A Jug for Everyone

The Voice of Tech - London Java User Group

Thu, Jul 9 · 6:00 PM BST

Civo Tech Junction, Civo Tech Junction, First Floor, 32-37 Cowper St, EC2A 4AW, London, GB

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Book your ticket at the AJE Eventbrite event page
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Join us for an evening of tech talks, community networking, and good conversations at our next AJE Community Meetup!

You can support our community by donating to our Open Collective page

Whether you're a backend dev, full-stack engineer, or just getting started in tech, this event is a great opportunity to:

• Hear insightful talks from fellow engineers
• Share ideas and challenges
• Connect with others working in the London tech scene

Our goal is to create a friendly and supportive space where technologists can learn from each other — and have some fun along the way. And if you think that public speaking is fun and can enhance your professional growth, why not to submit your talk at our Call for Papers page

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Talk 1: Applications with Azure AI Foundry
Shubhangi Goyal
(Senior Analyst @ Admiral Group| Microsoft MVP | Women in Data London Chapter Lead|Public Speaker)

In this session, we’ll explore how Azure AI Foundry helps developers and data professionals build, customize, and operationalize AI solutions using the latest in large language models (LLMs) and Azure’s trusted infrastructure. From prompt engineering to context management, model evaluation, and deployment, we’ll walk through how the Foundry enables you to move from experimentation to production faster and more securely.

Whether you’re building copilots, domain-specific agents, or generative AI apps , this session will help you understand how Azure AI Foundry streamlines the journey from idea to impact.

Key Takeaways:

Understand the core components of Azure AI Foundry (projects, hubs, model catalog, orchestration).

Learn how to integrate OpenAI and custom models into Azure-based applications.

Explore responsible AI, governance, and monitoring within the Foundry ecosystem.

See a demo or architecture walkthrough for deploying a contextual AI app or copilot.

Discover how Foundry connects with Azure Machine Learning, AI Studio, and Fabric for end-to-end innovation.

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Talk2: Developer Experience - it's not just about coding!
Deepak Gupta
(Senior Consulting Engineer)

As developers, we all want to do our best for our customers and for our careers, yet often we face "friction" that prevents us from doing our work. This might not seem important to management, but a bad developer experience can have a huge negative impact on a company's bottom line. So what causes the "friction" and what can companies do to minimise that "friction" ?