Knowledge Management

TAMI π is a curated meeting, workshop or presentation about a topic in math. It happens every two weeks at TAMI. The event is hosted by a different person each time. You can come, learn topics and share ideas in an open and informal atmosphere. This time we will talk about compress sensing (including applications and examples). Beginners are also welcome! For proposing a presentation or topic you can drop us a line. תאמי פי הוא מפגש אוצר, סדנה או מצגת על נושא במתמטיקה. זה קורה כל שבועיים בתאמי. את האירוע מנחה אדם אחר בכל פעם. תוכלו לבוא, ללמוד נושאים ולחלוק רעיונות באווירה פתוחה ונעימה. הפעם נדבר על חישת דחיסה (כולל יישומים ודוגמאות). גם מתחילים מוזמנים! להצעת מצגת או נושא ניתן לפנות אלינו .

איך מתכננים מוצר שפועל מחוץ לגבולות כדור הארץ? אילו חומרים שורדים חוסר כבידה, קרינה קוסמית וטמפרטורות קיצון — ומה כל זה יכול ללמד אותנו על עיצוב כאן, בכדור הארץ? בחלל, כל חומר חייב לעמוד בקיצוניות. חום, קור, חוסר כבידה וקרינה מאלצים חשיבה מחודשת על פונקציה, צורה וחומר. העקרונות האלה לא רק מחוללים חדשנות בחלל – הם משנים את הדרך שבה אנחנו מעצבים גם כאן על פני כדור הארץ. פרופ’ אלכס פדואה, מעצב תעשייתי בכיר, מרצה לעיצוב וממעצבי החללית בראשית, יחשוף את תהליכי החשיבה והפיתוח מאחורי עיצוב מוצר לחלל: ממגבלות החומר ועד יצירת פתרונות אנושיים לסביבה לא אנושית. הרצאה שמזמינה מעצבים, מהנדסים וחולמים לחשוב אחרת על חומר, פונקציה וגבולות היצירתיות. למבוגרים/ות ונוער (16+). שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא , שם תמצאו גם פרטים נוספים https://www.makelab.org.il/registration/space-and-matter

**Please RSVP to this Meetup and then Register Here for Zoom Link:** [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979875872030](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979875872030) Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the health sciences and health care industries—from diagnostics and drug discovery to clinical decision support and digital health tools. Alongside these advances come complex regulatory and intellectual property (IP) challenges that innovators, researchers, and organizations must navigate to bring AI solutions safely and successfully to market. This webinar explores the evolving regulatory landscape governing AI in health sciences, including oversight of AI-enabled medical technologies, data governance, and risk management considerations. Participants will also gain insight into key IP issues such as patentability of AI-driven inventions, ownership of data and algorithms, copyright and trade secret protection, and strategies for safeguarding innovation while supporting collaboration and compliance. Designed for researchers, clinicians, healthcare leaders, startups, and legal professionals, this session will provide practical guidance and real-world perspectives on aligning regulatory requirements with effective IP strategies in an AI-driven healthcare ecosystem. **KEY TOPICS:** * Regulatory frameworks and expectations for AI in health sciences including HIPAA compliance! * IP ownership and inventorship in AI-enabled research and products * Data, algorithms, and model protection strategies * Managing compliance risks while fostering innovation * Emerging trends shaping the future of AI regulation and IP in healthcare * Ethical use of AI in Healthcare **OUR SPEAKERS:** **Sheila M. Mints:** Chair, Health Care and Cannabis Law Groups. Ms. Mints’ experience in healthcare transactional matters includes shareholder and employment agreements, purchases and sales of medical practices, including ACO and IPO transactions, and practice mergers. Ms. Mints acts as general counsel to many large practices and ambulatory care facilities, assisting with transactional, tax, human resources matters and negotiation with payors and vendors. Ms. Mints also handles governmental and commercial payor investigations and audits into health care billing and coding practices. As Chair of the firm’s Cannabis Law Group, Ms. Mints counsels businesses, public entities, and entrepreneurs interested in entering the multifaceted cannabis market. Ms. Mints is the general counsel of the Cannabis Advisory Group, a nonprofit organization of a diverse group of professionals with expertise in cannabis policy, regulatory compliance, business, social justice, economics, science and medicine that are united in the desire to maximize the context for the legal access to hemp and cannabis, both in adult-use and medicinal market. An experienced tax lawyer, Ms. Mints represents her clients before the Internal Revenue Service, the federal Tax Court and state taxation departments in a variety of tax matters. Read more at: **[https://www.capehart.com/?attorney=sheila-m-mints](https://www.capehart.com/?attorney=sheila-m-mints)** **Richard Gearhart, Esq.** is a life sciences intellectual property attorney and the Founding Partner of Gearhart Law, LLC, where he advises pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics, and health-technology companies on patents, trademarks, licensing, and IP-driven commercialization strategy. With over three decades of experience, Richard helps founders, executives, and investors align intellectual property portfolios with fundraising, regulatory pathways, competitive positioning, and long-term enterprise value. A trained chemist and former senior in-house IP leader in the life sciences industry, he brings deep domain fluency to complex scientific and business challenges. He is also an active angel investor and a member of several investor groups, providing clients with a first-hand investor perspective on risk, valuation, and growth. He plays an active leadership role in the academic and healthcare innovation ecosystem, and is a Member of the Rutgers Health Leadership Council, also serving as Chair of the Investment & Entrepreneurship Committee, where he supports innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurial initiatives across Rutgers Health. Richard is actively pursuing a professional certificate from the MIT Sloan School of Management in Artificial Intelligence for Pharma and Biotech, reflecting his focus on how AI is reshaping drug discovery, development, and commercialization. Read more at: **[https://gearhartlaw.com/team/richard-gearhart-esq/](https://gearhartlaw.com/team/richard-gearhart-esq/)** **David Postolski, Esq., event moderator,** is a senior partner at Gearhart Law, is a registered patent attorney and Intellectual Property (IP) attorney for close to 20 years. David specializes in assisting inventors, creators, artists, start-ups, entrepreneurs, early-stage companies, and emerging companies with their U.S and international IP strategy, protection, enforcement, and monetization. David is a frequent speaker and author on emerging IP issues and technologies including, raising capital, business formation, food science, software, licensing, Data and Privacy Compliance, equity-based crowdfunding, and compliance with other US and International Regulatory structures. David is also a Professor at Temple University, Parsons School of Design and the Radzyner Law School (Herzliya, Israel) where he teaches master-level students about IP, ethics, and other regulatory considerations. David is a current Council Member of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, founder of their International Action Group, and editor of their monthly newsletter, and the outgoing Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Officer. David currently serves on Harvard’s Lemann Entrepreneurial Program Advisory Board. Read more at: **[https://gearhartlaw.com/team/david-postolski-esq/](https://gearhartlaw.com/team/david-postolski-esq/)** **Email David D. Postolski, Esq.. with any questions at [david@gearhartlaw.com](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-business-strategies-protecting-your-intellectual-property-in-asia-tickets-1272779490719?aff=oddtdtcreator)** This event is sponsored by **Gearhart Law**, a full service Intellectual Property firm specializing in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law domestically and globally. We serve inventors, entrepreneurs, and established businesses. We can help you strategize and build your IP portfolio based on your business needs. Call us for a free consultation at 908-273-0700 or contact us through: **[https://gearhartlaw.com/](https://gearhartlaw.com/)**

איך מתכננים מוצר שפועל מחוץ לגבולות כדור הארץ? אילו חומרים שורדים חוסר כבידה, קרינה קוסמית וטמפרטורות קיצון — ומה כל זה יכול ללמד אותנו על עיצוב כאן, בכדור הארץ? בחלל, כל חומר חייב לעמוד בקיצוניות. חום, קור, חוסר כבידה וקרינה מאלצים חשיבה מחודשת על פונקציה, צורה וחומר. העקרונות האלה לא רק מחוללים חדשנות בחלל – הם משנים את הדרך שבה אנחנו מעצבים גם כאן על פני כדור הארץ. פרופ’ אלכס פדואה, מעצב תעשייתי בכיר, מרצה לעיצוב וממעצבי החללית בראשית, יחשוף את תהליכי החשיבה והפיתוח מאחורי עיצוב מוצר לחלל: ממגבלות החומר ועד יצירת פתרונות אנושיים לסביבה לא אנושית. הרצאה שמזמינה מעצבים, מהנדסים וחולמים לחשוב אחרת על חומר, פונקציה וגבולות היצירתיות. למבוגרים/ות ונוער (16+). שימו לב: לא מספיק להרשם במיטאפ יש להרשם גם בקישור הבא , שם תמצאו גם פרטים נוספים https://www.makelab.org.il/registration/space-and-matter

ביום שישי 30.01.2026 ניפגש למיטאפ בנושא המאמר The Psychology of Psychologizing מתוך ספרה של איין ראנד The Voice of Reason את המפגש יעביר יובב קליפון, פיזיקאי ותלמיד של הפילוסופיה של איין ראנד לקריאת המאמר [https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-psychology-of-psychologizing/](https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-psychology-of-psychologizing/) **\*\*\*המפגש מיועד לקהל הרחב ולא מצריך ידע מוקדם מעבר לקריאת המאמר\*\*\*** תכנית: 10:45-11:15 התכנסות 11:15-12:45 דיון על המאמר 12:45 אפטר מיטאפ: קונים אוכל ושתייה בשרונה מרקט וחוזרים למינגלינג בוויוורק הדיון מתחיל ונגמר בזמן. נא לדייק ולא לאכול במהלך הדיון [תרומות למרכז איין ראנד ופעילות המיטאפ כאן](https://www.aynrand.org.il/donate) . הנחיות כניסה: יש להיכנס בכניסה א' של שרונה מרקט, מול מסעדת "מקסיקנה" יש דלת לחדר מדרגות, יש לעלות לקומה ה3 ולצלצל לפתיחת הדלת לאייר רייכל 050-5210025. ניתן גם לכתוב בקבוצת הוואטסאפ של המיטאפ. ניתן להגיע באמצעות הרכבת הקלה - תחנת יהודית למגיעים ברכב, חניה מומלצת ב"חניון פלטיניום" (מופיע בוייז). במחיר 20 ש"ח, חניונים אחרים יהיו יקרים יותר ניתן גם לחנות בחניון "מילניום" שקצת רחוק יותר ב10 שח עם אפליקציית סנטרל פארק. לאחר המפגש, ממשיכים לבלות במתחם וויוורק, נהוג לקנות אוכל במרקט למטה ולחזור לאכול במתחם. מתלבטים ביחס להתאמת התוכן? אופי המפגש? מוזמנים לפנות ולהתייעץ עם בועז.

Join us in the search for the true, the good and the beautiful. Each meet is in one of two formats: a shared reading and open discussion of philosophical texts, or a continuing series of lectures based on the reading of a fascinating book of philosophy. Both formats are in Hebrew, with some reading of English texts, assisted whenever needed. We meet weekly Friday on 80 Rokach Boulevard, Tel Aviv, at the gardens of the Council for a Beautiful Israel. Welcome anyone interested in understanding life more deeply, regardless of age or prior knowledge. The love of wisdom is enough. Please join our WhatsApp group: https://chat.whatsapp.com/JeAa2uRNTlF0rdrVTLzUC0?mode=wwt Note: there's always enough sitting room, but some of it is on the grass or a mat on the floor. If you want to guarantee yourself a chair, please bring one with you. Sapere Aude! (Kant's Motto: Dare to Think!)

**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. Join locall Tel-Aviv chat with all news and updates https://chat.whatsapp.com/IWWgu9DznjzLvMe8p6cVCu?mode=ac_t For any questions pleae contact Tel-Aviv city leaders: Lev +972 55-7704496 Ilia +972535007183 Nastya +972533838320 Dan +972537162316 More about FRC global: 🗓️ 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/) LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/) Podcast [http://podcast.foundersrc.com/](http://podcast.foundersrc.com/) Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC) Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/)

Join us for some focused writing time. All writers and all experience levels are welcome and don’t worry, no one will see what you've written. This session is about getting your writing done and meeting other writers in your area. When you show up, say hello to everyone, grab a drink, and get your writing tools ready. Once you’re all settled, take some time to chat with your fellow writers. Once everyone’s arrived, I will lead quick introductions and then set the timer for our quiet and focused writing session. Afterward, we’ll have time to chat and get to know each other. We often talk about our successes and challenges as writers. If you don’t have time to stick around, no worries! **A note about the format** We don’t host critiques or readings. These events are a safe space for writers of all skill levels and genres to work on their craft, so no one will read or critique your writing. For our full event schedule, visit [https://shutupwrite.com](https://shutupwrite.com). **Other Important Details:** WiFi name/password: TBD Venue Guidelines: Please thank our hosts by purchasing something.

Hare: Shalom Kitty You know the drill: We drink, we sing and if the hare forces us to, we run. We know that you're still hungover from New Years, so we made sure to give you 31 days of recovery. No excuses not to drink! When: January 31, 3 pm Where: Ramat Gan, https://maps.app.goo.gl/qPcveNLU7N4ffGJ28?g_st=iw Join us wankers! (It costs 25 shekel) Magic Dyke

**Please RSVP to this Meetup and then Register Here for Zoom Link:** [https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979875872030](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1979875872030) Artificial intelligence is rapidly transforming the health sciences and health care industries—from diagnostics and drug discovery to clinical decision support and digital health tools. Alongside these advances come complex regulatory and intellectual property (IP) challenges that innovators, researchers, and organizations must navigate to bring AI solutions safely and successfully to market. This webinar explores the evolving regulatory landscape governing AI in health sciences, including oversight of AI-enabled medical technologies, data governance, and risk management considerations. Participants will also gain insight into key IP issues such as patentability of AI-driven inventions, ownership of data and algorithms, copyright and trade secret protection, and strategies for safeguarding innovation while supporting collaboration and compliance. Designed for researchers, clinicians, healthcare leaders, startups, and legal professionals, this session will provide practical guidance and real-world perspectives on aligning regulatory requirements with effective IP strategies in an AI-driven healthcare ecosystem. **KEY TOPICS:** * Regulatory frameworks and expectations for AI in health sciences including HIPAA compliance! * IP ownership and inventorship in AI-enabled research and products * Data, algorithms, and model protection strategies * Managing compliance risks while fostering innovation * Emerging trends shaping the future of AI regulation and IP in healthcare * Ethical use of AI in Healthcare **OUR SPEAKERS:** **Sheila M. Mints:** Chair, Health Care and Cannabis Law Groups. Ms. Mints’ experience in healthcare transactional matters includes shareholder and employment agreements, purchases and sales of medical practices, including ACO and IPO transactions, and practice mergers. Ms. Mints acts as general counsel to many large practices and ambulatory care facilities, assisting with transactional, tax, human resources matters and negotiation with payors and vendors. Ms. Mints also handles governmental and commercial payor investigations and audits into health care billing and coding practices. As Chair of the firm’s Cannabis Law Group, Ms. Mints counsels businesses, public entities, and entrepreneurs interested in entering the multifaceted cannabis market. Ms. Mints is the general counsel of the Cannabis Advisory Group, a nonprofit organization of a diverse group of professionals with expertise in cannabis policy, regulatory compliance, business, social justice, economics, science and medicine that are united in the desire to maximize the context for the legal access to hemp and cannabis, both in adult-use and medicinal market. An experienced tax lawyer, Ms. Mints represents her clients before the Internal Revenue Service, the federal Tax Court and state taxation departments in a variety of tax matters. Read more at: **[https://www.capehart.com/?attorney=sheila-m-mints](https://www.capehart.com/?attorney=sheila-m-mints)** **Richard Gearhart, Esq.** is a life sciences intellectual property attorney and the Founding Partner of Gearhart Law, LLC, where he advises pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, diagnostics, and health-technology companies on patents, trademarks, licensing, and IP-driven commercialization strategy. With over three decades of experience, Richard helps founders, executives, and investors align intellectual property portfolios with fundraising, regulatory pathways, competitive positioning, and long-term enterprise value. A trained chemist and former senior in-house IP leader in the life sciences industry, he brings deep domain fluency to complex scientific and business challenges. He is also an active angel investor and a member of several investor groups, providing clients with a first-hand investor perspective on risk, valuation, and growth. He plays an active leadership role in the academic and healthcare innovation ecosystem, and is a Member of the Rutgers Health Leadership Council, also serving as Chair of the Investment & Entrepreneurship Committee, where he supports innovation, commercialization and entrepreneurial initiatives across Rutgers Health. Richard is actively pursuing a professional certificate from the MIT Sloan School of Management in Artificial Intelligence for Pharma and Biotech, reflecting his focus on how AI is reshaping drug discovery, development, and commercialization. Read more at: **[https://gearhartlaw.com/team/richard-gearhart-esq/](https://gearhartlaw.com/team/richard-gearhart-esq/)** **David Postolski, Esq., event moderator,** is a senior partner at Gearhart Law, is a registered patent attorney and Intellectual Property (IP) attorney for close to 20 years. David specializes in assisting inventors, creators, artists, start-ups, entrepreneurs, early-stage companies, and emerging companies with their U.S and international IP strategy, protection, enforcement, and monetization. David is a frequent speaker and author on emerging IP issues and technologies including, raising capital, business formation, food science, software, licensing, Data and Privacy Compliance, equity-based crowdfunding, and compliance with other US and International Regulatory structures. David is also a Professor at Temple University, Parsons School of Design and the Radzyner Law School (Herzliya, Israel) where he teaches master-level students about IP, ethics, and other regulatory considerations. David is a current Council Member of the American Bar Association Section of Intellectual Property Law, founder of their International Action Group, and editor of their monthly newsletter, and the outgoing Continuing Legal Education (CLE) Officer. David currently serves on Harvard’s Lemann Entrepreneurial Program Advisory Board. Read more at: **[https://gearhartlaw.com/team/david-postolski-esq/](https://gearhartlaw.com/team/david-postolski-esq/)** **Email David D. Postolski, Esq.. with any questions at [david@gearhartlaw.com](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-business-strategies-protecting-your-intellectual-property-in-asia-tickets-1272779490719?aff=oddtdtcreator)** This event is sponsored by **Gearhart Law**, a full service Intellectual Property firm specializing in Patent, Trademark and Copyright Law domestically and globally. We serve inventors, entrepreneurs, and established businesses. We can help you strategize and build your IP portfolio based on your business needs. Call us for a free consultation at 908-273-0700 or contact us through: **[https://gearhartlaw.com/](https://gearhartlaw.com/)**

I love my job and one of the main things I do is help customers get going with any of the data technologies at Microsoft. Right now there are a lot of my customers asking about Microsoft Fabric. It's hard to weave across all the shiny new options across the Fabric landscape, let alone figure out where it fits into your organization. In this session we'll focus on answering one question - how can I get data into Fabric? We'll talk through the "it depends" options and see some of the options in live demos.

Come chat about Atlassian tools and best practices at the Upper Arlington Sunny Street Cafe and Breakfast is on Atlassian! Let's get the day started off with breakfast with your ACE Leaders! We're always excited to talk about Atlassian Products, share our knowledge and hand out swag! Come chat with us about new product news and anything you are working on within the Atlassian product stack. This is a great opportunity to come see what we are all about, hear new business news and share with other Atlassian users your questions and experiences. We'd love to see new and old friends come out to chat and learn about Atlassian! Agenda --- Moderators Kimberly Deal - Columbus Atlassian User Group Leader Kevin Stanley - Columbus Atlassian User Group Leader Greg Sprowls - Columbus Atlassian Community Leader Hosted By Kimberly Deal, Atlassian User Group Leader Kevin Stanley, Chief Everything Greg Sprowls, Agility Lead --- Global Partner Atlassian (http://atlassian.com) Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality. Partner Atlassian --- For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries. --- Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-columbus-presents-rise-and-shine-with-atlassian-upper-arlington-23/.

**People Analytics 101: Making Sense of Compensation Data** Compensation data is one of the most widely used and widely misunderstood forms of people analytics. The session will cover where compensation data comes from, including market pricing data, internal payroll data, and benchmarking sources, and how companies think about structuring and analyzing that information. We will explore how compensation data is leveraged to set salary ranges, manage internal equity, support hiring and retention, and align pay with business strategy. A portion of the session will address common data challenges and limitations, such as market noise, inconsistent job matching, and incomplete datasets, while keeping the primary focus on practical use rather than technical depth. The session will also look ahead at where the space is going, including the growing impact of pay transparency laws, expanding pay equity requirements, and emerging regulations in the US and Europe that require organizations to report on gender and pay gaps. The goal is to give attendees a clear mental model for how compensation analytics works today and why getting it right is becoming increasingly critical. (note: we are back at Rev1 this month!) **About Our Speaker** [Alex Moore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexscottmoore/) is the founder of [Moore Cooperative](https://moorecooperative.com/), where he advises organizations on compensation strategy, pay equity, and people analytics. His work focuses on helping organizations like the Ohio Supreme Court design, analyze, and communicate compensation systems that are data-informed, defensible, and aligned with organizational goals. Alex lives in Granville, Ohio and has three little kiddos. More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

Bring your business cards and network in person with other business professionals! Gold Star Referral Clubs is one of the most established professional networking organizations in the country, with multiple groups in central Ohio. Join us!

Dale Gnidovec, Curator of the Orton Hall Museum of Geology at The Ohio State University, will be presenting a program he has wanted to share with us for a long time: Plate Tectonics. His description of his program: Continents on the move - Nothing in Earth history makes sense without moving continents - it tells us why mountains, volcanoes, minerals, and fossils are where they are. This talk examines the evidence for continental drift, why it was disbelieved, and explains how the more-encompassing theory of plate tectonics was developed and eventually proven. Dale is an energetic, incredibly knowledgeable, and very entertaining speaker and this will be another wonderful program by Dale. Hope to see you there! Food and drinks will be provided at the event. Feel free to show up a little bit early to hang out and talk. Going forward our meetings will be hybrid. You can meet us in-person or attend online Join Zoom Meeting [https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87836564953?pwd=4Mi57ElZkDIFlb1fnlNwOJ0NiOK4tP.1](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87836564953?pwd=4Mi57ElZkDIFlb1fnlNwOJ0NiOK4tP.1) Meeting ID: 878 3656 4953 Passcode: 760812 One tap mobile +19292056099,,87836564953#,,,,\*760812# US (New York) +13017158592,,87836564953#,,,,\*760812# US (Washington DC) The formal presentation will start at noon

### Tools in your AI's Toolbox : An introduction to MCP Servers The generative AI revolution has unlocked unprecedented capabilities, but the next frontier is agency: empowering models to interact with, query, and act upon the world. The current challenge is the “N x M integration problem,” where every AI model requires a custom, brittle integration for each external tool or data source. This approach simply doesn’t scale. How can we give an AI access to our sales leads, code repositories, or IoT devices in a standardized, secure, and reusable way? This session introduces Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), the open-source framework designed to solve this challenge and become the universal connector—the USB-C port—for AI. MCP standardizes how AI models discover and use external tools, moving beyond simple function-calling to a robust, client-server architecture. We will dive into how this open protocol is creating a new ecosystem for building powerful, context-aware AI agents. Join this session for a developer-focused introduction where you will learn how to: Understand the core concepts of the open-source Model Context Protocol and its architecture. Utilize pre-built, open-source MCP servers to instantly connect AI to tools like Git, Slack, and databases. Build a custom MCP server to securely expose your own proprietary data and APIs as tools for any compliant AI. Move beyond bespoke integrations and contribute to a standardized, collaborative, and open ecosystem. Stop building one-off connectors and start building intelligent agents. This session will give you the practical knowledge to leverage MCP and create the next generation of AI that doesn’t just talk, but does. Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! [https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/](https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/)