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Practical Introduction to Microsoft Agent Framework
Welcome back to an exciting year of .NET meetups. We are excited to host our first event of the year to dive into the Microsoft Agent Framework that has recently reached General Availability. Our friend Rakesh has a hands-on journey planned for us to make the most of the new framework and helping us build an agent powered app (it's not just a simple chatbot)! So feel free to bring your laptop and follow along.
**Agenda:**
* 5:30pm arrival - Food and drinks provided in-person
* 6pm kickoff - Welcome & Introduction and few words from our Sponsors - 10 min
* 6:10pm - Session 1
**Session 1: Practical introduction to the Microsoft Agent Framework** by [Rakesh Lakshminarayana](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeshl/)
With the first Release Candidate of the Microsoft Agent Framework now available, this is an exciting time to start building AI agents using the framework.
In this beginner-friendly session, we will explore the foundations of AI agents and the common challenges involved in moving beyond traditional chatbots.
Weโll look at where the Microsoft Agent Framework fits in and how it enables you to design agents with structured memory, tool integration, and practical hosting patterns.
Through live examples, we will build an agent step by step - giving you a clear understanding of how it works and how to apply these patterns in your own projects.
**Hosts:**
* [William Liebenberg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-liebenberg/) \- Microsoft \.NET MVP \| Consultant at Arinco
* [Bron Thulke](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bronthulke/) \- Microsoft \.NET MVP \| CTO / Co\-Founder at YouLi
* [Tama Waddell](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tama-waddell/) \- Consultant at Arinco
**Sponsors:**
We have some amazing sponsors that help make this event possible:
* [Arinco](https://arinco.com.au/) \- Venue\, Food and Drinks
**Location:**
In-Person at Arinco Melbourne.
Level 6 / 440 Collins Street, Melbourne CBD
๐ฃ Apply to speak now: [https://bit.ly/melb-dotnet-cfp](https://bit.ly/melb-dotnet-cfp)
Ceramic Paint & Sip Workshop
**\*\*\*This is a pre-booking event. Please visit [artmasterclass.com.au](https://www.artmasterclass.com.au/) choose your ceramic, use the MEETAMC10 coupon code, and make a reservation.\*\*\***
**Ceramic Paint & Sip Workshop - Melbourne**
**Hosted by Art Masterclass**
Unleash your creativity at our fun and relaxing Ceramic Paint & Sip Workshop! Whether you're a seasoned artist or have never touched a paintbrush before, this workshop is perfect for all skill levelsโno prior knowledge is required.
Join us for different sessions every day, where you can personalize your ceramic masterpiece while enjoying a glass of wine in the heart of Melbourne.
Book your session today and experience the joy of art in a fun and social setting!
Pet Store Agent GameDay
The Pet Store Agent Quest is an introductory AWS GameDay challenge focused on Agentic AI development using Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and the Strands framework. This Quest is designed to give attendees hands-on experience building and working with AI agents, utilizing prompt engineering and Amazon Q Developer Pro to assist in solving a series of challenges.
Participants will build AI agents for a new Virtual Pet Store, creating specialized agents for pet recommendations, care advice, and customer service while implementing appropriate guardrails for responsible AI responses.
AWS GameDay is an interactive, team-based learning opportunity where participants use and expand their AWS skills in a realistic, gamified, risk-free environment. Participants are given an AWS account to share with pre-provisioned infrastructure that they will evolve in response to realistic business and technical requirements designed to challenge them.
Teams will be given 1.5 hours to play through the GameDay and there will be an awards ceremony at the end of the event.
**A laptop is required to participate.**
FREE INTRODUCTION CLASS at 6:15pm. No partner required
tickets and info: [https://bachatacorazon.com.au/tuesday-night](https://bachatacorazon.com.au/tuesday-night)
### Shake off the workday with a night of pure Bachata bliss!
Every Tuesday, 6:15pm - 9pm, we run classes for all levels of dancers, from absolute beginners to advanced.
From 9pm, join us for an unforgettable evening at one of Melbourne's most popular socialsโour DJs drop all the hottest hits and dancers, from all schools and interstate come together to share their love for Bachata dance - with a sprinkle of Salsa and Kizomba.
Don't miss out on this sure-fire recipe to get your week started right!
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**BACHATA CLASSES TIMELINE:**
**6:15 - 6:45pm: FREE class for absolute beginners** to learn the fundamental and the basic of bachata. (Upstairs)
**7:00 - 8:00PM Beginners:** Your Latin dance journey starts here! We'll teach you the essential holds, basics steps and turns that will prepare you for the higher classes and kick start your Bachata journey. First-timers welcome!
**7:00 - 8:00PM Sensual Bachata (Intermediate level)**: This class builds on your existing understanding of turns, wraps, connection and **(most importantly) frame**; to introduce Bachata sensual whole-body movements. Mastering the techniques in this class will get you ready for any social dance floor anywhere in the world.
W๏ปฟe recommend at least 8-12 months of regular dancing before attempting this class. Check with an instructor for tips on how to improve your frame so that you will get the most out of this class.
**8:00 - 9:00PM Intermediate Social Moves:** This class is perfect for dancers of all levels who have at least 8-12 weeks of experience dancing Bachata. In this class, we focus on teaching you fun social moves that you can use immediately on the dance floor.
The moves and combinations taught in this class are perfect for Australiaโs social dance scene and will keep you dancing for hours.
**8:00 - 9:00PM Advanced Bachata**: In this class we introduce advanced techniques, complex timing, and musicality. This class requires an assessment (or invitation from an instructor). Students in this class should be able to lead and follow controlled whole-body movements learned in the Intermediate Sensual class.
It is our expectation that advanced dancers are practicing their dance 3-4 times per week. We recommend advanced dancers continue participating in 7PM Sensual Bachata class regularly to keep fundamentals strong.
**Social dancing**
**9PM - MIDNIGHT 3 HOURS of SOCIAL DANCING AND PARTY** with the latest modern bachata and of course, SENSUAL bachata music. Perfect mix to practice the moves you learned in class!!
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ALL TICKETS INCLUDE DRINK TOKENS.
(All door prices include 1 drink):
\- 6:15 Introduction class $FREE
\- 1 class \+ social \- $32
\- 2 classes \+ social \- $42
\- 3hrs of party \(social dancing\): $22
(Membership options available from $15 p/week
([https://bachatacorazon.com.au/bachata-melbourne-membership](https://bachatacorazon.com.au/bachata-melbourne-membership))
WALK IN WELCOME
No need to bring a partner as partners rotate in class.
Join us any week, content will be revisited every few months.
WHERE?
The Space Dance & Arts Centre
318 Chapel St, Prahran VIC 3181
To RSVP for the classes and get tickets here: [https://bachatacorazon.com.au/tuesday-night](https://bachatacorazon.com.au/tuesday-night)
Walk in welcome.
For more info regarding the prices or other events, follow us on [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/BachataCorazonTuesday)and [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/bachatacorazontuesday).
Linux Town Hall - March 2026 (online and in-person)
Join us for Linux Town Hall meeting where we discuss the upcoming Document Freedom Day.
This is an open Town Hall meeting where all community members are welcome to attend, observe, and contribute to the discussion. Whether you're a long-time LUV member or new to our community, your input is valuable as we shape the future of Linux Users Victoria.
The meeting will be held online, making it accessible for everyone to participate from the comfort of their own space. This is a great opportunity to learn about Linux Victoria's behind-the-scenes operations and how you can get involved in our growing open-source community.
Come be part of the conversation as we work to strengthen and expand Victoria's Linux adoption and open source practice!
## Key Discussion Points
\- Upcoming Document Freedom Day
More to be added soon.
## How To Join Online
Link to join:
[https://electronworkshop.com.au/goto/venue](https://electronworkshop.com.au/goto/venue)
We use a self-hosted Big Blue Button instance (aka BBB) for this meeting, managed by Electron Workshop and hosted by Serversaurus.
## Join In Person
Maps Link for Inspire9:
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/eRMAXpBdmG1Ece4m9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/eRMAXpBdmG1Ece4m9)
**Getting to Inspire9:**
Train station is located right next to Inspire9.
Tram 70 is a short 2 minute walk.
There is 2hr parking on the street but very often there are no spots.
Inspire9 main entrance is wheelchair accessible.
When arriving, head for the AKM building.
## Schedule
19:00 Meet and greet
19:30 Opening
20:30 Closure
General session
Visitors and newcomers are very welcome, please see https://hackmelbourne.com/newcomer-faq/ for more details.
COVIDSafe restrictions are also in place, please see https://hackmelbourne.com/covid-19-restrictions/ for the latest.
Short walk from Glenferrie train station. Car parking at Hawthorn town hall.
Bring a laptop and a project you are working on. There is also a number of group projects that you are welcome to join in.
We have starter kits for Arduino, a couple of 3D printers, various tools and equipment available for use.
Typically our sessions run from 6:45pm till later in the evening (depending on our members' availability to close) but if you're new please come early.
Cuban (Rueda) Salsa Course every Tuesday in Collingwood
\*\*New Cuban Courses will commence Tuesday 20th January\*\*
Rueda de Casino โ is a progressive Cuban-style salsa class and a fun way to learn salsa. Its fast paced, danced in a circle and changing partners flowing from one partner to the next
Cuban Salsa (Rueda)
BEGINNER LEVEL 7.00pm - 8.00pm
This course is for absolute beginner to beginner plus students.
The first 4 weeks we will cover Cuban Salsa fundamentals, Cuban Flow body movement and basic Cuban steps. The last 2 weeks we will use moves and steps learnt in a progressive wheel (Rueda) pattern.
This class can only be purchased as a 6 week course.
Course cost $120
For course bookings email gabby@melbournesalsa.com.au
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Cuban Salsa (Rueda)
INTERMEDIATE LEVEL 8.00pm - 9.00pm
During this 6 week course, you will learn complicated Cuban turns, Rueda dynamics, team patterns and different formations, executing the moves by the caller and dancing in sync at a faster pace.
Must have completed 2 x Beg Level Rueda courses before entering Intermedaite level.
This class can be purchased as a 6 week course or can be attended casually.
Casual $25 (cash or eft pos)
Course cost $120
For course bookings email gabby@melbournesalsa.com.au
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These Courses will be held at the
Melbourne Salsa studio
1/326 Smith Street Collingwood
(Rear entrance via laneway off Bedford street)
FREE Parking is available above Woolworths - 2 min walk to our studio.
For more details call Melbourne Salsa on 95312023 or email info@melbournesalsa.com.au
Liferay Events This Week
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Thursday night Rainbow Boardgames - Marchรฉ Board Games Cafe
Join your fellow LGBTQIA+ folks for a social evening of board games at Marchรฉ Board Games Cafe.
We have access to the games library at the cafe. If you have a game that you want to share, please feel free to bring it along. We play all sorts of games - card games, party games, strategy games - and we're happy to teach new players.
Groups for games usually form between 6:30-6:45, so it's important to try arrive on time to ensure you're allocated to a game/group. Anyone arriving late may have to wait for a game if all groups have started.
The cafe has drinks and food available. Check out their menu here: https://mbgcafe.com.au/menu.pdf
We only accept payment at the time of booking to reserve your spot. This means you will need to pay the booking amount via PayPal at the time of booking to confirm your spot.
If you can't make it to the event, please ensure you get in touch by messaging the event hosts or emailing rainbowbg.melbourne@gmail.com at least one day before the event, and we can reverse your payment via PayPal.
The cafe does NOT have a liquor licence. Consuming alcohol on the premises is illegal, and will result in any members being banned from future events.
See you on Thursday!
KSUG.AI MEL FlexAI: Architecting AI Platform with Kubernetes @AWS - 12 Mar 2026
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We're excited to welcome you to the upcoming Hands-on workshop โ happening in-person at at Amazon ! ๐
We're actively seeking more awesome AI topic speakers!
๐ [https://speaker.ksug.ai](https://speaker.ksug.ai)
**About the event**
Learn how to deploy and scale AI applications using Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service). This hands-on workshop demonstrates how to build a complete generative AI platform with automated cluster management, hybrid infrastructure, and enterprise-grade observability.
**What You'll Learn:**
* Leverage EKS Auto Mode for automated Kubernetes cluster management
* Architect hybrid node pools for optimal performance and cost efficiency
* Implement end-to-end observability and LLM serving with vLLM
**Hands-on Lab Experience:**
Learn directly from AWS experts who have helped organizations successfully deploy and manage large-scale GenAI infrastructure.
Through hands-on labs and real-world examples, you'll learn to master:
* EKS cluster setup optimized for NVIDIA GPU workloads
* Efficient model serving and scaling using vLLM
* Distributed inference architecture implementation with Ray
* Comprehensive monitoring and observability using Prometheus and Grafana
* Best practices for production GenAI deployments on Kubernetes.
**Who Should Attend:**
Whether you're looking to deploy your first language model or scale existing GenAI workloads, this workshop will provide you with best practices and hands-on experience using industry-leading tools and frameworks.
**Requirements:**
* Bring your laptop and power adapter
* AWS account access will be provided
* Basic familiarity with cloud infrastructure concepts
* Basic Kubernetes concepts
Through guided exercises, you'll gain practical experience deploying and managing enterprise AI applications on AWS infrastructure.
**Full Agenda**
**Introduction - AI Platform on Kubernetes**
09:30 - 09:45 GMT+11
Nikola Cuca & Hantzley Tauckoor
Explore the fundamentals of running AI/ML workloads on Kubernetes and understand why container orchestration is crucial for GenAI deployments. Learn key concepts and benefits of running AI platforms on Amazon EKS.
**Hosting inference workloads on Amazon EKS**
09:45 - 10:30 GMT+11
Frank Fan
Deep dive into designing scalable AI architectures that combine cloud and on-premises resources using Amazon EKS, focusing on inferencing.
**Hands-on: Explore environment, vLLM model loading, scaling vLLM**
10:30 - 12:00 GMT+11
Frank, Don & Parikshit
Hand-on labs on inferencing on EKS using vLLM
**Lunch Break**
12:00 - 13:00 GMT+11
**Voice of customers & panel discussion**
13:00 - 14:00 GMT+11
Panel
Hear from existing customers who implemented similar architectures in their production environment.
**Introduction to monitoring and observability**
14:00 - 14:15 GMT+11
Melchi & Parikshit
Explore observsability stack for AI on EKS
**Hands-on: Observing LLM Inference workloads**
14:15 - 15:45 GMT+11
Don, Frank & Melchi
Hand-on labs on observsability stack for AI on EKS
**Quiz & Wrap-up**
15:45 - 16:00 GMT+11
Nikola & Hantzley
Interactive knowledge check covering key concepts learned throughout the workshop. Review of best practices, Q&A session, and discussion of next steps for implementing GenAI workloads on EKS.
**[Register here](https://konfhub.com/ksug-au-2026-03-12) to secure your spot!** See you all there!
**Location:** Amazon MEL12, Level 13.304 [555 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3000](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Kbi13GZqj2zDqDz2A)
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Melbourne CocoaHeads No. 193
Our regular monthly presentation night on the second Thursday of the month from 6:30pm!
Thanks to Mantel Group for hosting us again this month. If you're coming in person we're there with food and drinks from 6pm. We will be live streaming the presentations as usual from 6:30pm at [http://www.melbournecocoaheads.com/live](http://www.melbournecocoaheads.com/live)
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**Agenda**
\| 6:00pm \| Food \+ Networking \|
\| 6:30pm \| Event begins\. Introductions \|
\| 6:40pm \| Luke Howard โ An embedded audio product built with Swift \|
\| 7:15pm \| TBC \|
\| 7:55pm \| Wrap up \+ social time at a nearby venue \|
\* All times are approximate. Presentation order will be confirmed on the night.
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We are always looking for speakers and believe everyone has an interesting talk hiding inside themselves. If you are interested in letting that talk out at a future event you can get in touch on the website [https://www.melbournecocoaheads.com/talks](https://www.melbournecocoaheads.com/talks) or on Slack.
Workplace Ninja Australia - Melbourne
Join us on Friday, March 13th, 2026, for Workplace Ninja User Group Australia in Melbourne.
As a standout conference on endpoint management, Workplace Ninja provides the stage for workplace management and security professionals to share insights on their journey towards modern management and cloud native.
Agenda:
09:00 - 09:15 - Welcome with **Jose Schenardie**
09:15-10:05 - **Cut the Sneaky DNS: Zero Trust DNS on Windows 11 - Steve Mercer**
10:05-10:30 - Short break
10:30-11:20 - **What's new (and next) in Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop - Matt Shadbolt**
11:20-11:40 - Sponsored Session
11:40-12:30 - Lunch break
12:30-13:20 - **App Control for Business Deep Dive - Nathan Atkins**
13:20-13:35 - Short break
13:35-14:25 - **Remote Help for Intune - Is this the cloud native support saviour we have been waiting for? - Sean Ollerton**
14:25-14:40 - Short break
14:40-15:30 - **Vibe Coding: Infra as Code for Windows Management with Intune - Steven Hosking**
15:30-15:45 - Short break
15:45-17:00 - **AMA with Speakers**
17:00-18:00 - **Networking and Refreshments**
We look forward to seeing you there.
International Women's Day
RSVP on https://www.meetup.com/gdg-melbourne/events/313154207/
We at GDG Melbourne and Women Techmakers Melbourne are holding a night of talks, food and networking for International Women's Day! All genders and all levels of technical expertise welcome!
Codeword: IWD
Our friends at Block are hosting us at their office, make sure you check the address - it is different to our usual venue!
We have two great sessions lined up:
Thao Tran: When Tech Turns Personal: A Human Story of Digital Safety, Resilience and Recovery"
Thao is the founder of Ditox, a digital health and wellness company that helps organizations, families and individuals to reduce digital behavioral and mental health issues and improve social connection in a hyper-connected digital world.
Leadership & Career discussion panel
Hosted by Katie Barnett (Engineering Manager at Bilue, GDE Android, WTM Ambassador)
Agenda
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Hosted By
Katie Barnett, GDE Android / GDG Organiser
Katie is passionate about all things Android. She has taken on a wide variety of challenging projects including in the live event, media and travel space. Her favourite thing is to see someone having a delightful experience using something she has worked on. Katie is very active in the development community, she is a Google Developer Expert for Android, one of the organisers of GDG Melbourne and is a Women Techmakers Ambassador. She frequently runs events, speaks on technical and non-technical topics and enjoys writing blog posts to share her experience with others. Katie is based in Melbourne, Australia but loves to travel the world and outside of tech she enjoys boardgaming and attempting to finish many craft projects.
Suesi Tran, Senior Flutter Developer
Google Developer Expert in Dart, Flutter & Firebase, Women Techmaker Melbourne ambassador, GDG Melbourne & Flutter Melbourne co-organiser.
In short: Flutter is love, and mobile is life.
Poornima Sivakumar, GDG Organiser
Lovee Jain, GDG Organiser
Lovee is a Software Engineer at Prezzee, a GDG Melbourne Organiser and also a Women Techmakers Ambassador. A tech inquisitive philomath, she loves problem solving and solution design. She has worked at a city council where she developed a lot of useful system integrations and while at Prezzee she develops and works on multiple gift card solutions to cater the B2B2C market.
Zach Jensz, GDG Organiser
Passionate about the web, seamless UX and accessibility. I love attending meetups, find me and come say hi!
Ujjawal Raj, GDG Organiser
Bramley Turner-Jones, GDG Organiser
Yuba Raj (UV) Panta, GDG Cloud Organiser
Kartik Arora, Android Engineer
Google Developer Expert in Android
Android Engineer @ Bilue
Carolyn Ai Chi Wong,
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Partner
Block (https://block.xyz)
***
Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-melbourne-presents-international-womens-day/.
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Rays Of Light Spiritualist Church Service
Rev. Steven Clevenger is an ordained spiritualist minister with over 40 years experience as a Spiritual Healer, Clairvoyant and Spiritual Teacher, educated and trained at the White Lily Chapel.
Rev. Siobhan Wolf Shaffer is an ordained spiritualist minister and certified medium and healer with over 20 years experience. She began her development in 1988 in Pennsylvania and continued when she moved to Ohio in 1998 where she studied at Rays of Lights Church with Rev. Steven Clevenger.
Our full worship services consist of an inspirational lecture, healing meditation, and messages from the spirit world that serve to demonstrate evidence of eternal life.
Please visit our Official Church Website (http://raysoflightchurch.com) for more information.
From Idea to Working App in Minutes: The Agentic Development with Amazon Kiro
Discover Kiro, AWSโs innovative development environment that adapts to your workflow. Whether you prefer specification-driven development or a more intuitive, vibe-based approach, Kiro empowers you to build applications your way.
In this session, speakers will explore Kiroโs core functionality and its evolution through re:Invent 2025, along with demonstrations of prompts used to create APIs, hooks, and steering documents.
In the latter part of the session, watch as we build a complete example from scratch, showcasing Kiroโs agentic AI workflow in action for spec-driven development and vibe coding.
What You'll Learn - Core Kiro concepts and development philosophy
Feature evolution: pre and post re:Invent 2025
Practical examples: API creation, hooks, and steering docs
Live coding demonstration with real-time problem solving
Who Should Attend - Developers, solutions architects, and technical leaders interested in modern AWS development tools and AI-assisted coding workflows.
**Speakers Bio:**
Matthew Jorat: Matthew Jorat is a Customer Solutions Manager at AWS with nearly three decades of expertise in AI, cloud transformation, migration, modernization, IT, technology, and business. His career spans infrastructure engineer, solutions architect, security auditor, customer success director, support and services director, and operations officer. He was an early adopter of AWS services as a customer, and his current role at AWS uniquely blends his technical and business skills as he partners with executive teams to translate strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes through cloud adoption, AI implementation, and operational excellence. Matt leads end-to-end AI initiatives for enterprise customers, identifying high-impact use cases and maintaining relentless focus on measurable ROI. He holds eight AWS certifications and serves as Adjunct Professor at Franklin University teaching cloud computing and AWS architecture. His expertise encompasses GenAI, agentic AI systems, migration, modernization, and optimization strategies that drive transformation at scale.
[https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjorat/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjorat/)
Girish Bhatia: Girish Bhatia is a seasoned technology delivery leader with deep expertise in cross-domain program management. He holds multiple AWS certifications, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect โ Associate, AWS Certified Developer โ Associate, and AWS Generative AI Practitioner, and is also an AWS Community Builder. Girish brings over two decades of experience in the information technology industry.
Throughout his career, Girish has led major technology-driven business transformation from modernizing on-premises applications to driving large-scale cloud migrations. His work includes API-based integration platforms, data-center and mainframe modernization, and enterprise cloud adoption initiatives.
Based in Columbus, Ohio, Girish works at a tech-forward fintech company. He is passionate about AWS serverless architectures, Generative AI and emerging cloud technologies. An avid learner and builder, he continues to explore and apply the latest innovations in AWS to help organizations accelerate their digital transformation.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/[https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/)
**THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/
**DIRECTIONS**
Franklin University
Fisher Hall
300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8
Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map.
NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct.
**Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?**
Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com
What Causes Your Roller Coasters in Life?
Do you sometimes feel like you do well in life then something happens and you slide back, never quite getting ahead.
At this Meetup you'll find out how to identify what actually causes the lows, the highs and everything in between. More importantly youโll get the secret of how to gain control over your life so the highs are higher and the lows go away.
Wouldnโt it be nice to stop the wild roller coaster ride for good? Or at least make it a fun roller coaster ride, with more ups and downs.
There is a hidden factor that will be going over and youโre going to be quite surprised what it is and how much it affects your life.
Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to the event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is hosted at the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center.
Building Agents with Microsoft Foundry
We will show a variety of methods for building agents that run in Microsoft Foundry. This covers the different types of agents: Prompt, Multi, and Hosted, as well as the development lifecycle using evals and traces.
Conquer Negative Emotion To Have a Happier Life!
Do you want more Self Confidence, less Self Doubt, more Happiness, less Anxiety, and more Love? This event is an introduction to how to handle irrational emotion. How often are yours or another's emotions out of control? What is that about??? I have asked these questions and after much search have found answers and am sharing.
Maybe you have suffered a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? After that, you try to move on but you just can't. Possibly you have a thought or emotion that hangs around for days and you just can't shake it. What is all this stress, anxiety, depression, and self doubt? It's just crazy! It's not the real you. You can find out what is at the root of all this.
This is a local event.
Areas you can change with the right information:
* Control of unwanted emotions
* Lack of confidence
* Grief
* Anxiety
* Anger management
* Creating ideal relationships
* Memory
* and more...
This is a local meeting that can start you on the way to a better life, more confidence and less negativity. All the happiness you have lies within you. Let's find it!
Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there.
This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology life improvement center.
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**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
**Abstract**
TBD
**YouTube Link**
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