Data Visualization

TOG Watch Night: The Secret Life of Components (Tim Hunkin) We’re kicking off a new bi-weekly Monday Watch Night at TOG. We’ll watch an episode of Tim Hunkin’s “The Secret Life of Components” together, then have a relaxed Q&A and discussion afterwards. This is a friendly, low-pressure way to learn the kind of practical tips you normally only pick up through years of making, fixing, and building. Perfect for beginners, makers, repair folks, and engineers who enjoy the practical side of components and mechanisms. How it works \- Watch together \(one episode per night\) \- Q&A and chat after: questions\, examples\, tangents\, and “how would we do this at TOG?” \- If you miss a week\, no stress\. Watch it at home and come along to the next one First session \- Monday 26 January \- Episode 1: Chain \- Free and open to all \- TOG Hackerspace \(Dublin 12\, D12 CF6V\) Full details: https://www.tog.ie/2026/01/tog-watch-night-the-secret-life-of-components-tim-hunkin/

Hello! Meeting place: outside the Italian Cultural Institute. Have your ticket ready for inspection by the staff working there. Meeting time: I'll be there at 545pm taking my seat. We can chat before it starts at 6pm. Please get your ticket ASAP as this is likely to sell out soon! Thanks! Alan Screening of “Un boss in salotto” by Luca Miniero (2014)- ITA SUB ENG Date: 23 mar • 18:00 https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/screening-of-un-boss-in-salotto-by-luca-miniero-2014-ita-sub-eng-tickets-1984130782582?aff=ebdsshother&utm_share_source=listing_android&sg=aa3360161324b058e17050be574c8f26674c63726438c66c4ea0c19ae9be9a0bb63b95052c68f3d8d7abf9b0a2881ef64320fd0d08c254115ccbc22e6f75f45cdf678fe758fe9333cda2c34b43

www.dublindancecoop.com for more info! Every Monday at 7.45 in the F2 Rialto. 12 euros. All Welcome. Freeform dancing, stretching, rolling around and playing with anything dance related. No experience necessary!

Join us to **practise and improve your target language with native speakers on Monday in River Bar**(1 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2) from **6.30pm to 8.30pm**. **Our system:** **• You sit opposite a native speaker of the language you're learning** **• You speak 5mins English, 5mins other language, then change table** This ensures everyone gets an equal opportunity to practise the language they're learning. Our team seats people, controls the time, organises the table changes etc. What to expect: • Relaxed easy going atmosphere • Professional and quality service • Great networking opportunities • All levels welcome from absolute beginner to fully fluent • A big mix of ages with attendees at each event from 18 to 70+ years old • Topic cards on the tables to help start conversations Languages: We usually have **native speakers of English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese** and more depending on who shows up. **Admission fee €7** (€6 for student card holders). **No pre-registration required, just show up**. Loyalty card system: Come to 5 events and the 6th is free. Over 150,000 people since 2012 have attended our language exchanges to practise and improve their target language - you can too! Everyone is welcome! For more news and info check: Website: [www.languageexchangeireland.com](http://www.languageexchangeireland.com/) FB: [www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland) Instagram: [www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland) NOTE: The MeetUp attendance does not reflect actual attendance. There are usually around 100 people at each event. We are also in the River Bar every Thursday at 6.30pm

Come join us **Monday** the **23rd of March** at the **The Circular in Rialto at 7pm.** We’ll be at the Backroom, which you can find behind the curtain. We will have the usual socialising and networking with others in the Irish game development community. See what they have been working on, play test in-development games! If you have something you want to show off you can bring it along and get feedback too! If you want to present, you should fill out [this form ](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe0UVGSd0kdiLKtuOkgNPI89GswAZ4lxHbo2tlDujjU_C2vdw/viewform?usp=header) This month's 1GAM theme is "**Invasion**" What does 1GAM mean? Well, it's a monthly Game Jam (1 Game A Month, get it?). Every month we give you a theme, and you can bring a game you made during that month to show it off to the rest of the attendees. Think of it as optional inspiration for prototypes, and if you need extra motivation. You can also join our discord channel here to keep the conversation going: https://discord.gg/dJA7dhf Looking forward to seeing you all there!

Come along to get rid of the number one fear people have. Every week we have new members and people starting from scratch so you will not be alone. Everything is based around what you're comfortable with and you don't have to stand up, talk or do anything if you don't feel like it. But you will have the opportunity to speak at least 4/5 times a night. You can come along to see what we're doing and take part if you like. We will be running this for beginners every week and anyone is welcome to join us to learn and get better together. Hope to see you there :D We charge €5 to help towards the room rental.

Join us to **practise and improve your Spanish/English with native speakers every Monday at River Bar** at 1 Burgh Quay (Dublin 2) from **6.30pm to 8.30pm**. **Our system:** **• You sit opposite a native speaker of the language you're learning** **• You speak 5mins English, 5mins Spanish, then change table** This ensures everyone gets an equal chance to practise the language they're learning. Our team seats people, controls the time, organises the seat changes etc. What to expect: • Relaxed easy going atmosphere • Professional and quality service • Great networking opportunities • All levels welcome from absolute beginner to fully fluent • A big mix of ages with attendees at each event from 18 to 70+years old • Topic cards on the tables to help start conversations **Admission fee €7** (€1 off for student card holders). **No pre-registration required, just show up**. Loyalty card system: Come to 5 events and the 6th is free. Over 150,000 people have attended our language exchanges to practise and improve their target language - you can too! Everyone is welcome! For more news and info check: Website: [www.languageexchangeireland.com](http://www.languageexchangeireland.com/) FB: [www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland) Instagram: [www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland) We also have the events every Thursday at River Bar on Burgh Quay at 6.30pm.

Hi All, We are excited to invite you to another informative and coding session on Saturday morning. Come network with data enthusiasts, share ideas, projects, advance your analytics and programming skills. We recommend bringing a fully charged laptop. Agenda: 10:00 – 10:45 Building an actionable dashboard on short term rentals using Power BI by Henrique Ricardo and Krupa Patel 11:00 – 11:45 Tableau: Transform Your Data into Actionable Insights 11:45 – 12:30 Networking Curious about turning data into beautiful visual stories? Join our PowerBI and Tableau analytics technologies for a friendly, hands-on session perfect for beginners! We’ll guide you step by step—from connecting to your data and creating your first charts, to exploring simple dashboards and interactive visualizations. No prior experience needed—just bring your curiosity and a willingness to learn. You’ll pick up practical tips, see real examples, and leave ready to start creating your own data insights with confidence. Let Roman Golovnya know if you're interested in hosting the next event or presenting at future meetups. You can contact him via meetup messages or email [roman.golovnya@gmail.com.](http://roman.golovnya@gmail.com./)

**Speaker:** Mick Cooney Survival analysis is a statistical method for analyzing the expected duration of time until an event occurs. In this one-hour talk, we will walk through the application of survival analysis to life insurance policy lapses, starting from foundational concepts and moving toward Bayesian modeling approaches using Stan. We will begin by setting the scene with a practical example: the impact of the 2008-2011 credit crisis on Irish life insurance. This provides a backdrop to introduce core survival analysis concepts, including censoring, truncation, survival functions, and hazard functions. Next, we will review classic approaches to modeling survival data. We will cover the non-parametric Kaplan-Meier estimator, discuss standard parametric models, and examine semi-parametric methods like the Cox Proportional Hazards model. The second half of the talk will focus on Bayesian survival analysis. Using R and Stan, we will demonstrate how to construct Bayesian models for time-to-event data. We will step through the process of assessing model fit and discuss strategies for improving model performance, focusing on handling right-censored data and quantifying uncertainty. This session provides an overview for practitioners interested in applying both traditional and Bayesian survival analysis techniques to their own data problems.

How do you scale an AI startup from an initial idea to an enterprise-grade solution? Hear from the Snowflake Startup Program team and a cohort of founders who are leveraging Snowflake to transform complex data into intelligent, scalable products **Snowflake for Startups Program** **Ryan Lieber** Ryan Lieber will introduce the Snowflake for Startups Program, which provides several initiatives (e.g.,Startup Package, Startup Program & Cortex REST API) focused on supporting early-stage companies from a financial, technical and co-marketing perspective as they look to build their businesses on top of the Snowflake AI Data Cloud. Learn how the program supports startups with technical enablement, go-to-market guidance, and direct access to Snowflake’s ecosystem to help scale innovative AI and data-driven products. **From Program to Agentic AI: Building Enterprise Context** **Ekai** How do startups move from the Snowflake Startup Program to delivering high-impact AI solutions for major industries? In this session, the leadership team at Ekai will share their journey of building enterprise AI products powered by Snowflake. They will explore how they tackle one of the biggest challenges in AI: Enterprise Context. You’ll learn how Ekai developed an AI Backbone that transforms fragmented enterprise data into intelligent, agentic AI systems, along with the technical and commercial strategy required to scale across industries such as manufacturing and media. **Unlocking the 80%: Turning Unstructured Data into Governed AI Intelligence** **EmergeGen** Enterprise AI doesn’t fail because of the models. It fails because 80% of critical enterprise data - including contracts, PDFs, and emails - remains unstructured, ungoverned, and inaccessible to decision-making systems. In this session, EmergeGen, a Snowflake Native App, will demonstrate how organisations can unlock this hidden intelligence. Using ontology-based reasoning, EmergeGen converts messy unstructured data into governed, analysis-ready intelligence without data leaving the Snowflake environment. **Key Highlights** * Native Integration - Build a governed intelligence layer directly inside the Snowflake Data Cloud * Beyond the LLM - Use ontologies to make AI systems explainable and trustworthy * Real-World Impact - Case studies from MSD Partners (Private Credit) and 101 Logistics **Speakers** Ryan Lieber - Snowflake Startup Program EMEA & AJP Tero - Chief Commercial Officer, Ekai Hussnain - AI Architect, Ekai Allan Beechinor - EmergeGen **Event Schedule** 📍 26 March 18:30 - Ryan Lieber, Snowflake - Introduction to the Snowflake Startup Program 18:45 - Ekai - From Program to Agentic AI 19:10 - EmergeGen - Unlocking the 80%: Unstructured Data to Governed AI **Food & Drinks** Food and drinks will be provided during the event.

**Code Apps**: Leveraging AI to build code-first custom web apps that live natively within the Power Platform **Malachy Keaveny:** Malachy is a D365 Senior Technical Consultant at Codec, where he leads a team of consultants on large scale Power Platform implementations. **Microsoft Fabric:** From ingest-to-insight: End-to-end data engineering, including AI-assisted Power BI reporting. **Sara Boukob:** Sara is a senior Data Engineer at Codec, currently leading the delivery of a data and analytics platform through an Azure Landing Zone and Microsoft Fabric

My name is Aurelie and I'm graduating with an MSc in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Limerick. I run monthly **machine learning** and **deep learning** tutorials in Dublin with a small group of people. \*\*In this tutorial, we will build an end‑to‑end object detection workflow using the **DETR** model from Meta AI, powered by **Hugging Face Transformers** and **PyTorch** based on a Hugging Face tutorial. We will use a small public dataset, walk through data preprocessing, fine‑tuning the model, evaluating performance, and finally running inference on a **new, unseen image** containing a similar object that was not part of the training set. You will receive a Jupyter notebook with clean, reusable code covering every step. No setup required beyond a laptop and a Google account to run everything in Google Colab. **The tutorials are limited to 15 participants and you can reserve your spot either here or by emailing aureliem219@gmail.com. Please make sure to book as soon as possible, as the registration count on Meetup does not guarantee availability.** **For more information about the tutorials:** * The tutorials are interactive and will be conducted using **Jupyter notebooks** on **Google Colaboratory** (a free, cloud-based platform that lets us write and run code directly in the browser). While **Google Colaboratory** is free to use, tasks that require more computational power (such as training deep learning models) may benefit from GPU access. In that case, Google offers a once-off payment for around €10 which can last several months depending on your usage. Some familiarity with **Python** or other programming languages is helpful but not required. Everyone is welcome to join and learn at their own pace. * The tutorial lasts for 1.5 hours. * During the tutorial, I share the Jupyter notebook with participants so they can keep it for future reference. We go through the notebook step by step together and I do my best to answer any questions along the way. * The notebook includes the complete code from data preparation to model training and evaluation. It can be reused or adapted for your own business needs or personal projects * We will be working with a variety of **Python** libraries including **Scikit-learn**, **PyTorch**, **TensorFlow**, **Keras**, **Seaborn**, **Pandas** and **Matplotlib** and the **Hugging Face** framework. These tools will help us explore different machine learning and deep learning techniques using publicly available datasets. * Each tutorial focuses on a different algorithm in depth. Topics covered include **linear regression**, **logistic regression**, **K-means clustering**, **decision trees**, **artificial neural networks (ANNs)**, **convolutional neural networks (CNNs)** for image classification, **object detection** and **natural language processing**. The goal is to break down each technique step by step, making it approachable and practical for real-world applications. This tutorial take place at the **Grafton Hotel, 32 Stephen Street Lower, Dublin 2** (We will be sitting in the lobby in the corner or on the right handside). It will run from **3 pm** to **4.30 pm**. **Grafton Hotel, 32 Stephen Street Lower, Dublin 2** * The tutorials are a high-level practical introduction to machine learning and deep learning and the emphasis on understanding how we process the data , train and evaluate a model with Python. We won't cover the mathematics behind it however some tutorials may have mathematical formulas as part of the algorithm explanation and some tutorials might have more complex data preprocessing as it depends on the datasets and the task we are doing. However the tutorials focus on the practical part! * *Payments need to be made in advance to secure your place and fees are non-refundable unless I need to cancel the event, in this case refunds will be made.*

**AGENDA\*** Sponsorship enquiries [here](https://forms.gle/6mgfTiL9Jo3RM2feA) Thanks to **fourTheorem** for sponsoring this event! **6:00 PM - WELCOME** Ronan Ó Caollaí, AWS User Group Ronan Guilfoyle, AWS Solutions Architect Lead **6:15 PM - LUCIANO MAMMINO, Senior Architect, fourTheorem** "Serverless Podcast Transcription with Durable Lambda Functions, ECS Managed Instances, and Bedrock" **7:00 PM - NETWORKING** **7:20 PM - GLEN KEANE, Senior Software Engineer, BRIGHTBEAM** "Dr. Strangeagent, or: How I Learned to Stop Prompting and Love the State Machine” --Glen Keane, Senior Software Engineer, Brightbeam --Brian Finnegan, Principal Solutions Director, Brightbeam --Blake Rizk - Head of AI and Transformation, Laya Healthcare **8PM - Francis Flannery, Principal Solutions Architect, AWS** Talk details TBA **8.30pm - ENDS** **SPEAKER BIOS** +++++++++++++ fourTheorem **LUCIANO MAMMINO** Senior Architect at fourTheorem, AWS Serverless Hero, author, and podcast host, Luciano is a popular standout voice in the AWS Community, known for his immense expertise and tireless dedication to the community. Luciano's talk explores Lambda Durable Functions, ECS GPU workloads, Amazon Bedrock and building scalable, serverless podcast transcription pipelines. Luciano also co hosts AWS Bites with Eoin Shanaghy. The show has passed 150 episodes and, as a side project alongside a full time job, the production workflow has to be efficient. A few years ago Luciano and Eoin built an automated system to transcribe each episode and generate subtitles for YouTube and the website. That system became Podwhisperer, an open source pipeline that anyone can deploy in their own AWS account to automate podcast transcription. Three years is a long time in the AWS world. Better speech tooling showed up, new ways to run GPU workloads became practical, and durable orchestration in Lambda showed up as a great option to build workflows programmatically. So the project was rebuilt as Podwhisperer v2: a serverless transcription pipeline optimized for podcasts, with GPU accelerated transcription, speaker diarization, and an optional refinement step powered by Amazon Bedrock. v2 also produces captions in VTT, SRT, and JSON, including word level timing, so the output can be used directly across platforms without extra manual work. *This talk is a practical case study of the v2 architecture and the trade offs behind it, but it is also designed to teach the foundations behind the building blocks that make it work. Luciano will introduce Lambda Durable Functions and explain how checkpointing and replay enable long running workflows to survive Lambda timeouts. He will then break down ECS Managed Instances and show how they can provision CUDA capable capacity on demand for containerized GPU workloads, scale to zero between runs, and avoid the operational overhead of managing an EC2 fleet. Finally, the talk will cover how Amazon Bedrock can be used for transcript refinement in a controlled way, improving readability without turning the output into creative writing.* *Along the way, the session digs into the implementation details that make or break these systems in practice, including idempotency, worker callbacks, queue based coordination, and startup latency when scaling from zero. Attendees will leave with a clear mental model of the services involved and a set of practical patterns they can apply to their own long running, event driven workloads.* **Speaker Bio** Luciano is a Senior Architect at fourTheorem in Dublin, helping teams be successful with AWS by adopting serverless. He is an AWS Serverless Hero, co-host of the AWS Bites podcast, and co-author of the books [Node.js](http://node.js/) Design Patterns and Crafting Lambda Functions in Rust. **SPEAKER BIOS** +++++++++++++ BRIGHTBEAM **Blake Rizk - Head of AI and Transformation, Laya Healthcare:** Blake is Head of AI and Transformation at Laya Healthcare, part of the AXA Group, where he leads the strategy and delivery of AI-driven transformation across the organisation. With over 20 years of experience in technology, data and digital transformation, he focuses on applying practical AI solutions to modernise core healthcare insurance operations and deliver measurable business value. Blake is currently responsible for advancing the adoption of artificial intelligence across many areas including claims processing, document intake, customer service, and knowledge management. **Brian Finnegan - Principal Solutions Director, Brightbeam:** Brian brings three decades of experience to his role as a Principal Solutions Director at Brightbeam. His expertise in technology delivery stems from a diverse background - which includes previous roles as a Technical Account Manager at AWS and Solutions Architect at Sungard and Presidio. As well as Cloud Architect at Zurich Insurance. This broad perspective gives Brian a pragmatic edge (cutting and otherwise) in bridging the gap between the promise of AI and other new technologies and the gritty reality of scaling it in production. **Glen Keane** \- Senior Software Engineer\, Brightbeam: Glen is a senior software engineer at Brightbeam who wears many hats. Lately, he’s been focused on building intelligent systems using AI. In his past he built smart systems without it. A fullstack developer in all the worst possible ways - he does backend, frontend and devops in both startup and enterprise environments. Previously, he’s been a node.js core maintainer at Nearform; the first engineering hire (outside the founding team) in an Irish Unicorn, Wayflyer; and a Head of Engineering for a local startup. He likes to pretend he’s cosplaying as Chewbacca when he needs a haircut (which is most of the time) and enjoys sitting by beaches in the sunny south east writing code and sipping coffee. **BRIGHTBEAM - TALK DETAILS** AI agents nail demos and drift in production. They skip steps, hallucinate results, and present confident garbage. The fix is not better prompts - it is better architecture. This talk shows how Step Functions patterns - typed I/O, explicit transitions, choice states, parallel execution, error catchers - solve the reliability problem for AI agents. I will walk through a real mutation testing workflow (Chaos Monkey for your test suite) that orchestrates five parallel AI agents, routes on data, and validates intent at the terminal state, without the orchestrating agent remembering anything. Three ideas that land: * **Split intelligence from execution.** AI reasons freely to scope the problem, then a typed state machine drives the steps. Same mental model as Step Functions, applied to agents. * **Isolated sub-tasks.** When a step needs real thinking, spin up a fresh agent with focused context and only the data it needs. The main thread stays deterministic. The sub-task gets the model's full attention. * **Self-driving I/O.** Every step's output carries the next instruction. The agent follows the chain - it does not maintain a plan. If you have used Step Functions on AWS, you already understand the mental model. This talk shows where it maps directly to AI orchestration and where the AI-specific patterns diverge. **Takeaways** 1. Why agents drift and why prompt engineering cannot fix it 2. A concrete architecture you can implement the following week 3. Some core implementation patterns that have been tested in anger ++++++++++++++++++ SPEAK or SPONSOR We have speaking/sponsorship slots available! If you’re building something interesting on AWS we’d really love to hear from you. ++++++++++++++++++ **SAVE THE DATE! - 24 March 2026!** REINVENT RECAP + More!!! Don’t miss the next AWS community event featuring * Major Announcements made @ REINVENT + More!!! * Leading voices from the front lines of AWS / AI development * AWS Ask an Architect All your questions about AWS answered at a single event! ———— **Tickets are FREE but are Limited, so please RSVP Now.** **WANT TO SUPPORT?** AWS User Group events offer a great opportunity to align your brand with AWS thought leadership and to reach a highly influential audience of senior engineers, architects, founders and technical decision-makers that traditional channels cannot match. The Dublin AWS User Group is amongst the longest established in the world and has a long reputation for delivering quality content and engagement opportunities. Meetups are run in a city centre live entertainment setting with full A/V capabilities including dedicated lighting and sound engineers and seating for 200. Contact us through the **Messages Icon** about Speaking and/or Supporting. 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**Hands‑on. In‑person. Powered by AI.** 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓: To confirm your participation, please complete the registration form (ONLY 50 places available - First-come-first-serves): 👉 https://lnkd.in/etEJ5Pyi 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩. Join us in Dublin for GitHub Copilot Dev Days, a global, community‑led initiative by Microsoft designed to bring hands‑on learning experiences to developers everywhere. Whether you're a student, professional, or part of a startup, this event will help you level‑up your developer workflow using GitHub Copilot and the latest AI‑assisted development practices. This in‑person session is part of a worldwide program running March 15 – April 30, 2026, where community groups host local editions with direct support from Microsoft. You’ll get access to high‑quality technical content, a guided workshop, and opportunities to connect with fellow developers in Ireland. 🚀 **What to Expect** * Opening Talk: Learn how GitHub Copilot accelerates development, improves code quality, and enhances team productivity. * Hands‑On Workshop: Bring your laptop and follow along as we dive into real coding scenarios powered by Copilot. * Community Networking: Meet other developers, share experiences, and explore the impact of AI on modern software engineering. * Swag (limited): Stickers and other goodies may be available, depending on Microsoft’s community distribution. * Free Attendance: This event is 100% free for all participants. See you there.

OpenClaw, NemoClaw, personal assistants, 24/7 agents. What does it all mean? How does it all work and what should we know about it? Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus. Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.transformlabs.com/services)

**We'll have two meetings covering AI - this second one is for Positron** We will review which AI features are linked in for Positron, and how to use them. **Location:** The meetup will be at SPARK's ([https://annarborusa.org/](https://annarborusa.org/)) Ann Arbor site: [SPARK HQ (Ann Arbor)](https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ann*Arbor*SPARK*Headquarters/@42.2792515,-83.7447708,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x883cae3effe193cb:0x5296a53db2a282bf!8m2!3d42.2792515!4d-83.7447708?hl=en-US__;Kysr!!HXCxUKc!3EEdBNXRJKknP6LCGkZetSuEsdtChFojQnOVitFUC5C0fyilqXEbiMstT9ajBR3Cw-55qoFkrElCjQvjMdTxUw$). There is on street parking, and parking at local structures. **This will be a hybrid meeting - the Zoom session starts at 6:30 PM.** **Time:** The doors will be open at 6:00, with pizza and beverages provided. We will have a meet-and-greet-and-pizza session, and then at 6:30 we'll have a presentation. **Zoom information:** https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86862937929?pwd=woa95D1r85dobjqxQ07NfBLNdTa9hc.1 Passcode: 705462 **If you can't get in, please call me at: 734 223-3307** **Document source:**

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

Welcome to Casual Boardgames, where we enjoy classic tabletop games and social deduction games while bonding over good food, drinks, and great conversations. 
We started this group to meet new people and make new friends, and bonding over games in a relaxed atmosphere is a great way to do that. We currently meet near route 23 and Polaris Parkway, and this is close to areas like Powell, Lewis Center, Worthington, and parts of Westerville and Columbus. 
Feel free to bring your own games or play one of the many games our members bring. If you are inexperienced, we will help you learn. 
Here are just a few examples of the kind of games we play. 
Tabletop/board games: Splendor, Catan, Azul, Dominion, 7 Wonders… 
Social deduction games: Code Names, Chameleon, Werewords… 
IMPORTANT: 
1. While we love playing a variety of games and competing, we are not just about the games. We interact and talk while playing, and this leads to a lot of laughter and fun. If you just want to compete and focus solely on the game, then this is probably not the group you are looking for. 
2. Many people join groups like this and never (or rarely) show up after weeks or months. If you join and never really come, we will eventually remove you from the group as a courtesy to our members. Why? Because limiting group conversations (on the app) to regular members makes communication and planning much easier. Also, while it may be rare, it protects members from people who join because they are interested in following a person instead of having a real interest in our group. If you get removed, it is just because you haven’t come, and we follow this protocol as a courtesy to our regular game players.

**Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). Topic: Type Annotations with John Cassidy We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com

Rev. Steven Clevenger is an ordained spiritualist minister with over 40 years experience as a Spiritual Healer, Clairvoyant and Spiritual Teacher, educated and trained at the White Lily Chapel. Rev. Siobhan Wolf Shaffer is an ordained spiritualist minister and certified medium and healer with over 20 years experience. She began her development in 1988 in Pennsylvania and continued when she moved to Ohio in 1998 where she studied at Rays of Lights Church with Rev. Steven Clevenger. Our full worship services consist of an inspirational lecture, healing meditation, and messages from the spirit world that serve to demonstrate evidence of eternal life. Please visit our Official Church Website (http://raysoflightchurch.com) for more information.

**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