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Upcoming Events

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Building healthy teams in the AI era and also running Local AI models
Building healthy teams in the AI era and also running Local AI models

Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - 5:30 PM SAST

Welcome to the first CPTMSDUG event of 2026!

Agenda
  • 18:00 - Community Intro and Welcoming
  • 18:05 - AI Engineering Roles: Building healthy teams in the AI era
  • 19:00 - Local is lekker
  • 20:30 - Closing and SWAGS exchange
Session 1: AI Engineering Roles

Speaker: Jason Tame - Tech Lead at OfferZen

Drawing on OfferZen's 2025 developer survey data and real-world experience leading lean, AI-augmented teams, Jason explores the roles that together enable sustainable velocity, coherent codebases, and a thriving talent pipeline: Multipliers, Builders, Artisans, Explorers, and Apprentices. What does a healthy engineering team look like when no one writes code by hand anymore?

Session 2: Local is lekker

Speaker: Allan Pead - CTO, Microsoft MVP

The AI revolution doesn't have to live in the cloud. Explore how to run AI models locally on your own machine — giving you greater privacy, lower latency, offline capability, and zero API costs. Walk through tools like LM Studio, Ollama, and Local Foundry, see how local models integrate with GitHub Copilot for AI-assisted coding without sending code to the cloud, and dive into building intelligent .NET applications using Microsoft.Extensions.AI.

AI Engineering Teams Local AI GitHub Copilot .NET Monthly Meetup

Accso South Africa, V&A Waterfront, Clock Tower

59 attendees

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GitHub Copilot Dev Days 2026 - Cape Town

Saturday, April 18, 2026 - 10:00 AM SAST

Discover the future of AI-driven development at GitHub Copilot Dev Days, a global initiative by Microsoft.

From March 15 to April 30, 2026, developers from around the world are invited to join free, in-person events designed to provide hands-on learning experiences with GitHub Copilot. Whether you're a student, professional, or part of a startup, these events offer a unique opportunity to explore cutting-edge AI tools, enhance your coding skills, and connect with like-minded individuals in your local tech community.

GitHub Copilot AI-Assisted Coding Global Initiative Microsoft

Location TBA

17 attendees

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Showcase Global Event

Part of the worldwide VS Code Dev Days initiative

VS Code Dev Days

VS Code Dev Days - Global Initiative

Join developers worldwide in this special global event series focused on Visual Studio Code and GitHub Copilot. Our Cape Town event is part of a coordinated international celebration of AI-assisted development.

Global Event Locations
VS Code Dev Days Global Event Locations Map
Official VS Code Dev Days global event locations • View interactive map
Global Event Highlights:
  • Coordinated global timing
  • AI-assisted coding focus
  • International community
  • Hands-on workshops
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Learn about events happening worldwide

Recent Events

Highlights from our recent meetups and sessions

COOKIES & CHAOS 2025 - Games Night
Tuesday, November 19, 2025 - 5:30 PM SAST

The annual CPTMSDUG Games evening! Lou's last Games Night before married life in America. An amazing celebration featuring WHO IS THAT? (logos), BINGO, and the highly coveted NERD OF THE YEAR 2025 award! A perfect way to end the year with prizes, stickers, badges, fun, and community celebration.

Games Networking Prizes Annual Event
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90 attendees

Accso South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town

Successfully completed

Programming with Agents
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 5:30 PM SAST

An exciting exploration into programming with AI agents! This session covered practical approaches to building intelligent agents, agentic workflows, and hands-on demonstrations of agent development. Featured interactive discussions on real-world agent implementations and best practices.

AI Agents Agentic Workflows LangChain Hands-on
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100 attendees

Accso South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town

Great session with excellent practical demonstrations

RAG + Building a WordPress Site From Scratch
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 - 5:30 PM SAST

Two dynamic sessions combining cutting-edge AI technology with practical web development. Featured 'Bring Your Data to AI: A Practical Guide to Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG)' exploring AI-powered data retrieval, followed by '60 Minutes to Glory: Building a WordPress Site From Scratch Without Crying (Much)' - an entertaining challenge to build a complete WordPress site in under 60 minutes.

RAG AI WordPress Dual Session
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76 attendees

Accso South Africa, Clock Tower, V&A Waterfront

Successfully completed

VS Code Dev Days - Cape Town SOLD OUT
Saturday, September 13, 2025 - 9:00 AM SAST

A special collaboration with Microsoft & the Investec Developer Community! This global initiative focused on AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot was part of the worldwide VS Code Dev Days event series. Featured hands-on labs and workshops with industry experts including sessions on agentic development with GitHub Copilot and practical workshops.

VS Code GitHub Copilot AI-Assisted Coding Microsoft Collaboration
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93 attendees

Microsoft Cape Town, Pinelands

Global VS Code Dev Days event series

Cross-Platform .NET Apps with Uno Platform and Azure IoT
Tuesday, August 27, 2025 - 5:30 PM SAST

An evening exploring cross-platform .NET development with Uno Platform and Azure IoT. This session covered building native applications from a single codebase and Azure's IoT offerings including IoT Hub, IoT Edge, and IoT Operations. Featured hands-on demonstrations and practical examples.

Uno Platform Cross-Platform Azure IoT Edge Computing
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87 attendees

Accso South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town

Great session with excellent practical content

Monkeys in Production and Building an AI Agent with LangChain
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 - 5:30 PM SAST

An exploration into AI agent development with LangChain and discussing real-world production challenges. This session covered practical approaches to building intelligent agents and lessons learned from production deployments. Featured hands-on demonstrations and interactive Q&A sessions.

AI LangChain Production Agents
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107 attendees

Accso South Africa (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town

Highly rated session with excellent practical content

Season of AI Season 4 - Season of Agents
July 2, 2025 - 5:30 PM SAST

An incredible session focusing on AI agents and their practical applications. The event featured presentations on the latest developments in artificial intelligence and hands-on demonstrations of agent development.

AI Agents Hands-on
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88 attendees

Accso Offices Cape Town

Highly rated session with excellent speaker feedback

GitHub Copilot Global Bootcamp - Cape Town
Saturday, June 21, 2025 - 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM SAST

The GitHub Copilot Global Bootcamp is a hands-on event designed for developers of all levels, including students, startups, and tech enthusiasts. It focuses on leveraging AI-assisted coding with GitHub Copilot. Key sessions include introductions to GitHub (repositories, branches, commits, pull requests), GitHub Codespaces (developing with Codespaces and Visual Studio Code), and GitHub Copilot (how it works, responsible AI, and setup).

Attendees will participate in hands-on labs with GitHub Copilot's autocomplete-style coding assistance in VS Code and Codespaces. The event will be held at the UWC Samsung Future Innovation Lab on the UWC Campus, with registration starting at 9:00 AM. Completing the labs earns attendees a participation badge.

GitHub Copilot Bootcamp Hands-on AI Coding
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66 attendees

UWC Samsung Future Innovation Lab, UWC Campus

Participation badge for completing labs

Special Event with Richard Campbell: .NET's History + also AI Perils and Promise
Saturday, May 31, 2025 - 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM SAST

On May 31st, CPTMSDUG hosted an exclusive in-person event featuring Richard Campbell, an international speaker, advisor, storyteller, and host of ".NET Rocks" and "RunAs Radio." Fresh from keynoting DevConf Johannesburg and Cape Town, Richard presented a double-header session covering the History of .NET and The Perils and Promise of Artificial Intelligence.

International Celebrity .NET History AI Special Event
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57 attendees

BBD Cape Town Offices

Hosted by Richard Campbell (.NET Rocks, RunAs Radio)

Mastering Prompt Engineering + Building Hybrid Apps
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM SAST

Mastering Prompt Engineering – Unlocking the Power of AI: This session explores the essential skill of prompt engineering for working effectively with large language models and generative AI. It covers techniques like zero-shot, few-shot, system, role, contextual, and chain-of-thought prompting, demonstrating how to design prompts for accurate and creative outputs. Presented by Abed Matini, Senior Backend Developer at Ogilvy South Africa.

Hybrid Apps: More Than Just WebViews: This talk redefines hybrid app development, showcasing how blending technologies enables seamless integration of native and managed code, local and cloud data, web and mobile UI components, and AI models that function offline. Presented by Matthew Leibowitz, Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft.

Prompt Engineering Hybrid Apps AI High Quality Content
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93 attendees

Accso Offices Cape Town

Abed Matini (Ogilvy) & Matthew Leibowitz (Microsoft)

High quality content and expert speakers

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What to Expect

Our typical meetup format and what you can expect when you join us

Duration

Our events typically run for 2-3 hours, including networking time, presentations, and Q&A sessions.

Format

Mix of technical presentations, hands-on workshops, panel discussions, and interactive sessions with industry experts.

Networking

Dedicated time for networking with fellow developers, speakers, and community members over refreshments.

Learning

Gain practical knowledge from real-world experiences, best practices, and cutting-edge technology implementations.

Refreshments

Complimentary refreshments, coffee, and often catered meals thanks to our generous sponsors and venue partners.

Swag & Prizes

Win prizes, receive swag from sponsors, and take home branded items and educational materials.

Want to Speak at Our Events?

We're always looking for passionate speakers to share their knowledge and experiences with our community.

Whether you're a seasoned professional or have an interesting side project to share, we welcome speakers of all experience levels. Our supportive community provides a great environment for both new and experienced speakers.

Speaking Topics We Love:
  • .NET and C# development
  • Azure cloud services and architecture
  • Mobile development with Xamarin/MAUI
  • AI and machine learning applications
  • DevOps and CI/CD best practices
  • Modern web development
  • IoT and edge computing
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Audience

Reach 50-100+ engaged developers

Recording

Optional session recording for portfolio

Networking

Connect with local tech community

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