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From AI Pilot to Production
**From Pilot to Production:** **Why Most AI Projects Die — and What the 10% Do Differently**
Everyone is running AI pilots. Almost nobody's getting them to production.
This second AI Transformers meetup, in cooperation with **[Emplifi](https://emplifi.io/)**, focuses on what actually happens between “we tried it” and “it runs our business” — the organizational blockers, data gaps, budget battles, and change management challenges that determine whether AI initiatives succeed or stall.
We’ll bring together real stories from people who shipped and people who failed, to explore what separates the few AI projects that make it to production from the many that don’t.
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**Theme: From Pilot to Production**
We’ll discuss questions like:
* Why do so many AI pilots fail to scale?
* What are the biggest blockers between experimentation and production?
* How do data, governance, and organizational readiness affect success?
* What do the most successful AI teams do differently?
* How can companies turn AI ambition into real business value?
### **Format**
Short lightning talks followed by a moderated panel discussion and networking — focused on practical lessons, real-world experience, and honest conversations about what it takes to move AI into production.
**Speakers**
Leaders and practitioners from different size companies sharing concrete examples.
**[Ohad Hecht](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ohadhecht/) –** CEO at Emplifi
**[Petra Lovčinská](https://www.linkedin.com/in/petralovcinska/?originalSubdomain=cz) -** AI Business Implementation Lead at Raiffeisenbank Czech republic
**[Dario Sapienza](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dario-sapienza-a23a2b14/),** Principal Group Software Engineering Manager at Microsoft
**Moderator: [Michal Ličko](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michallicko/)** – CEO, Visionvolve
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**Agenda — 20 May**
* **17:30 - 18:00** – Registration
* **18:00–18:10** – Welcome
* **18:10–19:00** – 15-minute lightning talks
* **19:00–19:30** – Moderated panel
* **19:30–20:00** – Networking
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**👥 Who Is This For?**
* Founders & startup leaders
* Product managers & engineering leaders
* Corporate innovators & digital transformation teams
* Data scientists, AI engineers, and researchers
* Anyone curious about how AI is reshaping business and work
Whether you’re just starting or already running AI initiatives, you’ll walk away with **practical insights, real examples, and new connections**.
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**Practical Info**
* **Date:** May 20
* **Time:** 17: 30–20:00
* **Location:** Emplifi Czech republic, [Pernerova 51, 186 00 Karlín](https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x470b94a15eedb553:0xcb4c591e1fcf1e76?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111)
* **Language:** English
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**Attendance is free, but spots are limited.**
RSVP to secure your place and join the people building the AI-native future of Prague and Europe.
By attending this event, you agree that photos and videos of you may be used for marketing purposes; if you do not consent, please let us know at the venue or contact the organizers in advance.
Open Mic | Jam Session
🎤🔥 OPEN MIC \| JAM SESSION @ Tequila Tales 🔥🎶
Ready to step on stage, grab the mic, and let your talent shine? ✨
We’re launching a weekly Open Mic \| Jam Session — a vibrant\, inclusive space where artists come together to create\, experiment\, and perform in front of an energetic\, supportive crowd 🎭💛
📅 Every Wednesday
🚀 First Edition: Wednesday, 21st January 2026
🎭 Who can perform?
🎤 Poets & spoken word artists
😂 Stand-up comedians
🎸 Musicians & bands
🎭 Improv & theatre performers
🪄 Magicians & experimental acts
⏱ Performance slots: 15–20 minutes
🎶 Open format \| Free entry \| Community vibes only
📝 Want to perform? Sign up here:
👉 https://forms.gle/uwcZcDdGkBwM3Yqs9
⏰ Signup deadline: Sunday 19:00 (same week)
📋 Final roster announced: Monday
⚠️ Late requests may be considered via WhatsApp on Monday & Tuesday only if slots are available — no guarantees once the lineup is full.
Whether you’re testing new material, performing for the first time, or just soaking in the creative energy — this stage is yours 🎶🔥
Come perform, come support, come vibe ✨🍹
🎤💥 Every Wednesday. One mic. Endless talent. 💥🎤
AI prompting essentials. Workshop for non-techies
**AI Prompting Essentials**
*Learn how to talk to AI and actually get what you want.*
In this hands-on workshop we'll explore the essentials of prompting: how to structure your requests, get more useful outputs and make AI work for you in your everyday life and work.
No technical background needed, just curiosity! 💜
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**You'll leave with:**
• A solid understanding of how prompting works
• Practical techniques you can use immediately
• More confidence using AI tools in your daily life
Community Chatter: practical AI
How are community builders actually using AI in their day-to-day work—beyond the hype and into real workflows?
Join us for a Community Chatter focused on practical AI tools and approaches that help teams move faster, support their people better, and rethink how communities grow. This session brings together speakers who have built and deployed their own AI-powered solutions—from editorial coaching agents and community automation stacks to internal knowledge assistants employees actually trust.
You’ll hear how AI is being used to:
* turn rough ideas into publishable content without bottlenecks
* better understand and manage growing communities
* create reliable, accessible knowledge systems inside organizations
**Speakers & Talks**
[Jan Meissne](https://www.linkedin.com/in/necasjiri/?utm_source=luma)[r](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-meissner/?utm_source=luma)
*Coaching, Not Gatekeeping: Building an AI Editorial Agent for Our R&D Blog*
The more AI handles the routine, the more the human stuff matters. This talk is a small story inside that bigger one. A year ago, this would have been a favour I'd ask a senior engineer for - and then keep bothering them about every time something broke. Instead, I built it myself: an AI-powered editorial coach that helps our engineers, PMs and designers turn rough ideas into publishable blog posts. Azure Functions, React, Claude. Things I'd nodded along to at conferences for years and never expected to actually touch. I'll share how it was structured, tuned, and what it changed about how people write and publish. Although I hit a token limit in Claude Code halfway through. It's in production anyway.
[Láďa Vašek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ladislav-vasek/?locale=en&utm_source=luma)
*From Chat to Code: How We Run a 500-Member Community with AI (Without Being a Developer)*
A practical, no-code journey through building and running a community with AI tools. Láďa will walk through his stack and share a surprising insight: not all members matter equally—and AI can help you figure out who actually does.
[Jirka Nečas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/necasjiri/?utm_source=luma)
*Good Input Means Good Output: How We Built an AI Agent Employees Actually Trust*
A behind-the-scenes look at building an internal AI assistant that employees actually use. Jirka will show how leveraging existing data, analyzing real employee questions, and embracing imperfect systems can lead to a reliable, everyday knowledge tool.
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This event is organized for the Czech community of community builders, especially those working with engineering and tech teams—but everyone curious about practical AI in community and team enablement is welcome.
Pyvo Prague #180: BE-A: AI hotelová recepční
**Talks:**
**BE-A: AI hotelová recepční: Python, fastapi, langchain, TTS/STT, K8s**
*by Lukáš Korous*
Na praktickém příkladu ukážeme, jak navrhnout autonomní AI systém, který je spolehlivý a zná své limity. Nemusí umět všechno, ale to, co dělá, musí fungovat bez chyb. Podíváme se, jak se to promítá do architektury, testování i provozu.
**Schedule**
**18:30** – Doors open
**19:00** – Talk “BE-A: AI hotelová recepční”
19:45 – Lightning talks: add yours to [https://bit.ly/prpylight](https://bit.ly/prpylight)
after 20:00 – Networking
**Good to know**
* You don’t have to register for this meetup – the actual attendance is much bigger (40–70 Pythonistas) than indicated in the “Going” list here.
* **Cash only payments – club doesn’t accept cards.**
* Talks at Pyvo are mostly in Czech but it there’s somebody who doesn’t understand Czech talks are switched to English if the speaker is able to do so.
* Besides both soft drinks and beer it's possible to eat at the club. Choice is variable and consists of 4 to 7 options ranging from toast, sausages and soup to fried cheese in a bun, goulash or schnitzel.
* Club closes at midnight.
Wednesday Vltava Run
We are a group of runners who meet most weeks for a run around the beautiful Vltava River's edge.
You can bring your running shoes straight from the office/home office if you don't have time to stop at home. There will be a place to put your bags in the Cafe. We will run about 9 km along the river and have a drink afterwards. Paces vary!
We will meet in the square near Kavarna Liberal (Hermanova 6), near the Vltavska metro/tram stop at 6:30 on Wednesday.
See you there!
AI apokalypsa pro vývojáře?
**🔥 TechTalk #5**
Každá generace má svůj „konec světa“.
Někdy to byla jaderná válka.
Někdy internet.
**Dnes je to AI.**
Jedni říkají, že zachrání svět.
Druzí, že vezme práci a zničí IT.
Realita bývá vždycky někde mezi.
Proto tentokrát nechceme keynote ani marketing.
Chceme otevřenou technickou debatu o tom, co AI skutečně dělá s vývojem, architekturou a odpovědností za software.
**🔥PANELOVÍ HOSTÉ NA ROŠTU:**
**🗣️ #1 - [Jan Sládek](https://www.linkedin.com/in/honzasladek/) (CEO [contember](https://www.contember.com/))**
**🗣️ #2 - [Michael Žabka](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-zabka) (CTO [signageOS](https://www.signageos.io/))**
🗣️ **#3 - [Miloš Čermák](https://x.com/cermak) (novinář v [jednoprocento](https://www.jednoprocento.cz/))**
**TÉMATA Z APOKALYPTICKÉ KUCHYNĚ:**
🔥 Budeme **rozumět kódu**, který AI generuje?
🔥 Jak budeme dělat code review něčemu, čemu **nikdo nerozumí**?
🔥 Je **halucinace** stále téma nebo pomalu **zaniká**?
🔥 Security, agent **prompt injection**, úniky kódu a porušování **vlastnického práva**.
🔥 Dříve jsme byli **placení za psaní** kódu; teď jsme **placení za čtení** a kontrolu.
🔥 **Junioři** se nemohou **nic naučit**.
🔥 Anthropic si může napsat **všechen software světa** sám!
🔥 Explozivní růst **technického dluhu** maskovaný produktivitou.
🔥 Tiché **selhávání AI projektů**, o kterých se **veřejně nemluví**.
**Podíváme se na to, co dnes AI skutečně dělá s vývojem** – od generování kódu, testů a návrhů architektury přes explozivní růst objemu kódu, kterému už nikdo pořádně nerozumí, až po nový typ technického dluhu maskovaný produktivitou.
**Nebudeme řešit, jestli nám AI vezme práci. Budeme řešit, jak se změní odpovědnost za software a jak udržet kvalitu systémů v době, kdy stále větší část kódu vzniká strojově.**
Panel bude proložen krátkou technickou přednáškou z praxe:
* ⚡ **(překvapení)**
🪢 Celým večerem vás bude opět provázet **[Marek Velas](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marek-velas)** (**[edupunk.cz](https://www.edupunk.cz/)**), který se postará o to, aby diskuze nepřešla v generování náhodných výkřiků a měla spád.
\#\#\#\# KDY A KDE:
* 📅 **Datum:** Ve středu 20. 5. 2026
* ⏰ **Čas:** 18:30 - 22:00
* 📍 **Místo:** signageOS s.r.o., Evropská 11/2758, Praha 6-Dejvice
Těšíme se na setkání! Přijďte, dokud nás ještě nenahradili roboti 🤖💣
Performance Monitoring Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
Knowledge Graphs and Semantic Relationships: A Must for AI-Ready Data
As many of you already know [1touch.io](http://1touch.io%2A%2A/) has joined Everpure to combine its AI-driven data discovery and classification capabilities with Everpure’s global scale, accelerating the delivery of next-generation data management solutions. This meetup will be special!
**Speaker:** **[Ashish Gupta](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashishgupta2025/)** - CEO and President of [1touch.io](http://1touch.io/)
Ashish drives a bold vision to redefine how enterprises discover, understand, and secure sensitive data in the age of AI. A dynamic and highly regarded technology leader, he brings more than two decades of experience scaling high-growth companies across cybersecurity, enterprise software, and data infrastructure.
Prior to joining [1touch.io](http://1touch.io/), Ashish served as CEO of Bugcrowd, where he accelerated the company’s growth, strengthened its market position, and expanded its platform to meet the evolving demands of modern security teams. His earlier leadership roles at global technology companies including Microsoft, Infoblox, Genesys, Actian, and Vidyo reflect a consistent track record of building innovative products, leading high-performing teams, and delivering impactful go-to-market strategies. He now joins Everpure as the General Manager of Data Management.
**Talk:** Ashish will talk about why, in today’s AI world, the quality and structure of your data directly impact how well your models actually perform, and why many organizations are still limited by the way their data is set up.
He’ll break down why traditional systems fall short and introduce knowledge graphs as a critical foundation for modern AI - connecting data through relationships, not just storing it in isolated tables. Instead of fragmented datasets, you get a connected view: customers linked to purchases, products tied to categories, and patterns that AI can actually understand and act on.
You’ll see how this approach brings real-world context into your data, enabling smarter use cases like better recommendations, stronger fraud detection, and more meaningful insights.
Ashish will also explain how adding a semantic layer transforms raw data into actionable intelligence, helping AI systems make more accurate predictions by understanding how things relate, not just what they are.
If you're working on AI (or planning to) this session will show you why this isn’t just an upgrade, it’s the foundation for making AI actually work.
**Time Agenda:**
17:30–18:00 – Doors open and registration with snacks and beer
18:00–19:00 – Talk
19:00–20:00 – Networking time
20:00 – Doors close
Read & Riff: A Book Club for Short Story Lovers
**Love a short story? You’ve come to the right place.**
**Read & Riff is a book club for short story lovers. We come together to share what we loved, hated, questioned and everything in between about a selected story.**
**Read the selected story in advance, then join Debbie (your host) who will bring thoughtful questions to guide the discussion and keep the conversation flowing.**
**All opinions are welcome!**
**Date: 22 May 2026**
**Time: 18:30 - 20:30**
**Place: L'Objet Trouvé, [Šternberkova 1253/11](https://www.google.com/maps/place/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x470b953171be0109:0x9f10916e61cb64c3?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111)**
**Story: My Lady love, my dove - By Roald Dahl**
**Link to text: [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1952/06/21/my-lady-love-my-dove](https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1952/06/21/my-lady-love-my-dove)**
**Mark yourself as ‘going’ in the Facebook/meet up events so we can make sure we have enough space.**
PMing in the AI Era: From Chaos to Specs AI Can Actually Build 🤖🔥
We’re shipping faster than ever… and also explaining way more why things didn’t turn out quite right 😄
This Product Tank brings two sides of the same story:
👉 How to survive (and function) as a PM in AI chaos
👉 How to write specs that AI can actually build from
Talks:
🎤 Jindra Regál ()
You Are the Ultimate Product: Creating Value in Non-Tech Fields
In the AI era, everything gets built multiple times a day. So what problems are still worth solving?
After working with companies like Avast, Productboard, Better Stack, Ataccama, and BottleCap AI, I found the most meaningful work came from solving small, practical problems for real people and businesses.
A talk about applying product thinking outside IT companies, expanding your perspective beyond software, and learning to treat yourself, your skills, curiosity, and adaptability, as the ultimate product to manage.
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🎤 Jakub Elias (Similarweb)
PMing in the AI era
PMs are having an identity crisis. Designers prototype with AI. Engineers spec with AI. You hear about CEOs shipping features from the back of an Uber. So what's left for you? Turns out, still quite a lot.
This talk is about what the job actually becomes when building gets cheap and deciding gets hard. How the trio holds together when everyone's on everyone else's turf. How to keep a roadmap alive when the ground shifts every few weeks. And lastly, what's now expected of a PM - being a real builder.
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🎤 Dominik Ilichman (Productboard)
AI coding agents have compressed software delivery like never before — features that used to take weeks now ship in days. But here's the catch: agents don't improvise. They don't fill gaps, ask clarifying questions, or read between the lines. Ambiguity doesn't get resolved — it gets built wrong. The bottleneck has moved from engineering capacity to clarity, and the product specification is now the most critical artifact a PM produces.
In this talk, Dominik explores how the PM's role is fundamentally shifting as a result. We'll look at what great AI-ready specs look like in practice: grounding them in your codebase and real customer feedback, using prototypes as a diagnostic tool, and why the spec — not the code — is becoming your team's true intellectual property. He'll also show how tools like Productboard Spark are flipping the traditional workflow — instead of the PM writing and AI helping, AI drafts and the PM steers — making it possible to go from opportunity to delivery-ready specification in a fraction of the time.
If you're a PM figuring out how to stay high-leverage in the age of AI, this talk is for you.
77. pražský sraz přátel PHP@Shoptet
Ahoj Péhapkáři!
Zveme vás na další sraz komunity.
🎤 Anastasiia Kovalova - Když AI agenti narazí na legacy PHP
🎤 Milan Šulc - AI automatizační stack do každé vývojářské rodiny
🎤 Josef Jebavý - Jak dělat frontend backendově
17:30 – open doors
18:00 – přednáška
18:40 – přednáška
19:20 – přednáška
20:00 - kvíz & networking
Děkujeme našim partnerům a těšíme se na viděnou!
Adresa: Shoptet - Pod Dráhou 1637/6, budova E3, Praha 7
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**Anastasiia Kovalova - Když AI agenti narazí na legacy PHP**
Co se stane, když AI agenti dostanou reálný ticket v existující codebase, jak nastavit workflow, kontext, validaci a kontrolní body tak, aby jejich výstupy dávaly smysl. (porovnávání Claude Code, OpenCode, Codex)
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**Milan Šulc - AI automatizační stack do každé vývojářské rodiny**
*Pečovatel o open-source webové slony, potápějící se Docker containery a nemocné servery. V Shoptetu má na starost AI — žádný vývojář nebude sedět (bez tokenů) v koutě.*
Jeden prompt nestačí. Pokud chcete stavět AI automatizace, které přežijí první demo, potřebujete víc než jen API klíč k LLM. Potřebujete workflow engine, model routing, logování promptů, vyhodnocování odpovědí, ingest dat, klasickou databázi i vektorové vyhledávání. Ukážeme si vývojářský AI automatizační stack postavený na nástrojích jako n8n, OpenRouter, LiteLLM, Langfuse, Firecrawl, Postgres a Qdrant. Projdeme, jakou roli v architektuře hrají, co řeší, co neřeší a jak je poskládat do praktických interních workflow, agentů a automatizací.
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**Josef Jebavý - Jak dělat frontend backendově**
*je cyklista a freediver, který se prvně s programováním a Linuxem setkal již před rokem 2000. Když zjistil, že s počítači jsou problémy, rozhodl se vystudovat informatiku a následně zakotvil jako nezávislý IT specialista. Dlouhodobě se specializuje na: servery, kontejnery v cloudu, webové aplikace a zálohování vše s důrazem na efektivitu testování a bezpečnost. Mezi jeho nejčastěji používané AI nástroje patří Gemini a Cursor.*
V posledních letech se při vývoji webových aplikací přechází čím dál více na frontendové technologie. Od nástupu AI a vlny vibecodingu javascriptový frontendový framework automatickou volbou pro webové aplikace. Jednou z několika nejpoužívanějších technologií pro vývoj webu bylo vždy PHP. Od PHP verze 7 se z PHP stal robustním programovacím jazykem a díky dalším nástrojům, jako je PHPStan, výrazně narostla hodnota ekosystému PHP. Podle mého názoru je na tom PHP vývoj aktuálně stále lépe než javascriptové technologie.
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ReactGirls & Active24 - #PubKvíz
**Pražský hospodský kvíz komunity** [ReactGirls](https://reactgirls.com/) ve spojení s [Active24](https://www.active24.cz/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=_1_1_DO-SEA-CZ-brand-exact&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=23130107688&gbraid=0AAAAADtuW_mRaElabVETeOLYM8g5BYi1D&gclid=Cj0KCQjw77bPBhC_ARIsAGAjjV8Kma-vN3932VPzA64a6jyh0fdWeK3R-HQ3ND7f_flnzM069LGQqogaApWlEALw_wcB).
**Kdy:** 21\. 5\. od 18h
**Kde:** kanceláře Active24 Sokolovská 394/17, 186 00 Karlín (6. patro)
**Jazyk**: CZ
Chceš se potkat s komunitou i jinde než na meetupu? Doraž na náš první **#PubKvíz**, který pořádáme společně s Active24!
**Jak to bude vypadat?**
Počítáme s týmy po 3-5 lidech. Finální nahlašování týmů bude ale probíhat až při příchodu na místo. Dorazit můžeš i pokud nemáš žádný tým předem domluvený. Pomůžeme ti se k někomu přidat. :)
V kvízu budeme mít 5 tematických kol po 10 otázkách. Část bude technická, část netechnická a část jen tak pro srandu. :) Tentokrát budeme mít jedno z kol zaměřené na téma AI.
Kapacita je omezená, pokud nemáš v plánu opravdu dorazit, odhlas se prosím včas. Z kapacitních důvodů budeme také při přihlašování prioritizovat stálé členy komunity před širokou veřejností, děkujeme za pochopení. :)
Pokud budeš mít dotaz, napiš nám. Těšíme se na tebe!
**Harmonogram akce:**
**18.00** otevíráme
**18:30 Začátek kvízu**
ℹ️ Na našich eventech pravidelně fotíme a natáčíme. Fotky a videa používáme k propagaci našich aktivit na webu a sociálních sítích. Pokud na fotkách být nechceš, dej vědět organizátorům na místě.
Těšíme se!
Tým ReactGirls
Saturday running and coffee
Hi All,
Come and join us for social running and a coffee!
We meet at the main gate of Vystaviste - tram stop Vystaviste Holesovice. We will run in Stromovka.
Usually we run around 50mins and it is up to everyone how many kilometres. We welcome all levels of runner. We can all run together or, if there is more of us, we can split into groups and at the end of the run we all meet close to the starting point to go for a coffee to a nice local coffee place (where they also sell cakes and great chocolate). If the weather is great, we can also just sit in one of the outside coffee placces in Stromovka and enjoy the sun.
This is where we meet:
http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/7/7/3/1/600_447930513.jpeg
Critique-Free Writing Group [in-person & virtual]
This group is for anyone who writes - for any reason. Have a thesis or article you need to write? Trying to finish a novel or an academic paper? This group is for you.
We are currently meeting in-person at Locus Workspace. If you have any questions, contact Sonya Lano here or on Facebook or Messenger (https://www.facebook.com/sonya.lano).
We start at 9:00, introduce ourselves, and share a few words about what we're working on and what we hope to accomplish during the session. At the end of the session, you can give us a brief recap of how it went. We'll break at noon.
The afternoon session starts at 2:00 pm. You're welcome to join both sessions or just one. Please come as close to 9:00 as you can if you come for the morning session. If you come to the afternoon session, we are usually back by about a quarter to 2:00.
Performance Monitoring Events Near You
Connect with your local Performance Monitoring community
TBD
**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
Speak Easy (Storytelling)
The topic for May is "Ink"
Speak Easy: true stories, told live.
The idea is simple: an audience, an open microphone, and great stories. Hilarious, gripping, poignant- it's up to you. Audiences are invited to come to listen or come to tell as folks from all corners of Columbus offer their stories live on stage! Held at Wild Goose Creative's warm, intimate space, this night of tales occurs on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm. Please arrive early if you want to tell, as we generally only have room for a limited number of tellers, and the sign-up sheet has a tendency to fill up fast.
Formed around the idea that people need stories--they're what hold and draw us together--SpeakEasy celebrates the strangeness and commonness of being human. And in a world of smartphones, Facebook, Twitter, and more . . . it gives people a real, breathing, in-person way to connect.
The night is geared for true stories of all kinds, taking the best tales told around kitchen tables, in darkened pubs, on the street corner, and at late-night parties and giving them an audience. Speak Easy is also a great outlet for performers, writers, and artists looking to share their favorite stories and perfect their skills. We strongly encourage tellers to please tell the story rather than read it so we keep within the spirit of good storytelling and stay engaged with the audience. All are welcome. Hang around after the show for a drink and build community!
Feel Good Friday: POWER BALLAD at the Gateway Film Center + SHAKE NO. 8!
Join us as we get together to see Paul Rudd in the latest comedy-drama-musical from John Carney, POWER BALLAD! The film follows a washed-up wedding singer, a fading boy band singer and a stolen hit song. Here’s a description, trailer and plan for this event:
DESCRIPTION: Rick, a washed-up wedding singer, and Danny, a fading boy band star, bond over music and a late-night jam session. When Danny turns Rick's song into a hit, Rick sets out to reclaim the recognition he believes he deserves. Power Ballad is written/directed by John Carney, the master of the modern musical and creative mind behind Once, Begin Again and Sing Street! It stars Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Peter McDonald, Marcella Plunkett, Havana Rose Liu and Jack Reynor.
BUZZ & ACCLAIM: The film premiered to rave reviews at this year’s Dublin International Film Festival where critics call it “a sure-fired crowd-pleaser” that “just might be the feel-good hit of the year!” Others say, “Paul Rudd delivers a career-best performance in this charmer” that’s both “hilarious and deeply moving!”
SUMMER OF ICE CREAM, VOL 2: SHAKE NO. 8! Ranked the #1 Ice Cream Shop in Columbus in 2024, this is the perfect place to kick off our Summer of Ice Cream and grab a sweet treat after the show! Their menu features an array of traditional, specialty and vegan shakes, hot cocoa, and more! You can check out their full menu here: [https://www.shakeno8.com/menu.php](https://www.shakeno8.com/menu.php)
PLAN: We’ll plan for a 7pm-ish showing and will meet in the lobby area about 20 minutes before the show. Once showtime is announced, advance ticket purchase is advised! Once you have yours, please list your seat number in the Comments section of this event. We'll head to nearby Shake No. 8 immediately following the show!
Should be a fun one, Dan
Version Control for Unity
This meetup is a beginner-friendly session introducing version control for Unity projects, with a look at three common tools: Git, Perforce, and Unity Version Control. The goal is to help you understand what version control is, why it matters for Unity development, and what options are out there.
The format will likely be presentation-style, with live demos and time for questions throughout. You'll see each tool in action and learn how they fit into a Unity workflow.
What to Expect:
* An introduction to version control and why it's essential for Unity projects
* An overview of Git, Perforce, and Unity Version Control
* Demos of each tool in a Unity workflow
* Tips for getting started
* No prior version control experience required
* Resources for continued learning
All experience levels are welcome. Whether you're new to version control or already using one of these tools, this session will help you understand what each one offers.
Food and drinks provided. Join us to learn more about version control options for Unity.
Building Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework
We will show how to build custom agents with Microsoft Agent Framework. Attendees will learn how to build and custom host agents when Microsoft Foundry is not a viable option.
Raising Conscious Kids – A Unity Family Experience
At Unity of Columbus, our Youth and Family Ministry nurtures the spiritual growth of children and families through love, joy, and practical spiritual teachings. Each Sunday, children explore timeless spiritual principles through stories, creative activities, music, and group sharing in a safe and welcoming environment.
Our program encourages children to discover their own inner light, express kindness, and develop a personal connection with God. Together, we celebrate diversity, cultivate understanding, and inspire each child to live with purpose and compassion. Parents and families are invited to join in this uplifting journey of learning, laughter, and spiritual connection.
Drunken Philosophy: What’s up with all the AI hate?
**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.













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