Name: OSHK x HK Python User Group #87 Python Trailblazers: Explore, Optimize, Automate
Start: 2025-05-24T15:30:00+08:00
End: 2025-05-24T18:00:00+08:00
Location: LT-9 Yeung Kin Man Academic Building at City University of Hong Kong

Date: 24 May 2025 (Sat)
Time: 15:30 - 18:00 \*HKT
Coordinator: Alex Au, Sky Ng & Tommy Han

**Light Refreshments are available!**

**Please fill in the form for admission**: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-53R02nK1r5kSsW9lBn-MUqMIAWANu1u9O7GtvUaAQhSIcw/viewform?usp=sharing

**Topic**

**The Power of Asyncio (David Wan):**

* Introduction to asynchronous programming in Python
* Benefits of asynchronous programming
* Real world example of large scale webscraping with asyncio

**Revisit Dependency Management with uv (Alex Au, Lightning Talk):**

* Comparison between uv and poetry in Dependency Management
* How uv helps drop-in replacement on poetry-maintained projects

**Fun Uses of Python in Photography: Geotagging, Metadata and More (Mark Leung):**

* Automated Geotagging Workflow for Photos
* Understanding and Manipulating EXIF GPS Metadata
* Creating a Photo Dashboard with Maps and Metadata Analytics

**Capacity:** 80

**Venue Info:**
LT-9, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong

**Rundown:**
15:30 - 15:50 Registration & Networking
15:50 - 16:00 Upcoming Events Promotion
16:00 - 16:30 The Power of Asyncio (David Wan, 5 mins Q&A)
16:30 - 16:35 Revisit Dependency Management with uv (Alex Au, Lightning Talk)
16:35 - 17:00 Break & Networking
17:00 - 17:30 Fun Uses of Python in Photography: Geotagging, Metadata and More (Mark, 5 mins Q&A)
17:30 - 18:00 Closing & Networking
18:00 - Networking Session after Meetup (Outside City University)

**Speakers Bio:**

* David Wan is a Senior Data Analyst at an multinational insurance firm, where he leverage Python and SQL to extract insights from data. Prior to his current role, he worked as a **Quantitative Developer at a proprietary trading firm**, where he developed software for quantitative trading strategies.
He will share his experiences with asynchronous programming in Python when connecting to APIs—a technique that has dramatically improved performance when handling large-scale requests.
* Alex Au is a Cloud Platform Engineer who has experiences in Cloud Native Technologies, Software Engineering and NLP Training. As an ex-Silicon Valley engineer, Alex Au has been dealing with AI infrastructure and contributes to training platform for AI engineers in his team.
Outside of work, he enjoys exploring the intersection of technology and creativity, often sharing insights at tech conferences like **PyCon HK 2023 & 2024**, and several community events.
* Mark's background is in linguistics, UX, and scripting. He builds user-facing workflows using data science/ai, data engineering/cloud, and gui/bi tools. He has **10 years’ experience in startups and large companies**, in industries like advertising, consumer electronics, e-commerce, and SaaS.
He currently works at **HSBC**, turning actuaries’ financial models into automated, extensible, and interactive programs. His hobbies are hiking, photography, and mentoring.

**Audience pre-requisite:**

* Have basic knowledge about Python

**How to join?**

* Fill in the form for admission: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd-53R02nK1r5kSsW9lBn-MUqMIAWANu1u9O7GtvUaAQhSIcw/viewform?usp=sharing
* Click "Attend" in this page

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