AI Tinkerers Taipei — Kickoff: Technical Show-and-Tell
👾 AI Tinkerers Taipei — Kickoff: Technical Show-and-Tell ⚡ 台北我們來了！
現場 Demo，接著開桌聊 💻
如果你最近真的有在動手 build，歡迎來申請！名額有限，我們會審核報名。前半場是 Live Technical Demos：直接秀你做的東西，不用 pitch deck。Demo 結束後，我們會開幾桌 Topic Tables，讓大家挑自己最想聊的題目，直接坐下來交流。
✨ 台北第一場還有個小亮點： AI Tinkerers Founder Joe Heitzeberg 和 Global Executive Director Jake Laes 會親自來台北，也會各自帶一桌跟大家聊。
想聊哪一題，就坐哪一桌。更多 Topics + Topic Leads 陸續公開 👀
活動資訊
📅 日期： 2026 年 10 月 8 日（四）
⏰ 時間： 18:00–21:00（18:00 開放入場，18:30 正式開始）
📍 地點： PicCollage Company, Taipei
（詳細樓層與入場方式將提供給審核通過的參加者）
🤝 Co-host & 場地贊助： PicCollage Company
🎟️ 費用： 免費。限額 50 位 builders，採申請審核制。
👋 主辦人： Angie Chen, AI Tinkerers Taipei Chapter Lead
🍕 餐飲： 現場提供簡單餐點與飲料。
🌏 語言： 中英文都可以。全程提供即時字幕（livecap.co），用你最習慣的語言分享就好；如果有 slides，建議使用英文。
👋 適合誰參加？
👩💻 開發者： 已經在用 AI 寫 code，想從 autocomplete 再往 agentic workflow 走，把實際可用的做法帶回去。
🚀 Founder / CTO： 看看其他小團隊正在怎麼做 agentic orchestration、evals 和 local inference，也交換彼此的實戰經驗。
🧠 Staff+ 工程師： 深聊 orchestration patterns、failure modes、tracing 和 eval strategies，交流可以直接帶回去用的方法。
🛠️ 非工程背景的 builder： 不一定是工程師，但你真的有動手做，而且已經把東西 build 出來、上線了。
💻 第一部分：現場技術 Demo（每組 8 分鐘）
⚡ 只收 Live Demo。 不收 lightning talk、不收商業 pitch，也不要只放投影片。當晚共 6 組 Demo。
🎯 我們想看的主題：
🤖 Agentic Workflows： orchestration、tool use、multi-agent systems
🧠 LLM Infrastructure： retrieval、evals、tracing & observability、safety sandboxes
👀 Avatars & Multimodal： speech、vision、gesture
⚙️ Local & Efficient Inference： 真實部署經驗、實際跑起來的案例
🛠️ 踩過的坑： 哪裡壞過、怎麼 debug，以及最後真的有效的解法
🌏 中文或英文都可以 — 用你最習慣的語言講，現場會有即時字幕。
🎤 想上台 Demo？ 告訴我們你做了什麼、現場會 Demo 什麼，以及目前已經跑多久。
👉 Demo 投稿：
https://taipei.aitinkerers.org/meetup/mu_55VFExUlMMM/speaking
💬 第二部分：Topic Tables
Live Demo 結束後，我們會分成幾桌，針對不同主題繼續聊深一點。少一點尬聊，多一點最近真的做了什麼、學到什麼、又踩了哪些坑。
🪑 看到想聊的 Topic，就自己選一桌坐下來。 每桌都會有一位 Topic Lead 開場、帶大家聊，也讓討論不要歪掉。
✨ 這次 Taipei Kickoff，AI Tinkerers Founder Joe Heitzeberg 和 Global Executive Director Jake Laes 也會各自帶一桌，直接跟大家一起聊。
Topic 會從當晚的 Demo 和現場 builders 關心的事情出發，可能包含 agentic workflows、evals & reliability、multimodal、inference cost & latency、小團隊怎麼把東西真的做出來等等。
👀 Topics + Topic Leads 即將公布。
🕕 Agenda
🚪 18:00 開門入場 — 報到、吃點東西、確認 Demo 設備
👋 18:30 開場 — 認識 AI Tinkerers、今晚流程、Co-host & Sponsor、Topic Tables 怎麼進行
💻 18:40 Live Technical Demos — Round 1 — 3 組 Demo，每組 8 分鐘 + 2 分鐘 Q&A
📸 19:10 中場休息 + 大合照
⚡ 19:25 Live Technical Demos — Round 2 — 3 組 Demo
🪑 19:55 選一桌你想聊的 Topic — 想聊哪一題，就坐哪一桌
💬 20:00 Topic Tables — Topic Leads 帶聊，40 分鐘一起聊深一點
🎤 20:40 回到主場 — 每桌分享一句今晚的收穫
🍻 20:50 自由交流
👋 21:00 結束
⏰ 重要日期
🎤 Demo 投稿截止： 10 月 5 日（週一）12:00
📩 Demo 入選通知： 10 月 6 日（週二）12:00 前通知入選者
🎟️ 活動報名截止： 10 月 7 日（週三）15:00
🙌 如何參加
🎟️ 想來現場？ 直接在這個活動頁申請。名額有限，我們會審核報名。
🎤 想上台 Demo？ 投稿一場 8 分鐘的 Live Demo，直接秀你做了什麼、怎麼做，以及過程中學到什麼。
👉 Demo 投稿：
https://taipei.aitinkerers.org/meetup/mu_55VFExUlMMM/speaking
🤝 Co-host & Venue Sponsor
感謝 PicCollage Company 共同主辦並提供本次活動場地。
🇺🇸 English
Live demos, then topic tables 💻
Apply to attend if you're an active builder. Seats are limited and applications are reviewed. We’ll start with live technical demos — real things people are building, no pitch decks. Then we’ll open up topic tables for smaller conversations around what builders actually want to dig into.
✨ Special for our Taipei kickoff: AI Tinkerers Founder Joe Heitzeberg and Global Executive Director Jake Laes will be joining us in person — and each will lead a topic table.
More topics + topic leads coming soon. 👀
📍 Event Details
📅 Date: Thursday, October 8, 2026
⏰ Time: 18:00–21:00 (doors 18:00, program starts 18:30)
📍 Venue: PicCollage Company, Taipei
(exact room and access details will be sent to admitted attendees)
🤝 Co-host & venue sponsor: PicCollage Company
🎟️ Cost: Free. Capacity 50 builders. Admission by application on this page.
👋 Organizer: Angie Chen, Chapter Lead
🍕 Food & drinks: Light bites and drinks provided.
🌏 Language: Bilingual — present in Mandarin or English. Live captions on screen throughout (livecap.co), so everyone can follow either way. Slides in English appreciated.
👋 Who This Is For
👩💻 Mid-level developers: close the gap between autocomplete and autonomous workflows; add one concrete system pattern to your toolkit.
🚀 Founders / CTOs: see what the best small teams are shipping in agentic orchestration, evals, and local inference.
🧠 Staff+ ICs: compare orchestration patterns, failure modes, tracing, and evaluation strategies you can reuse.
🛠️ Non-engineer builders: people shipping real products without an engineering team.
🔗 Prerequisite: include a link to LinkedIn, X/Twitter, or GitHub in your application.
💻 Half one: Live technical demos (8 minutes each)
⚡ Eight-minute LIVE demos only. No lightning talks, no pitch decks, no slideware-only sessions. Exactly six demos.
🎯 On-topic for the stage:
🤖 Agentic workflows: orchestration, tool use, multi-agent systems
🧠 LLM infrastructure: retrieval, evals, tracing and observability, safety sandboxes
👀 Avatars and multimodal stacks: speech, vision, gesture
⚙️ Local and efficient inference: real deployment stories
🛠️ Hard-earned failures: and the fix that finally worked
🌏 Present in whichever language you think in — live captions cover the rest.
🎤 Submit a demo (8 minutes): what you built, what you’ll show live, how long it’s been running.
👉 Apply here:
https://taipei.aitinkerers.org/meetup/mu_55VFExUlMMM/speaking
💬 Half two: Topic tables
After the live demos, we’ll break into smaller topic tables for deeper conversations — less small talk, more sharing what you’ve built, learned, and struggled with.
🪑 Pick the topic you want to join and grab a seat. Each table will have a Topic Lead to get the conversation started and keep it moving.
✨ For our Taipei kickoff, AI Tinkerers Founder Joe Heitzeberg and Global Executive Director Jake Laes will each lead one of the tables.
Topics will be shaped by the night’s demos and the builders in the room — think agentic workflows, evals & reliability, multimodal, inference cost & latency, shipping with small teams, and more.
👀 Topics + Topic Leads will be announced soon.
🕕 Agenda
🚪 18:00 Doors open — check-in, food, laptop checks
👋 18:30 Welcome — AI Tinkerers, house rules, co-host & sponsor, how Topic Tables work
💻 18:40 Live Technical Demos — Round 1 — 3 demos, 8 min each + 2 min Q&A
📸 19:10 Break + group photo
⚡ 19:25 Live Technical Demos — Round 2 — 3 demos
🪑 19:55 Pick your Topic Table — choose what you want to dig into
💬 20:00 Topic Tables — led by Topic Leads, 40 min
🎤 20:40 Back to the main room — one takeaway from each table
🍻 20:50 Open networking
👋 21:00 Ends
⏰ Key Dates
🎤 Demo submissions close: Monday, October 5, 12:00
📩 Demo selection notification: Selected presenters will be notified by Tuesday, October 6, 12:00
🎟️ Applications close: Wednesday, October 7, 15:00
🙌 How to join
🎟️ Apply to attend — seats are limited and applications are reviewed.
🎤 Want to demo? Submit an 8-minute live demo — show us what you built, how it works, and what you learned building it.
👉 Submit your demo:
https://taipei.aitinkerers.org/meetup/mu_55VFExUlMMM/speaking
🤝 Co-host & Venue Sponsor
Thank you to PicCollage Company for co-hosting and providing the venue.