Digital Transformation

**Registrierung nur über Eventbrite:** [👉](https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/berlin-digital-business-network-sibb/events/313709910/?eventOrigin=group_events_list) https://www.eventbrite.de/e/1986992275384👈 \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Praxisnahe Vormittagsveranstaltung mit Unternehmensbeispielen, Impulsen und Austausch ### Das Event soll Agentic AI greifbar machen, nicht als abstrakten Zukunftsbegriff, sondern über konkrete Beispiele aus der Praxis. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, wie Unternehmen AI Agents heute schon sinnvoll einsetzen können, um Abläufe zu vereinfachen, produktiver zu arbeiten und neue Arbeitsweisen im Team zu ermöglichen. #### 💡 Was du bei dem Event lernst: * Agentic AI im praktischen **Unternehmenseinsatz** * **Konkrete** Business Cases und Learnings aus der Praxis * **Produktivitätssteigerung** durch AI Agents * **Automatisierung** und Unterstützung von Wissensarbeit * **Chancen**, **Grenzen** und **Voraussetzungen** für den erfolgreichen Einsatz **Ein großes Dankeschön an [INNOQ](https://www.innoq.com/en/ "https://www.innoq.com/en/") für das Sponsoring des Caterings!** **🚀 Gründer:innen aufgepasst:** Der SIBB Incubator unterstützt Startups mit Fokus auf Cybersecurity, Deep Tech und Responsible AI. Sichert euch bis zu 100.000 € equity-free Förderung, individuelles Mentoring und Zugang zum SIBB-Expertennetzwerk. Jetzt bis zum 4. Mai bewerben unter: [sibb.de/incubator](https://sibb.de/incubator "https://sibb.de/incubator") #### Agenda und Speaker im Überblick: ***1\. Krzysztof Radecki \(CTO\, DAC\.Digital\) & Josua Ziegler \(CEO\, punktum\)*** **Hört auf zu prompten, fangt an zu managen: Agente-basierte KI in großem Maßstab orchestrieren** Wir fragen uns immer wieder, wie wir KI-Agenten leistungsfähiger machen können. Aber wie sieht es damit aus, sie steuerbar zu machen? Dieser Vortrag beginnt mit einem Überblick über die Landschaft der agente-basierten KI – denn bevor man in großem Maßstab orchestrieren kann, muss man wissen, wo man tatsächlich steht und was wirklich benötigt wird. Dann wird es konkret: ein echtes Plattformprojekt, eine kühne stadtweite Vision und ein einziges LLM, das diese nicht umsetzen konnte. Die Lösung war kein besserer Prompt. Es war besseres Management – klar definierte Rollen, eindeutige Aufgabenverteilung und ein System, das weiß, wer verfügbar ist und worin die jeweiligen Stärken liegen. Die Prinzipien, die menschliche Teams in großem Maßstab funktionieren lassen? Sie gelten auch für KI. Und das verändert die Art und Weise, wie man entwickelt. ***2\. Johannes Rave \(Senior Consultant\, InnoQ\)*** **No Constrain, No Gain** *Struktur für den Agent, Klarheit für den Menschen, Flexibilität für das Unternehmen* KI-Codierungsagenten sind bemerkenswert gut darin, Code zu erstellen. Ob dieser Code jedoch die tatsächlichen Anforderungen des Unternehmens widerspiegelt – und ob er auch sechs Monate später noch sinnvoll ist –, ist eine ganz andere Frage. Die Versuchung ist groß, dies als ein Problem der Eingabeaufforderung zu betrachten – dem Agenten mehr Kontext, bessere Anweisungen und klarere Ziele zu geben. Ein oft übersehener Hebel ist die Beachtung der Architektur. Wenn die Domänenlogik ihren eigenen, klar abgegrenzten Platz hat, getrennt von der technischen Infrastruktur um sie herum, geschieht etwas Interessantes: Der Agent bleibt fokussiert, der Mensch kann tatsächlich prüfen, was wichtig ist, und das Ganze bleibt offen für Änderungen, ohne dass eine Neuprogrammierung erforderlich ist. Dieser Vortrag stellt einen Ansatz vor, wie man dorthin gelangt – und wie einige gut platzierte Einschränkungen Ihnen Freiheit verschaffen können. ***3\. Julian Kling \(Data Analytics Consultant\, Infomotion\)*** **Beyond OCR: Intelligent Document Processing with LLMs & Agents** Zwei Jahrzehnte lang bedeutete Dokumentenverarbeitung OCR in Verbindung mit Vorlagen – anfällige Abläufe, die immer dann ins Stocken gerieten, wenn ein Anbieter sein Layout änderte. Große Sprachmodelle (LLMs) und agentische Architekturen schreiben dieses Drehbuch gerade neu. In diesem Vortrag wird anhand realer Kundenanwendungsfälle aus den Bereichen Rechnungswesen, Zeiterfassung und Testberichte erläutert, wie ein moderner Stack für intelligente Dokumentenverarbeitung tatsächlich aussieht. #### 🎯 Für wen ist das Event gedacht: * Unternehmen, die sich mit dem **praktischen Einsatz von KI** beschäftigen * **Innovations**\- und **Digitalverantwortliche** * **Produkt**\- und **Tech**-Teams * **Startups** und **Gründungsteams** im AI-Umfeld * alle die mehr über die Bereichen **Cybersecurity** und **Trustworthy AI** lernen wollen \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **Registrierung nur über Eventbrite:** [👉](https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/berlin-digital-business-network-sibb/events/313709910/?eventOrigin=group_events_list) https://www.eventbrite.de/e/1986992275384👈

Hi, it's sunshine in Berlin! How about prolonging your weekend feeling and start the week with a fresh energy boost? We’re happy to have found a lovely spot for a relaxed gathering. Join a small group of people for an easygoing afterwork with fun activities, good conversations, and genuine exchange. Bring friends and enjoy a laid-back start to your week. See you, Belinda **How to join spontaneously:** --> RSVP here: https://www.meetup.com/digital-business-community-international/events/314416779/ or on eventbrite searching 'OFF THE RECORD Afterwork' #BerlinAfterwork #MeetupBerlin #AfterworkVibes #SocialBerlin #MondayMotivation #NetworkingBerlin #ExpatsBerlin #FunActivities #GoodVibesOnly #MakeNewFriends #BerlinEvents #WeekdayFun #CasualMeetup #CityLifeBerlin #OFFTHERECORDAFTERWORK

We are excited to announce our next meetup, which will again be hosted at the beautiful [HubSpot](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#) Berlin offices. Get ready for rooftop views, snacks, drinks and plenty of opportunities to learn and share. Agenda: • 18:30 – 19:00: **Arrival and Registration** • 19:00 – 19:15: **Welcome & Opening Remarks** • 19:15 – 19:45: **Impulse talk** on "Challenges of measuring ROI in AI projects" from Stefan Kiefer, VP Customer Experience at Octonomy AI • 19:45 – 20:30: **Panel Discussion** with **Dr. Katharina Prohl-Schwenke**, author of "Customer Success Management" (Springer Professional) & Co-Founder of the CustomerSuccess Academy, **Julian Janecke**, Head of Customer Success at nilo and **Stefan Kiefer**, VP Customer Experience at Octonomy AI. • 20:30 – 21:00: **Networking** A heartfelt thank you to our friends at **HubSpot** for providing the location & Drinks. Food will be provided by **addressable value**. Expect an exciting and engaged discussion and feel free to bring questions of your own.

Join us for an in-person evening exploring how GenAI is transforming modern engineering — from low-code feature engineering and research workflows to agent-driven optimization and production ML systems. Please make sure you register with your full name, as it will be checked by security on arrival. \*\*\* 📅 **Date and Time:** Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Doors open: 17:30 Talks start: 18:00 Panel discussion: 19:20 Networking & pizza: 20:00 \*\*\* 📍 **Location:** Zalando Office BHW Warschauer S-Bahn, Auditorium Cinema \*\*\* 📝 **Agenda:** **17:30 – Doors Open** Arrivals and check-in \*\*\* **18:00 – Talk #1** **Research Harness Engineering** [Florian Hönicke](https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-h%C3%B6nicke-b902b6aa/) — Elastic Every programmer is now a manager of coding agents — but human oversight quickly becomes the bottleneck. Florian will share how Elasticsearch built an agentic research harness to support their v5-omni model development, enabling structured experimentation and faster iteration cycles in applied AI research, and why building your own harness is the key unlock for teams serious about scaling agentic workflows. \*\*\* **18:20 – Talk #2** **Low code feature engineering in Zalando with Agentic support** Ola Wahab — Zalando Feature engineering at scale has traditionally been a high-friction process — days of infra setup, complex tooling coordination, and lots of boilerplate. Ola will walk through how Zalando is shifting to a low-code, configuration-driven approach where teams define pipelines declaratively, and how agentic coding has compressed the journey from feature discovery to production from weeks to days. \*\*\* **18:40 – Talk #3** **Ranking Logic Migration from Monolith — Using Code Agents for Iterative Performance Benchmarking** [Ivan Potapov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ivan-sur/) — Zalando How Zalando’s Search and Browse Discovery team extracted a latency-critical ranking service from a monolith and validated it for production. This talk covers: * Migrating the ranking read path into a standalone Ranking API * Using AI-powered agentic loops with async-profiler to close the p99 latency gap * Practical lessons on allocation profiling, virtual threads, and production validation \*\*\* **19:00 – Talk #4** **Coding Agents for ML Pipelines & AI Systems (Hopsworks + Claude Code)** [Jim Dowling](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-dowling-206a98/) — Hopsworks Coding agents are rapidly reshaping software and ML engineering. This talk explores how prompt-driven development is changing how we build ML systems. We’ll cover: * ML problem decomposition and architecture optimization in an agent-driven world * Data-driven experimentation workflows * Building faster and higher-quality systems with Claude Code * Why building on top of AI infrastructure boosts productivity Based on Jim’s O’Reilly book: *Building AI Systems with a Feature Store* Format: 20 min talk + 10 min Q&A \*\*\* **19:20 – Panel Discussion** **Product Mindset in Engineering — The Evolution of the AI Engineer Role** \*\*Host: Ivan Potapov Jim Dowling — CEO, Hopsworks Leela Sharma — Director of Engineering, Zalando Alexey Grigorev — Founder, DataTalks.Club Florian Hönicke — Principal AI Engineer, Elastic A discussion on how GenAI is reshaping engineering roles, expectations, and the shift toward product-oriented thinking. \*\*\* **20:00 – Pizza, Drinks & Networking** Wrap up the evening with food, drinks and conversations with fellow engineers and speakers. \*\*\* Invite your friends and join us for an evening of learning and networking! **⚡️ Interested in giving a talk? ⚡️** Are you interested presenting on your Elastic use case? We welcome 5-10 minute lightning talks, 45-minute deep dives, and everything in between. If you're interested, please send an email to [meetups@elastic.co](http://meetups@elastic.co/?utm_source=luma)

Join us for **OFF THE RECORD – The afterwork that gets you out of your head and back into life**. On April 27 in Berlin. Kick off your week differently with an evening designed to shift your energy through unexpected encounters, movement and fresh inspiration. It’s a space for curious minds, creatives, founders and freelancers to reconnect with the present, meet people in a natural way, and reset both mentally and physically. Expect interactive moments, light activities and good vibes. Happy for you to join our curated group of people who meet up. IMPORTANT: These are the steps to secure your spot (!). Please follow BOTH steps to get the ticket! 1\. Step 1 \- RSVP this event on meetup 2\. Step 2 \- Get your actual entry ticket on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/off-the-record-afterwork-berlin-meet-move-field-session-01-tickets-1987003660437? (or type: off the record afterwork, you'll find it) Free entry based upon availability. Any question, drop me a message here on meetup. See you, Belinda & the event team

Meet us for in-person talks at Zalando on April 28, 2026! Join us for an evening exploring how GenAI is transforming modern engineering — from low-code feature engineering and research workflows to agent-driven optimization and production ML systems. Please make sure you register with your full name, as it will be checked by security on arrival. *** 📅 **Date and Time:** Tuesday, April 28, 2026 Doors open: 17:30 Talks start: 18:00 Panel discussion: 19:20 Networking & pizza: 20:00 *** 📍 **Location:** Zalando Office BHW Warschauer S-Bahn, Auditorium Cinema *** 📝 **Agenda:** **17:30 – Doors Open** Welcome, pizza, and networking **18:00 – Research Harness Engineering for Model Development** Florian Hönicke — Elastic Every programmer is now a manager of coding agents — but human oversight quickly becomes the bottleneck. Florian will share how Elastic built an agentic research harness to support their v5-omni model development, enabling structured experimentation and faster iteration cycles in applied AI research, and why building your own harness is the key unlock for teams serious about scaling agentic workflows. *** **18:20 – Low-Code Feature Engineering in Zalando with Agentic Support** Ola Wahab — Zalando Feature engineering at scale has traditionally been a high-friction process — days of infra setup, complex tooling coordination, and lots of boilerplate. Ola will walk through how Zalando is shifting to a low-code, configuration-driven approach where teams define pipelines declaratively, and how agentic coding has compressed the journey from feature discovery to production from weeks to days. *** **18:40 – Ranking Logic Migration from Monolith — Using Code Agents for Iterative Performance Benchmarking** Ivan Potapov — Zalando How Zalando’s Search and Browse Discovery team extracted a latency-critical ranking service from a monolith and validated it for production. This talk covers: * Migrating the ranking read path into a standalone Ranking API * Using AI-powered agentic loops with async-profiler to close the p99 latency gap * Practical lessons on allocation profiling, virtual threads, and production validation Format: 20 min talk + 10 min Q&A *** **19:00 – Coding Agents for ML Pipelines & AI Systems (Hopsworks + Claude Code)** Jim Dowling — Hopsworks Coding agents are rapidly reshaping software and ML engineering. This talk explores how prompt-driven development is changing how we build ML systems. We’ll cover: * ML problem decomposition and architecture optimization in an agent-driven world * Data-driven experimentation workflows * Building faster and higher-quality systems with Claude Code * Why building on top of AI infrastructure boosts productivity Based on Jim’s O’Reilly book: *Building AI Systems with a Feature Store* Format: 20 min talk + 10 min Q&A *** **19:20 – Panel Discussion** **Product Mindset in Engineering — The Evolution of the AI Engineer Role** Jim Dowling — CEO, Hopsworks Leela Sharma — Director of Engineering, Zalando Florian Hönicke — Principal AI Engineer, Elastic Alexey Grigorev — Founder, DataTalks.Club A discussion on how GenAI is reshaping engineering roles, expectations, and the shift toward product-oriented thinking. *** **20:00 – Pizza, Drinks & Networking** Wrap up the evening with food, drinks, and conversations with fellow engineers and speakers. *** Invite your friends and join us for an evening of learning and networking!

**The AWS Women’s User Group Berlin** is delighted to invite you to our upcoming meetup sponsored by Public Cloud Group focused on **Cloud Governance and AI Security**. Join us for an evening focused on building compliant cloud platforms and securing modern AI workloads. Whether you're dealing with highly regulated workloads in your organization or looking to stay ahead of the curve in AI Security, this session will equip you with practical knowledge and innovative approaches. **Speaker Info** **Keynote Talk** **Speaker: Shabnam Motamedirad** **Position:** Solutions Architect, Public Cloud Group **Talk Title: Governance First: Building a Compliant AWS Multi-Account Setup** **Abstract:** Highly regulated industries face strict requirements around security, governance, compliance, and auditability, yet they still need the agility and scalability of the cloud. In this talk, we will walk through how to design and implement a secure AWS Landing Zone tailored for regulated environments using AWS Control Tower as a foundation. **You’ll learn:** * What defines a highly regulated environment and the common compliance challenges in cloud adoption * The core concepts of an AWS Landing Zone and why it’s the foundation of a secure multi-account strategy * How AWS Control Tower helps establish governance, security guardrails, and account provisioning * How and when to customize Control Tower to meet advanced regulatory or organizational needs **AI Security Talk** **Speaker: Nensi Hakobjanyan** **Position:** Solutions Architect, AWS **Talk Title: Securing AI Workloads on AWS: Defense-in-Depth for the Age of Generative AI** **Abstract:** From classic ML to generative AI and autonomous agents, every layer of the AI stack introduces new security challenges. But do we need to reinvent the wheel? In this session, we explore how traditional security principles like identity, data protection, threat detection, and governance apply to AI workloads using native AWS services, and where they need to adapt for AI's unique risks. This session is perfectly suited for everyone looking to build AI that's powerful and secure by design. 🗓️ **Event Details:** \- Date: Wednesday\, April 29th \- Venue: Amazon Office EDGE East Side Tower [address](https://maps.app.goo.gl/41rxVNQbBNmwLdWE8) \- Time: 06:00 PM \- 9:00 PM Doors open at 6:00 PM Food & drinks will be provided. 📋 **Program Schedule:** 18:00 - Registration and Welcome Networking 18:20 - AWS Women's User Group Welcome 18:30 - "Governance First: Building a Compliant AWS Multi-Account Setup" Speaker: Shabnam Motamedirad, Solutions Architect, Public Cloud Group Explore how regulated organizations can safely adopt the cloud with a secure AWS Landing Zone powered by AWS Control Tower. 19:15 - 19:30 Break 19:30 - "Securing AI Workloads on AWS: Defense-in-Depth for the Age of Generative AI" Speaker: Nensi Hakobjanyan, Solutions Architect, AWS Discover practical approaches to building AI that is powerful, scalable, and secure by design on AWS. 20:10 - Q&A and closing remarks 20:15 - 21:00 Networking, food & drinks 🎟️ **RSVP** Don't miss this excellent opportunity to connect with Shabnam, Nensi, the AWS WUG Team and a thriving community of cloud enthusiasts and professionals. Secure your spot by RSVPing now! Seats are limited! Please note that this user group is specifically for WOMEN and FLINTA\* (female, lesbian, inter, trans\*, non-binary, and agender) only. We kindly ask you to respect the space we are creating and invite you to explore the AWS User Group Berlin for more events. \*\*\*\*\*\* 🚨Attention🚨 This meetup is hosted at Amazon Offices and attendees must be registered to go through building security. Make sure you bring an ID card with you, and you register the event with a valid name that matches to your ID. Media and Consent: We inform all attendees that photographs and videos will be taken during the meetup and will only be used by the event organizers for documentation and promotional purposes. By RSVPing to this event you are consenting to our media policy. Please let the organizers know if you do not want to be in the pictures/videos. Thank you very much for your cooperation! \*\* The AWS Women’s User Group is the very first official women-centric AWS User Group in DACH and EMEA. This group serves as a secure and supportive platform for women and FLINTA\* who want to share their AWS knowledge, passion for cloud computing and advance their career through targeted learning opportunities. Code of Conduct: At the AWS Women's User Group in Berlin, we have a strong and unequivocal code of conduct in place to create a safe and empowering environment for all.

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In the midst of life’s storms—whether in relationships, work, or within ourselves—it can be difficult to find clarity and calm. The “I” Of the Storm: Embracing Conflict, Creating Peace, based on the work of Dr. Gary Simmons, invites you to discover the steady center within—the part of you that remains grounded even when everything around you is in motion. Led by Brian Drafton-Griffin, this engaging workshop offers practical tools and meaningful insights to help you navigate conflict with greater awareness, compassion, and confidence. Through guided discussion and reflection, you’ll learn how to shift from reaction to response and transform challenges into opportunities for growth and connection.

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This is a free, in person meeting. Burdened by a stressful relationship? Unhealthy relationships can trigger feelings of anger, despair or self-doubt. They can create dwindling spirals of fights and seeking to make-up, or trying to “pin the blame” on someone or something. If you don’t find the RIGHT reasons, or select the correct sources of the problem, the problem can just get worse and worse. Whether in love or personal ties, with friends or at work, our life really IS affected by the quality of our relationships. Good ones can promote pleasure and survival while less optimum ones can lead to annoyance, anger, self-doubt, stress, or even affect our health and ability to survive well. Whether you are suffering from a divorce, or a painful break-up, don’t know who to trust (or who to CHOOSE) as a partner, friend, boss or employee - the anxiety of relationship troubles can really make a mess of things. Maybe you’ve suffered a betrayal, or are dealing with hostility or criticalness or invalidation. Dwindling relationships can involve destructive behavior, where we hurt those we love, or start succumbing to self-destructive thoughts, attitudes or behaviors that spiral out of control and affect much more than our immediate relationship. Past losses in love or life can affect how we act or react to new people and situations and hold us back from even starting to create new, possibly great relationships! How can one get back onto a saner course of action? Come to our Meetup, where we can introduce you to some of the knowledge, tools and techniques of the breakthroughs in the field of the mind that we can apply to this ever important area of life: human relationships! Break free from self imposed limitations Here we will discuss: • How to “erase” the trauma of past hurts and betrayals so that one isn’t always repeating past mistakes. • Why and how do the negative emotions of others affect you? • Why is my partner withdrawing and what can I do about it? • Why do we sometimes feel compelled to hurt the ones we love? • Fights & arguments - what's really behind them? • What underlies “corrosive criticism” or the need to invalidate self or others? • How one can stably change one’s outlook on life so they can affect positive change? • Where do compulsive destructive behaviors come from and what can be done about them? • How to form closer bonds & keep growing the relationships with the people you care about? • How to enhance one’s own ability to survive and create positive healthy relationships whether in love, family & friendships or in work, business or one’s career? Relationships can be hard and life itself IS challenging. Why not arm yourself with the knowledge and breakthroughs that have been made about the mind, mental reactions & interpersonal relationships, so that one has better awareness and control over themselves and life in general. Learn where painful experiences are “stored” and how they can unknowingly affect us. You will also find out how one can “erase” those past painful experiences so that one is free to move forward without being tripped up by the past. Learn too, about what can lead some people to become “toxic” personalities and how to identify those traits in others so you won’t be tripped up trusting the wrong person. Our free Meet-ups occur in a safe environment where one can learn, without fear of judgment or criticism, and without the recommendation of harmful mental techniques or therapies, just how YOU can get yourself onto a happier & more successful path: in love & in life. We look forward to having you join us! This class is sponsored by the Dianetics & Scientology Life Improvement Center of Central Ohio.

**Latest Dojo Location!** **Knotty Pine Brewing** 1765 W 3rd Ave, Columbus, OH 43212 We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead. We're looking for speakers for our Monthly Meetups! Fill out the form if you are interested in presenting to the Python Community. https://forms.gle/ehSfUAC2WgR34Crq9

**Caller: Richard Ades** **Band: The McKenzies** **Clinton Heights Lutheran Church** **15 Clinton Heights Ave, Columbus, OH 43202** WHAT IS CONTRA DANCING? Picture the Grand Ball scenes like you’ve seen in period films such as “Pride and Prejudice”, where the dancers are lined up in long lines, across from each other. That’s English Country Dancing, the predecessor of contra dancing. Now, add moves like “swing your partner” and “do-si-do,” like you’ve seen in square dancing. Set it to fabulous, high energy, live music with fiddles, guitars, percussion and more, alá “Riverdance.” Finally, set the whole scene down in the middle of Woodstock, with a hip, groovy atmosphere, a bit of tie-dye, and hints of counter-culture attitude. THAT’s Contra Dancing! Wear cool and comfortable clothes (you will get warm) and clean shoes that won't mark up our nice wood floor. Be sure to come for the beginner's lesson from 7:30 - 8:00, followed by dancing 8:00 - 10:30. All dances are taught; we will help you learn! Beginners always welcome, no need to bring a partner. Cost is $10.00 adults, $5.00 ages 12-26. Under 12 free. Free parking in church lot. For more information contact me or check out our website: [www.bigscioty.com](http://www.bigscioty.com/) Please bring your own refillable water bottle.