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We’re thrilled to announce that **.NET Hub Kathmandu**, together with **Nepal Cloud Professionals**, will be organizing the **local edition of .NET Conf 2025**! 🎉. As an official **local event** of the **global .NET Conf**, this is your chance to connect with passionate developers, tech leaders, and innovators who are shaping the future of .NET and modern software development. 📌 **Event Details**: 📅 **Saturday,** January 10, 2026 📍 **Location:** The100 Spaces, Katyani Marga, Old Baneshwor 🕒 **Time:** 01:00 PM – 04:00 PM **What to Expect** * **Keynote Sessions** – Learn about what’s new in the world of .NET, from platform updates to real-world developer experiences and future directions. * **Hands-on Demos** – See .NET in action with real-world projects and live coding. * **Community Talks** – Hear inspiring stories and insights from local and international .NET experts. * **Networking Opportunities** – Meet like-minded developers, exchange ideas, and grow your professional network. * **Swags & Giveaways** – Get exclusive .NET Conf goodies and prizes! **About .NET Conf** .NET Conf is an annual, **free, global developer event** co-organized by **Microsoft** and the **.NET community**. Local organizers around the world bring the excitement of .NET Conf to their regions, helping developers learn, share, and celebrate the .NET ecosystem together. **Who Should Attend** * .NET and C# developers * Students and tech enthusiasts * Software engineers and architects **About Nepal Cloud Professionals** Nepal Cloud Professionals is a vibrant community of IT professionals, developers, solution architects, and tech enthusiasts passionate about cloud computing and emerging technologies. We host regular meetups, discussions, and mentorship opportunities to foster learning and collaboration. Read more about the community at [https://nepalcloudpro.org](http://nepalcloudpro.org/). **About .NET Hub Kathmandu** **.NET Hub Kathmandu** is a tech community dedicated to the Microsoft .NET ecosystem and is part of the **.NET Foundation**. It connects developers and tech enthusiasts through meetups, workshops, and events to share knowledge, promote .NET adoption, and support the growth of Nepal’s technology industry. **Stay Connected** Follow **.NET Hub Kathmandu** for updates, speaker announcements, and agenda details. Let’s celebrate the global .NET community — right here in Kathmandu!

**Shake up your after work routine.** Join us for a guided cocktail class with our friends from Ilegal Mezcal and learn the story behind tequila and mezcal while creating three delicious cocktails from scratch. Your $15 ticket includes the class, all three cocktails, and a few party favors to take home. It is the perfect mix of learning, drinking, and socializing whether you are coming with coworkers, friends, or a date. Must be 21+ to attend.

**\*\*\* We've Moved! Bold Penguin - 6555 Longshore St, Dublin, OH 43017 \*\*\*** (Ignore the pinned map on meetup) **AGENDA:** * Doors open at 5:30, feel free to come and hang out before! * Official start of the meeting is at 6:30pm * After the meeting is done, we will go hang out at a nearby space in Bridge Park! If you can, please sign up via meetup by noon the day of the meeting so we can have an estimate headcount for food :) We always order extra, so feel free to join us even if you don't get signed up! Thank you to Bold Penguin for providing the location! **Parking & Arrival:** **Parking:** Parking in Bridge Park is free. The closest lots are the Mooney Garage and the Hotel/Endres Garage. **Entry:** The doors to the office are to the right of PINS. The street level door and elevators lock at 6pm. If you arrive after that, someone should be there to let you in, else call the number posted. Take the elevator to the 2nd floor. Once you exit the elevator, turn right. \*\*\* We are a bunch of professionals, students, and geeks who are excited about Ruby programming language ([http://ruby-lang.org/](http://ruby-lang.org/)) and Rails framework ([http://rubyonrails.com/](http://rubyonrails.com/)) and the joy they have brought back to web development. Our main goal is to share the love of the Ruby and Rails ecosystems with anyone that is interested. We cater to everyone, whether a non-programmer through advanced Rubyists. We give lectures on programming topics We freely provide decades worth of experience For full details of this month's meeting please visit [http://columbusrb.com](http://columbusrb.com)

Come assist Van Buren Shelter (https://ymcacolumbus.org/locations/vanburen) staff in serving dinners and cleaning up on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Dinner for the women is 5-6 pm and for the families is 6:15-7:15 pm. There is ample free parking available in the shelter's lot. The recommended area to park is in green in the image above. There will be a new entrance for the time being. We are asking all volunteers to enter through the Donation Dock door, the orange mark on the image above. This door is located between the Single Adults and Family Shelter. You will see 2 large garage doors with a large green trash compactor in the center. Please head to the closest garage door to the building wall, with a ramp leading up. There, you will see a door with a sign stating instructions on how to enter the building. Please ring the doorbell, and a staff member will come and escort you into the building. If a staff member takes longer than 5 minutes, please call the front desk at 614-689-2020. This is a new process for us, and we do not want to keep you waiting! We appreciate your patience as we navigate this temporary change. The shelter needs a volunteer count the day before the event so sign-up ends Monday at 4:50 PM. Afterwards some of us go to the Omnipresent Atheists Weekly Meetup in progress to have a bit to eat or drink (http://www.meetup.com/omnipresentatheists/). Volunteers must be 14 or older. Since we will be working around families, the YMCA does not permit volunteering by individuals with convictions for violent or sexual crimes. The YMCA reserves the right to run background checks on volunteers. For questions, comment on this page or contact: Andrew, awhit12@yahoo.com, (614)937-5802 (cell). Please let Andrew know if you volunteer anytime other than our COUNT events so that he can count your hours toward our service record.

We’ll be reading Brigands and Breadknives by Travis Baldtree this month! We recommend readingading “Bookshops and Bonedust” and “Legends and Lattes” before reading Brigands and Breadknives.

Optimistic Orators Toastmasters non-profit speech improvement group. No materials needed.