Oracle Database Administration

Agent memory is a mess. Most teams are stitching together a vector store, a graph database, and some middleware - three systems to manage, three potential failure points, and no guarantees that any of it stays consistent. It works until it doesn't. In this meetup, we're looking at what it actually takes to solve this properly. Not a quick fix, not another abstraction layer - memory that's transactional, structured, and built into the database itself. We'll look show what that looks like in practice with Spectron, SurrealDB's brand new agent memory system. We'll also walk through a full-stack knowledge graph RAG system - end-to-end, real code, real trade-offs - plus a guest talk from LangChain. Hard questions welcome. Drinks & pizza on us. *** **Talks** Tobie Morgan Hitchcock (CEO, SurrealDB) **Spectron: What agent memory looks like when it's built into the database** Martin (Solutions Engineer, SurrealDB) **Full-stack knowledge graph RAG with agentic memory** Igor Repka (Solutions Architect, LangChain) **Details coming soon!** *** **Agenda** * 18:00 - Doors + drinks + pizza * 18:30 - Welcome * 18:35 - Talks + Q&A * 20:00 - Drinks + networking * 20:30 - Close *** **About the speakers** **[Tobie Morgan Hitchcock](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiemorganhitchcock/) (CEO & Co-Founder, SurrealDB)** Tobie Morgan Hitchcock is CEO & Co-Founder of SurrealDB, an AI-native, multi-model database for modern applications. A tech entrepreneur and software engineer with 17 years in the software and cloud-computing industries, he founded SurrealDB in 2021 with a focus on distributed databases and highly-available architectures. **[Martin Schaer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinschaer/) (Solutions Engineer, SurrealDB)** Martin is a computer science engineer working at SurrealDB and his own GenAI startup. He recently worked in lab automation designing declarative frameworks for instrument drivers, and his background spans everything from 3D visualisation for robotic systems to founding an advertising agency in Costa Rica. **FAQs** **Is the venue accessible?** Absolutely! There is a lift that takes you up to Level 4 where the event is held. **Is this event for me?** SurrealDB events are for software engineers, developers, architects, data scientists, data engineers, or any tech professionals keen to discover more about SurrealDB: a scalable multi-model database that allows users and developers to focus on building their applications with ease and speed. **Am I guaranteed a ticket at this event?** Our events are tech-focused and in the interest of keeping our events relevant and meaningful for those attending, tickets are issued at our discretion. We therefore reserve the right to refund ticket orders before the event and to request proof of identity and/or professional background upon entry. **Are there any House Rules?** At SurrealDB, we are committed to providing live and online events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending. Please review our [Code of Conduct](https://surrealdb.com/legal/code-of-conduct) and [Privacy Policy](https://surrealdb.com/legal/privacy) for more information. It is compulsory for all attendees to be registered with a first **and** last name in order to attend. Any attendees who do not adhere to these requirements will be refused a ticket.

GOOD FRIENDS! - Please follow us on our Luma calendar here: [https://luma.com/the-friendly-data-meetup](https://luma.com/the-friendly-data-meetup) We're considering other platforms due to meetup's costly fees (donations and volunteers welcome). So do follow us on Luma to keep up to date on our events! \-\-\-\-\-\- Hi new friends and old! We're baaack! As a smaller group, we make meaningful connections with like-minded data professionals. Lifelong friendships are forged along the way! Whether you're new in town, want to expand your social circle, get into the data and AI space, or see a friend you know, this is the place to be! No guest speakers nor rigid agenda, just a casual meetup and lots of fun conversation! 🥳 See you soon! NOTE: Please remember to bring your ID with you, as all guests must be of legal age to enter the venue. \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **🤝 Code of Conduct:** The Friendly Data Meetup welcomes all genders, nationalities, ethnicities, backgrounds, identities etc. There is a strict no discrimination policy in adherence to our code of conduct and our guiding principles. We maintain a zero-tolerance policy for hateful or antisocial behaviour. In short, be kind to others. Do not insult or put down others. Behave professionally, don't make others feel uncomfortable. Remember that harassment and sexist, racist, or exclusionary jokes are not appropriate for The Friendly Data Meetup. **🌱 Donations, Volunteers and Patrons Welcome:** The Friendly Data Meetup is completely volunteer run and not for profit. Donations and ideas are very welcome to fund some more exciting activities as summer is coming up! Buy us a coffee or come and chat with us. Support us: https://bit.ly/support-friendly-data-meetup \-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- **About Us** 🤗 Welcome data professionals and friends! Sometimes, it can be difficult to make friends within the field, and that's what we're all about! We're a group of like minded individuals who understand the highs and lows of working in data and tech. ✅ Our primary goal is to have **higher quality conversations** that are more meaningful, with smaller groups so that we get to spend more attention on each individual. 💯 If you're already reading this, you're definitely welcome! **We welcome everyone**, whether you're already in the data field, looking to get started or just curious! 🗨️ **Bring your friends**, bring your plus ones, we're all just here to have a good laugh and a good chat about the world, even if it isn't always about our work. **Our values:** 📖 **Openness** \- We welcome everyone 🤝 **Trust** \- Build long\-lasting friendships together 💝 **Care** \- Be kind to others and help each other out **Who it's for** \- Data Scientists \- Data Engineers \- Data Analysts \- AI Engineers \- ML Engineers \- Software Engineers \- Data Product Managers \- Financial and Quantitative Modellers \- Entrepreneurs\, Contractors \- Anyone who works with Data \- Anyone looking to get into the space \- Friends **How to Make the Most of the Meetup** The Friendly Data Meetup has one simple purpose - meaningful connections. We're not just a community of people, **we're friends** who get invested in each others lives. We check in on our friends regularly, and personally. So come and join us, **more than just once or twice!**

PAYMENT REQUIRED BY BANK TRANSFER AT TIME OF BOOKING. Your place is not guaranteed until payment is received. Easy transport links via Turnpike Lane tube station then 41bus or 67. Seven sisters overground station/underground: bus route.41,2:30 We have 4 courts ,very Nice venue free parking . Join us for friendly, competitive badminton with like-minded enthusiasts. Players do not have to attend for the entire duration however the price is the same. Please note we limit the amount of attendees to 24 so that everybody gets a fair number of games. Play is from 19:00pm to 22.00pm. The cost is £15 per session, which includes feather shuttles. Please pay via bank transfer to the following account: L Samuels Sort code: 040004 Account number: 99854842 Please include your name and the session day as reference. Rules of attendance/Disclaimer**. Park View Badminton Club exists purely to offer an opportunity for like-minded players to exercise, play and socialise together and nothing more. All attendees should consider the club as an informal gathering of people who will train together in a loosely structured format. The club is operated and managed by a number of volunteers in their free time and these volunteers cannot accept any responsibility for any events that occur at the club. If you have any medical conditions that could affect you, it’s your responsibility to make the club aware of these. Neither the club nor Park View School will take responsibility for any injury, loss or damage that might arise as a result of participation in club activities. Effective warmup and stretches should be undertaken before play to avoid injury and appropriate clothing and footwear is to be worn whilst playing at all times. Every person attending the club must take full and complete responsibility for their own actions. Know your limits! The club does not discriminate against any attendees of ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or beliefs, sex or disability except as a necessary consequence of the requirements of safely training and participating in the required sport. All attendees are expected to behave with mutual respect and in a way that does not endanger others or bring the club into disrepute. Not complying with this may result in suspension or termination of attendance. Any matters of concern should be directed to the administrators via email (parkviewbclub@gmail.com If you do not show without notice we reserve the right to charge a full non-attendance fee and persistent offenders may be blocked from our club. So please be thoughtful and let us know in good time if you cannot attend.

Join us for a new Guix Social in-person meetup. Plenty of Guix, Guile, and Free Software hacking and chit-chat. ISN'T THIS EXCITING?!?! :) Bring your own device if you fancy demoing something or for some hands-on hacking. Get in touch if there's anything you'd like to give a talk about. **Venue** Reckon Digital 20 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4AB Please RSVP by 3pm on the day, as attendees' names will have to be communicated to the building's reception by that time. **Code of conduct** We, Guix Social's organisers, intend to create an open, friendly, and safe environment where people from the most diverse backgrounds can get together, learn about, teach, and discuss Guix and related topics in a welcoming and constructive way. To this end, Guix Social adheres to the Guix project's official [Code of Conduct](https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/CODE-OF-CONDUCT). Please make sure you're familiar with the document and that you share its principles, before attending our events. Should you - at any time before, during, or after one of our events - want to raise an issue or discuss any CoC-related topic, please do not hesitate to reach out to the organisers at the contacts below. - Arun Isaac, arunisaac@systemreboot.net - Fabio Natali, me@fabionatali.com - Steve George, steve@futurile.net **About** Guix Social has no official ties with the Guix project. We commit to promote the project and to always operate with the best intentions; any mistake that we might make is due to us, Guix Social, not the Guix project.

We're back to our usual format of 3 speakers + Q&A followed by networking. 18:30: Doors open 19:00 Welcome by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino (organiser since 2011) 19:10 [Scott Makenzie](https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-mackenzie-50a7ab1/) (Director at Acqua Libra) 19:30 [Suyash Joshi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/suyashj) **From Code to Motion: Programming a Dancing Robot** 19:50 [Luke Talbot](https://luketalbot.co.uk/) (Designer and researcher) 20:10 Networking 21:00 End of event and move to a nearby pub There will be drinks (including non-alcoholic) and nibbles. **About our sponsors:** [Green Custard](https://www.green-custard.com/) is an award-winning AWS IoT specialist consultancy that helps organisations design, build, and scale secure cloud-connected products and solutions. With deep expertise across IoT architectures, data lakes, ML and agentic AI our IoT expertise spans from product innovation to smart factory innovation. We have full stack capability from embedded & mobile to cloud-native development. Green Custard partners with clients to deliver on their business outcomes whether modernising legacy devices, unlocking new value from existing data, or accelerating the delivery of production-ready solutions. Customers trust Green Custard for its technical excellence, pragmatic delivery, and we are proud of our customer success. [Aqua Libra](https://aqualibra.com/pages/flavour-tap) is redefining sustainable hydration through innovative, low-impact dispensing technology. Beyond its zero-sugar infused drinks, the brand has pioneered solutions such as the Aqua Libra Flavour Tap, a digitally controlled dispensing system that delivers chilled, filtered water with natural flavours on demand. By removing the need for single-use bottles and reducing transport emissions, the Flavour Tap enables offices, venues, and public spaces to offer great-tasting drinks with a dramatically smaller environmental footprint. Aqua Libra’s approach blends sustainability, smart technology, and convenience to meet the growing demand for healthier, greener beverage options.

We are once again delighted to be partnering with RPM Ambassador Steve Wake for an important event in London. Another outstanding line-up on Project Skills and Controls. You will hear the most compelling case for use of the new BSI Project Controls Specification Standard. Now delivered and tested. It works! If you are unable to make 2 days, then just come to one. They both have a strong programme. Go for day 2 if you are really interested in Estimating. Discounts are available for students and apprentices: £100 per head per day and £100 for dinner on 28th if booked direct with Steve Wake: steve@swprojects.onmicrosoft.com Otherwise book on Eventbrite with this link: [https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eva33-putting-the-ev-into-achievement-2-days-of-controls-and-skills-tickets-1970522795727?aff=oddtdtcreator](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eva33-putting-the-ev-into-achievement-2-days-of-controls-and-skills-tickets-1970522795727?aff=oddtdtcreator "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/eva33-putting-the-ev-into-achievement-2-days-of-controls-and-skills-tickets-1970522795727?aff=oddtdtcreator") 20% discount til end 27th April with code FINALSCORE Programme Overview **Tuesday 28th** **0830 Doors open and Coffee Conversation** **0925 Welcome** **0930 Andrew Edkins, Professor Emeritus of Complex Projects. Messy projects - so what?** **1000 Joseph Lee, Programme Director, Mott McDonald** **Psychology, Psychobabble and PsychoPaths?** **1030 Adrian Pyne, Pyne Consulting Ltd** **Strangers in a Strange Land: How organisations kill projects and how they can be helped to thrive.** **1100 Coffee Conversation** **1130 Graham Clarke MBE, Designer Leader Coach** **Andrew Risley, Profolio** **Portfolio *mis*management: a public sector case study** **1200 Val Jonas, Risk Expert, Risk Ecosystems Ltd.** **Shine on you crazy diamond. Never a dull moment with risk.** **1230 Louisa Scanlan, Collaborate Business Solutions** **Emotions are Data** **1300 Lunch Conversation** **1345 Tommy Clarke, Head of Programme Controls Sizewell C,** **Amentum** **Carolyn le Roux, PMO Director Sizewell C** **AchiEVing a successful set up of PMO and Project Controls on Sizewell C** **1415 Stephen Carver, Change & Crisis Management** **If you are not at the table then you are on the menu.** **1445 Stephen Powell, Chief of PM capability Rolls-Royce** **EVM within RR, the transatlantic differences** **1515 Kym Henderson, ISO TC258 Convenor** **ISO/BS 21508 EVM standard. Putting the EV into AchiEVement Plugging the gaps and joining the dots in Project Controls** **1545 Tea** **1615 Simon Taylor, th3rdcurve** **Tomorrow’s World: Today’s opportunity or more Groundhog days?** **1645 Robin Ince, comedian, author, and science communicator** **Let the Quiet Ones Rise** **Finding our true voice and how we use it and may also include stories of why he walked away from a hugely successful radio show after 16 years.** **1730 Drinks Social** **1830 Dinner Social** **2000 Chat drinks social.** **2130 Carriages.** **Wednesday 29** **0830 Doors open and Coffee Conversation** **0925 Welcome** **0930 Paul Major, Changemaker** **Leading people through change** **1000 Sirish Parekh, Head of Estimating & Benchmarking** **NISTA, Co-Chair PsACE, Co-Chair BSi Estimating workgroup** **With Paul Major Changemaker** **Adaptive Estimating. Changing the estimating mindset** **1030 David Jones, Global Head of Cost, Sodexo** **AI, Benchmarking and Behaviour: The New Costing Trinity** **1100 Coffee Conversation** **1130 Ali Mafi, TIMIST** **Productivity That Matters. Valuing the Project Cycle Time (clock time) and accounting for every hour** **1200 Paul Fisher, Managing Consultant in Rail** **Luke Galvin PM3 Consultant, Costain** **Football and Railways. Measuring success objectively** **1230 Lunch Conversation** **1330 Heather Thompson, Senior Audit Manager** **Joe Tennet, Value For Money Analyst, National Audit Office** **Getting Better? NAO report on the New Hospital Programme** **1400 Lawrence Rowland, Director, Movar** **Why even Good Reporting Fails to Steer: Can we close the Project Controls loop?** **1430 Ben Fitzgerald, AECOM** **Applying BS 202001:2025 in Practice** **1500 Tea Conversation** **1530 Greg Lawton, Nodes&Links** **The AI Orchestrator for Project Controls: Engineering-Grade Automation for the PMO** **1600 Eddie Obeng, Pentacle** **From Triangle to Full Orchestra: Upgrading Martin Barnes' Iron Triangle for Better Success in Our New World of Stakeholders, Complexity and Transformation** **1630 Close**

**Building a World Model for your organisation in Microsoft Azure** In this session, Raj Toora will explore how organisations can build a “world model” of their business using Microsoft Azure. By combining knowledge graphs, ontologies, and modern AI tooling, firms can move beyond fragmented data into a connected, queryable representation of their operations. We’ll look at how technologies like Neo4j and Cypher enable rich relationship modelling, and how emerging Fabric capabilities around graphs and ontologies are bringing these concepts closer to mainstream data platforms. We’ll also examine how Azure AI Foundry and GraphRAG patterns can sit on top of this graph foundation, enabling LLMs to reason over structured relationships rather than isolated documents. This allows organisations to ground AI responses in real business context, improving accuracy and relevance. The session will demonstrate how combining vector search with graph traversal unlocks more intelligent, explainable AI experiences. Security and governance are critical in this space. Raj will cover how Open Policy Agent (OPA) can be used to enforce fine-grained access controls across graph data and AI workflows, alongside techniques such as data obfuscation and masking to mitigate data leakage and insider risk. These controls ensure sensitive information remains protected while still enabling meaningful analysis and AI-driven insights. Finally, we’ll bring this to life in a legal context. For law firms, a world model enables powerful new questions: “Find similar client,” “Analyse similar contracts” or “How are clients, cases, and outcomes connected?” By structuring knowledge in this way, firms can unlock institutional intelligence, accelerate case preparation, and gain a competitive edge through better-informed decision making. **About the Speaker** Raj Toora is the Principal Strategist for Emerging Technology for HSFK, a top international law firm, where he leads the translation of cutting-edge innovation into practical enterprise strategy and execution. He is responsible for shaping the firm’s direction across AI, data, and digital platforms, ensuring alignment with long-term business outcomes and its Target Operating Model. Raj works across architecture, security, operations, and practice leadership to turn emerging trends into actionable investment and delivery decisions, with a focus on scalable, sustainable transformation. His work centres on building systems of intelligence, advancing AI platforms, and enabling data-driven decision making that improves both client value and organisational performance.

**PLEASE NOTE that we are now hosting our games on Sportas.** **BOOK HERE:** https://sportas.co.uk/organiser/east-village-basketball/games **Game Description:** Ready to hit the court, level up your game and meet fellow ballers? Join us at East Village Basketball 🏀 every Sunday, 5:30pm - 7:30pm at Harris Chobham Academy Sports Hall in Stratford, London. **👥 Stay Connected!** Join our WhatsApp group for updates, discounts, waitlist alerts and community banter: [https://chat.whatsapp.com/KoCHcbG51YWKtTNgNblydH](https://chat.whatsapp.com/KoCHcbG51YWKtTNgNblydH) Any questions, feel free to WhatsApp me directly on +44 (seven) 365 804 810 **What to Expect:** ⚡ 2 hours of non-stop pickup games ⛹️ Half-court games (4x4) on both sides 💪 Friendly competition in a fun, positive environment 🥇 Open to mixed adults (18+) - whether you’re sharpening your skills or shaking off the rust! 🏀 Players should at least be familiar with basic offence, defence and basketball rules 🏆 Max 20 players per session (spots go fast, so book early) **Important Notes:** 🕔 Sports hall doors open at 5:20pm - head in, get changed and warm up 🏀 We aim to start games by 5:40pm, so please arrive by 5:20pm to be ready 🚫 If you’re feeling unwell or have COVID symptoms, please stay home 💧 Bring your own water bottle 🚨 Please don't arrive TOO early - the hall is used just before us and staff need time to prepare the court. **Getting Here:** 📍 Entrance: Corner of Celebration Avenue and Temple Mills Lane. Google Maps - [https://maps.app.goo.gl/AfCZZzEG734J9gko7](https://maps.app.goo.gl/AfCZZzEG734J9gko7) 🅿️ Parking: Pay-and-display available across the road. 🚇 Nearest Tube Stations: Stratford, Stratford International (DLR) & Leyton **Safety** Participation is at your own risk. If you have any health concerns, consult a health professional before joining. **Rules** 4 x 4 half-court games on 2 half courts, with 4 teams of 5 players. Time: 5-min games (running clock) Scoring: 1s and 2s. Substitutions: One sub rotates in after each game. Fouls: Offence calls fouls. Disputed calls: For major disagreements, challenger shoots a 3-pointer to resolve the issue. See you Sunday! ✌️🏀

Be part of the next Londroid event on Thursday, 30 April 2026, hosted by Zopa Bank. Join us for an evening of Android talks, conversation and community. Expect engaging sessions, the chance to meet others working in Android, and an opportunity to hear from the Zopa team. After the event, we’ll head to Crate for post-event drinks and further conversation. Please note that guests will need to bring a form of ID to access the venue. **Tickets:** We have 150 tickets available. Don’t miss out. Follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn for updates. **Schedule:** 18:00 – Doors open & registration 18:30 – Welcome from Londroid and Zopa Bank 18:45 – Efthymios Kontis – A Nav3 Story: Navigation 3 in Production 19:30 – Shubhangi Goyal – You're Already Using AI on Mobile : What you know and what you have not realised 20:15 – Q&A and socialising 20:30 – Drinks at Crate **Venue:** Zopa Bank, Level 12, 20 Water St, Canary Wharf Estate, London E14 5GX **Our Hosts and Sponsors** Zopa Bank Zopa Bank is a digital bank offering a range of financial products designed to make money management simpler and more transparent for its customers. Novoda Novoda is a digital product agency dedicated to building high-quality software. Their team of engineers helps companies scale, modernise and improve their development practices to deliver exceptional digital experiences. Join us for an evening of learning, collaboration and community. See you there.

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You want to do your best! You want to realise your potential! You want to make the right decisions at the right time! Obviously- you want to be a success! Do you have all the skills in place? Do you have areas in your life or personality that are weaker and you feel can stop you or hold you back? Would you like a free personal consultation to help locate your strengths and weaker areas? We can help you to maximise on your potential. If you would like a free 1 hour consult then register now! We have various times available for your own personal consultation This is hosted at the Scientology Life Improvement Centre in London. We use the Oxford Capacity Analysis test. https://www.scientology-london.org.uk/personality-test/

**Welcome back you fine, FINE people!** We do apologise for the two month hiatus, we've missed you terribly! I'm glad to say that, of course, our hearts HAVE GROWN EVEN FONDER for missing you and we couldn't be more excited to see you all at **APRIL GOPHERS @ AUTOGENAI!!!** So come and join us for some food, drinks and top notch (\*aspirational\*) programming chat, or at the very least some chat about the last most interesting thing you made Claude Code do. Top points for "the dishes". As always, a huge thank you to **AutogenAI** for hosting us this month, and **Dexory** for sponsoring the event! ==== 📓 **Agenda**📓 ===== (Certain timings and orders may be subject to change) **6:30pm:** Arrival, Food & Refreshments **6:55pm:** Introduction **7:00pm:** 🗣️ **Joshua Oluikpe - Real-Time Event-Driven Systems in Go: Patterns from Production** Explaining how I was able to utilize gorountines concurrency to improve high throughput in Kafka **7:25pm**: Lightning Talk ⚡ **David Coles - XDP Virtual Server: An eBPF Load Balancer library for Go** We migrated streaming and websites for the UKs largest commercial radio broadcaster to an open-source, Go/Linux based, load balancer **7:40pm:** Raffle and Break **8:00pm: 🗣️** **Rahim Kristopher Afful-Brown - Pass It On** Deep dive into CSP and actors. How it made reasoning with concurrent software easier than locking. Followed my real world examples **8:30pm:** Raffle Winners! **9:00pm:** Pub! ==== 💡 **RSVP Details** 💡 ===== When submitting your RSVP for this event, please be sure to use your **full first name and last name**, as some of our venues require these in order to let you in on the door. Submitting your name as e.g. "John D" won't be enough! We also keep track of no-shows, so **if you can't come, change your RSVP in advance!** ==== 🎉 **Prizes & Discounts!** 🎉 ===== **JetBrains Raffle!** \- We have 3 free JetBrains Product licenses to give away to some of our lucky attendees\! **Ardan Labs Raffle!** \- We're giving away one course license for Ardan Labs' Ultimate Go Bundle\! **Manning Publications Raffle!** \- We're giving away 4 free Go e\-books\! **45% Manning Publications Discount** \- a massive discount provided by the fine people at Manning\! You can also support London Gophers Events by purchasing via our affiliate link [HERE](https://mng.bz/oKqM) \- Use Code "**LGMeetup45**" for 45% off! **GopherConUK Raffle!** \- We're giving away one free ticket\!\!\! **10% GopherConUK Discount** \- The lovely people over at GopherConUK have provided a discount code for [GopherConUK 2025](https://www.gophercon.co.uk/)! At checkout, use code "**GCUK26LGM"** for 10% off! ==== 💡 **Priority Queue** 💡 ===== We reserve 20% of the attendee spots at our events for those who are underrepresented in tech. If they join the waitlist and there is a reserved spot open they will be bumped into going! These spots are reserved until the last Sunday before the event. How do we define underrepresented? We use public surveys done by the tech community such as the ones linked below. https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022/#section-demographics https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2022/#gender-and-development ==== [📢](https://emojipedia.org/loudspeaker/) **Become a Speaker!** [📢](https://emojipedia.org/loudspeaker/) ===== Have something to say? We want to listen! We are always looking for new speakers who want to share their adventures with Go and have mentors who can help. You can sign up to be a speaker here: https://gophers.london/apply ==== 🧳**Looking For a New Adventure?** 🧳 ===== On the Gophers Slack (https://gophers.slack.com) there is a **#london-jobs** channel where company and recruiters can post job opportunities. ==== [📞](https://emojipedia.org/telephone-receiver/) **How To Reach Us** [📞](https://emojipedia.org/telephone-receiver/) ===== **Email:** contact@gophers.london **Linkedin:** https://www.linkedin.com/company/london-gophers/ **Twitter / X:** https://x.com/LondonGophers **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/c/LondonGophers 📜 **All London Gophers events operate under the Go Community Code of Conduct** \- https://golang\.org/conduct * **Treat everyone with respect and kindness.** * **Be thoughtful in how you communicate.** * **Don’t be destructive or inflammatory.** **Please do not message members without their consent** If you encounter an issue, please mail contact@gophers.london or conduct@golang.org

Databricks are bringing **DevConnect** back to London for an evening of technical chat, practical demos, and time with people who build the platform. This one is **organised and hosted by the Databricks Developer Relations team**, at the Databricks London office. Expect a mix of new features, real-world lessons, and the sort of “how does that work then?” conversations you do not get from a slide deck. **Important! To attend, register here:** [events.databricks.com/devconnect-london](https://events.databricks.com/devconnect-london) **Who’s it for?** If you work anywhere around data engineering, analytics, ML, or GenAI and you like getting into the details, you’ll be in good company. **What you’ll get out of it** * **Deep dives** into Lakebase, Genie, Knowledge Assistant, Unity Catalog, and getting AI agents into production with MLflow. * **People you can actually ask questions to**: Databricks folks across DevRel, product, field engineering, and MVPs. * **Networking, bites and beverages** (translation: you won’t be surviving on conference mints). * **Swag raffle**, plus **access to hands-on training and guided labs via Databricks Academy Labs after the event**. **Agenda** * **5:00pm – 6:00pm:** Registration & mingling * **6:00pm – 6:15pm:** Welcome remarks * **6:15pm – 6:45pm:** *Lakebase: unlock operational use cases with agents and apps on your lakehouse data* * **6:45pm – 7:15pm:** *Simplify your stack: Genie, Knowledge Assistant, and IDP (with Unity Catalog as the governance layer)* * **7:15pm – 7:45pm:** *Operationalising high quality AI agents: experimentation and evaluation through to production with MLflow* * **7:45pm – 8:00pm:** Closing remarks * **8:00pm – 9:00pm:** Networking reception *Speakers are listed as “coming soon” on the event page, so keep an eye on the registration link for the latest.* #### **When & Where:** **Wednesday 29 April 2026, 5:00pm – 9:00pm** **Databricks London, 11–14 Windmill St, London, W1T 2JG** **⚠️ *Important: you must register via Databricks*** **To attend, register here:** [events.databricks.com/devconnect-london](https://events.databricks.com/devconnect-london)

The May Ohio North Database Training user group meeting will be held on **May 5th, 2026 at 5:00PM**. This will be a **HYBRID** event and we will be joined in person by **Sam Nasr.** You're welcome to come meet in-person at our meeting location, the offices of Improving at **[6000 Freedom Square Dr,](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Improving/@41.4004167,-81.6614462,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x8830e5b8255c5919:0xd8297060eb68fe04!4m6!3m5!1s0x8830dc7a0fe35dc9:0xbfc4710ecadfc5c!8m2!3d41.4004127!4d-81.6588713!16s%2Fg%2F1hm3hkqp3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)** **[Unit 110,](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Improving/@41.4004167,-81.6614462,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x8830e5b8255c5919:0xd8297060eb68fe04!4m6!3m5!1s0x8830dc7a0fe35dc9:0xbfc4710ecadfc5c!8m2!3d41.4004127!4d-81.6588713!16s%2Fg%2F1hm3hkqp3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)** **[Independence, OH 44131](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Improving/@41.4004167,-81.6614462,17z/data=!3m2!4b1!5s0x8830e5b8255c5919:0xd8297060eb68fe04!4m6!3m5!1s0x8830dc7a0fe35dc9:0xbfc4710ecadfc5c!8m2!3d41.4004127!4d-81.6588713!16s%2Fg%2F1hm3hkqp3?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDQzMC4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)** [Teams Link ](https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/287759659366576?p=kCaammjECnUCvZzEJv)if anyone needs it after RSVP-ing for in person. If you would like to subscribe to our email list outside of Meetup, we have changed platforms recently and you will need to register [here in Kit ](https://ohio-north-data-training.kit.com/b8f036f615)instead to receive emails. Agenda: **5:00 PM EST**: Online and in-person meeting begins with a social hour. This is an unstructured hour where you can join us to catch up and meet other group members before the session starts. There will be food brought in for in-person attendees. **6:00 PM EST**: Elections, announcements, followed by our feature presentation. See below for presentation details. **7:30 PM EST**: Optionally after the main presentations, the in-person crowd may go out for snacks and drinks at a local establishment. We hope to see you there! Session Abstract ### Data Cleansing using Data Bricks Machine Learning is highly dependent on adequate data. Not only does quantity matter, but more importantly quality. In this session we’ll cover how to build a custom automated process using Data Bricks. This will provide methods for cleaning data in a data lake using functions in Azure. \*Please note, that we will be using Microsoft Teams for the online portion of this meeting. You may want to join a few minutes early to ensure you do not have any issues. If you are attending in person, there are large TVs at the office, and you do not need to bring a laptop or use Teams.

It feels like we just saw each other 🤷. Join members of the local design and UX community for our monthly breakfast. For May we’re stopping in for Rooh’s popup breakfast/cafe concept. You know someone is getting the lobster yuzu croissant, and that’s not even the prettiest thing on the menu!.

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**Latest Dojo Location!** **Knotty Pine Brewing** 1765 W 3rd Ave, Columbus, OH 43212 We're going to try a new dojo location for a few weeks and see how it works Dojos are informal Python group study sessions where everyone interested in Python gathers to learn about Python, help others with Python, or just hang out. Everyone is welcome from Python beginners to experts. Bringing a laptop is encouraged (we'll have extension cords and power strips). If there's something you want to learn leave a comment on this invite so we can plan ahead. We're looking for speakers for our Monthly Meetups! Fill out the form if you are interested in presenting to the Python Community. https://forms.gle/ehSfUAC2WgR34Crq9

Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! https://sessionize.com/cbus-hug-2026/

Bring your business cards and network in person with other business professionals! Gold Star Referral Clubs is one of the most established professional networking organizations in the country, with multiple groups in central Ohio. Join us!