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We’re launching a beginner Bachata & Salsa course together with one of the best dance schools in Ljubljana — @utripplesa. You’ll learn the basics, get comfortable with the movements and simply enjoy dancing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Perfect for those who have been wanting to try partner dancing but didn’t know where to start. 📅 **Sundays at 17:00 (starting 05.04)** ⏱ **4 classes (1.5 hours each)** 💶 **Price:** €45 for the full course €40 per person if you join with a partner or a friend If you didn’t attend the trial class, you can join the **first session for €10** to see if you like it before committing to the full course. 👉 **Register here:** [https://forms.gle/Gp47pWi8Pk2QsKTu5](https://forms.gle/Gp47pWi8Pk2QsKTu5) Please make sure to **check your email and WhatsApp after registering** — we’ll send all confirmations and updates there. Let’s dance ✨

🏖️ Lakeside Picnic Party @ Podpeško Jezero 🌞 📅 Sunday\, May 3rd \| 🕐 12:00–18:00 \| 🎯 Open to everyone\! Looking for the perfect Sunday escape? Join us for a chill and fun-packed afternoon by the lake just 20 minutes from Ljubljana — swimming, games, sunshine, new friends, and unforgettable vibes. 🌟 What to Expect: 🏐 Volleyball, water sports, badminton, frisbee, bocce & more 🎲 Board & card games (bring your favorites!) 🎸 Live music jam — bring instruments! 🍕 Pizza orders from the lakeside restaurant 🧺 BYO drinks & snacks (or grab extras at the bar) 🚀 Getting There: 🚌 Direct bus 19B from Ljubljana Center 🚗 Free parking around the lake 👥 Join the WhatsApp group chat where you can meet people & arrange rides: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxPd1Irj1nkFZNYGu0jDRl 📍 Where? West side of the lake, just past the restaurant 📍Coordinates: 45.968336, 14.431423 If you have trouble finding us, write us on any social media or in the group chat WhatsApp Group chat: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxPd1Irj1nkFZNYGu0jDRl Social media: https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational 🧘 Who’s It For? Locals, internationals, travelers, students Solo attendees, groups, and anyone looking for fun Musicians, dogs, dreamers, sunshine seekers ☀️ 🛑 In Case of Rain: We'll announce cancellations in the group chat and event page. 🎟️ Free Entry • No sign-up needed • Just show up and vibe! 📲 DM us or write in the group chat if you have questions. 🐶 Dogs welcome. Restrooms available. 🔥 We’ve organized 50+ epic events with 1,000+ happy people. Come experience why everyone keeps coming back. 👉 Follow us for more upcoming lake parties, meetups, and picnics.

🏖️ Lakeside Picnic Party @ Podpeško Lake 🌞 Ljubljana International Group Escape 📅 Sunday, May 3rd 🕐 11:00–18:00 🎟️ Free entry \| Open to everyone 🌿 The Plan We’re escaping the city for a relaxed, social Sunday by the lake — swimming, games, music, sunshine, and good people. This isn’t just a picnic. It’s a shared experience from the moment we leave Ljubljana together. 🤝 GROUP MEETUP & GETTING THERE (important!) To make this more fun and social, we’re going as a group: 🕚 11:00 — Meet at Ljubljana Main Train Station (Glavna železniška postaja) From there, we split: 🚗 Carpool Crew Join your pre-arranged rides Coordinate in the WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxPd1Irj1nkFZNYGu0jDRl 🚌 Bus Crew Walk together to Bavarski dvor Take bus 19B → Podpeško Jezero \~35 min ride Easy, social, and fun 👉 Don’t want to come with the group? No problem — you can join us directly at the lake anytime from 12:00 onward 📍 Location West side of Podpeško Jezero (just past the restaurant) 📍 Coordinates: 45.968336, 14.431423 If you can’t find us — message in the group chat and we’ll guide you. Group Chat: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxPd1Irj1nkFZNYGu0jDRl 🌟 What to Expect 🏐 Volleyball, badminton, frisbee, bocce & games 🌊 Swimming & chill lake vibes 🎲 Board & card games (bring your favorites!) 🎸 Music jam session + shared playlist (bring instruments/speakers) 🍕 Pizza from the lakeside restaurant 🧺 BYO drinks & snacks (or grab something at the bar) 🧘 Who This Is For Locals, internationals, Erasmus, travelers Solo joiners & groups (very easy to meet people) Social, open-minded, fun energy people 👉 If you want a low-pressure way to meet new people in nature — this is it 💬 COMMUNITY CHAT (join before!) This is where: carpools get organized people meet before the event live updates happen 👉 Join here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxPd1Irj1nkFZNYGu0jDRl 🛑 Weather Plan If it rains, we’ll update everything in: WhatsApp group Event page 🐶 Extras Dogs welcome 🐕 Restrooms available Stay as long as you want (we’ll be there \~until 18:00) 🔥 Why You Should Come We’ve hosted 50+ events with 1,000+ people — and these lake days always turn into the best memories. 👉 Come for the lake 👉 Stay for the people 📲 Stay Connected Follow us for more: https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational

We’re launching a beginner Bachata & Salsa course together with one of the best dance schools in Ljubljana — @utripplesa. You’ll learn the basics, get comfortable with the movements and simply enjoy dancing in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Perfect for those who have been wanting to try partner dancing but didn’t know where to start. 📅 **Sundays at 17:00 (starting 05.04)** ⏱ **4 classes (1.5 hours each)** 💶 **Price:** €45 for the full course €40 per person if you join with a partner or a friend If you didn’t attend the trial class, you can join the **first session for €10** to see if you like it before committing to the full course. 👉 **Register here:** [https://forms.gle/Gp47pWi8Pk2QsKTu5](https://forms.gle/Gp47pWi8Pk2QsKTu5) Please make sure to **check your email and WhatsApp after registering** — we’ll send all confirmations and updates there. Let’s dance ✨

🏖️ Lakeside Picnic Party @ Podpeško Jezero 🌞 📅 Sunday\, May 3rd \| 🕐 12:00–18:00 \| 🎯 Open to everyone\! Looking for the perfect Sunday escape? Join us for a chill and fun-packed afternoon by the lake just 20 minutes from Ljubljana — swimming, games, sunshine, new friends, and unforgettable vibes. 🌟 What to Expect: 🏐 Volleyball, water sports, badminton, frisbee, bocce & more 🎲 Board & card games (bring your favorites!) 🎸 Live music jam — bring instruments! 🍕 Pizza orders from the lakeside restaurant 🧺 BYO drinks & snacks (or grab extras at the bar) 🚀 Getting There: 🚌 Direct bus 19B from Ljubljana Center 🚗 Free parking around the lake 👥 Join the WhatsApp group chat where you can meet people & arrange rides: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxPd1Irj1nkFZNYGu0jDRl 📍 Where? West side of the lake, just past the restaurant 📍Coordinates: 45.968336, 14.431423 If you have trouble finding us, write us on any social media or in the group chat WhatsApp Group chat: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxPd1Irj1nkFZNYGu0jDRl Social media: https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational 🧘 Who’s It For? Locals, internationals, travelers, students Solo attendees, groups, and anyone looking for fun Musicians, dogs, dreamers, sunshine seekers ☀️ 🛑 In Case of Rain: We'll announce cancellations in the group chat and event page. 🎟️ Free Entry • No sign-up needed • Just show up and vibe! 📲 DM us or write in the group chat if you have questions. 🐶 Dogs welcome. Restrooms available. 🔥 We’ve organized 50+ epic events with 1,000+ happy people. Come experience why everyone keeps coming back. 👉 Follow us for more upcoming lake parties, meetups, and picnics.

🏖️ Lakeside Picnic Party @ Podpeško Lake 🌞 Ljubljana International Group Escape 📅 Sunday, May 3rd 🕐 11:00–18:00 🎟️ Free entry \| Open to everyone 🌿 The Plan We’re escaping the city for a relaxed, social Sunday by the lake — swimming, games, music, sunshine, and good people. This isn’t just a picnic. It’s a shared experience from the moment we leave Ljubljana together. 🤝 GROUP MEETUP & GETTING THERE (important!) To make this more fun and social, we’re going as a group: 🕚 11:00 — Meet at Ljubljana Main Train Station (Glavna železniška postaja) From there, we split: 🚗 Carpool Crew Join your pre-arranged rides Coordinate in the WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxPd1Irj1nkFZNYGu0jDRl 🚌 Bus Crew Walk together to Bavarski dvor Take bus 19B → Podpeško Jezero \~35 min ride Easy, social, and fun 👉 Don’t want to come with the group? No problem — you can join us directly at the lake anytime from 12:00 onward 📍 Location West side of Podpeško Jezero (just past the restaurant) 📍 Coordinates: 45.968336, 14.431423 If you can’t find us — message in the group chat and we’ll guide you. Group Chat: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxPd1Irj1nkFZNYGu0jDRl 🌟 What to Expect 🏐 Volleyball, badminton, frisbee, bocce & games 🌊 Swimming & chill lake vibes 🎲 Board & card games (bring your favorites!) 🎸 Music jam session + shared playlist (bring instruments/speakers) 🍕 Pizza from the lakeside restaurant 🧺 BYO drinks & snacks (or grab something at the bar) 🧘 Who This Is For Locals, internationals, Erasmus, travelers Solo joiners & groups (very easy to meet people) Social, open-minded, fun energy people 👉 If you want a low-pressure way to meet new people in nature — this is it 💬 COMMUNITY CHAT (join before!) This is where: carpools get organized people meet before the event live updates happen 👉 Join here: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LxPd1Irj1nkFZNYGu0jDRl 🛑 Weather Plan If it rains, we’ll update everything in: WhatsApp group Event page 🐶 Extras Dogs welcome 🐕 Restrooms available Stay as long as you want (we’ll be there \~until 18:00) 🔥 Why You Should Come We’ve hosted 50+ events with 1,000+ people — and these lake days always turn into the best memories. 👉 Come for the lake 👉 Stay for the people 📲 Stay Connected Follow us for more: https://linktr.ee/ljubljanainternational

Practical AI for Power BI Developers A year ago, “agentic AI” was mostly hype for Power BI teams. Today, it deserves your undivided attention. For Power BI pros, there is now a real opportunity to reduce repetitive development work, accelerate delivery, and help developers do more, but only when strong DataOps practices are in place to make AI workflows effective. This session is a no-nonsense introduction to effective AI patterns for Power BI and Fabric development. Along the way, we will make sense of the growing pile of terminology, including skills, plugins, hooks, and MCP. You will see examples of how modern AI tooling can help with development tasks across Power BI and Fabric, along with the prerequisites, guardrails, and DataOps principles needed to use it responsibly. Whether you're burned out on AI hype or already using Copilot CLI daily, this session will show you the foundations that are finally making AI-assisted development genuinely useful.

Customer identity resolution becomes increasingly complex as organizations scale across multiple systems, regions, and data formats. Traditional rule-based approaches often fail to keep up with data variability, require constant manual tuning, and struggle with real-time processing needs. This session presents a practical approach to building a scalable identity resolution pipeline using AWS services and modern AI techniques. The architecture combines data ingestion through Amazon S3 and AWS Glue, transformation pipelines using Spark on EMR, and machine learning models deployed via SageMaker for entity matching and standardization. Graph-based relationship modeling is implemented using Amazon Neptune to improve resolution accuracy by incorporating household and shared attribute context. We will walk through how machine learning models can be used for name and address normalization, how intelligent blocking strategies improve matching efficiency, and how feedback loops can be introduced to continuously improve accuracy. The session also highlights how serverless components such as AWS Lambda can be used for orchestration and real-time processing. **SPEAKER BIO** Mosaic Syed is a Senior Data Engineering and Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions across global enterprise environments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mosaic-basha-syed-92300856 **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: [https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/](https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/) **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: [https://www.veeam.com/](https://www.veeam.com/) **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

We meet at lunch each week and each meeting follows a fairly organized agenda. First all participants pass their business cards around. Then each member and guest is invited to give a one-minute overview of their company and what is a perfect referral for the week. We always have a 10 minute presentation from one of the members about their business in more detail. And finally we pass referrals. You're welcome to visit. Nobody is ever put on the spot. Bring plenty of cards!

We will show how to build custom agents with Microsoft Agent Framework. Attendees will learn how to build and custom host agents when Microsoft Foundry is not a viable option.

Hello podcasters! We are rebooting the Columbus Podcasters User Group this May 11th! Come join us at the Roosevelt Coffee house in Lewis Center from 6-8pm. Help us organize future meetups! Thank you **Roosevelt Coffeehouse** and the **Olentangy Brewery** for hosting our meetup!

**Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). Topic: This month John Lairson will share a notebook describing the Alpaca (Paper) Trading API and discuss different algorithms for evaluating stock trades. We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com

Central Ohio Radio Enthusiasts—CORE—is an informal community for anyone enthusiastic or curious about radio—whether you're new to radio and want to learn or you've been tinkering for years and want to share. Ham radio operators, GMRS users, Meshtastic fans, software-defined radio nerds, makers, and technical and non-technical folks are all welcome. No experience required or expected. This month we have **Radio Signal Analysis Using SDRs and OpenWebRX+** with **Scott McCrory**. Details are are [core.radio](https://core.radio/).