🧠 AI & Society Practice Lab (BNE): Hands-On with Claude

Whether you've never opened Claude or you're already deep in the weeds — this one's for you.

Join us for our September Practice Lab, a hands-on session dedicated to exploring Claude, Anthropic's AI assistant.

We're starting from the very beginning for those new to Claude, then building up into the tools that make it genuinely useful for work and creative projects.

A first for us: Sophia's in Europe for this one, so the session is entirely in the hands of the team.

Marco, Trikush, Varsha and Johnny are running the show — same hands-on, curated format, just without her in the room this time.

What we'll cover:

• Claude for Newbies — the basics: how to get started, ask good questions, and get useful results
• Claude Projects — organising your work into dedicated spaces with their own files, context, and instructions, so Claude doesn't start from scratch every time
• Artifacts — turning conversations into tangible outputs: documents, interactive tools, charts, and small working apps you can see and use in real time
• Vibe coding — building simple apps and tools through natural conversation, no coding background required
• Claude Cowork — Claude's newer agentic workspace for knowledge workers, where it can work across files, spreadsheets, and slides on your behalf

As always, this session is curated and practical — come with your laptop, your curiosity, and (ideally) a task you'd love an AI assistant's help with.

Led by: Marco Suarez, Trikush Mehta, Varsha Raghavan and Johnny Yang

📅 Wednesday 16 September — arrival from 5.30pm, session starts 6pm sharp
📍 Dimbin Mill Seminar Room, Level 1, The Precinct
⚠️ Please note: doors lock at 6pm. We encourage you to arrive before this from 5.30pm.
💻 Bring a Laptop

This venue has no way for us to let latecomers in after that time, so please arrive on time or early — punctuality here is essential, not optional.

Photography notice: Photos and video may be captured for AI & Society's LinkedIn and community comms. If you'd prefer not to be included, just let us know on arrival.

About AI & Society: AI & Society is a national community bringing people from all backgrounds together to talk through the human and civic side of AI. Through events and facilitated workshops across Australian cities, we build practical AI literacy and connect technical insight with everyday judgement.

Note: venue is accessed via stairs (no lift) — message us if that's a barrier.
Hope you can make it.