Electronics Projects Sydney

Clear Colour collective Sober dance party

## Welcome to Clear Colour Collective Step into a supportive, sober space where music, art, movement and connection come together. Clear Colour Collective is a dance experience created for the FLINTA community a place to move freely, express yourself, and reconnect with your body without the pressures of alcohol, drugs or judgement. Dance is more than movement. It's a chance to let go of the week, release stress, build confidence, and experience the joy of being fully present. Whether you're a seasoned dancer or just curious, you're invited exactly as you are. **✨ Arrive from 6:45 PM** Take your time to settle in, connect with others, and ease into the space. **🪩 Dance begins at 7:00 PM** Enjoy a **90-minute guided DJ journey**, moving through different energies and emotions in a safe, welcoming environment. **💛 Connect & Reflect** The final **30 minutes** is a gentle wind-down to connect with others, journal, draw, reflect, or simply relax with music. There's no pressure to talk, just space to be. Tickets via humanitix.com https://events.humanitix.com/clear-colour-collective-sober-dance-h4fsgvug/tickets ### Our Community Values 🚫 No alcohol. No drugs. No judgement. No abusive behaviour. ✨ A respectful, supportive, chat-free dance floor. Listen to your body, rest whenever you need, and stay hydrated. Come with an open mind, leave feeling lighter, connected, and empowered. Come as you are. Move how you feel. Find your colour. Welcome to **Clear Colour Collective**.

Women in Projects Australia presents: Building an Ai agent

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OzBerry - IoT Makers @ Chatswood Library

**OzBerry – Saturday, October 17th, 2026** I would like to apologise to our 3216 OzBerry members, as I will also be away this month. It is my one day of the year that I volunteer with the Scouts, and this time they have chosen Saturday rather than Sunday. They are also keen for me to be at a new location: https://jotajoti.info/ The good news is that Rod W will be doing the setup again. I’ll be using the micro:bit as part of a Morse code demonstration, so unfortunately I’ll miss catching up with Dave again. I hope he comes along anyway! I’ll also miss seeing all the latest creations and hearing all the stories from you all. I’m sorry to miss another get-together, and I hope everyone has a great time. **🌟 Normal Kids Session** 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM The library has already booked in the kids by now. Please offer support if they need it. **🎉 General OzBerry (Happening alongside the kids' session)** 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Just our general group in the background quietly working on the latest projects. **🍽️ Lunch Break** 12:30 – 1:00 PM – Grab a bite and relax! **💬 1:00 PM Normal OzBerry Session** We will not be combining with the Robotics and AI group for September and we are in the Creator Space all day. 🧳 **4:00 PM – Wrap Up** Pack up, head home, maybe write a bit more code, and dream up something fun to share next time. I hope that you can make it this month. I'll be back ... I promise ! Cheers Erik

Lifeblood Donation Week - Project Management Warriors & Warrioresses

FPGA/ASIC Meetup Sydney

**Welcome to FPGA/ASIC Meetup Sydney!** Open to anyone working with or interested in FPGAs, ASICs, and embedded systems, whether in industry, studying, building projects, or just curious. No gatekeeping 😎 This is a casual evening focused on meeting others in the space. No talks or presentations, just good conversation over a drink. We’ll be upstairs at the Botany View Hotel. There are beers on tap and great pub food. See you there!

Welcome to the next 2026 AWS Sydney Well-Architected Meetup!

Hi Architects, Welcome to the next 2026 AWS Sydney Well-Architected User Group Meetup! Each month we cover off AWS best-practices across all pillars and give away drones - lots of drones 🥳 **Please also note that AWS Security now requests a company name and company email where it is available. If you are a student, please list your institution and your student email address at that institution 👍** We'll be announcing more speakers on [https://well-architected.me](https://well-architected.me/) and previewing presentations during the coming weeks - our speakers and details this month include: * **Mystery Speaker** **Generative AI Cost Optimisation (Part 2)** Cost Optimisation is essential but with all the anecdotal stories of massive token budget blowouts, staying on top of Generative AI best-practices is essential to avoiding these scenarios. This month's menu will include: * Pizzas * Beer: Nastro Azzurro * Wine: Big and red 🤤 So come join us at 5:30 for a 6pm **SHARP** start, followed by beer, wine, pizza and friendly networking after our talks :-) Tired of Linkedin’s "thought leadership”, spam and advertising? Join https://well-architected.me/ , the AWS community built for architects, developers and cloud professionals. * Connect with experienced AWS practitioners * Preview upcoming AWS Meetups and relive past content * Create and review beautiful AWS case studies in minutes * Prepare for AWS certifications with curated quizzes * Show your manager and reports you’re well-architected (Please note that by registering to attend you agree to your details being shared as and where required with Amazon Web Services and AWS Well-Architected User Group partners)

SydDT #131: Lead Change That Matters with Ben Pecotich

Join us for the launch of Ben Pecotich's new book Lead Change That Matters: Design the Conditions for Momentum! Your ticket includes all the usual SydDT goodness… plus a set of limited-edition Lead Change That Matters cards that we’ll use on the night to catalyse conversation and help you choose your own journey. You’ll also get a special launch discount on Ben's new book. What’s a change you’d love to build momentum on? Bring it along. Whether you’re leading a team, designing a better experience, or helping an organisation move towards something that matters… we’ll have plenty to explore together. 300+ people shared their experiences, goals, frustrations, and hopes through the research behind the book – including so many of you from the SydDT community. Ben will share some of what he's learnt, then we’ll explore the five elements of Conditions for Momentum through conversations about our own work. You’ll use your set of the Lead Change That Matters cards to open up those conversations and help you choose your own journey through the evening… and beyond. You’ll take your own complete set of cards home to keep exploring – on your own and with your team. Come along! Bring a colleague or friend and join us for some fun conversations with interesting people in and around the design thinking community. New members are welcome! **SPEAKER** **[Ben Pecotich](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benpecotich/)** **Design & Innovation Director/Founder, [Dynamic4](https://dynamic4.com). Author of Lead Change That Matters: Design the Conditions for Momentum** Ben's a designer, adviser, and founder of Dynamic4. He works alongside leaders and their teams on their most complex challenges across strategy, design, and tech. For 30+ years, Ben's led, designed, and delivered strategic change in financial services in Australia, NZ, Asia, the UK, and Europe – and co-founded 20+ startups and social enterprises across health and fitness, fintech, events, and community building. He founded Dynamic4 in 2001. Ben takes a human-centred design and living systems approach to helping clients design, build, and launch ideas that customers and teams love, make money, and do great things for people and our planet while increasing wellbeing. Everything he does is about accelerating the transition to more regenerative ways of living and doing business, creating the conditions for people and communities to be happier and live on a healthier planet. Ben's the author of Solve Problems That Matter and his new book Lead Change That Matters: Design the Conditions for Momentum is launching now. He's also the co-founder of Sydney Design Thinking. **EVENT SPONSORS** This event is brought to you by [Thoughtworks](https://www.thoughtworks.com/), [Shapeshifters](https://www.shapeshifterscreative.com.au/), and [Dynamic4](https://dynamic4.com/). We take photos and record our events for documentation and promo purposes. Just let us know if you prefer not to be featured.

October syd<video> - #80th episode

Join us for Season 11, Episode 5 as we celebrate 80 meetups of community, code, and video tech this October with another great night of video tech talks returning to the slick **Canva** office for an evening of deep-dives, good friends networking, food and drinks. Tonights speakers will be **[David Rodd (US) - Software Engineering Manager Paramount+](https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-lightning-rodd/)** **KITT: Could AI Have Saved Our Event Platform? How solving lost jobs evolved into building distributed state** **[Colin Hendry - Media Technical Specialist @ SBS](https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinhendry/)** **Streaming both of the worlds largest sporting events (at the same time)** **[Jeremy Brown - Video and Ads @ Kick](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremybrownau/)** **How much can change in a year at Kick the worlds fourth largest live streaming platform** **Sponsors** Our thanks to **Canva** for hosting and sponsoring pizza + drinks at the venue. Sydney Video Technology is a volunteer group, as part of many groups independently run around the world. Tonight’s hosts will be: Jeremy Brown, Adrian Britton, Grégoire Duché and Amy Prosser

AI Project Hub

Welcome to **WSTI's AI Project Hub**—the hands-on heart of the WSTI community's AI Shed model. This isn't a traditional class or a lecture. It’s a weekly, drop-in "Shed" designed for collaborative, project-based learning, where we support each other turning ideas (beginner or ambitious) into real, working prototypes and projects. Whether you're a founder with a specific problem, a developer testing a new tool, or a complete beginner curious about what you can make, this is your space to build, learn, and collaborate. **What to expect:** * **Quick Pitch:** To spark some inspiration, we’ll have a few informal, low-pressure "progress check-ins" where attendees can briefly share what they’re working on. * **Space to Build:** No formal lectures here. Just a supportive environment to polish your prototype, refine your code, or finalise your pitch. * **Guides on the Side:** Our technical mentors will be mingling in the room. They’re ready to offer a helpful nudge, architectural advice, or a tool recommendation if you hit a roadblock. * **Community Wisdom:** If our mentors don’t have the answer, they’ll connect you with someone else in the room who does. We’re all about sharing what we learn. * **Curiosity is Welcome:** You don’t need a hackathon project to pull up a chair. If you’re a regular from our Project Hub looking to share your knowledge, or just a curious neighbour. We have community laptops with access to some AI tools if you aren't able to bring your own. **Tools/Topics discussed may include:** * ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, Opensource AI Models. * Platforms like n8n and other automation tools. * Coding vibe coding like Lovable, Replit, Antigravity and Cursor. * Frameworks such as BMAD. * Image and video generators like Midjourney, Nanobanana and Video models such as Kling, Veo & Seedance. *By attending this event, you consent that you may be photographed and recorded on video. These photos and videos may be used for marketing and promotional purposes in the future. If you have any concerns please let the team know upon arrival.*

SydJS: Stay tuned

What’s even better than uncovering insights into a rising technology? Getting to stand on the shoulders of giants to look ahead. The team are working to prepare another great evening. Keep an eye on your inbox and we’ll let you know when RSVPs open!

Severent: Infiltrating LEMON - SecTalks SYD Ninja Night NN0x13 (19th)

**After RSVP, please ensure to get your admission ticket from Humantix:** https://events.humanitix.com/severent-sectalks-syd-ninja-night-nn0x13-19th **We have limited in-person seating available with only 80 tickets, so secure yours early.** Thanks to you for 1. Keeping your RSVP up-to-date. We are usually overbooked and have a long waitlist. We will sign you in and keep track of RSVPs and attendance. 2. Aligning with SecTalks' no-bullshit code of conduct 3. Keeping the venue nice and tidy during and after the session **\# What is Ninja Night** This is a session where you show off your computer hacking skills or learn a new one. A typical evening goes like this: you join the live session, the CTF challenge is presented to all the teams, and everyone starts hacking and collaboratively solving problems in a casual and fun environment. The objective is to get as many flags as possible in 90 minutes. The first three teams will earn bragging rights, while getting the opportunity to present their way through the challenge in the next ninja night session. **\#\# Agenda** \- Welcome and Introduction \- Please arrive at 6 pm promptly for an on\-time start of CTF \- Player and Team Registration \- Game kick\-off \- Wrap\-up **\#\# Challenges** You have been tasked with infiltrating the LEMON corporation to expose the organisation's secrets. To facilitate this, you will apply to work as a Data Excellence Consultant to try and gain access to the company's internal network. This will not be easy, LEMON are famously secretive and their employee screening process is lengthy and thorough. **\#\# Be prepared** Bring along: \- A laptop with an internet connection\. \- A Windows 10/11 x64 VM with the below tools installed \- Burp Suite \(Community or Pro edition\) \- ILSpy \(or equivalent tool for \.NET decompilation\) \- ProcMon64\.exe A zip file with the installers for the above can be found below. Archive password is `sectalks2026` [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TrZ1gCjmq3Jlb7Duv4DY_11HA2jJPz87/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TrZ1gCjmq3Jlb7Duv4DY_11HA2jJPz87/view?usp=sharing) **\#\# Author \- Matt Johnson** Matt Johnson is a Security Consultant and Red Teamer with over eight years of experience operating in highly secure environments across Europe and Australia. He is currently working as a Training Architect at SpecterOps, where he focuses on developing advanced security training. **How to find us on the day?** An organiser will be on the bottom floor until 6:15 to help attendees access the lifts. **Speed hiring** There is an opportunity for potential employers to do an impromptu 30-second description of their open role. If you are interested, speak with one of the organisers before the start of the session. Please note the best way to support SecTalks and tell others about your open roles is through sponsorship. We encourage companies, small or large, to come forward and support their local community. \# Sponsors [Atlassian](https://www.atlassian.com/) \- Venue Host [Google](https://careers.google.com/) [SecDim](https://www.secdim.com/) \# Notes For sponsoring SecTalks Sydney and supporting the non-profit community, contact [sydney@sectalks.org](sydney@sectalks.org) To speak and submit CTF challenges at SecTalks, fill out [https://sessionize.com/sectalks](https://sessionize.com/sectalks) **After RSVP, please ensure to get your admission ticket from Humantix:** https://events.humanitix.com/severent-sectalks-syd-ninja-night-nn0x13-19th

Data Driven or Data Distracted!

Our CCX Sydney October event features a very lively and topical panel discussion entitled Data Driven or Data Distracted We will be applying a $10.00 cover charge to cover Food and drinks and on this occasion will be kindly hosted by the ONSET https://theonset.com.au/ About the session **How Product, Design & Engineering actually use evidence to make decisions** How much data do we really need to make better product decisions? And when does being “data-driven” start getting in the way of good product thinking? For this CCX Sydney session, we’re bringing together four practitioners from different corners of the product ecosystem — analytics, strategy and service design, UX/CX, and engineering — to explore the role data and evidence actually play in product development and delivery. Each speaker will have **15 minutes to make their own case** for — or against — being **DATA-DRIVEN OR DATA-DISTRACTED**. Rather than presenting a single view, they’ll challenge us to look at how research, analytics, customer insight, AI, product requirements engineering and data can influence the decisions we make — from defining the problem and creating the PRD through to designing, building and releasing the product. Our speakers bring four very different perspectives: **Olga Pasikova\, Senior Analytics Director; Rob Tot\, Strategy & Service Design Lead; Thomas Shillingford\, UX \| CX \| Strategy \| AI and Author; and David Berigny\, Forward Deployed Engineer\.** Each panel member will bring their own experience, provocations and examples to the question: **when does data help us make better decisions — and when does it simply give us more information to react to?** Then we turn up the heat. Following the four presentations, **Sophie Greenfield, Senior Product & AI Designer at CBA**, will lead a lively panel discussion, bringing the speakers together to challenge each other's perspectives and explore the tensions between data, evidence, intuition, customer understanding and design judgement. Because being data-driven sounds simple. **Knowing what data to trust, what it actually means, and when to ignore it is where things get interesting.** **About our Panel:** ### Olga Pasikova **Senior Analytics Director** Olga Pasikova is a Senior Analytics Director and experienced digital analytics specialist with more than a decade working across data, analytics and digital measurement. She brings a strong ability to translate complex analytics challenges into clear strategic direction, helping teams use data to understand behaviour, measure outcomes and make better-informed decisions. Olga is also an active member of Sydney’s data and analytics community. ### Rob Tot **Strategy & Service Design Lead** Rob Tot is a Strategy and Service Design Lead who works at the intersection of customer needs, business strategy and service innovation. His work brings together strategic thinking and human-centred design to help organisations navigate complex problems, uncover opportunities and turn insight into meaningful product and service outcomes. ### Thomas Shillingford **UX \| CX \| Strategy \| AI \| Author** Thomas Shillingford is a UX and CX strategist, designer, author and speaker with extensive experience across digital products and customer experiences. His career has included work spanning research, customer journeys, interaction design, usability, design strategy and large-scale digital transformation. More recently, Thomas has been exploring the impact of AI on design practice, including how AI is changing design systems, strategy and the role of human judgement. ### David Berigny **Forward Deployed Engineer** David Berigny is a Forward Deployed Engineer working at the intersection of technology, product development and real-world customer problems. His role brings engineering directly into the product development process — translating customer and business needs into practical technical solutions, testing ideas in the field and using evidence from real-world implementation to inform what gets built and how it evolves. ### Sophie Greenfield FACILITATOR **Senior Product Designer & Facilitator** Sophie Greenfield is a Senior Product Designer at Commonwealth Bank with more than 20 years’ experience across UX, product design, research and digital strategy. Her career has spanned product strategy, customer research and experience design across organisations including CommBank, Westpac and ING Direct. Sophie has a particular interest in the intersection of **data, customer insight, product strategy and AI-enabled design**. She has been exploring and teaching AI-enabled design practices, from research synthesis and hypothesis validation to rapid prototyping and new ways of working for designers. For **DATA-DRIVEN OR DATA-DISTRACTED?**, Sophie will facilitate the conversation between our four speakers, challenging their perspectives and helping unpack the bigger question: **when does evidence genuinely improve product decisions — and when can data become a distraction from understanding the customer?** We are so excited to be wrapping up the year with this awesome panel discussion hosted by new friends of CCX Sydney, the ONSET. [https://theonset.com.au/](https://theonset.com.au/) Lastly make sure you Join us for sponsored drinks post the event at a nearby bar more details to follow. Regards Kevin, Lydia, Sylvia, James and Carolina.