DevFest 2024 is here, and this year's focus on Responsible AI couldn't be more timely. Worldwide events hosted by the Google Developer Groups community, featuring Googlers and Google Developer Experts. Workshops, hands-on experiences, Panel discussions and mentorship sessions.
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This event is for adults above 18, no children allowed.
To apply to be a speaker: https://www.papercall.io/devfest-johannesburg-2024 closes 10 October 2024
To apply to be a mentor or volunteer: https://forms.gle/1rj9MKwcSiTgggxs8
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Photos of previous events: https://www.flickr.com/photos/200568788@N03/albums/
Saturday, November 9, 2024
6:30 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)
| 6:30 AM | Lunch |
| 6:00 AM | registration opens |
| 6:30 AM | Registration |
| 7:00 AM | Keynote address |
| 7:50 AM | Democratizing AI: Building a RAG System with Gemma and LangChain – Samuel Oladejo |
| 7:50 AM | AI on the Edge with Google Cloud: Bringing Intelligence to the Edge Devices - Nomthandazo Tshuma |
| 8:30 AM | Building Intelligent Chatbots with Google Cloud: A Journey into Conversational AI - Christian Chuks Emenike |
| 8:30 AM | AI Orchestration: Getting super agents to complete a mission- Batandwa Mgutsi |
| 8:30 AM | 10:30 - 14:50 Gamified Hands on labs - Google Cloud Hero - Limited seats Mpumi Hlomuka-Peme & Marvin Ngese |
| 9:10 AM | Solving Real-World Business Challenges with AI: Practical Models and Applications - Nokukhanya Makhanya |
| 9:10 AM | Power to the people who teach the people - Sheena O'Connell |
| 9:50 AM | Navigating Responsible AI in a World of Pre-Trained Models: Ethical AI Integration for Real-World Applications - Marco Van der Merwe/ |
| 9:50 AM | Channel me perfect: the importance of app notifications and delivering them via notification channels - Ahmed Tikiwa |
| 10:30 AM | Lunch |
| 11:30 AM | 13:30 Gamifying the Grind: Introducing Gamification through UX design to elevate user engagement – Emma Pringle Emma Pringle |
| 11:30 AM | 6 Things making your tests slower, flakey and hard to maintain - Ruddy Marriday |
| 12:10 PM | Demo: Keeping your nose clean with Google Gemma – Simphiwe Radebe |
| 12:10 PM | Demo: Building a Flutter Gemini Chatbot App in 20 mins with FlutterFlow - Rob Maclean |
| 1:00 PM | Closing Keynote - panel discussion |
| 1:45 PM |
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