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We know that meeting new people in Vienna’s Meetup scene can feel a bit repetitive. While different hosts and formats exist, you often end up seeing the same faces. That’s why we’re shaking things up! We’ve teamed up with Mausen Bar to bring you an exciting new Board Game Night - one that goes beyond Meetup and expands your social circle even further! 📅 Every Tuesday (except some holidays/celebrations), 7-10PM 📍 Mausen Bar (Türkenstraße 33, 1090 Wien). Join us for an evening of fun, laughter, and great company. Whether you’re a board game enthusiast or just looking to meet new people in a relaxed setting, this is the perfect event for you! Plus, you can order delicious food and drinks right at the venue while you play. Come for the games, stay for the connections, and make Vienna feel even more like home. See you there! Please note that this free event is made possible through the generous support of the restaurant. In order to maintain a strong partnership and continue offering events like this at no cost, we kindly ask that all attendees support the venue by placing an order during their visit. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

**Learn Your Camera Workshop** Next Friday, **22/05/2026**, we’re hosting a beginner-friendly 1-hour workshop at **WienMitte Photography Studio**. You’ll learn how to understand your camera settings, take control of manual mode, and start creating better photos with more confidence. **Duration:** 1 hour **Cost:** 15€ **Location:** WienMitte Photography Studio Spaces are limited — DM to reserve your spot.

Let’s meet up for Django and good conversations—pizza included. **Agenda highlights** * **Ship It: Django to Production with Uncloud in Minutes** Learn about the Uncloud project and how to easily and quickly deploy and manage containerized Django apps to remote Linux servers. – [Anton Ovchinnikov](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anton-ovchinnikov-9490665b/) **Call for Talks** * Sharpen ideas, show expertise, start conversations, level up the meetup. * 5‑min lightning or 1‑min “/dev/random.” First‑timer speakers welcome. * Topics we love: your secret sauce, things you find valuable, tooling, performance, testing, security gotchas, Postgres, Celery or a quick “wish I’d known” story. Send a 1–2 sentence pitch to [stephan.poetschner@gmail.com](mailto:stephan.poetschner@gmail.com) or just tell us when you arrive. **Logistics ️** * When: Tuesday, **June 30**, 2026, **18:30** * Where: Sentry, **Jakov-Lind-Straße 5/4OG**, 1020 Wien * If **doors are locked**, please call: **+43 676 744 1671**. We will get down-stairs and let you in. * Host: Sentry (pizza and drinks provided) Save your spot now → RSVP on Meetup: [https://www.meetup.com/django-vienna/events/313427621/](https://www.meetup.com/django-vienna/events/313427621/) See you there, Your Django-Vienna hosts, Fabian and Stephan

Heartfulness-Meditation entspannt den Geist und stärkt das Herz. Es sind keine Vorkenntnisse oder Erfahrungen erforderlich. Und so wie die Luft uns allen frei zur Verfügung steht, so ist es auch diese Meditation. Heartfulness-Meditation relaxes the mind and strengthens the heart. No prior knowlege or experience is required. And just as air is freely available to all of us, so is this meditation.

-Outdoor Functional Training for All Fitness Levels- Join us as we combine healthy, balanced movement with fun, gamified ideas to give you our unique FUNctional training! And in case that doesn’t really tell you what to expect, just think short intervals of exercise combined together in a playful and interactive way to help you strengthen your body in a sustainable way while allowing you to meet new people (and often even forget how hard you’re working out). As a reminder for those nervous about their fitness level: Everything we do, we do with all fitness levels in mind; so the exercises are always adjustable to your level and you’re always strongly encouraged to take it at your own pace - I mean, we’re not called My Pace for nothing! How to find us: We meet and train behind the calisthenics workout station on the Zirkuswiese of the Prater. Here a link to the location on Google maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/QdRPEaYTiavZbmVW7 Cost: In the interest of inclusivity, we've decided to make our sessions donations based here, so you're invited to pay what you can afford. If that actually makes you more uncomfortable and doesn't make it easier to come, know that we've received donations from €2 to €20 and they all made us very happy, because our primary goal is to get people moving and to show them it can be fun all in all. The money is secondary. One other thing that’s useful to know: - In the case of bad weather, we do have a back-up location that will protect us from the rain. Should we need to move, we will change the location of this event here. Please feel free to check back here before any event where you suspect bad weather or, even better, simply get in touch with us! We’re available via WhatsApp message or email. --- If you'd like to know more about My Pace, feel free to visit our website at https://www.mypace.at

Dear Artisans, Let’s meet again for another edition of the Laravel meetup with exciting talks, food & drinks, and more. Location: we will meet at the Moonshiner Office - thank you for sponsoring and Hosting the Event! 🙏 Agenda: * 18:00 - Open for visitors * 19:00 - Converting Units: Nginx to free (Sergii Kauk) * 19:10 - Vibes vs. Agents: A World Cup Betting Side Project Story (Christoph Rumpel) * 19:45 - Laravel Cloud for Small Teams (Matthias Weiß) * 20:15 - Beer and Mingling Looking forward to see you all!

This is a structured coworking session for people who want to follow through and get it done. 👉 **New here? You can join for just 2 hours to try it out.** 👉 Stay longer if you want to go deeper. To join, please register here (takes 1–2 minutes): [https://nocrastination.space/](https://nocrastination.space/) **We like a touch of mystery!** **The exact location will be sent to you by email 24 hours before the session. Please make sure to register in advance.** **You start, but don't finish. We help you get it done.** Join our [WhatsApp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/K6LidaoQhe16wZ0Se9pNM6?mode=gi_t) Follow us on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/nocrastinationclub/) 🚀 Structured Coworking & Networking for Ambitious People. Find your people. Move forward together. This is a structured coworking session for founders, freelancers, professionals, job seekers, and creators who want to stop working alone and start making consistent progress. **Special Focus: AI Builders & Creators** Many of our members use AI to: • Build products • Automate workflows • Create content • Improve productivity • Learn new skills Already using AI? Great. Just getting started? Even better. Come work alongside people who are experimenting, building, and sharing what works. **What You'll Get** • Structured focus sessions • Accountability and momentum • Meaningful professional connections • Exposure to AI tools and workflows • A community of ambitious people who support one another **Session Format** 13:30 – 14:20 Focus Session 1 14:35 – 15:25 Focus Session 2 **15:40 – 16:30 Connect** For the final session, you choose: **Walk & Talk**: Continue conversations while exploring the neighbourhood. OR **Deep Work:** Stay and continue working on what matters most. Because progress doesn't always happen sitting at a desk. Sometimes it happens through movement, reflection, and conversation. **If you expect to arrive late, please come during one of these break windows:** 13:00 – 13:20 14:20 – 14:30 15:25 – 15:35 **📍 Location** The exact venue will be emailed to registered participants 24 hours before the event. Please register here: [https://nocrastination.space/](https://nocrastination.space/) 💻 Bring your laptop and one task you've been avoiding. You'll leave with progress, new connections, and practical ideas you can use immediately. **This is for you if:** ✅ You work remotely ✅ You're building something ✅ You're curious about AI ✅ You want to meet ambitious people in Vienna ✅ You don't want to do it alone anymore Find your people. Move forward together. **What you’ll get** Not motivation. Not a productivity hack. **You’ll get: ONE THING DONE.** And then you come back, and do it again. **This is how it starts** You don’t need to commit to anything big. Just come once. Pick one thing. Finish it. We’ll be there. As we’re growing and improving the experience, we’re moving to a more structured system. Registration is part of participating. **Stay connected** Join our [WhatsApp group](https://chat.whatsapp.com/K6LidaoQhe16wZ0Se9pNM6?mode=gi_t) Follow us on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/nocrastinationclub/) This is a space you can keep coming back to.

Are you interested in product management and user experience? Are you an early bird? Join us for **UX Vienna Mornings**, a casual breakfast meetup. Meet like-minded people, discuss interesting topics, and expand your professional network in a great atmosphere. Our agenda: 1. Introduce yourself: Share what you do or what you like. 2. Learn about job opportunities and upcoming events. 3. Discuss your topics or projects. Is there a question you would like to discuss? Or a project you would like to share? Please bring them along! 4. Network and chat. **UX Vienna Mornings** take place on the first Friday of every month from 8 am to 10 am. Please note that this location only accepts cash. By participating, you agree that your likeness may be recorded and authorise UX Vienna to use any recording containing your likeness in any medium for any purpose. Accessible services for people with special needs: For assistance from a public transport stop to the venue and back, please email Max Scheugl at m@nofro.com

**Women in AI Austria - Vienna Meet up - Summer Beach Edition** **Come, connect, learn, and get inspired.** **Please note:** As this is an outdoor event, the meetup will only take place in good weather. In case of rain or unfavorable weather conditions, the event will be cancelled. AI meets Urban Beach. Join our Women in AI community for a summer evening at Strandbar Herrmann. Expect inspiring conversations, new connections, and a relaxed atmosphere that brings smart minds together. Whether you are an experienced professional, a newcomer to the field, or simply curious about AI – we are very happy to welcome you! **When:** **July 2nd** \| Doors open at 6 PM **Where:** Strandbar Herrmann, Herrmannpark 1030 Vienna **What to expect:** * Get to know WAI Austria and members * Versatile discussions about AI, new technologies, and everything you are interested in :) * Great people and delicious drinks and food (**SELF PAYMENT** :) ) **We are very excited to meet you but** **please only register if you plan to come.** **Please cancel your registration to free up the spot for someone on the waiting list!**

Come and join us and our growing family of Internationals!

☕We’re hosting the next **AI Breakfast Vienna** — a casual, high-signal gathering for the Austrian AI community. Inspired by the open exchange culture of leading AI hubs, this breakfast is all about bringing together people who work with, build, research, deploy, govern, or are simply passionate about AI. There’s no stage, no presentations, and no formal agenda — just a room full of interesting people sharing ideas and experiences across the AI ecosystem. * **When:** July 3rd, 9:00 AM * **Where:** Oracle Austria (DC Tower) - Donau-City Straße 7 · 1220 Vienna * **Important:** All participants must register at the lobby reception upon arrival. Simply mention "AI Austria Breakfast". * **Hosts:** Cristian Hofmann (AI Austria) and Emil Klapija (Oracle) * **Cost:** Free of charge — coffee and pastries will be provided by the Oracle team. Space is limited! 👉 **RSVP only if you're 100% sure you can attend.**

**Einladung zum Heartful Communication Programm nach dem Satsangh** **Ab dem 22. März startet unser Heartful Communication Programm, das sich über 5 Wochen erstreckt. Die Inhalte werden jeweils nach dem Sonntagssatsangh vorgestellt.** **Gesamtdauer des HC-Programms jeweils ca. 30–45 Minuten.** **Heartful Communication (HC) unterstützt uns dabei, authentisch aus unserem Herzen heraus zu kommunizieren und eine einfühlsame Verbindung zu uns selbst und anderen zu entwickeln. Der Ansatz hilft uns, Urteile, Vorwürfe und Kritik in respektvolle und fürsorgliche Begegnungen zu verwandeln.** **Im Mittelpunkt steht die Kultivierung von Bewusstsein – als erster Schritt für positive Veränderung.** **Weitere Informationen zu HC findet Ihr hier:** **https://heartfulness.org/heartful-communication/#hc** **Ort:** **Markhof – Das Dorf in der Stadt** **Markhofgasse 19** **1030 Wien** **Programm im Detail:** **10:00 Meditation anschließend Video-Input HC** **Kurze Bio-Pause (5–10 Minuten): für kleine Snacks und Getränke wird gesorgt** **HC-Programm** **Kurzvortrag / Reflexion / Gruppenaktivitäten mit unserem HC-Volunteers-Team** **Das Programm ist kostenfrei, Spenden für unser Zentrum sind herzlich willkommen.** **Wir freuen uns, wenn viele von Euch teilnehmen und diesen Prozess gemeinsam erleben.**

Welcome to our cozy **The Psychology and Personal Growth Circle** which is part of the Social Book Club! We will meet to discuss the book “**Thinking, Fast and Slow**" (499 pages) written by Daniel Kahneman. The idea is to connect with like minded readers that love to grow and get to know themselves better through reading and especially applying knowledge from books. We meet up once a month and talk about our progress applying knowledge from a certain book and our experience. The event will take place at the volunteer organisation **MUT**. It is an organisation to supports humans, animals and the environment especially in Vienna. MUT or the Social Book Club look forward to some donation to cover the cost of this event. If you would like to help, please bring some cash with you. Book Description: In the highly anticipated *Thinking, Fast and Slow*, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think. System 1 is fast, intuitive, and emotional; System 2 is slower, more deliberative, and more logical. Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilities—and also the faults and biases—of fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behavior. The impact of loss aversion and overconfidence on corporate strategies, the difficulties of predicting what will make us happy in the future, the challenges of properly framing risks at work and at home, the profound effect of cognitive biases on everything from playing the stock market to planning the next vacation—each of these can be understood only by knowing how the two systems work together to shape our judgments and decisions. If anyone would like to hang out **after** the book club discussion, you’re more than welcome to join us! We’ll be having a picnic and just relaxing afterward. All the best Andrea & Ani

Hi Running fellows, Whether you’re a walker, new to running, a semi-pro, a marathonist or a sprint star - if you want to start your weekend in an active way and enjoy the outdoors in lovely surroundings with a fun, international and multilingual group of people, you are welcome to join us! Every Saturday at 9:30 am, we meet, we run, in the magnificent Schönbrunn park, and then we go for breakfast. Want to discuss politics or the best recipes for banana pancakes? Not a problem. Not feeling social? Tune out with your earbuds - we can talk over breakfast. We are casual. You can be too. What to expect: Start by meeting Adrian, Ali, Liz, Paul and Sonia on-time at 9:30am outside the Schönbrunn U-Bahn stop (exit Grünbergstraße). (Coordinates: 48.1858130, 16.3200640) From there, we walk to the side park entrance where the “running” part begins. The important thing is that you run at your own pace. Typically, small groups of people will run at the same pace as you, so you never have to walk/run alone :) We finish one hour later, at about 10:40am, reconvening just inside the Hietzinger Tor exit. (Coordinates: 48.1858825, 16.3032647). From there, we’re off to breakfast! Breakfast Details: Anker bakery opposite the U4 Hietzing station and depending on the weather, grab something for a picnic in Schönbrunn park, or hang out in the bakery. If you missed us earlier, you can always go there around 10:45. We are a fun group of runners who don’t take things too seriously. We meet, chat, RUN, stretch, chat, EAT and we hang out over a beer every now and then. It's that easy. Please join us for breakfast after the run! The more the merrier. Typically we are 10-30 people, as not everyone who comes signs up on meetup. Important disclaimer: Please only run as much as you feel you can, considering the temperature, weather conditions, your own fitness etc... run and walk at your own pace as the organizers do not assume any liability for any injuries or health issues. Sonia, Adrian, Ali, Paul and Liz

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.

We're planning a hands-on technical session focused on building AI solutions in ServiceNow - think skills, agents, and real-world use cases. If you’re curious about AI on the platform, RSVP now and stay tuned for more details. Let's build together!

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.

**Practical Curiosity: Learning from Everyday Data** How do we actually get better at utilizing our day-to-day data? Fancy dashboards and complex models might look nice and draw attention, but that’s not where most of us spend our time. In fact those shiny outputs frequently sit unused, while the real insights are drawn from the analyst’s daily practice. Sometimes it’s as simple and as powerful as noticing that a segment is shrinking, a channel is underused, or certain links keep getting all the clicks. There’s many different places that the spark of insight can come from, but you have to keep your head in the data and know where to look. In this session, we’ll explore real-world examples of how segmentation, testing, and click behavior can uncover practical digital marketing opportunities. You’ll leave with inspiration for your own use cases, along with a few simple ways to ask better questions, spot meaningful patterns, and make smarter decisions without overcomplicating it. **About Our Speaker:** [Elaine Armbruster](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainearmbruster/) is a Director of Digital Experience at the [American Diabetes Association](https://diabetes.org/), where she focuses on using data and insights to create smarter, more effective digital experiences. A lifelong Columbus resident, she has built her career in email marketing and the broader digital user journey, and is finding she most enjoys working in the messy middle where systems, data, and big ideas don’t quite line up yet. 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)

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.

Topic to be announced. **CALL FOR SPEAKERS** Learn more: 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/ **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

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.