DevFest, the world’s #1 community-driven developer conference — Back in Bucharest, in 2026!
Join the world’s largest community-driven developer conference and dive into a full day packed with cutting-edge AI, Cloud, Mobile and Cybersecurity content. Learn directly from directly from Google Developer Experts (GDEs) and top industry experts while connecting with hundreds of passionate developers.
If you’re serious about leveling up, networking with top experts and putting your career into overdrive, this is where you need to be.
BUILDING SAFE, SECURE & SCALABLE SOLUTIONS WITH AI AND CLOUD
DevFest Bucharest is the place for developers who want to level up, connect with top experts, and push their careers into overdrive.
▶︎ One day.
▶︎ Three tracks.
▶︎ Unlimited growth.
If you're serious about building secure, scalable, AI-powered solutions — this is where you need to be.
Created by developers for developers, DevFest is part of a global network spanning 550+ cities, 140+ countries, and over 800,000 developers worldwide. In Bucharest, we continue the tradition of hosting Romania’s most impactful event for the Google Developers Group community.
This year’s theme: “Building Safe, Secure & Scalable Solutions with AI and Cloud.”
Our mission is simple — equip you with the practical skills and real-world insights needed to build innovative, ethical, high-impact technology.
TRACKS
Choose your path:
📱 Mobile Technologies
Build and optimize next-gen mobile experiences: Android, on-device ML.
🤖 AI & Cloud
Create intelligent, scalable, production-ready systems: Machine Learning, Cloud tools, VertexAI, Agents,
🔐 Cybersecurity & DevOps
Learn to architect secure, resilient solutions — from code to infrastructure.
Full AGENDA
WHY ATTEND
🔥 Cutting-Edge Content
Learn how to build secure, scalable, AI-enabled solutions using the latest technologies. Hear directly from Google Developer Experts (GDEs) and leading industry professionals.
🤝 Strong Community Connections
Join a community that actually feels like a community. Engage in panels, Q&A sessions, meetups, and idea-sharing with developers who are building the next generation of products.
💻 Hands-On Learning
Panels, workshops, codelabs, debugging sessions — DevFest gives you practical, real-world learning — no matter your experience level.
WHAT YOUR TICKET INCLUDES
✔️ Access to ALL tracks
✔️ Lunch & coffee breaks
✔️ Networking with developers, experts, and tech companies
✔️ A full day of premium content & hands-on activities
Full AGENDA can be found here:
Agenda
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Speakers
Lucian Gruia - Ciklum (Head of Data Science & AI)
Head of Data Science & AI and Software Architect with over 13 years of hands-on coding experience (Java/Python/SQL) in Telecom, Fintech & Aerospace, designing frameworks and complex solutions for real-time systems.
Highly skilled in System Performance, Artificial Intelligence, Fraud Detection, Blockchain and Data Integrity.Experienced in leading international teams in both…
Gabriel Preda - Endava (GDE | Principal Data Scientist)
Gabriel is a Romanian engineer living in Bucharest. He has +25 years of experience in the tech industry and has a PhD in Computational Electromagnetics. He is a Principal Data Scientist at Endava, working for a range of industries, from banking and insurance to telecom, logistics and healthcare.
In his free time, Gabriel contribute to Kaggle (he is a triple Kaggle Grandmaster), a Google …
Kristina Simakova - Google (Engineering Manager)
Kristina is an Engineering Manager at Google. She is managing Android Media Editing team. The team is working on Media3 Editing
Julien Salvi - Aircall (Lead Android Engineer, GDE in Android)
Into the Android world for more than 10 years, I experienced California the startup way of life before coming back to France. I am currently Lead Android Engineer at Aircall where we are building the best phone system for modern businesses. Alongside Android, I have a great interest in backend development with Kotlin and AR/VR technology. In 2021, I became an Android GDE to continue my journey…
Victor Gradinescu - Google (Engineering Manager)
Victor has been an Engineering Manager at Google since 2019, leading a team of mobile and cloud engineers working on the Fitbit mobile apps. Previously, he led a development studio doing mobile and cloud development for startups or enterprise clients around the world. His technical skills include Android, Cloud Development, Java, Spring and others.
Also, Victor was cofounder of the GDG C…
Radu-Ioan Ciobanu
Radu-Ioan Ciobanu is an Associate Professor and researcher at the Computer Science department of the Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers at the National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest. He obtained his PhD from the same faculty in 2016. His research interests include pervasive and mobile networks, DTNs, opportunistic networks, cloud computing, federated learni…
Radu Marin - Timeworx.io (Lecturer @ University Politehnica of Bucharest, Co-founder @ Timeworx.io)
Radu Marin is a PhD graduate Summa Cum Laude in 2021 for his research in opportunistic computing, and an industry-recognized expert in Android application development, with over 12 years of experience as a software architect and technical community leader. Currently, Radu is a co-founder of Timeworx.io and a Lecturer at the Faculty of Automatic Con…
Alexandru Gherghina - Timeworx.io (Co-founder, Software Engineer)
PhD student with a focus on fine-grained access control methodologies for Blockchain. With more than 12 years of mobile application and Blockchain development, Alex is the engineering manager in charge of running one of the largest staking providers in the MultiversX blockchain.
Roushanak Rahmat - @IBM (GDE in AI & Cloud | Lead Data scientist)
Roushanak is an accomplished Data scientist at IBM with a wealth of experience in computer vision, medical imaging, and data science. With a PhD in AI from Heriot-Watt University in collaboration with the University of Edinburgh, she possesses deep expertise in developing advanced algorithms and models for healthcare applications. Her expertise spanned a range of areas including computer visio…
Serban Zirnovan - Cambridge University (Head of Industrial Partnerships)
In a world that evolves by the minute, IT has become a critical enabler of progress and success. Through extensive engagement with customers and partners across industries, Serban has developed a deep passion for exploring how technology shapes our digital future—and for translating complex innovation into real-world impact that improves lives.
His career spans both public and private se…
Márton Kodok - REEA (GDE, Senior Software Architect)
Márton is a Google Developer Expert on Cloud, senior software architect at REEA.net who led the implementation of complex and distributed web backends serving millions of users for companies like FreeLogoServices, Vodafone, LogoMix, Deluxe, WaterSmart, Ausschreibungsdienste and many more. Top user on top StackOverflow with over 186k reputation points (Link). Mentor and consultant for startups. Ac…
Lucian Tănase - Endava (Senior DevOps Engineer)
Lucian Tanase is a Senior DevOps Engineer based in Bucharest with over seven years of experience in cloud infrastructure, security, and automation. He currently works at Endava, where he builds and maintains Kubernetes architectures and integrates security tooling across cloud environments.
Lucian is also a speaker on blockchain and DevOps topics, and enjoys breaking down complex infrastruc…
Cosmin Radu - UiPath (Director Security Assurance & Engineering)
Cosmin Radu is a Director of Product Security Engineering at UiPath, where he leads global teams across Application Security, Cloud & Infrastructure Security, and DevSecOps.
He specializes in building secure-by-design platforms that enable engineering teams to ship software quickly while meeting rigorous security and compliance standards.
With a strong background in offensive secu…
Seifeddin Mansri - SFEIR (Cloud GDE, Cloud CTO)
Seifeddin is a Cloud CTO at Sfeir, leading the Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps and Security activities. He has actually many Cloud technical Certifications (GCP, AWS, Kubernetes) and is also an experienced Google Cloud and Kubernetes Trainer. He has also been recognized, since January 2022, as a Google Developer Expert (GDE) on Google Cloud technologies.
Daniel Barbu - Adobe (EMEA Security leader)
Daniel Barbu is a cybersecurity leader focused on securing AI systems at scale. He leads Adobe’s EMEA Center of Security Engineering Excellence and helped launch the Security AI Guild, operationalizing OWASP guidance for LLMs and agents across enterprise use cases. His work spans AI security architecture, agent safety, RAG hygiene, and content authenticity (C2PA/Content Credentials). Daniel ha…
Goran Minov - Okta Inc. (Regional Technical Strategist)
I am a Cyber Security Architect specialising in Identity & Access Management (IAM). My passion lies in architecting secure Google Cloud solutions and building tamper-proof Android applications.
I currently serve as a Senior Technical Account Manager at Okta. As a key member of the customer success team, I'm dedicated to ensuring customers fully maximise the value of …
Răzvan Șerban - Endava (Security Consultant)
Razvan is an ethical hacker and security consultant at Endava, passionate about AI security and actively involved in multiple community projects
Dumitra Dragoș - CrowdStrike (Engineering Manager - Threat Detection)
Dumitra is a Manager, Threat Detection for CrowdStrike's Cloud Runtime team, where she leads efforts to develop comprehensive threat detection capabilities for the compute layer across private and public cloud environments.
Horia Niculescu - Google (Customer Engineer)
Horia is a passionate data and Al enthusiast and loves to help organizations grow through the use of data. He joined Google more than four years ago, after spending 15 years helping organizations up their data game. His battle-tested expertise covers both start-ups and large corporations, with a focus on the retail, telco and banking sectors.He believes that to understand technology, one needs…
Moderators
Cosmin Ștefan - Shortcut (Managing Director)
Full-stack software engineer, with the main focus on Android and leader of the team developing native apps at the company he founded, Cosmin has joined the Android universe more than 12 years ago and has been passionate about building best-in-class mobile apps ever since. He believes great architecture and clean code are a must for an excelling product. He loves to travel.
Codrut Ciulacu - Adobe (Software Engineer)
Alex Bordei - FlutterDev.io (Flutter Developer)
Valerica Plesu - Gen (Engineering Manager)
Alexandru Gatu - Endava (Performance & Security Test Consultant)
With more than 13 experience in the IT field, a master degree on Computer Security from "Politechnica" University Bucharest, Alex is the Endava CE Regional Security Manager. Having hands on experience on mobile, Web and API pentesting on various industries from insurance, payments and banks, his interest is to share the practical knowledge by speaking at various international conferences and o…
Hosted By
Carmen Ciulacu, GDG Organizer
Cosmin Stefan, GDG Organizer
Marius Seinoiu, GDG Organiser
I’m passionate about helping people work smarter — not harder — by using technology and AI tools that truly make a difference.
As a trainer and learning experience designer, I focus on online productivity and collaboration, with deep expertise in Google Workspace and Generative AI tools. Over the past 3 years, I’ve guided more than 900 tech enthusiasts to optimize their workflows, communicate more effectively, and adapt confidently to the digital workplace.
My journey in this field builds on over 25 years in Business Development Management, including more than 6 years in the tech Learning & Development industry. During this time, I’ve designed and managed large-scale educational programs in partnership with top companies and foundations — always with the goal of making learning practical, engaging, and impactful.
Today, through my work at Digital Stack, I collaborate with organizations that want to bring innovation and measurable results to their training initiatives.
If you’re looking to explore how AI and smart collaboration tools can unlock your team’s potential, let’s connect — I’m always happy to share ideas and insights.
Valerica Aneci, Engineering Manger
Passionate about android, kotlin, ai, iot and cooking
Alex Bordei, Flutter Developer 💙 & WordPress Expert
👨💻 Professionally speaking. I mean, coding 💻
I have over 9 years of experience in software development, starting with a background in C# and JAVA and stepping into Custom Web Development with WordPress and Laravel and always maintaining a very high focus on API development and Integrations.
Since 2017, becoming a Full-Stack WordPress Expert @ Codeable, focusing on WordPress custom development
Currently, WordPress EXPERT @ Codeable and Flutter Developer focused on custom development both for web and mobile platforms.
I LOVE COMMUNITIES, this is why you can find me helping out organizing and co-organizing communities like
Bucharest WordPress Meetup,
Flutter Romania Meetup,
Bucharest Mobile Development Group,
Bucharest IoT Hangouts
I also love to speak and share IT topics at CodeCamp Romania, DevTalks Romania, and WCEU, speaking at more than 50 IT conferences.
Hobby side, we can talk for hours about
📻 Radio and 🎶 Music 🎹 in general. We can also set up some online jamming sessions. I play the 🥁 DRUMS or 🎸 GUITAR or BASS 🎸.
Do you like weekend projects?
Ask me about 🦾 IoT systems, 🤖 robots, and 🕹️ automated systems
And WE CAN TALK FOREVER about 🤗 personal development, ☁️ mindfulness, 🧘 meditation, 💤 healthy sleep, and 💉 🖥️ 💉 hybrid medical technologies
Caplan Robert,
Passionate about technology and eager to try out new things while focusing on Android Development for the past 5 years, constantly exploring new tools and frameworks to build efficient and user-friendly applications.
Lucian Gruia,
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Partners
Digital Stack (https://digitalstack.ro)
A Tech Forward Company Is Built With Tech Forward People.
Tech skills learning and development programs for your employees. Beginner to advanced.
Shortcut (https://careers.shortcut.io/)
Shortcut is a leading mobile innovation company across Europe, with more than 150 app developers, designers, projects managers and app do-it-alls in our offices in Bucharest, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo & Bergen.
Opened in 2015, Shortcut's Bucharest office brings together some of the smartest, happiest and friendliest mobile app developers. Together with our clients and partners, we have built high quality award-winning apps used by millions of people every day.
Flutter Romania (https://www.meetup.com/flutter-bucharest-meetup)
Endava (https://www.endava.com/)
We exist to create an environment and a culture that breeds success by caring for our customers as individuals and enabling our people to be the best that they can be.
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