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**‼️IMPORTANT! Please register on [Luma Page](https://luma.com/1gb0mkfm) ‼️** *Everyone is talking about AI. Few are sharing what actually happens after the headlines.* *What does AI look like when it moves beyond the hype, LinkedIn hot takes, and “10 prompts that will change your life” energy? How are people really using it inside startups, businesses, education, community building, and product development?* Join us for an evening of practical insights from founders, builders, educators, and innovators who use AI in real projects — not just talk about it. Hosted by Projector Global Community by [@prjctr_institute](https://prjctr.com/en), in collaboration with[ Xolo ](https://www.xolo.io/es-en/home?ref=OLENAPRJCTR?utm_source=olena&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=prjctr_spain&utm_content=socials)and [ESEI business school ](https://www.eseibusinessschool.com/)Barcelona, this event is designed for people who want to understand where AI creates real value today: what works, what doesn’t, what’s still messy, and how AI is changing the way we build, collaborate, learn, and grow. **Together, we’ll unpack:** → How AI is being used in real projects across different industries → What happens after the first excitement and experimentation stage → Where AI creates actual business, product, educational, and community value → What founders, educators, and builders are learning from using AI in practice → What still doesn’t work as smoothly as everyone pretends → How to think about AI not as a trend, but as a working tool And yes, we’ll also have an interactive panel discussion where speakers will share their honest takes, real examples, and lessons learned from working with AI in different contexts. Practical. Human. No “AI will replace us all by Monday” drama. **Speakers:** → [Arie Elbelman](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arieelbelman/?locale=en&utm_source=luma) — Community Builder, Educator & Facilitator → [Paolo Giordano](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paologiordano1/?utm_source=luma) — CEO at FlyKube → [Oleksiy Denysyuk](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alekseydenysyuk/?utm_source=luma) — Startup Mentor & Adviser **For whom:** → Entrepreneurs and founders exploring AI for business growth → Professionals who want to use AI more strategically at work → Students and early-career specialists curious about real AI applications → Educators, community builders, and creators experimenting with AI → Product people, marketers, operators, and builders looking for practical use cases → Anyone who wants to understand AI beyond the hype and use it with more clarity **Schedule:** 18:00 – 18:10 \| Welcome & Introduction 18:10 – 18:35 \| Speaker 1 18:35 – 19:00 \| Speaker 2 19:00 – 19:25 \| Speaker 3 19:25 – 19:35 \| Break 19:35 – 20:00 \| Panel Discussion 20:00 – 21:00 \| Networking time 📍 ESEI business school Barcelona, Barcelona 📅 29 June 2026, 18:00–21:00 🎟️ Free – registration required Nos vemos! ### 🌍 About Projector Global Community We are a global professional community created by Ukrainians, brought to everyone. Our focus audience is middle+ creative and tech professionals. We build a global network through practical educational events in design, management, marketing, and tech. *Learn more: [community.prjctr.com](https://community.prjctr.com/#/)*

Hi and welcome to our next Socrates Café philosophy meetup! Do you have a hunger for deeper understanding of yourself and the world? Do you value deep, honest and respectful dialogue? If yes, then this meetup will be very interesting for you. • WHAT IS A MEETUP ABOUT? We ask, answer and discuss questions and ideas to stimulate critical thinking and to widen our perspectives with new concepts and thoughts. The main purpose of these meetups is to enrich ourselves with the perspectives of others, not to convince others about our own perspectives. Our meetups are about our own philosophies of life and not necessarily what the great philosophers and academics have said or written. It is not a debating club or a platform for proselytizing. Instead, we place the emphasis on questioning, open mindedness and challenging our own assumptions while listening to and respecting the views shared by others. A Socrates Café meetup is considered a success when participants leave a discussion with many more questions than they had at the beginning. • WHAT TOPIC IS DISCUSSED AT THE MEETUP? Participants suggest topics at the beginning of each meeting. We then vote and choose that event's most popular topic for discussion. No academic training in philosophy necessary; just enthusiasm for exchanging ideas and points of view. Some examples of subjects chosen on previous meetups: * What ideals are worth dying for? * Why are we never satisfied? * Why is it that human beings know that the society is going wrong, leaders are well informed about it and things continue as is? * Is identity necessary? * How can it be that people in democratic societies are so obsessed with power? (Desire to be different, better, stronger than others) * What is friendship? • WHO PARTICIPATES AT THIS MEETUP? Anybody is more than welcome to join our meetups. Our events gather people from different backgrounds, different cultures, while no philosophical background is mandatory. Our usual participants are people that have a hunger for deeper understanding of themselves and the world. People that value deep, honest and respectful dialogue. The inspiration for Socrates Cafe originates with the book of the same name, written by the philosopher Christopher Phillips. (Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy, 2002). Phillips felt that the Socratic method of dialogue and discussion should be practiced not just in academic settings, but among everyday people interested in examining deep questions together. Hundreds of Socrates Cafe groups now exist around the world. To learn more, visit [https://socratescafe.com](https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsocratescafe.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7C1b245fc060a24a1b22c508dd324f736a%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638722038989360624%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pLtcEu25qgDHP1XvhFs5Cx4L1rRDYmqwnNWgxalKovY%3D&reserved=0 "Protegido por Outlook: https://socratescafe.com/. Haga clic o pulse para seguir el vínculo.").

\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- ¡Nuevo canal de YouTube con grabaciones de clases reales! https://www.youtube.com/@bertaturne \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- Clases regulares. Incluyen una parte de teoría, una parte de meditación guiada y una parte de meditación en silencio. Puedes venir cada semana o sólo de vez en cuando, como más te convenga. En la parte teórica abordaremos aspectos generales relacionados con la meditación: * ¿Qué significa meditar? * ¿Para qué sirve? * ¿Qué cambios provoca la meditación en el cuerpo y en la mente? * ¿Por qué es importante la postura? * ¿Qué hay que hacer con los pensamientos durante la práctica? * ¿De qué manera me ayuda la meditación en mi relación conmigo mismo y con los demás? * ¿Qué importancia tiene el estilo de vida para la persona que medita? * ¿Qué puedo hacer para afianzar mi práctica? **Dónde:** Ortigosa 14, 2ª planta, local 11 – Barcelona (justo detrás del Palau de la Música, a 2 min del metro Urquinaona) **Cómo reservar:** No hay que hacer reserva de plaza para asistir a estas clases, puedes simplemente presentarte en el centro de meditación cinco o diez minutos antes de la hora (¡NO ANTES, por favor, porque habrá otras actividades en marcha en la sala!). **Qué traer:** Durante la meditación podrás sentarte en una silla o en el suelo con un cojín o banqueta, tú eliges. Si te sientas en el suelo asegúrate de llevar una parte de abajo que no apriete y unos calcetines limpios y gruesos para no ensuciar la esterilla y no pasar frío. Si te sientas en silla no es necesario que vayas vestido de ninguna manera especial. **Idioma en el que se imparte la clase:** Castellano. **Precio y formas de pago:** Clases sueltas: 12 € A pagar por Bizum ANTES de la clase al número 630 326 624 (método de pago preferente) o bien en efectivo después de clase. Abono mensual una clase a la semana: 38 € A pagar mediante domiciliación bancaria. Mínimo 3 meses de alta. Sin matrícula. Se pueden mezclar días según convenga. Abono mensual 2 clases a la semana: 60 € A pagar mediante domiciliación bancaria. Mínimo 3 meses de alta. Sin matrícula. **Para ampliar información sobre esta actividad, por favor visita mi página web:** https://www.bertaturne.com ¡Nos vemos pronto si te animas a venir!

This is a dance class, designed to get your energy out and express yourself! Did you know? Dancing is proven to improve your mood and psychological well-being. It triggers the release of endorphins and dopamine, and reduces cortisol. This means that it lifts your mood, increases positive feelings, and reduces feelings of stress! In this class, you will: ◦ Warm-up with some dance basics ◦ Learn a short combination to an upbeat song ◦ Enable your mind-body connection by engaging your body and staying grounded in the present ◦ Have fun!! Join us to move your body in a judgement-free, high energy class :)

Join us for our first [Kyverno](https://kyverno.io/)-dedicated meetup before the summer break 🌴 We want to thank **[Schwarz Digits Spain](https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwarz-digits-spain/)** for kindly hosting us for this evening of learning and networking! **🧭** **What is Kyverno?** **[Kyverno](https://kyverno.io/)** is a CNCF-graduated, Kubernetes-native policy engine. Unlike other tools that require learning a new programming language, Kyverno allows you to manage cluster governance, security, and compliance using familiar Kubernetes manifests. With zero coding required, you can easily: * **Validate**: Block non-compliant resources before they hit your cluster. * **Mutate**: Automatically inject sidecars, labels, or configurations on the fly. * **Generate**: Automatically create new resources (such as NetworkPolicies or ConfigMaps) when a new namespace is provisioned. **📅 Agenda** * **18:30-18:45**. Doors Open. * **18:45-19:45**. Talks (see below). * **19:45-20:30**. Mingling and food. **📍Location:** c/ Bergara 13\, Barcelona \| [https://maps.app.goo.gl/zd6h3BGzHNxgAgjT6](https://maps.app.goo.gl/zd6h3BGzHNxgAgjT6) **🎙️ Talks** **1️⃣ The Kyverno Five: New Policy Types And What You Can Do With Them**, [Cortney Nickerson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cortney-nickerson-26836413a/) *\- Head of Community at [Nirmata](https://nirmata.com)* (Talk in English 🇬🇧) As Kubernetes has evolved, so has Kyverno! This talk provides a tour of the five new Kyverno policy types, ValidatingPolicy, ImageValidatingPolicy, MutatingPolicy, GeneratingPolicy, DeletingPolicy, with real-world examples of how you can use them to solve complex security, automation, and governance issues. The talk will end by showcasing how you can combine the usage of these policy types, for advanced platform engineering solutions. **2️⃣ Kyverno más allá de la validación: automatización con mutación y generación de recursos**, [Javier Dompablo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/javier-d-62a7b824b) - *Expert Platform Engineer and Product Security en [Schwarz Digits](https://www.linkedin.com/company/schwarz-digits-spain/)* (Talk in Spanish 🇪🇸) En esta sesión exploraremos dos de las capacidades más potentes de Kyverno: la mutación y la generación de recursos. Veremos cómo automatizar las configuraciones, aplicar de forma transparente los estándares de la plataforma a los equipos de desarrollo y reducir la carga operativa mediante la creación y la modificación automáticas de recursos en Kubernetes. A través de ejemplos prácticos, descubriremos cómo implementar políticas que mejoran la consistencia, la seguridad y la gobernanza de los clústeres sin necesidad de modificar las aplicaciones. See you there 👋

When I moved to Barcelona, I worked long hours and somehow still couldn't find people to actually practice Spanish with. ​I tried courses. I tried Duolingo and Babbel. They all felt the same: awkward exercises about topics I didn't care about, completely disconnected from my real life. ​So I figured out my own method. It worked. I learned Spanish in 4 months, and I'm now accelerating my French, not in a classroom but by integrating the language into my daily life. ​That's exactly what I'm sharing in this free 1-hour session. ​**What you'll walk away with:** * ​Why traditional methods get you stuck at the intermediate level * ​The one thing that actually moves the needle (it's not more tutoring) * ​Daily practices you can start tomorrow - built around your life, not a textbook ​**Who's this for:** * ​You've been learning a language but got stuck somewhere between A2 and B2 * ​You want to actually use the language, not spend years chasing perfection * ​You're open to rethinking how you learn ​**Logistics:** We'll meet at Sandwichez to have a Coffee all together and talk about our language experience.

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.

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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.

**Scientific Paper Reading Club: Beyond Transformers & Multimodal Frontiers** This is part of the scientific paper reading club. This Saturday, we are expanding our horizons beyond standard LLMs! Following our recent discussions, we will be diving into points 3 and 5 from our reading list presentation: **Alternative architectures (SSM/RNN)** and **Multimodal foundation models**. To make it even more exciting, we will be connecting these topics to some of the freshest breakthroughs presented at the recent ICLR conference ([https://iclr.cc/](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Ficlr.cc%2F)). **What to expect:** Our presenter, Maxim Musin, will guide us through these two major frontiers in modern AI: 1. **Alternative Architectures (SSM/RNN):** Transformers are incredibly powerful, but their computational costs remain a massive bottleneck for long contexts. We will discuss why State Space Models (SSMs) like Mamba are emerging as the next big leap. We will look at fresh ICLR[[1](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Fvertexaisearch.cloud.google.com%2Fgrounding-api-redirect%2FAUZIYQGC4niR9aCGjHBT9LMF4wz46OkiGKU9B7nghuo3OzbRQCWNy4fGizlUydBsvuhZgYay8Y31rCTrfquWnuEHjAibPui0IrBi71JMXQG59U0rk5DKa-hzJg%3D%3D)] insights, such as "Mamba-3: Improved Sequence Modeling using State Space Principles" [https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.15569](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F2603.15569) and "MambaSL: Exploring Single-Layer Mamba for Time Series Classification" [https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.15174](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F2604.15174) 2. **Multimodal Foundation Models:** We will explore how AI is learning to "think" natively across different continuous spaces and complex interactions. We will touch on standout ICLR papers like "Massively Multimodal Foundation Models: A Framework for Capturing Interactions with Specialized Mixture-of-Experts" [https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25678](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F2509.25678) and "Theory of Space: Can Foundation Models Construct Spatial Beliefs through Active Exploration?" [https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.07055](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F2602.07055) You don't need a heavy math background to join—Maxim will break down the intuition behind these complex architectures so that the core concepts are easy to follow for everyone. **Meeting Details:** 🗣 **Presenter:** Maxim Musin 💬 **Language of the meeting:** English 🎟 **Entrance donation:** 10 eur 📍 **Location:** Maui coworking (Note: For some reason, Meetup maps sometimes wrongly point to other addresses. Here is the exact address: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/fjx9t4zG8GnEmXLr9?g_st=ac](https://www.google.com/url?sa=E&q=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.app.goo.gl%2Ffjx9t4zG8GnEmXLr9%3Fg_st%3Dac) ) Looking forward to a great discussion this Saturday! Aparently there is no way of fixing meetup's markdown mess, sorry for this guys, just use your abstract imagination and experience with latech to read anouncement, this markdown render problem seem so be some kind of bug, i cleaned it in the redactor but with no effect, probably copying and pasting it clean into editor will solve it, but generating clean landing page with similar capabilities in claude code would also solve it in a way, so i didn't bother, see you at saturday

**Whats App Group** [https://chat.whatsapp.com/IrcxSnwUDuMEqmzJ4yr5pn](https://chat.whatsapp.com/IrcxSnwUDuMEqmzJ4yr5pn) **New Season Flash Sale 10 Spots Open:** * **Once the host is confirmed, we will notify you of the event start date** via email. * **The limited pass remains discounted and refundable any time** until the specific date is finalized * You’ll receive the QR code and details via email. **Detail** * Welcome to beach volleyball Learn and Play Beginners Event. We have volleyball events in multiple cities. Small group 20 spots each time. All the equipment is prepared. This event is for come to meet new friends, improve your Volleyball skill and have fun. * We will **learn basic skills** **and practice drills** with our Host in the first hour. * Then we’ll **play on the court** in the second hour. **Book Early Bird Pass or Apply Host** [https://www.extremelyshy.com/barcelona](https://www.extremelyshy.com/barcelona) **One Time Drop In $10 Early Bird/$13.99 Regular** * Every Sunday (No Events in Holiday or Raining)**Once the host is confirmed, we will notify you of the event start date via email.** * Time: 11AM-1PM * Location: Barceloneta Beach * Openings: 20 spots **12 Weeks Pass Early Bird $49, Regular $79** * Every Sunday (No Events in Holiday or Raining) **Once the host is confirmed, we will notify you of the event start date via email.** * Time: 11AM-1PM * Location: Barceloneta Beach * Openings: 20 spots **Host: Reply the email after apply to confirm. Paid by Extremely Shy for your Effort.** * We prepare equipment for you to setup. Scan QR code to check them in. * Share your experience to our people in the first hour. * Have fun with them in the second hour. **Liability** * The organizer and any/all assistant organizers and other attendees are in no way responsible and liable for your personal safety and health state, before, during, and at any time after this event. * You acknowledge you are solely responsible for your health, safety, and well-being before, during, and at any time after the event as stated previously. * All attendees shall forever hold harmless the organizers and other attendees and unconditionally waive any liabilities resulting from attending and/or participating in this event.

**Free Coding Workshop - In-Person Workshop!** IMPORTANT: For this event, you will need to register on the codebar page: [https://codebar.io/barcelona](https://codebar.io/barcelona) Come and learn or teach with us! This time, [Koerber](https://koerber-supplychain.com/) opens its doors to host the event: We are a non-profit group of students and coaches that love technology and strongly believe that it should be accessible to everyone. For this reason, we run regular free coding meetups for women, members of the LGBTQ community, and other underrepresented groups in tech. Our goal is to enable underrepresented people to learn to program in a safe and collaborative environment and expand their career opportunities. Not sure if this event is for you yet? Join our slack channel where you can get in touch with other students and coaches not only from Barcelona but also from other cities where [codebar.io](http://codebar.io/) has events: Join our Slack channel at: [https://slack.codebar.io](https://slack.codebar.io/). Help us spread the word by sharing it with your network :)

**Practical Curiosity: Learning from Everyday Data** How do we actually get better at utilizing our day-to-day data? Fancy dashboards and complex models might look nice and draw attention, but that’s not where most of us spend our time. In fact those shiny outputs frequently sit unused, while the real insights are drawn from the analyst’s daily practice. Sometimes it’s as simple and as powerful as noticing that a segment is shrinking, a channel is underused, or certain links keep getting all the clicks. There’s many different places that the spark of insight can come from, but you have to keep your head in the data and know where to look. In this session, we’ll explore real-world examples of how segmentation, testing, and click behavior can uncover practical digital marketing opportunities. You’ll leave with inspiration for your own use cases, along with a few simple ways to ask better questions, spot meaningful patterns, and make smarter decisions without overcomplicating it. **About Our Speaker:** [Elaine Armbruster](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainearmbruster/) is a Director of Digital Experience at the [American Diabetes Association](https://diabetes.org/), where she focuses on using data and insights to create smarter, more effective digital experiences. A lifelong Columbus resident, she has built her career in email marketing and the broader digital user journey, and is finding she most enjoys working in the messy middle where systems, data, and big ideas don’t quite line up yet. Thanks to our 2026 sponsors: [Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro) More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)

Most people use LLMs by feel: ask a question, read the answer, decide whether it “seems good,” and move on. That works for casual use. It does not work when you are building software, automating workflows, writing important documents, or relying on AI for anything that needs to be repeatable. In this talk, we’ll look at how to improve and evaluate the inputs and outputs of LLMs using practical measurement techniques. We’ll cover how prompt changes affect results, how to compare outputs, how to build simple evaluation sets, and how math-based methods like similarity scoring can help you move beyond guesswork. This will be beginner-friendly, so even if you don't know anything about AI, you should get something out of it. However, this will be a little more technical than our intro talks. You do not need to be an AI researcher, but programmers and technically curious attendees will get a lot out of it. We’ll cover: * Why “it looks good” is not enough * How to improve prompts by changing the input, context, and constraints * How to compare LLM outputs more systematically * Basic evaluation techniques for accuracy, consistency, and usefulness * How embeddings, cosine similarity, and scoring can help evaluate results * Where automated evaluation works — and where humans still need to stay in the loop By the end, you’ll have a practical mental model for treating LLMs less like magic and more like systems you can test, measure, and improve. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.

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.

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**Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). Topic: This month Chris Pazsint will be talking about Agentic Coding. How does one use CLI Based Agents, and Agentic IDEs such as Cursor, Kiro, Antigravity? How to include agentic coding plugins for IDEs you already love such as Visual Studio Code. We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com

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!

You can sleep in on the Sesquicentennial (observed), we’re shifting to the following Friday. But join the local UX community for a chat and some biscuits to catch up. If you were in CA for Figma Config, tell us all the lines and you can tell me how I can animate an SVG without coding it by hand, and why I’d even want to. Thanks to the team at Nationwide of supporting the group.