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🎙️ Featured Talks:

Everything I wish I knew before I started building an LLM product Ed Shee, AI Engineer and Founder at Ignitus

Introduction to Foundation Models: A Whirlwind Tour of Modern AI Tools and Techniques Ramon Perez, Developer Relations at Seldon

Futures Forum is a monthly meetup powered by SurrealDB that explores the AI revolution, with a particular focus on LLMs (Large Language Models). With actionable insights, the series will include introductory and advanced topic discussions by a dynamic and diverse range of expert speakers, live demos, news updates and panel discussions. Plus plenty of time for networking and refreshments.

💻 The event will be available to watch afterwards via the SurrealDB Futures Forum playlist here: http://bit.ly/3vHHyVR.

📣 Talks and demos by experts in their fields 🗣️ Friendly networking 🍕 Delicious bites and 🍦ice cream 🍹 Tasty drinks – including boozy and alcohol-free options, sponsored by Something & Nothing 😆 Informative, inclusive and fun!

Agenda

18:30 - 19:00 Welcome Drinks Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and mingle.

19:00 - 19:30 What Nobody Tells You About Building LLM Products Ed Shee, AI Engineer and Founder at Ignitus

Curious about building awesome apps with Large Language Models (LLMs)? Come join Ed as he shares everything he wishes he knew before he got started. This talk is packed with real-world insights, including:

• Clever techniques for Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Crafting prompts that actually work
• Keeping LLMs on track and under control
• Ensuring your text outputs are top-notch
• Building smart and efficient agents

Plus, Ed will give you a look into the future of LLM apps and what to expect next. Whether you're new to the game or a seasoned developer, you'll leave with practical tips and fresh ideas to power up your projects.

19:30 - 20:00 Social & Tasty Bites A fun and informal way to connect with others in the tech community. Grab a slice of pizza or summer roll, hop on the Oculus or chat with other attendees and the SurrealDB team.

20:00 - 20:30 Introduction to Foundation Models: A Whirlwind Tour of Modern AI Tools and Techniques Ramon Perez, Developer Relations at Seldon

In this talk, we'll dive deep into what foundation models are, why they matter, and how to get started with them. We'll start with an introduction, breaking down the basics, before exploring their wide-ranging applications. From there, we'll go through the process of creating a tiny foundation model and how to use it effectively with prompts. We'll also address common challenges in working with these models and discuss strategies for deployment and post-deployment maintenance. This will be a comprehensive tour through the lifecycle of foundation models, and no prior experience in AI is required. If you’re looking to build some foundational knowledge about machine learning and these new technologies, this talk is for you.

20:30 - 20:45 Panel Discussion & Q+A Lizzie Holmes, Ramon Perez, Ed Shee

20:45 - 21:15 Social & Sweet Treats

FAQs

Who’s this event for? For anyone wanting to learn more about the way that AI and LLMs are shaping the world. What’s an LLM? A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massive data sets to understand, summarise, generate and predict new content. LLMs power chat apps like ChatGPT, but also they are increasingly underlying almost every aspect of AI. Is the venue accessible? Absolutely! There is a lift that takes you up to Level 4 where SurrealDB Social is held. What's a SurrealDB event like? Check out photos from our previous events at https://surrealdb.gallery. Who are SurrealDB? SurrealDB is a modern cloud-native multi-model database that allows users and developers to focus on building their applications rather than architecting and managing their infrastructure with features like SurrealQL, Live Queries, Search, Change Data Capture, and ML. Am I guaranteed a ticket at this event? Our events are tech-focused and in the interest of keeping our events relevant and meaningful for those attending, tickets are issued at our discretion. We therefore reserve the right to refund ticket orders before the event and to request proof of identity and/or professional background upon entry. Are there any House Rules? At SurrealDB, we are committed to providing live and online events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending. Please review our Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy for more information.

📣 This event has now SOLD OUT! As our venue has limited capacity, we will be closing the event to attendees once capacity has been reached, so please arrive as close to to 18:30 as possible to guarantee your place.

🎙️ Featured Talks:

Building better LLM products with Evaluations and Analytics Henry Scott-Green

LLMs vs. Real-World Questions: Can RAG Bridge the Gap? Mohammed Talib

Futures Forum is a monthly meetup powered by SurrealDB that explores the AI revolution, with a particular focus on LLMs (Large Language Models). With actionable insights, the series will include introductory and advanced topic discussions by a dynamic and diverse range of expert speakers, live demos, news updates and panel discussions. Plus plenty of time for networking and refreshments.

💻 The event will be available to watch afterwards via the SurrealDB Futures Forum playlist here: http://bit.ly/3vHHyVR.

📣 Talks and demos by experts in their fields 🗣️ Friendly networking 🍕 Delicious bites and 🍦ice cream 🍹 Tasty drinks – including boozy and alcohol-free options, sponsored by Something & Nothing 😆 Informative, inclusive and fun!

Agenda

18:30 - 19:00 Welcome Drinks Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and mingle.

19:00 - 19:30 Building better LLM products with Evaluations and Analytics Henry Scott-Green So you’ve built your first LLM product. Now what? You need to understand how people are using it, how its performing, and how you can make it better. That’s where LLM evals and analytics come in. But these are totally different from deterministic applications - you need to understand mountains of text. This talk will cover the key considerations for building great end user experiences with LLMs.

19:30 - 20:00 Social & Tasty Bites A fun and informal way to connect with others in the tech community. Grab a slice of pizza or summer roll, hop on the Oculus or chat with other attendees and the SurrealDB team.

20:00 - 20:30 LLMs vs. Real-World Questions: Can RAG Bridge the Gap? Mohammed Talib Large Language Models (LLMs) have revolutionised natural language processing, demonstrating remarkable capabilities in text generation, translation, and more. However, when faced with questions requiring specific knowledge or complex reasoning, LLMs can fall short. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) offers a solution, integrating LLMs with external knowledge sources to deliver more factually grounded and informative responses.

20:30 - 21:00 Social & Sweet Treats

FAQs

Who’s this event for? For anyone wanting to learn more about the way that AI and LLMs are shaping the world. What’s an LLM? A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massive data sets to understand, summarise, generate and predict new content. LLMs power chat apps like ChatGPT, but also they are increasingly underlying almost every aspect of AI. Is the venue accessible? Absolutely! There is a lift that takes you up to Level 4 where SurrealDB Social is held. What's a SurrealDB event like? Check out photos from our previous events at https://surrealdb.gallery. Who are SurrealDB? SurrealDB is a modern cloud-native multi-model database that allows users and developers to focus on building their applications rather than architecting and managing their infrastructure with features like SurrealQL, Live Queries, Search, Change Data Capture, and ML. Am I guaranteed a ticket at this event? Our events are tech-focused and in the interest of keeping our events relevant and meaningful for those attending, tickets are issued at our discretion. We therefore reserve the right to refund ticket orders before the event and to request proof of identity and/or professional background upon entry. Are there any House Rules? At SurrealDB, we are committed to providing live and online events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending. Please review our Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy for more information.

🎙️ Featured Talks: Improve your Apps with Generative AI Christoffer Noring

Panel Discussion: Opportunities presented by AI: what are the opportunities presented by AI both for consumers and companies? What is necessary to be able to seize those opportunities?

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Futures Forum is a new monthly meetup, powered by SurrealDB, that explores the AI revolution, with a particular focus on LLMs (Large Language Models). With actionable insights, the series will include introductory and advanced topic discussions by a dynamic and diverse range of expert speakers, live demos, news updates and panel discussions. Plus plenty of time for networking and refreshments.

📣 Talks and demos by experts in their fields 🗣️ Friendly networking 🍕 Delicious bites – Homeslice, 🥗 Kaleido Rolls and 🍦ice cream 🍹 Tasty drinks – including boozy and alcohol-free options, sponsored by Something & Nothing 😆 Informative, inclusive and fun!

Agenda

18:30 - 19:00 Welcome Drinks Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and mingle.

19:00 - 19:30 Featured Talk Christoffer Noring: Improve your Apps with Generative AI Maybe you've used ChatGPT, or maybe everyone is talking about AI but you want to know how you can add that for your apps to benefit customers. In this talk you'll learn how to:

• Get the most out of your prompting through tips and tricks and patterns
• Integrate AI in your apps
• Leverage different types of AI from text , images to search

19:30 - 20:00 Social & Tasty Bites A fun and informal way to connect with others in the tech community. Grab a slice of pizza or summer roll, hop on the Oculus or chat with other attendees and the SurrealDB team.

20:00 - 20:45 Panel Discussion with Audience Q&As Opportunities presented by AI: what are the opportunities presented by AI both for consumers and companies? What is necessary to be able to seize those opportunities?

20:45 - 21:15 Social & Sweet Treats

FAQs

Who’s this event for? For anyone wanting to learn more about the way that AI and LLMs are shaping the world. What’s an LLM? A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massive data sets to understand, summarise, generate and predict new content. LLMs power chat apps like ChatGPT, but also they are increasingly underlying almost every aspect of AI. Is the venue accessible? Absolutely! There is a lift that takes you up to Level 4 where SurrealDB Social is held. What's a SurrealDB event like? Check out photos from our previous events at https://surrealdb.gallery. Who are SurrealDB? SurrealDB is a modern cloud-native multi-model database that allows users and developers to focus on building their applications rather than architecting and managing their infrastructure with features like SurrealQL, Live Queries, Search, Change Data Capture, and ML. Am I guaranteed a ticket at this event? Our events are tech-focused and in the interest of keeping our events relevant and meaningful for those attending, tickets are issued at our discretion. We therefore reserve the right to refund ticket orders before the event and to request proof of identity and/or professional background upon entry. Are there any House Rules? At SurrealDB, we are committed to providing live and online events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending. Please review our Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy for more information.

🎙️ Featured Talks: Creating the perfect new hire: A Custom GPT for your business Minisha Goel Tools of Tomorrow: The AI Engineer's Guide to Accelerated Innovation Sam Shapley

Futures Forum is a new monthly meetup, powered by SurrealDB, that explores the AI revolution, with a particular focus on LLMs (Large Language Models). With actionable insights, the series will include introductory and advanced topic discussions by a dynamic and diverse range of expert speakers, live demos, news updates and panel discussions. Plus plenty of time for networking and refreshments.

📣 Talks and demos by experts in their fields 🗣️ Friendly networking 🍕 Delicious bites – Homeslice, 🥗 Kaleido Rolls and 🍦ice cream 🍹 Tasty drinks – including boozy and alcohol-free options, sponsored by Something & Nothing 😆 Informative, inclusive and fun! 🇬🇧 + 💻 Join us live in central London (Oxford Circus) for the in-person event, the talks will also be live streamed and available to watch via Vimeo.

Agenda

18:30 - 19:05 Welcome Drinks Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and mingle.

19:00 - 19:30 Creating the perfect new hire: A Custom GPT for your business Minisha Goel You've probably heard of ChatGPT ? But have you wondered how you can take ChatGPT's power and tailor it specifically to meet your unique business? Well that's where Custom GPTs come in. In this talk we cover top use cases for ChatGPT within business and how to create your own Custom GPTs to serve your team's capabilities. Whether you're looking to get some inspiration, or learn new ways to configure Custom GPT's, this talk will equip you with the tips and tricks to make it happen.

19:30 - 20:00 Social & Tasty Bites A fun and informal way to connect with others in the tech community. Grab a slice of pizza or summer roll, hop on the Oculus or chat with other attendees and the SurrealDB team.

20:00 - 20:20 Tools of Tomorrow: The AI Engineer's Guide to Accelerated Innovation Sam Shapley In this talk, we'll go on a journey through the accelerating world of AI development, showcasing how AI dramatically speeds up system creation and project execution. We'll delve into the nuances of orchestrating AI workflows and intelligent systems using prompting techniques and cutting-edge AI engineering across frontier multimodal models. The highlight will be building an audience-sourced app idea in real-time using OpenAI Launchpad, Sam's own system for creating instant apps.

20:20 - 20:45 Panel Discussion with Audience Q&As

20:50 - 21:15 Social & Sweet Treats

FAQs

Who’s this event for? For anyone wanting to learn more about the way that AI and LLMs are shaping the world. What’s an LLM? A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massive data sets to understand, summarise, generate and predict new content. LLMs power chat apps like ChatGPT, but also they are increasingly underlying almost every aspect of AI. Is the venue accessible? Absolutely! There is a lift that takes you up to Level 4 where SurrealDB Social is held. What's a SurrealDB event like? Check out photos from our previous events at https://surrealdb.gallery. Who are SurrealDB? SurrealDB is a modern cloud-native multi-model database that allows users and developers to focus on building their applications rather than architecting and managing their infrastructure with features like SurrealQL, Live Queries, Search, Change Data Capture, and ML. Am I guaranteed a ticket at this event? Our events are tech-focused and in the interest of keeping our events relevant and meaningful for those attending, tickets are issued at our discretion. We therefore reserve the right to refund ticket orders before the event and to request proof of identity and/or professional background upon entry. Are there any House Rules? At SurrealDB, we are committed to providing live and online events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending. Please review our Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy for more information.

💻 Livestreams: 19:00 - Generative AI & LLMs – An Introduction 20:00 - Build Your Own Chatbot - With No Code + Panel Discussion

Futures Forum is a new monthly meetup, powered by SurrealDB, that explores the AI revolution, with a particular focus on LLMs (Large Language Models). With actionable insights, the series will include introductory and advanced topic discussions by a dynamic and diverse range of expert speakers, live demos, news updates and panel discussions. Plus plenty of time for networking and refreshments.

📣 Talks and demos by experts in their fields 🗣️ Friendly networking 🍕 Delicious bites – Homeslice, 🥗 Kaleido Rolls and 🍦ice cream 🍹 Tasty drinks – including boozy and alcohol-free options, sponsored by Something & Nothing 😆 Informative, inclusive and fun! 🇬🇧 + 💻 Join us live in central London (Oxford Circus) for the in-person event, the talks will also be live streamed and available to watch via Vimeo.

Agenda

18:30 - 19:05 Welcome Drinks Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and mingle.

19:00 - 19:30 Generative AI & LLMs – An Introduction Julian Darley, Raphael Darley Resident Futures Forum speaker Julian Darley gives a brief introduction to generative AI, AI agents and highlights some of the latest LLM industry news.

19:30 - 20:00 Social & Tasty Bites A fun and informal way to connect with others in the tech community. Grab a slice of pizza or summer roll, hop on the Oculus or chat with other attendees and the SurrealDB team.

20:00 - 20:20 Build Your Own Chatbot - With No Code Noah Santoni Noah from WhatAIdea will teach you how to build a chatbot using Flowise in less than five minutes!

20:20 - 20:45 Panel Discussion with Audience Q&As Julian Darley, Raphael Darley, Tobie Morgan Hitchcock, Noah Santoni

20:50 - 21:15 Social & Sweet Treats

FAQs

Who’s this event for? For anyone wanting to learn more about the way that AI and LLMs are shaping the world. What’s an LLM? A large language model (LLM) is a type of artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that uses deep learning techniques and massive data sets to understand, summarise, generate and predict new content. LLMs power chat apps like ChatGPT, but also they are increasingly underlying almost every aspect of AI. Is the venue accessible? Absolutely! There is a lift that takes you up to Level 4 where SurrealDB Social is held. What's a SurrealDB event like? Check out photos from our previous events at https://surrealdb.gallery. Who are SurrealDB? SurrealDB is a modern cloud-native multi-model database that allows users and developers to focus on building their applications rather than architecting and managing their infrastructure with features like SurrealQL, Live Queries, Search, Change Data Capture, and ML. Am I guaranteed a ticket at this event? Our events are tech-focused and in the interest of keeping our events relevant and meaningful for those attending, tickets are issued at our discretion. We therefore reserve the right to refund ticket orders before the event and to request proof of identity and/or professional background upon entry. Are there any House Rules? At SurrealDB, we are committed to providing live and online events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending. Please review our Code of Conduct and Privacy Policy for more information.