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Databricks London Post-DAIS Special @ Sigma
⚠️ **Date Change to Monday 29th June** ⚠️
ℹ️ **Due to strong interest, we have activated the waitlist for this meetup, to prioritise Databricks customers. Please join the waitlist and we will release a ticket to you ASAP.**
We're back with a post-Data + AI Summit special, hosted by our friends at **Sigma** in the City of London. **Please note that we are asking everyone to join the waitlist upfront - we will be in touch to confirm attendance.**
We'll have a talk from Simon Whiteley on all of the key announcements from Data + AI Summit, followed by a demo from Sigma, who are won Databricks BI Partner of the year for the second year and provide an analytics, AI and apps layer for business users on Databricks.
They are also our hosts for the evening, and have an incredible space on the 21st floor of Broadgate Tower.
**17:00 - 17:45:** Arrival & Networking
**17:45 - 18:00:** Opening Remarks & Introductions
**18:00 - 18:45** Key DAIS announcements - Simon Whiteley
**18:45 - 19:10** Sigma Talk & Demo - Chris Goodman
**19:10 - 19:20** Q&A
**19:20 onwards:** Pizza, Drinks & Networking
*Join us for a fantastic evening of learning and networking at the London Databricks meetup, hosted this month by Sigma,*
Journaling Workshop
June workshops at The Journaling Club hosted by Patricia. A space for exploring different journaling techniques, building confidence in your artistic skills and meeting likeminded people - away from screens! All materials are provided - only bring your journals.
To bring:
Your journal - this can be in your preferred size and shape
Weekly themes:
1 June - Beginnings
8 June - Whimsical Landscapes
15 June - Dear Loved One
22 June - What’s In Season
29 June - Welcoming Summer
SaaS Marketers Connect in Berlin | 🏳️🌈 Pride Edition | pow. by DeepL
AI writes faster than ever, but is it writing *fairly*? From gendered assumptions in copy to identity blind spots in translations.
AI-generated content carries the biases of the data it was trained on. As marketers, we're shipping this content at scale every day. It's time we talked about what that actually means.
Join us for a special 🏳️🌈 Pride edition of **SaaS Marketers Connect Berlin**, hosted at DeepL Berlin HQ and sponsored by **DeepL's ERG Proud AI**.
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**What to Expect**
🎤 **Keynote by [Morana Peric](https://www.linkedin.com/in/moranaperic/), Product Director - Trust and Transparency [She/Her/Hers] at DeepL**
*Does Your AI Have a Bias? Auditing AI-generated content for gender & identity blind spots*
Morana will walk us through real-world examples of how AI tools (including translation, copywriting, and content generation platforms) can reinforce or even amplify gender and identity bias. She'll share a practical framework for auditing your AI outputs and building more inclusive content workflows.
💬 **Q&A with Guests**
Bring your questions and your war stories.This is an open conversation and
all perspectives are welcome.
🥂 **Apéro & Happy Hour**
Wind down with drinks and great company. The best conversations always happen after the talk.
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**Your Speaker**
**[Morana Peric](https://www.linkedin.com/in/moranaperic/)**[ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/moranaperic/)· Product Director, Trust & Transparency
Morana is a Croatian-born Berlin-based localization
and product and UX professional. She has spent the past 15 years working as a manager and leader in the tech industry, building up localization, content and UX teams and working on cool products.
She loves to talk about why great user experience is the key, what good localization really means, why storytelling is the most underrated skill in business, and how businesses and individuals can apply systems thinking for growth and scale. Morana is also active in the DEI space and actively works on advancing women’s, parents’ and LGBTQI+ rights and influence.
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**🏳️🌈 This Event Is Proudly Sponsored by DeepL's ERG Proud AI**
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**Practical Info**
🚪 Doors open at 5:30 PM (please arrive by 6:15 PM for registration at reception)
📍 WeWork / DeepL Office, 2nd Floor · Neue Schönhauser Str. 3-5, 10178 Berlin
🎟️ Spots are limited, grab yours now
See you there! *[Stan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/eustachybielecki/) & the SaaS Marketers Connect Berlin team*
How the Mind Works
Description: Embark on a captivating journey into the depths of the human mind with our enlightening lecture, designed to unravel the mysteries of cognition, perception, and consciousness. In this thought-provoking session, we will delve into the intricacies of how the mind works, exploring the fascinating realm of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.
This lecture aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the underlying mechanisms that shape our cognitive processes and shape our experiences of the world.
During this engaging session, we will cover the following topics:
1. The Foundations of the Mind: What is the mind and what are the different parts of the mind.
2. Perception and Attention: Our perception of the world is a dynamic process influenced by a multitude of factors. We will examine the mechanisms behind perception.
3. Memory and Learning: Memory forms the basis of our knowledge and experiences. We will delve into the intricate workings of memory formation, storage, and retrieval.
4. Emotions and Motivation: Emotions and motivation play a vital role in shaping our behavior and decision-making processes.
5. The Reactive Mind: The single source of stress, unhappiness, insecurity and self doubt and what can be done about it.
Through engaging discussions, multimedia presentations, and interactive demonstrations, participants will gain a deeper understanding of the complex workings of the mind. They will leave the lecture with new insights into their own cognitive processes and a heightened appreciation for the wonders of the human mind.
Note: This lecture is designed for individuals with a general interest in understanding the inner workings of the mind. No prior knowledge or expertise is required. Whether you are a student, a professional, or simply curious about the mysteries of cognition, this lecture will provide valuable insights and foster a deeper appreciation for the complexities of human thought. Join us to unravel the enigma and gain a deeper understanding of how your mind works.
[New Payment Process!] Badminton - Stratford MON (2hrs - All Levels)
Join us for some fun, competitive, but friendly games at our 4-court sports hall. We use Yonex Mavis 600 Nylon shuttles during the 2-hour session.
**PAYMENT**
* **Session Fee: £9**
* We are cashless, kindly pay the session fee **by midnight** on the night before the session. You are welcome to pay early! You can even pay when you book! See our About page for the full process.
* If no payment is received, you will be removed and may even be liable for a late cancellation fee if your spot is not taken.
* Please use **“your meetup name + date of event”** as payment reference
* **Account name:** Thomas Lam
* **Sort code:** 04-00-03
* **Account number:** 7478 8608
**LATE CANCELLATION OR NO-SHOW**
* **All** **no-shows or late cancellations** (24 hrs or less) will be charged if your spot is not taken by someone else - you will have a title next to your name with the amount and date owed.
* Members with 2 no shows/late cancellations will be removed from the group unless outstanding payment is received
* **The late cancellation policy** is set up to discourage last-minute cancellations and therefore applies with or without the presence of a waitlist
* **Note:** If you are on the Waitlist and a spot becomes available, you will automatically be bumped onto the On list provided the event has not yet started. It is your responsibility to **remove yourself from the waitlist** if you can no longer make it to avoid being charged a no-show if someone cancels late.
**PLAYING**
* Please wait to be marked off before entering the hall.
* Sessions are to finish promptly on the hour by school requests.
* If you finish a match with 5 minutes to go, please start packing up instead of starting a new game.
**RACKET HIRE**
* Please note that we won't be hiring out rackets, so kindly bring your own racket.
**PARKING**
* There is parking available, but it is now paid parking. Parking is opposite the entrance. Please check the signs for parking payment instructions.
**TRACK & TRACE**
* We will collect your phone number on-site. Your phone number will also be used in case of fire to contact you if you have not made it to the fire evacuation areas. You can see maps at the venue.
We are excited to see you guys on the court!
Team LSBC
Sourcing Events This Week
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Product Pints: June Drinks 🍻
Summer is officially here, and for our June meetup, we’re heading to a familiar spot with a new name. We'll be at the **Old Street Tavern** (which you might remember as Serata Hall from our past events).
We've got the entire upstairs space reserved just for us, so there will be plenty of room to grab a drink, catch up with everyone, and talk product away from the main bar crowd. It's the perfect setup to kick off the summer networking.
**About Product Pints:**
Forget the stuffy presentations – Product Pints is all about **meaningful connections and stimulating conversations** for product people. Our diverse crowd includes everyone from aspiring product managers to CPOs, entrepreneurs, developers, designers, and tech enthusiasts.
Come along to get advice on a tricky problem, discover what other PMs are up to, or simply share a beer with your product peers. It's the perfect opportunity to **iterate on your network** and **launch some great conversations**!
**If your company might be interested in sponsoring future events in 2025, please reach out to us at hello@productpints.com - thank you!**
AI in Production: Vectors in the Newsroom & Healthcare Challenges
GDG Cloud London is thrilled to be partnering with Skyscanner for a deep dive into the world of AI applications in Production.
This meet-up is a unique opportunity to connect with fellow AI enthusiasts, industry practitioners, and researchers in a dynamic and interactive setting. We are going to have some pizza and networking at the end!
Don't miss out, RSVP now!AGENDA
18:00 - Doors Open & Check-ins
18:30 - Welcome & Intro
18:40 - Ellen Muller - Vectors in the Newsroom: Building Smarter Image Search at the Guardian.
When a photo editor searches our image management system for "protest" at 6pm on a deadline, they can't afford to get zero results because the images were captioned "demonstration." Traditional keyword search has no way to know those mean the same thing - and for an archive with inconsistent metadata, that gap matters. This talk is about how we added semantic search to the Grid (the Guardian's open source image management system) using embeddings and vector similarity. We'll dig into how vector spaces let you encode meaning rather than just text, and the practical choices (and mistakes) involved in shipping this into a real production system.
19:15 - Bruno Ripa - Technical challenges of AI adoption in Healthcare
Deploying AI in healthcare requires solving a shifting equation: balancing high-fidelity clinical utility against rigorous data sovereignty mandates and punishing infrastructure costs. This talk breaks down how our company navigates this fluid landscape daily. We will cover where we use AI in our stack, how localised data compliance continuously reshapes our engineering choices, and the concrete technical hurdles we encounter along the way. Rather than showcasing a finalised architecture, we will focus on the ongoing design decisions and trade-offs required to keep our product secure, reliable, and compliant, all while aggressively optimising compute and operational costs—proving that surviving the mutating challenges of healthcare AI is a continuous process of lean execution.
20:00 - Pizza & Networking
Agenda
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Speakers
Bruno Ripa - Dyad (Senior AI Engineer)
Ellen Muller - The Guardian (Software Engineer)
Hosted By
Amanda Cavallaro, GDG Organizer
I'm an Aikidoka, Developer Advocate, Software Developer, Google Developers Expert, Linkedin Learning Author and a Full Stack Web Development Specialist.
Saverio Terracciano, GDG Organizer
Stefano Le Pera, GDG Organizer
Lorenzo Turrino, GDG Organizer
Kubra Harmankaya, Android Developer
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Partner
Skyscanner (https://skyscanner.net/)
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Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-cloud-london-presents-ai-in-production-vectors-in-the-newsroom-amp-healthcare-challenges/.
Southbank Vinyl
NEW VENUE! NEW REGULAR DAY!
We're now back to where Southbank Vinyl began in 2017 - The Roebuck Pub in Borough (50 Great Dover St, London SE1 4YG).
We're now meeting the first Wednesday of each month at the Roebuck, where great food and drink options are available and we have our own room upstairs to play our records on the deck. Come along with a bunch of vinyl you'd like to play and share with us!
This month’s theme is 'Spaces and Places'.
Think spaces big and small – rivers deep, mountains high, boxes you could live in, pockets you could put one hand in.
Think places far and wide – halfway down the stairs, up on the roof, across the universe or intergalactic.
We’ve got plenty of space at our place, so bring some vinyl, bring a friend, or just bring yourself and a pint.
**And don't forget to RSVP!**
Women in Product - Informal networking drinks 👩🍹 (Rooftop Edition☀️)
Hi everyone,
We hope everyone's enjoying their (very) sunny summer ☀️. We'd love to invite you to the ☀️ **Summer** **Rooftop Edition**🍹 of our after-work networking event. Happening on **Tuesday 30th June**, please join us for a drink and a chat to enjoy the summer vibes! This event will be relaxed and informal, with the chance to meet and connect with other Women in Product London members.
Please join us at **[The London Bridge Rooftop](https://www.londonbridgerooftop.com/)** in Colechurch House at London Bridge (nearest station), on Tuesday from **6:00pm** until around 8:00pm. Spaces are limited so please make sure you book now. As this event is not sponsored, any food or drinks you order will need to be paid for at the bar.
See you soon
The WIP London team x
Unleash your Joy. Join Our Doggy Luv and Wellness Club. Enjoy free refreshments
🐾 Unleash the Joy: Join Our Doggy Luv and Wellness Club! 🐾
Are you a dog enthusiast yearning for the companionship of these incredible creatures?
Do you find solace and joy in the presence of furry friends, even if you don't have one of your own? We invite you to experience an hour of pure canine bliss at our Doggy Luv and Wellness Club!
🌟 What to Expect: A Furry Fiesta!
Embark on an adventure into the world of boundless love and joy with our playful pack of dogs, ranging from 1 year and older.
**You don't need a dog of your own for this unique experience, as we bring our own family dogs to shower you with unconditional love and therapeutic benefits.**
🐶 Why Attend?
For Dog Lovers Without a Dog: If you're a devoted dog lover without a furry friend of your own, this is your golden opportunity to bask in the warmth of canine affection.
Missing the Pitter-Patter of doggy Paws: Whether you've heard the pitter-patter of doggy paws in the past or simply miss the experience, our event allows you to reconnect with the healing energy of spending time with dogs.
Serotonin Boost Guaranteed: Immerse yourself in an hour of pure joy, as our dogs provide a genuine serotonin boost. Let their love and playfulness elevate your spirits.
🌈 Your Canine Hour Awaits: Activities Galore!
Choose your own adventure with our furry companions:
Relaxation Station: Unwind after a long day as our dogs instinctively provide the calm and comfort you need. Feel the soothing presence of a canine friend by your side, ready to warm your lap.
Playtime Extravaganza: Embrace your inner child and play with our playful dogs. From fetch enthusiasts to those who love a good romp, our pack has it all.
🍬 Sweeten the Experience: Light refreshments will be provided to enhance your time with our canine companions.
🎟️ Limited Spots Available: Reserve Your Canine Hour Now!
Entry is priced at £15 per person for an hour of doggy delight. To ensure an intimate experience, we limit each session to only 12 people, preventing overwhelm for our furry friends.
📆 When: Every Wednesday, 7pm to 8pm📍 Where: Herne Hill, SE24
**🐾 Join the Pack: My Dogs, Our Love, One Unforgettable Hour! 🐾**
Book your spot now and let the magic of dogs weave its spell on your heart.
Apache Flink/London
**Real-Time. Real Challenges. Real Conversations.**
📅 *Jun 30th, London, 6:30 -8:30 PM*
180 Borough High St
London SE1 1AP, UK
**About this event**
Join us for an evening dedicated to real-time data and Apache Flink®. Whether you're already running streaming pipelines in production or just starting to explore stateful stream processing, this is a chance to learn from practitioners, swap war stories, and connect with the London data community.
Expect talks on building and scaling stream processing systems, lessons from production deployments, and where real-time architectures are heading, followed by drinks, food, and plenty of time to network.
**What to expect**
* Technical talks from engineers running Flink and streaming systems at scale
* Real-world use cases: exactly-once processing, CDC, event-driven architectures
* Q&A with speakers
* Food, drinks, and networking with the London data engineering community
**Who should come**
Data engineers, platform engineers, architects, and anyone curious about Apache Flink and real-time data processing. All experience levels welcome.
**Agenda**
* 6:00 PM — Doors open, drinks & networking
* 6:30 PM — Talks begin
* 8:00 PM — Open networking
* 9:00 PM — Wrap up
**Save your spot**
If you'd like to join the meetup, please make sure to register using the link below:
[https://luma.com/y9gskuu4](https://luma.com/y9gskuu4)
Your registration helps us plan seating, catering, and event logistics.
Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Sourcing Events Near You
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COhPy Monthly Meeting
**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 Chris Pazsint will be talking about Agentic Coding. How does one use CLI Based Agents, and Agentic IDEs such as Cursor, Kiro, Antigravity? How to include agentic coding plugins for IDEs you already love such as Visual Studio Code.
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
Rays Of Light Spiritualist Church Service
Rev. Steven Clevenger is an ordained spiritualist minister with over 40 years experience as a Spiritual Healer, Clairvoyant and Spiritual Teacher, educated and trained at the White Lily Chapel.
Rev. Siobhan Wolf Shaffer is an ordained spiritualist minister and certified medium and healer with over 20 years experience. She began her development in 1988 in Pennsylvania and continued when she moved to Ohio in 1998 where she studied at Rays of Lights Church with Rev. Steven Clevenger.
Our full worship services consist of an inspirational lecture, healing meditation, and messages from the spirit world that serve to demonstrate evidence of eternal life.
Please visit our Official Church Website (http://raysoflightchurch.com) for more information.
Stop Guessing: How to Measure and Improve LLM Outputs
Most people use LLMs by feel: ask a question, read the answer, decide whether it “seems good,” and move on.
That works for casual use. It does not work when you are building software, automating workflows, writing important documents, or relying on AI for anything that needs to be repeatable.
In this talk, we’ll look at how to improve and evaluate the inputs and outputs of LLMs using practical measurement techniques. We’ll cover how prompt changes affect results, how to compare outputs, how to build simple evaluation sets, and how math-based methods like similarity scoring can help you move beyond guesswork.
This will be beginner-friendly, so even if you don't know anything about AI, you should get something out of it. However, this will be a little more technical than our intro talks. You do not need to be an AI researcher, but programmers and technically curious attendees will get a lot out of it.
We’ll cover:
* Why “it looks good” is not enough
* How to improve prompts by changing the input, context, and constraints
* How to compare LLM outputs more systematically
* Basic evaluation techniques for accuracy, consistency, and usefulness
* How embeddings, cosine similarity, and scoring can help evaluate results
* Where automated evaluation works — and where humans still need to stay in the loop
By the end, you’ll have a practical mental model for treating LLMs less like magic and more like systems you can test, measure, and improve.
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.
Libera Animae - Freeing the Soul
Main Library, Meeting Room 2B
Join us for a welcoming evening of reflection, gentle music, and meaningful conversation. We’ll begin with a short grounding moment, followed by a brief reading from spiritual or philosophical traditions, and an open reflection circle where participants can share (or simply listen).
Libera Animae is an interfaith community focused on inner growth, creativity, and authentic connection.
All backgrounds are welcome.
IxDA Chat n Pancakes
You can sleep in on the Sesquicentennial (observed), we’re shifting to the following Friday.
But join the local UX community for a chat and some biscuits to catch up. If you were in CA for Figma Config, tell us all the lines and you can tell me how I can animate an SVG without coding it by hand, and why I’d even want to.
Thanks to the team at Nationwide of supporting the group.
How to Take Control of YOUR Mental Health
It’s time to take control of your mental health. How do you get rid of stress, anxiety and uncertainty? These emotions are buried deep in your reactive mind.
Find out what the reactive mind is, and in the process find yourself.
Here is the secret of being positive and free:
Thinking positively is not enough.
You also have to get rid of the negative thinking.
Your mind is like a garden.
You can plant many beautiful flowers in it, but if you don't get rid of the weeds when you plant your flowers, the weeds will soon take over the whole garden.
A positive thought is like a flower in your mental garden, and a negative thought is like a weed.
You cannot expect to have a positive mindset if you continue to have negative thoughts dwelling and growing there.
So, how do you get rid of the negative thoughts? That's what this Meetup is all about. Attend this local meeting and find out!
The Meetup event will be led by a consultant who had helped many people live happier in life.
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 & Scientology life improvement center.
CMG Gives Back: Serve Dinner at FAITH MISSION GRANT KITCHEN!
Join us as we get together to get together to help those in need at this CMG Gives Back event! We have a great little community of Movie Group friends so rather than see a movie this time, we’ll help “Create a better world” by helping serve those in need. NOTE: We’re switching it up this time and going with a DINNER shift on Mon, 7/6. Here are complete details and our plan for this event:
FAITH MISSION – GRANT KITCHEN: The Faith Mission kitchen and dining room serves residents 3 meals a day, every day of the year. For this event, our group will help prepare food, serve meals, assist residents in the dining room, wash dishes, and clean surfaces.
PLAN: We will be preparing / serving / cleaning for DINNER from 4:30 to 6:30pm and have space for a total of 7 volunteers. Please arrive at 4:20pm and wear closed-toe shoes and long pants.
LOCATION: Faith Mission – Grant Kitchen is located at 245 N. Grant Ave. Enter the kitchen at Dock 1 (in the back of the building), indicated in the attached map. On-site parking in the adjacent lot and street parking are available in the surrounding area. Below are some links / attachments with additional info/details:
IMPORTANT REMINDER: Our group will be providing all of the volunteers on this day so a firm RSVP count is essential. Please only sign up if you are certain you’ll be able to attend. If something unavoidable comes up, please try to update your RSVP no later than one week prior to the event. With few exceptions, no shows or cancelations within 1 week of the event will not be eligible for future CMG Gives Back events. I appreciate your understanding as we try to ensure the agencies have the volunteers needed to provide the essential services they provide to the vulnerable population they serve. Our Partner Agency for this event is Lutheran Social Services! A huge THANK YOU to those volunteering at this (or any of our previous or future) CMG Gives Back events!
Look forward to seeing you there, Dan







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