AI Engineering in Practice: Real Challenges to Production Solutions

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1-Click to register => https://ksug.ai/au-68 <= Latest promotions discovered by our community! • 70% OFF Google Agentic Architect Beta (https://ksug.ai/paa) Certification • 40% OFF Kubernetes (https://sf2.ksug.ai) Certs - Code: 30K8SUG • 20% OFF FinOps (https://ksug.ai/finops/?ref=meetup) Certs Code: KSAI_20 • Missed 65% off LF / CNCF (https://lf.ksug.ai/)? Get Notified (https://ksug.ai/?notify&ref=meetup) for next BIG drop! We're excited to welcome you to the upcoming KSUG.AI Australia #68 - Sydney Meetup — happening both in-person at at Nutanix and online (Visit KSUG.AI (https://ksug.ai/?ref=meetup), Click "Join online via Zoom")! 🎉 We're actively seeking more awesome K8s and AI topic speakers! 👉 https://sessionize.com/ksug-au-syd Agenda and topics preview: • Food, drinks and Socializing • Welcome / Introductions by the Organizers @KSUG.AI (https://KSUG.AI/?ref=meetup) • Topic 1: From Demo to Prod: Building Reliable Software with AI • Topic 2: Governing AI in Investment: From Data Integrity to Decision Accountability Food and drinks will be provided between 5.30 and 6 pm on a first-come, first-served basis. This is a great opportunity to learn and network with our peers. Thanks to our sponsors Nutanix (https://www.nutanix.com/)! 1-Click to register here (https://ksug.ai/au-68) to secure your spot! See you all there! Location: Nutanix Pty Ltd, Uluru (room), Level 10 Maritime Trade Towers, 201 Kent Street, Sydney, NSW 2000 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/rkehsQD4yn82ZLPt6) 👉 Join our Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Rp9WzYyKua) and WhatsApp (https://chat.whatsapp.com/D9a9IDiCS7U4cqQ0Sh60cz?mode=gi_t) for latest update! ✨ Event Highlights ​🎯 Start with Real Business Problems ​Explore how to identify practical AI use cases from real user and business needs, then translate them into clear, testable product and engineering goals. ​🛠️ Focus on Production Engineering ​Understand the challenges involved in moving from a prototype to a live application, including system architecture, data pipelines, model integration, evaluation, business workflows, and reliability. ​📈 Build for Long-Term Operation and Scale ​Launching an AI application is only the beginning. Learn how ongoing monitoring, cost management, performance optimisation, and iteration help systems support more users and evolving business needs. ​🤝 Connect with Sydney’s Tech Community ​Meet engineers, developers, product leaders, and AI practitioners from the local community. Exchange project experiences, discuss technical challenges, and explore opportunities to collaborate. 🎙️ Meet the Speakers ​Mark ​Senior Data & AI Engineer @ Rainmakr.AI (http://rainmakr.ai/?utm_source=luma) & Savana ETFs ​Mark focuses on AI and data-driven applications in financial technology, designing and optimising data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered investment systems. He drives internal research and innovation, integrating large language models, agentic AI, and advanced analytics into investment research and operational workflows to improve automation and support better investment decisions. ​Junyi Men ​Founder & Engineer @ Proairesis ​Junyi combines a founder’s product perspective with an engineer’s technical approach to bring ideas to life. Her work connects product discovery with software development, bridging user needs and technical implementation to build useful products and applications. ​Jignesh (Jiggy) Kakkad ​Principal AI Engineer / Software Engineering Lead @ Quantium ​Jiggy brings experience across software engineering, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity, with a focus on robust, scalable enterprise systems and cross-team technical leadership. His current work centres on large language models and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), using Azure and the OpenAI API to integrate AI capabilities into enterprise platforms. ​Blaise Paradeza ​Senior AI Software Engineer @ Quantium ​Blaise focuses on production AI applications and full-stack system