
Google DeepMind has exactly one Developer Relations person in ANZ, and he's coming to Google Sydney in person. Mark McDonald works on Gemini, co-wrote Kaggle's Guinness World Record-holding 5-Day GenAI course, and has shipped PaLM, TensorFlow & Google Maps. Expect an inside look at DeepMind, plus Q&A and networking with Sydney's dev community.
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There's one Google DeepMind Developer Relations engineer covering all of Australia and New Zealand, and GDG Sydney is lucky enough to have him, in the room, in person.
Mark McDonald works on Gemini Developer Relations at Google DeepMind, helping developers everywhere build with Google's latest models. He co-wrote Kaggle's 5-Day Generative AI course (a Guinness World Record holder for reach), and has previously worked on the Gemini API, PaLM API, TensorFlow, Google Maps, and Santa Tracker.
Whether you're deep into ML or just Gemini-curious, this is a rare chance to talk shop in person with the person closest to DeepMind in this timezone.
A ticket does not guarantee entry; entry is first come, first served.
Gates close at 6:30pm, no one will be allowed in after that.
We're here to help: If you have physical, learning, or accessibility requirements, please reach out via mranocchiari@google.com or hello@gdgsydney.com
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
7:30 AM – 10:00 AM (UTC)
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