Chicago AI Developers Group

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Description:
Welcome to the weekly AI virtual seminars, in collaboration with Oracle. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI, hands-on experiences on code labs, workshops, and networking with speakers & fellow developers from all over the world.

Tech Talk: AI Workloads: Vectors, RAG, and More
Speaker: Sean Stacey (Oracle)
Abstract: Oracle brings the power of AI to the database with Oracle Database 23ai. By now, you've probably heard about Oracle Database 23ai AI Vector Search, which essentially transforms the Oracle Database into a powerful, best-in-class Vector Database. But there are many more new innovations introduced to support all manner of AI workloads, and best of all, Oracle makes it easy to start using these tools without having to learn any new programming languages or frameworks. All of these AI innovations can be used today without any additional installation necessary, and can be accessed using your favorite code editor or IDE. Perhaps there's a problem you are trying to solve with AI today and don't know where to start? This is the session to get you there. In this session, you will learn how to:
- Load embedding models into the Oracle database.
- Run AI Vector Search in your database using regular SQL
- Build Agentic RAG operations with Oracle 23ai.
- Accelerate your AI similarity search operations with HNSW and IVF_Flat indexes.
- Communicate with your database using natural language prompts with MCP.
- Use AI to generate synthetic table data.
- Use AI for document summarization inside the Oracle database.

More upcoming sessions:

• Aug 27th: NVIDIA FLARE Webinar 3 - Advancing Federated Learning
• Aug 28th: AI Webinar with Oracle - Reap the benefits of RAG without the hassle
• Sep 3rd: AI Webinar with Docker - Local AI Development
• Sep 4th: AI Webinar with Oracle (Ep 5) - Use Knowledge graphs to transparently apply AI
• Sep 23rd: AI Webinar with Oracle (Ep 6) - MongoDB to Oracle – Switch and Use AI on Your Data and App

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

Important: Register on AICamp event website is required for admission. (RSVP on meetup is turned off)

Description:
Join Google Cloud Labs for an immersive, hands on workshop unlocking the enterprise agentverse—a playbook for taking AI from vibe to full-scale operation.

Welcome to the Agentverse, the new enterprise ecosystem where intelligent agents collaborate to drive business outcomes. But how do you build and govern this new world? How do you transform the creative "vibe" of AI development into the robust, secure, and scalable systems your organization demands?

This workshop is the definitive enterprise playbook for mastering the agentic future on Google Cloud. We provide an end-to-end roadmap that guides you from the first vibe of an idea to a full-scale, operational reality. You will learn how the roles of developer, architect, data engineer, and SRE converge to create, manage, and scale a thriving Agentverse.

Get ready to press start! This isn't a typical lecture; it's a hands-on, gamified mission into the Agentverse. You'll choose your role, make critical decisions, and build your way through a series of challenges. You'll leave not with notes, but with a playbook of skills you earned yourself.

What You Will Learn:

• Master Controlled "Vibe Coding": Go from intuitive prompts to reliable enterprise components by mastering the Model Context Protocol (MCP), ensuring your agents act with precision and predictability.
• Architect Your Agentverse: Design resilient, multi-agent systems using proven patterns and Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication. Build the foundational blueprint for collaboration and scale.
• Power Your Agents with a Knowledge Core: Establish BigQuery as the central, governed knowledge source for your Agentverse. Implement advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) to fuel your agents with secure, relevant data.
• Implement Bulletproof AgentOps: Define the DevOps practices for a new era. Learn to secure, deploy, and maintain observability across your entire agentic ecosystem, ensuring mission-critical performance.

Agenda

• 12:30PM - 1:30PM: Check-in & Networking
• 1:30PM - 2:15PM: Kick-Off & Intro Presentation
• 2:15PM - 3:15PM: Hands-On Lab (Part 1)
• 3:15PM - 3:30PM: Break
• 3:30PM - 4:45PM: Hands-On Lab (Part 2)
• 4:45PM - 5:00PM: Closing Remarks
• 5:00PM - 6:00PM: Q&A and Networking

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.

Important: Register on AICamp event website to receive joining link.
If you can't attend the live sessions, you can still register to receive recordings, code labs to complete the course.

Description:
Join us for an exclusive series of webinars and workshops designed to learn AI agent using ADK, MCP, and A2A, through a series tech talks, code labs, led by Google speakers.

This 5-sessions will cover foundational agent development, tool integrations, orchestration, deployment on GCP, and multi-agent collaboration. Each session includes theory, live coding, and Q&A.

Format:
- 20 min theory + 20 min live coding + 5 min Q&A

Schedules

• Episode 1 (Jul 1st): Foundations with ADK
• Episode 2 (Jul 10th): MCP & Tool Integration
• Episode 3 (Jul 31st): Multi-Agent Systems
• Episode 4 (Aug 7th): Deploy AI Agents to Production
• Episode 5 (Aug 21st): A2A Protocol

Speakers/Instructors:
- Ivan Nardini (Google)
- Annie Wang (Google)

More upcoming virtual events with Google, Oracle, NVIDIA, Docker:

• Aug 26th: AI Webinar with Oracle (Ep 4) - Oracle Database 23ai brings AI to the database
• Aug 27th: NVIDIA FLARE Webinar 3 - Advancing Federated Learning
• Aug 28th: AI Webinar with Oracle - Reap the benefits of RAG without the hassle
• Sep 3rd: AI Webinar with Docker - Local AI Development
• Sep 4th: AI Webinar with Oracle (Ep 5) - Use Knowledge graphs to transparently apply AI

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

Important: Register on AICamp event website is required for admission.

Description:
Welcome to AI meetup in Chicago, in collaboration with CCC Intelligent Solutions. Join us for deep dive tech talks on AI/ML, food/drink, networking with speakers and peers developers.

Agenda:

• 5:30~6:00pm: Checkin, Food/drink and Networking
• 6:00~6:15pm: Welcome/community update
• 6:15~7:30pm: Tech talks and Q&A
• 7:30pm: Open discussion and Mixer

Speakers/Topics:
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If you have a keen interest in speaking to our community, we invite you to submit topics for consideration: Submit Topics

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 10,000+ AI developers in Chicago 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.