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**Be part of the next Londroid event on Wednesday 3 June 2026, hosted by Deloitte Digital.** Spend the evening with the Android community in central London, with talks, conversation, and the chance to connect with others working across mobile and digital products. We’ll also hear from the Deloitte Digital team, before heading to **The Last Judgment** afterwards for drinks and further conversation. **Please note that photo ID is required for entry to the venue.** **Tickets:** We have 100 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 Deloitte Digital 18:45 – Alex Bradbury-Jones - Protect your Secrets 19:30 – Vaidehi Deshpande - On-device AI on Android : Gemini Nano 19:55 – Q&A and socialising 20:30 – Drinks at The Last Judgment **Our Hosts and Sponsors** **Deloitte Digital** Deloitte Digital brings together strategy, creativity, technology, and delivery to help organisations solve complex problems and create meaningful impact. Combining Deloitte’s scale and discipline with the power of creativity, the team designs and delivers digital solutions that help businesses adapt, grow, and build stronger connections with customers and communities. **Novoda** Novoda is a digital product agency dedicated to building high-quality mobile software. Their team of engineers helps companies scale, modernise, and improve their development practices to deliver exceptional digital experiences. We look forward to seeing you there.

## Details This course is designed for beginners who have completed an A1.1 course or are familiar with the present tense. **Class information** * **Wednesday 22nd April 2026 - 24th June 2026.** * **18:00 PM - 19:30 PM** * **15 hours over 10 weeks** * For this course we'll use the book **Aula Plus 1 ( Editorial Difusión)** * All our Online Spanish language lessons take place via **Zoom**. This tool allows the teacher and the students to share screens, cover grammar points on the white board, complete listening tasks, share files and practice conversation with classmates in break-out rooms. * **Price: £200** (Payment method is bank transfer. Once you enrol we’ll send you an invoice). * Please email us at \*\*[hola@laescuelaspanish.com**](http://hola@laescuelaspanish.com%2A%2A/) to enrol or if you need more information. **Communication Goals** -Shopping -Talkings about preferences **-**Describing physical appearance and character -Speaking about family -Speaking about likes & dislikes -Asking and telling the time -Speaking about daily routines -Expressing frequency **Grammar Points** - *este/esta/estos/estas,esto* - *el/la/los/las* + adjective + que + noun \- cuál/cuáles - *Tener que* + infinitive \- The verbs *ir* and *preferir* *-* The verb *gustar, encantar and interesar* *-* Expressing agreement and disagreement - *muy, bastante, un poco* \- Possessive adjectives \- The present tense and some irregular verbs \- Reflexive verbs \- Expressing agreement and disagreement - *Primero, después, luego…* **Vocabulary** -Numbers over 100 -Colours -Clothes -Adjectives -The family -Music -Days of the week -Daily activities -Parts of the day

Hi folks! Welcome to our June Cloud Native London meetup! Join us to hear from our two fantastic speakers and network with your fellow techies over pizza and drinks, or alternatively chat and following along on Youtube or LinkedIn! 6:00 Pizza and drinks 6:30 Welcome 6:45 Universal Mesh: Connect and Secure Everything (Mark Boddington, HAProxy Technologies) 7:15 Building Abstractions That Matter: A Developer Platform on Kubernetes (Chaamini Mangaleswaran, WSO2) 7:45 Wrap up See you there! Cheryl (@oicheryl) **Universal Mesh: Connect and Secure Everything (Mark Boddington, HAProxy Technologies)** Managing connectivity across diverse business units, clouds, locations, and partners is a complex challenge for large organizations. Traditional solutions like VPNs and firewalls provide network-level connectivity, while Service Mesh offers application-aware traffic management for cloud-native environments – but there’s a huge difference in how these connectivity models are managed, secured, and observed. Universal Mesh bridges this gap with a unified interconnectivity model – delivering the benefits of Service Mesh in a resource-efficient model that works across your entire infrastructure. Universal Mesh brings together North-South and East-West communication in a consistent pattern to connect every cloud, app, and service. Join us to discover how Universal Mesh simplifies connectivity management, unifies security and governance, and provides consistent control over traffic flows—regardless of where your applications run or how they’re built. *Mark began his career at the close of the last millennium, working as a "pimply faced youth" (PFY) managing mini-computers (not Raspberry Pis) and 'windoze boxen' for a local brick company. He eventually specialized in Unix Systems Administration and joined NetBanx, a Silicon Fen company, where he managed and secured the application infrastructure for one of the very first payment gateway operators.* *In 2006, Mark leveraged his Unix and Networking expertise in a post-sales role at Zeus Technology, a web-server and software Load Balancer vendor. Six months later, he transitioned to pre-sales. He is currently at HAProxy - the world's fastest and most widely used software load balancer - essentially doing the same thing (but with a dash more kubernetes).* *Connect on Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-boddington](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-boddington)* **Building Abstractions That Matter: A Developer Platform on Kubernetes (Chaamini Mangaleswaran, WSO2)** Kubernetes provides powerful building blocks, but turning those blocks into a usable developer platform is hard. Many platform teams end up assembling CI pipelines, deployment tools, portals, and monitoring systems, only to pass the resulting complexity on to developers.In this talk, I’ll share the thinking behind OpenChoreo, an open-source, modular platform designed to sit on top of Kubernetes and make it easier for developers to build and run software without needing to understand everything underneath. The key idea is simple: introduce the right abstractions, so developers can focus on shipping features while platform teams retain control and consistency.In this talk we will discuss practical examples of what to hide, what to expose, and how to avoid turning Kubernetes itself into a developer-facing interface. If you’re building or struggling with an internal developer platform, this talk is for you. *Check out [https://www.oicheryl.com/cloudnativelondon](https://www.oicheryl.com/cloudnativelondon) if you're interested in speaking or sponsoring.*

## Details This course is designed for beginners who have completed an A1 course or are familiar with the present tense and the *pretérito perfecto* tense. **Class information** * **Wednesday 3rd June 2026 - 9th September 2026.** * **14:00 PM - 15:00 PM** * **15 hours over 15 weeks** * For this course we'll use the book **Aula Plus 2 ( Editorial Difusión)** * All our Online Spanish language lessons take place via **Zoom**. This tool allows the teacher and the students to share screens, cover grammar points on the white board, complete listening tasks, share files and practice conversation with classmates in break-out rooms. * **Price: £200** (Payment method is bank transfer. Once you enrol we’ll send you an invoice). * \*\*If you are interested in joining this group, please send an email with the course title to [hola@laescuelaspanish.com.**](http://hola@laescuelaspanish.com.%2A%2A/) * Please email us at \*\*[hola@laescuelaspanish.com**](http://hola@laescuelaspanish.com%2A%2A/) to enrol or if you need more information. **Communication Goals** * Talking about habits * Talking about time duration * Talking about difficulty * Making suggestions * Describing feelings * Talking about a person’s life (biography) * Talking about past experiences * Describing people * Expressing preferences * Describing a house * Comparing, locating and describing objects **Grammar Points** * Present tense: regular and irregular verbs * Reflexive verbs * *Desde/desde hace* * Talking about the past using the *pretérito indefinido* tense (regular and some irregular forms) * Past time markers: *hace un año, la semana pasada,* etc. * Prepositions of time: desde, hasta, durante… * Prepositions of place : *debajo de, encima de, detrás de, delante de*, etc. * *Este, ese, aquel* * *El/la/los/las + que + verb* * Talking about relationships: *llevarse bien/mal con* and *caer bien/ mal* * Comparatives * Possessive pronouns : *el mío/la mía*, etc. * The verbs *ser* and *estar* * The verbs *gustar, encantar* and *preferir* * The verbs *costar* and *sentirse* * The verbs *ir* and *irse* * The verbs *ser, tener, parecerse* and *llevar* * *Empezar and empezar a + infinitive* **Vocabulary** * Adjectives to express feelings: *ridículo/a, seguro/a, inseguro/a, frustrado/a, bien/mal...* * Biographical details * Cinema * Adjectives to describe physical appearance * Nouns denoting personal relationships * Types of houses * Parts of the house * Furniture and objects

Hey hey London folks 👋 We’re excited to kick off a new chapter for our London meetup community! React Advanced London is evolving into Web Engineering London — expanding beyond React to cover the broader world of modern web engineering, from frontend architecture and full-stack systems to AI-powered developer workflows. Join us on **June 3** for the first edition of the new series 🚀 **📍Location:** 20 Farringdon Road EC1M 3HE, Clerkenwell. **🗣 Call for Proposals** Have an idea or story to share? Submit your talk proposal through our [CFP form](https://forms.gle/rCiQ8Y4jajiC8AHMA) and take the stage at one of our upcoming meetups! **🤝 Organized by** This event made possible thanks to the support from [AI Coding Summit](https://aicodingsummit.com/) and [React Advanced London](https://reactadvanced.com/) organizers – [GitNation](https://portal.gitnation.org/). **🤝 Sponsored by** Huge thanks to our friends [Depop](https://www.depop.com/)! Depop is a circular fashion marketplace where anyone can buy, sell and discover desirable, affordable secondhand fashion. Since Depop was founded in 2011, our community of 43M registered users has helped popularise preloved fashion and drive forward resale culture, globally. Explore open opportunities here: [https://depopcareers.com/](https://depopcareers.com/) **🤝 Want to support our community?** We’re looking for venue partners and sponsors for future meetups. Let’s discuss collaboration — [contact us!](https://forms.gle/zWYxsanfbhV64dEr5) **🕑 Event Schedule** 18:00 - Doors open - snacks, beer, socialization 18:30 - Opening notes **18:40 - Combating On-Platform Phishing at Scale -** **[James McGill](https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-mcgill-0a997038/)** **19:05 - Your Agent Is an Infinite Canvas -** **[RL Nabors](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nearestnabors/)** 19:30 - Breaks **19.45 - An Instant Backend for the Open Web - [Daniel Roe](https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-roe/)** **20:10 - Networking, Open Mic Lightning Talks** Mingle until 21:00 pm — **👍 Code of Conduct** By registering for this event you agree to comply with our [CoC](https://gitnation.com/coc) **📩 Contact** [events@gitnation.org](mailto:events@gitnation.org) [https://twitter.com/ReactAdvanced](https://twitter.com/ReactAdvanced) [http://youtube.com/ReactConferences](http://youtube.com/ReactConferences) [https://bsky.app/profile/reactadvanced.gitnation.org](https://bsky.app/profile/reactadvanced.gitnation.org)

Venez passer une soirée dans notre cinéma et lounge, et parler de films. Nous vous offrons un verre de vin ou un jus de fruits et un truc à grignoter, mais si vous voulez autre chose; vous pouvez l'apporter. Nous allons regarder une des comédies françaises les plus populaires. Après une courte présentation, nous regarderons le film et après nous en discuterons. **The event costs £10,** but you will not be asked to pay until it is confirmed. It will run if we have **5 attendees** confirmed.

3D London, Wednesday 3rd June @ Truckles It's officially British Summertime, and we're warming things up with a night of visual effects, following last month's wildly successful focus on the archviz and design industry @ Uplift London. Hosted by **[Nadia Monte](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nadia-monte-57436571/)** & **[Ewan Couper](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewancouper/).** **Headline Presentations** * **[Ciro Cardoso](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cirocardoso/)**, Senior Generalist and Environment Artist - **Blur Studios** Ciro is planning to cover a mix of the work at Axis, Goodbye Kansas, and Blur, along with some of the tools he has developed to support his workflow in Houdini. * **[Maxim Gehricke](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximgehricke/)**, Generalist TD - **Framestore** Max will be presenting his short film 'Sen'. * **[Wellington Franzão](https://www.linkedin.com/in/wellington-franz%C3%A3o-831010188/)**, Host - **Talk to Franzao** Franzao will give a short presentation on his award-winning work. Thanks to our sponsors for supporting our monthly meetups. **[SiNi Software](https://www.sinisoftware.com/)** , **[Chaos](https://www.chaos.com/) , [NTI](https://www.nti-group.com/uk/) , [Itoosoft](https://www.itoosoft.com/) , [Heata](https://www.heata.co/)** #3dlondon #monthlymeetup

**Fabric Data Warehouse with Tino Tereshko** For our June meetup, we’re excited to welcome Tino Tereshko, Partner Director of Product at Microsoft, responsible for Fabric Data Warehouse. Having previously spent several years at Google working on BigQuery, Tino later co-founded MotherDuck — the DuckDB-based SaaS analytics platform — before joining Microsoft to lead Fabric Data Warehouse. It’s fair to say Tino knows a thing or two about modern analytical databases. Tino is visiting from Seattle and has kindly offered his time to present at our London user group. The session will include an introduction to Fabric Data Warehouse, an overview of recent developments and future direction, followed by an open “Ask Me Anything” discussion where attendees can quiz Tino on all things data warehousing, Fabric, and analytics. **Agenda** 18:30 - Welcome, drinks, pizza & networking 19:00 - Main Session 20:30 - Close **Venue** Tenth Revolution offices in London. Aldgate House, 33 Aldgate High St, London EC3N 1DL Please provide your first and last name when registering for the event, as this is provided to building security to allow you entrance into the venue.

Meet up fee £7 to be paid at the beginning of the meet up. Cash or card payments. @Alfies Antique Market. Alfayez entrance, ground floor, ROOM B04. Please bring your favourite Tarot deck.

**We're back at Salisbury House for our summer London Airflow Meetup! Join fellow members of the data engineering community for an evening of engaging talks, great food and drinks, and exclusive swag!** **PRESENTATIONS** ***Talk #1: The Orchestration Layer: A Blueprint for Scaling Dynamic DAGs with Integrated Data Quality Gates*** * **Speaker**: [Vasudev Maduri](https://www.linkedin.com/in/vasudevmaduri/), Staff Data Engineer, Admiral Group Plc Ensuring high-quality data, accuracy, completeness, and schema validity is essential for building data trust. However, scaling data quality checks across diverse datasets often leads to duplicated boilerplate Python code, human error, and a massive bottleneck for Data Engineering teams. In this talk, we’ll explore how to shift data quality from a backlog of tech debt into an automated, self-serve developer experience directly tied to Airflow. We will demonstrate how to build a multi-faceted data observability framework that empowers end-user teams to define their own DQ rules without writing any Python code. By hiding complex Airflow code, users simply select their parameters—YAML configurations that instantly translate into fully dynamic, end-to-end DAGs, including in-flight data quality gates. The core of this session focuses on the technical implementation of integrated DQ checks that live directly *inside* the generated pipelines. You’ll learn how this metadata-driven approach enables a "shift-left" strategy for data observability, automatically enforcing data contracts and routing alerts without manual engineering intervention. ***Talk #2: Self-healing Data Pipelines in Airflow*** * **Speaker**: [Nilesh Khandalkar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nileshskhandalkar/), Senior Manager, Capgemini Modern data pipelines remain largely reactive—failures trigger alerts, manual retries, and ongoing operational overhead for engineering teams. As systems scale, this approach introduces fragility, delays, and growing complexity in maintaining reliable workflows. This session explores how to design self-healing data pipelines in Airflow using practical patterns such as intelligent retries, conditional branching, and targeted recovery mechanisms. Real-world failure scenarios are used to illustrate how pipelines can detect issues, trigger remediation steps, and resume execution without full restarts or human intervention. The session also looks ahead to how AI-assisted anomaly detection can further enhance these systems by identifying unexpected patterns and enabling more proactive, resilient data workflows. ***Talk #3: What We Got Right (and Wrong) Building a 50-Source Data Platform on Airflow*** * **Speaker**: [Arnaud Caldow](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arnaud-caldow-384423142/), Senior Data Engineer at Collibra Collibra helps enterprises govern their data, but how does Collibra's own data team manage the data that powers the business? The answer is an Airflow-based platform that stitches together dlt, dbt, Kubernetes and Collibra's own product for governance -- all orchestrated through 87 DAGs serving 12 business domains. This talk traces a data point's journey through the stack: from API extraction via dlt pipelines running inside KubernetesPodOperator pods, through a layered dbt architecture where platform engineers standardize data and analysts build business models on top, into analytics outputs that serve multiple business teams, and finally back into Collibra Data Governance via reverse-ETL integration DAGs. Along the way, I'll share the patterns that emerged from operating this at scale: how we evolved from one-off custom pipelines to a reproducible framework that's documented well enough for AI subagents (or a new hire) to generate models from scratch, how our own Pod Operators let us test feature branches on shared environments, and how we're leveraging that same mechanism to migrate from Redshift to BigQuery (and from Airflow 2 to Airflow 3) without downtime. Behind the scenes, a 1Password-backed pipeline diffs credential hashes nightly, catching rotations before they break a DAG. **AGENDA** * **5:30-6 PM:** Arrivals, networking, food & drinks * **6-7:45PM:** Presentations * **7:45-8PM:** Networking

**🏛️ WHAT'S PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY ABOUT?** Practical Philosophy is a weekly meet-up that brings critical thinkers together for an opportunity to dive deep on a topic, practice communicating, and building a community. All with no ‘official’ philosophy knowledge required! 😎 Practical Philosophy is based on the idea that philosophy should be accessible to all, and not something reserved only for academics. Each week we choose a topic, and the goal is to use the conversation to develop our critical thinking and communication as we explore that topic. The goal is to help develop our Critical Thinking, Communication, and Community 🙌 📓 **HOW DOES IT WORK?** Each week, we pick one topic and discuss it. The topic for the week is shared, generally in the [Whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/B6fqS6HGujq8gb3a0kl5pS), along with jump-off points to get the conversation going. When groups get bigger than 7-8 people, it’s important that we break into smaller groups. This way we are able to maintain a conversational flow as opposed to having our meetups feel like a discourse or lecture. **General Meeting Agenda** Each Practical Philosophy meet-up follows this general timeline: * 14:00-14.15 - People arrive and chat, get to know each other before the ‘official' start. * 14:15-14:20 - Meeting introduction, explanation of Practical Philosophy and the topic for the week, read the guidelines and the overview so attendees know what to expect in terms of timelines. * 14:20-15:20 - Break into small groups - introduce yourselves and general thoughts on the topic, open discussion afterwards. At this point the group can review the ‘jump-off’ questions as needed, but they are just there to help guide the conversation. It’s not obligatory to answer them. * 15:20-15:30 - We do a group conclusion of the things we discussed, and then we typically take a photo and go on our way :) If you don't want to be in the group photo, there's no pressure, it's just a way to close out the meeting. We occasionally have an unofficial social so the different groups can mingle afterwards too! **🧧PRICING?** Practical Philosophy Club is FREE to attend, and we operate on donations. If you'd like to donate to support our running costs, that helps keep our group self-sustaining. Donations are 100% voluntary, but your contribution is appreciated! QR codes to donate will be present. Tea’s and coffees and are paid by the individual should they wish to have them. **💛 WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY** 🗣 “I feel like Philosophy Club helps someone build their own belief system through a series of perspectives while not promoting what’s right and wrong” - Ekam 🗣 “I got hooked from day 1 (the topic was authority) and felt it was the right place for me. I feel it is a place where people can go to learn and discuss new perspectives and increase critical thinking and community by interacting with people who might challenge your point of views but at the same time encourage you to have openness and mind flexibility.” - Daniel **🤓 FAQ** * What will we talk about? What's the topic? The topic for the week is shared every week in the Whatsapp group before the session. We try to add the topic to the comment section on this event page as well but if you don’t see it, the topic and the jump-off points will be in our [Whatsapp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/B6fqS6HGujq8gb3a0kl5pS). * Do I need to study or read anything to attend? No preparation is necessary. This isn’t a study of other thinkers. We want to know what YOU think about the topic, not what an old philosopher thought. If you have a perspective from a religion or a school of thought to share, throw it on the table and we’ll discuss it, but it's not required. * Is there a specific philosophy that Practical Philosophy is focused on? The goal of our meet-ups is to not have dogmatic discussions, and flex our critical thinking muscles. Because of this, we want to hear from every realm of thought, and don't study a particular school. * Is it mostly men that attend? Surprisingly, no! Although philosophy is seen as a Candelabra affair in a dark room with a bunch of guys, our Practical Philosophy meetups are generally 50/50 between genders, and we don’t meet in any dark rooms. * Can I come alone? Of course you can, we encourage it :) * Can I be late? Please don't be! We do have a 15 minute grace period where we allow people to funnel in while we hang out, but after that if you arrive too late, it disrupts the flow of the conversation. * Where do you meet? The location is posted in Meetup and our [Whatsapp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/B6fqS6HGujq8gb3a0kl5pS) group for this location. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you join the Whatsapp group! If you want to know what other cities have a Practical Philosophy Club, you can see our chapters on our [website](https://www.practicalphilosophy.club/practical-philosophy-locations/). 🤝**POLICY** To respect our members privacy, we ask that no one privately message a member without first getting explicit consent. (This looks like speaking in person and being asked to message privately.) Contacting or texting other participants without prior consent is not permitted and may result in removal from the group. Practical Philosophy reserves the right to enforce this policy at its discretion to maintain a safe and respectful environment. **PRACTICAL PHILOSOPHY - Making Philosophy Available To All.** ✨ Practical Philosophy hosts weekly, in-person meetups in 25+ countries, including Canada, Spain, Japan, Mexico and many more! 🗺️ \*\*\* Join our [Whatsapp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/B6fqS6HGujq8gb3a0kl5pS) 👈 Follow us on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/practicalphilosophyclub/?hl=en) 👈 Our [website](https://www.practicalphilosophy.club) 👈

If you know the meaning of the 78 Tarot Cards but you find difficult to read card combinations fluidly or make card connections in spreads and then make sense of them to create a coherent story, then you could be interested in this course. Please email me for further info about T&Cs and fee at trtcoursemapi@outlook.com

PyData London 2026 brings together data scientists, engineers, and researchers from around the world for three days of insightful talks, tutorials, and community connection. Hosted in one of Europe’s leading tech hubs, the event highlights the latest developments in Python, machine learning, and data science. Attendees can expect a mix of cutting-edge research, real-world applications, and opportunities to network with industry leaders. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, PyData London offers something for every level of the data science community. **THIS IS NOT A TICKET- TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED ON CONFERENCE WEBSITE.** https://pydata.org/london2026

**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE DESCRIPTION BELOW FOR REGISTRATION:** **OWASP AI Security Summit** is taking place at **Infosecurity Europe 2026** on **Thursday, 4 June 2026 at ExCeL London** **Location inside Excel:** South Gallery Rooms 18 & 19 This summit brings together security leaders, researchers, and enterprise practitioners to discuss the latest developments in GenAI and Agentic AI security — including emerging threats, governance, incident response, real-world implementation lessons, and the evolving OWASP guidance shaping the industry. Sample sessions include: • The State of GenAI: Key Trends and OWASP GenAI Security Project • Beyond the Top 10: The Next Chapter of the Agentic Security Initiative • Agentic Security at Microsoft: Strategy, Implementation, and Lessons Learned • Implementing the Agentic Top 10 at AWS • 22 Seconds to Contain: Rewriting IR for Agents • Top 10 for LLMs Update • No Room for Hype: Securing Agentic AI Inside a UK Bank Featured speakers and contributors include OWASP GenAI Security initiative leaders and experts from: Microsoft, AWS, Lloyds Banking Group, OWASP, Deep Cyber, Zenity, and more. **Location inside Excel:** South Gallery Rooms 18 & 19 **REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE** **Register for Infosecurity Europe to attend the summit -** use promo code **OWASP** for a free pass: [https://www.infosecurityeurope.com/en-gb/visit/owasp-gen-ai-security-summit.html](https://www.infosecurityeurope.com/en-gb/visit/owasp-gen-ai-security-summit.html)

Topic to be announced. **THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/ **DIRECTIONS** Franklin University Fisher Hall 300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215 Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8 Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map. NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct. **Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?** Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com

We are bringing Microsoft Build sessions to Columbus Ohio! The Central Ohio Azure Meetup and Central Ohio .NET Developer's Group (CONDG) are coming together to bring some of the labs and breakouts from Microsoft Build to your backyard. In this free, 1 day event, you are going to Build stuff with us! And yes, there will be free food. So please RSVP for a head count!

I have been studying the question of "self" online with Prof. Ellie Anderson and so I thought a prompt on the "self" might be interesting. Full confession: I had Claude create this prompt and I like it, so here goes: Imagine a thought experiment that merges two classic puzzles: > You undergo a procedure, performed neuron by neuron, in which every biological component of your brain is replaced with a functionally identical synthetic substitute. At each step, your behavior, memories, and personality remain unchanged. When the last neuron is swapped, is the consciousness experiencing the world still you? And — more pressingly — was there ever a continuous "you" to begin with? ### Questions to Wrestle With * If consciousness is purely physical, does the *gradual* nature of the replacement matter, or is it equivalent to being destroyed and rebuilt? * Could there be a "self" without continuity of experience — even moment to moment, while you sleep? On a more practical level, consider the simpler case first: **hemispherectomy** patients — people who have had an entire cerebral hemisphere surgically removed — often retain a strong sense of personal identity and continuity. This suggests "you" are not rigidly tied to specific physical material. But does that vindicate the synthetic neuron case, or merely show that identity is more *flexible* than we thought — not that it can survive *complete* substrate replacement? I used Claude so I could get this out today and let everyone have some time to consider it. Hope to see you at the Oracle. Sorry about the location change two weeks ago. That's what I get for trusting local weather predictions!

Couldn't make Knowledge? Or want to debrief the dancing robots or Autonomous Workforce? Join us for a Knowledge '26 recap, insights sharing, a couple rounds of golf, and fun at Topgolf. As always, drinks and food will be provided. More details to come — mark your calendar, RSVP, and save your spot today!

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