Name: New to Z Meet-Up: Australia and New Zealand local chapters
Start: 2024-12-05T03:00:00.000Z
End: 2024-12-05T05:00:00.000Z
Location: Event Space

Welcome to the New to Z - New York User Group! You're invited to the inaugural [New to Z] New York Chapter Happy Hour Event!

Join us on November 18th from 4:00-6:00 PM EST at One Madison Avenue Auditorium to network and celebrate our New to Community with fellow mainframers.

\*Please be sure to register here so we can grant you access to OMA :)

[New to Z] New York

Ariana Khan

Caitlin Mooney 

Samantha

[New to Z] Career Development and Happy Hour Event

IBM NYC

Details & RSVP: [https://lu.ma/za4jcucq](https://lu.ma/za4jcucq)

**Calling all SF-based developers!**
**Ready to move beyond the AI agent hype and start building?**

Join us **in-person** for a hands-on workshop where you'll create your own custom AI agent using the [Bee Agent Stack](https://github.com/i-am-bee).

​In this session, we'll cut through all the noise around AI agents and explain what it takes to program agents from scratch and how frameworks can help accelerate your pathway to production.
​Make sure to bring your laptop! This will be a hands-on session with plenty of support and guidance from our instructors.

​**Event sign up will close on Monday 11/18. Grab your spot soon!**

​Agenda [tentative]:

* ​5.00-5.30: Intros & networking
* ​5.30-6:00: How to program an AI agent from scratch
* ​6:00-6:15: Pre-reqs + break
* ​6:15-6:45: Getting started with Bee
* ​6:45-7:15: Build your own custom agent
* ​7:15-7:30: Wrap up

Details & RSVP: [https://lu.ma/za4jcucq](https://lu.ma/za4jcucq)

IBM Developer SF Bay Area

Dave Nielsen

Build Your First AI Agent with Bee!

425 Market Street

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Data, Cloud and AI in Tokyo

Kohsuke Sakamoto

Tomo

Zach Wolpe

[満員御礼！！] IBM TechXchange Japan 2024

ホテル雅叙園東京

💡AI isn’t just chatbots and image generation! In this webinar, **Maksim** reveals how **agentic AI workflows** like **Autogen** and **GraphRAG** drive automation and data insights. Learn how **AI agents** collaborate to streamline development, enhance information retrieval, and create knowledge graphs.

[Register your attendance here!](https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/0f71c798-8c2d-4585-8cd6-713b63a76ad3@fcf67057-50c9-4ad4-98f3-ffca64add9e9)

**Session outline:**
📌**Autogen Framework and Agentic AI Workflows**

* Overview of agentic AI workflows and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
* Benefits of agentic workflows
* Introduction to the autogen framework and its role in creating agentic workflows
* Exploring different patterns of AI collaboration.

📌Exploring advanced RAG Techniques

* What is RAG and why it's critical for AI in software development
* Different RAG techniques explored (RAG Fusion, etc.) and their applications
* Custom chunking techniques and why they are important

📌GraphRAG: Creating Knowledge Graphs

* Introduction to GraphRAG
* Explanation of the GraphRAG Workflow
* Practical applications of knowledge graphs in RAG workflows for enhanced AI performance.

👥Open discussion

Data, Cloud and AI in Zagreb

Nikica Fulir

Tvrtko Mrkonjić

Ivan Mihalj

AI with Agentic Workflows: Autogen Framework & GraphRAG in Software Development

Online event

Join a New to Z local chapter meetup across Australia and New Zealand for our next hybrid event on **5th Dec 2024 from 2pm**. The speaker agenda will be offered across all the locations combined with the opportunity for networking with peers and allies.
Register at [ibm.biz/newtoz-anz](ibm.biz/newtoz-anz)

Agenda -
**Welcome by Ian White, BMC**

**An Experts Insight: John McKenny, Global Intelligent Mainframe Operations Leader at BMC - 15 minutes**
John works across the globe with some of the largest mainframe customers leveraging this platform to innovate, using the latest technologies helping build their skills and careers in exciting new areas.

**An Early Career Mainframe Developer – 15 minutes**
Developers career pathway plus key trends in mainframe development and what I enjoy most about my role!

**Fireside Chat - 20 minutes**
Connecting with a **Mainframe Customer Expert** on the role of the platform in servicing the community across an eco-system

**Mainframe Kahoot Quiz - 15 minutes**
Interactive quiz covering mainframe history/technology

**Closing Remarks** - **5 mins**
**Finish up at 3:30 followed by local networking opportunity**

[New to Z] Australia / New Zealand

Ruth

John Fox

ashleeannjackson

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