Melbourne Data Eng meetup with Groq

Hey all, please join us for a special Groq edition Data Eng meetup. Join us for an engaging session filled with exciting discussions and networking opportunities.

Don't miss out—RSVP to secure your spot. Please reach out if you'd like to host us! 🎉

🏠 Location: Stone & Chalk Melbourne
🍕 Catering: Groq 😊
💬 Join our Slack Group here: Data Engineers Slack Channel

Schedule:
- 5.30pm: Doors Open
- 6.00pm: Announcements and Welcome
- 6.10pm: 1st Talk
- 6.40pm: 2nd Talk
- 7.10pm: Networking
- 7.30pm: Doors Close

Speakers:
🎤 Hatice Ozen, Head of Developer Relations, Groq
Talk Title: Need for Speed: API Edition
Talk Summary: Introduction to Groq API, why real-time AI inference is crucial to modern day applications, and how to easily port over existing applications to benefit from performance enhancements and cost-effectiveness.
Speaker Bio: As Head of Developer Relations at Groq, Hatice empowers developers, startups, and business leaders alike to both understand how to leverage AI and how to build AI applications that leverage real-time inference for a best-in-class user experience.
With a background in community building and application development, she’s passionate about making AI accessible to all, driving innovation across the AI ecosystem.

🎤 Michael Bazzoli, Forward-Deployed AI/ML Engineer, Groq
Talk Title: Building Real-time Agents with MCP
Talk Summary: Learn how to leverage MCP servers with fast AI inference for powerful agents that can connect your users to external applications and offer a developer experience that doesn’t lag.
Speaker Bio: Michael Bazzoli is an AI/ML Engineer at Groq, where he focuses on forward‑deployed machine‑learning solutions that power real‑time inference at scale. He also serves as a part‑time instructor for Interview Kickstart’s Machine‑Learning Engineering boot‑camp, teaching topics ranging from LLM training and fine‑tuning to modern generative‑AI architectures. His deep expertise spans large language models, generative AI, computer vision, and production‑grade ML system design.

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