DevFest 2021

Name: DevFest 2021
Start: 2021-11-27T15:20:00+08:00
End: 2021-11-27T22:00:00+08:00

DevFest is an annual decentralized tech conference hosted by Google Developer Groups across the globe. This year, DevFest is an opportunity to rebuild our local communities. 📢 Register at https://bit.ly/devfest2021cdo

Nov 27, 2021, 7:20 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

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Key Themes

Career DevelopmentDesignDevFestDevOpsMachine LearningWeb

About this event

DevFest is an annual decentralized tech conference hosted by Google Developer Groups across the globe. Since we transitioned virtually, our team has been trying new things and ways on how to rebuild our local community and create a safe space where our participants feel the sense of belonging.
📢 Register at https://bit.ly/devfest2021cdo

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When

Saturday, November 27, 2021
7:20 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

Opening activity
Building Connection with your Community	📌 MAIN HALL: ✦Alaiza Geene Maandig, Engineering Performance Coach at High Output Ventures \|\| About this talk: How to build your own community, expand your network, and develop a collaborative and supportive group of professionals.
Fireside Chat: Network your way to success	📌 MAIN HALL: ✦Alexis Snelling, CEO Founder at WeTransact, ✦Mariam Ispahani, CEO at Sonali Bioplastics, ✦Sharita M. Humphrey, Finance Expert & Business Mentor at Sharita M Humphrey Consulting, ✦Michelle Zaffino, Founder & CEO at MyLibrarian Inc., ✦Amy Wood, Program Manager, Most Fundable Companies at Pepperdine University, and ✦Jaclynn Maxwell Hudson
An Introduction to Rust	📌 VIRTUAL ROOM 1: ✦Roger Madjos, Engineering Lead at High Output Ventures \|\| About this talk: Overview of the Rust programming language, pros and cons and list of the most relevant language features.
Synthetic Datasets for Machine Learning	📌 MAIN HALL: ✦Edmund Salcedo Jr., 3D Engineer at Skunk Works \|\| About this talk: Generating large amounts of data for training machines with free to use tools.
*Machine Learning	📌 MAIN HALL: ✦Ahmet Melek, Machine Learning Engineer at Primer AI \|\| About this talk: We will talk about the fundamental concepts in today's NLP (tokenization, word embeddings ...) and review the popular NLP tasks (QA, NER, Chatbots) with code examples.
Intro to Automated UI and Integration Testing	📌 MAIN HALL: ✦Raven Duran, Engineering Lead at Symph \|\| About this talk: This will be a beginner's guide to having automated UI and Integration tests for their web and mobile apps. This talk will highlight some basic tools they can use to start making automated tests and thus making development changes much more stable and reliable (avoiding those moments wherein a fix introduces a different issue).
Introduction to Bazel	📌 VIRTUAL ROOM 2: ✦Arjay Sitoy, Backend Developer at High Output Ventures \|\| About this talk: How to handle monorepos the google way
Introduction & Advantages of Using PWA	📌 MAIN HALL: ✦Toni-Jan Keith Monserrat, Assistant Professor at UPLB and CTO at Senti \|\| About this talk: When it is about making a good experience for your user, it is not about making it mobile friendly, you have to make it also offline friendly. Here are some tips and tricks and making your app as user friendly as possible with the help of service workers, workers, and making it the best PWA that you will ever have
🍲 Dinner Break 🍲	30-minute dinner break
Hosts intro to networking activity & Games
Networking with our Sponsor: Innovuze Solution Inc.	📌 MAIN HALL: ✦Speed Dating: A Job Fair & Career advise mini-meetup with Silver Sponsors
It’s all Learn, Fun, and Games at DevFest 2021	📌 MAIN HALL: ✦Game night, awarding, closing ceremony, and PHOTO OP
Closing remarks

Speakers

Alaiza Geen Salcedo

High Output Ventures

Engineering Performance Coach

Roger Madjos

High Output Ventures

Engineering Lead

Edmund Salcedo Jr

Skunk Works

3D Engineer

Ahmet Melek

Primer AI

Machine Learning Engineer

Raven Duran

Symph

Engineering Lead

Arjay Sitoy

Scaleforge

Engineering Manager

Toni-Jan Keith Monserrat

UPLB / Senti

Assistant Professor / CTO

Panelists

Alexis Snelling

WeTransact

CEO Founder

Mariam Ispahani

Sonali Bioplastics

CEO

Sharita Humphrey

Sharita M Humphrey Consulting

Finance Expert & Business Mentor

Michelle Zaffino

MyLibrarian Inc.

Founder & CEO

Amy Wood

Pepperdine University

Program Manager, Most Fundable Companies

Hosts

Hannah Mae Hormiguera

Symph

Strategic Programs Lead

Rave Arao

GDSC USTP

Member

Jyn Ortizano

GDSC USTP

CTO

Ada Picar

GDSC USTP

Data Science Lead

Organizers

Estella Bravo

Community Mentor and Women Techmakers Ambassador

See bio

Alyssa Vallejos

WTM CDO Lead and GDG CDO Finance Lead

See bio

Jyn Ortizano

GDG CDO Lead

See bio

Charisse Mae Adis

Technical Committee Head

See bio

Glycelle June Pangca

Documentation Committee Head

See bio

Eric Jeffrey II

Communications Committee Head

See bio

Rorie Kyne Micabalo

Marketing Committee Head

See bio

RJ Igdon

Community Mentor

See bio

Contact Us

DevFest 2021

Nov 27, 2021, 7:20 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

Key Themes

About this event

When

Agenda

Speakers

Alaiza Geen Salcedo

Roger Madjos

Edmund Salcedo Jr

Ahmet Melek

Raven Duran

Arjay Sitoy

Toni-Jan Keith Monserrat

Panelists

Alexis Snelling

Mariam Ispahani

Sharita Humphrey

Michelle Zaffino

Amy Wood

Hosts

Hannah Mae Hormiguera

Rave Arao

Jyn Ortizano

Ada Picar

Innovuze Solutions, Inc.

UniTees

WhatALife!

Women Techmakers Cagayan de Oro

Organizers

Estella Bravo

Alyssa Vallejos

Jyn Ortizano

Charisse Mae Adis

Glycelle June Pangca

Eric Jeffrey II

Rorie Kyne Micabalo

RJ Igdon

DevFest 2021

Nov 27, 2021, 7:20 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

Key Themes

About this event

When

Agenda

Speakers

Alaiza Geen Salcedo

Roger Madjos

Edmund Salcedo Jr

Ahmet Melek

Raven Duran

Arjay Sitoy

Toni-Jan Keith Monserrat

Panelists

Alexis Snelling

Mariam Ispahani

Sharita Humphrey

Michelle Zaffino

Amy Wood

Hosts

Hannah Mae Hormiguera

Rave Arao

Jyn Ortizano

Ada Picar

Partners

Innovuze Solutions, Inc.

UniTees

WhatALife!

Women Techmakers Cagayan de Oro

Organizers

Estella Bravo

Alyssa Vallejos

Jyn Ortizano

Charisse Mae Adis

Glycelle June Pangca

Eric Jeffrey II

Rorie Kyne Micabalo

RJ Igdon

Nov 27, 2021, 7:20 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)