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TO MAINTAIN A GENDER BALANCE ALL MALES MUST ATTEND WITH A FEMALE FRIEND, NO EXCEPTIONS. All females are welcome to attend alone but encouraged to attend with a female friend too for free drinks and food! MUST TAP “ATTEND” and include all guests. UNLIKE other meetups which are overwhelmingly male dominant, we provide ONLY gender balanced events where females also have a chance to meet other females, not only men. 8PM EVERY FRIDAY & SATURDAY (LAST ENTRY STRICTLY 8.30PM) AT 215 QUEEN’S

💛 KISMETRIX \| True Connection 📍 Alfie's Bar, 167 Franklin Street, Melbourne CBD 📅 Saturday, 4 July 2026 🕙 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM 🎟 Early Bird $15 \| Last Release $25 🥂 Includes a welcome drink on arrival Melbourne Singles Social \| Ages 23–33 Let's be honest. Meeting new people as an adult can be surprisingly hard. Most people already have their own friendship groups. Dating apps can feel repetitive. And approaching someone at a bar isn't always easy when you have no idea if they're interested in meeting anyone. That's why we created KISMETRIX. A relaxed Saturday night where everyone is single, most people come solo, and everyone is there for the same reason — to meet new people, have a good time, and see where the conversation leads. No speed dating. No awkward icebreakers. No pressure. Just a fun night out with people who are genuinely open to meeting someone new. Whether you're looking for dating, friendship, new connections, or simply a better way to spend your Saturday night, you'll be surrounded by others doing the same. ## What to Expect 🥂 Welcome drink included on arrival 🍸 Full bar available throughout the evening 🤝 Friendly hosts to help introductions happen naturally 💬 A room full of Melbourne singles aged 23–33 🎶 Great music and a social atmosphere where you can actually have a conversation ✨ A welcoming environment where showing up solo is completely normal ## Who Comes Along? Young professionals, creatives, entrepreneurs, students, and everyday people from across Melbourne. Some are looking for a relationship. Some are newly single. Some just want to meet new people and get off the apps for a night. Most guests arrive on their own, which is exactly what makes these events work. ## Why People Love These Nights Because everyone is open to meeting people. You're not interrupting friendship groups. You're not guessing who's single. And you're not trying to make a dating app profile sound more interesting than it needs to be. Just real people, real conversations, and a genuinely fun night out. ## Important Information • This is a hosted singles social event, not a speed dating event • A welcome drink is included with every ticket • Additional drinks and food are available for purchase at the venue • We aim for a balanced mix of attendees where possible, though numbers may vary • Respect, kindness, and consideration for others are expected at all KISMETRIX events • Tickets are non-refundable but may be transferred to another person KISMETRIX reserves the right to manage attendance and participation, including declining or removing entry where necessary, to ensure a positive and respectful experience for all guests. ## About KISMETRIX KISMETRIX hosts Melbourne singles events designed to help people meet naturally in real life. Whether you're looking to expand your social circle, meet new people in Melbourne, or explore dating opportunities, our events create a relaxed environment where connections can happen naturally. 🌐 kismetrix.com.au 📧 social@kismetrix.com.au By purchasing a ticket and attending this event, you agree to follow the KISMETRIX Code of Conduct and Community Guidelines. Code of Conduct: kismetrix.com.au/code-of-conduct

💛 KISMETRIX \| True Connection 📍 Alfie's Bar, 167 Franklin Street, Melbourne CBD 📅 Saturday, 4 July 2026 🕖 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM 🎟 Early Bird $20 \| Last Release $30 🥂 Includes a welcome drink on arrival Melbourne Singles Social Event \| Ages 30\+ Looking for a better way to meet singles in Melbourne? Join KISMETRIX for a relaxed singles social in Melbourne CBD, created for people aged 30+ who value genuine conversation, meaningful connection, and meeting people in real life. This isn't speed dating. There are no awkward icebreakers, forced activities, or pressure to impress. Instead, you'll enjoy a welcoming social atmosphere where conversations can happen naturally over a drink, helping you connect with other Melbourne singles who are also looking to meet new people and build genuine connections. Whether you're recently single, returning to dating, new to Melbourne, or simply looking to expand your social circle, this event offers a relaxed and enjoyable way to meet like-minded people face-to-face. Most guests attend on their own, making it easy to join the conversation and feel part of the group. ## What to Expect 🥂 Welcome drink included on arrival 🍸 Full bar available throughout the evening 🤝 Friendly hosts to help create a welcoming and comfortable atmosphere 💬 Genuine conversations with other Melbourne singles 🎶 Great music and a venue where you can actually hear each other talk ✨ A relaxed social experience focused on connection, conversation, and meeting new people ## Who This Event Is For This Melbourne singles event is designed for people aged 30+ who are looking to meet quality singles in a genuine and respectful environment. You'll meet a diverse mix of professionals, business owners, creatives, and interesting people who are open to making new connections. Whether you're hoping to find friendship, dating opportunities, or a long-term relationship, you'll be surrounded by people who are there for the same reason — to meet real people in real life. ## Why Arrive Early? Guests who arrive closer to the start of the event often find it easier to settle in, meet more people, and enjoy the evening at a relaxed pace. ## Important Information • This is a hosted singles social event, not a speed dating event • A welcome drink is included with every ticket • Additional drinks and food are available for purchase from the venue • We aim for a balanced mix of attendees where possible, though numbers may vary • Respect, kindness, and consideration for others are expected at all KISMETRIX events • Tickets are non-refundable but may be transferred to another person KISMETRIX reserves the right to manage attendance and participation, including declining or removing entry where necessary, to ensure a positive, respectful, and enjoyable experience for all guests. ## About KISMETRIX KISMETRIX hosts Melbourne singles events and social experiences designed to help people connect naturally beyond dating apps. Our events bring together quality singles who value authentic conversations, meaningful connections, and meeting people in a relaxed and welcoming environment. If you're looking for Melbourne singles events, singles socials, or a better way to meet new people in Melbourne, we'd love to welcome you to the KISMETRIX community. 🌐 kismetrix.com.au 📧 social@kismetrix.com.au By purchasing a ticket and attending this event, you agree to follow the KISMETRIX Code of Conduct and Community Guidelines. Code of Conduct: kismetrix.com.au/code-of-conduct

Join us for “Real Talk Night” a deeper, more meaningful kind of meetup built around prompt-based conversations. Each session features thoughtful questions designed to spark honest discussions, fresh perspectives, and genuine connection. This is a space to go beyond small talk, share experiences, and be heard in a supportive, respectful environment. You can participate as much or as little as you like — whether you’re opening up or simply listening, you’re welcome here. To help you get the most out of the event, we ask that you download our app before you arrive (or upon arrival). The app will be used throughout the event for prompts, activities, and other interactive content so having it ready will ensure you can fully participate. https://apps.apple.com/au/app/besocial/id6759604739 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appetiser.besocial&hl=en **Event photography and videography may take place at this event. Images and footage captured may be used in future BeSocial promotional materials.** **If you do not wish to appear in promotional materials, please notify Nexaro Group Pty Ltd before the event by emailing support@besocialapp.co or let the event hosts know on the day.**

17th(117th) – Marketing Networking Night in Melbourne イベント概要 皆様お変わりなくお過ごしでしょうか？ 今回のJAITの集まりは、若手マーケターを中心とした交流会（ネットワーキングイベント）となります。 前回はシドニーでの開催でしたが、今回はメルボルンで開催いたします！ 当日は参加者同士で情報交換やネットワーキングができる絶好の機会です。ぜひ名刺やLinkedInのプロフィールをご持参のうえ、積極的にご参加ください。皆さんにお会いできるのを楽しみにしております。 なお、本イベントでのご飲食代は、イベント終了後に各自割り勘となります。 ▼About organizers Chihiro Matsumoto 氏 日本の大学卒業後、メルボルンの大学院にてMaster of ITを修了。現在はITサービスデスクとして、様々なITシステムのトラブルシューティングやユーザーサポートに携わっている。 日本とオーストラリアのIT関係者とのつながりを広げたいという思いからコミュニティに参加。committeeとして、情報交換や交流ができるオープンで温かいコミュニティづくりに貢献したいと考えている。 Ayumi Mizoshiri (溝尻 歩) 氏 オーストラリア、日本、ベトナムでITコンサルティングおよびSIer事業を展開するSazae Pty Ltdの創業者兼CEO 2009年にシドニーへ拠点を移し、クーポンやモバイルペイメントアプリ、法律関連、教育関連などのスタートアップに従事 IT技術者や専門家同士の情報交換や親睦を目的としたJAIT（Japan Australia IT）のFounder ▼詳細 日時：2026年7月5日(日) 17:00〜20:30 場所：Quarterhouse 費用：各自割り勘（ご飲食代） ▼こんな方におすすめ – メルボルン在住の若手マーケターの方 – オーストラリアのマーケティングやIT業界に関心がある方 – 日本とオーストラリアのプロフェッショナルとのネットワークを広げたい方 – 同世代や異業種の方々と情報交換をしたい方 ▼学べること・得られること – 業界のプロフェッショナルとの新しいつながり – オープンなコミュニティを通じたリアルな情報交換 – オーストラリアにおけるキャリアやライフスタイルのヒント 皆さまのご参加をお待ちしています！ https://jait.com.au/117-marketing-networking-night-in-melbourne/

Welcome to Respawn’s Gamers Citadel! 🛡️ Come hang out, meet fellow gamers, and enjoy a chill vibe with great food and drinks. 🥤 Entry is $3 or buy yourself a drink or food. 🍲 At the “Gamers Citadel”, we provide the consoles for you and have two multiplayer (2-4 player) game stations (A, B, C and D). For our board games area you are allowed to BYO! 😯 ♟️ Currently available are: Switch, PS1, PS2, SNES, N64, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Yu-Gi-Oh! and more! If you’re bringing anything, please DM us so we can accommodate. ❤️ Conditions of entry are to either purchase any food or drink of your choice and we will provide you a reusable badge to show that you’re one of us! ✌️ Whether you’re a casual player or a hardcore fan, this is the place to be. Don’t miss out on the fun! 🤩 Our games list is below! 👇 Game Station A - PS3: 1st Game: Tekken Tag Tournament 2 2nd Game: Mortal Kombat 9 Game Station B - N64 Emulator - Dean: 1st Game: Conkers Bad Fur Day - 4 player. 2nd Game: Golden Eye 007 - 4 player. Game Station C - PS4 - Michael + Yousef 1st Game: Rocket League 2nd Game: Virtual Fighter 5 Revival Game Station D - TCG + Board Games: Pokémon TCG YU-Gi-OH! TCG UNO JENGA BYO available! You can bring your own board games, controllers, equipment etc. 👍 Follow us on Instagram: @respawn.social 📱 Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/phscMtBqpW 🎧 Find Respawn on Facebook: https://facebook.com/events/s/respawn-gaming-social-club-lau/940165205164472/ 🔗 Visit our website for all info: https://intermingle.au/respawn/ 👩‍💻

Attend with a female friend for free drinks and food! MUST TAP “ATTEND” and include all guests. UNLIKE other meetups which are overwhelmingly male dominant, we provide ONLY gender balanced events where females also have a chance to meet other females, not only men. LAST ENTRY 2.30pm. ALL WELCOME!

Join us for the Twenty-third Page! Theme: **a book published in the year you were born** Time to dust off the year you made your world debut! This month, we're diving into literary time travel by reading a book published the exact year you were born—no lying about your age allowed. Feel free to bring along any discussion questions you can think of or theme suggestions. Happy reading :) See you there!

Attend with a female friend for free drinks and food! MUST TAP “ATTEND” and include all guests. UNLIKE other meetups which are overwhelmingly male dominant, we provide ONLY gender balanced events where females also have a chance to meet other females, not only men. LAST ENTRY 4.30pm. ALL WELCOME!

**Ontological Shock** Today we are digging in to ontological shock with the example of Disclosure (Aliens and UFOs) and what affect it might have on religious belief. **VIDEO** [Jordan Peterson on Ontological Shock and Aliens](https://youtu.be/8gGRsvVNC-I?list=PLkncBbpy4InqdxPGuvC5P_2ePQI-4Qs79) [Rep. Eric Burlison on Imminent Disclosure and Religious belief](https://youtu.be/fsse0ZYw31s?list=PLkncBbpy4InqdxPGuvC5P_2ePQI-4Qs79) **Discussion Outline** What is ontological shock? If proof of Aliens and UFOs gets disclosed as many believe is imminent, what affect will that have? On the world? On religious belief? On you?

Ease into your Sunday with a calm walk, meaningful conversation, and brunch with new people. This event is all about slowing down, getting out of the house, and connecting with others in a relaxed setting. We’ll start with a casual walk at the Fitzroy Markets so conversations can happen naturally, then continue the morning over brunch. It’s perfect if you want to meet new friends without the pressure of a big social event. You can come by yourself, bring an open mind, and let the conversation unfold. We’ll include a few simple BeSocial prompts to help break the ice and make it easier to get to know each other. Whether you’ve had a busy week, recently moved, or just want to build more real-life connection, this is a gentle way to reset and start the week feeling more connected. **Perfect for:** brunch lovers, Sunday walkers, people who prefer small groups, and anyone looking for genuine conversation. To help you get the most out of the event, we ask that you download our app before you arrive (or upon arrival). The app will be used throughout the event for prompts, activities, and other interactive content so having it ready will ensure you can fully participate. https://apps.apple.com/au/app/besocial/id6759604739 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appetiser.besocial&hl=en **Event photography and videography may take place at this event. Images and footage captured may be used in future BeSocial promotional materials.** **If you do not wish to appear in promotional materials, please notify Nexaro Group Pty Ltd before the event by emailing support@besocialapp.co, or let the event hosts know on the day.**

You can sleep in on the Sesquicentennial (observed), we’re shifting to the following Friday. But join the local UX community for a chat and some biscuits to catch up. If you were in CA for Figma Config, tell us all the lines and you can tell me how I can animate an SVG without coding it by hand, and why I’d even want to. Thanks to the team at Nationwide of supporting the group.

Highlights and Hidden Gems in SQL Server 2025 With so much emphasis on cloud data platforms and AI these days, SQL people can feel left behind by all the marketing hype. SQL Server 2025 was officially released in November of 2025, though, and contains a ton of improvements that will make our SQL Server deployments a bit faster, better, and more secure. There are even more improvements tucked into the release that never made a marketing blog or press release that you'll likely be learning about for the first time in this session! Join this session to learn about what makes your high availability a little more available, your performance a bit more performant, and your database more developer and app-friendly. Come spend an hour with SQL people talking SQL Server 2025 – the good, the "not quite ready for prime time", and the hidden awesomeness.

Most people use LLMs by feel: ask a question, read the answer, decide whether it “seems good,” and move on. That works for casual use. It does not work when you are building software, automating workflows, writing important documents, or relying on AI for anything that needs to be repeatable. In this talk, we’ll look at how to improve and evaluate the inputs and outputs of LLMs using practical measurement techniques. We’ll cover how prompt changes affect results, how to compare outputs, how to build simple evaluation sets, and how math-based methods like similarity scoring can help you move beyond guesswork. This will be beginner-friendly, so even if you don't know anything about AI, you should get something out of it. However, this will be a little more technical than our intro talks. You do not need to be an AI researcher, but programmers and technically curious attendees will get a lot out of it. We’ll cover: * Why “it looks good” is not enough * How to improve prompts by changing the input, context, and constraints * How to compare LLM outputs more systematically * Basic evaluation techniques for accuracy, consistency, and usefulness * How embeddings, cosine similarity, and scoring can help evaluate results * Where automated evaluation works — and where humans still need to stay in the loop By the end, you’ll have a practical mental model for treating LLMs less like magic and more like systems you can test, measure, and improve. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.

**Practical Curiosity: Learning from Everyday Data** How do we actually get better at utilizing our day-to-day data? Fancy dashboards and complex models might look nice and draw attention, but that’s not where most of us spend our time. In fact those shiny outputs frequently sit unused, while the real insights are drawn from the analyst’s daily practice. Sometimes it’s as simple and as powerful as noticing that a segment is shrinking, a channel is underused, or certain links keep getting all the clicks. There’s many different places that the spark of insight can come from, but you have to keep your head in the data and know where to look. In this session, we’ll explore real-world examples of how segmentation, testing, and click behavior can uncover practical digital marketing opportunities. You’ll leave with inspiration for your own use cases, along with a few simple ways to ask better questions, spot meaningful patterns, and make smarter decisions without overcomplicating it. **About Our Speaker:** [Elaine Armbruster](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainearmbruster/) is a Director of Digital Experience at the [American Diabetes Association](https://diabetes.org/), where she focuses on using data and insights to create smarter, more effective digital experiences. A lifelong Columbus resident, she has built her career in email marketing and the broader digital user journey, and is finding she most enjoys working in the messy middle where systems, data, and big ideas don’t quite line up yet. 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)

**Latest Dojo Location!** **Knotty Pine Brewing** 1765 W 3rd Ave, Columbus, OH 43212 We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead. We're looking for speakers for our Monthly Meetups! Fill out the form if you are interested in presenting to the Python Community. https://forms.gle/ehSfUAC2WgR34Crq9

Topic to be announced. **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/ **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: https://www.veeam.com/ **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **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

We're planning a hands-on technical session focused on building AI solutions in ServiceNow - think skills, agents, and real-world use cases. If you’re curious about AI on the platform, RSVP now and stay tuned for more details. Let's build together!