Robotics

This session of HKWD will be on creative tech and AI About Ilmari HEIKKINEN Award-winning Creative Technologist and SXSW 2025 Innovation Award winner with 20+ years of experience bridging the gap between high-performance engineering and visionary brand storytelling. A pioneer in web standards (WebGL) and an expert in Generative AI, I have spent the last decade as a high-level consultant for world-class agencies and in-house teams. He specializes in delivering "world-first" digital experiences for a portfolio of iconic brands including LVMH, Chanel, Google, and HSBC. Seeking a leadership role within Publicis Groupe to scale innovation, integrate emerging tech (AI/XR), and lead multidisciplinary teams in creating the next generation of immersive advertising. About Rhys Turner Rhys Turner is a Creative Technologist and Innovation Technologist, specialising in the intersection of technology, design, and luxury experiences. With a background in emerging technologies, AI, and interactive media, he explores innovative ways to enhance digital storytelling and customer engagement. His work focuses on blending creativity with technical innovation, pushing the boundaries of digital craftsmanship in the fashion and beauty industries. Sponsors and supporting partner Tronica - HKWD sponsor Event notes This event is first come first serve and will be letting people in on a capacity basis food and drinks buy by the bar vip reserved seats upon request 

Schedule 7:00 - Welcome mingle

 7:15 - Talk and Panel 8:00 - Q&A 8:30 - Forum and mingle

 Join our discord for better communication https://discord.com/invite/k6zSjSZUUE

 We are looking for:

 A venue Presenters

 Volunteers

 Sponsors

 If this is you please reach out. Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/81822390552?pwd=8ZSEqVJ0DGdA5mhnpa4lGaZnWsOxkK.1

 Meeting ID: 818 2239 0552

 Passcode: RSVP or DM for passcodeSponsored by tronica.io

This is Dim Sum Labs' Public HackJam meet. Free! Everyone is welcome to join us. If you are an engineer, designer, programmer, artist, creator, innovator, visionary, entrepreneur, or inventor, join us for an evening of thought-provoking conversations. Or better yet, bring your projects, ask for help, and show them off. This is also your chance to test the space before becoming a member. Members have access to the space and all the [equipment within](https://www.dimsumlabs.com/equipment/), 24/7 for a very reasonable price! For details, [please see our website](https://www.dimsumlabs.com/become-a-member-of-dim-sum-labs/). Calling for show-and-tell: if you want to share your projects on coding, making, art, and tech venture projects, come jam with us on HackJam. We can accommodate and help you promote here. Contact us here or via the means listed below. Being Hong Kong's longest-running Hackerspace (since 2011), we are happy to host you, who may: * Be coming from out-of-town * Be from other Hacker/Maker/co-working spaces * Want to get hands-on and create * Wish to network with high-quality, friendly, like-minded people * Be curious about what all this is about * Just want to have a drink while coding. Can't arrive at the start time? Drop in when you can make it :) For more information, check out our website at [https://www.dimsumlabs.com](https://www.dimsumlabs.com), or chat with us (we are happy to chat with you): * Telegram: https://t.me/dimsumlabs * IRC Chat: #dimsumlabs on https://libera.chat/

**Total beginners** **welcome so come try!** A whole new movement, fitness & self defense cultural activity **outdoors!** Structured progressive practices for **Strength**, **Flexibility, Coordination, Balance** & **Self Defense** skills in a fun friendly group environment! Totally NOT what you expect, **serious cardio**, **whole body movement** & **practical!** You will really be surprised by what WE do but even more by what YOU can do! Nothing like what you imagine about Kung Fu, No screaming, No rigidness, No mysticism & No getting hit… but YES, definitely a fun workout with great people! **Curious?** To get an ideal of what class is like, hear instructor & hear student testimonials go to: [https://www.instagram.com/natural.style.kungfu](instagram.com/natural.style.kungfu) **FEE:** 1st time TRIAL fee only $100 HKD for residents. Please RSVP here or Whatsapp me. Non-Resident $150 HKD. After trial 10 class package is $1500 HKD or $200 HKD single class. **WEAR:** Workout clothing, sports shoes & bring bottle of water! **WHEN:** Tuesday 6:45pm NEW people. Please be on time, warm up very important for your 1st class! **WHERE:** Inside Kowloon Park. Meet at McDonalds across from Indoor Swimming Pool entrance, next to Sports Center. MTR: Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan, or Austin. Link below: [Kowloon Park Swimming Pool](https://maps.apple.com/?address=22%20Austin%20Rd,%20Tsim%20Sha%20Tsui,%20Kowloon,%20Hong%20Kong%20SAR,%20China&auid=15054175802527892571&ll=22.301815,114.170365&lsp=9902&q=Kowloon%20Park%20Swimming%20Pool&_ext=CjIKBAgEEAUKBAgFEAMKBQgGEKcBCgQIChAACgQIUhADCgQIVRAQCgQIWRADCgUIpAEQARIkKSODum0jNjZAMWByPQiohFxAORGqqD1gZDZAQaw+9nwmkVxA&t=m) **WHY:** Out of shape? Gym BORING? Incredible friendly community? More? You want to exercise & have fun building strength, flexibility, coordination & self-defense skills while cultivating patience, focus, confidence & yes… discipline! **HOW:** To get in touch with me, Whatsapp .9420.0360. or email through Meetup. For more info about my art, please visit NaturalStyleKungfu.com. **\- Book a Private 1\-on\-1 Kungfu Class\!** Learn at your own pace & prepare for later group classes, choose the day & time suitable to you! Private Class in Kowloon Park: 1.5 Hours $500, other locations $900 **-**

$20 for 2 hours

Regular Wednesday Evening Happy Hour! Sharing interesting software development projects! Venue: A Private Lounge, Central, HK (PM to inquire exact venue) LKF Tower, 55 D'Aguilar Street, Central, HK Format: Cash Bar Basis (the event will follow Restriction Order of HK government) Who can join? Welcome experts coming from but not limited to below areas: > > Languages: C/C++/c#/Java/Python/MATLAB/R, etc > > Programming Technique: Full Stack development/ Database/ Game development/ Unreal Engine/ Unity Engine/ Data Mining/ AI/ Machine Learning/ Blockchain/ Crypto/ Algo Trading/ High Frequency Trading/ Scientific Research, etc.

Feel free to join if you are interested in low level computer stuff. If you have any cool projects or ideas you wanna share, bring them along

Unlike the usual BYOB format of this group, this is an **assigned reading format.** **You are expected to have read some of the book** to join the discussion :) I am excited to finally read this book, its an award-winning, one of the most highly rated non fiction books across Goodreads/Amazon and for good reason! About the book: # "In vivid detail... examines the little-known history of two extraordinary dynasties."--The Boston Globe An epic, multigenerational story of two rival dynasties who flourished in Shanghai and Hong Kong as twentieth-century China surged into the modern era, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Shanghai, 1936. The Cathay Hotel, located on the city's famous waterfront, is one of the most glamorous in the world. Built by Victor Sassoon--billionaire playboy and scion of the Sassoon dynasty--the hotel hosts a who's who of global celebrities: Noel Coward has written a draft of Private Lives in his suite and Charlie Chaplin has entertained his wife-to-be. And a few miles away, Mao and the nascent Communist Party have been plotting revolution. By the 1930s, the Sassoons had been doing business in China for a century, rivaled in wealth and influence by only one other dynasty--the Kadoories. These two Jewish families, both originally from Baghdad, stood astride Chinese business and politics for more than 175 years, profiting from the Opium Wars; surviving Japanese occupation; courting Chiang Kai-shek; and losing nearly everything as the Communists swept into power. In The Last Kings of Shanghai, Jonathan Kaufman tells the remarkable history of how these families participated in an economic boom that opened China to the world, but remained blind to the country's deep inequality and to the political turmoil at their doorsteps. In a story stretching from Baghdad to Hong Kong to Shanghai to London, Kaufman enters the lives and minds of these ambitious men and women to forge a tale of opium smuggling, family rivalry, political intrigue, and survival. Note: * **location subject to change** but we'll keep it around Wan Chai District. * You **must** buy something at the venue. * **First timer attendees** are requested to contribute 20HKD to fund the Meetup Group Subscription. * No-Shows make the host sad (please update your attendance)

Hong Kong residents cannot use Claude officially. I’ll share how I use Cursor as an alternative in my daily operations 香港暫時仲未正式用到 Claude，我會分享下平時係點樣用 Cursor 嚟做替代方案。 https://cursor.com/

Hi All, I am Lawrence, YTT500hrs Yoga Teacher, Movement , Certified Animal Flow Level III iinstructor and Certified Personal Trainer from A.C.E.
Roll & Flow Is branch of soft acrobatics, we will explore differentnt technique eg floorwork, cartwheel, roll, kick etc to train our body and create a flow togetherher
Class Fee:150 per person
Please feel Free to Message me for any questions.
你好 我係Lawrence , yoga. Movement, lv 3 Animal Flow 同埋私人教練
將各樣動作串連而成為一個好似舞蹈或者表演。
係班上，我會教大家各式既相關動作，無論你想鍛鍊或者伸展，都可以搵到適合你既野。 

費用:每堂150元
歡迎聯絡查詢。

LSS Smart Fitness 律動班系列 Wanchai/Jordon $80/ 30-45min class ($200 /4-class) $100/ 1-hr class ($360 /4-class) **（No classes from May 10-19th)** Vibration x MFR 療癒律動 (Tue) (Relax, Muscle release & Facial massage) Vibration Fitness (Stretch & Strength) 健體律動 (Wed) Vibration x BellyFit 美型律動 (Thu) (Body Shape-up with Bellydance Technique Drills) Vibration x Yoga 律動瑜伽 (Wed/Sun) (Yoga Asana in vibration setting) 30-45 min per session. RSVP 每節課約 30-45 min. RSVP https://eshop.cosway.com.hk/ First time FREE trial with any Cosway purchase receipt under introducer code : HK370579 憑任何以 HK370579 作介紹人的 Cosway (網購或門市)購物收據，可作首次免費試上律動班系列一節

**NOTE**: Event registration is managed on [Luma](https://luma.com/tw56oi8s). We had double the capacity register last time, so please include your Linkedin page or your company/position/interest area for us to help accept your registration. And arrive early as we will allow entry based on first come first serve day of. Lunatechs and Berkeley Club Hong Kong are coming together to bring a great tech event to Hong Kong. Wall Street is getting automated, and the alpha is moving from spreadsheets to code. ​Join us for a high-signal, strictly technical night focused entirely on how AI is rewiring financial modeling, quantitative research, and live trading. We are skipping the high-level theory and diving straight into hands-on live demos. If you are building at the intersection of fintech and AI, or just want to see how the next generation of financial tools is engineered, this is for you. ## ​Important Disclaimer: ​This presentation is for **technical demonstration purposes only** and is intended to showcase the capabilities of AI in financial data analysis and software development. The information provided, including any data models, outputs, or strategies shown, **does not constitute financial, investment, or legal advice**. ​**The Lineup:** * ​**The AI Financial Analyst:** Jason Xu, AI PM, ex-Google & Alibaba. His demo is live teardown of how to automate the grueling work of a junior investment banker. We'll show you how to combine Python and LLMs to autonomously fetch annual SEC filings, map historical data, reconcile statements, and generate a fully functional 3-statement financial model. * ​**Automated Trading Idea, News, & Research Generation:** Alice Lam, independent investor who transitioned from fundamental research at a Tiger Cub hedge fund to quantitative analysis at Millennium; after earning a Master’s in Data Science from UC Berkeley, she now leverages AI to build her own systematic trading platform, automating the pipeline from raw data to a production-ready execution stack. Her demo will focus on generating automated reports using LLM, combining Finnhub APIs with personalized securities filter rules to curate your own portfolio. * ​**Quant Research Deep Dive:** Shally Liu, Bilibili up主 / KOL **叫我Shally就好** and crypto market alpha researcher. Her demo involves how to use claude code to find features related to crypto market, explore the profitability of factors, and how to build a backtest simulation. * ​**The Frontier of Agentic Trading:** Dale Satre, Advisor for Minara, an AI-powered financial agent designed for the digital asset ecosystem*.* His demo will showcase how users interact with Minara through natural language to analyze market trends, track on-chain activity, evaluate assets, and execute trades. The system combines market data, on-chain analytics, and community signals to generate insights and assist decision-making. ​**Who should attend:** Builders, quants, founders, and developers looking to leverage the latest AI frameworks in the financial sector. ​**About Compass Offices** ​​Compass Offices provides businesses with professional, efficient, and flexible workspaces tailored to support growth at every stage. Our serviced offices offer ready‑to‑use workspace solutions with flexible lease terms, making it easy for startups, SMEs, and multinational teams to scale as their needs evolve. ​​With prime locations across major business districts in Asia Pacific, Compass Offices provides a comfortable, convenient, and productivity driven environment designed to help companies stay agile and succeed in a fast changing business landscape. **About Lunatechs:** Lunatechs is a community for people crazy about technology. Founders, developers, AI builders, creators, and tech enthusiasts. In today's AI world, teams are getting smaller and more solo, and many of us spend long hours at our computers building the future. Our events are designed to break that pattern. Get outside, connect with fellow builders in the real world, and have a good time doing it. ​**About Berkeley Club Hong Kong**: The official UC Berkeley alumni association in Hong Kong. ​**About Minara:** Minara is an AI-powered financial agent designed for the digital asset ecosystem. Its goal is to integrate the entire investment workflow — information retrieval, market analysis, and trade execution — into a single AI interface.

LSS Smart Fitness 律動班系列 Wed/Sun $100/ 1-hr class ($350 /4-class) Please RSVP one week in advance Welcome to book other time slot (WhatsApp 65230389) Vibration x MFR 療癒律動 (Relax, Muscle release & Facial massage) Vibration Fitness (Stretch & Strength) 健體律動 Vibration x BellyFit 美型律動 (Body Shape-up with Bellydance Technique Drills) Vibration x Yoga 律動瑜伽 (Yoga Asana in vibration setting) https://eshop.cosway.com.hk/ One FREE trial class with any Cosway purchase receipt over HK$1000 under introducer code : HK370579B 以 HK370579B 作介紹人的 Cosway (網購或門市)購物消費，逾 HK$1000，可免費試上律動班系列一節

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

Join us for a practical, beginner-friendly guide to choosing the right large language model. We’ll compare major models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Llama, talk about when to use hosted APIs versus local models, and break down the tradeoffs around cost, speed, quality, privacy, context windows, coding ability, and reliability. You’ll leave with a clearer mental model for picking an LLM based on your actual use case instead of hype, benchmarks, or brand names. No deep AI background required. LOGISTICS AND PARKING: The talk starts at 7:00 PM. The first half hour is reserved for everyone to get set up and mingle. Free pizza and drinks! The cheapest parking option is to find street parking, which will only cost you a few bucks. Otherwise, park in the nearby veteran's museum lot for $8. It's highly recommended you avoid the nearby $15 garage parking.

Bring your Raspberry Pi, Arduino, microcontroller, or any other electronic project and join fellow electronics makers for a night of creativity and collaboration! This session is open forum to share your current projects—whether complete or in progress, it’s all interesting! Whether you’re deep into embedded systems, exploring new ideas, or just getting started, you’ll find a welcoming space to collaborate, share, and get inspired. **New to electronics or curious about tinkering?** You’re absolutely welcome. If you’re a beginner and want to experiment, I’ll have a couple of starter kits available so you can try things out—whether that’s blinking your first LED, putting something on a display, or experimenting with simple sensors. No pressure and no experience required—just an interest in learning and building. While we continue to pursue a more permanent venue for this Meetup, we’ll be using public library facilities based on availability. This session will be at the Worthington Park Library in the Olentangy Meeting Room.

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge. **Abstract** TBD **YouTube Link** TBD

NFT's are here to stay folks! This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more. **PLUS** This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.

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

**Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). Topic: This month John Lairson will share a notebook describing the Alpaca (Paper) Trading API and discuss different algorithms for evaluating stock trades. We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact Central OH Python at centralohpython@gmail.com