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Salsa Cubana Einsteigerkurs SC1a
Ohne Vorkenntnisse / Solo-Anmeldung möglich
Kursstart: Montag 23. Februar 2026
Kursdauer: 23. Februar - 30. März 26 (6 MAL)
Kurszeit: 21 - 23h
Leitung: Esther & Andreas
Kurskosten pro Person: CHF 240.- / 12h
Anmeldung unter: [https://salsarica.ch/kurse/salsa-cubana-anfaenger.html](https://salsarica.ch/kurse/salsa-cubana-anfaenger.html?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBEwYUtJTHdWekhnWnViZGJ3QnNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6J33d5lM0pgV1ceghLTA3GAqbCScphUUW5fBTv0iNrzEBoLB8wclMC6OWqlA_aem_HBCIHaXnwq8GubE4-CvDAA)
Wir freuen uns auf euch!
Ergänzende Infos: Salsa! Kein anderer Tanz hat in den letzten Jahren eine derart steile Erfolgskurve aufs Parkett gelegt. Die Salsa weckt Sehnsüchte nach der Karibik und versprüht wahre Lebensfreude. Salsa wird paarweise getanzt. Ein Partner führt, der andere wird geführt. Bei uns werden hauptsächlich Kurse im kubanischen Stil unterrichtet, der Salsa Cubana, welcher seinen Ursprung in Kuba hat. Die kubanische Salsa wirkt eher spielerisch, rhythmisch und lebendig und setzt sich aus unterschiedlichen lateinamerikanischen Rhythmen und Tänzen zusammen. Das wesentliche Merkmal des kubanischen Stils sind die Drehungen des Tanzpaares um einen gemeinsamen Mittelpunkt und das Kernstück des Salsa Cubana, die Rueda de Casino. Der Name Rueda rührt daher, dass alle beteiligten Paare einen Kreis bilden, wobei sie jeweils synchron die gleichen Figuren tanzen. Bedingt durch Partnerwechsel, die jeweils zu den getanzten Figuren gehören, dreht sich die Rueda bzw. das Rad. Der Kurs für blutige Anfänger oder für Leute, die sich mit den Basic-Elementen noch unsicher fühlen.
Grafana&Friends 🤝 Apache Kafka®
We're thrilled to invite you to our next meetup, a joint event with the **[Zurich Apache Kafka®](https://www.meetup.com/zurich-apache-kafka-meetup-by-confluent/)** community 💥
Many thanks to our great friends at **[Sunrise](https://www.sunrise.ch/)**, who have kindly offered to host us at their office 🫶
🗓️ March 9, 2026
📍[Sunrise](https://www.sunrise.ch/): Ambassador House\, Thurgauerstrasse 101B\, 8152 Glattpark \(Opfikon\) \| [https://maps.app.goo.gl/2pLV5duBYj3vwdDt5](https://maps.app.goo.gl/2pLV5duBYj3vwdDt5)
St. Gallen meeting room
📕 **Agenda**
**18:00 - 18:30:** Open doors
**18:30 - 18:40:** Meetup introduction & some words from the host
**18:40 - 19:15:** Talk 1
**19:15 - 19:45:** Talk 2
**20:00 - 21:00:** Apéro & Networking
**21:00 - 21:10:** Event and venue closure
1️⃣ **"Supercharging Grafana with Community Plugins"** by **[Luis Colman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/luiscolman/)** (Solutions Engineer at **[Grafana Labs](https://grafana.com/)**), **[Imma Valls](https://www.linkedin.com/in/imma-valls/)** (Staff Developer Advocate at **[Grafana Labs](https://grafana.com/)).**
Grafana is powerful on its own, but its true potential lies in its vibrant community of plugin developers. In this talk, we'll dive into how community plugins extend Grafana's core functionality, enabling you to connect to a broader range of data sources and visualize your data in new ways. We'll introduce the **[Kafka Data Source plugin](https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/hamedkarbasi93-kafka-datasource/)** as a practical example, demonstrating how it enables you to query and visualize Kafka topic data directly in your dashboards, without requiring intermediate storage or external services.
2️⃣ **"From Stream to Table: Building Kafka-to-Iceberg Pipelines"**, by **[Will Martin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-p-martin/)** is the EMEA Evangelist at **[Dremio](https://www.dremio.com/)**.
While Kafka excels at streaming data, the real challenge lies in making that data analytically useful without sacrificing consistency or performance. This talk explores why Apache Iceberg has emerged as the ideal streaming destination, offering ACID transactions, schema evolution, and time travel capabilities that traditional data lakes can't match. Learn about some foundational tools that enable streaming pipelines and why they all converge on this next-generation table format built for flexibility and scalability.
We are looking forward to seeing you 🎉!
Grafana&Friends 🤝 Apache Kafka®
IMPORTANT PLEASE RSVP HERE: https://www.meetup.com/grafana-friends-zurich/events/313282986/
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📍[Sunrise](https://www.sunrise.ch/): Ambassador House\, Thurgauerstrasse 101B\, 8152 Glattpark \(Opfikon\) \| [https://maps.app.goo.gl/2pLV5duBYj3vwdDt5](https://maps.app.goo.gl/2pLV5duBYj3vwdDt5)
St. Gallen meeting room
📕 **Agenda**
**18:00 - 18:30:** Grab a drink and take your seat
**18:30 - 18:40:** Meetup introduction & some words from the host
**18:40 - 19:15:** Talk 1
**19:15 - 19:45:** Talk 2
**20:00 - 21:00:** Apéro & Networking
**21:00 - 21:10:** Event and venue closure
1️⃣ **"Supercharging Grafana with Community Plugins"** by **[Imma Valls](https://www.linkedin.com/in/imma-valls/)**, Staff Developer Advocate at **[Grafana Labs](https://grafana.com/)**
Grafana is powerful on its own, but its true potential lies in its vibrant community of plugin developers. In this talk, we'll dive into how community plugins extend Grafana's core functionality, enabling you to connect to a broader range of data sources and visualize your data in new ways. We'll introduce the **[Kafka Data Source plugin](https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/hamedkarbasi93-kafka-datasource/)** as a practical example, demonstrating how it enables you to query and visualize Kafka topic data directly in your dashboards, without requiring intermediate storage or external services.
2️⃣ **"From Stream to Table: Building Kafka-to-Iceberg Pipelines"**, by **[Will Martin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-p-martin/)** is the EMEA Evangelist at **[Dremio](https://www.dremio.com/)**.
While Kafka excels at streaming data, the real challenge lies in making that data analytically useful without sacrificing consistency or performance. This talk explores why Apache Iceberg has emerged as the ideal streaming destination, offering ACID transactions, schema evolution, and time travel capabilities that traditional data lakes can't match. Learn about some foundational tools that enable streaming pipelines and why they all converge on this next-generation table format built for flexibility and scalability.
We are looking forward to seeing you 🎉!
Daily Evening Meditation at 7 - 7:30pm - open to all
### Daily Evening Meditation
##### For all peace lovers and others, for beginners and advanced meditators.
We love silence.
We meditate with our eyes open—or closed, if you prefer. Come and enjoy the powerful vibrations of peace.
We are happy to offer guided meditation upon request.
**Welcome—join the wave of peace!**
[www.brahmakumaris.ch](www.brahmakumaris.ch)
Tägliche Abendmeditation von 19:00 -19:30 Uhr
### Tägliche Abendmeditation
##### Für alle Friedensliebhaber und andere, für Meditations-Anfänger\*innen und Fortgeschrittene.
Wir lieben die Stille.
Wir meditieren mit offenen Augen - oder mit geschlossenen, wenn Sie dies vorziehen. Kommen Sie und geniessen Sie die kraftvollen Schwingungen des Friedens.
Wenn Sie wünschen bieten wir auch gerne eine geführte Meditation an.
**Willkommen auf der Welle des Friedens!**
[www.brahmakumaris.ch](www.brahmakumaris.ch)
Lounge@Bananenreiferei
Jeden Montag 19:30 - 01:00h
Salsa, Bachata, Cha-Cha-Cha, Son
Entry CHF 10.- (inkl. SalsaPractica)
370m2 Dancefloor / Lounge & Bar
Türöffnung 19:30 Uhr
19.30 Uhr 1 Stunde SalsaPractica mit Tanzlehrer
20:30 Uhr Main Floor DJ
Salsa, Bachata, Cha-Cha-Cha, Son - das sind die richtigen Rhythmen, für einen schwungvollen Start in eine neue Woche. Komm am Montag zum Salsa-Tanzabend der SalsaRica in die Bananenreiferei. Bis 01.00 Uhr in die Nacht könnt ihr voller Freude das Tanzbein schwingen.
SalsaPractica:
Es ist keine Kursstunde, sondern gedacht, um Knöpfe zu lösen oder Figuren zu üben die noch nicht so ganz gelingen. Es wird langsame Musik abgespielt, perfekt um zu üben. Lehrer sind vor Ort zur Beratung und Einstufung. Die Salsa Practica ist nicht gratis, sondern ein Bestandteil von der Party und im Partyeintritt inbegriffen. Practica Lehrer erkennt man an speziellen T-Shirts oder ein Schlüsselanhängern. Geht gerne aktiv auf die Lehrer zu, wenn Hilfe gebraucht wird. Man kann auch einfach kommen zum selber üben.
Apache Events This Week
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Cloud Native Computing Meetup | March 2026 - Afternoon edition
Let's meet at the CNC meetup on Tuesday, March 10th, 2026, at 15:00 CET.
**Location:**
VSHN Tower, 8th floor, Neugasse 6, 8005 Zürich
**Agenda:**
Would you like to speak at this event? Contact us at [https://cnc-meetup.ch](https://cnc-meetup.ch)! Guidelines:
* All sessions are held in English.
* No product or sales pitches are allowed.
* All projects showcased should be open source.
* We cannot cover travel costs, but we welcome speakers from other regions.
* We're seeking more diversity among our speakers: underrepresented groups are welcome!
14:30 – Door Opening
15:00 – Welcome, Intro, & Announcements
15:05 – TLS Hot Reload, Janne Kataja (SIX)
15:30 – 5 minutes pause
15:35 – Cloud-Native Application Definition and Delivery with OAM and KubeVela, Raffael Klingler (AXA)
16:00 – 5 minutes pause
16:05 – From Problem to Production: DevOps for AI with Kubeflow, Fabrizio Lazzaretti (Wavestone) and Marco Crisafulli (enki)
16:30 – 5 minutes pause
16:35 – Bye-bye Ingress-NGINX, hello Gateway API, Urs Zurbuchen (Airlock)
17:00 – Final words, networking & apéro
TLS Hot Reload, Janne Kataja (SIX)
Learn how to minimize disruptions caused by TLS certificate rotations by enabling hot reloading in your application. In Kubernetes, TLS certificates are typically stored in Secrets and mounted into pods. When a Secret is updated, for example, due to certificate rotation by cert-manager, Kubernetes updates the projected secret volume. Hot reload mechanisms detect these file changes and reload TLS certificates without restarting the pod. This enables live certificate rotation, maximizes availability, and reduces operational risk associated with restarts. The approach makes shorter-lived TLS certificates operationally viable.
Janne is a Cloud Platform Engineer at the SIX Group, where he builds cloud platforms and services for the financial community. Originally from Finland, he now lives in Baar, Zug. Opinions are his own.
Cloud-Native Application Definition and Delivery with OAM and KubeVela, Raffael Klingler (AXA)
What if developers could focus on their applications instead of the platform beneath them? The Open Application Model (OAM) makes this possible by shifting the focus from containers and orchestrators to applications themselves. Instead of wrangling low-level Kubernetes manifests, developers define applications using modular, reusable building blocks. KubeVela brings this model to life, rendering abstract definitions into deployable resources. In this session, we'll explore how OAM enables application-centric definitions and see KubeVela in action. You'll see an application evolve from a simple definition to a sophisticated setup with cloud-managed services and GitOps integration.
Raffael Klingler is a Platform Engineer at AXA Switzerland, where he helps development teams ship software faster and more reliably. He recently completed his Master's thesis on Internal Developer Platforms, diving deep into OAM, KubeVela, and the challenge of making application delivery less painful. When not wrangling Kubernetes manifests, he's probably thinking about how to make developers' lives easier.
From Problem to Production: DevOps for AI with Kubeflow, Fabrizio Lazzaretti (Wavestone) and Marco Crisafulli (enki)
Despite massive investments in AI, most enterprise AI initiatives fail to reach production — not because of model quality, but because of fragmentation among data science, platform engineering, and business teams. MLOps addresses this challenge by applying DevOps principles to machine learning, and Kubeflow has emerged as a de facto open platform for operationalizing these practices in cloud-native environments. In this talk, we explore how Kubeflow enables collaboration, automation, and repeatability across the entire ML lifecycle, from requirements gathering and experimentation to deployment and continuous improvement. Using a real end-to-end example, we’ll demonstrate how Kubeflow Pipelines, training workflows, and integration with the CNCF ecosystem help teams move beyond ad-hoc experimentation toward production-grade AI systems. Attendees will see how a vendor-neutral Kubeflow-based MLOps architecture supports multi-cloud deployments, enforces operational best practices, and creates continuous feedback loops between stakeholders. Whether you are introducing MLOps for the first time or refining an existing platform, this session provides practical insights into using Kubeflow to turn AI from a research activity into a sustainable business capability.
Fabrizio Lazzaretti is a Managing Consultant at Wavestone and CNCF Ambassador who bridges cutting-edge cloud-native technologies with enterprise architecture. As maintainer of the CloudEvents Rust SDK and co-author of "Crafting Great APIs with Domain-Driven Design," he brings deep expertise in event-driven architecture and microservices to complex challenges. With over 10 years of experience in software architecture, development, and DevOps, he currently drives architectural transformation and AI initiatives across sectors, connecting business and IT through collaborative API design.
Marco Crisafulli is the co-founder of enki, a Swiss machine learning company focused on training, consulting, and implementing practical ML use cases for Swiss enterprises. With a strong background in enterprise software and cloud-native infrastructure, he specializes in MLOps, Kubernetes, and production-grade ML platforms, and has deep hands-on experience with Kubeflow. He works closely with organizations to bridge the gap between experimentation and reliable ML systems in production, helping teams operationalize ML at scale.
Bye-bye Ingress-NGINX, hello Gateway API
The Kubernetes ecosystem is undergoing a major transformation as the legacy Ingress model, long dominated by the NGINX Ingress Controller, reaches its limits and faces discontinuation. This talk explores why the Kubernetes Gateway API is emerging as the new standard for security and architecture. We'll dive into the shortcomings of traditional Ingress (including "annotation hell" and recent security vulnerabilities) and highlight the architectural and operational advantages of Gateway API. Finally, we will present a few options on how you can move forward and implement a new solution.
Urs Zurbuchen is a Senior Security Consultant at Airlock. As an engineer and consultant for the design and implementation of IT security solutions, he is familiar with the requirements for secure digitalisation processes. Urs has more than 20 years of experience in designing and integrating web application security solutions (web application firewall, authentication, single sign-on, access control) as well as in designing and implementing identity & access management projects (user management, authorisation management, processes, provisioning). Mr Zurbuchen can advise on the conception of non-technical topics such as organisation, guidelines, compliance requirements and regulations, as well as on the implementation of application and system architecture audits.
The event will be recorded and made available on VSHN's YouTube channel: [https://vshn.tv](https://vshn.tv). Subscribe to stay notified of updates.
We expect all participants to abide by VSHN's Conference Code of Conduct: [https://www.vshn.ch/en/code-of-conduct/](https://www.vshn.ch/en/code-of-conduct/)
If you would like to share your cloud-native projects at the CNC Switzerland meetup events or sponsor future events, just send us your talk suggestion here: https://cnc-meetup.ch. We look forward to hearing from you!
Beachvolley for Beginners at Beachhalle Zürich Nord 🏐
Welcome to this volleyball session for beginners! 🤗
During this event, you’ll have the chance to meet new people, play friendly matches and learn the basic techniques.
This event is aimed at everyone that has never played before or a long time ago and is not sure to be able to pass the ball properly over the net or to someone. If you think you're comfortable playing, I invite you to join the advanced events of Marius: https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-avsypajv/.
Let's meet at the Beachhalle Zürich Nord (next to the airport). I booked the court BBC.
**Tips:**
\- Bring a water bottle
**A few practical details and participation conditions:**
\- A small contribution is required for court rental and other organisational expenses\, please pay before the event via TWINT at \+41784053495 by **writing your name and date of the event** or cash the day of the event.
\- Please only sign up through Meetup for an easier organisation
\- Please cancel at least 48 hours in advance if you can’t make it\, so others can sign up or I can reschedule the session
\- If you don't cancel and do not show\, please cover your share to keep it fair for everyone\.
**!No shows!**
Lately, there has been quite some no-shows. Therefore, I remind you to please sign out 48 hours before the event if you're not sure to come. So that people in the waiting list can join instead. The court is not free, any no-show means wasted cost. In case of two no-shows, I have no choice but to impeach you from signing up again by excluding you from the group 😣
**How to reach the court:**
1\. Enter the main building\. The wardrobe will be on your left\.
2\. Cross the main building and go out again\.
3\. Go around the building in front of you by turning left\. You will see the tennis courts on your left\. The entrance is slightly hidden on the right\.
4\. Leave your shoes and belongings in the boxes at the entrance\.
If you want to join the Whatsapp group for any updates, events and other activities, let me know after the event 😊
TechTalkThursday #27 @ Nine
Let's get together for the next TechTalkThursday to learn new things and share experiences!
17:30 Door opening
18:00 **Intro** – Thomas Hug, CEO & Founder of Nine
\~ 18:05 **One Platform, Any Scale: Roche Linux** – Karol Swiderski (Principal Solutions Engineer at Roche)
\~ 18:30 **A Few Quirks About MCP** – Thimo Koenig (Co-Founder & CTO at tekkminds)
\~ 19:00 **Agentic Engineering: How To Use AI As Peer (DevOps) Programmer With Context, MCP, Prompts, Rules and Workflows** – Jonas Felix (Coach & Co-Founder at letsboot.ch)
\~ 19:30 Snacks & Drinks
Have we aroused your interest? Then please register!
We look forward to meeting you!
You can also watch this event's livestream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9_weIWteGA
Wie läuft Coaching in Zürich?
Wir sprechen über unsere Coachingng Erfahrungen. Was wir erlebt haben als Klienten aber auch als Coach (falls wir selbst in diesem Feld tätig sind). Der Austausch soll dabei helfen die eigenen Erfahrungen neu zu reflektieren und somit neue Inspiration und Ideen bringen. Vielleicht ergeben sich auch Synergien an die wir bisher nicht gedacht hatten.
cuTile and TileIR: The next step in GPU Programming
After a long hiatus of the compiler social, Lorenzo is joining us to talk about the exciting work happening at NVIDIA that you have probably heard about, namely cuTile/TileIR.
As usual there will be pizza, snacks, beer, and soft drinks after the event for participants, sponsored by NVIDIA.
**Astract:** GPU programming has evolved significantly over the past decade, driven by rapid hardware innovation such as Tensor Cores and new numerical formats. However, the gap between high-level productivity frameworks and low-level performance-centric programming models continues to widen. In this talk, we introduce cuTile and TileIR, a new block-level programming model and intermediate representation designed to simplify high-performance GPU development while preserving forward compatibility with evolving NVIDIA architectures. cuTile provides a tile-centric abstraction for data-parallel workloads, accessible from Python, while TileIR—an MLIR-based low-level IR integrated with CUDA—offers a stable, portable foundation for targeting tensor cores and future hardware generations. Together, they establish a middle ground between usability and control, enabling expressive kernel development without sacrificing performance.
We present the programming model, illustrate it with examples, discuss performance considerations, and, if time permits, take a deeper dive into the core abstractions behind TileIR: https://github.com/NVIDIA/cuda-tile
**Location:** The event is taking place in the room G59 in the CAB building of ETH Zurich at the Zentrum campus. Enter from Universitätstrasse 6.
Atlassian Community Zürich - Breakfast Edition
AC Zurich Community Znüni (DE)
"Für einen guten Start in den Tag mit Confluence, Community und Gipfeli."
Wir laden Dich herzlich zu unserem Community Breakfast ein! Gemeinsam möchten wir den Morgen nutzen, um uns bei Kaffee und Frühstück auszutauschen, spannende Inputs zu hören und neue Impulse rund um Intranet, Wissensmanagement, Assets, Metadaten und Qualitätsmanagement mitzunehmen.
Datum: Donnerstag, 12. März um 09:00 Uhr
Treffpunkt: catworkx, Roter Turm, Theaterstrasse 17, Winterthur
Agenda:
9:00 Welcome & News
9:30 Vortrag Medics Labor AG
10:00 Input - Details folgen.
10:30 Vorstellung Marketplace App - Details folgen.
10:45 Ausblick auf weitere Events
11:00 Networking
Wir sehen uns dort!
AC Zurich Community Breakfast (EN)
„For a great start to the day with Confluence, community, and croissants.“
You’re warmly invited to join our Community Breakfast! Let’s use the morning to connect over coffee and breakfast, gain new insights, and exchange ideas around intranet, knowledge management, assets, metadata, and quality management.
Date: Thursday, 12th March at 09:00
Meeting point: catworkx, Roter Turm, Theaterstrasse 17, Winterthur
Agenda:
9:00 Welcome & News
9:30 Presentation by Medics Labor AG
10:00 Input – Details to follow
10:30 Marketplace App Presentation – Details to follow
10:45 Outlook on Upcoming Events
11:00 Networking
See you there!
Agenda
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Hosted By
Martin Wulff, CEO bitvoodoo
In the Atlassian ecosystem for over 13 years. Leading the Atlassian Community Zurich since 2020. Managing Communardo Switzerland (formerly bitvoodoo), an Atlassian Solution Partner, since 2012.
Mike Carstensen, Managing Partner
Passionate management consultant with a background in organizational theory, innovation - and technology management as well as process management. Atlassian certified and always striving for improved collaboration, transparency and team work.
Also Pizza fan and music enthusiast.
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Global Partner
Atlassian (http://atlassian.com)
Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality.
For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries.
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Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-zurich-presents-atlassian-community-zurich-breakfast-edition/.
March Meetup @ Digitec Galaxus
Join us for our next GraphQL Meetup on **March 12th** in Zürich!
The event will start at **6:00 PM**, with time for networking and the first talk beginning at **6:30 PM**. Location, drinks, and food are generously provided by **Digitec Galaxus**.
If you’d like to host one of our future events, please reach out to us at contact@chillicream.com.
The event will be **hybrid**. We strongly encourage you to join us in person for the full experience, but we will also provide a livestream for remote attendees. When you sign up, please let us know whether you’ll attend in person or online.
**Schedule**
**18:00 – 18:30**
Welcome & Networking
**18:30 – 19:00**
Talk 1
Speaker and topic to be announced
**19:00 – 19:30**
Talk 2
Speaker and topic to be announced
**19:30 – 20:00**
Talk 3
Speaker and topic to be announced
Apache Events Near You
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From Idea to Working App in Minutes: The Agentic Development with Amazon Kiro
Discover Kiro, AWS’s innovative development environment that adapts to your workflow. Whether you prefer specification-driven development or a more intuitive, vibe-based approach, Kiro empowers you to build applications your way.
In this session, speakers will explore Kiro’s core functionality and its evolution through re:Invent 2025, along with demonstrations of prompts used to create APIs, hooks, and steering documents.
In the latter part of the session, watch as we build a complete example from scratch, showcasing Kiro’s agentic AI workflow in action for spec-driven development and vibe coding.
What You'll Learn - Core Kiro concepts and development philosophy
Feature evolution: pre and post re:Invent 2025
Practical examples: API creation, hooks, and steering docs
Live coding demonstration with real-time problem solving
Who Should Attend - Developers, solutions architects, and technical leaders interested in modern AWS development tools and AI-assisted coding workflows.
**Speakers Bio:**
Matthew Jorat: Matthew Jorat is a Customer Solutions Manager at AWS with nearly three decades of expertise in AI, cloud transformation, migration, modernization, IT, technology, and business. His career spans infrastructure engineer, solutions architect, security auditor, customer success director, support and services director, and operations officer. He was an early adopter of AWS services as a customer, and his current role at AWS uniquely blends his technical and business skills as he partners with executive teams to translate strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes through cloud adoption, AI implementation, and operational excellence. Matt leads end-to-end AI initiatives for enterprise customers, identifying high-impact use cases and maintaining relentless focus on measurable ROI. He holds eight AWS certifications and serves as Adjunct Professor at Franklin University teaching cloud computing and AWS architecture. His expertise encompasses GenAI, agentic AI systems, migration, modernization, and optimization strategies that drive transformation at scale.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjorat/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjorat/)
Girish Bhatia: Girish Bhatia is a seasoned technology delivery leader with deep expertise in cross-domain program management. He holds multiple AWS certifications, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified Developer – Associate, and AWS Generative AI Practitioner, and is also an AWS Community Builder. Girish brings over two decades of experience in the information technology industry.
Throughout his career, Girish has led major technology-driven business transformation from modernizing on-premises applications to driving large-scale cloud migrations. His work includes API-based integration platforms, data-center and mainframe modernization, and enterprise cloud adoption initiatives.
Based in Columbus, Ohio, Girish works at a tech-forward fintech company. He is passionate about AWS serverless architectures, Generative AI and emerging cloud technologies. An avid learner and builder, he continues to explore and apply the latest innovations in AWS to help organizations accelerate their digital transformation.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/[https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/)
**THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/
**DIRECTIONS**
Franklin University
Fisher Hall
300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8
Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map.
NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct.
**Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?**
Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com
Level 1 Tuesdays with Salsamante Dance Academy
Salsamante Dance Academy will be at Swerve Every Tuesday Night to share the Rhythm & Energy of Bachata & Salsa.
These are Beginner Level lessons to get you comfortable and understand the two dances. Spread the Good News to all.
Swerve Dance & Fitness Complex
640 Lakeview Plaza Blvd A, Worthington, OH 43085
Bachata 7pm-8pm
Salsa 8pm-9pm
$15 - One Lesson
$20 - Both Lessons
Columbus HUG March
Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!!
https://sessionize.com/cbus-hug-2026/
Building Agents with Microsoft Foundry
We will show a variety of methods for building agents that run in Microsoft Foundry. This covers the different types of agents: Prompt, Multi, and Hosted, as well as the development lifecycle using evals and traces.
Drop-In-Person Coaching (In-Person)
Have a small business? Ever wish you could just ask some questions around how to grow your business, get more customers or just know what the freak you are doing with sales?
Now is your chance!! Every month we are hosting the "Ask an Expert" at the Columbus Metro Library, Main campus. I will be there to answer your Sales related questions.
Drop-in for sales coaching designed to help small business owners, entrepreneurs, and sales professionals sharpen their sales approach. Whether you have questions on how to refine your pitch, are looking to close deals more quickly, or are working on building better client relationships, Smashing Your Sales Goals Coaches are here to help.
Drop-in to get expert insights, actionable strategies and real-time solutions to grow your business and generate higher profits.
Drop-In Sales Coaching is FREE + OPEN to the public. No appointment needed. First come, first served.
EPIC Learning created. Accelerate Columbus supported.
BeComing Circle Initiates
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Instructor - Crow, HPS
Class fee is $30 at the door or approved exchange
RSVP with Advance pay of $25 (discounted) by PayPal on the web or by contacting Enchanted Elements (614) 437-2642.
Reservations made directly to Enchanted Elements will be added to the class list manually not online.
Private Instruction ~ Closed to the Public ~ Initiated Members Only
Please come prepared for ritual.
Blessings ~ Crow




















