IMPORTANT: PLEASE RSVP ON BEVY FROM THIS LINK: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-melbourne-presents-gdg-melbourne-build-with-ai-event-july/

Join GDG Melbourne this month to Build with AI (#BuildwithAI)?

💻 What do you need to bring?

- Make sure to bring your laptop (better if fully charged) for hands-on training. Also, check the workshop descriptions and prerequisites to stay ahead of the game!

Join us for an evening of interesting talks/hands-on workshops, delicious food, awesome networking, and some surprise swag you won’t want to miss. 🎉

Whether you're a seasoned developer, a cloud enthusiast, or just dipping your toes into the world of AI and tech, this is the place to be.

📍 Where?

Mantel Group Office, Level 2/452 Flinders St, Melbourne

Doors open at 5:45 PM—message us on Meetup or Slack if you're arriving after 6:00 PM, as the lifts won’t let you up.

🎤 Agenda:

6:15 - 6:30  Welcome & Intro
6:30 - 6:55  Talk: Building Agentic Applications with Google ADK and MCP Servers - Dr. Poo Kuan Hoong (GDE)
6:55 - 7:05   Break
7:05- 8:00  Workshop: Build with AI Studio and Antigravity - Brett Morgan (Googler)
8:00 - 8:15  Closing and Door prizes

From 8:15 Continue networking, chat & drinks at Insignia on Flinders, 502 Flinders St. 🍻

Talk: Building Agentic Applications with Google ADK and MCP Servers - Dr. Poo Kuan Hoong (GDE)

Agentic AI is moving beyond simple chatbots into systems that can reason, use tools, retrieve context, and take meaningful actions. In this session, we will explore how to build agentic applications using Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK) and connect them to official Google MCP Servers.
Participants will learn the core concepts behind agents, tools, and the Model Context Protocol (MCP), followed by a live demo showing how an AI agent can interact with services such as BigQuery and Google Maps. This session is designed for students and developers who want to understand how modern AI applications are built using real-world Google technologies.

Workshop: Build with AI Studio and Antigravity - Brett Morgan (Googler)

Got a great product idea but no time to write thousands of lines of code? Welcome to the era of "vibe coding". This beginner-friendly session introduces you to the combined power of Google AI Studio and Antigravity, a revolutionary development ecosystem that builds full-stack applications straight from natural language instructions. Perfect for product managers, founders, developers and creators, this workshop breaks down how to orchestrate autonomous AI agents to handle the heavy engineering lifting while you focus purely on features and user experience. Bring your laptop and your best ideas - let’s build and deploy together.

🎁 What’s in it for you?

⚡Workshop on AI from industry experts

🍕 Cloud-shaped snacks (okay, maybe not literally, but the food will be delicious!)

🤝 Networking that’s as smooth as a well-architected cloud solution

🎁 Surprise swag

💡 NOTES:

This is an in-person-only event, but if you have any accessibility requirements, reach out to us via Meetup or Slack, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.

Doors open at 5:45 PM at our host, the Mantel Group, Level 2/452 Flinders S,t Melbourne. Message via Meetup or Slack if you are arriving after 6:00, as the lifts won't let you up.

Don’t miss this epic night of learning, networking, and fun! RSVP now and we’ll see you there! 👋

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