{"id":1142631,"date":"2026-04-20T13:04:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artefact.com\/?post_type=event_listing&#038;p=1142631"},"modified":"2026-04-20T13:11:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T12:11:55","slug":"from-context-to-conversations-building-ai-powered-workflows-at-scale-utrecht","status":"publish","type":"event_listing","link":"https:\/\/www.artefact.com\/fr\/events\/from-context-to-conversations-building-ai-powered-workflows-at-scale-utrecht\/","title":{"rendered":"Du contexte aux conversations : mettre en place des flux de travail \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle bas\u00e9s sur AI \u2013 Utrecht"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">We are thrilled to announce Pydata&#8217;s next meetup on Thursday, April 30th, 2026, hosted by us, Artefact!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u200bThis edition dives deep into the world of <strong>conversational<\/strong> <strong>AI and agentic workflows.<\/strong> We will explore how organizations are moving past the prototype stage to deploy LLM-powered systems that actually hold up in production across analytics, logistics, and retail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u200bWhether you are an AI engineer, a Data Scientist, or a builder curious about what it takes to bring these systems to life, you&#8217;ll walk away with a clearer picture of the real challenges behind scaling conversational AI.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u200bGetting an agent to work in a demo is one thing. Getting it to work reliably with real users, real data, and real constraints is a different problem entirely. In this edition, we are peeling back the layers of production-grade AI, looking at the architectural decisions, the retrieval strategies, the guardrails, and the trade-offs that separate a promising proof-of-concept from a system that actually delivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u200bThis evening goes beyond the basics of prompt engineering and API calls. We are diving into how teams are building context-aware agents that help logistics employees onboard faster, guide retail customers through complex decisions, and unlock self-serve analytics at scale. You will discover what these systems look like under the hood, and what it really takes to ship them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u200bExcited as well?! We would love to welcome you for an evening full of knowledge sharing, deep technical dives, and of course great conversations, networking, and a fun evening with the community!<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>\u200b<span style=\"color: #ff0066;\">Agenda<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>17:30 &#8211; 18:25:<\/strong>\u00a0Welcome with food and drinks!<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>18:25 &#8211; 18:30:<\/strong>\u00a0Artefact Intro<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>18:30 &#8211; 19:10:<\/strong> [Talk 1] <strong>Agents\u2026 in the data-verse!<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<em><strong>Adithya Krishnan<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>19:15 &#8211; 19:30:<\/strong>\u00a0Break<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>19:30 &#8211; 19:50:<\/strong> [Talk 2] : <strong>Building Active Assistance and Agentic Workflows for Logistics<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<em><strong>Diederik Heijbroek<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>19:50 &#8211; 20:10:<\/strong> [Talk 3] : <strong>Conversation agents for Retail<\/strong>\u00a0by\u00a0<em><strong>Lorenzo Casimo<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"\">\u200b<strong>20:10 &#8211; 21:00<\/strong>: Networking \/ drinks<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"empty\"><strong>Talk 1: Agents\u2026 in the data-verse! Building the systems that will enable self-serve analytics!\u00a0<\/strong><em>by Adithya Krishnan<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u200bSelf-serve analytics sounds simple\u2014until you look under the hood. Adithya will share what it really takes to build the infrastructure that lets agents query, reason, and respond at scale.<\/p>\n<p class=\"empty\">\u200b\u200b<strong>Talk 2: Building Active Assistance and Agentic Workflows for Logistics\u00a0<\/strong><em>by Diederik Heijbroek<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u200bIn the fast-paced world of logistics, employee efficiency and onboarding are critical operational bottlenecks. This talk explores a real-world Agentic AI use case, detailing how we built and deployed an agentic workflow using LangChain to tackle these challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"empty\">\u200b<strong>\u200bTalk 3:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Conversation agents for Retail\u00a0<\/strong><em>by Lorenzo Casimo<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A leading Danish beauty and wellness retailer partnered with our team to design and deploy a conversational AI agent transforming how customers discover products and resolve beauty concerns online. The solution combines semantic product search, knowledge retrieval, and a guided problem-solving flow to replicate the in-store advisor experience at scale. Built with compliance and brand safety at its core, the architecture balanced multi-turn context, real-time guardrails, and structured user interaction across web and mobile. This case study explores the agentic design decisions, feature trade-offs, and success metrics behind bringing conversational retail AI from concept to production.\u200b<\/p>\n<h2>\u200b<strong>About Pydata<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"\">PyData Amsterdam is a vibrant community of Python and data enthusiasts that brings together this community and provides a forum for users and developers of open-source data tools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1142632,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"country":[618247],"event_listing_category":[21943],"event_listing_type":[853],"class_list":["post-1142631","event_listing","type-event_listing","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-netherlands","event_listing_category-ai-technology","event_listing_type-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artefact.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing\/1142631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artefact.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artefact.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event_listing"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artefact.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1142632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artefact.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1142631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artefact.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=1142631"},{"taxonomy":"event_listing_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artefact.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing_category?post=1142631"},{"taxonomy":"event_listing_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artefact.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_listing_type?post=1142631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}