Name: Brighton Py | Meetup | Jun 2025
Start: 2025-06-25T17:00:00.000Z
Location: Barclays Eagle Labs Brighton

At this meeting of the Brighton data forum, instead of a single speaker, we have a smorgasbord of short form content to share.

We will start the evening with an introduction to the forum's [new sponsor](rittmananalytics.com). After that, we have a petition to the community to help us out with our collaboration project: t*o investigate local data and discover how our town ranks as a haven for the creative industry*. Then we will learn a step-by-step guide to start using Retrieval Augmented Generation, hear about the latest effort to teach data skills to school children, and finally if there is time hear about the recent [Data Science Festival](https://datasciencefestival.com).

* *An introduction to Rittman Analytics*, [Mark Rittman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/markrittman/)
* *An invitation to a collaboration: Local data and the state of the creative sector*, [Fiona MacNeill](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionamacneill/) and [Ladies that UX](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ladies-that-ux/)
* *RAG to Riches: First Step for AI in Enterprise*, [Thomas Mann](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-m-mann/)
* *What the hell are they teaching our kids?,* [Nigel Tart](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigeltart/)
* *Lessons from a Data Science Festival*, [Oskar Holm](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oskar-holm-309871146/)

Our events are hybrid, both in-person and [webcast live](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPU_dtqrI8o). The event starts at 18:00 with refreshments and networking, the talks and [webcast](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPU_dtqrI8o) start at 18:30. As per our custom, we plan to continue the conversation at the [nearby Unbarred pub](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=19-23%20Elder%20Pl,%20Brighton,%20BN1%204GF,%20England&coordinate=50.833320,-0.139391&name=UnBarred&place-id=I847823B85D16ADD9&map=transit) afterwards.

The Brighton Data Forum is generously sponsored by[ Rittman Analytics](https://www.rittmananalytics.com) and supported by [Silicon Brighton](siliconbrighton.com).

Brighton Data Forum

oskar holm

Mark Rittman

Andrew 

Thomas Mann

ionee.joshi44

Stuart Graham

amosrichy

Daryna

Tristan Bailey

Donna

Sam Grange

Sanaz Fallahkhair

Tariq Sayfoo

Juergen Krauss

Nigel Jones

Mehmet Yolcu

Carol Hounsell

nampally sai rama krishna

Grecia Gonzalez

Anjani Sharma

2025-05-28 RAGs and the rest of it

Barclays Eagle Labs Brighton

Utopia represents an idealistic, perfect vision, whereas Eutopia embodies a more pragmatic, achievable approach to creating a good society. Eutopia - a place in which human society, natural conditions, etc., are so ideally perfect that there is absolute contentment, inclusion and harmony.

We are going to **debate two issues that** will deeply affect our community as AI becomes ubiquitous:

* The Emergent Workforce and The Future of Jobs
* The Environment and Sustainability

Our lead panellist for the event is Matthew Holman, Tech, Data & AI Partner at Cripps LLP, one of the first UK law firms to receive B Corp™ certification.
Matthew's areas of expertise:

* Advising on the development and deployment of AI in business-critical systems
* Planning and delivering legal projects for the development of emerging software and technology solutions.

We invite members of our meetup group to come and sit on the panel with Matthew to **offer supporting or contrary** opinions as well as a perspective from our community.

Brighton AI

Matt Thompsett

Tuli Faas

Nicholas Mount

Giedrius Čeginskas

Victoria Taylor

Andy 

Gavin McWhirter 

lucy

James

Alex

Duncan

Joel Dos Ramos

az shah

Daniel Noszian

Chris O'Brien

Tim Rabjohns

Slawek

Stephen Quinn

Eutopia or Dystopia

Plus X Innovation

Join us for our 2025 summer meetup - an evening of learning and networking with the local lean and agile community.

Arrival - 18:30
Talks start - 19:00
Finish - 21:00

Speakers: Paige Simmonds, Monique Gibson, and TBC

Drinks and pizza provided.

Many thanks to our friends at 15gifts for hosting this event, and to Silicon Brighton for their ongoing support of both our events and the wider Brighton tech community.

Lean Agile Brighton

Eddie Kenny

Karl Scotland

Clare 

Ben Collins

Anil Sharma

Darren

Paige Simmonds

Joanna Pickering

Marcin Szkurlat

Jeni Bradford

alison austin

Craig Lawes

Simon Rigler

andy doyle

Stuart Perry

Andres Baravalle

June Meetup

15gifts

The Breaking Breadboards team are excited to announce our , **June 10th Event at Freedom Works in Brighton**. Our own Jon Durrant will share one of his ongoing Robot projects project RexPi a Reimagined R2D2. This is the perfect opportunity for tech hardware enthusiasts in Brighton and beyond to connect, and share the passion for all things tinkering!

Whether you’re into Raspberry Pi, Arduino, modifying Game Boys, building robots, or any other hardware-based projects, this event is for you. From seasoned professionals to complete beginners, everyone is welcome.

Thank you to all our sponsors. [Silicon Brigthon](https://siliconbrighton.com/) for marketing and AV, [Freedom Works](https://www.freedomworks.space/) for hosting us, and [Yair Energy](https://yair.energy/) for pizza and drinks.

The event is **hybrid**, so while we’d love to see you in person, you can also join us live on YouTube if you can’t make it to Brighton. Link is added closer to the event.

If you have any questions or want to get involved, please reach out.

Breaking Breadboards

Nikhil Dabas

Chetan Padia

Jon Durrant

Mike Brewer

Tudor

William

Kosidinna Umeigbo

Nicklas Chapman

Carmine La Camera

Tony Waite

James Paul Turner

Breaking Breadboards Jun-2025

Freedom Works Brighton, Barts House

Welcome Brighton Python users!

We are a lovely group how talk Python over pizza a few times a year, supported by Silicon Brighton and hosted by **Datacove** \- a Data and Analytics Consultancy Team based in Brighton\, working across Customer Analytics\, Shiny and Reporting\, Marketing Analytics and Process Automation\.

***\-\-\-\-\-\- Talk One \-\-\-\-\-\-***
Silvia Larasatul M. (GAOGAO Pte. Ltd / PyLadies Indonesia)
Unify Your Python Project with Bots Across Multiple Chat Platforms:
Discover how Python can power your projects to different chat platforms, like Telegram, WhatsApp, and Discord, so they can send and receive messages automatically. Silvia will guide us through the basic steps to set up a bot on each platform, how to handle incoming messages, and how to send replies. Also how to error handle, test and debug it locally, and apply these same techniques to any AI project - whether it’s face recognition, natural language processing, or beyond.

Along the way, we will tackle real-world challenges: handling different message formats, keeping your bot up and running without missing a beat. By the end of the session, you’ll not only understand the full workflow but also walk away with working demo code you can try at home, so you can start building your own Python bots right away.

***\-\-\-\-\-\- Talk Two \-\-\-\-\-\-***
Dave Bottrill (David Bottrill Consulting)
Making Rust Extensions For Python:
One of the few weaknesses of the Python language is performance, but using the Rust language to create Extensions, enables developers to improve this known issue.
Using the Pyo3 and Maturin tools, Dave will show us how we can create the required bindings and code, to start that journey to improved performance.

***\-\-\-\-\-\- General Information \-\-\-\-\-\-***
Drinks and pizza will be served from 6pm. Talks will commence at 6:30pm/6:45pm and the event will conclude at 8:30pm.
The conversation can even continue after the event at a local pub.
Please feel free to register guests and spread the word. We look forward to seeing you all again!

**Host Guidelines**
BrightonPy is a professional networking event, and as such professional behaviour is expected. BrightonPy meetup group is a part of Silicon Brighton, supporter of the local tech and digital space, and abides by their Code of Conduct. Please take a moment to familiarise yourself with its contents.

Brighton Py

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Silicon Brighton

Laura Mawer

David Bottrill

Freya

David

Nigel Tart

Lisa

Vadim Epstein

Kumar Vikram

Nicolas Jaccard

Saurabh Prakash

Kevin B

Katie Mannering

Craig West

Max Ziabko

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