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Tech Meetup Innsbruck
Engineering Kiosk Alps
Meetup Innsbruck

Join us at Engineering Kiosk Alps, a dynamic tech meetup happening in the heart of the Alps, in Innsbruck! This event brings together tech enthusiasts, engineers, and professionals from various fields to explore the intersection of engineering culture, open source, people and technology.

Next Meetup @
MAD Ventures

📅 Date July 2, 2026 - open doors at 18:30 (talks start ~30min later)

Awesome Community Talks

2 July 2026 @
MAD Ventures

Join the next meetup and listen to the following talks. All talks and the meetup are in English.

Mindfulness? I don’t think that’s for me.

Vero Betzel

About the Talk

Yes, this is a quote. Yes, it’s mine. And yes— I'm running a talk on mindfulness. When I started Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), I was told that mindfulness is the mother of all DBT skills. I tried it. It didn’t work. What was missing for me was the long run—and understanding how mindfulness actually works. That gap is what motivated me to explore mindfulness in a way that feels practical, grounded, and usable. Emotions, stress, conflict, and overwhelm are part of being human, yet most of us were never taught how to deal with them effectively. We react, suppress, overthink, or push through until we burn out. In this talk, I draw on selected concepts and skills from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy to explore mindfulness not as a spiritual ideal, but as a practical foundation for skills that make better responses possible under pressure. Participants can expect concrete examples and exercise ideas that show how mindfulness helps pause automatic reactions, notice early signs of emotional escalation, and create moments of choice—at work and in private life. Mindfulness here is not the goal. It’s the foundation that makes other skills usable when it matters most. Attendees will leave with explicit, learnable skills and a clearer understanding of how to integrate basic mindfulness concepts into their daily work—without adding pressure, rituals, or extra time. This talk is for anyone who has ever thought: 'Mindfulness isn’t for me.'

About the Speaker

Vero discovered his passion for Quality Assurance somewhat by accident. While studying to become a teacher, he gained his first experience in software testing and, after earning his bachelor's degree, decided to fully transition into quality assurance. Since 2017, Vero has worked as a tester, quality engineer, and test manager across a variety of software and hardware projects. He has gained experience in industries including e-commerce, building automation, industrial systems, and platform-based solutions. For Vero, quality extends far beyond testing. It begins with requirements, architecture, communication, and collaboration, making it a shared responsibility throughout the software development lifecycle. Alongside his project work, Vero is actively involved in the professional community. As a regular speaker at national and international conferences, he presents on software quality, testing, requirements engineering, quality management, and the human factors behind successful collaboration. His talks combine practical project experience with methodological expertise, encouraging audiences to reflect, discuss, and challenge established perspectives. Since 2024, Vero has increasingly focused on the education and development of professionals. His passion for teaching and learning is evident both in training environments and on stage, where he values openness, direct communication, and genuine dialogue. Rather than simply sharing knowledge, he aims to enable sustainable improvements and meaningful change. Beyond his professional work, Vero advocates for mental health awareness in the workplace. He finds balance as a volunteer firefighter, on the soccer field, while running, or during strength training. Whether on stage, in a training room, or within a project team, Vero combines professional expertise with a passion for knowledge sharing and a commitment to creating lasting impact.

Communication sucks

Mirosław Opoka

About the Talk

This talk is about how we use language to communicate in software development. Why focus on this? Well, software engineers translate concepts into executable code that “does something”. However, the process of transferring the idea from one head to another relies heavily on language (setting aside diagrams, pictures, sounds, etc.). And more often than not, things get lost in translation. For example: “communication sucks”. What does that actually tell us? What does “communication” mean in this context? Who is communicating what, to whom, how often, and what for? What does “sucks” precisely mean, what exactly is wrong, when does it happen, and under what circumstances? This talk is about finding patterns in the language and challenging them to get a clearer picture of the idea, and thus build better software solutions. It is not a silver bullet, but it is a tool that may greatly reduce friction in the development process.

About the Speaker

Mirosław has been working in software development since before PHP 4.x was released - and back then it was the whole LAMP stack. Around the time Linux kernel 2.5 was released, he focused more on C++ and Linux (later close to hardware), plus several scripting languages - at first as an employee, and since C++11 as a consultant and freelancer. He has built software for controlling variable message signs on highways, traffic controllers, fire safety systems, and vacuum pumps (they indeed suck!). He has optimized software development processes, and sometimes the existing software itself. Projects change, companies change, but what has stayed constant over all those years is the growing need to better understand what other people are communicating, in order to deliver proper solutions to their problems.

Find previous talks in the Engineering Kiosk Alps Talks Archive

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📅 July 2, 2026 - open doors at 18:30 (talks start ~30min later)

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