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Software delivery is changing faster than most organizations can keep up with. Teams are shipping more. Expectations are rising. New capabilities are entering the development workflow at speed. But behind the momentum, many organizations are asking the same questions: * What does this actually change for our teams? * How do we adopt this without losing control? * And what do we need to have in place to make this work? Because one thing is becoming clear: *The gap between teams that adapt and those that don’t, is growing fast.* This event gives you a clear, practical view on what’s happening, what it means for your engineering organization, and what you should be doing next. **Real insights, real trade-offs, and real next steps.** Program and Registration: https://events.xebia.com/microsoft/ai-reshaping-software-delivery-zurich-june-2

Dear all, The monthly meeting will take place at the PICZ Photo Studio, Limmattalstrasse 184, Zurich 8049 We would like to invite all attendees to bring one image, book or piece of gear that you can share with the other members. Also for each meeting we are looking for a volunteer for a 30 minute presentation on a topic of your choice. Please drop a line to Anto if you have the appetite. BYOB and snacks Looking forward to seeing you soon

大家好！ We meet once a week to speak in and about Chinese. Most participants are advanced speakers, or of Chinese descent. Your are a beginner? By all means give our meet-up a chance and drop by! We'd love to help you navigate through the first steps into this fascinating language. If the weather allows we will meet outside (see indicated location). Please bring your own beverages and food. There is a public toilet nearby. 我们每周二晚上七点在火车站附近的某个餐厅聚会，一边吃晚餐（已吃过的也可以只喝一杯），一边用中文聊天。本着开放原则，参加者资格和话题不受任何限制。 我们特别欢迎各位华侨、华裔和来自中国的留学生参加我们的活动，扩充我们对中国的了解。不见不散！ 天气允许的话我们在外面聚会（请参考所颁布的地点）。此时请安排自己的饮料和食物。附近有公共厕所。

️ **This Meeting’s Theme: “Freedom”** Freedom is what Toastmasters is all about! It's the freedom to finally find your true voice , to break free from the cocoon of stage fright , and to share your authentic ideas with passion and power . So, come ready to speak your truth, liberate your message, and discover the incredible joy of fearless expression! \*\*\* You can **pay directly via Meetup**! For this meeting, we’re collecting **CHF 37**, which also includes a delicious dinner prepared by the restaurant. That’s dinner *and* personal growth in one go—what a deal! ️✨ Per default, you're in for the vegetarian option. If you want meat, let us know via PM before Sunday! \*\*\* \*\* Practice public speaking, sharpen your communication, and grow your leadership skills\*\* Ever wanted to feel more confident speaking in front of others? Or perhaps become a better communicator and leader? Toastmasters is the perfect place to challenge yourself in a warm, supportive, and safe environment. Here, you can practice, learn, grow, mentor, and share—while having a laugh or two along the way. With over **16,600 clubs worldwide**, Toastmasters helps people reach their full potential as confident speakers and inspiring leaders. \*\*\* \*\* Welcome to Zuriberg Toastmasters Club\*\* We usually meet on the **1st, 3rd, and 4th Tuesday** of each month in the beautiful **Zunftsaal** at *Restaurant Weisser Wind* in Zurich. (We’ll always notify you if there's a change in venue.) \*\*\* **️ What to expect at a meeting** Each meeting is hosted by the **Toastmaster of the evening**, who welcomes guests and introduces the *Word of the Day*. Then, we move into the main event: **️ Prepared Speeches** – 3–4 speeches, each 5–7 minutes long **️ Dinner Break** – Enjoy a delicious meal together \*\* Speech Evaluations\*\* – Supportive and constructive feedback \*\* Table Topics\*\* – Fun impromptu speaking, open to guests too! \*\* Meeting Evaluation\*\* – A general overview and suggestions for improvement **️ Guest Feedback & Closing** – Share your thoughts and wrap up the evening \*\* After-Hours Conversations\*\* – Stick around for drinks and good chats \*\*\* **❓ FAQs** **Do I have to speak at my first meeting?** Nope! You’re welcome to just observe. If you feel comfortable, you can introduce yourself and maybe even try Table Topics. Totally optional! **Is there a teacher or instructor?** There’s no formal instructor. The club is run by elected members, and learning happens through practice and peer feedback. You’ll receive a speaking guidebook and can also request a mentor. **Do I have to pay for the dinner?** Yes, the CHF 37 fee covers dinner and the venue. Soft drinks are not included and cost approx. CHF 6. **How many people attend?** Usually between **20–30 people**, a mix of members and guests. Meetup RSVPs mostly reflect guest numbers. **What is Toastmasters International?** A nonprofit founded in 1924 with **16,400+ clubs** in **141 countries**, Toastmasters helps people become better speakers, communicators, and leaders. **Can anyone join?** Yes! Anyone **18 or older** is welcome to become a member. **What is the refund policy?** Unfortunately, we cannot offer refunds for cancellations. But we know that life can get in the way, so guests cancelling two or more days prior to the event are welcome to reach out via private message and we can coordinate a visit at a later date without further charges. \*\*\* We look forward to seeing you—whether it’s your first word or your first speech. Come for the skills, stay for the stories!

Two very different, complementary topics for our June evening. One on the small, everyday habits that make teams actually collaborate. The other on how a platform and a cultural movement transformed IT in the public sector. Here's what's planned for the evening: 17:30 - 18:00 - Arrival and first drinks 18:00 - 18:45 - Micro Habits for better Teamwork by Dr. Denniz Dönmez 18:45 - 19:30 - From DevOps to Digital Sovereignty: How a Movement Became a Platform by Syrian Hadad 19:30 - 20:30 - Networking, Open Space & More drinks\* **Micro Habits for better Teamwork** Great teamwork is like solving a puzzle, and not like playing poker, it's not about playing against each other, but rather achieving real collaboration. Micro Habits are psychological hacks that create big results in teams. Micro Habits for Better Teamwork span seven behavioral domains, such as taking responsibility, creating psychological safety, and testing our assumptions. Each provides concrete, small, actionable behaviors that lead to major improvements in collaboration. This talk presents practical, everyday tools based on real-world experience that can be applied immediately to make teamwork easier and more effective, without lengthy coaching programs or complex team-development processes. With Micro Habits, teams unlock their full potential step by step. **Dr. Denniz Dönmez** Scientific agilist and co-creator of Micro Habits for better Teamwork. 15 years experience leading teams and consulting market leaders with a background and PhD in agile methods. **From DevOps to Digital Sovereignty: How a Movement Became a Platform** IT in the public sector is anything but simple: long-established landscapes, strict regulatory requirements, complex processes, and often more than 500 business applications that must be operated reliably. For a long time, this meant ordering individual servers, databases, DNS entries, firewall rules, and storage, then assembling everything manually. Every application was unique. Pets instead of cattle. This talk tells the story of how the DevOps idea took hold in exactly this environment — first as a cultural movement, and later as a concrete operating and architectural model. Step by step, individual infrastructure evolved into a platform, manual work into automation, and isolated solutions into standardization. The result: the Aargau Cloud Platform and a dedicated platform engineering team. In an environment shaped by legacy systems, federal structures, and long lifecycle expectations, platform thinking becomes the foundation for digital sovereignty: maintaining control, reducing dependencies, and still staying innovative — without simply handing everything over to others. **Syrian Hadad** Syrian Hadad is a CTO and long-standing technology and platform leader in the public sector. Among other achievements, he built the Aargau Cloud Platform and helped establish DevOps, cloud, and architecture topics strategically within the organization. Together with the IT organization of the Canton of Aargau, he won the 2023 Digital Economy Award (Digital Excellence) for the consistent transformation toward platforms, cloud-native technologies, and modern governance. Many thanks to our **sponsors**: * Catering Sponsor: **DevOpsDays Zürich** https://www.devopsdays.ch/ * Location Sponsor: **Digicomp** https://www.digicomp.ch/ \* contact us min. 3 days prior to the event if you prefer a vegan option.

As it is sometimes difficult in Switzerland to practice high german, in 2010 we decided to organize a conversation group that is free to everyone who wants to practice german and socialize. WhatsApp group for easier contact: https://chat.whatsapp.com/KmMkpiQxs291vTPv2RBNm4

‼️ **IMPORTANT:** Meetup RSVPs don't count. Registration is on Luma only — **grab your spot here:** [https://luma.com/99z48ev4](https://luma.com/99z48ev4) What does it actually take to build with AI right now? 🎯 Three practitioners. A panel. Drinks after. We're back on the 4th of June at the Zalando Office in Prime Tower for an evening of high-signal talks from people who are shipping with AI — not theorizing. **On stage:** * **Ania Szostek** — Product Lead, Zalando - *Building AI-First, Not AI-Added: Lessons from Zalando Assistant* * **Cinzia Bonetta** — Founder & CEO, MaiQ *Vibe Coding Makes You Faster. But How Do You Ensure Quality?* * **Oliver Förg** — Product Owner AI Solutions Digital Commerce, Migros - *Building Chatbots in Minutes: How Migros Made GenAI Fast, Secure and Enterprise‑Ready* **Then: a panel.** The three speakers, three moderators and your questions. The conversations that usually happen in the hallway — but on stage. **Afterwards: apéro.** Drinks, snacks, and the people you actually came to meet. *** **Who shows up at GenAI 360:** product people, business strategists, decision-makers, engineers, founders, researchers, and the AI-curious from across Zurich. If you want to know what's working before it shows up on LinkedIn, this is the place to be. 😉 📍 **Location:** Zalando Office, Zurich **📆 Date:** Thursday, 4th of June 2026 🕕 **Time:** 18:00–21:00 🎟️ **Capacity is limited** — Meetup RSVPs won't get you in - register on Luma to **get your spot:** [https://luma.com/99z48ev4](https://luma.com/99z48ev4)

Lust auf Abenteuer zwischen den Baumwipfeln? Wir machen gemeinsam den Seilpark Atzmännig unsicher! Ob du zum ersten Mal kletterst oder schon fast wie Tarzan durch die Lüfte schwingst - hier findest du deinen Weg über schwankende Brücken, wackelige Netze und luftige Höhen. Alles ist vorbereitet. Die Seile sind gespannt. Du musst dich nur noch einhängen. Nach dem Klettern lassen wir den Tag beim gemeinsamen Grillen ausklingen und kommen ins Gespräch: "Wer bereitet eigentlich Wege für uns vor? Und was heißt es, sich auf etwas einzulassen, das andere schon gesichert haben?" Ein Tag für Kopf, Herz, Muskelkater - und echte Gemeinschaft.

Welcome to the June meeting of the book club! For our second book, we’ll be reading *The Door*, a powerful novel by Hungarian author Magda Szabó. First published in 1987, it tells the story of the complicated relationship between a writer and her enigmatic housekeeper, gradually opening into larger questions of power, intimacy, pride, class, loyalty, and self-deception. We’ll meet in English for a friendly, open discussion. No academic background is needed — just read the book, bring your thoughts, and join the conversation. These first books have been chosen by the organizer to help get the club started. Once the group is actively underway, future reads will be selected through member nominations and voting. Looking forward to seeing new and returning readers in June!

Welcome to our meetup! In our meetups we openly discuss and share our experiences related to running an Amazon FBA business, Amazon KDP business or other online business out of Switzerland. There's no fixed agenda or presentations/speakers. Everyone gets the chance to shortly introduce his/her experience with online business so far and to discuss any issues he/she is facing at the moment. Our meetups are valuable both for people just starting out as well as for experienced entrepreneurs. Next to providing useful practical information, I believe our meetups are just as valuable for the chance to meet similar minded, motivated entrepreneurs. It's great for your own mindset to meet other people who also think out of the 9-to-5 box. Furthermore, our meetups provide a good networking opportunity: we already have various collaborations between members of our group resulting from our meetups. We will meet in the lobby of the Motel One hotel (Stockerstrasse 61, corner of Brandschenkestrasse; after you entered the motel, you'll find the lobby at the far left). If you like to have a drink, please get it at the bar before coming to the lobby, so we can start on time at 7pm. Meetups are held in English, unless all participants understand German. Please only sign up if you're actually planning on coming. Looking forward to meeting you! \*\*\* no hidden agenda, no one trying to sell you his services, 100% entrepreneurs helping entrepreneurs \*\*\*

**Registration:** Register on the Elevate Tech website to attend: https://www.elevate-tech.ch/event-details-registration/women-in-ai-from-ideation-to-driving-responsible-impact-hosted-by-six **Time and Location:** 04\. Juni 2026\, 17:30 – 21:00 SIX Convention Point, Pfingstweidstrasse 110, 8005 Zürich, Switzerland **About the event:** Join us for an inspiring evening of innovation and empowerment! The event is themed around how to turn AI ideas into real, sustainable, and governed value. It aims to guide the audience through the lifecycle of an AI solution, from the moment an idea emerges to ensuring it remains valuable, reliable, and well-governed in production. Discover how **AI is transforming industries**, as leading women in the field share their expertise and insights. Listen to engaging talks on scaling machine learning and AI-powered data access in an event that will showcase the **women driving change** in the world of AI and data science. In addition to the main event, we will host **speed-mentoring sessions** featuring senior leaders from SIX and UBS, as well as the event speakers. If you'd like to participate in these sessions, please get a mentoring session ticket as well as your event ticket. This event is a collaboration between Elevate Tech and SIX. **Agenda:** * 16:00 – 17:00 Mentoring Sessions with SIX and UBS Senior Leaders * 17:30 Opening (Julinda Gllavata) * 17:35 Welcome to SIX & Introduction to Elevate Tech * 17:40 **Jenny Chang,** Head Innovation Hub, SIX Financial Information. *From Idea to Value: Building the Right AI Solution* * 18:00 **Julinda Gllavata,** UBS: *AI in Production: Monitoring and Sustaining Value* * 18:20 **Dr. Rehana Harasgama**, Attorney-at-Law, Partner at Kellerhals Carrard. *The Architecture of Trust: Governance Frameworks for Responsible AI.* * 18:40 Q&A for everyone * 19:00 Networking Apéro Don’t miss the chance to connect and network! Registration for this event is free, with an optional donation to Elevate Tech. Register on the Elevate Tech website to attend: https://www.elevate-tech.ch/event-details-registration/women-in-ai-from-ideation-to-driving-responsible-impact-hosted-by-six Follow us on LinkedIn to receive event information early! https://www.linkedin.com/company/elevate-tech-ch

## 🤝 Host Information A co-hosted event by ProductTank Columbus & Women in Product Columbus 💡 About the Workshop AI adoption is stalling across organizations — not because of a lack of motivation or tools, but because it's fundamentally a behavior design challenge. This hands-on workshop applies proven Behavior Design models and methods to help you move from a vague organizational wish to boost AI adoption to 3-5 concrete, testable interventions you can act on starting tomorrow. Whether you're a product manager, on a product team, or just someone trying to get AI to actually stick at work, you'll leave with a clear picture of what's worth focusing on, what to ignore, and how to drive real, sustained adoption — no guesswork required. 🛠️ What to Bring Laptop: Fully charged and ready to go. AI Assistant: Have your favorite AI assistant pulled up. (Dom will be using Claude, but feel free to use whichever assistant you prefer!) 🍕 Logistics & Perks Food & Drink: Pizza and drinks provided! Parking: Plenty of free spaces available on-site. ###

Start your week the right way with Manic Mondays. Giving you an enjoyable Bachata lesson with a push of cool moves. The second hour has Beginner/Intermediate Salsa on 1. You must understand basic Salsa skills to participate. 730pm-830pm Bachata Cool Moves 830pm-930pm Salsa On 1 (Beginner/Intermediate) 15 for One Class 20 for Both Free Parking & Plenty of Dance Space. Viva Dance Columbus 2809 Festival Lane Dublin OH 43017

**The Behavior Gap: Where Products Win or Lose** Teams today have more data than ever, and yet many still struggle to understand why customers adopt, engage with, or abandon their products. Teams sprint, ship faster, and chase more signals… all while metrics stall and confidence drops. The missing piece isn’t more data. It’s often the behavioral insight between the metrics, explaining why the numbers move in the first place. Dashboards can tell you what customers did, but understanding why they did it (and how to influence what they do next) requires a deeper blend of insights. This session is about closing that gap. Drawing from real-world experience designing and scaling products as [ZoCo Design](https://zocodesign.com/)’s CEO, [Lacey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) will share how to cut through the noise and identify the insights that actually change behavior—moving people, and moving metrics. You’ll learn: * Why understanding customer behavior is a quant and qual challenge * How to spot the signals that actually predict behavior change * Where AI accelerates insight, and where it creates distraction * How to get meaningfully closer to customers, without adding more tools This talk reframes how to evaluate performance and identify what levers actually improve it, helping your team to make smarter bets with greater confidence. Every meaningful outcome is driven by behavior change. And when you know how to design for behavior, you stop guessing, and start building things that work. **About Our Speaker** [Lacey Picazo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) is the Founder and CEO of ZoCo, a healthcare product studio that turns complex, high-stakes ideas into products that drive real-world adoption. She partners with healthcare organizations to uncover critical care delivery insights, focus product strategy through behavior design, and build solutions that patients and providers actually use. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

Topic to be announced. **THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/ **DIRECTIONS** Franklin University Fisher Hall 300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8 Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map. NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com