.NET Liverpool Lightning Talks

Quick and interesting!
Join us for this meet-up, presented by our attendees and the local community! It's a fantastic opportunity to support first-time public speakers as they share their passions and experiences. Come out and show your support—there are some exciting topics on the agenda!

Details
This month we'll be hosting a series of lightning talks from the community - 10/15 minute slots for our members to talk about something interesting within the .NET ecosystem!

Each speaker will have 15 minutes to present, and then we'll have a 5 minute break in-between for questions and equipment prep.

Talks
18:30 - Introductions
18:40 - (Michal Gajda) - Clean Architecture in examples
19:10 - (Victor Canaan) - Smarter IoT with ESP32: Leveraging ESP-NOW for Efficient Device Communication
19:20 - (David Tully) - Pxl-Persona, building AI Powered Avatars with Personality for soft skills training
Break 10 min
19:50- (Esanju Babatunde) - Building Developer Tools in the Open: Lessons from PayBridge & CronCraft
20:10 - (Stephen Mills) - A talk on F#
20:30 (Olorunfemi Davis) - The AI-First Strategy in .NET 9 and Semantic Kernel
20:50 (Prakash Nandagopal) - Image Optimisation using AWS CloudFront & Compute@Edge

Live Stream
https://www.youtube.com/live/OdI556d-Ux8?si=K7WMjMDatihuL-Yr

Food
We have a selection of food available including Vegan options but if you'd like to know more please drop one of our organisers a message before the event via the group message forum. (https://secure.meetup.com/messages/)

If you would need assistance to leave the building in the event of an evacuation then please let us know via the group message forum. (https://secure.meetup.com/messages/)

Schedule
Doors open from 18:00
Pizza at 18:30
Speakers from 18:40

Close ~21:00 (Don't feel bad if you have to leave early for a train/bus/lift home - no one will be offended)

Travel
Train - James Street station is a 2-minute walk from the Lab. Liverpool Lime Street is approximately 15-20 minutes walking distance.

Driving - Underground parking is available.

Bicycle - Cycle rack available.