Teaching Goldfish to Remember: Building Smarter AI with the MCP C# SDK

Melb.NET is excited to host Randi Ratnayake

Doors open at 5:30pm, and we kick off the night at 6pm. Food and drinks provided in-person.

Agenda:

• Welcome & Introduction and few words from our Sponsors - 10 min
• Talk 1 - 45 min
• QnA - 10 min (grab some more food/drinks)
• Networking - meet at nearby venue (TBD)

Talk 1: Teaching Goldfish to Remember: Building Smarter AI with the MCP C# SDK
by Randi Ratnayake - Consultant at Arinco

Large Language Models are great — until they forget everything. Enter the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

In this session, we’ll dive into the C# SDK for MCP, a powerful way to maintain state, structure conversations, and give your AI apps memory.

You’ll see real-world examples, practical tips, and how to get started from your favorite language: C#

Hosts:
William Liebenberg - Microsoft .NET MVP | Consultant at Arinco

Location:
In-Person at Arinco Melbourne - Level 5 / 440 Collins Street, Melbourne CBD.

🗣 Apply to speak now: https://bit.ly/melb-dotnet-cfp

Sponsors:
We have some amazing sponsors that help make this event possible:

• Arinco
• Tank Stream Labs
• Microsoft Melbourne
• Dotnet Foundation