📅 Event Details

Date: Saturday, February 14th, 2026

Time: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM (MYT)

Format: Fully Virtual (via Bevy)

Duration: 2 Hours

Speaker: Ehtisham Raza (AI Engineer @ DataTechcon)

🎯 About This Workshop

Ready to add AI superpowers to your hackathon project? This intermediate-level masterclass teaches you how to build a fully functional AI-powered assistant using Google's Gemini API, the same technology powering cutting-edge AI applications.

You'll go beyond basic API calls and learn how to design effective prompts, handle structured responses, and integrate everything into a clean chat-style interface using Streamlit. We'll frame everything around real-world SDG use cases like sustainability, education, and healthcare — exactly what judges look for in the Google Solution Challenge.

By the end of this session, you'll have a deployable AI feature ready to extend and integrate into your KitaHack 2026 solution. No more "AI wrapper" apps, build something that actually works!

👥 Who Should Attend?

This workshop is perfect for:

• KitaHack 2026 Participants who want to integrate AI into their hackathon projects

• Intermediate developers looking to level up from basic API usage to production-ready AI features

• Students & builders who want hands-on experience with Google's Gemini API

• Anyone ready to build AI assistants for real-world impact!

Prerequisites:

A laptop with the following pre-installed:

1. Python 3.10+

2. VS Code (or preferred Python IDE)

3. Google account with access to Google AI Studio / Gemini API

4. Intermediate Python knowledge (functions, basic data structures)

5. Basic understanding of HTTP APIs and JSON

6. Familiarity with command-line usage

Helpful but not required: Basic familiarity with Streamlit

⚠️ Important: Instructions for obtaining your Gemini API key via Google AI Studio will be provided before the workshop. Please set up in advance!

📚 What You'll Learn

By the end of this workshop, you will:

✅ Integrate the Gemini API into an application using best practices

✅ Design effective prompts that get reliable, structured AI responses

✅ Handle API responses, errors, and edge cases gracefully

✅ Build a chat-style UI with Streamlit connected to your AI backend

✅ Map AI assistants to SDG-based use cases (education, sustainability, healthcare)

✅ Walk away with a hackathon-ready AI feature you can extend and deploy!

⏱️ Workshop Agenda

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM Introduction & Use-Case Framing Gemini API overview, mapping AI to SDG use cases, final project architecture

10:15 AM - 10:35 AM Environment & API Setup Python & Streamlit setup, Gemini API key config via Google AI Studio, first test call

10:35 AM - 11:15 AM Core AI Logic Development 🛠️Designing effective prompts, implementing Gemini API calls, handling responses & errors

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM UI Integration with Streamlit 🛠️Building chat-style interface, connecting UI to Gemini backend, live testing

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM Testing, Optimization & Next Steps Improving prompt quality, making the project hackathon-ready

🛠️ Technologies Covered

1. Google Gemini API — Google's multimodal AI model

2. Python — Programming language

3. Streamlit — Python UI framework for rapid prototyping

4. Google AI Studio — API key management and testing

5. VS Code — Development environment

📱 Stay Connected

Join our WhatsApp group for pre-workshop setup support, reminders, and updates:

👉 https://chat.whatsapp.com/JqWkWNWpKQIKKpZDVlLUHn

📝 Registration

Spaces are limited! Register now to secure your spot.

Whether you're building an educational chatbot, a sustainability advisor, or a healthcare assistant, this workshop gives you the technical foundation to integrate real AI into your KitaHack 2026 project. Let's build something intelligent!

📧 Questions?

For inquiries, reach out through any of our social media handles or the WhatsApp group!