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**Special topic for this week: TODO!** Have you ever wondered what happens after you write your program in any programming language and hit "Run"? Welcome to the new group dedicated to Compiler Engineering so we can discuss language design, static analysis, VMs, and code generation. Topics related to hardware architecture and FPGA are also welcomed! **Join us weekly and learn about:** * The vision for this group. * A crash course on how to start learning compiler dev (including top book recommendations). * An open networking session for showcasing projects and finding collaborators. * Weekly topic to learn about particular aspect of programming languages or hardware **Who is this for?** * Anyone building DSLs or new languages. * Anyone curious about low-level systems and programming * Anyone hiring for compiler/toolchain roles (come pitch your jobs!). * Anyone who wants to learn more about programming languages nature! This isn't a lecture—it's a conversation. Come share your projects and get motivated! This group is not super serious, so if you want to just yap about how bad is the new C++ standard you can find some listeners here. See you!

**Coworking for writers in your area** Join us for some focused writing time on Wednesdays and Thursdays ....All writers and all experience levels are welcome, and don’t worry, no one will see what you've written. This session is about getting your writing done and meeting other writers in your area. When you show up, say hello to everyone, grab a drink, and get your writing tools ready. Once you’re all settled, take some time to chat with your fellow writers. Once everyone’s arrived, I will lead quick introductions and then set the timer for our quiet and focused writing session. Afterward, we’ll have time to chat and get to know each other. We often talk about our successes and challenges as writers. If you don’t have time to stick around, no worries! **A note about the format** We don’t host critiques or readings. These events are a safe space for writers of all skill levels and genres to work on their craft, so no one will read or critique your writing. For our full event schedule, visit [https://shutupwrite.com](https://shutupwrite.com/). **Other Important Details:** **WiFi**: Simply Bread cafe does not have wifi, but if needed, you can use the one from next door at CBTF. **Address**: Simply Bread, 1 Fifth Ave., #01-03 Guthrie House, Singapore 268802. **MRT stop**: Blue line, Sixth avenue **Parking**: Basement parking available at Guthrie House **Venue Guidelines**: Please thank our hosts by purchasing something. **What to Bring**: Your FULLY CHARGED laptop / digital writing device - there are no power outlets available there.

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**Path to an AI-first organization: The state of play** *with May Xu, Regional Head of Technology - APAC, Thoughtworks* Are you struggling to see a measurable impact from AI adoption in your software delivery process? Many organizations get stuck at the "individual productivity" stage, missing the massive value found at the team and enterprise levels. In this talk, May will explore the strategic evolution from AI-assisted tasks to a truly AI-first team and organisation. This session is designed for tech leaders and practitioners who want to move beyond the hype and build high-functioning, AI-enabled delivery teams. **What you’ll learn:** * **Defining the AI-first vision:** A clear understanding of what defines an AI-first team and AI-first organization. * **Six key shifts:** The changes you need to make to build an AI-first team. * **Six core capabilities:** How organizations can bridge the "enterprise scaling chasm" and unlock AI value at scale. **About the speaker** **May Xu** is the Regional Head of Technology, APAC at Thoughtworks. A leader in applying AI to evolve software delivery, she advises clients on large-scale digital transformations and shapes regional tech strategy. With a focus on AI-first approaches, May partners with client organizations to build scalable digital capabilities by focusing on technology, people and business outcome. **Agenda** 6:45 pm Registration and networking 7:00 pm Path to an AI-first organization: The state of play by May Xu 7:45 pm Q&A and networking 8:15 pm Event closes **Event Details** **📅** Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2026 🕡 Time: 6:45 - 8:15pm (Talk starts at 7pm) 📍Venue: Thoughtworks Singapore office, 18 Cross Street, #12-01 18 Cross, Singapore 048423 🍕 Light refreshments and beverages will be provided **To join us, please RSVP on Meetup and [register via this link](https://office.habitap.one/#/event?token=U1O2U9O5UCPYGPGB&officeCentreId=734) to receive your building access QR code for the event day.** We hope to see you there! *\*Disclaimer:* *Photographs, videos or recordings may be taken and used by Thoughtworks at this tech talk. Thoughtworks may use these photos, videos or recordings in public transmissions such as in media accounts, digital platforms, brochures, websites and other publication materials. If you have any concerns with being photographed, filmed or recorded, please let the onsite photographer, videographer or event organizer know. For further information, please refer to Thoughtworks' Privacy Policy listed in our website: [www.thoughtworks.com](http://www.thoughtworks.com/)*

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## ✨ Heart to Art: Self-Discovery Series **Starting from 22 April - 20 May Every Wednesday, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM** 📍 Siglap Centre \#02\-24 \| Thought Reframe Bonus session location TBC ### Have you been feeling… • Tired of overthinking • Disconnected from yourself • Wanting a safe space to just *be* • Craving something meaningful, not just another activity This is not just an art class. This is a space to come home to yourself. *** ## 🌿 What is Heart to Art? Heart to Art is a **guided self-discovery experience** where you express what’s within—through art, reflection, and gentle facilitation. No pressure. No judgment. No need to be “good” at art. Just you, your heart, and a space that holds you. *** ## 🎨 The 5-Part Journey Each session is carefully designed to support a different part of your inner world: 22 Apr🌸 **Self-Love** – Fill your own cup 29 Apr🌟 **Fun** – Rediscover your joy 6 May🌿 **Freedom** – Release and create freely 13 May🌊 **Emotional Reset** – A safe space to feel and release 20 May🍃 **Thought Reframe** – Shift your inner narrative You can try 1 session… then decide if you'd like to experience the full transformation through the series. *** ## ✨ What You’ll Experience • Guided prompts (no experience needed) • Gentle inner reflection • A calming, safe, heart-led environment • Emotional release and clarity • Deep connection (with yourself and others) Many participants say they feel: → lighter → healing → connection *** ## 💬 What Others Have Shared “I didn’t expect to feel so much… in a good way. It felt like something inside me softened.” “I came stressed and left feeling calm and clear.” “It’s rare to find a space where you don’t have to pretend. I could just be myself.” “I realized things about myself I didn’t even know I was holding in.” “It’s not just art… it’s healing.” *** ## 💰 Investment ✨ First Time Trial: **$38** ✨ Single Session: **$58** ✨ Heart to Art Series: **$228** (5 sessions) 🎁 Includes **1 Bonus “Thought Reframe” session when series is taken** ## 💳 Payment Details Please make payment via **PayNow (UEN): 53334862E (Tracy.Im)** After payment, kindly: 1. Send a screenshot of your payment 2. Indicate the session date(s) you’re attending 📲 WhatsApp to: **9387 3142 (Tracy)** *** ## 🌸 Who This Is For This is for you if you: • Are on a self-growth or healing journey • Feel deeply and want a safe outlet • Want to reconnect with yourself • Are open, curious, or simply exploring *** ## 🤍 Important to Know • No art experience needed • All materials provided • Thought Reframe only available as Bonus when the full series is taken • Feel free to trial first then decide if you want to enjoy the full series • Small, intimate group setting • Limited slots per session *** ## 🌟 Final Note If you feel drawn to this, trust that feeling. You don’t need to overthink it. Sometimes the spaces that call you… are the ones your heart already knows you need.

**ANNOUNCEMENT – Registration via this [link](http://go.gov.sg/stackmeetup-23apr2026-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** In this edition of STACK Meetup [Data], move on to the next stage in your data journey - engineering trustworthy data quality. Hear about MDDI’s standards and metrics, which allow the SG Gov to enhance data quality and availability, manage data inter-dependencies, and ensure that data errors are corrected ASAP. Discover how GovTech Singapore applies AI-enabled tools for intelligent metadata and data quality rule generation to scale data management beyond reactive to proactive. Explore how to thrive in an AI-first reality with agentic AI agents and learn about an open source, data quality validation SDK by GovTech’s Data Practice team. The highly popular Panel Discussion segment will feature Panellists from the SG Gov and DBS Bank as they deep dive into strategic data management that allow scaling at the enterprise level. Join us for an evening of dynamic mingling with peers and experts in the data field and stay on for insightful Q&A segments, where our speakers can answer your burning questions. **[Snag your seat today](http://go.gov.sg/stackmeetup-23apr2026-mc)**! Who should attend: Data analysts, data architects, data and project managers, data engineers, data scientists, and data practitioners who are in the business of maintaining data systems and use data regularly. **Programme** 6:30pm: Networking 7:00pm: Introduction By STACK Community 7:05pm: Opening By ​Yap Ghim Eng, Head of Data Practice, GovTech Singapore 7:10pm: Data Provisioning Standards (DPS) and Data Reconciliation Protocol (DRP) for WOG By Lo Zhi Zhan, Deputy Director, Data Assets and Use, Smart Nation Group, MDDI​ 7:30pm: From Chaos to Confidence: Scaling GovTech’s Data Management with AI-Driven Data Quality By Anders Tay, ICT & SS Policy Specialist, Chief Data Office, Chief Information Office, GovTech Singapore; and Hyqel Razali, Data Analyst, GovTech Singapore 7:50pm: Data Engineering in the Agentic Era [Data Quality Edition] By James Teo, Data Engineer, Data Practice, GovTech Singapore 8:00pm: Panel Discussion Moderated by Yap Ghim Eng, Head of Data Practice, GovTech Singapore With Panellists: * Lo Zhi Zhan, Deputy Director, Data Assets and Use, Smart Nation Group, MDDI​ * Sachin Tonk, Deputy Director, Engineering Management, Chief Data Office, Chief Information Office, GovTech Singapore * Florent Juglair, Head of Data Management, DBS Bank 8:20pm: Rapid-fire Q&A By speakers: * Lo Zhi Zhan, Deputy Director, Data Assets and Use, Smart Nation Group, MDDI​ * Anders Tay, ICT & SS Policy Specialist, Chief Data Office, Chief Information Office, GovTech Singapore * Hyqel Razali, Data Analyst, GovTech Singapore * James Teo, Data Engineer, Data Practice, GovTech Singapore 8:30pm: End of STACK Meetup Click **[here](http://go.gov.sg/stackmeetup-23apr2026-mc)\*** to sign up! \*Registration will be accepted via GovEntry only.

🏛️ **WHAT'S PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY ABOUT?** Practical Philosophy is a weekly meet-up that brings critical thinkers together for an opportunity to dive deep on a topic, practice communicating, and building a community. All with no ‘official’ philosophy knowledge required! 😎 Practical Philosophy is based on the idea that philosophy should be accessible to all, and not something reserved only for academics. Each week we choose a topic, and the goal is to use the conversation to develop our critical thinking and communication as we explore that topic. The goal is to help develop our Critical Thinking, Communication, and Community 🙌 📓 **HOW DOES IT WORK?** Each week, we pick one topic and discuss it. The topic for the week is shared, generally in the [Whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hg7zL8ClpzM3agJCvw5HDS), along with jump-off points to get the conversation going. When groups get bigger than 7-8 people, it’s important that we break into smaller groups. This way we are able to maintain a conversational flow as opposed to having our meetups feel like a discourse or lecture. **General Meeting Agenda** Each Practical Philosophy meet-up follows this general timeline: * 19:00-19:15 - People arrive and chat, get to know each other before the ‘official' start. * 19:15-19:25 - Meeting introduction, explanation of Practical Philosophy and the topic for the week, read the guidelines and the overview so attendees know what to expect in terms of timelines. * 19:25-20:45 - Break into small groups - introduce yourselves and general thoughts on the topic, open discussion afterwards. At this point the group can review the ‘jump-off’ questions as needed, but they are just there to help guide the conversation. It’s not obligatory to answer them. * 20:45-21:00 - Bring everyone back together to discuss conclusions of the topic - each group gives a short 1-minute summary. Organizer concludes the meeting and everyone takes a group photo. * 21:00 - The official meeting is over but it’s a great opportunity to get to know people in a non-structured environment, so we often stick around, chat, and get to know each other. **🧧PRICING?** Practical Philosophy Club is FREE to attend! We just ask that if we are meeting in a café, buy a beverage! Some chapters rent a space for us to meet, and they may ask for donations to help contribute to the cost of rent. Donations will always be 100% voluntary though! 💛 WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY 🗣 “I feel like Philosophy Club helps someone build their own belief system through a series of perspectives while not promoting what’s right and wrong” - Ekam 🗣 “I got hooked from day 1 (the topic was authority) and felt it was the right place for me. I feel it is a place where people can go to learn and discuss new perspectives and increase critical thinking and community by interacting with people who might challenge your point of views but at the same time encourage you to have openness and mind flexibility.” - Daniel **🤓 FAQ** * ​What will we talk about? What's the topic? ​The topic for the week is shared every Sunday in the Whatsapp group. We try to add the topic to the comment section on this event page as well but if you don’t see it, the topic and the jump-off points will be in our [Whatsapp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hg7zL8ClpzM3agJCvw5HDS). * Do I need to study or read anything to attend? No preparation is necessary. This isn’t a study of other thinkers. We want to know what YOU think about the topic, not what an old philosopher thought. If you have a perspective from a religion or a school of thought to share, throw it on the table and we’ll discuss it, but it's not required. * Is there a specific philosophy that Practical Philosophy is focused on? The goal of our meet-ups is to not have dogmatic discussions, and flex our critical thinking muscles. Because of this, we want to hear from every realm of thought, and don't study a particular school. * Is it mostly men that attend? Surprisingly, no! Although philosophy is seen as a Candelabra affair in a dark room with a bunch of guys, our Practical Philosophy meetups are generally 50/50 between genders, and we don’t meet in any dark rooms. * Can I come alone? Of course you can, we encourage it :) * Can I be late? Please don't be! We do have a 15 minute grace period where we allow people to funnel in while we hang out, but after that if you arrive too late, it disrupts the flow of the conversation. * Where do you meet? The location is posted in Meetup and our [Whatsapp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hg7zL8ClpzM3agJCvw5HDS) group for this location. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you join the Whatsapp group! If you want to know what other cities have a Practical Philosophy Club, you can see our chapters on our [website](https://www.practicalphilosophy.club/practical-philosophy-locations/). **PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY - Making Philosophy Available To All.** ✨ Practical Philosophy hosts weekly, in-person meetups in over 20 countries, including Canada, Spain, Japan, Mexico and many more! 🗺️ \*\*\* Join our [Whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/Hg7zL8ClpzM3agJCvw5HDS) 👈 Follow us on [Instagram](www.instagram.com/practicalphilosophyclub/) 👈 Our [website](https://www.practicalphilosophy.club/) 👈

We heard many of you ladies are thinking of starting companies, but don't know where to start - so we're bringing female founders to you! This is the first of a likely series of female founders, and for this pioneer event of the series, we'll be hearing from Celine, an R&D operator in medical devices who, in the last couple years, founded her own Medtech Product Development Firm named Pathem. She's been through many iterations and explorations finding the right problem space for herself, from joining venture accelerators to discovering new sub-problem spaces through consulting for various MedTech companies offering her technical experience as an R&D operator in medical devices. But this session is not going to stop at just inspiration - it's going to be an interactive session where we'll start acting straight away, as we'll be taking you along on how to find a long-term problem space you can see yourself dedicating at least 10 years to! Our friendly Women Devs SG volunteers will be facilitating this collaborative session, so be prepared to come with your minds open, your hands ready to write and your hearts eager to connect. Feel free to bring your kids if you're a parent (we're trying to create a family-friendly culture in our little community! One of our volunteers will be bringing their little one too), your nursing gear if you need to pump (Zenika has a nursing room), and male allies if you want! Male allies who wish to come, you can either tag along a lady friend, or bring one with you! Registration starts at 6:30pm and the actual session at 7pm sharp!

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Where does genuinely new stuff come from, and what does the answer obligate us to do? We are primates, evolved for the African Savana, with meat machines in our heads. These meat machines can do something curious: they can imagine. Even further, they can be “creative”; that is, they can imagine something “novel”. At first glance, imagination seems like a cute quirk. We can imagine fantasies, tell fun stories, paint pictures, make gadgets. Some of these stories we deem “creative” or “novel”. But what actually counts as “new/creative”? The commonly used notion for “creative” in various domains of study is the creation of something “novel” and “useful/appropriate”. “Novel” ensures the new idea/invention is not just a basic recombination of old things. “Useful/appropriate” ensures that the idea is meaningful, reveals something interesting, and is not just a random mess. Both of these terms are broad and contentious (intentionally so). Who defines what is “novel” or useful/appropriate”? Should it be defined by the individual who originated the idea, or by the social judgment of peers, or specifically by experts, or by history/those who come later? The **Systems Model** recognizes that “creativity” is not a property determined by individuals, but through an interaction between the domain/field of innovation, the social ecosystem (gatekeepers, institutions, etc.), and the innovation itself. Other views emphasize the **cognitive mechanisms** of creativity. New ideas do not emerge “de novo”, they emerge from a recombination of past ideas, with a novel “transformation of the problem space”. Hence, an individual needs to make the creative leap with regards to themselves (their past experiences, cultural knowledge, etc.); it is a mental operation. Even if their new idea might already be known to someone else/the public, if they themselves did not know it, it is still a novel creation for them. Thus the question: Is there a rigorous notion that can tell whether something is “truly novel”, or even quantify how much? And who decides? Beyond the domain of fiction and art, our meat sack brains can also imagine things like multiple dimensions, 4D space, invisible forces, and other notions that at the time were heavily criticized as fanciful thinking (imaginary numbers, non-euclidian geometry, microscopic germs). Our minds were shaped by natural selection to solve savanna-scale problems — predators, social hierarchies, thrown objects. There's no selection pressure for imagining or grasping 11-dimensional string theory or quantum field theory. Feynman himself suspected we might not be able to understand wavefunction collapse or superposition. And human working memory is sorely limited. It is surprising that these ideas turn out to be “*real”*. They explain the physical world and give us tremendous power over it. Sometimes, increasing our power over the physical world depends on creating ever more “novel” ideas/absurdities (e.g. Infinite dimensional vector spaces. Subatomic particles. Quantum phenomena. etc.) Outlandishness is not sufficient for scientific success, but those ideas that yielded the greatest increase in understanding/power were often the most outlandish. In other words, the degree of “creative novelty” in science is proportional to the degree of increased physical power we gain. Is there a limit to what our brains can conceive? Science and art are very different domains. But therein lies the puzzle: the process of creativity deployed in science seems no different from the process of creativity deployed in art; so perhaps the same process is generating novelty in both. This suggests a tantalizing unity of what it means to be “novel”. If the same process generates “novelty” in 2 (seemingly) different branches: art and science, and one branch leaves physical traces, then “novelty” might not be mere arbitrary social judgment. Discussion Questions: * What counts as “creative”/”novel”? Who judges this? Is it an individual or social or objective judgment? How do we know whether something is “new” or not? Are we just “doing whatever we do?” * Operationally, how does creativity work? How does creativity “create new things”? Where does the newness come from? * Is the process of creativity in art, social science, natural science, engineering, technology, all the same underlying process? * If it is the same underlying process, how does “novelty”/creativity in science relate to creativity in art? * What’s the difference between imagination, creativity, and knowledge? * Is society obligated to create the conditions necessary for people to engage their creativity? If we disable people’s creativity, is that a form of mind control?

Bring your writing toolkit, charged batteries (social and electronic) and a writing agenda two hours long! Join fellow writers/journalists embarking on their journey towards Pulitzers and Hugos or maybe a print deadline! We accept researchers and marketers clearing overtime too! :) **We Write Together** is here to start building a writing community and get to know like-minded folk with stories to tell. Let's make new friends! As this is a small group event with limited slots, please keep your RSVP up to date!

**Novel Biological Aging Clocks** Prof. Jan Gruber from NUS will introduce aging clocks - research tools that estimate biological age rather than just calendar age. These clocks are built from measurable biological signals, such as patterns in DNA methylation, blood biomarkers, and metabolic data, that change in predictable ways over time. In this talk, he will explain how aging clocks are developed, what they can and cannot tell us about health and lifespan, and how scientists use them to study disease risk, lifestyle effects, and interventions that may influence the rate of aging. This talk is designed for everyone who wants to take their health into their own hands, making informed decisions. Opening remarks by: Dr. Hisham Badaruddin Kamil Pabis, MSc 23rd of April, 7 pm (please be on time) Location: TSquared Health, L9 SBF (level 9, rootftop) 160 Robinson Rd, #05-02 · 8749 5846 We thank [https://xandrolab.com](https://xandrolab.com/?srsltid=AfmBOopQnhnmh3hWOnQzwAg3j8t7Hemy0SWxXa6trkrGjnrnj9jJD4Ra) for the refreshments. Notes: Please remember that the venue has limited capacity and the event is first come first serve. For reference, our new venue is slightly larger than the last one.

We meet to learn and practice American Sign Language and to grow our familiarity with Deaf culture. Facilitated by hearing folks (with a connection to a professional interpreter) using Deaf-created content. People of all ASL skill levels are welcome! As we learn, we hope to connect more with the Deaf community in Central Ohio. Join us as you're able! Come regularly or just once - whatever you're looking for! Each meetup will explore different topics related to ASL/Deaf culture, and will feature time to practice conversation with one another. Just bring yourself and a willingness to learn!

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 ***NOTE:*** Pre-registration is required for this event. **Please arrive 10 minutes early** to check in at the security desk.

Walk for Children - 2026 Save Soil Walkathon in Columbus 🌍 Over 52% of the world soil is degraded and scientists warn we may have only a few decades of fertile soil left. As Sadhguru shares, soil is a living system—and when it degrades, our food, health, and future are at risk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyT-6qiubd0 🚶‍♂️🌎This Earth Day, Join the Walk for Children-2026 SaveSoil 5K Walkathon here in Columbus and help raise awareness about soil for the future of our children! Every step you take helps: ✔️ 1. Raise awareness in your communities about protecting and restoring soil. ✔️ 2. Supports sustainable food systems. ✔️ 3. Helps secure our children’s future. 📅 Date: April 26, 2026 📍 Location: Scioto Audubon Metro Park Check-in address 400 W Whittier St, Columbus, OH 43215 ⏰ Time: 8:30 a.m. check-in event starts at 9:30 a.m. 👉 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/walk-for-children-2026-save-soil-walkathon-in-columbus-registration-1986596534713?aff=oddtdtcreator 👉🏼Free and Open to All. Share this message and bring your neighbours, friends & family along to celebrate our planet! Let’s make it happen!

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**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** GitHub Copilot is powerful, but what if you could scale from a solo AI assistant to an entire team of specialized agents working in parallel? This session introduces Squad: an open-source framework for multi-agent orchestration that lets you define teams of AI agents with specific roles, responsibilities, and expertise. We'll progress from Copilot basics to the Copilot CLI, explore how Agents add autonomy, and see how Instructions and Skills let you customize agent behavior. Then, the climax: a live demo where a Squad team of 3 agents (Lead, Developer, Tester) stands up and builds a working application in real-time, showcasing true multi-agent collaboration. Whether you're new to AI or exploring how to scale your use of Copilot, this session will show you what's possible when agents work as a team. **YouTube Link** TBD

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A WiA Collective Wisdom Exchange At the start of this year, we gathered to look back, set intentions, and imagine the next chapter. This is the follow-up. Not a check-in. Not a progress report. A small, facilitated circle to reconnect with what you said mattered — and honestly explore what’s actually happening now. Together, we’ll explore: • What you intended at the start of this year - and what that looks like three months in • What’s surprised you, supported you, or shifted • What the next chapter needs now that you know what you know If you were at our January gathering, bring whatever you made or wrote — your word, your artifact, your intention. We’ll look at it with fresh eyes. If this is your first time, you belong here too. You’ll start where we all started: with what’s true right now. Optional art materials will be available for anyone who wants to reflect creatively alongside conversation. If you brought something home from January, you’re warmly invited to bring it back. The intention is the same as always: everyone leaves feeling more clear, more connected, and a little lighter. Space is intentionally limited to keep the experience intimate. What to Expect • A small, welcoming circle (not a large meetup) • Structured conversation so everyone has space to speak • Reflection, listening, and lived experience — not advice-giving • Optional creative reflection alongside conversation • A calm, supportive environment Who This Is For Women and underrepresented folks working in or around agile, product, technology, leadership, or organizational change — especially those looking for honest conversation and community beyond frameworks and buzzwords. Good to Know • No preparation required • If you attended in January, we invite you to bring anything you created or wrote (or something that represents your intention at the start of the year) - it’s optional but invited • Participation is invitational; listening is always welcome • Creative activities are optional