DevFest Beirut 2022

Name: DevFest Beirut 2022
Start: 2022-10-22T09:00:00+03:00
End: 2022-10-22T17:00:00+03:00
Location: Irwin Hall

Irwin Hall, LAU, Beirut Campus, 1102

GDG Coast Lebanon

Join us for the annual Developers Festival of sessions, workshops, panel discussions, training, code-labs, and much more by awesome speakers. Network with experts, companies, discover exclusive opportunities and much more!

Oct 22, 2022, 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

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Key Themes

AIAndroidCloudCommunity BuildingCompose CampDevFestFirebaseFlutterGoogle AssistantGoogle Cloud NextMachine LearningTensorFlowWeb

About this event

To get the event invitation link please fill https://bit.ly/gdg-22.  If you have any questions contact us on WhatsApp +96181105785
We're excited to be back in person! Join us on Saturday October 22th at LAU Beirut Campus!

What's there for you?
🎙 Sessions, talks and career growth paths by the corporate leaders at local and international companies (Google Developers Experts, Binance, BNB Chain, CME, Semicolon, SFEIR France, etc..)
🎤 Success entrepreneur stories from CME CEO & CoFounder, Motivational talks, Soft Skills by CIO/CTO, Project Management & Agile
💻 Workshops in AI, Blockchain, Cybersecurity, Machine Learning , Mobile, System Design, Web, etc..
🔍Visit sponsors booth and discover new opportunities
🧑‍💻👨‍💻 Networking with fellow developers, GDEs, Leaders and other GDG members during the lunch break
🎁 Google swags and Chance to win exclusive gifts and crypto

When

Saturday, October 22, 2022
6:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

Where

Irwin Hall
LAU
Beirut Campus, 1102

Agenda

6:00 AM	DevFest Registration
6:15 AM	DevFest Keynote
6:45 AM	Firebase	Join us with Eslam Medhat, a Firebase GDE for an overview of Firebase and latest updates
7:10 AM	Software Engineer / AI Career Path & Growth	Join us with Ammar Mohanna, AI Lead at Assentify & Christophe Khoury, Senior Software Engineer at CME for a unique session about career growth for developers!
7:30 AM	Binance : BlockChain & Crypto	Explore Binance Academy opportunities for developers & students in the crypto & blockchain world
8:20 AM	Cybersecurity as a Business Necessity	Cyber Security is more than a technical security testing process. It's a precise way of thinking and a new lifestyle. In this session, you will learn the importance of securing your businesses from cyber attacks and how to think as a business owner about cyber security. The session will also explain the importance of developing an ethical hacking career.
8:45 AM	Coffee break
9:10 AM	Uncover the secrets of Google Cloud Anthos	More and more companies have adopted Anthos, the Google Cloud's application modernization offering around Kubernetes. Anthos lets you write your code once and run it everywhere, in the Cloud or On-premises. Through this presentation we will introduce Anthos' main components and the different deployment options.
10:00 AM	Build on BlockChain	Learn about Blockchain and BNB with Rumeel Hussain, a Senior BNB Chain Developer at BNB UAE
10:30 AM	Scalable System Design
11:10 AM	Lunch break
12:00 PM	Entrepreneurship - Panel	Join us with Wisssam Youssef, CEO CME for a panel about the entrepreneur story of CME
12:30 PM	Soft Skills for a Success Software Engineer	Building a successful career in technology requires more than just knowing the syntax. In this session, you will learn how to develop major skills (also known as Soft Skills) such as Communication, Negotiation, Adaptability, Personal Leadership, and others.
1:00 PM	The Practical Side of Technical Project Management & Agile	Putting Agile Theory into Practice from the Perspective of a Technical Project Manager. Explain the function of the technical manager in a software development project. The reason why tech companies made this position. A Guide to Technical Project Management. Agile methodology and teamwork's part in TPM.
1:30 PM	Find Your Path	“Start your professional journeys with dedicated steps that build on your capacities as scientists. Each path you follow leads to new innovations for a better future for humanity. It is through education and associations such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Women in Engineering (WIE) that technical aspirations are translated into real-life goals. Your path has a beginning that shouldn’t end without your mark. Imprint yourself on your way and leave your footsteps to guide others to explore their self-excellence. In this talk, Dr. Nadine Abbas, Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Mathematics department at the Lebanese American University (LAU), will share her professional journey toward the tomorrow that started today.”
2:00 PM	Wrap-up & gifts

Speakers

Eslam Medhat

Firebase

Google Developer Expert

Seifeddine Mansri

SFEIR

GDE Cloud / Cloud Engineering Manager

Wissam Youssef

CME

CEO

Farah Nassar

Academy

Binance

Kassem Bazzoun

Founder & head of cybersecurity

Semicolon

Shadi Zebian

TechGenies

Chief Information Officer

Ammar Mohanna

Assentify

Artificial Intelligence Lead / PhD

Bassem Bazzoun

Semicolon

Security Researcher

Christophe El-Khoury

Software Lead

Charbel Khoury

Eurisko Mobility

DevSecOps Team Lead

Elie Hannouch

Product Manager | MongoDB Champion | Author

Hadi Ezzedine

Semicolon

Chief Business Officer

Joe Balhis

Semicolon

Cybersecurity Expert

Majd Dhainy

Semicolon Academy

Founder & Cybersecurity Specialist

Mazen Lahham

okation.ai

CTO & Co-Founder

Mahmoud Mashoun

Lebancode.com

Founder || Full Stack Web Developer

Mohammad Makkeh

CognativeX

Frontend Developer & Designer

Nisrine Abou Ghannam

TechLarious/Kaseya

Founder/PO

Zena Kamel

GDSC LAU

Mentor

Nadine Abbas

LAU / IEEE Women In Engineering Lebanon

Assistant Professor / Vice Chair

Fayad Atwi

Semicolon

Founder

Walid Nawfal

CME

Software Engineer

Atul Kumar

Binance

Product Lead, P2P Innovation

Moderators

Abdul Rahman Masri Attal

GDG

Organizer

Riham Zeidan

GDG Coast Lebanon

Organizer

Organizers

Abdul Rahman Masri Attal

GDG Core & Lead Organizer

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Riham Zeidan

GDG Coast Lebanon

GDG Organizer || WTM Ambassador || GDSC Mentor

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Ahmad Zein

GDG Coast Lebanon

Co-Founder

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Zena Kamel

Organizer

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Mahmoud Mashoun

GDG Organizer || GDSC || Software Developer

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Marilyn Haber

Logisoft

GDSC Lebanon Facilitator || Software Developer

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Hadi Chahine

Organizer

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Yasmine Noueihed

GDG Coast Lebanon, WTM

Organizer

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Layale Matta

Neo Technologies

Android Engineer

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Ayman Hamdan

Chedid

Lead software developer

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Zaynab Atwi

Islamic Uuniversity of Lebanon

GDG Team Member

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Fatima Baher

WTM Ambassador

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Maghi Haidar

Team member

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Elie Hannouch

GDG Organizer

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Contact Us

DevFest Beirut 2022

Oct 22, 2022, 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

Key Themes

About this event

When

Where

Agenda

Speakers

Eslam Medhat

Seifeddine Mansri

Wissam Youssef

Farah Nassar

Kassem Bazzoun

Shadi Zebian

Ammar Mohanna

Bassem Bazzoun

Christophe El-Khoury

Charbel Khoury

Elie Hannouch

Hadi Ezzedine

Joe Balhis

Majd Dhainy

Mazen Lahham

Mahmoud Mashoun

Mohammad Makkeh

Nisrine Abou Ghannam

Zena Kamel

Nadine Abbas

Fayad Atwi

Walid Nawfal

Atul Kumar

Moderators

Abdul Rahman Masri Attal

Riham Zeidan

Partner

Binance

Organizers

Abdul Rahman Masri Attal

Riham Zeidan

Ahmad Zein

Zena Kamel

Mahmoud Mashoun

Marilyn Haber

Hadi Chahine

Yasmine Noueihed

Layale Matta

Ayman Hamdan

Zaynab Atwi

Fatima Baher

Maghi Haidar

Elie Hannouch

Oct 22, 2022, 6:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)