Collective Intelligence

Welcome! Gist below! :-) 1. Bring a book to the meet! 2. Buy a drink (and a bite if you're hungry). 3. Say hi to the folks. 4. Read! 5. We'll do a short round of intros and a short sharing at the end too. :) Come in and find us (we're probably the only reading group)! In the event that the place is full, we'll find a back up nearby. :-) This is a limited seats, small group event, so do try to update your RSVP early if your plans change! Thanks in advance! Nearest MRT: Clementi

Exploring Entrepreneurial Projects in Singapore and also in the China-Asean Economic Agency business in Guangxi, China. Explore the various channels of starting, operating and growing a thriving business in fast-growing industries. Explore opportunities to overcome the pressing challenges that Singapore faces: fastest ageing population, declining productivity, sky-rocketing costs, super competitive environment and ever growing number of foreign talents entering the already very tight economic spaces.....and many more. Complaining about these challenges will not help at all. Let's explore viable options and avenues opened to the average individuals to overcome these social-economic pressures.

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Time: 7.30pm - 9.30pm Tournament shuttlecocks will be provided. (Attendees are to whatsapp for details) Players are advised to come earlier for more playtime. High Beginners to Intermediate players are welcome. Terms & Conditions: Anyone who no show OR cancelled RSVP within 24 hours prior to the start of game: a penalty of the game price will be charged. First Timers, pls drop me a message on Meetup. Thank You

Capacity of event is number of tables X 4. Having a waitlist does not mean event is full. It is for me to prioritize people as per the following clause: *Priority is given to regulars, past attendees, intermediate and above level players, players who have their private message function switched on and people whom I have met before. If I am unable to contact you, I cannot ask for your availability and skill level etc and you will be stuck in the waitlist forever and ever.* This is to ensure that the skill level of players are decent and to eliminate no shows. • Find us at the following tables in bishan sports hall.. 1,2,3,4,5 Ensure you are feeling well before taking part. Do not attend if you are not feeling well. * NO GATECRASHING! • Do bring your own bat. Balls would be provided. * By participating in this event, you agree that the organizer shall not be held liable to any injuries or damages sustained by you as a result of taking part of this event. • If for some reason you aren't able to make it on that day, please update your status to "Not Going" at least one day in advance. The earlier you update your status, the easier it is for me to find a replacement. \*\*\*\*\*NOTE: FOR THOSE WHO HAD RSVP BUT 1. DID NOT TURNED UP ON THE DAY OR 2. DID NOT INFORMED THAT THEY AREN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT OR 3. DID NOT WITHDRAW RSVP WHEN THEY CANNOT MAKE IT, ON THE FUTURE MEETUP WHICH YOU RSVP, YOU WOULD BE BLACKLISTED. 4. REPEATED OFFENDERS (MORE THAN 2 TIMES) WILL MEAN AUTO DROP DOWN TO "NOT GOING" LIST IF I SEE YOUR NAME ON RSVP LIST ON THE NEXT MEETUP. \*\*\*\*\*\* Any questions, please feel free to drop me (John Tenergy) a message. Cheers

Join us on 5 March 2026 for the first AI and Data Engineering Meetup of the year, an insightful evening exploring the realities of AI in production. **[Jun Xu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/junxu-fintech/)** will talk about, “RAG in Production: Dead End or Long-Term Foundation?” He will share real-world lessons on enterprise RAG, governance, retrieval quality, GraphRAG, agentic RAG, and the realities of scaling GenAI in regulated environments. Then, **[Michael Isvy](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelisvy/)** will dive into “AI-Augmented Development at Scale,” demonstrating how to make GitHub Copilot and MCP-powered workflows work effectively on complex legacy codebases, from handling oversized contexts to intelligently breaking down refactoring tasks. If you’re building or scaling AI systems in the enterprise, don’t miss it!! Register [here](https://reg.experiences.redhat.com/flow/redhat/3466600/fieldeventsregapproveform/page/landingregistrationpage)

#### **Attention:** Ready to connect with like-minded entrepreneurs and discover how AI can revolutionize your wellness business—live and in person? #### **Interest:** Join us for this exclusive live meetup where we bring together forward-thinking business owners, wellness advocates, and digital entrepreneurs. You’ll learn how to use AI tools to simplify your marketing, boost your online presence, and grow your income—all while promoting better health and balance in your life and business. #### **Desire:** Picture a vibrant room filled with positive energy, powerful insights, and real collaboration opportunities. You’ll walk away with practical AI strategies, valuable connections and an inspired vision for building a wellness brand that truly works for *you*. #### **Action:** Don’t miss this in-person opportunity to learn, network and elevate your wellness business. RSVP now to secure your seat—spaces are limited for this live meetup!

**ANNOUNCEMENT – Registration via this [link](https://go.gov.sg/stackmeetup-5mar2026-mc) only.** * Seats are on a first-come, first-served basis. * For admission into our event space, please register beforehand via GovEntry only. * Please present the QR code within your registration confirmation email upon check-in at our event space. **About this Meetup** We’re piloting our next specialised sub-community, and this one’s focused on AI! In the first session of ***STACK Meetup [AI]***, we’ll take a broad look at how organisations can move from AI ambition to real-world implementation. Through perspectives spanning consulting, public and private sectors, we’ll unpack common pitfalls, lessons learned, and real-life use cases that you can draw from as you shape your own AI adoption journey. Join us today. ***Seats are limited so [sign up](https://go.gov.sg/stackmeetup-5mar2026-mc) now!*** **Programme** 7:00pm: Introduction By STACK Community 7:05pm: Opening By Feng Yuzhang​, Director & Head of AI Practice, GovTech Singapore 7:15pm: A Tale of Two Cities: An AI Transformation Parable By Chai Yit Sheng, Director, AI & Data Transformation, PwC​ 7:35pm: GovTech’s AI Strategy to Drive AI Value and Maturity Towards an AI-Native Government By Tan Congyuan, Deputy Director, AI Programme and concurrent Head, AI Strategy Office, GovTech Singapore 7:55pm: How AI is Reshaping Business Discovery, Growth & Competition By Razvan Iordache, Co-Founder and CEO, GeoVector.ai 8:15pm: Q&A 8:30pm: End of STACK Meetup Click **[here](https://go.gov.sg/stackmeetup-5mar2026-mc)\*** to sign up! \*Registration will be accepted via GovEntry only.

***PLEASE READ*** To secure your slot, payment in advance is required. Please transfer (PayNow) $6.00 SGD to 87489097. Cash is also accepted. Last-minute requests to join will not be accommodated. Level: High Intermediate to Advanced recreational session. Once payment is received, I will update your status in the chat. Please avoid removing yourself at the last minute. If you have an emergency and cannot attend, you are required to find a replacement. Players who repeatedly cancel last minute without a replacement may not be prioritized for future sessions. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation 🙏

Hi DESG Community, It's been a while since we last met on Sep 2025. So much has changed and AI agents has been the talk of the time for past 6 months. For this month, we have Chin Hwee who will talk about: ***Your Data is Late Again! Handling Late-Arriving Data in the Modern AI Data Stack*** *"When we say we are processing the "latest" data in the data warehouse, which timestamp are we referring to?* *Late-arriving data can happen due to operational and technical reasons that may require data corrections, posing challenges in ensuring timely and accurate reporting of point-in-time data that drive AI systems and decision-making. In this talk, I will be exploring approaches on how we can design data systems and history-preserving data models that can handle late-arriving data in the modern AI data stack."* **Expected agenda:** **6.30pm - 7.15pm** \- Registration\, Pizzas & Networking **7.15pm - 7.20pm** \- Introduction **7.20pm - 8:00pm** \- Talk by Chin Hwee **8.00pm – 8.30pm** \- Q&A **8.30pm –** End of event Hope to you all soon! Cheers! DESG

**Friday is our open co-working day.** ​People come to work on their own projects, take breaks together, and usually stay through the afternoon. It’s quiet, focused, and builder- and founder-led. ​You can arrive anytime from 10AM. Most people show up after lunch and settle in before 1.30pm. Bring your laptop. Grab any open seat. Stay as long as you like. ​At 1.30pm, we pause work briefly for a shared session called The Stage, then everyone goes back to working. ​This is how Fridays here work. **The Stage @ 1.30PM** *The Stage is a short, open-format session where builders and founders share something they are actively working on. A workflow, a technical breakdown, a lesson learned, or just a topic keeping him/her up at night.* *The goal is to spark ideas you can try immediately after, during the same afternoon. After the session ends, most people simply open their laptops again and continue working.* *Interested to speak? Express interest here: [form here](https://sq-collective.notion.site/2a1aae2f95ae80e38156eaecfc9eb885?pvs=105)* ​ **​Topic: Lessons from Building AI Agents** **​Zhu Liang ·** Founder, AI Simulator [https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhu-liang/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhu-liang/) ​Ex-Grab and Ant Group. Now building AI agents and mobile games. He actually ships things. ​He's spent the last six months heads-down, figuring out what works (and what *really* doesn't) when building AI agents. He's gonna share the gritty, practical stuff you can use right away. Get ready to take notes. ​After the session, we go back to work.

**Registration is required at: [https://form.gov.sg/699bf2ee9f9cb4fc49d58d17](https://form.gov.sg/699bf2ee9f9cb4fc49d58d17)** **IMDA Technical Sharing Session with James Lewis** *Distinguished Engineer, Thoughtworks* As AI moves from the periphery to the core of software systems, James will explore the architectural patterns and system behaviours emerging in this shift. In this talk, he will draw on evolutionary architecture to examine how teams are reasoning about adaptability, observability, and risk in complex, security-sensitive environments. **Event details** 3 March 2025 2:30pm – 4:30pm IMDA Office, 10 Pasir Panjang Road, Mapletree Business City **Register for the free session here: [https://form.gov.sg/699bf2ee9f9cb4fc49d58d17](https://form.gov.sg/699bf2ee9f9cb4fc49d58d17)**

Join the inaugural meeting of the Columbus Vintage Computing Club (CVCC)! Get to know others in the vintage computing space and get hands on time with a Commodore VIC-20 and various Palm Pilot PDAs! We will use this time to get to know each other, share projects we've been working on and plan the future of the CVCC. We'll be at the Hilliard Library in Meeting Room 2A at 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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.

Join other experienced and aspiring agile coaches and professionals to: * develop and practice your coaching skills in a peer-to-peer environment * share current successes and challenges in your work environment and get support from each other * learn from each other, build better relationships and experiment with new ideas

**Google Analytics Alternatives** Is it finally time to make the switch away from Google Analytics? Two-and-a-half years ago Jason Packer asked this question at Columbus Web Analytics Wednesday. Since then: Google’s Universal Analytics has been sunset, we’ve changed our name to Columbus Data & Analytics Wednesday, and Jason has released two editions of his book “Google Analytics Alternatives”. Fresh off the release of the 2nd edition of his book, we thought it was time to re-open this conversation. While people love to complain about it, GA’s market share has remained relatively constant (at least in the United States). Why is that? You won’t find any complaints about GA4 in this talk, but rather an overview of what’s currently available in the market and how to frame your decision-making process. We’ll also be giving out some free copies of Jason’s book! So even if you’ve got a “GA4Lyfe” tattoo (no judgement), there’s free books to go with the free pizza and beer. 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)

**Hello Columbus!** **The community is buzzing and growing well.** **We are thrilled to bring our third BrowserStack QA Meetup on March 12th!** We are creating a space for deeper insights, meaningful connections, and a vibe you won't want to miss. **What to expect:** * **Connect:** Network with Columbus' top engineering and QA minds. * **Learn:** Real-world tactics and trends you can use immediately. * **Enjoy:** Food, drinks, and great community spirit. **Agenda** * **[Sam Gomez](https://www.linkedin.com/in/samueljgomez/)** is presenting "AI is more than LLMs: Choosing the right AI for your needs." **RSVP Essential:** Space is limited, and we want to ensure a great experience for everyone. **RSVP now to secure your spot!** 📍 **Venue:** Leading EDJE, 6515 Longshore Loop, Suite 300, Dublin, OH 43017 📍 **Free Parking:** 6725 Longshore Street, Dublin, OH 43017 📅 **Date & Time:** March 12, 6:00 PM **Stay Connected!** Want to continue the conversation beyond the meetup? Join our **BrowserStack Discord Server** to get updates, connect with fellow QA professionals, and be part of an ongoing discussion. **Don’t miss out—click below to join!** 🔗 [\[](https://discord.gg/6SdCyWTNyW)**[Join the BrowserStack Discord Server](https://discord.gg/6SdCyWTNyW)**[\]](https://discord.gg/6SdCyWTNyW) **A Few Notes:** ✅ This is an **in-person event** ✅ **RSVP does not guarantee a seat** – A confirmation email will be sent one day before the event. **TALK ABSTRACT:** AI is all the hype these days; however, despite (or maybe because of) the excitement around it, a high percentage of AI projects fail. Projects that are over budget, delayed, or that fail to scale past the POC phase are very common. In many of these scenarios, choosing the right approach can be as critical as the solution itself. Should you build a tailored machine learning model, leverage the power of large language models (LLMs), or integrate with AI copilots? Each option has unique strengths, trade-offs, and resource requirements, and the key to success lies in aligning your choice with your business goals and technical constraints. In this talk, we will go beyond the basic concepts and definitions to provide a practical guide that allows attendees to navigate these decisions through real-world case studies. We will examine scenarios in which different AI paradigms were chosen, discuss the factors that influenced those decisions, and outline the process for evaluating needs, constraints, and outcomes. From assessing data availability and team expertise to balancing cost and scalability, you'll gain insights into the critical considerations that guide the selection process. By the end of this session, you’ll have a clear process for determining whether machine learning, LLMs, or copilots are best suited to your AI challenges and understand the resources and strategies needed to bring your chosen solution to life. This talk is ideal for decision-makers, technical leads, and innovators seeking to demystify AI implementation and maximize the impact of their investments.

We will show a variety of methods for building agents that run in Microsoft Foundry. This covers the different types of agents: Prompt, Multi, and Hosted, as well as the development lifecycle using evals and traces.