Please register for this in-person event via the MAJOR LEAGUE HACKATHON
Join us for an immersive, hands-on experience where we bridge the gap between cutting-edge technology and local community needs. This isn't just a hackathon; itās a mission to build the next generation of AI-native engineering.
Build with AI 2026 x MLH Agentic AI Hackathon in Ahlen, NRW š
Agentic AI: Navigating Agents for Local Impact!
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Initiative Bürgerzentrum Schuhfabrik e.V., 7 KƶnigstraĆe, Ahlen, 59227 (NRW)
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Date:Ā
Saturday, May 23, 2026
ā° Time:Ā
11:00 AM ā 9:00 PM (GMT+2)
š» What to Expect at Build with AI 2026 x MLH Hackathon:
Get ready for an immersive, hands-on experience focused on empowering you to architect the future with AI and Cloud!
This year we are fostering a new generation of engineers who see AI as an integral part of their creative toolbox. š
Itās time to prototype, build, and deploy applications using the latest Google AI technologies and models, including Gemini, Vertex AI, AI Studio, and Antigravity. š ļø
š Google Cloud Credits
Weāre planning to offer Google Cloud credits to attendees so you can explore and experiment on GCP after the event.
Activation details and instructions will be shared on-site.
Google Swags to winners
- Major League Hacking (MLH) Partners with Google Cloudās Gemini to Foster AI-Native Engineering Education.Ā
#BuildwithAI #MLH
This is a hybrid event. Join the event virtually at https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-ahlen-presents-build-with-ai-2026-x-mlh-agentic-ai-hackathon-in-ahlen-nrw/
or in person at
Initiative Bürgerzentrum Schuhfabrik e.V. - 7 KƶnigstraĆe, Ahlen 59227
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Agenda
10:00 AM: š Check-in & Welcome
Registration, ticket check, and issuance of welcome stickers.
11:30 AM: š¤ Opening & Briefing
Introduction of Hackathon.
Prize overview.
12:00 PM: š Intro & start with Anna Muzykina
Activating cloud credits.
12:30 PM: The Agentic Shift: Kick-off with Anna Muzykina: Why Agents? Why Now?
The New Wave: Intro to the shift from static LLM chats to Action-Oriented AI. Why 2026 is the year of the Agentic Workflow.
The Mission: How Autonomous Agents act as "The Human Compass" to solve real-world problems in our community.
1:00 PM: Coffee break āļø
Drinks and snacks
2:00 PM: š ļø Workshop with Henry Lim: Hands-on with Agent Development Kit (ADK): The Garden of the Forgotten Prompt
Get hands-on with Google Agent Development Kit (ADK), Googleās framework for building, evaluating, and deploying AI agents.
You'll progressively learn to design advanced agents and train them to play the text-based adventure game āThe Garden of the Forgotten Promptā.
Get ready to explore a mysterious world, solve puzzles, and uncover secrets!
2:30 PM: š ļø Workshop with Akshata Mohanty: Building a distributed multi-agent system with Google Cloud
We use this codelab to learn about building multi-agent systems with Google ADK.
Through creating a set of specialized agents that collaborate to solve a complex task, participants will learn about concepts such as subagents, remote agents and orchestration agents.
This is a hands-on workshop where we build a Course Creation System composed of a Researcher Agent (gathers information via Google Search), a Judge Agent (evaluates research quality), a Content Builder Agent (turns research into a structured course), and an Orchestrator Agent that coordinates the workflow between them.
3:00 PM: š”Brainstorming: Team building.
Choosing ideas: from chatbots for local needs to multi-agent systems.
4:00 PM: Lunch āļøš
Lunch āļøš
5:00 PM: šļø Hacking Sprint with Mentorship: Tarun R. Jain
"The Big Vibe." 2,5 hours of high-velocity coding.
AI Agents are built for Local Impact.
7:30 PM: The Showcase
"Hard Demos Only." No slides. Teams run CLI commands or live agents to demonstrate the Local Impact.
8:15 PM: Judging
Scoring based on: Technical Complexity (30%), Professional Utility (30%), and Local Impact (40%).
8:45 PM: Awards
Digital "Build with AI" Badges Winner Announcement
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Speakers
Anna Muzykina - GDG Ahlen Organizer (Founder CTO & CEO @ Proofa)
Iām a dedicated Developer with a strong focus on community building and empowering women in technology. As the GDG Organizer for Ahlen and Münster, 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 speciaā¦
Henry Lim
Henry is a Malaysian Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies. He is currently working as a front-end web developer in Bangkok, Thailand. He loves to learn, experiment and share all the cool stuffs like Chrome DevTools, Progressive Web Apps, Project Fugu (Web Capabilities), Firebase, and more. Furthermore, he is the creator of Remote for Slides, a Chrome Extension + Progressive Web Apps that tā¦
Akshata Mohanty - Google Developer Expert in AI/ML (Head of Engineering - Tilla)
Akshata is a software engineer and cloud architect. She is a Google Developer Expert (GDE) in AI/ML.
Currently, Akshata leads engineering at Tilla Technologies in Berlin. In 2024, she founded Keis in Singapore, focusing on helping companies launch generative AI products on Google Cloud.
Akshata graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur in India. She is an active tā¦
Hosts
Denys Doroshev - GDG Ahlen Organizer (C0-founder & COO @ Proofa)
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 Tecā¦
Anna Muzykina - GDG Ahlen Organizer (Founder CTO & CEO @ Proofa)
Iām a dedicated Developer with a strong focus on community building and empowering women in technology. As the GDG Organizer for Ahlen and Münster, 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 speciaā¦
Judges
Praveenkumar Kondikoppa - Google (Workspace AI Platform Engineer)
Praveenkumar Kondikoppa is a Software Engineer at Google, specializing in enterprise AI systems, agent security, and scalable machine learning infrastructure.
He has extensive experience in distributed systems, deep learning, and large-scale AI pipelines, with expertise in prompt tuning, autonomous agent security, and end-to-end inference optimization.Before Google, Praveenkumar wā¦
Mohammad Alamin - Aiiotsys (Cloud and Solution Architect | GDE)
As a Google Cloud Innovator Champion and Google Developer Expert (GDE), I architect cutting-edge cloud solutions at Aiiotsysābacked by 14x Google Cloud certifications and multi-cloud expertise. My journey spans hands-on software engineering to large-scale system design, including a pivotal role in Bangladeshās National ID & Voter List project. Passionate about knowledge-sharing, I was modeā¦
Luiz Carneiro - GDG Cloud Munich (Solution Engineer)
I am a Ph.D. in Physics who found great joy in programming while doing science. Coding for me is a hobby, as it is to meet people who share the same interests. By leading the GDG Munich Cloud, I managed to put everything together :) See you at our next meeting! āš½
Luiz's LinkedIn Profile:
Patty OāCallaghan - Charles River Laboratories (Head of AI Architecture and Engineering Group)
Patty is a Venezuelan living in Scotland. She has +20 years of experience in the tech industry and a background education in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. She is a Technical Director at Charles River Laboratories.
In her free time, Patty is a dedicated mentor and educator, leading a Code Club for 10-15 year-olds at her local school. Additionally, she's an organiser at Gooā¦
Silu Panda - Linkedin (Senior Software Engineer, ML infrastructure)
6 years of experience building ML infrastructure used by billions of users, including 4 years at LinkedIn. Studied CS at IIT Bombay
Ines Zenkri
Ines Zenkri is a Bachelorās student in Computer Science with a passion for coding, problem-solving, and building impactful tech solutions. Despite being at the undergraduate level, Ines has already made significant strides in the tech community through her dedication, teamwork, and consistent excellence.
She has taken part in and won several hackathons, where her ability to combine creatā¦
Naomi Latini Wolfe - GDG Brunswick (Founding Organizer)
With over nine years of experience as an instructor and author in sociology and social sciences, I am passionate about creating inclusive and engaging learning experiences that empower students to become future changemakers. I leverage my expertise in EdTech and AI to craft immersive and transformative learning journeys that equip diverse voices with the tools needed to drive innovation while ā¦
Prakshal Doshi - Apple (Software Development Engineer)
I work as a Software Development Engineer at Apple,California where my focus is on AI infrastructure, MLOps, scalable distributed systems, and cloud-native data pipelines.
Over the past six years, Iāve worked extensively on building reliable, large-scale platforms and accelerating the efficiency of AI/ML workflows.
Naga Deepak - TikTok (Senior Engineering Manager)
Senior Engineering Manager, Infrastructure at Tiktok
Madhankumar Ponmudi Subramanian - Workday (Principal Engineer)
Madhankumar Ponmudi Subramanian (Madhan) is a Principal Engineer at Workday with over 20 years of experience in enterprise software, distributed systems, and applied AI/ML.
At Workday, he leads distributed systems within the Reporting and Data Analytics platform serving over 6,500 enterprise customers and 6B+ monthly report executions, and is the lead architect for the Data Catalogā¦
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