Fusion Meetup
Studio Venues, 7 Cannon Street
Birmingham, B2 5EP
Fat Snags
Fusion is back for 2022!
We are bringing you the well-known Fusion environment at Studio venues, as well as having the option to watch from the comfort of your own home. For in person tickets, the event will start at 6pm, for online tickets the stream will start at 7pm.
Talks
Building web apps with Anvil
Building web apps is a complicated mess. You need to know Python, JS, HTML, CSS, SQL, Flask, Bootstrap, SQLAlchemy, Webpack... the list goes on. What if you could do it all in Python?
That's Anvil -- an open-source framework with Python in the browser, Python on the server - even a Python UI toolkit. And then, we built an online IDE, drag'n'drop designer and hosting platform for it.
In this talk, I'm going to introduce Anvil, then take a deep dive into how it works. How do you run Python in the browser? How do you build an autocompleter that knows about everything from your UI layout to your database schema? And what does it mean for a programming tool to be "accessible"?
Eli Holderness
(they/them)
Developer Advocate at Anvil
I love making cool and / or weird things, talking about them, and hearing other people talking about the cool and / or weird things they’re making. In particular, I’m passionate about making the tech industry accessible and inclusive, and my favourite thing about tech is that it connects me to other people.
Motion Capture Project
Run through of current Motion Capture project and maybe a demo!
Dr Tom Goodman
Research Fellow in Mathematical Modelling and Motion Capture, Institute of Digital Healthcare WMG, University of Warwick
Hackers Guide to Resisting the AI Apocalypse
Artificial Intelligence is at the forefront of discussion in every industry, with SEO certainly no exception. As with any emerging technology, there are huge promises and a potential for the hype to overtake reality. In this technical talk, Aaron counters some of the sensationalism around AI, highlighting the dangers of over-reliance on AI and sharing how the technology can be tricked.
Aaron Tello-Wharton
Developer at Majestic
Aaron wears a few hats at Majestic. A graduate from Aston University in Computer Science and Mathematics, Aaron spends much of his time in Majestic's research team, specialising in complex problem solving which involved Big Data, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence.
Zero to Document Hero - Intro to MongoDB and .NET
Once upon a time, relational databases, or RDMS (think SQL), were the only data store in town. But now there’s a competitor, Document Databases aka NoSQL. In this talk, you will learn about the basic differences between them, what MongoDB is, why document databases are so powerful, how MongoDB can be used with .NET, and some really cool uses cases that show databases can be cool
Luce Carter
Developer Advocate at MongoDB
A proud Microsoft MVP and Twilio Champion
Sponsors
Fusion is made possible with the help of our awesome sponsors!
Goldman Sachs
We proud to announce Fusion’s new headline sponsors as Goldman Sachs. Since the move to Birmingham last year, Goldman Sachs has worked hard to study the Birmingham Tech community and have identified some key groups to associate their brand with.
Goldman Sachs have confirmed headline sponsorship with Fusion for all events in 2022 and we are looking forward to seeing what the exciting partnership will bring to our event and attendees.
Vonage
The Vonage team have been long standing supporters of Fusion Meetup. We have established a great relationship with the team, and we are super excited to introduce Lucinda Bone as their new Community Manager.
Vonage have made a huge impact on the growth of Fusion, and their passion for community growth and collaboration mirrors Fusions core values.