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SAS Events Today
Join in-person SAS events happening right now
Tuesday DIP Badminton Session Baseline Sports DIP 8-10PM
**New participants are required to contact WhatsApp at 0501497147 before signing up for the event to confirm their slot.**
Badminton Active group plying every Tuesday 8-10 PM baseline sports DIP Jabal Ali
Cost will be AED 45
/- Per person including court rent with premium feather shuttle
New plyers confirm your slots through WhatsApp ( Rensin +971501497147)
No cancellations are allowed within 24 hours of the scheduled game time and full payment is required regardless of the reason for cancellation.
Join WhatsApp Group:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/CqGaIb53w6f6q5PUTd166y
Bailamé Tuesday Latin Night
your midweek Latin fix 🤩 - Every Tuesday starting at 10PM and ending at 3AM
Let’s dance the night away to the charming tunes of Latin & Afro music while enjoying a drink or a bite with friends and peers in the outstanding venue - Twenty Rooftop Bar at Movenpick Grand Plaza, Dubai.
Take advantage of the special offers on food & drinks
Organized by MOOVnation
SBC LIVE Super Connect ( Small Business )
If you are sick and tired of going to networking events where you feel uncomfortable or walk away without results or only speak to a couple of people and miss the others then this event is for you.
At Super Connect we follow a comfortable system that generates real results in a fun environment.
Our special for this month, combines the communities of SBC Super Connect small business and SBC Sports, Health and Fitness Super Connect
[See here how it works](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x6UUk4t7JU)
In our last session some of our attendees shared why they love SBC LIVE Super Connect:
[Neil Hamp Adams](https://youtube.com/shorts/BAw4KYqLbag?feature=share)
[Abhishek Chatterjee](https://youtube.com/shorts/BAw4KYqLbag?feature=share)
[Dina Chautan](https://youtube.com/shorts/Np7KR6RRdls?feature=share)
[Mandy Priestly](https://youtube.com/shorts/Ls99W3Zep74?feature=share)
[Yujin Koola](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_6pi1mIJZFY)
There is a fee for this event because we find it attracts more motivated and successful type business owners, and let's face it, we all want to network up and not down!
Only 195aed +VAT There is no entrance on the door because we prepare in advance to maximise the effect and send tips.
Details and [book your place ](https://www.strategicbusinessconnect.com/networking-opportunities)
Tuesday Badminton Queuing - Barsha - Dubai American Academy, Barsha
🏸 **Join Us for an Exciting Evening of Badminton!**
Get ready for another fun and competitive session with Shuttle iQ!
📅 **Date:** Every Tuesday
🕗 **Time:** 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
📍 **Venue:** GEMS Dubai American, Barsha, Dubai
🗺 **Location:** https://maps.app.goo.gl/8XP42s3q4f2HUhePA
💰 **Cost:** AED 40 per person
🎯 **What to Expect:**
* Inclusive and friendly games for all skill levels
* Smart queuing so everyone gets fair play time
* Great opportunity to improve your game & meet fellow badminton lovers.
* ✅ **How to Join:**
RSVP below on Meetup.
Join us on the whats app group -
https://chat.whatsapp.com/EPeC5K3IaM2Fa4910p8XpE
Let’s bring our energy, rackets, and good vibes to the court! 🤩
⚠️ **RSVP Policy:** Any changes to your RSVP must be made by **5:00 PM on the same day**. No-shows after this time will be charged the full amount.
Individual and Wedding Dance Classes
**[Learn to dance…your LIFE will change!](https://dubaidance.com)**
Nervous about dancing in public? [Private lessons](https://dubaidance.com/dances/classes-for-adults) take the edge off and allow you to really let loose and see what you’re made of!
*Private dance lessons are the quickest, most effective way* to improve your dancing. We personalize each lesson based on your individual needs, desires, and goals, adjusting our teaching style to your ability, personality, and expectations. You’ll discover the difference some one-on-one attention can make in your dancing! This ensures the most thorough and rapid learning process, all while keeping it fun, easy, and comfortable.
**[Congratulations on your upcoming wedding](https://dubaidance.com/dances/wedding-dance)** and congratulations on wanting to make the most out of your first wedding dance!
Ok, you have your wedding prepared: the wedding dress, hairstyle, flowers and even the cake and unique invitation cards are ready! What’s next? It’s the wedding dance – a key part of any wedding.
*For Wedding Couples, our special wedding program provides* hours of unforgettable moments of fun, enjoyable practice, stress relief, brilliant music, incredible moves and much more will be learnt and perfected to make the dream of your [Wedding Dance](https://dubaidance.com/dances/wedding-dance)[ ]((https://dubaidance.com/wedding-dance-classes/)) come true!
**Turn your wedding dance into your favorite ‘Strictly’ routine at Dance For You!**
**Please note,** you will have a full 45min individual dance session with our professional dance coach, who will customized an individual dance program based on your dancing needs and it will cost **[only 100AED](https://pay.nomodapp.com/l/3af86dbb3e4b4d8a)**, which is less than your cost of lunch.
For any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact our studio on:
WhatsApp/Phone: [+97145520153](https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=97145520153&text=Hey+Guys+I+wish+to+learn+dancing+with+you+at+Dance+For+You&app_absent=0)
[Instagram](https://instagram.com/danceforyouindubai/)
[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/danceforyouindubai/)
[Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/user/danceforyouindubai)
[Quick Info](https://taplink.cc/danceforyouindubai)
Super Connect | Best B2B Networking | For Startups & SMEs
This is a paid event and will be deleted from here. Pls register on the link below.
**Reserve;**
[https://supcon-1.eventbrite.com/?aff=Meetup](https://supcon-1.eventbrite.com/?aff=Meetup)
**QUESTIONS ?**
Pls Reach out to;
Ridhi - [https://wa.me/971552525078](https://wa.me/971525012234) ( WhatsApp Only)
ENCHANTED SALSA DANCE CLASSES
**[What is it dancing per se?](https://dubaidance.com/dances/salsa)**[ ](https://dubaidance.com/dances/salsa)
Why have so many people been into dancing over the decades? The answer is quite obvious, especially for the ones who have been valuable members of [Dance For You community](https://dubaidance.com/about-us/our-students) for a while now.
*Every single one of us is different*, an individual with their own outlook on life where dancing is an outstanding way of self-expression…through movements, through music, through step combinations, through a variety of DANCING!
**Dance For You team is happy to make people happy.** That’s why we are delighted to launch a brand new type of our usual group classes – [“Enchanted Salsa”. ](https://dubaidance.com/dances/salsa)
**Salsa** is an unforgettable way of communication where smooth and rhythmic movements say much more about your personality than words. **Come and learn with us**, a professional team of dancers. We have already been sharing the Standard and Latin-American skills with our dearest students. And now it’s high time for SALSA!
Even if you’ve never danced before…it’s never too late to start or…at least give it a try!
**Believe us, once you’ve tried it you WILL love it.**
* **[LA Salsa](https://dubaidance.com/dances/salsa)**
* **[BACHATA](https://dubaidance.com/dances/bachata-dance-lessons)**
* **[Cuban Salsa](https://dubaidance.com/dances/salsa)**
The whole variety of styles, the whole variety of step combinations, the whole variety of music, the whole variety of emotions… all this you will find at our fantastic **[GROUP DANCE SESSIONS:](https://dubaidance.com/dances/dance-levels)**
* every TUESDAY t 08:15 p.m. - 09:00pm
* every THURSDAY at 08:15 p.m. - 09:00pm
**We are waiting for YOU!**
Something tells us you can not help but jump into the dancing now! That’s why be the one of us having fun at the [ENCHANTED SALSA!](https://dubaidance.com/dances/salsa)
**Please note,** the first trial group dance session will cost [only 100AED](https://pay.nomodapp.com/l/ad2bc95ad25d4b98 ), which is less than your cost of lunch.
For any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact our studio on:
WhatsApp/Phone: [+97145520153](https://api.whatsapp.com/send/?phone=97145520153&text=Hey+Guys+I+wish+to+learn+dancing+with+you+at+Dance+For+You&app_absent=0)
[Instagram](https://instagram.com/danceforyouindubai/)
[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/danceforyouindubai/)
[Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/user/danceforyouindubai)
[Quick Info](https://taplink.cc/danceforyouindubai)
SAS Events This Week
Discover what is happening in the next few days
Building No Code Application Challenge
**Building No-Code Application Challenge**
Ready to turn your ideas into real applications — without writing a single line of code? Join us for an exciting hands-on challenge where innovation meets simplicity!
📅 **May 14, 2026 (Thursday)**
⏰ **6:00 PM onwards**
📍 **in5 Tech, Dubai**
This challenge is designed for aspiring founders, creators, students, professionals, and tech enthusiasts who want to learn how to build powerful applications using modern no-code tools. Whether you're launching a startup idea, automating workflows, or creating digital products, this event will help you transform concepts into working solutions faster than ever.
What to Expect:
✅ Hands-on no-code app building experience
✅ Real-world project challenges
✅ Networking with builders, founders, and innovators
✅ Learn the future of rapid product development
✅ Perfect for beginners and non-technical creators
Bring your creativity, collaborate with like-minded innovators, and experience how no-code technology is changing the future of building applications.
🎟 Limited seats available — register now and start building smarter, faster, and without code!
OpenClaw vs Claude: The Real-World AI Use Case Showdown
AI tools are everywhere. But which platform actually delivers business impact in real-world workflows?
Join us for a live showdown between OpenClaw and Claude, where we’ll compare how each platform handles practical use cases across automation, unstructured data, content workflows, collaboration, and AI-assisted operations.
Rahul Shetty and Sahil Ghuman from Yellow Intelligence will demonstrate OpenClaw in action, while Jadpal Venkatesh will showcase Claude’s strengths for modern business work.
This is not a theoretical AI panel. It’s a hands-on comparison built around real use cases, live workflows, and honest discussion.
What to expect:
• Live demonstrations
• Real business workflows
• Open discussion and Q&A
• Practical lessons from building with AI agents
Date With Purpose | Women Curate & Select
Women going on 1:1 dates, endless swiping, time consuming, expensive, not-safe.
Going to a curated singles tag & be tagged events, less restrictive then swiping, but **curation is real!**
This is where you view profiles and select people for our next event. [https://eseek.app/singles/](https://eseek.app/singles/)
[https://chat.whatsapp.com/EaFzeakk5qn3RQGIcnTltA?mode=gi_t](https://chat.whatsapp.com/EaFzeakk5qn3RQGIcnTltA?mode=gi_t)
Singles yacht party [https://eseek.app/yachtparty/](https://eseek.app/yachtparty/)
**Follow us at** [https://www.instagram.com/eseek_travel_app/](https://www.instagram.com/eseek_travel_app/)
Use Bolt to get to the event, Careem is a major rip off, FYI.
Women you are familiar with this concept? Tag & be tagged, to get access to the event.
This means no more events full of men, you would never be interested in, we are pushing things in the right direction.
Higher gender balanced, more curation of attendees, more women in attendance. Join our experiment, and meet our local host Zeinab who will be there to host.
What's the location? Simply tag and be tagged, get a decent profile and bio, and we will see you at our next curated singles event.
Thursday DIP Badminton Session Baseline Sports DIP 8-10 PM
**New participants are required to contact WhatsApp at 0501497147 before signing up for the event to confirm their slot**
Badminton Active group plying every Thursday 8-10 PM baseline sports DIP Jabal Ali
Cost will be AED 45-50 Per person including court rent with premium feather shuttle
New plyers confirm your slots through WhatsApp ( Rensin +971501497147)
Payment is applicable once confirmed the slot and no cancellation on game day.
Join WhatsApp Group:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/CqGaIb53w6f6q5PUTd166y
SBC Well-being, Sports, Coaching & Health Super Connect
The UAES' ONLY regular Wellness, Sports, and Health based networking group.
If you run a Sports, health or fitness-based business or are just a person who values, Health nutrition and sports then this is the place for you.
The idea is to build relationships with people with a passion for healthy lifestyle.
Attendees also come from outside MeetUp.
Sessions are held LIVE face to face
We limit the session to 16 pax, so everyone gets a fair chance to introduce themselves and seek benefit from the session and we follow a Super Connect format that maximises your time and opportunity to get results and meet the right people.
Even if you are not a natural networker we will give you some pointers to get the most out of the session in a productive and comfortable manner.
Once you enrol on the [link HERE ](https://www.strategicbusinessconnect.com/offers/UihMhMTL/checkout)you will be sent a brief and link to join.
You will NOT be confirmed if you only accept in the meet-up app.
AI Builders & Business Connect | Dubai Meetup
### **Where Dubai’s AI Innovators, Operators, and Talent Meet to Build the Future**
Are you building in AI? Launching a tech startup? Exploring how AI can transform your business or job?
Or looking to join the next big thing in AI?
Join **AI Builders & Business Connect**, a **founder-first, operator-focused meetup** for Dubai’s tech and AI community. This isn’t your typical networking mixer—it’s a room full of **people building**, **people hiring**, and **people looking to grow**.
***
## **🗓️ Event Details**
**When: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM (Sharp) - Every Thursday**
**Where:** Coffee & Sundries, First Floor (Above Carrefour), DIFC, Dubai
**Entry: FREE**— we just ask that you support the venue by purchasing a coffee or some food.
***
## **🚀 What to Expect**
This is for **doers, decision-makers, and tech talent ready to build:**
### **🔹 AI 60-Second Spotlight**
Founders, job seekers, and partners get **60 seconds to introduce themselves**—no slides, no fluff.
### **🔹 Speed Collaboration Rounds**
Quick, curated connections between **builders, investors, operators, and AI talent**.
### **🔹 Real Conversations, Real Opportunities**
Whether you’re hiring, raising, building, or job hunting—this is where partnerships start.
### **🔹 Dubai & UAE Playbook**
Hear practical tips from locals on how to **launch, hire, and scale tech ventures in the region.**
***
### 📋 Agenda
* **7:30 – 8:00 PM** Introductions
* **8:00 – 8:45 PM** Market research using different AI tools
* **8:45 – 9:15 PM** Prototyping session on one selected idea
* **9:15 PM onward** Networking
## **💡 Who Should Attend?**
* **AI Founders & Startup Builders**
* **Tech Entrepreneurs & SaaS Leaders**
* **Investors scouting AI deals**
* **Engineers, Developers & Product Leaders working in AI**
* **Job Seekers & Operators looking to join AI and tech startups**
* **Enterprise Innovators exploring AI use cases**
***
## **⚠️ Important**
* **Your RSVP is a commitment**—let us know 24 hours in advance if plans change
* **Doors close at 7:30 PM sharp**—no late entries
***
## **🌍 Hosted by Pradeep Valat**
Startup advisor, investor, and AI business strategist helping founders unlock growth.
LinkedIn: [linkedin.com/in/ivallat](https://linkedin.com/in/ivallat)
WhatsApp: +971 529503315
***
## **🔥 Why This Event?**
Dubai’s AI and tech scene is booming—but it’s still about **who you know and who you build with.**
This is where **startups meet talent, investors meet ideas, and builders find partners.**
**Spots are limited. If you’re serious about AI, this is your room.**
**By participating in AI Builders & Business Connect \| events\, you consent to the use of photos and videos captured during the event for promotional purposes\.**
Dubai AI Meetup
**What this is about?**
This is a meetup group focused on AI. We meet every Saturday at 7:30pm at DIFC.
Usually there are up to 30 people from different backgrounds, such as AI programmers, rocket engineers, physicists, marketing, designers, investors... But it's also meant for people who have no background in AI and are looking for more insight. This is a very casual group for everyone, no presentations, you can pitch your AI business idea or discuss your favorite Terminator movie.
We meet at the Stage Area (next to S&C Music, see directions https://imgur.com/a/QIvYOvT ) above the Carrefour market at DIFC, just look for a group of people there without board games (if you see board games, that's another group). The group is free and there is no requirement to buy anything. There is free wifi.
📣 WhatsApp group for event updates (only mods can post):
[https://chat.whatsapp.com/JjrVIJyxHbe9fUWoGLaJsZ](https://chat.whatsapp.com/JjrVIJyxHbe9fUWoGLaJsZ)
📍To get there:
🚇 Metro Station: Financial Centre Metro Station, 5 minutes walk, look for the Financial Centre exit sign.
🚗 Parking Options: Gate Avenue Parking is unfortunately under construction.
Other options: Gate District Building 2: free underground parking from 6 pm onwards. \* Street Parking near Ritz Carlton: This is a paid parking option, conveniently located. \* Gate Avenue Open Parking: Present a purchase receipt for 4 hours of complimentary parking.
💡 **Note**: *You might see a few other Meetup pages with similar names - this one’s run by the folks actually hosting the weekly meetups and building the in-person community you’ve seen at DIFC.*
*PS: We occasionally take group photos to capture good vibes and community spirit, by attending you're comfortable with casual group photos - feel free to step aside if you don't wish to be in them*
SAS Events Near You
Connect with your local SAS community
CBusData - Practical AI for Power BI Developers
Practical AI for Power BI Developers
A year ago, “agentic AI” was mostly hype for Power BI teams. Today, it deserves your undivided attention. For Power BI pros, there is now a real opportunity to reduce repetitive development work, accelerate delivery, and help developers do more, but only when strong DataOps practices are in place to make AI workflows effective.
This session is a no-nonsense introduction to effective AI patterns for Power BI and Fabric development. Along the way, we will make sense of the growing pile of terminology, including skills, plugins, hooks, and MCP. You will see examples of how modern AI tooling can help with development tasks across Power BI and Fabric, along with the prerequisites, guardrails, and DataOps principles needed to use it responsibly.
Whether you're burned out on AI hype or already using Copilot CLI daily, this session will show you the foundations that are finally making AI-assisted development genuinely useful.
Building Scalable Customer Identity Resolution Pipelines on AWS Using AI
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
TBD
**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
Data & Analytics Wednesday - Mapping and Dashboards
**Total Eclipse of the Chart: School Redistricting Dashboards**
In this presentation, we will explore the utilization of maps, sets, and SQL within a Tableau dashboard to help provide “what-if” analyses generated through the use of a mapped dashboard, providing different scenarios and the potential implications of these.
While in this use case we are focused on a large school district, the concepts of utilizing existing data to explore the future impacts of modifying different geographic boundaries can be useful to many industries, balancing the mix of maps with visual analytics.
**About Our Speaker**
Robert Kramer is the Data Systems and State Reporting Coordinator at South Western City Schools in Grove City. He has worked there for 17 years, serving previously in the roles of Data Analyst, Programmer, and Operations Coordinator. Prior to working at South Western, he worked as a Systems Engineer at Pinnacle Data Systems in Groveport. He graduated in 2005 from The University of Toledo with his Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Engineering, and a minor in Mathematics. Robert resides in Obetz with his wife, and their 15 and 12 year-old daughters. He was also just elected to his 3rd four-year term on the Obetz City Council.
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)
Building Agents with Microsoft Agent Framework
We will show how to build custom agents with Microsoft Agent Framework. Attendees will learn how to build and custom host agents when Microsoft Foundry is not a viable option.
PO Box 21 Speakeasy
PO Box 21. Is a speakeasy in the basement of Highbanks Distillery in Westerville.
Check out the menu:
https://www.poboxtwentyone.com/home
Cocoaheads
Come out to Improving for our monthly iOS and Mac meetings.
This Month's Presentation:
Nothing yet. (You should volunteer).
What is Cocoaheads (http://cocoaheads.org/)?
CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer's Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X and iOS (including the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch). During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics.
What is BuckeyeCocoa (http://buckeyecocoa.org/)?
BuckeyeCocoa is a group of Objective-C/Swift developers/enthusiasts. We host monthly Cocoaheads and near-weekly NSCoder meetings in Columbus, Ohio. The meetings are free to attend.
Presentations!
Presenters welcome! We are always in need of people willing to present material. Any Swift and/or Objective-C related topic is welcome. Times can be 5 minutes (i.e. lightning talks) to a maximum of 2 hours. Interested? Contact info is on the BuckeyeCocoa website.
To volunteer for a presentation contact us at @BuckeyeCocoa on Twitter.
Follow us on Twitter! @BuckeyeCocoa (https://twitter.com/#!/Buckeyecocoa/) For more information: http://buckeyecocoa.org/



















