Artificial Intelligence Applications

Curious what engineering at Microsoft actually looks like? Join us for the very first University Edition of Microsoft Tech Talks at Microsoft Development Center Prague (MDCP)! This special meetup is designed for university students or early graduates interested in software engineering, programming languages, AI, developer tools, and real-world engineering challenges inside Microsoft. Expect an afternoon full of tech talks, engineering insights, career inspiration, networking with Microsoft engineers working on technologies used by millions of people worldwide - plus food, drinks, and definitely pizza 🍕🥤 Whether you're passionate about AI, compilers, runtime technologies, developer tools, or simply curious about what it’s like to work at Microsoft - this event is for you. We can’t wait to welcome the next generation of engineers to our Prague office 💜 Agenda & speakers: * 2\.00pm \| Doors Open * 2\.30pm \| **Welcome to MDCP & Student Career Opportunities** \| Catalin Miftode \(Microsoft\) \+ Vojta Svandelik \(Microsoft\) * 3\.00pm \| **Tech Talk: When to write MCP, Specialized Agent, and when a Skill** \| Konstantin Ignatov \(Microsoft\) \+ Andrii Kozin \(Microsoft\) * 3\.45pm \| Short break ☕ * 4\.00pm \| **Programming Languages Panel Discussion (C++, C#, F#, and Rust)** moderated by Radim Ballner (Microsoft) * 4\.45pm \| **Microsoft Student Ambassadors Program** \| Adela Kmonickova \(Microsoft\) * 5\.00pm \| Networking with food\, drinks & pizza 🍕🥤 * 5\.45pm \| Doors closed **TALK DETAILS:** 🟣 **Welcome to MDCP & Student Career Opportunities** with [Catalin Miftode](https://www.linkedin.com/in/catalin-miftode/) + [Vojta Svandelik](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vojtechsvandelik/) (Microsoft) Interested in internships, student opportunities, and what it’s really like to start your career at Microsoft? Join Catalin from Microsoft’s University Engagement team together with Vojta Svandelik, a former intern and MatFyz student who successfully transitioned from internship to full-time Software Engineer at Microsoft Development Center Prague. Together, they will share insights into the internship experience, career paths, and what it’s like to grow from university into real-world engineering at Microsoft. 🟢 **Tech Talk: When to write MCP, Specialized Agent, and when a Skill** with[ Konstantin Ignatov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/work-of-kpp/) + [Andrii Kozin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andriikozin/) (Microsoft) In this session, we will break down how to choose the right architecture when building intelligent applications - whether to use MCP, a specialized agent, or a skill. Through real-world perspectives from Microsoft engineering teams, you’ll gain practical guidance on designing scalable, modular, and effective AI-driven solutions 🔵 **Programming Languages Panel Discussion (C++, C#, F#, and Rust)** moderated by [Radim Ballner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/radimballner/) (Microsoft) C++, C#, F#, or Rust - which programming language would win the ultimate engineering flamewar? Join Microsoft engineers working directly on compilers and developer tooling for an open panel discussion about programming languages, compiler development, engineering culture, and what it’s really like to build the tools used by developers worldwide. 🟠 **Microsoft Student Ambassadors Program** with [Adela Kmonickova](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelakmonickova/) (Microsoft) Want to connect with other tech-passionate students, grow your skills, join cool projects, and become part of the global Microsoft student community? Adela will introduce the Microsoft Student Ambassadors program, share what opportunities it can open for you, and show how students across Europe are building experience, communities, and careers through the program. 📍 Microsoft Office (Delta Building, Vyskočilova 1561/4a, Prague 4) 📅 Tuesday, May 26th, 2026 🕗 2.00pm - 5.45pm CET ☝️ Event Details: * Language: English * Audience: University students & fresh graduates * Cost: Free entry (including food, drinks & pizza 😄) * Please register only if you plan to attend — spots are limited.

Řešíš nějaký problém? Zajímají tě nové technologie? Chceš se podělit o tvé zkušenosti? Zastav se na [pro:]TEST! setkání, které bude tentokrát o řízené otevřené diskuzi založená na Open Space! Open Space Technology (OST) je styl samoorganizovaného setkání, jehož režii mají v rukách samotní účastníci. Nápad, otázka, aktuálně řešený problém, to vše může být tématem tohoto večera. Sejdeme se doslova v "open space", určíme si stanoviště, časové bloky a témata a pustíme se do nich. Kdokoliv může na stanoviště přijít nebo z něj kdykoliv odejít. Více o OST se dočtete například zde (anglicky): https://www.facilitator.school/blog/open-space-technology Těšíme se - organizátoři [Pro:]Test! **Upozornění**: setkání probíhá pouze osobně na místě. Z tohoto Meetupu nebude vznikat záznam.

**Frontend developers in 2026 are spoiled for choice. New frameworks promising freedom, AI assistants promising to handle the boring parts. But between the framework debates and the quiet burnout, what actually delivers in day-to-day work?** Join us on **Tuesday, May 26**, for an evening focused on the honest reality of frontend development in 2026. Four engineers from Applifting and Mews will share what's actually working—and what isn't—in framework decisions, AI workflows, and the human side of keeping up with constant change. Let's meet in the **Applifting meetup space**, both in person and online. **We’ll start at 18:00.** 👉[ Register here](https://applifting.io/events/frontend-crew-talk-when-tools-move-faster-than-us) 👈 **if you want to attend in person. Spaces are limited and our event planner Anetka would be sad if we had to turn you away at the door!** **Who’s speaking?** **[Michal Čížek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-%C4%8D%C3%AD%C5%BEek/)**, senior frontend developer at Applifting, will open with a side-by-side comparison of Next.js and TanStack Start—two frameworks with fundamentally different philosophies—to help you pick for your next project. **[Jan Marek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/j4n-marek/)**, senior software engineer at Mews, will follow with how frustration and laziness can guide useful AI workflows, automating each “I don't want to do this manually” from Slack thread to announcement. **[Tereza Šimková](https://www.linkedin.com/in/simkovat/)**, also a senior frontend developer at Applifting, will offer an honest, non-technical look at the hidden psychological toll of working with AI coding assistants. Then, they will be joined for the panel discussion by **[Matyas Mihálka](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matyasmih%C3%A1lka/)**, frontend tech lead at Applifting, bringing a grounded take on what AI coding tools actually deliver day-to-day and how to adopt them without burning out. **We look forward to meeting you!** **Schedule:** **17:30 – Doors open** * Get your ticket ready, say hello to others, and have a drink with us. 🥂 **18:00 – Introduction by Filip Kirschner** * Our co-founder Filip will give you a short welcome and introduce our speakers. **18:15 – Two philosophies, one decision: Next.js vs TanStack Start in 2026 with Michal Čížek** * *Next.js has shaped React for years. TanStack Start is the challenger with a fundamentally different philosophy. Which one should you pick for your next project?* **18:30 – Boring driven development: Let your laziness and frustration guide your creativity in your AI workflows with Jan Marek** * *From Slack thread to announcement: how “I don't want to do this manually” can turn each step of development into automation.* **18:45 — We need to talk: Confessions of a frontend dev's AI journey with Tereza Šimková** * *An honest, non-technical chat about the hidden psychological toll of our evolving relationship with AI.* **19:00 — Short break** * *Time to stretch, refill drinks, and chat a bit.* **19:10 — Panel discussion Living with AI: Tools, anxiety & what actually works with Jan Marek, Michal Čížek, Tereza Šimková, and Matyas Mihálka** * *AI coding tools are everywhere but between the hype and the fear, what actually delivers in day-to-day work?* **20:00 — Q&A session** * *Your turn. We’re open to any questions or comments you have.* **20:30 – Networking, food & drinks 🍻** * *Snacks and drinks, including draft beer, will be available for you all evening. Get ready to network with Applifters and enjoy the evening together!* **22:00 – It’s a wrap!** * *Some of us may move on to a pub, but the doors of Applifting are closing, and we'll look forward to seeing you next time!* For capacity reasons, **please let us know if you will** [attend in person](https://applifting.io/events/frontend-crew-talk-when-tools-move-faster-than-us) or participate online. The presentations will be streamed, but we would love to see you there. We look forward to meeting you!

## Learn Go and NixOS deployments with large language models Hello, 世界! When used sensibly, language models can be tutors, too. For meetup #60 on Tuesday [May 26, 2026 19:00 CET](https://www.meetup.com/leipzig-golang/events/312537727) we are really happy to have [Maxime](https://www.linkedin.com/in/plumps/) dive into Nix/NixOS with the help of language models. Nix is a functional package manager and its immutable traits enable robust, reproducable deployments of Go (and other) projects. The high level goals of Nix/NixOS are similar to other immutable Linux distributions, like [Silverblue](https://fedoraproject.org/silverblue/) or [Bazzite](https://bazzite.gg/). Becoming familiar with the Nix configuration language can be a challenge, but one that a well instructed tutor may help with. > Artificial intelligence techniques are increasingly used in education to enable personalized learning and intelligent tutoring [LLM Agents for Education: Advances and Applications](https://aclanthology.org/anthology-files/anthology-files/pdf/findings/2025.findings-emnlp.743.pdf) (11/2025) Why reproducible and immutable deployments play a role? [Justin Garrison](https://justingarrison.com/blog/state-of-immutable-linux/) says: > It’s 2026, if you’re not using something immutable (or at least reproducable) you’re doing more maintenance work than you should. [blog post recapping talk from [Southern California Linux Expo 23x](https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x)], 03/2026, PASADENA, CA ### Schedule * 18:45 Doors open * 19:00 Welcome * 19:10 Dive into Nix/NixOS with LLMs * 19:50 Open discussion We’ll meet: * in person at [Basislager Leipzig](https://basislager.co), at [Peterssteinweg 14, 04107 Leipzig](https://maps.app.goo.gl/1fMkeDSPZ7Aauszh8) ([OSM](https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3504864558)) * and online via [https://meet.google.com/drk-bptj-xss](https://meet.google.com/drk-bptj-xss) Join us to discuss robust Go deployments, language models as learning tools and more!

Hello Python extractors and vulnerable agents, The 35th PyData meetup will take place at **Aisle offices** (Palác Zlatý kříž, 2nd floor). As usual, the talks will start at 18:30 but we encourage you to come as soon as **18:00** to enjoy the opportunity to socialize and refresh yourselves (which you can continue doing during the break and after the talks). Our main goal is to build the community around Python and data and make it welcoming to people of various skills and experience levels. ⚡ If you are interested in giving a lightning talk (up to 5 minutes to present an idea, tool or results related at least to some degree to Python and/or data), please contact us before the event or at its beginning. **What a Single-File LLM Security Analyzer Taught Us?** **([Stanislav Fort](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanislav-fort/), Aisle)** High-quality AI security research can uncover real vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure. AISLE is one example of this higher-signal approach, with validated findings in projects like OpenSSL and curl. At the same time, low-quality AI-generated reports are flooding open-source maintainers with false positives. How hard is it to find a security bug? We will explore that question through nano-analyzer, a deliberately simple open-source security scanner. For many vulnerability classes, the surprising core is not a complex platform, but a well-aimed LLM call wrapped in the right workflow. This simplicity has limits. The approach may miss obvious issues, hallucinate risky findings, or produce inconsistent results across runs. That is why validation, triage, benchmarking, and human judgment matter, and why the real challenge is building reliable processes around unreliable primitives. **Getting reliable text when PDFs lie and OCR fails** **([Marcela Brichtová Piptová](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcela-brichtov%C3%A1-piptov%C3%A1-b950ba184/), Rossum)** LLMs need text as an input. So before a model can reason about a document, we have to read the text, a step often treated as the "easy part" or a solved problem. But is it? In this talk, we will explore the hidden complexities of text extraction. This is especially critical for models like Rossum's T-LLM, an encoder-only architecture which heavily relies on high-quality input. You will learn why transactional documents are sometimes surprisingly hard for OCR, why you can't always just copy-paste text from a PDF, and why text extraction is still a topic for Rossum researchers (and our customer support team).

Instruction level parallelism by [Ivica Bogosavljević](https://johnnysswlab.com/author/ibogi/) Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) is the magic ingredient of a modern CPU that makes it run fast. But not all programs are equal, some have more ILP, others have less. In this talk we are going to investigate our codes from the viewpoint of ILP: which code has more ILP, which has less ILP, how does ILP affect software performance and what techniques we can use to speed up our software. Timetable: 18:00 Get together, setup, socialize 18:30 talk starts ??:?? talk ends, more socializing For those who want to join online here is the **[ZOOM LINK](https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83891473439?pwd=7HSo6db5TDdSQA72V0jVEkGMzhbZeu.1)** While you wait why not join our **[DISCORD SERVER](https://discord.gg/3FQFqkjPyc)**

**Agenda:** * Introduction * Onsite/remote talk & Campfire * Lightning Talks / Fuck ups Open door @ 19:00 Prague time, start 19:30 Once a month on the last Tuesday, we bring together Web3 builders - tech. founders / smart contract programmers / auditors. Whether you are a Web2 developer interested to learn more or a senior in the Web3 sphere, our meetup is for you! Enjoy a nice cold lager and get ready to blow your mind on what’s possible in blockchain. Our upcoming meetup will be again hosted at Decada - a crypto-friendly cafe bar with an inviting atmosphere and friendly staff. Decada's commitment to innovation makes it the perfect venue for gathering like-minded people. They are happy to invite us to join them for an evening of fresh perspectives, vibrant discussions, and good company at Decada. Have something to share like a project or protocol in Web3? You get the floor for 5 minutes. Please signup here: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dm3De2kWn00STS44Y0vyXtZsFd1A5TUU7sVH0aydr0s/edit](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dm3De2kWn00STS44Y0vyXtZsFd1A5TUU7sVH0aydr0s/edit) The meetup is focused on project conceptual design and smart contract development. Not frontends and JS Frameworks - there are other meetups for those. Example topics are inheritance approaches, comparison of proxies, their gas, size, ect. Other talks will be about cross chain / layer calls, blind signing, security, clever hacks, and more. Regarding contracts level - any smart contracts, i.e. not limited to EVM based. Have questions or want to share something cool with us? Join our community group on Telegram to get updates or to share knowledge: [https://t.me/+eA4eMYlEo-k2ZGVk](https://t.me/+eA4eMYlEo-k2ZGVk) We look forward to seeing you all!

PangeAI is building agent-driven geospatial intelligence for anyone, turning natural language queries into instant spatial analysis and decisions, with no GIS knowledge required. Backed by autonomous agents we're focused on use cases geospatial context drive real decisions. We're headquartered in the Bay Area with our European HQ right next door in Prague. Maps encode rich spatial context that today's AI agents largely fail to interpret. In this talk, I'll share how we're teaching agents to "read" maps in production at PangeAI starting with geospatial embeddings as a practical foundation for geo-similarity detection, then layering multi-agentic orchestration on top to generate strategic geospatial insights at scale. Along the way, I'll walk through the tooling and frameworks we've built to make all of this tractable for engineers, with real-world examples and open questions at the intersection of geospatial data and agentic AI. Oh, and the [survey](https://swalgeqfetb.typeform.com/to/UywC1NvW)? Still open — developers only. And there's [LEGO ](https://www.lego.com/cs-cz/product/the-razor-crest-75447)waiting for whoever fills it out. 🧱 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ⌚️ **Start**: 16:00 and end at 17:00, both online and offline in **Truhlárna Karlín** (Šaldova 388/5) - **Onsite attendance is limited to 70 people.** 🎙️ **Speakers:** Yan Bin Pan 🍻 **Networking** after the seminar – great food and cold beer waiting for you! **🎥 Recording:** After the event we will publish a recording and post a link to it in the comments. 🚪**Doors open** at 15:45, and the event officially starts at 16:00. Your expertise is about to take off. Can't wait to have you on board! \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Who is hosting the event** **GLAMI** is a leading European fashion discovery platform active in 14 countries. It brings 500,000 orders monthly to the 4,000+ shops listed. [GLAMI](https://glami.group/) has an in-house team of 10+ AI researchers and developers. Machine learning models handle the entire personalization and catalog ranking process, manage bidding in marketing tools, and take care of content management and categorization. [Tonda Hoskovec](https://www.linkedin.com/in/antonin-hoskovec-52b611a0/), CAIO at GLAMI, is the main organizer of Miton AI Times. **Miton** is a Czech VC with portfolio companies like Rossum, Equilibre, or Rohlik. Apart from supporting Miton AI Times, Miton also issues the bi-weekly [AI Newsletter](https://mitonainewsletter.substack.com/). [Read more about Miton and AI](https://www.miton.cz/en/ai/)

I’m attending the panel talk about AI adoption in organisations. You are welcome to join me:) AI is becoming a co-decision-maker. The panel of experts will dig into what's really changing, where AI creates genuine value (and where it doesn't). The panel brings together combined expertise spans innovation, business, internal processes, and practical work with technology. More about the event: [https://www.linkedin.com/posts/european-leadership-%26-academic-institute_minulý-měsíc-proběhlo-první-letošní-setkání-activity-7460607352736583680-uvXP](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/european-leadership-%2526-academic-institute_minul%C3%BD-m%C4%9Bs%C3%ADc-) 📅 May 27th 🗣 Language: Czech 🎟 Free entry Register here: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsGptqTAqMZrwXPcn5j0Ukt0o19a7MzIdiZE0YP17HZnrwdg/viewform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfsGptqTAqMZrwXPcn5j0Ukt0o19a7MzIdiZE0YP17HZnrwdg/viewform)

Rádi bychom vás pozvali na další setkání naší datové komunity **Data Punkers**, které se tentokrát zaměří na to, proč **AI needs better data** — a jak to vypadá v praxi 🤖📊 Čeká nás večer věnovaný reálnému nasazení AI ve firmách — od prvních kroků až po produkční řešení. Žádná teorie od stolu — jen konkrétní zkušenosti lidí, kteří AI dnes skutečně používají. Krátké přednášky, konkrétní zkušenosti a pak klasický komunitní networking. **💡 PROGRAM** **🤖 AI v datech: Jak jsme to rozjeli v Shoptetu a co jsme cestou zjistili** *[Aleš Tygl](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ales-tygl/), Head of Data, Shoptet* Jak v Shoptetu přistupují k AI readiness jako k procesu, ne jednorázovému projektu. Aleš nasdílí konkrétní zkušenosti s implementací a adopcí AI agentů a ukáže, kde je hranice mezi hype a realitou. **🤖 100k+ requestů měsíčně: Jak mít AI pod kontrolou** *[Adam Dobiáš](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamdobias/), Data Director, Dateio* Jak postavit vlastní AI pipeline, která zvládne velký objem requestů a přitom zůstane plně pod kontrolou. Adam ukáže, proč se rozhodli opustit black-box řešení, jak funguje jejich přístup k přesnosti a auditovatelnosti — a co všechno obnáší provoz AI v produkci. **🤖 PBI Speedrunner aneb Jak jsme přestali klikat dashboardy a nechali to dělat agenta** *[Luboš Vaindl,](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lubo%C5%A1-vaindl-b85351104/?skipRedirect=true) Data Engineer, Revolt BI* Jak si pomocí AI urychlit práci a soustředit se na to, co má skutečně smysl. Luboš ukáže, proč samotný Copilot nestačí, co dnes AI zvládá lépe než člověk a kde má naopak stále své limity. **🤖 Jak dostat AI do každodenního fungování firmy** *[Tiep Luu Danh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tiep-luu-danh/), Chief Product Officer, Vilgain* Jak zvládnout migraci datové platformy a zároveň začít smysluplně pracovat s AI. Tiep sdílí zkušenosti s přechodem na moderní datovou architekturu a s nasazením AI agentů do praxe — co to obnáší, kde to přináší největší hodnotu a na co si dát pozor. 📅 **Kdy:** 27\. května 2026 🕔 **Open door:** 17:00 🎤 **Začátek přednášek:** 17:30 📍 **Kde:** [Shoptet, Pod Dráhou 1637/6, Praha 7 (Port7, budova E3)](https://share.google/4oLqceg6bgY9VSKom) Těšíme se na vás! **Data Punkers**

Hey ladies! 💜 [You are welcome to join ](https://www.meetup.com/ai-learning-community-for-women-in-czechia-fem-ai-lab/events/314515448/?eventOrigin=group_upcoming_events)[whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/I7NWogBfHRRCayjHRjrodb?mode=gi_t) to stay in touch. 💜 I'm attending the [Národní ekonomické fórum 2026](https://www.politikaspolecnost.cz/aktualne/narodni-ekonomicke-forum-2026/) and would love to see you there! 🌸 This is a **Czech** **language** event. Perhaps even if you are just learning czech and curious about what is going on in Czechia, you would find it interesting, but I will leave it on your consideration. The event is covering some of relevant topics like "The Digital Economy as a Driver of State Efficiency and Czech Economic Growth", here I'm expecting some insights around AI adoption. It's always nice to hear about the bigger picture at a state level and understand where things are heading. 💡 📅 Date: 27th of May 📍Venue: Galerie Mánes Praha 🎟️ Registration: Please register for FREE **[here](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFrpwko_oAgEZyjnd6Kvh_hdwVjVcig9JeBW3wl_pWtxg0MQ/viewform).** **You have to obtain a confirmation from the organiser to be able to attend this event.** **Dress code: Smart Casual** I'll be coming with my mum :). We would be happy to see *you there!* 💜

Spring is in full swing, summer is just around the corner, and that means it's time for another Talk .NET with .NET Team! 🚀🌷☀️ Join us for another evening of practical engineering insights, fresh .NET developments, and conversations with fellow developers. This time we'll explore the future of .NET MAUI. Uncover why Process APIs can still surprise you. And peek at the AI infrastructure powering the dotnet/skills marketplace. As always, expect hands-on technical content, and lot of networking in a room full of fellow engineers. Who, like you, enjoy learning, sharing knowledge, and building great software. We can't wait to see you there! Agenda & speakers: * 5\.30pm \| Doors Open * 6\.00pm \| **Less Noise, More Magic: What's New in .NET MAUI 10 and Beyond** \| Kirill Ovchinnikov \(Microsoft\) * 6\.45pm \| **Your Process Code Hangs. Here's Why (and How .NET 11 Fixes It)** \| Youssef Fahmy \(Microsoft\) * 7\.30pm \| **Introduction to dotnet/skills and infra behind it** \| Jan Krivanek \(Microsoft\) * 8\.00pm \| **Networking with food** 🙂☕ * 9\.00pm \| Doors closed **TALK DETAILS:** 🟣 **Less Noise, More Magic: What's New in .NET MAUI 10 and Beyond** with [Kirill Ovchinnikov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirillovchinnikov/) (Microsoft) Join a member of the team behind MAUI and XAML tooling in Visual Studio and VS Code for a look at the latest improvements coming to .NET MAUI. Discover how .NET 10 and the road to .NET 11 simplify cross-platform development with cleaner XAML, new language capabilities, Linux support, and even local AI experiences running directly on mobile devices. 🟢 **Your Process Code Hangs. Here's Why (and How .NET 11 Fixes It)** with [Youssef Fahmy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/youssef1313/) (Microsoft) Working with Process APIs often seems straightforward - until your application unexpectedly hangs. Youssef will break down one of the most common deadlock scenarios, explain why older APIs are difficult to use correctly, and introduce the modern .NET 11 alternatives. You'll leave with practical patterns, best practices, and a checklist to avoid painful debugging sessions. 🔵 **Introduction to dotnet/skills and infra behind it** with [Jan Krivanek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-krivanek/) (Microsoft) Discover dotnet/skills, the marketplace for coding-agent extensions and plugins. Learn how skills and agents work, explore notable examples from the ecosystem, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the AI infrastructure, evaluation systems, and engineering challenges that power the platform. Our meetup wouldn’t be complete without him - once again, the evening will be moderated by the amazing [Jakub Jares](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jares/) (Microsoft)! 📍 Microsoft Office (Delta Building, Vyskočilova 1561/4a, Prague 4) 📅 Thursday, May 28th, 2026 🕗 5.30pm - 9.00pm CET ☝️ Event Details: * Language: English * Cost: Free entry

What are dbt meetups? dbt Meetups are networking events open to all folks working with data! Talks predominantly focus on community members' experience with dbt, however, you'll catch presentations on broader topics such as analytics engineering, data stacks, data ops, modeling, testing, and team structures. 🤝Organizer: Philip Morris International 🏠Venue Host: Karlovo nám. 2097, 120 00 Nové Město 🍕Catering: Fingerfood and drinks ✨ **Agenda & Speakers** ✨ 5:00 PM **\|** **Registration & Welcome** 5:30 PM **\| Intro** by PMI 5:45 PM \| **"For Builders, by Builders - What's news at dbt Labs"** \- 🎤 Stephan Durry \(dbt Labs\) 6:15 PM \| **1\. Talk**: *Running dbt in a Highly Regulated Enterprise* **-** 🎤 ([Mike Vilimek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michalvilimek/), father of dbt @ PMI) 6:45 PM \| 15min Breather 7:00 PM \| **2\. Talk**: *From Fabric to Fantastic: How dbt Makes Your Lakehouses and Warehouses Shine* **-** 🎤 ([Sam Debruyn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/samueldebruyn/), dbt Champion & Microsoft MVP) 7:30 PM \| The dbt Quiz 7:45 PM \| Networking & Community Time **Important Notes:** * The venue has capacity limits. Please RSVP if you intend to come and change your RSVP status on the Meetup to "Not Going". * The doors open at 5pm. If you arrive before, we may not be ready to welcome you yet! * The doors will close at 5.40pm. * To attend, please read the Health and Safety Policy and Terms of Participation: [https://www.getdbt.com/legal/health-and-safety-policy](https://www.getdbt.com/legal/health-and-safety-policy) Since 2016, dbt Labs has been on a mission to help data practitioners create and disseminate organizational knowledge. dbt is the standard for AI-ready structured data. Powered by the dbt Fusion engine, it unlocks the performance, context, and trust that organizations need to scale analytics in the era of AI. Globally, more than 60,000 data teams use dbt, including those at Siemens, Roche and Condé Nast. Learn more at [getdbt.com,](http://getdbt.com,/) and follow dbt Labs on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dbtlabs/mycompany/), [X](https://x.com/dbt_labs), [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/dbt_labs/), and [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/dbt-labs) ➡️ Join the dbt Slack community: [https://www.getdbt.com/community/](https://www.getdbt.com/community/) 🤝Join the #local-czsk channel in dbt Slack ([https://slack.getdbt.com/](https://slack.getdbt.com/)).

**IMPORTANT! Please register on Luma page: https://luma.com/0xb0bote** **What is it?** This isn’t your typical networking event. It’s a Fuck-Up Night — a space to share real professional mistakes and what came after. No polished success stories, just honest experiences. **What to expect** • 3 short talks from speakers sharing their biggest fuck-ups Anish Girdhar - Product Owner - Rohlik https://www.linkedin.com/in/anishgirdhar/ Lisa Ljubčič - Marketing & Brand Lead, Ex-Marketing Manager -Manifesto https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-ljubcic/ Nando Rossi - Senior Product Designer - Freelancer https://www.linkedin.com/in/nandorocker/ • Open mic - anyone can jump in and share their story • Casual networking, drinks & conversations **Who is this for?** Designers, Product Managers, Developers, Marketers, and anyone in creative or tech who wants to connect, learn from others’ experiences, and share their own. Note - If your plans change, please cancel your spot so someone else can join. **When & where** 📅 28.05.26 🕛 19:00 📍KC Přístav 7: V Přístavu 24, 170 00 Praha 7-Holešovice 🗣 Language: English **Please** arrive 5–10 minutes early to grab a drink and settle in so we can start on time. **Přístav 7** is a community space where you can buy drinks and snacks during the event. **Who we are 🌍** Projector Global Community by Prjctr Creative & Tech Institute connects designers, developers, marketers, and innovators worldwide. We foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and creative growth. **Hosted by 🎤** Daniella Kovalenko (UI/UX Designer & Art Director) Lesia Astrashanovych (Design & Product Recruiter) Tania Korab (Product Designer at Siemens) **See you at Prague Fuck Up Night & Networking!**

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge. **Abstract** Like it or not, AI agents are now capable of turning a quickly written paragraph of requirements into a pull request that is ready to be integrated into real-world production applications and it's now our responsibility to make sure AI doesn't go rogue and take down prod - or corrupt our data by misunderstanding the requirements or our existing schemas. In this session we'll explore strategies to protect our codebases through unit and integration testing, documentation, and code review along with additional ways of providing context and guard rails to our AI agents as they carry out the work we've assigned them to do. By the time we're done, you'll have a firm grasp of the problem and understand some helpful options for protecting your codebase from vibe coding mishaps getting YOLOed into prod. **YouTube Link** https://youtube.com/live/BltmWMH1zG0?feature=share

Most people use AI like a search box: they type one sentence, hope for the best, and get frustrated when the answer is generic, wrong, or useless. But getting better results from tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI systems is not about memorizing magic prompts. It is about learning how to give the AI better context. In this beginner-friendly session, we’ll break down how to make AI dramatically more useful by improving the way you communicate with it. You’ll learn how to give clearer instructions, provide examples, set constraints, ask for better output formats, and use follow-up questions to turn a mediocre answer into a genuinely useful one. We’ll cover practical techniques you can use immediately for work, learning, writing, coding, planning, research, and everyday problem solving. We’ll also touch on why these same ideas show up in more advanced AI systems, including RAG, agents, evaluations, and AI workflows. No technical background required. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and maybe one real task you wish AI was better at helping you with. **What you’ll learn:** * Why “better prompting” is really about better context * How to structure requests so AI gives more useful answers * How to use examples, constraints, and output formats * How to iterate when the first answer is not good enough * How these skills connect to more advanced AI workflows This meetup is for anyone who wants to move beyond basic ChatGPT usage and start getting more practical value out of AI. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.

**Presenter:** Auri Rahimzadeh, Principal Software Architect, Momentum3 **Time:** Pizza at 6:00, Presentation Starts at 6:30pm Eastern **Location:** Theoris, 9000 Keystone Crossing, Suite 230, Indianapolis Auri's been using AI a lot. Are you? Let's discuss how to be your most effective self by using AI in your development workflow. Looking forward to seeing you there!

QA or the Highway is a one-day, affordable, regional, professional conference featuring real-world experience and thought leadership in the QA and testing industry. This is a ticketed event please register here: https://www.qaorthehwy.com/ Featured Keynote Speakers: **Matthew-Hope Eland** **(Wizard at Leading EDJE)** \- An AI Specialist and Wizard at Leading EDJE who is known to teach software engineering\, AI\, and data science concepts in the most ridiculous ways possible\. Matt has used machine learning to settle debates over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie\, reinforcement learning to drive the behavior of digital squirrels\, data analytics to suggest improvements to his favorite TV show\, and AI agents to play board games and create an AI agent with the personality of a dog\. Matt is the author of "Data Science in \.NET with Polyglot Notebooks" and "Refactoring with C\#" as well as several LinkedIn Learning courses\. Matt helps organize the Central Ohio \.NET Developer Group\, runs several blogs and a YouTube channel\, has a Master’s of Science in Data Analytics\, and is a current Microsoft MVP in AI and \.NET\. **Tatyana Arbouzova** **(CEO at Innovate QA)** \- Tatyana Arbouzova is an engineering and business leader with a strong background in Quality Engineering across multiple industries\, including Big Tech\, Healthcare\, and Entertainment\. She has held leadership roles at world\-class companies such as Microsoft\, VMware\, Disney\, and The Pokémon Company International\, where she focused on building quality\-driven cultures and scaling teams to deliver high\-impact products\. With decades of experience\, Tatyana has helped organizations transform their quality practices so teams can deliver software efficiently\, confidently\, and with measurable business outcomes\. Today\, Tatyana advises software companies on adopting AI to optimize quality practices and improve how software is delivered at scale\. She is also a passionate community builder and the founder of Innovate QA\, a thriving Seattle\-based community and conference for quality professionals\.

Couldn't make Knowledge? Or want to debrief the dancing robots or Autonomous Workforce? Join us for a Knowledge '26 recap, insights sharing, a couple rounds of golf, and fun at Topgolf. As always, drinks and food will be provided. More details to come — mark your calendar, RSVP, and save your spot today!

PLEASE NOTE!!! This event will be In-Person for our very 1st Improving collab! If you know the [Columbus Unity group](https://www.meetup.com/columbus-unity-user-group/) location, we'll be at the same place. This is our 1st event and are doing a soft launch with limited attendance. 1st come 1st serve. If you want to be there and we fill up, please email me at [info@thecogg.com](mailto:info@thecogg.com) and I'll be in touch. All street parking is free on Sundays but you can also pay to park in any of the local garages. See image of [parking map here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mr9_LFIggbs-0_Zd3AJTGNqEhgMf2TzQ/view?usp=sharing). \-\-\- On the last Sunday of the month, we're having our usual end-of-the-month social gathering with our GameDev Meetup meeting. There will be announcements and presentations followed by some social networking Let's continue the conversations with good vibes and friends. All are welcomed from all ages and backgrounds to this public event. If we can, we'll be streaming or uploading the video later via our COGG YouTube channel here: [https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams](https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams) (Also please do subscribe if you have not done so!) No game development experience required! If you are interested in doing a 20 minute game development related presentation, please fill out our form online here: [https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1](https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1) Or e-mail us at info@thecogg.com with the following: Your Name, Company/Affiliation, Name of Your Game/Topic, Description, Tech Needs, and Your Contact. Be sure to check out our Discord for real time news updates: [https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ](https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ)