DevFest Dubai 2025: End of Year Showdown

Abu Dhabi Energy Center, 308 Zayed The First Street, Abu Dhabi, 10000

GDG Dubai

3 Days. 60+ Sessions. 15 Google Developer Experts. The biggest developer event of the year is here. From December 13th-15th, DevFest Dubai brings you a massive technical showcase featuring 15 GDEs and engineering leaders from Spotify, Disney, LinkedIn, and Microsoft. Don't miss the ultimate deep-dive into AI agents, Android architecture, and Cloud scalability.

Dec 13, 2025, 5:00 AM – Dec 15, 2025, 12:00 PM (UTC)

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About this event

DevFest Dubai 2025: End of Year Showdown is the definitive technical finale for the region. We are cutting through the noise to bring you the biggest developer gathering of the year.

Zero fluff. 100% Engineering. Join 15 Google Developer Experts and industry leaders for 3 days of intensive learning across 60+ sessions. From architecting autonomous AI agents to mastering Android at scale, if it defines the future of tech, you’ll find it here.

DevFest Dubai 2025 is the definitive year-end summit for developers who are serious about their craft. We aren't just talking about trends; we are shipping them.

  • AI & Agents: From "Hello World" to building secure, production-ready AI agents and LLMs.

  • Android at Scale: Performance wins, Compose internals, and migrating massive legacy codebases.

  • Cloud & DevOps: Serverless architectures, GitOps maturity, and next-gen deployment strategies.

The Stats:

  • 60+ Technical Sessions

  • 15 Google Developer Experts (GDEs)

  • 3 Core Tracks: Android, AI, Cloud

View the full speaker list here https://gdgdubai.com/devfest2025 

View the full agenda https://gdgdubai.com/devfestagenda

The Speaker Lineup:

🌟 15 Google Developer Experts (GDEs)

  • Ahmed Tikiwa (GDE Android) | Code Faster, Code Smarter: Practical AI Assists with Gemini in Android Studio

  • Ahmed El-Helw (GDE Android)| Lessons from Building a Maps App with Compose

  • Ashmi Banerjee (GDE AI/ML) | SynthTRIPs: Creating Realistic Travel Queries using Gemini

  • Burak Pastirmaci (GDE AI/ML) | Build With AI - Agent Development Kit

  • Csongor Vogel (GDE Flutter & Dart) | Offline, Private, and Zero-Cost: A Workshop on On-Device AI with Gemma

  • Evgenii Matsiuk (GDE Android) | Entrepreneurship for Engineers: How to Launch Your Own Company

  • Julien Salvi (GDE Android) | The State of AI/ML on Android & You, me and Firebase Studio 🔥

  • Lovee Jain (GDE GCP) | Build Your Own Tech News TL;DR App: Grounding, Cloud Run & No-Code Email Automation

  • Majd Jamaah (GDE Cloud) | The GitOps Maturity Model for Enterprise Applications

  • Mariam Aslam (GDE AI, Firebase, Cloud) | Evaluating, Testing, and Securing LLMs

  • Nikhilesh Tayal (GDE AI) | Production ready AI Agents with Security, Evaluation and Memory

  • Tarek Alabd (GDE Flutter & Dart) | Crafting AI-Driven Games with Gemini and Flutter

  • Waleed Arshad (GDE Flutter) | Understanding Neural Networks as a Rookie!

🚀 Industry Leaders & Engineering Deep Dives

  • Abid Jamil & Muhammad Usama Yasin | Actionable Performance Wins for Android Apps

  • Ahmed Nabil | Let AI Copilot Build Your Android App: Dynamic UI with Firebase & Compose

  • Alaa Bitar (Microsoft) | Copilot Studio 101

  • Andrii Khrystian (Dynatrace) | Voice Interfaces in Flutter

  • Anton Dudakov | From Tap to Token: How Android Payments Actually Work (SE, HCE, DPANs)

  • Benoit Quenaudon (Cash App) | 36・15 Cash App

  • Dinoy Raj (Strollby) | Build Your Pocket Brain: Custom On-Device LLMs via MediaPipe on Android

  • Emanuele Maso (Bitrock) | Goodbye Passwords, Welcome Passkeys!

  • Kyriakos Georgiopoulos (Skroutz) | No More Passwords: How I Got Passkeys Working

  • Matthias Geisler (Airalo) | XP with AI?

  • Max Kachinkin (Dodo Brands) | Ordering Coffee with Firebase AI

  • Mohammed Babelly (Codemagic) | Over-the-Air Updates for Flutter: Shorebird + Codemagic in Action

  • Mustafa Khaled (REWE) | How easy is drag-and-drop in Compose?

  • Omar Altamimi (Almosafer) | Learnings from Shipping a Cross-Platform Step Tracker with Compose Multiplatform

  • Oubai Alabbasi (Beyond One) | From XML to Compose: Migrating a Large Codebase the Smart Way

  • Rafa Moreno (Airbnb) | Building Android: A DIY Journey Without the Android Gradle Plugin

  • Ramanpreet Singh Khinda (LinkedIn) | Silent Infrastructure: How Privacy-First SDKs Shape Mobile Apps

  • Stevan Milovanovic | AI in Your Pocket: Implementing LiteRT in Android Apps

  • Tim Draksler | Introduction to Android Automotive

  • Viktor Arsovski | SharedPreferences to DataStore: How to Migrate and Make Your App Fly

RSVP here is Mandatory. Access is free, but spots are limited. Secure your place now to attend the definitive developer event of the year.

13th - 15th Dec 2025

Location Abu Dhabi Energy Center

More infos please visit https://gdgdubai.com/devfest2025 

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When

When

December 13 – 15, 2025
5:00 AM – 12:00 PM (UTC)

Speakers

  • Evgenii Matsiuk

    Staff Software Engineer @ X

  • Lovee Jain

    Prezzee

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Kamal Shree

    Google Developer Expert in Flutter & Dart

  • Julien Salvi

    Aircall

    Lead Android Engineer, GDE in Android

  • Ahmed El-Helw

    Careem

    Principal Engineer

  • Tarek Alabd

    Flutter & Dart GDE (Google Developer Expert)

  • Ahmed Tikiwa

    @Disney

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Karanpreet Singh

    LinkedIn

    Program Manager

  • Csongor Vogel

    Talabat "

    Staff Software Engineer

  • Nikhilesh Tayal

    Google Developer Expert for AI. Co-founder - "AI ML etc."

  • Hamda AlMaazmi

    Ministry of Health and Prevention - UAE

    Director of the Artificial Intelligence Office

  • Majd Jamaah

    BeyondAI

    Google Developer Expert for Cloud, DevOps Manager

  • Ashmi Banerjee

    Technical University of Munich

    Google Developer Expert (GDE) ML, Women Techmakers Ambassador

  • Waleed Arshad

    Google Developer Expert - Flutter

  • Burak Pastirmaci

    GDE for ML/AI, Supply Chain Project Leader at Horse Renault

  • Corrado De Bari

    Oracle

    Developer Evangelist, Microservices & AI Global Services Italy

  • John Lathouwers

    Oracle

    Oracle, Developer Evangelist, Database Development Operations

  • Dr Kubilay Ahmet Küçük

    Oxford University, Computer Scientist

  • Rafa Moreno

    Airbnb

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Alaa Bitar

    AI Business Solutions Engineer @ Microsoft Switzerland

  • Oubai Alabbasi

    Android Lead, BeyondONE

  • Pavel Lahoda

    Founder, CBO @ Actiwerks, developer of ObjectForms, Netopeer frameworks

  • Islam Elgamal

    Blink KSA

    Head of Engineering

  • Abid Jamil

    Kahunas.io

    Head of App Development

  • Karl-Henrik Nilsson

    Senior Technical Architect @ GAC

  • Omar Al Tamimi

    Seera - UAE

    Android Developers

  • Ahmed Nabil

    VOIS

    Leader of the android team

  • Stevan Milovanovic

    Senior Android Engineer @ InterVenture

  • Emanuele Maso

    Bitrock

    Mobile developer @Bitrock

  • Vladislav Alexeev

    Bloomberg UK, Senior Software Engineer

  • Anton Dudakov

    Ziina

  • Matthias Geisler

    Airalo

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Ayman Itani

    Founder @ Think Media Labs

  • Kyriakos Georgiopoulos

    Staff Android Engineer at Skroutz

  • Mustafa Khaled

    Senior Android Developer @ REWE International

  • Viktor Arsovski

    Senior Software Engineer @ N47

  • Max Kachinkin

    Android Tech Lead @ Dodo Brands

  • Dinoy Raj

    Strollby

    Product Engineer – Android @Strollby

  • Tim Draksler

    Infinum

    Infinum - Android engineer

  • Andrii Khrystian

    Dynatrace

    Senior Flutter Developer

  • Mohammed Babelly

    Software Engineer at Codemagic

  • Anton Shilov

    Monzo

    Android dev

Organizers

  • Mohamad Harastani

    GDG Dubai

    Organizer

  • Prithvi Bhattacharya

    University of Wollongong in Dubai

    Discipline Leader, Management Sciences & Analytics

  • Oubai Alabbasi

    Co-Organizer

  • Nermien emad

    Teleperfomance Infinity

    Co-Organizer

  • Soad Abuelnaga

    Co-Organizer