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Spieleabend

Spieleabend

Mon, Jul 20, 4:00 PM
From Offenes Wohnzimmer: Moabit Nachbarschaft
4.7

English below Liebe Nachbarn und Freunde, Kommt vorbei und lernt eure Nachbarn kennen bei einer Runde Wizard, Just One, Dixit, Fluxx, und noch viel mehr. Ihr dürft natürlich eure Lieblingsspiele mitbringen und sie uns beibringen, falls wir sie noch nicht kennen. Teilnahme auf Spendebasis. Wo: offenes Wohnzimmer, Waldenserstr. 13, 10551 Berlin http://www.offeneswohnzimmer.org/ Dear neighbors and friends, The Offenes Wohnzimmer is hosting the next board game night. Come around and meet your neighbors around a game of scrabble, cards and more. You’re welcome to bring your favorite games. Participation donation based 🙂 http://www.offeneswohnzimmer.org/

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July 2026: ServiceNow Developer Meetup in Berlin

July 2026: ServiceNow Developer Meetup in Berlin

Thu, Jul 23, 4:00 PM
From Berlin ServiceNow Developer Group
4.8

**Important note: Please note that the event location changed. This event will be hosted at GovTech Deutschland, Max-Urich-Straße 3, 13355 Berlin.** **Hello ServiceNow Developers of Berlin!** We warmly invite you to the next ServiceNow Developer Meetup in Berlin! Whether you are a developer, admin, consultant, or architect, your ideas and suggestions are guaranteed to be valuable and will be incorporated into the functioning of our group. **What to Expect:** * **Networking and Community Building:** Meet new people who also work in the ServiceNow field. This is a great opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and expand your professional network. * **Open Forum:** Share your experiences, ask questions, and provide feedback on what you would like to see in future meetups. * **Free Snacks and Drinks** **IMPORTANT!!!** We want these events to truly be a "safe space" for ServiceNow professionals, so all recruitment and sales activities are prohibited. The organizers reserve the right to exclude anyone from the event who violates this rule. **RSVP and Participation:** To help us plan better, please RSVP here on the event page. Your early confirmation will greatly assist us in making this event a success. **Note:** due to international community in Berlin, we plan to run these events in **English**. We are excited to continue this journey with you to build a strong and supportive ServiceNow community in Berlin. See you there! **Meetup Agenda (Titles will be finalised soon):** * **Welcome & Introduction** * **Ice Breaker && Get to Know** * **[Presentation:] Engineering Employee Happiness by Julia Humboldt** * **\[Presentation:\] Intelligent Risk Management \| KRITIS\, DORA\, NIS2 in 2026 by Raul Bukowiecki** * **Q&A, Recap** * **Networking & Informal Discussions**

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30 attendees
Sunday Afternoon LW + ACX Meetup

Sunday Afternoon LW + ACX Meetup

Sun, Jul 12, 12:00 PM
From LessWrong, Rationality, Wait But Why, Slate Star Codex
4.7

If you’re reading this, you’re invited. Please feel free to come even if you feel awkward about it, even if you're not "the typical rationalist", even if you're worried people won't like you, etc. Location is Humboldthain, where the last ACX meetup was as well. Big lawn at the center of Humboldthain: [https://plus.codes/9F4MG9WP+36](https://plus.codes/9F4MG9WP+36)

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13 attendees
Irish American English Comedy: Pride Edition at Karakas Comedy Club

Irish American English Comedy: Pride Edition at Karakas Comedy Club

Tue, Jul 21, 7:00 PM
From Berlin Comedy in English
4.5

This Comedy Special combines the talents of two great comedians hailing from the US and Ireland. Listen and laugh as they talk about everything from family to dating to travel and life in Berlin. No one is safe and everyone will laugh in this entertainment evening not to be missed! At a REAL basement comedy club! This Comedy Special combines the talents of two great comedians hailing from the US and Ireland. Pride Edition so it may get extra saucy!! Advanced booking advised No suitable for under 18 No flashing the comedians (not after last time!) [MEETUP RSVP IS NOT A BOOKING PLEASE BOOK HERE](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/irish-american-english-comedy-pride-edition-at-karakas-comedy-club-tickets-1990264954054) TERA KILBRIDE (USA): Experienced international stand up comedian, host and producer, originally from the United States, living in Europe. Tera is quickly becoming one of the most notorious English stand up acts in Europe. Her content tackles mental health, growing up, dating, dark humor done with good vibes/high energy, and being an expat in Europe. Tera´s known for her energetic delivery, her bold content and fearlessly engaging with her audience. [Tera Kilbride (@teracomedy_) • Instagram photos and videos](https://www.instagram.com/teracomedy_/ "https://www.instagram.com/teracomedy_/") [https://www.youtube.com/@teracomedy](https://www.youtube.com/@teracomedy "https://www.youtube.com/@teracomedy") SHANE CALLAGHAN (IRE) Technically speaking Shane has been doing stand up comedy for just three and a half years although in his words, “I’ve been doing comedy my whole life, someone just gave me a microphone recently”Hailing from Ireland but based in Vienna, Shane’s endearing and charming brand of comedy has quickly made him very popular on the European circuit talking about gay stuff, romantic stuff and family stuff. [Shane Callaghan (@shane._callaghan) • Instagram photos and videos](https://www.instagram.com/shane._callaghan/ "https://www.instagram.com/shane._callaghan/") This is NOT a FREE SHOW! Donations are asked at the end. Minimum Donation is 10 Euros. Average Donation 10-20. Cash or Card accepted. Drinks are available for purchase at the bar. Poppers sold separately. [Venue: Karakas Comedy Club](https://karakasbar.com/ "https://karakasbar.com")

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Silent Reading Club

Silent Reading Club

Sun, Jul 12, 9:00 AM
From Offenes Wohnzimmer: Moabit Nachbarschaft
4.7

Ditch the old book club, where everyone has to read the same book...this is better! It works like this: Bring your own book. Come chat, have some tea or coffee, get to know your neighbors. Then we quietly read together, side by side, for about one hour, each one reading their own book, and afterwards we talk with each other about what we are reading. The usual agenda: - Arrival and introduction (~20 minutes) - ⁠Silent reading (~1 hour) - ⁠Discussion (~30-40 minutes) - ⁠Join us for a bite at a local restaurant afterwards, if you like! You may read in any language, you may read any book. We are a group of international residents of Berlin from many different countries, of all ages, and we converse in English. We welcome you! No registration needed – the event is donation based. All funds support the Offenes Wohnzimmer.

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Quality Engineering meetup #13

Quality Engineering meetup #13

Thu, Jul 16, 4:00 PM
From Quality Engineering Berlin
4.7

**PLEASE NOTE THE ADDRESS CHANGE! We're now at DEUTSCHE BANK BERLIN!** *In collaboration with* *Deutsche Bank*, *[Qase](https://qase.io) is presenting the **thirteenth** Meetup on Quality Engineering in Berlin.* *We’re bringing you three deep-dive talks: all designed to challenge the way you think about quality, testing, and collaboration.* *As always, expect great conversations, snacks, and drinks. See you there!* **AGENDA** **1\. Olga Bokova @ Deutsche Bank:** ***Testing the Nanoseconds: A Decade of High-Frequency Trading QA Evolution*** High-frequency trading systems operate at the edge of technology, where latency is measured in nanoseconds and every delay can translate directly into financial impact. In this environment, traditional QA approaches quickly break down, e.g. functional correctness alone is no longer enough. In this talk, Olga will share a real-world journey of how QA evolved over the past decade within high-performance trading systems. We’ll explore the challenges of testing ultra-low latency platforms, handling massive market data streams, and ensuring deterministic behaviour in highly distributed environments. Olga will walk us through how fragmented testing approaches led to inefficiency, duplication, and scalability issues, and how they transitioned toward a unified, domain-level testing framework built around simulation and controlled environments. You’ll learn how treating testing infrastructure as an engineering product helped us reduce complexity, increase reliability, and enable performance testing at realistic market scale. Along the way, Olga will share practical lessons, trade-offs, and what they chose to abandon (not just what we built). **2\. Neha\-B Yadav @ Deutsche Bank: *Secure AI, Smarter Testing: How QA Teams Can Shift Left Efficiently*** Now as ever, staying effective and efficient requires more than just strong testing fundamentals, but also intelligent orchestration of tools, data, and automation. Neha will focus in this talk on three key dimensions: how to stay effective with the help of AI-driven test workflows, how to remain relevant with modern engineering practices and enterprise tooling, and how to continuously upskill in an ecosystem of automation, AI agents, and integrated test platforms. Neha will share her approach with shifting testing left, proactive defect prevention, early test design, and proper continuous integration. The session will highlight techniques such as test-driven development, early collaboration between QA and engineering, and integrating validation into CI/CD pipelines to reduce downstream risks. **3\. Vitaly Sharovatov @ Qase: Leading Cost\-Cutting Initiatives by Improving Quality** More and more companies are cutting costs and doing layoffs, and QA is often among the first to be cut. Yet it is precisely QA folks who can help cut costs while improving quality. In this talk, Vitaly suggests ways we all can lead cost cutting discussions to make things right and either reduce or prevent layoffs. Partner with Customer Support to identify which escaped defects cost the most in ticket handling and escalations. Partner with Sales to identify which bugs put renewals and expansions at risk. Add Finance for SLA credits and refunds, and Engineering for incident response and hotfix effort. Add it all up, and you get external failure costs. After that, quantify internal failure costs like rework, retesting, queues, and waste. We will turn these numbers into a cost cutting proposal that managers understand: reduce the priciest external failure costs first, then reduce internal failure costs, by improving the way we build quality in. You will leave with a simple template for collecting the numbers with other departments, doing the calculations, and proposing specific process changes. Let's be the people who cut failure costs, not the people who get cut!

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Frequently asked questions

Meetup helps you find and join groups based on interests. In Berlin, you can discover civic engagement communities to participate with like-minded individuals in various events and projects focused on making a societal difference.

On Meetup, simply search for 'civic engagement' or related terms in Berlin. This will bring up groups and events dedicated to public service, activism, or community improvement within the city.

Yes, anyone interested can join civic groups. Meetup is designed to be inclusive, allowing individuals to connect over shared civic interests, fostering community involvement and personal growth.

Typically, you need to RSVP. This helps organizers better plan and ensure that the event accommodates the number of participants, fostering a more organized and engaging experience for everyone involved.

Berlin offers a variety of civic events, including community clean-ups, policy discussion groups, and volunteer opportunities. These events aim to address societal issues and promote community involvement.

Meetup links people through shared interests like civic engagement. By joining groups, you participate in communal activities and events, meeting others who are passionate about similar causes.

Some events might be online. Hosts can decide to organize virtual meetings, allowing wider participation, especially if in-person attendance is challenging.

While Meetup facilitates introductions to new people, building connections depends on your active participation and interaction within the groups and events you attend.

Yes, participating in civic groups can enhance skills. Engage in events focusing on activism, leadership, public speaking, and more, offering personal and professional growth.

Not necessarily; they cover broader themes. Civic groups can encompass anything from community service projects to policy advocacy, tailored to improve societal wellbeing.

Joining enriches community ties and allows you to contribute positively. It's a platform to share ideas, collaborate, and implement social change projects with peers.

No, individual hosts or groups organize events on Meetup. They provide unique opportunities for members but are not directly run by the platform itself.

Availability varies. While many neighborhoods in Berlin may have active civic groups, some areas might not. Explore Meetup to discover what's near you or consider starting a new group.

Definitely! If you’re passionate about a cause, creating a Meetup group lets you gather others who share your civic interests and collaborate on local projects.

Frequency varies based on group activity. Some host numerous events monthly, while others may do so sporadically. Consistent participation might be necessary to find a rhythm that matches your availability.