Google I/O Extended Pwani 2023

The Aga Khan Academy, Mombasa, Oceanic Road, Mombasa, 80100

GDG Pwani

Google I/O Extended is a series of community led tech meetups, that bring the knowledge and excitement of Google I/O to developers on a city level, all around the globe from May through August annually. This is an RSVP event ONLY!

Jul 22, 2023, 5:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

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Key Themes

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About this event

Google I/O Extended is the community-led counterpart to Google I/O, the annual Google-led conference where the world hears about Google’s latest developer solutions, products, and technology. Please join us to explore the latest developments in Google technology. We expect highly technical, in-depth sessions focused on Web, Mobile, and Cloud. This is an RSVP event ONLY!

When

When

Saturday, July 22, 2023
5:00 AM – 2:00 PM (UTC)

Agenda

5:00 AM
Arrival & Registration
Speakers & Attendees arrive, register and take their seats
8:00 AM
Opening Remarks & GDG Pwani Keynote (Main Hall)
GDG Pwani Organizers
8:08 AM
The Aga Khan Academy Keynote (Main Hall)
Partner keynote
8:20 AM
Keynote (Main Hall)
Atieno Allela, DevRel Community Manager (SSA), Google
8:40 AM
Web Keynote (Main Hall)
Edwin Maye, Senior Software Engineer at Taxually and GDE for Web
9:00 AM
Android Keynote (Main Hall)
Annunziata Kinya, Android Engineer at Kyosk
9:20 AM
Flutter Keynote (Main Hall)
Kendi J, Flutter Developer
9:40 AM
Machine Learning Keynote (Main Hall)
Derrick Mwiti, ML Developer Advocate at Neural Magic
10:00 AM
Group photo + Lunch (Main Hall)
11:00 AM
Cloud Keynote (Main Hall)
James Mwai, CTO at Sky.Garden
11:20 AM
Google DEI Keynote (Main Hall)
Google's DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Strategy for Africa by Philip Bob Jusu, Google
11:50 AM
Alpha Breakout Room: Kickoff your next project with Jetpack Compose (Lightning Talk)
Ayubu Mohammed, Android Developer
11:50 AM
Bravo Breakout Room: Faster Load Times: Understanding and Optimizing Core Web Vitals and INP (Lightning Talk)
Allan Kiche, Software Developer
11:50 AM
Charlie Breakout Room: Dart + Android Interoperability Simplified (Lightning Talk)
Steve Chikwiri, Flutter Developer
12:00 PM
Alpha Breakout Room: Building a Data Layer that fits your overall app architecture
Jacqueline Gitau, Co-Lead Droidettes & WTM Ambassador
12:00 PM
Bravo Breakout Room: Signals in Angular Demystified
Wycliffe Maina, TypeScript Aficionado & GDE for Angular
12:00 PM
Charlie Breakout Room: From Screen to Screen: Navigating the Realm of Responsive App Development in Flutter
Jackie Moraa, Software Engineer & WTM Ambassador
12:00 PM
Delta Breakout Room: MediaPipe: Making On-Device Machine Learning a Piece of Pie
Brayan Kai, Data Scientist & Open-Source Advocate
12:50 PM
Alpha Breakout Room: Harnessing the power of App Performance [MAD]
Juma Allan, Senior Android Engineer at Smile Identity
12:50 PM
Bravo Breakout Room: Unveiling the Authentication Alchemy: Passkeys and FedCM
Ian Okonu, Software Engineer and Co-Lead at OnlyDevs
12:50 PM
Charlie Breakout Room: Using gRPC in Flutter
Kennedy Karoko, Software Engineer at Byon8
12:50 PM
Delta Breakout Room: SIGN-TO-TEXT:Unleashing the Power of Google AI for real time ASL transcription
Atieno Ouma, Software Engineer at USAID HealthIT
1:40 PM
Alpha Breakout Room: Core Web Vital Optimizations For 2023
Cynthia Kamau, Software Engineer & Open-Source Contributor
1:40 PM
Bravo Breakout Room: FVM: Streamlining Flutter Version Management for Effortless Development
Martino Yovo, Flutter Developer & Lead OSCA Lomé
1:40 PM
Charlie Breakout Room: Leveraging cloud Firestore for backend in Angular Applications:
Paul Chesa, Software Engineer at iTalanta
1:40 PM
Delta Breakout Room: Securing Large Language Models (LLMs) in the Cloud: Best Practices and Challenges
Hillary Nyakundi, Localization Lead
2:30 PM
Alpha Breakout Room: Internationalization in Angular
Roy Wanyoike, Software Engineer
2:30 PM
Bravo Breakout Room: What's new in Kotlin for Android
Brian Odhiambo, Software Developer at Baobab Circle Ltd.
2:30 PM
Charlie Breakout Room: Optimizing Flutter Apps for Low-End Devices
Julius Ndegwa, Software Engineer
3:30 PM
Closing Remarks + Networking (Main Hall)
GDG Pwani Team

Speakers

  • Allela Allela Eunice

    Google

    Developer Relations Community Manager

  • Philip Jusu

    Google

  • Annunziata Kinya

    Kyosk

    Anrdoid Engineer

  • Maye Edwin

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Kendi J

    Freelance, Flutter Dev

  • Jacquiline Gitau

    Android Dev| Android25/Kotlin Kenya co-organizer | WTM Ambassador

  • James Mwai

    Sky.Garden

    GDE and CTO

  • Derrick Mwiti

    GDE Machine Learning

    Layer AI, Data Scientist

  • Steve Chikwiri

    Mobile Dev (Flutter & Android)

  • Allan Kiche

    Population Service International (PSI)

    Software Engineer

  • Ayubu Mohamed

    OnlyDevs

    Co-Lead

  • Maina Wycliffe

    Typescript Aficionado

  • Jackie Moraa

    Software Engineer | Flutter Enthusiast | WTM Ambassador

  • Brayan Kai

    Data Scientist

  • Ian Okonu

    OnlyDevs

    Co-Lead

  • Cynthia Kamau

    Software Engineer | WTM Ambassador | GDG Nairobi Co-Lead

  • Atieno Ouma

    Juubix

    Backend Developer

  • Paul Chesa

    iTalanta

    Software Engineer

  • Martino YOVO

    Développeur Senior Flutter

  • Kennedy Karoko

    Byon8

    Software Engineer

  • Hillary Nyakundi

    Localization Lead

  • Julius Ndegwa

    Software Engineer

  • Brian Odhiambo

    Bizyback

    GDE for Andrdoid & Android Engineer

Organizers

  • Wayne Gakuo

    Sky.Garden

    Lead, GDG Pwani

  • Jemmimah Kavyu

    Zindua School

    WTM Pwani Lead & GDG Co-Organizer

  • Mukhtar Salim

    Innovus

    GDG Co-Organizer - Operations Lead

  • DUNCAN MAINA

    GDG Co-Organizer - Social Media Manager

  • Mary Dhahabu

    GDG Co-Organizer - Social Media Manager

  • Victor Jotham Ashioya

    Datacamp

    GDG Co-Organizer - Strategic Partnerships Lead

  • Wakio Florence

    WTM Pwani - Social Media Manager

  • Brayan Mwanyumba

    WTM Pwani - Programs Lead

  • Biasha Said

    WTM Pwani - Social Media Manager

Contact Us

Featured Attendees

  • Meshack Mwaura

    Canary Technology

    Engineering communities

  • Kendi J.

    brij.money

    DevRel

  • Timz Owen

    Safaricom PLC

    Site Reliability Engineer

  • Emmanuel Mwaele

    Not applicable

    Student

  • Eliud Kinyua

    GILTECH SOLUTIONS

    Operations Manager

  • Lawrence Juma

    idax

    technichian

  • Gerald Mumo

    freelancer

    software developer

  • Samuel Baraka

    Kwikbasket

    Senior Flutter Developer

  • Samuel Gabriel

    technical university of Mombasa

    student