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June Meetup: Exploring tuning systems
Join us on the **2nd of June** at our monthly **Audio Developer Meetup** where we will be hosting a **panel of speakers exploring different approaches to tuning** when developing tools for musicians. See below for details!
As always, there will be a chance to network over drinks and pizza. Anyone interested in Audio development is welcome!
Doors open at 18:00, talks start at 18:15.
Please note: Attendance is **strictly limited** to people who have RSVP'd
**Tuning Panel details:**
Many digital music-making tools are built from the ground up with the assumption that all music is based on a 12-note scale with pitches tuned like a piano. This can force musicians who draw from other backgrounds to adapt to this Western-classical ideal or exclude them from exploring certain creative avenues, with political, social and artistic consequences. This panel includes guest speakers with different musical and engineering backgrounds who will share the barriers they have encountered with existing tools and what doors the next generation of tools could open.
**Speakers:**
**John Kameel Farah** is a Palestinian-Canadian composer who combines elements of Baroque and Arabic music, improvisation and electronic soundscapes, to create music he calls "Arabic-Baroque-Futurism". In his concerts, Farah draws on themes of resistance, history and identity. Surrounding the piano with synthesizers and electronics, he weaves unfolding sonic tapestries in which looping drones morph into Baroque-style fugues and driving Arabic percussion.
**Morgan Sully** (US/DE) is a Berlin-based experimental musician descended from the great American portrait painter Thomas Sully and itinerant roots from Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean. Morgan’s current practice moves between live electronics, curation, and the thoughtful resynthesis of sonic heritage.
**Uygur Vural** is a Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist, cellist, sound artist, and storyteller from Թուրքիyե. His work moves between free improvisation, contemporary music, Middle Eastern musical traditions, and acoustic ecology, exploring the relationships between sound, memory, migration, and urban space. Drawing from both Anatolian musical cultures and experimental practices, he develops performances and listening experiences that challenge fixed ideas of tuning, musical systems, and cultural boundaries.
**Peter Kirn** is a Lebanese-American composer and music technologist who, for over twenty years, has written daily at CDM.link (create digital music) about music and music tech. He studied composition and musicology at the CUNY Graduate Center and has hosted workshops and interactive performance laboratories in various formats across the Americas, West and East Asia, and Europe, while generally confusing people by making techno, experimental, or ambient sounds on alternating days.
**Laurel Pardue** is a violinist and music technologist. She studied both engineering and music at MIT, leading to a PhD in music instrument design and learning at the UK's QMUL. She has designed and built several novel instruments, including the award winning Svampolin (Guthman, NIME), a hybrid acoustic and digital violin, and the Tabla Touch for Keda Instruments. She’s performed with various musicians including Sam Lee, Bang On A Can, Gamelan Galak Tika, and Mishaped Pearls with live appearances on UK BBC Radio, and German television. She currently writes software at Ableton AG and performs with percussionist Bex Burch and Gamelan Saptarvana.
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**Accessibility info:** The main entrance is up one flight of stairs, but an elevator and fully accessible toilets are available with advance notice; please reach out 48 hours before the event so we can make arrangements. We will also do our best to support any requests that come in after that time!
Meetup #13 — Money + taxes
The state deals with a lot of money. People and organisations need to declare, file, and pay taxes or receive returns if they overpaid the state. Tax contributions amount to billions of euros, funding public goods such as infrastructure, education, social welfare, and defence.
In the 13th edition of our meetup series, we take a closer look at research and design in public finance and taxation, exploring diverse perspectives from 3 speakers. The evening aims to spark a discussion about the government’s or the state’s role, and how it can be accommodating to citizens, residents, and business owners.
We will hear from:
* Manuel Großmann (Taxfix)
* Merici Vinton (formerly US Digital Service)
* Sonja Wilczek (DigitalService des Bundes)
The federal government’s DigitalService is hosting the meetup on the mezzanine floor of its Kreuzberg office.
All presentations will be given in English. Questions in the later discussion part can be raised in either English or German.
The event is jointly organised and hosted by CityLAB Berlin and DigitalService.
I WRITE @ Iska Café – A Cozy Silent Writing Club
Welcome to **I WRITE**, a gentle space for anyone who wants to write—quietly, freely, and without judgement.
We are a Berlin community of writers who gather together weekly to write, talk and recharge after a long week. Some of us journal, some write novels, some do academic writing, many people come without a project in mind and see where the inspiration flow takes them. This is a space to simply show up and write, a safe place to be yourself and to release all your layers onto the paper.
There’s no set topic, no feedback circle, and no pressure. Just warm people, a calm atmosphere, and time dedicated to yourself.
🗓️ **Agenda:**
* 18:30 - 19:00 **→** 30 min arriving, optional socialising (arrive early, meet other writers)
* 19:00 - 20:00 **→** 1 hour of silent writing (headphones welcome, focus encouraged)
* 20:00–20:30 **→** 30 mins optional chat or solo time (stay and chat or go celebrate the rest of your evening)
🎒 **Bring:**
* Something to write with (laptop, notebook, phone, typewriter… anything goes)
* Your current project or a blank page
* Yourself, exactly as you are
**👉 Responsibility:**
* Our location is limited; thus, I am kindly asking you to RSVP only if you are willing to attend.
**📍Location:**
* We meet at the Iska Cafe at Kalckreuthstraße 7, 10777 Berlin.
* Google map pin: [here](https://maps.app.goo.gl/765XQTN8KBGv95gx9)
* 🚇 **U1\, U2 Wittenbergplatz \|\| U1\, U2\, U3\, U4 Nollendorfplatz**
* 🚌 **106\, 187\, M19\, M29 An Der Urania \|\| M46 Motzstraße**
**About me:**
Hi, my name is Anastasia. I started this writing club back in May 2025. Since then, it has been hosted weekly at the Heinrich Schulz Library and is now extended to the Café as well. Over this time, I’ve been privileged to meet some of the most creative and kind minds in Berlin. And I would be happy if you joined us. Whether you're an experienced writer or just at the beginning of your journey, you're welcome. If you know how to hold a pen or how to type, there will always be a space for you.
Let's write together!
Collaborative Modeling Meetup - Problem Solving with EventStorming
For the June edition of our collaborative modeling meetup, we’ll continue the EventStorming deep dive we started earlier this year and explore some of the tactics and recipes of this format. What does that mean, exactly? Massive learning, massive fun, and massive numbers of sticky notes.
As always, everyone is welcome. You don't need to be a software engineer to participate. In fact, it would be great to have more people who aren't software engineers. We're here to solve problems cross-functionally, not get into implementation details. As long as you care passionately about getting things right, then you belong here!
This is a hands-on workshop. Be prepared to participate fully and add to the energy of the room. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Achtsamkeit und Entspannung für den Alltag
Erlerne Meditations- und Entspannungsverfahren kennen und sorge damit für mehr Bewusstheit und Stressreduktion in deinem Alltag.
#34 AI Series: HuggingFace - G. Channing
We are excited to feature **Georgia Channing**, who is currently leading the AI for Science team at **Hugging Face** and will discuss "**When Silicon Meets Carbon: Bringing Synthetic Biology to Life**", lasting approximately 45 minutes. After the talk, seize the opportunity to connect with fellow AI enthusiasts to share ideas and questions while enjoying free drinks and pizza. **Door close by 7.15pm, so please come early! Also, "attend"ing (RSVP) here on Meetup is strictly necessary to be guaranteed entry.**
Please note that Meetup has recently been quite keen on promoting its Plus program. However, you are not obligated to purchase it, as both our events and the platform remain free.
**Who is this event for?**
This event is open to everyone interested in state-of-the-art AI research. We especially design it for students, PhD candidates, academic researchers, and industry professionals with a research focus in machine learning.
**Abstract**: Foundation models have transformed how we read and design biological systems, from protein structure prediction to the generation of novel sequences. But building these models is as much an engineering problem as a scientific one. This talk looks at what it takes to bring AI for biology from research into practice, and at the challenges that make science a uniquely demanding domain for machine learning. We will cover how foundation models for biology are trained and deployed at scale, why scientific data is so different from the text and images that drive mainstream AI, and where the gap between a benchmark result and a real biological discovery still lies. The aim is to show how modern AI connects to living systems, and what we need to get right for synthetic biology to fully benefit from it.
**Bio**: Georgia Channing is the AI for Science Lead at Hugging Face, working at the intersection of machine learning and the natural sciences. She read for her Master’s and PhD in computer science at the University of Oxford, with a focus on applying AI to scientific discovery. Her work has spanned a wide range of AI-for-science areas, including remote sensing, biophysics, and materials design. She now focuses on building open tools, models, and communities that make scientific research more accessible, collaborative, and reproducible.
We are [BLISS](https://bliss.berlin/) e.V., the **AI** **organization** in Berlin that **connects like-minded individuals** who share great interest and passion for the field of machine learning. This summer 2026, we will, again, host an exciting speaker series on site in Berlin, featuring excellent researchers from cohere, ETH Zürich, University of Oxford, HuggingFace, and Stanford University.
Website: [https://bliss.berlin](https://bliss.berlin/)
Youtube: [https://www.youtube.com/@bliss.ev.berlin](https://www.youtube.com/@bliss.ev.berlin)
Disclaimer: By attending this event you agree to be photographed.
regular NixOS Meetup @c-base
We are back in the c-base!
Do you already run NixOS and want to talk to other people or want an introductory session with some NixOS users. Just bring your machine!
Usually there are no topics, we just sit in front of our computers, talk about stuff, debug some problems or review some PRs on nixpkgs.
There are drinks usually available from the c-base bar.
If you can't find us. just ask around or ask in irc (#krebs on hackint)
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INNER GUIDANCE - a transformative Movement workshop for women/sisters
ENGLISH:
**INNER GUIDANCE**
**A Transformative Movement Workshop**
**for all beautiful women / sisters**
**Grow · Unfold · Integrate**
The Inner GUIDANCE Workshop is an embodied journey into your inner knowing, wisdom, and clarity. Through free-form movement, dance, and gently guided impulses and intention-setting, you are invited to reconnect with your body as a source of guidance, truth, and trust.
In a supportive and non-judgmental space, we move to alchemize inner obstacles, awaken joy in the body, express a freer, new version of ourselves, and return to our inner center. Gratitude becomes a shared practice, raising our frequency, cultivating unity within ourselves and with others, and opening us to authentic human connection—expressed through the language of our moving bodies and hearts.
This workshop creates space to listen deeply to your inner knowing via the body in movement. You will be supported to just be you in the present moment, allowing and discovering change, strengthening self-trust. Besides dancing mostly for yourself there will be also some partner and group invitations in movement which you can join or not and some physical touch involved, of course all volunteerly. We will end with an relaxing integration time and little sound bath.
No prior dance experience is required. There is no right or wrong way to move—only the willingness to connect with your inner compass: your body.
Move towards your true self, guided from within.
Come just as you are and wear comfortable clothing that allows free movement.
**Energy exchange:** 20 Euro (normal), 15 Euro (reduced)
The session may be held in German and/or English, depending on the needs of the participants.
**Please register due limited spaces via email, PM, Meet Up message latest till Friday 05.06.2026:**
EMAIL: soulbalance@mail.de
I look forward to holding space for you.
With love
Mira
(Certified Transformative Dance Facilitator & Integrative Dance Educator)
*Note: This workshop is not therapeutic; your well-being remains your own responsibility. However, it may have therapeutic effects.*
DEUTSCH:
**INNER GUIDANCE**
**Ein transformativer Bewegungs-Workshop**
**für Frauen / Schwestern**
**Grow - Unfold ·- Integrate**
Der Inner GUIDANCE Workshop ist eine verkörperte Reise zu deinem inneren Wissen, deiner Klarheit und Intuition. Durch freie Bewegung, Tanz und sanft angeleitete Impulse verbindest du dich wieder mit deinem Körper als Quelle von Führung, Vertrauen und Wahrheit.
In einem wertfreien und unterstützenden Raum bewegen wir uns, um innere Blockaden zu wandeln, Freude im Körper zu aktivieren und eine neue, freiere Version von uns selbst auszudrücken – und in unsere innere Mitte zurückzukehren. Dankbarkeit begleitet uns dabei als Praxis, um unsere Schwingung zu erhöhen und echte Verbindung mit uns selbst und anderen über dem Körper und unserem Herzen zu erleben.
Dieser Workshop schafft Raum, um über den sich bewegenden Körper tiefer auf deine innere Weisheit zu hören. Du wirst darin unterstützt, einfach du selbst im gegenwärtigen Moment zu sein, Veränderung zuzulassen und zu entdecken sowie dein Vertrauen in dich selbst zu stärken. Neben dem Tanzen für dich selbst wird es auch Einladungen zu Partner- und Gruppenübungen in Bewegung geben, an denen du teilnehmen kannst oder nicht. Dabei kann es auch zu körperlicher Berührung kommen – selbstverständlich alles freiwillig. Zum Abschluss gibt es eine entspannende Integrationszeit und ein kleines Sound Bath.
\- Keine Tanzerfahrung nötig\.
\- Kein Richtig oder Falsch\.
\- Nur du\, dein Körper und dein innerer Kompass\.
\- Bewege dich auf dein wahres Selbst zu – geführt von innen\.
Komm einfach so, wie du bist, und bring bequeme Kleidung mit, in der du dich gut bewegen kannst.
Die Session kann auf Deutsch und/oder Englisch gehalten werden, je nach den Bedürfnissen der Movers.
**Energieausgleich**: 20 Euro (normal), 15 Euro (reduziert)
**Bitte registriere dich bis Freitag 05.06. per PM, Meet up Nachricht oder Emai**l (soulbalance@mail.de)
Ich freue mich darauf, Raum für euch zu halten.
Alles Liebe
Mira
(Zertifizierte Transformative Dance Facilitator und integrative Tanzpädagogin)
*Hinweis: Dieser Workshop ist nicht therapeutisch, die Verantwortung für dein Wohlbefinden liegt bei dir. Dennoch kann er eine therapeutische Wirkung haben.*
Berliner Bitcoin-Stammtisch @ Friedel Richter
Welcome to the Berliner Bitcoin-Stammtisch, where we gather to talk about the digital currency that's worth more than gold and sometimes causes more drama than a Netflix series.
Join our tribe of business beings, developers, and activists who believe that Bitcoin is the future of money, and El Salvador seems to agree! Here you can learn the ropes of Bitcoin, from buying your first fraction to safely storing your private keys.
Our current hangout spot is Friedel Richter on Torstraße, because ROOM77 is closed until the last block is mined. You can pay in Bitcoin ₿ or Lightning ⚡ and enjoy awesome regional food with an international twist.
So come join the fun, the food, and the revolution! We're waiting for you. 🍔🍔🍔
Women's Singing & Movement Circle
**Donation based - 10€ minimum contribution to support us <3**
A soft morning only for women. 🤍Reconnect with your voice, body, and inner truth. Through somatic practices, breath, sound, movement, and heartfelt connection, we create a safe and nourishing space for expression, release, and nervous system restoration.
✨ Relax
✨ Reconnect with yourself
✨ Meet other women
**What’s Included**
🌿 Outdoor women-only gathering
🌿 Opening circle & shared intentions
🌿 Somatic body awakening — jaw, neck, throat, chest & free movement
🌿 Bhramari (humming bee breath) to calm the nervous system & open the voice
🌿 Heart-opening singing circle with English & Spanish medicine songs
🌿 Authentic relating
🌿 Community connection
**🌻 What to bring :**
\- mat to sit on
\- water
\- snacks to share \(optional\)
DL Meetup #12 powered by SAP (Berlin)
We invite you to our [Digitale Leute Meetup in Berlin powered by SAP](https://www.eventbrite.de/e/dl-meetup-12-powered-by-sap-berlin-tickets-1987405580591?aff=oddtdtcreator). Look forward to inspiring talks and Q&A sessions.
Get your free ticket [here](https://www.eventbrite.de/e/dl-meetup-12-powered-by-sap-berlin-tickets-1987405580591?aff=oddtdtcreator)
***
The Digitale Leute Meetup is an event series organized by *Digitale Leute*.
**Invitation**
We invite you to join us for our second meetup this year on June 4th at SAP in Berlin! We just celebrated the successful restart of our event series in Cologne with over 100 participants, and we cannot wait to dive deep into the Berlin product builders community.
Look forward to leading professionals from product, engineering, and UX/design, sharing their best practices and discussing trends and topics with you the community.
We are still early in our planning, but expect the first speaker announcements soon. Join us for an evening of networking, fueled by drinks and bites – just bring your ideas and your colleagues!
**Schedule**
06:30 PM - Doors open
07:00 PM - Welcome by Christoph Bresler, Founder of Digitale Leute School
07:05 PM - Welcome by SAP & Moderation by Thomas Riedel
07:10 PM - DL Interview:
**Mareike Dorra**, Head of Product Management Bootcamps at Digitale Leute School (ex-Zalando) will interview **Jan Hegewald**, VP Engineering at Rabot Energy (ex-SumUp, -Zalando, -Idealo) about the rise of Product Engineering. AI is changing how software is built. In this conversation, Mareike Dorra and Jan Hegewald explore why the focus is shifting from software development to product development—and how engineers, through product thinking, new tools, and closer collaboration with product managers, are evolving into “product engineers.”
07:40 PM - Questions & Answers
08:00 PM - Networking
08:55 PM - Wrap up of the meetup
**Good to know**
In addition to our meetup, we bring together over 1,000 product builders in Cologne every November at our international software product development conference, the Digitale Leute Summit. Speakers in 2026 include representatives from Atlassian, Google DeepMind, Zendesk, sevdesk, and many more.
You can find more information here: [Digitale Leute Summit 2026](https://www.digitale-leute.de/summit/26/ "https://www.digitale-leute.de/summit/26/")
**About Digitale Leute**
Digitale Leute has always been about one thing: bringing together the people who shape digital products. The thinkers, the builders, the ones who care deeply about how technology is made and why it matters. Over the years, our community has grown – but we’ve missed the magic that only happens when you’re in the same room, sharing ideas, swapping stories, and sparking conversations that no Slack channel can replicate.
So we decided: it’s time to bring our meetups back.
**About SAP in Berlin**
Located in the heart of European innovation, [SAP in Berlin](https://www.sap.com/germany/about/berlin.html "https://www.sap.com/germany/about/berlin.html") combines the power of a global company with the strength of a unique local ecosystem – we attract talent, shape SAP‘s image as a front-runner of innovation, and foster our position as market leader for enterprise application software in Berlin. Our location in Berlin offers a perfect meeting point for innovators and decision makers, while we stay on top of software trends and technologies to define their value for business and society.
Nervous System & Body Reflection - EN
An invitation to soften, slow down, and listen within.
Through grounding movements, mindful breathing and guided reflection, this class creates space to reconnect with your body and nervous system. We begin with an intentional asana practice to awaken the body and build awareness from the inside out. As the practice unfolds, mindful movement and conscious breathing will support you in tuning into your emotional and physical state with greater clarity and presence in the now.
The body holds stories, sensations, and emotions while the nervous system often guides how we experience them. This class offers a gentle space to regulate, reflect, release, and reconnect.
Guided reflections are woven throughout the practice to support deeper self-awareness and integration. You’re welcome to journal, simply reflect internally, or engage in whatever way feels supportive to you.
Please bring a journal and pen if you’d like.
https://www.eversports.de/org/activity/0374c592-0743-4067-a6bf-7f1e47b11b1c
PyData London 2026
PyData London 2026 brings together data scientists, engineers, and researchers from around the world for three days of insightful talks, tutorials, and community connection. Hosted in one of Europe’s leading tech hubs, the event highlights the latest developments in Python, machine learning, and data science. Attendees can expect a mix of cutting-edge research, real-world applications, and opportunities to network with industry leaders. Whether you're a beginner or an expert, PyData London offers something for every level of the data science community.
**THIS IS NOT A TICKET- TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED ON CONFERENCE WEBSITE.**
https://pydata.org/london2026
BLISS x juna.ai Workshop: Open-Ended Algorithm Discovery with LLMs
**⚠️ IMPORTANT: REGISTRATION MANDATORY ⚠️**
Registration on **Luma** is **REQUIRED** to attend this event. **Link: https://luma.com/7zfk3orp?utm_source=meetup**
Your registration is subject to host approval. You must complete the registration process on lu.ma to receive the full event location details and confirmation of your attendance.
**Please note: Without approved registration on Luma, you will NOT be able to access the event location or attend.**
We are excited to host a **BLISS x juna.ai workshop** featuring **Dr. Nima Siboni (senior RL Engineer)**, who will guide us through an interactive session on algorithm discovery with LLMs.
** Title: The Heuristic Scientist: Open-Ended Algorithm Discovery with LLMs**
**📅 Date: 03.06.2026**
**🕕 Time: 18:00**
📍 Location: TU Berlin Marchstrasse 23 [Room 0.011]
The session will last around 2 hours, followed by a networking session
with juna.ai and fellow AI enthusiasts (and free pizza!🍕). Bring your laptop!
**Abstract:** Large language models are increasingly useful not only for writing code, but for exploring the space of possible algorithms. In this hands-on workshop, we will look at how LLMs can act as “heuristic scientists”: generating candidate strategies, turning ideas into executable code, testing them against concrete objectives, and refining them through feedback. The workshop centers on the general discovery loop behind LLM-assisted heuristic generation. Participants will learn how to structure problems for algorithm discovery, prompt models to propose interpretable heuristics, evaluate those heuristics with simulations or benchmarks, and use the results to guide further search. We will also discuss when simple prompting is enough, when training or fine-tuning may help, and how to keep generated heuristics understandable, testable, and auditable.
By the end of the session, participants will have built a small discovery loop of their own and will understand the practical trade-offs involved in using LLMs for open-ended algorithm discovery: creativity versus control, exploration versus verification, and automation versus human judgment.
**⚡ FINAL REMINDER ⚡**
**You MUST register and be approved on Luma to attend. The event location will only be visible after your registration is confirmed by the host. Link: https://luma.com/7zfk3orp?utm_source=meetup**
***
We are **BLISS e.V.**, Berlin’s AI community connecting like-minded individuals passionate about machine learning and data science. Our **BLISS Workshops** connect **students and young professionals with industry partners**, offering an inside look into **how machine learning is applied in real-world settings** \- from research and development to deployment\.
BLISS Website:[ https://bliss.berlin](https://bliss.berlin/?utm_source=luma)
BLISS Youtube:[ https://www.youtube.com/@bliss.ev.berlin](https://www.youtube.com/@bliss.ev.berlin?utm_source=luma)
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June 2026 AWS Columbus - Topic to be announced
Topic to be announced.
**THANK YOU** *Franklin University* for hosting our meetup! To learn more about *Franklin University*, please visit their website: https://www.franklin.edu/
**DIRECTIONS**
Franklin University
Fisher Hall
300 E. Main St, Columbus, OH 43215
Map: https://maps.app.goo.gl/jxjBA2hUmS5qrvhq8
Parking is FREE! Please park in Lot C in front of Fisher Hall. See attached map.
NOTE: Map the address only. When mapping with Google Maps it may use the Fisher Hall at OSU, which is NOT correct.
**Want to sponsor the pizza and/or bar tab?**
Please contact me if you would like to sponsor this meetup's pizza and/or bar tab: angelo@mandato.com
CONNECTED Westerville Mastermind Group
Join the CONNECTED Westerville Mastermind Group for a dynamic afternoon of B2B networking! This event is perfect for professionals looking to expand their business connections, share insights, and foster collaboration within the community. Whether you are a seasoned entrepreneur or just starting out, this event offers a valuable opportunity to exchange ideas, build relationships, and grow your network in a supportive environment. Connect with like-minded individuals, explore potential partnerships, and discover new opportunities for professional growth. Don't miss out on this chance to enhance your business network and take your career to the next level with CONNECTED Westerville Mastermind Group! We meet the 4th Monday of every month from 11am-1pm. Welcome and general networking from 11am - 11:30am with core meeting 11;30 - 12:30 and a final round of networking from 12:30 - 1pm.
Columbus PHP: Monthly Meetup
Our monthly PHP meetup.
A virtual shindig courtesy of Zoom. Check back here for the details around 6:15 pm
Westerville Pride Festival
Westerville Pride Festival
Sat\. June 6\, 2026 \| 5 PM \- 8 PM
If you're thinking of attending, or being a sponsor, vendor, or volunteer, visit our website at https://www.westervillequeercollective.org/pride for more information!
Location and other info will be announced soon :)
Data & Analytics Wednesday - Finding Product Insights
**The Behavior Gap: Where Products Win or Lose**
Teams today have more data than ever, and yet many still struggle to understand why customers adopt, engage with, or abandon their products. Teams sprint, ship faster, and chase more signals… all while metrics stall and confidence drops. The missing piece isn’t more data. It’s often the behavioral insight between the metrics, explaining why the numbers move in the first place. Dashboards can tell you what customers did, but understanding why they did it (and how to influence what they do next) requires a deeper blend of insights. This session is about closing that gap.
Drawing from real-world experience designing and scaling products as [ZoCo Design](https://zocodesign.com/)’s CEO, [Lacey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) will share how to cut through the noise and identify the insights that actually change behavior—moving people, and moving metrics. You’ll learn:
* Why understanding customer behavior is a quant and qual challenge
* How to spot the signals that actually predict behavior change
* Where AI accelerates insight, and where it creates distraction
* How to get meaningfully closer to customers, without adding more tools
This talk reframes how to evaluate performance and identify what levers actually improve it, helping your team to make smarter bets with greater confidence. Every meaningful outcome is driven by behavior change. And when you know how to design for behavior, you stop guessing, and start building things that work.
**About Our Speaker**
[Lacey Picazo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) is the Founder and CEO of ZoCo, a healthcare product studio that turns complex, high-stakes ideas into products that drive real-world adoption. She partners with healthcare organizations to uncover critical care delivery insights, focus product strategy through behavior design, and build solutions that patients and providers actually use.
Thanks to our 2026 sponsors:
[Clarivoy](https://www.clarivoy.com), [What Box Consulting Group](https://www.whatboxconsultinggroup.com), [Conductrics](https://www.conductrics.com), and [Piwik PRO](https://piwik.pro)
More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)
Westerville Queer Coffee Meetup
WQC has weekly Thursday night social nights at the Westerville Java Central. Come and grab a coffee and connect with the community: low stakes, chill environment, and tasty drinks. No registration is required; come as you are.
Azure CBUS June
Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!!
https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/
























