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General session
Visitors and newcomers are very welcome, please see https://hackmelbourne.com/newcomer-faq/ for more details.
COVIDSafe restrictions are also in place, please see https://hackmelbourne.com/covid-19-restrictions/ for the latest.
Short walk from Glenferrie train station. Car parking at Hawthorn town hall.
Bring a laptop and a project you are working on. There is also a number of group projects that you are welcome to join in.
We have starter kits for Arduino, a couple of 3D printers, various tools and equipment available for use.
Typically our sessions run from 6:45pm till later in the evening (depending on our members' availability to close) but if you're new please come early.
AI Meetup (March) for GenAI LLMs and Agents
**Important:** Register at the [external event website](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026012623)[ ](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2025120823)is required for admission.
**Description:**
Welcome to the AI meetup in Melbourne, in collaboration with AI Innovation Centre. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, GenAI, LLMs and Agentic AI, hands-on experiences with code labs and workshops, and networking with speakers and fellow AI developers, builders, startup founders.
**Agenda:**
* 5:30pm\~6:00pm: Checkin and networking
* 6:00pm\~7:30pm: Tech talks and Q&A
* 7:30pm: Open discussion & Mixer
**Topics/Speakers:**
Check the [event website](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026012623) for Speakers and Topics.
If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: [Submit Topics](https://forms.gle/JkMt91CZRtoJBSFUA)
**Sponsors:**
We are actively seeking sponsors to support our community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food/drink, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, and but also exposure to our extensive membership base of 5,000+ AI developers in Melbourne and 500K+ worldwide.
Pet Store Agent GameDay
The Pet Store Agent Quest is an introductory AWS GameDay challenge focused on Agentic AI development using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and the Strands framework. This Quest is designed to give attendees hands-on experience building and working with AI agents, utilizing prompt engineering and Amazon Q Developer Pro to assist in solving a series of challenges.
Participants will build AI agents for a new Virtual Pet Store, creating specialized agents for pet recommendations, care advice, and customer service while implementing appropriate guardrails for responsible AI responses.
AWS GameDay is an interactive, team-based learning opportunity where participants use and expand their AWS skills in a realistic, gamified, risk-free environment. Participants are given an AWS account to share with pre-provisioned infrastructure that they will evolve in response to realistic business and technical requirements designed to challenge them.
Teams will be given 1.5 hours to play through the GameDay and there will be an awards ceremony at the end of the event.
**A laptop is required to participate.**
Chasing Unicorns: When Job Ads Demand Superhuman Skills, with Gaurav
**Chasing Unicorns**: When Job Ads Demand Superhuman Skills, with Gaurav K
In this talk, Gaurav will reveal why the “perfect candidate” is a myth and how both employers and job seekers can benefit from a more realistic approach to tech stack and domain knowledge demands in hiring instead of searching for a “unicorn” who fits every requirement.
We will also be having a panel discussion after Gaurav's talk
**Venue:** Hosted at Inspire9 Coworking Space Richmond
https://www.inspire9.com/
**Gaurav Kathuria** is the Founder and Principal Trainer at **Business Analysis Upskill.** Gaurav offers professional training and coaching in Business Analysis, Data Analysis, Business Intelligence, Business Analysis certifications (ECBA, CCBA, CBAP), BABOK, Agile, Scrum, Process Automation, and Product Management.
**Jade Bennett** is the Founder of **Middleton Executive**, an embedded hiring and executive search partner to product and technology companies. Jade is also the creator and host of The Product Edge podcast and a career strategist, known for her HIRED framework.
**Jodie Marron** is a Senior Principal Consultant at **Frazer Tremble**, specialising in recruiting high-performing PMO, project, transformation, and tech teams across Australia in financial services, professional services, and utilities. She loves bringing people together through industry events and panels.
**Andy Kelk** is a Fractional CTO and strategic advisor with over 25 years guiding scale-ups through technical growing pains. In senior roles at REA Group, Marketplacer, Australia Post, Wesfarmers, and others, he has architected platforms handling billions in transactions, scaled engineering teams from 15 to 100+.
**John Parshotamdas** is a Lead Business Analyst at the **University of Melbourne**, where he oversees a team of more than 20 Business Analysts within the Digital Products Portfolio.
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If you would like to volunteer to lead one or several sessions in 2026, please get in touch.
A11y Allies Roundtable: March into Accessibility
**Accessibility Allies monthly roundtable**
2nd Tuesday of each month
Proudly supported by [Builure](https://www.linkedin.com/company/builure/posts/)
**Meet accessibility professionals and advocates.**
* No presentations
* Open discussion
* Exchange ideas
* Genuine connections
**Topic for March**: Turning vocal support into action.
How do we make meaningful change?
Share your wins and your frustrations.
**Tuesday 10 March 2026**
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
**[Registration via Humanitix](https://events.humanitix.com/a11y-allies-2026-03) is essential** (for building access)
**Free**
Light refreshments provided (incl vegetarian and GF)
**Location: WeWork**
120 Spencer Street, Melbourne
* Quiet exclusive space
* Wheelchair access
* Accessible toilet
Please contact us if you have any accessibility needs or questions about this event.
**Building Entry**
Enter via the entrance on Little Collins Street after 5pm.
Meet in the lobby near the elevators.
Post a message in this event if you're running late and need access to the event after 5:30pm.
Practical Introduction to Microsoft Agent Framework
Welcome back to an exciting year of .NET meetups. We are excited to host our first event of the year to dive into the Microsoft Agent Framework that has recently reached General Availability. Our friend Rakesh has a hands-on journey planned for us to make the most of the new framework and helping us build an agent powered app (it's not just a simple chatbot)! So feel free to bring your laptop and follow along.
**Agenda:**
* 5:30pm arrival - Food and drinks provided in-person
* 6pm kickoff - Welcome & Introduction and few words from our Sponsors - 10 min
* 6:10pm - Session 1
**Session 1: Practical introduction to the Microsoft Agent Framework** by [Rakesh Lakshminarayana](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeshl/)
With the first Release Candidate of the Microsoft Agent Framework now available, this is an exciting time to start building AI agents using the framework.
In this beginner-friendly session, we will explore the foundations of AI agents and the common challenges involved in moving beyond traditional chatbots.
We’ll look at where the Microsoft Agent Framework fits in and how it enables you to design agents with structured memory, tool integration, and practical hosting patterns.
Through live examples, we will build an agent step by step - giving you a clear understanding of how it works and how to apply these patterns in your own projects.
**Hosts:**
* [William Liebenberg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-liebenberg/) \- Microsoft \.NET MVP \| Consultant at Arinco
* [Bron Thulke](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronthulke/) \- Microsoft \.NET MVP \| CTO / Co\-Founder at YouLi
* [Tama Waddell](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tama-waddell/) \- Consultant at Arinco
**Sponsors:**
We have some amazing sponsors that help make this event possible:
* [Arinco](https://arinco.com.au/) \- Venue\, Food and Drinks
**Location:**
In-Person at Arinco Melbourne.
Level 6 / 440 Collins Street, Melbourne CBD
🗣 Apply to speak now: [https://bit.ly/melb-dotnet-cfp](https://bit.ly/melb-dotnet-cfp)
Linux Town Hall - March 2026 (online and in-person)
Join us for Linux Town Hall meeting where we discuss the upcoming Document Freedom Day.
This is an open Town Hall meeting where all community members are welcome to attend, observe, and contribute to the discussion. Whether you're a long-time LUV member or new to our community, your input is valuable as we shape the future of Linux Users Victoria.
The meeting will be held online, making it accessible for everyone to participate from the comfort of their own space. This is a great opportunity to learn about Linux Victoria's behind-the-scenes operations and how you can get involved in our growing open-source community.
Come be part of the conversation as we work to strengthen and expand Victoria's Linux adoption and open source practice!
## Key Discussion Points
\- Upcoming Document Freedom Day
More to be added soon.
## How To Join Online
Link to join:
[https://electronworkshop.com.au/goto/venue](https://electronworkshop.com.au/goto/venue)
We use a self-hosted Big Blue Button instance (aka BBB) for this meeting, managed by Electron Workshop and hosted by Serversaurus.
## Join In Person
Maps Link for Inspire9:
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/eRMAXpBdmG1Ece4m9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/eRMAXpBdmG1Ece4m9)
**Getting to Inspire9:**
Train station is located right next to Inspire9.
Tram 70 is a short 2 minute walk.
There is 2hr parking on the street but very often there are no spots.
Inspire9 main entrance is wheelchair accessible.
When arriving, head for the AKM building.
## Schedule
19:00 Meet and greet
19:30 Opening
20:30 Closure
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Learn Pranic Healing Course Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th March in-person course
Discover your innate ability to heal using pranic healing, non-touch energy healing techniques. This two day weekend course is hands on, fun and easy course that teaches you how to become a pranic healer. It’s the first step you can take to improve your life, heal yourself, loved ones, family and clients. After this weekend you will feel confident to heal others and can start to use these techniques straight away.
This course provides priceless teachings of Master Choa Kok Sui who created Pranic Healing to help alleviate the suffering of humanity. Pranic healing benefits are many and may include:
* Reduction / removal of aches and pains
* Reduce stress and anxiety
* Increases energy levels
* Increase happiness
* Improve focus
* Improve stress
In this course you learn:
* how to increase the rate of healing and recovery from physical, mental and emotional ailments
* learn to scan, sense and see and understand the energy body, anatomy, aura and 11 major chakras and its system
* increase one’s own energy level
* calming and energising yogic breathing exercises
* increase healing powers
* learn how to cleanse, heal and energise chakras or energy centres
* stabilise energy so it stays where it’s needed
Ancient laws on Karma will be reviled and much more.
To find out more, register and visit:
www.phwn.com.au
Or email
info@phwn.com.au
Please note this course fee is $450 for new students and $225 for review students
KSUG.AI MEL FlexAI: Architecting AI Platform with Kubernetes @AWS - 12 Mar 2026
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**About the event**
Learn how to deploy and scale AI applications using Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service). This hands-on workshop demonstrates how to build a complete generative AI platform with automated cluster management, hybrid infrastructure, and enterprise-grade observability.
**What You'll Learn:**
* Leverage EKS Auto Mode for automated Kubernetes cluster management
* Architect hybrid node pools for optimal performance and cost efficiency
* Implement end-to-end observability and LLM serving with vLLM
**Hands-on Lab Experience:**
Learn directly from AWS experts who have helped organizations successfully deploy and manage large-scale GenAI infrastructure.
Through hands-on labs and real-world examples, you'll learn to master:
* EKS cluster setup optimized for NVIDIA GPU workloads
* Efficient model serving and scaling using vLLM
* Distributed inference architecture implementation with Ray
* Comprehensive monitoring and observability using Prometheus and Grafana
* Best practices for production GenAI deployments on Kubernetes.
**Who Should Attend:**
Whether you're looking to deploy your first language model or scale existing GenAI workloads, this workshop will provide you with best practices and hands-on experience using industry-leading tools and frameworks.
**Requirements:**
* Bring your laptop and power adapter
* AWS account access will be provided
* Basic familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts
* Basic Kubernetes concepts
Through guided exercises, you'll gain practical experience deploying and managing enterprise AI applications on AWS infrastructure.
**Full Agenda**
**Introduction - AI Platform on Kubernetes**
09:30 - 09:45 GMT+11
Nikola Cuca & Hantzley Tauckoor
Explore the fundamentals of running AI/ML workloads on Kubernetes and understand why container orchestration is crucial for GenAI deployments. Learn key concepts and benefits of running AI platforms on Amazon EKS.
**Hosting inference workloads on Amazon EKS**
09:45 - 10:30 GMT+11
Frank Fan
Deep dive into designing scalable AI architectures that combine cloud and on-premises resources using Amazon EKS, focusing on inferencing.
**Hands-on: Explore environment, vLLM model loading, scaling vLLM**
10:30 - 12:00 GMT+11
Frank, Don & Parikshit
Hand-on labs on inferencing on EKS using vLLM
**Lunch Break**
12:00 - 13:00 GMT+11
**Voice of customers & panel discussion**
13:00 - 14:00 GMT+11
Panel
Hear from existing customers who implemented similar architectures in their production environment.
**Introduction to monitoring and observability**
14:00 - 14:15 GMT+11
Melchi & Parikshit
Explore observsability stack for AI on EKS
**Hands-on: Observing LLM Inference workloads**
14:15 - 15:45 GMT+11
Don, Frank & Melchi
Hand-on labs on observsability stack for AI on EKS
**Quiz & Wrap-up**
15:45 - 16:00 GMT+11
Nikola & Hantzley
Interactive knowledge check covering key concepts learned throughout the workshop. Review of best practices, Q&A session, and discussion of next steps for implementing GenAI workloads on EKS.
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2026 is here and we are excited to announce Nosh Darbari, Human Centred Service Designer giving our first talk on "Hidden drivers behind good Design work."
This talk will explore how Cognitive Load is a precursor to mental health and well-being.
Nosh leads with his heart. Innovates with Purpose and Consciousness. He's an internationally experienced product and service designer working at the intersection of technology and human centred experience.
Most recently he has worked within the vast and often tangled landscape of a federal government organisation. He thrives in complexity, despite the frustrations. Every challenge is a chance to design better systems or services with more human experiences.
Beyond the 9-to-5, Nosh is a seeker of stillness.
He chases sunrises and sunsets, not just for their beauty, but for the quiet lessons they offer — presence, perspective, and peace.
Nosh also helps people recognise the early signals of stress before burnout takes hold. He helps them to rediscover their point of stability and offers simple, practical tools to navigate the noise of modern life with clarity and care.
Event will start at 5:30pm with Pizza, Drinks and networking with the talk starting at 6pm. We are in the Hayden Raysmith Room on Level 4 at The Ross House Association.
**Please enter code #TBC and come up to level 4 where you will need to enter the code again to gain access.**
This event is sponsored by [askable](https://www.askable.com/) ([https://www.askable.com/](https://www.askable.com/)) and Experience Design "UX" Agency [blueegg](http://www.blueegg.com.au/) ([http://www.blueegg.com.au/](http://www.blueegg.com.au/))
AI Audit Masterclass (Free Webinar): How to Find High-ROI AI Opportunities
⚠️ **Important: This is an ONLINE webinar.**
To attend, you **must register using the Zoom link below**.
👉 **Register here to receive the webinar access link:**
[https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_skhcBgLATRGj4GbKehajyg](https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_skhcBgLATRGj4GbKehajyg)
***
## **Event Overview**
Many businesses are currently exploring AI.
But most are **starting in the wrong place**.
The instinct is usually to automate the most visible frustration. However, when we map a business properly, the **highest ROI AI opportunity is often somewhere else entirely**.
In this live **AI Audit Masterclass**, we will show you how to systematically identify where AI can create the greatest business value.
This session is designed specifically for **SME owners, founders, and operations leaders** who want to approach AI strategically rather than experimenting with random tools.
***
## **What You’ll Learn**
In this practical 45-minute session we will cover:
• How to map the **30–50 core processes inside your business**
• How to identify genuine **operational bottlenecks**
• How to rank AI opportunities by **ease of implementation and ROI**
• Why **discovery quality determines implementation success**
• A **live walkthrough of an SME AI audit example**
This is **not a “cool AI demo” session**.
Instead, we focus on a **business-first framework** that helps organisations think clearly before investing time and money into automation.
***
## **Who This Is For**
This webinar is ideal for:
• SME owners exploring AI adoption
• Founders building more efficient operations
• Operations and strategy leaders
• Businesses wanting **clear ROI from AI investments**
No technical background is required.
***
## **Event Details**
📅 **Date:** Wednesday, 11 March 2026
⏰ **Time:** 12:00 PM – 12:45 PM (AEDT)
📍 **Location:** Online Webinar (Zoom)
***
## **Hosts**
**Andrew Lai**
Managing Director, SMEC AI
Australia’s federally mandated AI adoption centre supporting SMEs.
**Ahmed Alassafi**
AI strategist and automation specialist helping businesses implement practical AI systems.
***
## **How to Join**
⚠️ **Meetup RSVP alone will NOT give you access to the webinar.**
You **must register via Zoom** to receive the joining link.
👉 **Register here:**
[https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_skhcBgLATRGj4GbKehajyg](https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_skhcBgLATRGj4GbKehajyg)
CREATING and IMPROVING ABILITY! Free Meetup!
Your ability to work and live with others is crucial to your survival.
To survive well one needs ability.
Today meetup topic: Creating and Improving Ability
And if you think you already have all the ability one needs to survive well then it is important for you to learn how to KEEP IT FROM GOING AWAY.
Attend our Free Meetup!
Definition for Ability: One's power to observe, to make decisions and to act.
A man is as free, as well-off, as he is able.
A family is as happy as it has ability.
A business is as well-off as it has able people in it.
A country is as well-off as it has able workers, foremen and executives.
At today's meetup learn what constitutes ability and more importantly how to develop and improve it so that it does not go away.
Fact's are that one's ability is never the same. It either goes up or it will go down.
Your natural as well as learned abilities are constantly subject to many of life's pressures.
One can therefore simply not rest on one's laurels regarding your current abilities and simply assume they will always be available for use.
The time to protect and enhance ability is when you are still able.
Any loss of ability will result in less confidence followed by problems resulting in unhappiness. This is called the dwindling spiral.
Not just for you, it will impact all others you associate with as well.
Today's topic applies to all aspects of life but will focus on how your abilities or lack of abilities or a sudden or gradual lowering of ability relates to work and family life.
On your arrival you will be asked to complete a Oxford Personality Test.
From this you will learn what ability it is that needs attention and improving.
Whilst at our meetup you will also learn about some of the different technologies are that you find here which actively create, protect or enhance ability in key areas of life.
The world cries out for better people (More Able People) that will lead happier life's with better better jobs, stronger families as well as community and businesses groups.
Get The Know-How for life, attend our meetup or ask me for a time that is better suited to your schedule.
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Pranic Healing Level I - PH I--- DAY 2 of 2
MCKS PRANIC HEALING® Level I
In PRANIC HEALING® Level 1, you learn the basics of working with your energy aura, including learning to "scan," or feel the energy, to "sweep," or clean away congested energy, and to "energize," or supplement areas in your aura that have a pranic deficiency.
PRANIC HEALING® has been taught to doctors, nurses, massage
therapists, acupuncturists, chiropractors, shiatsu practitioners, and many others in the healing field. It has allowed them to heal confidently and consistently in the shortest learning time possible. These professionals find PRANIC HEALING® very effective and easy to apply.
Other topics covered in PRANIC HEALING® Level 1:
Energetic anatomy: You will learn to work with the network of chakras, meridians and auras to accelerate the healing processes of your body.
Preventive healing: You will learn to remove the negative energetic patterns of a disease to prevent it from fully manifesting as a physical ailment.
Self-Pranic healing: You will learn to apply these healing techniques to accelerate your own healing.
Step-by-step techniques for ailments related to your:
respiratory system, e.g., asthma,; circulatory system, e.g., heart ailments; gastrointestinal system, e.g., irritable bowel syndrome; musculoskeletal system, e.g., arthritis and back pain; reproductive system, e.g., menstrual problems. You'll also learn how to address common problems as migraines and sinusitis.
Additionally, you'll learn to apply distant healing to loved ones who are not present in the room with you.
All PRANIC HEALING® courses are "experiential," which means that you learn by actually performing the techniques and exercises in class - on yourself and those around you. During class, all the principles will be explained thoroughly and you will practice the techniques exhaustively so you will be confident in your ability to produce positive results when you finish the course.
This is Day 2 of 2 Attendance at day one is required to attend day 2.
The Course text book is Choa Kok Sui, "Miracles through Pranic Healing" Please bring this with you to class.
PRANIC HEALING® Level 1 is a prerequisite to all other GMCKS courses.
For those interested to review the class...Review fee is only $75!!
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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
NFT AI ART Columbus
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.
Free In-Person Meeting: Get Over Losses & Betrayals, Build Lasting Relationships
This is a free, in-person meeting on the subject of betrayals, losses and how to get over them so you can build lasting relationships.
Burdened by a stressful relationship? Unhealthy relationships can trigger feelings of anger, despair or self-doubt. They can create dwindling spirals of fights and seeking to make-up, or trying to “pin the blame” on someone or something. If you don’t find the RIGHT reasons, or select the correct sources of the problem, the problem can just get worse and worse.
Whether in love or personal ties, with friends or at work, our life really IS affected by the quality of our relationships. Good ones can promote pleasure and survival while less optimum ones can lead to annoyance, anger, self-doubt, stress, or even affect our health and ability to survive well.
Whether you are suffering from a divorce, or a painful break-up, don’t know who to trust (or who to CHOOSE) as a partner, friend, boss or employee - the anxiety of relationship troubles can really make a mess of things. Maybe you’ve suffered a betrayal, or are dealing with hostility or criticalness or invalidation. Dwindling relationships can involve destructive behavior, where we hurt those we love, or start succumbing to self-destructive thoughts, attitudes or behaviors that spiral out of control and affect much more than our immediate relationship.
Past losses in love or life can affect how we act or react to new people and situations and hold us back from even starting to create new, possibly great relationships! How can one get back onto a saner course of action?
Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life: human relationships!
Break free from self imposed limitations
Here we will discuss:
• How to “erase” the trauma of past hurts and betrayals so that one isn’t always repeating past mistakes.
• Why and how do the negative emotions of others affect you?
• Why is my partner withdrawing and what can I do about it?
• Why do we sometimes feel compelled to hurt the ones we love?
• Fights & arguments - what's really behind them?
• What underlies “corrosive criticism” or the need to invalidate self or others?
• How one can stably change one’s outlook on life so they can affect positive change?
• Where do compulsive destructive behaviors come from and what can be done about them?
• How to form closer bonds & keep growing the relationships with the people you care about?
• How to enhance one’s own ability to survive and create positive healthy relationships whether in love, family & friendships or in work, business or one’s career?
Relationships can be hard and life itself IS challenging. Why not arm yourself with the knowledge and breakthroughs that have been made about the mind, mental reactions & interpersonal relationships, so that one has better awareness and control over themselves and life in general.
Learn where painful experiences are “stored” and how they can unknowingly affect us. You will also find out how one can “erase” those past painful experiences so that one is free to move forward without being tripped up by the past. Learn too, about what can lead some people to become “toxic” personalities and how to identify those traits in others so you won’t be tripped up trusting the wrong person.
Our free Meet-ups occur in a safe environment where one can learn, without fear of judgment or criticism, and without the recommendation of harmful mental techniques or therapies, just how YOU can get yourself onto a happier & more successful path: in love & in life.
We look forward to having you join us!
This class is sponsored by the Dianetics & Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.
Columbus Arduino Raspberry Pi Enthusiasts (CARPE) (Check Location)
Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration!
This session is open forum to share your current projects—whether complete or in progress, it’s all interesting! Whether you’re deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, you’ll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired.
**New to electronics or curious about tinkering?**
You’re absolutely welcome. If you’re a beginner and want to experiment, I’ll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things out—whether that’s blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience required—just an interest in learning and building.
While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability. This session will be at the Worthington Park Library in the Olentangy Meeting Room.
In-Person Meeting: How to Improve Relationships with Others
Attend a free seminar on how to have successful and lasting relationships.
At this seminar you will learn:
How to spot and handle negative and toxic relationships.
How to get through the "rough patches" in a relationship.
How to choose the right people to work with.
The three things that make or break any relationship.
How to make a good relationship great.
All are welcome. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there.
Hosted by the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.
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**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
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