As the year winds down and the holiday spirits ramp up, we invite you to the most electrifying AI meetup (end-of-year edition). Instead of our usual scheduled talks, we will throw the most exciting holiday bash for people who build AI!

Join AI developers, ML engineers, Data scientists and practitioners to celebrate all your hard work this year.

Agenda:
* 6:00pm: Checkin, Food and Networking
* 6:45pm: Welcome/Community update
* 7:00pm: Tech Talks
* 8:30pm: Open discussion and mixer

Tech Talk: Bring your AI application from Prototype to Production
Speaker: Philip Vollet, Edward Schmuhl, Victoria Slocum @Weaviate
Abstract: In this talk, we will give you insights on how to build ai-native applications with the power of LLMs at scale. Based on a real-life example we will cover:
- Core concepts and aspects of (long context) Retrieval Augmented Generation
- The role of vector databases in RAG
- Easy integration with leading players in the AI open-source ecosystem
- Choosing various deployment methods
- What to keep in mind for production-ready applications (e.g scalability, multi-tenancy and more)

Tech Talk: Building flexible and production-grade RAG applications
Speaker: Mathis Lucka @Deepset
Abstract: Learn how Haystack lets you take matters into your own hands when implementing RAG applications. You‘ll walk away with a better understanding of version 2.0 of Haystack and how it streamlines the LLM application building experience.

Tech Talk: Machine Learning Project Pitfalls
Speaker: Andrey Holz @EPAM Systems
Abstract: This presentation addresses the multifaceted challenges of machine learning (ML) projects, with a focus on striking a balance between technical expertise and strategic business alignment.

Topics/Speakers:
Stay tuned as we are updating speakers and schedules. If you have a keen interest in speaking, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

AI Projects Showcase:
We have 5~10 demo desks available for the community showcases and ~5 minutes quick demo on the stage. You are invited to apply here Community Showcase

Venue:
Mindspace Krausenstraße, Krausenstraße 9-10, 10117 Berlin

Sponsors:
We are actively seeking sponsors to support AI developers community.  Whether it is by offering venue spaces, providing food, or cash sponsorship. Sponsors will have the chance to speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, and gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 8,000+ local or 300K+ developers worldwide.

Lucky Draw: We will host a fantastic raffle during the event. To enter, drop a comment on the LinkedIn Post.

Community on Slack
- Event chat: chat and connect with speakers and attendees
- Sharing blogs, events, job openings, projects collaborations
Join Slack (browse/search and join #berlin channel)