Name: Melbourne Search & AI User Group #3
Start: 2025-12-04T06:30:00.000Z
Location: NetApp

The OpenSearch build, test and release (Engineering effectiveness) team will be triaging issues. We meet at 10:00AM Pacific time.

Please see [TRIAGING.md](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-build/blob/main/TRIAGING.md) for details on our weekly agenda.

[Code of Conduct](https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-build/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

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OpenSearch Community & Triage Meetings

Saurabh Singh

Sayali Gaikawad

sevillanathaly

Engineering Effectiveness Triage Meeting

Online event

Hi, and welcome to the official launch of the Lisbon Search & AI user group.

Below you will find the agenda + talk summaries
**18:00 – 18:30: Arrivals, Networking, Food & Drinks**
**18:30 – 18:35: Welcome & Housekeeping**
**18:35 – 19:05: First Speaker -** Carlos Rolo, NetApp Instaclustr
**19:05 – 19:40: Second Speaker -** Afonso Mendes, Freelancer
**19:40 – 19:50: Q&A**
**19:50 – 20:00 Wrap-up, Networking, Food & Drinks**
**Talk 1:** Search Meets AI — Connecting OpenSearch to LLMs for RAG, Agents, Memory, and AI Pipelines.
**Speaker:** Carlos Rolo - NetApp Instaclustr, Manager Open Source Contributions
**Talk Summary:** This session shows how to connect OpenSearch with large language models to build modern, AI-powered search. We'll cover practical examples of vector indexes, reranking, AI Search Pipelines. Beyond classic RAG, we'll demonstrate agentic workflows that use OpenSearch as a tool, add, if we have time new features like short- and long-term agent memory for context persistence, MCP, and flow agents.
**Talk 2:** Large Language Models and their role within the current Search & AI ecosystem
**Speaker:** Afonso Mendes
**Talk Summary:** This session looks beyond the buzz to question what large language models (LLMs) truly bring to the table, and where their limits lie. We will examine how these models fit within the broader ecosystem of Search and AI tools and how they relate with more traditional systems. From uncovering where LLMs shine to exposing where they do not, the discussion invites a clearer view of their real value in today’s landscape.

Lisbon Search and AI User Group

Bernardo Mendes

Carlos Rolo

Kris Freedain

ad.azerdaoudi

Tetiana Torovets

Zoltan Batiz

Joao Lavrador

tabatah.yasmim

Pedro Gordo

Bruno Bule

Isaac Newton Machado

Marcelo Naza

André Duarte

Smita

Renato Gomes

Caio Leonhardt

Hadas Weiss

Ricardo Alqueidão

Carlos

Pari Mahindrakar

Lisbon Search and AI #1 Hosted by Arrow Electronics

Arrow Electronics

**We’re excited to announce the first-ever OpenSearch Project Meetup in Namma Chennai! 🎉**

Join us for an engaging session where we’ll dive deep into the world of search, observability, security and AI Agents — and discover how OpenSearch is powering modern applications.

Whether you’re a developer, student, or tech enthusiast, this meetup is a great chance to learn, connect, and exchange ideas.

**📢 Agenda & Speakers:**

**1\. Vector DB 101 With Open Search**

**Speaker: [Ram Iyengar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ram-iyengar/) \- Chief Evangelist at Cloud Foundry Foundation**

Building AI-powered applications requires more than just a model; it requires a robust retrieval strategy. This talk dives into OpenSearch’s native vector search capabilities, showing you how to turn a standard search engine into a powerful Vector Database.

We will cut through the noise and focus on implementation: how to generate, store, and retrieve vector embeddings right alongside your existing dataset. Whether you are building a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) chatbot, a semantic search engine, or a recommendation algorithm, you will leave this session understanding how to use OpenSearch to deploy efficient, scalable AI solutions without managing a new piece of infrastructure.

**2\. RAG in Action: Building Smarter AI Systems with OpenSearch**

**Speaker: [Madhavan Kidambi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhavan-kidambi-varadan/) \- Software Architect\, IBM**

A hands-on look at building production-ready RAG pipelines with OpenSearch. We’ll cover hybrid retrieval (BM25 + vector), metadata-aware search, relevance tuning, and end-to-end observability. See how OpenSearch solves many limitations of standalone vector databases and why it’s an ideal foundation for real-world RAG applications.

**3\. From AWS Elasticsearch to AWS OpenSearch — A Real\-World Journey of Scaling\, Sharding\, Stability and Cost Optimization**

**Speaker: [ManojKumar G](https://www.linkedin.com/in/manojkumar-g-27574a13/) and [Ragavendra Vigneshwaran](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ragavendra-vigneshwaran-r-61b265188/), Site Reliability Engineering Professional, IBM**

1\. Business Case & Migration Strategy: Inevitable shift from Elasticsearch 7\.10 to OpenSearch 2\.15 to avoid end\-of\-support risks\, phase\-wise zero\-downtime upgrades \(inline\, blue\-green\, parallel\, snapshot\+inline\) across environments\.

2\. Achieving SLA & Cost Goals: Maintained zero downtime and SLA during migration; optimised costs via shard reallocation\, node reduction\, and static index templates\.

3\. OpenSearch Storage & Performance Tuning: Migrated ILM to ISM with size/age\-based rollover policies; resolved Fluentd backpressure data loss via S3 → SQS → Vector\.dev buffer\, enabling zero log loss and further node consolidation\.

4\. Serverless Adoption: Introduced AWS OpenSearch Serverless with blue\-green deployment for additional cost optimization and scalability\.

📅 Date: November 22, 2025
🕚 Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
📍 Location: IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED
5th Floor, Unit 3, Pinnacle Building, Ascendas IT Park, CSIR Road, Taramani, Chennai - 600113

**Note: Please bring a valid government ID for entry**

✨ Whether you’re curious about observability, vector search, or security in OpenSearch, or simply want to network with like-minded folks, this is the place to be.

**⚖️ Code of Conduct:**
**All attendees are expected to follow the [OpenSearch Code of Conduct](https://opensearch.org/code-of-conduct/)**

OpenSearch Project Chennai

Dhivakar Asokan

Achanandhi M

Priyanshi Omer

dharma1997tharun

Midhun N

SANJAI SUBRAMANIAN C S

Perchimuthu

Gokul Murugan

Tahir

Arockia Daniel

sabarinathan590

Dineshraj Dhanapathy

Sivasankar 

Prasad

vasanthakumar

Nithin

Vishal S

Surajit

Ravivishnu Dasari

aravind krishnan

First OpenSearch Project Meetup: Search, Observability & Beyond

IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Bi-weekly OpenSearch catch all triage meeting.

*hosted by Andrew Ross & Kris Freedain*

[Untriaged Issues - sorted with oldest first](https://github.com/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+org%3Aopensearch-project+archived%3Afalse+label%3Auntriaged+sort%3Acreated-asc)
[Untriaged PRs – sorted with oldest first](https://github.com/search?q=is%3Aopen+org%3Aopensearch-project+type%3Apr+archived%3Afalse+sort%3Acreated-asc+label%3Auntriaged+is%3Apublic+&type=pullrequests)
[Project Insights Dashboard link](https://metrics.opensearch.org/_dashboards/app/dashboards#/view/a987a4b0-d801-11ee-8a84-e3710560950c?_g=(filters:!(),refreshInterval:(pause:!t,value:0),time:(from:now-7d,to:now))&_a=(description:'OpenSearch%20Project%20Insights',filters:!(),fullScreenMode:!f,options:(hidePanelTitles:!f,useMargins:!t),query:(language:kuery,query:''),timeRestore:!t,title:'OpenSearch%20Project%20Insights',viewMode:view))

We have been making great progress with the dedicated triage meetings some of the teams have held. This meeting will work to catch up other repositories and get through untriaged issues and pull requests across the org.

Additional details available in [.github/TRIAGING.md](https://github.com/opensearch-project/.github/blob/main/TRIAGING.md)

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OpenSearch - Catch All - Triage Meeting

Hello, and welcome to the third installment of the Melbourne Search & AI User Group.

Below you will find the agenda + talk summaries
**5:30 PM – 6:00 PM: Arrivals, Networking, Pizza & Drinks**
**6:00 PM – 6:05 PM: Welcome & Housekeeping**
**6:05 PM – 6:35 PM: First Speaker -** Alex Bunday, NetApp Instaclustr
**6:35 PM – 7:10 PM: Second Speaker -** Ben Slater, OpenSearch Board Member
**7:10 PM – 7:20 PM: Tech Quiz -** Put your brain to the test to win prizes
**7:20 PM – 7:30 PM Wrap-up & Networking**

**Talk 1:** AI Search for OpenSearch - The Next Era of Search
**Speaker:** Alex Bunday - NetApp Instaclustr OpenSearch Product Manager

**Talk Summary:** AI Search is transforming how organisations discover information by moving beyond traditional keyword matching to deliver semantic, hybrid, and multimodal search experiences. With AI Search for OpenSearch, users can deploy built-in machine learning models to generate vector embeddings, ingest data through streamlined pipelines, and store these embeddings in cost-effective vector indexes. This enables advanced search techniques—such as semantic search for meaning-based results, hybrid search for combining relevance and performance, and multimodal search that integrates text and image data. And the best thing? It can all be enabled at the click of a button using OpenSearch's advanced AI Search Flow Templates.

Want to know how? I'll cover this topic in my talk.

**Speaker Bio:** Alex Bunday is the product manager for OpenSearch at NetApp Instaclustr. With a knack for steering product development and strategy through every twist and turn of the product life cycle, Alex thrives on collaborating with customers to unlock the full potential of OpenSearch. When he's not conjuring up product solutions, you'll find Alex cheering on his favourite footy team or enjoying strolls with his wife, baby, and two lovable golden retrievers.

**Talk 2: Q&A**
**Speaker:** Ben Slater, OpenSearch Foundation Governing Board Member

**Talk Summary:** Join Ben Slater, OpenSearch Foundation Governing Board member, for an insightful discussion on the evolution and future of OpenSearch. Ben will share:

* Why you should care about governance when choosing an open source technology for your organisation
* How being a true open source project will shape the future of OpenSearch, allowing it to differentiate over time, and what that means for developers and enterprises.
* Where the project is focused today, and the exciting developments happening within OpenSearch.

This session offers a behind-the-scenes look at governance, strategy, and innovation driving one of the most important open-source search and analytics platforms.

Melbourne Search & AI User Group

liam anderson

Justin Goodes

Mahsa

Alex Bunday

Pavan Kumar

Bharath

Nadid Linchestein

Saheed

Federico Nusynkier

Albert

Falk Scholer

Macallan

yash Shelatkar

Justin George

Hadis Jameei

Mohammed Imaduddin 

Ankur Goyal

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OpenSearch is a scalable, flexible, and extensible open-source software suite for search, analytics, and observability applications licensed under Apache 2.0. Powered by Apache Lucene and driven by the OpenSearch Project community, OpenSearch offers a vendor-agnostic toolset you can use to build secure, high-performance, cost-efficient applications.

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