GDG Sydney is back for a meetup this August! 

Join us for an evening of exciting technical talks, community connections, and knowledge sharing.

Come Hire!

The meetup allocates 10 minutes to people seeking technical jobs or with open roles at their company. If you’re hiring or job hunting, this is your chance to connect with the community.

👉 This meetup is in-person only. There are no plans to stream the event.

Talks

Talk 1: What's New in Android 2026

Stay up to date with the latest innovations in Android. Katie will walk you through new features, updates, and what developers should be excited about in the evolving Android ecosystem.

About the speaker

Katie is passionate about all things Android. She has taken on a wide variety of challenging projects including in the live event, media and travel space. Her favourite thing is to see someone having a delightful experience using something she has worked on. Katie is very active in the development community, she is one of the organisers of GDG Melbourne and is a Women Techmakers Ambassador.

She frequently runs events, speaks on technical and non-technical topics and enjoys writing blog posts to share her experience with others. Katie is based in Melbourne, Australia and outside of tech she enjoys board gaming and attempting to finish many craft projects.

Talk 2: Governing and Scaling Open AI Agents on GCP with LangChain

Getting an agent to produce the right answer is only the beginning. In production, enterprises must also ask: Can we prove what the agent did, control what it is allowed to do, and scale the workflow cost-effectively?

This session explores how LangChain and LangSmith support the complete agent lifecycle—from building and evaluating to deploying, observing, governing, and continuously improving agents. Learn how an open, flexible agentic platform enables model and runtime choice, evidence-based governance, predictable economics, and deployment across GCP and enterprise environments.

About the speaker

Faisal Masood is a technology leader with 20+ years of experience in building solutions that bring value to the business and has led teams within disruptive, high-growth technology companies.
He has a passion for strategy, team building and emerging technologies. He is also a published author with PacktPub.

Event Schedule

• 5:30pm - Event doors open

• 5:45pm - Introduction and hiring connect (5 mins for each group, every participant gets up to 1 min)

• 6:00pm - Talk 1: What's New in Android 2026 — Katie Barnett

• 6:30pm - Food break

• 7:00pm - Talk 2: Governing and Scaling Open AI Agents on GCP with LangChain — Faisal Masood

• 7:30pm - Raffle for 2 JetBrains IDE licenses and 2 programmable tickets

• 7:45pm - Event end