Internet of Things (IOT)

Few CEOs have transformed a global company at the speed of **[Christian Klein](http://www.sap.com/about/company/leadership/christian-klein.html)** of SAP. Since taking over as CEO at the age of 39, Klein has steered SAP through cloud transformation, the rise of AI, and unprecedented external headwinds – turning SAP into one of Europe’s most valuable enterprises. In conversation with journalist **[Astrid Frohloff](http://astrid-frohloff.de/)**, Klein will reflect on how to lead a global tech company in a fiercely competitive and fast-moving environment, what it takes to transform an organization at scale, and what this journey has required from leaders and employees alike. The discussion will explore strategic and political questions around AI, digital sovereignty, and Europe’s digital future. Leadership will be a central theme, including leading transformation at speed, maintaining trust during change, and the skills future leaders need in the age of AI. **[Thorsten Lambertus](http://www.linkedin.com/in/thorstenlambertus/)**, managing director of **[DEEP – Institute for Deep Tech Innovation](https://esmt.berlin/faculty-research/institutes/deep-institute-deep-tech-innovation?utm_term=&utm_campaign=DACH_master_performance_max&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=6648770021&hsa_cam=20837198872&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21173771244&gbraid=0AAAAADwC6fvKQH-uxEvSy6lCwCs39F8RU&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4_muz7SakgMVW8p5BB3rGjoUEAAYASAAEgLV0vD_BwE)** at ESMT, will set the stage with a perspective on deep tech, venture building, and how scientific breakthroughs are translated into scalable global ventures. As always, audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions directly. **About the Today’s Global Leader event series** Today’s Global Leader is an ESMT event series in hybrid format. Successful business leaders share their leadership philosophies and position themselves on current political and economic topics in an open discussion. Interaction with a diverse audience, including international students and other young leaders, is guaranteed. Check out our past events with Ola Källenius, Christian Sewing, among others on **[YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYBplsEOOPkF1BBD5Y7KNlHKig14RAgN9)**. **About the speakers** **[Christian Klein](https://www.sap.com/about/company/leadership/christian-klein.html)** is CEO and chair of the executive board of SAP SE. In his role, Klein holds the overall responsibility for the corporate strategic direction, management, and performance of SAP. Klein joined the SAP Executive Board in 2018 as the head of the Intelligent Enterprise Group, combining global responsibility for the development and delivery of SAP’s core applications with the cross-board area mandate for SAP’s global business operations. Klein started his career at SAP in 1999 as a student. After holding various positions across the company, including chief financial officer of SAP SuccessFactors and chief controlling officer of SAP, he was appointed chief operating officer of SAP in 2016, a role in which he continued until 2021. In October 2019, Klein was named Co-CEO of SAP SE, before being appointed the sole CEO in April 2020. Klein holds a diploma in international business administration from the University of Cooperative Education in Mannheim, Germany. **[Thorsten Lambertus](https://www.linkedin.com/in/thorstenlambertus/)** has been the managing director of **[DEEP – Institute for Deep Tech Innovation](https://esmt.berlin/faculty-research/institutes/deep-institute-deep-tech-innovation?utm_term=&utm_campaign=DACH_master_performance_max&utm_source=adwords&utm_medium=ppc&hsa_acc=6648770021&hsa_cam=20837198872&hsa_grp=&hsa_ad=&hsa_src=x&hsa_tgt=&hsa_kw=&hsa_mt=&hsa_net=adwords&hsa_ver=3&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21173771244&gbraid=0AAAAADwC6fvKQH-uxEvSy6lCwCs39F8RU&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI4_muz7SakgMVW8p5BB3rGjoUEAAYASAAEgLV0vD_BwE)** at ESMT and site lead of CDL-Berlin since 2022. Prior to his role at ESMT, he built up the neurotechlab by Biogen in Germany, initiated and led Fraunhofer’s central tech transfer and startup incubation programs, and co-founded two startups. For the past 15 years, he has also been an entrepreneurship educator at various universities and research organizations, such as Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, TU Munich, and WU Vienna. He has been named as one of the top 100 most important figures in Berlin’s economy by Tagesspiegel. His podcast Deep Tech Unlocked is emerging as a rising star in the German-speaking deep-tech podcast landscape. **About the moderator** **[Astrid Frohloff](https://astrid-frohloff.de/)** is an independent conference moderator, executive coach, and communications consultant specializing in executive media training and high-level moderation. A former national TV presenter, she produced some 250 films and reports, served as spokesperson for Reporters Without Borders for 12 years, and now trains executives in media and presentation skills while advising organizations on event design and delivery. **In cooperation with Initiative Zukunftsfähige Führung**

Dear all, we moved the event to eventbrite - as signing up for new members is too comlicated here. https://www.eventbrite.de/e/1984120715471?aff=oddtdtcreator

Communicative, collaborative and creative drawing sessions. Participants draw a central still-life that the group can create themselves until the music track finishes and then pass it to the person on their left. The drawings change hands 3 to 5 times and the end results are always inspiring. After the collaborative warm-up participants can work individually on printing techniques, Mono -printing, tetra-pack or gelli. -printing. Feel free to try out a process that you are unfamiliar with. There will always be somebody to offer advice if necessary Bring A4 paper, and favourite materials, pencils & brushes. You can also use some studio materials in exchange for a small contribution. A fun but informative approach with consistently creative results!

Tired of high-level AI talk? Join us for an engineering-first day in Berlin. Build autonomous AI Agents from scratch, master the "Vibe Coding" workflow with Google experts, and dive into hands-on labs focused on real-world architecture. *Apply for a* ***[ticket here](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026031700)****. Limited to 200 qualified builders.* **Expect expert-led deep-dives into:** * Agentic Orchestration: Reasoning and planning with Gemini. * Rapid Development: Leveraging the Agent Development Kit (ADK). * Pipeline Automation: Mastering Gemini CLI and Antigravity. Whether you are scaling a high-growth startup or driving innovation within an enterprise, you will participate in expert-led labs to solve real-world architectural blockers. Walk away with functional code snippets, and new skills. **Who Should Attend?** These sessions are best-suited for engineering squads looking to stress-test their 2026 roadmap. *Note: To join the labs, you must bring your own laptop and power cable. The activities are intended for laptops and cannot be completed on a tablet or phone. Agenda is subject to change.* **PLEASE NOTE:** RSVP here is not enough, you must apply for a[ ](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026031700)**[ticket here](https://www.aicamp.ai/event/eventdetails/W2026031700)**. Limited to 200 qualified builders. \-\-\-\-\-\-\- For the latest Berlin Tech News, Events & Jobs head to **[techinberlin.com](https://www.techinberlin.com/)**

Looking for a low-pressure way to get offline, meet new people, and actually do something fun on a Tuesday? This is a relaxed pool night in Spandau—come for a few rounds, stay for the chats, and leave with a couple of new familiar faces. **What to expect** * Casual pool games in **rotating rounds** (so everyone gets to play) — **beginners are welcome** * A friendly vibe: meaningful conversations *and* a bit of playful pool-table silliness * We **start on time** — please arrive punctually, otherwise it’s hard to fit you into the rotation **Costs** * Your own drinks + shared table costs (depending on group size) **RSVP** Please RSVP on Meetup so I can estimate how many tables we’ll need.

In case you haven't participated before, GameDay is a high-energy event of building, troubleshooting, and a bit of friendly competition - all happening in the AWS Console with a team of 2-4 to compete with each other. AWS User Groups across Europe, together with AWS, are bringing you AWS Community GameDay Europe: a large, synchronized event where you can test your AWS skills in a fun, hands-on way. We will work as a team and see how we compare with teams in other cities. Besides we are all connected through a shared live stream! **When?** 17th of March\, Tuesday \| 18:00 \- 21:00 **Where?** AWS BER13: Brüderstraße 26, 10178 Berlin ❗**How to Register - Read Carefully**❗ Participation is free of charge. Your AWS resource usage is also covered. You will be provided a sandbox AWS account. Therefore, you won't need an AWS account! ❗Please register with your full name by filling out this form: https://forms.gle/VVjGapS4fDRonGy1A ❗You need to bring your own laptop to this workshop. Make sure AWS CLI is installed. Contact us if you're not sure how. ❗A confirmation e-mail from Meetup is not relevant. You can participate only if you receive a confirmation from us: [kadir@berlinawsug.de](mailto:kadir@berlinawsug.de) \-\-\- **Additional Information** **This event is wheelchair friendly.** Help us spread the word, and invite your friends & colleagues! If you're attending with wheelchair and need assistance, please mail us: [organisers@berlinawsug.de](mailto:organisers@berlinawsug.de) for further details. \-\-\- Would you like to host AWS UG Event at your company? [Register here](https://bit.ly/aws-host) Would you like to speak at AWS UG MeetUp?[Submit your topic here](https://bit.ly/aws-talk)

⚠️ Space is strictly limited for these labs, so make sure to secure your terminal and grab your spot before it fills up: [https://cloud.google.com/events/builders-day-berlin](https://cloud.google.com/events/builders-day-berlin) **Hi,** we want to invite you on next #GoogleCloudBuilders Day that is happening right here in Berlin on March 17th, and it’s an entirely engineering-first deep dive. If you want to build autonomous AI Agents from scratch, master new workflows, and tackle real-world architectural blockers with Google experts, this is for you. This is a perfect opportunity for our group to connect locally, step away from the high-level talks, and dive straight into hands-on labs. Speakers are: **Matt Thompson** Director, Developer Adoption, Google Cloud **Remigiusz Samborski** Lead Developer Relations Engineer, Google Cloud **Abdelfettah Sghiouar (Abdel)** Cloud Developer Advocate, Google Cloud **Nikolai Danylchyk** Cloud Customer Engineer, Google Cloud **Tim Messerschmidt** Head of Developer Ecosystems, Google **Alexis Moussine-Pouchkine** Cloud Developer Advocate, Google Cloud **Marina Coelho** Developer Relations Engineer, Google **Jelena Mijuskovic** Cloud Engineer, Data & Al, Google

On the International Day of Poetry, we’re meeting in the Rosengarten at Bürgerpark Pankow to write and share poetry together — in a simple, grounded way. No stage. No microphone. No pressure. Bring: * A poem you love * A journal + pen We’ll sit on the benches, take time to write, and then gather in a standing circle to share — if we’d like to. I’ll guide us through a few short writing prompts and we’ll do 2–3 rounds, depending on the group’s energy. The focus is on presence, listening, and creative expression — not perfection. Dress warmly — March can still be crisp. Duration: approx. 75–90 minutes. Afterwards, whoever wants can join for tea or coffee nearby. Orga This meetup is donation based. Your contribution helps keep this community alive and is highly appreciated. You can either contribute in cash or via Buy me a Coffee: [https://buymeacoffee.com/butterflyradar](https://buymeacoffee.com/butterflyradar) Questions? Check our FAQs: [https://socialbutterfly.berlin/meetup-faq/](https://socialbutterfly.berlin/meetup-faq/) Meet your host I’m Julia — a Berlin local who loves bringing people together. My path went from growing up in a dance school to studying philosophy to working in IT support, and somehow all of that led me here: hosting meetups and creating spaces where people can show up, relax, and connect. Insta [https://www.instagram.com/juwaberlin/](https://www.instagram.com/juwaberlin/) LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-waehnert/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/julia-waehnert/) About The Social Butterfly Club 🦋 is a Berlin-based community that has been bringing people together for over three years. Each gathering is part of a larger framework designed to help friendships grow through shared experiences in the city — with a long-term vision of turning Berlin itself into a shared, playful experience. **Curious to learn more about the Social Butterfly Club?** You can explore the bigger picture and stay connected here: [https://social-butterfly-berlin.kit.com/join](https://social-butterfly-berlin.kit.com/join) Join our Telegram Group: [https://t.me/+OnASVWZ7emhjYzEy](https://t.me/+OnASVWZ7emhjYzEy) Support us with a monthly membership: [https://steady.page/en/social-butterfly-club/](https://steady.page/en/social-butterfly-club/)

**3 WEEKS CLASS ON BASICS OF DRAWING** **suitable for total beginners** ***ALL MATERIAL PROVIDED*** *MARCH 11th to 25th* 5 to 7 pm 95€ - MATERIAL INCLUDED DROP IN OPTION: 35€ https://berlinschoolofdrawing.weebly.com/classonbasics.html PROGRAM'S POINTS: **The class will focus on the fundamentals of drawing such as shapes and volumes, shading and perspective.** **We will learn how to look at things, to understand proportions, volume, texture and presence of an object in the space.** **We'll also go through shading and values, which will allow us to get a 3dimensional effect in our drawings.** **Materials: pencils**

Register: [https://luma.com/cc38ppvg ](https://luma.com/cc38ppvg) Supercharge your dev game at the **Agents and APIs Developer Meetup** brought to you by Postman. ​​​Do you: * ​​​Need to put your AI agents into production? * ​​​Create APIs that actually scale with your AI app? * ​​​Want to meet other AI & API builders and share best practices? ​​​Then this event is for you! ​​​Join us, along with special guests from \*\*[Monoscope ](https://monoscope.tech/)\*\*and **[Neo4j](https://neo4j.com/)**, for food, networking, live demos, and best practices on how to scale API development and get your AI apps ready for production. Come for the learning, stay for the vibes.

[*Registration form required below*] **Interested in Japanese sword fighting or Japanese culture? Come join a trial and experience the traditional Samurai art at Katori Shintō-ryū in Schöneberg.** **Trial Fee**: **25€**/ session (2hr). Classes every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 19:00 to 21:00. **!!SIGN UP HERE**: [Katori Shinto-ryū Berlin Sign-up (google.com)](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBt4A13VgnEcgQQ2PDaruthmYMRWineG4KtUCKsuC9KBsCUQ/viewform) Registration is required before your participation so that we can prepare enough training equipment. **Address**: Belziger Str. 25, 10823 Berlin. **No previous experience required!** The classes are in English and German. **Our website**: [Kenjutsu Berlin - Official school of Katori Shinto-ryu in Berlin (katoriberlin.org)](https://katoriberlin.org/) **Katori Shintō-ryū** is one of the oldest Japanese sword fighting traditions (koryū) still practised today and is recognized by the Japanese government as a cultural intangeable asset. The school was founded in the middle of the 15th century by Iizasa Chōisai Ienao at the Katori Shrine (Katori jingū) and has become the origin of numerous other martial arts schools over the course of its almost 600-year history. The training consists of the continuous repetition of fixed sequences of movements (kata) and includes the use of classic Japanese weapons such as the sword (iai-jutsu, battō-jutsu, ken-jutsu, ryōtō-jutsu, kodachi-jutsu), the long staff (bō-jutsu), the lance (naginata-jutsu) and the spear (sō-jutsu), as well as unarmed disciplines, tactics and spiritual aspects. **The Katori Berlin dojo** is the only official shibu of Otake Nobutoshi-shihan’s dojo Shinbukan in Germany and fully dedicated to the transmission and study of one martial tradition: Tenshinshō-den Katori Shintō-ryū. Through these efforts we aim to contribute to the cultural preservation of this martial tradition. The dojo has one officially appointed shidosha. **Our sensei**: Sebastian Graetz has been active in martial arts since 1997. After almost 15 years of taekwondo in Berlin, he started with Katori Shintō-ryū in Asia in 2014. Since then, he has studied in Japan with Ōtake Risuke-shihan and Ōtake Nobutoshi-shihan, and in Vietnam with Malte Stokhof-shihandai. In 2023, he received his Menkyo license and permission to set up a training group in Berlin the following year.

**🚨🚨🚨 ATTENTION: we moved to luma. please RVSP [HERE](https://luma.com/12min.me_Berlin)🚨🚨🚨** # ​[12min.me](https://12min.me/) START UP is a brand new morning format for bold ideas and fresh perspectives ​Berlin Startup Community, we’re launching something new. Together with betahaus, we’re bringing the [12min.me](http://12min.me/) spirit into the morning. ​[12min.me](http://12min.me/) STARTUP is a three-part breakfast series, embedded in the well-known betabreakfast format. Instead of three speakers in one evening, we do things differently. ​One morning. One speaker. One focused impulse. ​12 minutes. One voice. Zero fluff. ​Join us for the first edition of [12min.me](http://12min.me/) STARTUP, a compact morning session for founders, operators, creatives and everyone building things that matter. ​**✔️ What to expect** * ​One inspiring startup-related talk * ​12 minutes of sharp insight * ​Curated exchange over breakfast * ​The familiar [12min.me](http://12min.me/) energy, just earlier in the day# ​🚀 **The formula stays the same** * ​12 minutes talk * ​12 minutes of Q&A * ​12 minutes of networking ​The familiar [12min.me](http://12min.me/) energy, just earlier in the day ​**🎤 Our speakers** **Speaker 1 @March 5** **[Jonathan Hegel](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-beisiegel) from [FW Systems](https://www.linkedin.com/company/frachtwerk/)** Jonathan is the CEO of FW Systems, a specialized system house for open source solutions and IT services with a fixed-price model. After years in traditional IT, where he regularly had to work night shifts due to emergencies, he decided to do things better—for customers and for IT professionals. Today, he help SMEs transform their IT from a constant work in progress to a reliable infrastructure they can depend on. **Jonathan\`s talk: "How we are completely rethinking system administration as a service for your company"** Companies cannot possibly do everything themselves. So things like accounting, logistics, and IT are outsourced to external service providers. In the IT sector, system houses have been doing very well for themselves in recent decades! Every little thing is charged for, and if there are any errors, the customer is expected to open a ticket. We are rethinking this! We are applying the “as-a-service” concept from Airbnb, Uber, and Everstox to system administration and taking responsibility. Jonathan will show how this works in his talk. ​ **Speaker 2 @March 12** **[Anne Biedermann](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anne-biedermann/), independent wealth partner for women** Anne has extensive experience across venture capital, single-family-office & HNWI investing, and early-stage operations. She works with investors who are building, inheriting, or stewarding wealth on how to allocate capital with clarity — particularly where venture capital intersects with long-term wealth strategy. Anne also invests personally, giving her a practitioner’s perspective on capital allocation decisions. **Anna\`s talk: "Not All Capital Is the Same: Decoding Investor Behavior"** Founders often assume all investors evaluate risk, timelines, and returns the same way and that assumption is costly. This session breaks down how funds, family offices, and individual investors actually make decisions, where founder–investor misalignment typically begins, and how founders can better position themselves for the right kind of capital, not just any capital. **Speaker 3 @March 19** **[Immo Ait Stapelfeld](https://www.linkedin.com/in/immoaitstapelfeld/), Co-Founder & CEO at [913.ai](https://913.ai)** **"From Legal Complexity to Practical AI. How We Help Regulated Industries Use AI Without Losing Control"** This presentation tells the story of Immo’s transition from a trained lawyer working in mass proceedings to an entrepreneur building AI products for regulated industries. His legal background, combined with hands-on experience as a founder, shaped a pragmatic view on AI. not as a disruptive replacement, but as a controlled and compliant tool. At[ ](http://913.ai)[913.ai](https://913.ai), this perspective enables conservative organizations such as insurers to enter the AI era in a way that respects regulation, responsibility, and existing teams while still unlocking real efficiency gains. ​📅 **The series at a glance** [12min.me](http://12min.me/) STARTUP consists of three independent sessions. Please follow the luma link for registration: * ​[March 5, 2025](https://luma.com/yo32qaud) * ​[March 12, 2025](https://luma.com/y0wytmck) * ​[March 19, 2025](https://luma.com/cucrx8is) ​Each session has its own Luma page and can be attended individually. ​📍**Event details for the whole series** * ​**Location**: betahaus Kreuzberg, Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 23, 10969 Berlin * ​**Time**: Doors open 9:30, Start 10:00, End 11:00 * ​**Entry**: Free entry including breakfast and drinks * ​**RSVP:** via [Lu.ma](http://lu.ma/) to save your spot as spots are limited ​**Why mornings** Because good ideas don’t only happen after work. We believe in strong insights, respectful use of time and real conversations, even before noon. ​​🎈🎈🎈 Join our WhatsApp group for more details and to engage with the community - [HERE](https://chat.whatsapp.com/FWphInbgYaKJUGv7Uusum9) we go. 🎈🎈🎈 ​We’re looking forward to kicking off this new format with you. Lots of love, Your [12min.me](http://12min.me) Berlin crew [Sandra](http://linkedin.com/in/sandrakarner), Olha, Silvana, Ben \*\*\* **Media rights (picture and video recordings):** Participants agree that photos and video recordings made during the event may be used without any claim to compensation and without any time or space restrictions. The rights to image and video material are transferred to the organiser or the representatives of the press or other parties distributing image and sound material who are present on site, without exception and without any time or place restrictions.

Community Partnership with Postman Registration https://luma.com/cc38ppvg Supercharge your dev game at the **Agents and APIs** **Developer Meetup** brought to you by Postman. ​​​Do you: * ​​​Need to put your AI agents into production? * ​​​Create APIs that actually scale with your AI app? * ​​​Want to meet other AI & API builders and share best practices? ​​​Then this event is for you! ​​​Join us, along with special guests from \*\*[Monoscope ](https://monoscope.tech/)\*\*and **[Neo4j](https://neo4j.com/)**, for food, networking, live demos, and best practices on how to scale API development and get your AI apps ready for production. Come for the learning, stay for the vibes. ## ​​​Speakers * ​\*\*[Zaid Zaim](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaidzaim/),\*\* **Developer Advocate** at **Neo4j,** will walk through context Graphs and how they aid explainable, Decision-Aware AI Agents. * ​\*\*[Anthony Alaribe](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthony-alaribe-293a41bb/?originalSubdomain=de),\*\* **CTO & Co-founder at Monoscope,** will talk about a DIY Agent that could be your next on-call engineer and run locally * ​\*\*[Gbadebo Bello](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gbahdeyboh/)\*\*, **Developer Advocate** at **Postman** will present a demo on the new AI native features in Postman and how they fit into your development lifecycles. ​​​Space is limited. Register now, and we look forward to seeing you there! *** ​​**Keep the Conversation Going** * ​​Still want more? Join the **[#ai-conversations](https://discord.gg/ajCXuHrXfV)** channel on Postman Discord ([https://discord.gg/ajCXuHrXfV](https://discord.gg/ajCXuHrXfV)) to share your favourite tool, script, or workflow and meet other builders exploring the same space. * ​​Follow-up threads and resources will be shared after the event, so you can try everything yourself *** ​​**Legal Stuff** ​*Postman, Inc. can send me updates and news about its products and services. I can unsubscribe anytime using the link in an email or by contacting Postman*

Unitaware × 10Billion Berlin Hub invites you to our open event: **📌 Program** **1\. Icebreaker** A guided, networking practice to warm up the room and build connection. **2\. Talk "AI agents: not just hype"** How LLM-based agents are changing knowledge work. A Preparedness Framework **Speaker:** [Gleb Kalinin](https://www.linkedin.com/in/glebkalinin/) — solopreneur, AI educator, agentic knowledge management tools develop, artist, TEDx speaker, Global Shapers alumnus. **3\. Talk "How humans make sense of the unknown"** We’ll explore “non-rational” ways of knowing — intuition, symbolism, ritual, embodied experience — using shamanic traditions as one case study. Critical, non-dogmatic, and practice-oriented. **Speaker:** [Kamil Burkhanov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamil-burkhanov/) — strategy consultant, self-exploration enthusiast, therapy modalities facilitator (IFS, Gestalt, IMTT), (neo)-shamanism researcher. **4\. Short community overview** A quick intro to Unitaware × 10Billion Berlin Hub: what we are, what we do, and how to join. **Speaker:** [Adelina Gevorkian](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelina-gevorkian/) — product owner, GenAI builder & strategist, community organizer, meta-skills & impact projects facilitator. ⚠️ **Important note** Doors open at *12:00 PM*, and we start *strictly at 12:15 PM*. To avoid distractions, **entry will not be permitted after the program begins**. If you are unable to arrive on time but still wish to attend, please contact the organizers as far in advance as possible.

Kevin Rhodus from Lucy Deep Park Northside is coming to talk to us about his extensive neighborhood Christmas light display that is open in November and December every year north of Dublin. 9 houses over 12 acres and over 120,000 individual controlled lights that sync to music which you can tune into on your radio! Quite impressive! https://ldplights.com/ We'll dive into the tech that runs the show -- should be a blast to hear about this very elaborate display! While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability. This session will be at the Dublin Library in the Meeting Room 2

Discover Kiro, AWS’s innovative development environment that adapts to your workflow. Whether you prefer specification-driven development or a more intuitive, vibe-based approach, Kiro empowers you to build applications your way. In this session, speakers will explore Kiro’s core functionality and its evolution through re:Invent 2025, along with demonstrations of prompts used to create APIs, hooks, and steering documents. In the latter part of the session, watch as we build a complete example from scratch, showcasing Kiro’s agentic AI workflow in action for spec-driven development and vibe coding. What You'll Learn - Core Kiro concepts and development philosophy Feature evolution: pre and post re:Invent 2025 Practical examples: API creation, hooks, and steering docs Live coding demonstration with real-time problem solving Who Should Attend - Developers, solutions architects, and technical leaders interested in modern AWS development tools and AI-assisted coding workflows. **Speakers Bio:** Matthew Jorat: Matthew Jorat is a Customer Solutions Manager at AWS with nearly three decades of expertise in AI, cloud transformation, migration, modernization, IT, technology, and business. His career spans infrastructure engineer, solutions architect, security auditor, customer success director, support and services director, and operations officer. He was an early adopter of AWS services as a customer, and his current role at AWS uniquely blends his technical and business skills as he partners with executive teams to translate strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes through cloud adoption, AI implementation, and operational excellence. Matt leads end-to-end AI initiatives for enterprise customers, identifying high-impact use cases and maintaining relentless focus on measurable ROI. He holds eight AWS certifications and serves as Adjunct Professor at Franklin University teaching cloud computing and AWS architecture. His expertise encompasses GenAI, agentic AI systems, migration, modernization, and optimization strategies that drive transformation at scale. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjorat/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjorat/) Girish Bhatia: Girish Bhatia is a seasoned technology delivery leader with deep expertise in cross-domain program management. He holds multiple AWS certifications, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified Developer – Associate, and AWS Generative AI Practitioner, and is also an AWS Community Builder. Girish brings over two decades of experience in the information technology industry. Throughout his career, Girish has led major technology-driven business transformation from modernizing on-premises applications to driving large-scale cloud migrations. His work includes API-based integration platforms, data-center and mainframe modernization, and enterprise cloud adoption initiatives. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Girish works at a tech-forward fintech company. He is passionate about AWS serverless architectures, Generative AI and emerging cloud technologies. An avid learner and builder, he continues to explore and apply the latest innovations in AWS to help organizations accelerate their digital transformation. https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/[https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/) **THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/ **DIRECTIONS** Franklin University Fisher Hall 300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8 Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map. NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

**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 **Abstract** Web Forms gave .NET developers a powerful abstraction for building reusable UI controls long before design systems were a thing. Web Components finally bring that same idea to the browser natively. This session explores how the Web Forms mindset translates into Custom Elements, Shadow DOM, and HTML templates. We’ll examine how Web Components enable design systems that work across frameworks, how they differ from server‑driven controls, and why they’re becoming a foundational layer for modern UI. Whether you’re maintaining legacy apps or building greenfield projects, you’ll leave with a practical understanding of how to apply familiar patterns in a modern, standards‑based way. **YouTube Link** TBA

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