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Cloud To Career
**Cloud to Career**
**Proudly presented by AWS Cloud Club @ University of Melbourne & Quantum Club**
**Sponsored by CareerXlerate**
**Turn your cloud knowledge into real-world impact—and your passion into a career.**
In today’s world, knowing the cloud is just the beginning. The real question is:
**How do you turn those skills into meaningful, real-world AI and industry solutions?**
**Cloud to Career** is a high-impact, immersive evening designed to bridge that exact gap — bringing together students, industry leaders, and innovators into one powerful space.
Whether you're exploring cloud, diving into AI, or preparing for your first role in tech, this event will give you something far more valuable than theory:
**insight, exposure, and real connection with the people already doing it.**
**Event Details**
* **Date:** April 8th
* **Time:** 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
* **Audience:** \~100 students, engineers, and aspiring tech professionals
**What to Expect**
Industry Panel: Real Stories, Real Insights. Kick off the evening with a high-value panel featuring leading professionals from the industry.
Learn how they transitioned from learning cloud to building impactful solutions in AI, engineering, and beyond.
**We’ll dive into:**
* Breaking into the tech industry
* Real-world applications of cloud + AI
* Skills that actually matter (beyond coursework)
* Mistakes, lessons, and career-defining moments
**Live Q&A — Ask Anything**
An open Q&A session where you drive the conversation.
Ask your questions — whether you're unsure about career paths, technical skills, or industry expectations.
Includes both:
* In-person audience questions
* Online audience participation
**Networking + Buffet**
Move into a relaxed networking session with food and meaningful conversations.
This is your chance to:
* Speak directly with industry professionals
* Build genuine connections
* Explore opportunities, mentorship, and ideas
**Live Case Challenge (Student × Industry Collaboration)**
This is where things get exciting.
During networking, 2 students and 2 industry professionals will be randomly selected to take part in a live architecture challenge.
**What happens:**
* A real-world case scenario is presented
* Collaborate for 40 minutes
* They design and discuss a solution architecture
* Present their thinking to a panel of judges
**Then:**
* Judges break down the solution
* Highlight what worked and what didn’t
* Share how they would approach the problem
Meanwhile, the rest of the room continues networking — making this a dynamic, interactive, and high-energy environment.
Why You Should Attend
* Go beyond theory and see how cloud + AI is applied in the real world
* Learn directly from industry leaders
* Build meaningful connections that could shape your career
* Experience a live problem-solving environment
* Be part of one of the most engaging student-industry tech events at UniMelb
**Final Note**
This isn’t just another tech event.
It’s a bridge between where you are and where you want to be.
If you're serious about turning your skills into a career —
*this* is where it starts.
The Art of Choosing (For Women): Boundaries & Standards in Dating
### ✨ KISMETRIX \| Love Mastery
[Ticketed Event](https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-art-of-choosing-for-women-boundaries-standards-in-dating-tickets-1986299807193?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=ebdsshcopyurl)
This is the first release of The Art of Choosing under our Love Mastery Series.
**The Art of Choosing (For Women)**
Boundaries & Standards in Dating
📍 RYVE – Level 1, 38 Shafton St, Huntingdale VIC
📅 Wednesday, 8 April 2026
🕖 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
## A WORKSHOP FOR WOMEN WHO WANT MORE THAN SURFACE-LEVEL CONNECTION
This is not about how to attract more people.
This is about learning how to **choose the right ones**.
Many women don’t struggle with meeting people — they struggle with **discernment, boundaries, and trusting their own judgement**.
If you’ve ever felt:
• You keep attracting the same patterns in dating
• You ignore red flags or second-guess your intuition
• You give too much, too soon
• You’re unsure what you truly want in a partner
• You want something deeper — but don’t know how to navigate modern dating
This session is designed to support you.
## WHAT YOU’LL GAIN
• **Clarity** — understanding what you truly want (beyond chemistry)
• **Standards** — defining your non-negotiables with confidence
• **Boundaries** — learning how to hold them without guilt
• **Discernment** — recognising red flags, green flags, and inconsistency early
• **Self-awareness** — understanding your patterns in attraction and attachment
• **Decision-making** — knowing when to lean in… and when to walk away
## THE KISMETRIX APPROACH
At Kismetrix, we believe connection should feel natural, respectful, and aligned.
This is not a rigid workshop.
It’s a **guided, reflective space** with real conversations, practical insights, and the opportunity to deepen your understanding of how you show up in dating.
This work doesn’t stop here — it carries into how you engage in real-life interactions, including Kismetrix events.
## WHO THIS IS FOR
• Women who are intentional about dating and relationships
• Women who value depth, emotional intelligence, and meaningful connection
• Women who are ready to raise their standards — without becoming closed off
## IMPORTANT NOTES
• This is a discussion-based and reflective session (not lecture-style)
• This is not a dating or matchmaking event
• Outcomes in dating are never guaranteed — this is about personal clarity
• Respect, boundaries, and emotional safety are central to this space
• Tickets are non-refundable but transferable
## Hosted by
**KISMETRIX \| Love Mastery**
📧 [social@kismetrix.com.au]()
🌐 [www.kismetrix.com.au]()
Di Cook Award Seminar Watch Party - R-Ladies+ Melbourne & SSA-VIC
We have joined forces with the Statistical Society of Australia to broadcast their "Di Cook Award Seminar".
**When:** Wednesday 8th of April, 6:30-8:15pm
**Where:** 750 Collins St, Room 853, Level 8 (Studio Room)
**What:** Free food & drinks while watching the Di Cook Award Seminar!
The [Statistical Computing and Visualisation](https://www.statsoc.org.au/Statistical-Computing-and-Visualisation-Section) section of the Statistical Society of Australia proudly presents the Di Cook Award webinar, promoting open-source statistical software development. This event will showcase outstanding work submitted to the [2025 Di Cook Award](https://statsocaus.github.io/dicook-award/).
The award winner will present their winning project in a 30-minute talk, highlighting the motivation, methods, and key insights behind their work. Two highly commended applicants will also share their submissions, each delivering a
15-minute presentation that outlines the ideas, approaches, and contributions of their projects.
Together, these talks will provide an engaging overview of innovative software development represented in this year’s award submissions, offering attendees the opportunity to learn from and discuss exemplary work in the field.
For more information about the award and the event, see the [SSA website](https://www.statsoc.org.au/event-6618285).
Wednesday Night Chill Run
Let's have fun while watching the night view with our friends!
🏃♂️Training menu🏃♂️
Every Wednesday 6:00p.m~
Fed Square Assembly
【https://maps.app.goo.gl/zmPQ6U533pUDcNSA9?g_st=ic】
If you have luggage, please consider using the lockers at the station.
💥40~60 min Jog+Walk
Pace: Easy pace, suitable for beginners. If you got tired, let's walk together.
【schedule】
6:00 p.m Gathering
6:10 p.m Start
7:00 p.m End of training
Challengers we are waiting for you 😊
Study Technology FREE Workshop! - How to improve your study or teaching.
Applied Scholastics Study Technology is able to improve anyone's ability to study.
Millions of people are already using this technology and whole countries are now adopting it.
- You can learn Faster with less stress
- You don't forget the information
- You stay interested in the subject
- Your marks increase
English literacy rates routinely improve by 25 to 35 percent. Likewise, student test scores improve dramatically with students routinely meeting or exceeding grade level expectations in EVERY ACADEMIC SUBJECT.
Our workshop will be focusing on how students learn.
Study Technology can easily be incorporated into any educational activity—from classroom instruction and curriculum design to employee training or homeschooling. It provides a stable foundation enhancing all educational efforts.
Study Technology is what teachers, tutors, trainers, parents and students can use to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
No matter the curriculum in your current academic setting, Study Technology offers proven teaching strategies and resources that can help resolve classroom issues and improve student achievement.
No matter if you are a teacher yourself or a good students or bad student we can all do better at study once we have this technology under our belt.
Teachers who use this technology report amazing turn around with once troubled students.
The application of Study Technology has quite literally changed millions of lives.
You are most welcome to bring along a friend or those that struggle with study. (any topic)
If you are unable to attend this meetup then let me know, We can arrange for you to meetup at a different time and date.
Light refreshments will be provided.
Information Architecture Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
Golang April @ Atlassian
Hi Gophers! Join us this April for an evening of Go talks exploring real-world systems, from building a BitTorrent client to running Go on legacy architectures. We are looking forward to connecting with you.
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**Agenda**
**6:00pm — Food & Networking**
**6:30pm — Intro + Go News**
**6:45pm — Talks**
**8.00pm — Wrap up then head out for kick ons**
**🎤 Tom Clancy**
**Building a BitTorrent client in Go**
BitTorrent, first released in 2001 is a peer-to-peer protocol for file sharing. Its decentralised approach, where pieces of files are exchanged with peers (rather than a central server), is a natural fit for Go's concurrency model. This talk looks at the inner workings of the protocol, how to build your own client, and concurrency patterns for performance.
Bio: Tom is a Software Engineer at Megaport, working on their edge networking functions platform (written in Go).
**🎤 Sam Hobson**
**Compiling Go for Ancient Architectures**
Some customers approached Knocknoc asking if we can get our Go agent to run on their old HPUX PA-RISC and Solaris SPARC machines, both unsupported by Go, and we took on the challenge of finding a way to make it work
Bio: "I'm Sam, I'm a software engineer of a couple of years working at a startup called Knocknoc on Just-in-time network layer access control software. Please come talk to me about cool stuff you're working on!"
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**Interested in speaking at an upcoming event?**
We will aim to have a mix of short (\~10min) and in-depth (20-30min) talks.
If you’re keen to give a talk on a topic, share a project, or idea, please let us know [bit.ly/GolangMelbourneSpeakersForm](https://bit.ly/GolangMelbourneSpeakersForm)
On-site Japanese x English Language Exchange 'NIHON-MURA"
**This Meetup account will be deleted soon**, but the **Language Exchange hosted by JAPANEASY will continue to be held every week**.
**★Notice: JAPANEASY Meetup Account Closure★**
Hello everyone,
Thank you very much for always joining JAPANEASY’s Language Exchange events and cultural workshops.
We are writing to inform you that the JAPANEASY Meetup account will be closed in the near future.
Please rest assured that JAPANEASY will continue to run events and programs as usual.
If you are interested in our upcoming activities, please visit the links below:
(1) **Language Exchange**
https://japaneasy.com.au/events/language-exchange/
(2) **Cultural Workshops**
https://japaneasy.com.au/workshops/
(3) **Japanese Lessons (Group courses & Private lessons)**
https://japaneasy.com.au/courses/
(4) **日本語教師養成講座**
https://japaneasy.com.au/courses/日本語教師養成講座/
We sincerely appreciate your continued support and look forward to seeing you at our future events.
Warm regards,
JAPANEASY
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JAPANEASY Japanese Language & Culture Learning Centre
Tel:0422-266-308
Address:Level 1, 183 Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Email:[reception@japaneasy.com.au](mailto:reception@japaneasy.com.au)
Website:[www.japaneasy.com.au](http://www.japaneasy.com.au/)
Facebook:[http://www.facebook.com/EasyPeasyJapaneasy](http://www.facebook.com/EasyPeasyJapaneasy)
Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/japaneasymel/](https://www.instagram.com/japaneasymel/)
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IN PERSON! Apache Kafka® Meetup (Apr 2026)
Hello everyone! Join us for an Apache Kafka® x Apache Flink® meetup on **Apr 9th from 5:30pm**, in Melbourne!
The address, agenda, and speaker information can be found below. See you there!
**📍Venue**:
394 High Street Northcote, Victoria 3070
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**🗓 Agenda:**
* 5:30pm: Doors open
* 5:30pm - 6:00pm: Pizza, Drinks, and Networking
* 6:00pm - 6:30pm: Chad Harris, Solutions Architect, Factor House
* 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Stephen Ermann, Senior Customer Success Technical Architect
* 7:00pm - 7:30pm: Additional Networking
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**💡 Speaker:**
Chad Harris, Solutions Architect, Factor House
**Talk:**
Things that go bump in the night: Kafka Operational Issues and How to Survive Them
**Abstract:**
Most Kafka talks focus on how things should work—this one is about what actually happens in production.
We’ll walk through real-world operational issues encountered with Apache Kafka and its clients, from subtle misconfigurations to full “why is everything on fire?” moments. Along the way, we’ll break down how to identify what’s going wrong, which signals actually matter, and how to approach debugging when the system doesn’t behave the way you expect.
This talk will also touch on observability, common failure patterns, and practical mitigation strategies you can apply immediately. Expect a mix of technical deep dives, debugging workflows, and a few war stories (including some questionable decisions and log-staring sessions). If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s just you? It's not!
**Bio:**
Chad Harris is a streaming data specialist and Solutions Architect at Factor House, where he helps organisations design, scale, and operate Apache Kafka platforms using industry-leading tooling.
With experience scaling Kafka across organisations ranging from small startups to some of Silicon Valley's largest companies, Chad has been working with Kafka since its early days. He brings deep expertise across both real-time streaming and data-at-rest systems, with a strong focus on practical, production-ready architectures.
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**💡 Speaker:**
Stephen Ermann, Senior Customer Success Technical Architect
**Talk:**
From Lag to Smooth Sailing: How Queues for Kafka (KIP-932) Fix Slow Consumers
**Abstract:**
Slow or bursty consumers are one of the most common reasons Kafka applications end up fighting lag, over-provisioning, and operational fire drills. Traditional Kafka consumer groups work brilliantly for high-throughput stream processing, but they can make it hard to serve heterogeneous consumers, apply backpressure cleanly, or guarantee fair access when some consumers fall behind.
In this talk, we’ll explore **Queues for Kafka**, the new KIP-932 feature that introduces native queue semantics on top of Kafka’s battle-tested log foundation. We’ll look at how queues decouple producer and consumer throughput, isolate slow consumers without penalising fast ones, and provide more predictable delivery and scaling behaviour for “task” and “work queue” style workloads.
You’ll walk away with:
* A clear mental model of how Kafka queues differ from topics and consumer groups
* Concrete design patterns for handling slow and spiky consumers
* Migration tips for evolving existing Kafka-based services to use queues safely
If you’ve ever stared at a lag graph wondering whether to add more consumers, more partitions, or more coffee, this session will show you a cleaner path to smooth sailing with Kafka.
**Bio:**
Stephen Ermann is a **Senior Customer Success Technical Architect at Confluent**, working with leading financial institutions across APAC to design and operate mission-critical, real-time data platforms. With deep experience in **Apache Kafka**, **Confluent Cloud and Platform**, and surrounding ecosystems like **Kafka Connect** and **Apache Flink**, Stephen helps customers solve hard problems around scalability, reliability, and security in production. They are particularly focused on **RBAC, OAuth, mTLS, and container image security**, as well as emerging **agentic AI** patterns built on streaming data. Outside day-to-day architecture work, Stephen regularly shares practical patterns and lessons learned at meetups and user groups across the region.
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If you would like to speak or host our next event please let us know! community@[confluent.io](http://confluent.io/)
Melbourne CocoaHeads No. 194
Our regular monthly presentation night on the second Thursday of the month from 6:30pm!
Thanks to Mantel Group for hosting us again this month. If you're coming in person we're there with food and drinks from 6pm. We will be live streaming the presentations as usual from 6:30pm at [http://www.melbournecocoaheads.com/live](http://www.melbournecocoaheads.com/live)
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**Agenda**
\| 6:00pm \| Food \+ Networking \|
\| 6:30pm \| Event begins\. Introductions \|
\| 6:40pm \| Chris Hocking — Pretending to be a coder \- Version 3: The world has changed since we last saw Chris… Codex\, Claude and burnout\. \|
\| 7:15pm \| TBC \|
\| 7:55pm \| Wrap up \+ social time at a nearby venue \|
\* All times are approximate. Presentation order will be confirmed on the night.
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We are always looking for speakers and believe everyone has an interesting talk hiding inside themselves. If you are interested in letting that talk out at a future event you can get in touch on the website [https://www.melbournecocoaheads.com/talks](https://www.melbournecocoaheads.com/talks) or on Slack.
Vibe Code & Chill
***Vibe out with your tribe, out. (No coding experience required or expected!)***
Join us for **Vibe Code & Chill: October Edition** on Sunday, October 5th, 2025.
This isn’t your average meetup: no stuffy panels, no boring lectures. We’re here to vibe, imbibe, and make progress on our *projects-de-jour*: from AI experiments to Web3 hacks, AR side projects, or just messing around with next-gen tools.
***New to the crew?***
Expect a warm welcome and friendly face to greet you before introducing you around and helping you find your people.
We keep it friendly, fun, and inclusive and with free snacks and drinks, you’re covered. Bring your laptop and your best coding mojo.
**What to expect:**
* **Chill coding & collaboration:** Bring your laptop and your current coding project. Find a spot in our comfortable booths or at tables with fellow coders. This is a space for hands-on work, casual discussions on the latest gizmos, and helping each other out.
* **Free refreshments:** Stay fueled and hydrated with non-alcoholic drinks and a selection of snacks provided by the club. The pub has a great range of meals and drinks if you're looking for something more.
* **Headphone-free zone (official hours):** You can code in your own world at home! We have a no-headphone policy for the first hour of the meetup.
* **Flexible timing:** You're welcome to arrive early and get started before the official event kicks off at 2PM. and you're welcome to stay and vibe on as long as you like. No sweat if you can't stay the whole time, just pop in and join the fun for as long as you can!
Come ready to laugh, learn, and grow with a community that's excited by design, tech, and innovation. This is your chance to make new friends, share ideas, and be inspired by fellow driven and generous minds.
Women Photographers NGV Exhibition + Street Photography
Join us for the Women Photographers Exhibition held at the National Gallery Victoria, St Kilda Road.This ticketed exhibition is $25 adult entry.
We will meet up for lunch at Queen Vic Market and then explore the market for street photography!
If you don't want to see the ticketed exhibition, there are free exhibitions on all the levels of the gallery. This will give us the opportunity to try out some street photography in exhibition spaces today, as public accessible spaces such as galleries and museums come under the street photography umbrella.
We will also make use of street photography opportunities on the way to and in the market.
Schedule
9.45 am. Meeting Point 1:
National Gallery of Victoria, 80 St Kilda Road.
10am - 12 noon Exhibition, NGV.
12-1pm Make your way to Queen Vic Market independently .You can take train from Flinders Street station to Melbourne Central Station. or catch trams 19, 57, 58 or 59 up Elizabeth Street direct to Market.
1pm Meeting Point 2 : Entrance to Meat Market on Elizabeth Street. Plz get your lunch and meet back at the Queen's Food Hall ( Queen Street)to eat lunch together.
2pm Meeting Point 3 :
Entrance to Queen's Food Hall, Queen Street.
2pm-3.30 pm Explore the Deli Section, the fresh fruit section and then the streets around market .
Information Architecture Events Near You
Connect with your local Information Architecture community
IxDA Chat ‘n Pancakes
Pay attention! We’re delaying a week for those of you who may be on Spring break and/or celebrating the holiday. Ok, no pancakes, but waffles-a-plenty.
Join the local UX and Digital Design community for a casual monthly breakfast.
Look for us upstairs!
CBusData: The Fellowship of the Star Schema: Transforming OLTP Data for Power BI
The Fellowship of the Star Schema: Transforming OLTP Data for Power BI
One does not simply build reports on OLTP data. Join us on an epic journey from the depths of raw, normalized tables to the shining halls of a well-modeled star schema fit for Power BI greatness. We will demystify the differences between OLTP and OLAP, walk through star schema vs snowflake (and why Power BI has a clear favorite), and show you the compression differences between normalized and columnar storage that will make you never look at an OLTP model the same way again.
We will cover the different types of dimensions, when to use them, and how to handle Slowly Changing Dimensions without losing your mind. You will leave knowing exactly how to identify a bad model, how to convert OLTP data into a clean star schema, and how to forge relationships that rule them all.
Whether you are a data wizard, a curious hobbit, or somewhere in between, your models will never be the same.
Prompt vs. Paintbrush
AI is changing how art is made. But when does it stop being your work and start being the machine’s?
This month we're going to be doing a panel with with digital image, music, and written word artists, talking about at what point, while using AI in the creation process, does the work become not the artist creation?
We encourage audience participation during this event that will be moderated by Chris Slee.
Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus.
Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.transformlabs.com/services)
Sign up also accessible via [Transform Labs Luma](https://luma.com/55umjqta)
Global Azure - Columbus
The global Azure community is coming together again, and Columbus is officially on the map.
View the session lineup and speakers at [Global Azure Columbus 2026](https://coazure.github.io/cbus-global-azure-2026/)
On **Saturday, April 18, 2026**, the Azure Columbus Meetup, DevOps Meetup, and Code and Coffee Meetup are hosting our local edition of Global Azure 2026. This is a free, community-driven event packed with learning, networking, and all things Microsoft Azure.
Whether you’re building modern cloud-native apps, experimenting with AI agents, deploying containers, automating infrastructure, or just beginning your Azure journey, this event is for you!
**What to Expect**
* Engaging technical sessions
* Real-world Azure architecture & cloud-native patterns
* AI, agents, automation, and modern DevOps
* Food and drinks (because learning burns calories)
* Time to connect with fellow engineers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts
**Who Should Attend?**
* Software engineers (any language, any stack)
* Cloud architects
* DevOps engineers
* Data professionals
* AI explorers
* Platform builders
* Anyone who loves solving hard problems with great tools
If you build, deploy, automate, scale, monitor, or optimize in Azure, you’ll feel right at home.
**Why Global Azure?**
Global Azure is a worldwide community event where Azure user groups host learning sessions on the same day across the globe. It’s grassroots. It’s technical. It’s practical. And it’s powered by people who genuinely love sharing what they’ve learned.
And yes, it’s free to attend!
Global Azure - Columbus
The global Azure community is coming together again, and Columbus is officially on the map.
View the session lineup and speakers at [Global Azure Columbus 2026](https://coazure.github.io/cbus-global-azure-2026/)
On **Saturday, April 18, 2026**, the Azure Columbus Meetup, DevOps Meetup, and Code and Coffee Meetup are hosting our local edition of Global Azure 2026. This is a free, community-driven event packed with learning, networking, and all things Microsoft Azure.
Whether you’re building modern cloud-native apps, experimenting with AI agents, deploying containers, automating infrastructure, or just beginning your Azure journey, this event is for you!
**What to Expect**
* Engaging technical sessions
* Real-world Azure architecture & cloud-native patterns
* AI, agents, automation, and modern DevOps
* Food and drinks (because learning burns calories)
* Time to connect with fellow engineers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts
**Who Should Attend?**
* Software engineers (any language, any stack)
* Cloud architects
* DevOps engineers
* Data professionals
* AI explorers
* Platform builders
* Anyone who loves solving hard problems with great tools
If you build, deploy, automate, scale, monitor, or optimize in Azure, you’ll feel right at home.
**Why Global Azure?**
Global Azure is a worldwide community event where Azure user groups host learning sessions on the same day across the globe. It’s grassroots. It’s technical. It’s practical. And it’s powered by people who genuinely love sharing what they’ve learned.
And yes, it’s free to attend!
Data & Analytics Wednesday - The Data-Driven Brand
**The Data-Driven Brand: Using Analytics to Shape Perception**
Can you use analytics to improve tacos? This being CBUSDAW, we think the answer is probably “yes”, but we’re not sure how to implement or test this theory.
For our April meetup we’ve got Sara Kear, CMO of Condado Tacos, to investigate this delicious question. Sara will explore how she blends quantitative data and qualitative customer feedback to shape brand positioning and drive business decisions. We all know that marketing and analytics go way beyond attribution. Sara will show how Condado uses customer insights to inform product and pricing strategy.
She’ll also highlight how Condado leverages customer feedback at scale to influence operational priorities, positioning marketing as the voice of the customer across the organization. In the last 12 years Condado has gone from one location in Columbus to 52 locations across 10 states, so we’re guessing there’s more to that growth than really good guac (though the guac probably helps).
Ultimately, this talk focuses on the intersection of art and science—using data to inform creativity and build a brand that resonates with customers in a measurable way.
**About Our Speaker**
Sara Kear is Chief Marketing Officer at Condado Tacos, where she oversees brand, restaurant design, menu and pricing strategy, off-premise including catering, and customer data strategy. Since joining in 2021, she has helped grow the brand from 19 to 52 locations while building a data-driven marketing organization focused on loyalty and customer insights. Condado has since been named to the Inc. 5000, recognized as Breakout Retailer by Chain Store Age, and consistently ranked among FastCasual’s Top 100 Movers & Shakers.
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)
What If Your AI Could Be a Team? - Chad Green
**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you.
The building address is 4450 Bridge Park
The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400
You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge.
**Abstract**
GitHub Copilot is powerful, but what if you could scale from a solo AI assistant to an entire team of specialized agents working in parallel? This session introduces Squad: an open-source framework for multi-agent orchestration that lets you define teams of AI agents with specific roles, responsibilities, and expertise.
We'll progress from Copilot basics to the Copilot CLI, explore how Agents add autonomy, and see how Instructions and Skills let you customize agent behavior. Then, the climax: a live demo where a Squad team of 3 agents (Lead, Developer, Tester) stands up and builds a working application in real-time, showcasing true multi-agent collaboration.
Whether you're new to AI or exploring how to scale your use of Copilot, this session will show you what's possible when agents work as a team.
**YouTube Link**
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