GDG Melbourne Devfest 2024

Interested in Android, Kotlin, Flutter, Google Assistant, Firebase, AI/ML, VR/AR or other Google technologies?

Then don’t miss the 2024 Devfest: It’s a fun & welcoming not-for-profit conference, made for and run by developers and led by GDG Melbourne. This year we are bringing together world-class speakers to stimulate your mind and put on a fantastic event.

Devfest 2024 tickets can now be purchased via https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1264953

Devfest is powered by a shared belief that when developers come together to exchange ideas, amazing things can happen! Join a vibrant and diverse community where everyone can network, share knowledge and enjoy the experience.​

Diversity and inclusion is a big initiative for us in GDG Melbourne. In partnership with Women Techmakers Melbourne we will have a special panel discussion at the event.

With your DevFest ticket you get:

Exciting talks across 2 tracks covering Android, Flutter, ML, AI, Design, Testing & Non-technical topics
World class speakers from Google, industry and community speakers
Full day conference and after party drinks
Special conference swag
Excellent lunch, morning and afternoon tea provided
Multiple door prize giveaways during the day
Networking opportunities throughout the day and at the after party with potential clients or colleagues
We also want to support our attendees who are experiencing hardship. If you need to access a reduced price ticket in order to attend please reach out to one of the GDG Melbourne organisers on the GDG Slack to obtain a discount code.

Schedule of the event is now published here: https://gdg-melbourne-devfest-2024.sessionize.com/ 

Note - exact session times are subject to change, we still have a few speakers we are yet to confirm, the schedule will be updated as we get these confirmations.

About GDG Melbourne

GDG Melbourne is a passionate, not-for-profit community group of developers interested in Android and other Google-related technologies, such as Kotlin, Flutter, Firebase, Assistant, ML/AI, VR/AR, Wearables, design and IoT. We aim to provide a friendly and welcoming environment for our event attendees regardless of their background.

About WTM Melbourne

Google’s Women Techmakers program provides visibility, community, and resources for women in technology. WTM Melbourne work in strong partnership with GDG Melbourne to support female and gender diverse people in technology.

What is Dev Fest?

DevFest are one day conferences are run all over the globe by GDG (Google Developer Group) communities every year. DevFest is focused on community building and learning about Google’s technologies.

GDG Melbourne has been running DevFest conferences in Melbourne since 2017.

Agenda

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Hosted By

Katie Barnett, GDE Android / GDG Organiser

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 a Google Developer Expert for Android, 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 but loves to travel the world and outside of tech she enjoys boardgaming and attempting to finish many craft projects.

Suesi Tran, Senior Flutter Developer

Google Developer Expert in Dart & Flutter, Women Techmaker ambassador, GDG Melbourne & Flutter Melbourne co-organiser.
In short: Flutter is love, and mobile is life.

Maksim Lin, Software Engineer

Senior Android Developer, Flutter GDE

Poornima Sivakumar, GDG Organiser

Lovee Jain, GDG Organiser

Lovee is a Software Engineer at Prezzee, a GDG Melbourne Organiser and also a Women Techmakers Ambassador. A tech inquisitive philomath, she loves problem solving and solution design. She has worked at a city council where she developed a lot of useful system integrations and while at Prezzee she develops and works on multiple gift card solutions to cater the B2B2C market.

Zach Jensz, GDG Organiser

Passionate about the web, seamless UX and accessibility. I love attending meetups, find me and come say hi!

Ujjawal Raj, GDG Organiser

Bramley Turner-Jones, GDG Organiser

Yuba Raj (UV) Panta, GDG Cloud Organiser

Kartik Arora, Android Engineer

Google Developer Expert in Android
Android Engineer @ Bilue

Carolyn Ai Chi Wong,

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-melbourne-presents-gdg-melbourne-devfest-2024/.