**Getting Started with SurrealDB** is a 3-part online workshop series hosted by Women Coding Community in collaboration with SurrealDB. During these hands-on workshops, Caroline Morton - software engineer and senior research fellow at SurrealDB - will demonstrate SurrealDB's functionality and use cases, both as a traditional relational database, as well as highlighting the additional features and benefits of a multi-model database.

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**SurrealDB and the WCC Platform: Practical Application in Real-World Projects**

In this session, we will take the concepts learned in the previous talk and apply them to the Women Coding Community (WCC) platform. We’ll explore how SurrealDB’s features can be used to meet some of the platform’s needs, such as facilitating basic database functions as well as vector search for matching mentors and mentees. This hands-on example will show how SurrealDB can help solve real-world problems, giving participants a better understanding of how the database can be applied to projects beyond theory. It’s a chance to see SurrealDB in action, tackling practical challenges in a real-world setting. This will build on what we covered in session 2.

**Agenda:**

* **20:00 - 20:10** Introduction to Women Coding Community
* **20:10 - 21:10** Tech Talk
* **21:10 - 21:30** Q&A

**Speaker:** Caroline Morton \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-morton-0/)

Dr. Caroline Morton is a software engineer, epidemiologist and co-author of Async Rust Programming book.

A Senior Clinical Research Fellow in Health Data Engineering at Queen Mary University London, Caroline writes software tools and data pipelines for the Genes and Health initiative, the world's largest community-embedded biobank. Simultaneously, Caroline is pursuing a Ph.D. in Synthetic Data Generation for health data research, sponsored by SurrealDB. She also leads Yellow Bird, a London start-up changing medical training with its virtual emergency room product, Clinical Metrics.

**Speaker:** Alexander Fridriksson \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderfridriksson/)

Alexander has been with SurrealDB from the start, being employee number 5. He is passionate about storytelling with data and sharing lessons learned working across Analytics, Data Science, Data Engineering, and Consulting.

**Host: Adriana Zencke Zimmermann** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dricazenck/)

Adriana is a Software Engineer passionate about designing and implementing scalable and efficient data processing systems. With over 15 years of experience in the tech industry. Adriana is a volunteer and also a Director at Women Coding Community. Her goal is to empower women and support them with personal growth and career development.

**Co-Host:** Nevena Verbič \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nevena-verbi%C4%8D-83a16ab/)

Nevena is a Software Engineer experienced in working with diverse technologies such as C, C++, C#, Python, JavaScript, HTML, PHP and Java. Working for an ISO 9001 certificated company she had the opportunity to learn the best practices in software development and project organization. Nevena is improving Python, Java 21, and Spring Boot skills.

**SurrealDB**

👉 Get started with SurrealDB: https://sdb.li/getstarted
👉 Explore the new and improved features of [SurrealDB 2.0](https://sdb.li/SurrealDB-2-0)

Key features of SurrealDB:
⭐ Reduces development time: SurrealDB simplifies your database and API stack by removing the need for most server-side components, allowing you to build secure, performant apps faster and cheaper.
⭐ Real-time collaborative API backend service: SurrealDB functions as both a database and an API backend service, enabling real-time collaboration.
⭐ Support for multiple querying languages: SurrealDB supports SQL querying from client devices, GraphQL, ACID transactions, WebSocket connections, structured and unstructured data, graph querying, full-text indexing, and geospatial querying.
⭐ Granular access control: SurrealDB provides row-level permissions-based access control, giving you the ability to manage data access with precision.

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SurrealDB and the WCC Platform: Practical Application in Real-World Projects

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Join us for our next developer meetup, where we'll be exploring Vector search and Graph use cases in SurrealDB, and how you can leverage this functionality in your own projects.

Whether you're a software engineer, developer, architect, data scientist, or data engineer, this event is for you. Expect an evening filled with insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and the chance to learn more about the latest in database technology!

***🗣️ Speaker opportunity - submit your talk!***
Working on an interesting project that you would like to share with the community? Submit your talk [here](https://surrealdb.typeform.com/to/hopzzPAe).

**⏰ Date/time:** November 12, 6:30 - 9:00PM

**📍 Location:** [The Yard: Columbus Circle Coworking Office Space NYC](https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Yard:+Columbus+Circle+Coworking+Office+Space+NYC/@40.7695618,-73.9880852,17z/data=!4m10!1m2!2m1!1sthe+yard+columbus+circle!3m6!1s0x89c25858a5274cdf:0x7f88d3f46da2a162!8m2!3d40.7695618!4d-73.9837078!15sChh0aGUgeWFyZCBjb2x1bWJ1cyBjaXJjbGWSARpvZmZpY2Vfc3BhY2VfcmVudGFsX2FnZW5jeeABAA!16s%2Fg%2F11g68tf4m1?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyMS4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D)

**Agenda**

18:30 - 19:00
**Welcome drinks, pizza & networking**
Attendees arrive – grab a drink, explore the space and meet the SurrealDB team.

19:00 - 19:30
**Intro to SurrealDB: Leveraging Graphs and Vectors in your projects**
*Alessandro Pireno, Director Solutions Engineering at SurrealDB*

This talk will explore the world of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems. Using Jupyter notebooks, we will demonstrate a graph-based approach to RAG, leveraging the unique capabilities of SurrealDB. The presentation will show how to construct a knowledge graph from unstructured text data, covering key aspects like entity and relation extraction. Then, using the created knowledge graph, the talk will demonstrate how to implement and utilize a graph-based RAG system for question answering. The talk will highlight SurrealDB's graph capabilities for representing relationships between entities and its vector capabilities for semantic search within the knowledge graph. Attendees will learn how to construct a knowledge graph, use the graph structure for contextually rich question answering, and use SurrealDB's graph and vector features to power a RAG system

19:30 - 20:00
**Refreshments & networking**
Connect with others in the tech community. Grab a slice of pizza & a drink and chat with other attendees and members of the SurrealDB team.

20:00 - 20:30
**Understanding the AI & ML landscape**
*Ashok Chandra, Alessandro Pireno*
Ashok will draw on his legal expertise and understanding of data privacy to discuss the legal and ethical considerations for developers and data scientists using generative AI (GenAI) to generate or extract data.

20:30 - 21:00
**Refreshments and networking**

21:00
**End of event**

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**Speaker:** Alessandro Pireno \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/apireno)
Alessandro is a seasoned product development and solutions leader with a proven track record of building and scaling data-driven solutions across diverse industries. He has led product strategy and development at companies like HUMAN and Omnicom Media Group, optimized data collection and distribution at GroupM, and was an early leader of success at Snowflake. With a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing today’s tech landscape, Alessandro is passionate about empowering organizations to unlock the full potential of their data through innovative database solutions.

**Speaker:** Ashok Chandra \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashchandra/)
Ashok Chandra is an attorney and finance professional with expertise in data privacy and intellectual property law. He holds certifications as a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) and a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) from the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP). He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association, and the United States Patent and Trademark Office Bar.

Ashok's educational background includes a degree from New York University's Leonard N. Stern School of Business, where he was active in the Entertainment and Media Association. He also served as the Managing Editor of the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media, and Entertainment Law Journal. His published work includes a note on how companies attempt to extend copyright protection through derivative works and trademarks.

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👉 New to SurrealDB? Get started [here](https://surrealdb.com/docs/surrealdb/introduction/start).

**FAQs**

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**Is this event for me?**
SurrealDB events are for software engineers, developers, architects, data scientists, data engineers, or any tech professionals keen to discover more about SurrealDB: a scalable multi-model database that allows users and developers to focus on building their applications with ease and speed.

**Are there any House Rules?**
At SurrealDB, we are committed to providing live and online events that are safe and enjoyable for all attending. Please review our [Code of Conduct](https://surrealdb.com/legal/code-of-conduct) and [Privacy Policy ](https://surrealdb.com/legal/privacy)for more information. It is compulsory for all attendees to be registered with a first **and** last name in order to attend. Any attendees who do not adhere to these requirements will be refused a ticket.

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Intro to SurrealDB: Leveraging Graphs and Vectors in your projects

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Join Women Coding Community for our next session on design patterns!
**Design Patterns Course**
In this series of events, we will explore popular design patterns and their implementations in Python and Java, using "Head First Design Patterns" as our reference book. After covering the key concepts, we will examine how the patterns have evolved to support modern architectures (distributed systems and microservices).
**Course Highlights**

🚀 **Pattern of the Week**: ***Adapter & Facade pattern***
As a **nice-to-have** for this session, we recommend reading **Chapters 7** of the **Head First Design Patterns** book.

🚀 **Design Pattern Deep Dives with Guided Learning**: Each week, we will dive into fundamental design patterns through a structured, chapter-by-chapter exploration of the **Head First Design Patterns** book. We will break down the purpose, structure, and real-world applications of each pattern. This guided learning approach will ensure a comprehensive and practical understanding of design patterns.

📜 **Earn a Certificate**: Upon successfully completing the course, including participation in discussions and submission of quizzes, you will receive a certificate recognizing your achievement in mastering key design patterns.
*To qualify for the certificate, participants must attend at least **60% of the sessions.***
Please follow the link to register to earn the certificate:
[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRCWfSZHYknUjSjllQszn4OGoGRFghomK9w071BrhVR9uFRA/viewform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRCWfSZHYknUjSjllQszn4OGoGRFghomK9w071BrhVR9uFRA/viewform)
**Agenda**

* 19:00 - 19:10 - Welcome words and Introduction to Women Coding Community
* 19:10 - 19:45 - Discussion on the design pattern of the week
* 19:45 - 20:00 - Q&A

**Host: Irina Kamalova** \| [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/irina-kamalova)
Irina is a Founder of Women Coding Community and a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Revolut.
Her experience as a Software Engineer includes working with large projects, search engines, distributed systems, performance issues, and huge data storage.
She’s working at Revolut and building a platform for retail products. This includes supporting services to handle 40 million clients, huge throughput and low latency for data flow. Irina mentors mid-level engineers, constantly aids her team to go the extra mile and helps the company to improve the interviewing process, onboarding new hires, navigating interns and running knowledge-sharing activities. As the cherry on top, she helped to launch the inner Revolut Women Guild “RevWomen”.
**Co-host: Sonali Goel** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonali-goel-tech/)
As a Senior/Lead Engineer at Yoox-Net-a-porter, Sonali brings over 14 years of experience in the technology industry, specializing in managing extensive-scale e-commerce solutions.
Sonali is committed a leader in the Women Coding Community, she strives to support and advance diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives that uplift women in the field.
**Co-host: Leslie Reyes Puente** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-reyes-puente)
Product Engineering Developer at Centric Software
Leslie is eager to dive into complex challenges and find innovative solutions by leveraging my expertise in both front-end and back-end technologies. She thrives in collaborative environments and I am dedicated to continuous learning.

👩🏽‍💻 **About Women Coding Community**
Empowering women in their tech careers through education, mentorship, community building, and career services is our mission. We provide workshops and events, connect members with industry mentors, foster a supportive community through meetups and conferences, and raise awareness for more inclusive industry practices.
[Website](http://womencodingcommunity.com/)
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/103490940)
[Slack](https://bit.ly/women_coding_community)
[Instagram](http://ttps//www.instagram.com/women_coding_community)
[X](https://twitter.com/Womencodin36806)
👩🏽‍💻 **Code of Conduct**
At Women Coding Community we are committed to a vibrant, supportive community. When attending our events, all members should follow our Code of Conduct. The full version can be found by following the [link](https://womencodingcommunity.com/code-of-conduct).

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Join the **Women Coding Community** for an insightful and empowering panel discussion on the **Breaking Barriers and Finding Opportunities**, where our panelists share insights on overcoming challenges and seizing opportunities in the tech industry.

Whether you’re considering a career in tech or seeking direction, this discussion will motivate and inspire your journey forward.

**Agenda:**
⏰ **19:00 – 19:10** Introduction to Women Coding Community
⏰ **19:10 – 19:50** Panel discussion
⏰ **19:50 – 20:00** Q&A

**Panelists:**
**Arzu Guney Caner** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/arzucaner/)
Arzu started her career in telecommunications, specializing in CRM systems and marketing. Transitioning into software development two years ago, Arzu now focuses on mobile and web applications, enhancing user experience and performance. She is a mentor and evangelist at Women Coding Community.

**Airat Yusuff** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/khairah-yusuff/)
Airat is a software engineer with about 4 years of experience building modern web products with intuitive user experiences. An AWS Community Builder, she is passionate about leveraging cloud technologies and automation tools to improve developer processes, and shares her insights on the AWS Community blog. She is dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion, actively engaging in tech communities like the Women Coding Community, where she serves as a Lead.

**Shabana Khatau** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shabana-govani-khatau-7b0122222/)
Shabana is a passionate tech enthusiast and coder, currently working as a System and Application Support Advisor at Network Rail. After dedicating 19 years to raising her four children, she made the decision to start her career in technology, driven by her love for coding. As part of her journey, Shabana became actively involved in the Women Coding Community, where she initially joined the newsletter editorial team and now transitioned as a co-leader.

**Marjorie Martinez** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/marjorie-martinez/)
Marj is a software developer with a strong focus on frontend development. After relocating from the Philippines to London, she has taken on the role of Web Developer at Major Digital. Passionate about fostering community, Marj actively contributes to the Women Coding Community, empowering others in the tech industry.

**Joana Brito** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joana-brito216/)
Joana is a junior software engineer based in London, known for her positivity, resilience, and passion for learning. In 2023, she transitioned from fashion to tech.
She actively contributes to open-source projects with the Women Coding Community and recently completed a personal project to learn a new programming language. Joana also holds a MOOC Sprint certificate from Code First Girls and is part of the Cajigo 100 Women in Tech Accelerator.
With a unique background in design, Joana brings a fresh perspective to engineering and is eager to blend her creative and technical skills.

**Moderator: Rajani Rao** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajaniraog/)
Co-Founder / Director at Women Coding Community and a Principal Technologist at AVEVA

**Co-Host: Madhura Chaganty** \| [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/madhurachaganty/)
Lead / Mentorship programme coordinator at Women Coding Community and Engineering Manager

**👩🏽‍💻 About Women Coding Community**
Empowering women in their tech careers through education, mentorship, community building, and career services is our mission. We provide workshops and events, connect members with industry mentors, foster a supportive community through meetups and conferences, and raise awareness for more inclusive industry practices.
[Website](http://womencodingcommunity.com/)
[LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/103490940)
[Slack](https://bit.ly/women_coding_community)
[Instagram](http://ttps//www.instagram.com/women_coding_community)
[X](https://twitter.com/Womencodin36806)
**👩🏽‍💻 Code of Conduct**
At **Women Coding Community** we are committed to a vibrant, supportive community. When attending our events, all members should follow our Code of Conduct. The full version you can find following the link:
[https://womencodingcommunity.com/code-of-conduct](https://womencodingcommunity.com/code-of-conduct)

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