If you're Sydneyside then you may be interested in attending two events this week: the .NET User Group and the SharePoint User Group.

The SharePoint User Group meets at 5:30pm on Tuesday at Unique World's office on Level 14, 24 Campbell Street.

Come along to the August User Group to hear Brad Saide from Live Point presenting on Business Data Catalogue and participate in a discussion with Han Duong from Live Point on customising SharePoint Themes.

In addition to Brad & Han's presentations, Jey from K2 will showcase K2 blackpearl, the BPM product from K2, and how it extends MOSS 2007.

The .NET User Group will be meeting at the Microsoft campus on Epping Road in North Ryde on Wednesday from 5:45pm to 9pm. This month Johann Kruse will be talking about Office Communicator 2007. You can find out more information about the event here.

I'll try to get more information on how exactly Office Communicator hooks into SharePoint (presumably through the existing "presence awareness" feature and there is also an API that can surface a lot of information).

Hope to see you there. Happy coding!