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Fabric Data Warehouse with Tino Tereshko
**Fabric Data Warehouse with Tino Tereshko**
For our June meetup, we’re excited to welcome Tino Tereshko, Partner Director of Product at Microsoft, responsible for Fabric Data Warehouse.
Having previously spent several years at Google working on BigQuery, Tino later co-founded MotherDuck — the DuckDB-based SaaS analytics platform — before joining Microsoft to lead Fabric Data Warehouse. It’s fair to say Tino knows a thing or two about modern analytical databases.
Tino is visiting from Seattle and has kindly offered his time to present at our London user group. The session will include an introduction to Fabric Data Warehouse, an overview of recent developments and future direction, followed by an open “Ask Me Anything” discussion where attendees can quiz Tino on all things data warehousing, Fabric, and analytics.
**Agenda**
18:30 - Welcome, drinks, pizza & networking
19:00 - Main Session
20:30 - Close
**Venue**
Tenth Revolution offices in London.
Aldgate House, 33 Aldgate High St, London EC3N 1DL
Please provide your first and last name when registering for the event, as this is provided to building security to allow you entrance into the venue.
OWASP AI Security Summit at InfoSecurity Europe
**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION BELOW FOR REGISTRATION:**
**OWASP AI Security Summit** is taking place at **Infosecurity Europe 2026** on **Thursday, 4 June 2026 at ExCeL London**
**Location inside Excel:** South Gallery Rooms 18 & 19
This summit brings together security leaders, researchers, and enterprise practitioners to discuss the latest developments in GenAI and Agentic AI security — including emerging threats, governance, incident response, real-world implementation lessons, and the evolving OWASP guidance shaping the industry.
Sample sessions include:
• The State of GenAI: Key Trends and OWASP GenAI Security Project
• Beyond the Top 10: The Next Chapter of the Agentic Security Initiative
• Agentic Security at Microsoft: Strategy, Implementation, and Lessons Learned
• Implementing the Agentic Top 10 at AWS
• 22 Seconds to Contain: Rewriting IR for Agents
• Top 10 for LLMs Update
• No Room for Hype: Securing Agentic AI Inside a UK Bank
Featured speakers and contributors include OWASP GenAI Security initiative leaders and experts from: Microsoft, AWS, Lloyds Banking Group, OWASP, Deep Cyber, Zenity, and more.
**Location inside Excel:** South Gallery Rooms 18 & 19
**REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE**
**Register for Infosecurity Europe to attend the summit -** use promo code **OWASP** for a free pass:
[https://www.infosecurityeurope.com/en-gb/visit/owasp-gen-ai-security-summit.html](https://www.infosecurityeurope.com/en-gb/visit/owasp-gen-ai-security-summit.html)
Primrose Hill Life Drawing
Life Drawing ✍️ Pls pay at class £15 cash or £16 by card. If you are a concession pls speak to Sophie. Class fee includes tea, coffee & biscuits 🍪& sometimes 🍰 😋 We’re upstairs at Primrose Hill Community Association NW1 8TN
London Airflow Meetup at Salisbury House!
**We're back at Salisbury House for our summer London Airflow Meetup! Join fellow members of the data engineering community for an evening of engaging talks, great food and drinks, and exclusive swag!**
**PRESENTATIONS**
***Talk #1: The Orchestration Layer: A Blueprint for Scaling Dynamic DAGs with Integrated Data Quality Gates***
* **Speaker**: [Vasudev Maduri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasudevmaduri/), Staff Data Engineer, Admiral Group Plc
Ensuring high-quality data, accuracy, completeness, and schema validity is essential for building data trust. However, scaling data quality checks across diverse datasets often leads to duplicated boilerplate Python code, human error, and a massive bottleneck for Data Engineering teams.
In this talk, we’ll explore how to shift data quality from a backlog of tech debt into an automated, self-serve developer experience directly tied to Airflow. We will demonstrate how to build a multi-faceted data observability framework that empowers end-user teams to define their own DQ rules without writing any Python code. By hiding complex Airflow code, users simply select their parameters—YAML configurations that instantly translate into fully dynamic, end-to-end DAGs, including in-flight data quality gates.
The core of this session focuses on the technical implementation of integrated DQ checks that live directly *inside* the generated pipelines. You’ll learn how this metadata-driven approach enables a "shift-left" strategy for data observability, automatically enforcing data contracts and routing alerts without manual engineering intervention.
***Talk #2: Self-healing Data Pipelines in Airflow***
* **Speaker**: [Nilesh Khandalkar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nileshskhandalkar/), Senior Manager, Capgemini
Modern data pipelines remain largely reactive—failures trigger alerts, manual retries, and ongoing operational overhead for engineering teams. As systems scale, this approach introduces fragility, delays, and growing complexity in maintaining reliable workflows.
This session explores how to design self-healing data pipelines in Airflow using practical patterns such as intelligent retries, conditional branching, and targeted recovery mechanisms. Real-world failure scenarios are used to illustrate how pipelines can detect issues, trigger remediation steps, and resume execution without full restarts or human intervention.
The session also looks ahead to how AI-assisted anomaly detection can further enhance these systems by identifying unexpected patterns and enabling more proactive, resilient data workflows.
***Talk #3: What We Got Right (and Wrong) Building a 50-Source Data Platform on Airflow***
* **Speaker**: [Arnaud Caldow](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-caldow-384423142/), Senior Data Engineer at Collibra
Collibra helps enterprises govern their data, but how does Collibra's own data team manage the data that powers the business? The answer is an Airflow-based platform that stitches together dlt, dbt, Kubernetes and Collibra's own product for governance -- all orchestrated through 87 DAGs serving 12 business domains.
This talk traces a data point's journey through the stack: from API extraction via dlt pipelines running inside KubernetesPodOperator pods, through a layered dbt architecture where platform engineers standardize data and analysts build business models on top, into analytics outputs that serve multiple business teams, and finally back into Collibra Data Governance via reverse-ETL integration DAGs.
Along the way, I'll share the patterns that emerged from operating this at scale: how we evolved from one-off custom pipelines to a reproducible framework that's documented well enough for AI subagents (or a new hire) to generate models from scratch, how our own Pod Operators let us test feature branches on shared environments, and how we're leveraging that same mechanism to migrate from Redshift to BigQuery (and from Airflow 2 to Airflow 3) without downtime. Behind the scenes, a 1Password-backed pipeline diffs credential hashes nightly, catching rotations before they break a DAG.
**AGENDA**
* **5:30-6 PM:** Arrivals, networking, food & drinks
* **6-7:45PM:** Presentations
* **7:45-8PM:** Networking
Rose valley, Plovdiv, Sofia and rose festival in Bulgaria 2026
**NATURE GETAWAY IN OLD PLOVDIV AND THE VALLEY OF ROSES**
**4th June to 8th June 2026**
Repeat trip due to popular demand!
Explore the history-rich sites of the 6th oldest city in the world, Plovdiv, (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/galleries/The-worlds-20-oldest-cities/1old-plovdiv/) visit Bulgaria’s enticing valley of roses with its acclaimed Rose Festival and discover the secrets of the age-old tradition of rose oil production.
**OLD PLOVDIV – A JOURNEY TO ANTIQUITY**
Plovdiv is one of the most ancient cities in the world with signs of habitation dating as far back as the 6th millennium BC. The Old Town of Plovdiv is a UNESCO World Heritage site. It’s small, quiet and picturesque and a real gem for culture and history lovers!
**Fascinating highlights:**
**The world’s most aromatic rose oil today comes from Bulgaria.**
**‣ The highest percentage of rose attar in the world is obtained from the Valley of Roses, Bulgaria**
**‣ The Bulgarian “attar” of roses is an important component in the perfume business throughout the world.**
**‣ Rosa Damascena is the name of the oil-yielding rose, which made Bulgaria famous for the production of the best rose oil in the world. Damascus, Rosa Damascena Mill was brought to Bulgarian lands during the 17th century.**
**‣ Plovdiv is the World’s 6th most ancient city and European cultural capital for 2019.**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtH_TAXUf80
The festival itself takes place every year on the first Saturday of June. It originates in the Rose Valley and runs across the near by towns of Karlovo, Kalofer, and Kazanlak. The area is breathtaking when the famous Bulgarian rose blossoms in May/June exuding its enticing fragrance.
3,5 tons of rose petals go into the making of one kilogram of rose oil, which costs as much as gold.
**Join this extraordinary experience in Bulgaria, take part in the authentic rose-picking ritual and gain insights into the rose-distillation process. In addition to the authentic rose gathering ritual, the festival offers a small beauty-pageant of a kind, where the most beautiful girl amongst the rose-pickers is crowned Queen Rose.**
But that’s not all! There are even more celebratory events taking place during the festival weekend, such as choir a cappella, folklore concerts, art shows, exhibitions, wine-tastings and much more!
**Dates 4th June to 8th June 2026**
**Itinerary:**
Day 1
Arrival in Plovdiv
Meeting and greeting with your local host.
Transfer to hotel check-in
Dinner with the group
Day 2
Breakfast.
Walking tour in the Old town of Plovdiv.
Lunch near Plovdiv Roman stadium.
Dinner with the group
Day 3
Breakfast.
Departure to Rose festival - a day full of impressions.
Transfer to Plovdiv in the evening
Day 4
Breakfast.
Lunch and wine tasting experience
Free time for shopping, sightseeing in Plovdiv.
Day 5
Breakfast
Departure to Sofia and full day in the city centre
Last impressions and a private transfer to Sofia airport for an late afternoon flight.
**What is included:**
**4 nights in a 4-star central hotel in Plovdiv**
**4 breakfasts**
**2 Guided walking tours**
**One day trip to Rose Valley Festival**
**Rose picking ritual**
**Entrance fee to Old Plovdiv Revival house**
**Degustation of rose products: rose jam, rose liquor**
**Wine tasting experience and appetisers**
**Transfers from/to the airports in Bulgaria**
**Social event with the group, before flying to Bulgaria**
**Tour leader**
**Compliance with Travel Package Regulations and financial protection 2018**
What is not included:
Flights: London- Sofia
Personal expenses;
Travel insurance.
**The price for this trip: £580 in a twin/double room share.**
**Single supplement: £ 80**
To secure your place £150 (non-refundable deposit) info@travelinvision.com or 0740 3358828 for further details.
Join Biggest Community | Investors Founders | London | Online
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The Badminton Collective Stratford Club Night
The session is Every Thursday 7PM till 10PM.
This is for all levels, so after the training you will be able to play games and use what you have learnt.
Just like the saying practice makes perfect.
Any queries on what levels you may be or just any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.
PARKING:
Parking is available and Free onsite.
(The postcode is E15 3PA) This at the previous address on New mount Street. Press the buzzer and they will let you in.
PAYMENT:
We are accepting bank transfer rather than cash payments.
In 2 days in advance to confirm your attendance.
Bank Details:
Name: The Badminton Collective Ltd
Sort Code: 60-83-71
Account Number:69874292
Reference your name and date of the session.
£13 Games
IMPORTANT NOTES:
We shall be starting at 7PM sharp so if you miss the start you'll have to just catch up I'm afraid.
How to get there.
If you use the provided postcode it will take you to the front of the school.
By all means message me if you are having troubles.
There is now a water fountain so please bring a bottle to fill up, this is in the main building while they fix the one near the sports Hall.
The Badminton Collective and School 21 are not responsible for any injuries or loss of items.
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PyData London 2026
PyData London 2026 brings together data scientists, engineers, and researchers from around the world for three days of insightful talks, tutorials, and community connection. Hosted in one of Europe’s leading tech hubs, the event highlights the latest developments in Python, machine learning, and data science. Attendees can expect a mix of cutting-edge research, real-world applications, and opportunities to network with industry leaders. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, PyData London offers something for every level of the data science community.
**THIS IS NOT A TICKET- TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED ON CONFERENCE WEBSITE.**
https://pydata.org/london2026
Play croquet & kubb for free in St Pancras, North London!
**Come join other adults play the outdoor games of croquet and kubb in St Pancras Gardens, North London, for free!**
No experience or equipment required, just good vibes.
We play golf croquet in pairs, with the first team that scores 4 hoops being declared the winner. This short video explains the rules: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvkQ6UBOkRM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvkQ6UBOkRM)
We play kubb in singles or teams and the rules of how to play can be found here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffJB_31TS_8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffJB_31TS_8)
The games do not require strength, stamina, or speed - they are both games of strategy, accuracy and fun!
There is a Kubb Croquet Club WhatsApp group to be kept updated on what is happening in the club in London and Folkestone. This will be shared in the event comments.
**LOCATION**
St Pancras Gardens, Pancras Road, London, NW1 1UL
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXY5rVmejPWaSde36](https://maps.app.goo.gl/TXY5rVmejPWaSde36)
After kubb, some people may go for drinks in a nearby pub.
There is a Kubb Croquet Club WhatsApp group to be kept updated on what is happening in the club in London and Folkestone. This will be shared in the event comments.
**NEAREST TUBE STATION:** King's Cross St. Pancras
**NEAREST TRAIN STATIONS:** King's Cross and St Pancras
**BUS:** Check [https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/](https://tfl.gov.uk/plan-a-journey/)
Please read our code conduct, which all attendees are require to follow:
**\- We play croquet and kubb to have fun \- that said please do obey the rules of the game while playing\, treat other participants with respect\, play in the spirit of the game\, and don’t argue about the rules/scoring\.**
**\- By attending this event you agree that your safety and your personal belongings are your own responsibility and that the organisers are not responsible or liable for them\.**
**\- The organisers are happy to show you how to play the game and use the equipment\, but it is your responsibility to use it safely\. Please return the equipment at the end of a game\.**
**\- This event is open to all adults\, and attendees are expected to be respectful and inclusive\. Any abusive\, discriminatory\, confrontational or bullying behaviour will not be tolerated and may result in the attendee being asked to leave\. Everyone deserves to feel welcome\.**
**\- Attendees are responsible for their own behaviour\. The organisers are not liable for the behaviour of any attendee\.**
**\- Please respect the area where we play and do not leave rubbish behind\.**
🔥🚀React App with AI (Vibe Coding)-Workshop-In Class - Paid
# 📣 Paid event 👉 call for booking
***
## 👉 Standard Ticket: £549 💷
## 👉 Early Bird: £499 💷
## **👉 WhatsApp: +44 (0) 7470914266**
⚡ *No coding? No problem. Just bring your idea.*
*⚡ From Idea to Production — Build Real Apps with AI as Your Senior Developer — In 4 Weekends*
## **🏗️ Workshop Format**
* 📅 Duration: **4 Weeks (Weekends)**
* ⏰ Time: **13:30 – 17:00**
* 🧑🏫 Format: **Instructor-led + Hands-on**
* 👥 Style: **Build together in class**
* 💻 Outcome: **1 fully working production-ready app**
# **🗺️ 4-WEEK LEARNING JOURNEY**
***
## **🟢 WEEK 1 — *“From Zero to First App”***
### **🎯 Theme: *Understand React + Think Like a Builder***
**Slogan:**
👉 *“You don’t need to know everything to start building.”*
### Topics:
* What is React (in simple terms)
* Components & JSX
* Props & State (core mindset)
* React project setup (Vite)
* Folder structure (real-world style)
### Vibe Coding:
* Prompting AI to:
* Generate components
* Explain code
* Fix errors
### Hands-on:
✅ Build your first UI (dashboard layout)
✅ Create reusable components
***
## 🟡 WEEK 2 — *“Make It Alive”*
### 🎯 Theme: *State, Events, Lifecycle Thinking*
**Slogan:**
👉 *“Static pages don’t get jobs. Interactive apps do.”*
### Topics:
* useState, useEffect (lifecycles simplified)
* Event handling
* Forms & inputs
* Conditional rendering
### Vibe Coding:
* AI as debugger:
* “Why is this not updating?”
* “Optimize this component”
### Hands-on:
✅ Build interactive features
✅ Form submission + validation
✅ UI logic (loading, error states)
***
## 🔵 WEEK 3 — *“Connect to the Real World”*
### 🎯 Theme: *API Integration & Real Data*
**Slogan:**
👉 *“Real developers don’t hardcode data — they connect systems.”*
### Topics:
* REST API basics (simple explanation)
* Fetch / Axios
* API structure understanding
* Environment variables
### Vibe Coding:
* Generate API services with AI
* Debug API issues with AI prompts
### Hands-on:
✅ Connect to a real API (or your Node.js backend)
✅ Display dynamic data
✅ CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
***
## 🔴 WEEK 4 — *“From Project to Product”*
### 🎯 Theme: *Production, Deployment & Portfolio*
**Slogan:**
👉 *“Don’t just build it. Launch it.”*
### Topics:
* Code cleanup & structure
* Basic performance tips
* Deployment (Vercel / Netlify)
* GitHub project setup
### Vibe Coding:
* AI for:
* Refactoring
* Documentation
* README generation
### Hands-on:
✅ Deploy your app live 🌍
✅ Prepare portfolio-ready project
✅ Demo Day (presentation)
### Social Media
***
## zero2hero.net - Technology Training Center
WhatsApp: +44 (0) 7470914266
E-mail: info@zero2hero.net
Address: Unit 15 Castle Square, 40 Elephant Rd, London SE17 1EU
🎬 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/zero2hero-meta
🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/zero2hero_uk
📸 Instagram for training: https://www.instagram.com/zero2hero.training
🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senrasim
👋 Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/zero2hero
🎟️ Eventbrite: https://zero2hero-meta.eventbrite.com
Founders Running Club :: London
**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.
9:15 Bag drop at the Regent's Bar and Kitchen, Regent's Park:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/MmZdAVM8yXT9euKc7
9:30 Warm Up starts at the Inner Circle & York Bridge, South Gate: [https://maps.app.goo.gl/qw45ehLmDQY7maMD6](https://maps.app.goo.gl/qw45ehLmDQY7maMD6)
🗓️ Launched in San Francisco, July 16, 2022
🌍 Now in 27 cities
📅 Running + Networking events + Community
**Join the community [http://foundersrc.com/chats](http://foundersrc.com/chats)**
**Stay updated:**
**Instagram [http://instagram.com/foundersrc/](http://instagram.com/foundersrc/)**
**Podcast [http://podcast.foundersrc.com/](http://podcast.foundersrc.com/)**
**LinkedIn [http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/](http://linkedin.com/company/foundersrc/)**
**Strava [http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC](http://strava.com/clubs/foundersRC)**
**Website [http://foundersrc.com/](http://foundersrc.com/)**
Show and a tell + Social. Corner Corner- Canada Water station
\*Disclaimer: All are welcome. Students, professionals, non professionals, business owners, curious cats.
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Come along to the Corner Corner venue, located just a few minutes walk from Canada water, for a few hours to meet friendly faces, work on your personal projects, or just come and share what passion projects you are all working on.
Feel free to bring your laptop, tablet, sketchbook, and notes on the day.
Whether you work in Animation, Art, Design, Film, Games development, or storytelling, you are welcome to come along. We love being around diverse creatives who want an opportunity to showcase their talents.
This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to socialise with like-minded people and to get friendly feedback on their work.
All backgrounds are welcome to join us, even if your just curious about Animation/Art/Storytelling
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I Look forward to seeing you there.
Life Coaching Session- Free!
Claim your free life coaching session by RSVPing to this event! And I will contact you directly.
We have amazing life coaches who can help you in different areas of your life!
No matter what is going on, we understand that sometimes it can all be very overwhelming and feel like you have no idea what to do!
Come and speak to one of us so get some help!
Microsoft Events Near You
Connect with your local Microsoft community
Microsoft Build - Columbus Edition!
We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio!
The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us!
And yes, there will be free food. So please RSVP for a head count!
ServiceNow Knowledge 26 Recap + Topgolf Happy Hour
Couldn't make Knowledge? Or want to debrief the dancing robots or Autonomous Workforce? Join us for a Knowledge '26 recap, insights sharing, a couple rounds of golf, and fun at Topgolf. As always, drinks and food will be provided. More details to come — mark your calendar, RSVP, and save your spot today!
Microsoft Build //localhost:louisville
On Thursday, June 18, 2026, we will meet in the 700N Conference Room at 700 N Hurstbourne Pkwy for a special Louisville .NET Meetup as we host **Microsoft Build //localhost:louisville**. Doors open at 6:00 p.m., and the presentation will begin promptly at 6:30 p.m. TEKsystems will provide food, so please RSVP to help us plan appropriately.
The session will also be streamed at **[https://twitch.tv/TaleLearnCode](https://twitch.tv/TaleLearnCode)**.
This month, we’ll dive into the most important announcements from **Microsoft Build 2026**. Chad Green will present a curated, developer‑focused walkthrough of the new capabilities across .NET, Azure, AI, developer tooling, and platform updates. We’ll explore what these announcements mean for architects and developers, how they fit into real‑world solutions, and which changes you can start applying immediately in your projects.
**Important:** To participate fully, please RSVP in **both** places:
* **Louisville .NET Meetup** (this page)
* **Microsoft Build //localhost:louisville registration**: [https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/27112/](https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/reactor/events/27112/)
After the session, we’ll head to Brick House Tavern to continue the conversation over food and drinks.
June 2026 AWS Columbus - Topic to be announced
Topic to be announced.
**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
Drunken Philosophy: Are you really who you think you are? What is the "self"?
I have been studying the question of "self" online with Prof. Ellie Anderson and so I thought a prompt on the "self" might be interesting. Full confession: I had Claude create this prompt and I like it, so here goes:
Imagine a thought experiment that merges two classic puzzles:
> You undergo a procedure, performed neuron by neuron, in which every biological component of your brain is replaced with a functionally identical synthetic substitute. At each step, your behavior, memories, and personality remain unchanged. When the last neuron is swapped, is the consciousness experiencing the world still you? And — more pressingly — was there ever a continuous "you" to begin with?
### Questions to Wrestle With
* If consciousness is purely physical, does the *gradual* nature of the replacement matter, or is it equivalent to being destroyed and rebuilt?
* Could there be a "self" without continuity of experience — even moment to moment, while you sleep?
On a more practical level, consider the simpler case first: **hemispherectomy** patients — people who have had an entire cerebral hemisphere surgically removed — often retain a strong sense of personal identity and continuity. This suggests "you" are not rigidly tied to specific physical material. But does that vindicate the synthetic neuron case, or merely show that identity is more *flexible* than we thought — not that it can survive *complete* substrate replacement?
I used Claude so I could get this out today and let everyone have some time to consider it. Hope to see you at the Oracle. Sorry about the location change two weeks ago. That's what I get for trusting local weather predictions!
QA or The Highway 2026
QA or the Highway is a one-day, affordable, regional, professional conference featuring real-world experience and thought leadership in the QA and testing industry.
This is a ticketed event please register here:
https://www.qaorthehwy.com/
Featured Keynote Speakers:
**Matthew-Hope Eland** **(Wizard at Leading EDJE)** \- An AI Specialist and Wizard at Leading EDJE who is known to teach software engineering\, AI\, and data science concepts in the most ridiculous ways possible\. Matt has used machine learning to settle debates over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie\, reinforcement learning to drive the behavior of digital squirrels\, data analytics to suggest improvements to his favorite TV show\, and AI agents to play board games and create an AI agent with the personality of a dog\. Matt is the author of "Data Science in \.NET with Polyglot Notebooks" and "Refactoring with C\#" as well as several LinkedIn Learning courses\. Matt helps organize the Central Ohio \.NET Developer Group\, runs several blogs and a YouTube channel\, has a Master’s of Science in Data Analytics\, and is a current Microsoft MVP in AI and \.NET\.
**Tatyana Arbouzova** **(CEO at Innovate QA)** \- Tatyana Arbouzova is an engineering and business leader with a strong background in Quality Engineering across multiple industries\, including Big Tech\, Healthcare\, and Entertainment\. She has held leadership roles at world\-class companies such as Microsoft\, VMware\, Disney\, and The Pokémon Company International\, where she focused on building quality\-driven cultures and scaling teams to deliver high\-impact products\. With decades of experience\, Tatyana has helped organizations transform their quality practices so teams can deliver software efficiently\, confidently\, and with measurable business outcomes\. Today\, Tatyana advises software companies on adopting AI to optimize quality practices and improve how software is delivered at scale\. She is also a passionate community builder and the founder of Innovate QA\, a thriving Seattle\-based community and conference for quality professionals\.
AI Improv: let’s build a game together with Claude Code, Codex, and Gemini and b
We are going to build together with all the CLIs! E will be doing it at Columbus Code and Coffee
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James Power, Organizer
Pete Gordon, Organizer
Just a Software Guy in the age of the Internet.
Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-columbus-presents-ai-improv-lets-build-a-game-together-with-claude-code-codex-and-gemini-and-be-the-judge/.






























