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**Hey fellow AWS enthusiasts! ✨** This evening we'll takle our AWS costs! 💪🏻💸 We are happy to have **[Meisi Zhan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/meisi-z-52702b61/),** a Customer Facing Cloud Engineer @ codecentric, joining to walk us through **FinOps in Action with AWS Spot Instances**. Thanks to our friends at **[codecentric Nürnberg](https://www.codecentric.de/standorte/nuernberg)** for sponsoring the event with food and drinks and opening their wonderful offices for us! **📆 Tonight's Agenda** 19:00 - Welcoming **19:15 - Talk by Meisi followed by Q&A and knowledge sharing** 20:00 - Food, Drinks & Networking Looking forward to seeing you 👋🏻 **[Nora](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nora-schoener/)** & **[Frank](https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankprechtel/)** \-\-\- The talk ⤵️ **FinOps in Action: Real-World Cost Optimization using AWS Spot Instance** The talk is about our AWS funded PoC project, this project demonstrates the implementation of FinOps principles by leveraging AWS Spot Instances to achieve significant infrastructure savings without compromising workload performance. It provides a technical blueprint for orchestrating Spot Fleets and Auto Scaling groups, offering a practical approach to data-driven cloud financial management. The speaker⤵️ **Meisi Zhan** is a distinguished Customer-facing Cloud Consultant and Evangelist at codecentric, bringing over eight years of expertise in IT consulting and software engineering. As a highly experienced Pre-Sales Engineer and Solution Architect, she has a proven track record of building trusted advisor relationships and driving customer success across multi-cloud environments, including AWS, Azure, and GCP. Meisi excels at translating complex technical challenges into quantifiable, TCO-justified business value and viable technical architectures. Her approach focuses on Transformation Consulting, DevOps, and FinOps, ensuring that cloud-native solutions are both innovative and financially optimized. Get in Contact with Meis through [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/meisi-z-52702b61/). \-\-\- **Please note:** At the event, photos and videos will be taken for marketing purposes both by our hosts and our location sponsors. We try to offer a hybrid experience by providing a video stream of the talk. There will be no recording published after the event. Please also keep in mind, that we try our best effort to provide a good streaming experience. We don't offer a professional stream, so delays, technical issues or other interference are a matter to be tolerated.

Hello book lovers! I have been meaning to read this month's book for quite a while, and I'm very excited to announce it was one of the top-ranked books in our vote: Please read the 1966 classic sci-fi novel, **«Flowers for Algernon» by Daniel Keyes**, and come to our Monday 08. June 2026 meeting prepared to discuss it. Be aware that there is a novel of approximately 250-300 pages, and a much shorter novelette, which is a short story of around 26 pages. We will be reading the full novel. You are welcome to use any edition / language you would like; I will be using [this one](https://www.lesestoff.ch/en/detail/ISBN-9781857989380/Keyes.-Flowers-for-Algernon?CSPCHD=01g000000000WjfiiFwSqFo6TK$2pe$jGg0V110CjPdV11SVqg&bpmctrl=bpmrownr.1%7Cforeign.). As always I will try to bring something fun to eat / drink! You are welcome to bring something to eat for yourself, or even to share if you would like; there are plates and glasses we can use. The Bibliothek requests no smelly food. **Please RSVP here on Meetup if you plan to show up, so I have a head count. If you can't make it, please remove your RSVP.** We will review and discuss the selected book of the month, in English! This will be a group discussion, which I will gently moderate to keep participants engaged and focused. As the discussion winds down, time is allotted for participants to recommend future books, and to provide feedback to help shape the direction of subsequent meetings. If you would like to receive a discount ordering this book, give me your first and last name if you haven't done so already, and I will gladly add you to the list at the Schuler Bücher bookstore at Bahnhofstrasse 22 in Chur; remind them that you are in the English Book Club (or for online orders, type this in the notes field), and you will get a 10% discount when you pay at the register.

\*räusper \* Willkommen, mir sin a hauptsächlich casual EDH gruppa, mir sin prinzipiell sehr Proxy Freundlich und primär spielen mr eher für ank spass😊Notausgänge befinden sich Links und Rechts neben den Toiletten. Es sind durchschnittlich 12-16 Spieler vor Ort, von denen sich niemand über meetup anmeldet....oder überhaupt anmeldet. Wenn ihr lieber was anderes spielen wollt, ist auch ok. Wir haben genug Platz. English: Come and play magic with us. Use proxies if you want to. Have fun. Wanna play other games. Feel free to come. We've got enough space. We are around 12-16 players, just ignore the attendee list from meetup.

Welcome to the age of the Agentic Stack, where we bridge the gap between deterministic engineering and the new frontier of autonomous systems. We’ll explore how to build AI agents that fulfill the security, reliability, and automation requirements for the enterprise, and how the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is being rebuilt from the ground up by agentic IDEs. **THIS MEETUP will be in ENGLISH and HYBRID\. \|** Zoom Link is visible for remote attendees after registration. **\*\*\* AGENDA \*\*\*** * 6:30\-7:00 PM \| Doors open\. Grab some snacks & drinks\. * 7:00 PM \| Welcome & Intro **Start of the hybrid meetup** * 7:05 PM \| **The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in the age of AI Agents** by Harald Seipp (Principal Client Engineering EMEA Solution Architect & STSM at IBM) & Thomas Südbröcker (Senior Engineer and Solution Architect at IBM) * around 8:05 PM \| **Mastering Multi-Agent Systems with the Agentic Layer** \- Florian Mallmann \(Senior Software Engineer at QAware\) * afterwards: More snacks & drinks, and a lot of time for networking with all attendees and speakers. **\*\*\* ABSTRACTS \*\*\*** **The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in the age of AI Agents - Harald Seipp (Principal Client Engineering EMEA Solution Architect & STSM at IBM) & Thomas Südbröcker (Senior Engineer and Solution Architect at IBM)** This session explores how agentic AI is reshaping every phase of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), transforming development workflows from requirements gathering to maintenance. Using IBM’s perspective on agentic IDEs, the presentation demonstrates how AI‑driven tools can autonomously understand context, plan and execute multi‑step tasks, generate code and tests, refactor across entire codebases, and assist in deployment and troubleshooting. Attendees will learn how these capabilities reshape developer roles, accelerate solution workshops and pilot builds, and enable teams to deliver more with fewer resources. Risks, best practices, and the evolving future of autonomous SDLC pipelines are also discussed, offering a pragmatic view of how to adopt agentic development responsibly and effectively. If time permits, we can also provide a brief look at agentic Ops, including a Kubernetes cluster administration live demonstration. **Mastering Multi-Agent Systems with the Agentic Layer - Florian Mallmann (Senior Software Engineer at QAware)** The software landscape is undergoing a paradigm shift. Agentic AI. While microservices operate deterministically, AI agents act probabilistically and often unpredictably, making them autonomous. This presents a significant challenge for platform engineers and DevOps teams. In this talk, we will demonstrate how our open source [Agentic Layer](https://github.com/agentic-layer) helps to develop agents that meet high enterprise standards for security and reliability. We will showcase a live demonstration of three critical pillars for robust AI development: * **Workload Orchestration:** Discover how we define modular agent logics and chain them together to create highly efficient, scalable workflows. * **Quality Plane (Testability):** Say goodbye to the "prompt lottery." We will demo how to implement automated test cases that make the output quality and logical correctness of your agents objectively measurable. * **Compliance Plane (Guardrails):** See "security through technology" in action. We'll show you how to write and deploy real-time guardrails that prevent personally identifiable information (PII) leaks and ensure strict adherence to regulatory requirements. Whether you are building your first agent or scaling an existing system, this live demo will give you practical insights into deploying safe, predictable, and high-performing AI applications. \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Please note that photos are taken during the meetup. If you do not want to appear in the photos, please contact the meetup team at the beginning of the event. \*\*\* Während unserer Meetups werden Fotos aufgenommen. Falls du nicht auf den Fotos erscheinen möchtest, sprich bitte zu Beginn der Veranstaltung mit unserem Meetup Team.

Dear Data Wizards, We are looking forward to inviting all of you to our next meetup. **IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN PERSON, PLEASE REACH OUT TO KRISTIAN DIRECTLY AS WE NEED TO REGISTER YOU IN THE CIRCLE.** **Topics** * What's New - Kristian * Data Quality Testing - Louis * Introduction to DAX User Defined Functions (UDFs) - Marco The session will be recorded and made available on YouTube --> [https://aka.ms/FabricUGYouTube](https://aka.ms/FabricUGYouTube) **Data Quality Testing** A hands-on introduction to data quality in the data warehouse context. The session highlights why data quality is business-critical, outlines different types of tests, explains the distinction between syntactic and semantic validations, and demonstrates how to integrate a step-by-step testing strategy into existing data pipelines. Covering everything from quick wins to advanced monitoring approaches, in a tool-agnostic manner. **Introduction to DAX User Defined Functions (UDFs)** A user-defined function is a DAX formula with parameters that can return values or tables. Parameters can be passed by value or by expression. In this session, you will learn how to define and consume user-defined functions in your semantic model, how to share them in different models, and how to use function libraries created by the community! **Sponsor** We are happy to share that this meetup is kindly sponsored by our partner Altyca, who is hosting the apéro for this event. A big thank-you to Altyca for supporting the Fabric & Power BI community and helping us create a great setting for learning, discussion, and networking. **Good to know** We want this group to be a safe environment that encourages open discussion, exchange of ideas and problems you may face. Therefore, we kindly ask that no members will leverage the information for unsolicited acquisitions of new customers or projects. This group builds on trust, and without it we cannot learn from each other and excel on this topic. **Want to be a presenter?** We are always looking for new speaker. If you are interested and would like to show something to the Power BI Meetup Group please feel free to contact us!

**Details** Entdecke beim nächsten UX Meetup, wie UX Designer echte Verantwortung übernehmen. **Benedikt Merz** und **Andreas Wolters**, Gründer von **Studio Llama**, präsentieren ein Framework für **Responsible Design**, das praktische Methoden gegen die negativen Begleiterscheinungen moderner Technologie liefert. Im Anschluss lädt uns [VITAMIN 2](https://vitamin2.ch/) zu einem Apéro, Drinks und Networking ein. Wir bitten wir dich um eine verbindliche Zu- oder Absage. Wir freuen uns auf dich! **Über den Talk** UX-Design bedeutet, die Interessen der Nutzer zu vertreten. Doch während User Centered Design Standard ist, kämpft unsere Gesellschaft zunehmend mit digitalem Stress, Sucht und Ausgrenzung. **Was läuft schief – und wie machen wir es besser?** In diesem Talk skizzieren die Speaker nicht nur das Problem, sondern liefern konkrete Lösungen: Ein Framework aus Prinzipien und Methoden, das UX-Praktiker dazu inspiriert, den Design-Alltag kritisch zu hinterfragen und verantwortungsbewusster zu gestalten. **Über die Speaker** **[Benedikt Merz](https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedikt-merz-263b2697/):** UX-Experte mit 13 Jahren Erfahrung an der Schnittstelle von Psychologie und Human-Computer Interaction. Sein Fokus liegt auf der Verbindung von Research und Konzeption. **[Andreas Wolters](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaswolters/):** UX Researcher und Designer mit über 10 Jahren internationaler Erfahrung (London, NL). Sein Hintergrund in Psychologie prägt seinen menschzentrierten Ansatz. **[Studio Llama](https://www.studio-llama.ch/)** ist ein Zürcher Kollektiv für UX-Forschung und Design. Sie verbinden Psychologie mit Anthropologie, um digitale Erlebnisse zu schaffen, die den Menschen und die gesellschaftliche Verantwortung konsequent in den Mittelpunkt stellen.

Befreie deine Stimme & singe dich lebendig! Hast du das Gefühl, dass mehr in dir steckt – aber deine Stimme hält sich noch zurück? Viele Menschen haben gelernt, leise zu sein. Sich anzupassen. Nicht aufzufallen. Doch deine Stimme ist mehr als Klang. Sie ist Ausdruck deiner Wahrheit, deiner Lebendigkeit und deiner inneren Kraft. UNMUTE YOURSELF ist kein klassischer Gesangskurs. Es ist ein Erlebnisraum, in dem du deine Stimme neu entdeckst – frei von Leistungsdruck, Bewertung oder „richtig/falsch“. Hier darfst du: \- dich hörbar machen \- Emotionen ausdrücken \- Dich von Hemmungen lösen \- Deine natürliche Stimme entfalten \- Freude\, Präsenz und Selbstvertrauen erleben Durch spielerische Stimmaktivierung, intuitive Gesangsübungen, Körperwahrnehmung, Stimmimprovisation und gemeinsames Circlesingen öffnest du einen neuen Zugang zu dir selbst. Du musst nicht „gut singen können“. Du musst nur bereit sein, dich zu spüren. Nach diesem Workshop fühlst du dich: \- freier und selbstbewusster im Ausdruck \- verbundener mit deinem Körper und deinen Emotionen \- mutiger\, dich zu zeigen \- lebendiger\, kreativer und energetischer \- sicherer mit deiner Stimme – im Singen UND im Leben Denn wenn sich die Stimme öffnet, öffnet sich oft das ganze Leben. Ticket: [https://eventfrog.ch/UNMUTE-YOURSELF](https://eventfrog.ch/UNMUTE-YOURSELF?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExV1gyeTNlcTVkdnBRbkJJUHNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR6vqBrJzvT5PI5ScuI5pOx24UhCHAMMgWBlqxZQvX-XIc5WDpFULDiEbBxxdA_aem_RFmxf5qfuixPHbFxKh7m7Q) Melde dich jetzt an und sichere dir deinen Platz im Kreis.

**ECK-Licht und Ton Gottesdienst:** Menschen aller Glaubensrichtungen und Überzeugungen sind zum ECK-Licht und Ton Gottesdienst willkommen. Du kannst davon ausgehen, dass du in irgendeiner Weise eine neue Erfahrung mit Gottes Liebe machen wirst! Die Gottesdienste dauern etwa eine Stunde und können Elemente wie eine Rede, leichte musikalische Darbietungen, Podiumsgespräche und Austausch in Kleingruppen beinhalten. In den Gottesdiensten gibt es immer Zeit, Licht und Ton Gottes zu erfahren beim Singen des HU und in der anschliessenden kurzen Kontemplation. Jede Person kann frei entscheiden, ob sie aktiv oder still teilnehmen will. Wenn du Fragen zur Veranstaltung hast oder technisch etwas unklar ist, kannst du dich gerne via Chat an den Event-Organisator wenden. Weitere Informationen zu Eckankar oder der Lehre von ECK findest du auf den Webseiten [www.eckankar.ch](http://www.eckankar.ch/) oder [www.eckankar.org](http://www.eckankar.org/) (in English). Unterstützt von Eckankar Schweiz, einer eingetragenen, gemeinnützigen Organisation.

**Join Anne in the cosy Bubble Yoga studio or online to close your week wrapping yourself in the softness of this Yin practice.** Landing from your day with soft movements and some myofascial release elements, leading to soothing yin and restorative poses. Embracing stillness and simplicity to restore balance and nourishment. Welcome to your Sunday night cocoon. **Class in English // Open to all levels** **Join at the studio or live online via Zoom.** **\>\> Registrations mandatory [HERE](https://bubbleyoga.ch/yoga/schedule/).** Yoga mats & all equipment available at the studio. Simply bring comfy clothes to move. **Pricing options:** '2 for 1' Welcome Pack CHF 35 1 month unlimited Intro Pass CHF85 ZOOM Drop-in class CHF20 STUDIO Drop-in class CHF35 / Abos available. All details available on [http://www.bubbleyoga.ch](http://www.bubbleyoga.ch/) Come as you are & bring your friends! *** Bubble Yoga Kirchgasse 12 9000 St. Gallen *NB: The entrance door is at the BACK of the building, from the pathway facing Magnihalden fountain*

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. So please RSVP for a head count!

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

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

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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)

**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

QA or the Highway is a one-day, affordable, regional, professional conference featuring real-world experience and thought leadership in the QA and testing industry. This is a ticketed event please register here: https://www.qaorthehwy.com/ Featured Keynote Speakers: **Matthew-Hope Eland** **(Wizard at Leading EDJE)** \- An AI Specialist and Wizard at Leading EDJE who is known to teach software engineering\, AI\, and data science concepts in the most ridiculous ways possible\. Matt has used machine learning to settle debates over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie\, reinforcement learning to drive the behavior of digital squirrels\, data analytics to suggest improvements to his favorite TV show\, and AI agents to play board games and create an AI agent with the personality of a dog\. Matt is the author of "Data Science in \.NET with Polyglot Notebooks" and "Refactoring with C\#" as well as several LinkedIn Learning courses\. Matt helps organize the Central Ohio \.NET Developer Group\, runs several blogs and a YouTube channel\, has a Master’s of Science in Data Analytics\, and is a current Microsoft MVP in AI and \.NET\. **Tatyana Arbouzova** **(CEO at Innovate QA)** \- Tatyana Arbouzova is an engineering and business leader with a strong background in Quality Engineering across multiple industries\, including Big Tech\, Healthcare\, and Entertainment\. She has held leadership roles at world\-class companies such as Microsoft\, VMware\, Disney\, and The Pokémon Company International\, where she focused on building quality\-driven cultures and scaling teams to deliver high\-impact products\. With decades of experience\, Tatyana has helped organizations transform their quality practices so teams can deliver software efficiently\, confidently\, and with measurable business outcomes\. Today\, Tatyana advises software companies on adopting AI to optimize quality practices and improve how software is delivered at scale\. She is also a passionate community builder and the founder of Innovate QA\, a thriving Seattle\-based community and conference for quality professionals\.