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Du kennst dich mit KI aus und suchst einen konkreten Anwendungsfall um deine Expertise einzubringen? Dann stell dich den Herausforderungen unseres Industriepartners. Tauche ein in die spannenden Fragestellungen aus der realen Welt, diskutiere zusammen mit weiteren Expertinnen und Experten mögliche Lösungsansätze und öffne die Tür zur Entwicklung tragfähiger Lösungen. Die Teilnahme ebnet dir den Weg zu einer Projektförderung durch Innosuisse und könnte der entscheidende Schritt sein, deine Idee Realität werden zu lassen. Der Workshop wird in Kooperation mit dem Innosuisse Innovation Booster Artificial Intelligence durchgeführt. Für die Teilnehmenden an dieser Veranstaltung besteht im Anschluss die Möglichkeit, ihre Ideen gemeinsam mit einem Konsortium im Rahmen der Fördermöglichkeiten des Innovation Booster Programmes weiter zu schärfen. **DETAILS** Datum: **Dienstag\, 09\. Juni 2026 \| 14:30 – 19:30 h** Ort: **swissICT Geschäftsstelle - Vulkanstrasse 120 - 8048 Zürich** **AGENDA \| ABLAUF** \- 14:00 Uhr: Registrierung und Socializing \- 14:30 Uhr: Begrüssung\, Zielsetzung\, Ablauf \- 14:45 Uhr: Start des Workshops \- Vorstellung der Challenges \- Aufteilung in Kleingruppen \- Shaping\, Challenging and Ideation \- 17:45 Uhr: Wrap\-Up & Follow\-Up \- 18:00 Uhr: Ende des Workshops \- 18:00 Uhr: Apéro und Networking \- 19:30 Uhr: Ende der Veranstaltung **ZIELGRUPPE & SPRACHE** \- Offene Veranstaltung für alle Personen\, welche mit KI zur Lösung konkreter Herausforderungen beitragen wollen\, d\.h\. insbesondere aus Start\-Ups\, aus Lehre und Forschung\, aus der Welt der KMU und der Verwaltung \- Der Workshop findet auf Deutsch statt\. Fragen können gerne auch in Englisch gestellt werden\. **VERANSTALTER** Moderatorenteam der [swissICT Fachgruppe Innovation](https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict-professional-group-innovation/ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict-professional-group-innovation/") ( [Emilie Etesi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilie-etesi/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilie-etesi/"), [Viktoria Mauz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktoria-mauz/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktoria-mauz/"), [Violeta Lozano](https://www.linkedin.com/in/violeta-lozano-roxstar/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/violeta-lozano-roxstar/"), [Harald Bader](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-harald-bader/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-harald-bader/")) & Geschäftsstelle [swissICT](https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict/ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict/") ([Carol Lechner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-lechner/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-lechner/")) in Kooperation mit [Innovation Booster Artificial Intelligence](https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovation-booster-artificial-intelligence/ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovation-booster-artificial-intelligence/") (powered by [Innosuisse](https://www.linkedin.com/company/innosuisse/ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/innosuisse/")) ([Reik Leiterer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/reik-leiterer-81276056/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/reik-leiterer-81276056/")). **KONTAKT** [Carol Lechner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-lechner/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/carol-lechner/"), Geschäftsstelle [swissICT](https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict/ "https://www.linkedin.com/company/swissict/"): event@swissict.ch **KOSTEN** Kostenlos. Bitte informiere uns so schnell wie möglich, falls du nicht teilnehmen kannst.

Dies ist ein informelles Treffen für Lernende, die ihre ersten Schritte in der Programmierung machen oder ihre Grundkenntnisse vertiefen möchten. *** This is an informal meetup, for learners that want to do their first steps in programming or want to consolidate their skills. We spend one hour and a half working on tutorials, exercises or projects. If you need help to get started, we will help you finding a good way for learning. You should be prepared to spend your time "doing things": just hanging around and listening might get boring, if all other people are learning on their side. There are experienced people are around and you can ask questions as soon as their arise or bring with you questions you have had during the week. During the last half an hour, we do a (simple) exercise together. We speak German, English, and a few other languages. Currently, how main programming languages are: * Python * Javascript * Java * Flutter * C++ * C * C# * PHP But you're free to learn any programming language during our Co-Learning! If you want to learn more about our Co-Learning, please have a look at our website (no frequent updates...): https://opentechschool-zurich.github.io/ If you're starting with Python, we can suggest: * Learning Python the hard way (https://learnpythonthehardway.org/python3/) (for Python 3). * The Solo Learn Python 3 Tutorial (https://www.sololearn.com/Course/Python/). * A big list of Python tutorials: https://docs.python-guide.org/intro/learning/ For Node.js: * Nodeschool: https://nodeschool.io/ For C++ * https://de.wikibooks.org/wiki/C%2B%2B-Programmierung * https://www.sololearn.com/Course/CPlusPlus/

**About** Would your embedded product benefit from application logic updates that do not require changes to the full firmware? Or a mechanism for your customers to tweak and extend the functionality of the product? Using their favourite language(s), without proprietary tooling? And all that while your product stays secure, no matter how creative said customers get? WebAssembly (abbreviated Wasm) might be exactly what you are looking for. Join us this evening to learn about the state of the art of running WebAssembly on MCUs, and to experience a practical example of a real world, production grade embedded code base targeting WebAssembly and running in a browser. Merging the two approaches is then left to the visitors as a take-home exercise. **Presentations** 1. 15’: Welcome (Urs/Reto and SCS) 2. 40’: Browser technology on the MCU? Introduction to WebAssembly, overview of existing embedded runtimes, use cases, discussion. (Pascal Mainini) 3. 30’: Unlocking Bluetooth Connectivity in Browsers: From Sensors to Audio (Matthias Ringwald) Presentations start at 19:00. Afterwards we’ll have plenty of time to discuss and socialize. **About the speakers** * [Pascal Mainini](https://mainini.ch/) is a teacher and researcher at [Berner Fachhochschule](https://www.bfh.ch/en/about-bfh/people/kkmsprgzbqc2/), focussing on the security of embedded systems and the Internet of Things. * [Matthias Ringwald](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthiasringwald/) is a Co-Founder of [BlueKitchen GmbH](https://bluekitchen-gmbh.com/) and develops their Bluetooth stack. He knows everything about Bluetooth.

Anybody who wants to practice their programming skills is welcome. We share our ideas, learn from each other, do some exercise, ask questions, etc. This meetup is the best for those who want to improve their skills by programming and learning in a group If you want to learn more about our Co-Learning, please have a look at our website: [https://opentechschool-zurich.github.io/](https://opentechschool-zurich.github.io/) \*\*\* We have a chat group you can join to get more information: [https://app.element.io/#/room/#ots-zh:matrix.org](https://app.element.io/#/room/#ots-zh:matrix.org) (You need to create a free account if you don't already have one) Remote participants are also welcome. You first need to join the Element chat and then get into the video call that we start at around 19:00 (if we forget, pleas ping us in the Element chat!) \*\*\* Our main languages are Python and Javascript, but we welcome every programming languages. Some of the skills we can help you learning: * Python and * ... PyGame (Zero / Play) -.... Flask * ... Jupyter and data science -... PySide2 / PyQt * ... Shoebot * C++ and * ... Qt * ... cmake * ... and modern C++ * Flutter for Apps * PHP and * ... Vue.js * ... Wordpress * JS and React.js We have a few Github repository that can be interesting to browse:: https://github.com/opentechschool-zurich/

**Beschreibung** Willkommen zum OSS Meetup! Hier treffen sich Entwickler, technologische Enthusiasten und alle, die sich für Open-Source-Projekte interessieren. Egal, ob du Anfänger oder erfahrener Entwickler bist, unsere Treffen bieten eine Plattform, um Ideen auszutauschen, an Projekten zu arbeiten und gemeinsam zu lernen. **Ablauf dieses mal** \*Alternativen zu Closed-Source-Software\* Hast du es satt, jeden Monat Geld für ein Stück Software auszugeben, welches du nicht einmal besitzt? Willst du nicht mehr für jedes Tool ein Konto anlegen müssen, um die Corporate Overlords mit deinen Daten zu beglücken? Wir präsentieren dir bewährte Open-Source-Tools als Ersatz für gängige Closed‑Source Anwendungen, zeigen Migrationstipps, beantworten Fragen zur Installation, Sicherheit und Lizenzwahl und bieten wie immer Raum zum Austausch mit Entwicklern und Anwendern. **SPECIAL EVENT!!1!1!!1 Ein Raspberry Pi wird verlost!** Sende deine kreativste (umsetzbare) Idee, die man in einem HomeLab bei sich einbauen könnte (z.B. Service, Game, Webseite, Automatisierung, etc.) an oss_meetup@getgoogleoff.me und sichere dir die Chance, ein Raspberry Pi zu gewinnen! PS: Es gibt auch Pizza ;) **Ort** Ostschweizer Fachhochschule Rapperswil, Gebäude 1, Zimmer 1.262 Oberseestrasse 10, 8640 Rapperswil-Jona Wegbeschreibung: https://geometalab.gitlab.io/campus-maps-with-openstreetmap/ifs-campus-map/?search=way/902580361 **Zielgruppe** Alle Interessierten, die sich mit Open-Source-Technologien, -Projekten und -Philosophien beschäftigen möchten. **Details** ZU BEACHTEN: Das Meetup könnte auf Englisch stattfinden, falls es Anwesende gibt, die kein Deutsch können. NOTE: This meetup will be held in english if there are people present that don't speak german Infos zum Meetup und vergangenen Treffen: https://gitlab.com/oss-meetup-group/presentations Zukünftige Themen: https://gitlab.com/oss-meetup-group/presentations/-/boards/10058452 Die Themen für kommende Meetups können von jedem erstellt und abgestimmt werden. Wir freuen uns auf deinen Beitrag! **Kontakt** Bei Fragen oder Vorschlägen kannst du gerne im Git ein Issue erstellen oder eine E-Mail schreiben. Issues: https://gitlab.com/oss-meetup-group/presentations/-/issues?sort=created_date&state=opened&or%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=misc&or%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=feedback&first_page_size=20 E-Mail: oss_meetup@getgoogleoff.me Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#oss_meetup:matrix.org *Wir freuen uns auf dein Kommen!*

Come and experience the infamous DC4131 hacker meetup vibe! 👾🍻 Please find more event specific info's on our **[webpage](https://www.beerontuesday.ch/)**. If you have any location specific questions, reach out to the local BoT Master, otherwise please don't hesitate to contact the board through our **[website](https://www.defcon-switzerland.org/)**. Did someone say **SWAG?! –** That’s right baby, we are back with our refreshed swag shop, where you can now again purchase the latest and sexiest DC4131 Swag – All options and details are here: **[DC4131 Swag Shop](https://industryink.co.uk/collections/defcon)** We are also on **[Discord](https://discord.gg/Q3KXn5u)**[ ](https://discord.gg/Q3KXn5u):) Come say hi!

\|In diesem Kurs setzst du eigene Motive um\, egal ob abstrakt\, nach einer Bildvorlage oder aus der Realität\. Dabei lernst du den richtigen Umgang mit verschiedenen Zeichen\- und Maltechniken\. Die Fortgeschrittene haben die Möglichkeit die Geheimnisse der alte Meister zu erlernen und realistisches Zeichnen und Malen zu perfektionieren. Die traditionelle Mal- und Gestaltungstechniken wie Ölmaltechnik des 17. Jahrhunderts, Eitempera, Enkaustik, Al-Fresco, Sgraffito und Mosaik können hier erworben sein. Unter professioneller Beratung und individueller Betreuung wird in kleinen Gruppen (ausser in den Schulferien) gearbeitet. **Einstieg und Probeunterricht** ist jederzeit möglich. **Auskunft und Anmeldung:** marianas@gmx.ch \* 078 628 78 24 \* [www.marianas.ch](http://www.marianas.ch) **Dienstags in Zürich**, GBMZ Sieglungslokal an der Hohlstrasse 197, von 9:45 bis 12:45 Uhr und von 18:30 bis 21:30 Uhr, Es ist für Rollstuhlfahrer geeignet. **Freitags** und **samstags in Illnau:** von 9:30 bis 12:30 Uhr | **Kurskosten** (inkl. Materialkosten)**:** 4 x 180 Min. = 333Fr. | | -------------------------------------------------------- | |

**AI Essentials for Product Managers (beyond the basics)** (Prices go up on May 15!) AI is reshaping product management, from how we discover problems to how we ship and improve features. This hands-on, one-day workshop goes beyond the basics: you'll sharpen how you run AI-assisted discovery, scale your own and your team's productivity with agents and automations, and learn how to build AI-powered products where the real work is no longer building the prototype but deciding when the output is good enough to ship. **Who is this for?** * Mid to senior product managers who already use AI and want to level up * PMs leading discovery or delivery on AI-powered features * Product people who want frameworks that hold up under real product pressure, not demo-ware **Course Content** *AI-Assisted Product Discovery.* We'll look at how discovery itself changes when agents can set up and maintain a research repository, synthesize qualitative insights, and run quantitative analyses alongside you. We'll talk candidly about discovery slop, research that looks shiny but is actually shitty, and how to avoid producing it. You'll practice using vibe coding from a discovery lens: choosing the right thing to test, picking the right kind of prototype, and setting it up so it delivers real signal in a live setting rather than just looking impressive in a demo. *Scaling Productivity with AI.* From building your own AI agents to designing automations across your stack, you'll learn how to spot the highest-leverage use cases in your daily work and your team's workflows, and how to actually set them up pragmatically with the tools you already use. *Building AI Products.* Shipping AI products changes what product management looks like. You often have a feasible prototype on day one; the real challenge is improving the output, handling non-determinism, and deciding when it's good enough to launch. We'll go hands-on with the building blocks that make this tractable: evaluations, observability tooling, and the product decisions around them. *Driving AI Transformation.* Getting good at AI as an individual PM is one thing; shifting an entire product organization is another. Julia will share how she is leading AI transformation at the SaaS startup she works at: how she moved the mindset of the organization, built momentum for innovation, and keeps the company on the front foot instead of waiting to be disrupted. You'll take away a clearer picture of what your role can look like in that shift, and how to start driving it from where you sit today. Throughout the day you'll work through concrete product scenarios, cut through the hype, and leave with frameworks and tools you can apply the very next day, whether you're improving how you discover, how you work, or what you ship. Throughout the day, Julia will weave in lessons from driving AI transformation inside a SaaS startup, so you leave with perspective on both the craft and the organizational shift around it. To make sure everyone arrives on the same footing, you'll receive around 2 hours of pre-workshop video material covering AI literacy essentials: how LLMs actually work, their risks and limitations, and the fundamentals of prompt engineering. The workshop itself then starts where the basics end. **What you cannot expect** * A deep dive into vibe coding as a craft. We will vibecode, but through a product discovery lens, not as a goal in itself. * A prompt engineering course. The pre-work covers the fundamentals so we can spend the day on harder, more product-specific problems. * Superficial blabla. We go into the real struggles of doing product management with and around AI, not the hype reel. “With Julia’s clarity, hands-on guidance, strong visuals and buzzword-free examples, the spark was unmistakable. She debunked the myths, demystified AI and left everyone excited to try it in product management. A real rockstar workshop.”Melanie Wyssen-Voß, Vice President Product FACT24 **COMBI-TICKETS** This workshop can be bought in combination with the Product Academy SUMMIT at a reduced rate on [our conference webite](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html). (Prices go up on May 15, 2026!) **YOUR TRAINER** Julia Bastian is a Product Leader with more than nine years of experience building and scaling digital products and driving innovation. As VP Product at Alasco, a venture-backed proptech company, she scaled the product and engineering organization from 5 to 50 people and built strong thought leadership around B2B product discovery. Today, she leads Alasco’s AI transformation, ensuring the company harnesses AI to stay ahead of disruption and deliver real customer value. Alongside her leadership role, Julia works as an AI educator and consultant. Her goal is to accelerate product managers’ AI learning journey by making the topic approachable and lowering the entry barrier for those just starting out. Staying grounded in a real product environment is essential to her. She works hands-on on AI topics, from automating internal workflows to integrating AI agents into the product, rather than only talking about them from a consulting perspective. Julia has a special ability to visualize complex ideas, which helps her share her knowledge in a clear and engaging way and make difficult concepts feel simple and actionable.

**We welcome you to our first AI Meetup Roundtable session.** AI is moving too fast for passive learning. The interesting questions aren’t “what can models do?” anymore, they’re *what should we build next, how do we ship it fast, and what actually creates leverage?* This roundtable is open to **everyone**, whether you’re in **engineering, product, sales, marketing, operations, or founding a company**. If you’re actively navigating this shift (or want to start), you belong in the room. No slide decks. No pitches. No spectators. Just a focused conversation with people who are building, experimenting, selling, and operating in the new reality, and who see things differently than you do. Expect real talk on: * what’s working (and what’s hype) * agents, workflows, and tooling in the wild * product + business model shifts driven by AI * execution strategies in a world of cheap building Bring questions, opinions, and experience. Leave with sharper mental models and stronger connections. **NOTE:** As we have to make a reservation at the venue we must reduce the number of no-shows as much as possible. We limit the number of seats to 10 people for the first event, if demand is high we will increase it on later events. **ONLY CLICK ATTEND IF YOU WILL SHOW UP**. Also since the venue is so kind to reserve a big table for us, they would appreciate it if you also **have a few drinks and enjoy a nice meal with us**! Also make sure to join our Telegram group for good discussion outside the roundtable: https://t.me/a3_muc \-\-\-\-\-\- **Willkommen zu unserer ersten AI Meetup Roundtable Session.** AI entwickelt sich zu schnell für passives Konsumieren. Die spannenden Fragen sind nicht mehr „was können Modelle?“ sondern: *Was sollten wir bauen? Wie shippen wir schnell? Und was erzeugt echten Hebel?* Diese Session ist offen für **alle**, egal ob du aus **Engineering, Produkt, Sales, Marketing, Operations** kommst oder **ein Unternehmen gründest**. Wenn du diesen Wandel aktiv mitgestalten willst (oder gerade erst einsteigst), bist du hier richtig. Keine Slides. Keine Pitches. Keine Zuschauer. Sondern ein Gespräch mit Leuten, die bauen, experimentieren, verkaufen und in dieser neuen Realität operieren und die Dinge anders sehen als du. Wir sprechen u.a. über: * was funktioniert (und was nur Hype ist) * Agents, Workflows & Tools aus der Praxis * Produkt- und Business-Model-Shift durch AI * Execution-Strategien in einer Welt, in der „Bauen“ billig ist Bring Fragen, Perspektiven und Erfahrungen mit und geh mit schärferen mentalen Modellen und starken Connections nach Hause.

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**AI Essentials for Product Managers (beyond the basics)** (Prices go up on May 15!) AI is reshaping product management, from how we discover problems to how we ship and improve features. This hands-on, one-day workshop goes beyond the basics: you'll sharpen how you run AI-assisted discovery, scale your own and your team's productivity with agents and automations, and learn how to build AI-powered products where the real work is no longer building the prototype but deciding when the output is good enough to ship. Throughout the day, Julia will weave in lessons from driving AI transformation inside a SaaS startup, so you leave with perspective on both the craft and the organizational shift around it. To make sure everyone arrives on the same footing, you'll receive around 2 hours of pre-workshop video material covering AI literacy essentials: how LLMs actually work, their risks and limitations, and the fundamentals of prompt engineering. The workshop itself then starts where the basics end. **Who is this for?** * Mid to senior product managers who already use AI and want to level up * PMs leading discovery or delivery on AI-powered features * Product people who want frameworks that hold up under real product pressure, not demo-ware **Course Content** *AI-Assisted Product Discovery.* We'll look at how discovery itself changes when agents can set up and maintain a research repository, synthesize qualitative insights, and run quantitative analyses alongside you. We'll talk candidly about discovery slop, research that looks shiny but is actually shitty, and how to avoid producing it. You'll practice using vibe coding from a discovery lens: choosing the right thing to test, picking the right kind of prototype, and setting it up so it delivers real signal in a live setting rather than just looking impressive in a demo. *Scaling Productivity with AI.* From building your own AI agents to designing automations across your stack, you'll learn how to spot the highest-leverage use cases in your daily work and your team's workflows, and how to actually set them up pragmatically with the tools you already use. *Building AI Products.* Shipping AI products changes what product management looks like. You often have a feasible prototype on day one; the real challenge is improving the output, handling non-determinism, and deciding when it's good enough to launch. We'll go hands-on with the building blocks that make this tractable: evaluations, observability tooling, and the product decisions around them. *Driving AI Transformation.* Getting good at AI as an individual PM is one thing; shifting an entire product organization is another. Julia will share how she is leading AI transformation at the SaaS startup she works at: how she moved the mindset of the organization, built momentum for innovation, and keeps the company on the front foot instead of waiting to be disrupted. You'll take away a clearer picture of what your role can look like in that shift, and how to start driving it from where you sit today. Throughout the day you'll work through concrete product scenarios, cut through the hype, and leave with frameworks and tools you can apply the very next day, whether you're improving how you discover, how you work, or what you ship. **What you cannot expect** * A deep dive into vibe coding as a craft. We will vibecode, but through a product discovery lens, not as a goal in itself. * A prompt engineering course. The pre-work covers the fundamentals so we can spend the day on harder, more product-specific problems. * Superficial blabla. We go into the real struggles of doing product management with and around AI, not the hype reel. “With Julia’s clarity, hands-on guidance, strong visuals and buzzword-free examples, the spark was unmistakable. She debunked the myths, demystified AI and left everyone excited to try it in product management. A real rockstar workshop.”Melanie Wyssen-Voß, Vice President Product FACT24 COMBI-TICKETS This workshop can be bought in combination with the Product Academy SUMMIT at a reduced rate on [our conference webite](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html). (Prices go up on May 15, 2026!) YOUR TRAINER Julia Bastian is a Product Leader with more than nine years of experience building and scaling digital products and driving innovation. As VP Product at Alasco, a venture-backed proptech company, she scaled the product and engineering organization from 5 to 50 people and built strong thought leadership around B2B product discovery. Today, she leads Alasco’s AI transformation, ensuring the company harnesses AI to stay ahead of disruption and deliver real customer value. Alongside her leadership role, Julia works as an AI educator and consultant. Her goal is to accelerate product managers’ AI learning journey by making the topic approachable and lowering the entry barrier for those just starting out. Staying grounded in a real product environment is essential to her. She works hands-on on AI topics, from automating internal workflows to integrating AI agents into the product, rather than only talking about them from a consulting perspective. Julia has a special ability to visualize complex ideas, which helps her share her knowledge in a clear and engaging way and make difficult concepts feel simple and actionable.

**AI Essentials for Product Managers (beyond the basics)** (Prices go up on May 15!) AI is reshaping product management, from how we discover problems to how we ship and improve features. This hands-on, one-day workshop goes beyond the basics: you'll sharpen how you run AI-assisted discovery, scale your own and your team's productivity with agents and automations, and learn how to build AI-powered products where the real work is no longer building the prototype but deciding when the output is good enough to ship. Throughout the day, Julia will weave in lessons from driving AI transformation inside a SaaS startup, so you leave with perspective on both the craft and the organizational shift around it. To make sure everyone arrives on the same footing, you'll receive around 2 hours of pre-workshop video material covering AI literacy essentials: how LLMs actually work, their risks and limitations, and the fundamentals of prompt engineering. The workshop itself then starts where the basics end. **Who is this for?** * Mid to senior product managers who already use AI and want to level up * PMs leading discovery or delivery on AI-powered features * Product people who want frameworks that hold up under real product pressure, not demo-ware **Course Content** *AI-Assisted Product Discovery.* We'll look at how discovery itself changes when agents can set up and maintain a research repository, synthesize qualitative insights, and run quantitative analyses alongside you. We'll talk candidly about discovery slop, research that looks shiny but is actually shitty, and how to avoid producing it. You'll practice using vibe coding from a discovery lens: choosing the right thing to test, picking the right kind of prototype, and setting it up so it delivers real signal in a live setting rather than just looking impressive in a demo. *Scaling Productivity with AI.* From building your own AI agents to designing automations across your stack, you'll learn how to spot the highest-leverage use cases in your daily work and your team's workflows, and how to actually set them up pragmatically with the tools you already use. *Building AI Products.* Shipping AI products changes what product management looks like. You often have a feasible prototype on day one; the real challenge is improving the output, handling non-determinism, and deciding when it's good enough to launch. We'll go hands-on with the building blocks that make this tractable: evaluations, observability tooling, and the product decisions around them. *Driving AI Transformation.* Getting good at AI as an individual PM is one thing; shifting an entire product organization is another. Julia will share how she is leading AI transformation at the SaaS startup she works at: how she moved the mindset of the organization, built momentum for innovation, and keeps the company on the front foot instead of waiting to be disrupted. You'll take away a clearer picture of what your role can look like in that shift, and how to start driving it from where you sit today. Throughout the day you'll work through concrete product scenarios, cut through the hype, and leave with frameworks and tools you can apply the very next day, whether you're improving how you discover, how you work, or what you ship. **What you cannot expect** * A deep dive into vibe coding as a craft. We will vibecode, but through a product discovery lens, not as a goal in itself. * A prompt engineering course. The pre-work covers the fundamentals so we can spend the day on harder, more product-specific problems. * Superficial blabla. We go into the real struggles of doing product management with and around AI, not the hype reel. “With Julia’s clarity, hands-on guidance, strong visuals and buzzword-free examples, the spark was unmistakable. She debunked the myths, demystified AI and left everyone excited to try it in product management. A real rockstar workshop.”Melanie Wyssen-Voß, Vice President Product FACT24 COMBI-TICKETS This workshop can be bought in combination with the Product Academy SUMMIT at a reduced rate on [our conference webite](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/courses-seminars/vocational-education/ai-essentials-for-product-managers-workshop-7392202884182503088.html). (Prices go up on May 15, 2026!) YOUR TRAINER Julia Bastian is a Product Leader with more than nine years of experience building and scaling digital products and driving innovation. As VP Product at Alasco, a venture-backed proptech company, she scaled the product and engineering organization from 5 to 50 people and built strong thought leadership around B2B product discovery. Today, she leads Alasco’s AI transformation, ensuring the company harnesses AI to stay ahead of disruption and deliver real customer value. Alongside her leadership role, Julia works as an AI educator and consultant. Her goal is to accelerate product managers’ AI learning journey by making the topic approachable and lowering the entry barrier for those just starting out. Staying grounded in a real product environment is essential to her. She works hands-on on AI topics, from automating internal workflows to integrating AI agents into the product, rather than only talking about them from a consulting perspective. Julia has a special ability to visualize complex ideas, which helps her share her knowledge in a clear and engaging way and make difficult concepts feel simple and actionable.

**Women Who Wonder, intergenerational Women's Circle** **The topic of this circle is "What is love?"** The question came up in the last circle. In this circle, we will explore love and how we can support ourselves and our neighbourhood in being and becoming the loving space we need and deserve. **Why we need an intergenerational women's circle** Since the industrialisation of the 19th century, we have been segregated into age groups since kindergarten. This disconnect between generations costs us well-being, resilience, and even years of our lives. Women Who Wonder brings back the receptive, responsive relationships between generations. We sit together in a circle for 90 minutes, not to advise but to share, listen to and witness each other. Each participant speaks without interruption and can ask for the kind of response she would like, or silent appreciation. Being witnessed this way creates a tangible, lifting energy. **About the topic: What is love?** We have been created by love and raised in an environment we perceived as love, an environment that meets our needs. Could we just be ourselves, or did we need to be a certain way for that? How are we being loving today, and what do we need from our neighbourhood to feel safe and loved? **How it works** Every participant shares what she likes to. We pass an hourglass as our talking piece. To create a safe and confidential space, every attendee signs our circle agreements on arrival. In short: we don't interrupt, we are non-judgemental, we don't fix, and we don't sell services. What is shared in the circle stays in the circle. **About me** My name is Barbara, Dr. Barbara Kleeb, I'm a coach, healer, gynaecologist and obstetrician with experience from birth to consultation, from hormones to operation. I am interested in many things, have written and recorded songs and created an online networking event for polymaths that lights people up. I feel that it is time for women to support each other, to learn with and from each other across generations. **Practical details** This meeting costs 50 francs. You can pay in cash on arrival. Students and AHV with card 30 francs. Sponsorships available on request, send me a message. Places are limited to 20 women. The circle is held in Swiss German and English. **Where and when** **Seeburg Park Zürich**, 8008 Zürich. Date: **Friday, June 12th, 5:00–6:30 pm** **How to find it** You can enter Seeburg Park Zürich either from Zollikerstrasse, Bus 33, Botanischer Garten, or from Feldeggstrasse, Tram 11 and 15, walk up Feldeggstrasse, turn right at Mühlebachstrasse, and find the park entrance and spot us in the park. Take whatever makes sense for you to sit, a towel, a cushion, or a folding chair (I will sit on a chair). It will be a bit cold, so you might need a cozy jumper and a warm blanket to sit on and wrap around your legs. **When it's truly heard, your story becomes wisdom**

**Registrierung ist erforderlich. Bitte unter folgendem Link registrieren:** **[https://pretix.eu/ireb/chzh06/](https://pretix.eu/ireb/chzh06/)** **Sprache des Meetups: Deutsch** \-\-\- Dieses **IREB Community Switzerland Meetup** bringt Menschen zusammen, die sich für **Requirements Engineering** und **KI** begeistern. Freue dich auf Vorträge über KI, ihre Qualitätskriterien und ihren Nutzen im Kontext des Requirements Engineerings. \-\-\- ### **🚀 Warum teilnehmen?** * **Lerne IREB, die lokale Community Schweiz und Xebia kennen** * **Erhalte exklusive Einblicke** von erfahrenen Experten * **Diskutiere** die Rolle von KI im RE * **Knüpfe neue Kontakte** beim Networking bei Getränken und Snacks * **Erhalte Einblick** in die MeetUp Serie "Digital Products Club" von Xebia \-\-\- ### **🗓️ Programm** **Beginn: 18:00 Uhr** * **18:00–18:15 Uhr** Eröffnung durch die IREB Community Switzerland * **18:15–18:20 Uhr** Begrüßung durch Xebia * **18:20–18:50 Uhr** **Yannik Hauser \| bei rete AG** *„Requirements* *Engineering in Zeiten von Agentic AI“* * **18:50–19:20 Uhr** **David Krauer \| Xebia AG** *„Slopmachine? Prototyping zwischen AI und kreativer Designarbeit“* * **19:20–20:00 Uhr** Podiumsdiskussion *„Warum dreht sich alles um KI?“* * **Ab 20:00 Uhr** Apero & Networking

Join the Columbus AI community for a special event. **Battle of the Personal Agents** is your chance to see what people are actually building with AI agents and personal automation systems. Whether you’re running OpenClaw, Hermes, or a completely custom solution, bring your agent and show the community how it works. We’re interested in real-world implementations: the problems your agent solves, how you use it day-to-day, how it’s hosted and managed, how you built it, and why you’ve chosen to keep using it. Live demonstrations are encouraged, so be prepared to show your code, architecture, workflows, and your agent performing real tasks. This is less about polished presentations and more about sharing practical experience, comparing approaches, and learning from one another. If you’d like to present, please contact Chris Slee (via meetup) before the event so we can allocate enough time for everyone’s demonstrations. Come ready to show what you’ve built, discover what others are doing, and maybe find a few ideas worth taking home. Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus. Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/transformlabs/) Sign up also accessible via [Transform Labs Luma](https://luma.com/transformlabshq)

Most people still use AI like a search box: type one question, get one answer, repeat. But the next step is AI agents: systems that can take a goal, break it into steps, use tools, remember context, and produce useful work for a human to review. In this beginner-friendly session, we’ll demystify what AI agents actually are — without hype or jargon. We’ll walk through practical examples of how agents can help with research, planning, writing, coding, operations, and personal productivity. We’ll cover: * What makes an AI “agent” instead of just a chatbot * How agents break tasks into steps * Where agents are genuinely useful today * Where they fail, hallucinate, or need human review * How to design simple AI workflows for your own work * A live demo of an AI agent-style workflow from start to finish No coding experience required. This is for anyone who wants to understand where AI tools are going and how to use them more effectively right now. 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.

NFT's are here to stay folks! This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more. **PLUS** This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.

## 🤝 Host Information A co-hosted event by ProductTank Columbus & Women in Product Columbus 💡 About the Workshop AI adoption is stalling across organizations — not because of a lack of motivation or tools, but because it's fundamentally a behavior design challenge. This hands-on workshop applies proven Behavior Design models and methods to help you move from a vague organizational wish to boost AI adoption to 3-5 concrete, testable interventions you can act on starting tomorrow. Whether you're a product manager, on a product team, or just someone trying to get AI to actually stick at work, you'll leave with a clear picture of what's worth focusing on, what to ignore, and how to drive real, sustained adoption — no guesswork required. 🛠️ What to Bring Laptop: Fully charged and ready to go. AI Assistant: Have your favorite AI assistant pulled up. (Dom will be using Claude, but feel free to use whichever assistant you prefer!) 🍕 Logistics & Perks Food & Drink: Pizza and drinks provided! Parking: Plenty of free spaces available on-site. ###

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\.

Topic to be announced. **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

A session on using Claude Code, Anthropic's AI coding agent, in real Unity development. We'll cover what coding agents are, where Claude Code fits, and how to apply it to an actual game project. The format is presentation-style, with live demos and time for questions throughout. After brief scene-setting on coding agents and what makes Claude Code distinct, we'll go problem-driven: demoing it live on a released Unity game and introducing each feature as a solution to a problem we hit. What to Expect: * An intro to coding agents and where Claude Code fits * A live demo on a real Unity project * Key features as solutions to real problems: 𝖢𝖫𝖠𝖴𝖣𝖤.𝗆𝖽, context management, hooks, skills, subagents, and MCP * Unity-specific pain points, including Domain Reload and MCP caveats * Putting it together All experience levels welcome. Food and drinks provided. *Note: meetup topics may change — check back for the latest details.*