CocoaHeads worldwide! CocoaHeads groups are available in the following areas:

  • Australia
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 13, 2017 18:30 at 313 Halifax Street, Adelaide, SA, 5000
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, March 5, 2013 18:00 at RiverCityLabs
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, December 8, 2011 17:30 at CRE8IVE
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, June 30, 2016 19:00 at Hunter Valley
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, June 16, 2011 18:30 at TBD. Please visit the Melbourne Cocoaheads web site for information on our regular meetings
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, March 17, 2016 18:30 at Atlassian (Level 6, 341 George St, Sydney)
  • Austria
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, March 15, 2012 19:30 at MASSIVE ART WebServices GmbH, Sebastianstrasse 13, 6850 Dornbirn
    • Previous meeting: Monday, May 30, 2011 19:00 at BytePoets, Münzgrabenstraße 92/2/3, 8010 Graz Austria
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 18:00 at runtastic HQ (Plus City, Pasching bei Linz)
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 19:00 at Schrannengasse 6, 5020 Salzburg
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, December 11, 2014 19:00 at Metalab, 1010 Wien, Rathausstrasse 6
  • Belarus
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, November 2, 2013 14:00 at Brest City, Brest Delivoi business centre, Viber office 5 floor
  • Belgium
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, March 12, 2014 20:00 at Cegeka, Universiteitslaan 9, 3500 Hasselt
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, March 23, 2017 18:00 at Banja Luka College
  • Brazil
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, July 31, 2014 19:00 at Seed Startup Ecossystem
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, October 30, 2014 19:00 at Celebration Virtual Offices
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, June 28, 2022 19:00 at BEES fica na Rod. Heitor Penteado, 5421 - Bairro das Palmeiras, Campinas - SP, 13092-543
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, August 16, 2016 19:00 at Florianópolis
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, July 31, 2014 19:00 at Auditório do Flamboyant Shopping Center
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 19:00 at Concrete Solutions R. São José, 90 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, January 29, 2015 19:00 at Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 4221, São Paulo
  • Bulgaria
    • Previous meeting: Monday, June 10, 2013 19:45 at 4 Gurko str, Sofia Bulgaria
  • Canada
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, September 9, 2010 18:00 at Splice Training - 1668 Barrington Street
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, January 14, 2014 18:30 at McKibbin's Irish Pub, 1426 Bishop St. Montreal, QC, H3G 2E6
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, October 8, 2024 19:00 at Online
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, November 12, 2013 18:30 at Metro Hall
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, October 10, 2013 19:00 at Irish Times Pub, Downtown, Victoria, BC
  • China
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, November 27, 2010 14:00 at Sina Weibo
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, July 14, 2016 19:00 at Blueprint, 17/F Cornwall House, Taikoo Place King's Quarry Bay, 979 King's Rd, Quarry Bay
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, May 21, 2015 19:00 at Alibaba office
  • Costa Rica
    • Previous meeting: Friday, July 20, 2018 20:00 at Republica Casa Cervecera
  • Croatia
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 18:00 at Infinum HQ, Strojarska cesta 22, Zagreb
  • Czech Republic
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 6, 2017 20:00 at Bistro Arte, Kozacka 6, Praha - Vrsovice
  • Denmark
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, December 8, 2009 19:00 at Helsingforsgade 8, lokale 138, 8200 Aarhus
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, February 13, 2014 19:00 at Festsalen, Bikuben Kollegiet – Amagerfælledvej 50B, Copenhagen
  • Finland
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, May 13, 2014 18:00 at Boogie Software, Energiakuja 3, 00180 Helsinki
  • France
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, February 6, 2024 19:00 at 117 Quai de Bacalan, 33300 Bordeaux, France
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, September 13, 2011 19:00 at Lille
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, May 24, 2012 19:00 at Immeuble Le Thelemos 15 quai du commerce
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 14, 2016 19:00 at Coswos
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, September 14, 2017 19:00 at Atelier Rosemood, 27 Rue La Noue Bras de Fer,, 44200 Nantes
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, June 20, 2013 19:00 at IESA multimédia au 5, rue Saint-Augustin - 75002 - Paris // M° Bourse
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, September 25, 2014 18:30 at La Cantine numérique rennaise, Les Champs Libres 46 boulevard Magenta, 35000 Rennes
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, June 14, 2012 19:00 at ekito, 1 Place de la Bourse, 31000 Toulouse
  • Germany
    • Next meeting: Thursday, November 28, 2024 19:00 at RWTH Aachen University, Raum 2.73 (2. OG), Im Süsterfeld 9, 52072 Aachen
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 19:00 at See www.meetup.com/de/Cocoaheads-Berlin/
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, March 13, 2014 19:00 at Office of 9elements GmbH, Kortumstraße 26, 44787 Bochum
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, September 24, 2009 19:00 at Koenigswinterer Strasse 374, 53227 Bonn
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, August 2, 2018 18:30 at ℅ Open Xchange, Stavendamm 22, 28195 Bremen
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, August 27, 2015 19:00 at Daniel Wetzel, All In Büro, Stefan-Heym-Platz 1, 09111 Chemnitz (Kaufhaus Schocken)
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 10, 2014 19:00 at SAP, Postplatz (Google Maps)
    • Previous meeting: Monday, October 10, 2016 19:00 at Rheinfabrik Office, Hüttenstraße 100
    • Previous meeting: Monday, December 7, 2015 19:00 at Berger Str. 175, 60385 Frankfurt
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 6, 2017 19:00 at XING AG, Dammtorstraße 30, 20354 Hamburg
    • Previous meeting: Monday, July 6, 2015 19:00 at HaCon Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Lister Straße 15, 30163 Hannover Deutschland
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, October 17, 2018 19:00 at Gunnars - Café, Lounge, Sports
    • Next meeting: Thursday, December 12, 2024 18:00 at Weihnachtsmarkt Leipzig
    • Previous meeting: Monday, June 4, 2018 19:00 at digital Hub münsterLand, Hafenweg 16, 48155 Münster
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 20:00 at online!
    • Next meeting: Thursday, December 12, 2024 19:00 at Josephsplatz 8, 90403 Nürnberg
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, January 30, 2014 19:00 at Hannoversche Str. 6-8 49084 Osnabrück
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, June 14, 2012 19:00 at Room H-A 8107, Hölderlinstraße 3, 57076 Siegen, Germany
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 19:00 at MTV-Restaurant Kräherwald (Am Kräherwald 190 A, 70193 Stuttgart)
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 19:00 at Paulinstr. 123, CCC Trier
    • Previous meeting: Sunday, November 30, 2014 17:30 at Cafe Beckers Ulm
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, July 5, 2012 19:30 at Gehrings, Neubaustrasse 24, 97070 Würzburg
  • Greece
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, June 24, 2014 19:00 at Evristheos 2, Athens, Greece
  • Guatemala
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 07:00 at Cafe Despierto zona 4
  • India
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, July 6, 2013 10:00 at Thoughtworks
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, August 30, 2014 11:00 at OMR, Chennai
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, March 9, 2013 19:00 at Mama Mia, Opposite Globus, Hill Road, Bandra
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:00 at Synerzip, Next to City Pride Kothrud
  • Indonesia
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, May 10, 2012 18:00 at Institute of Applied Science and Technology of Surabaya (iSTTS) - iSTTS Kampus Ngagel
  • Italy
    • Previous meeting: Friday, October 28, 2011 18:00 at Via Interna Aldo Moro 18, Carpi (MO)
  • Japan
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, July 14, 2007 13:00 at Samuti Building AA Annex Near Osaka's Kitahama station.
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, October 14, 2020 01:53 at Opera city, Apple training room
  • Malaysia
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, July 19, 2012 19:30 at Info-Trek, 3rd Floor, Amcorp Mall, Petaling Jaya
  • Mexico
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, August 25, 2011 20:00 at Hacker Garage at Guadalajara, México
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, May 18, 2013 09:00 at Paseo de la Reforma 107, Piso 5, Despacho 502, México D.F.
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, June 23, 2012 18:00 at Coworking Monterrey. Isaac Garza 735 A – Altos, Entre Dr Coss y Zuazua, Zona Centro, Monterrey N.L. México
    • Previous meeting: Friday, August 8, 2014 13:00 at ITESM campus Tampico
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, December 10, 2011 18:00 at CETYS Universidad
  • Netherlands
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 18:00 at Amsterdam
  • New Zealand
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, May 11, 2017 19:00 at Fiserv Auckland
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, August 20, 2015 17:00 at Trade Me
  • Norway
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, February 21, 2013 18:00 at The HUB - Bryggen
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, January 1, 2014 00:00 at Oslo
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 18:00 at Digs @ Olav Tryggvasons gate 30
  • Pakistan
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, September 24, 2014 11:00 at TEO International, Islamabad
  • Philippines
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, April 8, 2017 13:00 at University of Immaculate Conception
  • Poland
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 18:30 at Pomorski Park Naukowo-Technologiczny
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, February 27, 2014 19:00 at Base Lab, Wyczółkowskiego 7, Kraków
    • Previous meeting: Friday, July 10, 2009 19:00 at iSpot w CH Arkadia, Al Jana Pawła II 82, 00-175 Warszawa
  • Portugal
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, February 15, 2018 19:00 at UPTECH, Rua Alfredo Allen, 455/461, Porto, Portugal
  • Romania
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, March 14, 2009 15:00 at Bucharest
  • Russian Federation
    • Previous meeting: Friday, May 30, 2014 19:00 at 125167, Россия, Москва, Ленинградский проспект, д. 47, стр. 2,
    • Previous meeting: Friday, September 30, 2016 19:00 at Нариманова 1, ст. 3, оф. 302
  • Saudi Arabia
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, June 9, 2009 20:00 at Dunkin Donuts, King Absullah St.
  • Scotland
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, March 26, 2009 19:00 at OffShore, 3/5 Gibson Street, Glasgow, G12 8NU
  • Singapore
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, February 26, 2009 19:00 at iShop - Cineleisure Level 3 on Orchard Road
  • Slovakia
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 19:00 at Connect (Cvernovka, 3rd floor), Parickova 18, Bratislava
  • Slovenia
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 17:00 at Zoo Bar, Tržaška cesta 2, Ljubljana
  • South Africa
    • Previous meeting: Monday, May 23, 2016 18:30 at Glucode Offices
  • Spain
    • Previous meeting: Friday, September 25, 2009 15:30 at C/ Muntaner, 537 - 08022 Barcelona, España
    • Previous meeting: Friday, June 26, 2009 15:30 at Universomac SL, Calle Narciso Serra 14, 28007 Madrid
  • Sweden
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 12, 2012 18:00 at Know IT, Östra Hamngatan 16, Göteborg
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 17:30 at Foo Café, Stora varvsgatan 6a, Malmö, Sweden
    • Previous meeting: Monday, February 3, 2014 18:30 at Spotify, Birger Jarlsgatan 61, Stockholm
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 17:30 at Sundsvall, Storgatan 12, Dewire HQ
  • Switzerland
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 19:00 at Lausanne - Restaurant Le Vaudois - Place de la Riponne 1
    • Previous meeting: Friday, March 26, 2010 09:00 at See cocoaheads.ch for up to date information.
  • Taiwan
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, May 14, 2015 17:00 at 13F.-1, No.315, Minghua Rd., Gushan Dist., Kaohsiung City 804, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, November 14, 2013 19:00 at 台北市大安區敦化南路一段205號6樓600室
  • U.S.A.
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, November 17, 2015 18:30 at Enable Labs 422 River Street Troy, NY 12180
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, July 10, 2014 18:30 at Ann Arbor SPARK Central 330 E. Liberty Street Ann Arbor, mi
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, November 12, 2020 19:00 at Online, for now! Contact us below for details!
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, June 11, 2015 19:00 at Capital Factory
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 21, 2016 19:00 at ISCS Office 210 Inverness Parkway, Birmingham, AL 35242
    • Previous meeting: Sunday, October 19, 2014 13:00 at Library at Cole and Ustick
    • Next meeting: Thursday, December 12, 2024 19:00 at E-51 building at MIT, or via Zoom.
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 19:00 at Lazy Dog Sports Bar and Grill
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, February 12, 2011 09:00 at Pasha Coffee & Tea, 3914 St. Elmo Ave, Chattanooga TN 37409
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, December 9, 2014 19:00 at Chicago Apple Store
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, January 19, 2012 18:15 at Max Technical Training
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, February 16, 2016 18:30 at DialogTech, 4500 Rockside Rd, Independence, OH
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, August 9, 2012 19:00 at 2121 Academy Circle, Suite 104, Colorado Springs, CO
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, February 10, 2011 19:00 at Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc.
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, November 8, 2012 18:00 at 904 Elm Street, Suite 200
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 19:00 at Tech Columbus
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 11, 2013 19:00 at To be Announced
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 19:00 at Double Encore, 820 16th Street, 3rd floor, Denver, CO
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, May 9, 2013 19:15 at Urbandale Public Library Meeting Room B
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, October 27, 2011 19:00 at Future Help Designs, 91 North Saginaw Suite 105, Pontiac, MI 48342
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 18:00 at 222 Broadway N Fargo, ND 58102
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, April 2, 2019 18:30 at Mill Creek Software, 216 E Poplar St, Rogers, ArkansasSoftware, 216 E Poplar St, Rogers, Arkansas
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 07:00 at InspiringApps office: 2627 Redwing Rd, Suite #230, Fort Collins, CO 80526
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, October 10, 2013 19:00 at Citrix Systems FTL Headquarters, 851 West Cypress Creek Road Fort Lauderdale, FL - Tell the security you are here for the CocoaHeads Meeting.
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, October 9, 2014 19:00 at 606 SW 4th Ave, Gainesville, FL
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, September 20, 2007 20:00 at Starbucks
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, July 9, 2015 19:00 at The Factory
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, December 13, 2016 19:00 at Super Duper Publications
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 11:30 at Metabahn's Offices
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 18:00 at E-gineering, 8415 Allison Pointe Blvd, Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46250
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, February 19, 2015 18:30 at Maestro HQ
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 18:30 at H&R Block World Headquarters, Lobby Conference Room
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 22:00 at Orange County Public Library (El Toro) community room, 24672 Raymond Way, Lake Forest, CA 92630
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, September 7, 2017 19:00 at Apple Store, Eastwood Towne Center, Lansing, MI
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, January 21, 2010 19:00 at Common Grounds Coffee House
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, December 12, 2013 19:00 at OpenX Technologies - Pasadena, Ca
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 19:00 at Panera Bread - 1801 Rudy Lane, Louisville, KY
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, September 22, 2009 18:00 at UW-Madison, Computer Science Building, Room CS 1325
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, July 10, 2014 19:00 at Start Co. office at 88 Union Ave (2nd Floor) in downtown Memphis
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, December 11, 2014 19:00 at The Lab Miami - 400 NW 26th St, Miami, FL 33127
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 14, 2016 18:00 at Thomson Reuters, Eagan MN
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, May 18, 2017 18:30 at Detroit Labs, 1520 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48226
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 18:00 at Aloompa
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, August 12, 2010 19:00 at Connecticut College, College Center at Crozier-Williams room 224
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, July 10, 2014 18:30 at Google, 76 9th Ave, New York, NY 10011
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, December 3, 2009 18:30 at The OKCCoCo
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, September 8, 2009 19:00 at Stardust
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 9, 2015 18:30 at Apple Store, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, December 8, 2016 19:00 at Software Ops, 15030 N Hayden Rd, Suite 120, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, April 9, 2020 19:00 at Eat-n-Park in Robinson
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, May 24, 2016 18:45 at 1319 SE MLK Blvd, Suite 220 Portland, OR 97214
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, October 15, 2015 19:00 at Pluralsight Office, 3400 Ashton Boulevard, Suite 450, Lehi, UT
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, June 21, 2012 19:00 at Beta Desks Coworking
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, September 19, 2013 19:00 at 201 W. Main St. Durham, NC 27701
    • Previous meeting: Monday, July 6, 2015 11:00 at McLean, VA
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, May 7, 2013 01:00 at Rock Valley College - WTC Room 220
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 19:00 at Panera Bread, 3328 El Camino Ave, Sacramento, CA 95821
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 19:00 at 10855 S River Front Pkwy #175, South Jordan, UT 84095
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, September 29, 2015 18:00 at Ansir Innovation Center 4685 Convoy St. #210 San Diego, CA 92111
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, November 9, 2023 19:00 at San Francisco, CA
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, January 11, 2018 19:00 at iFixit - 1330 Monterey St., San Luis Obispo
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, February 8, 2018 19:00 at Zulily - 2601 Elliott Ave, Seattle, WA
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 19:00 at Orchard Valley Coffee - 349 E Campbell Ave, Campbell, CA 95008
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 18:00 at St. Louis County Library Headquarters
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, January 27, 2011 19:00 at The White House 7030 E. Genesee Street Fayetteville, New York 13066
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, December 6, 2011 19:00 at 732 Broadway, Suite 101, Tacoma WA
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, May 14, 2015 19:00 at Actsoft Inc. 10006 N Dale Mabry Hwy 100, Tampa, FL
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, February 6, 2014 18:30 at Seed Coworking, 25 S. St. Clair, Toledo, OH
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 19:00 at Spoke6 Co-working
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, November 14, 2024 19:00 at Zoom
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, January 5, 2012 07:00 at 1445 New York Ave NW, Suite 200, Washington, DC 20005
  • Ukraine
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, October 24, 2013 19:00 at Karl Marx 67a, 3rd floor, office \"Yalantis\"
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, October 24, 2013 19:00 at г. Киев , ул. Амосова, 12 (офис компании Ciklum), 19й этаж
  • United Kingdom
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 18:00 at Roast Coffee Co, Lisburn Road, Belfast
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 19:00 at Tobacco Factory, Raleigh Road, Bristol, Avon BS3 1TF
    • Previous meeting: Thursday, October 13, 2016 19:00 at Doncaster City Centre Pub.
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, August 22, 2017 18:30 at Montagu Pyke (Weatherspoons), Soho
    • Previous meeting: Saturday, March 23, 2019 13:00 at Symphony Solutions, Lviv
    • Previous meeting: Tuesday, July 1, 2014 18:30 at Campus North, 5 Carliol Square, Newcastle, NE1
    • Previous meeting: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 18:00 at Room S11, Antenna Media Centre, Beck Street, Nottingham, NG1 1EQ
    • Previous meeting: Monday, October 1, 2012 20:00 at Glue Pot, 5 Emelyn Square, Swindon

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CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer's Cocoa and CocoaTouch Frameworks for programming on MacOS X and iOS. During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics.

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