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**🎉Our next event is here!** After the great success of the last event, we’re glad to announce our next Claude Code Barcelona meetup! Don’t miss these two talks plus a great networking session, all thanks to our new host **InnoIT**. **⚠️** **Spots are limited.** We recommend reserving your spot as soon as possible. If you’re unable to attend, please let us know in advance so we can release your seat. **📅** May 20th \| Doors open at 6:00 PM\, kick off at 6:15 PM 📍 InnoIT - C/ Diputació 280, Bajos 2ª, Eixample, 08009, Barcelona **Agenda** **➡️** 6:15 PM — Check-in 🏢 6:30 PM — Host company presentation 🎤 6:40 PM — From Chaos to Marketplace: A Practical Guide to Sharing AI Agent Best Practices at Scale, by Dror Asaf, in English 🎤 7:20 PM — Claude en modo red team y blue team: de repartir leña a sacar el extintor, por Joaquín Gamiz Delgado, in Spanish 🤝 8:00 PM — Networking **\*\*\*** **🎙️Talks** **From Chaos to Marketplace: A Practical Guide to Sharing AI Agent Best Practices at Scale (In English)** AI coding agents are transforming how we build software, but getting your whole engineering organization to benefit from them is harder than it looks. At Kovant, we learned this the hard way, going through four stages of trial and error before landing on something that actually works at scale. In this talk, Kovant's CTO will share the honest story behind that journey and reveal the approach that finally made it click for our teams. *By Dror Asaf, CTO and Co-founder* **Claude in Red Team and Blue Team Mode: From Breaking Things to Putting Out Fires (In Spanish)** A practical talk on how to use Claude for reconnaissance and early phases of pentesting (red team), as well as a technical aid for incident analysis (blue team). This talk explores what it truly means to be a hacker, separating myths from reality, and dives into a hands-on lab using Claude Code, covering setup, context, and operational rules. We introduce MCP as the interface that enables models to interact with tools, and walk through real testing targets and methodologies. Through practical exercises, we demonstrate how to identify web vulnerabilities, interpret Nmap outputs to prioritize risks and define next steps, and finally how Claude Code can also support defensive strategies, showing its value for both red and blue team scenarios. *By Joaquín Gamiz Delgado, Security Engineer, Content Creator & Instructor* **\*\*\*** We’d like to thank our sponsor, **InnoIT** 🙌, for providing the space, snacks, and drinks! 🍕🧃 Don't miss it! 🎉 **\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-** **🎉 ¡Ya está aquí nuestro siguiente evento!** Después del éxito del estreno, estamos encantados de anunciar el siguiente evento de Claude Code Barcelona. ¡No te pierdas estas dos charlas y su correspondiente networking, esta vez gracias a nuestro nuevo host, InnoIT! **⚠️** E**l aforo es limitado .** Te recomendamos reservar la tuya cuanto antes. Si finalmente no puedes asistir, por favor avísanos con antelación para liberar tu plaza. **📅** 20 de mayo \| Apertura de puertas a las 18:15h\, empezamos a las 18:30h 📍 InnoIT - C/ Diputació 280, Bajos 2ª, Eixample, 08009, Barcelona **Agenda:** **➡️** 6:15 PM — Check-in 🏢 6:30 PM — Presentación de nuestro anfitrión 🎤 6:40 PM — From Chaos to Marketplace: A Practical Guide to Sharing AI Agent Best Practices at Scale, por Dror Asaf, en Ingles 🎤 7:20 PM — Claude en modo red team y blue team: de repartir leña a sacar el extintor, por Joaquín Gamiz Delgado, en Español 🤝 8:00 PM — Networking **\*\*\*** **🎙️ Charlas** **Del Caos al Marketplace: Una guía práctica para compartir agentes IA con buenas prácticas de escalado (en Inglés)** Los agentes de programación con IA están transformando la forma en que desarrollamos software, pero lograr que toda tu organización de ingeniería se beneficie de ellos es más difícil de lo que parece. En Kovant, lo aprendimos por las malas, pasando por cuatro etapas de prueba y error antes de dar con algo que realmente funciona a escala. En esta charla, el CTO de Kovant compartirá la historia sincera detrás de ese recorrido y revelará el enfoque que finalmente hizo que funcionara para nuestros equipos. *Por Dror Asaf, CTO and Co-founder* **Claude en modo red team y blue team: de repartir leña a sacar el extintor (en Español)** Una charla práctica sobre cómo usar Claude en tareas de reconocimiento y fases iniciales de un pentesting (red team), y también como apoyo técnico para analizar incidentes (blue team). Esta charla explora qué significa realmente ser hacker, desmontando mitos y conceptos erróneos, y se adentra en un laboratorio práctico con Claude Code, cubriendo su configuración, el contexto y las reglas de uso. Se introduce MCP como el mecanismo que permite a los modelos interactuar con herramientas, y se recorren distintos objetivos y metodologías de testing. A través de ejercicios prácticos, se muestra cómo detectar vulnerabilidades en una web, interpretar resultados de Nmap para priorizar riesgos y definir siguientes pasos, y finalmente cómo Claude Code también puede apoyar al blue team, demostrando su valor tanto en escenarios ofensivos como defensivos. *Por Joaquín Gamiz Delgado, Security Engineer, Content Creator & Instructor* **\*\*\*** Queremos agradecer a nuestro sponsor, **InnoIT**🙌, por facilitarnos el espacio, snacks y refrescos!🍕🧃 ¡No te lo pierdas! 🎉

We are back with another brilliant event for you, this time in partnership with Google. Join us for an evening of interesting talks and as usual we will have pizza and drinks with some mingling time afterwards **Agenda** * **Building delightful experiences with and using AI** \- Heldiney Pereira\, Senior Lead Product Designer in Business Banking * **Building Production Ready Agents with Google Agent Development Kit** \- Christian Silva\, AI/ML Customer Engineer in Google Cloud * **How we tolerate full cloud outages as a Bank** \- Andrew Lawson\, Senior Staff Engineer in Platform * Each talk will be around 15 minutes with 10 minutes for questions 🚀 Interested in what we get up to? [Check our tech blog](https://monzo.com/blog/topic/technology) and [careers page](https://monzo.com/careers#jobs) \-\-\- Monzo is opening an office and engineering hub in Barcelona to support our core platform and help reach our ambition of making money work for everyone! **[Hear from our UK team about what it's like working at Monzo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U62l09nB0M4)** ✨ *\*Please be aware that if you're attending this event you will need to bring ID to sign into the building\**

Imagine yourself in a cozy concert hall with velvet curtains and soft, warm lighting, designed to make you feel enveloped and utterly comfortable... This is how you can feel in the relaxing piano concerts offered by pianist and singer María Pascual Álvarez. When? Wednesday at 20.45 Where? At the "Academia Tort" in the middle of Gràcia: Carrer Betlem 35, Barcelona. More about the repertoire: Original compositions of María, classical music, minimalism and lullabies. All played on a Yamaha acoustic Grand Piano. What to bring: You can bring your own mat or pillow (we'll let you if you don't have any) Price: Pay what you feel (minimum 5€ per person) For any question or more information, send me a message :) no

dirigido a personas que buscan (re) conectar con su Cuerpo Creativo y la energía sutil. Mediante el Enraizamiento, la activación de motores y trabajos de Centro nos acercamos de manera suave a la Expresión Corporal que es una herramienta muy necesaria para poder escuchar el.cuerpo y dialogar hacia dentro, tanto como para ejercer presencia absoluta donde nos encontremos y podamos dialogar con nuestro entorno siendo capaces de generar una respuesta más que solo reaccionar.

***Can meditation change your genes?*** Most of us have been told that meditation is good for us. Fewer of us know why, and almost nobody is asking the really wild question: can a regular mindfulness practice actually change how your genes express themselves? **[Tickets must be purchased in advance via LUMA - from 9 Euros.](https://luma.com/c3qfc5s8?utm_source=MEETUP)** Dr. Iñaki Martín-Subero is the person best placed to answer that. He's an ICREA Research Professor at IDIBAPS of Barcelona and one of Spain's leading epigenomics researchers, with 300 peer-reviewed publications in journals like Nature, Nature Genetics and Cancer Cell. He's also been meditating for 30 years, leads workshops in Taoist meditative practices and lucid dreaming, teaches at the Master on Mindfulness in Health of the University of Barcelona, and collaborates in a multidisciplinary mindfulness research programme with the Complutense University of Madrid, Nirakara and the Hygeia Foundation. In this talk, we'll explore: * What the field of epigenetics is and why it matters for how you live. * What the current science says about meditation and the epigenome. * Where the field is heading as researchers start to close the gap between ancient practice and molecular biology. Expect honest answers, genuinely surprising science, and the rare experience of hearing someone who embodies both sides of the conversation. Tickets: [https://luma.com/c3qfc5s8?utm_source=MEETUP](https://luma.com/c3qfc5s8?utm_source=MEETUP) Agenda: * 1845h - Doors open * 1900h - Talk starts * 2000h - Q&A * 2030h - Drinks & Networking -- \*\*[Growth Lab: Unlock Your Potential](https://www.growth-lab.live/)\*\* Join us at Growth Lab, where ambitious minds gather to explore ideas that fuel personal and professional growth. Each session dives into powerful strategies and insights across psychology, philosophy, longevity, economics, and cutting-edge tech — designed to help you unlock your best self. Expect thought-provoking talks, interactive discussions, and a community of like-minded individuals dedicated to bettering themselves. Whether you're seeking inspiration, new skills, or meaningful connections, Growth Lab is your space to grow. **Follow us on Instagram: [@Growthlablive](https://www.instagram.com/growthlablive/)** **Join our Meetup Group: [Growth Lab | Barcelona Talks & Events](https://www.meetup.com/meetup-group-hkqcaxmp/)**

Hola a tod@s Todos los viernes a partir de las 19:30 h, se imparte una clase gratuita de una hora de barchata para principiantes, a cargo de una mujer colombiana. El evento es gratuito, pero les pedimos que consuman al menos una bebida.El lugar Carrer Valencia 193 "Si Pub Músical" ¡Los esperamos!

🎾 Beginner Padel Match-Class with Coach – €17 A fun way to learn padel while playing! Small mixed-level and gender groups (beginners welcome), with a coach who joins the game, gives tips, and rotates teams. Friendly, social and dynamic sessions — rackets available if needed! How does it work? \- Group of 3 players \+ 1 coach\. \- Mixed groups — anyone can join\, regardless of gender\. \- We play a casual match where the coach plays too\. \- While playing\, the coach gives tips on positioning\, technique\, movement\, and rules\. \- Pairs rotate so everyone gets to play with the coach\. \- The goal is to learn\, have fun\, and feel more confident on court\. Recommended level: Beginner or level 0–2 in Playtomic Duration: 1 hour Location: Padel Indoor Hospitalet Price: €15 per person (includes court + coach) Don’t you have a racket? No worries! Just let the organizer know in advance and one will be provided for you. Limited spots — book yours and come have a great time! Book by Whatsapp @ [https://wa.me/34680272392](https://wa.me/34680272392) and after a reservation payment (usually by Bizum) your place is reserved. Marian's Whatssap: +34 680272392

A practical workshop for those who want to think more clearly about risks, better define expectations and create stronger learning outcomes. This session is for people who want to reduce avoidable mistakes, respond better to setbacks and make smarter decisions in uncertain, fast-changing or innovative environments. It focuses on understanding the difference between failures that should be prevented, failures that need careful examination and failures that should be designed to support learning. **We will cover:** * recognising the difference between basic, complex and intelligent failure. * understanding why intelligent failure matters in uncertain or innovative work. * defining expectations more clearly before starting a task. * turning avoidable or messy setbacks into smaller, safer learning experiments. * using goal, scope, guardrails and learning to design better decisions. **About the Speaker:** Saba Shakir is the President of Women4Space. Learn more about her: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/misssabashakir/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/misssabashakir/) The format is practical and scenario-based. Clear tools, real examples and direct leadership actions you can use straight away. You’ll leave with a clearer way to distinguish between different types of failure, design more intelligent experiments and create expectations that make learning safer, sharper and more useful. **Don’t miss our next events:** [https://linktr.ee/LetsSpeakLeadership](https://linktr.ee/LetsSpeakLeadership) **Grow Your Voice. Grow Your Impact. ✨**

¡Me encanta el profesor de historia! Lo explica todo tan bien… NOTA: EXCELENTE En cambio las mates… ufff. La profe se explica fatal ¡no pillo nada! NOTA: INSUFICIENTE Todos amamos ciertas asignaturas, pero por el contrario otras… Esto ocurre porque algunos de nuestros tutores, comunican de forma que pega con tu estilo cognitivo, pero en cambio otros no. En esta breve charla, te explícanos cuáles son estos diferentes estilos cognitivos que afectan tu manera de estudiar y percibir la información, para que puedas entender mejor cómo funciona tu cerebro, y puedas hacer cambios para mejorar tu capacidad exponencialmente. Si hay alguien de tu entorno al que piensas que puede sacarle provecho y beneficiarse de esta valiosa información, compártele este enlace y ¡APUNTAROS! ¡Ah! No te olvides de anotarlo en tu calendario ;)

Come and discover our Toastmasters club in Barcelona --- **NEW LOCATION** Carrer de Sardenya, 29 08005 ✨ Practice Public Speaking with us! ✨ 🗣 Are you afraid of speaking in public? 🗣 Do you feel nervous when giving a presentation in front of your boss, professor or colleagues? 🗣 Do you want to express your ideas with more confidence? 👩‍💻 Join us at 22@ Barcelona Toastmasters Club. We meet every other Thursday in person. 😄 22@ Barcelona Toastmasters provides you with a friendly and mutually supportive learning environment to develop your public speaking and leadership skills and invites you to a night full of prepared speeches, fun improvisations. 😉 The meeting includes 3 prepared speeches and 2-6 improvised speeches. We learn through constructive feedback and mentorship. 🎤 All the roles in the event will be taken by our existing members who have signed up to Toastmasters. Guests will have the opportunity to take part in our table topics section which comprises short impromptu speeches. Guests from Meetup do not have to prepare speeches. 🎤 We are looking for new members to join our club. If you would like to become an official member, please email 22attoastmasters@gmail.com The event is held in English. AGENDA: 18:45 Welcome 19:00 Toastmasters meeting 20:30 Event closing Our event starts at 19h sharp so PLEASE BE PUNCTUAL. You must arrive before 18:55. After this time, you will not be allowed to access the event. Hope to see you there!! This is a free event. By attending this event you consent to being photographed for our club's promotional purposes for use on social media and meetup.

Buenas! (English below) Cada día aparecen formas nuevas de aprender español, (y otros idiomas) apps nuevas, métodos de gramática, IA, videos de profes explicando cosas, y están todas genial. Si te ayudan a entender más y a hablar mejor están genial. El plan de este grupo es mejorar tu español con juegos, actividades reales y ejercicios para hablar más. Con la excusa de los juegos y las actividades corregimos la mayoría de errores: Palabras difíciles, confundir pasados, preposiciones, verbos que significan muchas cosas, ser y estar en pasado, frases con dos verbos o mas, subjuntivo, expresiones coloquiales, y también los errores "culturales”: ¿De que forma usamos los españoles el idioma en diferentes situaciones? La gente que participa es (casi siempre) muy simpática, y normalmente deja reviews muy positivas de las clases. Si te cuadra el plan ven a practicar tu español y hablamos de comida, de viajes, de trabajo, de cultura, de Internet, de temas locales, de noticias y de muchas más cosas. Para participar hay una contribución de solo 10€ por persona/ clase de 2 horas (materiales incluidos, bebidas no incluidas) o de 30€ por 4 clases. Vente y hablamos. Rafa. \-\-\-\- Hi! Every day there are new ways to learn Spanish, (or any language) new apps, grammar methods, AI, teachers explaining things on videos, and they are all great. If they help you to understand more and to speak better, they are great. The main plan in this group is to improve your Spanish with games, real activities and exercises to speak more. All the games and activities are a good excuse to correct the most difficult/ frequent mistakes: Difficult words, confusing past tenses, prepositions, verbs that mean many things, ser and estar in the past, sentences with two or more verbs, subjuntive, colloquial expressions, and also “cultural" mistakes: How we, Spanish people, use the language in different situations? People participating are (almost always) very nice, and usually leave very positive reviews of the classes. If the plan fits you, come to practice your Spanish and we'll talk about food, travel, work, culture, Internet, local issues, business, news and many more things. There is a contribution to participate of only €10 per person/2-hour class (materials included, drinks not included) or €30 for 4 classes. Let´s talk. Rafa.

Build Your First AI Agent with Google ADK Ready to build your first AI agent? Join us at GDG Barcelona for a hands-on workshop where we will code an AI agent together from scratch using Google ADK. Whether you are completely new to the concept of agents or looking to get hands-on experience with Google's latest tools, this session is for you. We are starting from the absolute basics and working our way up toward building a complete Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system together. This session is designed as a practical, code-along experience, so bring your laptop and get ready to build! Whether you’re curious about agentic AI or looking for a practical introduction to building real-world systems, this workshop will give you a solid foundation and working code you can continue exploring after the event. 💻 What to Bring - Your laptop, ready to code: this is a strict requirement! This is a 100% hands-on workshop, and we will be writing code together. - A collaborative spirit: be ready to code, ask questions, and help your neighbors. 📚 What You Will Learn - The fundamentals of AI agents - How to get started with Google ADK - How to build an agent step by step - How to create a simple RAG system together 🎤 Speaker: Fabrício Carraro Computer Engineer (UNICAMP) and Data & Machine Learning Specialist, Fabrício is a leading figure in AI across Brazil and Latin America. ✨ Published author on Artificial Intelligence ✨ Host of the #1 technology podcast in Brazil: "IA Sob Controle" ✨ LinkedIn Top Voice for Artificial Intelligence ✨ TEDx Speaker ✨ AI Developer Advocate at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center Register only via this link https://www.eventbrite.es/e/workshop-ai-agents-con-gdg-barcelona-42-barcelona-tickets-1989317141120?aff=oddtdtcreator Agenda --- Speaker Fabricio Carraro - Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Ai Developer Advocate) Hosted By Joan Fuentes, Mobile software engineer Ekaterina Nosova, Product Manager Founder of Relato Network, expat in Barcelona, learning Catala, castellera. GDG Barcelona, Marcia Paola Rodriguez Briceño, Marketing & Tech Consultant Consultora de Marketing Digital y aplicación de herramientas digitales para impulsar marcas. Diseño tu plan de acción con las principales tácticas en marketing y las mejores herramientas digitales para que optimices tu presupuesto e impulses tu negocio. Digital Marketing Consultant and Application of Digital Tools to Boost Brands. I design your action plan with key marketing tactics and the best digital tools to optimize your budget and boost your business. Dani GN, Tech nerd Romina Elena Mendez Escobar, Cloud Soy Cloud & AI Architect con experiencia diseñando soluciones distribuidas en entornos multicloud, edge y on-premise, aplicando prácticas de MLOps, automatización y Generative AI. He liderado proyectos en sectores como salud, genómica, fintech, energía, turismo, automoción, retail, arte, construcción y sector público. Como docente universitaria, dicté materias como Inteligencia Artificial y Computación en la Nube, y actualmente me desempeño como tutora de tesis en temáticas como Big Data, NLP, infraestructura cloud y analítica avanzada, acompañando a estudiantes en el desarrollo de soluciones técnicas conectadas con desafíos reales de la industria. Formo parte de comunidades globales como AWS Community Builders y Google Women Techmakers, desde donde promuevo la divulgación tecnológica con enfoque en diversidad, educación técnica y liderazgo femenino. Además, soy speaker, mentora técnica y creadora de contenido, enfocada en compartir conocimiento aplicado a través de artículos, workshops y soluciones reproducibles sobre arquitectura de datos, herramientas open source, migración, automatización y aplicaciones de IA generativa. Me apasiona combinar innovación tecnológica con impacto social, colaborando en iniciativas que integran datos abiertos, ética en IA y educación accesible. Samar El souki, Product Designer With 6 years of experience in UX design, I craft user-centered solutions by combining research, wireframing, and prototyping to deliver intuitive and impactful digital experiences. Lizzeth Quinteros, Platform Engineering Lead Gabriela Soto, Data Management Specialist Software Engineer with 12+ years of experience in software development, including application life cycles and modern design. Skilled in analyzing workflows, business logic, and leading development teams while emphasizing best practices and communication. Active volunteer in tech communities addressing gender gap in STEAM and promoting social inclusion. --- Partner 42 Barcelona Fundacion Telefónica (https://www.42barcelona.com/) 42 Barcelona es el campus de programación más innovador y gratuito que te abre las puertas al mercado laboral. Con una metodología revolucionaria y una duración media de tres años, está abierto las 24 horas del día, 7 días a la semana para que puedas aprender a tu ritmo. --- Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-barcelona-presents-build-with-ai-build-your-first-ai-agent-with-google-adk/.

**Welcome to Drunken Philosophy** a casual, curious social discussion **Optional topic for this meetup: What's up with all the AI hate?** A recent survey found that 74% of Americans have a negative view of AI, and I want to know why. Come out and debate whether AI is good or bad. My hot take: a labor-saving tool that could potentially help cure cancer gets called dangerous because it might raise unemployment or cause a speculative investment bubble, that tells you a lot more about capitalism and the economic system we live under than it does about the tool itself. As a computer programmer, I think AI is a wonderful tool that has increased my productivity by at least an order of magnitude. I'd go so far as to say Claude Code is the best tool I have ever used. Debate me and name a better one. Is AI potentially dangerous? Yes, but so are a lot of tools. Chainsaws. Steam engines (early ones would occasionally explode and kill everyone in the room). Do you think cavemen sat around debating whether fire could be used as a weapon or for self-harm, and decided not to discover it? I have two friends who hate AI for opposite reasons: one thinks it's a fad and not useful, and the other thinks it's going to take over everything and cause human extinction. Come out tonight, have a friendly debate, and make some friends. No lectures. Friendly crowd. Drop in for one drink and stay if it's fun.

If you enjoy knitting, crocheting, working with yarn, this is the group for you. Meet new friends, bring your projects, learn from others.
We normally meet a few times a month during the week from 6-8pm. We will occasionally meet on weekends during daytime hours.

**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** TBD **YouTube Link** TBD

5:45-7:45 in Conference Room B, Library lower level. Bring your yarn projects, meet new friends. If you plan to attend, please RSVP yes. If you can’t attend, please change your RSVP to no. This helps anyone who is waitlisted and it allows me to have an accurate count of attendees as our space is quite limited. Plenty of parking in the lot, in the overflow lot across the street, and on the street. See you there!

Bring your work or your hobby, hang out, and code with us. Follow @buckeyecocoa for more information.

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