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Columbus Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! **What to Expect at the Intro Circle** \~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~ Near the beginning of the event (1:30 pm), we do a standup: * Organizer announcements, updates, and logistics Round 1 - (7 secs max): * Your name * What you're working on * What you can help others with Round 2: * Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too. Round 3: * Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool. After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized! Feel free to work alone, pair up, attend one of our workshops/presentations, or mingle!

**The Product Skills AI Can't Replace** AI can synthesize research, analyze data, and prioritize work. But when everything feels important and there’s no clear right answer, how do you decide what matters most? Join **ProductTank Columbus** and **Mike Belsito, Head of Product Evangelism at Pendo and Mind the Product**, to explore three practical habits for cutting through the noise, uncovering the real problem behind stakeholder requests, and prioritizing work that makes the greatest impact. **AI can help you process more information. Great product judgment helps you know what to do with it.** Doors open at **5:30 PM**, and the talk begins at **6:00 PM**, followed by Q&A and time to connect. Food and drinks will be provided by ZoCo, our generous host. Parking is available directly behind ZoCo and in the lot across the street. \*Towing will not be enforced in the paid lot on the day of the event.

**Use your skills. Serve your city.** Builders in Columbus using their skills to help local nonprofits. Developers, designers, content creators, and more. All are welcome. Join us at Improving to learn from each other, work on projects, and share what we're building. You'll leave with new ideas and new connections. First time? You'll fit right in. **What to expect** **Intro circle:** We go around the room and everyone shares their name, what they're working on, and how their skills could help someone else. **Main session:** Attend a talk, join a workshop, or work on a project. **Hang out:** Food, coffee, and conversation with other builders. **Sponsors and Partners** - Improving (Venue Sponsor, providing food and beverages) - Bethel World Prayer Center (Fiscal Sponsor) - Fruits and Roots Coffee Roasters (Coffee Partner) **Stay connected** **Join the Discord:** https://discord.com/invite/s9bQZBVduF **Learn more:** https://buildcolumbus.org

topic to be announced **THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: [https://www.franklin.edu/](https://www.franklin.edu/) **DIRECTIONS** Franklin University Fisher Hall 300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215 Map: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8](https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8) Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map. NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct. **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

Thanks to Rick Power from TeamClaws for giving this talk! In this talk/demo, Rick will show you exactly how to securely create and share an agentic workflow. This live walkthrough will move one agentic project off a laptop and onto a cloud VM. Then, when on the VM, the project will be still be running while a coworker can open, run, and change it, using a gaming server as an example. 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.

Happy Holidays! This year we are welcoming our fellow Azure, Terraform , DevOps, and MS Teams Columbus User Group colleagues for another combined **Multi-Cloud Holiday Meetup, Jingle all the Clouds 2.0**! Now with AI (We'll ask it to solve some Santa problem) **SPONSORS** * Bar tab - Sponsored by ***VEEAM*** * Pizza - Sponsored by ***Leading EDJE*** * Venue - Sponsored by **Olentangy River Brewing Company** * Dessert - Sponsored By ***Painless Analytics*** **DIRECTIONS** Olentangy River Brewing Company, 303 Green Meadows Dr S, Lewis Center, OH 43035 **THANK YOU *VEEAM*** for sponsoring the bar tab for our holiday party!! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit: https://veeam.com/ **THANK YOU** **Leading EDJE** for sponsoring pizza for our meetup! To learn more about *Leading EDJE*, please visit their website: https://www.leadingedje.com/ **THANK YOU** ***Olentangy River Brewing Company*** for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Olentangy River Brewing Company*, please visit their website: https://www.olentangybrew.com/ **THANK YOU** ***Painless Analytics*** for sponsoring dessert for our meetup! To learn more about *Painless Analytics*, please visit their website: https://www.painlessanalytics.com/ **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/ **Want to sponsor pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact Angelo if you would like to sponsor future meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

**Seven Portals, No North Star: Running Analytics for a Newsroom That Has to Pay the Rent** Every morning I open seven affiliate portals, Google Analytics, our beehiiv dashboard, and whatever social media is saying about us today. Then I try to answer one question: what do we do now? In other words: how do I drive more revenue, while preserving the integrity of the brand? At [Daily Drop](https://www.dailydrop.com), a daily travel rewards newsletter, the content team runs on newsroom time while the business runs on revenue time. Those two clocks are often in conflict. There’s no single KPI to hide behind; we have to grow the list and turn readers into revenue without becoming the newsletter nobody opens anymore. Many days those goals fight each other. This session is an view into the analytic strategy behind a newsletter-first business. I’ll cover which numbers I check first, which ones lie to me, how to tell a good new subscriber from a hollow one, and why depending on other people’s affiliate programs feels a lot like sharecropping. I’ll also share how to turn findings into direction I can give a team of writers and content creators. You’ll leave with a practical way to decide what matters when everything does. **About Our Speakers** [April Wilson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilwilson/) is Director of Content and Conversion at Daily Drop, where she leads the team behind a daily travel rewards newsletter and spends an unreasonable part of every morning inside affiliate portals. She has 24 years of executive leadership experience across analytics, content strategy, and healthcare revenue cycle software. She is the author of seven books on healthcare revenue cycle management and the consumer guide Your Hospital Bill Survival Guide, and she writes the only weekly RCM 2030 newsletter on LinkedIn. April holds a master’s in sociology and has taught at Otterbein University, Southern Methodist University, and Stanford. Long before any of that, she was the first official band photographer for the Dave Matthews Band, back when they were the crappy local act. She is also totally Tim’s cousin, no matter what he tells you. **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/)

Topic to be announced. This is a mirror posting from our main meetup group located here: https://www.meetup.com/columbus-aws-amazon-web-services-meetup/events/316272009/ **THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/ **DIRECTIONS** Franklin University Fisher Hall 300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8 Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map. NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct. **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

Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration! This session is open forum to share your current projects—whether complete or in progress, it’s all interesting! Whether you’re deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, you’ll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired. **New to electronics or curious about tinkering?** You’re absolutely welcome. If you’re a beginner and want to experiment, I’ll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things out—whether that’s blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience required—just an interest in learning and building. While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability.

Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration! This session is open forum to share your current projects—whether complete or in progress, it’s all interesting! Whether you’re deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, you’ll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired. **New to electronics or curious about tinkering?** You’re absolutely welcome. If you’re a beginner and want to experiment, I’ll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things out—whether that’s blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience required—just an interest in learning and building. While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability.

We had so much fun we’re doing it again! Come join Women in Agile Columbus for an AI learning circle. Bring what you’ve been doing with AI in your role and be prepared to try some things together! WIA Columbus has been talking about a hands-on in-person meeting on AI for a little bit and interest was growing. To learn and support each other we invite you to this learning circle focused on practitioner examples and practical exercises. We’ll meet at CoHatch. You’ll need: * laptop * access to your ai of choice * examples if you plan to share All skill levels and roles welcome. Food and drink will not be provided but please, especially if you will be joining us directly after your work day, we welcome you to bring what you need on that regard.

Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration! This session is open forum to share your current projects—whether complete or in progress, it’s all interesting! Whether you’re deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, you’ll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired. **New to electronics or curious about tinkering?** You’re absolutely welcome. If you’re a beginner and want to experiment, I’ll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things out—whether that’s blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience required—just an interest in learning and building. While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability.

**Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). [Find Parking using our Parking Map](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1u2A4fLNlxwLJn0KA_hKc8bnFlFHLvsHBDh-_8wzX_tk) This month Chandan will do a presentation on Pypi Packaging, and John will do a short presentation on Python Wheels. We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com

Happy Holidays! This year we are uniting the [AWS](https://www.meetup.com/columbus-aws-amazon-web-services-meetup/events/316881329/)[,](https://www.meetup.com/columbus-aws-amazon-web-services-meetup/) Azure, Terraform , DevOps, and MS Teams Columbus User Group colleagues for another combined **Multi-Cloud Holiday Meetup, Jingle all the Clouds 3.0**! Now with AI!!! **PLEASE REGISTER AT ONE OF THE MEETUPS LINKED ABOVE.** *Santa Cloud* may make another appearance! **SPONSORS** * Bar tab - Sponsored by ***VEEAM*** * Pizza - Sponsored by ***Leading EDJE*** * Venue - Sponsored by **Olentangy River Brewing Company** * Dessert - Sponsored By ***Painless Analytics*** **DIRECTIONS** Olentangy River Brewing Company, 303 Green Meadows Dr S, Lewis Center, OH 43035 **THANK YOU *VEEAM*** for sponsoring the bar tab for our holiday party!! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit: https://veeam.com/ **THANK YOU** **Leading EDJE** for sponsoring pizza for our meetup! To learn more about *Leading EDJE*, please visit their website: https://www.leadingedje.com/ **THANK YOU** ***Olentangy River Brewing Company*** for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Olentangy River Brewing Company*, please visit their website: https://www.olentangybrew.com/ **THANK YOU** ***Painless Analytics*** for sponsoring dessert for our meetup! To learn more about *Painless Analytics*, please visit their website: https://www.painlessanalytics.com/ **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/ **Want to sponsor pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact Angelo if you would like to sponsor future meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

**Special Dojo Location!** **Pies & Pints at Easton** 4205 Weaverton Lane, Columbus, OH 43219 You are cordially invited to the Central Ohio Python User Groups' Annual Holiday Party. You are welcome to dress festively (but not required). This event will happen in lieu of the normally scheduled Python Dojo.

**Overview** See Agentforce in action, uncover what makes Salesforce AI production-ready, and connect with Columbus Salesforce and IT leaders. **Turn Salesforce AI Ideas into Action** Join Columbus Salesforce and IT leaders for a focused evening on putting Agentforce into production—not just demonstrating it. Hosted by **Incepta Solutions - a Salesforce Premier Partner** and technology consultancy. This event features a live customer-onboarding use case led by Ishtiaq Ahmed, CTO at Incepta. See how the agent connects to the data model, integration layer, Flow, and Einstein automation behind it. You’ll learn how to: * Identify practical Salesforce AI use cases. * Prepare data before deploying an agent. * Understand integration and automation requirements. * Choose a first use case that can work in production. Enjoy drinks, appetizers, expert insights, open Q&A, and networking with Columbus IT leaders. **Who should attend:** Salesforce customers and practitioners: CTOs, CIOs, VPs of Engineering, IT leaders, enterprise architects, data leaders, digital transformation leaders and senior technology leaders.

Join other experienced and aspiring agile coaches and professionals to: * develop and practice your coaching skills in a peer-to-peer environment * share current successes and challenges in your work environment and get support from each other * learn from each other, build better relationships and experiment with new ideas

NFT's are here to stay folks! This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more. **PLUS** This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.

**[torgevents.com](https://www.torgevents.com/)** TORG The Ohio Retro Gamer expo \*\**Please note that registering for this COGG event does not gain you access TORG and its affiliated events. This is for information only but please use this event page for your benefit.*\*\* See some of our gamedev from COGG here! [https://www.torgevents.com/indievillage](https://www.torgevents.com/indievillage)

Barley’s is celebrating its 34th anniversary so let’s celebrate with them. Beer lover will love their beer and foodies will love their comfort food! This is the menu: https://barleysbrewing.com/menu

**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

FREE Introduction to Inner Engineering. What is Inner Engineering? What are its benefits and how can I bring it into my life? Inner Engineering, Isha's flagship program, is a transformative tool designed by Sadhguru to help individuals unlock their true potential and attain a life of fulfillment and well-being. Join us for a free session where an Isha instructor will provide in-depth information on the program, its formats, and benefits and answer questions. Date and Timings:Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 6:00 PM EST To Register/RSVP please [click here](https://online.innerengineering.com/en/event-details/25019) Open to all aged 18 yrs and above.

Our monthly PHP meetup. A virtual shindig courtesy of Zoom. Check back here for the details around 6:15 pm

Let’s meet up for half-priced cocktails and appetizers. Metered parking should be free because of Veteran’s Day. Here’s the menu: https://gallapark.com/menu/

**Quality Minded – 5th Meetup** This is the fifth gathering of Quality Minded, an online community for QA people, developers who own quality, and anyone curious about what testing actually looks like now that AI writes half the code. Agenda: 1. **Dmitrii Vinokurov - Building AI solution for massive test generation in leading web server security product** Writing a test using AI is a trivial task these days. Scaling that process for a product consisting of dozens of components written in various programming languages and involving over 10,000 test cases is an entirely different matter. He will share his experience developing a solution based on Python and the Anthropic Agent SDK - a system that analyzes source code, builds a library of use cases, prioritizes them, verifies test coverage, and generates missing tests. He will present the results from several months of real-world operation, walk us through the design and implementation, and discuss the challenges the team encountered along the way. 2. **Aleksander Meshkov - How to Build a QA AI Teammate with Claude Code / Codex** What if your QA engineer never slept, read every PR, and remembered every bug your team had ever fixed? In this talk, Aleksander will walk us through how to build such a teammate using Claude Code and Codex harnesses. He will cover the agent architecture, the skills and tools that enable a QA AI Teammate to actually get things done, and the lessons he learned from turning an AI agent into someone you’d genuinely want on your team.

Our code challenges, curriculum and remote code review from mentors is available to all users at paircolumbus.org. HOW TO ATTEND: 1. Use this time slot to pair with friends remotely on our code challenges. 2. Sign up for our newsletter on our website or email us for more information. Learn more at: github.com/paircolumbus paircolumbus.org ++++++++++++++++++ Pair Programming is powered by Pair Columbus (paircolumbus.org (http://paircolumbus.org/)) and sponsored by CoverMyMeds, Cards For All People & CustomShirts.com. Woot woot! We welcome all people of various skill levels. Our members include beginners, test engineers, programmers and accomplished web developers. We focus on self-directed learning through practice and mentorship.

**Welcome to Startup Oasis** The official registration page is [here](Startupoasisvirtual.eventbrite.com). If you are a startup founder, developer, UX designer, marketer, or anyone else in the tech ecosystem looking to start, join, or help a tech startup, this event is for you! Startup founders pitch their business or idea to the audience like on Shark Tank. Except there are no winners, and founders are not pitching for money. Instead, founders get their own breakout room to continue building, workshopping, and/or onboarding the startup with attendees. Stay inside the Startup Oasis by joining the [newsletter](https://mailchi.mp/startupoasis/meetup). This is a brand-new type of structure that has never existed before, and there is so much direct value for all parties. Startup Oasis was created to pierce the illusion of accessibility of startups and tech by creating a grassroots forum for early-stage founders to pitch to those in the tech ecosystem to get real-time feedback for their idea or business. See our [overview video ](https://youtu.be/VH11MFd3X1Q?si=eavhvdVj5oSn5RI8)for more info! **Agenda:** 1. **Introductions:** during the first 10 minutes, we will give you the history, structure, and future plans of Startup Oasis and open signups for founders that want to pitch their startups. 2. **Pitches:** each founder will then get up to 3 minutes to pitch their startup. This format is recommended: name, business, the problem, your solution, target customer base, and your biggest challenge/current need. This part is similar to Shark Tank. 3. **Breakouts:** for the remainder of the event, each founder gets a breakout room, and you can talk to the founders in greater detail their about their needs and challenges in a small group setting. This part is similar to a hackathon. Use this [link](https://lnk.bio/startup.oasis) to: * Follow us on LinkedIn * Join our community on Discord * Donate to our cause * Visit our website **FAQ:** **Is this event free to attend?** Yes - Startup Oasis will always be free for anyone to attend. If you would like to donate, you can do so directly on our [website](https://donate.stripe.com/eVa2a0dV27Nlb2ofYY). You can also talk to us about volunteer or sponsorship opportunities. **How do I sign up to pitch?** RSVP here. Right when the event starts, fill out the form and then raise your hand on Zoom. That will also determine the order. You can also buy a VIP ticket to support our cause and guarantee you a spot to pitch. To be eligible to pitch, you must be the cofounder of a technology-based startup. Agencies, consultants, coaches, MLM schemes, and nonprofits are not eligible to pitch, but you can still watch the pitches and join the breakouts. **What happens after the pitches?** The breakout groups open for the remainder of the event. Each founder gets a breakout room, and you can talk more about their business and needs with them. **Can I invite other people that I know?** Yes - please have them RSVP here or on the [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-oasis-global) event listing. **How do I get the most out of this event?** * Founders - In this event, no money is awarded nor are any winners named. We are not here to critique your pitch, just to help you find teammates, cofounders, and feedback from other professionals. Make sure your pitch is 3 minutes or less and clear about what your biggest needs are. * Attendees - If you are new to startups and tech, feel free to just watch with no pressure to participate. If you are looking to join a startup or find a side project, make sure you take notes during the pitches to join the group of the founder that you're most interested in helping. Most founders need help with either developing the product or with a go-to-market strategy. **Do we meet in person?** We do this event in Atlanta, USA each month. We will visit your city in the future to do this event in person during our world tour. If you'd like to help us organize, please let us know! **Content:** We are looking for founders to be interviewed or people to interview founders for short videos. Let us know if you are interested!

Connect with Pete and Jim Friday morning to discuss your current projects! Show off your successes! Discuss future plans! Grow your community! Join us in Discord: https://discord.gg/wJhNUzUted Agenda --- Host Pete Gordon Pete has been an Internet Software fanatic for decades since Information Systems at The Ohio State and then Informatics at Northwestern, and more recently thrown into the AI/ML/NLP world after joining the Columbus Collaboratory in 2015. Beginning with IBM Watson Services and Google DialogFlow (and resisting the Hadoop Big Data hype), he has now been swept away by Large Language Models and Open… Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-columbus-presents-gdg-columbus-shots-on-goal-2026-11-20/.

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**[Cybersecurity in America’s Water Industry: Are We Asking the Right Questions?](https://events.zoom.us/ev/AkPBo5EIbae7MMI6sp_7_DbtWUCepxD72B4C_GnH5NJ9hEgzznbH~AncnAgItqTo8ABKl4FLamodjhI8T2q6Yo_9QFzRjv6CF-h0IcHqRO4ZgfIgV8JTzbIUx27JBkRaZe8OiIYZubuvI1w)** Cybersecurity threats to America’s water and wastewater systems continue to evolve, exposing vulnerabilities in an industry that provides essential services but often operates with limited resources. While awareness of cyber risks is growing, are utilities focusing on the right priorities? This presentation examines the current state of cybersecurity in the US water sector, drawing on recent incidents to highlight the real-world operational consequences of cyberattacks. It challenges conventional approaches to cybersecurity, emphasizing the importance of understanding operational risks, implementing practical and proportionate security measures, and preparing for incidents before they occur. Drawing on ISA/IEC 62443 and industry best practices, the session explores the questions utilities should be asking to move beyond compliance and build genuine operational resilience. **[CLICK HERE TO REGISTER](https://events.zoom.us/ev/AkPBo5EIbae7MMI6sp_7_DbtWUCepxD72B4C_GnH5NJ9hEgzznbH~AncnAgItqTo8ABKl4FLamodjhI8T2q6Yo_9QFzRjv6CF-h0IcHqRO4ZgfIgV8JTzbIUx27JBkRaZe8OiIYZubuvI1w)** for the event. *[https://events.zoom.us/ev/AkPBo5EIbae7MMI6sp_7_DbtWUCepxD72B4C_GnH5NJ9hEgzznbH~AncnAgItqTo8ABKl4FLamodjhI8T2q6Yo_9QFzRjv6CF-h0IcHqRO4ZgfIgV8JTzbIUx27JBkRaZe8OiIYZubuvI1w](https://events.zoom.us/ev/AkPBo5EIbae7MMI6sp_7_DbtWUCepxD72B4C_GnH5NJ9hEgzznbH~AncnAgItqTo8ABKl4FLamodjhI8T2q6Yo_9QFzRjv6CF-h0IcHqRO4ZgfIgV8JTzbIUx27JBkRaZe8OiIYZubuvI1w)* \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Becoming a paid member is quick and easy (and helps us keep offering free educational opportunities!). Please join now! [https://www.cs2ai.org/plans-pricing](https://www.cs2ai.org/plans-pricing) All past seminars and symposiums are available to paid [CS2AI.ORG](http://cs2ai.org/) members. Check out the Resources area of our website in the Members Portal [https://www.cs2ai.org/](https://www.cs2ai.org/) Certificates for Professional Development/Continuing Education Units (PDUs/CEUs) are available for all registered individuals who attend at least one hour of the event. [https://www.cs2ai.org/get-involved](https://www.cs2ai.org/get-involved) \*Please note that (CS)²AI Online™ events are provided free of charge as educational career development content through the support of our paid members and the generous contributions of our corporate Strategic Alliance Partners. Contact information used in registering for our directly supported seminars may be shared with sponsors funding those specific events. Unless noted on our Zoom Event registration page, all events are open for direct funding support. © Control System Cyber Security Association International 2026

It’s the A2 RetroTech monthly virtual meetup (A2 Ann Arbor, Michigan — but all are welcome!) We’ll start by introducing ourselves and then do a retro show and tell — you can talk about anything you’ve been working on, or that interests you as long as it fits loosely into the theme of the meetup! BBSes, Usenet, Apple II, CP/M, MS-DOS, Amiga, C64 — it’s all fair game! A2 Retro Tech is hosted through [All Hands Active](https://allhandsactive.org/). AHA is dedicated to providing a safe and harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, neurodiversity, body size, race, age, or religion. For complete details, please review [All Hands Active Anti-Harassment Policy](https://rhino.li/anti-harassment-policy).

Panurus ([https://github.com/LFDT-Panurus](https://github.com/LFDT-Panurus)) is an open-source framework for building token-based applications that preserve transactional privacy while remaining fully auditable and interoperable across ledgers. In this talk, we'll walk through how Panurus's driver-based architecture lets developers plug in different token technologies — from Fabtoken to zero-knowledge schemes — behind a common transaction lifecycle (Request → Assemble → Sign → Commit), and how this enables privacy-preserving applications without locking you into a single blockchain or cryptographic scheme. We'll also spotlight two mentorship programs currently pushing Panurus's capabilities forward: **\- EVM Network Driver** — extending Panurus with support for EVM-compatible chains, bringing privacy-preserving tokens to Ethereum and its ecosystem. **\- zkat\-snark Driver** — introducing a zk-SNARK-based anonymous token driver, expanding Panurus's toolkit for confidential, provably-correct transactions. Come see how these efforts are shaping Panurus's roadmap, and how you can get involved. **Zoom Meeting Link**: [https://zoom.us/my/hyperledger.community.3?pwd=UE90WHhEaHRqOGEyMkV3cldKa2d2dz09](https://zoom.us/my/hyperledger.community.3?pwd=UE90WHhEaHRqOGEyMkV3cldKa2d2dz09) **Please note: This event is being shared with our entire global community. If you're interested in this content but can't attend the event live, feel free to sign up and we will send you a link to the recording after the meetup is over.**