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Let's build: A.I/ML/Robots using Google Colab and Aiko Services
**Aim** Developing A.I / Machine Learning systems ... optionally with Robots
**Web-site: [https://ai-ml-robots.github.io](https://ai-ml-robots.github.io)**
**Discussions: [https://tinyurl.com/ai-ml-robots-discussions](https://tinyurl.com/ai-ml-robots-discussions)**
**Pre-meeting catch-up:** 6:00 pm at [Fonda Mexican restaurant, 248 Swan Street, Richmond](https://maps.app.goo.gl/eytwnmbDGrmTY7GX7) ***(our table will have orange traffic cones)*** ... great opportunity for casual discussion and especially for newcomers to get acquainted with the group
**Activity:** Using [Google Colab](https://colab.google) and [Aiko Services](https://github.com/geekscape/aiko_services), we will build a project ... where the details will be provided / updated a couple of weeks prior to the meet-up date.
**Agenda:** 7:00 pm sharp at 415 Church Street, Richmond
\- 7:00 pm ML software "guided" build session using Google Colab
\- 9:30 pm Projects show and tell: ad\-hoc for anyone to contribute
\- 9:45 pm Tidy up room
\- 10:00 pm Hard stop \!
**Please bring a laptop, as these are hands-on build sessions.**
Just think of a laptop as a robot without wheels or legs !
If you are a newcomer to Machine Learning or robotics, you are still very welcome.
If you do have a robot, please bring it along !
“DanceTogether”-Ceroc Classes
A mix of dance classes, connections & laughter!
We love offering a diverse range of moves to keep things fresh and exciting, and it’s always amazing to see our dance community connecting on and off the dance floor. It’s all about coming together, learning, and having fun!
Brighton Beach Bowls Club
2B South Rd Brighton
7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Beginner & Intermediate levels
$25 CASH or PAYID
BNI Momentum (regularly Brighton, now Online)
Please reserve your spot at bit.ly/bnitickets - do not RSVP here on MeetUp. Please mention Jerry invited you.
BNI Momentum are a motivated group of business owners and business professionals who meet weekly to refer business to each other. (ordinarily we meet in Brighton, Bayside Melbourne). And now more than ever you can't afford to be losing connections you would have normally made face to face. BNI has embraced online networking, so come and join us!
BNI is business as usual, but currently we are meeting online, and already our meetings still have the same amazing buzz with loads of Referrals, business and 1:1 meetings go ahead every week.
Please arrive online by 10.15am (but from 10am) so you have plenty of time network and before our meeting officially starts at 10.30am.
You will be emailed the weekly online link from the BNI Momentum Visitor Host team. So look out for an email from bnimomentumvisitorhosts@gmail.com - or please email that address if you have not received something by the Monday night before your chosen event date.
Come along and network with people who want to refer you business. Learn the system, get some business education, hear from our weekly speakers. If you want to grow your business through referrals in a system guaranteed to work, then come along and see why BNI is the World's most successful networking organisation.
Tour of our Makerspace
Have you been interested in woodworking, 3D printing, CNC, cosplay or Electronics?
Come visit Maker Community to get a tour of our space, learn about our memberships, have a chat with our members and discuss your dream projects.
Port Melbourne Walks – Fresh Air, Friendly Faces
Looking to get outside, clear your head, and connect with good people? Join us for a relaxed walk around the beautiful streets and coastline of Port Melbourne.
This is a casual meetup—no fitness goals, no pressure. Just a friendly stroll, good conversation, and a reason to step away from screens and into the fresh air. Whether you’re new in town, working from home, or just want a social reason to walk, you’re very welcome.
Come as you are. Comfy shoes, water bottle, and curiosity are all you need.
**Optional:** After the walk, some of us might grab a coffee nearby — feel free to join if you’re up for it!
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Friendly run, 5km, and motivation. 👻
Join us for a planned group run covering a total distance of 5 km. The session will begin with a structured warm-up, followed by the run, and will conclude with cool-down stretching.
During the run, we will make TWO short stops for light functional exercises and movement drills. These breaks are designed to keep the run engaging and suitable for a range of fitness levels and social.
📍 Meetup location: Pinned on the map
🚶 Public safety & courtesy:
We will keep left while running and remain mindful of pedestrians at all times. This is a shared public space, and we respect everyone using the pathway.
Please arrive a few minutes early so we can start on time. Looking forward to running together.
Note: if meetup doesn't allow you to rsvp, you can still join, come straight to the meetup point on time.
Simple AI: A Relaxed Intro to What it Actually Means for You
Hi everyone,
I am so happy to announce our very first event for **Simple AI: Practical Tools for Life and Work (Melbourne)**. We already have 20 members in this group, which is a fantastic start!
I started this community because I am passionate about making AI easy for everyone. I hate jargon and I love seeing people save time.
For our first session, we are keeping it simple. This is an online "Big Picture" chat to set the stage for everything we will do together in 2026.
**What we will talk about:**
* What AI actually is (the plain English version).
* Why I believe these tools are so useful for our daily lives and work.
* A look at our roadmap, including future hands on workshops like prompt engineering and our monthly in person news meetups here in Melbourne.
* A chance for you to ask anything and tell me what you want to learn.
**How to join us:** This is a free online event. To help me manage the numbers and send you the calendar invite, please register via the Eventbrite link below:
**Register here:** [https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/simple-ai-a-relaxed-intro-to-what-it-actually-means-for-you-tickets-1978944340795?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/simple-ai-a-relaxed-intro-to-what-it-actually-means-for-you-tickets-1978944340795?aff=oddtdtcreator)
**Join here:**[ https://meet.google.com/cce-dgdb-jht](https://meet.google.com/cce-dgdb-jht)
**Event Details:**
* **When:** Tuesday, 13 January 2026
* **Time:** 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM AEDT
* **Where:** Online via Google Meet:
https://meet.google.com/cce-dgdb-jht
I really want this to be a helpful, welcoming space for you. Whether you are a total beginner or just curious, you are very welcome to join the conversation.
I look forward to meeting you all online soon!
John
Beyond the AI Hype for Software Teams with Vivek Katial
**Cut Through the AI Hype: What’s Really Helping Software Engineers Build Better, Faster**
Tired of the noise around AI and ready to see what’s actually driving impact? Join us for a deep dive into the latest global research on how AI is (and isn’t) helping software engineers ship higher-quality software at speed.
**Vivek**, former Lead Data Scientist and founding team member at **Multitudes**, will unpack insights from their global **AI Impact Survey** — revealing where teams are finding real productivity gains and where the hype doesn’t hold up.
At Multitudes, Vivek led the company’s Data and AI strategy, creating analytics tools that help teams perform better and work happier. He’s recently spoken at LAST Conf, holds a PhD in Optimisation via Quantum Computing, and is passionate about data-driven approaches to meaningful change.
【Melbourne Meetup】AWS re:Invent re:Cap
AWS re:Invent is Amazon Web Services’ flagship global technology conference, held annually in Las Vegas since 2012.
Every year, the most critical updates and shifts around Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, and AI are first discussed, debated, validated, and refined at re:Invent — shaping technology decisions for years to come.
This is not just another tech conference. It is where engineers, architects, and AWS core teams collectively define the future direction of cloud technology.
Many AWS technologies are officially announced for the very first time at re:Invent.
And just recently, AWS re:Invent has concluded in the US.
From AWS re:Invent to Melbourne Bringing Global Cloud Insights to the Local Tech Community
Shortly after re:Invent wrapped up, JR Academy is bringing first-hand insights from the global cloud stage directly to Melbourne.
At this critical moment, JR Academy, together with KSUG, is hosting an in-person technical meetup to share real observations and discussions straight from the conference floor.
This is not a replay or summary of re:Invent sessions. It’s a focused exchange that brings key global cloud judgments back to the local engineering community.
Not a “Re-cap”, but a Deep Technical Exchange
What engineers bring back from AWS re:Invent is rarely just slide decks.
More often, it’s:
Which EKS and AI directions were repeatedly discussed on-site
Which technologies looked promising, yet sparked real debate among engineers
How personal technical judgments and engineering thinking evolve after high-density information exposure
These insights are difficult to fully capture through live streams, blogs, or recap articles — yet they are often the most valuable inputs for real-world technical decisions.
JR Academy hopes to open these discussions to more engineers.
**Event Focus**
🔹 First-hand perspectives from [AWS](https://aws.amazon.com) re:Invent Participants who attended re:Invent in person will share what they saw, heard, and felt — beyond what appeared in keynotes.
🔹 Amazon EKS & Kubernetes topics Exploring changes in platform capabilities, architecture design, and engineering practices, and discussing the next phase of Kubernetes within the AWS ecosystem.
🔹 AI insights & emerging trends Practical takeaways and new signals around AI from the conference.
**Event Perks**
🎯 Food & drinks available from 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM (first come, first served) 🧃 Open networking & face-to-face technical discussions
**Registration Notes**
⚠️ Amazon Office security requirements:
Photo ID required (Passport or Driver’s License)
Registration must be under your real name
Thank you for your understanding.
**Event Details**
📍 Location Amazon MEL12, Level 13 304/555 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000
🕠 Time January 14, 2025 — 6:00 PM (Melbourne time)
🎯 How to Register Click “Attend” on the right to secure your spot.
📍 Technical Community Discussion After registration, please contact JR Academy (Xiao Hua) to join the group for deeper technical discussions.
Why JR Academy Keeps Doing This
At JR Academy, we believe the real gap between engineers is not just about mastering individual tools — but about building independent understanding and judgment at the very beginning of change.
Not everyone can attend AWS re:Invent in person. But the key insights it generates deserve to be heard as early as possible.
That’s exactly why we bring it to you.
**🤝 Acknowledgements**
AWS Melbourne Office — Venue support
[KSUG](https://ksug.ai/) — Global AI & Cloud-Native Community
Solo travellers: casual hangout in Melbourne (4pm)
**No pressure, no plan—just new friends** ✨
Whether you’re visiting Melbourne for the first time, recently relocated, or simply love connecting with curious people, this weekly meetup is the perfect way to share stories, make friends, and go explore, as a group, the magic that Melbourne has to offer 🇦🇺
**What to expect?**
• **Casual & hostless**: no formal host, no schedule: just show up, be yourself, meet fellow solo travellers & expats and decide as a group where you feel like going
• **Central meeting point**: it is surrounded by cultural landmarks, cafes, and restaurants, making it a convenient and safe starting point.
• **Open to everyone**: whether you are a local, an expat or just passing through for a few days, you are welcome to join. (English is the primary language, but feel free to switch of course)
**How to talk with strangers?**
(and create meaningful connections)
To help you get started, I curated a little game of **[ridiculously good questions](https://www.pierrebonvalot.com/theblog?p=285a9711d7df80d5ac25dd4ef8fe5394&pm=c)** you can ask to break the ice, shift the conversation from dull to intriguing and fun, and eventually create meaningful connection quickly. I hope this helps!
**The only things you need to do are…**
• Leave a message in the comment section to let the others know that you will actually be there (I don’t want you to end up alone there :)
• If you can’t make it anymore, no problem! But please update your RSVP to let the others know
• Please be gentle and patient with each other. We all want to make good friends here.
**Why join?**
• Meet open-minded travellers and locals who are keen to connect, learn and have fun together.
• Experience Melbourne... as a group.
• Be part of a global community that celebrates solo travelling and meaningful connections between foreign and locals.
**How does it works?**
1\. Arrive at the meeting spot at the scheduled time\.
2\. Look for other joiners—friendly faces and curious explorers\.
3\. Introduce yourself\, connect with others\, and decide as a group where to go\.
**When & where?**
• Day: every Sunday
• Time: 4:00 PM (meetup sometimes displays a different time zone: but it’s always 4pm local time)
• Location: in front of the Dolphin Fountain (inside Fitzroy Gardens)
**Hostless**: I am setting up the event for you all to meet, but I won't be there myself this time :)
**Hi my names is Pierre**
I created this Meetup group because I want to see more human connection happen in the real world. I feel many of us want this, but don't exactly know how to go about it. I hope this helps a little bit.
I also work as a transformational coach: I help people who feel stuck in their life to reconnect with themselves, create real change and ultimately live more fulfilling lives.
🔗 bento.me/pierrebonvalot
KSUG.AI Australia #55 - Melbourne Meetup @AWS - 14 Jan 2026
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**Agenda and topics preview:**
* Food, drinks and Socializing
* Welcome / Introductions by the Organizers @**[KSUG.AI](https://ksug.ai/?ref=meet)**
* **Topic 1:** **TBC AWS re:Invent re:Cap**
* **Topic 2:** **TBC EKS + AI update**
* **Quiz time:** nice swags giveaways
Food and drinks will be provided between **5.30 and 6 pm** on a first-come, first-served basis. This is a great opportunity to learn and network with our peers. Thanks to our sponsors @**[Amazon](https://aws.com/)**, @**[KodeKloud](https://kodekloud.com/k8sug)**!
**[Register here](https://konfhub.com/ksug-au-2026-01-14) to secure your spot!** See you all there!
**Location:** Amazon MEL12, Level 13.304 [555 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Kbi13GZqj2zDqDz2A)
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LinkedIn Networking: Walk, Talk, and Connect | Melbourne CBD
Join us for a relaxed LinkedIn networking walk — a casual way to connect with others in a friendly way. This event is only open to people who have an active LinkedIn account.
Whether you're working, studying, running a business, or figuring things out, you're welcome here. It's a great opportunity to grow your LinkedIn network and meet like-minded people.
We ask that everyone comes with the intention to build genuine connections — not to pitch or sell.
Please remember to RSVP to this event if you wish to attend.
**Please note:** We won’t accept RSVPs from individuals who have previously breached our group guidelines.
**Meeting Point:** Let's meet infront of Timeout at Fed Square at 7 PM. We will be at the meeting point till 7:10 PM before walking. We will finish the walk around 8:30 PM at Fed Square. Please don't be late.
Map: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/CnfUeKQ4XQZwkbrb8](https://maps.app.goo.gl/CnfUeKQ4XQZwkbrb8)
**Total Walking Distance:** 4km, Easy, mostly flat
Cost: FREE
Please follow me on LinkedIn for updates:
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheolsu](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cheolsu)
Explore Melbourne is the largest meetup group in Australia with more than 43,000 members. We know these group rules won’t suit everybody, and that’s okay—there are many other groups where you might feel more at home. To keep things safe, fun, and positive, we have 8 simple rules for people attending our events. Over the past 9 years, we’ve removed 342 people (around 0.8%) for breaking them—so please read carefully!
❌ Not a dating group! – We’re here to make connections, not find soulmates.
📵 No phone numbers, please! – Feel free to swap LinkedIn if both parties are cool with it, but please don’t share or ask for phone numbers. Please don’t add people to WhatsApp or other groups.
🔞 Our events are only open to people aged 18 and older.
📢 Please do not advertise other events or groups.
🚗 We don't allow carpooling due to safety incidents/our public liability insurance not covering motor related accidents.
💰 **No sales pitches! – No selling, no MLMs, no pyramid schemes, no “life-changing mentorship” offers—let’s keep things scam-free.**
By joining an event, you agree to follow these rules. Breaking them means removal from all our groups—no exceptions. Thank you!
**Liability Waiver:**
The organizer of this group cannot accept any liability for any loss, damage, injury, or accident to participants or their property at this event. By participating in this event, you're taking responsibility for your safety and well-being. By joining this event, you agree to the liability waiver mentioned here: [https://exploremelbourne.au/explore-melbourne-liability-waiver/](https://exploremelbourne.au/explore-melbourne-liability-waiver/ "https://exploremelbourne.au/explore-melbourne-liability-waiver/")
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Columbus HUG January: Learn Infrastructure-as-Code Through Minecraft
## 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/
DevOps Columbus January: Learn Infrastructure-as-Code Through Minecraft
## 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. 🧱➡️📐
COhPy Monthly Meeting
**NEW LOCATION: 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).
For this first meeting of the year, we will be reviewing submissions for the
Your Program is Hideous and Obfuscated Challenge (YPHOC). Submissions for this challenge are due by January 12th, 2026. The details can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/13zbxwElpJqPMuAN4Ele2hUgsqtFKzH3OCTL5NEeiLKQ
or on our website
http://www.cohpy.org
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 centralohpython@gmail.com
Data & Analytics Wednesday - Doing KPIs Right
**Doing KPIs Right: a KEY to Analytics (and AI!) Impact!**
On the one hand, KPIs are such a Business 101 concept that it may seem a little silly to dedicate an entire session to the topic. On the other hand, KPIs get handled so poorly so often that a case could be made that this meetup could just be one of the most impactful sessions of the entire year!
We’re starting off the year at a new location: [COhatch Upper Arlington](https://www.cohatch.com/locations/columbus/upper-arlington/) but with a familiar speaker, Tim Wilson! We’ll be back at Rev1 in February, when the speaker will presumably not be Tim.
Tim will make the case that effectively measuring performance of projects, campaigns, and initiatives (and even meetups!) should be a foundation for any data analytics program. Topics covered will include: the “two magic questions” of performance measurement, how to help business partners distinguish between outcomes and outputs, and effective tactics for collaboratively establishing KPI targets.
He will also stick his neck out by demonstrating some of these techniques in real-time by measuring whether his talk lives up to the promise of this description!
All CBUSDAW events are free thanks to our 2026 Sponsors: Clarivoy, Conductrics, What Box Consulting Group, and Piwik PRO.
Check out [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com) for more information.
Privacy Components That Should Actually Matter to Development Teams
**Format**:
Hybrid (in-person and online) event
**In-person location**:
**Security Compass**
325 Front Street West, Unit 103
Toronto, ON
M5V 2Y1
**Note:** In-person attendance is limited to **70 people**, in a **first-come, first-serve basis**.
Doors will open at **6:00 PM**, with the event will start at **6:30 PM** (ET).
For those who cannot attend in person, please join us virtually via the livestream!
**Presentation Title:**
**Privacy Components That Should Actually Matter to Development Teams**
Many teams expect that privacy is taken care of by the company’s security program or addressed by the legal and compliance teams. Fact is, privacy is often lagging behind security when it comes to software development, and there are still obligations that need to make their way into the lifecycle. And, in many cases, devs never even see the obligations that exist on paper to clients!
In each business function of Governance, Design, Implementation, Verification, and Operations, there are privacy considerations that need to be made. The earlier you can get these considerations locked in, the more time it saves you later when there’s an incident, a user exercising their rights, or simply scaling up!
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**This is a hybrid event!** You're welcome to join us online or in person. Thanks again to our wonderful sponsors at **Security Compass** for hosting us!
Software ate the world, Agents are eating Software Engineering
2026 may be the last year many developers write code by hand. We need coding agents to solve complex problems in production codebases, but vibe coding alone won’t get us there. Vibe coding is all gas, no brakes. It burns up the context window until the agent slips on its own slop. You can go fast at first, but the more you stuff into the context window, the more tangled its outputs get. While the industry is rapidly increasing code generation speed, we still have to understand, review, merge, and maintain what gets shipped.
This talk will outline how coding agents (Claude Code + Gas Town) work and a framework for orchestrating them to solve complicated problems in complex codebases. It’s about steering the model: doing the research to align intent, planning the approach up front, implementing in parallel steps, and breaking early. Human judgment still matters, but it should be spent on high-leverage decisions: what to build, what to forbid, and “what is quality?”, not cleaning up slop. Attendees will leave with a checklist to identify workflow and environment gaps that hold agents back, so you and your team can ship higher-quality software starting tomorrow.
Columbus Code & Coffee 82 @ Improving
Columbus Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you!
**What to Expect at the Intro Circle**
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Near the beginning of the event (1:30 pm), we do a standup:
* Organizer announcements, updates, and logistics
Round 1 - (7 secs max):
* Your name
* What you're working on
* What you can help others with
Round 2:
* Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too.
Round 3:
* Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool.
After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized! Feel free to work alone, pair up, attend one of our workshops/presentations, or mingle!






























