Tech Events in Hamburg

Together with inovex GmbH, we’re bringing the SQL Server community together again for an evening of technical talks, real-world experiences, and good conversations.
inovex is hosting us at their office and taking care of the refreshments.

Thank you for supporting the community and making the evening possible.

Come by, learn something new, ask questions, meet other data people, and stay for the conversations afterward.

6:00 pm - Open door
6:30 pm - First talk & Q&A
7:15 pm - Break with Snacks & Networking
7:45 pm - Second talk & Q&A
8:30 pm - Wrap-up and Time for More Conversations
9:00 pm - Close door

First talk: Bridging AI Agents to Power BI (Tobias Maasland)
As AI-assisted development tools like Claude Code and Gemini CLI mature, running them inside isolated Linux container sandboxes (e.g., Podman) has become a security standard. However, accessing native Windows capabilities - such as Microsoft’s Power BI Modeling MCP server - presents architectural challenges due to stdio limitations across OS boundaries, and Hyper-V firewall restrictions.
In this session, we examine these cross-platform friction points and demonstrate how a lightweight proxy bridge enables sandboxed CLI agents to seamlessly inspect models and execute DAX queries against local Power BI Desktop instances without sacrificing container isolation.

Tobias Maasland is a Data Product Owner and Data Engineer focused on building value-driven data solutions and intelligent workflows. With strong expertise in cloud ETL/ELT, data warehousing, and rapid AI prototyping, he actively incorporates Google Gemini and agentic AI systems directly into the data domain. Tobias specializes in turning initial PoCs into robust, end-to-end data products through structured requirement analysis and AI-assisted engineering.

Second Talk: Using Jev with SQL Server (Sascha Lorenz)
Jev takes a different approach to AI: instead of generating text, it makes fast, structured decisions based on the data you provide.
In this session, we will take a quick look at what Jev is, how its decision model differs from traditional LLMs, and where this approach can be useful when working with SQL Server.
We will then get practical: starting with a simple Jev API call and moving on to calling Jev directly from SQL Server 2025 using its new external REST endpoint capabilities. Along the way, we will explore a few examples of using database data for classification, scoring, and decision-making, and also discuss where this belongs in a real SQL Server architecture and where it probably does not.

Sascha Lorenz has been working with SQL Server and enterprise systems for more than 30 years. As founder of PSG Projekt Service GmbH and former Microsoft MVP, he focuses on performance, troubleshooting, automation, and building better tools for understanding real-world database workloads. He is especially interested in what happens when traditional database engineering meets observability, AI, and new developer tooling.

Join us for the 23rd Vue.js Hamburg Meetup and our last meetup of the year! We're heading to House of AI, a curated space for AI founders in Hamburg's HafenCity, to close out the year with talks, snacks, and good conversation.

This evening features two exciting talks: Revanth, the founder of VueVerse, will show us how to make Vue apps leaner and faster by cutting unnecessary weight. In a special premiere for our meetup, Revanth will be joining us live and remote all the way from India. Then Miroslav shares how he built a full office suite in Vue using an agentic, no-hand-coding workflow.

Agenda
🤝 18:30 – Arrival, networking & casual get-together (Snacks provided, drinks available for purchase)
🚀 19:00 – Opening
📈 19:15 – Revanth Kumar Patha (remote from India): Vue on a Diet: Ship Less, Render Faster
🧪 20:00 – Miroslav Dzunic: The Agentic Factory: How I Shipped an Office Suite in Vue Without Writing a Single Line of Code
💬 20:45 – Networking & open conversations

Who Should Attend?
Whether you're a Vue veteran or just getting started, your perspective matters. This meetup thrives on diverse experiences and ideas from all skill levels. Come to share, come to learn, or come to just connect with fellow Vue enthusiasts.

Code of Conduct
We invite everyone who participates in our events to create a safe and positive experience for all. Unacceptable behavior of a community member is not tolerated. We support the Berlin Code of Conduct (http://berlincodeofconduct.org).

Das Ziel ist, Möglichkeiten darzustellen, die im Sprachraum Java ohne Rückgriff auf Large Language Models eine Klassifikation von Eingangsdaten durchzuführen.
Wobei diese Eingangsdaten nicht Texte sind, sondern reale Ereignisse innerhalb unseres Lebens, Messwerte, Bilder in definiertem Kontext oder Ereigniskombinationen, Kombinationen aus Messwerten oder ähnlichem.
Über die Gewinnung der Daten wird gesprochen.

Referent - Joachim Kröger
Begonnen habe ich in der frühen 80er Jahren auf Mikroprozessoren zu programmieren. So ergab sich ein fast typischer Werdegang: Nach Assembler code für Z80 und Motorola 68000 folgte sofort 'C' als Grundlage für Mustererkennung, als Thema. Das Thema blieb, mit Verfügbarkeit folgte der Paradigmenwechsel auf Objektorientierte Entwicklung mit C++ und mit Verfügbarkeit des Web dann Java. Also von Beginn an. Die Themen wechselten, es kamen Oracle RDBMS hinzu, Tomcat (JEE) CORBA und RMI. Später begann ich eine Lehrtätigkeit für Java über etwa 10 Jahre. Inzwischen seit 20 Jahren selbständig, befinde ich mich gerade mitten in der Produktentwicklung für ein IoT System. 90% Java.

Rust führt seit Jahren die Stack-Overflow-Umfrage als meistbewunderte Programmiersprache an. Eingesetzt wird es vor allem dort, wo Stabilität, Performance und Sicherheit entscheidend sind, etwa in Betriebssystemen wie Android. Zunehmend findet Rust aber auch in anderen Bereichen Verwendung, zum Beispiel in der Backend-Entwicklung. Weil die Lernkurve flacher wird, nicht zuletzt dank LLMs, ist der Mehraufwand gegenüber Sprachen wie Java oft gering. Das Ergebnis ist dagegen deutlich besser in Bezug auf Performance und Stabilität.
Der Vortrag gibt einen praktischen Überblick über Backend-Entwicklung mit Rust und den Stand des Ökosystems. Außerdem zeigt er Erfahrungsberichte von Teams, die Rust in diesem Bereich bereits erfolgreich einsetzen.

Referent - Marco Otte-Witte
Marco ist Gründer und Geschäftsführer von Mainmatter, einer Engineering-Beratung, die Tech-Teams mit Training, Co-Engineering und Mentoring bei der Einführung von Rust begleitet. Er ist seit Ende der 90er in der Tech-Branche und hat mit .NET, Rails, Elixir und Phoenix, TypeScript und Rust gearbeitet.

PLAY – Creative Gaming Festival 2026 returns to Hamburg from 18–21 November 2026, transforming the URBANEO Young Architecture Center into a vibrant hub for digital creativity. The festival celebrates the intersection of media art, education, and gaming culture, offering four days of inspiring workshops, interactive exhibitions, talks, and hands‑on activities. With its 2026 theme “Hey, listen! – Music & Emotion,” PLAY explores how sound, storytelling, and emotional expression shape the way we experience games. 

As the world’s first festival to unite media art, discourse, and education with digital games, PLAY invites visitors to invent, build, tinker, program, dance, and discuss. The Creative Gaming Awards highlight innovative works that encourage playful experimentation and creative interaction. Returning to the URBANEO after a successful previous edition, the festival offers an inspiring venue for exhibitions, performances, and community‑driven experiences that celebrate the full spectrum of creative gaming culture. 

Please see event site for ticket prices.

REGISTER

Have you ever looked at a company network and wondered how anyone could make sense of all those connections? Or tried to turn complex company data into a story people actually want to explore?

At our next DataViz Meetup, we’ll take a closer look at how data visualisation can make company information more understandable — from networks and balance sheets to the (visual) stories hidden in millions of records.

First, Christina Brause, Investigator in Residence at North Data, will give us an honest look behind the scenes of the company’s data intelligence and visualisation work. Many people know North Data for its visualisations of corporate networks. But how do you automatically turn millions of records into visuals that remain clear and readable?

Then Marcel Pauly, data journalist at SPIEGEL, will explain how they analyzed Bundestag member of parliaments' disclosures of outside activities, using AI to parse the free-text entries and North Data’s API to identify the industries of the companies named.

We’re looking forward to an evening of data, visualisation and new perspectives — and to seeing you there! We're happy that North Data will sponsor drinks and snacks.

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The event is in-person only, in English language and free of charge. The main program will finish around 8 pm, but feel free to stick around and chat. Please sign up for the event, so we can estimate how many people are joining.
We kindly ask you to comply with our Code of Conduct online as well as at our events.
If you'd like to present something in the future (tool, project, work in progress) or if you have topic ideas for one of the next meetups feel free to get in touch.

Bring your colleagues and friends! We look forward to meeting you soon 👋

We’re back with another ProductTank Hamburg meetup, bringing together the product community for an evening of inspiration, fresh perspectives, and meaningful conversations!

This time, we’re excited to welcome Andrew Skotzko — a well-known voice in the product world, leadership coach, podcaster, and author — as our speaker for a special evening of Product Strategy.

Join us for an opportunity to learn from Andrew’s experience, exchange ideas with fellow product people, and discuss the challenges and opportunities of building great products and leading high-performing teams. Come with your questions, bring Andrew’s books if you have them, and get ready for lively discussions and valuable connections.

And there’s more: we’re back at the fantastic CHECK24 office, with its stunning view over Hamburg! A big thank-you to the CHECK24 team for hosting us again. 🙌

Who is this event for?
ProductTanks are open to all curious product folks: whether you're in Product Management, UX, Engineering, or simply want to connect with your peers in Hamburg's vibrant product scene, this evening is for you. We’re all about genuine connections, so please come ready to network and share, not just for the drinks...

Attendance is free, but please register to help us plan.

Hey lovely people,

after enjoying the summer (we hope, you did too) we are back in full swing for wearing black hoodies again and all things information security. And because it is the 23rd iteration of our meetup, make sure to count all the pyramids and triangles that you see!

But more important, let us have a look back together at the year in infosec, discuss updates and ways forward and listen to two great talks:

"Between AI Security and Digital Sovereignty: Trending topics at the German OWASP Day 2026" – Milena-M. May

In case you didn't make the trip to Karlsruhe in September, let me give you the gist of this conference. I took a lot of pointers to useful resources with me that I'd like to share with you.

"Topic to be announced" – A great speaker
We have a second talk but no input about the presentation yet.

Hallo DevTalk@TK-Meetup,

am 23. November laden wir Dich wieder in die Techniker Krankenkasse ein.

Wir freuen uns auf Eberhard Wolff und sein Thema Menschen und KI im Feedback-Loop der Softwareentwicklung

Was euch erwartet
Die zentrale Herausforderung der Softwareentwicklung ist die enorme Komplexität der Systeme, die wir bauen. Diese Komplexität lässt sich nur durch kontinuierliches Feedback beherrschen.
Jede Änderung erzeugt Rückmeldungen: durch Unit-Tests, Continuous Delivery, Monitoring oder durch Nutzer:innen. Diese Feedbackschleifen helfen Teams, ihr System schrittweise zu entwickeln und zu verbessern.
Softwareentwicklung wird damit zu einem Zusammenspiel aus Feedbacksystemen und menschlicher Entscheidung. Menschen interpretieren das Feedback und bestimmen die nächsten Schritte – und sind so zentral im Regelkreis moderner, automatisierter Entwicklung.
Dieser Vortrag zeigt, wie man mit Hilfe dieser Erkenntnisse Softwareentwicklung optimieren und welche Rolle KI dabei spielen kann.

Eberhard Wolff
Eberhard Wolff ist Head of Architecture bei SWAGLab und arbeitet seit mehr als zwanzig Jahren als Architekt und Berater, oft an der Schnittstelle zwischen Geschäft und Technologie. Er ist Autor zahlreicher Artikel und Bücher, trägt regelmäßig als Sprecher auf internationalen Konferenzen vor und streamt wöchentlich zum Thema Software-Architektur. Sein technologischer Schwerpunkt sind moderne
Architektur- und Entwicklungsansätze wie Cloud, Domain-driven Design und Microservices.

Wir freuen uns auf einen tollen Abend und einen regen Austausch.

Ablauf
18:00 - 18:30 Einlass und Netzwerken
18:30 - 20:00 Begrüßung, Vortrag mit Pause und Q&A
20:00 - 21:00 Ausklang
Pausen nach Bedarf
(Zum Einlass meldet Euch bitte beim Empfang der TK Unternehmenszentrale)

Hinweise

• Wir werden an dem Abend Aufnahmen machen, die möglicherweise veröffentlicht werden. Dies wird auch durch Aushänge kenntlich gemacht. Bitte sprecht einen der Organisatoren an, wenn ihr dies nicht möchtet. Wir nehmen natürlich darauf Rücksicht!
• Die Einladung erfolgt gegenüber Amtsträgern und gleichgestellten Personen unter dem Vorbehalt der Genehmigung durch den zuständigen Dienstherren. Mit der Anmeldung erklärt ihr, dass euch die erforderliche Genehmigung zur Teilnahme an unserer Veranstaltung erteilt wurde.

⭐️Agenda️⭐️:

•⁠ ⁠18:00 - Open Doors
•⁠ ⁠18:20 - Short Intro
•⁠ ⁠18:30 -19:00 First Talk(Omar Bachet) and Questions
•⁠ ⁠19:00 - 19:30 Break -Networking & Pizza
•⁠ ⁠19:30 - 20:00 Second Talk(MeiJu Huang) and Questions
•⁠ ⁠20:00 - 20:45 Networking & Pizza

First Speaker:

⭐️ Omar Bachet
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bachet/

The First topic: Metadata as Infrastructure

Abstract: Metadata is often treated as documentation or a feature of the data catalog—but its real value emerges when it powers the way data is discovered, governed, and operated. This talk explores how to treat metadata as infrastructure for data products: capturing it across pipelines and domain teams, keeping it trustworthy, and connecting it to practical workflows for access management, lineage, quality, and change notification. The goal: make metadata useful not just to people browsing a catalog, but to the systems and teams that build and use data every day.

Second Speaker:

⭐️ MeiJu Huang
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meiju-huang/

The Second topic: From Code to C-Level: Strategic Business Communication for Engineers

Abstract: Software engineers build incredible, complex products—yet great technical ideas often get stuck in translation when communicated to business stakeholders. When technical value isn't framed in terms of strategy, ROI, or business goals, projects risk losing budget, momentum, and internal support. In this talk, Mei Ju —a former Cyber Security Senior Consultant —bridges the gap between deep tech and executive decision-making. Drawing from three real-world scenarios across management consulting at Deloitte, corporate strategy at OTTO, and navigating the tech space as a woman with an immigrant background as founder and CEO in health tech, she shares how to strategically frame technical work, navigate pushback, and build authority.

Finally a new Data Science + Machine Learning Meetup Hamburg!

I'm very excited that we are able to host at the Hamburg office of PIA Media this month!

We will have 2 cool talks:

Speakers:

• Christian Stoll, Product Lead Data Science, PIA Media 🔗 LinkedIn
  "Triangulating truth - Combining Top-Down MMM, Bottom-Up Attribution and Lift Tests"
• Dominik Haitz, Data Scientist, Otto Group data.works 🔗 LinkedIn
  "Forecasting @ Otto Group in the Age of Agents"

Please enter at the 3rd floor for registration.

There will be food and drinks sponsored by PIA Media :)

The Meetup language and all talks will be in English.

APIs sind das Rückgrat moderner Softwarelandschaften – und zugleich eine der größten Fehlerquellen: Schnittstellen ändern sich, abhängige Systeme gehen kaputt und Tests schlagen oft erst zu spät fehl. Genau hier setzen unterschiedliche Testansätze an: klassische API-Tests, Contract-Tests, Consumer-driven Contract-Tests und einige mehr.
Doch was genau unterscheidet diese Ansätze voneinander? Diese Session zeigt, wie jedes dieser Testverfahren funktioniert, welche Probleme es löst, welche Schwierigkeiten man bedenken sollte und wo die Grenzen liegen.
Wir werden sehen, warum es sinnvoll ist, Systeme oder Teilsysteme über ihre Schnittstellen zu testen, welche Vereinfachungen sich ergeben, etwa durch klarere Verantwortlichkeiten, bessere Testautomatisierung und unabhängigere Deployments – und wie man die Notwendigkeit der eher instabilen End-to-end-Tests verringern kann.
Damit das alles greifbarer wird, schauen wir uns typische Tools sowie kleine (Java-)Codebeispiele an.

Referent - Thomas Much
Thomas Much ist Technical Agile Coach für Die Techniker (TK) in Hamburg. Er und seine Coaching-Kolleg:innen unterstützen Teams dabei, in der Zusammenarbeit und den agilen Programmierpraktiken immer besser zu werden – unter anderem durch die Förderung von Pair- und Team-Programming, TDD und Testautomatisierung.

Dear community,
our host for the last meetup of the year will be Netlight. 🫶

Agenda & Talks:

• 18:00 Warm-up
• 18:30 - 19:10 Engineering AI Agents for Production by Milad Rezaeighale
• 19:10 - 19:25 Break
• 19:25 - 20:00 Beyond Functions: Where Lambda MicroVMs Change Serverless MLOps by Leander Sommer
• 20:00 - 21:00 Wrap up & Networking

Engineering AI Agents for Production by Milad Rezaeighale

Building an AI agent has never been easier. Engineering one for production is a different discipline. Frameworks and managed services get you a working prototype in an afternoon but the hard problems only appear once the agent has real responsibilities and real users.

This talk covers places where the demo answer and the production answer are not the same answer: authentication, context engineering, harnessing, and memory. Everything comes from agents I built and broke myself on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore and Strands Agents, including the parts that didn’t behave the way the documentation suggested.

Beyond Functions: Where Lambda MicroVMs Change Serverless MLOps by Leander Sommer

Event-driven Lambda functions are a natural backbone for MLOps pipelines. But what happens when a user or AI agent needs to run custom code in an isolated, interactive environment that retains state between requests?

Drawing on a real-world serverless MLOps architecture, this talk explores where the new AWS Lambda MicroVMs fit: dedicated sandboxes for user- or AI-generated code, fast startup from snapshots, and stateful sessions that can suspend and resume. We’ll look at the problems MicroVMs solve, where traditional Lambda functions and SageMaker remain the better choice, and what this means for the next generation of serverless ML platforms.

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As usual, we are always looking for new speakers and topics.

In case you would like to share something within our AWS User Group, feel to reach out via email, meetup.com, or use our Google Form to submit your idea.

If you or your company wants to host our user group, please contact us via the event location Google Form.

We share the latest insights about: AI dev tools, Agent frameworks, RAG, vibe coding, OpenClaw, Claude Code and more!

• ✅ Devs, Product peeps, Data lovers, ML engineers, Founders
• ✅ Anyone building with AI
• ⚠️ Some LLM knowledge required!*

• 🎤 Innovative AI Demos — from EU + Silicon Valley leaders
• 💻 Builder Tool Demos — ship fast, explain faster
• 🤝 🍻 A LOT of time for informal networking
• 🍕 Yummy Pizza & Snacks

// AGENDA

18:30 👋 Walk-in

19:00 🎤 --dangerously-skip-permissions

19:25 🎤 Insights in Practice

19:50 🎤 Nobody Works Alone, not even the AI!

20:05 🤝 Drinks & Networking

22:00 🔚 End

• What is AI Builders? A self-organizing nonprofit community of 11000+ AI nerds 🤓. We're building a democratic AI platform, to make our community completely co-owned and co-governed by you (yes, all attendees).
• New question?
• Will it be recorded? Yes, some sessions are streamed live and recorded. By attending, you consent to being photographed and filmed. Let us know if you don't want to be on camera.
• I'm not technical. Can I come? Yes, but to actually enjoy the meetup we recommend understanding basic LLM concepts: Agents, Embeddings, RAG, MCPs, Inference, Structured Output, Finetuning, APIs, Reinforcement Learning. Not sure what those mean? Ask any chatbot — that's literally what they're for.
• Can I get a free ticket? Can I volunteer? Money should never be the reason not to join. If you need a sponsored ticket, or want to help out by arriving 1.5h early to set up, message Jan.
• Can I demo, give a talk, or just help out? Message Jan if you want to shine ✨ on stage and grow your network — community demos are 10 minutes, builder demos are 15-20 minutes.
• What time does the event start? The event starts at 18:30 on Thursday, 5 November.
• Where is the venue located? The event will be held at House of AI, Hongkongstraße 2, 20457 Hamburg, Germany, Hamburg.
• Is food provided? Yes! We'll have pizza and drinks available.

We look forward to hanging out with you!

Thanks to our friends for hosting us in their beautiful space.

This wouldn't be possible without our local hosts and organizers: House Of Ai, Julia Kurkowski, Jan Schnedler and Martin Zielinski.

AI Builders is a community organizing 100+ meetups and hackathons per year in Europe and the US. We're 11000+ devs, founders & engineers and growing fast! -> Grow with us!

Strive welcomes you to 'Finance and Business Networking', an event for tenured and newcomers at Wholzimmer! Event is 18+. Limited Tickets.

Strive welcomes you to 'Finance and Business Networking', Hamburg's hottest networking event! We are set in the perfect central location for all to join.

Are you interested in finance and business? Want to elevate your career? Meet Consultants, Analysts of all types, Bankers, Accountants, Lenders, Entrepreneurs, and more who are active in the space or are eager to get started.

**This will be a multi-vertical event**********

There will be professionals with backgrounds in the arts, finance, tech, real estate, healthcare, and more. Come with an open mind, and leave with connections that wouldn't be possible otherwise!

Pack some business cards and come with an open mind!

Meet your future business partners, employers, coworkers, investors, and friends. You don't want to miss this opportunity to expand your network and create a brighter future.

We will have a space for our event to check-in.

The event will go from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM(feel free to come at any point in this timeframe).

Name tags will be provided.

Business casual dress code. Job fair attire.

Remember - it's not about who you know today, it's who you'll meet tomorrow!

We look forward to meeting you at the event!

Sincerely,

Strive Networking Team

Refund requests are permitted up to 24 hours after purchase, so long as we are not within 48 hours before the event start time. Refunds will be made in full and repaid to your method of payment. Note that we are unable to reimburse for eventbrite fees.

Disclaimer: By attending Strive Networking events you agree to photos/videos taken during the event being used to promote future events.

Calling all Product Managers, Software Developers, and Innovators in Global Freight Forwarding and Commerce to push AI in logistics with us!

After the huge success of our AI Agents Hackathons in Hamburg in 2025 and Dubai in 2026, we’re coming back to Hamburg in 2027 – bringing together global minds to build the future of logistics with AI.

Join us! This is your chance to push the boundaries of AI-powered logistics by building next-generation AI Agents that revolutionize freight, trade, and commerce.

🚀 What to Expect:

• Collaborate with top minds in AI and logistics
• Develop real-world AI-driven solutions
• Compete with innovative prototypes
• Network with industry leaders and experts
• Enjoy an exclusive after-work DJ session and meet & greet
• Connect with like-minded professionals and share your expertise
• Bring your own tech stack or use the tech stack of one of our partners

Whether you're an AI expert or a logistics enthusiast, this is your opportunity to shape the future of global trade with cutting-edge AI.

Secure your spot and get your ticket now!

Important Information:

• Participants are responsible for their own hotel and travel expenses.

Meeting the software development and tech teams of our sponsors & partners:

• Röhlig Logistics
• cargonerds
• Hapag Lloyd
• Lufthansa
• chain.io
• Digital Hub Logistics & Commerce

See you in Hamburg! ⚓️

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