Biotech Meetups Berlin

From Search Technology Meetup, Berlin

Am 12. November findet der **[INNOQ Technology Day](https://technologyday.innoq.com/)** statt, unsere kostenfreie Online-Konferenz rund um Softwarearchitektur, -entwicklung und digitale Produkte. Von 9 bis 18 Uhr stehen zwei Keynotes und 18 Vorträge in drei parallelen Tracks auf dem Programm. **Im Anschluss an das Tagesprogramm** laden wir Euch zu uns ins INNOQ-Büro nach Berlin ein. Dort greifen wir zwei Themen vom Tag noch einmal auf. Danach habt Ihr bei Snacks und Getränken Zeit, Euch mit den Speakern und den anderen Teilnehmenden auszutauschen. Johannes Rave und Aminata Sidibe bringen ihre Sessions vom Tag als Kurzvortrag mit und gehen dabei tiefer ins Thema. Wer online nicht dabei war, kann hier noch einmal reinhören und wer die Sessions tagsüber schon gesehen hat, bringt gerne Fragen mit und vertieft die Themen mit uns vor Ort. **Ablauf:** **18:30 \|** Doors open **19:00 \|** Start der Kurzvorträge danach Diskussion & Networking **Zur Anmeldung:** Der Abend ist offen für alle, **eine Teilnahme am Technology Day ist keine Voraussetzung**. Meldet Euch trotzdem hier über Meetup an, auch wenn Ihr tagsüber schon dabei wart. Dann wissen wir, mit wie vielen Leuten wir planen können. **+++ Die Talks +++** **No Constrain, No Gain: Struktur für den Agent, Klarheit für den Menschen, Flexibilität für das Unternehmen** Johannes Rave, INNOQ AI Coding Agents sind bemerkenswert gut darin, Code zu erzeugen. Ob dieser Code die tatsächlichen Anforderungen des Unternehmens widerspiegelt und ob er auch sechs Monate später noch sinnvoll ist, ist eine ganz andere Frage. Die Versuchung ist groß, das als Prompting-Problem zu behandeln und dem Agenten mehr Kontext, bessere Anweisungen und klarere Ziele zu geben. Ein oft übersehener Hebel ist dagegen die Architektur. Wenn die Domänenlogik ihren eigenen, klar abgegrenzten Platz bekommt, getrennt von der technischen Infrastruktur um sie herum, passiert etwas Interessantes: Der Agent bleibt fokussiert, Menschen können tatsächlich prüfen, was wichtig ist, und das Ganze bleibt änderbar, ohne dass alles neu geschrieben werden muss. Johannes Rave stellt einen Ansatz vor, wie man dorthin kommt und wie ein paar gut platzierte Einschränkungen Freiheit schaffen. **Über Johannes:** *Johannes Rave ist Senior Consultant bei INNOQ. Er baut robuste LLM-gestützte Produkte und verteilte Websysteme – mit Fokus auf RAG, semantische Suche und produktionsreife Umsetzung. Brückenbauer zwischen UX, Architektur und Betrieb.* **Mehr Wert, weniger Code: Warum gute Architektur bei Nutzerbedürfnissen beginnt** Aminata Sidibe, INNOQ Software zu entwickeln war noch nie so einfach wie heute, und generative KI beschleunigt das zusätzlich. Was nützt uns diese Geschwindigkeit aber, wenn wir nicht wissen, ob wir das richtige Problem lösen? In vielen Projekten steckt viel Energie im Output: Roadmaps, Tickets, Velocity, Releases. Dabei fehlt manchmal das gemeinsame Bild davon, für wen wir eigentlich entwickeln und welchen Nutzen ein Feature haben soll. Aminata Sidibe zeigt, wie Outcome-Driven Architecture Teams hilft, sich auf das Wesentliche zu konzentrieren. **Über Aminata:** *Aminata Sidibe ist Principal Consultant bei INNOQ und verfügt über langjährige Erfahrung in der Umsetzung digitaler Produkte verschiedenster Größenordnungen. Ihre Expertise liegt in der Mensch-Maschine-Interaktion sowie der Zusammenarbeit in Teams. Aktuell fokussiert sie sich auf die Integration Künstlicher Intelligenz im Bereich der digitalen Produktentwicklung. Zu ihren zentralen Aufgaben gehören neben User Experience und Zusammenarbeit auch die technologische Weiterentwicklung und der Umgang mit kulturellem Wandel in Unternehmen.* **+++ INNOQ Technology Day +++** Zum Technology Day am 12. November könnt Ihr Euch übrigens noch kostenfrei anmelden. Das komplette Programm mit allen Sessions findet Ihr [hier](https://technologyday.innoq.com/). 👉 Wer es abends nicht zu uns ins Büro schafft, kann sich Johannes’ und Aminatas Vorträge auch tagsüber online ansehen: * ["No Constrain, No Gain"](https://technologyday.innoq.com/programm/no-constrain-no-gain), Johannes Rave, **14:00 Uhr** * ["Mehr Wert, weniger Code: Warum gute Architektur bei Nutzerbedürfnissen beginnt"](https://technologyday.innoq.com/programm/mehr-wert-weniger-code-warum-gute-architektur-bei-nutzerbeduerfnissen-beginnt), Aminata Sidibe, **15:00 Uhr** Wir freuen uns auf Euch!

11 attendees

Search Technology Meetup - November 2026 edition

Tue, Nov 3, 5:30 PM

4.5

We are very excited to announce another Search Tech Berlin Meetup! **Agenda** 18:30 - Doors open 19:00 - Introduction 19:10 - **Talk: Matin Mahmood - Hyperbolic embedding models** 19:50 - Networking & pizza 20:10 - **Talk: Sergei Ivliev - How agents search the web** 20:50 - Let’s socialize and grab some drinks 21:00 - Doors closing **Talks** **1) Hyperbolic embedding models** Matin Mahmood, hyper³labs We’re putting hierarchies directly into the embedding space. This talk introduces hyperbolic embedding models, how we train them, and how to use them for search, with examples from Hyper3-CLIP. Matin is the founder of hyper³labs, where he works on representation learning and retrieval models. He presented Hyper3-CLIP at ECCV’s Beyond Euclidean workshop **2) How agents search the web** Sergei Ivliev, Team Lead DevTools at Nebius More details to be announced. Many thanks to hyper³labs for sponsoring the venue and to Delivery Hero for sponsoring pizza! See you at the event René & Roman

55 attendees

Sunday Tech Coffee Meetup

Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM

From Berlin Software, Tech, Engineering, AI Meetup Group

Welcome to Sunday Tech Coffee. This is a **networking** event for those in the tech industry in Berlin. We are usually inside and to the right. Ask the barista/bartender if you can't find us.

9 attendees

Build & Learn: From Data Science to AI Engineering Week 6

Sat, Nov 7, 9:00 AM

From Women Techmakers Berlin

**We are moving to Luma, check out future events [there](https://luma.com/lpojqlnz)** **📅 Week 6: Monitor and evaluate your LLM application** This event is part of our seven-week AI Engineering program, where we build an end-to-end AI application step by step and present our finished projects during Demo Day in Week 7. This week, we’ll focus on understanding how our LLM application behaves after deployment and how to measure whether its outputs are actually useful. * Monitor and debug LLM calls with Langfuse tracing. * Manage and version prompts with Langfuse Prompt Management. * Introduce the main concepts behind LLM evaluation. * Write focused unit tests for predictable application behavior. * Build evaluation datasets from representative examples. * Add human annotations and feedback using Langfuse scores. * Build an LLM-as-a-judge evaluator By the end of the 7 week cycle, you should have a working AI application in your own GitHub repository and practical experience with AI pipelines, APIs, databases, retrieval, evaluation and deployment. You are welcome to follow the shared project or apply the weekly concepts to your own project. ✨ **Who is this for?** Anyone interested in transitioning towards AI engineering. No previous LLM or AI engineering experience is required. However, I recommend some basic programming experiences or be to help with your first build session. 💻 **Bring: Your laptop** and curiosity. Grab ☕ at the coffeeshop 💬 Our slides and meeting link with be shared on our Discord → [Join Discord Server](https://discord.gg/dPnmzcCP8w?utm_source=luma)

14 attendees

Roundtable Discussions and Networking - October

Fri, Oct 30, 9:00 AM

Let's get together for a BYOB roundtable networking session, and share our spooky career stories - with or without AI! This is an open conversation about the current state of tech, in Berlin and in general, and just getting to know like minded people. This will take place at a bakery, with one large table and several small ones. You can choose to buy a drink and/or a pastry, as no refreshments will be provided. ★ABOUT WTM BERLIN★ We have been encouraging diversity in tech in Berlin since 2015. Get visibility, networking & resources to make Berlin's tech community more diverse & inclusive. Whether a WTM member, or a complete newbie - join us! Our Meetups are always open & inclusive to people of all backgrounds - everyone is welcome ❤ TWITTER: http://twitter.com/wtm_berlin FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1106085959408694 SLACK: https://slack.wtm.berlin YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@womentechmakersberlin We follow the Berlin Code of Conduct: https://berlincodeofconduct.org/

48 attendees

Build & Learn: From Data Science to AI Engineering Week 5

Sat, Oct 31, 9:00 AM

From Berlin FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization

**We are moving to Luma, check out future events [there](https://luma.com/guvseu05)** **📅 Week 5: Deploy your AI Application** This event is part of our seven-week AI Engineering program, where we build an end-to-end AI application step by step and present our finished projects during Demo Day in Week 7. This week, we’ll move our application from local development to the cloud and **we will only be using free tier options** * Understand different deployment types * Introduce CI/CD pipelines concepts * Package everything with Docker and testing locally * Deploy your application using Google Cloud * Use Supabase for hosted postgresSQL + pgvector * Management of API keys and credentials securely with Google Secret Manager * Schedule jobs with Cloud Scheduler * Alternative simple deployment with interactive streamlit application By the end of the 7 week cycle, you should have a working AI application in your own GitHub repository and practical experience with AI pipelines, APIs, databases, retrieval, evaluation and deployment. You are welcome to follow the shared project or apply the weekly concepts to your own project. ✨ **Who is this for?** Anyone interested in transitioning towards AI engineering. No previous LLM or AI engineering experience is required. However, I recommend some basic programming experiences or be to help with your first build session. 💻 **Bring: Your laptop** and curiosity. Grab ☕ at the coffeeshop 💬 Our slides and meeting link with be shared on our Discord → [Join Discord Server](https://discord.gg/dPnmzcCP8w?utm_source=luma)

24 attendees

15. Berlin FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization - 03 November 2026

Tue, Nov 3, 4:00 PM

# FinOps Beyond the Dashboard: Hidden Costs, CFO Reporting & AI Agents Hello, For our next Berlin FinOps Meetup, we're welcoming **Cloudchipr** as our sponsor and guest speaker, with **Cortex Reply** kindly hosting us this time. This time, we're looking at three practical challenges: **Kubernetes costs** that are easy to overlook, financial reporting that helps CFOs **make decisions**, and **what happens** when AI agents start doing FinOps analysis. Cloudchipr will share real-world case studies, lessons learned, and practical insights. As usual, there will be plenty of time for questions, discussions, and catching up with the Berlin FinOps community. Looking forward to seeing you all again! — Cristian and Sascha, the meetup group admins. **A big thank you to Cortex Reply for opening their doors and providing the space for our community to come together!** We really appreciate their support. ## Timeline **17:00** – Doors open **17:30** – Welcome and introductions **18:00** – FinOps Beyond the Dashboard, with Cloudchipr and Three perspectives on modern FinOps: * The invisible Kubernetes network bill * Building a reporting cycle a CFO actually uses * Lessons learned from letting AI agents handle FinOps analysis, savings and rate optimisation **19:00** – Networking **About our sponsor** [Cloudchipr](https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloudchipr/) helps teams manage, understand, and optimise their cloud spending. ## Help us with future events Host us at your company sometime in the future - [Register Here as a host](https://forms.gle/J72QEwhFnNCJ2xJJA) Propose a talk idea (may be delivered by someone else) [Submit talk ideas here](https://forms.gle/MxCtxqsc6PnCod5s9)

40 attendees

FLINTA* Mental Health Walk

Sun, Nov 1, 1:00 PM

From Empowered in Tech

From Elastic Berlin User Group

⚠️ In case of really bad weather, we might postpone the event. So please double-check Meetup if the forecast is not looking great. **About** Autumn is here and we want to enjoy its lovely colours with our community! Join us for a relaxed walk through Tiergarten to connect with others, get some fresh air and appreciate nature together. Empowered in Tech is a community that aims to empower people in the tech industry. Usually, our events have a specific agenda, such as talks, workshops, etc., but this one is a great chance to connect in a more casual setting and enjoy a walk together. We are looking forward to seeing you there! :) 🏢 **Location** We'll meet at [U-Bahn Brandenburger Tor](https://maps.app.goo.gl/LwQDM7L9YyzhGraWA). Then we'll walk together to Tiergarten. 👋 **About Us** Stay in touch with the community! Join our Slack: [https://bit.ly/EiTSlack](https://bit.ly/EiTSlack) 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/](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.

10 attendees

Beyond Text: Imperfect Labels and Intent in Visual Retrieval

Wed, Nov 11, 5:00 PM

From Berlin AWS User Group

Visual retrieval is moving beyond text. Join us for two technical talks: teaching models to search documents by treating pages as images, including the problem of imperfect labels in training, and using intent detection to build image discovery in a fashion AI assistant. Pizza and drinks on us — stick around after for networking. **✍️ RSVP soon — capacity is limited!** 📅 **Date and Time** Wednesday, November 11, 2026 from 18:00-20:45 📍 **Location:** **[Hedwig-Wachenheim-Straße 7, 10243 Berlin](https://www.google.com/maps/search/Hedwig-Wachenheim-Stra%C3%9Fe+7+10243+Berlin?entry=gmail&source=g)** BHW Auditorium (1st floor), Zalando SE 📝 **Agenda** 18:00 – Doors open, arrivals and check-in 18:15 – Welcoming and open session 18:30 – **Teaching Models to Search Documents: What If the “Wrong” Answer Is Right?** by **[Saba Sturua](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ssturua/)**, Senior AI Research Engineer @ Elastic *How do we teach models to search PDFs with tables, charts, and complex layouts? I’ll introduce visual document retrieval and explore how larger models can help train smaller search models, including why useful answers can be mistaken for wrong ones during training. This work is part of the research behind our next generation of Jina embedding models.* 19:00 – Q&A and quick break 19:15 – **From Conversation to Visual Search: Building Image Discovery for Zalando AI Assistant** by **[Inanda Menezes](https://www.linkedin.com/in/inanda-menezes-8bba3327/)**, Principal Software Engineer @ Zalando *How can a fashion AI assistant understand a customer's intent from visual input? In this talk, we’ll explore how we built image discovery for Zalando’s Assistant, considering the intent detection to support different use cases, from finding similar products to getting fashion advice. We’ll dive into how we connect these intents to the right processing and retrieval strategies, and share the key challenges.* 19:45 – Q&A, pizza, drinks & networking \*\*\* Invite your friends and join us for an evening of learning and networking with fellow engineers and speakers! Want to speak at our next meetup? Submit your talk on **[this link](https://sessionize.com/elastic-meetups/)** and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible.

28 attendees

Fireside Chat with AWS DevEx Researchers @ AWS Builder Loft Berlin

Tue, Nov 10, 5:30 PM

From Filmmakers & Movie Nerds

Dear Community, It is our great pleasure and excitement that we celebrate the very first session at the AWS Builder Loft Berlin. We have great plans for the community. And we want to welcome you to our new home with many exciting sessions and other initiatives ahead! Starting on November 10th, we have an exciting Fireside Chat planned. Laura Tacho and Nathen Harvey from AWS will join us. LeadDev is also happening in Berlin. We will have guests, engineering leaders, and executives joining us on that day. We will also have time to network and enjoy our first gathering at the AWS Builder Loft. This is exciting, and we can't wait to meet you all at AWS Builder Loft! ## **Agentic Software Delivery: A Fireside Chat with AWS DevEx Researchers** As AI reshapes how software gets built, developers and leaders face a new set of questions. How do teams use tokens most efficiently and keep AI costs stable? How can teams best address new bottlenecks, like code review? And what are the emerging practices for building software factories and a true AI-native SDLC? Join Laura Tacho and Nathen Harvey, two industry experts on developer productivity, for a candid fireside conversation grounded in their latest work. They'll dig into the data on what is really helping orgs win with AI, share trends and insights about tokenomics, ROI, and new bottlenecks, and offer their take on where agentic development is headed. Expect a frank discussion on what works and how to measure it, from DORA metrics to developer-level signals, and plenty of time for Q&A. ## **Registration** You need an [AWS Builder Center](https://builder.aws.com) account to register for the event. It takes two minutes to register. You will need it on future events we organize at the Builder Loft. Then register for the event below with your full name, and bring an official ID with you: https://builder.aws.com/connect/event/4453a425-6938-3a75-af8e-ecd1d53be786 ## **Agenda** 18:30 - 19:30 Doors open for networking, food, and drinks 19:30 - 20:30 Fireside Chat with Laura and Nathen 20:30 - 21:00 Closing Remarks & Networking ## **Speakers** **[Laura Tacho](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauratacho/)**[ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauratacho/) Laura is an expert in developer experience and measuring the efficiency of engineering organizations. She currently works on developer experience at AWS, and was previously the CTO of DX, where she led the company's research and advisory practices, helping engineering leaders make better decisions about how and when to invest in devex, platform tooling, and AI. Laura's been working on developer tools for 15 years, including building out some of the first developer tools for the Docker ecosystem, and then on CI/CD and automation tools. In 2021, she started her own executive advisory practice and has worked with over 1500 engineering leaders on developer experience, measuring productivity, and creating high-performing engineering orgs. **[Nathen Harvey](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathen/)**[ ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathen/) Nathen is a Principal Technologist on the Developer Experience team at AWS, focusing on software delivery performance, platform engineering, and AI enablement. He previously led DORA at Google Cloud, guiding the industry-standard framework for measuring engineering performance. As the lead author of multiple DORA reports and a former Vice President at Chef, Nathen brings deep expertise in shaping developer ecosystems. He is a frequent keynote speaker, a co-founder of regional DevOpsDays events, and a co-author of 97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know. We look forward to meeting you all at the AWS Builder Loft! =================================================== **Very Important: There is no "waitlist" for our regular sessions.** However, there are limited seats available. If you want to make sure you can attend: Register yourself with your "full name" at AWS Builder Center website. Arrive on time - seats are first come, first serve. As soon as there are seats available, you are welcome to join with your registration. In case there are no more seats available, we won't be able to let you join us this time.We thank you very much for your understanding! ================================== Additional Information **This event is wheelchair friendly.** Help us spread the word, and invite your friends & colleagues! If you're attending with wheelchair and need assistance, please mail us: organisers@berlinawsug.de for further details. Would you like to host AWS UG Berlin events at your company? [Register here](https://bit.ly/aws-host) Would you like to speak at AWS UG Berlin sessions? [Submit your talk here](https://bit.ly/aws-talk)

2 attendees

FILMHACK: 48 AI x Filmmaking Challenge

Fri, Nov 13, 6:00 PM

RSVP here does not guarantee a spot. 🚨 **Application at [FILMHACK.AI](https://filmhack.ai/) mandatory** 🚨 FILMHACK is a 48-hour, in-person hybrid filmmaking hackathon in Potsdam. 100 creators, 20+ teams, one weekend. You make a short film from scratch and watch it on a cinema screen on Sunday night. **The one rule:** every film has to contain something real. A performance, a voice, a place, a shot. Everything else is open. AI creators get a reason to work with real people and cameras. Filmmakers get to use AI without feeling like it all has to be AI. **How the weekend works** * **Thursday:** Opening panel on hybrid filmmaking and where AI production is heading. Networking after. * **Friday:** Registration, a short warm-up workshop, then the countdown starts at 17:00. Pitches, crew forming, drinks. * **Saturday:** Shoot, generate, record, edit. Mentors are on the floor. * **Sunday:** Submission at 17:00. Screening at the cinema at 19:00. Awards and a celebration. **Who it’s for** * Filmmakers who want to use AI in real production * AI creators who want a challenge, filmmaking know-how, and contacts * Writers who want to see their story on screen in two days * Editors who want to merge AI and filmmaking * Actors curious about hybrid productions You walk in curious. You walk out with a finished film and a workflow you can run again on Monday. **Good to know** * Free to attend * Free GenAI tokens * Application-based * 6.000€ Cash residency * In-kind prizes from our partners * No gatekeeping. If you’re curious and ready to make something, apply. Please note: RSVP here doesn't give you access to the challenge. 🚨 **Application at [FILMHACK.AI](https://filmhack.ai/) mandatory** 🚨

8 attendees

🍷 Founders & Wine: Friday Night Networking

Fri, Nov 13, 6:00 PM

From Startups.Berlin

4.4

It’s time to unwind, sip some wine, and connect with fellow founders in Berlin! Our next event is all about **casual conversations and meaningful connections** in a relaxed atmosphere. Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur or just getting started, this is your chance to meet like-minded people and share ideas over a glass (or two) of wine. **What to Expect:** • **Meet & Greet**: Chat with other startup founders, swap stories, and find potential collaborators. • **Wine & Network**: Enjoy great wine (available for purchase at the bar 🍷) and let the conversations flow. • **Inspiring Connections**: Share challenges, brainstorm ideas, and grow your network in Berlin’s vibrant startup scene. This event is all about keeping it simple, social, and stress-free. So come as you are, grab a glass of your favorite vintage, and let’s build some great connections in the Berlin startup community! **Pitch Your Startup & Find Cofounders:** Join our Berlin founders-only startup community on Slack - [https://join.slack.com/t/startupsberlingroup/shared_invite/zt-38iro2d1e-ykoEtiW6LVfKV2~U2nu_YQ](https://join.slack.com/t/startupsberlingroup/shared_invite/zt-38iro2d1e-ykoEtiW6LVfKV2~U2nu_YQ)

22 attendees

Welcome to Sunday Tech Coffee. This is a **networking** event for those in the tech industry in Berlin. We are usually inside and to the right. Ask the barista/bartender if you can't find us.

9 attendees

Build & Learn: From Data Science to AI Engineering Week 6

Sat, Nov 7, 9:00 AM

From Women Techmakers Berlin

14 attendees

Roundtable Discussions and Networking - October

Fri, Oct 30, 9:00 AM

48 attendees

Build & Learn: From Data Science to AI Engineering Week 5

Sat, Oct 31, 9:00 AM

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