Build with Google: 2-Day AI & Multimodal Agent Workshops (Waterloo)

Google Kitchener/Waterloo - BRT3, 20 Breithaupt Street, Kitchener, N2H 5J5

GDG Waterloo

Get ready, Waterloo! 🚀We have some incredibly exciting news to share with the local tech community. Google Cloud Labs is...

Feb 26, 3:00 PM – Feb 27, 10:00 PM (UTC)

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About this event

Get ready, Waterloo! 🚀

We have some incredibly exciting news to share with the local tech community. Google Cloud Labs is set to bring an exclusive two-day intensive AI workshop series right to our backyard.

Whether you are looking to move past the "playground" and into production, or you want to master the next frontier of multimodal agents, this is the event for you.

The Experience

Across two high-impact days, you’ll dive deep into hands-on sessions designed by Google engineers. You can choose to register for one or both days:Febuary

  • Day 1 (Febuary 26th): Production-Ready AI

    • Theme: The ‘Now’ – Solving for Scale Move beyond the "Proof-of-Concept Gap." Day 1 is dedicated to the difficult space between a successful demo and a live, reliable application.

      • Architecture for Scale: Design robust AI systems built for consistency and reliability.

      • Data-Driven Evaluation: Move past "vibe checks." Learn to implement programmatic assessments and tool-use metrics.

      • Security: A deep dive into enterprise-grade protection for AI workloads.

  • Day 2 (Febuary 27th): Building Multimodal Agents

    • Theme: The ‘Next’ – Capturing Innovation The era of the text-only chatbot is over. Day 2 explores how to build agents that see, hear, and respond in real-time.

      • Multimodal Mastery: Coordinate agents to analyze video/audio and maintain consistency across multi-turn image generation.

      • Intelligence Beyond RAG: Go past simple retrieval with hybrid search, context engineering, and multi-agent pipelines.

      • Real-Time Interaction: Build low-latency, interruptible agents using the Gemini Live API and bidirectional streaming.

Why Attend?

  • Hands-on Learning: This isn't just a lecture. Bring your laptop and build alongside the experts.

  • Direct Access: Each day concludes with a Networking Hour. This is your chance to chat 1:1 with Googlers and Google Developer Experts (GDEs) about your specific projects, career advice, or the latest in Cloud AI.

  • Community First: Connect with fellow Waterloo developers, founders, and engineers.

P.S. We are also planning a special follow up community event for that weekend (February 28th). Stay tuned, details will be provided soon!

When

When

February 26 – 27, 2026
3:00 PM – 10:00 PM (UTC)

Organizers

  • Sanjay Sekar Samuel

    GDG Organizer

  • Yash Hiren Dave

    GDGoC Organizer

  • Udesh Cooray

    GDG Organizer

  • Aabiyah Zehra

    GDG Co-organizer (Marketing & Coordination)

  • Yasmin Bitar

    GDG Co-organizer (Marketing & Coordination)

  • Kevin Huynh

    ALS Environmental

    GDG Co-organizer (Logistics & Experience)

  • Harshal Laheri

    GDG Co-organizer (TA Lead)