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### **CROSSING THE RUBICON** Have you ever made a choice that changed everything? A moment where the door slammed shut behind you, and the only way out was going through? On Thursday, April 30th, we are gathering for a ZST mainstage evening of true stories about those life-altering leaps, irreversible decisions, and the glorious (or disastrous;-) aftermath of saying "why not!" "*Ships are safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are built for.*" — John A. Shedd ### **ARE YOU ALL IN?** We’ve all stood on that edge. Maybe it was the moment you finally hit "un-subscribe" from an unfulfilling job, the night you committed to a FWB "situationship," or that impulsive decision to move outside the city where there's only one bus per hour. Once you roll the dice, there’s no turning back. Whether you ended up exactly where you needed to be or found yourself in a completely unexpected reality, we want to hear your truth. ### **MOMENTS OF NO RETURN:** * **The Leap of Faith:** That career pivot or international move that felt like jumping without a parachute. * **The Bridge Burned:** When you finally stood your ground, spoke your truth, and knew things would never be the same. * **The Point of Impact:** A split-second decision—heroic, hilarious, or heartbreaking—that changed forever who you are today. ### **JOIN THE FRAY** Whether you’re a seasoned teller or just realized you have the perfect story while reading this, your voice belongs on our stage. Not ready to bare your soul? Come for the drama, stay for the community, and help us vote for the "Best Storytelling of the Night. TICKETS ON EVENTFROG Tickets available on **[EventFrog](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/theatre-stage/stage-event/storyslam-point-of-no-return-7447744513211119547.html)** or when doors open at 19:00. # PROGRAM 19:00 Doors open (Grab your drink, it’s on us!) 19:30 Warm up and Welcome 20:00 StorySLAM Part ONE 20:30 INTERMISSION 21:00 StorySLAM Part TWO 21:45 Voting for best StorySLAM of the night 22:00 Chill and goodbyes Tickets CHF25 on **[EventFrog](https://eventfrog.ch/en/p/theatre-stage/stage-event/storyslam-point-of-no-return-7447744513211119547.html)** or at the door. Cash or TWINT.

## Details Join us for the next **[Distinct Innovators — Connecting with Purpose](https://luma.com/bdlx1cfa)**[.](https://luma.com/bdlx1cfa) This month’s theme is: **The Power of Partnering: How collaboration shapes the way we build** When the right people come together, ideas grow, and new possibilities open up. This session will be lightly guided, with a few thoughtful prompts around collaboration, while keeping the atmosphere relaxed and natural. **What to expect:** * A small, curated group * ​A guided discussion around the theme * ​A relaxed and welcoming atmosphere * ​Genuine conversations with like-minded professionals * ​Opportunities to explore collaborations and partnerships 📍 Lenox Bar, Zurich Marriott Hotel 🗓️ Thursday, 30 April 🕕 18:00 – 20:00 🎟️ Reserve your place: https://luma.com/bdlx1cfa Let’s connect with purpose - meaningful connections create lasting impact.

**☕ Investment Café – Your Monthly Investment Meetup** The Investment Café takes place **every last Thursday of the month** in Zürich. Whether you're a beginner or more advanced – the **Investment Café** offers a relaxed atmosphere to talk openly about money. 📈 **Topics we’ll cover together:** • Best practices for investing • Macro indicators • Stocks, Bonds, Funds, etc • Your open questions – discussed directly with an expert • Learning from each other – through real community exchange 🔗 **More info about the host:** [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alakatos/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alakatos/ "https://www.linkedin.com/in/alakatos/") Stop by, join the conversation, and get fresh inspiration for your investment journey!

**Most products are designed to move people in a certain direction.** But when it comes to behaviour change, pressure and punishment **often** **backfire.** They may create short-term compliance, but they can also leave users feeling guilty, frustrated, or simply ready to give up. **In this talk, Mi Xue Tan explores how UX can support lasting behaviour change through positive reinforcement.** Instead of designing systems that fight human psychology, she looks at how we can build experiences that work with it — reducing resistance, creating motivation, and supporting small steps that add up over time. This matters for the UX community because every product shapes behaviour. When we design with human needs and motivation in mind, retention does not have to be forced. It can emerge more naturally through experiences that feel supportive, effective, and genuinely human. **[Mi Xue Tan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mi-xue-tan-3030b5120/)** works at the intersection of data, user research, and human behavior. With a background in data science and UX research, her work xplores how thoughtful design and positive reinforcement can support meaningful behavior change. Her focus: using data, psychology, and good communication to **create experiences that people don’t just use — but stick with.** \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- 💬 The Talk is in **English** 📍 The event will be held at ETH Zürich Maschinenbau ML, **Room F36** We kindly ask you to arrive *10 minutes* early of the event start, so everyone can find a seat due to high attendance. *Thank you!*

Welcome back to Papers We Love, Zurich! In this session, Daniel Galán Pascual, a PhD student in the Information Security group at ETH Zürich, will present "**A Gentle Introduction to Ownership Types in Rust**". Ownership types are what give Rust its memory safety guarantees: the compiler statically rules out entire classes of bugs (use-after-free, data races, dangling pointers) with no garbage collector and no runtime cost. Through worked examples, the talk builds a working understanding of ownership in practice, drawing on the conceptual model of "[A Grounded Conceptual Model for Ownership Types in Rust](https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.04134)" and its accompanying Aquascope tool. **Why care?** * ***For systems programmers***: ownership types are a general approach to resource management that shows up across many languages, with Rust being the most prominent industrial example. The intuition you build means finally making sense of borrow checker errors when they matter most, both in Rust and beyond it. * ***For PL and type-theory enthusiasts***: ownership types have deep connections to linear and affine type theory. Seeing them in an industrial language reveals how theory meets real-world complexity. The talk will be 45-60 minutes, followed by discussion, Q&A and snacks. No prior background in type systems or Rust is required. However, basic systems programming background will be beneficial.

🎟️ **Get your seat at the Table for Six** 🎟️ ✨An evening of meaningful dialogue and curated guests.✨ 🧧 **HOW TO JOIN?** All seats go via a waiting list. Spots are intentionally limited. To be considered, reply with a short note: ✨ *Why do you want to come?* ✨ *What kind of connection are you seeking?* We’re not looking for perfect answers — just honest ones. 📦 **WHAT’S THIS ABOUT?** **The Stories We Carry** is not a dinner party. It’s a pause. An invitation to slow down, to listen, and to be heard. We gather not to impress, but to express. Not to network, but to connect. If you’re tired of surface-level chatter and crave conversations that leave a mark — this is for you. 📓 **HOW DOES IT WORK?** * One table. Six seats. * A guided evening of storytelling, reflection, and presence. * No phones. No bios. No small talk. * Just humans, stories, and the space between them. 🕰️ **WHEN & WHERE?** 🗓️Thursday, April 30th 🕢 7:00 PM 📍 Zug (Park Hotel Zug - Industriestrasse 14) 💛 **WHAT TO EXPECT** 🪑 A seat at a table where presence matters more than polish 🗣️ A chance to share your story — or simply listen 🌌 A few hours of being fully, beautifully human ✨ This is a no-phone experience. Minds awake, hearts open 💛

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**Pizza, Pasta & UX: Join us for the Post-Meetup Dinner!** 🍕 Want to keep the conversation going after the UX meetup? Join us for dinner right after! We have reserved a table at our favorite local Italian restaurant. They have welcomed us many times with delicious food and a cozy atmosphere. It’s the perfect place to unwind and discuss the evening's topics over some tasty pizza or pasta. **Important:** Please register here to save your seat. This reservation is exclusive to attendees of the main meetup of the same day. See you there! The LTT Team

We're planning the next Hackergarten Zurich 🥳 We're looking forward to see some familiar faces and share knowledge within the open-source community. Spread the word — everyone is welcome! Bring your project, a bug, a feature, a question... or just your time and enthusiasm 💜 As always there will be free drinks, beer and pizza, sponsored by Quatico. As usual we briefly present the open-source projects we'd like to work on, break up into groups and try to make an actual contribution. We offer free pizza, beverages and depending on weather conditions a great view on Zurich West from the rooftop terrace. Many thanks to Quatico (https://www.quatico.com) for hosting the event!

**Founders Running Club** (FRC) brings founders, investors, tech, creative people and startup enthusiasts together for weekly easy runs and networking. We like to be comfortable when we run and finish with coffee and conversations. Choose your pace or follow a pacer—pets, friends, family, are welcome. 🗓️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022 🌍 Now in 35+ cities 📅 Running + Networking events + Community **Join the community** [http://foundersrc.com/chats](http://foundersrc.com/chats) **Stay updated**: Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/) Podcast [http://podcast.foundersrc.com/](http://podcast.foundersrc.com/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/)

Welcome to the **Task-Buddies** event of the **Zürich Productivity Circle**, where we bring together like-minded individuals to work on personal goals and share the experience of growth in a supportive community. Maybe you are building a business or side hustle, studying for a course, learning a new (programming) language, figuring the tax system out, writing code, prose, or poetry, researching new stocks for your portfolio, tackling your German homework, or upskilling for your job. In all of these cases and more, this is the perfect space for you. In fact, productivity does not end there. Even if you just want to read a psychology book to resolve a personal struggle, sketch a mountain, listen to podcasts, organize your week, respond to unanswered emails and messages, enjoy a novel, or just reflect and meditate, you are very welcome here. For any task that adds positively to your life and can be done sitting down with others (exception: anything noisy/disruptive/disrespectful), you will fit into the events. We will meet at a work-friendly café in Zürich and follow the agenda below. **Agenda:** * **Introductions and food (20-30 mins):** Start with a round of introductions to get to know each other and share what we'll be working on, buy our food and drinks. * **Productive Work Session (1-2 hours)** Dive into your individual tasks in a focussed, distraction-free environment. * **Collective Break and Socializing (\~15 mins):** Take a planned break to stretch, chat, get more coffee, and share insights about your projects. * **Continued Work Session (1-2 hours):** Get back to your tasks with renewed focus and motivation. * **Wrap-Up and Reflections (15+ mins):** Conclude with a reflection on what we accomplished, share productivity tips or questions, discuss plans for future meetups, stay back for more chit chat if you like. **What to Bring:** * Your project or task materials (laptop, charger, books, sketchpad, pen, etc.) * Respectful and kind demeanour * A positive attitude and a willingness to share and learn **Note:** Please ensure that your tasks are suitable for a quiet, communal setting. We aim to maintain a respectful and conducive environment for everyone. **Venue Courtesy:** Out of courtesy for the venue, please order something drinks for yourself. This helps support the café and ensures we can continue to use their space for our meetups.

Angular Zürich is back this April with two exciting talks exploring the future of Angular and modern application architecture. In the first talk, **Tomas Trajan** presents *“Embracing agentic future with Angular Skills & MCP”* He will explore how Angular is evolving in the age of intelligent, agent-driven systems, and what skills developers need to stay ahead. Expect insights into modern Angular capabilities, emerging patterns, and how MCP and agent-based approaches are shaping the future of frontend development. The second talk by **Mateusz Halada**, *“Gone without a Zone - Understanding Zoneless Angular”* dives into one of the most important shifts in Angular’s evolution. You’ll learn what it means to go zoneless, why it matters for performance and developer experience, and how to approach building applications without Zone.js. Join us for an evening of forward-looking Angular topics, practical insights, and great discussions with the community. **Agenda** * 18:00 – **Doors open** * 18:15 - 18:30 – **Intro** * 18:30 - 19:00 – **Tomas Trajan** \- Embracing agentic future with Angular Skills & MCP * 19:05 - 19:45 – **Mateusz Halada** \- Gone without a Zone \- Understanding Zoneless Angular * 19:50 - 21:00 – **Networking**

Join us for a day of photographing a variety of racing cars and motorbikes at this hillclimb event at Mutschellen (between Dietikon and Bremgarten). Although competitive racing (and specifically overtaking) are not allowed in Switzerland, there are occasionally some opportunities to see some racing cars and this is one. There is a paddock at the bottom where the cars and bikes are prepared and set off in groups up the hill. You can stand in various locations along the route. There are usually some stands selling food and drinks. **Tickets**: CHF20 per person, payable to the event organisers (not PICZ!) on arrival. If coming by car, **parking** is an additional CHF7. **\*\*if this Meetup event is full, of course you can come as a private individual, it may be difficult for more than about 10 members of the club to meet up and stay loosely together!\*\*** **You will need:** * Your camera (preferably with good predictive autofocus) * A variety of lenses, from standard or even wide angle for the paddock, to telephoto to follow the cars and bikes up the hill. * Advisable to bring at least something to drink, you may wish to bring your own lunch too. * Suitable shoes for walking/hiking, there are paths and also grassy fields, there may be some mud. * Clothes: the weather can be variable at this time of year, could be anything from rain to strong sunshine or a mix of both! **Meeting up:** I suggest we try to meet close to the paddock (before the start line) in the morning, although this can be noisy when the engines are started. I will create a WhatsApp group for participants. **Getting there:** * By car, there are temporary car parks in the fields typically on the north end of the site. Look for Bahnhof Rudolfstetten on your SatNav and then follow the signs to the car parks. * By public transport, travel to Bahnhof Rudolfstetten near Berikon & Widen, for example from Zürich HB, zou could take the S12 towards Brugg at 09:14, followed by he S17 at Dietikon at 09:33 to Rudolfstetten. * Please be aware this will be a very busy public event and you may need to queue to buy tickets to get in, so allow time to arrive and meet the group. More information about the event itself here: [https://gpmutschellen.ch/](https://gpmutschellen.ch/)

**The wild and creative side of Zurich** Do you also think Zurich is a boring city? Then come to this tour. Zürich-Born To Be Wild shows the wild and creative side of Zurich. Topics: Bircher-Müesli, Plastic Waste, Black Holes, Warped Time, Queer Balls, Magical Theatre, Expressionist Poetry, Invisible Matter, Revolution, Putsch, Schizophrenia, Anarchy, Reichstag Fire, Nobel Peace Prize and much more. This city tour largely goes through the original sites and takes about two hours. Highlights of the tour: Einstein, Schrödinger, Joyce, Hesse, Lenin, Trotzki, Dada, CG Jung, Wagner... Tour guide: Bernhard Eisenbarth Born to be wild Tour is free of charge. Fundraising in favor of social welfare: [Winterhilfe Zürich](https://zh.winterhilfe.ch/). *Further dates (in german and english) you'll find* **[HERE](https://www.bernhardeisenbarth.ch/touren/stadttour-z%C3%BCrich/)**

If you are interested in selecting investment choices for your 401(k) or other workplace savings plan, minimizing your income tax liability, or identifying the most effective investments for your brokerage account, we are the group for you. We are a local chapter of Bogleheads, whose investment strategy can be found here: https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy Or you can peruse the Boglehead forum here: https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php I look forward to seeing you there. Mark Vonder Haar

**Welcome to the Women’s Columbus Bogleheads® Sub-Group** This sub-group is for **women who want to learn and discuss finances in a safe, supportive space**. For those interested in moving towards financial independence and retirement by learning investment basics, choosing your 401(k) investments, minimizing taxes, and more. We’re a local chapter of **Bogleheads®**, following a long-term, practical investment philosophy: [Investment Philosophy](https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy): https://www.bogleheads.org/wiki/Bogleheads%C2%AE_investment_philosophy [Bogleheads Forum](https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php): https://www.bogleheads.org/index.php No question is too small, and no experience is too simple. Share, ask, and learn — at your own pace, without judgment, in a group of like-minded women. Let’s build confidence and knowledge **together**!

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/).

Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration! This session is open forum to share your current projects—whether complete or in progress, it’s all interesting! Whether you’re deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, you’ll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired. **New to electronics or curious about tinkering?** You’re absolutely welcome. If you’re a beginner and want to experiment, I’ll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things out—whether that’s blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience required—just an interest in learning and building. While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability. This session will be at the Worthington Park Library in the Olentangy Meeting Room.

Join other experienced and aspiring agile coaches and professionals to: * develop and practice your coaching skills in a peer-to-peer environment * share current successes and challenges in your work environment and get support from each other * learn from each other, build better relationships and experiment with new ideas ***NOTE:*** Pre-registration is required for this event. **Please arrive 10 minutes early** to check in at the security desk.

(Note: RSVPing here on meetup does NOT reserve your seat. To do that, you’ll need to register at our website, [HERE](https://www.coreerocks.com/Events.aspx?ID=2026-Central-Ohio-Real-Estate-Investing-Expo-14-5-5-2026).) We’re serious about helping you succeed in real estate. That means not just teaching you—but putting you in the room with the people who help you get deals done. Every deal depends on people. The agent or wholesaler. The lender. The contractor. The title company. The insurance agent. The problem is that most investors meet those people slowly. This event fixes that. One room full of: • Lenders • Contractors • Title companies • Insurance providers • Property managers • And active local investors A place where you can: • Build your team • Find funding • Solve real problems • Make connections that lead to deals If you’re serious about real estate, this is a smart room to be in. Members and non-members at any level of knowledge and experience are welcome. This event is free. Remember, to actually reserve your seat, you have to go [HERE](https://www.coreerocks.com/Events.aspx?ID=2026-Central-Ohio-Real-Estate-Investing-Expo-14-5-5-2026) and register on our website!

It feels like we just saw each other 🤷. Join members of the local design and UX community for our monthly breakfast. For May we’re stopping in for Rooh’s popup breakfast/cafe concept. You know someone is getting the lobster yuzu croissant, and that’s not even the prettiest thing on the menu!.