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## AI IN RETAIL: AGENTIC OPERATIONS & COMMERCE ​Die Expert Group „AI in Retail“ bietet Entscheidungsträger:innen aus Handel, Konsumgüterbranche und Technologie eine Plattform für regelmäßigen Austausch – vom Use Case zum Business Case. ​Unser zweites Treffen steht im Zeichen von „Agentic AI im Handel“ – und wir beleuchten das Thema aus zwei Perspektiven: Wie setzt ihr selbst KI-Agenten in euren Prozessen ein, um operative Abläufe end-to-end zu übernehmen und Kosten zu senken? Und was bedeutet es, wenn Agenten bald auch von außen auf euer Unternehmen zugreifen, einkaufen oder euch als Kanal umgehen? Konkret, praxisnah und interaktiv – mit Impulsen, Workshops und dem Austausch mit Branchenkolleg:innen und führenden Expert:innen. ​Lösungen für heute. Strategien für morgen. ​Bitte geben Sie uns bis zum 25.06. Bescheid, ob Sie dabei sein werden. Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei & bedarf der Bestätigung durch den KI Park. *** ## ​AGENDA ​11:30 – Ankommen, Vernetzen + gemeinsames Lunch ​12:30 – Begrüßung & Warm-up ​ ​**AGENTIC OPERATIONS** * ​Keynote: Agent ≠ Chatbot ≠ Dashboard – KI als Prozessverantwortung ([Marco Szeidenleder](https://www.linkedin.com/in/szeidenleder/?utm_source=luma) \- Gründer & Managing Partner \- [Pandata](https://www.pandata.de/?utm_source=luma)) * ​Keynote: Agenten testen bevor sie live gehen – Qualitätssicherung ohne Tech-Hintergrund (Dr. Nicolai Bohn - Co Founder & CEO - [Rhesis AI](https://rhesis.ai/de?utm_source=luma)) * ​Workshop: Der nächste Mitarbeiter ist kein Mensch: KI-Agenten im Retail-Betrieb einsetzen ([Aaron Koivunen](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-koivunen?utm_source=luma) CTO & Founder & [Adriana Carmona Beltran](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adriana-carmona-beltran/?utm_source=luma) Co Founder - [TEDIX](https://tedix.dev/?utm_source=luma)) ​**AGENTIC COMMERCE** * ​Impuls + Diskussion: Agentic Commerce & die Fragen, die niemand stellt ([Paul Krauss](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-krauss-ba89605b/?utm_source=luma) \- Partner AI \- [Team One Developers](https://www.team-one.de/?utm_source=luma)) * ​[Stephan Ritter](https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanritter/?locale=de_DE&utm_source=luma) ([Deloitte Digital)](https://www.deloittedigital.com/de/en.html?utm_source=luma) x [Tim Bielski](https://www.linkedin.com/in/timbielski/?utm_source=luma) ([Shopify](https://www.shopify.com/de?utm_source=luma)): ACO Opportunities, "No Regret Moves" and Experience Outlook * ​Showcase: Kundenbindung in der Agentic World – wie Retailer den Kundenkontakt behalten ([Ralph Hünermann ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/odoscope-ralph-hunermann/?utm_source=luma)\- Gründer & CEO \- [ODOSCOPE](https://www.odoscope.com/de?utm_source=luma)) ​ ​18:00 – Next Steps & Networking ​ ​Das Event wird auf Deutsch stattfinden. *** ​**Fragen zum Event? ->** retail@kipark.de

**The AWS Women’s User Group Berlin** is thrilled to invite you to our upcoming meetup sponsored by Storm Reply focused on **Building production-ready AI agents for real-world impact.** Join us for a deep dive into how to build, observe, and evaluate AI agents at scale. You’ll also see how these ideas come to life in a real-world climate-smart agriculture solution that turns weather forecasts into actionable field guidance. Whether you’re building agentic systems today or planning what comes next, this meetup will give you practical insights into making AI agents work in production. **Speaker Info** **Keynote Talk** **Speaker:** Tetiana Senna **Position:** Team Lead / Senior Project Manager, Storm Reply **Talk Title:** Trust, but Verify: Observability and Evaluations for AWS Agents **Abstract:** Getting an AI agent to work in a demo is easy. Knowing whether it still works in production - after the next prompt change, the next model upgrade, the next edge case - is the hard part. Unit tests don't cover non-deterministic behavior, and manually reviewing a handful of runs doesn't scale. This talk walks through the two practices that close that gap: observability (understanding what actually happened inside your agent) and evaluation (deciding whether the outcome was any good). We'll dig into Amazon Bedrock AgentCore's Observability and Evaluations capabilities, compare the proven evaluation approaches - built-in LLM-as-a-Judge evaluators for automatic quality monitoring, and custom evaluators for business-specific correctness checks - with a candid look at what each one is good for, where it falls short, and what it costs to run at scale. We'll also take a close look at AgentCore Optimization, AWS's newly previewed feature in this space. **Applied Agentic AI Talk** **Speakers:** **Vidhu Mitra Malladi:** Senior Software Engineer, Yara Digital Farming **Chamika Hasanthi:** Senior Software Engineer, Yara Digital Farming **Talk Title:** Weather Risk Intelligence Agent for farmers & Agronomist Abstract: Unpredictable weather events — heavy rainfall, drought, frost, and heatwaves pose significant risk to crop yield and fertilizer efficiency. While forecast data is widely available, it is rarely translated into timely; field-level guidance farmers can act upon. Using AWS AgentCore framework and AI capabilities, we can turn weather predictions into clear agronomic actions, supporting climate-smart agriculture at scale. **You'l learn:** * Implementation of the solution using AWS Agent Core framework * Architecture of the project. 🗓️ **Event Details:** \- Date: Tuesday\, June 30th \- Venue: Storm Reply GmbH\, [address](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Storm+Reply+GmbH/@52.5012692,13.368852,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x47a851119af460c5:0x35e34ba578e8b1ec!8m2!3d52.5012692!4d13.368852!16s%2Fg%2F11gg9298pv?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDUxNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D) \- Time: 06:00 PM \- 9:00 PM Doors open at 6:00 PM Food & drinks will be provided. 📋 **Program Schedule:** **18:00** \- Registration and Welcome Networking **18:20** \- AWS Women's User Group Welcome **18:30** \- "Trust\, but Verify: Observability and Evaluations for AWS Agents" **Speaker:** Tetiana Senna, Team Lead / Senior Project Manager, Storm Reply A practical session for anyone working with AI agents on AWS who wants the confidence to put them in front of real users. You'll leave with a clear framework for monitoring agents in production and a concrete approach to evaluating their behavior over time. **19:15 - 19:30** Break **19:30** \- "Weather Risk Intelligence Agent for farmers & Agronomist" **Speakers:** Vidhu Mitra Malladi, Senior Software Engineer, Yara Digital Farming & Chamika Hasanthi, Senior Software Engineer, Yara Digital Farming Discover how AI agents can transform weather forecasts into actionable, field-level farming guidance. **20:10** \- Q&A and closing remarks **20:15 - 21:00** Networking, food & drinks 🎟️ **RSVP** Don't miss this excellent opportunity to connect with Tetiana, Vidhu, the AWS WUG Team and a thriving community of cloud enthusiasts and professionals. Secure your spot by RSVPing now! Seats are limited! Please note that this user group is specifically for WOMEN and FLINTA\* (female, lesbian, inter, trans\*, non-binary, and agender) only. Please also check out the AWS User Group Berlin. \*\*\*\*\*\* 🚨Attention🚨 This meetup is hosted at Storm Reply GmbH and attendees must be registered to go through building security. Make sure you bring an ID card with you, and you register the event with a valid name that matches to your ID. Media and Consent: We inform all attendees that photographs and videos will be taken during the meetup and will only be used by the event organizers for documentation and promotional purposes. By RSVPing to this event you are consenting to our media policy. Please let the organizers know if you do not want to be in the pictures/videos. Thank you very much for your cooperation! \*\* The AWS Women’s User Group is the very first official women-centric AWS User Group in DACH and EMEA. This group serves as a secure and supportive platform for women who want to share their AWS knowledge, passion for cloud computing and advance their career through targeted learning opportunities. We extend a warm invitation to FLINTA individuals who are interested in being part of our User Group. Code of Conduct: At the AWS Women's User Group in Berlin, we have a strong and unequivocal code of conduct in place to create a safe and empowering environment for all.

Do you like to play football - but relaxed and not with competitive or aggressive players? Are you a bit lazy, a bit old, a bit unfit or not so talented? Then Lousy & Lazy Football is the right thing for you! We are a group of friendly people who just want to have a relaxed kick. All genders, ages (+18) and nationalities welcome. Feel free to join the waitlist even if it seems long - sometimes we make the event larger and play on two pitches (24 players, four teams) or even three pitches (36 players, six teams), depending on demand. Note: We do not allow high-studded football boots during our sessions. To avoid injuries, we only play with "Multinocken" (multistuds) or shorter. Please have a look here: [link](https://www.11teamsports.com/de-de/fussballschuhe/multinocken/). Lousy & Lazy rules: 1. **Don’t be competitive - fun only! Enjoy the workout, nice people, wonderful weather and magic ball moments** 2. **No emotional shouting, no telling other players where to go and what to do** 3. **No hard tackling/sliding** 4. **Avoid injuring yourself and other players at all costs: Tight situation? Give up the ball rather them going all in** 5. **Support less fit and less skilled players by giving them the time and space to play the ball, don't intercept passes to and from them. Bonus points: Make them shine!** 6. **Don’t dribble past multiple players (trying to take on one player is fine)** 7. **Don’t close down the defenders too quickly. Give the team a chance to play the ball out.** 8. **Rotate the goalkeeper** 9. **Be a teamplayer** 10. **Come regularly and be reliable with your RSVPs**

We are excited to feature **Fazl Barez**, who is currently a Senior Research Fellow at **University of Oxford** and will discuss "**Towards Automated Interpretability for AI Safety**", lasting approximately 45 minutes. After the talk, seize the opportunity to connect with fellow AI enthusiasts to share ideas and questions while enjoying free drinks and pizza. **Door close by 7.15pm, so please come early! Also, "attend"ing (RSVP) here on Meetup is strictly necessary to be guaranteed entry.** Please note that Meetup has recently been quite keen on promoting its Plus program. However, you are not obligated to purchase it, as both our events and the platform remain free. **Who is this event for?** This event is open to everyone interested in state-of-the-art AI research. We especially design it for students, PhD candidates, academic researchers, and industry professionals with a research focus in machine learning. **Abstract**: TBA **Bio**: TBA We are [BLISS](https://bliss.berlin/) e.V., the **AI** **organization** in Berlin that **connects like-minded individuals** who share great interest and passion for the field of machine learning. This summer 2026, we will, again, host an exciting speaker series on site in Berlin, featuring excellent researchers from cohere, ETH Zürich, University of Oxford, HuggingFace, and Stanford University. Website: [https://bliss.berlin](https://bliss.berlin/) Youtube: [https://www.youtube.com/@bliss.ev.berlin](https://www.youtube.com/@bliss.ev.berlin) Disclaimer: By attending this event you agree to be photographed.

Every Tuesday is Metal Tuesday at Roderich now, because what’s a better cure for the most annoying day of the work week (yes, worse than Monday) than some heavy, aggressive riffs among friends? Come by the bar anytime from 17:00 on and we’ll have the music blaring with drinks and vibes to match. Have a beer, catch up, put on a song or 2, and enjoy the night. And join our telegram group for easier event communication/to get to know us better: https://t.me/+VcOWy9Elw9I4MjIy https://t.me/+NZ9FSjMqwl43NTY6

It's all about getting to know new people from your favorite industry. So if you are interested in Motion Design, 2D or 3D Animation, CGI, Illustration or any related field, feel free to join us. Grab a beer in a relaxed atmosphere, have a nice chat about key frames or discuss your next project! Beginner or expert – wir freuen uns auf dich!

Hi friends, ​Excited to announce the next Berlin AI gathering for builders, practitioners, and AI enthusiasts 🚀 Let’s keep the summer hot ☀️ — see you on **June 30** 🚀 **To attend the meetup please ➡️➡️➡️ [REGISTER HERE](https://luma.com/y5qr2i2t) ⬅️⬅️⬅️ via Luma.** 🗣 **Call for Proposals** If you’re building, applying, or experimenting with AI, we’d love to hear your story. Submit your talk via our [CFP form](https://forms.gle/pZumXNVp44Gj7k8k7?utm_source=luma) and take the stage at one of our upcoming meetups. ​ **🕑 Event Schedule** 18:30 - Doors open 19:00 - Intro and announcements **19:10 - New lens on LLM Behavior Without Access To Weights - [Kashyap Thimmaraju](https://www.github.com/Siliconpsychelabs?utm_source=luma)** **19:35 -** **Why Your AI Keeps Forgetting Your Buisness - [Jacob Siegel](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-automateprofit/?utm_source=luma)** 20:00 - Break **20:15 - Causal Inference and Integration to Agentic AI -** **[Sourish Dey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sourish-dey-03420b1a/)** **20:25 - How I Built a Brain Controlled Car with AI - [Jonathan Estephan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-estephan-96b129334/?utm_source=luma)** **20:35 - Open Demo Time** \- show your project\, open source work or a small demo of what you learned recently Mingle until 21:30 **🤝 Organized by** This event made possible thanks to the support from [AI Coding Summit](https://aicodingsummit.com/?utm_source=luma) organizers – [GitNation](https://portal.gitnation.org/?utm_source=luma) **🤝 Supported by** Huge thanks to our friends [Sentry](https://sentry.io/welcome/?utm_source=luma)! Sentry is the only app monitoring platform built for developers that gets to the root cause for every issue. For software teams, Sentry is essential for monitoring application code quality. From Error tracking to Performance monitoring, developers can see clearer & solve quicker — from frontend to backend. ​**👍 Code of Conduct** By registering for this event you agree to comply with our[ CoC](https://gitnation.org/coc?utm_source=luma) ​ **📩 Contact** events@gitnation.org [https://x.com/AICodingSummit](https://x.com/AICodingSummit?utm_source=luma)

Wir freuen uns Euch einen speziellen Abend mit Dinner & DJ bieten zu können. Dinner Kosten sind erschwinglich und das Essen ist extravagant und griechisch modern. Ein kleiner Sommerurlaub in Berlin mit DJ Vibes und Tanzmöglichkeit, wenn Ihr möchtet. Dinner ist nicht inkludiert und muss extra gebucht werden. Getränke sind auf Selbstzahler Basis ausser dem Willkommenstrunk für unsere Mitglieder. Cosmopolitan Business Club | Berlin Haftungsausschluss: https://www.cosmopolitanbusinessclub.com/en/disclaimer AGB: https://www.cosmopolitanbusinessclub.com/terms-and-conditions Datenschutz: https://www.cosmopolitanbusinessclub.com/en/privacy-policy SMS Nutzungsbedingungen: https://www.cosmopolitanbusinessclub.com/sms-nutzungsbedingungen

Every first Friday of the month (except January), people from diverse disciplines and cultures meet to share experiences, business contacts and wine. **AGENDA**: 1. Boarding time: 18.00-18:30 2. Intro-Round 1-2 min p.p. and "Book of the month" 3. Pause 4. Part 1: The Owner Trap: How to finally Step Out of Your Own Business by Milap Singh 5. Pause 6. Diskussion-Round finish the wine and network \*\*\* **DETAILS**: From Founder-Dependent to System-Driven - A2 - Hour Workshop Sprint Is your business running you, instead of the other way around? If you are a founder or small business owner who can't take a week off without things falling apart - this session is for you. In just two hours, we'll use a hands-on Service Blueprint sprint to map how your business actually works, identify hidden bottlenecks and build a clear plan to run it without you in the loop for every decision. No slides. No theory. Just sticky notes, honest conversations and a map of your business you can immediate act on. This workshop is for you, if you are: A service-based business owner (agency, studio, salon, clinic, coach) with a small team A founder who feels like the business would stop if you stepped away for two weeks A startup operator ready to move from "figuring it out" to build repeatable systems. Facilitated by Milap - Founder of Aspire Digital Design Agency, UX Researcher & service Designer based in Berlin. Connect with Milap on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/singhmilap \*\*\* All events are free of charge. Please bring Wine/Snacks instead

Most brands track whether they appear in ChatGPT, Gemini, and AI Overviews. But mentions and citations only tell half the story. In this session, Raoul Schreck, our CEO at Buzzmatic will show you how to systematically analyze what AI actually says about your brand: which attributes it assigns to you, which USPs it credits to your competitors, and where your communicative blind spots are. Using a real client case and a concrete 4-layer framework, you’ll learn how to move beyond visibility tracking and uncover the narratives AI systems are building around your brand — and what to do about them the next morning. Book your ticket now to secure your spot at the Rise & Rank SEO and AI breakfast!

After Work — Brancusi at Neue Nationalgalerie & Drinks 🎨 Join us for an evening at one of the most anticipated sculpture exhibitions in Berlin right now — followed by drinks together. We meet at the entrance of Neue Nationalgalerie at 18:00. I’ll give a short lecture to set the context, then we explore the Brancusi exhibition together. The museum is open until 20:00 — plenty of time to take it all in. After, we head to a nearby bar for drinks and conversation. About the exhibition: Constantin Brancusi is one of the true pioneers of modern sculpture — the artist who stripped form down to its purest essence. Seeing his works inside the Mies van der Rohe pavilion is an experience unlike any other. 📋 Agenda 🎨 Lecture by your host Yuliya 🖼 Guided visit to the Brancusi exhibition 🥂 Drinks at a nearby bar after 📅 Date & Time: Wednesday, 2.07 · 18:00 📍 Meeting Point: Neue Nationalgalerie 📌 RSVP required — intimate group, spots are limited. To keep the group intimate and allow for conversation, spaces are limited. Please cancel if you can't attend so someone else may join. ⏰ Respect & Punctuality: Please arrive on time and be mindful of the group. 💶 Payment on the day — cash or PayPal 10 EUR 🎟 Museum entry not included ✨ To keep the group intimate and allow for conversation, spaces are limited. Please cancel if you can't attend so someone else may join. ⏰ Respect & Punctuality: Please arrive on time and be mindful of the group. ✅ Event Info & FAQ 🕐 How long will it last? The full experience runs approximately 3–3.5 hours including drinks. 💶 Payment — How do I pay? Participation fee is paid on the day — cash or PayPal. Exhibition entry is paid separately. If your plans change, please update your status to "Not Going" so someone on the waiting list can take your spot. 🙏 🥐 Can I join only for the drinks or only for the exhibition? No — it's one full shared experience. ❗ What if I show up without signing up? Unfortunately a spot can't be guaranteed. Only confirmed RSVPs are accepted. ✨ The visit is curated and guided by Yuliya, founder of Berlin Ladies Art Culture — a growing community of over 2,000 women passionate about art, culture, and meaningful connection. With a background bridging hospitality, real estate, and creative studies, Yuliya has lived in Ukraine, France, China, and now Berlin — and most recently completed studies at Sotheby's Institute of Art in London. She curates experiences that blend art history, conversation, and exploration — always with the goal of making culture feel alive, shared, and inspiring.

We're helping spread the word about the upcoming Berlin FinOps Foundation Meetup and would love to see more of our Meetup community there. Please note: **registration is handled by the FinOps Foundation**, not through Meetup. Secure your spot here: [https://community.finops.org/event/berlin-finops-foundation-meetup-july](https://community.finops.org/event/berlin-finops-foundation-meetup-july) The event brings together FinOps practitioners, cloud cost leaders, and community members for networking and knowledge sharing. If you're interested in FinOps, cloud financial management, or connecting with peers in the Berlin area, this is a great opportunity to join the conversation. We're also excited that Henrique Amorim, who recently started as the FinOps Foundation's EMEA Community Lead, will be joining this event. Henrique is eager to connect with the community, share ideas, and discuss the future of the FinOps community across Europe. Bring your questions, feedback, and thoughts on where the community should go next. Register via the FinOps Foundation event page above and we'll see you there.

Welcome to Sunday Tech Coffee. This is a **networking** event for those in the tech industry in Berlin. We are usually inside and to the right. Ask the barista/bartender if you can't find us.

Join us for the **Berlin DevOps Summer Meetup**: our last edition before the summer break! We're excited to be hosted by **Parloa** for an evening of interesting talks, discussions, and networking. There will be food and drinks provided, and plenty of time to connect with fellow DevOps enthusiasts. **📌 Please register at least 24 hours before the event.** We need to share the attendee list with the Parloa office in advance, and **spots are limited**. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Agenda** 18:30 Open Doors, Networking with Food and Drinks 19:00 Welcome words by Parloa and BLN DevOps team 19:25 **Running K8s with AI: Automating** **the SRE Lifecycle with Grafana MCP and GitLab** 19:50 **The Pipeline Was Green — AI Agents and CI Trust** 20:15 Short Break 20:30 **Managing Uninvited Guests: Securing Open Source Dependencies** 20:55 Networking 21:30 Closing ➡️ Interested in hosting an event? Fill out our [Call for Hosts](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBpga8Yp-QAQt2lGskZWOThaKyQ_MbMbZaNcklgeXxqr5Vrg/viewform?usp=sf_link) and let's set up a meeting. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- *Christoph Ebeling* **Running K8s with AI: Automating** **the SRE Lifecycle with Grafana MCP and GitLab** What does it look like to run 30+ microservices, 8 databases, and a Kafka cluster almost entirely through AI agents? This talk walks through a practical demo of automating the full SRE lifecycle: from incident investigation to deployment validation, using Grafana MCP and the GitLab Agent Platform, and where humans still need to stay in the loop. *Serhii Vasylenko* **The Pipeline Was Green — AI Agents and CI Trust** We’ve spent years building CI/CD pipelines that tell us when code is "technically correct," but are they capable of telling an autonomous AI agent if a change is safe to apply? This talk explores a real-world incident where an AI-powered automation -- pairing Renovate with Claude Code -- successfully executed a "green" pipeline that broke a critical QA cluster for three days, how the team reacted, and how we evolved our vision toward the future of human-agentic collaboration with code. *Frithjof Hoffmann* **Managing Uninvited Guests: Securing Open Source Dependencies** Open source software is the ultimate neighborhood party, but what happens when an uninvited guest slips through the door? This talk digs into the messy reality of dependency hell and its role in software supply chain security: from typosquatting attacks to maintainer account takeovers, and the abandoned projects with known CVEs quietly living in your codebase rent-free.

Monthly working lunch for Columbus business owners. One specific topic, one to three actions you can run this week. You can be the best at what you do and still be invisible. If local buyers cannot find you, the phone does not ring. Marketing Monday Lunch + Learn is a monthly working lunch for Columbus business owners focused on building relationships, local networking, and local marketing. Every kind of local business welcome. No pitch round, no pressure, no upsell. **This month** Most local businesses pick one or two places to be visible and call it good. The result is inconsistent calls and a feeling that marketing is not working. We will walk through the three places every local business needs to show up, plus the fourth place most owners ignore that quietly produces the warmest leads. **What to expect** Doors open at noon. Order lunch and drinks at the cafe counter or bring your own. You get real conversation with other local owners and a focused marketing lesson. You leave knowing people and with one to three actions to run that week. The room is reserved through 1:30 PM. **Who this is for** Any local business owner who wants clearer marketing direction and real local relationships. Service businesses, retail, home services, professional services, online owners building local presence, anyone serious about being part of the Columbus business community. **Not the right fit if** You are here to pitch the room or recruit for an MLM. **Details** * Second Monday of every month * 12:00 to 1:30 PM * Good Cafe Easton, 4400 Easton Commons, Ste 150, Columbus, OH 43219 * Order lunch and drinks at the counter when you arrive * Free to attend, RSVP required, space is limited **About the host** Rita Suzanne is a local marketing strategist and the founder of Local Marketing Method. She runs Visibility is Profitability, the membership where local business owners build the system that keeps their phone ringing. Learn more at learnlocalmarketing.com. Register here: [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989964540509?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1989964540509?aff=oddtdtcreator)

**Practical Curiosity: Learning from Everyday Data** How do we actually get better at utilizing our day-to-day data? Fancy dashboards and complex models might look nice and draw attention, but that’s not where most of us spend our time. In fact those shiny outputs frequently sit unused, while the real insights are drawn from the analyst’s daily practice. Sometimes it’s as simple and as powerful as noticing that a segment is shrinking, a channel is underused, or certain links keep getting all the clicks. There’s many different places that the spark of insight can come from, but you have to keep your head in the data and know where to look. In this session, we’ll explore real-world examples of how segmentation, testing, and click behavior can uncover practical digital marketing opportunities. You’ll leave with inspiration for your own use cases, along with a few simple ways to ask better questions, spot meaningful patterns, and make smarter decisions without overcomplicating it. **About Our Speaker:** [Elaine Armbruster](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainearmbruster/) is a Director of Digital Experience at the [American Diabetes Association](https://diabetes.org/), where she focuses on using data and insights to create smarter, more effective digital experiences. A lifelong Columbus resident, she has built her career in email marketing and the broader digital user journey, and is finding she most enjoys working in the messy middle where systems, data, and big ideas don’t quite line up yet. 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)

Join us for lunch and meet our very successful group. We are each others sales team...always looking for referrals for our members. If you are looking for new clients, let us help you out! Bring your business cards and brochures to share with us. We have a speaker each week so that we can learn about their business. Because we have only one member per business, we have many of the spots filled. However, we are specifically looking for an estate attorney, a handyman/electrician, and an event planner. We have referrals for you! All visitors are welcome. Any questions contact [pmarchio@farmersagent.com](mailto:pmarchio@farmersagent.com)

Most people use LLMs by feel: ask a question, read the answer, decide whether it “seems good,” and move on. That works for casual use. It does not work when you are building software, automating workflows, writing important documents, or relying on AI for anything that needs to be repeatable. In this talk, we’ll look at how to improve and evaluate the inputs and outputs of LLMs using practical measurement techniques. We’ll cover how prompt changes affect results, how to compare outputs, how to build simple evaluation sets, and how math-based methods like similarity scoring can help you move beyond guesswork. This will be beginner-friendly, so even if you don't know anything about AI, you should get something out of it. However, this will be a little more technical than our intro talks. You do not need to be an AI researcher, but programmers and technically curious attendees will get a lot out of it. We’ll cover: * Why “it looks good” is not enough * How to improve prompts by changing the input, context, and constraints * How to compare LLM outputs more systematically * Basic evaluation techniques for accuracy, consistency, and usefulness * How embeddings, cosine similarity, and scoring can help evaluate results * Where automated evaluation works — and where humans still need to stay in the loop By the end, you’ll have a practical mental model for treating LLMs less like magic and more like systems you can test, measure, and improve. 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.

**[Official registration site --> https://luma.com/du41v0tg](https://luma.com/du41v0tg)** **[You must register and will receive an approval/confirmation](https://luma.com/du41v0tg).** We’re taking HustleBus from Columbus to **Black Tech Week in Cincinnati** for a high-signal, founder-only experience focused on community, collaboration, and momentum. ​ **Why Black Tech Week?** ​Black Tech Week is one of the best rooms in Ohio to meet builders, operators, investors, and ecosystem leaders. Expect meaningful connections, great energy, and programming that spotlights founders and what’s being built. ​ What’s included (thank you to our sponsors Huntington Bank, Burton D Morgan Foundation, and Lightship Foundation) * ​Founder-only HustleBus transportation (free) * ​**Black Tech Week ticket comped** for HustleBus participants (must register with code) * And much more! There are limited seats on the Hustle Bus, so if this sounds like something you want to get in on, register today * Learn more and Register here --> [https://luma.com/du41v0tg](https://luma.com/du41v0tg)

You can sleep in on the Sesquicentennial (observed), we’re shifting to the following Friday. But join the local UX community for a chat and some biscuits to catch up. If you were in CA for Figma Config, tell us all the lines and you can tell me how I can animate an SVG without coding it by hand, and why I’d even want to. Thanks to the team at Nationwide of supporting the group.

We're planning a hands-on technical session focused on building AI solutions in ServiceNow - think skills, agents, and real-world use cases. If you’re curious about AI on the platform, RSVP now and stay tuned for more details. Let's build together!