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We're back to our usual format of 3 speakers + Q&A followed by networking.

18:30: Doors open 19:00 Welcome by Alexandra Deschamps-Sonsino (organiser since 2011) 19:10 James Harding, Green Custard 19:30 Max Park 19:50 Philip Steele, Octopus Energy 20:10 Networking 21:00 End of event and move to nearby pub

There will be drinks (including non-alcoholic) and nibbles.

About our sponsors: Green Custard is an award-winning AWS IoT specialist consultancy that helps organisations design, build, and scale secure cloud-connected products and solutions. With deep expertise across IoT architectures, data lakes, ML and agentic AI our IoT expertise spans from product innovation to smart factory innovation. We have full stack capability from embedded & mobile to cloud-native development. Green Custard partners with clients to deliver on their business outcomes whether modernising legacy devices, unlocking new value from existing data, or accelerating the delivery of production-ready solutions. Customers trust Green Custard for its technical excellence, pragmatic delivery, and we are proud of our customer success.

Aqua Libra is redefining sustainable hydration through innovative, low-impact dispensing technology. Beyond its zero-sugar infused drinks, the brand has pioneered solutions such as the Aqua Libra Flavour Tap, a digitally controlled dispensing system that delivers chilled, filtered water with natural flavours on demand. By removing the need for single-use bottles and reducing transport emissions, the Flavour Tap enables offices, venues, and public spaces to offer great-tasting drinks with a dramatically smaller environmental footprint. Aqua Libra’s approach blends sustainability, smart technology, and convenience to meet the growing demand for healthier, greener beverage options.

About our host: British Computing Society is a professional body and a learned society that represents those working in information technology, computing, software engineering, computer engineering and computer science, both in the United Kingdom and internationally.

The meetup will be held at 25 Copthall Ave, London EC2R 7BP, NOT their Southampton Row location.

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux, at the final regular meetup of 2025, and the "It most definitely is not Christmas, yet" edition. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. Whilst we realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is exceptionally well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, lies on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and is a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

This month's listing is very late being published. We nearly ghosted everyone. (See what we did there?)

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. Whilst we realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is exceptionally well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, lies on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and is a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. Whilst we realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is exceptionally well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, lies on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and is a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February 2025, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a terminus of both the District Line and the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We aim to be inclusive, so if this presents an issue, we'll work with the pub to adjust the arrangements in the future.

Sign-ups are open. Please come join us.

Directions from the station:

Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road, passing the taxi rank on Orinoco Lane. Cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights, pass the gym on the corner, then continue past the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups will open shortly before the end of the May gathering.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Since relaunching in February, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month, and whilst it is the wrong end of the month for that most geeky of celebrations, Star Wars day, it would be remiss not to tip the hat. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups will open shortly before the end of the May gathering.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

In the modern world that evolves at an unprecedented pace, enterprise documentation is often outdated, and a lot of important information is in the form of tribal knowledge. Join this session to learn how you can build an adaptive knowledge base from online discussions using hierarchical agglomerative clustering. Microsoft Fabric is used as the platform to build and run a pipeline for continuously turning raw messages from Microsoft Teams into a structured set of crisp insights with LLM-powered data science capabilities. The output of such processing may be efficiently leveraged for building and evaluating Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with data drift correction, automatically refreshing FAQ page on a company website, and identifying issues in documentation. Attendees will take away a highly reusable pattern for working with conversational texts with AI at scale.

Since relaunching in February, we are meeting on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month, and whilst it is the wrong end of the month for that most geeky of celebrations, Star Wars day, it would be remiss not to tip the hat. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups will after the previous event.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

Join us for our next Machine Learning in Healthcare meetup in Berlin, sponsored by the QUEST Centre! Also, we fought for it and it worked: We will have pizza again!

In this event, we will further explore the concept of Robustness in Healthcare AI, with two expert speakers.

Talk 1, Alexandra Bannach-Brown, "Reproduciblity in Healthcare AI"

Talk 2, Vince Madai, "How to validate a healthcare AI model?".

We will meet - as usually - in the “Atrium” conference room of the BIH, 5th floor of the Spreepalais, Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Straße 2, 10178 Berlin. Please enter the lobby, find the elevator group at Aufgang A and get out on the 5th floor. The entrance to the meeting room is labeled.
We will of course provide food and drinks!

Please, if your RSVP-ed but realize that you can´t join please make sure to make your spot available for someone else!

Be aware that sometimes only one of the 4 elevators works!

The venue and food/drinks are kindly provided by the QUEST Center

Doors will be open at 6 pm, we will begin at 7 pm sharp.

6-7 pm: arrival, food, and networking 7 pm: Introduction by the hosts, talks + Q&A 9 pm: networking

Since relaunching in February, we meet on every fourth (not last!) Wednesday of the month, and this April's just happens to fall on St. George's Day. The venue is the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us. Sign-ups for this event are now open.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

** Important**: Due to building security and capacity, It's REQUIRED to register on the event website for admission. )

Description: Rejoignez-nous pour une présentation des travaux de développement sur l’IA par l’INA et Radio France.

Agenda:

• 18:00\~19:00: Checkin, buffet et networking
• 19:00\~20:30: Tech talks et questions / réponses
• 20:30\~21:00: Discussions ouvertes, moment de partage et fermeture

Speakers/Topics

• Talk 1 : Nous vous présenterons les enjeux de l’IA dans l’exercice de notre mission pour augmenter la connaissance sur les contenus radio et TV et améliorer leur découvrabilité. Nous l’illustrerons par les différents chantiers en cours : chapitrage automatique des podcasts, amélioration de la qualité de la transcription, recherche sémantique, etc.
• Talk 2 : Présentation d’un prototype de recherche sémantique à l’INA par Alexandra Benamar, lead data scientist NLP
• Talk 3 : Un.e data scientist vous présentera notre implémentation d’un RAG pour l’exploration des podcasts de Radio France

Venue: Maison de la radio et de la musique 116 Av. Du Président Kennedy 75016 PARIS

This meetup is hosted by our partner, Radio France. The tech talk will be in French.

Sponsors: We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community. Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will have the chance to speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, and gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 10,000+ AI developers in Paris and 500K+ worldwide.

Local and Global AI Community on Discord Join us on discord for local and global AI tech community: - Events chat: chat and connect with speakers and global and local attendees; - Learning AI: events\, learning materials\, study groups; - Startups: innovation\, projects collaborations\, founders/co-founders; - Jobs and Careers: job openings\, post resumes\, hiring managers

The March 2025 gathering of the London Linux social, meeting every fourth Wednesday of the month at the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.

👩‍🦰 La représentation des femmes dans le domaine de la cyber, bien qu’en sensible augmentation, reste encore relativement faible.

📆 C’est un sujet auquel le meetup SecParis est sensible ! C’est pourquoi nous organisons le mardi 11 mars, dans le contexte de la journée internationale des droits de la femme (08/03), une session spéciale autour d’une table ronde « Paroles d’expertes en cyber : booster votre carrière et celles de vos collaboratrices ! ».

👑 Cette session s’adresse à toutes les femmes en cyber qui souhaitent optimiser leur carrière ainsi qu’aux managers qui aimeraient améliorer le recrutement de femmes dans leurs équipes cyber et les aider à développer leur potentiel dans leur organisation.

Pour cela, un panel de choix de femmes expertes en cyber, travaillant chacune dans une fonction représentative de cet écosystème, vous prodiguerons un feedback sur leur parcours et des conseils pour évoluer :

• Communication & Marketing : Alexandra Charikova (Escape)
• Commerce : Helene Hartmann (GitGuardian)
• Gouvernance Risque & Conformité : Cécilia Henry-Audebrand (Løvell Consulting)
• RSSI : Irène Kleiber (Malt)
• Juridique : maître Garance Mathias (Mathias Avocats)
• Sécurité applicative : Marine du Mesnil (Theodo)

🏙️Un grand merci à Bpifrance qui s’associe à cet événement en assurant son hébergement (6-8 bd Haussmann, 75009).

⏲ Comme d'habitude, ouverture des portes à 18h30 et début de la table ronde à 19h.

Attention, pour des questions de logistique, le nombre de place est limité. Ne tardez pas  à vous inscrire !

A très bientôt !

Yup! It's true. We're back. After something of a hiatus, starting on Wednesday February 26th, we will be meeting on every fourth Wednesday of the month at the Hand & Racquet in Wimbledon (25-27 Wimbledon Hill Rd, SW19 7NE). https://www.greeneking.co.uk/pubs/greater-london/hand-and-racquet

Come meet like-minded people, with a common interest in Linux. Whether you are a complete neophyte or Linux warrior with decades of experience, come join the chat about distros, networks, open-source software, personal projects, ... or nothing related whatever.

Chris and Gulraj will be sharing hosting duties with at least one of us present at each meetup. We realise that this venue is not as convenient for some people as our central London former haunts, but the pub is only 2 minutes walk from the station, and Wimbledon is well connected (only 17 minutes out of London Waterloo mainline, on the Sutton branch of the Thameslink, and a District line terminus, and the western-most point on the Croydon Tramlink).

The pub is on the flat, at street level, including the toilets, although the space reserved for us (presently, at least) is a raised mezzanine area up a small number of steps at the back of the pub. We want to be inclusive, so if this proves to be problematic we will seek to change arrangements with the pub in the future.

Please come join us.

Directions from the station: Exit the station through the main concourse (near the District Line platforms), turn right along the main road passing the station taxi rank (on Orinoco Lane) as you do so, cross Alexandra Road at the traffic lights. After the gym on the corner, pass the chemist to reach the pub.