GDG DevFest Nairobi 2023

Name: GDG DevFest Nairobi 2023
Start: 2023-11-04T09:00:00+03:00
End: 2023-11-04T16:30:00+03:00
Location: Shree Sthanakvasi Jain Sangh

Shree Sthanakvasi Jain Sangh, Road, Nairobi, 000

GDG Nairobi

#devfestNairobi Activate #AfricanIntelligence 

The pilgrimage is a time honored tradition - "The giants of Tech MUST assemble"!

Nov 4, 2023, 6:00 AM – 1:30 PM

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Key Themes

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About this event

WAKANDA UNLEASHED!
It is official, GDG DevFest Nairobi 2023 is taking place physically on weekend of November 4th.
GDG DevFest Nairobi  (described by many as 'Google I/O of Africa'), brings together people who are shaping the future of Android, Web, IoT - Robotics, AI and Cloud technologies for days of sessions, workshops and networking.
GDG DevFest Nairobi  is a 100% community organized conference with 1500+ amazing engineers (embarking on a nomadic journey from all corners of the continent/world), carefully selected tech talks, the best industry experts presenting on the exciting topics and a world-class conference experience.
Be a part of this unique community moment in 2023, and join us as we journey to the heart of Wakanda, happening over one epic weekend.
Together, let's unearth the hidden treasures of African talent and intelligence as we pave way for a brighter, more connected future. 
The pilgrimage is a time honored tradition - "The giants of Tech MUST assemble"!

When

Saturday, November 4, 2023
6:00 AM – 1:30 PM UTC

Where

Shree Sthanakvasi Jain Sangh
Road
Nairobi, 000

Agenda

Registration	Volunteers
Welcome : DevFest Nairobi - Ngesa & Allela	Main Stage
Community Keynote - Sigu Magwa, Team lead at Podii	Main Stage
Andoid Keynote : Harun Wangereka, Senior Software Engineer, GDE Android	Main Stage
Web Keynote - Prosper Otemuyiwa, Co-founder, Eden Life	Main Stage
AI Keynote : Derrick Mwiti , Machine Learning Developer Advocate, GDE ML	Main Stage
Cloud Keynote - Luis Cuellar, Customer Engineer Lead BAP & Matthew Feigal, Partner Engineering (Apigee) and Google Tulip Co-Founder	Main Stage
Google Keynote : Sebastian Trzcinski-Clément, Senior program manager, head of Developer/Startup Relations teams – Africa \| Asia \| Accelerator · Google	Main Stage
Google Diversity Keynote : Philip Bob Jusu, Africa Strategic Partnerships , Google	Main Stage
GLEAC Partner Session: Hailey Yoon, CTO-in-residence at GLEAC	Main Stage
Partner Session: Kushites ICP
Cloud Technical Talk	Using Generative AI to design and run your APIs - Luis Cuellar, Customer Engineer Lead BAP & Matthew Feigal, Partner Engineering (Apigee) and Google Tulip Co-Founder
Android Codelab	Android Modularization: Who Needs Structure Anyway? - Brian Mambo
Web Codelab	Building Performant Websites for Users : Metrics and Testing Tooling - Maina Wycliffe
Firebase Codelab	Utilizing Google Cloud Functions for transmission of firebase cloud messaging notifications - Joseph Mureithi
AI/ML Codelab	Building LLM applications with PaLM API and LangChain - Derrick Mwiti
Flutter Codelab	Efficient State Management in Flutter for Large Screen Devices using providers - Michael Olang
Flutter Lightning talk 1	Why Flutter is Revolutionizing Application Development (From an Instructors Perspective) - Eric Muriithi
Google Cloud Lightning talk 1	Conversational AI - Rodgers Ndocha
Android Lightning talk 1	XML to Jetpack Compose: Seamless Transition - Jessica Hannah Randall
Web Lightning talk 1	Customer validation: Adapting to a changing market - Udokanma Georgewill
Firebase Lightning talk 1	Firebase: Development and Best Practices - Victoria Mutai
AI/ML Lightning talk 1	Machine Unlearning: Decoding Responsible AI through Ethical Evolution - Atieno Ouma
Google Cloud Technical talk	Getting started with Jumpstart on Google Cloud - Kenneth Kinyanjui
Android Technical talk	Imperative, declarative, object oriented, functional: four of a Kotlin kind - Maia Grotepass
Web Technical talk	Memory Leaks: Observables Management and New Features in Angular v16 & Beyond - Wayne Gakuo
Firebase Technical talk	Firing Up Android Excellence: Crafting Dynamic Apps with Ionic and Firebase - Paul Chesa
AI/ML Technical talk	How to get started with Large Language Models and Generative AI using Vertex AI on GCP - James Mwai
Technical talk	Diversity Hiring - Bob Jusu, Program Manager - Africa Strategic Partnerships · Google && Ndiga Njeru - Snr. Technical Recruiter: Consumer & Compute
Lunch /Photo session
Google Cloud Lightning talk 2	Multicloud API Optimization - Antony Gakuru
Android Lightning talk 2	Deal with process death like a pro in Mobile Apps - Benard Ngoda
Web Lightning talk 2	Web Assembly: Beyond the Basics - Stanley Masinde
Firebase Lightning talk 2	Let's build a container from scratch - Sammy Oina
AI/ML Lightning talk 2	Impact of Transformer Architecture in Generative AI - Mercylyne Tuwei
Flutter Lightning talk 2	End to End CI/CD Pipelines - Brian Tarno, DevSecOps engineer && Cosmas Nyairo, DevOps Engineer
Android Workshop	Mastering Location Visualization: Integrating Google Maps Platform with Jetpack Compose - Amos Nyaburi
Google Cloud Workshop	The Power of Generative AI with Google Cloud - Vaibhav Malpani
Web Workshop	Harnessing Golang's Potential: Creating Enterprise Hybrid Desktop Apps - Marvin Hosea
AI/ML Workshop	Text-to-Image Generation with Stable Diffusion v2 and OpenVINO - Marvin Ngesa & Baraskar Pooja (INTEL)
Firebase Workshop	Logging sensor data to Firebase Realtime Database - Peter Kirumba
Flutter Workshop	Internationalize Flutter Application - Paul Ogolla
Closing Ceremony - Irene

Speakers

Sebastian Trzcinski-Clément

Google

Senior program manager, head of Developer/Startup Relations teams – Africa | Asia |

Eunice Allela

Google

Community Manager

John Kimani

Google

Developer Ecosystem Program Manager

Philip Bob Jusu

Google

Strategic Partnerships Manager for Africa

Matthew Feigal

Google

Partner Engineering Manager

Hailey Yoon

GLEAC

CTO

Ndiga Njeru

Google

Snr. Technical Recruiter: Consumer & Compute

Luis Cuellar

Google

Customer Engineer Lead Iberia

Prosper Otemuyiwa

Eden

Co-founder

Maia Grotepass

Luno

Staff Engineer: Android principal

Sigu Magwa

Podii Consultants Ltd.

Community lover, software writer, team builder

Derrick Mwiti

GDE Machine Learning

Layer AI, Data Scientist

Wayne Gakuo (GDE)

Sky.Garden

Frontend Engineer

Jessica Randall

GDG Cape Town

CO-Organizer

Wycliffe Maina

Skyhook Adventure

Full-stack Software Engineer

James Mwai

Sky.Garden

GDE and CTO

Ngesa Marvin

Founder, Nairobi AI | Arm AI Ambassador

Atieno Ouma

Juubix

Backend Developer

Marvin Hosea

AppsLab_KE

Founder and Managing Director

Paul Chesa

iTalanta

Software Engineer

Harun Wangereka

Apollo Agriculture

Sofware Engineer - Android

Udokanma Georgewill

Garage55

Partner

Brian Odhiambo

Baobab Circle Ltd

Android Engineer

Sammy Oina

Ultraviolet

SWE

Brian Tarno

Safaricom PLC

DevSecOps Engineer II

Mercylyne Tuwei

Developer Advocate | WTM Ambassador

Joseph Mureithi

Byon8

Software Engineer

Peter Kirumba

A Mechatronic engineer

Rodgers Ndocha

DeepAfrica Limited, Machine Learning Engineer

Cloud APIS with AI session

Victoria Mutai

Assent Inc

Software Developer

Antony Gakuru

Uamuzi Foundation

Tech lead

Cosmas Nyairo

Safaricom PLC

DevSecOps Engineer

Amos Nyaburi

Songa.app

Co-Founder

Paul Ogolla

Kito

Software Engineer

Michael Olang

Mobile App Developer

Eric Muriithi

Power Learn Project

Dart with Flutter Instructor

Benard Ngoda

IOS / Android Developer at Kodally

Organizers

Louise Mercy Jillo

Interswitch Group

Organizer - Party & Happiness

See bio

Tabitha Kavyu

Organizer - Communications & Crew

See bio

Wayne Gakuo

Sky.Garden

GDG Co-organizer & Crew

See bio

Ngesa Marvin

Safaricom PLC

Organizer - Strategic Partnerships, Content & ML

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Cynthia Kamau

Software Engineer | Programs Lead | WTM Ambassador

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daisy okacha

Partnerships & ML Organizer

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Rachael Kimberly Msabeni

WTM Ambassador

UX Developer

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Velda Kiara

Organizer - Media and Blogs

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Philomena Mbura

WTM Ambassador

Data Analyst/Scientist

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Irene Onyango

Organizer

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Brian Ouma

GDG Organizer

Media & Designs

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Teresia Kirung'o

Organizer - Media & Communication

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Wangari Njeri

Organizer - Media & Communication

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Marjan Hussein

Organizer - Demo Zones

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Brayan Mwanyumba

GDG Co-Lead & Crew

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prisca akinyi

Hyapak

Organizer - Partners

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Reuben Kihiu

Safaricom

Product Designer

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