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**AGENDA\*** Sponsorship enquiries [here](https://forms.gle/6mgfTiL9Jo3RM2feA) Thanks to **fourTheorem** for sponsoring this event! **6:00 PM - WELCOME** Ronan Ó Caollaí, AWS User Group Ronan Guilfoyle, AWS Solutions Architect Lead **6:15 PM - LUCIANO MAMMINO, Senior Architect, fourTheorem** "Serverless Podcast Transcription with Durable Lambda Functions, ECS Managed Instances, and Bedrock" **7:00 PM - NETWORKING** **7:20 PM - GLEN KEANE, Senior Software Engineer, BRIGHTBEAM** "Dr. Strangeagent, or: How I Learned to Stop Prompting and Love the State Machine” --Glen Keane, Senior Software Engineer, Brightbeam --Brian Finnegan, Principal Solutions Director, Brightbeam --Blake Rizk - Head of AI and Transformation, Laya Healthcare **8PM - Francis Flannery, Principal Solutions Architect, AWS** Talk details TBA **8.30pm - ENDS** **SPEAKER BIOS** +++++++++++++ fourTheorem **LUCIANO MAMMINO** Senior Architect at fourTheorem, AWS Serverless Hero, author, and podcast host, Luciano is a popular standout voice in the AWS Community, known for his immense expertise and tireless dedication to the community. Luciano's talk explores Lambda Durable Functions, ECS GPU workloads, Amazon Bedrock and building scalable, serverless podcast transcription pipelines. Luciano also co hosts AWS Bites with Eoin Shanaghy. The show has passed 150 episodes and, as a side project alongside a full time job, the production workflow has to be efficient. A few years ago Luciano and Eoin built an automated system to transcribe each episode and generate subtitles for YouTube and the website. That system became Podwhisperer, an open source pipeline that anyone can deploy in their own AWS account to automate podcast transcription. Three years is a long time in the AWS world. Better speech tooling showed up, new ways to run GPU workloads became practical, and durable orchestration in Lambda showed up as a great option to build workflows programmatically. So the project was rebuilt as Podwhisperer v2: a serverless transcription pipeline optimized for podcasts, with GPU accelerated transcription, speaker diarization, and an optional refinement step powered by Amazon Bedrock. v2 also produces captions in VTT, SRT, and JSON, including word level timing, so the output can be used directly across platforms without extra manual work. *This talk is a practical case study of the v2 architecture and the trade offs behind it, but it is also designed to teach the foundations behind the building blocks that make it work. Luciano will introduce Lambda Durable Functions and explain how checkpointing and replay enable long running workflows to survive Lambda timeouts. He will then break down ECS Managed Instances and show how they can provision CUDA capable capacity on demand for containerized GPU workloads, scale to zero between runs, and avoid the operational overhead of managing an EC2 fleet. Finally, the talk will cover how Amazon Bedrock can be used for transcript refinement in a controlled way, improving readability without turning the output into creative writing.* *Along the way, the session digs into the implementation details that make or break these systems in practice, including idempotency, worker callbacks, queue based coordination, and startup latency when scaling from zero. Attendees will leave with a clear mental model of the services involved and a set of practical patterns they can apply to their own long running, event driven workloads.* **Speaker Bio** Luciano is a Senior Architect at fourTheorem in Dublin, helping teams be successful with AWS by adopting serverless. He is an AWS Serverless Hero, co-host of the AWS Bites podcast, and co-author of the books [Node.js](http://node.js/) Design Patterns and Crafting Lambda Functions in Rust. **SPEAKER BIOS** +++++++++++++ BRIGHTBEAM **Blake Rizk - Head of AI and Transformation, Laya Healthcare:** Blake is Head of AI and Transformation at Laya Healthcare, part of the AXA Group, where he leads the strategy and delivery of AI-driven transformation across the organisation. With over 20 years of experience in technology, data and digital transformation, he focuses on applying practical AI solutions to modernise core healthcare insurance operations and deliver measurable business value. Blake is currently responsible for advancing the adoption of artificial intelligence across many areas including claims processing, document intake, customer service, and knowledge management. **Brian Finnegan - Principal Solutions Director, Brightbeam:** Brian brings three decades of experience to his role as a Principal Solutions Director at Brightbeam. His expertise in technology delivery stems from a diverse background - which includes previous roles as a Technical Account Manager at AWS and Solutions Architect at Sungard and Presidio. As well as Cloud Architect at Zurich Insurance. This broad perspective gives Brian a pragmatic edge (cutting and otherwise) in bridging the gap between the promise of AI and other new technologies and the gritty reality of scaling it in production. **Glen Keane** \- Senior Software Engineer\, Brightbeam: Glen is a senior software engineer at Brightbeam who wears many hats. Lately, he’s been focused on building intelligent systems using AI. In his past he built smart systems without it. A fullstack developer in all the worst possible ways - he does backend, frontend and devops in both startup and enterprise environments. Previously, he’s been a node.js core maintainer at Nearform; the first engineering hire (outside the founding team) in an Irish Unicorn, Wayflyer; and a Head of Engineering for a local startup. He likes to pretend he’s cosplaying as Chewbacca when he needs a haircut (which is most of the time) and enjoys sitting by beaches in the sunny south east writing code and sipping coffee. **BRIGHTBEAM - TALK DETAILS** AI agents nail demos and drift in production. They skip steps, hallucinate results, and present confident garbage. The fix is not better prompts - it is better architecture. This talk shows how Step Functions patterns - typed I/O, explicit transitions, choice states, parallel execution, error catchers - solve the reliability problem for AI agents. I will walk through a real mutation testing workflow (Chaos Monkey for your test suite) that orchestrates five parallel AI agents, routes on data, and validates intent at the terminal state, without the orchestrating agent remembering anything. Three ideas that land: * **Split intelligence from execution.** AI reasons freely to scope the problem, then a typed state machine drives the steps. Same mental model as Step Functions, applied to agents. * **Isolated sub-tasks.** When a step needs real thinking, spin up a fresh agent with focused context and only the data it needs. The main thread stays deterministic. The sub-task gets the model's full attention. * **Self-driving I/O.** Every step's output carries the next instruction. The agent follows the chain - it does not maintain a plan. If you have used Step Functions on AWS, you already understand the mental model. This talk shows where it maps directly to AI orchestration and where the AI-specific patterns diverge. **Takeaways** 1. Why agents drift and why prompt engineering cannot fix it 2. A concrete architecture you can implement the following week 3. Some core implementation patterns that have been tested in anger ++++++++++++++++++ SPEAK or SPONSOR We have speaking/sponsorship slots available! If you’re building something interesting on AWS we’d really love to hear from you. ++++++++++++++++++ **SAVE THE DATE! - 24 March 2026!** REINVENT RECAP + More!!! Don’t miss the next AWS community event featuring * Major Announcements made @ REINVENT + More!!! * Leading voices from the front lines of AWS / AI development * AWS Ask an Architect All your questions about AWS answered at a single event! ———— **Tickets are FREE but are Limited, so please RSVP Now.** **WANT TO SUPPORT?** AWS User Group events offer a great opportunity to align your brand with AWS thought leadership and to reach a highly influential audience of senior engineers, architects, founders and technical decision-makers that traditional channels cannot match. The Dublin AWS User Group is amongst the longest established in the world and has a long reputation for delivering quality content and engagement opportunities. Meetups are run in a city centre live entertainment setting with full A/V capabilities including dedicated lighting and sound engineers and seating for 200. Contact us through the **Messages Icon** about Speaking and/or Supporting. 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TOG will be open on Tuesday evenings from 19:00 to 21:30 for a general Open House event. Expect to find members and visitors in the space up to all sorts of activities. It's a great time to drop in and see what the space is about. If you're an artist, tinkerer, maker or just plain curious, come in and see what the space is about. Maybe you already have something to work on (or want to), have something to fix, create, design, bodge or tinker... drop in. We're also open for just for plain old social chat and hang out, with plenty of tea, coffee and biscuits. We have lots of free parking right outside our door.

Our Spring Social event will happen on **Tuesday 24th March** in the Black Sheep on Capel Street. There will be no speakers, but there will be craft beers, food, and general conversations around Information Security. Everyone is welcome whether you’re a pro, an amateur or just curious about the field! If you want to speak at a future event, please email us at info@dubsec.ie

If you’ve been DMR-curious for a while (or you’ve a radio sitting there with a half-finished codeplug), this is a great chance to see a full setup done properly, step-by-step. On **Tuesday, 24th March 2026**, **[South Dublin Radio Club](https://southdublinradioclub.weebly.com/)**, in collaboration with **TOG Hackerspace**, will host a **DMR Demonstration Evening** at the club in Rathfarnham. ## What’s happening on the night **[Jeffrey Roe](https://chaos.social/@tdr112) (EI7IRB)** will give a practical demonstration covering: * **Setting up a DMR hotspot** * **Creating and programming a codeplug** * **Tips and lessons learned during setup** (the bits that aren’t obvious until you’ve tried it) This session will suit: * Anyone **new to DMR** who wants the “what talks to what?” overview * Anyone with an **existing setup** who wants to tidy it up, improve it, or avoid common pitfalls ## Want to contribute? Members who’d like to give a short demo or presentation on other parts of DMR are very welcome to get involved — different radios, different workflows, different approaches all help.  ## Event details * **Date:** Tuesday, **24th March 2026** * **Free:** No Booking Required, * **Time:** **19:30 – 21:30** * **Venue:** **South Dublin Radio Club**, Ballyroan Community Centre, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14 We’re looking forward to a good evening of radio chat, practical demos, and plenty of Q&A. See you there!

## About this event ## **Temple Bar Toastmasters, in person meetings, will allow you to be a confident speaker, gain an edge in your career and communicate effectively.** **FREE to all first time guests!** Open to all members of the public. **The club meets every first & third Tuesday of the month.** * [Register](https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/temple-bar-toastmasters-tickets-424109201037) to let us know you are coming! Bring a friend or come alone, all welcome- we are a friendly supportive group! **Benefits for you:​** be a confident speaker gain an edge in your career communicate effectively prepare for online job interviews become a confident public speaker **How we help you:** regular opportunities to speak a planned programme mentoring and coaching friendly supportive feedback practice on hosting a meeting different speaking situations ​ \* \* Entry fee of 5 euros applicable at the door (free for first time guests) \* \* **​**

Socrates famously declared **the unexamined life is not worth living.** What did he mean? How could this ancient piece of wisdom be useful to us in the here and now? Is it possible, in a world of therapy-speak and pseudo-wisdom, to over-examine ourselves and those around us? Join us at Walter’s and add your voice to this important discussion. Buy a drink at the bar, engage with others and share your views.

Hello there! Learn to Meditate in 2026 - Free 10 Week Ongoing Sahaja Yoga Meditation Course - hosted by Jayant, Violeta, Vivek, Seamus and friends every Tuesday - All Welcome - Join any Week - The address: Fringe Lab, Sycamore Building, Sycamore Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, DO2 TD81 - on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 pm until 9:00 pm With Sahaja Yoga Meditation, we usually sit on chairs to achieve yoga effortlessly & spontaneously. So there is no need for mats or special clothing. All across the globe, many are seeking new sources of energy. Meanwhile, the most transformative energy is hiding in plain sight within us, and it's natural, sustainable, and infinitely renewable. It's called inner kundalini energy. And everyone already has it — everyone!. It is often likened to an inner feminine or motherly energy which automatically knows about us and what is needed to help us restore balance and harmony within our subtle being. It works spontaneously, effortlessly, organically, and cannot be paid for. Sahaja Yoga Meditation is a simple, time-honoured technique that lets you tap into that energy and harness its power to become better balanced and better connected to yourself — emotionally, physically, mentally and spiritually. If you're having trouble juggling the challenges in your life, Sahaja Yoga Meditation might help you manage stress, master your emotions and find solutions to your problems. You may enjoy better health, better focus, and a deeper understanding of the universe and your place in it. Meditation is not just for mystics and monks. Sahaja Yoga meditation is for everyone. Anyone can do it. It's that easy. But with the Sahaja Yoga experience, you'll quickly realise it isn't your typical Meditation. It's much more than just feeling peaceful and relaxed. Sahaja Yoga Meditation has many layers, varied and deep. Explore at your own pace, in your way. Our volunteer experts are always available to help. Ready to plug into your inner energy? A few minutes of your life may be all it takes to connect to your inner energy and light the path to lifelong transformation. It's all about energy — guaranteed pure and carbon neutral, and you can never have too much of it. All classes are free. No strings, no catch. Everyone is welcome. Bring a friend. ONLINE GUIDED MEDITATION Mondays from 7:00 to 8:00 pm To Join Zoom Meeting, please click the below link (Recurring meeting) http://online.freemeditation.ie/ Sahaj Yoga Ireland 🤗🙏😇 https://www.facebook.com/groups/MeditationOnlineIreland Facebook Group: "Meditation Online Ireland" for about 30 minutes On this group, you can scroll through past guided meditations and watch any one of the hundred or so meditations there, and you can watch them anytime, day or night. Also available: https://wemeditate.com/ Our website: www.freemeditation.ie For classes in London visit: www.sahajayogalondon.co.uk

This month, we're venturing over to GONG HQ to her two talks from staffers SDE Vanja Tesin, and Senior Engineering Manager Anthony Brady. DETAILS & OFFICIAL BOOKING >>>>> https://ti.to/dublin-java-user-group/264-gong-hq Check your schedule first (it's not cool to not show!) ## **Talk 1:** GONG & Agentic AI Tools Gong built an agentic AI solution called Claude Code to help developers work more effectively across its complex microservice architecture of over 100+ repositories. Using a multi-agent system with specialised rules, skills, and subagents, it automates development tasks and reduces time spent on research and context switching. The result is faster development and better pattern compliance, reducing complex tasks from days to hours. Join Vanja Tesin to discover how. ## **Talk 1:** **Resilience in Microservices** In the distributed landscape of modern backend architecture, the question isn’t if a service will fail, but when. Without robust fault tolerance, a single latent dependency can trigger a cascading failure across an entire ecosystem. Anthony's talk will focus on how Gong overcame some of those challenges and how they are implementing resilience utilising patterns such as Circuit Breakers, Rate Limiters and others to maintain stability and provide graceful degradation even when downstream services are under duress.

Adult Bachata and Salsa dance classes with practice social at Coolock Ardlea Scout Den Coolock Village. This is a mirror studio located upstairs from the hall with nice wooden floors. This is a weekly Thursday event. Come down, learn and have fun! Men and Women are welcome. Free taster for first timers and discount for students, request via dm. Beginners cost 10 euro for all beginner classes and practice.

We will try to secure a table downstairs in the venue in order to keep the location consistent. New people who know nothing about Linux are welcome and encouraged to attend, please don't be shy. If you are new please feel free to approach one of the organisers, and we'd be only happy to help explain things as best as we can, we honestly don't mind and don't judge. We were new once ourselves :) Please note that in general, these are adult friendly meetups, therefore, we are not responsible for those under 18 in attendance. We may have events targeted at children in the future. As with any Meetup, please try to stick to your RSVP or change it to No if you can't come.

Hi Everyone Rumberos/as !!! **💥Quedadas Salseras💃🕺** **‼️Dublin City Center‼️** **📍🪩WIGWAM 3 ROOMS 🪩** 🗓 **Sunday 29 March** **🗓Event Lineup:** **🕖 17:00 Salsa Class \| 2 Levels** **Beginners & Intermediate** **🕖 18:00 Bachata Class \| 2 Levels** **Beginners & Intermediate** **🕖 18:00 Kizomba Class \| Open Level** **🪩Social Dance 🪩** **🕖 19:00 - 00:00** **Salsa & Bachata & Kizomba** **Pass Options:💰** **✅2 Classes + Party + Drink : €20** **✅2 Class + Party : €15** **✅Only Party + Drink : €15** **✅Extra Token Drink : €5 🚪** **💳You can pay by card, cash, revolut,🚪or eventbrite** 🎟️[https://goo.su/fjXus](https://goo.su/fjXus "https://goo.su/fjXus") More info 👉🏼 [https://www.instagram.com/quedadassalseras/](https://www.instagram.com/quedadassalseras/ "https://www.instagram.com/quedadassalseras/")

**Hands‑on. In‑person. Powered by AI.** 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓: To confirm your participation, please complete the registration form (ONLY 50 places available - First-come-first-serves): 👉 https://lnkd.in/etEJ5Pyi 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩. Join us in Dublin for GitHub Copilot Dev Days, a global, community‑led initiative by Microsoft designed to bring hands‑on learning experiences to developers everywhere. Whether you're a student, professional, or part of a startup, this event will help you level‑up your developer workflow using GitHub Copilot and the latest AI‑assisted development practices. This in‑person session is part of a worldwide program running March 15 – April 30, 2026, where community groups host local editions with direct support from Microsoft. You’ll get access to high‑quality technical content, a guided workshop, and opportunities to connect with fellow developers in Ireland. 🚀 **What to Expect** * Opening Talk: Learn how GitHub Copilot accelerates development, improves code quality, and enhances team productivity. * Hands‑On Workshop: Bring your laptop and follow along as we dive into real coding scenarios powered by Copilot. * Community Networking: Meet other developers, share experiences, and explore the impact of AI on modern software engineering. * Swag (limited): Stickers and other goodies may be available, depending on Microsoft’s community distribution. * Free Attendance: This event is 100% free for all participants. See you there.

🎉 Friday Salsa & Bachata – Weekly Classes + Social Dancing 💃🕺 Looking for a fun way to start your weekend? Join us every Friday for a night of dancing, learning, and great vibes! ✨ What to expect: * Beginner-friendly Salsa & Bachata classes to get you moving * Social dancing after class to practice and enjoy * A relaxed, welcoming atmosphere — no pressure, just fun 👣 No partner or experience needed 😊 Come solo or bring friends — everyone is welcome 📅 When: Every Friday 📍 Where: NYX Christchurch Dublin Exchange street ⏰ Time: 7:30pm-00:30am Whether you’re trying dancing for the first time or already love Latin rhythms, this is the perfect place to meet new people, build confidence, and enjoy your Friday nights. Bring your energy, your smile, and let’s dance! 🎶🔥

🚀 A one day build sprint at the frontier of AI agents & sandboxes Every time an AI agent writes code, it needs somewhere to run it. A real computer. Isolated. Fast. Disposable. Until recently, spinning one up took minutes. Daytona does it in under 90 milliseconds. That changes what is possible. **Registeration required on [luma page](https://giveago.co/register/hackspring).** **Please register here to confirm your post: [www.giveago.co/register/hackspring](https://giveago.co/register/hackspring)** On March 28th, we are bringing together Dublin’s most ambitious builders to explore what happens when you give AI agents fast, isolated compute and let them loose on real problems. *** # 🧠 What You Will Build **Design AI agents that demonstrate** * Sharp reasoning * Independent decision making * Safe execution in isolated sandboxed environments * Real world impact A sandbox is an isolated compute environment. A full computer spun up on demand where an agent can run code, browse the web, access files, execute workflows and disappear instantly. This is the infrastructure underneath tools like Claude Code, Codex and Browser Use. It is how serious agent systems run safely in production. *If it involves agents doing real work in the world, sandboxes are how you make it reliable and fast.* ✨ Every builder receives Daytona credits. 🏆 Top three teams earn thousands of dollars in compute. *** **Please register here to confirm your post: [www.giveago.co/register/hackspring](https://giveago.co/register/hackspring)** ## **Project Ideas:** * **Self-Evolving Agent** Spawn hundreds of agent variants in parallel, mutate prompts/tooling/memory, benchmark performance, and keep only the strongest. Darwinian selection for reasoning systems. * **Parallel coding agents** with full context on your codebase and all dependencies pre-loaded, running experiments simultaneously with different parameters and returning results fast. * **Research pipelines** that spin up isolated environments per experiment, run them in parallel, and aggregate outputs without any one run contaminating another. * **Evolutionary Fine-Tuning Lab** Run hundreds of fine-tuning jobs with varied hyperparameters and datasets in isolated sandboxes. Automatically rank, kill, and respawn better-performing models. *** ## What the day looks like 🕚 11:00 AM Doors open ⚙️ 11:30 AM Intro to Daytona and sandbox primitives 🚀 12:00 PM Hacking begins 🍕 1:00 PM Lunch 🛠️ 1:30 PM Back to building 🖥️ 4:45 PM Demos and judging 🏆 5:30 PM Awards and close Bring your laptop, an idea, and something you’ve been wanting to automate. **Please register here to confirm your post: [www.giveago.co/register/hackspring](https://giveago.co/register/hackspring)** ## About Daytona **[Daytona](https://daytona.io)**: Daytona builds the compute infrastructure that AI agents actually need: sandboxes that launch in under 90ms, fork into parallel branches, and snapshot mid-execution. Their customers include LangChain, Browser Use and more. This is the tech underneath Claude Code, Codex and every serious agentic tool running the cloud today. ## Venue Partner ​​\*\*[Baseline](https://baseline.community/)\*\*: An independent community and fund for early-stage founders in Ireland. They write €100K first checks to technical founders, backed entirely by private investors. Looking for your first check? these are the people to be in a room with. ## Join the Community **[Give(a)Go](https://giveago.co)** is a Dublin-based builder community running hands-on technical events for ambitious people who make things. 30+ events. 1,000+ attendees. Partners include PostHog, LangChain, ElevenLabs, HubSpot and Windsurf. One rule: learning by building. **Follow us on: [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/giveago) \| [Instagram](https://instagram.com/giveago) \| [Website](https://giveago.co) \| [GitHub](https://github.com/giveago)** > ***We’ll be taking photos and short video clips throughout the day for recap posts and marketing. By registering, you consent to being included. If you prefer not to appear in any photos or videos, just let one of the hosts know when you arrive*** **Please register here to confirm your post: [www.giveago.co/register/hackspring](https://giveago.co/register/hackspring)**

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

Do you feel introverted when you are in a group setting? Are you shy? Do other people have more fun than you do? There are simple life hacks you can use to improve your connection to others and improve your social life. Talking is one thing. Truly connecting is altogether another. It's the whole experience of connecting with people and forming relationships. It includes the joy, understanding, and love formed among people. * In our meetings, you will learn: * A simple life hack to increase your liking and tolerance of other people, or even of yourself! * How to become more interested and enjoy conversations with people. * How to be comfortable in social settings. * How to be yourself * How to become more extroverted and, * How to make connections with people. Feeling lonely, isolated, or bored? This local meeting is exactly what you need! Come join us! Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to the local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology life improvement center.

Discover Kiro, AWS’s innovative development environment that adapts to your workflow. Whether you prefer specification-driven development or a more intuitive, vibe-based approach, Kiro empowers you to build applications your way. In this session, speakers will explore Kiro’s core functionality and its evolution through re:Invent 2025, along with demonstrations of prompts used to create APIs, hooks, and steering documents. In the latter part of the session, watch as we build a complete example from scratch, showcasing Kiro’s agentic AI workflow in action for spec-driven development and vibe coding. What You'll Learn - Core Kiro concepts and development philosophy Feature evolution: pre and post re:Invent 2025 Practical examples: API creation, hooks, and steering docs Live coding demonstration with real-time problem solving Who Should Attend - Developers, solutions architects, and technical leaders interested in modern AWS development tools and AI-assisted coding workflows. **Speakers Bio:** Matthew Jorat: Matthew Jorat is a Customer Solutions Manager at AWS with nearly three decades of expertise in AI, cloud transformation, migration, modernization, IT, technology, and business. His career spans infrastructure engineer, solutions architect, security auditor, customer success director, support and services director, and operations officer. He was an early adopter of AWS services as a customer, and his current role at AWS uniquely blends his technical and business skills as he partners with executive teams to translate strategic priorities into measurable business outcomes through cloud adoption, AI implementation, and operational excellence. Matt leads end-to-end AI initiatives for enterprise customers, identifying high-impact use cases and maintaining relentless focus on measurable ROI. He holds eight AWS certifications and serves as Adjunct Professor at Franklin University teaching cloud computing and AWS architecture. His expertise encompasses GenAI, agentic AI systems, migration, modernization, and optimization strategies that drive transformation at scale. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjorat/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjorat/) Girish Bhatia: Girish Bhatia is a seasoned technology delivery leader with deep expertise in cross-domain program management. He holds multiple AWS certifications, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS Certified Developer – Associate, and AWS Generative AI Practitioner, and is also an AWS Community Builder. Girish brings over two decades of experience in the information technology industry. Throughout his career, Girish has led major technology-driven business transformation from modernizing on-premises applications to driving large-scale cloud migrations. His work includes API-based integration platforms, data-center and mainframe modernization, and enterprise cloud adoption initiatives. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Girish works at a tech-forward fintech company. He is passionate about AWS serverless architectures, Generative AI and emerging cloud technologies. An avid learner and builder, he continues to explore and apply the latest innovations in AWS to help organizations accelerate their digital transformation. https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/[https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/girishbhatia/) **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

Do you sometimes feel like you do well in life then something happens and you slide back, never quite getting ahead. At this Meetup you'll find out how to identify what actually causes the lows, the highs and everything in between. More importantly you’ll get the secret of how to gain control over your life so the highs are higher and the lows go away. Wouldn’t it be nice to stop the wild roller coaster ride for good? Or at least make it a fun roller coaster ride, with more ups and downs. There is a hidden factor that will be going over and you’re going to be quite surprised what it is and how much it affects your life. Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to the event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is hosted at the Dianetics and Scientology Life Improvement Center.

Builders, creators, architects, admins, consultants - come one, come all. This one's for you. We're bringing a little friendly competition to the Columbus ServiceNow community while highlighting the cool things people have built on the platform. Five presenters will take the stage to showcase something they've built, solved, designed, or imagined on the ServiceNow platform - and a panel of judges (plus YOU, our amazing audience) will score them live. So basically, America's Got Talent but make it ServiceNow's Got Talent. Bring a notepad if you'd like 'cause you'll definitely be learning something new. Each presenter gets 10 minutes max to wow the crowd with: • A demo • A real-world business solution • A bold idea • A UX transformation • Or a creative use of the platform Judging Criteria: 🏆 Business Value 🚀 Innovation ✨ User Experience This event is about celebrating ideas, sharing knowledge, and showing how ServiceNow can drive both business impact and meaningful user value. Come learn. Come support. Come get inspired. Refreshments and bites will be provided. And maybe next time… you’ll be on stage.

Do you want more Self Confidence, less Self Doubt, more Happiness, less Anxiety, and more Love? This event is an introduction to how to handle irrational emotion. How often are yours or another's emotions out of control? What is that about??? I have asked these questions and after much search have found answers and am sharing. Maybe you have suffered a traumatic experience, a deep loss or been through a painful breakup? After that, you try to move on but you just can't. Possibly you have a thought or emotion that hangs around for days and you just can't shake it. What is all this stress, anxiety, depression, and self doubt? It's just crazy! It's not the real you. You can find out what is at the root of all this. This is a local event. Areas you can change with the right information: * Control of unwanted emotions * Lack of confidence * Grief * Anxiety * Anger management * Creating ideal relationships * Memory * and more... This is a local meeting that can start you on the way to a better life, more confidence and less negativity. All the happiness you have lies within you. Let's find it! Be sure to click on the red "Attend" button below to come to this local event. We look forward to seeing you there. This group is created by the Dianetics and Scientology life improvement center.

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 **Abstract** Web Forms gave .NET developers a powerful abstraction for building reusable UI controls long before design systems were a thing. Web Components finally bring that same idea to the browser natively. This session explores how the Web Forms mindset translates into Custom Elements, Shadow DOM, and HTML templates. We’ll examine how Web Components enable design systems that work across frameworks, how they differ from server‑driven controls, and why they’re becoming a foundational layer for modern UI. Whether you’re maintaining legacy apps or building greenfield projects, you’ll leave with a practical understanding of how to apply familiar patterns in a modern, standards‑based way. **YouTube Link** TBA