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We're delighted to announce an exciting LSCC event on Wednesday 13th May, in partnership with our friends at Zopa Bank! Join us at the Zopa Canary Wharf office in London for this session and get the chance to flex your architectural design muscles! "So how are we supposed to get great architects, if they only get the chance to architect fewer than a half-dozen times in their career?" — Ted Neward. This quote highlights the need for practice, which is what our LSCC architecture katas provide: a safe, repeatable way to hone your software architecture design skills by simulating architectural challenges. **What's the format?** You'll be split into groups and have a business problem to solve. You'll be tasked with designing a technical architecture to meet that problem context. As with real-life you'll have to manage various trade-offs in your design and interact with a Product Owner to clarify your questions. At the end of the task each team will showcase their architecture and technology choices back to the wider group as part of a group discussion. Whether you're a seasoned coder, software architect or new to the scene, you're invited to share insights, discuss best practices, and learn from fellow participants. No prior session attendance or architecture knowledge is required – just bring your enthusiasm. No laptop is required for this session, we'll provide each group with paper, pens and sticky notes to support the activity. Thank you to the Codurance team that will run the event at Zopa Bank's office. Find out more at https://www.codurance.com/ Food and drinks will be provided with vegetarian, vegan and non-alcoholic options available - thanks to Zopa Bank for sponsoring refreshments and hosting in their great office. **About Zopa** Founded in 2020 with a full banking licence and backed by some of Silicon Valley’s most iconic investors, digital bank Zopa is building the Home of Money. This is a place where financial products deliver good value and managing money is made effortless; deep and long-lasting relationships mean customers are left confident about their choices. One of the UK’s highest rated and most celebrated financial brands, Zopa has been recognised with over 10 British Bank Awards, holds a Trustpilot rating of 4.6/5, and has one of the highest customer satisfaction scores in the industry. Zopa Bank Limited is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and the Prudential Regulation Authority. https://www.zopa.com/ We look forward to seeing you soon!

Our meetups are friendly, inclusive and conversation-driven, designed to create a space where founders, operators and investors can share practical experience, discuss challenges openly, and learn from others who are building and scaling technology businesses in the real world. This session will include founder and operator talks, Q&A, guided discussion, and time for networking with peers across the startup and venture community. **We run:** • Bi-monthly in-person meetups in London • Occasional online sessions for our wider ecosystem Please keep an eye on our Meetup page for future events. Food and refreshments will be provided for in-person events where a host venue is supporting. We are delighted to host this event in **London** on the **13th of May** in partnership with **TBC** **Speakers & Sessions:** Speaker: TBC Session Title: TBC Description: TBC Speaker: TBC Session Title: TBC Description: TBC **Agenda (GMT / UK):** 18:00 — Arrival, welcome and refreshments 18:30 — Introduction — Ethan Sumner 18:35 — Speaker 1 19:05 — Break 19:20 — Speaker 2 19:50 — Close and networking **We are always keen to hear from:** • Speakers — founder journeys, operator insights and venture perspectives • Hosts — organisations able to support future meetups or roundtables • Sponsors — venue, refreshments, recording or accessibility support If you would like to speak, sponsor or host a future session, please get in touch with **[Ethan Sumner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethansumner404/)** via LinkedIn. This community forms part of the **[Community Stack ecosystem](https://www.meetup.com/pro/generative-ai-uk-community/)** and follows the **Community Stack Code of Conduct**, ensuring a respectful, inclusive and welcoming environment where people can share openly and learn from one another.

Register: [https://luma.com/hack-night-tessl-may13-2026?utm_source=neo4j](https://luma.com/hack-night-tessl-may13-2026?utm_source=neo4j) ## What's Hack Night? ​Five hours. One room full of builders. Zero fluff. As many demos as we can. ​Hack Night at Tessl is a London evening for people who would rather build than posture. You show up with an idea, find a team if you want one, spend a few focused hours shipping with a DJ in the background, and demo what you made before the night ends. Then we head to the pub. ​**When**: May 13\, 2026 \| 4:00 PM \- 8:45 PM BST **Where**: Tessl office, London ## Here's How It Works ​**4:00 PM - Doors Open** Check in, grab food, meet other builders, form groups, (or solo hack if you want) and decide what you're making. ​**4:30 PM - Opening Context** Quick welcome from the host and venue partner so everyone knows the flow for the night. ​**5:00 PM - Short Technical Remarks** If there are host or sponsor remarks, they stay short. The point is to get useful context, then get people building. ​**5:30 PM - Build Time** Heads down. Music on. Ship something. Use the time to test an idea, explore a tool, or finally build the thing you've been sitting on. ​**7:30 PM - Demo Time** Show what you made. Get feedback. See what everyone else shipped. ​**8:45 PM - Wrap Up** Final demos, shout-outs, and a clean finish to the night. And of course, Pub! We're heading to a pub nearby for a pint and a proper debrief. Come if you want to keep the conversation going.

After Thursday's election results, I have to go to this talk. I don't know anything about MP Liam Byrne but the LSE put on interesting talks. Looking forward to this one. Hosted by the International Inequalities Institute The LSE offer lectures that are open to the public (£3 attendance fee applies) on a variety of subjects. Let's meet outside Holborn tube station, just opposite the main entrance on Kingsway, next to the hat stall. We will walk down together at 6.10pm on the dot. Please be on time, the venue can be at capacity at 6.15pm! Please register for your free entrance ticket/QR code (Meetup attendance fee applies), they are asking a couple of questions: [https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/populists](https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/populists) Please note there is an **attendance contribution of £3** which goes towards the yearly Meetup platform fee, and our organisers voluntary time, both necessary to keep this club alive and running! This fee will be split 50/50 between the host, Giselle, and the group organiser Dul, thank you. \*\*?**?Blue Diamond Membership** If you like this event, we encourage you to join our ?*?Blue Diamond Membershi*p, for a symbolic £10/year towards making the club sustainable in the long run. This will give you some extra benefits beyond helping to keep the Club running, **including but not limited to waiving all Meetup / organisational fees set up per single even**t until next Meetup's Fee renewal (September 2026) You can send us your Blue Diamond Member contribution via Revolut [revolut.me/dulo](http://revolut.me/dulom) Or bank transfer to Dulcinea Ortiz. 04-00-75 acct 0759203 Please include your Meetup name as reference -- ⚠️No Show Policy London European Club is run by dedicated volunteers, whose time is important and whose efforts towards keeping the Club active must be respected. If you don't show up to three events that you have RSVPed to, you will be banned from the Club Changing your RSVP in the last 24 hours prior to the event is strongly discouraged

For our May meetup, we're delighted to be back at the fabulous Accurx offices. We have two amazing talks lined up and the agenda will be: * 6:30pm - arrive, drinks, networking * 7:00pm - Welcome & Housekeeping * 7:15pm - **Talk** **1: "A practical guide to inner sourcing your IDP"** Bridging the gap between developers and platform teams is hard. Scattered documentation, fragmented language and hidden knowledge leave developers frustrated, while platform teams struggle to understand what devs really need. Treating platforms as products is a start, but treating them like open source projects unlocks real collaboration, allowing developers to contribute and maintain features. In her roles as Developer Advocate and platform engineer, Lian has years of experience working with highly bureaucratic organisations helping to improve developer experience and adoption. In this talk, she’ll share concrete steps to identify contribution opportunities, set up maintainable processes, and measure engagement. You’ll leave inspired with ideas to boost adoption, reduce friction, and turn your platform into a collaborative, thriving ecosystem. **Speaker:** Lian Li, Cloud Native Human *Lian always wanted to save the world. After leaving law school, she decided to work with computers instead. While in Web Dev, she started attending tech events, and soon fell in love with the community. In her roles as Consultant and DevRel, Lian combined technical knowledge with a focus on the human side.* *Currently, Lian works as freelance Platform Engineer in Amsterdam and is the Chief Karaoke Officer for Kuberoke, the first and only Kubernetes Karaoke Community. She also enjoys performing in musical improvisation theatre and standup comedy shows.* * 7.45pm - food, more drinks & networking * 8.00pm - **Talk** **2: "The Humans Behind the Platform: Structuring Teams for Culture and Capability**" It’s easy to focus on the tech when building a Platform team, and that’s tremendously important, but it’s often the people and how they work together that determine success. Over the past couple of years, Claire has led a Platform Engineering Team through different formations, migrations, and tooling adoptions. Whatever shape the team has taken, whatever they're working on, the constants have been a need for clear purpose and a culture where people can thrive, this takes work, and has sometimes been tricky to get right. In this talk, she’ll share what she's learned from shaping and supporting platform teams: what’s worked (and what hasn’t) when it comes to team composition, balancing seniority, and supporting career growth. Collaboration is central to how to operate, so she’ll talk about how her team works with and supports internal customers, and what’s helped to navigate complex, knotty migration projects. She’ll also cover how they built a culture that gives engineers space to lead. We want engineers at every level to feel confident taking ownership, and that takes deliberate effort. If you’re figuring out how to shape your platform teams to enable others as well as deliver, this talk will offer practical ideas, and maybe a few things to rethink. **Speaker:** Claire Reckless, Engineering Manager *Claire is an Engineering Manager and leads a Platform Engineering Team. With a background spanning Tech Support, Testing, and QA across sectors like Finance and Security, she brings a deep appreciation for resilient systems and collaborative teams. Claire is passionate about learning and development, and she’s especially proud of her past work coordinating an apprentice programme, an initiative that’s helped build a more diverse and sustainable pipeline of engineering talent. She’s energised by helping engineers at all levels grow their confidence, take ownership, and shape the future of their teams.* * 8.30pm onwards - drinks and networking. So, please come and join us, we look forward to seeing you there. The LOPUG team. * Food and drinks provided * Good time will be had by all

Simple morning mindfulness meditation class at the School of Meditation, in Holland Park. No experience is required, and session is available to everyone...Simply RSVP or just turn up 5 minutes before the start of session to 158 Holland Park Avenue W11 4UH. Discover a deep, inner rest - an enduring part of the mind, beyond our normal cares and worries.

Something's shifted. The people who've spent years deep in data - the analysts, the engineers, the consultants - are building with AI agents now. **And it's the most exciting thing in a decade.** New tools. New workflows. Whole new ways of thinking about what data work even means. Everyone's experimenting. Everyone's learning. **Nobody's done this before.** We couldn't find a community in the UK for people doing this work. So we're starting one. In pubs, with laptops, sharing what's actually working. No slides. No pitches. No lanyard energy. Just people who build things, showing each other what they've built. **Bring your terminal. Bring your questions. Bring the thing that's half-working and you can't figure out why.** More at [swarm.org.uk](https://swarm.org.uk/)

**OpenClaw UK Southbank Social** **How to find us** Closest station: Waterloo. Location: Level 5 Blue Side, Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre. Use the Blue Side lifts, go to Level 5. Exit the lift, turn right, and walk towards the windows. Look for 'OpenClaw UK' signs on the tables. You can also ask for the "Singing Lift". Select '5'. Exit the lift, turn right and head towards the windows. **About the event** This is an open social for anyone with an interest in OpenClaw, from those who have recently discovered the project to those who have been contributing since its early days. The gathering is informal and unstructured, with no presentations or set agenda. Attendees are welcome to bring a laptop to share work, seek advice, or collaborate. Attendance is free of charge.

✨🎊 Welcome to DSF Big Birthday Bash 🎊✨ THE TICKET BALLOT IS NOW OPEN! Click the link below to enter the ballot 👇 [Click here!!!](https://datasciencefestival.com/event/big-birthday-bash-2026/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=meetup&utm_campaign=bigbdaybash) Join us on Saturday 16th May 2026, for our 12th Festival, at our London home CodeNode, celebrating DSF turning 10, for one day only! Enter the ticket ballot to be in with a chance of attending. 600 lucky people will get to attend this event for free 🎟️ 40 speakers, 4 stream rooms, 14 partners, lunch, swag bags, and an entire day to learn, mingle, and be inspired! Event time: 08:15 AM - 18:00 PM Venue address: CodeNode, 10 South Pl, London, EC2M 7EB Nearest tube station: Moorgate or Liverpool Street Schedule and speaker details are updated weekly [here.](https://datasciencefestival.com/event/big-birthday-bash-2026/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=meetup&utm_campaign=bigbdaybash) Please note this event will not be streamed, so please ensure you apply for a ballot ticket to watch these sessions live. **PLEASE NOTE: CLICKING ATTENDING ON MEETUP DOES NOT GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THIS EVENT. PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK ABOVE OR BELOW TO REGISTER FOR TICKETS**. Ticketing: Due to the popularity of Data Science Festival events, we are now allocating event tickets via a random ballot. Registering enters you into the ticket ballot for DSF Big Birthday Bash on Saturday 16th May 2026. The ballot will be drawn throughout the month of April 2026. If you have not received a ticket by May 7th 2026, unfortunately, you have been unsuccessful in getting a ticket. Those who are randomly selected will then be e-mailed tickets for the event. Please read how the ticketing works in full here. ([[https://datasciencefestival.com/2024/01/01/dsf-tickets-101-mayday-2024/](https://datasciencefestival.com/2024/01/01/dsf-tickets-101-mayday-2024/)]([https://datasciencefestival.com/2024/01/01/dsf-tickets-101-mayday-2024/](https://datasciencefestival.com/2024/01/01/dsf-tickets-101-mayday-2024/))) Event details: 🎟️ Please bring your ticket (a paper copy or on your phone) to the event to check in with your QR code. Tickets are non-transferable. Arrive before 10:00 AM for guaranteed entry. ☕️ There is no breakfast at the venue, however, there is tea, coffee, and water provided throughout the day. Lunch is also provided. Soft drinks and alcohol can be purchased from SpaceBar at Code Node. ⌚️ Doors will open at 8:15 AM sharp and attendee registration will begin at this time on Saturday 16th May 2026. Speaker sessions begin at 9:00 AM, but please arrive at least 45 minutes before the conference begins, to make sure you enter the event on time. Arrive before 10:00 AM for guaranteed entry. 📛 Please pick up your badge, schedule and SWAG bag at the registration table on the ground floor. 🤝 There will be networking at the Spacebar from 17:00 - 18:00 PM so come and say hello! FAQ will be live in April 2026. Please take some time to review this ahead of the event. Check out last year's DSF Game On here: [https://datasciencefestival.com/event/game-on-2025/](https://datasciencefestival.com/event/game-on-2025/) We can't wait to see you back in person! 👋 **#DSFBigBirthdayBash**

Humanity is at a crossroads, deciding which path to take: to change direction and live as one in peace and co-operation, through sharing – or continue on the path of war, competition and environmental destruction. The choice is ours. But we are not alone. For millennia, a group of spiritual teachers, from Their remote retreats, have overseen our evolution, and are now returning to the everyday world to guide and inspire humanity. For over 40 years, Scottish artist, author and lecturer Benjamin Creme (1922-2016), prepared the way for Maitreya, the World Teacher, and His group, the Masters of Wisdom. These spiritual teachers are now emerging and will inspire the building of an entirely new kind of civilisation where justice and freedom are the norm and peace will be assured. These talks are based on Benjamin Creme’s ‘Message of hope’, which millions around the world have heard. Followed by an introduction to Transmission Meditation, a simple, potent, group meditation for world service.

Visitors fee is £10 per session. Bank transfer to: Vib Wataranan 02140973 04-00-04 Feather shuttles included. Please pay online at least 24 hours before the session starts, to avoid being removed. Club sessions take part in the large sports hall on 6 courts at: The King's Club, Woodhayes Road, Wimbledon Common, SW19 4RJ If you RSVP and don't pay, and don't turn up without marking yourself as not going, you will immediately be BLOCKED from attending future sessions for having wasted a space. Games are arranged using a peg board. There is plenty of street parking. For more details check out our website: www.penguinbadminton.co.uk Or visit our Facebook Page Or WhatsApp Vib on 07711 643 116

Join us for an informal evening of experimenting, building, and sharing ideas around Umbraco and AI. Whether you're curious about AI-powered content generation, the Umbraco MCP Server, AI-assisted development workflows, or other AI innovations in Umbraco - this is your chance to experiment, learn, and build alongside fellow community members in a relaxed, supportive environment. Bring your laptop, your curiosity, and anything you’ve been meaning to try. You can come with a specific idea, jump into something with others, or just tinker and learn as you go. There’s no strict agenda, just a relaxed space to collaborate, swap ideas, and make progress together. We’ll kick things off with a quick intro, then open the floor for hacking, discussion, and demos. If you end up building something cool (or even just interesting), you’ll have the chance to share it with the group at the end. **EVENT HOSTS** [Novicell](https://www.novicell.com/uk/services/software-development/umbraco/) (Umbraco Gold Partner) have kindly agreed to provide refreshments and host us for the evening in their offices in Shoreditch. If you think you will be making it, please sign up ASAP. Novicell's offices are 21-33 Great Eastern St, London EC2A 3EJ in a building called Fora, approximately an 8 min walk from Liverpool St and Old St stations. If you arrive between 6:00 and 6:15pm there will be someone to meet you in reception with instructions. If you arrive later you might need to phone us to be let in: we shall email all attendees with the contact numbers on the day. **CODE OF CONDUCT** Please read the [Code of Conduct](https://bit.ly/UmbLondonCodeOfConduct) for all our events.

**AI Security Summit London — May 14, 2026** **Join us on this event where we'll dive into working with real AI systems** **— understanding how they break, and how to secure them properly.** Expect live model exploitation demos, architecture teardowns from teams shipping AI at scale, and hands-on workshops where you’ll actively break systems — then fix them. From LLM security to AI red teaming and secure-by-default development, everything is grounded in real-world practice from people doing this work every day. **📍 Venue & Schedule** * CodeNode London * 🕘 9:45 AM – 4:30 PM * 🍻 Happy Hour until 7:00 PM **👩‍💻 Who Should Attend** This track is designed for hands-on practitioners, including: * Engineers building AI features and infrastructure * Application Security (AppSec) teams testing those systems * AI/ML engineers and researchers deploying and tuning models * Platform and architecture engineers managing pipelines and endpoints * AI security practitioners focused on detection and response **🧠 What You’ll Learn** * Threat modeling for AI/ML with real attack patterns and failure cases * Securing models, training data, pipelines, and inference endpoints — with concrete configs and code references * Live red team demos — including prompt injection, misuse chains, and model abuse scenarios * LLM security hardening — prompt safety, hallucination controls, and abuse mitigation techniques * Detection & monitoring playbooks — key logs, thresholds, and incident response strategies that work in production Join us in London to connect with fellow builders and defenders — and leave with practical knowledge you can use right away.

MCP is changing how developers build with AI, but we're just scratching the surface. Join us for an evening of talks that go beyond retrieval to explore what's actually possible when you give agents real tools, real constraints and real APIs. **Agenda** ​6:00 PM - Doors open, registration and networking ​6:10 PM - Welcome (Upsun & Cloudflare) ​6:20 PM - MCP: Context is Everything! - Carly Richmond, Elastic ​6:45 PM - Sandboxes: how to limit agents so we can use them more - Patrick Dawkins, Upsun ​7:00 PM - Break (Food & Drinks) ​7:30 PM - Cooking with MCP in VS Code - Liam Hampton, Microsoft ​7:55 PM - Efficient tools with MCP code mode - Confidence Okoghenun, Cloudflare ​8:15 PM - Open networking and drinks ​9:00 PM - Close 🗣️ ​**Talks** ​**MCP: Context is Everything! - Carly Richmond (Developer Advocate Lead, Elastic)** ​MCP is a powerful tool for giving LLMs capabilities to not just retrieve information, but to automate key actions based on relevant data. Let’s see how it can be used for retrieving relevant context and other activities such as observability. ​**Efficient tools with MCP code mode - Confidence Okoghenun (Senior Developer Advocate, Cloudflare)** ​Traditional MCP approaches choke on context windows: Cloudflare's 2,500+ endpoint API would require 1.17 million tokens. Code Mode flips the script by having LLMs write code against typed APIs instead of making direct tool calls, achieving 99.9% token reduction. Come learn how code mode works and how to optimize your MCP tools with it. ​**Sandboxes: how to limit agents so we can use them more - Patrick Dawkins (Principal Engineer, Upsun)** ​We want our agents to run longer and use more tools, but we're hampered by constant prompts for approval. Sandboxes are the practical middle ground: isolate the agent so you can stop watching every command and let it work. This talk covers what "sandbox" means, who provides them today and the Linux primitives that let you build one yourself. ​**Cooking with MCP in VS Code - Liam Hampton (Senior Cloud Advocate, Microsoft)** ​In this session Liam will show you how VS Code is fully supporting the MCP spec, from MCP Apps to sandboxing and elicitations. 📅 **Date and Time:** Thursday, May 14, from 6:00-9:00 PM 📍 **Location:** Cloudflare Address: 6th Floor, County Hall/The, Riverside Building, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 7PB, UK 👉 You can also register here: https://luma.com/eb8j6lhu ⚠️ Please make sure you provided your full name (no nicknames or abbreviations will be allowed) and to bring your ID card as it will be mandatory to show it upon check-in to security. Entry will be first come, first served. We recommend arriving early to make sure you get in. **⚡️ Interested in giving a talk? ⚡️** Have you ever considered presenting on your Elastic use case? We welcome 5-10 minute lightning talks, 45-minute deep dives, and everything in between. If you're interested, please submit via our [CFP](https://sessionize.com/elastic-meetups/) or send us an email at [meetups@elastic.co.](http://meetups@elastic.co./)

**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

Customer identity resolution becomes increasingly complex as organizations scale across multiple systems, regions, and data formats. Traditional rule-based approaches often fail to keep up with data variability, require constant manual tuning, and struggle with real-time processing needs. This session presents a practical approach to building a scalable identity resolution pipeline using AWS services and modern AI techniques. The architecture combines data ingestion through Amazon S3 and AWS Glue, transformation pipelines using Spark on EMR, and machine learning models deployed via SageMaker for entity matching and standardization. Graph-based relationship modeling is implemented using Amazon Neptune to improve resolution accuracy by incorporating household and shared attribute context. We will walk through how machine learning models can be used for name and address normalization, how intelligent blocking strategies improve matching efficiency, and how feedback loops can be introduced to continuously improve accuracy. The session also highlights how serverless components such as AWS Lambda can be used for orchestration and real-time processing. **SPEAKER BIO** Mosaic Syed is a Senior Data Engineering and Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience designing and delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance data solutions across global enterprise environments. https://www.linkedin.com/in/mosaic-basha-syed-92300856 **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: [https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/](https://www.awscolumbus.com/get-involved/) **THANK YOU** *VEEAM* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Veeam*, please visit their website: [https://www.veeam.com/](https://www.veeam.com/) **DIRECTIONS** 8800 Lyra Dr #450 · Columbus, OH go to 4th floor. **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

**Join Katie McCartney, SRES®, for a clear and easy‑to‑understand update on what the 2026 Central Ohio housing market means for seniors and their families.** Whether you’re planning ahead, helping a parent make decisions, or simply trying to understand today’s market, this session offers reliable insights without pressure or overwhelm. During this free class, Katie will break down the trends shaping housing for older adults in Central Ohio, explain what families should realistically expect in 2026, and answer your questions during an open Q&A. This is a supportive, information‑focused workshop designed to give you confidence and clarity — no sales pitch, just helpful guidance. *** **Ideal for:** * Seniors considering future housing options * Adult children supporting aging parents * Anyone seeking a calm, trustworthy source of market information *** **What You’ll Learn:** * A senior‑friendly look at the 2026 Central Ohio housing market * Personalized answers during an open Q&A You’ll leave with a better understanding of your options and your next steps. *** **Hosted by:** **Katie McCartney, Broker & Senior Real Estate Specialist® (SRES) with** Pillar Realty, LLC Compassionate guidance for seniors navigating housing transitions in Central Ohio. *** **Location:** Columbus Metropolitan Library: Dublin Branch 75 N High St, Dublin, OH 43017 ([https://maps.app.goo.gl/GL2vbJgUHqTncbHZ9](https://maps.app.goo.gl/GL2vbJgUHqTncbHZ9)) Meeting Room 1 **Doors Open:** 1 PM **Seats:** Limited Seating (first come, first served) **Cost:** Complimentary

Columbus Code & Coffee is an inclusive, informal co-working session. People of all skill levels attend, and we love it that way. Many people (optionally) bring projects to work on, and many other people (optionally) socialize the entire time. It's entirely up to you! **What to Expect at the Intro Circle** \~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~\~ Near the beginning of the event (1:30 pm), we do a standup: * Organizer announcements, updates, and logistics Round 1 - (7 secs max): * Your name * What you're working on * What you can help others with Round 2: * Community events you wanna plug. If none, that's cool too. Round 3: * Job opportunities you're hiring for OR announce that you are looking for one. If none, that's cool. After the introduction circle, everything is self-organized! Feel free to work alone, pair up, attend one of our workshops/presentations, or mingle!

Practical AI for Power BI Developers A year ago, “agentic AI” was mostly hype for Power BI teams. Today, it deserves your undivided attention. For Power BI pros, there is now a real opportunity to reduce repetitive development work, accelerate delivery, and help developers do more, but only when strong DataOps practices are in place to make AI workflows effective. This session is a no-nonsense introduction to effective AI patterns for Power BI and Fabric development. Along the way, we will make sense of the growing pile of terminology, including skills, plugins, hooks, and MCP. You will see examples of how modern AI tooling can help with development tasks across Power BI and Fabric, along with the prerequisites, guardrails, and DataOps principles needed to use it responsibly. Whether you're burned out on AI hype or already using Copilot CLI daily, this session will show you the foundations that are finally making AI-assisted development genuinely useful.

Join the Columbus AI community for our quarterly gathering — a casual, community-focused evening where everyone has a chance to share, learn, and connect. These open mic–style events give anyone in the community up to **5 minutes** to present a project, share a tool, pose a question, or offer a perspective on the evolving AI space. No slides required — just a welcoming space to exchange ideas and keep the local AI conversation moving. If you’d like to take the stage, message \*\*Chris (the organizer)\*\*with a **title and short description** of what you’d like to share. Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus. Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.linkedin.com/company/transformlabs/) Sign up also accessible via [Transform Labs Luma](https://luma.com/transformlabshq)