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If you’re actively **building/coding AI projects** (LLM apps, agents, evals, RAG, infra), come join. This is a **technical networking** meetup. Conversations are usually technically deep and hands-on. 👉🏻 **Good fit:** engineers, technical founders, researchers. 👉🏻 **Not a fit:** "AI curious", general networking. 👉🏻**Bring:** a project, demo, repo, problem you’re stuck on, or a hiring need. ⏰ We'll start at **7:00 PM at [Alice Secret Garden C/ de Pau Claris, 90, L'Eixample!](https://maps.app.goo.gl/ucBUHhce9Ps2dBrJ8)** 🔥 Join our **[community on WhatsApp (developers only)](https://forms.fillout.com/t/76vmbAQRoNus)** 🔥 LinkedIn: **[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ai-engineers-community)** 🔥 Website: **[https://ai-engineers.community](https://ai-engineers.community)** See you then!

Únete a nuestro grupo para un taller especial de autoconocimiento y crecimiento personal, donde exploraremos temas como desarrollo personal, gestión emocional y la conciencia sobre uno mismo. A través de la metodología Gestalt, dinámicas de movimiento, ejercicios prácticos y reflexiones, te invito a embarcarte en un viaje de exploración interna para descubrir tu potencial, abrazar tu vulnerabilidad y transformar patrones de comportamiento. En este espacio conectarás y compartirás con otros miembros que también buscan crecer y evolucionar en un ambiente seguro, de apoyo y confianza. **Regálate un espacio para tu bienestar emocional y mental.** TALLER REGULAR Todos los lunes De 19h a 21h Coste: 80€ al mes **EARLY BIRD: 60€/ mes hasta el 11 de ENERO**. En RAI Associació (Born) INSCRIPCIONES al correo: marinadecclesiis@gmail.com * INFO Pagina web: http://bit.ly/45WGgV3

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As you're probably aware, Barcelona is a very cosmopolitan city. At our regular get togethers you can meet and get to know many people from around the world. **PLEASE JOIN OUR MAIN GROUP** [https://www.meetup.com/es-ES/barcelona_meetings/](https://www.meetup.com/es-ES/barcelona_meetings/) **and find out week-end and holiday events.** Would you like to learn, practice and teach languages and cultures of the world? We are learning and teaching mainly **Spanish, Catalan, Japanese, Chinese, Korean** and some other European and Asian languages and cultures. Some of our common languages at our events: * **[Spanish](https://magradacatalunya.com/barcelona/index.html)** * **[Japanese](https://magradacatalunya.com/barcelona/japanese.html)** * **[Chinese](https://magradacatalunya.com/barcelona/chinese.html)** * **[Korean](https://magradacatalunya.com/barcelona/korean.html)** * **[French](https://magradacatalunya.com/barcelona/french.html)** * **[German](https://magradacatalunya.com/barcelona/german.html)** * **[Rumanian](https://magradacatalunya.com/barcelona/rumano.html)** * **[Urdu](https://magradacatalunya.com/barcelona/urdu.html)** ♪\*:・’゜♭.:\*・♪’゜。.\*#:・’゜♪ **Every Monday, 20:45 - 22:55** The New Orleans Coffee : [Pere d'Artés 10, Barcelona](https://goo.gl/maps/uS9q1Pq2xfyaJv8P8) **Every Wednesday, 20:30 - 22:35** Viena Calle Pelayo : [Pelai, 16, Ciutat Vella, Barcelona](https://maps.app.goo.gl/ovcj4eFarKCPatkPA) **Every Friday, 21:10 - 23:10** Alex Bar Restaurant : [Córcega 170, Barcelona](https://goo.gl/maps/q8RhMJVTvL2QTgLn8) ♪\*:・’゜♭.:\*・♪’゜。.\*#:・’゜♪ Check out **[our slideshow](https://magradacatalunya.com/A-diapositiva/)** to see how we have a great at each event. ♪\*:・’゜♭.:\*・♪’゜。.\*#:・’゜♪ If you are interested in the languages and cultures of the world, check out these pages, too. * **[Barcelona International Meetings](https://magradacatalunya.com/barcelona/international_meetings.html)** * **[Learn, practise and teach many languages](https://note.com/mundinyol/n/nee2f63e2147c?magazine_key=me4b497673d7d)** * **[Cataluña, entre el cielo y la tierra](https://magradacatalunya.com/barcelona/catalonia.html)** * **[Aprendamos japonés en Barcelona](https://sites.google.com/view/japones-barcelona/cursos_de_japones)** ♪\*:・’゜♭.:\*・♪’゜。.\*#:・’゜♪ And also watch our videos on You Tube * **[Discover Catalonia](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb4-3GpRGgihljzjCxAzKT5YZYkjwbrtM)** * **[Discover Spain](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb4-3GpRGgih3t-NZ5yU045y6WyLKsh48)**

🚀 **Let’s get the week started on the right track! MONDAY NOMAD RUN** with ambitious people will put you in the best mindset to get sh\*t done! ​**NOTE:** No level required — we just want to have a good time, boost endorphins, and kickstart a productive week. **🎟️ FREE EVENT: RSVP required.** ​*For those who want to run more:* * ​*You can do a **“pre-run”** and join just before the start at 7.30 PM* * ​***Run extra and re-join*** *us at the end.* ​**About the meeting point, La Carioca ([check their Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/lacariocabcn/)):** * **LOCATION:** a few meters away from BARCELONETA METRO STOP (Yellow Line) - [GOOGLE MAPS](https://share.google/1nr8bu7hz6e6hP9p5) * **STORAGE:** They will store & lock our belongings * **DISCOUNT:** We'll have a 10% discount on drinks & food! **PROGRAM:** * ​**7.00pm:** Meeting at La Carioca * ​**7.15pm:** Simple networking game/icebreaker + WARMUP * ​**7.30pm:** Start of the run * ​Somewhere in the middle, we'll have 2-3x little breaks! * ​**Approx. 8.15pm:** Return to La Carioca * ​**8.15pm:** Optional drink & dinner :) ​**HOSTED by Lucas, our Nomad Sports Club coach! Follow @nomadsportsclub and @bcndigitalnomads on Instagram for the latest community news and events!** ​See you there! ​---- **🌎 About BARCELONA DIGITAL NOMADS:** *We're one of the biggest communities in town with thousands of members. We organize weekly events such as afterwork meetups, coworking days, networking dinners, and many other spontaneous small hangouts via our WhatsApp community. We also have consulting experts & lawyers for [Digital Nomad Visa, Taxes, etc.](https://h9vlm49h6fl.typeform.com/BDNform).* ​​*📲 Join the Barcelona Digital Nomads* ***[community on WhatsApp](https://linktr.ee/barcelonadigitalnomads) (via LinkTree).*** ​​*🌐 We also have a Barcelona [Business Networking Community on WhatsApp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/DzePn7uLVeIKR1N3qZkq5r)! **Feel free to join!*** ​***👟* NOMAD SPORTS CLUB COLLABS:** * ​\*\*[REBOOT](http://www%20rebootbruc.com/) GYM 10% OFF –\*\* Train at Barcelona’s most exclusive GYM, get an exclusive offer and 10% off on 1-6 month full access gym plans and 10% off all fitness classes! ​💎 **COMMUNITY DISCOUNTS & COLLABS:** * ​​​**PANGIA:** [Best priced eSim](https://pangiapass.com/?ref=fyni7xhg8lhnfifwxdpr5rzvu0g2) (Unlimited data. €23/month. 105+ Countries)​ * ​**ENSO Coliving** (10% discount on your first month, [explained in our LinkTree](https://linktr.ee/barcelonadigitalnomads)) * ​​**CROISSANT App** \| Membership for 30\+ coworking spaces in Barcelona \([€15 discount link](https://www.getcroissant.com/a/viktor50)) * ​​**ClassPass:** [1-month free](https://classpass.com/refer/SD1GSFVH0) membership trial for 100+ gyms, fitness classes & wellness experiences across Barcelona.

[Join our new Whatsapp Group for the latest updates!](https://chat.whatsapp.com/ELiOKSbxIn99mRuydBOKqm) This Monday we’re hosting a **free Salsa and Bachata class for beginners**, followed by a **social dance night** where you can practice what you’ve learned in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere. Whether you’ve never danced before or just want to refresh the basics, this night is designed to be open, fun, and completely beginner-friendly. *** ### 🕖 Schedule **20:00 – Doors Open** Arrive, grab a drink, meet other dancers, and get ready for the class. **20:15 – Salsa Class** We start with Salsa fundamentals, focusing on simple steps, partner work, and building confidence on the dance floor. **21:00 – Bachata Class** After Salsa, we move into Bachata. Smooth, fun, and easy to follow. **22:00 – Social Dancing Begins** The music keeps playing and the space turns into a social dance floor. Practice, meet new people, and enjoy the vibe. *** **About the teacher Devon Katrina** I am a multi-disciplinary dancer, singer, and actor, born and raised in Los Angeles. I was raised by a family that loves to travel and explore the art and music of the world which inspired me to pursue ethnomusicology and world arts and culture. I studied World Arts and Culture at Santa Monica College, and UCLA. I have danced in movies, tv shows, arenas, and music videos for some of the top artists in the world, including CNCO, Pee Wee, Jon Z, Eladdio, YBN Nahmir, Happy Singh, and Midnight Sister. I was featured dancing Flamenco in the third meet the parents film “Little Fockers.” I have taught at studios all over LA, including SoHo Dance, and Liz Lira dance academy. For 7 years I taught for my mentor at Liz Lira dance Academy in Culver City I moved to Barcelona in 2023 to pursue my deep love of Bachata Sensual I taught and performed at the Vancouver Salsa, Bachata, Kizomba festival. I taught and performed Latin Burlesque at the Los Angeles Hustle Congress. I performed for over 50k people with the band Quitapenas at the Los Angeles Afro Latino Dance Festival at Grand Park DTLA. I started my own Heels troupe called “Les Femmes Fatales” in 2021 that performs my choreographies all over LA, in places such as The Granada, The Victorian, Townhouse and the Del Monte Speakeasy, the Warehouse and more. @devonkatrina ### What to expect You can come alone, many people do, and you’ll always find someone to dance with. Of course, bringing a friend makes it even more fun. The classes are **free**, and at the end of the session there will be the option to **donate to the teacher** if you enjoyed the class and would like to support their work. We also encourage everyone to support the venue by grabbing a drink and enjoying the atmosphere. Come for the class, stay for the social, and leave with new moves and new connections

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**¡ELEVA TU BAILE!** 💃✨ El próximo domingo 15 de marzo, tenemos un planazo que no te puedes perder. Te invitamos a una **Masterclass de Bachata Ladies** muy especial con [@veronicasoul.dance](https://www.instagram.com/veronicasoul.dance) y [@Swan_vip_dance](https://www.instagram.com/swan_vip_dance/) vamos a aprender juntas la coreografía de "Dardos" en una mañana llena de ritmo, técnica y, sobre todo, muchísima energía femenina. ¿Qué incluye? * **2 horas intensivas** de pura bachata mezcla de tradicional con sensual. * **2 profesoras** dándolo todo contigo. * **Grabación de vídeo profesional** para que te sientas como una auténtica estrella. 🎥🌟 📍 **¿Dónde?** Jara Dansa, Castelldefels. [Carrer de Can Roca, 25, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona](https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x12a482c74b8b4a35:0x356044a7425fd85c?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111) Aparcamiento libre de pago y con bastante espacio en los alrededores al Castillo (En frente de la escuela). ⏰ **¿Cuándo?** Domingo 15 de marzo, de 10h a 12h. 💰 **¡Aprovecha el precio especial!** Solo 25€ si reservas antes del 10 de marzo, después 28€. BIZUM PREVIO AL EVENTO CON TU NOMBRE. No te quedes sin tu sitio, las plazas vuelan. ¡Ven a celebrar tu día bailando! 📲 **Reserva ya por WhatsApp al 648117646**

Hola Barcelona We’re kicking off the year with energy and strong community vibes - and there’s no better way to do that than getting together in person! OpenMetadata is coming to Barcelona, and we’d love for you to join us! This meetup is all about bringing Barcelona’s data community together for real, down-to-earth conversations about metadata, governance, and what it actually takes to build data platforms that scale. **When: March 11, 2026 at 18:00 CET to 21:00 CET** **What to expect:** • Special guest: Sequra’s data team sharing their OMD journey \- Ariadna Cuffi\, Data Governance Lead \- how Sequra operationalized governance and drove real adoption across teams\. \- Martín Langberg\, Senior Data Engineer \- launched the OMD POC\. \- Roman Vasilev\, built the Claude integration\. • A session with Pere, one of OpenMetadata’s founding engineers He’ll share behind-the-scenes stories from building OpenMetadata in the open - lessons learned, architectural decisions, and what it really takes to grow an open source data project. • Open discussion + community sharing We want this to be interactive. If you’re using OpenMetadata (or exploring it), we’d love for you to share your journey, challenges, or use case. • Snacks, beer, wine & relaxed networking After the talk, we keep it informal - good conversations, new connections, and a little bit of cerveza! This event is about building real momentum for Barcelona’s data ecosystem in 2026 - connecting practitioners who care about metadata, data quality, lineage, governance, and open collaboration. If you’re open to taking the mic for a few minutes to share your experience, we’d love that too!! If you are interested in presenting at our meetup, [please fill out this Call for Speakers! ](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezlYjfwB40BgQ5HbhSqs6dDHcwMkgTeEFQtsIa6k3yOhNYjQ/viewform?usp=dialog) Let’s build something meaningful together. See you there. Friendly reminder, the event starts at 6pm CET - 9pm CET

Un cop recollides **propostes de projectes d’open data que contribueixen a combatre la desinformació, reforçar la qualitat de la informació pública i posar en valor l’ús de les dades obertes com a base d’una democràcia més transparent i per al desenvolupament d’una intel·ligència artificial alimentada amb dades fiables** Et convidem a que el dia 10 de març a les 18h. a ca l'Alier a Barcelona, coneguis aquests projectes basats en dades obertes per combatre la desinformació i reforçar una democràcia més transparent i que contribueixen a millorar la qualitat de la informació pública i a promoure una intel·ligència artificial responsable. Aquest espai vol ser un punt de trobada per compartir experiències, inspirar noves iniciatives i visibilitzar bones pràctiques en l’ús de les dades obertes al servei de la societat. **[Cal inscripcio previa](https://www.eventbrite.es/e/entradas-dades-obertes-contra-la-desinformacio-opendataday26-1983525740886?aff=oddtdtcreator)**[ ](https://www.eventbrite.es/e/entradas-dades-obertes-contra-la-desinformacio-opendataday26-1983525740886?aff=oddtdtcreator)

Volvemos con un nuevo evento de **Power BI & Fabric Barcelona**, esta vez en **Pallejà**, con una mañana pensada para acercar el uso del dato a la realidad del negocio y compartir experiencias prácticas desde la comunidad. El evento contará con **un único track**, con sesiones accesibles y casos reales, pensadas tanto para perfiles técnicos como para personas que utilizan Power BI en su día a día 📊 🕒 **Agenda** **09:30 – 10:00 \| Bienvenida** Apertura del evento y bienvenida por parte de la organización de Power BI & Fabric Barcelona 👋 **10:00 – 10:50 \| Cómo un cuadro de mando en Power BI puede ayudar a pequeños comercios a tomar mejores decisiones** Adriana de Carvalho Martins y Valeria Dávila Los pequeños comercios suelen tener los datos repartidos en distintas fuentes y sin una visión clara. En esta sesión se muestra cómo un dashboard bien diseñado en Power BI puede centralizar la información, facilitar el análisis y apoyar decisiones diarias de forma sencilla y efectiva 🛍️📈 **10:50 – 11:20 \| Pausa** Descanso para tomar algo y comentar las primeras impresiones con otros asistentes ☕️ **11:20 – 12:10 \| Ni columnas ni barras: los gráficos que harán despegar tu negocio** Iván Arribas En esta sesión descubriremos que no todo son gráficos de columnas, líneas y barras en Power BI. Existen algunos tipos de visuales que pueden ayudar a que nuestros KPIs llamen a la acción y puedan revitalizar nuestro negocio. ¿Te atreves a descubrirlos? 🚀 **12:10 – 13:00 \| CI/CD en Microsoft Fabric: estrategias de integración y despliegue** Miguel Troyano Redondo y Adriana de Carvalho Martins En esta sesión se explican estrategias prácticas de CI/CD aplicadas a Microsoft Fabric, abordando cómo automatizar despliegues, mejorar la calidad de los desarrollos y ganar trazabilidad en entornos modernos de datos ⚙️ **13:00 – 13:30 \| Networking** Espacio final para charlar con los ponentes, compartir experiencias y conectar con otros profesionales del dato en un ambiente distendido 🤝 Un evento cercano, práctico y enfocado a compartir conocimiento real desde la comunidad para la comunidad. ¡Te esperamos en Pallejà! 🎉

🔥 AI Agent Engineering: From RAG to Multi-Agent Orchestration 📅 10 de marzo | 🕡 18:30 📍 Oficinas de Google Cloud - Spaces Plaza Universitat Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 583, Eixample, 08011 Barcelona La inteligencia artificial está evolucionando rápidamente… pero también lo están haciendo sus errores. En este meetup iremos más allá del hype para hablar de lo que realmente implica construir AI agents que funcionen en producción. Hablaremos sobre: ✅ RAG vs Fine-tuning: cuándo usar cada enfoque ✅ Sistemas multi-agente: cuándo ayudan y cuándo complican ✅ Guardrails, observabilidad y patrones human-in-the-loop ✅ Protocolos emergentes como MCP y A2A para comunicación agente-herramienta y agente-agente 🎤 Speaker principal: Fabricio Carraro Ingeniero en Computación (UNICAMP) y especialista en Data & Machine Learning, Fabricio es una referencia en IA en Brasil y Latinoamérica. ✨ Autor publicado sobre IA, LLMs y Prompt Engineering ✨ Creador de un proyecto open source de RAG incluido en el cookbook oficial de Google Gemma ✨ Host del podcast #1 en tecnología en Brasil: “IA Sob Controle” ✨ Co-creador de la “Artificial Intelligence Immersion Week” junto a Google (más de 300.000 personas) ✨ AI Specialist en conferencias internacionales Una sesión técnica, directa y sin humo. 🤝 Dinámica grupal con Monica Verdi – Code Sherpas Mónica es experta en comunicación efectiva y creación de equipos tecnológicos diversos y de alto rendimiento. Con casi 15 años de experiencia, trabaja con startups y scaleups para construir equipos que no solo entienden la visión del negocio, sino que la convierten en realidad. Nos guiará en una dinámica grupal diseñada para potenciar colaboración, comunicación y pensamiento estratégico en entornos tecnológicos. 🎯 Este evento es para ti si: Estás construyendo con LLMs Diseñas productos con IA Te interesa la arquitectura de agentes Quieres entender qué funciona realmente en producción 📍 Google Cloud - Spaces Plaza Universitat Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 583, Eixample, 08011 Barcelona 🕡 18:30 🎟️ Plazas limitadas Nos vemos el 10 de marzo. #AI #AIAgents #RAG #LLM #MachineLearning #GoogleCloud #TechCommunity #WomenInTech #BuildWithAI Agenda --- Speaker Fabricio Carraro - Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Ai Developer Advocate) Host Rosemarie García López - Women Tech Makers Barcelona UX/UI Designer & Researcher based in Mataró, Spain | Google WTM Barcelona Co Organizer | FoF Avocate --- Partners Google Cloud (https://cloud.google.com) Code Sherpas --- Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-barcelona-presents-build-with-ai-ai-agent-engineering-from-rag-to-multi-agent-orchestration/.

Running production-level AI (especially LLMs and generative models) is facing a wall: cost, performance and hardware availability. Cloud bills are skyrocketing, latency is impacting user experience, and reliance on high-end GPUs is creating a bottleneck. On top of that, new regulations such as the EU AI Act are increasingly requiring transparency on energy consumption. Green AI is an emerging field dedicated to making AI environmentally sustainable without compromising model performance. This discipline goes hand in hand with engineering efficiency: using fewer resources to achieve equivalent results. By optimizing models to reduce energy consumption, we address two critical goals at once: we significantly improve operational margins and scalability, and we minimize the carbon emissions. In this session, we will demonstrate how to address these challenges using **GAISSA**, a UPC spin-off project that automates AI model optimization. We will show a **Live Demo** covering: * A walk-through of how a standard model is compressed and adapted for efficiency * A Return on Investment (ROI) comparison of a standard vs. an optimized model * A visualization of cost reduction (€), latency (ms), and emissions (CO2) **Who Are We** We are the team behind GAISSA, researchers and engineers from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). We specialize in AI efficiency and model optimization, and our mission is to make advanced AI accessible, affordable, and compliant with future standards. More on: [https://gessi.upc.edu/en/research-areas/sustainability-of-artificial-intelligence-systems](https://gessi.upc.edu/en/research-areas/sustainability-of-artificial-intelligence-systems) **Location and sponsor** This event is sponsered by **basetis**, a technology consultancy that stands out not just for its IT services, but for its radical approach to corporate structure. The event will take place in their office, which is located in **La Pedrera (Casa Milà)**. The access to the building will be by **Carrer Provença** entrance. **Event schedule** Doors open from **18:30** to **19:00.** Please join us after the presentation for pizza and drinks to network with other attendees.

La Green Software Foundation colabora en la difusión del evento organizado por Green AI Barcelona, en la que se presentará el proyecto GAISSA, de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. [Optimizing AI Inference: How to Cut Costs, Latency & Energy, jue, 12 mar 2026, 18:30 | Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/es-es/green-ai-barcelona/events/313278330/) Consideramos que esta charla será del interés de los miembros del grupo de MeetUp de Barcelona. La asistencia es libre y presencial. Apuntarse directamente en el evento original. **NO APUNTARSE EN ESTE EVENTO**

Window functions have nothing to do with the Windows operating system but provide a “window” to a result set when used in SQL queries. They are powerful, set-based methods to view data in unexpected ways. Window functions provide easy, set-based solutions to solve some common problems: * Using running totals * Performing operations in intervals * Identifying data gaps and islands * Performing aggregates without losing detail Many people are confused by window functions and do not know how to use them properly. This session will explore window functions, how they work, and how to use them. Demonstrations with several examples will solidify how window functions can simplify queries and make them more powerful.

**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)

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

Drake Lundstrom is presenting: Code Anywhere by Talking to your Phone Abstract: Have you heard the trend of people deploying code anywhere from checkout lines to doctors' offices? In this talk, you will learn how to talk to your phone and have an app on Azure to show your friend 5 minutes later. The basic DevOps tools you already know, plus a little bit of AI magic, are all you need! If you want to follow along, the demo will be in Azure with GitHub Actions and GitHub Copilot, and you can have it set up on your phone by the end of the session. Just come in with an Azure account and a GitHub repo. Join us for pizza, drinks, and networking @ Improving's office. Doors open at 5:45.

Builders, creators, architects, admins, consultants - come one, come all. This one's for you. We're bringing a little friendly competition to the Columbus ServiceNow community while highlighting the cool things people have built on the platform. Five presenters will take the stage to showcase something they've built, solved, designed, or imagined on the ServiceNow platform - and a panel of judges (plus YOU, our amazing audience) will score them live. So basically, America's Got Talent but make it ServiceNow's Got Talent. Bring a notepad if you'd like 'cause you'll definitely be learning something new. Each presenter gets 10 minutes max to wow the crowd with: • A demo • A real-world business solution • A bold idea • A UX transformation • Or a creative use of the platform Judging Criteria: 🏆 Business Value 🚀 Innovation ✨ User Experience This event is about celebrating ideas, sharing knowledge, and showing how ServiceNow can drive both business impact and meaningful user value. Come learn. Come support. Come get inspired. Refreshments and bites will be provided. And maybe next time… you’ll be on stage.

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