Michigan DevFest 2024

Little Caesars Global Resource Center, 2125 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, 48201

GDG Detroit

Michigan DevFest is a community organized developer conference run by the Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Toledo GDGs.

Oct 26, 1:00 – 9:00 PM (UTC)

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About this event

The Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Toledo Google Developer Groups (GDG) are teaming up once again to bring you the 10th Michigan DevFest on Oct 26, 2024 at the Little Caesar's Global Resource Center. We aim to put together a great day of networking and knowledge sharing for all involved. 

Here are our current confirmed talks:

AI Talks

  • The Rise of AI Agents: From Concept to Reality by Nilesh Patel, Google
  • Supercharging developer workflow with Amazon Q Developer by Vikash Agrawal, Amazon Web Services
  • Evaluating the Evaluators - Navigating the complexities of GenAI metrics by Vikram Tiwari, Cloud & ML Google Developer Expert
  • Security Implications of AI in Code Generation and (S)SDLC by Kavitha Bangalore, Cleveland Clinic
  • Introduction to RAG with LangChain and Gemini by Godfrey Nolan, RIIS LLC
  • GenAI - Agents here, Agents there, and soon, Agents everywhere by John Thompson, EY
  • In-App AI Automation: Building Software that Uses Itself by Nathan Labenz, Waymark
  • Responsible AI - Auditing Models for Algorithmic Fairness by Ali El-Sharif, Ph.D., St. Clair College
  • Controlling App Screens Remotely with RFW and Gemini AI by Scott Stoll
  • Workshop: Building and Evaluating a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Pipeline to Land a Job! by Keith Bourne, Johnson & Johnson
  • Workshop: Application of Machine Learning Models to Predict Heart Disease by Ankita Guha, Freudenberg e-Power System 

Fullstack Talks
  • Old to Gold: How to Modernize Your Legacy ASP.NET Apps Gradually by Jonathan "J." Tower, Trailhead Technology & Microsoft MVP
  • Bye WebSockets and WebRTC! Boost Web Comms with Rust, QUIC, WebTransport and HTTP3! by Dario A Lencina Talarico, May Mobility
  • Close Encounters of the Data Kind: Exploring UFO Sightings with MongoDB and NextJS by Chris DeMars, DigitalOcean
  • Mastering Data Flow in Modern Angular by Ankita Sood, Secureworks & Google Developer Expert
  • Workshop: How to Train Your Robot!” by Blaine Oania, Ford
  • Test-driven development and functional programming: Scala and JUnit by Alonso del Arte, 
Mobile Talks

  • Getting Started with SwiftCharts by Nicholas Gordon, Apple Developer Academy
  • Controlling App Screens Remotely with RFW and Gemini AI by Scott Stoll
  • The Holy Grail: How Flutter Helped Us Hit 100% Test Coverage by Ben Jacques, SpinDance
  • Workshop: One Code Base to Rule Them All. A Hands on Introduction to Flutter by Ben Jacques, SpinDance
  • Mastering Fragments & Compose Interoperability: Bridging the Gap by Nav Singh, Manulife & Google Developer Expert

Misc Talks
  • Beyond Code: The Hidden Skills Every Software Engineer Needs by Don Ward, Google
  • So you wanna be a data scientist by Sage Murakishi, Little Caesars
  • Mentoring for Career Growth in IT by Jim Mason, Little Caesars
  • Womxn in Tech Panel by Jenna Ritten, IBM & Bandhan Kaur, Excelerate America
  • Government Contracting by Krissie Knight, JOURNi
  • If you want to make a money making app, don’t start by coding by Saamer Mansoor, BeAware Deaf Assistant
  • Test-driven development and functional programming: Scala and JUnit by Alonso del Arte, testframe.org

Doors will open at 8am and the event will conclude at 4:30pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Additional event details will be posted soon.

This years sponsors include Google, Little Caesars, Axiom, SpinDance, Akkodis and MongoDB. Contact us if your organization would like to join the list.

Michigan DevFest attendees agree to follow the Code of Conduct.

Tickets are onsite now at http://midevfest2024.eventbrite.com/

See you there!

When

When

Saturday, October 26, 2024
1:00 PM – 9:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

1:00 PMCheck-In & Breakfast
1:00 PMMiDevFest Welcome
1:30 PMSessions 1 - AI/ML in Pizza Treat
1:30 PMSessions 1 - Miscellaneous in Pizza Pizza
1:30 PMSessions 1 - Mobile in Hot n Ready
1:30 PMSessions 1 - Miscellaneous in Reserve n Ready
1:30 PMSessions 1 - Workshop in Innovation
2:30 PMSessions 2 - AI/ML in Pizza Treat
2:30 PMSessions 2 - AI/ML in Pizza Pizza
2:30 PMSessions 2 - Fullstack in Hot n Ready
2:30 PMSessions 2 - Miscellaneous in Reserve n Ready
3:30 PMSessions 3 - AI/ML in Pizza Treat
3:30 PMSessions 3 - Mobile in Hot n Ready
3:30 PMSessions 3 - Google WTM in Reserve n Ready
3:30 PMSessions 3 - Workshop in Innovation
4:30 PMLunch Break & Networking
5:30 PMSessions 4 - AI/ML in Pizza Treat
5:30 PMSessions 4 - AI/ML in Pizza Pizza
5:30 PMSessions 4 - Fullstack in Hot n Ready
5:30 PMSessions 4 - Miscellaneous in Reserve n Ready
5:30 PMSessions 4 - Workshop in Innovation
6:30 PMSessions 5 - AI/ML in Pizza Treat
6:30 PMSessions 5 - AI/ML in Pizza Pizza
6:30 PMSessions 5 - Fullstack in Hot n Ready
6:30 PMSessions 5 - Miscellaneous in Reserve n Ready
6:30 PMSessions 5 - Workshop in Innovation
7:30 PMSessions 6 - AI/ML in Pizza Treat
7:30 PMSessions 6 - AI/ML in Pizza Pizza
7:30 PMSessions 5 - Fullstack in Hot n Ready
7:30 PMSessions 5 - Fullstack in Reserve n Ready
8:30 PMClosing Remarks & Prizes

Speakers

  • Vikash Agrawal

    Amazon Web Services

    Senior Engineer

  • Kavitha Bangalore

    Cleveland Clinic

    CyberSecurity Analyst

  • Keith Bourne

    Johnson & Johnson

    Generative AI Data Scientist

  • Chris Demars

    DigitalOcean

    Senior Developer Advocate

  • Alonso del Arte

    testframe.org

    Original Expert Consultant

  • Ali El-Sharif

    St. Clair College

    Professor

  • Nicholas Gordon

    Apple Developer Academy

    Coding Mentor

  • Ankita Guha

    Freudenberg Group

    Data Analyst Programmer

  • Ben Jacques

    SpinDance

    Director of Engineering

  • Bandhan Kaur

    Excelerate America

    Software Engineer

  • Krissie Knight

    JOURNi

    Design Instructor

  • Nathan Labenz

    Waymark

    Founder

  • Dario Lencina Talarico

    May Mobility

    Staff Software Engineer

  • Saamer Mansoor

    BeAware Deaf Assistant

    Founder

  • Jim Mason

    Little Caesars

    VP, Customer and IT Systems Support

  • Mariam Mohamed Mohamed

    DTE

    Director of Digital Experience

  • Sage Murakishi

    Little Caesars

    Director,

  • Godfrey Nolan

    RIIS LLC

    President

  • Blaine Oania

    Ford

    Software Controls Research Engineer

  • Nilesh Patel

    Google

    Customer Engineer Specialist

  • Jenna Ritten

    IBM

    Chief Architect & Chief Developer Advocate

  • Nav Singh

    Manulife

    Sr Mobile Software Engineer

  • Ankita Sood

    Secureworks

    Front-end Engineer

  • Scott Stoll

    Good Dog Apps

    Founder / Flutter Application Developer

  • John Thompson

    EY

    Global AI Leader

  • Vikram Tiwari

    Assembled

    Lead Machine Learning Engineer & ML GDE

  • Jonathan "J." Tower

    Trailhead Technology Partners

    Partner & Principal Consultant

  • Don Ward

    Google

    Customer Engineer Specialist

Facilitators

  • Huda Hussaini

    ETAS

    Cyber Security Software Engineer

  • Juan Linares Orihuela

    Software Developer

  • Zavaar Shah

    Software Engineering Intern

    Principal Financial Group

  • Jingran Wang

    Hikari Software

    President

Partners

Little Caesars logo

Little Caesars

Axiom logo

Axiom

RIIS LLC logo

RIIS LLC

SpinDance logo

SpinDance

Akkodis logo

Akkodis

MongoDB logo

MongoDB

Organizers

  • Dave Koziol

    Little Caesars

    GDG Organizer

  • Jenna Ritten

    IBM

    Lead Architect & Chief Developer Advocate

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