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BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-09-apple-event-september-keynote-surprise-and-shine@sitrak
 a.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Apple Event: September keynote (“Surprise and Shine”)
LOCATION:Cupertino\, California (online keynote)
DTSTART:20260909T170000Z
DESCRIPTION:Apple's autumn keynote\, streamed worldwide from Apple Par
 k in Cupertino. It starts at 10:00 California time\, which is 19:00 i
 n Luxembourg\, and Apple's tagline for it is “Surprise and shine.
 ” Historically this is the stage for the year's new iPhone and Appl
 e Watch. No registration is needed to watch the Apple keynote livestr
 eam at apple.com or in the Apple TV app\; Apple does not announce the
  running time in advance.\n\nMy take: 10:00 in Cupertino is 19:00 her
 e\, so it lands right after work. Watch the stream rather than the li
 veblogs: Apple's own demos are tighter than any recap.\n\nhttps://sit
 raka.lu/events/2026-09-09-apple-event-september-keynote-surprise-and-
 shine/
URL:https://www.apple.com/apple-events/
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-10-anthropic-webinar-maximizing-value-from-claude-code@sit
 raka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Anthropic webinar: Maximizing Value from Claude Code
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260910T160000Z
DESCRIPTION:A one-hour online webinar on getting more out of Claude Co
 de while keeping token spend under control: model selection\, prompt 
 caching\, context management and the cost of long sessions\, hosted b
 y Anthropic's Lydia Hallie (Member of Technical Staff). It starts at 
 9:00 Pacific time\, which is 18:00 in Luxembourg. Registration is req
 uired\, and everyone who registers is sent the recording within 48 ho
 urs.\n\nMy take: The recording goes to everyone who registers\, so si
 gn up even if 18:00 doesn't work. The cost-control tips (caching\, co
 ntext) pay back the hour on the first long session.\n\nhttps://sitrak
 a.lu/events/2026-09-10-anthropic-webinar-maximizing-value-from-claude
 -code/
URL:https://www.anthropic.com/webinars/claude-code-maximizing-value
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-15-google-techbyte-unlocking-the-future-of-video-editing-w
 ith-ai-introducing-gemini-omni-flash@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Google · TechByte: Unlocking the future of video editing with
  AI - Introducing Gemini Omni Flash
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260915T093000Z
DESCRIPTION:A one hour Google Cloud OnAir webinar on editing video wit
 h natural language prompts using Gemini Omni Flash\, aimed at markete
 rs and content teams rather than engineers. Google lists the slot as 
 11:30 to 12:30 Luxembourg time\, so you can take it from your desk. R
 egistration on the Google Cloud OnAir page is required to get the str
 eam link\, and the page lists no price.\n\nMy take: The most business
  facing of the September TechBytes: it is about production workflow a
 nd cost per asset\, not model benchmarks.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/event
 s/2026-09-15-google-techbyte-unlocking-the-future-of-video-editing-wi
 th-ai-introducing-gemini-omni-flash/
URL:https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/unlocking-the-futureofvid
 eo-editing-with-ai-introducing-gemini-omni-flash
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-15-google-building-with-gemini-enterprise-agent-platform-f
 rom-ideation-to-production@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Google · Building with Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: From
  ideation to production
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260915T180000Z
DESCRIPTION:Google Cloud developer session on taking an AI agent from 
 prototype to production: Agent Studio\, the open source Agent Develop
 ment Kit\, the serverless Agent Runtime\, plus Agent Gateway and Agen
 t Identity for runtime governance. Google publishes the slot as 20:00
  to 21:00 Luxembourg time\, so it is an evening watch from anywhere. 
 You register on the Google Cloud OnAir page to receive the link\, and
  no price is listed.\n\nMy take: Useful if you are past the demo stag
 e and now have to argue identity\, sessions and audit trails in front
  of a risk committee.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-09-15-google-
 building-with-gemini-enterprise-agent-platform-from-ideation-to-produ
 ction/
URL:https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/gemini-enterprise-agent-p
 latform-governance-scale-unified
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-16-techbyte-step-into-the-agentic-era-google-cloud-data-ag
 ents@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:TechByte: Step into the agentic era - Google Cloud Data Agents
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260916T080000Z
DESCRIPTION:One hour Google Cloud webinar on its data agents: the Data
  Engineering Agent\, the Data Science Agent and the Conversational An
 alytics Agent\, plus a five step blueprint for building your own. The
  published slot is 10:00 to 11:00 Luxembourg time and the format is f
 ully online. You need to register on the Google Cloud OnAir page\, wh
 ich lists no fee.\n\nMy take: Worth an hour if you run a data team an
 d want to see how far Google pushes the pre-built agent route before 
 you commit to building your own.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-09
 -16-techbyte-step-into-the-agentic-era-google-cloud-data-agents/
URL:https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/techbyte-step-into-the-ag
 entic-google-cloud-data-agents
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-16-google-cloud-foundations-2026@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Google Cloud Foundations 2026
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260916T090000Z
DESCRIPTION:A 95 minute workshop run by Google Cloud customer engineer
 s covering Cloud Run and GKE Autopilot\, AlloyDB and Bigtable\, BigQu
 ery Studio\, and a first pass at Gemini and the agent builder. Google
  runs three regional sittings and publishes the EMEA one as 11:00 to 
 12:35 GMT+2\, which is Luxembourg time. It is online with expert-led 
 training\, live demos and hands-on labs\, and you register on the Goo
 gle Cloud OnAir page\; no price is listed.\n\nMy take: The one on thi
 s list that is actually a beginner ramp: it is the session to send a 
 colleague to\, not the one you attend yourself.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu
 /events/2026-09-16-google-cloud-foundations-2026/
URL:https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/google-cloud-foundations-
 q3-26-replay
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-16-google-techbyte-defending-your-enterprise-against-ai-mo
 dels-that-find-vulnerabilities-faster-than-ever@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Google · TechByte: Defending your enterprise against AI model
 s that find vulnerabilities faster than ever
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260916T110000Z
DESCRIPTION:John Hultquist\, chief analyst of the Google Threat Intell
 igence Group\, on attack timelines compressed by models that find and
  exploit software flaws faster than teams can patch. The briefing cov
 ers pairing frontier model reasoning with Wiz risk prioritisation\, C
 odeMender remediation and Mandiant frontline work. Published slot is 
 13:00 to 14:00 Luxembourg time\, fully online\, registration required
  on the Google Cloud OnAir page and no price listed.\n\nMy take: The 
 only September TechByte with a named Google threat-intelligence analy
 st on it\, which is why it is the one worth the hour for a Luxembourg
  CISO.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-09-16-google-techbyte-defend
 ing-your-enterprise-against-ai-models-that-find-vulnerabilities-faste
 r-than-ever/
URL:https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/techbyte-defending-your-e
 nterprise-against-ai-models
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-17-apple-iphone-duo-group-lab@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Apple · iPhone Duo Group Lab
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260917T150000Z
DESCRIPTION:Apple engineers and designers answer questions online abou
 t adapting apps to iPhone Duo\, covering layouts across both displays
 \, working with the hinge\, Split View multitasking and camera experi
 ences. The one hour session runs 17:00 to 18:00 Luxembourg time and y
 ou must register on Apple's events site\, where sign-up closes at 18:
 00. Apple runs a second identical lab the same day at 05:00 Luxembour
 g time for other regions.\n\nMy take: The 17:00 slot is the one that 
 actually works from Europe\, and a Group Lab is the rare Apple format
  where you can put a question to the engineers rather than just watch
 . Apple publishes no price for these activities\, so registration\, n
 ot payment\, is the barrier.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-09-17-
 apple-iphone-duo-group-lab/
URL:https://developer.apple.com/events/view/9HX6P528G4/dashboard
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-23-anthropic-claude-founder-house-london@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Anthropic Claude Founder House · London
LOCATION:London\, United Kingdom (livestream)
DTSTART:20260923T073000Z
DESCRIPTION:A full day with the Anthropic team for the people building
  the next generation of AI companies: a morning for founders and CEOs
 \, then an afternoon Applied AI masterclass on agents for builders an
 d developers\, a guided build and a community showcase. Speakers incl
 ude Anthropic's startups and developer-relations leads with founders 
 and partners from Index Ventures\, Apollo\, Tines and Raycast. In-per
 son applications are closed\, but the whole day is streamed: the live
 stream opens on the event page at 8:30 London time\, which is 9:30 in
  Luxembourg.\n\nMy take: In-person is full\, so this is a livestream 
 for the second monitor. The afternoon Applied AI masterclass on agent
 s is the part worth blocking time for.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2
 026-09-23-anthropic-claude-founder-house-london/
URL:https://www.anthropic.com/events/claude-founder-house-london
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-23-apple-iphone-duo-photos-camera-q-a@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Apple · iPhone Duo Photos & Camera Q&A
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260923T140000Z
DESCRIPTION:Apple engineers take camera questions on the Apple Develop
 er Forums\, covering the two front cameras\, the new Virtual Front Ca
 mera\, reacting to camera direction changes as the device opens and c
 loses\, and polishing the camera preview. The window runs 16:00 to 18
 :00 Luxembourg time and you register on Apple's events site first. Th
 is is a written forum exchange rather than a stream\, so you take par
 t by posting\, not by watching.\n\nMy take: Useful only if you actual
 ly ship a camera app\, but it is a direct line to the people who wrot
 e the framework. Apple repeats it overnight at 03:00 Luxembourg time 
 for other regions.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-09-23-apple-ipho
 ne-duo-photos-camera-q-a/
URL:https://developer.apple.com/events/view/H7Q98KPZ38/dashboard
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-23-apple-iphone-duo-swiftui-q-a@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Apple · iPhone Duo SwiftUI Q&A
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260923T150000Z
DESCRIPTION:A two hour question and answer window with Apple engineers
  on the Apple Developer Forums about SwiftUI layouts that adapt to iP
 hone Duo\, including size classes across both displays\, asymmetric s
 afe areas\, reserved regions and arrangements\, navigation and tab vi
 ews\, and responding to the hinge angle. It runs 17:00 to 19:00 Luxem
 bourg time and registration is on Apple's events site. You participat
 e by posting in the forums\, so there is nothing to watch live.\n\nMy
  take: The foldable iPhone forces real layout decisions on anyone wit
 h a SwiftUI app\, and this is the cheapest way to get an authoritativ
 e answer. An overnight repeat runs at 02:00 Luxembourg time.\n\nhttps
 ://sitraka.lu/events/2026-09-23-apple-iphone-duo-swiftui-q-a/
URL:https://developer.apple.com/events/view/MPQL773X4P/dashboard
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-23-apple-iphone-duo-uikit-q-a@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Apple · iPhone Duo UIKit Q&A
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260923T150000Z
DESCRIPTION:The UIKit counterpart to the same day SwiftUI session: App
 le engineers answer questions on the Apple Developer Forums about siz
 e classes and trait collections\, asymmetric safe area insets and lay
 out margins\, reserved regions\, Split View and tab bar behaviour\, a
 nd the hinge angle. It runs 17:00 to 19:00 Luxembourg time\, with reg
 istration on Apple's events site. Participation is by posting in the 
 forums.\n\nMy take: Worth knowing this exists separately from the Swi
 ftUI session\, because plenty of older iOS codebases are still UIKit.
  An overnight repeat runs at 02:00 Luxembourg time.\n\nhttps://sitrak
 a.lu/events/2026-09-23-apple-iphone-duo-uikit-q-a/
URL:https://developer.apple.com/events/view/LUA9Y8JB2Z/dashboard
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-23-github-copilot-201-engineering-workflows-with-cli-agent
 s-and-mcp@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:GitHub · Copilot 201: Engineering Workflows with CLI\, Agents
 \, and MCP
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260923T160000Z
DESCRIPTION:GitHub webinar on moving from one-off Copilot prompts to r
 epeatable engineering workflows built on the Copilot CLI\, agents and
  the Model Context Protocol. Runs 45 minutes\, 18:00 to 18:45 Luxembo
 urg time\, listed by GitHub as 9am PT. Fully online\, but GitHub caps
  these demo sessions at 100 attendees\, so register early on its even
 t platform\, which asks for your name\, work email\, organisation\, j
 ob title and country and lists no price.\n\nMy take: The most hands-o
 n of GitHub's autumn webinars\, and the 18:00 slot is one of the few 
 that lands at a civilised hour in Europe.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/event
 s/2026-09-23-github-copilot-201-engineering-workflows-with-cli-agents
 -and-mcp/
URL:https://github.registration.goldcast.io/webinar/68ae5cc5-0c79-4da6
 -8c1b-2b1f709c4a58
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-23-google-cloud-labs-agentic-space-quest@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Google Cloud Labs: Agentic space quest
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260923T180000Z
DESCRIPTION:A two and a half hour hands-on Google Cloud workshop built
  as a coding adventure: multi-turn image generation with Gemini\, a p
 arallel agent crew built on the Agent Development Kit\, custom Model 
 Context Protocol servers\, a bidirectional WebSocket pipeline on the 
 Gemini Live API\, and deployment to Cloud Run. Google publishes the s
 lot as 20:00 to 22:30 Luxembourg time and the format is online. Regis
 ter on the Google Cloud OnAir page to take part\; no price is listed.
 \n\nMy take: Gimmicky framing\, serious content: MCP servers\, live s
 treaming pipelines and Cloud Run deployment in one evening is a lot o
 f ground for a free session.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-09-23-
 google-cloud-labs-agentic-space-quest/
URL:https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/gc-labs-agentic-space-que
 st-2
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-24-github-orchestrating-agentic-workflows-from-idea-to-tru
 sted-production@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:GitHub · Orchestrating Agentic Workflows: From Idea to Truste
 d Production
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260924T180000Z
DESCRIPTION:One hour session in which GitHub demonstrates autonomous a
 gents opening pull requests\, automated review gating quality and Git
 Hub Actions deploying\, all inside policy boundaries. Announced topic
 s include repo-native agents\, multi-step agentic pipelines\, the Mod
 el Context Protocol and agent guardrails. Watch live online from 20:0
 0 to 21:00 Luxembourg time\; registration on GitHub's event platform 
 lists no price for it.\n\nMy take: Aimed at platform and engineering 
 leads rather than hobbyists\, so expect governance framing more than 
 raw coding.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-09-24-github-orchestrat
 ing-agentic-workflows-from-idea-to-trusted-production/
URL:https://github.registration.goldcast.io/events/68b45c95-ca20-4e32-
 99d9-fb54a94f948c
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-09-29-github-how-to-trust-the-code-you-ship@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:GitHub · How to Trust the Code You Ship
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20260929T160000Z
DTEND:20260929T170000Z
DESCRIPTION:GitHub security webinar on finding and fixing vulnerabilit
 ies before they reach production\, summarised by GitHub as learning t
 o "trust your code". Scheduled for one hour\, 18:00 to 19:00 Luxembou
 rg time\, which GitHub publishes as 9am PT. Online and open to Europe
 \; register through the form on GitHub's event platform\, which lists
  no price for it.\n\nMy take: Useful if your team is weighing GitHub 
 Advanced Security\, though the agenda published so far is thin on det
 ail.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-09-29-github-how-to-trust-the-
 code-you-ship/
URL:https://github.registration.goldcast.io/webinar/ee84b400-2894-4c13
 -b8a7-f37359108ea6
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-10-06-mlb-race-to-october-building-ai-agents-across-google-cl
 oud-s-genai-stack@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:MLB Race to October: Building AI agents across Google Cloud's 
 GenAI stack
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20261006T180000Z
DTEND:20261006T200000Z
DESCRIPTION:Two hour hands-on Google Cloud lab that builds an AI intel
 ligence platform across four tiers of the GenAI stack\, using a baseb
 all trade deadline as the working scenario. The stated thesis is that
  AI capability is set by data architecture rather than model choice. 
 Google publishes the slot as 20:00 to 22:00 Luxembourg time\, it is o
 nline\, and you register on the Google Cloud OnAir page\, which lists
  no fee.\n\nMy take: The sports wrapper is a hook\, but the claim und
 er it\, that your data architecture caps your agent quality\, is the 
 argument most AI pilots lose on.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-10
 -06-mlb-race-to-october-building-ai-agents-across-google-cloud-s-gena
 i-stack/
URL:https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/mlb-race-ai-agents-across
 -gen-ai-stack-2
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-10-07-token2049-singapore-2026@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:TOKEN2049 Singapore 2026
LOCATION:Marina Bay Sands\, Singapore
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261007
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261009
DESCRIPTION:The largest crypto and Web3 conference in the world\, held
  at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on 7 and 8 October 2026\, with tens
  of thousands of attendees and hundreds of speakers. Widely followed 
 from financial centres for the state of digital assets. It is an in-p
 erson\, paid event (tickets on sale\, prices rising as the dates appr
 oach)\; the daily start time is not published in advance.\n\nMy take:
  More crypto than traditional banking\, but it's where the digital-as
 sets conversation sets its tone for the year. Worth watching the anno
 uncements even from a desk in Luxembourg.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/event
 s/2026-10-07-token2049-singapore-2026/
URL:https://www.token2049.com/singapore
CATEGORIES:Finance
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-10-07-apple-ietf-hls-interest-day@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Apple · IETF HLS Interest Day
LOCATION:Apple Developer Center\, Cupertino\, California (also online)
DTSTART:20261007T160000Z
DTEND:20261007T210000Z
DESCRIPTION:An online broadcast for engineers working with HTTP Live S
 treaming\, with presentations from Apple and other members of the HLS
  community plus a live question and answer session with Apple enginee
 rs. The stream runs 18:00 to 23:00 Luxembourg time and registration o
 n Apple's events site closes at 23:00 the same day. Attending in Cupe
 rtino in person requires a separate application.\n\nMy take: The most
  substantive Apple item on the autumn calendar for anyone in video de
 livery\, and the one where being nine time zones away costs you nothi
 ng beyond a late evening. HLS is an IETF specification\, so the discu
 ssion is genuinely technical rather than a product pitch.\n\nhttps://
 sitraka.lu/events/2026-10-07-apple-ietf-hls-interest-day/
URL:https://developer.apple.com/events/view/7W68Y49D7P/dashboard
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-10-07-github-spend-smarter-optimizing-copilot-tokens-without-
 slowing-builders@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:GitHub · Spend Smarter: Optimizing Copilot Tokens Without Slo
 wing Builders
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20261007T160000Z
DTEND:20261007T164500Z
DESCRIPTION:GitHub demo session on keeping Copilot token consumption u
 nder control without slowing developers down\, aimed at the people ac
 countable for both the spend and the delivery speed. Runs 45 minutes\
 , 18:00 to 18:45 Luxembourg time\, published by GitHub as 9am PT. Onl
 ine with no price listed\, but GitHub caps these demos at 100 attende
 es\, so register early on its event platform\, which asks for your na
 me\, work email\, organisation\, job title and country. GitHub also l
 ists partner webinars on Copilot costs and billing run by Xebia\, And
 ela and Canarys\; this is the one GitHub hosts itself.\n\nMy take: Th
 e billing question is the practical one for Luxembourg teams piloting
  Copilot\, and it is worth hearing GitHub's own answer rather than a 
 reseller's.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-10-07-github-spend-smar
 ter-optimizing-copilot-tokens-without-slowing-builders/
URL:https://github.registration.goldcast.io/webinar/319dc29a-5c6d-4b09
 -afc3-22da968edfbb
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-10-15-google-3-ways-to-run-high-performance-apache-spark-jobs
 -on-apache-iceberg-data@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Google · 3 ways to run high-performance Apache Spark jobs on 
 Apache Iceberg data
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20261015T180000Z
DTEND:20261015T190000Z
DESCRIPTION:Technical Google Cloud session with Brad Miro and Suda Sri
 nivasan on running Spark against Iceberg tables: serverless batch ETL
 \, ephemeral interactive PySpark sessions from your own IDE\, the Lig
 htning Engine native C++ execution path\, and the Lakehouse runtime c
 atalog for zero-copy BigQuery reads. Published slot is 20:00 to 21:00
  Luxembourg time and the session is online. Registration on the Googl
 e Cloud OnAir page is required and no price is listed.\n\nMy take: Th
 e most engineering-dense hour in this batch\, and the only one that n
 ames the lock-in question directly.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026
 -10-15-google-3-ways-to-run-high-performance-apache-spark-jobs-on-apa
 che-iceberg-data/
URL:https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/apache-spark-apache-icebe
 rg-lakehouse
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-10-22-github-trust-what-you-ship-governance-security-code-qua
 lity-in-the-agentic-era@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:GitHub · Trust What You Ship: Governance\, Security & Code Qu
 ality in the Agentic Era
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20261022T180000Z
DTEND:20261022T190000Z
DESCRIPTION:GitHub session on holding agent-written code to the same s
 tandard as human code\, covering Copilot Code Review\, code scanning\
 , autofix\, secret protection and policy guardrails. One hour online\
 , 20:00 to 21:00 Luxembourg time\, which GitHub lists as 11am PT. Reg
 ister on GitHub's own event platform\; no price is listed and no atte
 ndance cap is set.\n\nMy take: This is the compliance-facing twin of 
 the September agentic workflows session\, and the pairing suggests Gi
 tHub expects governance to be the real objection.\n\nhttps://sitraka.
 lu/events/2026-10-22-github-trust-what-you-ship-governance-security-c
 ode-quality-in-the-agentic-era/
URL:https://github.registration.goldcast.io/events/9aa57172-63e9-4381-
 bda6-22208875fb08
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-10-28-github-universe-2026@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:GitHub Universe 2026
LOCATION:Fort Mason Center\, San Francisco\, California (also online)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261028
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261030
DESCRIPTION:GitHub's flagship developer conference\, two days at Fort 
 Mason Center in San Francisco. You do not need to fly: GitHub sells a
  virtual pass it labels "free"\, which covers the streamed keynotes\,
  the virtual-only content and the recorded sessions afterwards. The o
 pening keynote is 9:00 AM Pacific on 28 October\, which is 17:00 in L
 uxembourg\, and the closing keynote is 2:00 PM Pacific on 29 October\
 , or 22:00 Luxembourg time. In-person passes cost 1399 dollars and Gi
 tHub marks them as selling fast\, so the virtual seat is the sensible
  route from here.\n\nTime: 17:00 (Luxembourg)\n\nMy take: The one glo
 bal GitHub date worth blocking out: a genuinely free livestream of th
 e keynotes at 17:00 Luxembourg time\, no travel budget needed.\n\nhtt
 ps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-10-28-github-universe-2026/
URL:https://githubuniverse.com/
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-10-29-apple-boost-your-app-s-speed-and-efficiency@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Apple · Boost your app's speed and efficiency
LOCATION:Apple Developer Center\, Cupertino\, California (also online)
DTSTART:20261029T170000Z
DTEND:20261029T213000Z
DESCRIPTION:A half day online event on app performance: technical sess
 ions on finding performance opportunities\, gathering and analysing d
 iagnostics with Xcode and Instruments\, and using coding agents to he
 lp build optimisations\, followed by a question and answer session wi
 th Apple experts. Luxembourg time it runs 18:00 to 22:30\, including 
 the Cupertino lunch break in the middle of the published agenda. Regi
 ster on Apple's events site by 20:00 Luxembourg time that day\; a sep
 arate in person version runs at the Apple Developer Center in Cuperti
 no.\n\nMy take: The agenda is unusually concrete for an Apple session
 \, naming Instruments and coding agents rather than staying at slide 
 level. The published lunch break means roughly three hours of actual 
 content across a five hour window.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-
 10-29-apple-boost-your-app-s-speed-and-efficiency/
URL:https://developer.apple.com/events/view/S7P3V2W9B4/dashboard
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-11-03-y-combinator-winter-2027-application-deadline@sitraka.l
 u
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Y Combinator · Winter 2027 application deadline
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20261103T040000Z
DESCRIPTION:The on-time deadline to apply to Y Combinator's Winter 202
 7 batch\, which runs January to March 2027 in San Francisco. Applicat
 ions are entirely online and on-time applicants get a decision by 11 
 December. The cutoff is 8:00pm in San Francisco on 2 November\, which
  is 5:00 the next morning in Luxembourg\, so treat 2 November as the 
 real deadline. A dated milestone for any founder here weighing a YC a
 pplication.\n\nMy take: The date that counts is the San Francisco one
 : 2 November\, 8pm. From Luxembourg that is 5am on the 3rd\, so make 
 2 November your cutoff and don't leave it to the last evening.\n\nhtt
 ps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-11-03-y-combinator-winter-2027-applicatio
 n-deadline/
URL:https://www.ycombinator.com/apply
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-11-18-singapore-fintech-festival-2026@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Singapore FinTech Festival 2026
LOCATION:Singapore Expo\, Singapore
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261118
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261121
DESCRIPTION:The world's largest fintech gathering\, held at Singapore 
 Expo from 18 to 20 November 2026. Organised by the Monetary Authority
  of Singapore (the central bank) with the Global Finance & Technology
  Network and the Association of Banks in Singapore\, its 11th edition
  runs under the theme of the forces reshaping global finance. Luxembo
 urg's own financial centre follows it closely. It is an in-person\, p
 aid event (passes from SGD 1\,000\, early-bird before 25 September 20
 26)\; the daily programme times are not published in advance.\n\nMy t
 ake: The one global fintech date a Luxembourg finance professional ac
 tually tracks. If a trip to Singapore isn't on\, the keynotes and pan
 els are widely written up afterwards\, so follow the coverage.\n\nhtt
 ps://sitraka.lu/events/2026-11-18-singapore-fintech-festival-2026/
URL:https://www.fintechfestival.sg/
CATEGORIES:Finance
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-11-19-github-measuring-what-matters-proving-the-roi-of-ai-pow
 ered-engineering@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:GitHub · Measuring What Matters: Proving the ROI of AI-Powere
 d Engineering
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20261119T190000Z
DTEND:20261119T200000Z
DESCRIPTION:GitHub session on quantifying what Copilot and agentic wor
 kflows actually deliver\, using Copilot metrics\, productivity baseli
 ning and adoption patterns to build a business case. One hour online\
 , 20:00 to 21:00 Luxembourg time. Register on GitHub's event platform
 \, which lists no price for it.\n\nMy take: For anyone who has to jus
 tify a Copilot licence line to a CFO\, this is the session that matte
 rs more than the demos. GitHub's own listing labels this 11am PDT\, b
 ut California is on PST in November and the registration record gives
  19:00 UTC: the 20:00 Luxembourg start here is the corrected one.\n\n
 https://sitraka.lu/events/2026-11-19-github-measuring-what-matters-pr
 oving-the-roi-of-ai-powered-engineering/
URL:https://github.registration.goldcast.io/events/4b51851e-0da6-498b-
 99b7-d35b8a9f6d7e
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2026-12-17-github-building-for-the-frontier-firm-what-s-next-for-g
 ithub-ai@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:GitHub · Building for the Frontier Firm: What's Next for GitH
 ub + AI
LOCATION:Online
DTSTART:20261217T190000Z
DTEND:20261217T200000Z
DESCRIPTION:GitHub's year-end roadmap session on where agentic develop
 ment goes next\, covering the product roadmap\, work from GitHub Next
 \, multi-agent collaboration and the Azure AI Foundry integration. On
 e hour online\, 20:00 to 21:00 Luxembourg time. Register on GitHub's 
 event platform\, which lists no price for it.\n\nMy take: Roadmap ses
 sions like this are usually a Universe rerun with a forward slide or 
 two\, but they are the cheapest way to see what lands in 2027. Same l
 abel problem as the November session: GitHub writes 11am PDT in Decem
 ber\, when California is on PST\, so the 20:00 Luxembourg start comes
  from the 19:00 UTC registration record.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events
 /2026-12-17-github-building-for-the-frontier-firm-what-s-next-for-git
 hub-ai/
URL:https://github.registration.goldcast.io/events/dfdf494e-ecfb-4a87-
 b8f4-554b3cd8bf3f
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2027-04-13-google-cloud-next-2027@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Google Cloud Next 2027
LOCATION:Mandalay Bay Convention Center\, Las Vegas\, United States
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270413
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270416
DESCRIPTION:Google has fixed the dates and venue of its next flagship 
 cloud conference\, with selected programming on 12 April ahead of the
  three main days. Registration is not open yet and Google has publish
 ed nothing about a 2027 livestream or digital pass\, so for now the o
 nly thing you can do online is sign up for updates. In the meantime t
 he 2026 keynotes\, deep dives and digital shorts are all watchable on
  demand at no cost.\n\nMy take: Put the date in the diary and wait: o
 n past form the keynote is streamed free and the session library open
 s afterwards\, so the trip is optional.\n\nhttps://sitraka.lu/events/
 2027-04-13-google-cloud-next-2027/
URL:https://www.googlecloudevents.com/next-vegas
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
UID:2027-05-26-asia-tech-x-singapore-atxsg-2027@sitraka.lu
DTSTAMP:20261014T223910Z
SUMMARY:Asia Tech x Singapore (ATxSG) 2027
LOCATION:Singapore EXPO & Capella\, Singapore
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270526
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270529
DESCRIPTION:Singapore's flagship technology event\, held from 26 to 28
  May 2027 across Singapore EXPO (ATxEnterprise) and Capella Singapore
  (the ATxSummit\, an invitation-only plenary on AI and governance). A
  broad showcase of the region's technology and policy agenda. In-pers
 on and paid/professional\; the daily programme times are not publishe
 d in advance.\n\nMy take: The Asian counterweight to the big European
  tech shows\, and increasingly where AI governance gets debated. A 20
 27 date to keep on the radar if Asia is on your map.\n\nhttps://sitra
 ka.lu/events/2027-05-26-asia-tech-x-singapore-atxsg-2027/
URL:https://asiatechxsg.com/
CATEGORIES:Tech
END:VEVENT
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