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Filipp Jenikae Opening Reception | Art, Music, Network
**The Intersection of Global Culture, Contemporary Art, and High-Level Networking.**
Join us this Saturday for the highly anticipated opening of Filipp Jenikäe’s solo exhibition, *Figures in Motion and Places Remembered*, at Galerie SLP in the heart of Charlottenburg.
This is not your average, quiet gallery viewing. We are bringing together Berlin’s dynamic network of founders, cultural innovators, collectors, and art enthusiasts for an evening of high-impact contemporary art and curated networking.
**🎨 The Exhibition** Filipp Jenikäe is rapidly establishing a highly liquid secondary market at global auction houses like Phillips and Sotheby’s. His large-format, high-saturation acrylic canvases bridge neo-expressionism and pop aesthetics. The exhibition samples global cityscapes and prominent sports iconography—anchored by his massive 2025 flagship canvas, *US Open Alcaraz vs Sinner*.
**🥂 The Vibe** Whether you are a seasoned collector looking at art as a structured alternative asset, a founder looking to expand your network, or simply someone who appreciates world-class contemporary painting, this evening is designed for you.
Expect great conversations, drinks, and a high-energy crowd.
**📍 The Details**
* **When:** Saturday, March 7th
* **Time:** 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM *(Director's Welcome at 7:30 PM)*
* **Where:** Galerie SLP, Charlottenburg, Berlin
* **Dress Code:** Smart Casual / Berlin Chic
* [RSVP HERE](https://www.saralilyperez.com/event-details-registration/figures-in-motion-and-places-remembered)
**RSVP strictly required.** Space in the gallery is limited, and we are managing capacity to ensure a great environment for networking and viewing the canvases. Please only RSVP if you are certain you can attend.
*Hosted by Sara Perez, Director of Galerie SLP.*
Build & Learn: Data Science with Coffee [DEMO DAY]
📅 **Week 7: Presentation Day!**
Each 7-week cycle focuses on a small, well-defined part of a larger system—and over time, these cycles build toward a complete, real-world project
Feel free to join at any week and we will catch you up. There is no need to be at the beginning of the cohort to build. Complete beginners welcomed!
📌 By the End of a Full Cycle, You should Have
🎯 A working project in your own GitHub repo
🎯 A small but real portfolio piece you can demo or write about
🧠 **Current Project**
This cycle’s shared project is an **image-based knowledge extraction system**.
In **Week 7**, we celebrate and present. This is our **Showcase Night**.
Participants will:
* Present their project (5–10 minutes each)
* Demo their pipeline or flashcard system
* Share challenges, lessons learned, and technical decisions
* Give and receive thoughtful feedback
We’ve come a long way — from raw images on our phones to a complete, working portfolio project — and this week is about learning to clearly explain your ideas, your challenges, and the technical decisions behind your work.
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**👋 Who Is This For?**
🔹 Beginners who learn best by doing — no prior experience needed
🔹 Career switchers from product, engineering, design, marketing, or other fields who want to break into data
🔹 Analysts, engineers, and PMs looking to sharpen their skills or build real-world projects
🔹 Data professionals who want a creative playground outside of work
🔹 Anyone with big questions and a love for learning through experimentation
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**BUILD. LEARN. EXPERIMENT. OVER COFFEE.**
Come hang out, meet like-minded people, and work on something fun.
📍 Based in Berlin – in-person meetups only (for now!)
💻 Laptops + ☕ highly encouraged
Join our Discord → [https://discord.gg/dPnmzcCP8w](https://discord.gg/dPnmzcCP8w)
Check out our program resources: [Google Drive](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/15DmZqD4bLBk2vU4zpvh1HiB3_5n09v-q?usp=sharing)
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✨ Who’s Hosting?
I’m Lindsey, a senior data scientist working on AI, causal inference, and data products. I’ve built models for fraud detection, uplift modeling, and LLM-based systems. I am always open to suggestion for different format for this meetup.
Agentic AI Engineering Lab(Sprint #3) - Agents That Choose: Connect vs Delegate
**What if your AI agent could decide for itself when to call a tool, or ask another agent?**
Welcome to **Sprint #3 of the Agentic AI Engineering Lab**, where we level up from building protocols to building *decision-making agents*.
In this hands-on lab, you’ll create an autonomous agent that:
* speaks the **A2A protocol** to collaborate with other agents
* registers to an agent hub for discovery
* connects to an **MCP server** when tools are needed
* intelligently chooses ***when to delegate vs when to execute***
No lectures. Just systems thinking + real building.
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### What We’ll Do
* **10:00** \- Quick round of introductions
* **10:15** \- Recap: AI Agents\, MCP Protocol and A2A Protocol
* **10:30** \- Build your decision\-making agent
* **12:00** \- Live demos \+ technical teardown
* **12:30** \- Wrap\-up \+ takeaways
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### What to Expect
* Hands-on building, not passive listening
* Real agent-to-agent experiments
* Collaboration with fellow builders
* Fast ideas, quick tests, lots of learning
* Unexpected behavior (the fun part)
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### What Not to Expect
* Long lectures
* Step-by-step tutorials
* Sales pitches
* Perfect code
This is a **lab**; we learn by building, breaking, and iterating.
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### Who Should Join
Curious developers, tinkerers, and engineers, with basic knowledge of AI Agents.
**Bring:**
* Laptop with dev setup
* Access to an LLM (Claude / OpenAI / Ollama)
* Comfort building small things in any language
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Families Through Time: Past Stories, Present Lives, Future Families
### **Families Through Time: Past Stories, Present Lives, Future Families**
Families are central to human life. They shape identity, belonging, values, and everyday experience. Across history, family forms have changed in response to economic conditions, cultural traditions, social norms, and political structures. At the same time, families deeply influence individuals’ emotional worlds, relationships, and life opportunities.
This session explores how family structures have evolved over time, how they function in contemporary society, and how they may transform in the future. We will examine both structural changes and personal experiences, connecting historical developments with present realities and future possibilities.
In this session, we will focus on the following topics:
* **Historical family forms**: nuclear, extended, and multigenerational households and how they shaped daily life
* **Changing roles across generations**: shifts in parenting, gender roles, and family responsibilities
* **Social and cultural influences**: how norms, religion, and legal systems define and regulate family structures
* **Contemporary family diversity**: single-parent, blended, LGBTQ+, and chosen families
* **The future of families**: how technology, work patterns, migration, and social change may transform family life
This will be an open and reflective conversation grounded in historical understanding, social analysis, and personal perspectives. Together, we will explore how families shape our past and present—and how we can imagine supportive and inclusive family forms for the future.
**Event Details**
️ **Date:** Saturday, 7 March 2026
⏰ **Time:** 14:00
**Location:** Hardenbergstraße 10, 10623 Berlin
**WhatsApp (for prep materials and directions):**
[Group Chat](https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ba8ZAaH2Yuk6FGmD3LLO7H)
⚠️ Note: This is a WhatsApp group link. If it doesn’t open in the Meetup app, please copy & paste it into your browser or open it in the WhatsApp app.
📚 HFH Book Club — First Meeting "Empire of AI" by Karen Hao
**Fellow Humans, we're starting a book club!**
We focus on understanding what's actually happening on the crowded stage of AI: the companies driving the AI race, the decisions being made on our behalf, and what it all means for the rest of us.
Every few weeks, we'll choose and read one book together and talk about it. Bring your **thoughts**, your **questions**, your **highlighted passages**, and your **honest reactions**.
**Our first pick: *Empire of AI* by Karen Hao**, who has worked for The Wall Street Journal and contributes to The Atlantic. *She argues that the pursuit of an artificial superintelligence has become its own figurative paper clip factory, devouring too much energy, minerals and human labour. She portrays OpenAI and other companies that make up the fast‑growing A.I. sector as a “modern-day colonial world order.”* (excerpt from the NYT review)
**What to expect:**
A relaxed, semi-structured conversation (around 2 hours).
We'll dig into the themes together, share what stood out, and connect the ideas to what we're actually experiencing.
**No expertise required, just read the book and show up curious.**
**Why a book club?** Because some things can't be captured in a headline or a 60-second video. The questions AI raises for our work, our relationships, and our futures deserve more than a scroll. They deserve a real conversation with real people, and a book gives us common ground to start from.
**After this first Meetup, you help define what's next!** Suggest books that have changed how you think about AI, technology, or what it means to be Human. This is your club.
**No tech background needed. Just curiosity and willingness to think out loud with fellow critical thinkers.**
**Join our [LinkedIn Group](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/10088542/) and [Substack](https://humanfuturehub.substack.com/)** for articles, perspectives, and resources between events.
See you there, Your HFH Team!
**Humans, together. Nobody is left behind.** ❤️
Laughs & Drinks in an Art Gallery 😍 (Mitte) - Saturday 7PM
**[Reserve on Eventbrite](https://ComedyinArtGallery.eventbrite.de/?aff=meetup)**
**Saturday 7pm in an Art Gallery 😍 (Mitte)**
The perfect blend of art, humour and socialising!
**Laughing is contagious 😃 and has the power to bond people**🙌
Welcome to an event that deserves your presence. We have booked an Art Gallery in Mitte and are showcasing an english comedy show by Prateek (IG: jazz.comedy) and creative game show that brings people together through laughs and conversations. We will be laughing a lot.
**Event Details**:
Art Gallery Opens: 6:30pm
Show starts: 7:15pm
Show ends: 8:30pm
**Pay what you want** (at the end of the show).
**This is an English language event.**
We can't wait to see you there!
**[Reserve Seats on Eventbrite](https://ComedyinArtGallery.eventbrite.de/?aff=meetup)**
**Host/Comedian**:
**Prateek Jajoo (IG: jazz.comedy)**
Prateek's been on the top comedy stages from Comedy Cellar in NYC to the cool clubs across Europe. Now, imagine a show that takes you on a hilarious journey through Asia, New York City, and Berlin, all through the eyes of an immigrant trying to integrate in different cultures as a local.
IG: @jazz.comedy
**Pay what you want** (at the end of the show).
Kreative Schreibwerkstatt in der ufaFabrik Tempelhof
Für Mitglieder von Text Collective Berlin ist die Teilnahme an dieser Veranstaltung kostenlos.
Nicht-Mitglieder werden um einen Teilnahmebeitrag von zehn Euro gebeten. Hier buchen: [https://textcollective.de/ticket](https://textcollective.de/ticket)
Es handelt sich um einen moderierten Workshop.
Kreative Schreibübung mit anschließender Diskussion zum Erfahrungsaustausch, Inspiration und Motivation zu sammeln. Ein Raum für alle, die kreativ schreiben möchten – egal ob du gerade erst anfängst oder schon länger schreibst.
**Jeden ersten Samstag des Monats von 15:00 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr in der ufaFabrik in Tempelhof.**
**Was dich erwartet:**
In unseren Treffen arbeiten wir mit abwechslungsreichen Schreibimpulsen, die neue Perspektiven eröffnen und spielerisches Experimentieren ermöglichen. Du schreibst direkt vor Ort, teilst deine Texte mit der Gruppe (freiwillig!) und erhältst konstruktives Feedback.
Die Atmosphäre ist offen und unterstützend. Hier darf ein Text noch unfertig sein, eine Idee noch roh, ein Gedanke noch unausgereift. In dieser Atmosphäre gegenseitiger Wertschätzung entsteht der Mut, sich auszuprobieren und die eigene Stimme zu entdecken. Wir lesen einander vor, geben Rückmeldung, ermutigen uns gegenseitig und praktizieren das Zuhören.
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Sunday Tech Coffee Meetup
Welcome to Sunday Tech Coffee. This is a **networking** event for those in the tech industry in Berlin.
We are usually inside and to the right. Ask the barista/bartender if you can't find us.
Productive Sunday Morning - Co-Working Session (Deep Work, all work welcome)
Hey everyone!
I’m organising a co-working + socialising session for all of us who like to work on something (e.g. our own project, freelance or remote work) but don't feel like sitting alone at home. 🙂
To ensure that we have both **socialising** AND **working**, we will be using the so called “Pomodoro” technique:
**50min of deep work** (silent), followed by **10min of break** to socialise. Then repeat! If you get into flow, you're also welcome to skip the breaks.
It’s an effective way to stay focused - you can read more about it [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique).
Anyone from any background is welcome, whatever project you are working on or whatever is your personal background.
I (the host) speak English and German, so either is fine :-)
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AGENDA:
* **15min Intro**
* Get to know everyone, talk about what you will work on today
* **Pomodoro Session** (3x) - *Each Pomodoro session consists* *of...*
* ...**50min** of uninterrupted “deep work” (no talking, no interruptions, no phones)
* ...**10min** of break: share your progress with others, talk about what you are stuck on etc.
* Repeat
* Conclude and celebrate your progress
Share your progress, socialise and get to know others 😊
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We'll be at the Social Hub Berlin (they have a food menu in case you get hungry). The structured part will end at 2:30pm, but you're welcome to stay longer, go for lunch together, or leave earlier. See you there 🩵
**\*\*We'll reserve the long table. Please update your RSVP in advance if you can't attend!\*\***
Silent Reading / Creating Club at W66 (Saturday) [Luma to RSVP]
RSVP on Luma:
https://luma.com/h4xm63a4
Silent Reading / Creating Club is a gathering for people who enjoy focusing together in public.
Bring a book, a notebook, a sketchpad, knitting needles — whatever you’d like to spend a quiet hour with. All projects and all participants are welcome.
This year is about creating more — quietly, consistently, imperfectly — and shaping environments that support that. If you’re building something of your own, you’re especially welcome here.
We’re building a community of readers and creators who value depth, presence, and shared silence. The magic isn’t just in the quiet hour — it’s in the people who return and make it feel like a familiar room.
(Please RSVP “yes” only if you can make it, so we can save a seat for you and others on the waitlist.)
This quiet ritual unfolds at **W66 Café**.
There’s no entrance fee, but please order at least one item from the café and don’t bring outside drinks 🙂
No assignments. No pressure. No productivity race. Just a shared hour of intentional silence, followed by relaxed conversation.
🕰 Our Agenda
**10:30 – 11:00**
Arrivals, ordering drinks/food, light social time
**11:00 – 12:00**
The Great Quiet Hour
(Read. Write. Sketch. Code. Think. Sit.)
**12:00 – 12:30**
Optional socializing — share what you were reading or creating, or simply continue in quiet focus.
## **🏡 House Guidelines**
To keep this space calm and welcoming for everyone:
• Silence during the focus hour (no calls or conversations)
• Phones on silent mode
• If using a laptop, please avoid meetings or audio — headphones welcome
• Arrive before 11:00 if possible to minimize disruptions
Access Bars®: Ein Kurs, der Dein Leben verändern kann
Bist du bereit für viele positive Veränderungen? Dann kommt der Access Bars® Kurs genau richtig für dich! Jeden Tag erleben knapp eine Million Menschen weltweit die transformative Kraft dieses Körperprozesses. Wissenschaftliche Studien belegen die positiven Wirkungen auf das Gehirn, das Nervensystem und den Körper.
Die Access Bars® berühren alle Aspekte des Lebens: Beziehung, Körper, Alterung, Heilung, Selbstliebe, Freude, Trauer, Beziehung und Kommunikation, innerer Frieden ua.
Klick auf meine Website und erfahre, was die Bars® bewirken können und welche kraftvollen Werkzeuge du an diesem Kurstag mit nach Hause nimmst.
https://www.i-feel-so-good.de/access-consciousness/kurse-ausbildungen/access-bars-kurs.html
Nachdem du den Kurs abgeschlossen hast, erhältst du das Practitioner Zertifikat. Es qualifiziert dich, die Access Bars® anderen zu geben, deinen Familienmitgliedern, deinen Freunden und deinen Klienten. Und natürlich kannst du die Bars® auch bei dir selbst anwenden. Nach dem Kurs kannst du dich mit anderen Praktizierenden zum Austausch treffen.
Bist du bereit für ein leichteres Leben? Dann freue ich mich, wenn du mit dabei bist!
Kontaktiere mich gerne, wenn du Fragen hast oder eine Kennenlernsession buchen möchtest.
PS: Die Anmeldung für den Kurs ist nur telefonisch möglich.
Acro Yoga Kurs/Jam
AKRO YOGA
Jeden 2. Sonntag: Kurs
Jeden 1., 3., und 4. Sonntag: Open Jam
15 bis 18Uhr
\*KURS\*
Partner-Akrobatik im Offenen Wohnzimmer - Open Level Class
Der Kurs richtet sich an alle, die noch nie Partnerakrobatik ausprobiert haben, aber motiviert und interessiert sind. Aber auch für Menschen, die schon Erfahrungen mitbringen, wird etwas dabei sein. Wir praktizieren L-Basing (bei der eine Person auf der Erde liegt und eine andere Person auf den Füßen oder Armen balanciert).
Wir werden uns jede Woche mit einem neuen Flow beschäftigen, wobei unser Fokus vor allem auf sauberer Technik und Sicherheit liegt.
Du kannst gerne alleine kommen, wir werden im Kurs Partner\*innen zum Ausprobieren der Flows finden.
Du brauchst: Bequeme, eng anliegende Kleidung, etwas zu trinken. Matten sind vor Ort.
\*OPEN JAM\*
Partner-Akrobatik im Offenen Wohnzimmer - Offene Jam
Du möchtest deine neu gelernten Flows und Figuren aus der Partnerakrobatik mit anderen Menschen ausprobieren? Dann bist du hier genau richtig. Wir wollen gemeinsam einen Raum schaffen, in dem wir gemeinsam an unseren Flows arbeiten und kreativ experimentieren können.
Nach einem gemeinsamen Warm Up wird frei ausprobiert, um am Ende bei einem gemeinsamen Cool Down wieder zusammen zu kommen.
Du kannst gerne alleine kommen, es wird genug potentielle Partner\*innen vor Ort geben.
Du brauchst: Bequeme, eng anliegende Kleidung, etwas zu trinken. Matten sind vor Ort.
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Anmeldung erforderlich : melde dich bitte an unter [akro@filua.de](mailto:akro@filua.de)
Klassisches Zeichnen/ Kurs
Hallo zusammen!
In Rahmen der PAKD Gallery Kurse bieten wir euch einen Zeichenkurs an. Wenn Ihr Zeichnen liebt und eure Fähigkeiten weiterentwickeln möchtet, dann seid Ihr hier genau richtig. In diesem Video erzähle ich euch von meinem Kurs für realistisches Zeichnen mit Bleistift - und wie er Eure künstlerische Arbeit auf ein neues Level bringen kann. Hattest Du schon immer das Gefühl, zeichnen können zu wollen - Dir fehlt aber die richtige Anleitung? In diesem Kurs lernst Du realistisches Zeichnen mit Bleistift, einfach, verständlich und Schritt für Schritt:
• Korrekte Perspektive
• Licht und Schatten
• Materialdarstellung wie Glas, Keramik, Stoff, Metall
Der Kurs ist perfekt für Anfänger und für alle, die ihre Fähigkeiten verbessern möchten. Wenn dieses Video Eure Leidenschaft für das Zeichnen mit Bleistift geweckt hat, dann schickt mir einfach eine E-Mail und lasst uns gemeinsam eure Reise in die Welt des realistischen Zeichnens mit Bleistift beginnen.
Kleiner Kurs, große Wirkung. Maximal 12 Teilnehmer\*innen! Anmeldung:Ä
[kifan@pakd-gallery.com](mailto:kifan@pakd-gallery.com)
Sichere dir deinen Platz, bevor alles ausgebucht ist.
Dienstag 18:30 - 21:30 Uhr.
25€ für eine einzelne 3- stündige Einheit 200€ für ein 10er-Paket, flexibles einlösbar.
Mavericks Bouldering — A Casual Climb & Hangout in Berlin
A small NEXUS gathering built around movement rather than discussion alone.
This is for high-bandwidth Mavericks who spend most of their time in conceptual thought and need some physical counterweight. Why bouldering? Because it’s deliberate: short problems, full focus, and immediate feedback. You’re on the wall, solving something tangible. The mental noise drops instantly!
Conversations happen naturally in between climbs. No pressure, you move at your own pace. Some exchanges stay light. Others go deep. Both are fine. This is not about athletic achievement. It’s about presence, recalibration, and being around people who don’t require you to shrink or translate yourself.
Come as you are. Try some bouldering problems. Rest when needed, and engage where it makes sense.
**Bring comfortable clothes and climbing shoes if you have them (rentals are available at the gym).**
*Registration equals commitment. If you sign up, you show up. Read the group description first and decide consciously. For context about NEXUS, visit our* ***[website](https://thenexusformula.com)*** *and* ***[newsletter](https://news.thenexusformula.com)****.*
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From Idea to Working App in Minutes: The Agentic Development with Amazon Kiro
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
Speak Easy (Storytelling)
The topic for March is "Our Bodies, Ourselves"
Speak Easy: true stories, told live.
The idea is simple: an audience, an open microphone, and great stories. Hilarious, gripping, poignant- it's up to you. Audiences are invited to come to listen or come to tell as folks from all corners of Columbus offer their stories live on stage! Held at Wild Goose Creative's warm, intimate space, this night of tales occurs on the 3rd Thursday of every month. Doors open at 6:30 pm, show starts at 7:00 pm. Please arrive early if you want to tell, as we generally only have room for a limited number of tellers, and the sign-up sheet has a tendency to fill up fast.
Formed around the idea that people need stories--they're what hold and draw us together--SpeakEasy celebrates the strangeness and commonness of being human. And in a world of smartphones, Facebook, Twitter, and more . . . it gives people a real, breathing, in-person way to connect.
The night is geared for true stories of all kinds, taking the best tales told around kitchen tables, in darkened pubs, on the street corner, and at late-night parties and giving them an audience. Speak Easy is also a great outlet for performers, writers, and artists looking to share their favorite stories and perfect their skills. We strongly encourage tellers to please tell the story rather than read it so we keep within the spirit of good storytelling and stay engaged with the audience. All are welcome. Hang around after the show for a drink and build community!
Building Agents with Microsoft Foundry
We will show a variety of methods for building agents that run in Microsoft Foundry. This covers the different types of agents: Prompt, Multi, and Hosted, as well as the development lifecycle using evals and traces.
Making Moves: Small-Group Coaching for Women in Product
## Hey Columbus WIP peeps!
## Are you ready for an event that actually gives you what you asked for??
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**A Small-group coaching conversations for women in product navigating growth, leadership, and career decisions.**
**March 10 \| 5:30–8:00 PM**
**Rev1 -- NEW SPACE**
**330 Rush Alley #100**
**Parking Options:**
• **Rev1 at The Peninsula**
• **Starling St. Garage South** – 377 W. Capital St.
• **LAZ Parking (COSI)** – 50 Belle St.
• **LAZ Parking Limited** – 375 W. State St.
• **Veterans Memorial Lot** – 300 W. Broad St.
• **Metered Street Parking**
**What moves are you making?**
A promotion you’re working toward.
A role change you’re considering.
A bigger leadership opportunity.
A conversation that needs to happen.
A decision that’s been sitting in the back of your mind.
For our Q1 Women in Product Columbus event, we’re creating space to actually work through those moments.
**Making Moves** is an evening of focused, facilitated coaching conversations with experienced mentors from our local product community. This isn’t a panel. It’s not passive networking. It’s small-group dialogue designed to be thoughtful, practical, and worth your time.
Here’s how it will work:
• You’ll choose a topic that reflects what you’re navigating right now
• You’ll join a small coaching circle (5–7 participants)
• Each circle is led by a mentor who has lived experience in that area
• We’ll run two rounds so you can go deeper or explore a second conversation
### Coaching Topics:
• Communicating the Value of Your Work (or Team)
• Career Transitions & What’s Next
• Growing Into Leadership
• Staying Relevant as Technology (and AI) Changes
• Getting Alignment and Decisions from Leadership
Our goal is simple: you leave with clearer thinking, practical perspective, and at least one next step you feel confident about.
Space in each circle will be limited to keep conversations meaningful.
If this sounds like the kind of room you’ve been wanting to be in, we’d love to see you on March 10.
RSVP here! [https://community.womenpm.org/c/all-local-events/making-moves-a-columbus-wip-event](https://community.womenpm.org/c/all-local-events/making-moves-a-columbus-wip-event "https://community.womenpm.org/c/all-local-events/making-moves-a-columbus-wip-event")
*And if you haven't joined the WIP group - do that too, would ya?!?!*
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Your Columbus Chapter Leads -
Amber, Leah and Liz!
Code Anywhere by Talking to your Phone
Drake Lundstrom is presenting:
Code Anywhere by Talking to your Phone
Abstract:
Have you heard the trend of people deploying code anywhere from checkout lines to doctors' offices? In this talk, you will learn how to talk to your phone and have an app on Azure to show your friend 5 minutes later. The basic DevOps tools you already know, plus a little bit of AI magic, are all you need!
If you want to follow along, the demo will be in Azure with GitHub Actions and GitHub Copilot, and you can have it set up on your phone by the end of the session. Just come in with an Azure account and a GitHub repo.
Join us for pizza, drinks, and networking @ Improving's office. Doors open at 5:45.











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