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WiTT's May meeting will feature a screening of selected presentations from TED, TEDx and other events

WiTT's May meeting will feature a screening of selected presentations from TED, TEDx and other events that look at how women use, influence, and create technology and technology-based solutions.

We'll be back in the Cinema in the Courthouse Hotel Soho.

The evening will run as follows:

18:00: Networking and welcome drinks in the hotel bar on the ground floor (WiTT will have a private area)

18:30: Talks begin in the screening room

19:45: Wrap-up and more networking

We look forward to seeing you on May 5th!

The WiTT Board

Annette, Audrey, Helen, Michelle, and Yasmeen

(We ask non-members to pay £15 as a contribution to the cost of the refreshments and the venue. WiTT picks up the rest. We are not charging attendees to view the talks.)

Join us to hear about the experiences of women in tech and then a networking event over pizza!

This event offers a valuable opportunity to hear directly from women thriving in various roles within the technology sector. Our panelists will share their unique journeys, insights into the challenges and rewards of their careers, and perspectives on fostering a more equitable and supportive tech community. In particular, we will also touch on new advances in the industry (AI) and their views on how to make yourself stand out in applications and in the job market today!

This discussion will touch upon:

🔸 Lessons from non-linear career paths

🔸 Building confidence and owning your ambition

🔸 Academia vs. Industry - how do you choose?

🔸 Breaking into male-dominated spaces and making your mark

Speakers:

We will be announcing a new speaker every day, so keep an eye on our Stories!

Location:

📍Panel Discussion : B35/1001

📍Networking Event : B29/2075

⏰Event Schedule:

From 5:45 PM: Check-in and arrival

6:00 PM - 7:15 PM: Panel Discussion

7:15 PM onwards: Networking and Pizza

This event is open to everyone! Whether you are a student figuring out your next step, someone curious about what a career in tech can look like, or simply looking to be inspired by remarkable women who have forged their own paths - we would love to have you there. This is also a chance to build your network with each other and panelists from incredible companies!

Connect with business founders, CTOs, and technical partners to build strong startup teams, explore collaborations, and scale your venture.

Join us for an exclusive networking event designed to connect business founders, CTOs, and technical partners looking to collaborate, innovate, and scale their ventures. Whether you're a startup founder seeking a technical co-founder, a CTO looking for new opportunities, or a tech expert ready to partner with a growing business, this event provides the perfect setting to build meaningful connections.

Meet Business Founders & CTOs – Engage with entrepreneurs, startup leaders, and experienced tech professionals looking to collaborate.

1-Minute Elevator Pitches – Attendees will have the opportunity to introduce themselves, share what they are working on, and explain what they’re looking for—whether it's a co-founder, a new role, or investment opportunities.

Strategic Partnerships & Hiring Opportunities – Find the right technical talent, co-founders, or business partners to take your startup to the next level.

SaaS, AI, Web3 & Tech Startups Networking – Connect with professionals working on cutting-edge solutions in software development, cloud computing, blockchain, AI, and more.

Expert Industry Insights – Learn from seasoned entrepreneurs and technical leaders about the challenges and opportunities in building and scaling successful tech ventures.

• Startup Founders & Entrepreneurs – Business leaders looking for CTOs, technical partners, or experts to help build and scale their technology.
• CTOs & Technical Leaders – Technology executives exploring new ventures, partnerships, or advisory opportunities.
• Software Engineers & Developers – Tech professionals seeking collaboration with startups or potential co-founder roles.
• Investors & VCs – Individuals and firms interested in connecting with promising tech startups and technical talent.
• Product Managers & Tech Strategists – Professionals working in SaaS, AI, fintech, Web3, and other tech-driven industries looking to build connections.

Expand Your Network – Meet and connect with industry professionals who can help you grow your startup or career.

Find Your Perfect Co-Founder or Tech Partner – If you're a founder looking for a CTO or a CTO seeking new opportunities, this event is the perfect match.

Discover New Opportunities – Whether it’s partnerships, funding, or new roles, this event will help you unlock potential collaborations.

Stay Ahead in Tech Innovation – Learn from industry experts and connect with professionals at the forefront of technology, AI, and SaaS development.

Spaces are limited—secure your spot now and take the next step in building the future of tech.

What to join this event and all our future events for FREE? Join The Business Minds Membership to unlock free entry to all our 290+ yearly networking events, plus exclusive networking opportunities. Learn more: https://thebusinessminds.co.uk/membership.

How our event works:

You are invited to join the dedicated Whatsapp group for the event and start networking before the actual event.

This event will be hosted till 9pm; the key to making the most of speed friending is to follow up with your contacts over time to develop friendships.

Dress code is either business or office attire or smart casual, no T-shirts, no trainers.

If you have any questions email contact@thebusinessminds.co.uk

Ticket for 1 person allows 1 person to enter the venue from 7pm

Business Minds is looking to connect with suitable venues for our networking events. So if you are a venue in central London and would be interested in a collaboration with us then please email us contact@thebusinessminds.co.uk

Join a sociable group of Tech professionals in our get together.

We are a group of Tech Professionals who meet before our working day to discuss the latest in Software Development practices, Data, Agile, the latest Tech news and more!

Are you looking for your first step in the York Tech Community or if you are looking to attend regularly - then come along and meet us.

Code and Coffee is endorsed by YorkDevelopers (www.yorkdevelopers.org)

A weekly open meetup for founders, students & techies in Nottingham. Co-work, share ideas, connect & grow in a supportive space.

Join us for the Built in Notts Weekly Tech Meetup — an open, friendly space for founders, students, tech professionals and anyone curious about ideas and innovation in Nottingham.

Each week we come together to:

• Co-work, share ideas and get feedback in a supportive environment.
• Connect with like-minded people working on projects, startups or exploring tech.
• Hear occasional short talks or founder stories (when available).

There’s no agenda, no pressure — just a safe place to learn, connect and build. Whether you’ve got a startup idea, want to meet new people in tec or simply want a productive space to work alongside others, this is the place for you.

Everyone is welcome regardless of background or experience.

Weds 6th May - Community Build day

Bring a project or idea to build, share and collaborate with the community.

Weds 13th May - Talk TBC

By Elliot & Arjun @ Pantheon

Weds 20th May - Pitching Practice

Refine your pitch and build confidence. Pitch for up to 5 minutes, get feedback in the room.

Explore tech industry insight through a free 1-day tech camp for 16–30-year-olds not in employment, education or training.

Discover what the tech world is really like in this exciting full-day experience, created for 16–30-year-olds who are not currently in education, employment, or training. If you’re curious about tech but unsure where to start, this day is designed to give you direction, confidence, and clarity.

You’ll spend the day inside a real tech organisation, supported by employees who volunteer their time to share their journeys, skills, and honest insights. Their mission? To help you explore your interests, understand the variety of roles available, and see what’s possible for your future.

Who This Experience Is For

• Aged 16–30
• Not in education, employment, or training
• Curious about the tech industry but unsure where you might fit
• Looking for inspiration, confidence, or a fresh start
• No prior tech experience required — just an open mind

What You’ll Leave With

• A clearer understanding of different tech roles and what they involve
• Real insight into how people get started — including non-traditional routes
• Connections with industry professionals who genuinely want to support you
• Increased confidence in your strengths and potential
• A practical next-steps pathway to help you explore opportunities after the event

Event Details
📅 Date: Thursday, May 6th
⏰ Time: 10:00–16:00
📍 Location: Mindera UK, Rutland Street, Leicester, LE1 1RE
🍽️ Lunch: Provided, free of charge

Accessibility
Our current venue is unfortunately not fully accessible for those with disabilities. We want everyone to have the chance to take part in one of our sessions, so if you require disability access or have any accessibility needs, please email us at hello.uk@minderafoundation.com before claiming a ticket. We’ll be happy to discuss options and work with you to find a suitable alternative session.

HURRY - Tickets going fast! Reserve your spot here

Join us in London from 2pm on Wednesday 6th May for Uplift London, an inspiring afternoon and evening dedicated to the art and future of 3D visualisation and creative content industries.

3D London, in partnership with Chaos and Elmtec brings together creative minds, technical experts, and passionate storytellers for an unforgettable experience built around learning, sharing, and connecting.

Join 3D London, Chaos, Creative Lighting and Elmtec for the third edition of our yearly gathering in London!
Reserve your spot here

UpLift London brings together a vibrant mix of artists, designers, and creative technologists for a day that’s as much about people as it is about ideas.

Expect inspiring talks, honest conversations, real-world workflows, and opportunities to share your work – where creativity connects with opportunity, and new directions start to take shape.

UpLift London is more than an event – it’s a shared space for creative growth. Across three dedicated tracks, the day is designed to balance inspiration, practical knowledge, and meaningful connection.

Expect a mix of:

• Engaging talks and discussions
• Creative insights
• Hands-on exploration and expert guidance
• Opportunities to connect with the community

Reserve your spot here

• Discover new approaches to creative storytelling and visualisation
• Learn smarter, faster workflows used by professionals
• Gain practical insights you can apply immediately
• Connect with a forward-thinking creative community
• Explore opportunities for growth, collaboration, and visibility

From presentations and panel discussions to portfolio reviews, the Ask & Discover Corner, and the Education space for emerging talent, the day is designed to support both creative growth and professional development.

If you’re looking to learn something new, feel inspired, and reconnect with the community, this is the event for you.

When: From 2:00 PM, Wednesday 6th May 2026

Where: The White Rabbit Studio
Food & Drink: Pizza and drinks provided for all attendees
Spaces: Limited to keep the experience personal – early registration is highly recommended!

Reserve your spot here

We are excited to launch the first event for the Cambridge chapter of the AI Collective.

AI is getting easier to build. Running it at scale is where things get harder.

We are at an inflection point in AI. As foundation models become commoditised and open-weight releases accelerate, the bottleneck is no longer who can build the best model, but who can afford to run them at scale.

At the same time, these systems are increasingly used to represent and make decisions about real people. But most models are optimised for the average case. The edges, the smaller groups, and the less common combinations are often the first things to disappear.

This event brings together two perspectives on that shift, from infrastructure to representation.

We will explore:

• Why inference and infrastructure are becoming the real bottlenecks in AI
• What it takes to run AI systems in production, not just build them
• How scaling these systems impacts what and who gets represented
• What this means for builders, researchers, and the wider ecosystem

Rosemary Francis
CTO, CommonAI Compute

Rosemary will share how the industry has reached this inflection point, and why ARIA has invested £50M into the Scaling Inference Programme to reduce the cost of running AI systems.

Michael Birdsall
Co-founder, Cambium AI

Michael will explore how AI systems represent populations in practice, and why variance, edge cases, and real-world distributions matter when these tools are used for decision-making.

There will be time after the talks to connect with others working in and around AI. This is the first Cambridge chapter meetup, so come along, meet people, and help shape the community.

5:30 pm — Arrival, drinks, and pizza

6:00 pm — Opening
Introducing the AI Collective Cambridge chapter

6:05 pm — The Cost of Running AI
Talk by Rosemary Francis, CommonAI

6:30 pm — Representation at Scale
Talk by Michael Birdsall, Cambium AI

6:50 pm — Discussion + Q&A

7:00 pm — Networking

7:30 pm — Close

​Please be advised: Unfortunately, space is very limited at these community events, and we can not always accept everyone we would like to. If you are not accepted to this event, please join the waitlist, and you will be notified if a space becomes available.

*Should you have any dietary requirements, please notify us ahead of the event. *

The AI Collective** **is a global non-profit building the human layer for the AI era. We unite 200,000+ leaders, builders, and stakeholders across 100+ forums worldwide to democratize the frontier, build trust, and coordinate how society navigates the rapid acceleration of technological progress.

All attendees and organizers at events affiliated with The AI Collective agree to our privacy policy and are subject to our code of conduct.

#PBIBRUM - May meetup with Rui Romano and Jason Conway

Join us at the Robert Walters offices for the #PBIBRUM May meetup!

Agenda:

17:45 - Doors open

18:00 - Intros

18:05 - Rui Romano: From Clicks to Intent: Agentic Power BI Development

The traditional Power BI development workflow is inherently imperative: we click, drag, and drop to achieve a result. With Power BI Project (PBIP) files, the Report and the Semantic Model have finally become code - Unblocking a future where AI understands, modifies, and generates Power BI assets directly from natural language intent.

In this session, you’ll discover how to move beyond simple chatbots and implement a true agentic development loop . We will explore how to curate rich development contexts that empower AI agents to work against Power BI code formats TMDL and PBIR. Learn how to stay in the driver’s seat while agents handle the heavy lifting.

18:50 - Break - free pizza and drinks 🍕🍸

19:10 - Jason Conway: The tale of a data modelling blunder

This session will walk through a costly data modelling mistake that was made with all good intentions and will demonstrate how important data modelling architecture is.

📍Location: Robert Walters, 9th Floor, 11 Brindley Place, Birmingham, B1 2LP

Welcome to our May event. We're delighted to welcome Elena Lape, Founder, Holopin and Rupam Jha, Senior DevOps Engineer, as well as Areg Hovakimyan, Senior DevOps Engineer.

Elena takes an affectionate but honest look at the wonderfully chaotic reality of working with AWS, a platform that can do almost anything, but rarely in just one obvious way.

Rupam answers the question every fast-moving team faces: how do you stay secure, compliant, and audit-ready on AWS without creating bottlenecks for builders?

Areg provides an overview of Amazon EKS, while highlighting what truly makes a difference in production.

A big thank you to our sponsors Cloudscaler, Rayo & The Scale Factory

Programme:
18:00: Arrival, registration
18:15: Talks start
20:00: Networking with food and a drink provided by the generosity of our sponsors.

Talk 1:
AWS: An Experience with Elena Lape

Those of us who care a lot about developer experience would certainly agree: AWS is, undeniably, an experience.

This session explores the quirks, overlaps, and “wait, why?” moments that make AWS both impressive and deeply relatable. Expect an affectionate look at the strange reality of using a platform that can do everything except explain itself briefly.

Elena is founder and Head of Engineering at Holopin, where she leads a platform used by 150,000+ software engineers worldwide. Before Holopin, she worked across several Silicon Valley scaleups building Kubernetes integrations, developer tooling, and cloud infrastructure, and has been building on AWS since 2016. Elena is deeply focused on developer experience. She spent part of her early career at GitHub, remains active in hackathon communities, and today serves on the W3C Advisory Board.

Talk 2:
Learn how to turn AWS security and compliance policies into automated, scalable, and auditable practices — without slowing down innovation with Rupam Jha

Many organisations struggle to enforce security and compliance consistently across AWS environments while scaling their workloads.

In this session, I’ll walk through practical strategies to secure AWS accounts, implement automated compliance controls, and simplify audits. Using real-world examples and best practices, attendees will leave with actionable techniques to protect data, streamline operations, and maintain regulatory readiness in the cloud.

Rupam is a Senior DevOps and Platform Engineer who enjoys building AWS platforms that are scalable, secure, and easy for teams to use. Her focus is on creating cloud-native environments with tools like AWS, Kubernetes, EKS, Terraform, and Vault, helping engineering teams ship faster and more confidently through automation, standardisation, and strong platform foundations.

A big part of what she does is reducing complexity for developers by building self-service infrastructure, improving delivery pipelines, and making platforms more reliable, observable, and cost-effective. She cares about security by design and operational excellence, and she believes infrastructure should feel like a product - something dependable, well-designed, and built to help teams move quickly without adding unnecessary risk.

Lightning Talk:
EKS in Production: What Actually Changed After Adoption

Areg is a Senior DevOps Engineer and will talk about Amazon EKS. Amazon EKS offers many capabilities to simplify Kubernetes operations, but in practice, not all of them deliver the same value.

In this 15 minute talk, Areg will provide a quick overview of key EKS capabilities, highlight 2-3 that truly make a difference in production, and explore common areas where teams tend to overcomplicate their platforms.

Do you have a story to share?
If you are interested in speaking at one of our events, please check out our call for papers here.

We are advocates for greater inclusion & diversity in UK Tech and are especially keen to receive talk submissions from people in underrepresented groups. If you are interested in speaking at a future meetup but would like to discuss what to expect or need assistance, please contact our Inclusion & Diversity Lead Natalie Gray - graynataliej@gmail.com or DM her @natjgray

Check out our website for more information about our community. Remember to follow us @AWSUserGroupUK and on LinkedIn for the latest updates, and you can find videos of our past meetups here.

Have you ever wanted to build your own AI coding agent or chatbot?

Now it is even easier to do so that you imagined as LLMs are great at building versions of themselves.

Check out

https://github.com/atomicincrement/llm-play-2

For an example (there are more including training).

We can build something like this in under an hour if our Claude tokens don;t run out!

🍻 Tech Startups in the Pub – Now Twice a Month! 🚀
We’re levelling up! After 3 years of packed evenings in Shoreditch, we’re adding a second monthly event, this time midweek in Oxford Street. That means two chances every month to meet founders, techies, and startup people over drinks. 🎉
👉 What’s New

• A fresh central-London venue: Simmons Bar, Oxford Street
• A new day: 1st Wednesday of the month
• Find one of the hosts to grab a wristband, it makes it easy to spot who’s part of the meetup (and not a random party). 😉

👉 What Stays the Same

• No agenda, no panels, just relaxed networking with like-minded people.
• Friendly hosts (look for Oliver, Pedro, Rob, or Rob) ready to introduce you.
• A mix of founders, builders, operators, and curious newcomers.
• Drinks, chats, and maybe some new friends.

📍 Where: Simmons Bar | Oxford Street, 203 Wardour St, London W1F 8ZH
🕕 When: From 6 PM, 1st Wednesday of every month
House Rules

• No hard selling or heavy pitching, this is a chill after-work meetup.
• Not drinking? Totally fine, come for the people, stay for the conversation.

So grab a drink, throw on your wristband, and come swap stories from the trenches. See you there! 🍻

Hi folks!

Welcome to our May Cloud Native London meetup! Join us to hear from our three great speakers and network with your fellow techies over pizza and drinks, or alternatively chat and following along on Youtube or LinkedIn!

6:00 Pizza and drinks
6:30 Welcome
6:45 The End of Handoffs: Build, Run, Own in One Flow (Alberto Pose, Pulumi)
7:15 You Can’t Patch Fast Enough: What AI-Driven Attacks Mean (Idan Elor, Oligo Security)
7:45 Break
8:00 From Zero to HyperPod: Distributed Model Training on AWS (Anton Nazaruk, Cloud Combinator)
8:30 Wrap up

See you there!

Cheryl (@oicheryl)

The End of Handoffs: Build, Run, Own in One Flow (Alberto Pose, Pulumi)
AI is changing the shape of team structures. A similar shift to the one that brought dev and ops together into DevOps is now happening as product must also meet the accountability bar.
At the same time, tooling has not caught up with "throwing it to Claude/Codex". Engineers are confronted with a choice: trust code and actions they do not fully understand, or... move too slowly.
Are these problems fundamentally new, or are there lessons we can draw from the past to adapt and think about what comes next?

Alberto Pose is a software engineer with a soft spot for developer tooling and infrastructure. He is currently part of the team managing the CI/CD pipelines for Pulumi's open source projects. Before this, he spent nearly ten years at Prime Video and AWS. A major highlight of his time there was helping bootstrap the living room device automation team, taking it from a small group effort to a 30 person organisation that brought full automation to millions of streaming devices worldwide.

You Can’t Patch Fast Enough: What AI-Driven Attacks Mean (Idan Elor, Oligo Security)
Anthropic’s Project Glasswing announcement put the industry on notice. AI has fundamentally changed the threat landscape and the risks facing organizations, and it’s happening faster than most security models can adapt.
AI-assisted attackers can now discover vulnerabilities, generate exploits, and launch attacks at rates never seen before, collapsing the window between disclosure and exploitation. In this environment, patching alone is no longer enough.
For cloud-native applications, where systems are dynamic and constantly evolving, this creates a new challenge: how do you stay protected when you can’t fix vulnerabilities fast enough?
This talk explores how the attacker model is shifting in the AI era, why traditional approaches are breaking down, and what it means to move from vulnerability-based security to real-time protection at runtime. We’ll cover how focusing on exploit techniques enables teams to stop attacks as they happen, including zero-days.

Idan Elor is Field CTO at Oligo Security, where he partners with large enterprises to solve complex application and cloud security challenges. He most recently served as Director of Solution Engineering & Tech-Alliances at Apiiro, where he empowered enterprises to secure their software supply chains. With over a decade of experience spanning application security, DevSecOps, and mobile security, Idan has also held leadership positions at companies like Snyk, Symantec, and HP. His unique background combines deep hands-on technical expertise. A passionate advocate for bridging the gap between security and development teams, Idan is known for his ability to translate complex security concepts into actionable strategies that organizations can actually implement.

From Zero to HyperPod: Distributed Model Training on AWS (Anton Nazaruk, Cloud Combinator)
You've got a model that works. You just need more GPUs. How hard can it be? That's where the pain starts.
GPU availability, infrastructure complexity, and cost are the three blockers that trip up even experienced teams when scaling from single-GPU training to serious distributed workloads.
This talk is a practical walkthrough of how to set up distributed model training on AWS - covering the capacity options (On-Demand, Spot, Capacity Blocks, SageMaker Training Plans), when to use each, and a repeatable infrastructure blueprint for compute, networking, storage, and observability. I'll demo provisioning a HyperPod cluster and running a distributed training job with automatic failure recovery, and share the cost levers that matter at scale.
Whether you're a platform engineer supporting ML teams or an ML engineer tired of fighting infrastructure, you'll leave with a decision framework and a blueprint you can implement.

Anton Nazaruk is CTO at Cloud Combinator, where he helps companies run GPU workloads on AWS - from early-stage startups to larger organisations doing distributed training at scale. He focuses on making ML infrastructure repeatable, resilient, and cost-efficient.
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anton-nazaruk

Check out https://www.oicheryl.com/cloudnativelondon if you're interested in speaking or sponsoring.

After a short hiatus, we are incredibly excited to be bringing you our 37th AWS Glasgow User Group on Wednesday 6th May from the Skyscanner Offices, 15 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh.

We are pleased to have John Mcmillan, DDaC AWS Practice Lead at Fujitsu join us who will be speaking on 'AI: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'

Don't miss your opportunity to network with fellow AWS professionals and enthusiasts. Share your knowledge, learn from others, and be a part of Glasgow's vibrant AWS community!

Don't forget, there will be 🍕 - what's not to love?!
REGISTER NOW!

Please RSVP via the User Group in the usual manner.

AGENDA:
18:15 - Arrival and Welcome
18:30 - Pizza and Networking
19:00 - Presentation 1 - John McMillan - 'AI:The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'
19:45 - Break
20:00 - Presentation 2 - TBC
21:00 - Event End

If you're interested in speaking at one of our User Groups in the future, we'd love to hear from you - please submit your proposal here - https://forms.gle/YYTeYcc5hhMfSsnz8

In this session, we’ll explore how AI can enhance your React app development workflow. Whether you're a junior developer or just starting out, this workshop will introduce you to best practices for building React applications, including how to integrate REST APIs, manage app state, and structure your components for long-term success.
You’ll also learn how to use AI tools to generate code snippets, troubleshoot issues, and automate repetitive tasks, making the development process faster and more efficient.

🧪 What You’ll Learn:

• React Development Best Practices: Core principles for structuring components, managing state, and optimizing performance.
• REST API Integration: How to efficiently connect React apps with REST APIs for dynamic data and functionality.
• State Management: Best practices for managing app state and syncing data from APIs.
• AI Assistance: Use AI tools like ChatGPT to speed up development, generate code, and improve overall code quality.
• Error Handling & Debugging: Leverage AI to identify and fix common issues in your React apps.

💡 Why It Matters:

• Efficient Development: Building React apps with AI assistance allows you to write cleaner, faster code while reducing errors.
• API Integration: Mastering API integration is essential for creating dynamic and data-driven applications.
• AI-Powered Tools: AI tools like ChatGPT enhance your productivity by automating repetitive tasks, debugging code, and improving your development process.

👨‍💻 Who Should Attend:

• Juniors and new graduates eager to learn React app development and how AI tools can help.
• Non-tech people curious about the development process and how AI tools are shaping modern web development.
• Developers looking to streamline their React development workflow with AI-powered assistance.

🕓 Schedule:

• 18:15 - Networking
• 18:30 - Program starts
• 19:30 - Q&A - networking
• 20:00 - End

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WhatsApp: +447470914266

⚡ Women in Tech: Lightning Talks Night ⚡

Join us for an inspiring evening of fast-paced, thought-provoking lightning talks from women across the tech industry. This event is all about sharing ideas, experiences, and insights in short, punchy talks that get straight to the point.
Whether it’s a career journey, a lesson learned, a technical deep dive, or a bold idea for the future, our speakers will bring a diverse mix of perspectives designed to spark conversation and connection.

✨ Expect:

A series of quick-fire talks (5–10 minutes each)
Real stories, practical insights, and fresh ideas!

A relaxed, welcoming atmosphere
Plenty of time to chat, network, and meet new people

This is a great event whether you're working in tech, looking to break into the industry, or just curious to learn more. No need to be an expert — just bring your curiosity and an open mind.

🎤 Interested in speaking? We’d love to hear from you — lightning talks are a great way to share your voice in a supportive space.
Come along, get inspired, and connect with an amazing community of women in tech.

Ever found yourself wrestling with Power BI limitations or implementing complex workarounds for what should be simple user requests? Enter Streamlit – the open source Python package that's transforming how we deliver value from data.

In this session, you'll discover how Streamlit enables you to build beautiful, interactive data applications in minutes, not months, all without front-end development expertise. We'll showcase real-world applications we've built for clients that let users manipulate model parameters and instantly visualise impacts, delivering a level of engagement traditional BI tools simply can't match.

By the end of this talk, you'll have everything you need to create your first Streamlit app, along with practical guidance for taking your prototypes from desktop to Azure deployment.

See first hand how this transformative technology is helping organisations move users from passive dashboard consumers to active participants in the data experience.

🎯 Target Audience

• Data analysts and BI developers frustrated with traditional tools
• Python developers and data scientists building interactive apps
• Consultants delivering data solutions to clients
• Organisations seeking better data engagement and insights
• IT professionals deploying apps (e.g. to Azure)

📍 Event Details
Location: The Gamer Club, Glasgow
Venue Info: A purpose-built basement venue for tech meetups — includes console lounge, arcade, kitchen/bar, PCs, projector, and gigabit internet.
💡 BYOB welcome | Free tea & coffee available
Directions: https://www.thegamerclub.co.uk/gettinghere
Date: 2026-02-04
Time: 18:30
Timezone: Europe/London

🎥 Streaming
We aim to stream this talk live here:
👉 Watch on YouTube

📬 Contact
If you have questions, get in touch:
📧 organisers@python.scot

💬 Matrix Chat
Matrix is an open, secure chat platform for communities and collaboration.
Join our Python Glasgow matrix room to chat with organisers and attendees:
https://matrix.to/#/#python:glasgow.social

A bar/pub after-work meetup for anyone interested in tech. Share your latest project, learn about what others are working on, or talk about tech in general. Whatever the case, come join us for a drink or something to eat.

Ask about the reservation for Stephen to find us 👍

Hope to see you there 🍻 cheers

🕡 Doors open 18:30
📋 Intro and admin 18:50
🗣️ Talk by Sam Cooper (🕖 start at 19:00)
For years, people in and around Turkey have been used to seeing strange errors in popular software: Dropbox files failing to sync, Unity games freezing, Gradle builds crashing for no apparent reason. One security researcher even found a way to break into GitHub accounts using nothing but a Turkish email address.

The connection? A single alphabet character. In this talk, we'll take a hands-on look at some famous examples of the Turkish 'i' bug, including the years-long detective story of how locale-sensitive case conversions kept crashing the Kotlin compiler.

More importantly, we'll look at how you can avoid becoming the bug's next victim. We'll examine the faulty functions that make the bug possible, and see how to spot if your program, language, or library is affected. Then we'll check out the "Turkey Test"—a simple strategy for catching localization bugs before they reach production.

If you write code in any programming language—or if you just like learning about weird software quirks—you'll have fun following the trail of destruction left by this surprising one-letter bug. No prior knowledge required.

🍕 Food will be provided, let us know if you have dietary requirements
🔗 Finish off with Q&A, networking, and 🍻
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About the speaker: Sam Cooper
Sam Cooper is the author of Kotlin Brain Teasers and Kotlin Coroutine Confidence, both published by the Pragmatic Bookshelf in 2025. His tech writing has also featured in community publications like Kotlin Weekly, Android Weekly, and Software Testing Weekly, and has even hit the top of the Hacker News front page.

Sam spent many years crafting developer-facing APIs and high-throughput backend services in Kotlin at Anaplan, where he was a Principal Engineer and tech lead. Before that, he worked at Amazon Web Services building multiplayer games infrastructure in Java. Sam holds two Master's degrees: one in Computer Science from University College London, and one in Modern Languages from the University of Oxford.

His motto (which he stole from a former boss) is "speed through quality": he believes (with receipts) that "cutting corners" in programming is a myth, and that clean, well-tested code always gets you to your destination faster.
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Join us for a relaxed informal Combat robotics meet up! Whether you are looking for ideas for how to build the next blender or you simply want to see if your bot is the best, come along and share your experiences and ideas and talk all things bots. Get the chance to test your bot in the CRNI arena and find out what your competitors are doing to make your bot victorious in a tournament in the future. Have an idea but don’t have the right tools? Use Farsets machines and bring your bot to life.

We currently have two arenas out at the meetup one non-destrictive and one destructive for 150g and 454g robots!

Are you a maker? Interested in taking a tour of the space? Come on visit the space see what facilities we have and if membership is right for you.

Join us on Wednesday 6th May for our next AI Exchange event, hosted by AWS at their Holborn HQ.

Here's what's on the agenda:

Nova Intelligence are tackling a problem that doesn't get talked about enough, most AI agents simply weren't built to work with enterprise software like SAP. Their talk discusses how they have solved that, and what it looks like when AI works as well in the enterprise world as it does everywhere else.

WeBuild-AI are making the case that bigger isn't always better. Their talk breaks down how small language models, through distillation, fine tuning and low rank adaptation, can deliver the same results as larger models, at a fraction of the cost.

AWS are tackling the question underneath all the others, not how to use AI, but what it's doing to the human mind. Their talk explores how cognition is shifting, which human traits become more valuable as AI takes on complexity, and what genuine human AI partnership actually looks like.

As always, doors open at 6:30pm and talks start at 7pm sharp. We have a tight capacity for this event, so please RSVP as soon as you can to secure your space.

Agenda:

Marcello Urbani @ Nova Intelligence
"Bringing Agentic AI to the SAP Ecosystem"

Most enterprise software wasn't built with AI agents in mind — and mainstream agents weren't built for enterprise software. SAP is the sharpest example: code lives in the system, not a filesystem, and git-based workflows simply don't apply.
Nova closes that gap — an agentic assistant that speaks SAP natively. This talk covers the mismatch problem, how we designed Nova around SAP's environment, and what it looks like when an AI agent finally works as well on SAP as it does on mainstream systems.

Bio: Marcello is a software engineer with over two decades in the SAP ecosystem, most of them building DevOps tooling at Basis Technologies. Last year he joined Nova Intelligence to focus on AI applied to SAP systems. An active open source contributor, he is best known for abapfs, a VS Code plugin that enables ABAP development directly in the editor.

Adel Rahimi @ WeBuild-AI
"Small Language Models: Practical AI for the Real World"

Large language models have dominated the AI conversation, but a quieter revolution is underway. In this talk, we'll explore the rise of small language models and why they matter now more than ever, from reduced infrastructure costs to data sovereignty and the ability to run AI on-premise or at the edge. We'll dive into the techniques that make small models punch above their weight, including distillation, quantisation, fine-tuning and low-rank adaptation. Whether you're navigating regulatory constraints, working with limited compute, or simply looking for a more practical path to production AI, this session will give you the tools to think smaller and smarter.

Bio: Adel is a Principal Engineer at Webuild-AI. He has a decade of experience in building and scaling AI and ML solutions at different industries and different company sizes, ranging from series A to unicorns and more recently he was a Sr. AI Engineering Manager at Procter & Gamble. He has also published several research papers in the areas of AI Explainability and NLP and is an advocate of safe and explainable AI.

Elliott Almeida @ AWS
"The Cognitive Partnership: How AI is Reshaping Human Intelligence"

This session explores the profound psychological transformation at the intersection of human cognition and artificial intelligence. Moving beyond tactical implementation, we examine how AI is fundamentally altering our cognitive identity and which human psychological profiles naturally thrive in AI collaboration. Drawing on the "Missing Middle" philosophy and the tension between cognitive offloading and scaffolding, we investigate the paradox of augmentation: as AI handles increasingly complex cognitive tasks, what uniquely human capacities become more valuable?

We hope to see you there for another great AI filled evening!

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Building a Children’s Physiotherapy System with .NET MAUI and IoT

Moti‑Me is an IoT‑powered therapeutic device paired with a mobile application designed to turn structured physical therapy into engaging, child‑friendly activities. The system helps children develop key motor skills while providing clinicians and families with meaningful feedback.

In this session, we’ll start with an overview of the Moti‑Me ecosystem before diving into the architecture and implementation of the .NET MAUI mobile application. We’ll explore how the app communicates with the device’s onboard controller over Bluetooth, how activities are initiated and tracked, and how the application manages state throughout each interaction.

From there, we’ll look at how user feedback and activity results are captured, processed, and presented within the app. We’ll also walk through the configuration and device‑management features available in the Settings area, highlighting how these support both everyday use and troubleshooting.

Finally, we’ll cover the build and deployment pipeline, including how GitHub Actions is used to produce Android and iOS builds and deliver them to the respective app stores for testing

Agenda:
18:30 Arrive, Network and Food.
18:45 Introductions and catch-up.
19:00 Talk
20:30 Close and head off to pub (The Good Intent?) for some more talking.

Join us for a relaxed evening of free pizza, drinks and great talks on Python, data and open source software at PyData Exeter!

AGENDA

• 18:45 - Doors open
• 19:15 - Talks start
• 20:30 - Talks finish. Stick around for a drink and networking at the CUCKOO taproom across the road.

SPONSORS

• Exeter Innovation Hub
• Butterfly Data
• Mekion
• NumFOCUS

Talk #1
Hugh Evans, "Mapping the PyData Community with Python and Web Scraping"

In this talk I'll be walking through my project building maps of the PyData community using data scraped from Meetup. Featuring insights into the PyData community, geo-encoding, map making with Folium, and a call to support your local PyData group.

Talk #2
Anna Andersson, "Organising a PyData Meetup with Ontologies: From Schema to Reasoning"

Ontologies provide a powerful way to move from raw data to structured, machine-understandable knowledge but for many practitioners, they remain abstract and difficult to apply. In this talk, we bridge that gap with a practical, hands-on example. Using the familiar scenario of organising a PyData meetup, we will build a simple ontology to model speakers, talks, venues, and community interactions. From there, we explore how this semantic layer enables reasoning — uncovering implicit relationships and validating assumptions in ways that traditional data models cannot. The goal of this talk is to make ontologies concrete, approachable, and useful, demonstrating how they can support better data integration, clearer thinking, and more intelligent systems in real-world workflows.

Talk #3
Venkata Prudhvi Kante, "Local Shops are closing at record speed. I walked past the empty units everyday - until the data told a surprising story"

I live in Exeter. I started counting empty shopfronts on my walks and every week there were more. So, I did what any data scientist would do. I scraped every UK retail closure going back a decade and built a dataset that didn't exist. What the data analysis uncovered surprised even me and I'll show you the real story behind why local shops are disappearing, and what I'm building to fight back.

SPEAKER DETAILS

• Hugh Evans is a developer advocate and community manager with a particular interest in data and AI. He works in the streaming domain at Aiven where he helps to take care of the Kafka and ClickHouse communities. Out of office hours, he organises AI Signals, a community which hosts talks on real world applications of AI. Hugh is a former apprentice and an advocate for vocational learning as a pathway into an IT career. Here's Hugh's web page.
• Anna Andersson is a data science and AI lead with a background across academia, startups, and consultancy. She has worked extensively with ontology-driven platforms, knowledge graphs, and applied machine learning, and enjoys building end-to-end AI systems with multidisciplinary teams. She is particularly interested in turning complex data into practical, explainable solutions, and has worked on projects across critical and regulated industries.
• Venkata Prudhvi Kante is a Data Scientist who, by day, builds data pipelines, dashboards and machine learning models at South West Water. By night, he is an independent researcher, investigating patterns hidden in public records that the published literature hasn't explored yet. Holding an MSc in Business Analytics from the University of Exeter and five years of hand-on experience across Python, Azure and Databricks. His latest independent research on UK retail structural collapse - built entirely from public data and open-source Python, is available on GitHub.

CODE OF CONDUCT
The PyData Code of Conduct governs this meetup. To discuss any issues or concerns relating to the code of conduct or behaviour of anyone at the PyData meetup, please contact the PyData Exeter organisers, or you can submit a report of any potential Code of Conduct violation directly to NumFOCUS.

Kicking off a regular series of monthly community events, we're heading to the pub, and we're gonna pick some locks.

Bring your picks, tumblers, shims, decoders, tensioners and most importantly, locks, and we'll keep picking them till we can pick no more!

Or, if lockpicking isn't your thing, just come and chill out and chat about everything infosec.

Food is available at the venue, please see their website if you want more info.

Catch up with fellow tech founders, share ideas, and spark new collaborations face-to-face!

Are you a tech enthusiast or a startup founder? Come hang out with fellow innovators at our in-person gathering. It's the perfect chance to network, share ideas, and spark collaborations in a laid-back atmosphere.

Whether you’re launching your first app or scaling up, everyone’s welcome. Don’t miss out on meeting awesome people and exploring new tech trends together!

Join Lincoln Women in Tech for a fun in-person meetup celebrating and empowering women in tech!

Join us for an awesome in-person gathering of women rocking the tech world in Lincoln! Whether you’re a coder, designer, or just tech-curious, this event is all about connecting, learning, and inspiring each other. Expect cool chats, networking, and plenty of laughs. Come meet your future collaborators and tech buddies in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Let’s celebrate women in tech and boost our skills together!

Lightning Talks!
We want hear from you... just 5 minutes on any topic of your choice.. let's get creative✨

THE STANDUP is our regular breakfast meetup, running the first thursday of every month.

Join your local tech/digital community for pastries, tea + coffee, and conversations to start your day the right way!

Come say hello! Pop in on your way to work and keep up to date with your peers and find out the latest developments from the TechExeter community.

Refreshments sponsored by CA Tech Talent. Venue sponsored by Exeter Innovation.

Join London's top Fintech and Tech Startups for a Networking Breakfast-Connect, Share Ideas, and Grow Your Business over Coffee and Pastries

London FinTech & Tech Startup Breakfast is the Capital's only independent regular business breakfast network dedicated to professionals working within London’s FinTech, InsurTech, Tech Startup ****and related industries.********Our networking events are extremely relaxed and casual affairs and attended by a wide range of business sectors with everyone from developers & compliance experts to marketiers, investors to brokers...****Each ticket includes unlimited teas, coffees and juices and a full breakfast food buffet (including vegetarian options) and your own printed attendee sheet to take away.

Join us for our May 2026 Business Networking Breakfast at the Fabulous Bonds of Mayfair - in their private lounge for a delicious breakfast, drinks and the opportunity to talk property, make new friends and seek out fresh business leads.

• No Speeches
• No Talks or Schedule
• No Membership Fees
• No Sales Presentations

Just pure relaxed networking in a friendly environment.

The world of fintech encompasses a wide range of sectors, here are a selection of some who have attended our events in the past:

Accounting

AI Consultants

Angel Investors

Brand Marketing

Challenger Bank

Cloud Hosting

Cybersecurity

Data Mining

Digital Agency

Digital Payments

Ecommerce Experts

Ecommerce Fulfilment

Email Marketing

Fibre Providers

Financial Compliance

Financial Risk

Fintechs

Forex Dealers

Graphic Design

Growth Advisor

Intellectual Property Law Firm

IP Lawyers

IT Support

Payment Providers

PPC Agency

Public Affairs

Public Relations

Remote Staffing

Retail Warehouses

SEO Agencies

Software Developers

Software Engineers

Startups

Startup Lawyers

Strategy Consulting

Venture Capital

Warehousing

(please note these are just examples of previous attendees from the past decade - we market to a wide range of sectors - we don't guarantee any or all of the above will attend, though many do :-)

Anyone from any sector, from any size of firm or at any stage of their career are welcome to book and attend and benefit from the power of networking.