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PLEASE RSVP AT https://luma.com/8ll9ya9p TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT! THANK YOU! :) \*\*\* **​Agenda** ​**5:00 pm** – Registration & Networking **6:00 pm** – 1st set of short talks ​​​​​🎙️ [Viktor Kessler](https://www.linkedin.com/in/viktor-kessler/) \- Apache Iceberg REST Catalog: What’s New and What’s Next 🎙️ [Nicoleta Lazar](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleta-lazar-921a6864/) \- Query Federation to Apache Iceberg with StarRocks ​ Networking break ​🎙️[Danica Fine](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danica-fine/) \- Iced Kaf\-fee: Chilling Kafka Data into Iceberg Tables ​​​​​🎙️[Andrew Madson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-madson) \- Building Agents with Apache Iceberg: Turning Data into Context for AI Systems ​ ​More Networking **9:00 pm** – Event close

Welcome to lockpicking at Tog. Join us as we teach the various methods of picking and bypassing common locks in Ireland. All equipment provided. Warm clothes reccomended as the heating isnt the best.

Join us to **practise and improve your target language with native speakers on Thursday downstairs in River Bar** (Burgh Quay, Dublin 2) from **6.30pm to 8.30pm**. **Our system:** **• You sit opposite a native speaker of the language you're learning** **• You speak 5mins English, 5mins other language, then change table** This ensures everyone gets an equal opportunity to practise the language they're learning. Our team seats people, controls the time, organises the table changes etc. What to expect: • Relaxed easy going atmosphere • Professional and quality service • Great networking opportunities • All levels welcome from absolute beginner to fully fluent • A big mix of ages with attendees at each event from 18 to 70+ years old • Topic cards on the tables to help start conversations Wide range of languages: We usually have **native speakers of English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese** and more depending on who shows up. **Admission fee €7** (€6 for student card holders). **No pre-registration required, just show up**. Loyalty card system: Come to 5 events and the 6th is free. Over 150,000 people have attended our language exchange events since 2012 to practise and improve their target language - you can too! Everyone is welcome! For more news and info check: Website: [www.languageexchangeireland.com](http://www.languageexchangeireland.com/) FB: [www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.facebook.com/languageexchangeireland) Instagram: [www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland](http://www.instagram.com/languageexchangeireland) NOTE: The MeetUp attendance does not reflect actual attendance. There are usually around 100 people at each event.

# **🌍 General Knowledge Quiz – Two Rounds, 100 Questions** Get ready for one of our most popular nights! We’ll run **two independent quizzes of 50 questions each**: **Round 1:** 19:30–20:15 **Round 2:** 20:30–21:15 Join **one** or **both** **✨ All-Encompassing Categories** Each quiz contains **5 questions per category** across: History • Geography • Music • Science • Food Pop Culture • Presidents • Literature • Sports Series & Movies **No repeated questions** between Round 1 & Round 2. **🏆 General Knowledge League 2026** Every time you join a GK quiz, your team’s score is saved. Scores accumulate all year, and the best team wins the grand prize: **Custom jerseys for all members**, featuring: • Your team name • A team photo • Title: **“General Knowledge Champions 2026”** **🤝 Teams & Format** • Groups of **4–6** form their own team • Groups of **1–3** are matched with others • Arrive by **19:00** for smooth team formation • Latecomers join the team with the lowest score • **Fries for every table** • **Top 3 teams** win prizes (per round) • The winning team gets **free entry to any upcoming quiz** **💸 Pricing** **Per Round:** €7 individual • €5 groups of 2–3 • €4 groups of 4–6 **Both rounds:** +€2 extra **💳 [Membership Options (Save € & unlock perks)](https://buymeacoffee.com/newindublin)** **🟡 Regular Membership (€12/mo)** ✔ Free: Singles, Language Exchange, International Meetup ✔ –50%: Quizzes, Big Singles, Theme Party, Cultural Mix, Social Games, Music Challenge ✔ Extra perks **🔵 Theme Membership (€15/mo)** ✔ Free: Quizzes, Big Singles, Theme Party, Cultural Mix, Social Games, Music Challenge ✔ –50%: Singles, Language Exchange, International Meetup ✔ Extra Perks **🟣 Complete Membership (€20/mo)** ✔ Free access to ALL events ✔ Extra Perks **📱 Stay Connected** 🔗 **[Linktree](https://linktr.ee/newindublin)**[ ](https://linktr.ee/newindublin)– full weekly calendar 💬 **[WhatsApp](https://chat.whatsapp.com/L8IcUuQzHVVLGaoUZ8ONRt)**[ ](https://chat.whatsapp.com/L8IcUuQzHVVLGaoUZ8ONRt)– reminders & updates 📘 **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/newindublinmeetup)**[ ](https://www.facebook.com/newindublinmeetup)– photos & highlights 📸 **[Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/newindublinmeetups/)**[ ](https://www.instagram.com/newindublinmeetups/)– stories & behind-the-scenes 🌐 **[Website](https://newindublin.net/)**[ ](https://newindublin.net/)– all information about our events

**IMIMPORTANT:** To RSVP you will need to register on the **WeMeet app** [here.](https://www.weroad.com/wemeet/events/dublin/dinner-new-friends-flavours-of-china-596f216c-691f-48c1-928b-5ea8783c0278) **An adventurous dinner where you discover new flavours and new people at the same table.** **How does it work?** **🗓️** RSVP to secure your spot 📍 Dinner location revealed via WeMeet app notifications **24 hours before** ✔️**Confirm your spot** 18 hours before so others know who to expect Let the others know where you are when the event starts through our check in process 💰 Expect to spend between £20–30 👤 Virtual host: Shape your evening however you want 📅**Meet the group** at your WeMeet table **What to expect:** **🍣 Discover new cuisine:** This time we’re exploring Chinese food, a place we fell in love with at first bite! **🤝 Meet new people:** Relaxed, no-pressure social dining where spontaneous connections happen naturally. **✨ Memorable evening:** Share stories, laughs, and a great meal with fellow adventurers. Limited spots - book yours and get ready to share more than just a meal!

Welcome to NeuroGamers Ireland, an event for those of us of all neurodiversity and their friends and allies who want to meet, hang out and play board and card games. We'll be meeting at Third Space at Smithfield, which is only a 5-minute walk from the LUAS Red line station of the same name. We're happy to help in travelling using other forms of transport if you message. Each event costs €5 which you can pay through cash or Revolut. It'll especially be appreciated with the space being booked for our group alone. We have a range of games available please see list below. Feel free to message if there is one you want us to bring and feel free to bring own games. [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16JHgxxDlY3x83S1VdYIPx5ZWorBZrrjCMVSbSZaqLks/edit?usp=sharing](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/16JHgxxDlY3x83S1VdYIPx5ZWorBZrrjCMVSbSZaqLks/edit?usp=sharing) Please read our guidelines before attending one of our events as attendending one will be an agreement you agree to them; https://docs.google.com/file/d/1mJFuGaGPXbMIlsSl8naUmIcAKNFWTLdc/edit?usp=docslist_api&filetype=msword Also, for the purposes of health and safety, this event is 18+.

**📆 *Date to be confirmed.*** Fecha por confirmar. 🚀 ***From the City to the Camino.*** De la ciudad al Camino. ***After organizing several Walk & Talk events in Barcelona and Tenerife, we’ve decided it’s time to take this concept to the next level.*** Después de organizar varios eventos de Walk & Talk en Barcelona y Tenerife, hemos decidido que es hora de llevar este concepto al siguiente nivel. ***People have absolutely loved the formula.*** A la gente le ha encantado nuestra fórmula: * ***Meeting new people from all over.*** Conocer gente nueva de todo el mundo. * ***Hitting those 10k steps a day.*** Cumplir con los 10k pasos diarios. * ***Practicing Spanish and English with natives from around the world.*** Practicar español e inglés con nativos de todo el mundo. ***And what better place than the Camino de Santiago to turn our 90-minute Saturday strolls into a full 90-hour immersive week?*** ¿Qué mejor sitio que El Camino de Santiago para llevar nuestros paseos de 90 minutos de los sábados a una semana de inmersión total de 90 horas? **🥾 *How it works***. *Cómo funciona* ***We are looking for a small, balanced group.*** Buscamos un grupo pequeño y equilibrado: * ***10 Native or fluent English speakers.*** 10 Hablantes nativos o fluidos de inglés. * ***10 Native or fluent Spanish speakers.*** 10 Hablantes nativos o fluidos de español. ***The goal is a strict 50/50 split so you always have someone to practice with. No "tourist traps," just a week of real connection and language exchange.*** El objetivo es un 50/50 estricto para que siempre tengas a alguien con quien practicar. Sin "trampas para turistas", solo una semana de conexión real e intercambio de idiomas. **❓ *How many days?*** ¿Cuántos días son? ***Plan for 7 days (6 nights). We’ll walk the final 100km to Santiago to get the "Compostela" certificate.*** Cuenta con 7 días (6 noches). Recorreremos los últimos 100 km hasta Santiago para conseguir el certificado de la "Compostela". **❓ *What’s the budget?*** ¿Cuál es el presupuesto? ***We’re still finalizing details, but expect a total investment of around €750 - €950.*** Aún estamos cerrando detalles, pero cuenta con una inversión total de unos 750€ - 950€. ***This is an all-in-one package that includes.*** Es un paquete con todo incluido que contiene: * ***Shared accommodation in hostels.*** Alojamiento en hostales seleccionados (habitaciones compartidas). * ***Breakfasts and Dinners (lunch/picnic on your own).*** Desayunos y cenas incluidos (el almuerzo/picnic en ruta es por cuenta propia). * ***Luggage transport between stages.*** Transporte de mochila entre etapas. * ***Full Immersion Program (+90 hours of live practice).*** Programa de Inmersión Total (+90 horas de práctica real). * ***Pre-trip Training: Access to our online courses and prep sessions to get to know each other and gain speaking confidence before we even start walking.*** Fase de Preparación Previa: Acceso a nuestros cursos online y sesiones para ir conociéndonos y ganar confianza al hablar incluso antes de empezar a caminar. **❓ *Do I need to be an athlete?*** ¿Tengo que ser un atleta? ***Not really, but you should be comfortable walking about 20km a day. It’s a challenge, but we’ll go at a steady, conversational pace.*** Realmente no, pero deberías sentirte cómodo caminando unos 20 km al día. Es un reto, pero iremos a un ritmo constante y conversacional. **❓ *Where is the meeting point?*** ¿Cuál es el lugar de encuentro? ***We will all meet in Sarria (Lugo). Most people fly into Santiago or Madrid and take a train/bus to join the group there.*** Nos reuniremos todos en Sarria (Lugo). La mayoría de la gente vuela a Santiago o Madrid y coge un tren o autobús para unirse al grupo allí. \*\*❓ \*Why join the list? \*\*\*¿Por qué unirte a la lista? ***Places will be very limited (only 20 spots). If you join the waitlist, you’ll get the itinerary and the early-bird price before we announce it on social media.*** Las plazas serán muy limitadas (solo 20). Si te unes a la lista, recibirás el itinerario y el precio reducido antes de que lo anunciemos en redes sociales. **📩 *Just RSVP "YES" to join the list. We’ll reach out to you as soon as the dates and details are ready.*** Solo dale a "Asistir" para entrar en la lista. Nos pondremos en contacto contigo en cuanto tengamos listas las fechas y los detalles.y los detalles. ***⚠️ IMPORTANT: This is a Waiting List. The date you see is just a placeholder to keep the event active. By clicking "RSVP," you’re simply telling us you’re interested so we can send you the info first.*** IMPORTANTE: Esto es una Lista de Espera. La fecha que ves es solo para mantener el evento activo. Al darle a "Asistir", solo nos confirmas que te interesa para que podamos enviarte la información antes que a nadie.

👋 ***Hi, we help travelers and expats have confident, real-world conversations in English and Spanish.*** Hola a todos, nos dedicamos a ayudar a viajeros y expatriados a tener conversaciones naturales y a ganar confianza en inglés y en español. ***We'd like to build a tribe of locals, travelers and expats here.*** Nos gustaría construir una comunidad de locales, viajeros y expatriados aquí. ***After several years teaching Spanish to English speakers we realised we could bring them all together and practice in real life scenarios.*** Después de varios enseñando español a angloparlantes nos dimos cuenta de que podíamos juntarlos para practicar en contextos reales. ***🎯 And that's the entire idea behind this event: We'll explore a local neighborhood, using our surroundings to fuel the conversation and bypass memorized phrases.*** Y esa es la idea de este evento: Exploraremos un barrio local, usando el entorno para inspirar la conversación y dejar de lado las frases memorizadas. ***We don't need to pay for alcohol in a bar to loosen up; the movement and the fresh air give us the confidence to speak.*** No necesitamos pagar por beber alcohol en un bar para soltarnos; movernos al aire libre nos ayudará a hablar con confianza. ***👉 To ensure maximum efficiency and progress, we operate under a 100% immersion: You will speak exclusively in your target language during the entire session.*** Para asegurar la máxima eficiencia y progreso, hacemos una inmersión al 100%: Hablarás exclusivamente en tu idioma objetivo durante toda la sesión. ***By eliminating the option of switching, you gain two critical benefits:*** Al eliminar la opción de cambiar de idioma, consigues dos beneficios clave: ***✅ Agility and speed: You train your brain to stop translating in your head, building the neural shortcuts needed to retrieve words faster and speak with greater flow.*** Agilidad y velocidad: Entrenas a tu cerebro para dejar de traducir en tu cabeza, generando las conexiones neuronales necesarias para encontrar palabras más rápido y hablar con mayor fluidez. ***✅ Real-time output: You force yourself into production mode. This solves the "I know the words, but I can't say them" problem because you must actively use the vocabulary and grammar you know.*** Práctica en tiempo real: Te fuerzas a estar en modo de práctica cotinua. Esto resuelve el problema de "sé las palabras, pero no puedo decirlas" porque tienes que usar activamente el vocabulario y la gramática que ya conoces. ***You will quickly get comfortable with making mistakes. This is the best way to eliminate the fear of speaking in the real world.*** En poco tiempo te sentirás cómodo/a con los errores. Esta es la mejor forma de superar el miedo a hablar en el mundo real. ***Let's get started!***. ¡Vamos! 💪 ### **‼️IMPORTANT:** All real-time updates, exact meeting points, and last-minute cancellations (due to weather or unforeseen circumstances) are posted **ONLY in our WhatsApp group**. Please check the group before heading out to the event. **‼️IMPORTANTE:** Todas las actualizaciones en tiempo real, los puntos de encuentro exactos y las cancelaciones de última hora (por clima o imprevistos) se publican **ÚNICAMENTE en nuestro grupo de WhatsApp**. Por favor, consulta el grupo antes de salir de casa para el evento.

AI is no longer a side quest - it’s everywhere, woven into the software we use every day. AI agents shouldn’t just be side projects; they deserve to be built, tested, and deployed like any other production-grade system. **NOTE: To confirm your registration you need to sign up here: [https://giveago.co/register/prod-agents](https://giveago.co/register/prod-agents)** Join us to build, experiment, and launch agents that can scale, measure, and survive the real world, not just the demo stage. This not a prompt-engineering session or a demo. It is a full-day, hands-on experience where you’ll learn how to take your agent from “it works” to “it runs in production.” ​​You’ll explore how to design reliable architectures, deploy at scale, instrument analytics, and use rule-outs and monitoring to keep agents safe, stable, and smart. ​​Whether you’re a developer, designer, or just an AI-curious builder: this is your sandbox to **experiment, break things, and fix them right**. **NOTE: To confirm your registration you need to sign up here: [https://giveago.co/register/prod-agents](https://giveago.co/register/prod-agents)** *** ​​🚀 What you’ll explore, learn, and build ​​You’ll learn how to: * ​​**Design reliable agent architectures** * ​​**Deploy at scale** with blue-green rollouts, version control, and safe updates. * ​​**Add observability** \- from metrics and event logs to dashboards and tracing\. * ​​**Track performance and reliability** in real time, using analytics that go beyond vanity metrics. * ​​**Implement rule-outs, toggles, and monitoring flows** to keep agents safe and evolving. ​​**We're all about hands-on, Here's what to expect:** * ​​In small teams working hands-on from idea to working prototype * ​You’ll leave with something concrete you’ve built and understand Time to explore, experiment, break things, and fix them * ​Space to go deep on reliability, deployment, and observability **NOTE: To confirm your registration you need to sign up here: [https://giveago.co/register/prod-agents](https://giveago.co/register/prod-agents)** # ​Sponsors ​***To be announced*** ​Interested in supporting a Give(a)Go Builder Day? We partner with companies who believe in hands-on learning and in supporting people who build things. ​👉 Reach out to us at[ ](https://giveago.co/sponsor)**[https://giveago.co/sponsor](https://giveago.co/sponsor)** or email us at **[hello@giveago.co](mailto:hello@giveago.co)** **​​Venue Partner** ​​​\*\*[Baseline](http://baseline.community/):\*\* Baseline is an independent community and workspace for early-stage founders who are building breakout and break-through tech companies in Ireland. *** ## ​**​​​Join the community** ​​​​​[Give(a)Go](http://giveago.co/) is a community of builders, hackers and tinkerers that runs regular hands-on workshops and builder days! ​​​​​Follow us on: [LinkedIn](https://www.giveago.co/linkedin) \| [Instagram](https://www.giveago.co/instagram) \| [Website](https://www.giveago.co/) \| [Github](https://github.com/orgs/Give-a-Go) *We’ll be taking photos and short video clips throughout the day for recap posts and marketing. By registering, you consent to being included. If you prefer not to appear in any photos or videos, just let one of the hosts know when you arrive* **NOTE: To confirm your registration you need to sign up here: [https://giveago.co/register/prod-agents](https://giveago.co/register/prod-agents)**

Make New Friends💏! This Event is a large Monthly Social Salsa Dance Party 🎉🎊🎇 for Salsa Dancers and for those New Solo people who want to learn Salsa dancing. This Salsa Dance Party will be held in a large hall. There is Bar facilities, cheaper drinks and toilets are avaliable. Time of Dance Party from about 9.30pm/10pm. till after 1 am. Dress: Neat Dress. (Salsa Dance class lesson from 8.45pm to 9.30pm.) There may also be free Pizza at the end of the party like in previous parties. There are Salsa Social Dance Classes on Thursday evenings for those who like to learn or improve Salsa dancing. The entrance fee for the Salsa Party is 10 euros at the Door, which includes the Salsa class lesson. This is very good value. Place of large Hall is in Dublin 8. There is a large Free Car Parking at the back also. Dublin Bus 2 mins walk. There will be many other solo people attending from all around Ireland beside this meetup who already know this venue. In the past Social Salsa Dance Parties, over 270 people attended. https://youtu.be/DWir_XczIE8?is=YWe0j-H3tECeWaQx https://youtu.be/iyLdoQGBchQ?feature=shared So if you are Solo, like Social Dancing, meeting new people and or like a free lesson to start learning Salsa dancing, RSVP and I will send you the Dance Party Address Details on the day of the event. Many people come solo, so do not worry, come solo or bring your friends with you and enjoy the great Latino music and social Salsa dancing.

### Tools in your AI's Toolbox : An introduction to MCP Servers The generative AI revolution has unlocked unprecedented capabilities, but the next frontier is agency: empowering models to interact with, query, and act upon the world. The current challenge is the “N x M integration problem,” where every AI model requires a custom, brittle integration for each external tool or data source. This approach simply doesn’t scale. How can we give an AI access to our sales leads, code repositories, or IoT devices in a standardized, secure, and reusable way? This session introduces Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP), the open-source framework designed to solve this challenge and become the universal connector—the USB-C port—for AI. MCP standardizes how AI models discover and use external tools, moving beyond simple function-calling to a robust, client-server architecture. We will dive into how this open protocol is creating a new ecosystem for building powerful, context-aware AI agents. Join this session for a developer-focused introduction where you will learn how to: Understand the core concepts of the open-source Model Context Protocol and its architecture. Utilize pre-built, open-source MCP servers to instantly connect AI to tools like Git, Slack, and databases. Build a custom MCP server to securely expose your own proprietary data and APIs as tools for any compliant AI. Move beyond bespoke integrations and contribute to a standardized, collaborative, and open ecosystem. Stop building one-off connectors and start building intelligent agents. This session will give you the practical knowledge to leverage MCP and create the next generation of AI that doesn’t just talk, but does. Want to be a speaker? submit your talk to our Call for Presenters!!! [https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/](https://sessionize.com/azure-cbus-2026/)

Join members of the local UX and Digital Design community for a casual monthly breakfast. There _might_ be a little snow, but there _will_ be effectively infinite serve-yourself coffee, so it evens out if you ask me. Just a reminder, while the other locations are great too, we’re at the Lane Ave one this time.

Private Group. Closed to the Public Knowing ourselves and understanding our abilities is the first step toward wielding our gifts with control and accuracy. In subsequent classes we will verify and hone our talents with activities and discussion. These are hands-on workshops and participation is expected. The goal of our series will be to develop expertise in areas of particular interest such as mediumship, channeling, divination, healing and, etc.. Our ultimate directions will be determined by class members as we evolve. I look forward to sharing and discovering with you. - Cynthia

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.

Dale Gnidovec, Curator of the Orton Hall Museum of Geology at The Ohio State University, will be presenting a program he has wanted to share with us for a long time: Plate Tectonics. His description of his program: Continents on the move - Nothing in Earth history makes sense without moving continents - it tells us why mountains, volcanoes, minerals, and fossils are where they are. This talk examines the evidence for continental drift, why it was disbelieved, and explains how the more-encompassing theory of plate tectonics was developed and eventually proven. Dale is an energetic, incredibly knowledgeable, and very entertaining speaker and this will be another wonderful program by Dale. Hope to see you there! Food and drinks will be provided at the event. Feel free to show up a little bit early to hang out and talk. Going forward our meetings will be hybrid. You can meet us in-person or attend online Join Zoom Meeting [https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87836564953?pwd=4Mi57ElZkDIFlb1fnlNwOJ0NiOK4tP.1](https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87836564953?pwd=4Mi57ElZkDIFlb1fnlNwOJ0NiOK4tP.1) Meeting ID: 878 3656 4953 Passcode: 760812 One tap mobile +19292056099,,87836564953#,,,,\*760812# US (New York) +13017158592,,87836564953#,,,,\*760812# US (Washington DC) The formal presentation will start at noon

**People Analytics 101: Making Sense of Compensation Data** Compensation data is one of the most widely used and widely misunderstood forms of people analytics. The session will cover where compensation data comes from, including market pricing data, internal payroll data, and benchmarking sources, and how companies think about structuring and analyzing that information. We will explore how compensation data is leveraged to set salary ranges, manage internal equity, support hiring and retention, and align pay with business strategy. A portion of the session will address common data challenges and limitations, such as market noise, inconsistent job matching, and incomplete datasets, while keeping the primary focus on practical use rather than technical depth. The session will also look ahead at where the space is going, including the growing impact of pay transparency laws, expanding pay equity requirements, and emerging regulations in the US and Europe that require organizations to report on gender and pay gaps. The goal is to give attendees a clear mental model for how compensation analytics works today and why getting it right is becoming increasingly critical. (note: we are back at Rev1 this month!) **About Our Speaker** [Alex Moore](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexscottmoore/) is the founder of [Moore Cooperative](https://moorecooperative.com/), where he advises organizations on compensation strategy, pay equity, and people analytics. His work focuses on helping organizations like the Ohio Supreme Court design, analyze, and communicate compensation systems that are data-informed, defensible, and aligned with organizational goals. Alex lives in Granville, Ohio and has three little kiddos. More info at [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com)