Join us at the University of Toronto Scarborough for the Build With AI for an exciting experience featuring hands-on workshops, tech talks, panel discussions, and networking. This event is an incredible opportunity to delve into the world of AI with fellow enthusiasts and learn from industry experts. Sign up now and secure your spot to grow, unite, and impact with GDG on the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus.

To secure a ticket, which we scan at check-in, please register at: bwai.gdgutsc.ca

Event Schedule

9:00 – 10:00 AM (Check-in & Breakfast)

• Atrium of the Instructional Centre Building, University of Toronto Scarborough

10:00 – 10:15 AM (Opening Remarks)

• Welcoming participants to the event, Opening Ceremony

10:15 - 10:30 (Keynote)

• Brian Harington, Professor, Computer Science & Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto

10:30 - 11:00 (Keynote)

• Topic: Developer productivity with Google

• Ugo Udokporo, Senior Platform Engineer - Customer Engineering | Startups, Google


11:00 – 11:30 AM (Keynote)

• Topic: Hackathons Have Changed Forever: Winning in the Age of AI

• Omar Bark, Platform Engineer Intern, Manulife

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (Hands-on Google Workshop) 

• Topic: GenMedia with Google, create without limits

• Allan Alfonso, Customer Engineer, Google


12:30 – 1:30 PM (Panel Discussion)

• Topic: Future of AI 

• Matthew Rodin, Cloud & AI Specialist, Microsoft

• Arup Saha, Senior Director - TCJ - Generative AI, Royal Bank of Canada

• Shannon MacDonald, Senior Managing Consultant, IBM

• Apurba Pandey, Metric Lead, Meta

1:30 – 3:30 PM (Networking & Lunch) 3:30 – 4:00 PM (Masterclass Session)

• Topic: The Things About Hard Problems

• Emmanuel Pacheco, Vice President Rezolve AI; ex-Head of Central Greenfield Acquisitions, Google

4:00 – 4:30 PM (Tech Talk)

• Topic: Data & AI Risk Management

• Nipun Sharma, Lead, Product Risk - Enterprise Risk Management Interac

4:30 - 5:30 PM (Hands-on Google Workshop)

• Topic: Real-time Multi-model Streaming Agent Building

• William McLean, Google Developer Expert. Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder Glitnir Ticketing

5:30 – 6:00 PM (Closing ceremony)

• Build With AI Badges redemption for all attendees, to be listed on the Google Developer Platform

• Closing remarks