------ Welcome\, London R Users! ------

Happy New Year, and welcome to 2026!

We’re excited to kick off 2026 with fresh energy and plenty of R fun ahead!

As before, the event will be brought to you by Datacove. We are a Data and Analytics Consultancy Team based in Brighton, with experience in founding many well-attended R & Python events. Plus, home of the EARL Conference! We work across multiple streams - from marketing and customer analytics, to bespoke dashboards, process automation, and training! :)

We will be supported by the generous team, organised by Matt Nixon, at Incubeta, London. Hosted by Laura Mawer and Jeremy Horne from Datacove.

------ !! Please Note !! *------ This is a paid event.* Your ticket entitles you to pizza and drink options (soft and alcoholic beverages available).

As standard, we cater for Vegetarian, Vegan, and GF. Please contact an organiser for any other requirements.

You can book your tickets online through Ticket Pass at a discounted rate:

• General Admission: £8 online / £10 at the door
• Student Admission: £4 online / £5 at the door

Students must bring an NUS card or any other form of student ID. Cash and card accepted on the door.

------ Talk Information ------ Coming soon

------ Timing Information ------ 6pm: Arrival and greetings from our team. 6:15pm: Food and drinks are served while networking. 6:40pm: Introduction to the event commences. 6:45pm: Talks commence. 8:00pm: Talks conclude. 8:10pm: Networking continues. 8:30pm: Event moves to the local pub.

------ Sponsorship Information ------ Our event relies heavily on sponsorship from companies that attend. Please contact the organisers or [email protected] to get involved.

------ Arrival Instructions ------ Please arrive at The Bower and locate the reception, where staff will be there to guide you to the correct floor.

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------ Registration Etiquette ------ At our meetups, the event is sometimes capped by the space. We’re committed to keeping these events accessible for everyone, but to make that possible, we need your help. Please ensure your registration is kept up to date. If your plans change, simply update your RSVP to reflect your availability. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

Please feel free to spread the word. We look forward to seeing you all again!

Qlik Vilnius Meetup #6: Innovate & Act – Qlik Open Lakehouse, Cloud Security and Migration

Hello Qlik Friends! 👋

It’s been a little while… but we’re here again. After Qlik Customer Day'25 in May we are keeping our promises.

We’re happy to invite you to our upcoming Qlik Meetup #6 in Vilnius — a good chance to reconnect with the Qlik community and share knowledge. 4 presenters, 3 hot topics.

Whether you’re just starting your Qlik journey or you’ve been working with it for years, this event is the place to learn, connect, and exchange ideas. Please note: seats are limited to 40 participants, so be sure to reserve yours early!

📅 Date: January 29, 2026 ⏰ Time: 15:00–17:00 📍 Location: Rockit Vilnius (Gyneju str. 14, Vilnius) 💡 Free event (RSVP is needed)

Note: All presentations will be delivered in Lithuanian.

Data Management Track

Build a Modern Data Lakehouse on Apache Iceberg with Qlik Open Lakehouse (45 min) Presenters: Milda Vitalytė-Masaitė, Qlik Architect, The Infotrust and Simas Baranauskas, Head of Data, The Infotrust

Data Analytics Track

Simplifying Your Move: Qlik Cloud Migration Tool in Action (30 min) Presenter, Justinas Petkevičius, CEO, InQontext

Navigating the Landscape of Qlik SaaS Security (30 min) Presenter: Edgaras Petraševičius, Qlik System Technical Architect, The Infotrust

Q&A and Networking (15 min)

We’re looking forward to seeing familiar faces and welcoming new ones into the Qlik community.

👉 Reserve your spot today and join us for an afternoon of insights, discussions, and networking!

📸 We’ll be taking photos during the event and share the event energy with Qlik community on The Infotrust social media and here on Meetup page.

P.S. Don’t forget to RSVP – it helps us prepare snacks for everyone, so nothing goes to waste! 😉

For any questions, drop us a line at [email protected].

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This meetup is sunsetting, and this will be the last event being announced here. To continue to receive updates to Transit Techies NYC, subscribe to our Luma calendar here.

Talks will start at 6:30pm, and we'll mingle over light bites and refreshments before and afterwards.

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Speakers

​​Colin Miller mostly grew up in Austin, Texas, where he developed an early interest in software and maps. After his freshman year of college, he launched his first startup, Redistricter, which took off far faster than expected. He left school and moved to New York to pursue it full-time. ​A year later, he created Subway Builder, a hyper-realistic game that lets players design subway systems from scratch while navigating real-world constraints and costs. The game simulates millions of commuters using Census and Redistricter data, powered by the same pathfinding algorithms people rely on to get to work. Your job is to design a route network that gets the most people to their destination as fast as possible.

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Greg Feliu is a data engineer and analyst focused on transportation analytics, with projects ranging from modeling subway–bus transfers to clustering NYC subway stations by ridership. Drawing on public ridership data and GTFS schedules, he builds minimal-assumption models to estimate ridership on each subway line, combining data modeling with subject-matter expertise to reveal how New Yorkers move through the system with The Busiest Subway Lines in NYC, Ranked.

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The event will be held at 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY in Room 1201. We hope to see you there!

The Test Tribe 5th New York Meetup – Risk-Based Testing in the Age of AI: What Changes, What Doesn’t

AI is accelerating how software is built-but it doesn’t change the fundamentals of good testing.

In fact, it makes them more important than ever. Risk-based testing has long been a proven approach for delivering value under real-world constraints. In this session, Jess Ingrassellino explores how AI and automation align naturally with risk-based testing-not as replacements for strong testing practices, but as powerful force multipliers.

As development speed increases dramatically with AI tooling, testers must be even more deliberate about identifying risk early, communicating it clearly, and making informed decisions about what will and will not be tested. This talk focuses on how AI can strengthen each stage of that process-while keeping human judgment firmly at the center.

Expect a practical, grounded discussion that separates real value from hype and shows how AI can support smarter, more intentional testing.

Event Details

• Date: 28th January 2026 (Wednesday)
• Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM (Local Time)
• Venue: 307 W 38th St, Studio 1401, New York, NY 10018, USA

Session: Risk-Based Testing in the Age of AI: What Changes, What Doesn’t Speaker: Jess Ingrassellino

Key Takeaways

• Why risk-based testing remains essential-even in AI-accelerated teams
• How AI strengthens (not replaces) strong testing fundamentals
• Ways AI can help identify, document, and communicate risk earlier
• Practical examples of AI-assisted test data generation and coverage analysis
• How AI supports exploratory testing and evolving risk models
• Where human judgment remains irreplaceable in quality decisions

About the Speaker Jess Ingrassellino is a leader, educator, and musician driven by a passion for growth, creativity, and meaningful change. Her career spans technology, education, and the arts-each grounded in a belief in lifelong learning and equitable impact.

She holds four advanced degrees, including a Doctorate in Educational Assessment, and is currently pursuing her fifth degree in Software Engineering. As an engineering leader, Jess specializes in building high-impact teams, solving complex problems, and driving strategic initiatives. As an educator, she has developed curricula, taught Python to students aged 8–18, and trained teachers to integrate technology in thoughtful, inclusive ways. As a professional violinist, she uses music as a medium for reflection and connection.

Across all her work, Jess is committed to authenticity, equity, and helping individuals and organizations grow with intention.

Why You Should Attend

• Learn how AI enhances risk-based testing without undermining fundamentals
• Gain clarity on where AI adds real value in QA workflows
• See how to balance speed, coverage, and quality in AI-accelerated teams
• Hear a thoughtful, experience-driven perspective-free from hype
• Connect with New York’s QA and testing community at the 5th NYC meetup

About The Test Tribe The Test Tribe is the world’s largest software testing community, empowering testers globally since 2018. With 700+ events and 150K+ members across 130+ countries, we bring testers together to learn, grow, and connect through meetups, conferences, cohorts, masterclasses, and more. By RSVPing, you agree to our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy and consent to be contacted by The Test Tribe and our event partners.

Join fellow Airflow enthusiasts and leaders at Salisbury House for an evening of engaging talks, great food and drinks, and exclusive swag!

We'll start you off with a deep dive into the Airflow 2026 survey results, and finish off with a community member presentation on the Apache TinkerPop provider.

PRESENTATIONS

Talk #1: The State of Apache Airflow® 2026

Apache Airflow® continues to thrive as the world’s leading open-source data orchestration platform, with 30M downloads per month and over 3k contributors. 2025 marked a major milestone with the release of Airflow 3, which introduced DAG versioning, enhanced security and task isolation, assets, and more. These changes have reshaped how data teams build, operate, and govern their pipelines.

In this session, our speaker will share insights from the State of Airflow 2026 report, including:

• Latest trends in how teams are using Airflow today
• What’s next for the project and ecosystem
• A discussion of emerging best practices and evolving use cases

Join us to hear directly from a leader in the community and discover how to get the most out of Airflow in the year ahead.

Talk #2: Building the Apache TinkerPop Provider for Airflow

• Speaker: Ahmad Farhan, Data Engineer

Graph databases are powering everything from recommendation engines to fraud detection, but integrating graph operations into modern data pipelines has often required custom code and workarounds. Earlier this year, Ahmad built a new Apache TinkerPop provider for Airflow, making it easier than ever to orchestrate Gremlin queries, manage graph workloads, and connect Airflow to TinkerPop-enabled systems. In this session, you’ll learn:

• What the TinkerPop provider does and why it matters for graph-based workloads
• How to run Gremlin queries and manage graph jobs directly within Airflow
• Real examples from the development process, including design decisions and lessons learned
• How this provider opens the door for new use cases in graph analytics and data engineering

Join us to explore how Airflow and TinkerPop can work together to streamline graph workflows and unlock new patterns in modern data pipelines.

AGENDA

• 5:30-6 PM: Arrivals, networking, food & drinks
• 6-7PM: Presentations
• 7-8PM: Networking

Register here 👉 https://bettermile.com/last-mile-meetup-event

🚚 Last Mile Delivery Meetup #11

📌 About the Meetup Join industry leaders and innovators at Last Mile Delivery Meetup #11, where we explore ways to overcome transformation barriers and advance to the next phase, which is being driven by the wave of AI. Hear inspiring success stories and learn about practical solutions that are reshaping last-mile logistics today. This event offers a unique opportunity to connect with experts, learn from them, and engage in conversations that are shaping the future of parcel delivery through cutting-edge technology and innovation.

📅 27th of January, 2026, 6:00 PM 📍 Join us Online or in Better Space, Berlin

Note: Photographs and video recordings will be made during the event for documentation and promotional purposes. If you prefer not to appear in any visual material, you can participate online without being recorded.

LastMileDeliveryMeetup #Logistics

Happy New Year, Hackstronauts. Our Monday Online Meetup - 8pm every Monday will continue. Happily we appear to have rounded the corner on this pandemic and have great plans for this new year. This is your invitation to join us on our new ZOOM Video Chat which we have made a weekly event. The instructions are below and know that we are striving to make joining these conversations as simple and safe as possible.

Step 1: Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/AnJaYsx Step 2: Put on headphones to avoid feedback loops. Step 3: Scroll down to the "video-chat-invite" channel on the left side of the Discord window. Step 4: Write "Invite me" in the message window Step 5: Open a Free ZOOM account and download the app if available for your platform. https://zoom.us/download Step 6: You will receive a ZOOM invitation. Click to join the ZOOM Video Chat. Step 7: We are going to enable the ZOOM "Waiting Room" feature so please be patient while we admit you to the call.

Join real bio-hackers online and learn about our biohacking experiences. Join our Discord channel for our Biohacking and Meeting Notes. To find out all about the mission of our group visit our website: www.Hackstronaut.com We also just launched The Hackstronaut Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080911515451134/ Find out what we've been up to: https://discord.gg/AnJaYsx

Topic TBD

5:30 PM: Dinner & networking

6:00 PM: Talk

7:00 (or when talk ends) Open space to get help from other developers

Join us at our first event of the year at The Information Lab on the historic Watling Street in the City of London 🙌 We will be kicking off 2026 by delving into the topic of real-time data with our speakers - Sam, Nicoleta & Anton. We are running this event in collaboration with Confluent.

6pm: Doors Open

6:30pm: Talks Start

🗣️The Speakers🗣️

Load-In to Lights-Out: Data Engineering the World's Biggest Tours and Live Events Sam Malcolm, Head of Architecture & Engineering at Centrus (Sam's Linkedin) Sam’s session dives into lessons from large-scale live event data systems—handling over 10 billion data points per second for global tours like Beyoncé, Coldplay, and Glastonbury. He connects the extreme demands of real-time analytics and high-performance networking to modern cloud data practices, showing how the same principles of speed, resilience, and precision apply when designing reliable, scalable data platforms today.

Should I Stream or Should I Join: From Regular to Delta Joins in Apache Flink Nicoleta Lazar, Senior Data Engineer at Fresha & Anton Borisov, Principal Engineer at Fresha (Niloceta's LinkedIn , Anton's LinkedIn) Joins in the streaming world are where the fun stops and the tradeoffs start. State that grows forever, latency that spikes unpredictably, watermarks that never quite behave, every Flink developer has war stories about this. In this session, Anton Borisov and Nicoleta Lazar break down the join landscape in Apache Flink:

→ Regular joins and the state explosion problem → Interval joins: when they work, when they don't → Temporal joins and the versioned table dance → Lookup joins: the escape hatch and its hidden costs → Delta joins: the new kid and how Fluss enables them, and why it matters

Talks finish by 8pm and there will be a break between the talks. Afterwards, we may head to a pub to continue chatting.

You can sign up by subscribing to this event

🚨IMPORTANT: Please bring a valid form of ID.

See you all on the 22nd January 🤩

Happy Networking 🍻

Checkout Meetup Groups run by Confluent:

• https://www.meetup.com/london-real-time-data-meetup/
• https://www.meetup.com/data-streaming-europe/

By attending this event, you agree to abide by our rules of conduct:

• Respect others' opinions.
• Keep it appropriate - no harassment of any sort.
• If you see something or have a complaint, please reach out to one of the organisers or email [email protected].

IMPORTANT: PLEASE RSVP @ https://www.meetup.com/data-engineers-london/events/312450363/

Details 6pm: Doors Open

6:30pm: Talks Start

🗣️The Speakers🗣️

Load-In to Lights-Out: Data Engineering the World's Biggest Tours and Live Events Sam Malcolm, Head of Architecture & Engineering at Centrus (Sam's Linkedin) Sam’s session dives into lessons from large-scale live event data systems—handling over 10 billion data points per second for global tours like Beyoncé, Coldplay, and Glastonbury. He connects the extreme demands of real-time analytics and high-performance networking to modern cloud data practices, showing how the same principles of speed, resilience, and precision apply when designing reliable, scalable data platforms today.

Should I Stream or Should I Join: From Regular to Delta Joins in Apache Flink Nicoleta Lazar, Senior Data Engineer at Fresha & Anton Borisov, Principal Engineer at Fresha (Niloceta's LinkedIn , Anton's LinkedIn) Joins in the streaming world are where the fun stops and the tradeoffs start. State that grows forever, latency that spikes unpredictably, watermarks that never quite behave, every Flink developer has war stories about this. In this session, Anton Borisov and Nicoleta Lazar break down the join landscape in Apache Flink:

→ Regular joins and the state explosion problem → Interval joins: when they work, when they don't → Temporal joins and the versioned table dance → Lookup joins: the escape hatch and its hidden costs → Delta joins: the new kid and how Fluss enables them, and why it matters

Talks finish by 8pm and there will be a break between the talks. Afterwards, we may head to a pub to continue chatting.

*** If you are interested in speaking at or hosting a meetup, please reach out to [email protected]

IMPORTANT: PLEASE RSVP @ https://www.meetup.com/data-engineers-london/events/312450363/

Details 6pm: Doors Open

6:30pm: Talks Start

🗣️The Speakers🗣️

Load-In to Lights-Out: Data Engineering the World's Biggest Tours and Live Events Sam Malcolm, Head of Architecture & Engineering at Centrus (Sam's Linkedin) Sam’s session dives into lessons from large-scale live event data systems—handling over 10 billion data points per second for global tours like Beyoncé, Coldplay, and Glastonbury. He connects the extreme demands of real-time analytics and high-performance networking to modern cloud data practices, showing how the same principles of speed, resilience, and precision apply when designing reliable, scalable data platforms today.

Should I Stream or Should I Join: From Regular to Delta Joins in Apache Flink Nicoleta Lazar, Senior Data Engineer at Fresha & Anton Borisov, Principal Engineer at Fresha (Niloceta's LinkedIn , Anton's LinkedIn) Joins in the streaming world are where the fun stops and the tradeoffs start. State that grows forever, latency that spikes unpredictably, watermarks that never quite behave, every Flink developer has war stories about this. In this session, Anton Borisov and Nicoleta Lazar break down the join landscape in Apache Flink:

→ Regular joins and the state explosion problem → Interval joins: when they work, when they don't → Temporal joins and the versioned table dance → Lookup joins: the escape hatch and its hidden costs → Delta joins: the new kid and how Fluss enables them, and why it matters

Talks finish by 8pm and there will be a break between the talks. Afterwards, we may head to a pub to continue chatting.

*** If you are interested in speaking at or hosting a meetup, please reach out to [email protected]

PyData Wolverhampton Launch Event: From Data to Deployment Join us for the inaugural PyData Wolverhampton meetup! We're bringing together data scientists, engineers, AI practitioners, and anyone interested in Python and data science. What to Expect: This event features two practical talks on building AI systems that work in production: Talk 1: "From Demos to Deployed: Building AI Systems That Work, and Work Right" Speaker: Stephen Toriola (Software & AI Engineer at Compare the Market) Explore how AI has evolved from simple demos to production systems, what makes AI work in real-world applications, and how to build responsibly. Talk 2: "Building AI Right: Ethics and Implementation in Practice" Speaker: Nazeh Abel (AI Consultant at Medallion Technologies) Practical insights on implementing AI ethically, common pitfalls to avoid, and making better decisions when building AI systems. Agenda:

• 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM: Arrivals, networking, and pizza
• 6:30 PM - 6:45 PM: Welcome and introductions
• 6:45 PM - 7:25 PM: Talk 1 - Stephen Toriola
• 7:25 PM - 8:05 PM: Talk 2 - Nazeh Abel
• 8:05 PM - 8:30 PM: Q&A and networking

What to Bring: Just yourself! No laptop or preparation needed. Bring business cards if you'd like to connect with other attendees. Food & Drinks: Free pizza and soft drinks provided. How to Find Us: University of Wolverhampton Science Park, Wolverhampton WV10 9RU By Public Transport: From Wolverhampton train station, walk 5 minutes to the bus station. Take bus 32 or 33, ride for 7 stops (approximately 12 minutes) and drop off at Stafford Road. Walk 5 minutes to the Science Park. By Taxi: 7-minute drive from Wolverhampton train/bus station. By Car: Free parking available on-site. Accessibility: The venue is on the ground floor and fully accessible. We'll have PyData signage at the entrance to help you find us. Who Should Attend: Data scientists, data analysts, machine learning engineers, software developers, students, and anyone interested in Python, data science, or AI. All skill levels welcome! PyData Wolverhampton is part of the global PyData network, supported by NumFOCUS. We're building a community for data professionals in the Black Country. Follow us on LinkedIn: [PyData Wolverhampton] See you there!

Join us on January 20th for the Stripe London meetup. This is an in-person event for anyone building with Stripe. An evening focused on Stripe developer experiences, product insights, best practices, and community.

🍕🍺🎁 Perks Food, drink, and SWAG provided!

🎫 Tickets There is a hard limit for RSVP :) Wait list will be operating on Meetup.

📍Location The event is hosted at Stripe's London offices near Liverpool St station.

🕚 Rough timings

• 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm: Doors open with refreshments
• 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm: Talks and Q&A
• 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm: Drinks, food, and networking

📣 Talks 1. The $/£/€100 Problem: Why Global Pricing Breaks — and How to Fix It with Adaptive Pricing - Andrew Robinson , Solutions Architect, Stripe 2. TBA

Don't miss this opportunity to connect with the Stripe community.

Stripe developer code of conduct.

Meet us for talks with EBCONT on January 20, 2026! Doors open at 18.00, first talk starts at 18.20. We wrap up at 20.30.

Please make sure you sign up with your full name.

📅Date and Time: Tuesday, January 20, from 6:00-8:30 PM

📍Location: Beyond Office, Heidestrasse 34, 10557 Berlin We will need your full name to allow your entrance at the building.

📝 Agenda:

• 18:00 - Doors Open

• 18:20 - Talk #1 - Elastic Agent: Ingesting log files\, how hard can it be? Denis Rechkunov, Principal Software Engineer at Elastic Abstract: Logs are the foundation of any observability solution, but to make them useful, they need to be ingested into a search index. One of the features provided by our Elastic Agent offering is to ingest log files into Elasticsearch so our customers can quickly navigate events in their systems. Reading files and sending data to Elasticsearch sounds simple, right? Not quite. In this talk we're going to dive deep into challenges associated with reading log files and sending them to Elasticsearch.

• 18:50 - Talk #2 Flexible Chatbots with Elasticsearch - Integrating Elasticsearch, Confluence, and LLMs Christoph Eder, Senior IT Consultant at EBCONT Abstract: In this talk, we'll show how we developed a flexible enterprise search solution using Elasticsearch — one that not only works in the cloud and with LLMs, but can also run on-premises and be easily combined with different LLMs.

• 19:20 - Pizza, drinks and networking

• 20:30 - Wrap up

Invite your friends and join our meetup. Special thanks to our partner EBCONT.

Want to speak at our next meetup? Submit your talk on this link and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible.

Happy New Year, Hackstronauts. Our Monday Online Meetup - 8pm every Monday will continue. Happily we appear to have rounded the corner on this pandemic and have great plans for this new year. This is your invitation to join us on our new ZOOM Video Chat which we have made a weekly event. The instructions are below and know that we are striving to make joining these conversations as simple and safe as possible.

Step 1: Join our Discord server here: https://discord.gg/AnJaYsx Step 2: Put on headphones to avoid feedback loops. Step 3: Scroll down to the "video-chat-invite" channel on the left side of the Discord window. Step 4: Write "Invite me" in the message window Step 5: Open a Free ZOOM account and download the app if available for your platform. https://zoom.us/download Step 6: You will receive a ZOOM invitation. Click to join the ZOOM Video Chat. Step 7: We are going to enable the ZOOM "Waiting Room" feature so please be patient while we admit you to the call.

Join real bio-hackers online and learn about our biohacking experiences. Join our Discord channel for our Biohacking and Meeting Notes. To find out all about the mission of our group visit our website: www.Hackstronaut.com We also just launched The Hackstronaut Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1080911515451134/ Find out what we've been up to: https://discord.gg/AnJaYsx

⭐ NOTE THE NEW LOCATION! ⭐

The Creative Code Jam is a monthly gathering of artists, makers, designers, illustrators, coders, musicians, performers, learners and anyone interested in the use of computing skills for artistic expression. The event is free and open to all, regardless of age, origin, gender or experience. The jam is an opportunity to meet likeminded people and get creative together in a relaxed and safe environment. Beginners and first-timers should feel especially welcome!

WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT? Bring a laptop and/or anything you’d like to work on, whether it’s a personal project, an experiment, or a skill you want to learn. You can come with friends or meet new people here. There’s no set agenda: some people code, some sketch ideas, some collaborate, and others just chat and get inspired.

SCHEDULE Doors open at noon, then we’ll have quick introductions so everyone can share what they’re planning to work on. Note: arriving on time is the best way to hear what others are up to ;) Around 6 pm, we gather to share what we’ve worked on during the day.

BEGINNERS WELCOME! If you’re new to creative coding, we'll be happy to help you get started, and you can find beginner-friendly resources at creativecode.berlin/learn.

THIS IS YOUR SPACE We do our best to create a welcoming environment for all people regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or genetics. People from group generally underrepresented in open-source, art, and technology fields are warmly encouraged to come by. And if you know someone who might enjoy this meetup but isn’t sure it’s for them, let them know they’ll be welcome!

SAFE SPACE POLICY We support the Berlin Code of Conduct: https://berlincodeofconduct.org/ Please make sure you agree with its content.

ABOUT MotionLab.Berlin MotionLab.Berlin is Germany’s premier Innovation Hub & Makerspace – an ecosystem for Hardtech, art, creativity, and entrepreneurship. They are an international community with access to state-of-the-art machinery, prototyping machines, coworking spaces, offices, and production facilities. More info: https://motionlab.berlin/

ACCESSIBILITY MotionLab is located on the ground floor, with bathrooms on that same level, although unfortunately they are too small for wheelchairs.

FOOD MotionLab has drinks and snacks for sale. Bio food can be found on LPG at Bouchéstr (\~200m). Their cantine has vegan, vegetarian and other food options at least until 2pm.

DO I NEED TO SPEAK GERMAN? We speak mostly English so international guests are more than welcome! Our team also speaks French, Turkish, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Finnish and German... though language availability may vary depending on which organizers are present :)

CONTACT Raphaël de Courville [email protected] +49 176 700 70572

or get in touch via creativecode.berlin

The holidays are over, the champagne's gone flat, and resolutions have been set. It's time for the first GolangNYC meetup of the year. Join us as we kick of 2026 the right way and `defer fallingBackToBadHabits()` by learning from some great talks, and enjoying some food, drinks, and great company at the Copia Automation offices.

Where: Copia Automation 43 W 24th St 6th Floor New York, NY 10010

When: January 15th, 2026 6:30pm-9:00pm

Agenda 6:30pm - 7:00pm: Doors Open, Networking 7:00pm - 7:10pm: Opening Remarks 7:10pm - 7:30pm: Pong in Go with Nick Golebiewski 7:30pm - 8:10pm: Git as an S3 Replacement? with Tom Elliot 8:10pm - 8:30pm: Open Lighting Round Talks (Sign up in Person) or Networking 8:30pm - 9:00pm: Networking

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🎉 Bonjour à vous!

Pour bien commencer l’année 2026 nous vous invitons à un meetup exceptionnel ✨!

❓ Du "ClickOps" sans trahir le GitOps, et une plateforme IA en production sur Kubernetes avec GPU : deux talks concrets pour ceux qui veulent aller au-delà de la théorie.

🎁 Pour ne rien gâcĥer il y aura quelques surprises: stickers, tee-shirts ... ainsi que 2 places à gagner pour le Cloud Native Days France 2026.

Nous tenons à remercier Scaleway pour l'accueil dans leurs bureaux à Paris!

📅 Découvrez l'agenda :

- 19.00 - Le GitOps ré-inventé : Corrigez la dérive d’état avant qu’elle ne se produise. (Scaleway)

- 19:40 - L’adoption massive de l’IA par les chercheurs de l’Institut Pasteur grâce à Kubernetes. (Pasteur / Enix)

- 20:15 - Food & Drinks 🍕☕️ Conversations 🗣️🙋

- 22:00 - Cloture du Meetup

===== Talks =====

Le GitOps ré-inventé : Corrigez la dérive d’état avant qu’elle ne se produise

Speaker:

• Damien Dassieu (Scaleway) Je suis un contributeur actif aux projets Kubernetes (Kubebuilder, controller-runtime, ...). Avec une expérience particulière dans le domaine du Platform Engineering acquise chez Orange et Scaleway dans les équipe Kubernetes as a Service, j’ai un rôle crucial en tant que développeur Go pour permettre la réalisation des idées de chacun. Je contribue actuellement au développement de Syngit, un outil qui comble la séparation entre les principes de GitOps et l’utilisation des outils impératifs pour la gestion de l'infrastructure.

Description:

Le GitOps est devenu une pratique fondamentale dans les environnements Kubernetes, offrant une approche déclarative et contrôlée par version de la gestion de l'infrastructure et des applications. Pourtant, les interactions concrètes avec les clusters reposent souvent sur des outils impératifs tels que kubectl, oc ou des interfaces web qui fournissent un retour utilisateur plus rapides et une expérience plus intuitive.

Ces outils impératifs valident et envoient des requêtes directement au serveur API de Kubernetes sans prendre en compte Git, ce qui casse le paradigme GitOps. Les conséquences sont le manque de visibilité, de reproductibilité et d'auditabilité.

Quelle est la pièce manquante pour allier ClickOps et GitOps ? Cette présentation introduit une nouvelle façon d’utiliser les outils impératifs en utilisant le GitOps. Ce mécanisme repose sur l’interception des requêtes vers l'API Kubernetes et en les transformant en commits Git. Nous explorerons comment Syngit s'intègre de manière transparente avec des outils GitOps tels que ArgoCD ou FluxCD pour préserver Git comme source de vérité même lorsque les utilisateurs interagissent avec les clusters de manière impérative.

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L’adoption massive de l’IA par les chercheurs de l’Institut Pasteur grâce à Kubernetes

Speakers:

• Stéphane Fournier (Institut Pasteur) Directeur des Systèmes d'Information à l'Institut Pasteur depuis 2018, Stéphane Fournier impulse la transformation numérique de la recherche biomédicale. Il a initié divers développements en IA en collaboration avec des équipes scientifiques expertes. Récemment, c'est la plateforme AI Tools qui concrétise cette approche. Basée sur une architecture hexagonale modulaire, elle permet le déploiement d'outils utilisant largement des LLMs publics, ou on-premise lorsque la souveraineté des données est en jeu.
• Jean-Baptiste Masson (Institut Pasteur) Physicien théoricien, Jean-Baptiste Masson est responsable de l’équipe Decision and Bayesian Computation (DBC-Épiméthée) à l’Institut Pasteur, une unité mixte Pasteur-Inria-CNRS-UPC. Ses recherches portent sur les principes physiques et computationnels qui organisent le traitement de l’information biologique, en lien avec l’environnement sensoriel. Elles couvrent notamment la chimiotaxie bactérienne, les stratégies de recherche olfactive chez les insectes et l’organisation des circuits neuronaux. Il mène également des travaux appliqués en algorithmique médicale (neuroAI), avec un fort accent sur des technologies déployables à l’hôpital, en particulier en imagerie médicale (DIVA et Genuage) et en analyse de données cliniques.
• Alexandre Buisine (Enix) Avec 15 ans d'expérience dans la technique et le management, il est un passionné d’open-source et de ce qui touche aux conteneurs. Il rejoint l'équipe Enix en 2018 comme directeur général, tout en restant impliqué dans les technos d’infrastructures réseaux et systèmes. Avant Enix, Alexandre a travaillé 3 ans au développement d’un service de réalité virtuelle. Il a également été CTO puis dirigeant de SmartJog, dans les domaines de l'audio-visuel, la transmission satellite, le développement logiciel, les réseaux IP, la distribution de contenus sur Internet.

Description:

L'Institut Pasteur a déployé un écosystème d**'IA générative** pour ses 2 500 chercheurs, orchestré sur Kubernetes avec trois environnements (dev, prod, GPU) et une chaîne CI/CD GitLab.

L’architecture repose sur deux proxies LiteLLM (cloud et on-premise) unifiant l’accès aux modèles (Mistral, Anthropic, OpenAI côté cloud ; Perplexity, Qwen, Llama côté on-premise), et assurant le suivi des coûts par token et le load balancing.

Cette couche d'abstraction alimente trois catégories de services : LibreChat pour le dialogue généraliste enrichi de serveurs MCP, AI Tools pour les usages métiers spécialisés (analyse de publications scientifiques), et des assistants de codage 100% on-premise (Qwen-Coder, Roo-Coder) intégrés aux IDE.

Kubernetes nous permet de remplacer un modèle open source en quelques minutes et d'ajuster dynamiquement le scaling à la charge.

Les défis techniques incluent la gestion de GPU hétérogènes dans un cluster Talos sécurisé, la compatibilité entre anciens matériels et systèmes DGX B200 NVIDIA, et les migration Kubernetes à chaud sans downtime.

Entre besoins métier et décisions d'architecture, nous retracerons le parcours complet : du prototype développé par un chercheur jusqu'au déploiement en production, en expliquant le rôle des échanges entre scientifiques et équipe infrastructure dans cette plateforme cloud-native.

Enfin, nous partagerons les coulisses opérationnelles : architecture, gestion du GPU Operator, stratégies de scaling, et surtout les leçons tirées de nos 6 mois d'exploitation en production.

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We're excited to host the first 2026 NYC PostgreSQL User Group Meetup on January 14, 2026!

Agenda: 6p - 6:30p: Food & Networking 6:30p - 7:30p: Talk - Breaking Up with Massive Tables via Partitioning

Location: DataDog office, New York Times Bldg, 620 8th Ave, New York, NY 10018

Talk: Breaking Up with Massive Tables via Partitioning

Similar to memory configurations and Active-Active, when you find yourself Googling "How to partition a Postgres table", you're usually in a tight spot. However, although real-life use cases for partitioning typically start with a large, production table where uptime is critical, most documentation and blogs only cover setting up new partitioned tables -- ignoring the delicate work necessary to migrate safely with minimal downtime. This talk actionably addresses that knowledge gap: covering multiple ways to partition large, production tables. This talk will discuss:

• Basic Postgres partitioning internals
• Choosing between partitioning strategies (with examples)
• Rules of thumb, and when NOT to partition
• Methods of migrating a live, production table to a partitioned table (with examples and demo code)
• Partitioning observability and maintenance

Speaker: Chelsea Dole

Chelsea Dole is a Database Engineer at a hedge fund with expertise in Postgres and database platform building. Before her current role, she worked in the startup world (most recently at Brex).

She is an active speaker in the Postgres community and has delivered talks across the US, Europe, and Asia. Chelsea also serves as an organizer for PostgresConf NYC.

She got her start as a DBA being “thrown in the deep end”, and seeks to present practical internals talks which speak to engineers in the grey area between “infra engineer” and “database person”.

To get in touch, check out her website: www.chelseadole.com

For our January meetup, we're back at the fabulous Accurx offices. We are finalising our full speaker lineup and the agenda will be:

• 6:30pm - arrive, drinks, networking
• 7:00pm - Welcome & Housekeeping
• 7:15pm - Talk 1: Measuring your Platform Engineering impact

Platform Engineering is gaining traction, but its value is often lost in translation. To engineering teams, it means golden paths and reusable pipelines. But how do you make its impact resonate with a CEO, a Head of Product, or even Security and Change Management? In this talk, Christopher will explore how the same platform capabilities, such as environments as a service and Continuous Delivery pipelines, can move the needle for different types of stakeholders. The key is choosing the right metric and telling the right story. He will share real examples from working with platform teams at large enterprises, showing how he's helped:

• Explain platform engineering in the language of different stakeholders
• Define outcome-based KPIs that align with each sponsor’s priorities
• Track those metrics over time to demonstrate value and build accountability

He will walk through:

• Strategic metrics such as faster market entry and fewer launch failures
• Delivery metrics such as lead time and deployment frequency
• Enabling metrics such as pipeline reliability and environment readiness
• Governance metrics such as change success rates, policy coverage, and audit time

Speaker: Christopher Bater, CTO @ Core Engineering Consulting Group Over 20 years Christopher has spent time in most areas of software delivery, product development, JVM library development (concurrency/distributed systems), Infrastructure engineering, architecture & system design and most recently Platform Engineering. He has a passion for speed and stability, focusing on what we need to do next to speed up the software delivery lifecycle. Over the years he’s contributed to many open source projects including Akka & Kubernetes.

• 7.45pm - food, more drinks & networking
• 8.00pm - Talk 2: "TBC"

Speaker: Lewis Denham-Parry, Staff Solutions Engineer @ Edera Lewis Denham-Parry orchestrates containers by day and puts them through rigorous security testing by night. As Staff Solutions Engineer at Edera, he leverages his diverse background to deliver the robust security and isolation that modern systems demand. A dynamic speaker at KubeCon, OSS, SANS, and BSides, Lewis enthusiastically shares his expertise with the global tech community, though his heart remains in the Welsh tech scene. You can easily find him online, just search for his surname.

• 8.30pm onwards - drinks and networking.

So, please come and join us, we look forward to seeing you there. The LOPUG team.

• Food and drinks provided
• Good time will be had by all