Is the event free to attend?

The source listing does not state a ticket price. Check the Meetup event page for Yorkshire DevOps to confirm before registering.

Where exactly is The Brew Society?

26 Aire Street, Leeds, LS1 4HT. It is in the city centre, a short walk from Leeds railway station.

Do I need to register in advance?

Yes. The event is listed on Meetup and shows around 40 attendees expected. Register via the Yorkshire DevOps Meetup page to secure your place.

Is this event in person or online?

In person only at The Brew Society, Leeds. No hybrid or online option is mentioned in the source.

Which communities are involved in organising this event?

Yorkshire Azure User Group, Yorkshire DevOps and AWS Leeds are the three co-organising communities. Hippo Digital is the venue partner, with Ada Meher, Digital Endeavours, CGI and the Financial Conduct Authority as sponsors.

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Yorkshire Azure User Group summer social and panel

Name: Yorkshire Azure User Group summer social and panel
Start: 2026-07-16T17:00:00.000Z
Location: The Brew Society

Azure, DevOps and AWS communities meet for summer panel and social

When

Thursday 16 July

Time

17:00

Venue

The Brew Society

City Centre

Price

Free

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Three of Leeds's most active tech communities — Yorkshire Azure User Group, Yorkshire DevOps and AWS Leeds — are joining forces on Thursday 16 July 2026 for a summer social and panel evening at The Brew Society on Aire Street. The event also marks the Yorkshire Azure User Group's 4th birthday.

The panel brings together seven named speakers from Microsoft, CGI, Accenture, Community Stack and the independent community. Topics span cloud computing, DevOps practice and community building across the Leeds tech scene. The format is a network social with a structured panel discussion, running from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM BST. Around 40 attendees are expected, drawn from at least two of the three organising groups.

Sponsors for the evening include Ada Meher (platinum recruitment sponsor), Digital Endeavours (platinum sponsor), CGI and the Financial Conduct Authority as event partners. Hippo Digital is the venue partner, supporting the booking at The Brew Society.

Yorkshire DevOps is the primary organising group on Meetup, operating under the Community Stack umbrella. The group has been running regular meetups in Leeds for several years, covering infrastructure, deployment pipelines, cloud platforms and the engineering practices that sit around them. It shares an audience with Yorkshire Azure User Group and AWS Leeds, and the three communities have collaborated on events before. This summer social is the largest joint outing to date in 2026, following what the organisers describe as a successful year across all three groups.

The Brew Society at 26 Aire Street, LS1 4HT is a city-centre venue a short walk from Leeds railway station, making it straightforward to reach after work.

Why attend

Seven speakers from Microsoft, CGI, Accenture and the independent community are on the panel, covering cloud architecture, software deployments and technical advisory. That is a rare concentration of practitioner experience in one room on a weekday evening in Leeds.

Beyond the panel, this is a genuine social: three communities in the same space, which means a wider mix of people than a single-group meetup typically draws. If you work in cloud, DevOps or platform engineering in Yorkshire and want to meet others doing the same, this is a practical evening to be at.

Agenda

17:00 – Doors open, networking begins
18:00 – Panel discussion: communities, cloud and DevOps across Leeds
~19:00 – Further networking and YAG 4th birthday celebration
20:00 – Close

Speakers

Ethan Sumner – Co-Founder & CEO, Community Stack
Jared Holgate – Senior Software Engineer, Software Deployments, Microsoft
Suzie Rasneek – Junior Automation Engineer, Independent
Ethan Jones – Cloud Solutions Architect, Microsoft
Sofia Trevino – Cloud Solutions Architect, Microsoft
Edmund Craske – Senior Business Consultant, Technical Advisory, CGI
Edward Richardson-Lee – Full Stack Engineering Specialist, Accenture

Organiser

Yorkshire DevOps

Yorkshire DevOps runs regular meetups in Leeds covering infrastructure, deployment pipelines and cloud engineering practice. It operates under the Community Stack umbrella alongside Yorkshire Azure User Group and AWS Leeds. The three groups share an audience of engineers and architects working across the Yorkshire tech scene.

Venue

The Brew Society, City Centre

The Brew Society is at 26 Aire Street, LS1 4HT, a short walk from Leeds railway station in the city centre. Hippo Digital is partnering with the organising communities to host the event there.

FAQs

Is the event free to attend?: The source listing does not state a ticket price. Check the Meetup event page for Yorkshire DevOps to confirm before registering.
Where exactly is The Brew Society?: 26 Aire Street, Leeds, LS1 4HT. It is in the city centre, a short walk from Leeds railway station.
Do I need to register in advance?: Yes. The event is listed on Meetup and shows around 40 attendees expected. Register via the Yorkshire DevOps Meetup page to secure your place.
Is this event in person or online?: In person only at The Brew Society, Leeds. No hybrid or online option is mentioned in the source.
Which communities are involved in organising this event?: Yorkshire Azure User Group, Yorkshire DevOps and AWS Leeds are the three co-organising communities. Hippo Digital is the venue partner, with Ada Meher, Digital Endeavours, CGI and the Financial Conduct Authority as sponsors.