Build with AI 2026 | ONLINE

🌟 Build with AI 2026🌟
Let's prototype, build and deploy applications using the latest Google AI technologies and models, including Gemini, Vertex AI, AI Studio and Antigravity 🚀
📅 Date: 
January 31t, 2026

📍 Location: 
ONLINE

💻 What to Expect at Build with AI 2026 in Ahlen:

Get ready for an immersive experience focused on empowering you to architect the future with AI and Cloud! 🚀
It's time to prototype, build and deploy applications using the latest Google AI technologies and models, including Gemini, Vertex AI, AI Studio and Antigravity 🛠️

You can expect:

🧑‍🏫 Insightful Tech Talks & Sessions: Learn directly from Google engineers, Google Developer Experts (GDEs), and industry leaders. Dive deep into the practical integration of AI 🧠 and Cloud ☁️ technologies, exploring best practices, new tools, and successful implementation strategies. ✨
💻 Hands-On Workshops & Codelabs: Move beyond theory and gain practical skills! Participate in interactive sessions where you can experiment with the latest AI/Cloud platforms and tools to build innovative and scalable applications. 🛠️
🛡️ Focus on Responsible Innovation: Engage in crucial discussions and learn techniques for building ethically sound AI solutions. Explore topics like fairness, transparency, privacy, and the responsible scaling of AI-driven systems. ✅
🏗️ Deep Dives into Architecture: Understand how to design robust, scalable, and future-proof systems leveraging the power of Cloud infrastructure combined with AI capabilities.
Vibrant Networking Opportunities: Connect with hundreds of passionate developers from your local community and potentially beyond. Share knowledge, discuss challenges, collaborate on ideas, and build valuable professional connections. 💬
🔧 Exploring the Latest Tools: Discover the newest Google developer tools and platforms designed to streamline AI development and Cloud deployment, enhancing your productivity and capabilities. 💡

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This is a hybrid event. Join the event virtually at https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-ahlen-presents-build-with-ai-2026-online/
or in person at

Initiative Bürgerzentrum Schuhfabrik e.V. - 7 Königstraße Ahlen, 59227

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Agenda

4:30 PM: 🎤 Speaker Karthigayan Devan: Prompts as Observable, Policy-Enforcing Control Planes for AI Behavior

Large Language Models are increasingly embedded into production systems, yet most teams still treat prompts as informal chat instructions rather than operational artifacts. This creates a familiar SRE failure mode: powerful systems with no guardrails, no observability, and no policy enforcement.

In this talk, we reframe prompts as control planes for AI behavior, borrowing proven ideas from Site Reliability Engineering and Platform Engineering. You’ll learn how to design prompts that don’t just generate answers, but enforce architectural policy, surface assumptions, expose uncertainty, and constrain blast radius, the same principles we apply to production infrastructure.

We’ll explore how to instrument prompts for observability (assumptions, missing inputs, confidence levels), encode reliability, security, and cost policies directly into prompt contracts, and make AI outputs auditable, reproducible, and debuggable. Through real-world examples, architecture reviews, incident analysis, and internal developer platforms, you’ll see how policy-driven, observable prompting dramatically improves trust and reliability in AI-assisted systems.

This session is for engineers who believe AI should be treated like any other production dependency: governed, observable, and resilient by design.

5:30 PM: 🎤 Speaker Sanket Bisne: Building the Real world Applications using Gemini3 and Google AI studio

With the rapid evolution of generative AI, Gemini 3 and Google AI Studio are redefining how developers build intelligent, production-ready applications.

In this session, we will explore how to design and build real-world applications using Gemini 3, leveraging Google AI Studio for rapid prototyping, prompt engineering, and model orchestration. The talk will move beyond theory and focus on practical use cases, including conversational agents, content generation, workflow automation, and AI-powered developer tools.

Attendees will gain hands-on insights into:

How Gemini 3 works and where it fits in modern application architectures
Using Google AI Studio to experiment, fine-tune prompts, and test models
Integrating Gemini APIs into real-world applications
Best practices for performance, security, and responsible AI usage
By the end of the session, participants will be equipped to start building scalable, AI-powered applications using Google’s latest AI ecosystem.

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Speakers

Sathyaram Sannasi

Sathyaram Sannasi is a Google Developer Expert and a data practitioner specializing in using Data and AI/ML for business outcomes primarily on Google Cloud Platform. As a freelancer, he advises and implements solutions that transform data into decisions and products.

Karthigayan Devan

Karthigayan Devan is a results-driven technology leader with over two decades of experience in Software Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and DevOps transformation. He is recognized for driving large-scale cloud and automation initiatives that blend innovation, governance, and operational excellence. As a strategic leader, Karthigayan has built and scaled high-performin…

Sanket Bisne - Lloyds Banking Group (Sr DevOps engineer)

Hi everyone, Sanket Bisne here ! from Hyderabad👋
•⁠ ⁠I’m a Google Developer Expert (GDE) and currently work as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Lloyds Banking Group•⁠ ⁠Previously, I worked as a Cloud Engineer at Searce, a GCP Premium Partner•⁠ ⁠I’m a Google Cloud Champion Innovator in Modern Architecture, with CKA,3x GCP certifications and 1x Azure certificationdelive…

Hosts

Denys Doroshev - GDG Ahlen (Organizer)

I'm a Product Manager and Organizer for Google Developers Group (GDG) Ahlen, where I work to foster innovation, collaboration, and growth within the developer community.
In my professional career, I serve as a Senior Regional Sales Manager at Metal Work Pneumatic, focusing on B2B sales in industries like metallurgy, machine building, and agriculture across Ukraine. I also work as a Tec…

Anna Muzykina - GDG Ahlen (GDG Ahlen Organizer | GDG Heilbronn | NASA Space Apps Ahlen Lead Organizer | Flutter Developer | WiDS Ambassador)

I’m a dedicated Developer with a strong focus on community building and empowering women in technology. As the GDG Organizer for Ahlen and Heilbronn, I actively foster tech communities and mentor women entering the industry. As a Women in Data Science (WiDS), I provide guidance and support to aspiring women technologists.
With a deep expertise in Dart, Firebase, and AI ecosystems, I spec…

Saheed Adewumi - Google

Cloud Engineer & GDE Cloud
Session abstractIn this session, we'll use prompt engineering and other techniques to build a full e-commerce web app using Firebase Studio. We'll explore how to import and manage digital assets, then deploy the working application to a live, local environment. This talk is for developers who want to learn how to quickly build and deploy powerful, cu…

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