Devfest Mumbai is a large, community-run developer event happening focused on community building and learning about Google’s technologies. Hosted by GDG MAD and GDG Cloud Mumbai, it will be unlike typical Devfest developer conferences you see in other cities.
Google says that "each Devfest is inspired by and uniquely tailored to the needs of the developer community that hosts it - we take that seriously.
Agenda
Main Hall
- 10:00 AM: Keynote by Sami Kizilbash
- 11:00 AM: Genkit, the AI Alchemist Turning Your Apps into Gold, by Pawan Kumar
- 12:00 PM: Sponsor Talk, by FlutterFlow
- 1:00 PM: India-Scale: Architecting Scalable & Resilient Systems, by Gaurav Jagavkar
- 2:00 PM: How to Productize a Service : My Journey from $0 to $8K MRR, by Ashish Kamathi
- 3:00 PM: Zero to Hero: Elevate Your Infrastructure Deployments with OpenTofu, by Sanket Bisne
- 4:00 PM: Art and Code Collide: Creative Coding with Flutter, by Rutvik Tak
Side Hall
- 11:00 AM: Empowering Decentralized App Dev with Google Cloud and Web3, by Manikanta Devarakonda
- 11:30 AM: Rakshak - A Real Time Denial of Service (DoS) attack detector, by Robin Johri
- 12:00 PM: Unleashing Agentic AI in the Financial Arena, by Ekta Shah
- 12:30 PM: Ethical decision making with Responsible AI, by Snigdha Kashyap
- 1:00 PM: Automating Cloud-powered big data pipelines, by Vinayak Kunder
- 2:00 PM: Exploring Chrome's Inbuilt Gemini Nano!, by Yash Deshpande
- 2:30 PM: Design Thinking Transforms Code into User-Centric Innovation, by Manali Raut
- 3:00 PM: AI x Data x Design Thinking = Customer Delight, by Indranil Chandra
- 3:30 PM: Firestore Security Rules: Securing your Firestore DB, by Susmit Vengurlekar
Workshops
- 11:00 AM: Boost Your Website: Mastering Web Performance for Modern Applications, by Prathamesh Rasam
- 2:00 PM: Build a Smart Shopping Assistant with AlloyDB and Vertex AI Agent Builder, by Harshal Shukla
Chai Tapri
All Day: Casual conversations on work, life, negotiations, frustrations, and everything in between
Entrepreneurship Corner
Looking to jumpstart your founder journey? Join 5 founders from different verticals, as they walk you through their learnings, mistakes, insights, and how they got where they are.
- 11:00 AM: Chaitanya Agarwal (D2C)
- 12:00 PM: Omkar Pandharkame (SaaS)
- 1:00 PM: Javed Khatri (HR Tech)
- 2:00 PM: Saikiran Sondarkar (Edtech)
- 3:00 PM: Siddhesh Joglekar (Marketing)
Fish Tank
Welcome to the parody of Shark Tank, where makers and founders come and pitch their product to fish. Yes, fish, not shark. They know nothing about product or business, so expect absurd questions and lots of confusion.
- All day: 30 minute pitches
Personal Finance
Tech makes you money, but then you spend everything (filter coffee is just as good as Starbucks). Swapnil Shinde from Ditto is conducting micro-masterclasses on everything from asset classes to tax-saving.
- All day: 30 minute pitches
Security
We know that too many of you have your passwords set to 12345678. Especially for hotspots. This one's for you, as Rudra Cybersecurity takes over the security space to run workshops, talks, and challenges on staying safe.
- 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM: Staying secure, protecting yourself against vulnerabilities, and more
- 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM: CtF challenges
Project IDX
Go hands-on with Project IDX, Google's full-stack, web-based workspace, in workshops help by Harsh Dattani, from Google
- 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM: Hands-on with Project IDX, Slot 1
- 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM: Hands-on with Project IDX, Slot 2
Gemini
Push Gemini to the limits in a challenging game, only to end in despair when you realize that AI is in fact, going to take over the world. Then, attend a Gemini showcase and see the proof.
- 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM: LLM Challenge, every 30 minutes
- 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM: Gemini Showcase, by Romin Irani
LinkedIn Roast
Do you have one of those pretentious LinkedIn profiles where it says you have worked with cross-functional teams? List your internships as a full-time role? Step right up and get roasted.
- All day: LinkedIn Roasting
XR Hub
At the XR Hub, immerse yourself in an unparalleled tech experience with:
- AR Mirror: See yourself transformed with cutting-edge AR Lenses in real time.
- Meta Quest Demos: Dive into the future of VR with hands-on demos of Meta Quest.
- Snap Spectacles: Explore the latest in wearable AR with Snap’s first-of-its-kind Spectacles.
- Exclusive YouTube AR Effect Creator Preview: Get a sneak peek into YouTube’s new AR effect creation tools.
- Community Showcase: Discover inspiring AR/VR projects created by talented members of our vibrant community.
- Mini Workshops: Learn the basics of XR through quick, hands-on sessions on the go.
- Fun Challenges: Showcase your creativity with exciting XR-themed activities and win prizes!
Community Space
We invited some partner communities to be a part of DevFest because we're nice that way. Join Flutter Mumbai, ML Mumbai, and Elastic Community Mumbai for ...something?
Food Counter
No more Hunger Games-style rush to get a spoon of Poha. Food counters will be open throughout the day so you can attend what you like and eat what you like.