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We are pleased to welcome **Eva Flonner** from UNIQA Insurance Group to present an R package for health insurance. Join us to explore how R can be put to work in actuarial practice, from data to modeling to simulation. As we promote gender diversity and inclusion in the R community, all genders and skill levels in R are welcome! **ℹ️ Abstract** **HePriceR** is an R package for health insurance pricing that provides a framework for modeling expected claims and their uncertainty. The package consolidates classical actuarial approaches with modern statistical modeling, enabling transparent, reproducible, and extensible actuarial workflows. The core focus of HePriceR lies in the estimation of expected claims and their uncertainty. It implements multiple methodological approaches, including the Rusam method for expected claims, as well as comprehensive frequency–severity modeling. The package further provides technical implementations for common product design features, such as deductibles, sublimits, and benefit caps, ensuring that modeled claim distributions align with contractual reality. From a software design perspective, HePriceR relies on a structured system of S3 classes and methods, including dedicated hpr_pricing_data objects and corresponding fit objects. This design enables consistent handling of data, fitted models, diagnostics, and downstream simulation. On top of the fitted models, the package offers Monte Carlo simulation capabilities. Overall, HePriceR provides a cohesive actuarial toolkit that bridges actuarial methodology and statistical modeling, supporting both daily operations and advanced analytical use cases. This package is based on joint work with Herr Kompott. **🗺️ Location** Seminar Room DC red 07 / Sem.R. DC rot 07 (DC07A15) 7th floor, red area TU Wien Freihaus Wiedner Hauptstraße 8-10, 1040 Vienna ([map](https://maps.app.goo.gl/N8PSCZfdi97KirFY6)) **📍 How to find us** In the red area of TU Wien Freihaus, take the lift to the 7th floor. After exiting the lift, turn right and walk through the door. The seminar room will be on your left. Use this [floor plan](https://maps.tuwien.ac.at/?q=DC07A15#map) to help locate the room.

After a great kickoff, the Vienna OpenSearch community continues to grow. If you’re into search, logs, or anything around data and observability, come hang out, exchange ideas, and meet like-minded people. No matter if you're an expert or just curious, you’re welcome. This edition is about practical AI-assisted operations: exploring how operational workflows, data analysis, and troubleshooting can be supported through modern AI tooling and agentic runtimes. **[RISE](https://www.rise-world.com/de/)** is happy to host the evening with free drinks and snacks — just bring your curiosity and good vibes! **Agenda** * 6:00pm - 6:15pm - Open Doors & Welcome Notes * 6:15pm - 7:00pm - Talk 1 (David Riepl, RISE GmbH) * 7:00pm - 7:30pm - Break (Drinks and Snacks) * 7:30pm - 8:15pm - Talk 2 (Max Scharizer, RISE GmbH) * 8:20pm - 9:00pm - Networking (Drinks and Snacks) **Location** RISE GmbH, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 68, 1st Floor 1040 - Vienna --> [https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZJf4MGgZffdgTxtH8](https://maps.app.goo.gl/cNb63cW7hiQcNQ5v7) **Speakers and Sessions** **Talk 1:** **From ChatOps to Agentic Ops: Building Operational AI Workflows on OpenSearch** AI-assisted operations are evolving beyond simple chat interfaces. This hands-on session explores the path from ChatOps toward Agentic Operations using OpenSearch as a data platform and OpenCode as the agentic runtime. We will demonstrate practical operational AI workflows hands-on in complex multi-tenant OpenSearch environments. Along the way, we will critically examine where AI-driven operations provide real value and where they introduce new complexity. **David Riepl** is a System Engineer at RISE, specializing in product development for log analysis and security monitoring. With over 15 years of experience in the field IT operations, he has developed expertise in designing and implementing highly available systems, implementing comprehensive application and security monitoring strategies for complex IT environments. **Talk 2:** **Root Cause Analysis of OpenSearch Clusters with the Model Context Protocol (MCP)** In this talk, we will take a look at MCP - a very well established AI protocol - and show how it can help us to conduct Root Cause Analysis on OpenSearch Clusters. **Max Scharizer** is a Systems Engineer at RISE, specializing in Monitoring & Observability, Kubernetes and Container Platforms.

**🔗Link to register for the event:** [n8n meetup](https://luma.com/2eiyaj8h?tk=3BrEhg) ​📢 Join the n8n Community Meetup in Vienna! 🚀 ​ ​Fresh ideas are bursting, and this is our last gathering before the summer break, so let’s make it a good one. ​Another evening of inspiring n8n talks, practical insights, and great conversations with fellow automation enthusiasts. Whether you’re just getting started or already deep into workflow automation, this is your chance to learn, share, and connect with the Vienna n8n community, all while enjoying snacks and drinks courtesy of n8n. ​Talks will be in English. ​📅 Agenda * ​18:00 - Doors open & arrival * ​18:30 - New n8n features * ​19:00 - Building a livechat with n8n, Qdrant, Notion, HubSpot and Slack, plus Notion-based evaluations (Max & Samuel) * ​19:30 - Topic TBA (Cristian) * ​20:00 - Networking with snacks and drinks 🍻 ​🎙️ Speakers * ​Max Pointinger (notarity) - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-pointinger](https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-pointinger?utm_source=luma) * ​Samuel Lukas Einspieler (notarity) - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-lukas-einspieler-068464204/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-lukas-einspieler-068464204/?utm_source=luma) * ​Cristian Livadaru - [https://www.linkedin.com/in/livadaru](https://www.linkedin.com/in/livadaru?utm_source=luma) ​ ​📍 Location ​Das Packhaus Wien - Marxergasse 24/2, 1030 Wien ​[https://www.daspackhaus.at/](https://www.daspackhaus.at/?utm_source=luma) ​A huge thank you to Das Packhaus Wien for hosting us!

AGENTIC AI NIGHT AI Agents · Agentic Mesh · Agentic Swarm Welcome to Agentic AI Night — an evening dedicated to the next frontier of artificial intelligence: autonomous AI agents. Join us at Web3 Hub Vienna for live demos, deep dives, and hands-on presentations exploring how AI agents are reshaping the way we build, communicate, and automate. From voice agents and agentic workflows to swarm intelligence and mesh architectures — this is where theory meets real-world application. WHAT TO EXPECT Each talk is 10 minutes + 5 min Q&A, moderated by Ruben Hetfleisch (AI Austria) and Ed Prinz (DLT Austria). Language: English. AGENDA 🕔 17:00 — Doors Open 🎤 17:30 — Welcome & Opening → Ruben Hetfleisch (AI Austria) & Ed Prinz (DLT Austria) 🎤 17:40 — How I got #1 at the Secure Personal Agent Hackathon → Bernhard Götzendorfer (AI Factory) 🎤 17:55 — Showing Political Bias in LLMs – The LLM Bias Watcher → Felix Krause (Klartext AI, AI Impact Mission) 🎤 18:10 — Agentic AI in the Real World: From Hype to Revenue → Ed Prinz (Co-Founder & CEO, NEOB Technology) 🎤 18:25 — Agentic Mesh: Connecting Autonomous AI Systems → Hernán Villamizar (EY) 🔜 3 more speakers to be announced soon 🍹 19:00 — Networking, Drinks & Conversations Drinks and snacks included. The perfect setting to connect with builders, founders, and AI enthusiasts from the Vienna tech scene and beyond. DETAILS 📅 June 10, 2026 🕔 Doors open at 5:00 PM — until Midnight 📍 Donau-City-Straße 3, 1220 Vienna The Web3 Hub Vienna is located in DC Tower 3 (District Working & Event Venue https://maps.app.goo.gl/QS2KCPaiid3yr7gR6), one of Vienna's leading technology centers, surrounded by renowned companies such as PwC, EY, Oracle, Iteratec, Tech Talk and many others. 🌐 Language: English Sponsored by NEOB Technology and Web3 Hub Vienna In cooperation with EY.

Herzliche Einladung zum siebten „Females Fit for Finance“-Meetup zum Thema "Von Frauen für Frauen – echte Einblicke in die Selbstständigkeit" Wir freuen uns auf einen inspirierenden Abend voller ehrlicher Einblicke, wertvoller Learnings und spannendem Austausch. ✨ Wir freuen uns auf euer Kommen! **Marika & Sara von Females Fit for Finance** 💬 **Über das Event** Dieses Mal ist alles ein bisschen anders: Wir geben die Bühne an Frauen aus unserer Community, die selbstständig sind oder den Weg dorthin bereits gestartet haben. Ganz nach dem Motto: Weniger Perfektion, mehr echte Erfahrungen. Dieses Event richtet sich an Frauen, die selbstständig sind, gründen möchten oder neugierig auf ehrliche Einblicke hinter die Kulissen des Unternehmertums sind. 🧭 **Das erwartet euch** In kurzen 3-minütigen Impulsen teilen unsere Speakerinnen ehrliche Einblicke in ihre Unternehmerinnenreise: Was hat funktioniert? Wo sind sie gescheitert? Welche Learnings haben sie daraus mitgenommen? Nach den Kurzimpulsen geht es direkt in den Austausch: Unsere Speakerinnen betreuen **vier interaktive Thementische** entlang der Gründungsreise. Die Tische orientieren sich an verschiedenen Phasen der Selbstständigkeit: ✨ Orientierung & Start 🚀 Erste Kund:innen & Markteintritt 💸 Preise, Umsatz & finanzielle Realität 📈 Wachstum & nachhaltige Strukturen Ihr könnt euch frei dem Tisch anschließen, der gerade am besten zu eurer aktuellen Phase oder euren Fragen passt. Insgesamt gibt es **drei Austauschrunden,** sodass ihr verschiedene Perspektiven und Themen mitnehmen könnt. 🕕 **Ablauf des Abends** 🚩 ab 19:00 Uhr - Ankommen & Netzwerken: bitte kommt rechtzeitig vor Beginn des Vortrages, damit das Ephata-Team genügend Zeit hat, euch kulinarisch zu versorgen. Das Café ist bereits ab 18:00 Uhr geöffnet. 🥪 🎤 \~ 19:30 - Lightning Talks der Gründerinnen 💬 3 interaktive Austauschrunden an den Thementischen 🤝 \~ 21:30 - Offizielles Ende Nach dem offiziellen Teil bleibt natürlich Raum, Gespräche weiterzuführen und euch in entspannter Atmosphäre zu vernetzen. 🗓️ **Anmeldung** Die Veranstaltung ist kostenlos, wir freuen uns über eine freiwillige Spende vor Ort. Bitte meldet euch über Meetup an, sollte das nicht funktionieren, gerne per Mail an [femalesfinance@gmx.net](http://femalesfinance@gmx.net./). Spontane Teilnehmerinnen sind ebenfalls willkommen. 📸 **Hinweis zu Fotos und Videos** Wir weisen darauf hin, dass am Veranstaltungsort Fotos und Videos angefertigt und zum Zweck der Veranstaltungsdokumentation im Internet und in Drucksorten veröffentlicht werden.

**AGENTIC AI NIGHT** *AI Agents · Agentic Mesh · Agentic Swarm* Welcome to Agentic AI Night — an evening dedicated to the next frontier of artificial intelligence: autonomous AI agents. Join us at Web3 Hub Vienna for live demos, deep dives, and hands-on presentations exploring how AI agents are reshaping the way we build, communicate, and automate. From voice agents and agentic workflows to swarm intelligence and mesh architectures — this is where theory meets real-world application. *** **WHAT TO EXPECT** Each talk is 10 minutes + 5 min Q&A, moderated by Ruben Hetfleisch (AI Austria) and Ed Prinz (DLT Austria). Language: English. *** **AGENDA** 🕔 17:00 — Doors Open 🎤 17:30 — Welcome & Opening → Ruben Hetfleisch (AI Austria) & Ed Prinz (DLT Austria) 🎤 17:40 — How I got #1 at the Secure Personal Agent Hackathon → Bernhard Götzendorfer (AI Factory) 🎤 17:55 — Showing Political Bias in LLMs – The LLM Bias Watcher → Felix Krause (Klartext AI, AI Impact Mission) 🎤 18:10 — Agentic AI in the Real World: From Hype to Revenue → Ed Prinz (Co-Founder & CEO, NEOB Technology) 🎤 18:25 — Agentic Mesh: Connecting Autonomous AI Systems → Hernán Villamizar (EY) 🎤 18:35 — AI vs. AI: The Rise of Agentic Cyber Defense → Adi Reschenhofer & Hadil Krenn (CyberTrap & OwnItNow) Panel **From AI Agents to AI Colleagues: How Autonomous Systems Will Transform Work, Decisions and Human Interaction** *Beyond Chatbots: The Rise of Agentic AI, Digital Coworkers and Autonomous Decision-Making.* Panel Description *AI is moving beyond assistants and chatbots. Autonomous AI agents can now plan, reason, collaborate, and take action across systems with minimal human intervention.* *But what happens when AI becomes a colleague rather than a tool?* *This panel explores how Agentic AI is reshaping organizations, workflows, customer interactions, decision-making, and even human experiences. From enterprise copilots and AI workforces to creative AI systems and agent swarms, the discussion will examine both the opportunities and the challenges of this new era.* Panelists * Andrada Colceriu (Microsoft) * Mihai Cata (AI Factory Austria) * Peter Dimitrov (Anelia.Ai) * Gabriella Chihan Stanley (vrisch / XR Austria) Moderator: Ruben Hetfleisch & Ed Prinz 🍹 19:00 — Networking, Drinks & Conversations Drinks and snacks included. The perfect setting to connect with builders, founders, and AI enthusiasts from the Vienna tech scene and beyond. *** **DETAILS** 📅 June 10, 2026 🕔 Doors open at 5:00 PM — until Midnight 📍 Donau-City-Straße 3, 1220 Vienna The Web3 Hub Vienna is located in DC Tower 3 (District Working & Event Venue *https://maps.app.goo.gl/QS2KCPaiid3yr7gR6)*, one of Vienna's leading technology centers, surrounded by renowned companies such as PwC, EY, Oracle, Iteratec, Tech Talk and many others. 🌐 Language: English Hosted by **NEOB Technology** and **Web3 Hub Vienna** In cooperation with **EY** and **AI Austria**

Hi Deep Learners, We are happy to announce one more Vienna Deep Learning Meetup before the summer break: on **June 10** at ÖBB. We will again have two talks: Agentic AI in Production and Exploratory Causal Inference. \*\*\* **Agenda:** * 18:15 Arrival * 18:30 **Introduction** by the meetup organizers * **Welcome** by the host: ÖBB * 18:45 **Talk 1: Agentic AI Systems in Production: Best Practices, Challenges & Lessons Learned** by Hilda Kosorus (*Onefold AI*) * 19:30 **Announcements** * **Networking Break** * 20:00 **Talk 2:** **Scaling Empiricism in Artificial Causal Inference** by Riccardo Cadei *(ISTA)* * 20:30 **Networking** * \~21:30 **Wrap up & End** \*\*\* **Talk Details:** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Talk 1:** **Agentic AI Systems in Production: Best Practices, Challenges & Lessons Learned** Building agentic AI systems that work in production is harder than the demos suggest. Real users, real data, and real edge cases surface challenges that don't show up in most tutorials. We must consider orchestration trade-offs, observability gaps, evaluation strategy, latency and cost realities. There's constant tension between giving agents autonomy and keeping them under control. In this talk, we share what we've learned shipping agentic systems end-to-end. We'll walk through how our architectures evolved and the trade-offs behind each shift, and we'll be honest about which frameworks — such as LangGraph, LangChain, Langfuse — earned their place in our stack. Expect architecture diagrams and the patterns we now apply to lead our custom projects to success. **About the speaker:** We are Onefold AI — Tobi, Csenge, and Hilda. We combine deep LLM engineering with a research foundation, years of data science work, and multiple agentic systems shipped end-to-end into production. Our recent projects span compliance and audit automation, multi-agent workspaces for food scientists, and our own product development — all building on the hard-won lessons we'll share in this session. **Talk 2:** **Scaling Empiricism in Artificial Causal Inference** Randomized trials are the gold standard of empirical science, yet their analysis still hinges on hand-crafted hypotheses: the investigator has to decide upfront what to measure and whom to compare, often anchoring on familiar narratives. A paradigm shift is now within reach: modern trials measure more, and representation learning gives us the tools to scale the reading accordingly. In this talk, I will present two algorithms I developed to bridge this richer measurement to causal claims, e.g., scientific discoveries or policy guidelines. Neural Effect Search (NES) identifies the latent effects of a treatment from unstructured outcomes. Neural EXposure Interaction Search (NEXIS) identifies an interpretable and prescriptive characterization of effect heterogeneity. I will illustrate both through real-world deployments in experimental ecology and development economics. **About the speaker:** Riccardo Cadei is an ELLIS PhD student at ISTA with a growing record of foundational, methodological, and applied contributions to Causal Inference and AI for Science. He actively collaborates with biologists, neuroscientists, economists, and public-health researchers, translating his vision of Artificial Causal Inference into concrete scientific workflows. We are looking forward to welcoming you at our last meetup before summer! Your VDLM organizer team

Interested in sketching or painting? Join us at the Vienna Atelier of Traditional Arts (VATA). Model starts posing at 3 PM. Easels or benches are available. Snacks & tea are being served. Just bring pencil, paper and any other utensils you may need. All levels welcome. A fee of 12 Euros can be paid in cash upon arrival to cover our costs and to pay for the model. We also offer portrait sessions on most Sundays from 3-6 pm. For more information about us, see www.viennaatelier.com or send email to info@viennaatelier.com

**Come join us for a casual get-together in early June!** Based on popular demand, we'll host a **#NoAgenda Meetup** **on Thursday, June 11th from 18:00 - open end** **@ the** **famous Gleis//Garten at Eichenstraße 2, 1120 Wien, Austria** Those who have been to Gleis//Garten will know why it is such a fantastic place. If you haven't, check out their website here: https://www.gleisgarten.com/ We'll have a table or two for community leaders in Vienna to chat with one another, deepen existing connections and meet new folks also active in the community-building space — centered around Internationals — here in Vienna. Looking forward to seeing you! jt & alex & gaurav

Bouldering Session at the Edelweiss Center. Each participant is responsible for paying their entry fee upon arrival. Keep in mind that you need an Alpenverein Membership after your first trial visit. Meeting at the entrance area and entering together at 14’

**Our next show:** [next improv Show](https://www.iicv.at/improvshow) **Leader of the session:** [IICV Calendar](https://www.iicv.at/event-calendar) **What is it ?** An open improv session for all experience levels. Come play, explore, and have fun in a supportive, low-pressure environment. **How to register ?** Meetup registration opens on **Sunday 13:00** for the following Wednesday meetup. Should your plans change, we kindly ask you to **cancel.** For security reason, you cannot join the session if you did not registered. **How much ?** Free for IICV members\* 10 Euros for everybody else. You can pay contactless or cash. \* go to [iicv.at](https://www.iicv.at/) to become a member (13EUR per month until you cancel your membership). **Anything to report?** Please give us an anonymous [feedback](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1oidbMUMs_Zz-rSQ9O4HcR_axPG_zvUb1dc1ssG5IWaw/edit) \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* **Meetup priority**: Please do not enroll to meetup priority!!! You can enroll to any open session without having it (just close the adv. window). **Being meetup priority will not give you any advantage in the waiting list** neither as we will insure to respect the real order of priority. **Photograph policy**: Please be aware that photos will be taken during the open session for social media and newsletters. Before any photos are taken, we ask participants for their consent and provide an opportunity to opt out. **Code of Conduct**: We are a Vienna-based international community seeking to explore, play, practice, and perform improvised arts in a group setting. In treating this space with integrity and professionalism, we are committed to facilitating a harassment-free space for all persons regardless of cultural background, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race, etc. Therefore, the IICV will not tolerate any inappropriate behaviour as per our [Code Of Conduct](https://www.iicv.at/code-of-conduct). Repeated violations of our guidelines can and will result in warnings, removal from sessions, or cancelation of membership. The **International Improv Community in Vienna** IICV e.V. ZVR Nr:1236421179

**Hey everybody!** Do you want to code together, share your projects, or just hang out in a creative atmosphere? Then join us at the **Coding Club @ Jo&Joe Hostel**! We usually start with a short introduction round so everyone can get to know each other. After that, you can: * share your achievements or pet projects (informal, just at the table) * get feedback or inspiration from others * or simply work on your own project alongside the group Bring your laptop (or any device you like to code on) if you want to actively work. Or just come by to connect and get inspired. Please try to be on time so we can kick things off together. Looking forward to seeing you there! 🚀

Hi Running fellows, Whether you’re a walker, new to running, a semi-pro, a marathonist or a sprint star - if you want to start your weekend in an active way and enjoy the outdoors in lovely surroundings with a fun, international and multilingual group of people, you are welcome to join us! Every Saturday at 9:30 am, we meet, we run, in the magnificent Schönbrunn park, and then we go for breakfast. Want to discuss politics or the best recipes for banana pancakes? Not a problem. Not feeling social? Tune out with your earbuds - we can talk over breakfast. We are casual. You can be too. What to expect: Start by meeting Adrian, Ali, Liz, Paul and Sonia on-time at 9:30am outside the Schönbrunn U-Bahn stop (exit Grünbergstraße). (Coordinates: 48.1858130, 16.3200640) From there, we walk to the side park entrance where the “running” part begins. The important thing is that you run at your own pace. Typically, small groups of people will run at the same pace as you, so you never have to walk/run alone :) We finish one hour later, at about 10:40am, reconvening just inside the Hietzinger Tor exit. (Coordinates: 48.1858825, 16.3032647). From there, we’re off to breakfast! Breakfast Details: Anker bakery opposite the U4 Hietzing station and depending on the weather, grab something for a picnic in Schönbrunn park, or hang out in the bakery. If you missed us earlier, you can always go there around 10:45. We are a fun group of runners who don’t take things too seriously. We meet, chat, RUN, stretch, chat, EAT and we hang out over a beer every now and then. It's that easy. Please join us for breakfast after the run! The more the merrier. Typically we are 10-30 people, as not everyone who comes signs up on meetup. Important disclaimer: Please only run as much as you feel you can, considering the temperature, weather conditions, your own fitness etc... run and walk at your own pace as the organizers do not assume any liability for any injuries or health issues. Sonia, Adrian, Ali, Paul and Liz

-Outdoor Functional Training for All Fitness Levels- Join us as we combine healthy, balanced movement with fun, gamified ideas to give you our unique FUNctional training! And in case that doesn’t really tell you what to expect, just think short intervals of exercise combined together in a playful and interactive way to help you strengthen your body in a sustainable way while allowing you to meet new people (and often even forget how hard you’re working out). As a reminder for those nervous about their fitness level: Everything we do, we do with all fitness levels in mind; so the exercises are always adjustable to your level and you’re always strongly encouraged to take it at your own pace - I mean, we’re not called My Pace for nothing! How to find us: We meet and train behind the calisthenics workout station on the Zirkuswiese of the Prater. Here a link to the location on Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QdRPEaYTiavZbmVW7 Cost: In the interest of inclusivity, we've decided to make our sessions donations based here, so you're invited to pay what you can afford. If that actually makes you more uncomfortable and doesn't make it easier to come, know that we've received donations from €2 to €20 and they all made us very happy, because our primary goal is to get people moving and to show them it can be fun all in all. The money is secondary. One other thing that’s useful to know: - In the case of bad weather, we do have a back-up location that will protect us from the rain. Should we need to move, we will change the location of this event here. Please feel free to check back here before any event where you suspect bad weather or, even better, simply get in touch with us! We’re available via WhatsApp message or email. --- If you'd like to know more about My Pace, feel free to visit our website at https://www.mypace.at

**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** *Customize the IDE: Building Extensions for Visual Studio Code* Visual Studio Code is one of the most widely used development environments today, and much of its flexibility comes from its extension ecosystem. Extensions allow developers to customize the editor with new features, integrations, and workflow improvements tailored to their needs. In this session, we’ll cover what extensions are and the different types available, including full extensions written in TypeScript or JavaScript, along with lighter-weight extensions such as color themes, language packs, language support, code snippets, and keymaps. We’ll also look at practical reasons a developer might create an extension, from automating repetitive tasks to adding custom tooling. The session includes a hands-on walkthrough of creating a new extension, testing it locally, and understanding the basic project structure. We’ll close with a brief overview of how extensions are packaged and published to the Visual Studio Marketplace and other distribution options. **YouTube Link** TBD

We are going to build together with all the CLIs! E will be doing it at Columbus Code and Coffee Agenda --- Hosted By James Power, Organizer Pete Gordon, Organizer Just a Software Guy in the age of the Internet. Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-columbus-presents-ai-improv-lets-build-a-game-together-with-claude-code-codex-and-gemini-and-be-the-judge/.

**The Behavior Gap: Where Products Win or Lose** Teams today have more data than ever, and yet many still struggle to understand why customers adopt, engage with, or abandon their products. Teams sprint, ship faster, and chase more signals… all while metrics stall and confidence drops. The missing piece isn’t more data. It’s often the behavioral insight between the metrics, explaining why the numbers move in the first place. Dashboards can tell you what customers did, but understanding why they did it (and how to influence what they do next) requires a deeper blend of insights. This session is about closing that gap. Drawing from real-world experience designing and scaling products as [ZoCo Design](https://zocodesign.com/)’s CEO, [Lacey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) will share how to cut through the noise and identify the insights that actually change behavior—moving people, and moving metrics. You’ll learn: * Why understanding customer behavior is a quant and qual challenge * How to spot the signals that actually predict behavior change * Where AI accelerates insight, and where it creates distraction * How to get meaningfully closer to customers, without adding more tools This talk reframes how to evaluate performance and identify what levers actually improve it, helping your team to make smarter bets with greater confidence. Every meaningful outcome is driven by behavior change. And when you know how to design for behavior, you stop guessing, and start building things that work. **About Our Speaker** [Lacey Picazo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) is the Founder and CEO of ZoCo, a healthcare product studio that turns complex, high-stakes ideas into products that drive real-world adoption. She partners with healthcare organizations to uncover critical care delivery insights, focus product strategy through behavior design, and build solutions that patients and providers actually use. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio! The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us! And yes, there will be free food. Please RSVP via [Microsoft Build //localhost:columbus | Microsoft Reactor](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/27247/).

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)

Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/

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