DevFest Atlanta 2024 - Building the Future of AI - Together!

Google Atlanta, 1105 West Peachtree Street Northwest, Atlanta, 30309

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DevFest ATLANTA '24 Returns! This year marks DevFest Celebrating 15 Years of Innovation.... NOW ~ Level Up Your Code with AI! Join Atlanta's elite coding community; as our Google AI experts unlock the power of the Gemini AI suite in hands-on workshops; panels and AMAs. Network with tech titans, then showcase your ‘other’ creativity in the epic costume contest! Limited spots! Register now!

Oct 31, 1:00 – 9:00 PM (UTC)

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Key Themes

AIBuild with AICareer DevelopmentCloudCommunity BuildingDevFestGeminiInclusionMachine LearningNetworkingWomen Techmakers

About this event

Join us for the 15th anniversary of Google DevFest! This is your chance to explore how Google's developer tools can help you make a global impact.

Don't miss this opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals, learn from industry experts, and celebrate the incredible achievements of our community.

This year, DevFest delves into the exciting potential of AI to improve lives globally, across business, healthcare, and education. While acknowledging its challenges, Google is committed to helping you build and use AI responsibly, ensuring fairness and ethical practices.

DevFest Atlanta '24 is your exclusive gateway to Atlanta's thriving developer community. Master the latest skills at Expert-led Workshops, Panels and 'Ask-Me-Anything' Talks; then network with the city's top developers. It's where innovation meets inspiration, and the epic costume contest adds a twist you won't find anywhere else. Level UP.... and join the Atlanta tech elite – register for DevFest Atlanta '24 today!

2024 Represents The Year of AI..!! 

The Year of Collaboration and DEVELOPMENT..!!

Now is the Time 2 Activate..!! Now is the Time 2 Build ~ Share ~ Grow..!!


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EXTRA SPECIAL INVITE TO:

Google Women Techmakers for the 2024 Annual Connect..!! 

We Gather 2 Connect - 2 Plan - 2 Prepare and 2 IMPACT THE FUTURE..!!


Google Developer Student Clubs: GSU & GA TECH..!!

Meet and learn with other budding developers and build solutions for local businesses and communities with Google technology.


The Tech Equity Collective {TEC]

COLLECTIVELY ACCELERATING black ACCESS, Ambition AND ADVANCEMENT IN TECH.



SPONSORSHIP INQUIRIES:
devfestatlanta@gmail.com



ALL REGISTERED GUESTS MUST PROVIDE FULL LEGAL NAME AND PRESENT ID IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE

When

When

Thursday, October 31, 2024
1:00 PM – 9:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

1:00 PM9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Registration
2:00 PMWelcome Keynote ~ Erica Stanley
2:40 PMGoogle Developers Group on Campus Meeting ~ Opening Remarks by GDSC Leads - GA Tech & GSU
2:40 PM“Human and machine: the impact of living a tech-native life” ~ Georgios Diamantopoulos
2:40 PMWrite a game with Flutter - Flutter's Casual Games Toolkit ~ Danielle Cox
2:40 PMFrom Anthropology to AI: Tips Navigating a tech career pivot ~ Jessica Rudd
2:50 PMGDG Atlanta ~ Partner Spotlight: Technologist of Color ~ Jonathan Exume
3:20 PM3 Things to Improve your Android APP Experience: Edge to Edge, Predictive Back, and Glance ~ Summers Pittman
3:20 PMPANEL: Breaking Barriers: Navigating the Technology Industry as a Woman of Color Moderated by Meloni Boatswain ~ Panelists: Dr. Georgette Fraser-Moore, Sasha Smith, Jihan Johnston-McGlotten
3:20 PMGoogle Colab Workshop: Quantum Gates and Algorithms ~ Benjamin White
3:20 PMGOOGLE CHECKS AI SAFETY SESSION ~ Nia Castelly
3:20 PMUnleashing the Power of the GenAI: A Developer's Guide to Building Your Own AI ~ Martin Rojas
5:00 PMGOOGLE DEVELOPER EXPERT'S SHOWCASE Amy Russ, Limited Data, No Problem: The Power of Synthetic Data Shadab Hussain Building Intelligent Applications: Harnessing Neo4j with Google Cloud's Generative AI Boris-Wilfried Nyasse, Enhancing Community Resilience: From Concept to MVP with Flutter and GenAI
5:00 PMPANEL: AI Responsibility: Building a Foundation for Atlanta's Ethical Tech Ecosystem Moderated by Avoilan Bingham ~ Panelists: Matt Eberhart, Pavleen Thukral, Dar'shun Kendrick
5:00 PMMULTIMODAL GEMINI USE-CASE DEMO ~ Zachary Thorman & Aiko Zhao
5:00 PMExorcising State Management: Nightmares with Angular Signals ~ Chris Perko
5:00 PMMastering New Tech Skills Through Self-Teaching Using EDIP Method ~ Arthur Bernier, Jr,
5:40 PMUnleashing AR Magic with Flutter: From Concept to Reality ~ Kenichi Kambara
5:40 PMModern Application Debugging: An Introduction to OpenTelemetry ~ Joshua Lee
6:20 PMPANEL: GDG Atlanta ~ Partner Spotlight: GENHAX Moderated by Hugues Seureau ~ Panelists: Lew Lefton, Yuzhou Chen, Abigail Dawson
6:20 PMAI LABS PLAYGROUND ~ Kate Hargrove & Soumya Sinha
6:20 PMThe Journey of software engineers and how AI can reimagine the career fair ~ Zach Farley
6:20 PMIDX, Web IDEs and the future of development environments
6:55 PMBuilding the Future of STEAM Education: Introducing Our Innovative LMS ~ Julian Fitzgerald
7:30 PMGDG Atlanta ~ Partner Spotlight: Atlanta Women in AI ~ Sue Yeh Johnson
7:50 PMCostume Contest Parade
8:15 PMNetworking - Mixer [21+ ONLY]
9:15 PMEND OF EVENT

Speakers

  • Ben White

    Database Engineer

    Quantum Researcher

  • Zach Farley

    KITT LABS

  • Kate Hargrove

    66degrees

    Data Modernization Customer Engineer

  • Soumya Sinha

    LexisNexis Risk Solutions

    Data Scientist

  • Jessica Rudd

    Intuit Mailchimp

    Senior Data Engineer

  • Erica Stanley

    Google Play

    Director of Engineering

  • Shameeka Emmanuel

    Google

    Program Lead & Strategist at Google

  • Danielle Cox

    Senior Software Engineer (Flutter)

  • Georgios Diamantopoulos

    Senior engineer

  • Nia Castelly

    Co-Founder & Head of Legal, Checks

  • Martin Rojas

    PlayOn Sports

    UI Architect / AI

  • Jon Exume

    Technologist of Color

    Technical Manager

  • Meloni Boatswain

    Blacks In Technology Atlanta Chapter

    President

  • Chris Perko

    Google

    Google Developer Expert in Angular, Senior Engineer at HeroDevs, Angular Community Meetup Director

  • Kenichi Kambara

    NTT TechnoCross

    Principal Evangelist (Tech)

  • Joshua Lee

    Altinity

    Developer Advocate

  • Amy Russ

    Synchrony Financial

    Vice President

  • Shadab Hussain

    TheMathCompany

    Senior Associate

  • Boris-Wilfried Nyasse

    GDE - Dart & Flutter | Google Cloud Architect | Senior Director of Software Development

  • Kaushik Sathupadi

    Google

    Software Engineer, Project IDX

  • Julian Fitzgerald

    Cxmmunity

    Co-Founder / Executive Director

  • Avoilan Bingham

    Drive Capital

    Atlanta General Manager - Drive Capital & President of Atlanta Tech Week

  • Hugues (Hugo) SEUREAU

    GenHax

    CEO @ GenHax | CMO | Sales, Marketing, Product Development | SME in Cyber Security and Diversity & Inclusion Allyship