Decentralized Systems & Applications

Feel free to join if you are interested in low level computer stuff. If you have any cool projects or ideas you wanna share, bring them along

This is a paid event for all fitness levels - Accept payme or FPS . Please only attend after receiving my whatsapp confirmation. the event is not on when the minimum number of 3 is not attained ) （這是一項適合所有健身水平的付費活動 - 接受 payme 或 FPS 請whatsapp 我以確認活動會進行。） Whether you are new to Hyrox race ,want to improve your Hyrox time, or simply want to burn fat, improve your cardio conditioning. This event is for you . 無論您是 Hyrox 比賽的新手，想要提高您的 Hyrox 時間，還是只是想燃燒脂肪，改善您的心肺功能。 這個活動適合你。 The training include some runnings mix with intense circuit training which focus on training your cardio capacity, musclar endurance ,strength and power and your ability to run under fatigue (compromised running) which is what Hyrox is all about. 訓練包括一些跑步與高強度的循環訓練相結合，重點是訓練您的心肺功能、肌肉耐力、肌力和力量以及您在疲勞狀態下跑步的能力，這正是 Hyrox 比賽的體能要求所需。 The group class is led by Hyrox Hong Kong officially certified Hyrox Group trainer and himself has multiple Hyrox races experience and has been training under world-class hyrox coaches. 團體訓練班由Hyrox香港官方認證Hyrox團訓教練領導，他本人擁有多場Hyrox賽事經驗，並一直在世界級的hyrox教練的指導下訓練。 whatsapp Myles 95136748 or instagram :Myleslau_fitness for more details) 只需200港幣即可加入我們！ （第一次試堂），隨後套餐費從200到250不等，請whatsapp Myles 95136748 或 instagram :Myleslau_fitness 了解更多詳情） Location is right at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Park, near the fountain and the habour. Spacious with nice habour breeze and view . In case it rains we will train under nearby covered area. 地點就在孫中山紀念公園，靠近噴泉和海旁。寬敞，有清涼的海風和宜人風景。如果下雨，我們將在附近有遮蓋的區域下進行訓練。

🔔 準時開局. 唔會有凖時到場嘅人無了期等遲到嘅人嘅情況出現. 🔔 預準人數. 唔會有太多人/唔夠人/或需要輪流玩情況出現. 🔔 專人控場. 粗暴發言、鬧人、貼面、9玩者會被放進黑名單. 🔔 分開配置玩. 設有Level 1新手局、Level 2中手局. 🚫作弊（浪費大家時間） 🚫鬧人（冇人想放工特登走去俾人鬧） 我地響觀塘駿業里及成業街設有兩個狼人殺場地, 有興趣book埸玩狼請WhatsApp 6794 1166 / 6223 2379 🔔 費用: [$80 / Girls $60] Pay at entrance. 包飲品一盒, extra飲品每盒$5. 🔔 場地沒有食物提供, 但歡迎帶外賣上來食. 🔔 宣傳其他場地/放飛機/遊戲過程中態度惡劣者會被放進黑名單. 🔔 入埸請除鞋. 埸內拖鞋祗供店內用, 請勿著出店外. 🔔 報名參加Meetup活動, 當系統問你"Are you bringing anyone"時, 如果你祗是一個人來, 毋須㩒+1 (+1代表會帶朋友來的意思). 🔔 我哋嘅活動主持人有時會因為工作或者學業關係臨時嚟唔到，Meeple Tree 保留臨時更換主持嘅可能性。🙏 🔔 本會因放飛機(活動開始前24小時內退出者)被移除人數: 98 🔔 Meeple Tree保留參加者名單最後決定權. 🔔 Follow我哋IG: mtboardgame / boardgame_hk

Bonjour ! Welcome to the HK French Meetup. Interested in French style ? Looking for an activity on Wednesday evenings ? Join us for an unforgettable time at our Meetup, where language and culture blend seamlessly! Immerse yourself in lively conversations with fellow Francophiles while enjoying delicious snacks and delightful drinks. Whether you're a seasoned speaker or just starting your journey in the French language, this is the perfect opportunity to practice your skills in a friendly atmosphere. Share stories, make new friends, and expand your cultural horizons. We meet every two weeks on wednesdays. see you there! Julien & François Location of the meet up: The bar is named: « SOIREE » G/F TAI LEE BUILDING 19 ELGIN STREET, CENTRAL Start at 6:30 pm -7: 00 pm till 10 pm.

**德州撲克**（Texas hold'em，有時也簡稱為Hold'em或Holdem），簡稱**德撲**，是世界上最流行的公牌[啤](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B "啤")衍生遊戲，也是國際啤比賽的正式競賽項目之一。[世界撲克大賽](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%89%91%E5%85%8B%E5%A4%A7%E8%B5%9B "世界撲克大賽")（World Series of Poker, [WSOP](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSOP "WSOP")）和[世界啤巡迴賽](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B%E5%B7%A1%E8%BF%B4%E8%B3%BD "世界啤巡迴賽")（World Poker Tour，[WPT](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPT "WPT")）的主賽事（Main Event）項目即是「無限注德州撲克」[\[1\]](https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/%E5%BE%B7%E5%B7%9E%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B#cite_note-1)。 德州撲克是位置順序影響最大的啤衍生遊戲之一，每一輪的下注順序維持不變，它也是[美國](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BE%8E%E5%9C%8B "美國")多數[賭場](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B3%AD%E5%A0%B4 "賭場")內最受歡迎的[啤](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%92%B2%E5%85%8B "啤")牌類遊戲，在美國以外的地區也十分流行，與[橋牌](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A1%A5%E7%89%8C "橋牌")的流行程度相當。理論上，一桌同時最多可容納22位（若不銷牌則為23位）牌手，但一般是2〜10人一桌。 🔔 呢一局係自助局, 參加者需輪流take turn派牌! 我地唔玩錢, 冠軍有小回贈. 地址: 觀塘駿業里8號世貿大樓605室 難度: 容易 (會教你哋玩法). 費用: [$100 / Girls $80] Pay at entrance. 包飲品一盒, extra飲品每盒$5. 🔔 人多, 或員工/主持忙於教玩遊戲時可能沒暇收取場費, 請利用櫃面PayMe code/Ali Pay /FPS號碼自行支付. 如發現有故意走數情況, 會被放進Meeple Tree 黑名單. 🔔 場地沒有食物提供, 但歡迎帶外賣上來食. 🔔 宣傳其他場地/放飛機/遊戲過程中態度惡劣者會被放進黑名單. 🔔 入埸請除鞋. 埸內拖鞋祗供店內用, 請勿著出店外. 🔔 報名參加Meetup活動, 當系統問你"Are you bringing anyone"時, 如果你祗是一個人來, 毋須㩒+1 (+1代表會帶朋友來的意思). 🔔 我哋嘅活動主持人有時會因為工作或者學業關係臨時嚟唔到，Meeple Tree 保留臨時更換主持嘅可能性。🙏 🔔 本會因放飛機(活動開始前24小時內退出者)被移除人數: 98 🔔 Meeple Tree保留參加者名單最後決定權. 🔔 Follow我哋IG: mtboardgame / boardgame_hk \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 📣 我地成業街超抵Deal場地‼️ 星期一至四，$600 book 場玩6個鐘，book 晒成個場, 600尺空間自由玩！ 歡迎約埋啲朋友仔一齊上去玩啦！查詢預約：Whatsapp 6️⃣7️⃣9️⃣4️⃣1️⃣1️⃣6️⃣6️⃣

彈床班的健康益處非常多，主要包括： 全身運動：彈床運動能夠鍛煉到全身肌肉，包括腿部、腹部和背部肌肉，提升整體肌肉力量。 心肺健康：進行彈床運動可以提升心率，有助於增強心肺功能，改善耐力。 平衡與協調：在彈床上運動需要保持平衡，能有效提升身體的協調性。 減壓：彈床運動是一種有趣的運動方式，有助於釋放壓力，提升心理健康。 靈活性與柔韌性：彈床運動能夠幫助提高身體的靈活性和柔韌性，減少受傷風險。 燃脂效果：這種高強度的有氧運動能有效幫助燃燒卡路里，對減重有一定的幫助。 地址: 灣仔店 灣仔駱克道280號 平霖商業大廈8樓 (灣仔站A1出口,到地面後轉右直行兩個街口) 地點：觀塘店 觀塘駿業街43-45號創匯廣場305室 (首次試堂$80/位) 平日/星期六、日 上午/下午/晚上, 特定時間 適合親子班, 婦女, 上班族, https://wa.me/85261571662?text=我想了解灣仔彈床班

A TTRPG meetup to kick off the weekend with a wizard time. The Path of Glory (Dragonbane) Your adventure starts on "Hell's Island," known for its wildmagic and strange happenings. It's one of the Misty Isles, filled with treasure and excitement, but something has gone wrong. You'll find signs of violence, a desperate survivor, and a crucial task left undone. This was no accident, and others will soon arrive searching for the same treasure. Welcome to Season One of "The Path of Glory," a campaign for Dragonbane that focuses on investigation, exploration, and battling dangerous monsters. How far are you willing to go when ambition, survival, and reputation clash? **Minimum Charge:** There Is a minimum spend requirement of one drinks per person, or equivalent items such as bagels or fries. If you are interested in GMing, join our WhatsApp group! https://chat.whatsapp.com/HHjdBJRbc038phG4DSsjTO

⚠️For non members join the free event here https://luma.com/n4ah8g4e Think vibe coding meets venture funding meets code jams! We kick off the year with a talk from Cooper from Nullshot. Join serial entrepreneur Joseph Cooper for a live look at Nullshot.ai, a decentralized platform where AI agents and Web3 tokenomics transform collaborative chats into functional apps. Watch him "live jam" in real-time with inputs from the audience to demonstrate how communities can co-create, tokenize, and launch products through the power of the Model Context Protocol. **About Nullshot** BUILD THE FUTURE, TOGETHER. Chat, build and own collectively. All on one platform. From ideas to omnichain tokens—everything starts here. No gatekeepers, no silent insiders. Just collective ingenuity—funded and owned by the people who show up. Alpha is out now on: [Nullshot.ai](Nullshot.ai) **About Joseph Cooper** Serial entrepreneur and engineer building games played by tens of millions of consumers and platforms helping engineers ship ideas faster. As a founder and executive, Coop has sold Junglee Games to Poker Stars, KintoHub to Jack Dorsey's Cash App, and Earn Alliance to Playfull in the past decade and today is focused on Nullshot. **About Rhys Turner** ​Rhys Turner is a Creative Technologist and Innovation Technologist, specializing in the intersection of technology, design, and luxury experiences. With a background in emerging technologies, AI, and interactive media, he explores innovative ways to enhance digital storytelling and customer engagement. His work focuses on blending creativity with technical innovation, pushing the boundaries of digital craftsmanship in the fashion and beauty industries. **Sponsors and supporting partner** Nullshot - topic talk and presenter https://nullshot.ai/ Tronica - HKWD sponsor https://tronica.io/ Angelflow - supporting partner https://www.angelflow.vc/ Garage Society - venue sponsor https://www.thegaragesociety.com/ **Event notes** - This event is first come first serve and will be letting people in on a capacity basis - food and drinks buy by the bar - vip reserved seats upon request **Schedule** ​7:00 - Welcome mingle 7:15 - Cooper from Nullshot Talk and panel ​​8:00 - Q&A ​​8:30 - Forum and mingle ​​Join our Discord for better communication https://discord.com/invite/k6zSjSZUUE ​​We are looking for: ​​A venue ​​Presenters
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Meeting and coffee location: Rootdown Shop 16-19 G/F, Two Artlane, 1 Chung Ching St, Sai Ying Pun Communication: Follow us on IG and join our whatsapp group for latest updates.[HK-FRC Instagram Page](http://instagram.com/frchongkong/) [WhatsApp Group Link](https://chat.whatsapp.com/JhRmT0GhHMiDhLdrTD5tx0?mode=ems_copy_t) **Founders Running Club** (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer—pets, friends, family, are welcome. 🗓️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022 🌍 Now in 45+ cities 📅 Running + Networking events + Community **Follow us on Instagram** [http://instagram.com/frchongkong/](http://instagram.com/frchongkong/) **Stay updated**: Global Pages Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/)

**🎤Unleash Your Inner Champion by grasping the moment to thrive, transform and shape your future! 🎤** ![🏆]()**NextGen Empowerment Forum / Toastmasters Club Carnival at F401, Institute of Healthcare, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Ho Man Tin on 1st Feb 2026 Sun (14:00 to 16:30)** A community event advocating the value and benefits of Toastmasters and showcasing the community Clubs (with meeting languages of English, Cantonese and Putonghua) in Hong Kong. **Program:** * **Keynote Presentation by Sabyasachi Sengupta, WCPS 2025:** **" Transform with Change, Jumpstart Your Future”** [https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GTc7nbTFxa4&list=PLARJuJxGkTBSCTHGXbFcyn2ykRvofpQR9&index=14&pp=iAQB](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GTc7nbTFxa4&list=PLARJuJxGkTBSCTHGXbFcyn2ykRvofpQR9&index=14&pp=iAQB) \- Panel Discussion by **Top Gurus on Work, Life & Confidence** CHANGE Work Dynamics TRANSFORM Personal Life JUMPSTART Communication Skills Voices from Aletta Rochat, DTM, 2025–2026 International President, to the young generation. [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vNkfCyw-kcNzornoe8LCO7eujKnn8I50/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vNkfCyw-kcNzornoe8LCO7eujKnn8I50/view?usp=sharing) Embark on a transformative and life-changing journey to shape your future and jumpstart your career. **WCPS 2025’s Greetings to D89 for WCPS Event Series 2026** [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_N0AnV1E0DdPZh0IQB1stFuWogs2iA-9/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_N0AnV1E0DdPZh0IQB1stFuWogs2iA-9/view?usp=sharing) 🚨**Registration:** [https://shorturl.at/Ntb9D](https://shorturl.at/Ntb9D)

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Meetup New Friends at Central HK (Free Entry) Time: Friday night usually \~7:30pm to 10pm (Weekly) Location: Central Market G/F (Center area), Central Hong Kong. 香港中環與新朋友見面 (Free Entry) 時間：週五晚上(通常) \~7:30pm 至 10pm（每週） 地點：香港中環中環街市地下（中心區）

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I think we've passed our 20th month mark now, we lost track! Our drinks night's unique point is NO PRESSURE. Everyone is just chilling, learning, and empathetic and supportive to each other's AI journey, wherever they currently are at. So, join our monthly networking drinks night: MERAKIS DRINKS Whether you are working on an AI project, learning about it, or simply curious about the scene, come make some new friends :) Simple as that Location: Pazta, G/F Barrack Block, Shop 03-G08, Tai Kwun, 10 Hollywood Rd, Central, Hong Kong People who joined our previous events had come from all walks of life including entrepreneurs, finance and banking, data science, branding, marketing, architecture and UX, you name it! Come meet some new friends. Some had found cofounders, friends, even life partners from our event. It's the good vibes. All welcome, if you are new to our events, you will be even more warmly welcomed :) & Bring friends! More the merrier. Some questions you may like to ask other attendees when you meet them for the first time: \- How are you using AI in your daily life at this moment? \- What excites you the most about the new models of AI that came out most recently? \- What are you future plans in your AI exploration journey? Please note: \- We sometimes take photos at our events\. If you don't want to be in them\, please voice out your concerns to the host upon arrival\, otherwise\, we would assume it's ok to have you in our group photos :\) \- It's a Buy Your Own Drink situation :\) We are not commercially related to the venue and this is a non\-profit event\, we are friends who come together for a good chat\, please buy your own drink\! :\) \- Please don't sell us insurance XD it's not appropriate at this event\. Follow us on ig [@merakis.ai](http://merakis.ai/) Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/company/merakisai Co-organizer Adeline's Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/adelinechanhokming

## Learn Infrastructure-as-Code (the FUN Way) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️ **Joint Meetup: Azure CBUS × Columbus HashiCorp User Group × DevOps Columbus** What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game? Join us for a joint Azure CBUS, Columbus HashiCorp User Group, and DevOps Columbus meetup where **Mark Tinderholt** \(Principal Architect\, Microsoft Azure \| HashiCorp Ambassador \| “The Azure Terraformer”\) shows how **Minecraft** can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts. In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure. ### What we’ll cover * Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using **Terraform** * Provisioning real infrastructure on **Azure** * Applying **IaC best practices** (immutability, repeatability, versioning) * How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts *click* * Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time ### Who should attend * Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers * Terraform users (new or experienced) * Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples * Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way. Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐 Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/

OWASP is ending use of Meetup, so I built an eventbrite for the event. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-development-risk-case-studies-and-how-agentic-ai-is-the-future-of-appsec-tickets-1981450622150?aff=oddtdtcreator AI is transforming how software is designed, developed, and deployed, dramatically accelerating velocity while introducing new categories of risk. As organizations adopt AI-assisted coding, autonomous agents, and increasingly complex model interactions, traditional application security approaches struggle to keep pace. This talk examines emerging AI-driven risks through real case studies from the field, highlighting issues such as insecure code generation, data-leakage pathways, model manipulation, and evolving supply-chain threats. We will explore how engineering teams must adapt their people, processes, and governance models to secure AI-augmented development workflows effectively. The session will then introduce agentic AI as the next evolution in application security—autonomous systems capable of continuous analysis, multi-step reasoning, and real-time remediation. Attendees will learn how combining agentic AI with modern practices can reduce developer friction, improve coverage, and create a future-ready application security strategy designed for the demands of AI-native software development

## Details \#\# Learn Infrastructure\-as\-Code \(the FUN Way\) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️ **Joint Meetup: DevOps Columbus - Azure CBUS - Columbus HashiCorp User Group** What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game? Join us for a joint DevOps Columbus, Azure CBUS and Columbus HashiCorp User Group meetup where **Mark Tinderholt** \(Principal Architect\, Microsoft Azure \| HashiCorp Ambassador \| “The Azure Terraformer”\) shows how **Minecraft** can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts. In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure. \#\#\# What we’ll cover * Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using **Terraform** * Provisioning real infrastructure on **Azure** * Applying **IaC best practices** (immutability, repeatability, versioning) * How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts *click* * Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time \#\#\# Who should attend * Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers * Terraform users (new or experienced) * Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples * Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way. Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐

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## Learn Infrastructure-as-Code (the FUN Way) — Through Minecraft 🎮☁️ **Joint Meetup: Azure CBUS × Columbus HashiCorp User Group** What if learning Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code didn’t feel like a whitepaper… but more like a game? Join us for a joint Azure CBUS and Columbus HashiCorp User Group meetup where **Mark Tinderholt** \(Principal Architect\, Microsoft Azure \| HashiCorp Ambassador \| “The Azure Terraformer”\) shows how **Minecraft** can be used as a surprisingly powerful way to understand real-world Infrastructure-as-Code concepts. In this session, Mark will demonstrate how Terraform and Azure can be used to provision, configure, and manage Minecraft servers—while teaching the same patterns you’d use for production cloud infrastructure. ### What we’ll cover * Infrastructure-as-Code fundamentals using **Terraform** * Provisioning real infrastructure on **Azure** * Applying **IaC best practices** (immutability, repeatability, versioning) * How playful environments like Minecraft make complex concepts *click* * Why learning through experimentation beats click-ops every time ### Who should attend * Developers, platform engineers, and cloud engineers * Terraform users (new or experienced) * Anyone curious about Infrastructure-as-Code but tired of boring examples * Minecraft fans who want to see it used in a totally unexpected way No prior Minecraft experience required—just curiosity and a willingness to learn infrastructure the fun way. Come for the blocks, stay for the Terraform. 🧱➡️📐 Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! https://sessionize.com/cbus-hug-2026/

### Tools in your AI's Toolbox : An introduction to MCP Servers The generative AI revolution has unlocked unprecedented capabilities, but the next frontier is agency: empowering models to interact with, query, and act upon the world. The current challenge is the “N x M integration problem,” where every AI model requires a custom, brittle integration for each external tool or data source. This approach simply doesn’t scale. How can we give an AI access to our sales leads, code repositories, or IoT devices in a standardized, secure, and reusable way? This session introduces Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), the open-source framework designed to solve this challenge and become the universal connector—the USB-C port—for AI. MCP standardizes how AI models discover and use external tools, moving beyond simple function-calling to a robust, client-server architecture. We will dive into how this open protocol is creating a new ecosystem for building powerful, context-aware AI agents. Join this session for a developer-focused introduction where you will learn how to: Understand the core concepts of the open-source Model Context Protocol and its architecture. Utilize pre-built, open-source MCP servers to instantly connect AI to tools like Git, Slack, and databases. Build a custom MCP server to securely expose your own proprietary data and APIs as tools for any compliant AI. Move beyond bespoke integrations and contribute to a standardized, collaborative, and open ecosystem. Stop building one-off connectors and start building intelligent agents. This session will give you the practical knowledge to leverage MCP and create the next generation of AI that doesn’t just talk, but does. Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! [https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/](https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/)