Join us for a community-led developer event focused on AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot. This event brings together developers to explore practical workflows, real-world use cases, and hands-on experiences using GitHub Copilot.

Whether you are new to GitHub Copilot or already using it, this event will help you better understand how to apply AI-assisted coding techniques in everyday development.

Agenda:
- 5:30pm~6:00pm: Checkin, food and networking
- 6:00pm~6:15pm: Welcome, Community update
- 6:15pm~6:45pm: Tech Talks: GitHub Copilot in Practice
- 6:45pm ~ 7:45pm: Workshop: Hands-on with GitHub Copilot
- 7:45pm~8:00pm: Open discussion and closing

Tech Talk: Guardrails at Scale: Building Production-Ready LLM Systems for Regulated Industries
Speaker: Jayavelu Balaji (JP Morgan Chase)
Abstract: LLMs in regulated industries face unique challenges: hallucinations with legal consequences, audit requirements, and compliance constraints. This talk covers battle-tested patterns for production LLM systems—layered validation architectures, RAG strategies for compliance, prompt injection defense, and observability patterns that satisfy both business stakeholders and regulators. Practical code examples included.

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

Venue:
ATDC, 75 5th Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30308
Room: Hodges Room on 3rd floor.

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 not only speak at the meetups, receive prominent recognition, but also gain exposure to our extensive membership base of 8,000+ AI developers in Atlanta and 500K+ worldwide.

Local and Global AI Community on Discord
Join us on discord for local and global AI tech community:
- Events chat: chat and connect with speakers and global and local attendees;
- Learning AI: events, learning materials, study groups;
- Startups: innovation, projects collaborations, founders/co-founders;
- Jobs and Careers: job openings, post resumes, hiring managers;