| 10:00 AM | Opening Remarks & Event Overview | Welcome by GDG Ahlen
Introduction to the global theme "Redefine Possible" 🌍
Overview of the day’s agenda and activities |
| 10:05 AM | 🛠️ Speaker Amel Sellami : Diffusion Models: Building your own Stable Diffusion | Denoising Diffusion Models are a variant of generative modelling that serve as the backbone in recent advances in image synthesis - including Dall-E, Stable Diffusion, and Midjourney. These models utilise an iterative denoising process during generation to produce high-quality samples. In this practical, we will explore the fundamentals of diffusion models, the intuition behind them, and how they work in practice. By the end of the practical, we will have covered all the steps required to train one of these models from scratch! |
| 11:00 AM | 🌍 Speakers: 🎤 Lakshmithejaswi Narasannagari & 🎤 Anna Muzykina : Unlock Your AI Potential & Ethical AI |
🔹 Part 1: 🎤 Lakshmithejaswi Narasannagari
Unlock Your AI Potential: Guide to Building a Machine Learning Career
It's never too late to learn new tricks! This presentation outlines my career transition into the ML world. I'll cover my experiences and provide helpful resources enabling you to navigate the AI space.
Whether you're a developer, automation engineer, or tech enthusiast, this presentation offers a roadmap to your AI adventure. Discover the strategies and resources I used to transition from Oracle Development and Automation Engineering into Machine Learning.
🔹 Part 2: 🎤 Anna Muzykina
Ethical AI – Challenges and Responsibilities
Bias, fairness, and responsible AI development
The impact of AI on jobs and decision-making
Transparency and accountability in AI-driven systems
How developers can contribute to ethical AI practices
This talk will highlight how AI is not only changing what we can achieve but also redefining the ethical boundaries of technology. It’s an exciting time, and we have a responsibility to shape AI in a way that benefits everyone. |
| 12:00 PM | 🌟 Speaker Ann Kuss : Recruiting Trends in 2025 | Ann Kuss will cover global recruitment trends for 2025, how AI comes into the picture, how authenticity might help brands get to the targets they set for scale. |
| 1:00 PM | Panel Discussion: Redefine Possible – Women Revolutionizing the Future of AI | 🌍 The Transformative Moment: Exploring the pivotal role of AI in reshaping society and why this moment demands bold, innovative leadership.
🌟 Revolutionizing Tech: How women are breaking conventions, challenging systemic barriers, and expanding the horizons of what technology can achieve.
💡 Challenging the Status Quo: Discussing actionable steps to combat gender biases in AI and create a more inclusive and equitable future.
🚀 Shaping Tomorrow Together: Inspiring audiences to rethink their role in technology and commit to redefining what’s possible—starting today.
Join us this International Women’s Day to celebrate the power of women to revolutionize technology and reimagine the future.
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| 1:00 PM | 🎤 Meet our amazing members of Panel Discussion: Nakshathra Suresh | From Risk to Resilience: Shaping a Tech-Positive Future for Women:
This presentation will examine the impacts of technology-facilitated crimes and how we can leverage technology for good to ensure the safety of women online.
Join Nakshathra as she inspires you to proactively think about your relationship with technology and how you can support the ethical technology movement, starting with your own communities. |
| 1:20 PM | 🎤 Meet our amazing members of Panel Discussion: Sobhitha Neelanath | "Building an inclusive future : Approaches to mitigate gender bias in AI"
The session will delve into the sources and the major causes of gender bias in AI, its impact on the society , some of the current statistics and the various governance measures and best practices that can help combat this bias and minimise its negative effects. |
| 1:40 PM | 🎤 Meet our amazing members of Panel Discussion: Jessica Randall | Making the leap from developer to leader is an exciting, challenging, and transformative
journey. This talk offers a behind-the-scenes look at an Android Lead apprentice’s first
year—the highs, the hurdles, and the moments of growth. Discover practical tips for creating
a supportive team culture, sharpening communication skills, and balancing technical work
with leadership responsibilities.
Explore real-life lessons on building trust, making tough
decisions, and learning from setbacks. Whether you’re a new or aspiring tech lead, you’ll
leave with actionable strategies and fresh insights to lead with confidence, empathy, and a
dash of fun. |
| 2:00 PM | 🌍 Speaker Nancy Eke-Agu | Keynote : Breaking Barriers and Building the Future: Women Driving Inclusive AI | In my keynote, I will explore how women are not just participants, but leaders in shaping the future of AI.
I’ll discuss the barriers women face in the AI industry and how they are breaking them down through innovative work in AI safety, governance, and ethics.
I’ll highlight key examples of women-led initiatives that prioritize inclusivity, transparency, and fairness in AI development.
The speech will also address how empowering women in AI is crucial for creating a more ethical and diverse AI ecosystem, ultimately driving the responsible and equitable deployment of AI technologies. |
| 3:00 PM | 🎤 Speaker Pamela Jayakumar: The Potential of AI to Transform Project Management | The idea of AI taking over project management is an intriguing one. AI can assist in many aspects of project management—like automating routine tasks, analyzing data, predicting risks, and optimizing resource allocation. The speech will focus on possible ways that AI can support project managers by handling most tedious tasks, leaving them free to focus on the strategic, human-centric elements that are critical to the success of any project. So, it’s not a matter of AI replacing project management, but rather enhancing it.The speech will also include highlights on the fact that AI won’t replace humans; instead, it will empower and enhance their potential. |
| 4:00 PM | 🌍 Speaker Dorothy Akoth : Responsible AI | Dorothy Akoth, a Women Techmakers Ambassador and Zindi Country Ambassador from Kenya, will be discussing the critical topic of Responsible AI. As AI continues to transform industries, Dorothy will share how to ensure that AI is developed and used in an ethical, inclusive, and sustainable way. |
| 5:00 PM | 🔥 Speaker Aicha Laafia : Java and Kubernetes in the service of the Environment | The tech industry is quietly burning 3.7% of global carbon emissions—enough to rival the aviation industry!
Surprised? So are we, and guess what? Our code is part of the problem. While optimizing for speed and scalability, we often forget that wasteful apps consume energy like an all-you-can-eat buffet.
In this session, we’ll show you how to build greener Java applications in Kubernetes without sacrificing performance. Get ready to:
Tame your resource usage with Kubernetes tools like resource limits and autoscaling.
Write smarter Java code that sips energy instead of chugging it.
Spot hidden inefficiencies and optimize for a smaller carbon footprint.
Expect practical tips, fun analogies, and live examples that make sustainable development less “doom and gloom” and more “cool and efficient.”
I will help you prove that clean code can also be green code. The planet (and your cloud bill) will thank you! |
| 6:00 PM | 💻 Speaker Amira Best : Exploring Agentic AI | Agentic AI refers to AI systems capable of autonomous decision-making and goal-oriented behaviours. These AI agents use reinforcement learning and decision theory to perform complex tasks independently.
While they offer significant opportunities to save time and enhance efficiency, they also raise important ethical and safety concerns. This introduction explores the core principles of agentic AI, its potential applications in robotics, healthcare and finance, and the challenges they present. |
