EXPO VILLAGE 25
2025-05-21 10:00 - 2025-05-25 20:00 (Europe/Malta) | MFCC, Ta Qali, The National Stadium, Ta' Qali, ATD 4000, Malta
Public Service administration under one roof!

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AccessibleEU Malta - Enhancing ICT accessibility for an inclusive tomorrow (25-WS-MT-01)
2025-05-29 08:00 - 12:30 | Hall 102VC, IT Services Building, University of Malta Campus, Msida, Malta, L-Università ta' Malta, Msida, MSD 2080, Malta
AccessibleEU, in collaboration with the Commission of the Rights for Persons with Disability (CRPD Malta) and the Directorate of Disability Issues of the Ministry for Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, hosts this workshop on the accessibility of IT.

The event will feature aspects that concern the education of tomorrow’s web designers, as well as bring to attention the implications of the European Accessibility Act to current developers and users. The event will include presentations by experts in the field and allow for the interaction between developers and users of ICT products.

Details on the event:

Accessibility information: Accessible venue. Captioning in English. Sign language interpretation in English upon request.

Target audience: Authorities that have a stake in regulating and developing ICT didgital services. Organisations representing persons with disbailities and interested individuals. Website designers, practitioners. Students at the University of Malta and MCAST (Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology).

When: Thursday, 29 May, 2025

Where: Hall 102VC, IT Services Building, University of Malta Campus, Msida, Malta

Format: Hybrid

Type of event: Workshop and mutual learning session

Language: English

How to participate: Free registration

Programme

29 May 2025, 09:00 – 12:00 (CEST) PRELIMINARY AGENDA (invited entities)

9:00-9:15 Registration and Welcome:

Participant Registration

Coffee

9:15 – 9:30 Introduction to the event:

CRPD (Rhoda)

AccessibleEU (Joseph Spiteri)

9:30 – 10:00 Keynote Presentation: Understanding ICT Accessibility

Speaker: Expert from FITA

Definition of ICT Accessibility and its importance for inclusion.

Overview of relevant laws and guidelines affecting ICT accessibility in Malta.

10:00 – 10:30 Stakeholder Presentations (40 minutes)

DDI: Current initiatives in National Strategy for promoting ICT accessibility.

MCA: Regulatory framework for digital accessibility and its impact on ICT providers.

CRPD: The rights of persons with disabilities and strategies to promote inclusivity in ICT.

MCAST: Education and training programs on accessibility in technology.

Blind NGO: Practical experience

Representative of a local bank

10:30-10:45 Coffee Break & Networking

10:45 – 11:15 Presentation on EAA requirements with respect to ICT by CRPD Lawyer

11:15 – 11:45 Panel Discussion

CRPD, FITA, DDI, MCAST, UOM, local Bank

11:45 – 12:00 Concluding remarks

Summary of key points discussed. Encouragement for stakeholders to commit to implementing accessibility improvements in their organisations.

Comply.land 2025 Conference - Malta
2025-09-11 00:00 - 2025-09-12 23:59 | Intercontinental Hotel, Intercontinental Malta, St. George’s Bay, St. Julian's, STJ 3310, Malta
Comply.land 2025 Conference – Malta a landmark event taking place on our shores. This two-day international conference, hosted at the prestigious Intercontinental Hotel on September 11-12, is the first of its kind to be dedicated to a shared mission: turning complex European regulations into tangible business opportunities.

With over 500 attendees expected, this is a must-attend for anyone in cyber-security, open-source communities, tech sector, and government.

Why Comply.land is a Must-Attend Event in Malta

This conference solidifies Malta’s position as a burgeoning compliance and cybersecurity hub in the heart of the EU. It offers a unique opportunity to:

Explore Malta’s Growing Role: Discover how Malta is uniquely positioned to become the EU’s gateway for cybersecurity and compliance, attracting top talent and innovative solutions.
Network with the Best: Connect with a diverse audience of EU regulators, government representatives, legal experts, policymakers, and innovators. This is a platform for high-level dialogue and strategic connections that are crucial for career and business growth.
Stay Ahead of the Curve: Gain firsthand insights into the impact of key regulations shaping the digital landscape, including the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the Product Liability Directive (PLD).

Bridging Communities for a Secure Digital Europe

The Comply.land 2025 conference goes beyond a traditional event. It’s a dedicated platform for strategic dialogue between the public and private sectors, designed to bridge the open-source community with businesses and governance. By bringing these groups together, the event will:

Foster Collaboration: Engage in hands-on workshops and discussions that explore the real-world implications of regulations like NIS2, Product Liability Directive (PLD), Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and the Digital Services Act (DSA).
Influence Policy: Directly meet and question regulators and policymakers, helping to shape the future of the European digital ecosystem.
Drive Innovation: Rethink how compliance can be a catalyst for growth and trust, particularly for non-EU companies looking to enter the European market.

What to Expect: An Immersive Two-Day Experience
This conference is more than just keynotes and panels; it’s an immersive experience designed to be both educational and entertaining.

Day 1: The VIP Experience An exclusive private day for VIP ticket holders, featuring a morning of personal keynotes and networking, including a short guided Malta tour. The day continues with specialized workshops (with CPE credits), private networking drinks, and a VIP dinner. A highlight is a personal keynote presentation from renowned investigative journalist and author Geoff White, along with an opportunity to meet and question Malta’s CRA regulator.

Day 2: From Insight to Impact The full conference day brings together all attendees for mainstage talks, breakout sessions, and an interactive exhibition space with compliance solution providers. Geoff White will again deliver a keynote presentation. Participants will enjoy a buffet lunch, coffee, tea, networking drinks, and even a comedy show to explore the lighter side of compliance.

Tickets are limited, so register early to secure your place. Don’t watch the future of digital compliance happen—join us and help lead it.

Tech Tok 2025
2025-09-19 08:00 - 20:00 | Hilton Malta, Vjal portomaso, St Jullians, Malta
Head to TechTok 2025 on the 19th of September! Malta’s premier community-driven tech event. From 08:30 to 17:00, dive into a full day of innovation, learning, and networking with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

Explore six dedicated content tracks—AI, Development, Cybersecurity, Cloud Engineering, Architecture, and Tech & Business—each offering practical insights and forward-thinking strategies. The day will feature three inspiring keynote sessions delivered by leading global experts, alongside 20+ speakers across dynamic sessions. With three parallel talks running throughout the day, attendees can tailor their experience to match their passions and goals.

Beyond the content, TechTok 2025 is about connection. Catch up with peers and make new contacts during two energizing coffee breaks, a delicious networking lunch, and our unmissable after-party to close the day in style.

Whether you’re a developer, founder, tech leader or enthusiast, TechTok 2025 is your gateway to ideas, conversations, and collaborations that shape tomorrow’s tech landscape

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DevOps Meetup (Malta Tech Talks #8)
2025-10-09 18:00 - 21:30 | Pendergardens Business Center, Pendergardens Business Centre, Triq Sant' Andrija, St Julian's STJ 9023, St Julian's, Malta
Malta Tech Talks is back, and we’d be delighted if you could join us again!

Meetup is still free, but we kindly request all attendees register in advance to ensure we have enough refreshments and comfortable seating. Registration is available here: https://maltatechtalks.com

The eighth edition of this popular event is taking place at Altenar’s office on Thursday October 9 at 6pm and this time the focus is on DevOps. Hopefully that’s of interest to you or some of your colleagues.

You can expect drinks, food, insightful presentations and the opportunity to network with the speakers and fellow attendees. Here’s the plan:

✓ 6pm Guest Arrival and Welcome Reception

✓ 6.30-6.40pm Intro – Alex Movergan, DevOps Automation Manager at Altenar – Topic: Why Malta Needs DevOps Special Meetup

​✓ 6.40-7.20pm Talk # 1 – Nikolay Ankin, SRE Enablement Lead Engineer at Altenar – Topic: How’s your product doing? Maybe it’s time for SRE?

Is SRE just another buzzword or does it really bring value, and how do you know if your team actually needs it?

​✓ 7.30-8.10pm Talk #2 – Valerii Kretinin, Automation DevOps Engineer at Altenar – Topic: AirFlow: From Cron Chaos to Harmony

How to move from Cron chaos to reliable orchestration with Apache Airflow, featuring a real-world case of automating ClickHouse backups.

✓ 8.10-8.50pm Talk #3 – Artem Davydov, DevOps Automation Core Team Leader at Altenar – Topic: From Spray to Play: Our Journey to Cluster API

Why Kubespray proved to be too clunky for our burgeoning needs, and how we implemented a more declarative, GitOps-friendly approach for managing Kubernetes.

If you are unable to attend our meet-up in person, you can join us online via livestream. Please register and select the online attendance option.

TECHXPO 2025
2025-11-20 08:30 - 2025-11-22 18:30 | MFCC, Ta Qali, The National Stadium, Ta' Qali, ATD 4000, Malta
TECHXPO Malta is a national technology expo organised by the Ministry for Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects. The expo was established in 2023 and serves as a platform to showcase Malta’s cutting-edge innovations in emerging technologies, particularly Artificial Intelligence, digital transformation, and local tech solutions.

The event brings together industry leaders, government entities, and technology professionals to explore the future of tech in Malta and beyond.

The theme for this year is Connecting Innovation. Shaping Tomorrow.

Opening Hours

Thursday 20th November8:30am – 2:00pmFriday 21st November8:30am – 2:00pmSaturday 22nd November10:00am – 6:30pm

Floor Plan at MFCC

#Floor plan of Tech expo at Ta’ Qali

Participating Entities

GDG Malta’s DevLab 2026
2026-01-10 10:00 - 17:00 | DiHub, Zone 3, DiHubMT, Central Business District, Twenty20 Business Centre, Triq L-Intornjatur, Birkirkara, CBD 3050, Malta
This event is all set to spark your creativity and elevate your skills. ✨
Dive into the world of web technologies with enlightening talks on Angular 🌍, where our expert speakers will share insights and cutting-edge techniques.
Get hands-on in our Battlesnake workshop designed to empower you to deploy, manage, and scale containerised applications seamlessly. ☸️

Finally, put your skills to the test in our thrilling hackathon capture the flag event 🏴‍, where teamwork and innovation come to the forefront with exciting challenges. Connect, learn, and thrive with fellow developers in Malta. RSVP now and be part of this phenomenal journey! 🧑‍💻

Please don’t forget to get your excitement, and your laptop for a day of DevLab!

UNESCO - Software Heritage 2026 Symposium and Summit
2026-01-28 00:00 - 23:59 | UNESCO HQ, 7 Pl. de Fontenoy-Unesco, 75007 Paris, France, 7 Pl. de Fontenoy-Unesco, Paris, 75007, France
Software Heritage for Humanity

Preserving and leveraging source code as a Digital Public Good for a sustainable future

To mark the 10th anniversary of Software Heritage, UNESCO and Software Heritage will co-host the 2026 Symposium on January 28, 2026. This event will recognize software source code as a universal component of the knowledge commons and organize collective action for its long-term preservation and inclusive reuse.

Software Heritage has built a neutral, heritage-grade archive of global source code and advanced persistent, verifiable identifiers that anchor provenance, integrity, and citation. UNESCO complements this with a mandate to articulate shared principles, mobilize partnerships and build capacities for openness, connecting the Open Solutions portfolio with the UNESCO 2021 Recommendation on Open Science, 2019 Recommendation on Open Educational Resources, and the 2015 Recommendation concerning the Preservation of, and Access Documentary Heritage including in Digital Form as well as the UNESCO ROAM-X indicators that operationalize rights, openness, accessibility and multistakeholder participation.

The 2026 edition will serve as a moment to take stock of progress achieved over the past decade and to translate the lessons learned into an agenda for 2026–2030. It will bring together partners from across research, education, culture, the private sector, and public administration to consolidate a shared vision in which software preservation, citation, and reuse are integral to knowledge creation and dissemination. By fostering equitable participation, promoting multilingual access, and strengthening capacities, the Symposium will advance public access to information in line with SDG 16.10 and contribute to the implementation of the Global Digital Compact through more inclusive, open, and interoperable digital ecosystems

Through a joint effort pairing technical excellence with policy leadership, UNESCO and Software Heritage will sustain a code commons for key global needs, including reproducible science, lifelong learning, documentary heritage access, and trustworthy, transparent artificial intelligence.

This half-day event will:

Mark the renewal and expansion of the UNESCO–Inria partnership on Software Heritage, reaffirming a shared commitment to preserve software source code as part of the world’s digital heritage, in line with the UNESCO 2015 Recommendation concerning the Preservation of, and Access to, Documentary Heritage, including in Digital Form and to advance its role in knowledge creation, education, and innovation.

Position software as a Digital Public Good and an essential component of the global knowledge commons, promoting policies and practices that strengthen openness, interoperability, and long-term access across research, education, culture, public administration, and industry.

Take stock of a decade of progress and launch the 2026–2030 joint agenda, connecting technical achievements—such as the Software Heritage archive, verifiable identifiers (ISO 18670), and heritage-grade preservation standards—with UNESCO’s Open Solutions frameworks to support equitable, multilingual, and sustainable digital ecosystems. (The term Open Solutions refers to UNESCO’s integrated policy and programme framework encompassing Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources (OER), and Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS). It promotes openness as a foundation for inclusive knowledge societies, supporting transparency, collaboration and equitable access to information, in line with the UNESCO Recommendations on Open Science (2021) and on Open Educational Resources (2019).

Strengthen the link between software preservation and open development by foregrounding Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) as a foundation for sustainable innovation, transparency, and reuse. This includes promoting community-driven maintenance, open licensing, and procurement practices that enable public institutions and researchers to build on preserved code in the public interest.

Examine how transparent and responsible uses of artificial intelligence, grounded in open and verifiable code archives, can advance digital inclusion, empower local innovation, and sustain cultural and linguistic diversity—thereby contributing to the implementation of the UNESCO 2021 Recommendations on Open Science, as well as SDG 16.10 on public access to information.

Key themes

Open infrastructures for software as a Digital Public Good (DPG)

Software underpins education, research, culture, public services, and industry. Treating it as a DPG requires open, non-commercial infrastructures that guarantee long-term access, provenance, and equity. This panel examines how to map and monitor the commons (catalogs, registries, observatories), how to make infrastructures interoperable (open APIs, shared schemas, content-addressable storage), and how to increase resilience through geodiverse mirrors and identifier standards such as ISO/IEC 18670 for verifiable citation and provenance. It will also explore compliance-enabling practices (licensing clarity, software bill of material (SBO) readiness) and public-private cooperation models that keep stewardship in the public interest while leveraging industry expertise and scale. Global code archives and mirror networks are referenced as neutral enablers that sit behind the scenes to serve science and society.

Supporting the digital commons and a resilience infrastructure

Sustaining the software commons requires predictable funding, independent governance, and clear division of roles across states, funders, research, industry, and international organizations. Building on the Open Science recommendation and evolving policy frameworks (e.g., AI Act, CRA, NIS2), this panel looks at governance models that secure the public-interest mission while enabling contribution at scale; multi-source funding mixes (baseline public support, philanthropy, in-kind, procurement); and resilience plans that guarantee continuity of access to software dependencies and research artifacts during outages or shocks, aligning with the objective of scientific reproducibility.

Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS) ecosystems form a cornerstone of this resilience, ensuring that preserved code remains usable, auditable, and adaptable through open collaboration. They demonstrate how community-led development and shared maintenance can complement institutional stewardship, strengthen trust, and sustain the commons as living public infrastructure.

Practical alignment with provenance/software bill of materials (SBOM) attestations and verifiable identifiers supports compliance and lowers systemic risk. Neutral global archives and mirror networks again serve as quiet plumbing for continuity and auditability.

Transparent AI for digital inclusion

AI can narrow the digital divide—if it’s built on traceable, well-licensed, and representative training resources. A Code Commons approach assembles high-quality, provenance-rich corpora that support transparent and efficient AI while honoring creators’ rights and enabling auditing and reproducibility. This panel centers on inclusion: enabling local language models, culturally relevant applications, and pathways for researchers and small and mid-sized businesses from the global south to participate. It links open code collections with education and capacity-building. It also highlights how neutral archives, identifier standards, and open tooling quietly make responsible AI possible without dominating the stage.

Code on show: A special exhibit

As part of the conference, an exhibit will place the spotlight on the untold stories embedded within source code, moving past its purely functional role. The exhibit will showcase code as a historical testimony, whether monumental, like the Apollo-11 lunar landing equations, or grassroots creations capturing the DIY spirit of early computing. Crucially, the focus extends to code as a mirror of society, revealing the biases, politics, and values of its time, rather than existing in a vacuum. Finally, the exhibit will invite appreciation of source code as a cultural artifact, exploring its expressive power, aesthetics, rhythms, and the unique artistic voice of its author, positioning it alongside traditional forms of human expression.The project is organized by Mathilde Fichen (CNAM/Software Heritage), Titaÿna Kauffmann (University of Luxembourg), and Camille Picard (Inria). Furthermore, a distinguished Exhibition Committee—featuring experts from the Computer History Museum, Codexpo.org, Deutsches Museum, and other global institutions—was responsible for the essential tasks of reviewing proposals and curating the final display.

Program

The Symposium will take place as a hybrid public event at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, following the Software Heritage Summit in the morning for contributors and partners.The conference program is subject to change; speakers will be announced soon.Registration details for this hybrid event will be announced shortly.

14:00–14:30 Opening ceremony — Renewal of Inria–Software Heritage Agreement and UNESCO partnership14:30–15:30 Panel: Open infrastructures for software as a DPG15:30–16:15 Coffee break16:15–17:15 Panel: Supporting the digital commons and a resilience infrastructure17:15–18:15 Panel: Transparent AI for inclusion18:15–18:35 What’s next & closing remarks18:35–19:15 Exhibition visit19:15–22:00 Reception

Foundry for Builders: MCP, Knowledge & Workflow Orchestration
2026-01-29 19:00 - 22:00
🛠️ Production Is Not Analytics: Understanding Microsoft Fabric’s Role
⚙️ Modern production systems are built to process transactions, enforce business rules, and scale reliably.
📊 Analytics systems are built to explore data, aggregate it, and turn it into insight.

Microsoft Fabric exists to cover this second space — with a unified, end-to-end technology stack.

🔧 In this session, we’ll focus on Microsoft Fabric as a platform, with a concise overview of:

🗄️ How Fabric stores and organizes data beyond application databases
🔄 How ingestion, transformation, and orchestration are handled
📈 How analytics, reporting, and exploration are built on top of the same foundation
🧩 How Fabric’s workloads are designed to work together as a single system

🧠 Conceptual context will be kept to the minimum necessary to understand why these components exist, with the emphasis placed on what they do and how they are used in practice.

🎯 This session is aimed at developers who want a clear, technology-oriented understanding of Microsoft Fabric and its role next to production applications — without turning into a data platform deep dive.
🛠️ Foundry for Builders: MCP, Knowledge & Workflow Orchestration
Microsoft Foundry introduces a new agent-first way of building AI applications — combining reasoning, knowledge, tools, and workflows into a single, composable platform.

🚀 In this session, we explore Foundry from a builder’s perspective, focusing on how things actually fit together after the Ignite announcements — using the new Foundry UI and APIs.
🔹 What you’ll see

🧠 Knowledge-based Agent (RAG)
Build an agent backed by Foundry Knowledge to answer domain questions using retrieval-augmented generation.
🔌 MCP-powered Agent
Use a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to securely access an Azure SQL Database — without embedding schemas or credentials in prompts.
🔀 Intent-based Workflow Orchestration
Implement a workflow that detects user intent and routes each request to the correct agent, showing how workflows act as the control plane for multi-agent systems.

🎯 Why this matters

Clear separation between knowledge, actions, and reasoning
Practical patterns for multi-agent architectures
Designed for scalable, governed, production-ready AI solutions

By the end of the session, you’ll understand how to structure agents, MCP tools, and workflows in Microsoft Foundry — and how to apply these patterns to real-world builder scenarios.

Agentic Software Development Webinar
2026-04-17 15:00 - 16:30
AI is accelerating coding, but its also quietly changing how risk enters production.

This session explores Vibe Code Drift: the slow, normal-looking failure mode where AI-generated code is shipped because it looks plausible, not because it has been verified.

If your teams are using AI coding assistants (and they are), this webinar will help you ship fast without shipping blind.

SQL Server 2025 News: AI Integration and More
2026-05-07 19:00 - 21:30 | Microsoft Malta, Skyparks, Skyparks, Luqa, Malta
Join us at the Microsoft Malta office for another evening of technical
learning and networking around the Microsoft Data Platform.
Two sessions. One foundational. One deep.
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🧠 Session 1 — From ML to AI Agents: The Journey That Changed Everything
◆ The Data Introduction Session
Before we talk about SQL Server 2025, we need to speak the same language.
This session tells the story of AI from the beginning:
→ From ML and its narrow, task-specific roots
→ To large language models and the generative AI explosion that followed
→ To the agent landscape everyone is navigating but few have clearly mapped
Models, agents, assistants, copilots, skills, tools — and the very different
types of agents hiding behind the same word.
You will leave with a mental model that makes every AI conversation,
and every vendor pitch, easier to evaluate.
◆ No prior AI experience required.
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🗄️ Session 2 — SQL Server 2025 News: AI Integration and More
◆ The Main Session
SQL Server 2025 marks a turning point for Microsoft’s flagship database engine.
This is the honest version of the story.
→ The vector journey from Azure SQL to what SQL Server 2025 delivers in RTM
→ What is GA, what is still in preview, and what that means for production
→ DiskANN vector indexes, AI_GENERATE_EMBEDDINGS, AI_GENERATE_CHUNKS
→ CREATE EXTERNAL MODEL — calling LLMs without leaving SQL Server
→ Fuzzy string functions: EDIT_DISTANCE, Jaro, and when NOT to use vectors
Build semantic search and RAG pipelines inside the database.
No separate vector store required.
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🤝 Networking
The evening includes time to connect before and after the sessions.
Whether you are deep in the Microsoft Data Platform or just getting started,
this is your space to ask questions and exchange ideas with the community.
