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Team’26 Dublin Recap + Agentic AI, Atlassian & the Future of Work
### Highlights of Team’26 Anaheim + Special Guests
As the excitement from Atlassian Team’26 in Anaheim, USA continues, we’re thrilled to invite you to a special in-person session in Dublin on May 27th, where Atlassian Community Champions and special guests will share the latest announcements, strategic insights, and real-world experiences directly from the event floor. This evening will go beyond product updates. We’ll explore how Agentic AI is already transforming the way engineering organisations operate, collaborate, build, and deliver software — moving from isolated AI chats to entirely new AI-native ways of working.
**Event Details:**
* Date: May 27, 2026
* Time: 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
* Location: 1 O'Connell Street Lower, North City, Dublin, D01 TX31, Ireland
* Venue: TCube
**🔥 Why You Should Attend:**
This session is an opportunity to experience the key takeaways from Team’26 Anaheim without leaving Dublin. Whether you’re a CTO, engineering manager, architect, DevOps lead, Jira administrator, or technology leader exploring the future of AI-enabled organisations, this event will provide practical insights into how companies are adapting their workflows, teams, and delivery models around AI. We’ll discuss not only what Atlassian announced, but also what is already changing inside modern software organisations today.
**Event Highlights:**
* **“Team’26 Anaheim Updates”** – Rajeswari Pandyaram
Key announcements, product direction, and strategic takeaways that will shape how teams work in the coming year.
* **“Above the AI line”** – Natalia Yadav
Every agentic tool touching your Atlassian estate is already reshaping human work. Below the line: discovery, analysis, draft comms, routine triage. Above it: judgement, governance, negotiation. Drawing on 15 years inside enterprise environments, from public sector cleanups to financial-services demand programmes, Natalia Yadav, CTO at VMotion IT Solutions, shares real field stories and a practical career compass for staying above that line. Student, engineer, CTO, or partner — the direction is the same..
* **“Agentic AI, Atlassian & the Future of Engineering Work”** – Frank Lapa
A practical discussion on how the Agentic AI era is transforming software organisations, reshaping engineering workflows, accelerating delivery, and creating new AI-native ways of working using tools such as Atlassian, Rovo Dev, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, Figma Make, Cloud, and modern DevOps automation.
**Key Speakers:**
* Rajeswari Pandyaram – Atlassian Community Champion
* Natalia Yadav - CTO at VMotion
* Frank Lapa – Atlassian Community Champion
**What to Expect:**
* Welcoming Atmosphere: Designed to be inclusive and friendly, the event invites both newcomers and long-time Atlassian users to connect, learn, and share experiences.
* Interactive Discussions: Expect engaging talks and opportunities to exchange insights with other professionals in the Atlassian ecosystem.
* Exclusive Gifts & Treats: Attendees will receive The Atlassian DevOps Toolchain Cookbook and other official Team’25 merchandise while enjoying food, drinks, and surprises.
**Why Your Participation Matters:**
The Atlassian Community thrives on collaboration and shared learning. By attending, you’re not only staying ahead of the latest innovations but also contributing to a stronger local network of experts and practitioners helping shape the future of teamwork.
**Reserve Your Spot:**
This event is free, but spaces are limited! Reserve your ticket today and join us for an evening of innovation, inspiration, and community in Dublin.
We can’t wait to bring the spirit of Team’26 Europe home to Dublin — see you there! 🎉
Dub|Sec May 2026 Social
The next Dub\|Sec meetup will take place in the Wexford Room of the Camden Court Hotel on May 27\, 2026\.
We'll be there from 6.30pm. Our first speaker will start at around 7pm.
**19:00 - Talk 1: The Invisible Thread: From Retail Data Breaches to Phone Scams.** by Vadym Melnychenko
How “Zombie Systems” in local shops become digital back-doors, why this is happening, and what a more secure “Retail Fortress” approach looks like.
**19:30 - Talk 2: Securing Originality - how do we protect the quality and authenticity of human thinking** by Kalyani Korpe
As universities are scrambling to respond to GenAI use and students pushing back, how are organisations protecting human thinking. Original thinking is an asset that needs governance, the same way we govern systems and data.
If you would like to speak at this event or at any future Dub\|Sec\, please email us at [info@dubsec.ie](http://info@dubsec.ie/)!
Join us for some drinks, food and general chat about infosec. Everyone is welcome whether you’re a pro, an amateur or just curious about the field!
📚 Silent Reading & Socialising 🍺
## Details
The title of the event is a paradox! Read in silence and then discuss with like-minded folks! :-)
Since the weather is expected to be sunny, let's meet in the Stephen's green near Band Stand or James Joyce Statue facing MoLI, [https://maps.app.goo.gl/DX2AX2xYNTkU88Vq7?g_st=ic](https://maps.app.goo.gl/DX2AX2xYNTkU88Vq7?g_st=ic) at 7, do silent reading for an hour. Then head to Bartley's. If you're unable to find us, message me in the meetup.
If you prefer indoors, you can ask Bartley's staff and read. We will join at 8:15 PM.
📝 **How does this work?**
We will meet in the Bartley's Restaurant area from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM for silent reading and followed up by discussion. **During silent reading, you're expected to remain silent and read.** Please bring your headphones and refrain from the discussion during the first one hour in the area.
👥 **Socialising**
After an hour, at 8:15 PM, we'll discuss and socialize about the book you're reading. We highly encourage you to move between tables and strike up conversations with fellow book lovers. These discussions about literature and reading recommendations are often the highlight of the event!
Feel free to join at any point during the event.
The event is indoors, hopefully, we can continue the tradition of the silent reading in the winter!
**📌 Helpful Tips and Notes**
* Bring headphones to block out surrounding noise
* I will post a comment on the event page when I arrive to indicate where we're seated, so everyone can find us
* If you prefer to skip the silent reading, you can join directly at the bar at 8:15 PM
⚠️**Something Happened?**
If something unpleasant happened to you, it may happen to others. It may be small but don't hesitate to reach out to me.
Looking forward to meeting you all 😊
The Last Mile of Data: Bridging the Gap Between Warehouse and Business
**Hosted by Intercom’s Paul Vickers and Patrick Lindstrom**
Join us at the Intercom Dublin office for an evening focused on the "Last Mile" of data engineering—turning solid infrastructure into immediate business value.
Over the last two years, Intercom migrated to Snowflake and rebuilt our data foundations from the ground up, creating a trusted, high-quality layer of core data models. But we realized that great data is only useful if people can actually use it.
In this session, the Intercom Data team will share how we are moving up the value chain—going beyond static dashboards to build intelligent, interactive tools that empower our GTM teams.
**The Agenda:**
**Breaking the SQL Barrier: Scaling Insights with Claude & Snowflake**
Even with perfect data models, the "SQL Wall" often forces business leaders to wait in a queue for answers. We’ll demonstrate how we used Claude Code and Snowflake MCPs to remove this bottleneck, allowing non-technical users to query our Data Warehouse directly and create sharable artifacts of their analysis. See how we combined strict governance with an AI interface to turn "data tickets" into instant, self-serve answers.
**From Insight to Action: Building 'Cockpit' on Snowflake Container Services**
While chat enables exploration, some workflows require action. We will pull back the curtain on Cockpit, a full-stack application built by our Data Science team to help Relationship Managers optimize customer outcomes. Learn how we used AI-assisted coding ("vibe coding") to build the app and Snowpark Container Services to deploy it—proving that Data teams can build powerful software, not just reports.
**From Idea to Real-Time Fraud Detection in Snowflake ML**
In this session we’ll build a real-time fraud detection service end-to-end inside Snowflake. Starting from a natural language idea, we’ll use AI-assisted development to generate synthetic transaction data, explore patterns, and train an ML fraud model with Snowflake ML. We’ll then deploy it to Snowpark Container Services and expose a low-latency REST endpoint for live transaction scoring. You’ll leave with a practical pattern you can reuse for other real-time ML use cases such as credit risk scoring, real-time recommendations, or anomaly detection on operational data in Snowflake.
**Location**
Intercom office (near Stephens Green)
**Event Schedule**
* 6:00 PM: Networking with pizza and drinks
* 6:30 PM: Breaking the SQL Barrier: Scaling Insights with Claude & Snowflake, Intercom
* 7 pm From Insight to Action: Building 'Cockpit' on Snowflake Container Services, Intercom
* 7.30 pm 10 minute break
* 7.40 pm From Idea to Real-Time Fraud Detection in Snowflake ML, Max Zito, Snowflake
* 8.10 pm Chats with drinks
* From 9 pm More chats in a nearby pub
Dataviz Workshop for Dublin Tech Week
As part of Dublin Tech Week you are invited to a special edition of Dublin Dataviz!
Instead of our usual speaker events, this evening will be a data visualisation workshop - a chance to get your hands dirty and get visualising some Irish data! No prior experience of any data visualisation software or coding is required.
As places for this workshop are limited, we are charging a small fee of €5 to secure your spot - this will all be spent on pizzas on the night.
Join us for what will be a great evening - with the inevitable pints in Arthur's bar afterwards.
Songwriting Collective - Open Mic - Landsdowne Hotel.
Wednesday 27th May
- 8 -10.30pm**
Join us for Irelands best and biggest open mic featuring original Singer-songwriters and established artists in the beautiful surroundings of the Lansdowne Hotel. This weeks special guest is Hugh Green
This is a unique opportunity to share and enjoy, original songs and connect with fellow artists in a vibrant, supportive atmosphere. This is a night not to be missed! Come celebrate the power of music and creativity. With limited performance spaces available, reserve your spot today!
We want to ensure that as many people as possible get to play on the night, so we ask that you do *two* things:
1.** RSVP here on MeetUp.**
2.** Get to the venue as early as possible to confirm your attendance**
1. Please note we do our best to accommodate everyone.
2. We would be grateful if you only sign up if you fully intend to go as we have limited spots available.
(Walk-in's are welcome but you might only get to play one song).
**BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND CREATE A FANTASTIC AUDIENCE!**
(Audience members and friends don't need to sign up, just performers.)
We are** now asking that you made a conscience effort to .....**
**BRING A FRIEND THIS HELPS GROW YOUR AUDIENCE !!!!**
**DONATION**
A** donation of €5.00 **will be requested on the night to help us keep these great events going.
**LOCATION**
Landsdowne Hotel 27 Penbroke Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin
**COVID 19 AND OTHER RESPIRATORY ILLNESS**
If you have any cold, flu or Covid symptoms please do not attend.
Meditation, Buddha Dharma and Qi-gong
About us:
The Tibetan Dharma and Meditation Group is part of a Buddhist organisation based in Taiwan, which is centred on one of the greatest living Rinpoches (teachers) in the world at the moment. It aims to introduce people living in Ireland to Buddhist teachings and practices that have been passed to Rinpoche through his masters and their masters going back many, many generations in order to benefit and bring peace to all sentient beings.
Location:
We hold our meetings in the small hall at Sandyford Community Centre, Lambs Cross, Sandyford, Dublin 18.
Emergence Events This Week
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AI, Agents & NASA: An Evening with IBM Research
Welcome to an evening with IBM Research where we discuss AI, Agents, NASA and everything in between.
An event hosted by **IBM Research** \- PyData Ireland is excited to be a community partner\.
This is an inaugural **Open Source Science Dublin** meetup, where cutting-edge scientific research meets open-source technology, AI, and cloud-native infrastructure.
Expect **technical deep dives**, **cross-disciplinary conversations**, and (of course) **pizza** 🍕.
For this first event, we’re exploring one of the most exciting frontiers today: **agentic systems for scientific discovery**, and how autonomous and semi-autonomous AI systems are transforming the way research is conducted, validated, and scaled.
You’ll see real-world systems in action, hear from both applied and research perspectives, and walk away with a clearer picture of how agents are moving from hype to scientific infrastructure.
## **Talks**
**Accelerated Knowledge Discovery at NASA: Building an Agentic AI Research Companion**
* **Speaker:** James Barry, Staff Research Scientist, IBM Research
* **Description:** A practical look at NASA’s AKD platform: a chat-driven frontend orchestrating a multi-agent backend (planner + literature/data/code search) to turn questions into traceable, end-to-end scientific research—faster, more systematic, and with human oversight.
**Production-Ready AI Agents: Containerization, Sandboxes, and the LangChain Stack**
* **Speaker:** Fabio Lorenzi, Staff Research Scientist, IBM Research
* **Description:** Building secure, scalable AI agents for industrial time series analysis using isolated code execution, LangGraph for agent orchestration, and FastAPI for production deployment—bridging foundation models and real-world maintenance workflows.
**Science in the Agentic Era: Structured Experimentation with *ado***
* **Speaker:** Michael Johnston, STSM, Discovery Systems; Manager, Next Generation Systems, IBM Research
* **Description:** A research-first framework for agent-assisted discovery: *ado* encodes the problem space and experimental plan as schemas, enabling agents to propose and refine studies while keeping every run transparent, reproducible, and scientifically auditable.
Handstands+Coffee-BOOK VIA OUR LINK IN DESCRIPTION ONLY
**Registration/booking on our system at least 24 hours before class is necessary. We do not take walk ins/your rsvp on meetup is not a booking.** BOOK [HERE](themovementstudio.ie/handstandsandcoffee)
From beginner to winner! We have a special weekly 2 hour class that is more like a weekly workshop. It's a very social class, with amazing coffee, great coaching, and smiles and good work being done. Fancy trying something new? Spending time safely outside your comfort zone?
Please visit themovementstudio.ie/handstandsandcoffee to book your spot
Registration/booking is necessary. We do not take walk ins.
Open Source Science: Agents in Science
**To attend - you must register here:** https://luma.com/x59liyrs
Join us for the inaugural **Open Source Science Dublin** meetup, where cutting-edge scientific research meets open-source technology, AI, and cloud-native infrastructure.
Expect technical deep dives, cross-disciplinary conversations, and (of course) pizza 🍕.
Talks:
* **Accelerated Knowledge Discovery at NASA: Building an Agentic AI Research Companion**
* **Production-Ready AI Agents: Containerization, Sandboxes, and the LangChain Stack**
* **Science in the Agentic Era: Structured Experimentation with ado**
We thank **PyData Ireland** and **Trinity College Dublin OSPO** for being our community partners for this event.
Building Canvas Apps using AI & Bulk Operation in Dataverse
**Building Canvas Apps using AI with the MCP Plugin**
Build Canvas Apps with AI—without premium licenses or code-first tooling. The MCP plugin gives makers an approach. Join me to explore what it can (and can't) do.
**Andrew Taylor** works as Modern Workplace Development Manager with Copilot and Copilot Studio. He is a highly experienced software professional.
**Bulk Operation Messages in Dataverse**
This session explores how to efficiently work with bulk operation messages in Dataverse to process high-volume data scenarios. It focuses on leveraging messages such as bulk create, update, and delete, understanding their execution behaviour in the plugin pipeline, and designing plugins that can handle batched data safely and performantly.
**Khoa Nguyen** is a Microsoft MVP
Outdoor Yoga for all souls
Outdoor Morning Yoga 🌿
Join me for a 40-minute Saturday session in nature.
We’ll flow through yoga, breathwork, manifesting and facial yoga for a calm and energising start to the day.
✨ Open to all levels
✨ A soft self-care experience
What to bring:
• Yoga mat
• Water
• Your favourite lotion(optional because I have for everybody!)
Come as you are and enjoy a peaceful moment together ❤️
Real (VTOL) Flying Bikes/Cars Discussion Meetup.
This meetup is for people who are interested in designing aircraft and building aerospace related machines, thinking about investing in new Urban Air Mobility (UAM) startups and for people In general who are interested in the latest new technologies related to personal UAM Vertical Takeoff Landing (VTOL) aircraft, Aero Engines or are interested in the aircraft Industry in general in Fixed wing or Rotor wing aircraft.
The main topic of this discussion is going to be about the Multi Billion Dollars market for UAM Flying Bikes/Cars/Taxi and Vertical Take Off Aircraft (VTOL) developments and aerodynamic designs for VTOL aircraft.
A.I.L Technologies flying Bike Clip: Cost $730,000 Dollars!😂😅 Anyone want to buy one? Is it worth the cost?
https://youtu.be/Nt9bTGxIr8I
This Company has now closed down in January 2024;
https://evtol.news/ali-technologies-hover-bike/
This flying bike's cost is as much as to purchase the Hills HX 50 5 seater helicopter. The HX50 has major advantages compared to the A.I.L flying bike. So which one would you buy given the fact of the flying bike flight limitations compared to the Hills HX 50 5 seat high speed helicopter.
https://www.hillhelicopters.com
We can discuss some related past VTOL projects to the latest advanced high speed Hybrid Helicopters/Tilt Rotor design concepts. We will also look into the newest multi billion dollar rise of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) VTOL flying bikes/cars being developed,built and testex in the US and around the world. Also we can look at the latest Tilt Rotor VTOL aircraft technologies being presently developed. Main Topics for discussion!: Present VTOL Flying Bikes.
https://youtu.be/Nt9bTGxIr8I
https://youtu.be/Hk6kF2eOxOQ
https://youtu.be/msu3PlAxAoM
https://youtu.be/NFFwWYvHe18
https://youtu.be/eLFNgzD7cPo
Any person interested in UAM Flying Bikes VTOL Aerospace technologies is welcome to RSVP and to join us in this discussion.
Venue is to be set in Dublin City at a later stage.
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BeComing Circle Initiates
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Instructor - Crow, HPS
Class fee is $30 at the door or approved exchange
RSVP with Advance pay of $25 (discounted) by PayPal on the web or by contacting Enchanted Elements (614) 437-2642.
Reservations made directly to Enchanted Elements will be added to the class list manually not online.
Private Instruction ~ Closed to the Public ~ Initiated Members Only
Please come prepared for ritual.
Blessings ~ Crow
Ensuring Software Quality in the world of AI Developers - Matt Eland
**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
You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge.
**Abstract**
Like it or not, AI agents are now capable of turning a quickly written paragraph of requirements into a pull request that is ready to be integrated into real-world production applications and it's now our responsibility to make sure AI doesn't go rogue and take down prod - or corrupt our data by misunderstanding the requirements or our existing schemas. In this session we'll explore strategies to protect our codebases through unit and integration testing, documentation, and code review along with additional ways of providing context and guard rails to our AI agents as they carry out the work we've assigned them to do. By the time we're done, you'll have a firm grasp of the problem and understand some helpful options for protecting your codebase from vibe coding mishaps getting YOLOed into prod.
**YouTube Link**
https://youtube.com/live/BltmWMH1zG0?feature=share
American Sign Language Beginners Meetup Group
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!
QA or The Highway 2026
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\.
Food Preservation Workshops - Water Bath Canning - Granville - Free
Hosted by OSU Extension
Summer 2026 Food Preservation Workshops
Join Shari Gallup from Ohio State University Extension, for a summer food preservation series at the Bryn Du Mansion. Discover how to safely preserve food at home. Learn basic food preservation methods including pressure canning, water bath canning and drying.
June 4 - Water Bath Canning
July 9 - Pressure Canning
August 6 - Drying Fruits and Vegetables
We're excited to once again welcome Shari Gallup from The Ohio State University Extension Office to lead a series of Life Local food preservation workshops.
These hands-on sessions are designed to help participants learn practical, time-tested techniques for preserving seasonal foods at home.
Registration is not yet open but will be available soon. Stay tuned for details on this wonderful series.
Time 5:00 p.m.
Location Bryn Du Mansion
587 Jones Road, Granville
https://www.bryndu.com/public-events
Psychic Development Series II - Pueo Group
Private Group. Closed to the Public
Knowing ourselves and understanding our abilities is the first step toward wielding our gifts with control and accuracy.
In subsequent classes we will verify and hone our talents with activities and discussion. These are hands-on workshops and participation is expected.
The goal of our series will be to develop expertise in areas of particular interest such as mediumship, channeling, divination, healing and, etc.. Our ultimate directions will be determined by class members as we evolve.
I look forward to sharing and discovering with you. - Cynthia
Prompting Is Not Magic: How to Give AI Better Context
Most people use AI like a search box: they type one sentence, hope for the best, and get frustrated when the answer is generic, wrong, or useless.
But getting better results from tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and other AI systems is not about memorizing magic prompts. It is about learning how to give the AI better context.
In this beginner-friendly session, we’ll break down how to make AI dramatically more useful by improving the way you communicate with it. You’ll learn how to give clearer instructions, provide examples, set constraints, ask for better output formats, and use follow-up questions to turn a mediocre answer into a genuinely useful one.
We’ll cover practical techniques you can use immediately for work, learning, writing, coding, planning, research, and everyday problem solving. We’ll also touch on why these same ideas show up in more advanced AI systems, including RAG, agents, evaluations, and AI workflows.
No technical background required. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and maybe one real task you wish AI was better at helping you with.
**What you’ll learn:**
* Why “better prompting” is really about better context
* How to structure requests so AI gives more useful answers
* How to use examples, constraints, and output formats
* How to iterate when the first answer is not good enough
* How these skills connect to more advanced AI workflows
This meetup is for anyone who wants to move beyond basic ChatGPT usage and start getting more practical value out of AI.
LOGISTICS AND PARKING:
The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks!
The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.




















