Events · 20

Events

I like going to tech meetups in person: to meet people, learn how other teams solve real problems and bring ideas back to my own work. Since 2021 I have attended 20 community events in Barcelona, from Python and dbt meetups to AI agents, Claude Code and MCP.

Attended 20

2026

  • 16 Sep 2026 Back to school with Claude Code Claude Code Barcelona · Runroom, Gràcia · Meetup: Beginner Corner, 2 talks and networking Agentic AIClaude CodeLLM costs
    • Beginner Corner: a short session explaining one Claude Code basic to newcomers.
    • The Right Key: VocalKey and the SDD method (product design): from firing prompts in v0 to Spec-Driven Development with Claude Code, applied to a vocal repertoire app, with a live demo.
    • Stop Burning Tokens: how to design cost-effective AI systems (LambdaLoopers): context engineering, prompt architecture, caching, retrieval, structured outputs and cost observability.
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  • 20 May 2026 Claude Code - From Marketplace to Security Claude Code Barcelona · InnoIT, Eixample · Meetup: 2 talks and networking AI agents at scaleCybersecurity
    • From Chaos to Marketplace (Kovant): how to spread good practice with AI agents across a whole engineering organisation, after four phases of trial and error.
    • Claude in red team and blue team mode (security engineering): a pentesting lab with Claude Code and MCP, Nmap analysis and support for incident response.
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  • 16 Apr 2026 MCP Connect Barcelona with Glovo, Encore Design and Alpic Glovo Tech Talks · Glovo HQ · Meetup: talks and networking Model Context ProtocolAI agents
    • A meetup on the Model Context Protocol and agents: good practice, tooling and real MCP server cases.
    • Talks from Alpic, Glovo and Encore Design.
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  • 31 Mar 2026 Scaling insights with AI without losing depth Preply MeetUps Barcelona · Preply · Keynote, Q&A and networking UX researchAI
    • Keynote (Preply’s research team): scaling user research with AI, from automated continuous discovery and AI-moderated interviews to insight repositories in NotebookLM.
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  • 5 Mar 2026 AWS Masterclass: Serverless y agentes AWS User Group Barcelona · UPC School · Masterclass with a live demo ServerlessAI agentsAWS
    • Serverless Agents (AWS), part of Talent Arena 2026: serverless-first architectures, the role of agents in generative AI and patterns for scalable applications, with a demo of agents running in production on AWS services.
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  • 25 Feb 2026 How Data and AI Drive Product Impact: Lessons from Preply Preply MeetUps Barcelona · Preply · Meetup: 3 talks and networking Data scienceApplied AIImpact measurement
    • An introduction by Preply’s VP of Data and Applied AI.
    • Preply Lens: AI systems to understand learning (Preply).
    • Measuring Product Impact (Preply).
    • How AI Improves Preply’s Marketplace (Preply).
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  • 3 Feb 2026 Unlocking Innovation: The Power of Process Intelligence & GenAI Glovo Tech Talks · Glovo · Talks, AMA panel and networking Process miningRPAGenAI
    • Process mining, RPA and GenAI to optimise business processes, with cases from Glovo and Avnet.
    • An open Q&A panel with experts from Glovo, Avnet and Celonis.
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2025

  • 7 Oct 2025 Zero downtime, maximum savings: Glovo Journey to OpenTelemetry Glovo Tech Talks · Glovo · Meetup: technical talk and networking ObservabilitySREOpenTelemetry
    • Glovo’s SRE team explained how they moved observability for hundreds of microservices from a closed vendor to OpenTelemetry and Grafana, with no downtime and lower costs.
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  • 26 Jun 2025 dbt Global Circuit: Barcelona dbt Meetup June 2025 Barcelona dbt Meetup · Scopely offices · Meetup: 2 talks, panel and networking Analytics engineeringdbt
    • For Builders, by Builders: The Latest Tools from dbt Labs (dbt Labs).
    • Powering Play: How Game and Data Teams Level Up Together (Scopely’s analytics engineers).
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  • 26 Mar 2025 Women In Tech Conference Glovo Tech Talks · Glovo · Conference with workshops and networking GenAITech trendsLeadership
    • Organised with AWS, N26 and Dow Jones, it combined generative AI, technology trends and women’s leadership.
    • The detailed agenda was published on an external site; Meetup does not list the talks.
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  • 18 Feb 2025 Python Meetup February: The Winter Meetup Python Barcelona · Glovo · Meetup: 2 talks and networking PythonJupyterLogistics simulation
    • Jupyter Notebook based report engine: HTML reports with Jinja2 and Jupyter, isolated kernels on Kubernetes and communication between Go and Python.
    • Leveraging Python for Building a Logistics Simulator (Glovo): the digital twin of Glovo’s logistics across more than 600 cities, built on discrete-event simulation and metaheuristics.
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  • 13 Feb 2025 Barcelona dbt Meetup Feb 2025 Barcelona dbt Meetup · Spaces Plaza Universitat · Meetup: 2 talks, panel and networking dbtDatalake migrationData quality
    • Datalake migration made easy with dbt: Tips from Wallbox (Wallbox).
    • Measuring operational excellence using dbt tests (Metaloop): dbt tests and ephemeral models.
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  • 6 Feb 2025 Product Analytics with Amplitude MeetUp Event Glovo Tech Talks · Glovo · Meetup: 3 talks Product analyticsPricingGrowth
    • Pricing is a challenge (Veed.io): six months of experiments to set a data-driven pricing strategy.
    • Mastering Analytics: Glovo’s Amplitude Experience (Glovo).
    • Growth Advisor (Semrush): an activation and retention strategy for an online supermarket.
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  • 30 Jan 2025 Python Meetup January: New Year, New Meetup Python Barcelona · TravelPerk · Meetup: 2 talks and networking PythonAudio detectionStatic websites
    • Implementing a Bark detector: a dog-bark detector written in Python.
    • Create a static website with Pelican: building and deploying a static website.
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2024

  • 13 Jun 2024 Python Meetup June: Pyments and OpenPyXL Python Barcelona · Gartner, Hexagon Building · Meetup: 2 talks and networking PythonPaymentsExcel automation
    • Pyments: How To Design Payment Applications In Python: building scalable, maintainable payment software in Python.
    • Mastering Excel Automation with OpenPyXL: automating spreadsheets with Python instead of VBA macros.
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  • 23 May 2024 Python Meetup May: Computer vision and A/B Testing Python Barcelona · Aticco Bogatell, Poblenou · Meetup: 2 talks and networking Computer visionOpenCVA/B testing
    • Using OpenCV in AI: Practical Image Processing in Python: preprocessing images for AI models.
    • cluster-experiments, a simulation library to design AB tests (Glovo): Glovo’s open-source library for designing A/B tests by simulation.
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  • 21 Mar 2024 Python Meetup March: Rustacean Python Skills Python Barcelona · Codurance · Meetup: 2 talks and networking PythonRustPolars
    • Python and Rust: how the two languages complement each other to optimise projects.
    • Hands on Polars: the dataframe library written in Rust against pandas, with a performance comparison.
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  • 23 Jan 2024 Data Experts' RoundTable @ Glovo Glovo Tech Talks · Glovo · Round table and networking DataData Mesh
    • A round table of data experts, hosted by a Data Mesh specialist.
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2023 and earlier

  • 30 May 2023 The future unveiled: Exploring possibilities of Generative AI with Glovo Glovo Tech Talks · Glovo · Leadership talks (CPO and CTO) and networking Generative AIProduct
    • Glovo’s CPO: how generative AI is changing the marketplace, with examples from an internal hackathon.
    • Glovo’s CTO: the impact of generative AI on productivity and work.
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  • 16 Nov 2021 Machine Learning tras bastidores en Glovo datahack Barcelona · Online · Webinar Machine learningETA prediction
    • A Senior Data Scientist at Glovo on how Glovo uses machine learning, focused on predicting the estimated delivery time (restaurant preparation, courier trip and total delivery) and on real-time order assignment.
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