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Hello PyData People! We are excited to announce our next event of 2026! This time, we will be hosted at Generali Italia’s Torre Generali in Milan for an evening dedicated to open data, data platform orchestration, and scalable data engineering. 📅 When: Thursday, May 19th, 2026 – 18:30–21:00 📍 Where: Torre Generali Italia, Milan ⚠️ Important: Spots are limited. Please keep your RSVP updated to allow others to participate if you can no longer attend. *** **🕒 Agenda** 18:30 – Doors open & check-in 19:00 – Talk 1: Democratizing Data: A deep dive into Eurostat Open Database – Simona Mazzarino 19:45 – Talk 2: Scaling Data Mesh Orchestration with Dagster: Platform-Driven DAGs without Platform Friction – Marco Santoni and Andrea Romeo 20:30 – Networking & Social Dinner *** **🎤 The Talks** **1️⃣ Democratizing Data: A deep dive into Eurostat Open Database** Speaker: Simona Mazzarino (Data Scientist @ Clearbox AI) In this talk, we explore how to turn open data into actionable insights. You will learn how to navigate Eurostat, the EU’s vast statistical database, and use Python tools to fetch and process data for research, AI, and real-world analysis. We will look at how to discover relevant datasets, work with Eurostat’s interface and APIs, and integrate public statistics into your workflows for visualizations, dashboards, and models. A guiding example will be the analysis of migration flows across European countries, from data discovery to a usable dataset for analytics or machine learning. About the Speaker: Simona Mazzarino is a Data Scientist at Clearbox AI. With a background in linguistics, semiotics, and artificial intelligence, she specializes in language technologies. She is an active volunteer in the Python Torino community, where she helps connect people interested in Python applications, and she also volunteers for PyCon Italia. *** **2️⃣ Scaling Data Mesh Orchestration with Dagster: Platform-Driven DAGs without Platform Friction** Speakers: Andrea Romeo, Platform Engineer @ TeamSystem Data Mesh promises scalability and autonomy, but orchestration often becomes the hidden bottleneck: as data products grow, cross-domain dependencies explode, DAGs become fragile, and upstream teams are forced to react to every new consumer. In this talk, we present a platform-designed orchestration solution built on top of Dagster that enables company-wide orchestration without coupling data products together. Instead of requiring data engineers to manually define DAGs or modify upstream pipelines, each data product simply declares its dependencies on upstream output ports. From these declarations, the platform automatically builds and maintains the global DAG behind the scenes, ensuring that upstream data products remain unaffected by new consumers, orchestration scales as the number of data products grows, and platform standards are enforced without slowing down teams. We’ll walk through: * the orchestration challenges we faced when adopting data mesh at scale * how Dagster was extended and shaped into a platform abstraction, not exposed directly to product teams * the Python-based design patterns used to dynamically generate and evolve DAGs * the resulting developer experience for data engineers building data products This session is a practical, production-tested story of how Python and Dagster can be used to enable scalable orchestration in a real data mesh implementation — without turning the platform team into a bottleneck. About the Speakers: Andrea Romeo is a Platform Engineer at TeamSystem, where he focuses on building and evolving the technical foundation behind data infrastructure. He works closely with development and data teams to design scalable, resilient platforms that support data-driven products and services, with a strong focus on backend, cloud technologies, and developer experience. *** See you there! The PyData Milano Team

Come sono passato dallo snobbare **Claude Code** (perché mi rallentava in qualsiasi task che non fossero i test automatici) a non riuscire più a farne a meno neanche per scrivere la descrizione di un meetup. 👉 Evento gratuito – registrati per partecipare 📍 **Martedì 19 maggio** – **Talent Garden Isola**, Piazza Città di Lombardia 1, Milano 🕡 18:30 ritrovo 🕖 19:00 inizio talk 🧠 **Cosa vedremo** **Come l'ho modellato sul mio workflow** Custom **commands**, **skills** e i **CLI** che non tolgo più dal PATH. **Cosa mi ha insegnato lui** Il peso di un CLAUDE .md fatto bene e come sfruttare la potenza del **Plan Mode**. **Cosa ho capito solo sbattendoci contro** La differenza tra **Subagents** e **Agent teams** e un paio di cose che vorrei che qualcuno mi avesse detto al primo mese. 🎁 Estraiamo una licenza JetBrains All Products tra i presenti! 👤 **Speaker** Michele Sangalli è Software Engineer presso Trustfull, lavora con PHP, TypeScript e Python, e passa parecchio tempo tra AWS e architetture serverless. Ah sì, è anche l'organizer del PUG Milano.

**Un laboratorio esperienziale che intreccia immagini e parole per esplorare il tema della perdita in modo creativo e leggero.** **Uno spazio per fermarti, ascoltarti e dare forma a ciò che senti, anche quando è difficile da spiegare.** **Porterai con te un’esperienza di rielaborazione simbolica e una nuova consapevolezza del tuo vissuto.** **A seguire piccolo rinfresco.**

**Sip & Paint @ QUO Bar** **Every Tuesday at 19:00 we meet at QUO Bar** for a relaxed and creative evening: a drink in your hand, some colors on the table, and good conversations with new people. Sip & Paint is perfect if you want to take a break from the routine, meet people and spend a different kind of evening. **No painting skills are needed** and there are no rules, the idea is simply to have fun, relax and be a little creative. **The cost is 15€ per person and includes:** • 1 drink • 1 aperitivo (snacks & bites) • all the materials needed for the activity Come alone or with friends, you’ll always find someone to sit with, chat and share the evening. **Every Tuesday — 19:00** **QUO Bar** \- Porta Romana\, Milan

🎤Super international event in Milan: English Standup Comedy Open Mic!🎤 Show will be on **EVERY Tuesday** at Ostello Bello Centrale. If you see on this app only you are going, don't worry about it, we have multiple channels to post our events and we've been organizing shows for three years, we always have a big crowd where you can meet lots of friends!! We also encourage people to go on the stage for a free drink if you have funny stories or jokes! It is a free entry but **donation based** show, leave us your donations at the end of the show so we can keep English standup comedy going in Milan. Follow us on instagram: **yellowdicomedy**

📍Terrazza in esclusiva per noi, da Open, Viale Monte Nero, 6 (Porta Romana) Ti piace leggere ma non sai con chi parlarne? Vuoi partecipare ad un bookclub ma non sei ancora riuscit\*? Vuoi conoscere persone nuove con gli stessi interessi? Bookclub Proibito Afterdark fa per te!! La community di @bookclubproibito si incontra per due chiacchiere informali e scialle davanti ad un buon drink, questa volta senza libri! Opzioni aperitivo: €10 bicchiere di vino/birra/cocktail semplice/soft drink + pizza, nachos, olive, tarallini, patatine o popcorn €13 drink (come sopra) + pizza, nachos, olive, tarallini, patatine/popcorn, rustici vari e focaccia Everyone welcome!! 🖤

🌞 **Park Yoga is back!** 🌿 The sun is out, the grass is calling - and so are your yoga mats! Our favourite season has returned: **Yoga in the Park** is back for another round of movement under the open sky. 🧘‍♀️ All levels welcome (EN) 📍 Parco Sempione, Milano 🕒 Tuesday, 18:30-19:30 AM ✨ Bring your mat, water, good vibes 🌧️ In case of rain the class is cancelled and all tickets refunded. **Your Safety Matters** 1. Your well-being is my highest priority. While I create a safe and supportive environment, please remember that yoga is a physical practice and, like any form of movement, carries a risk of injury. 2. By choosing to participate in my yoga events, you acknowledge that you do so at your own risk and take full responsibility for your body and your practice. 3. You also agree to release your instructor from any liability, claims or actions resulting from participation in these sessions.

Il mondo dell'educazione sta cambiando, ma gli strumenti a disposizione sono rimasti gli stessi. Cerchi una community con professionisti che, come te, vogliono *cambiare le cose?* **Grautivity apre le selezioni per collaboratori e partner di progetto.** **Grautivity** nasce da un proposito: creare uno spazio dove i professionisti dell’educazione possano sognare, condividere progetti e discutere sulla scuola. Un vero laboratorio di idee, di iniziative, di speranze, che fonde design, pedagogia e storie. Siamo stanchi di sentire professionisti frustrati, rassegnati da un sistema malfunzionante. *È giunto il momento di dargli ascolto.* **Perché questo annuncio?** Stiamo preparando un evento per **sabato 23 Maggio pomeriggio, a Milano**. Per farlo, cerchiamo professionisti che non siano semplici esecutori, ma veri e propri partner di missione. **Cosa offriamo:** * L'inserimento in un network di validi professionisti. * La possibilità di avviare collaborazioni professionali * La partecipazione a workshop trasformativi **Il Profilo che cerchiamo:** * Educatori, insegnanti e pedagogisti con voglia di fare la differenza * Professionisti desiderosi di mettersi in discussione * Persone motivate a costruire un percorso di collaborazione pieno di sorprese Per garantire la qualità delle sinergie, abbiamo deciso di limitare questa call a soli **15 partecipanti**. Valuteremo ogni candidatura individualmente. Sei pronto a portare la tua professionalità al livello successivo? Compila il modulo o inviaci un messaggio con una breve presentazione su di te e il tuo percorso professionale a questa mail: [grautivity@gmail.com](mailto:grautivity@gmail.com) Il Link al Form: [https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?origin=ShareFormPage&subpage=design&m2=1&id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAN__4IFtglUQllVVTZRV1c1REJISVJIUjMyQ0ZBNUtLUS4u](https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?origin=ShareFormPage&subpage=design&m2=1&id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAN__4IFtglUQllVVTZRV1c1REJISVJIUjMyQ0ZBNUtLUS4u)/ Maggiori info sul progetto al sito: https://www.grautivity.com **Tutti i dettagli operativi sull’evento ti verranno inviati via mail solo a seguito della ricezione della tua candidatura.**

Impariamo a eseguire e ricevere il Massaggio! Sono una massoterapista e insegnante di tecniche manuali e desidero diffondere la benefica pratica del massaggio a tutti, donne e uomini, di qualsiasi età e professione. Tratteremo zone comode come gli arti superiori e inferiori, in sicurezza ed efficacia. Conosceremo meglio il corpo umano, miglioreremo la postura e daremo finalmente spazio alla respirazione. Massaggiare e ricevere il massaggio aumenta il buon umore e riduce le tensioni muscolari, allora perché non stare insieme e imparare qualcosa di benefici e divertente? Portate un asciugamano e indossate un abbigliamento comodo (ad esempio una maglietta larga o una canotta, e un pantalone che possa essere sollevato fino al ginocchio, o pantaloncini). Alla finire, una piccola merenda per tutti!

Welcome to the Thursday English Aperitivo! The perfect place to speak in English and meet some interesting people from all over the world. Everyone is welcome to come and join in some conversation whilst enjoying a drink and a bite to eat in a friendly, easy going atmosphere. Don't worry about your level of English, the most important thing is to have fun! My name is Diana and I'm from England I'll be there to help you with your English and make you feel at home. I have been an English teacher in Milan for many years. Just come to Pacino Cafe on Thursday and ask for Diana or the English Aperitivo. I can't wait to meet you! Drink and aperitivo 11 euro

Impariamo a eseguire e ricevere il Massaggio! Sono una massoterapista e insegnante di tecniche manuali e desidero diffondere la benefica pratica del massaggio a tutti, donne e uomini, di qualsiasi età e professione. Tratteremo zone comode come gli arti superiori e inferiori, in sicurezza ed efficacia. Conosceremo meglio il corpo umano, miglioreremo la postura e daremo finalmente spazio alla respirazione. Massaggiare e ricevere il massaggio aumenta il buon umore e riduce le tensioni muscolari, allora perché non stare insieme e imparare qualcosa di benefici e divertente? Portate un asciugamano e indossate un abbigliamento comodo (ad esempio una maglietta larga o una canotta, e un pantalone che possa essere sollevato fino al ginocchio, o pantaloncini). Alla finire, una piccola merenda per tutti!

Join us for a special evening of yoga, aperitif dinner, and language exchange in the beautiful setting of Giardino Ortica 10! 🧘‍♀️ Yoga Session Included A special thank you to our yoga instructor Roberta Ruggiero for guiding us through a relaxing and grounding practice before our language exchange aperitif 🙏✨ 📅 Friday, May 22nd – 7:00 PM 🍷 Aperitif Dinner – €18 🌍 Meet international people & practice: English • Spanish • Italian • Hindi • Portuguese Whether you come to relax, socialize, or improve your language skills, this is the perfect mix of wellness, culture, and connection. 📍 LOCATION GIARDINO ORTICA 10 Via Ortica 10 – 20134 Milano 📝 ENTRANCE LIST: “TAVOLO TARA” ✨ We also have a reserved Mission Languages area for our community ⚠️ Reservation Required Bring your positive energy and join our international community for an unforgettable evening! 💫

Calling all my Female English learners! ✨ Join me for a tutor session at the stunning Pinkeri. If you love all things pink and girly, this is the perfect place to level up your language skills together. I will provide speaking materials and my over 10 years of experience as a teacher. Who's coming? 🌸☕

**Basta libri. Basta corsi. Inizia a parlare!** Puoi leggere 100 libri sul public speaking, ma non imparerai mai finché **non sali su un palco**. The Xplorers Toastmasters Club Milano è proprio questo: una **palestra di Public speaking** bilingue (IT/EN) dove puoi metterti in gioco, sbagliare e migliorare. Che tu sia un manager, uno studente o semplicemente una persona che vuole vincere la paura di parlare in pubblico, questa è la serata giusta per te. **📅 COSA ASPETTARSI:** Toastmasters international è un'associazione nata negli Stati Uniti più di 100 anni fa. Ogni serata di ogni Club del mondo è strutturata in tre parti: 1. **Discorsi Preparati:** I nostri soci presentano discorsi su vari argomenti per allenare le loro skill (Storytelling, body language, struttura). 2. **Improvvisazione (Table Topics)\*:** Esercizi di improvvisazione per imparare a rispondere con sicurezza a ogni domanda. 3. **Valutazioni:** Ogni speaker riceve da un altro socio un feedback costruttivo per capire cosa ha fatto bene e cosa può migliorare. *\*Nota:* Anche gli ospiti possono provare a buttarsi, ma **solo se lo desiderano**. Nessuno ti forzerà! **📍 DOVE E QUANDO:** Ci troviamo allo Spazio OiT (Via Porpora 14, zona Loreto) ogni 1° e 3° mercoledì del mese. * Ore **19:00**: Networking e accoglienza. * Ore **19:15**: Inizio puntualissimo. **⚠️** **Per garantire un'esperienza di qualità, accettiamo solo 9 nuovi ospiti per ogni serata.** **Assicurati il tuo posto gratuito ora!** Ti aspettiamo!

QA or the Highway is a one-day, affordable, regional, professional conference featuring real-world experience and thought leadership in the QA and testing industry. This is a ticketed event please register here: https://www.qaorthehwy.com/ Featured Keynote Speakers: **Matthew-Hope Eland** **(Wizard at Leading EDJE)** \- An AI Specialist and Wizard at Leading EDJE who is known to teach software engineering\, AI\, and data science concepts in the most ridiculous ways possible\. Matt has used machine learning to settle debates over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie\, reinforcement learning to drive the behavior of digital squirrels\, data analytics to suggest improvements to his favorite TV show\, and AI agents to play board games and create an AI agent with the personality of a dog\. Matt is the author of "Data Science in \.NET with Polyglot Notebooks" and "Refactoring with C\#" as well as several LinkedIn Learning courses\. Matt helps organize the Central Ohio \.NET Developer Group\, runs several blogs and a YouTube channel\, has a Master’s of Science in Data Analytics\, and is a current Microsoft MVP in AI and \.NET\. **Tatyana Arbouzova** **(CEO at Innovate QA)** \- Tatyana Arbouzova is an engineering and business leader with a strong background in Quality Engineering across multiple industries\, including Big Tech\, Healthcare\, and Entertainment\. She has held leadership roles at world\-class companies such as Microsoft\, VMware\, Disney\, and The Pokémon Company International\, where she focused on building quality\-driven cultures and scaling teams to deliver high\-impact products\. With decades of experience\, Tatyana has helped organizations transform their quality practices so teams can deliver software efficiently\, confidently\, and with measurable business outcomes\. Today\, Tatyana advises software companies on adopting AI to optimize quality practices and improve how software is delivered at scale\. She is also a passionate community builder and the founder of Innovate QA\, a thriving Seattle\-based community and conference for quality professionals\.

**Building a great product is one thing—building momentum behind it is another.** Join **Senior Product Manager Adam Solaiman** and **User Experience Manager Tyson Smith** for a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to turn complex ideas into scalable products inside large organizations. In this session, they’ll share how teams move from ambiguity to execution—navigating organizational complexity, aligning stakeholders, and continuously evolving products after launch. You’ll walk away with insights on how to: * Build and sustain momentum across teams * Adapt to changing priorities without losing direction * Scale products thoughtfully in complex environments Whether you're driving a new initiative or growing an existing product, this conversation will give you practical strategies to keep things moving forward. Come connect, learn, and swap stories with fellow product professionals. \-\-\- Food and drinks will be provided by Switchbox, our generous host. Free parking will be available at the front and back sides of the Switchbox Office.

NFT's are here to stay folks! This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more. **PLUS** This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.

Join the Columbus AI community for our quarterly gathering — a casual, community-focused evening where everyone has a chance to share, learn, and connect. These open mic–style events give anyone in the community up to **5 minutes** to present a project, share a tool, pose a question, or offer a perspective on the evolving AI space. No slides required — just a welcoming space to exchange ideas and keep the local AI conversation moving. If you’d like to take the stage, message \*\*Chris (the organizer)\*\*with a **title and short description** of what you’d like to share. 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.linkedin.com/company/transformlabs/) Sign up also accessible via [Transform Labs Luma](https://luma.com/transformlabshq)

**Welcome to Drunken Philosophy** a casual, curious social discussion **Optional topic for this meetup: What's up with all the AI hate?** A recent survey found that 74% of Americans have a negative view of AI, and I want to know why. Come out and debate whether AI is good or bad. My hot take: a labor-saving tool that could potentially help cure cancer gets called dangerous because it might raise unemployment or cause a speculative investment bubble, that tells you a lot more about capitalism and the economic system we live under than it does about the tool itself. As a computer programmer, I think AI is a wonderful tool that has increased my productivity by at least an order of magnitude. I'd go so far as to say Claude Code is the best tool I have ever used. Debate me and name a better one. Is AI potentially dangerous? Yes, but so are a lot of tools. Chainsaws. Steam engines (early ones would occasionally explode and kill everyone in the room). Do you think cavemen sat around debating whether fire could be used as a weapon or for self-harm, and decided not to discover it? I have two friends who hate AI for opposite reasons: one thinks it's a fad and not useful, and the other thinks it's going to take over everything and cause human extinction. Come out tonight, have a friendly debate, and make some friends. No lectures. Friendly crowd. Drop in for one drink and stay if it's fun.

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