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UX Vienna Club - Book Edition: Robotproof
📖 Time to revisit our classic format and **talk about a great book** again🤩!
At our May event, we'll discuss **Vivienne Ming's** “***Robotproof: When Machines Have All The Answers, Build Better People***”. Vivienne is is an American theoretical neuroscientist and artificial intelligence expert, and a self-professed Professional Mad Scientist.
Her life and work are both extraordinary, and her latest book provides an actionable framework for rising above the “*the homogenized, vanilla world associated with AI”* (Forbes).
There’s lots to mull over, get inspired by, and take home from her writing - so don’t hesitate and join the discussion!
Don’t worry if life is too busy to read a whole book: It is absolutely not mandatory. We’ll provide enough information so everyone can learn something and connect insights to their own thinking and experiences.
If you want to familiarise yourself with the author’s work, there are lots of podcasts you can listen to, like this one: [https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/stop-letting-ai-think-for-you-dr-vivienne-ming/id212382281?i=1000758167430](https://podcasts.apple.com/at/podcast/stop-letting-ai-think-for-you-dr-vivienne-ming/id212382281?i=1000758167430)
There’ll also be time for **networking and conversation** over drinks and snacks (donations welcome, please bring some cash 😊).
By participating, you agree that your likeness may be recorded and authorise UX Vienna to use any such recordings for event documentation and promotional purposes.
Platform Engineering Vienna - May 2026 Meetup
Welcome to our May Meetup event for great talks, discussions and beers. We will meet at the Dynatrace office, thanks for hosting!
**Agenda**:
* Doors open 5:30 p.m.
* ***Talk 1: 6:00 to 6:30 p.m.***
* **Speaker**: Philipp Maier
* **Title**: Beyond the Fork: A 2026 Perspective on Terraform and OpenTofu
* **Abstract**: Both Terraform and OpenTofu are industry-standard tools used to automate the provisioning and management of infrastructure through code.
In this session, we will start at Commit b145fbc from 2023 and shortly review what happened back then and how OpenTofu started. We will then explore the technical divergence between Terraform and OpenTofu as of 2026 and how their managed ecosystems have evolved, looking at the practical trade-offs for our own projects.
* **Break: 6:30 to 6:45 p.m.**
* ***Talk 2: 6:45 to 7:30 p.m.***
* **Speaker**: Sahil Sharma
* **Title**: Kafka on Kubernetes: Building a Full-Stack Streaming Environment with Strimzi.
* **Abstract:** Running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes was once considered a daunting task. However, the Strimzi operator has simplified this process, making it possible to manage complex streaming infrastructure through a declarative approach. In this session, we will demonstrate how to bridge the gap between local development and production patterns by deploying a full-stack Kafka environment inside a Kind cluster.
We will walk through a live setup including:
\- Cluster Provisioning: Using Strimzi to deploy a functional Kafka cluster in seconds\.
\- Management & Visibility: Integrating Kafbat UI to inspect topics and messages\.
\- Observability: Implementing a Grafana and Prometheus \+ AlertManager stack to track broker health and consumer lag\.
\- Application Flow: Deploying a producer and consumer to validate the end\-to\-end data pipeline using Confluent library\.
Whether you are building a local sandbox or planning a larger rollout, you will leave with a repeatable template for a fully observable Kafka ecosystem on Kubernetes.
* **Networking**: start 7:45 p.m.
Women in AI Austria Vienna Meet up - Afterwork Edition
**Women in AI Austria - Vienna Meet up -Afterwork Edition**
**Come, connect, learn, and get inspired.**
Join us for a relaxed evening of **AI discussions and great conversations** at Trinity pub in the beautiful center of Vienna
Whether you are an experienced professional, a newcomer to the field, or simply curious about AI– we are very happy to welcome you!
Let’s enjoy a great Afterwork.
**When:** **May 28th** \| Doors open at 6 PM
**Where:** Trinity Pub, Rilkeplatz 3 1040 Wien
**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 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!**
5vs5 Donnerstagskickerl - read description!
***5vs5 Donnerstagskickerl @ Soccerdome 10 ⚽️***
Lust auf **Fußball**? Wir spielen jede Woche ein lockeres **5vs5 @ Soccerdome 10** im 10. Bezirk (**19:00-20:30**) - unkompliziert, ohne Team und ohne Verpflichtung.
**Die Plätze sind limitiert,** daher gilt: first come, first served.
So nimmst du teil:
✅ App downloaden ([www.strangersoccer.com](http://www.strangersoccer.com/))
✅ Spiel auswählen
✅ Slot buchen, vorbeikommen & einfach mitkicken; wir kümmern uns um den Rest.
🎁 Dein **erstes Spiel kostenlos** ist mit dem Promocode WELCOME
Mehr Infos direkt bei uns - schreib uns gerne! ☺️
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***5vs5 Thursday Football @ Soccerdome 10 ⚽️***
Looking for **casual football**? We’re playing a **relaxed 5vs5** weekly game at **Soccerdome 10** in Vienna’s 10th district (**7:00–8:30 PM**) - no team, no commitments, no stress.
**Spots are limited**, so it’s first come, first served.
How to join:
✅ Download the app ([www.strangersoccer.com](http://www.strangersoccer.com))
✅ Choose the game
✅ Book your slot, show up & play - we’ll take care of the rest.
🎁 Your **first game is free** with the promo code: WELCOME
Feel free to message us if you’d like more info ☺️
GenAI Community: Advanced Gen AI Edition
## **GenAI Community: Advanced Gen AI Edition**
Cisco Systems Austria\, Vienna \| May 28th \| 17:30
Advanced Gen AI is moving beyond experimentation – and the focus is shifting towards real-world applications and scalable systems.
Together with leading voices from Austria’s AI ecosystem, we will dive into advanced use cases, technical breakthroughs, and practical lessons learned when building and deploying next-generation AI systems.
Hosted by Ruben Hetfleisch (AI Austria).
***
### **17:30 – Welcome & Opening**
Hosted by Ruben Hetfleisch (AI Austria)
→ Setting the stage: from Gen AI hype to advanced real-world applications
***
### **17:40 –** eustella: Make Europe's Greatest Agent (MEGA)
Jakob Steinschaden (AI Newsrooms Technology GmbH)
***
### **17:55 –** How to Compliance in times of GenAI (A knowledge graph approach)
Lisa Katzenschlager (cdot)
***
### **18:10 –** AI Tools at Cisco: Discover Real-World Use Cases That Boost Adoption
Stefan Honeder & Mustafa Rafie
***
### **18:20 –** AI Förderbuddy: Automizing funding proposals - an agentic approach
Michael Neuberger
***
### **19:00 – Networking, Drinks & Conversations**
→ Meet the speakers, exchange ideas and connect with the AI community
***
More speakers to be announced soon!
***
📍 **Location**
Cisco Systems Austria, (Tegetthoffstraße 1, 1010 Wien)
🗓 **Date & Time**
From 17:30
🎟 **Admission**
Free & open to the community – limited seats
#8: Keycloak Meetup
Triff andere Keycloak-Nutzer, tausche dich aus und erfahre von Experten, wie Keycloak in komplexen Szenarien eingesetzt wird.
**🗓️ Agenda**
**Session** **#1: AI Meets Identity: Managing Keycloak with Natural Language via MCP**
🗣️ **Speaker:** Marcel Mayer, m2-consulting
* Aufbauend auf unserem Talk auf der Keyconf 25 in Amsterdam (Video: [https://youtu.be/DNu2UnrsiCI?si=MrbdXTdpHrCwmGPi](https://youtu.be/DNu2UnrsiCI?si=MrbdXTdpHrCwmGPi))
* Weiterentwicklung des Knowledge-Graph-Ansatzes für konversationelle Keycloak-Konfigurationsanalyse
* Nächster Schritt: derselbe Graph als Basis für AI-gestütztes Offensive Security Testing
* Kombination aus graphbasiertem Reasoning und LLM-basierter Angriffplanung zur Automatisierung von:
* Reconnaissance
* Erkennung von Fehlkonfigurationen und strukturellen IAM-Anti-Patterns (z. B. God-Roles, übermäßige Privilegvererbung)
* Schließt den Security-Loop: Discover, Exploit, Fix, Verify
* Inklusive Live-Demo
**Session #2: Effiziente Benutzeradministration im B2B-Bereich durch Föderation und Automatisierung**:
🗣️ **Speaker:** José Tojo, APA-IT
* Herausforderungen für User und Organisationen
* Einführung einer Föderation mit Account-Provisionierung und automatisierter Berechtigungsvergabe
* Integration von Keycloak mit Externen IdPs und internen Komponenten
* Ergebnisse und Mehrwert
* Lessons learned aus Kundenprojekten
*
**Networking & Austausch:**
Nutze die Gelegenheit, dich mit anderen Keycloak-Anwendern und -Experten auszutauschen. Diskutiere aktuelle Herausforderungen, Best Practices und Entwicklungen rund um Keycloak.
🍕 Getränke & Snacks inklusive!
**Jetzt anmelden und deinen Platz sichern!**
Wir freuen uns auf spannende Gespräche und einen intensiven Austausch rund um Keycloak!
36. Google Cloud Meetup
*This event is free of charge and only takes place on-site!*
*Language of the Meetup: ENGLISH 🇬🇧*
**Talk #1: Architecting relationship-aware long-term memory for AI agents** [Tarun Jain, Founding Engineer and GDE in AI]
Most developers building AI Agents focus on reasoning and planning, but quietly ignore what matters most: Memory. Stateless agents respond in isolation, while stateful agents unlock real capability by remembering and building over time. The problem becomes clear when Agents need to connect facts or track how information changes, where vector search alone starts to break down. Retrieval can fetch data, but only knowledge graphs can structure relationships and enable true multi-step reasoning over time.
In this session, I will showcase how memory works in the backend, including a live visualization of fact extraction and graph construction in working code. The primary focus will be on edge cases, especially the hybrid vector graph approach, where semantic search and structured traversal are combined to handle multi-hop reasoning and temporal changes by considering the Cognee open-source framework. Furthermore, I will showcase a working demo of Memory, featuring visualization and a user journey, via Streamlit.
**Talk #2: Anatomy of a Supply Chain Attack: From Compromise to Countermeasure [**[Valentin Goronjic](https://www.linkedin.com/in/valentingoronjic/) (Lead Software Engineer), [Tamas Neumer](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamas-neumer/) (Lead Cloud Engineer) at [Posedio GmbH](https://www.linkedin.com/company/posedio/)**]**
In March 2026, attackers compromised Trivy, the open source container scanner thousands of teams rely on to find vulnerabilities. The exploit scanned the CI environment for a wide range of credentials and exfiltrated whatever it found. Trivy isn't alone, countless similar attacks have taken place the past month.
The goal of this talk is twofold. First, to raise awareness of these attacks, how they happen and what to expect once you're compromised. Second, to look at what's in GCP's toolbox to mitigate such incidents.
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📅 **May 28th, 2026, from 17:30**
📍 **Location:** weXelerate Auditorium, Praterstraße 1, 1020 Vienna
🚇 **Approach:** U1/U4 to Schwedenplatz, entrance via Taborstraße or Praterstraße. Parking available in the building garage.
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⏰ **Schedule:**
Check-in: 17:30 – 18:00
Talk #1: 18:00 – 18:30
Break & Networking: 18:30 – 18:45
Talk #2: 18:45 – 19:15
Networking, Food & Drinks: 19:15 – 21:00
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We are now part of the GDG community. You can also find our and other upcoming events on the Google Developers Community webpage!
For inquiries: office@posedio.com
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The Psychology of Data Transformations & Optimizing Multimodal AI Pipelines
Dear Data Enthusiasts,
Join us again on **29th of May** at **A1** to learn about the psychological implications on employees when transforming the data landscape of an organization. In addition, we will finally have a talk about the open source framework Metaxy and how it can help to cut costs of multimodal AI pipelines.
A big thanks goes to our co-organizers from the A1 Telekom and our sponsor Cloudera!
**A Psychological Autopsy of a Data Transformation**
*Dávid Farkas*
Five years ago, a small European university decided to build and implement a data strategy from scratch. Greenfield in the truest sense: data governance was an unheard term and in practice it meant local Excel files duplicated across inboxes; "the database" usually referred to whichever spreadsheet someone had emailed most recently. Over four years, we designed and rolled out new systems, established governance structures, hired a team, and delivered real wins. We also watched a significant portion of the work get undone in months once leadership changed.
This talk is a psychological autopsy of that transformation — what was planned, what worked, what quietly collapsed, and why. Universities are an unusually honest laboratory for studying data initiatives: decentralized power, competing stakeholder logics, weak formal hierarchies, and ambiguous success metrics make every human dysfunction that exists in corporate environments more visible.
Drawing on behavioural science and nearly five years leading this initiative, I'll walk through the recurring failure patterns I see across data and AI projects more broadly — algorithm aversion, NIH syndrome, the gap between executive sponsorship and operational ownership, and the under-recognised role of organisational identity in determining which systems survive a leadership change. The argument is not that technology doesn't matter — it's that the human substrate determines whether any of it sticks. Borrowing Kranzberg: technology is never neutral, and neither are the people implementing it.
**Dávid Farkas** is a research psychologist (PhD) and data scientist based in Budapest. He co-founded Principle Zero, which helps companies, NGOs, and researchers take on complex challenges in data strategy, digital and AI transformation, research, product development, and science communication. We bring behavioural science to problems most consultancies treat as purely technical, focusing on the human and organisational factors that determine whether ambitious projects survive contact with reality. Previously he led data science and digitalisation at MOME Budapest, with earlier industry experience applying machine learning.
**Optimizing Multimodal AI Pipelines with Metaxy**
*Georg Heiler, Hernan Picatto*
The AI era has caused a fundamental shift in computing, moving us toward complex multimodal pipelines. However, these new systems are often incredibly wasteful. Right now, small changes to an input can trigger massive recomputations across very expensive processing steps.
In this talk, we will explore Metaxy, an open source Python framework built to solve this exact problem. Metaxy provides sample level metadata versioning and acts as the universal glue for incremental data pipelines. We will discuss how its field level provenance allows your pipeline to only recompute what actually changed. If you update an audio file, for example, Metaxy knows to skip downstream face recognition steps that only rely on video.
Whether you are a startup stretching your compute budget, an enterprise scaling ML infrastructure, or a researcher in academia, you will learn how to use Metaxy to iterate faster, cut cloud costs, and build highly efficient AI workflows.
**Georg Heiler** is a co-founder @Jubust and a Senior data expert at Magenta as well as a ML-ops engineer at ASCII. He is solving challenges with data. His interests include geospatial graphs and time series. Georg transitions the data platform of Magenta to the cloud and is handling large scale multi-modal ML-ops challenges at ASCII.
**Hernan Picatto** is a Computer Science PhD candidate at the Vienna University of Technology researching firm-level supply chains and corporate networks using NLP and Common Crawl data. Formerly an engineer at JPMorgan Chase and ZhiZhouKeji, he holds an MA from UCSD. His broad interests span big data, visualization, and time series causality.
🎤🎤 Open Mic
We are going to open up the stage after the talks for community announcements. If you'd like to announce something, [open this slide deck](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yvFI_Lm7KjgletICOQ1hLW1hHKmCIPA1OWQF2EeZieo/edit?usp=sharing), make sure you are signed in with a google account, and click "View Only" -> "Request Edit Access". Explain in the text box what you want to announce, and we'll give you edit access to the slide deck.
🎤🎤
We’ll have some food and drinks after the event.
Please note that during the event, photos might be made and later posted on VDSG's social media page. Please notify us if you do not agree.
Attention attendees with food allergies. Please be aware that the food and drinks provided may contain or come into contact with common allergens, such as dairy, eggs, wheat, soybeans, tree nuts, peanuts, fish, shellfish, or wheat.
Best,
The Organizer Team
Meet-up @ Badeschiff
Hey girls and guys!
Are you getting used to the sunray kisses and the bright light? ✨️ ✨ ✨ 😘 😘 😘
It's sooo lovely and finally friendly outside 🏖️🏝️🌊🌻
Since it's very warm and pleasant in the night already, let's begin the summer meet-up season and have our first open air event. We'll go to a place we all like, in one way or another, and where we had unforgettably fun, crowded and successful get togethers.
We'll be on water, with a great view and will feel like we're on a holiday. 🍹 😎 🛳️ 🌊 🎊
I was also told that after 22:00 o'clock the place will turn into a club, so a promising night is ahead of us. 🪄 🥳 🪩
Ready to find out where we're going on Saturday?
*Here's the meet-up announcement:*
🥁🥁🥁
🌟 💃🏻 *You are invited!* 🕺 🌟
🗓️ *30.05.26*
🕗 *20:00 o'clock*
🏠 *Badeschiff*
📍*Wolfgang - Schmitz - Promenade, 1010 Wien*
After the event, we can eventually move on to the bars in the 1. district.
Please *register* for the event if you're coming. And *deregister* if you can't join the group.
I look forward to seeing you soon. 🤩
Cheers,
🌞 ✨ ✨
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/CenJvHihHES94jc4A?g_st=ac](https://maps.app.goo.gl/CenJvHihHES94jc4A?g_st=ac)
KI Learning Friday Frühstück #1 @Wien
KI ausprobieren kostet Zeit. Und meistens läuft es zuerst schief.
Genau dafür haben wir unsere Learning Fridays: ein geschützter Rahmen, in dem Gepardec-Teams echte KI-Technologien testen – ohne Kundendruck, ohne Deadline.
Was funktioniert. Was nicht. Und warum.
Am 29. Mai teilen wir das offen.
Was du konkret mitnimmst
👉 Du sparst dir die Umwege, die wir bereits gegangen sind:
🔬 AI-gestützte Systemanalyse – Welche LLM-Tools für Enterprise-Kontexte taugen, welche nicht – und was MCP wirklich bringt.
⚙️ AI-Assisted Code Migration – Wo Konveyor AI bei WildFly→Quarkus-Migrationen wirklich hilft und wo du trotzdem manuell ran musst.
🦙 Tune das Llama – Was beim Fine-Tuning eines lokalen LLMs schiefgeht, bevor es funktioniert – Datenmenge, Konfiguration, Evaluierung.
Für wen ist das relevant?
👉 Für alle, die KI in ihrer Softwareentwicklung einsetzen wollen – aber keine Zeit haben, bei Null anzufangen.
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08:30 → Frühstück (Wien & Linz)
09:15 → Unsere Haltung zu KI (ab hier auch Remote)
09:30 → AI-gestützte Systemanalyse
10:15 → AI-Assisted Code Migration
11:15 → Tune das Llama
12:00 → Unser Angebot: Gemeinsames KI-Projekt
12:15 → Networking
📍 Vor Ort: Frühstück inklusive
💻 Remote: Google Meet
👉 Anmeldung bis 26.5.: https://www.gepardec.com/ki-learning-friday/
#KI #LLM #Quarkus #MCP #FineTuning #Gepardec #SoftwareEntwicklung #KonveyorAI
Photo Walk - Vienna before work
Join me for a photo walk through the city centre :)
We will gather at Stephansdom and make our way past Am Hof to Minoritenkirche and Volksgarten (opens 7am).
The event is free of charge but will be limited to max 10 people as it is meant as an opportunity to connect. It is suitable for all regardless of age/level/gear.
Quentin: Male Figure Drawing
Dear artists,
We will have long and short poses with Janek again! The fee is 5 euro donation + drink from a bar to support our wonderful venue.
See you all there!
Practical AI Workshop and Networking in Vienna
💻 Build Your AI Assistant
In this workshop, you’ll create your own personalized AI assistant using ChatGPT.
No programming or technical background needed.
AI Career Coach
* AI Marketing Assistant
* AI Content Creator
* AI Travel Planner
* AI Business Assistant
🧩In this practical workshop, you’ll build your own AI assistant for work, business, or everyday life.
🌏Register if you come and unregister if you don’t come
👨💻This workshop is designed for beginners, freelancers, professionals, and business owners who want to start using AI in a practical way.
During this hands-on session, you will:
✅ Learn how people use AI to save time and work smarter
✅ Discover the most useful AI tools for everyday work and life
✅ Build your own AI assistant step-by-step
✅ Get ready-to-use prompts and templates
✅ Meet like-minded people interested in AI and the future of work
🚀WHAT YOU WILL BUILD
You can create:
* AI Productivity Assistant
* AI Marketing Assistant
* AI Career Assistant
* AI Content Creator
* AI Business Assistant
* or your own custom AI helper
WHO IS THIS FOR?
* Beginners curious about AI
* Freelancers
* Entrepreneurs
* Office workers
* Creators & marketers
* Anyone who wants to work smarter with AI
📚Bring your laptop and leave with tools you can use immediately.
Build your own AI assistant in 2 hours🔥
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Tango Interactive
Tango Argentino ist eine improvisierte Tanzform, in der wir drei Schlüsselelemente entwickeln: Umarmung, das richtige Gehen und Musikalität.
## KURSE Sonntags von 17:00 bis 18:00 Uhr.
In dieser Einheit zeigen wir Übungen in der die Wahrnehmung der Körperachse geweckt und spürbar gemacht wird, wie man durch die Umarmung in Kontakt mit dem Partner treten kann, und wie die Musik und unsere Wahrnehmung von Rhythmus zu einem lebendigen Ganzen verschmelzen. Anschließend kommen alle Teilnehmer\*innen in Bewegung um den Tango selbst zu spüren und zu experimentieren.
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## Geführte PRACTICA Sonntags von 18:00 bis 20:00 Uhr.
Den Sonntagabend lassen wir mit einer Tango Practica ausklingen mit Beispielen von den verschieden Musiktypen, zu denen wir Tango Argentino tanzen: Tango, Walz, Milonga und Nontango. Wir freuen uns auf Euch!
#### Diese Kurse finden in [Robert-Hamerling-Gasse 1](https://share.google/EH7GJDG2JnUNrsfGI) \- 1150\, Wien statt\.
**Sonntags:"KURSE" und "Geführte PRACTICA"**
**Uhrzeit:**
"KURSE" von 17:00 bis 18:00 Uhr
"Geführte PRACTICA" ab 18:00 bis 20:00 Uhr
**Preise pro Person:**
Kurs: 25€. Practica: 10€
Kurs und Practica zusammen: 30€
**Preise Block Mai-Juni 2026 pro Person:** 180€.
Ich freue mich auf Euch.
Um Anmeldung wird gebeten unter: 0680 1246357 oder per e-mail.
Für mehr Informationen: [www.tangogermano.com](http://www.tangogermano.com) - [https://www.youtube.com/user/tangogermano](https://www.youtube.com/user/tangogermano) -
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Data & Analytics Wednesday - Finding Product Insights
**The Behavior Gap: Where Products Win or Lose**
Teams today have more data than ever, and yet many still struggle to understand why customers adopt, engage with, or abandon their products. Teams sprint, ship faster, and chase more signals… all while metrics stall and confidence drops. The missing piece isn’t more data. It’s often the behavioral insight between the metrics, explaining why the numbers move in the first place. Dashboards can tell you what customers did, but understanding why they did it (and how to influence what they do next) requires a deeper blend of insights. This session is about closing that gap.
Drawing from real-world experience designing and scaling products as [ZoCo Design](https://zocodesign.com/)’s CEO, [Lacey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) will share how to cut through the noise and identify the insights that actually change behavior—moving people, and moving metrics. You’ll learn:
* Why understanding customer behavior is a quant and qual challenge
* How to spot the signals that actually predict behavior change
* Where AI accelerates insight, and where it creates distraction
* How to get meaningfully closer to customers, without adding more tools
This talk reframes how to evaluate performance and identify what levers actually improve it, helping your team to make smarter bets with greater confidence. Every meaningful outcome is driven by behavior change. And when you know how to design for behavior, you stop guessing, and start building things that work.
**About Our Speaker**
[Lacey Picazo](https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceypicazo/) is the Founder and CEO of ZoCo, a healthcare product studio that turns complex, high-stakes ideas into products that drive real-world adoption. She partners with healthcare organizations to uncover critical care delivery insights, focus product strategy through behavior design, and build solutions that patients and providers actually use.
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)
American Sign Language Beginners Meetup Group
We meet to learn and practice American Sign Language and to grow our familiarity with Deaf culture. Facilitated by hearing folks (with a connection to a professional interpreter) using Deaf-created content. People of all ASL skill levels are welcome! As we learn, we hope to connect more with the Deaf community in Central Ohio. Join us as you're able!
Come regularly or just once - whatever you're looking for! Each meetup will explore different topics related to ASL/Deaf culture, and will feature time to practice conversation with one another. Just bring yourself and a willingness to learn!
Game Dev Meetup (@Improving In-Person)
PLEASE NOTE!!!
This event will be In-Person for our very 1st Improving collab! If you know the [Columbus Unity group](https://www.meetup.com/columbus-unity-user-group/) location, we'll be at the same place. This is our 1st event and are doing a soft launch with limited attendance. 1st come 1st serve. If you want to be there and we fill up, please email me at [info@thecogg.com](mailto:info@thecogg.com) and I'll be in touch.
All street parking is free on Sundays but you can also pay to park in any of the local garages. See image of [parking map here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mr9_LFIggbs-0_Zd3AJTGNqEhgMf2TzQ/view?usp=sharing).
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On the last Sunday of the month, we're having our usual end-of-the-month social gathering with our GameDev Meetup meeting. There will be announcements and presentations followed by some social networking Let's continue the conversations with good vibes and friends.
All are welcomed from all ages and backgrounds to this public event. If we can, we'll be streaming or uploading the video later via our COGG YouTube channel here:
[https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams](https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams)
(Also please do subscribe if you have not done so!)
No game development experience required!
If you are interested in doing a 20 minute game development related presentation, please fill out our form online here:
[https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1](https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1)
Or e-mail us at info@thecogg.com
with the following:
Your Name, Company/Affiliation, Name of Your Game/Topic, Description, Tech Needs, and Your Contact.
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Ensuring Software Quality in the world of AI Developers - Matt Eland
**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you.
The building address is 4450 Bridge Park
The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400
You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge.
**Abstract**
Like it or not, AI agents are now capable of turning a quickly written paragraph of requirements into a pull request that is ready to be integrated into real-world production applications and it's now our responsibility to make sure AI doesn't go rogue and take down prod - or corrupt our data by misunderstanding the requirements or our existing schemas. In this session we'll explore strategies to protect our codebases through unit and integration testing, documentation, and code review along with additional ways of providing context and guard rails to our AI agents as they carry out the work we've assigned them to do. By the time we're done, you'll have a firm grasp of the problem and understand some helpful options for protecting your codebase from vibe coding mishaps getting YOLOed into prod.
**YouTube Link**
https://youtube.com/live/BltmWMH1zG0?feature=share
Cocoaheads
Come out to Improving for our monthly iOS and Mac meetings.
This Month's Presentation:
Nothing yet. (You should volunteer).
What is Cocoaheads (http://cocoaheads.org/)?
CocoaHeads is a group devoted to discussion of Apple Computer's Cocoa Framework for programming on MacOS X and iOS (including the iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch). During monthly meetings, members present on their projects and offer tutorials on various programming topics.
What is BuckeyeCocoa (http://buckeyecocoa.org/)?
BuckeyeCocoa is a group of Objective-C/Swift developers/enthusiasts. We host monthly Cocoaheads and near-weekly NSCoder meetings in Columbus, Ohio. The meetings are free to attend.
Presentations!
Presenters welcome! We are always in need of people willing to present material. Any Swift and/or Objective-C related topic is welcome. Times can be 5 minutes (i.e. lightning talks) to a maximum of 2 hours. Interested? Contact info is on the BuckeyeCocoa website.
To volunteer for a presentation contact us at @BuckeyeCocoa on Twitter.
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