Hand aufs Herz: Wann haben Sie das letzte Mal darüber nachgedacht, dass Sie heute genau das sagen, tun und lassen konnten, was Sie wollten?

Wir nehmen Demokratie oft als gegeben hin — wie das WLAN in der Kaffeebar.

Aber sie ist kein Selbstläufer. Sie ist das Betriebssystem, auf dem unsere Freiheit läuft. Und dieses System braucht dringend ein Update. Und eine ordentliche Portion Wertschätzung.

Deshalb startet die Europa-Union Düsseldorf Rhein-Kreis Neuss die Reihe FOKUS: Demokratie in Europa — sieben Abende in Düsseldorf und im Rhein-Kreis Neuss.

Wir bringen Expertinnen, Gestaltende und Visionäre auf die Bühne: 27 Minuten pro Beitrag, Zuschnitt frei. Keine Podiumsdiskussion, keine Grußworte, keine ausschweifenden Debatten — Deep Dives mit Punch und echte Zeit für Fragen.

Das sind die sieben Abende:

FOKUS 1: Demokratie im Alltag

Demokratie zeigt sich nicht nur in Wahlen oder großen Debatten, sondern in den vielen kleinen Momenten, in denen wir mitentscheiden, Verantwortung übernehmen und einander zuhören: wenn wir respektvoll streiten, unterschiedliche Perspektiven aushalten, uns informieren statt vorschnell zu urteilen — und dort aktiv werden, wo wir leben und arbeiten. Demokratie lebt von Beteiligung, fairen Regeln und der Bereitschaft, Kompromisse zu finden, ohne die Würde anderer zu verletzen. Kurz: eine Praxis, die wir täglich stärken können.

FOKUS 2: Das Fundament — was Demokratie in Europa ermöglicht

Wir werfen einen Blick auf das privilegierte Leben, das wir dank Demokratie führen können. Warum ist die Freiheit des Einzelnen der Motor für Innovation? Wir feiern das, was wir oft übersehen: dass wir mitbestimmen, widersprechen und uns entfalten können. Demokratie ist nicht nur eine Regierungsform, sie ist unsere größte Chance.

FOKUS 3: Der EU-Reality-Check — Medien, Bildung, Durchblick

In einer Welt voller Fake News und Filterblasen ist Medienkompetenz die wichtigste Währung. Wie bilden wir uns eine eigene Meinung, ohne im Algorithmus-Sumpf zu versinken? Wir diskutieren, warum Bildung das Fundament einer wehrhaften Gesellschaft ist — und wie wir lernen, Fakten von Fiktion zu trennen.

FOKUS 4: Let's Get Loud, Europeans — Partizipation und die Gestaltenden

Demokratie ist kein Zuschauersport. Wir holen die Menschen und Initiativen ins Rampenlicht, die nicht nur meckern, sondern machen. Wer sind die Köpfe, die unsere Stadt, unsere Region und unsere Gesellschaft aktiv mitgestalten? Projekte, die zeigen: Ihre Stimme zählt — auch außerhalb der Wahlkabine.

FOKUS 5: Identität, digitale Rechte und Souveränität in Europa

Wie entsteht Persönlichkeit im digitalen Raum — und was passiert, wenn Algorithmen, Plattformen und Datenökonomie unser Verhalten, unsere Aufmerksamkeit und sogar unsere Selbstwahrnehmung mitprägen? Wir sprechen über Identität und digitale Rechte als moderne Grundrechte: Datenschutz, Meinungsfreiheit, Schutz vor Überwachung und vor Diskriminierung durch automatisierte Entscheidungen. Und wir fragen, was europäische Souveränität konkret bedeutet: Welche Regeln, Technologien und Infrastrukturen braucht Europa, damit Menschen echte Kontrolle über ihre Daten behalten?

FOKUS 6: Miteinander made in Europe — Plattformen, Allianzen, Impact

Wir verbinden Menschen, Initiativen, Unternehmen und Institutionen über nationale Grenzen hinweg — nicht als lose Kontakte, sondern als verlässliche Partnerschaften mit Verantwortung für ein gemeinsames und inklusives Europa. Die Herausforderungen unserer Zeit lösen wir ausschließlich kooperativ: mit offenen Plattformen, geteiltem Wissen und nachhaltigen Allianzen, die Ressourcen bündeln und Wirkung messbar machen.

FOKUS 7: Utopie Europa — mehr als Währungs- und Wirtschaftsunion

An diesem Abend darf das gesellschaftliche Europa im Weltkontext nicht nur diskutiert, sondern erträumt werden: als Raum, in dem Vielfalt nicht als Problem, sondern als Stärke wirkt, in dem Freiheit, Würde und Solidarität keine Schlagworte sind, sondern gelebte Praxis. Wir fragen, wie ein Europa aussehen kann, das über Grenzen hinweg Verantwortung übernimmt — gegenüber kommenden Generationen und gegenüber einer digitalen Öffentlichkeit, die unsere Demokratie täglich herausfordert.

Die Termine geben wir fortlaufend bekannt. Alle Abende finden in Düsseldorf bzw. im Rhein-Kreis Neuss statt, der Eintritt ist frei und wir achten auf barrierearme und möglichst inklusive Rahmenbedinungen.

Veranstalterin ist die Europa-Union Deutschland, Kreisverband Düsseldorf Rhein-Kreis Neuss e.V. — überparteilich und ehrenamtlich organisiert.

PyData Venice Day is the first one-day event of PyData Venice: on February 27,  2027, at the Scientific Campus of Ca' Foscari University of Venice, via Torino  55, Mestre, under the patronage of Ca' Foscari University of Venice.

A full day with a round table and two tracks, AI 360° and Data Science, focused as always on sharing best practices, methodologies, analysis and machine learning systems, with the open-source projects of the NumFOCUS program, but not only.

We would like to give voice to our territory: local companies, research groups and practitioners are especially welcome to share real projects and lessons learned.                                                                         

Talks can be in Italian or in English.

Event Overview

Microsoft Fabric Thursdays: Expert Series (2025) is a strategically curated weekly expert series focused on Microsoft Fabric and related technologies. Organized by the Uttar Pradesh Power BI Club, this online event series will run every Thursday from 7 August 2025 to 28 December 2025.

Sunday series is different & only on YouTube but submission form is same.

Designed as a long-format knowledge-sharing and discussion platform, this series will feature technical deep dives, practical implementations, enterprise use cases, and forward-looking conversations from global thought leaders, Microsoft MVPs, architects, community contributors, and professionals working across Microsoft Fabric services and ecosystems.

Expectations

• Speakers are expected to submit their session proposal with a clear title, abstract, and preferred month of delivery.
• Once accepted, we will coordinate with you to assign the most suitable Thursday slot.
• All sessions must be delivered live and will be recorded for future learning purposes.
• Session content must comply with the Microsoft Code of Conduct.
  
  

Submit Your Session

Submit your proposal to join this growing, knowledge-driven platform and contribute to the global Microsoft Fabric learning ecosystem.

For questions, contact us via email: Team@uppowerbiclub.com

Workplace Ninjas Germany is back! On March 1 and 2, 2027, around 300 IT professionals meet at the Microsoft Germany headquarters in Munich for two days of deep technical content, real-world experience and community.

Workplace Ninjas is a community event made by admins, for admins. No marketing pitches, no slideware without substance. We want sessions that people can take back to their tenant on Monday morning.

First-time speakers are very welcome. If you have something valuable to share, submit it!

Whether you're a professional working with Microsoft technologies with a story to share, someone with a unique use case, or just embarking on your cloud journey, we want to hear from you.

Join us as we explore more from Microsoft Technologies such as Microsoft Azure.

This will be a casual informal chat :)

Please note the date of each episode is flexible 

The Washington DC Power Platform User Group is a virtual user group focused on topics related to Microsoft's Power Platform. We meet monthly - typically the 2nd or 3rd Wednesday of the month at 5pm ET. Our meetups usually start with open forum for questions, followed by a 45 - 60 minute presentation on the topic-of-the-month.

This is a very friendly, welcoming group who is inviting attendees and speakers from across the world to join us to learn from each other.

Claude Community Vienna is the Claude community meetup for Vienna, part of the official Claude Community program. In person, free, and open to everyone.

It is for developers, platform engineers, founders and anyone building with Claude and Claude Code. Each event mixes talks, live demos and time to talk to other builders. No company badge needed, and people who are just getting started are welcome.

The group is organised by Linda Mohamed, AI and Cloud Consultant and AWS Community Hero, who has run the AWS User Group Vienna for more than seven years and co-organises Platform Engineering Vienna.

Events are listed on the Claude Community calendar and announced through the local community channels. Registration is free and places are confirmed by the organiser.

Dates, registration and everything about the group: claudecommunity.at. The Claude Community and its event formats: claude.com/community. All Claude Community events worldwide: luma.com/claudecommunity.

Thai Programmer Association is a professional association established to empower developers in Thailand.

We cover Artificial Intelligence, Automation, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cloud Computing, Cryptography, Cybersecurity, Math, Machine Learning, Network Engineering, and Software Engineering through roundtable discussions, member presentations, and member-organized workshops.

Presentations are vendor-neutral. We do not want product sales pitches; however, you may mention and credit vendor tools and services you used for your work, such as cloud service providers like AWS, GitHub, etc. 

Current Priority Topics:

Cloud AI Security

ML Ops - Machine Learning Operations

Cloud Security

Cloud Automation

Accepted Topics:

Cloud Computing

Network Engineering

Math - ideally as it relates to AI and cybersecurity, such as cryptography

Software engineering

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Computer science

Computer engineering - ideally focus on security aspects

Governance

Tech leadership

📢 Call for Papers: Podziel się wiedzą z Azure Poland! (Online & On-Site)

Czy chmura Microsoft i najnowsze rozwiązania z zakresu Sztucznej Inteligencji to Twoja codzienność? Masz doświadczenie, unikalne use-case'y lub rozwiązujesz ciekawe problemy, którymi chcesz podzielić się ze społecznością? Świetnie się składa!

Azure Poland to prężnie rozwijająca się społeczność, która działa globalnie. Organizujemy zarówno wydarzenia online, łącząc ekspertów z różnych zakątków świata, jak i cykliczne spotkania on-site, na które obecnie zapraszamy do Wrocławia. Nasze eventy gromadzą architektów IT, programistów, inżynierów DevOps, administratorów oraz pasjonatów AI na każdym poziomie zaawansowania.

Niezależnie od tego, czy masz już za sobą dziesiątki wystąpień, czy dopiero chcesz postawić swoje pierwsze kroki na scenie – zapraszamy do zgłoszenia swojej prezentacji!

Szukamy różnorodnych i praktycznych tematów z ekosystemu Azure. Ze względu na błyskawiczny rozwój technologii, szczególnie gorąco zachęcamy do zgłaszania tematów związanych ze sztuczną inteligencją.

Interesują nas m.in. takie obszary jak:

• Sztuczna Inteligencja (AI) i Generative AI (Azure OpenAI, Copilot, integracje LLM)
• Machine Learning i MLOps
• Architektura i Cloud Computing
• DevOps, automatyzacja i IaC w Azure
• Cloud Native, Serverless i Microservices
• Cyberbezpieczeństwo i ochrona danych w chmurze
• Big Data i zaawansowana analityka
• Internet of Things (IoT)

🚀 Jak się zgłosić?

Zgłoszenie sesji jest bardzo proste – wystarczy wypełnić formularz przez Sessionize.

Prosimy o podanie jak największej ilości szczegółów dotyczących tematu oraz poziomu zaawansowania (jesteśmy otwarci na sesje zarówno dla początkujących, jak i dla ekspertów). Napisz też kilka słów o sobie, swoich dotychczasowych projektach chmurowych lub AI, a jeśli masz nagrania z poprzednich wystąpień – koniecznie się nimi podziel!

📅 Kiedy aplikować?

Nasze Call for Papers jest otwarte w trybie ciągłym, co pozwala nam elastycznie planować agendę dla spotkań online i stacjonarnych. Zwróć jednak uwagę, że bieżący przegląd zgłoszeń dotyczy najbliższego planowanego spotkania, dlatego zalecamy aplikowanie z wyprzedzeniem.

Dołącz do grona prelegentów Azure Poland, twórz z nami globalną społeczność i podziel się swoją wiedzą na kolejnym meetupie! Czekamy na Twoje zgłoszenie!

🌐 Grupa Azure Poland dumnie wchodzi w skład Microsoft Azure Tech Groups – oficjalnej, globalnej sieci społeczności technologicznych skupionych wokół chmury Microsoft.

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📢 Call for Papers: Share your knowledge with Azure Poland! (Online & On-Site)

Is Microsoft cloud and the latest Artificial Intelligence solutions part of your everyday work? Do you have experience, unique use cases, or do you solve interesting problems that you would like to share with the community? Great!

Azure Poland is a fast-growing community that operates globally. We organize both online events, connecting experts from different parts of the world, and regular on-site meetings, which currently take place in Wrocław. Our events bring together IT architects, developers, DevOps engineers, administrators, and AI enthusiasts at every level of experience.

No matter if you already have dozens of presentations behind you, or you just want to take your first steps on stage – we invite you to submit your presentation!

We are looking for diverse and practical topics from the Azure ecosystem. Because of the very fast development of technology, we especially encourage topics related to artificial intelligence.

We are interested in areas such as:

• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Generative AI (Azure OpenAI, Copilot, LLM integrations)
• Machine Learning and MLOps
• Architecture and Cloud Computing
• DevOps, automation, and IaC in Azure
• Cloud Native, Serverless, and Microservices
• Cybersecurity and data protection in the cloud
• Big Data and advanced analytics
• Internet of Things (IoT)

🚀 How to apply?

Submitting a session is very simple – you only need to fill out the form through Sessionize.

Please provide as many details as possible about your topic and the experience level (we are open to sessions both for beginners and experts). Also write a few words about yourself, your previous cloud or AI projects, and if you have recordings from earlier presentations – be sure to share them!

📅 When to apply?

Our Call for Papers is open continuously, which allows us to plan the agenda for online and on-site meetings in a flexible way. However, please note that the current review of submissions is for the nearest planned meeting, so we recommend applying in advance.

Join the group of Azure Poland speakers, help us build a global community, and share your knowledge at the next meetup! We are waiting for your submission!

🌐 Azure Poland is proudly part of Microsoft Azure Tech Groups – the official global network of technology communities focused on Microsoft cloud.

The aim of the NAUG is to bring the IT community within Manchester and surrounding areas together. The group is community driven delivering the type of content, speakers and experiences that the IT community in the above areas want. The group is open to developers, architects, consultants, engineers and enthusiasts.

Participating in NAUG meetups has many benefits including:

Learn best practices and optimal use of Microsoft’s Cloud platform

Get answers, advice, tips and suggestions from peers

Gain insights into what others are doing within Azure

Network with local peers

Our Sponsors:

Servent Ltd - Microsoft Azure Expert Consultancy
Morson Edge - The edge in specialist talent

🚀 AWS User Group Kosice opens a sessionize forever !!! 🚀

You can upload any AWS related presentation and we will contact you if it fits to any of the topics for upcoming meetup or community day.

Don't forget to keep an eye on the next meetup, some of them may have specific topics

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UPCOMING EVENT:

April 14, 2027: AWS Community Day Slovakia

Second time in a row, we are bringing to you the AWS Community Day Slovakia to Košice!

https://www.awscommunityday.sk/

A full day technical conference dedicated to AWS cloud. 
This inaugural event brings together AWS users, developers, architects, and cloud enthusiasts from many countries to share knowledge, exchange ideas, and build connections.

When: April 14, 2027 | 09:00 - 17:00
Where: TBA

This full-day event, organized by the AWS User Group Košice, is your opportunity to hear from AWS Heroes, AWS Ambassadors, community leaders, industry experts, community members and sponsors who will share their expertise on topics like serverless, AI/ML, DevOps, security, and cloud-native architectures. Whether you're a seasoned cloud professional or just starting your AWS journey, there’s something for everyone!


Would you like to become a sponsor? Do you have any questions?

Contact us: contact@awscommunityday.sk

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WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COVER ANY TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION EXPENSES***

The AWS User Group Skåne is a user group focused on all things AWS in the Malmö region of southern Sweden.

Our meetups are events where members can learn and share information, experience, and knowledge about AWS. You don't need to be an expert in AWS to participate!

We are always looking for more people who would like to share their knowledge with the community.

NOTE: The event dates in this platform are placeholders
The organization team depends on other details before confirming an event date, such as sponsors and the venue, and will contact the speakers before each meetup to confirm whether the chosen speakers can make it on the proposed dates.

The AWS User Group Stockholm is for everyone interested in Amazon Web Services (AWS) across the Stockholm region.

Speakers are always welcome!

We’re always looking for new speakers and topics, so if you’re interested in presenting or have a suggestion, we’d love to hear from you!

Talks are welcome in any format or at any level of expertise, whether you’re just getting started or have years of hands-on experience.

NOTE: The suggested event dates are placeholders

Our event dates depend on other details, such as sponsors and the venue, which are still to be defined. 
Our organization team will contact the speakers before each meetup to confirm whether they can make it on the scheduled dates.

An in-person gathering of the local cloud-native community in Manchester, we are an official CNCF community group: https://community.cncf.io/cloud-native-manchester/

We are always looking for people to speak at our upcoming events so please submit talks.

All talks need to be vendor neutral but we are happy to have any level of detail.

Python Milano is a Python's User Group, a community of Python developers and enthusiasts from Milan, Italy.

We run in person monthly meetups and events.

This is a monthly Meetup of the Milan chapter of PyData. This Call for Speakers is ONLY for IN PERSON meetups.

The community is open to everybody who wants to learn or know about all the great projects under the PyData organization umbrella.

Our goal is to meet once per month, on the 3rd (or 4th) Wed of the month.

You can find us on: https://www.meetup.com/pydata-milano/

Le Power BI & Fabric User Group Wallonie est une communauté de passionnés  dont l'objectif est de partager, apprendre, échanger… et kiffer ensemble autour de Power BI et Microsoft Fabric. 

Des moments conviviaux pour se (re)trouver, découvrir les nouveautés, échanger nos galères et nos tips, autour de démos, retours d’expérience, et probablement un bon verre.  

Nous nous retrouvons tous les 2 mois quelque part en Wallonie, en présentiel pour des sessions exclusivement en français et 100% GRATUITES !

On May 20th, 2027, Milan0Day returns to Milan, bringing together researchers, security professionals, students, and technology enthusiasts for a full day dedicated to cybersecurity.

Milan0Day is designed to foster knowledge exchange, technical depth, and meaningful connections within the information security community. The conference focuses on cutting-edge research, real-world attack techniques, defensive strategies, and emerging security challenges across domains such as cloud, AI, cryptography, network security, hardware security, and critical infrastructure.

We meet monthly on the second Wednesday of every month.  If you would like to be our featured speaker please submit a talk, most technical AI topics desired!

We will work with you to match a monthly meetup to your schedule.

Azure Skåne is a meetup with over 1,300 members in South Sweden. We encourage our members to learn about Azure, connect with peers and have fun! Our meetups are held in central Malmö and we do our best to record sessions for our YouTube channel.

This call is for our October 2026 events. We run two kinds:

Weekday evening meetup, 17:15–19:45. After-work style, food and mingle included.

Azure Saturday, 10:00–14:00. A longer half-day with several sessions.

First-time speakers are just as welcome as seasoned ones. Our audience is mixed, so both intro talks and deep dives work well here.

Welcome to submit your sessions!

Speak at our 100+ groups in 50+ countries around the world. Both in person (meetup.com and lu.ma) or online.

We are also interested in English proposal

Le groupe d’utilisateurs Montréal Modern Excel, Power BI est une communauté canadienne dédiée aux technologies Microsoft Data & Analytics.

Nous recherchons des conférenciers et conférencières pour présenter des sujets liés à Power BI, Microsoft Fabric, Excel moderne, Azure Data et aux cas d’usage réels en analytique.

Nos rencontres rassemblent des professionnel·le·s, des curieux·ses et des passionné·e·s de la data autour de présentations inspirantes, de démos concrètes et d’échanges dans une ambiance chaleureuse.

Ce groupe d’utilisateurs est basé à Montréal, Québec (Canada) et s’adresse principalement à la communauté canadienne et nord-américaine, tout en accueillant des conférenciers internationaux.

✅ Nous recherchons des intervenant·e·s pour présenter :

💡 Démos pratiques

• Power BI (modélisation, DAX, performance, déploiement, bonnes pratiques)

• Excel moderne (Power Query, Power Pivot, automatisation)

• Architecture de données et analytique

• Gouvernance, sécurité et adoption Power BI / Fabric

• Études de cas réels basées sur les technologies Microsoft

• Microsoft Fabric (Lakehouse, Warehouse, OneLake, Real-Time Analytics)

📊 Retours d’expérience

Vos réussites, vos apprentissages, vos défis sur des projets réels : Power BI, Excel modern, Fabric, automatisation, intégration, etc.

🚀 Cas d’usage réels

Comment Excel, Power BI ou Fabric génèrent de la valeur dans votre organisation : reporting, analytics, opérations, finance, automatisation, architecture…

⚙️ Focus techniques ou métiers

Que ce soit du hands-on très concret ou une vision plus stratégique, tous les points de vue enrichissent la communauté.

🎤 Format des interventions

🕐 Durée : 60 minutes (présentation + Q&A)

🌍 Langue : français ou anglais

💻 Mode : en ligne ou hybride (selon les sessions)

🚀 Pourquoi devenir speaker ?

✨ Partager vos connaissances avec une communauté passionnée et collaborative

📣 Mettre de l’avant votre expertise et renforcer votre visibilité professionnelle

🤝 Échanger avec d’autres experts et développer votre réseau

💡 Contribuer activement à la croissance de la scène data montréalaise

📝 Checklist avant de soumettre votre session

🎯 Titre

Capte l’attention et met en valeur le bénéfice pour le public

Clair, précis et différenciant

L’humour est permis, mais pas obligatoire 😉

📝 Résumé

Explique le problème abordé

Indique la solution, la démonstration ou le concept présenté

Mentionne clairement ce que le public apprendra en 60 minutes

Si c’est une nouveauté, précisez en quoi elle est importante

🎯 Prêt·e à partager votre expertise ?

Soumettez votre session et rejoignez la programmation des prochains meetups Montreal Modern Excel & Power BI !

La communauté a hâte de découvrir votre sujet 👏

La communauté est surtout francophone. Les présentations en français seront favorisées, les présentations en anglais sont bienvenus.

JaxDUG is a development community focused on software development on the .NET stack. Join us in our slack channel https://bit.ly/2HiGBGK

Our code of conduct: https://bit.ly/3EYfXRO

The monthly meeting of CBusData, Central Ohio's Data Platform user group. We strive to cover as many aspects of the data platform as possible, Azure SQL, Fabric, Snowflake, Databricks, data movement, reporting, other databases in the platform, and AI topics related to data. 

The AWS Columbus user group is a community of users passionate about learning and keeping up with AWS technologies. We meet once a month (sometimes twice a month) to share ideas, learn about new services together and share best practices. Everyone is welcome, whether you are just getting started on your cloud journey, or are a seasoned architect. Come network and learn together or share your knowledge by signing up to be a presenter!

Got something to share with the community? Great! We accept speakers with all types of backgrounds and experience levels. Never presented before, even better! We can help, just submit your idea in this application and we'll reach out when we can schedule your topic.