DevFest 2022

Name: DevFest 2022
Start: 2022-11-19T09:00:00-05:00
End: 2022-11-19T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Notman House

Notman House, 51 Sherbrooke St West, Montreal, H2X 1X2

GDG Montreal

Our annual DevFest is coming back this November!

Nov 19, 2022, 2:00 – 10:00 PM (UTC)

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Key Themes

AndroidCloudDevFestGoogle Cloud NextInclusionMachine LearningMobileNext

About this event

The event will be held in person at Notman House. 
The agenda is being finalized, stay tuned for more details. 

Purchasing a ticket on Eventbrite is required to attend the event.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/gdg-montreal-devfest-2022-tickets-457215121737

This year, we have an incredible roster of experts coming to Montreal.
Subjects will be more varied than in prior years and we can't wait to share with you the final agenda. Here is a sneak peek at some of the speakers and talks we have planned for you.

When

Saturday, November 19, 2022
2:00 PM – 10:00 PM (UTC)

Where

Notman House
51 Sherbrooke St West
Montreal, H2X 1X2

Agenda

3:00 PM	What is Vertex.ai all about?	In this talk, we’ll introduce you to Vertex.ai, an “optional-code” machine learning platform that enables you to train and deploy models on the Google Cloud Platform. We’ll show you how to get started with Vertex.ai, train your datasets using no code, or some code, explore the most interesting parts of Vertex and finally deploy your models to production for the world to use!
4:00 PM	Building mobile apps at scale	This talk will cover how to scale up your team and development process to serve millions of users. You'll learn how to ship fast while maintaining a very high level of reliability, reduce tech debt while continuing to ship new features, and handle issues in production like a pro. Whether you work for a startup or a unicorn, you'll be able to immediately apply techniques to take your development process to the next level.
6:00 PM	Inclusive Design	Naveen Nigam, the head of developer ecosystems at Google is going to talk about inclusive design.
6:30 PM	Design for engineers: How to make your UI sizzle, or at least not embarrassing	Many development projects don't have access to design resources so it falls on the engineers to make interfaces. This session will teach you practical tricks to improve the "feel" of your interface, decrease UX blocks, incorporate branding, and highlight resources you might be missing. As a bonus, we'll cover a few several CSS/HTML tips to make "good design" easier to achieve.
7:30 PM	Advantages of espresso tests automation how and why?	As engineers, it is good practice to maintain a healthy culture where we write both UI and unit tests. However, the biggest hurdle comes when you have to set up continuous integration; how do you ensure your tests don't slow down builds from other pull requests hence slowing down the merge process..? What if I told you we found a tool and now run our UI tests nightly and on specific days? Join me, and let's talk about how, why, and what tool we use.
8:30 PM	Building Multi-Platform Projects with MVI Architecture	For modern applications, targeting multiple platforms has become table-stakes. That can be an insurmountable challenge for a team working on a project with limited resources. Kotlin Multiplatform is a promising solution to this problem, allowing you to target mobile platforms and the web. The strength of Kotlin Multiplatform is that it allows you to write _native_ applications, unlike cross-platform frameworks like React-Native and Flutter. While having access to native APIs can lead to a superior user experience, you need to be careful to avoid code duplication. We've decided to embrace the Kotlin multiplatform approach at my company, convinced it will help us build better quality products. And in this talk, I will show how we've used MVI architecture patterns to help us maximize code sharing.

Speakers

Faisal Abid

Bitstrapped

Chief Technology Officer, Machine Learning & Cloud Company

Bryce Howitson

Curious

Strategist/Innovator/Coder/Teacher Focused on Digital products & Customer Experiences

Madona Wambua

Author & Google Developer Expert

Etienne Caron

GDE - Android & Identity & Internet of Things

Mustafa Ali

Shopify

Senior Engineering Manager

Naveen Nigam

Google

Head of Developer Ecosystems - North America

Hosts

Etienne Caron

GDE - Android & Identity & Internet of Things

Nav Singh

Manulife

Mobile Software Engineer, Google Developer Experts

Laurence de Villers

Transit

Android Dev

Samuel Dionne

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Android Dev

Boris Dubois

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Organizers

Laurence de Villers

Transit

GDG and WTM Organizer

See bio

Samuel Dionne

Transit

GDG Organizer

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Jhin LEE

Unity

GDE Flutter | GDG & Flutter Montreal Organizer

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Nav Singh

Manulife

GDG Organizer

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Ali Yazdi

GDG Organizer

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Billy Taing

IAIAO

GDG Organizer

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Etienne Caron

GDG Organizer

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Mimoh Solanki

GDG Organizer

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Dr. Stefania Pecore

Sardo-Onco

WTM Ambassador, GDG organizer, AI Director

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Contact Us

DevFest 2022

Nov 19, 2022, 2:00 – 10:00 PM (UTC)

Key Themes

About this event

When

Where

Agenda

Speakers

Faisal Abid

Bryce Howitson

Madona Wambua

Etienne Caron

Mustafa Ali

Naveen Nigam

Hosts

Etienne Caron

Nav Singh

Laurence de Villers

Samuel Dionne

Boris Dubois

Organizers

Laurence de Villers

Samuel Dionne

Jhin LEE

Nav Singh

Ali Yazdi

Billy Taing

Etienne Caron

Mimoh Solanki

Dr. Stefania Pecore

Nov 19, 2022, 2:00 – 10:00 PM (UTC)