# Belgium (Ghent), December 21: User meetup

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/belgium-ghent-december-21-user-meetup/14625>\
**Category:** Meetups\
**Created:** [September 6, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/belgium-ghent-december-21-user-meetup/14625 "2018-09-06T15:10:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![maleadt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maleadt/32/10097_2.png) [@maleadt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maleadt)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/belgium-ghent-december-21-user-meetup/14625/1 "2018-09-06T15:10:16Z")

</div>

Hi all,

We’re organizing a Julia user meetup at Ghent University, Belgium, on the 21st of December. There will be multiple talks, and a reception afterwards for a chance to socialize with fellow Julia users and developers. The schedule is not yet finalized, but please mark your attendance if you’re interested in this event at [Login to Meetup | Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/BeNeLux-Julia-User-Group/events/254445081)

If you want to give a presentation at this event, please send me a message before the end of September.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![maleadt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maleadt/32/10097_2.png) [@maleadt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maleadt)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/belgium-ghent-december-21-user-meetup/14625/2 "2018-10-30T15:55:07Z")

</div>

And we have a program:

14:00 Doors opened

14:30 Tutorial by Tim Besard on effectively using GPUs with Julia  
15:30 Talk by Ben Lauwens on the ThinkJulia book and associated package

16:15 Break

16:30 Talk by Bart Janssens on UIs for Julia notebooks and applications  
17:15 Talk by Jutho Haegeman on efficient strided arrays with Strided.jl

18:00 Reception

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![xiaodai](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/xiaodai/32/15937_2.png) [@xiaodai](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaodai)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 11:38am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/belgium-ghent-december-21-user-meetup/14625/3 "2018-12-20T11:38:55Z")

</div>

You guys can run meetups so close to Christmas! I did once in Sydney and only 4 people turned up.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2018, 11:40am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/belgium-ghent-december-21-user-meetup/14625/4 "2018-12-20T11:40:25Z")

</div>

> [@xiaodai](#):
>
> You guys can run meetups so close to Christmas!

Many people living in other countries return to see family for the holidays, so it is quite common to do this.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![maleadt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maleadt/32/10097_2.png) [@maleadt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maleadt)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/belgium-ghent-december-21-user-meetup/14625/5 "2018-12-21T20:45:06Z")

</div>

Meet-up was a great success! Here are some materials/slides from today’s talks:

- my talk on effectively using Julia + NVIDIA GPUs: [Julia BeNeLux 2018-12 - GPU Tutorial - Google Slides](https://goo.gl/EtzMqw)
- @barche’s talk on UI’s for Julia: [https://github.com/barche/ghent2018-julia-gui](https://github.com/barche/ghent2018-julia-gui)
- @juthohaegeman’s talk on efficient strided arrays: [https://github.com/Jutho/Presentations/tree/master/JuliaMeetup2018](https://github.com/Jutho/Presentations/tree/master/JuliaMeetup2018)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mohamed82008](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mohamed82008/32/18171_2.png) [@mohamed82008](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mohamed82008)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2018, 9:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/belgium-ghent-december-21-user-meetup/14625/6 "2018-12-21T21:03:27Z")

</div>

Very nice GPU slides! The composability with `DistributedArrays` is mind-blowing!

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![dcastel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/dcastel/32/10692_2.png) [@dcastel](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dcastel)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/belgium-ghent-december-21-user-meetup/14625/7 "2020-10-17T14:16:40Z")

</div>

Very nice. Will try to allocate some time next week for it. I’m just starting with a User Group Julia Leuven (UG.jl)! Completely missed this even existed. I’d love to chat about it some more. Are ya’ll meeting up somewhere online these days (except here ofc)? 🙂

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![maleadt](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/maleadt/32/10097_2.png) [@maleadt](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/maleadt)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 6:24am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/belgium-ghent-december-21-user-meetup/14625/8 "2020-10-19T06:24:56Z")

</div>

There hasn’t been a meet-up since the one listed here in 2018 (not on-line either, I think subject-specific meet-ups like the bi-monthly GPU or ML calls/gatherings we have are more suitable for that). But good to know something’s happening in Leuven too, and happy to join events there once we can have them again 🙂