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Women in UX: June Informal Networking Drinks🥤
Mon, Jun 8, 5:00 PMHiya Women in UX! We’re so excited to host our next informal networking drinks of this year, on 8 June! Join us to talk about all things UX design, research, content and... probably AI, let's be honest. 📍We'll meet at Two Floors on Kingly street, right next to Cahoots. When in doubt, ask for Andrea. 🌟If there are no more available spots left here, you can also RSVP ON [EVENTBRITE](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-ux-june-informal-networking-drinks-tickets-1986946429257?aff=oddtdtcreator). Spaces are limited so book sooner rather than later as it's first come first served. 🍸 Please note that this event isn’t sponsored, so any drinks you order will need to be paid for at the bar. 💌 Stay connected with us by following our [LinkedIn](http://linkedin.com/company/women-in-ux). See you there xx Women in UX
Design Systems London #16
Thu, Jun 25, 5:00 PM**We are excited to invite you to our summer edition of DSL!** 💫 DSL #16 will happen on 25 June, organised by YLD and sponsored by NewDay. Our Eventbrite tickets are now sold out, but you can join our waitlist [here](https://dsl16.eventbrite.co.uk/). More information coming soon. Thank you to [YLD](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-systems-london-16-tickets-1989211510175?aff=oddtdtcreator) for organising and [NewDay](https://www.newday.co.uk/ "https://www.newday.co.uk/") for sponsoring this event. **Who are NewDay** At NewDay, their business is focused on a single, clear and defining purpose: to help people move forward with credit. NewDay provides nearly 5 million customers with responsible access to credit, underpinned by best-in-class customer service and exceptional user experience. Their in-house, highly scalable digital platform alongside their proprietary credit decisioning capability unlocks the competitive advantage. Their broad credit product offering enables instalment finance, BNPL, 0% finance and carded and digital revolving credit. NewDay operates multiple direct-to-consumer products and a range of credit solutions with some of the UK’s most loved brands. Their underwriting capability and experience allow them to responsibly say yes to more UK customers making them a merchant partner of choice. NewDay partners to harness the power of data to drive commerce across the UK, creating value at scale. **Who are YLD?** YLD turns digital investments into results by building what matters, delivering with impact, and making sure it lasts. Their product design, tech, and change experts work as one, applying AI where it shortens the path to value. With design at the heart, YLD brings clarity, puts users first, and shapes solutions that succeed from the start. YLD is hiring - check out the [job page](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-systems-london-16-tickets-1989211510175?aff=oddtdtcreator) Join the conversation on [LinkedIn](https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/design-systems-london-16-tickets-1989211510175?aff=oddtdtcreator)
Design Evenings LDN: The Future of Design Teams in the Age of AI
Tue, Jun 2, 5:00 PMJoin us for an evening with Andreas Roos, Head of Design Strategy & AI at Visa, as he explores how rapidly advancing AI is reshaping design teams. Andreas will share what happens when workflows, tools, and expectations evolve faster than ever before. As AI capabilities accelerate, design teams are being redefined. Andreas Roos will unpack how workflows are changing, the risks of over-humanizing AI systems, and why taste, conviction, and clear thinking are becoming critical differentiators. This session will explore how teams can adapt and stay effective in an AI-driven landscape. **Event Overview** AI is transforming how design teams work and what they value. Andreas Roos explores how workflows are shifting, why taste and conviction matter more, and how to structure teams for a future that is already here. Expect practical insights on adapting to rapid change. **01 - Rethinking Design Workflows** Learn how AI is reshaping the way design work gets done, from ideation to execution, and what this means for team structure and collaboration. **02 - Taste and Conviction in an AI World** Discover why human judgment, taste, and strong opinions are becoming more important as AI generates more of the output. **03 - Designing Teams for What Comes Next** Explore how to set up design teams for success in an AI-driven future, including new roles, responsibilities, and ways of working.
Scala Talks: Ports and Adapters & Complexity is a Sin
Wed, Jun 10, 5:00 PM🎉 Come along to the London Scala Talks for a deep dive into functional architecture! 🎉 In this event you'll hear from David Lebl and Przemysław Pokrywka. **Agenda** 6:00pm - 🥤 Doors open. Come along and grab a drink! 6:35pm - 🗣️ Introduction 6:40pm - 🗣️ Przemysław Pokrywka: Ports and Adapters for People on Tight Schedules 7:20pm - 🍕 Intermission: Join us for some free food and drinks! Vegan and vegetarian options are provided. Let us know if you'd like something special - we'd be happy to accommodate. 7:50pm - 🗣️ David Lebl: Complexity is a Sin, But Hexagons Forgive 8:30pm - 🥤 Socialising: Grab a drink and let's discuss the talks. 9:00pm - 🍻 Join us in a pub to discuss the talks! 🌐 **This event may have a live stream** Watch this space for more details. **🗣️ Przemysław Pokrywka: Ports and Adapters for People on Tight Schedules** Focus on software architecture is not always associated with pragmatism in common perception. Terms such as architecture astronautics and the ivory tower stereotype highlight the perceived disconnect between many architects and the realities of day-to-day code maintenance. Too often, architectural patterns are applied with insufficient understanding, leading to cargo-cult adoption and increased waste in the software development process. When applied in the right context, however, certain architectural approaches can be powerful enablers. In this talk, I would like to share the story of a serverless application in which elements of the Ports and Adapters architecture made a tangible, positive difference. ⭐ Przemysław Pokrywka ⭐ Husband, dad, grandad, software engineer. Functional Scala enthusiast with imperative OOP Java background. Fan of the command line. **🗣️ David Lebl: Complexity is a Sin, But Hexagons Forgive** A visual journey from spaghetti to sanity. This talk traces how cognitive load accumulates in unconstrained codebases, how domain-driven design and bounded contexts restore order, and how hexagonal architecture provides a practical, forgiving structure for real-world systems — all laid out on a single zoomable canvas where every example links back to the bigger picture. ⭐ David Lebl ⭐ David is a software developer with a CS background and 5 years of Scala and FP experience. He leads a small team, occasionally survives his own accidental complexity, and is here to share what he learned the hard way. ———————————————————— 🗣️ Would you like to present, but are not sure how to start? Give a talk with us and you'll receive mentorship from a trained toastmaster! Get in touch through [this form](https://forms.gle/zv5i9eeto1BsnSwe8) and we'll get you started 🏡 Interested in hosting or supporting us? Please get in touch through [this form](https://forms.gle/3SX3Bm6zHqVodBaMA) and we can discuss how you can get involved. 📜 All London Scala User Group events operate under the [Scala Community Code of Conduct](https://www.scala-lang.org/conduct/). We encourage each of you to report the breach of the conduct, either anonymously through [this form](https://forms.gle/9PMMorUWgBnbk1mm6) or by contacting one of our team members. We guarantee privacy and confidentiality, as well as that we will take your report seriously and react quickly.
AI Signals x LangChain Community #32: Agents, RAG, and Production AI Workflows
Tue, Jun 9, 5:00 PMJoin **AI Signals** and **LangChain Community London** for an evening of technical talks, practical insights, networking, and community conversations around the future of AI applications. This meetup brings together developers, founders, researchers, students, product teams, and AI builders to explore how modern AI systems are being designed, deployed, and scaled in the real world. The evening will focus on **AI agents, RAG pipelines, LangChain, production-ready AI workflows, storytelling in AI, and practical lessons from people actively building with emerging technologies**. *** ## Schedule **6:00 PM** — Doors open, pizza, drinks, and networking **6:30 PM** — Welcome **6:35 PM** — Anshul Yadav : AI Engineer @ Li & Fung The Agent Is Not the Product: The Harness Is **7:00 PM** — Break **7:15 PM** — TBD **7:45 PM** — **Lightning Talks: TBD** **8:00 PM** — Community networking and closing remarks **9:00 PM** — Wrap-up, drinks at [Angel London](https://g.co/kgs/3FVpa2i?utm_source=luma) *** ## What to Expect The evening will feature technical and practical discussions around: * Building reliable AI agents and intelligent workflows * RAG pipelines for real-world applications * Moving AI prototypes into production * Storytelling, design, and user experience in AI products * Lessons from AI builders, engineers, product leaders, and community speakers Whether you are experimenting with AI agents, deploying RAG systems, exploring LangChain, or simply curious about where AI development is heading, this meetup is designed to help you learn, connect, and contribute. *** ## Who Should Attend This event is ideal for: * Software engineers * AI and ML practitioners * Product managers * Founders and startup teams * Researchers and students * Designers working with AI products * Anyone interested in building practical AI applications You’ll gain insight into the tools, architectures, and workflows behind the next generation of intelligent applications, while connecting with the growing London AI and LangChain community. *** ## Important Information Please note that attendees will not be able to enter the venue before **6:00 PM**. RSVPs will close **24 hours before the event**. You may be unable to register after this time, but remote viewing will be available via our YouTube channel. Our hosts may require a list of all attendees. Please register using a name that matches your **government-issued ID or bank card**. If your registered name does not match your ID, we cannot guarantee entry to the building. If you can no longer attend in person, please un-RSVP so your space can be made available to someone else. *** ## About AI Signals **AI Signals** is a community focused on exploring the latest developments in artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, and practical AI adoption. It brings together builders, learners, and professionals interested in understanding how AI is shaping the future of work, business, and society. *** ## About LangChain Community London **LangChain Community London** brings together developers, AI engineers, researchers, and technology enthusiasts interested in building applications powered by large language models, agents, retrieval-augmented generation, and production AI systems. *** A huge thank you to our speakers, sponsors, hosts, volunteers, and community members for making this event possible. **Secure your place and join us for an evening of learning, collaboration, and AI community energy in London.**
The Strategy Gap: what separates good PMs from great product leaders
Tue, Jun 2, 5:00 PMYou're invited to our next Women in Product London event! As product managers grow in their careers, one skill becomes increasingly important: **strategy**. For this event, we’re bringing together product leaders from a range of industries and company stages to share how they approach product vision and strategy in practice: what it really means to be strategic, how you develop strategic thinking over time, and why it often becomes the defining skill that separates good PMs from great product leaders. Some of the topics will include how to develop stronger strategic thinking as you progress in your career, how to influence organisations through vision and direction, and real-world examples of turning high-level strategy into meaningful product outcomes. The evening will give you the opportunity to network with your peers over drinks and canapés before and after our speakers take the stage. Join us for a mix of insightful presentations where you'll take away practical insights from experienced product leaders and have the chance to ask questions throughout the event. **\-\-\-\-MEET THE SPEAKERS** **\>\> Pooja Naidu – Exec Coach/Advisor \(former VP of Product @ Mews\)** *With over 19 years experience in Product she has worked in Sportstech, Retail, Hospitality, Media, Publishing, E-commerce and Banking. She has developed category defining products across B2C and B2B for SMB/Mid market/Enterprise customers; including M&S Website/Christmas food ordering/In store apps, Tesco clubcard app, Sports analytics solutions for Premier League, NBA and beyond!* **\>\> Laura Dyer – Senior Product Manager @ Wolf&Badger** *Laura Dyer is a Senior Product Manager specialising in marketplace and platform products. At Wolf & Badger, she owns product strategy across supplier tools and platform infrastructure and has led the shift toward a more experimentation-driven & product-led way of working across her org. Before that, she cut her teeth at Ocado Technology in ecommerce and logistics, giving her experience that spans enterprise tech platforms through to early-stage scale-ups. She's passionate about mentoring others in product and tech and you'll usually find her geeking out about UX research, building with AI tools or just finding ways to make work more fun.* **\>\> Christina Cassar – Product Lead @ Just Eat** *Christina Cassar is a Product Lead at Just Eat, driving product strategy to transform the experience for millions of customers across one of Europe’s leading food delivery platforms. With a decade of experience across consumer brands including Sky, Virgin Media O2, and Liberty Global, she has shaped product strategies for diverse markets, turning high-level vision into impactful roadmaps.* We're looking forward to seeing you there! \-\-\- Venue, food and drinks proudly sponsored by [Just Eat](https://www.just-eat.co.uk/). **Special note:** please note the small attendance fee is to cover administrative costs of running Women in Product London. We can only accept payment via PayPal and refunds are not available if you're unable to attend the event. #wiplondon #alwayslearning
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