Unlock Business & Tech Secrets with Contract Bridge

Join us for an evening exploring the unexpected intersection of competitive contract bridge and the tech industry! Whether you're an engineering leader navigating complex decisions or a data enthusiast interested in practical machine learning, this meetup reveals how a classic card game can inspire modern tech solutions and sharper leadership.

• More Than a Game: The Algorithmic Challenge of Bridge Card Recognition
  Dealing and verifying thousands of hands in duplicate bridge is a massive logistical challenge. In this session, Oliwia Żmuda demonstrates how to solve it using AI. Learn how she designed and tested two neural network models to automatically classify card ranks and suits from images, bridging the gap between her passion for the game and practical machine learning.
  Key Takeaways:
  The logistical challenges of duplicate bridge.
  Building neural networks for image-based card recognition.
  How to merge a personal hobby with advanced tech solutions.
• The Bridge Advantage: Hacking Uncertainty in Tech & Career
  In this presentation Piotr Mądry explores how the mental strategies required in competitive card games can help tech leaders make better decisions under pressure.
  What the presentation covers:
  The Common Enemy: Why uncertainty causes decision paralysis and makes leaders delay critical choices.
  The Game's Power: How bridge serves as the ultimate training ground for focus, critical thinking, and acting on incomplete information.
  The Grandmaster’s Blueprint: Five essential mindset shifts that bridge champions use to navigate disruption, handle failure, execute with confidence and implement their strategies.
• Bridgeing Cards and Machines: The Ultimate AI Challenge
  Bridge is evolving—and so is the technology that drives it. In this session, we dive into how AI is transforming the game, tackling ever more complex challenges: from visual recognition of cards to reasoning under uncertainty and decision-making with limited information. Explore the types of AI used in bridge today, how hybrid systems like NukkAI reason about hands, and what the future may hold for machines mastering this strategic, cooperative card game.