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SUMMARY:Vibe Coding Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nJoin Volta for the next Vibe Coding Meetup with Sam Silver and guest speaker Graeme Zinck\, where they’ll explore AI Harness Engineering — an emerging discipline focused on building the infrastructure layer that enables AI agents to operate reliably in production environments. \nAs AI continues to move from experimentation to real-world deployment\, the challenge shifts from simply building models to ensuring they perform consistently\, safely\, and at scale. AI Harness Engineering addresses this gap by focusing on the systems\, tooling\, and practices required to support robust AI applications. \nWhether you’re actively building with AI or looking to better understand the evolving landscape\, this session will offer valuable perspective and practical take \n\n\n\n\nFacilitator: Sam Silver \n\n\n\n\nSam Silver is a Vibe Coding Coach and founder of Bayloch Technologies who helps businesses build applications in hours instead of weeks using AI-assisted coding. Having spent years honing AI-assisted development\, he now empowers others to embrace AI as an augmentation to their capabilities. \nGuest Speaker: Graeme Zinck \n\n\n\n\nGraeme is a senior software engineer at Lazer Technologies who helps startups build and scale their products with AI. These days\, he spends most of his time with Claude Code\, but he loves diving into the latest tools and building. Recent projects include: teaching Claude to update google docs autonomously\, creating skills to analyse Claude Code conversation bugs (using… Claude)\, and building an inexpensive workflow for scanning receipts. He also has fun hobbies like writing music\, baking muffins\, and going on walks.
URL:https://digitalnovascotia.com/event/vibe-coding-meetup-5/
LOCATION:VOLTA\, 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801\, Halifax\, NS\, B3J 3N8\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Halifax - Agentics Foundation Meetup
DESCRIPTION:​♾️Agentics Foundation — Halifax Launch Meetup \n​Autonomous AI in Practice: From Curiosity to Capability \n​Agentic AI is no longer a theory experiment or a lab curiosity. It’s becoming a practical way to build systems that plan\, decide\, act\, and adapt\, with real autonomy. \n​This meetup marks the first Halifax gathering of the Agentics Foundation\, a global\, not-for-profit community dedicated to advancing agent-based artificial intelligence through open tools\, education\, and collaboration. \n​Whether you’re new to the idea of autonomous agents or already experimenting with them\, this session is designed to help you understand what agentic AI actually is\, why it matters\, and how people are using it today. \n​What You’ll Learn \n\n\n​What “agentic AI” really means\nHow autonomous agents differ from chatbots\, copilots\, and traditional AI workflows. \n\n\n​Real tools\, real demos\nSee practical examples using agentic frameworks and infrastructure\, how agents coordinate tasks\, persist memory\, and execute actions in the real world. \n\n\n​From theory to practice\nWhere agentic systems are already being applied: automation\, research\, ops\, trading\, data pipelines\, and more. \n\n\n​How to get involved\nWays to contribute to open-source projects\, join global chapters\, or help shape the Halifax agentic AI community from day one. \n\n\n​Why This Meetup Matters \n​Halifax has a growing tech ecosystem\, but many builders are still encountering AI only through APIs and prompts. \n​This meetup is about: \n\n\n​Lowering the barrier to entry for agentic AI \n\n\n​Creating a local peer community for experimentation and learning \n\n\n​Connecting Halifax builders to a global\, open\, ethical AI movement \n\n\n​Making autonomous systems understandable\, accessible\, and practical \n\n\n​No gatekeeping. No hype-only talks. Just clear explanations\, live examples\, and honest discussion. \n​Who Should Attend \n\n\n​Software developers & engineers \n\n\n​Students and researchers \n\n\n​Founders and product builders \n\n\n​Data\, automation\, and AI practitioners \n\n\n​Anyone curious about where AI is heading next \n\n\n​You do not need prior experience with agent frameworks to attend. \n​About the Agentics Foundation \n​The Agentics Foundation is a not-for-profit organization focused on: \n\n\n​Advancing autonomous\, agent-based AI systems \n\n\n​Supporting open-source tools and education \n\n\n​Building an inclusive global community around ethical\, real-world agentic AI \n\n\n​Helping individuals and organizations learn\, deploy\, and manage AI agents responsibly \n\n\n​This Halifax meetup is the starting point for a recurring local chapter with ongoing talks\, workshops\, and collaborations. \n​If you’ve been wondering “what’s beyond chatbots?” \n​If you’ve been curious but unsure where to start… \n​If you want to help shape how autonomous AI develops locally \n​This is your entry point. \n​We’d love to see you there.
URL:https://digitalnovascotia.com/event/halifax-agentics-foundation-meetup-2/
LOCATION:1717 Barrington Street Halifax\, NS B3J 2A4\, 1717 Barrington Street Halifax\, NS\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3J 2A4\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Women in Machine Learning/Data Science Meetup
DESCRIPTION:WiMLDS is pleased to welcome Emily Smits\, CEO of Modest Tree\, to speak with the Women in Machine Learning community. Modest Tree develops immersive training and digital twin solutions that help organizations visualize complex assets\, integrate real-time and enterprise data\, and support operational decision-making across industrial environments. \nThis conversation will be especially relevant for those interested in the intersection of machine learning\, data science\, simulation\, and applied AI. Modest Tree’s work connects data\, visualization\, digital twins\, and AI-enabled industrial innovation\, including projects involving machine learning and computer vision. \nJoin to learn\, connect and make the world better. \n\nWiMLDS has a mission to support and promote women and gender minorities who are practicing\, studying or are interested in machine learning and data science.
URL:https://digitalnovascotia.com/event/women-in-machine-learning-data-science-meetup-6/
LOCATION:The PIER 1209 Marginal Road\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, Canada\, Nova Scotia\, Canada
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SUMMARY:The FAST+ER Framework for Effective AI Prompts
DESCRIPTION:UX NS APRIL MEETUP \nLarge language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and Claude are increasingly prevalent in both professional and personal settings. However\, the quality of an LLM’s output is directly influenced by the quality of its input. Weak prompts that lack essential elements will lead to unsatisfactory results. \nIn this talk\, UX NS will explore strategies for crafting effective AI prompts\, then delve into Nikki Anderson’s FAST framework for product prompts\, incorporating a few practical tips. Additionally\, they will examine how LLMs can be trained to utilize this framework to identify and improve weak prompts. \n> Agenda\n7:00 PM Doors open\, networking time\n7:15 PM Introductions from the event hosts\, Nata and Ruby\n7:20 PM The FAST+ER Framework for Effective AI Prompts with Charles Novabos\n7:50 PM Q&A\n8:15 PM Networking and wrap-up\n8:45 PM Doors close \n> Speaker Bio\nCharles Novabos (he/him) is a user experience researcher with over a decade of experience in various domains\, including e-commerce\, hardware development\, fintech and currently travel tech with WhereTo\, a subsidiary of Flight Centre Travel Group. His interests lie in behavioural user research\, especially usability testing and behavioural analytics. He holds two professional UX certifications and a master’s degree in human factors and ergonomics. \nCharles is a community advocate of human-centred design. From 2022 to 2024\, he co-organized UX Salon Halifax (now UXNS). In the past\, he organized UX bootcamps and UX interest groups at his workplace. Outside of UX\, he is passionate about travel and choral singing. \n> How to find the event at Volta (Halifax\, Nova Scotia)\nEnter at 1800 Argyle St. Proceed up the stairs or use the accessible ramp to the left of the stairs. Take the elevator to the 8th floor. Go through the doors ahead. Volta is on your right. Proceed across the space. Take a left down the hallway after the projection wall. The room is ahead\, to the right. \n> Acknowledgements\nThank you enormously to Volta for sharing their space with us. With this venue\, UX NS can continue to grow and scale their meetups for larger audiences. Thank you to Digital Nova Scotia for their sponsorship of UX NS.
URL:https://digitalnovascotia.com/event/the-faster-framework-for-effective-ai-prompts/
LOCATION:VOLTA\, 1800 Argyle Street #Unit 801\, Halifax\, NS\, B3J 3N8\, Canada
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