Zurich JS Meetup #2: New Year, New Talks!

Let’s start the new year with a bang! On Thursday, February 6th, we’re organizing the second edition of Zurich JS!

For this edition, we have two confirmed talks, as well as an open lighting talk slot (a quick 3-5 min bit to share). If you’re interested, reach out to us on LinkedIn.

#### Agenda:

• 18:00 - 18:30 -- Meet & greet
• 18:30 - 19:00 -- Unleashing the Power of ASP.NET Core Minimal API for Frontend Developers - By Emanuele Bartolesi
  Discover how ASP.NET Core Minimal API streamlines backend development for frontend experts. Learn about its minimalist design, rapid performance, and seamless integration with modern frontend frameworks. Let's unleash the potential of Minimal API and revolutionize your project development.
• 19:00 - 19:30 -- Reimagining Frontend Development in the Serverless Era - By Evangelia Mitsopoulou
  Flying in from Thessaloniki, Greece, Evangelia will share insights on how serverless workflows simplify backend complexity, the practical challenges and best practices for integrating serverless APIs, and show a live demo of rapid prototyping with serverless tech
• 19:30 - 19:45 -- Lightning talks / Quick bites
  Have something in mind? A cool tool, product, service? Method of doing things? Take 3-5 minutes and share it with everyone!
• 19:45 onwards -- Meet and network with fellow JavaScript fans

#### About the Speakers

• Emanuele Bartolesi is a CTO, Microsoft MVP and GitHub Star ⭐, we couldn't be happier to have him join us and share is extensive knowledge on the subject.
• Evangelia Mitsopoulou has nearly 18 years of experience in tech and is the founder of tech.evangelia.me, an online coding academy for frontend engineers. She previously worked remotely for Elastic on Cloud IAM features and spent a decade in Zurich as a Frontend Engineer, contributing to organizations like ETH Zurich, Google, and Swiss AI startups. Earlier, she worked in London on Semantic Web projects, creating medical knowledge graphs presented at Johns Hopkins University. Evangelia holds a BSc in Applied Computer Science and a Master’s in ICT.

#### About the Organizers

• Bogdan Ilie is a generalist - After learning a bit of everything (graphics, design, arts, project management, event coordination etc), he settled into the corporate ladder. After 8 years of Technical Writing, he left the ladder from Google to chase the excitement of the new web in front-end development, while working at novu. And now, he’s helping developers discover namespace.so through Technical Marketing.
• Faris Aziz is a front-end master and Staff Software Engineer at Smallpdf, after his Engineering management job at Navro, a fintech company in the UK. Faris is a mentor, conference speaker, and workshop instructor, most recently at CityJS and other major conferences. He has contributed to open-source projects like Raycast and has mentored on platforms like Mentor Cruise. His projects include work on GCN, Eurosport, Discovery+, Fiit (a top UK fitness app), and he was the founding engineer of Navro in London. He also serves as a technical mentor at the Bletchley Institute.

#### Get involved

• Have an interesting idea?
• Something missing from all meetups in this space?
• Do you have feedback?

Please reach out to us and let us know!
Or help co-organize, if that’s your jam. Our goal is to create a space where everyone can bring value and feel like they are getting something out of it.
We are open to sponsorships and partnerships, so feel free to share the event and message us about opportunities. We are also committed to fostering a respectful and psychologically safe space where anyone can share their ideas. If this is your first time speaking, or if you need help preparing for a talk, we are happy to offer guidance and support.