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🍻📚 Back to School, Back to Data – PyData Cluj-Napoca is Back! 📚🍻

After a well-deserved summer break, we’re kicking things off in September with something a little different:

👉 Our first meetup will be a social gathering only – no talks, no slides, just great conversations around drinks in a cozy pub.

This is the perfect chance to: 🤝 Reconnect with the PyData community after the summer 👥 Meet new people interested in data and tech 💬 Share experiences, ideas, and future topics you’d love to see at upcoming meetups

📅 When: September 2nd 📍 Where: The Brewhouse

So grab a drink, bring your curiosity, and join us for a relaxed evening of networking and socializing. Presentations will return from October, but for now let’s enjoy a casual “back to data” get-together!

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Data Community Summer Social

Come along and join us for the 4th Annual summer social for the Manchester Data Community! Meet new people and find out what else goes on! Her+Data MCR have generously organised this event for us all.

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Official Description

HER+Data MCR is a community working to connect, inspire, support and empower the NW UK’s Women in Data. Our goal is to bring together women who work in data or who would like to work in data - to support one another, share experiences and talk data - big or small! Whether you’re a student just embarking on a career or a seasoned data professional, this group is for you. We want to connect and inspire amazing data women with diverse expertise and experience.

For our August 2023 event, our friends Code and Stuff, Open Data Manchester, PyData MCR, and R-Ladies Manchester will join us to host a Manchester Data [and Tech] Community Summer Social to bring everyone together again and hear more about each of these groups and their activities. So please register to come along to connect and network with others in the Manchester data/tech community - everyone welcome!

The venue, food and drinks are very generously provided by Infinity Works. The event will take place at their Manchester hub: 5th Floor, No.2 Circle Square, 1 Symphony Park, Manchester, M1 7FS.

Code and Stuff are a coding and networking community for women and non-binary developers and code newbies in Manchester, with bi-weekly events. We believe that diversity in tech is really important and to balance the scale we are building a collaborative agile learning community to support more women and non-binary people getting into tech. Our ambition is to show women and non-binary developers and code newbies that anything is possible - and that with a bit of help and confidence they can realise their potential and enjoy a thriving career in tech.

Open Data Manchester is a not-for-profit formed from a diverse group of open data advocates in 2010 that supports organisations to release data and helps people use it. We bring people together to share expertise and ideas, and think more about how we might use data to make Greater Manchester a better place to live. We run events, training and workshops, do research and create new projects that get the community involved, all designed to help more people understand data.

PyData MCR is the Manchester chapter of the International PyData Community. For Manchester based data people, to share and learn new things. All open data tooling welcome, we are not python focused.

R-Ladies Manchester are part of the global network of R-Ladies Meet-ups whose mission is to promote gender diversity within the R User community. Whilst we’ve been on hiatus over the course of the pandemic we have two fabulous new organisers, Zoe and Jasmine, joining Ellen to pick up the reigns and get events happening once again. When we are able to meet, we welcome anything and everything R related and have previously hosted show and tell presentations, networking events, coding surgeries and social quizzes. We’re really looking forward to coming back and seeing what everyone’s been working on – please reach out if you’ve been doing anything amazing or want to know more!

Is your data/tech meetup community interested in joining us? Please email [email protected] to get involved with this event!

By registering for this event, you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct.

Join us for the Tech Summer Social, a casual and fun gathering of Lansing’s vibrant tech community! Whether you're a developer, designer, maker, founder, or just tech-curious, this is your chance to relax, connect, and enjoy the sunshine with peers from across all local tech groups.

📅 Date: Saturday, June 14 🕚 Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM 📍 Location: Patriarche Park, East Lansing, MI

What to Expect:

• Lunch: Burgers, hot dogs, and all the fixings (vegetarian options too)
• Cornhole Tournament: Friendly competition and bragging rights. Sign up when you arrive.
• Outdoor Games: Chill lawn games and activities for everyone.
• Great People: Meet technologists, entrepreneurs, students, and professionals in a relaxed park setting. Bring your whole family, we would love to meet your kids.

Sponsored By: RMC, MadeLabs, and MITN — thanks to these awesome organizations for making this event possible!

Bring your colleagues, your friends, your family, and your appetite. Whether you're new to Lansing's tech scene or a longtime contributor, we’d love to see you there!

About This picnic is a socializing event for all of you to meet with other like-minded FLINTA* people working in tech. If you are new to the industry or have many years under your belt, come by and enjoy a nice after work time, making use of the long June evenings.

⚠️ In case of really bad weather, we might cancel the event. So please double check on meetup in case the forecast isn't looking great.

Empowered in Tech is a community that tries to empower people in the technical industry. Usually, our events have a specific agenda (talks, workshops, etc.), but this one is a great chance to come and connect in a more casual setting and enjoy snacks together. Please do bring some food and drinks to your liking and a blanket if you can. We will provide some simple snacks and blankets.

We are looking forward to seeing you there.

🏢 Location Monbijou Park, Berlin Please do bring a 50 cent coin in case you do need to use the bathroom in the park.

⏰ Agenda No agenda - come and join us any time after 6pm. We'll prepare some ice breakers just in case.

👋 About Us Stay in touch with the community! Join our Slack: https://bit.ly/EmpoweredInTechSlack We are a local community in Berlin dedicated to empowering FLINTA (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender) people to excel in their tech journey. We welcome engineers, software developers, data scientists, designers, product managers, career changers and other professionals in the tech industry. We are open to all tech stacks, programming languages and experience levels. Our goal is to support you all to grow your careers, connect with like-minded people and feel welcome in tech.

💗 Code of Conduct We are dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming experience for everyone who participates in our events. Our events aim to empower diverse women and we welcome everyone who identifies as a woman or another underrepresented group in tech or an ally. We follow the Berlin Code of Conduct for our events: https://berlincodeofconduct.org/

📸 Media Consent We may be taking photos of this event for social media posts. If you do not want to be photographed, please let the organizers at the event know. We will make sure to respect your privacy.

PyCon US 2025 is coming to Pittsburgh this May 14–22, and PyData Pittsburgh is thrilled to be part of it! We’re hosting the Hometown Heroes Hatchery track on Saturday, May 17—a half-day event inside the conference celebrating the incredible work of Python developers, researchers, educators, and technologists from across our city. As part of PyCon’s Hatchery initiative, this track will feature presentations and lightning talks that highlight the creativity and impact of Pittsburgh’s Python community.

If you're attending PyCon US 2025, we invite the PyData Pittsburgh community to join us at the Hometown Heroes track—come connect, engage, and help showcase the strength of our local tech scene.

Please note: you must be registered for PyCon US 2025 to attend this event, and all attendees and speakers are responsible for securing their own tickets. You can find registration details for the Conference here:https://us.pycon.org/2025/attend/information/.

HOMETOWN HEROES HATCHERY PROGRAM - May 17th

TALK SCHEDULE:

Decoding Spatial Biology with Python: Multi-Modal Insights into Breast Cancer Progression Time: 01:45 PM - 02:15 PM Speakers: Alex C. Chang, CMU-Pitt (Graduate Student PhD, Computational Biology ) and Brent Schlegel, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Graduate Student PhD, Integrative Systems Biology)

Python has rapidly become a cornerstone of scientific computing, computational biology, and bioinformatics due to its ease of use and scalability for handling large datasets—qualities that are critical in today’s “big data” era of clinical and translational research. As computational resources and data collection methods continue to expand, we are now empowered to ask larger and more clinically relevant questions that enable us to dissect complex biological systems with unprecedented detail. However, this surge in data complexity brings new challenges, from the integration of diverse data modalities to the need for sophisticated analytical methods capable of untangling intricate biological signals from background noise. In this talk, we describe how Python not only meets these challenges but also drives innovation through the development of novel bioinformatics tools like CITEgeist—a case study in harnessing Python’s capabilities for multi-modal spatial transcriptomics. Biological datasets often face challenges of high sparsity and noise. CITEgeist harnesses Python’s robust ecosystem to provide an efficient, scalable pipeline that deconvolutes messy spatial signals into actionable, clinically relevant features.

Exploring Energy Burden in Pittsburgh Neighborhoods with Python Time: 02:30 PM - 03:00 PM Speakers: Ling Almoubayyed, SmithGroup, Inc. (Project Manager) and Husni Almoubayyed, Carnegie Learning

National-level energy studies consistently find that energy burdens are a significant challenge, and that lower-income neighborhoods sometimes end up paying more for energy in cities including Pittsburgh. Using Python, we were able to extract and analyze data on energy consumption in the City of Pittsburgh, along with real-estate and geographic information system (GIS) data to compare trends in energy usage and burden across Pittsburgh neighborhoods, and across different housing types. We present statistical analyses and Python visualizations describing these trends across different features such as housing price, size, and neighborhood.

Bottling Tesla's Solar: A Solar Dashboard with Python Time: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM Speaker: Christopher Pitstick (Sr. SWE)

Tesla's Powerwall/Inverter solar ecosystem are powerful yet notoriously opaque. For home labbers, extracting meaningful data can be daunting—but not impossible. In this talk, I'll share my journey of developing a custom solar dashboard using Grafana and PyPowerwall, navigating the quirks and closed nature of Tesla's ecosystem along the way. The backend is all Python, so I will demo my server code and dashboard to show how I was able find hundreds of kilowatt hours in lost solar production. In this talk, we'll do a deep dive into the way I altered the Python server code to be able to query multiple inverters at the same time with complex iptable rules. This presentation may conclude with the value of installing solar on your home, and how self-monitoring is a critical component of every nerd's arsenal.

Strategies for Eliciting Structured Ouputs from LLMs Time: 03:50 PM - 03:55 PM Speaker: Utkarsh Tripathi, Solventum (Machine Learning Engineer)

This lightning talk will provide a concise yet comprehensive overview of techniques for extracting structured, predictable outputs from Large Language Models. I will compare and demonstrate multiple state-of-the-art libraries (such as BAML, Instructor, Langchain, SGLang etc. + how they work under the hood), utilize pydantic / dataclass / etc. to get structured outputs. We will explore practical examples of JSON schema enforcement, markdown formatting directives, and template-based approaches that dramatically improve downstream processing capabilities. The presentation will include code snippets and prompt templates that participants can immediately implement in their own projects.

Does Generative AI Know Statistics? Time: 03:55 PM - 04:00 PM Speaker: Louis Luangkesorn, Highmark Health (Lead Data Scientist)

Generative AI has promise to impact many fields of endeavor. But experience has shown that it often has problems with nuance and context. This talk discusses some experiences using Generative AI as an aid in applied analytics and walks through an example that illustrates working around its weaknesses and taking advantage of its capabilities.

Demystifying How Animal Behavior Affects Disease Spread Using Python Time: 04:00 PM - 04:05 PM Speaker: Carolyn Tett, University of Pittsburgh (Research Technician)

Not all individuals contribute equally to disease spread. During COVID-19, social distancing reduced transmission for some, while high-contact individuals increased disease spread. Preventative measures for massive disease outbreaks, however, cannot rely solely on data from rare epidemic events. Instead, disease ecologists study animal models to understand how host behavior theoretically drives disease outbreaks. Tracking animal movement and interactions is essential for identifying transmission-relevant behaviors. In lab experiments, video recordings provide an abundance of behavioral data, now efficiently processed through automation, and coding languages like Python enable large-scale data analysis. The Stephenson Lab at the University of Pittsburgh uses Raspberry Pis to autonomously record guppies infected with an ectoparasite. These parasites transmit primarily through instances of close contact between hosts. Through autonomous video recordings, we generated 1,300 hours of footage—equivalent to 54 consecutive days of observation. Given that each video captures six guppies, manually tracking behavior would take tens of billions of days. Instead, animal tracking software reduces this processing time to a mere few months.

The Many-Colored Functions of Async Python Time: 04:15 PM - 04:45 PM Speaker: Bryan C. Mills, Duolingo (Senior Software Engineer)

You might think of functions in async Python in terms of “synchronous” and “async”, but the possibility of binding objects (such as Locks) to the asyncio event loop adds a whole new dimension to consider. We'll examine six vibrant kinds of functions and how they interact! This talk will examine code examples of how to adapt each kind of function to call other kinds, suggest design patterns that minimize the complexity of dealing with different kinds (such as non-blocking context managers), and examine patterns or libraries to safely synchronize concurrent calls involving multiple kinds of function.

Automated Dependency Inference and its Applications Time: 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM Speaker: Jason R. Coombs, Microsoft (Principal Software Engineer)

Last summer, I launched the Coherent Software Development System (https://bit.ly/coherent-system) with the principal that one should not have to repeat themselves when developing more than one Python project. One of the key innovations of that system is coherent.deps, a system for deriving package dependencies from the imports that a project or script uses. I'll explore some of the background motivations from Google's monorepo, some prior art at Meta, and some of the approaches that failed (AI-based inference) before going into the details of the implementation (AST parsing, world-readable MongoDB database, Big Table query to PyPI downloads). I'll additionally talk about some of the applications of this generalized library (coherent.build, pip-run), some of the maintenance challenges (expensive query, refresh interval), and possible other applications (on-demand dependency loader).

SPEAKER BIOS:

Alex C. Chang Alexander Chih-Chieh Chang is a fourth-year MSTP student in the CMU-Pitt Computational Biology Ph.D. Program, mentored by Drs. Lee and Oesterreich. He earned a BS/BA in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering/Sociology from Johns Hopkins University in 2021. Previously, during his undergraduate research in the lab of Rong Li, Ph.D., he conducted large-scale genomic screens to study proteomic dysregulation and spent a gap year in the lab of Manish Aghi, MD. PhD., studying breast cancer metastasis to the brain. Currently, as a computational biologist and medical student, he coordinates the Hope for OTHERS tissue donation program in the Lee-Oesterreich Lab and computational research projects in breast cancer metastasis and genomic evolution. Brent Schlegel Brent Schlegel is a first-year PhD student in Integrative Systems Biology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, co-mentored by Drs. Adrian Lee and Steffi Oesterreich. He earned his AS in Mathematics and Sciences from CCAC (2019) and a BS in Computational Biology from Pitt (2021). Most recently, he worked as a Bioinformatics Analyst at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he specialized in the integrative analysis of large, complex biomedical datasets. Now, Brent combines data science, computational modeling, and multi-omic integration to tackle the systems biology of invasive lobular breast cancer, using patient-derived organoid models and leveraging “big data” to uncover hidden patterns and drive innovation in diagnosis and treatment.

Ling Almoubayyed Ling is an experienced architecture and urban designer with extensive project management expertise. Specializing in urban design, planning, community engagement, and spatial analysis, she has successfully led projects ranging from individual buildings to comprehensive urban districts. Ling uses evidence-based design with data gathered through stakeholder engagement to identify the best design solutions to create built environments. She is currently a Project Manager with SmithGroup. Husni Almoubayyed Husni Almoubayyed is the Director of AI at Pittsburgh-based education technology company Carnegie Learning. Husni uses machine learning and data science methods to conduct research in education, specifically in topics such as personalization, equity, and predictive analytics. Prior to his work in education technology, Husni acquired a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from Carnegie Mellon University, where he worked on mitigating biases in astronomical data to advance understanding of dark energy. Needless to say, Python is Husni's favorite programming language, and PyCon is one of his favorite events of the year!

Christopher Pitstick Christopher, a passionate software engineer who installed solar panels on his home in 2024, quickly immersed himself in system analysis to optimize performance—expertise that directly inspired this presentation. His programming journey began at age 12 with QBasic, igniting a lifelong passion that led to roles at industry giants including Microsoft, Amazon, and Argo AI before joining his current position at Latitude. Throughout his career, Christopher has mastered multiple programming languages from C++ to Perl and Python, approaching coding both as a profession and personal passion. As a dedicated neurodiversity advocate, he regularly shares his experiences through public speaking engagements, raising awareness and empowering others in the tech community.

Utkarsh Tripathi Utkarsh Tripathi is a Machine Learning Engineer at Solventum, Inc., where he works on Solventum™ Fluency Align™ and Solventum™ Fluency Direct™ : AI-powered clinical documentation tools that leverage conversational and generative AI, along with ambient intelligence, to automate medical documentation. These solutions help reduce administrative work and physician burnout, while improving the overall patient care experience. Utkarsh holds degrees in Electrical Engineering, Chemistry, and Computer Science from BITS Pilani and the University of Chicago.

Louis Luangkesorn Dr. Louis Luangkesorn is a Lead Data Scientist at Highmark Health where he works on projects applying statistical, predictive, operations research, and Generative AI models in use cases involving human resources and healthcare. He has contributed code to Scipy and a book appendix porting a simulation textbook's examples to Simpy.

Carolyn Tett Carolyn is an ecologist that specializes in animal behavior and disease ecology. She works with guppies and their ectoparasites to better understand how host contact rate and physiological status impact disease spread. She captures guppy behaviors on video and uses Python to automate the video processing. Using these outputs, she quantifies guppy social metrics and runs statistical models to predict behavior-mediated parasite spread.

Bryan C. Mills Bryan maintains Python core services at Duolingo, and was formerly a maintainer on the Go project at Google.

Jason R. Coombs Jason's been a passionate contributor to Python and open source software since the 90's, is a core contributor to Python, and maintains hundreds of packages in PyPI.

​Due to the BVG strike, we will start the event later at 19:00. Please don't worry about being late and join us if you can!

You’ve probably heard a lot about AI—how it’s changing industries, making decisions, and even shaping our daily lives. But did you know that AI can also be biased? Join us for two insightfult talks about bias in AI and tools like Sweet Summer Child Score that can help mitigate the harm.

**IMPORTANT** Please sign-up via Luma on Ape Unit's event page: https://lu.ma/e636qkuc?utm_source=eit

✍️ Event description This meetup is hosted by Empowered in Tech together with Ape Unit. Our goal for this event is to make the topic of bias in AI more accessible to everyone—regardless of background or expertise. We’ll explore what AI bias is, the real-world impact it has, and what we can do to reduce its harm. You don’t need to be an expert or work in tech—all perspectives are welcome!

Talk: Sweet Summer Child Score Sweet Summer Child Score is an open-source library to identify potential AI harms. A truism in tech is that we're good at asking "can we do it", but not "should we do it". Attempting to tackle the latter, this library offers a system scan to quickly identify potential harms, and build the capability of relative risk assessment.

SSCS does not explore the specifics of your stack or technical implementation -- instead it takes a step back to look at the ecosystem your technology will be deployed in, and the implementation choices which define the seam between your system and the broader world. Put simply, this is an attempt to see the forest, not the trees. Links: The project and GitHub repos are online at https://summerchild.dev

[SECOND TALK CANCELLED: Talk: Exploring fairlearn and practical strategies for assessing and mitigating harm in AI systems As AI becomes a more significant part of our everyday lives, ensuring these systems are fair is more important than ever. In this session, we’ll discuss how to define fairness and the potential harms our algorithms can have on people and society. We’ll introduce fairlearn, a community-driven, open-source project that offers practical tools for assessing and mitigating harm in AI systems. We’ll also explore how to discuss bias, different types of harm, the idea of group fairness and how they all relate to fairlearn’s toolkit. To make it all concrete, we’ll walk through a real-world example of assessing fairness and share some hands-on strategies you can use to mitigate harm in your own ML projects. Links*:* - website: https://fairlearn.org/ - repository: https://github.com/fairlearn/fairlearn - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fairlearn/]

🏢 Location We are kindly hosted by Ape Unit.

📝 Sign Up This time the sign-up is handled by our host Ape Unit via Luma: https://lu.ma/e636qkuc?utm_source=eit

⏰ Agenda 18:30 Doors open, we'll mingle and have some snacks 18:45 Intro and welcome from your hosts 19:00 Talk by Laura: Sweet Summer Child Score (+ Q&A) 19:45 Time for Networking 21: 15 Doors close

🗣 Speaker Laura Summers Laura is a very technical designer™️, working at Pydantic as Lead Design Engineer. Her side projects include Sweet Summer Child Score (summerchild.dev) and Ethics Litmus Tests (ethical-litmus.site). Laura is passionate about feminism, digital rights and designing for privacy. She speaks, writes and runs workshops at the intersection of design and technology.

👋 About Us Stay in touch with the community! Join our Slack: https://bit.ly/EmpoweredInTechSlack We are a local community in Berlin dedicated to empowering FLINTA (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender) people to excel in their tech journey. Our events offer study groups, technical workshops, hackathons, networking events, panel discussions, lightning talks, and social events.

☂️ About the FLINTA label This event is labeled as FLINTA (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, trans and agender) as we make it a mission to empower women and other underrepresented minorities in the tech community. That being said, we don't exclude anybody! Cis men are welcome to join 😊, just bear in mind that the topics will be discussed from this perspective.

💗 Code of Conduct We are dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming experience for everyone who participates in our events. Our events aim to empower diverse women and we welcome everyone who identifies as a woman or another underrepresented group in tech or an ally. We follow the Berlin Code of Conduct for our events: https://berlincodeofconduct.org/

📸 Media Consent We may be taking photos of this event for social media posts. If you do not want to be photographed, please let the organizers at the event know. We will make sure to respect your privacy.

About This picnic is a socializing event for all of you to meet with other like-minded people working in tech. If you are new to the industry or have many years under your belt, come by and enjoy a nice day (hopefully) in the sun with us. Women Coders Berlin is a community that tries to empower people in the technical industry. Usually, our events have a specific agenda (talks, workshops, etc.), but this is a great chance to come and connect in a more casual setting and enjoy snacks together. Please do bring some food and drinks to your liking. We will provide some snacks and blankets. We are looking forward to seeing you there.

🏢 Location Monbijou Park, Berlin Please do bring a 50 cent coin in case you do need to use the bathroom in the park.

⏰ Agenda 14:00 Fun ice breaker 14:10 Mingling

👋 About Us Stay in touch with the community! Join our Slack: https://bit.ly/WomenCodersBerlinSlack We are a local community dedicated to empowering diverse women to excel in technology career. Our events offer study groups, technical workshops, hackathons, networking events, panel discussions, lightning talks, and social events. We help you build the skills you need to raise your professional profile and achieve greater career success.

💗 Code of Conduct We are dedicated to providing a safe and welcoming experience for everyone who participates in our events. Our events aim to empower diverse women and we welcome everyone who identifies as a woman or another underrepresented group in tech or an ally. We follow the Berlin Code of Conduct for our events: https://berlincodeofconduct.org/

📸 Media Consent We may be taking photos of this event for social media posts. If you do not want to be photographed, please let the organizers at the event know. We will make sure to respect your privacy.

🎙️ 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.

Our first social meetup for 2024 is here!

We're hosting another structured networking* session and we'd love to see you there!

Last time we discussed our achievements for the year and made new connections. This time, we want to hear how it's going so far!

Whether you're an introvert or extrovert, this is the perfect chance to meet like-minded individuals in a relaxed and welcoming setting. You pay for your own drinks so feel free to order what you like.

We're looking forward to seeing you there!

LOCATION: The Mad Bishop & Bear, Paddington https://www.madbishopandbear.co.uk -> Upstairs, at Paddington station (all the way up, next to the Costa).

Google Maps link: https://goo.gl/maps/D56R9d6JbnfA1Cn68

(I'm not sure what the weather will do in May but we'll definitely aim to be outside once summer is here for sure :D ).

*our version of structured networking will involve talking in small groups, discussing any burning questions or topics and then moving onto some pre-defined questions to guide the discussions for example, "what are you looking to do next in your career" or "what has been your best manager experience" or "how have you found working in tech in London". This keeps the conversation flowing and interesting while ensuring everyone can participate.

🎙️ Featured Talk: Cellan Hall Unlocking the Future of AI: Secure and Intelligent Retrieval with OpenAI and SurrealDB Vector Search

Panel Discussion: Tobie Morgan Hitchcock, Cellan Hall & Emmanuel Keller The role of AI in enhancing database technologies: from traditional databases to AI-infused systems

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Whether you've just discovered SurrealDB or are an early adopter, you're invited to our monthly tech meetup SurrealDB Social at Huckletree, Oxford Circus. In addition to talks, the night will also include a live Q&A, plus food, drink and friendly networking.

📣 Talks by the SurrealDB team 😆 Informative, inclusive and fun! 🍕 Delicious bites – Homeslice, 🥗 Kaleido Rolls and 🍦ice cream 🍹Tasty drinks – including boozy and alcohol-free options, sponsored by Something & Nothing 💡 Discover awesome projects built by our SurrealDB community 🇬🇧 Join us live in central London (Oxford Circus)

Agenda

18:30 - 19:00 Welcome Drinks Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and meet the SurrealDB team, including co-founders Tobie and Jaime Morgan Hitchcock.

19:00 - 19:25 Featured Talk Unlocking the Future of AI: Secure and Intelligent Retrieval with OpenAI and SurrealDB Vector Search Cellan Hall Cellan will dive into vector embedding indexing and search, RAG architecture, authentication and security and using the new Rust/Python client.

19:25 - 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 - 20:35 SurrealDB Panel and Q&A The role of AI in enhancing database technologies: from traditional databases to AI-infused systems Tobie Morgan Hitchcock, Cellan Hall & Emmanuel Keller

20:35 - 21:00 Social & Sweet Treats

FAQs Is the venue accessible? Absolutely! There is a lift that takes you up to Level 4 where SurrealDB Social is held. Is a SurrealDB Social for me? SurrealDB Social is a meet-up for anyone who's interested in learning more about SurrealDB to come together with the UK team and learn about our latest features, releases and hear from the community about what they're building on SurrealDB. 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. It is compulsory for all attendees to be registered with a first and last name in order to attend. Any attendees who do not adhere to these requirements will be refused a ticket.

🎙️ 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 Talk: Oscar Merry, CEO and lead developer at Fountain Powering Social Podcasting with SurrealDB

Whether you've just discovered SurrealDB or are an early adopter, you're invited to our monthly tech meetup SurrealDB Social at Huckletree, Oxford Circus. In addition to talks, the night will also include a live Q&A, plus food, drink and friendly networking.

📣 Talks by the SurrealDB team 😆 Informative, inclusive and fun! 🍕 Delicious bites – Homeslice, 🥗 Kaleido Rolls and 🍦ice cream 🍹Tasty drinks – including boozy and alcohol-free options, sponsored by Something & Nothing 💡 Discover awesome projects built by our SurrealDB community 🇬🇧 + 💻 Join us live in central London (Oxford Circus) for the in-person event, the talks will also be live streamed and available to rewatch via Youtube.

Agenda

18:30 - 19:00 Welcome Drinks Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and meet the SurrealDB team, including co-founders Tobie and Jaime Morgan Hitchcock.

19:00 - 19:25 Powering Social Podcasting with SurrealDB Oscar Merry Fountain is the podcast app that connects creators with a global community of fans and supporters. Learn how Fountain uses SurrealDB to combine a social graph with search and payment stats to create rich product features without the headache of running multiple infrastructure services.

19:25 - 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 - 20:10 SurrealDB Lighting Talk: Authentication & Integration Updates Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

20:10 - 20:20 SurrealDB Panel: Authentication & Integration Salvador Gironès and Gerard Guillemas Martos Gerard and Salvador will discuss the recently added JWKS feature and what it enables. They'll also explain our OSS security process including security advisories, fuzzing and supply-chain security, and dive into their plans for the future of security features in SurrealDB.

20:25 - 20:35 SurrealDB Q&A with the Team

20:35 - 21:00 Social & Sweet Treats

FAQs

Is the venue accessible? Absolutely! There is a lift that takes you up to Level 4 where SurrealDB Social is held. Is a SurrealDB Social for me? SurrealDB Social is a meet-up for anyone who's interested in learning more about SurrealDB to come together with the UK team and learn about our latest features, releases and hear from the community about what they're building on SurrealDB. 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. It is compulsory for all attendees to be registered with a first and last name in order to attend. Any attendees who do not adhere to these requirements will be refused a ticket.

🎙️ 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.

Whether you've just discovered SurrealDB or are an early adopter, you're invited to our monthly tech meetup SurrealDB Social at Huckletree, Oxford Circus. In addition to talks, the night will also include a live Q&A, plus food, drink and friendly networking.

📣 Talks by the SurrealDB team 😆 Informative, inclusive and fun! 🍕 Delicious bites – Homeslice, 🥗 Kaleido Rolls and 🍦ice cream 🍹Tasty drinks – including boozy and alcohol-free options, sponsored by Something & Nothing 💡 Discover awesome projects built by our SurrealDB community 🇬🇧 + 💻 Join us live in central London (Oxford Circus) for the in-person event, the talks will also be live streamed and available to rewatch via Youtube.

Agenda

18:30 - 19:00 Welcome Drinks Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and meet the SurrealDB team, including co-founders Tobie and Jaime Morgan Hitchcock.

19:00 - 19:25 'How I built a SaaS powered by SurrealDB' Micha De Vries Dive into a practical application of SurrealDB with Software Engineer Micha de Vries, showcasing his product built with SurrealDB.

19:25 - 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 - 20:25 Deploy SurrealDB to Kubernetes with GitOps Ryota Sawada When trying out SurrealDB on your local machine for the first time, it is extremely simple to get started with its excellent CLI. But when we are ready to adopt it for larger workloads and use cases, how should we look to productionize in a horizontally scalable manner? SurrealDB documentation covers the HA scenario with TiKV used as the storage backend, but it mainly talks about connecting SurrealDB, and not so much about future upgrades and declarative management. This talk covers how you can start your cluster using GitOps, and manage all the configuration declaratively.

20:25 - 20:35 SurrealDB Q&A with co-founder Tobie Morgan Hitchcock

20:35 - 21:00 Social & Sweet Treats

FAQs

Is the venue accessible? Absolutely! There is a lift that takes you up to Level 4 where SurrealDB Social is held. Is a SurrealDB Social for me? SurrealDB Social is a meet-up for anyone who's interested in learning more about SurrealDB to come together with the UK team and learn about our latest features, releases and hear from the community about what they're building on SurrealDB. 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. It is compulsory for all attendees to be registered with a first and last name in order to attend. Any attendees who do not adhere to these requirements will be refused a ticket.

💻 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.

Data Community Summer Social

Come along and join us for the 2nd Annual summer social for the Manchester Data Community! Meet new people and find out what else goes on! Her+Data MCR have generously organised this event for us all.

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Official Description

HER+Data MCR is a community working to connect, inspire, support and empower the NW UK’s Women in Data. Our goal is to bring together women who work in data or who would like to work in data - to support one another, share experiences and talk data - big or small! Whether you’re a student just embarking on a career or a seasoned data professional, this group is for you. We want to connect and inspire amazing data women with diverse expertise and experience.

For our August 2023 event, our friends Code and Stuff, Open Data Manchester, PyData MCR, and R-Ladies Manchester will join us to host a Manchester Data [and Tech] Community Summer Social to bring everyone together again and hear more about each of these groups and their activities. So please register to come along to connect and network with others in the Manchester data/tech community - everyone welcome!

The venue, food and drinks are very generously provided by Infinity Works. The event will take place at their Manchester hub: 5th Floor, No.2 Circle Square, 1 Symphony Park, Manchester, M1 7FS.

Code and Stuff are a coding and networking community for women and non-binary developers and code newbies in Manchester, with bi-weekly events. We believe that diversity in tech is really important and to balance the scale we are building a collaborative agile learning community to support more women and non-binary people getting into tech. Our ambition is to show women and non-binary developers and code newbies that anything is possible - and that with a bit of help and confidence they can realise their potential and enjoy a thriving career in tech.

Open Data Manchester is a not-for-profit formed from a diverse group of open data advocates in 2010 that supports organisations to release data and helps people use it. We bring people together to share expertise and ideas, and think more about how we might use data to make Greater Manchester a better place to live. We run events, training and workshops, do research and create new projects that get the community involved, all designed to help more people understand data.

PyData MCR is the Manchester chapter of the International PyData Community. For Manchester based data people, to share and learn new things. All open data tooling welcome, we are not python focused.

R-Ladies Manchester are part of the global network of R-Ladies Meet-ups whose mission is to promote gender diversity within the R User community. Whilst we’ve been on hiatus over the course of the pandemic we have two fabulous new organisers, Zoe and Jasmine, joining Ellen to pick up the reigns and get events happening once again. When we are able to meet, we welcome anything and everything R related and have previously hosted show and tell presentations, networking events, coding surgeries and social quizzes. We’re really looking forward to coming back and seeing what everyone’s been working on – please reach out if you’ve been doing anything amazing or want to know more!

Is your data/tech meetup community interested in joining us? Please email [email protected] to get involved with this event!

By registering for this event, you agree to abide by our Code of Conduct.