on the Xamarin Events Forum!

Feel free to send us an email or tweet @XamarinEvents to let us know about Xamairn related events in your area, and we’ll help you promote them. You can also post your event details in our Events Forum to be included in the following month’s event blog post!

Don’t forget to browse the Xamarin events page for even more Xamarin meetups, conferences, hackathons, and other tech gatherings happening near you this month.