Build with AI 2026 in Ahlen

Build with AI 2026
This year we focus on the theme of: "The Human Compass: Navigating AI for Local Impact".

📅 Date:
May 23d, 2026

📍 Location: 
Initiative Bürgerzentrum Schuhfabrik e.V., 7 Königstraße, Ahlen, 59227

Please note that registration is needed to enter the event - We will not be able to grant access on the day without a ticket. Please show proof of ticket confirmation upon arrival.
💻 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. 💡

Google Cloud Credits

We’re 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.

#BuildWithAI

This is a hybrid event. Join the event virtually at https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-ahlen-presents-build-with-ai-2026-in-ahlen-1/
or in person at

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

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Agenda

3:00 PM: 👋 Check-in & Welcome

Registration and informal greeting of participants.

3:15 PM: 🎤 Speaker Henry Lim: Hands-on with Agent Development Kit (ADK): The Garden of the Forgotten Prompt

Get hands-on with Google Agent Development Kit (ADK), Google’s 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 “The Garden of the Forgotten Prompt”.

Get ready to explore a mysterious world, solve puzzles, and uncover secrets!

4:00 PM: 🎤 Speaker 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.

5:00 PM: 🎤 Speaker Tarun R Jain: Architecting Relationship-Aware Memory for AI Agents

Most developers building AI Agents focus on reasoning and planning but quietly ignore what matters most: Memory. This session begins by drawing a clear distinction between stateful and stateless agents, using OpenClaw or Clawbot as motivation for what becomes possible when an agent truly remembers, and highlighting what is broken in the current approach.

From there, I will highlight why vector search alone breaks down when your Agent needs to chain facts together or track how information changes over time, and how knowledge graphs solve that in ways that retrieval simply cannot.

In this session, I will showcase how memory works in the backend, including a live visualization of fact extraction and graph construction in working code. The primary focus will be on edge cases, especially the hybrid vector graph approach, where semantic search and structured traversal are combined to handle multi-hop reasoning and temporal changes.

For demo, we will use Streamlit for UI, Cognee as the Memory layer, Qdrant as the Vector Store, and Google ADK for the Agents implementation

6:00 PM: 💡 Break & Networking: What’s Next for GDG Ahlen?

🤝Take a moment to connect, recharge, and get inspired!

☕ Let’s explore the future of GDG Ahlen and What’s Next for GDG Ahlen?

🏆 Let’s keep pushing boundaries, breaking barriers, and redefining what’s possible together!

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Speakers

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 t…

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 t…

Tarun R Jain

Hello! My name is Tarun R Jain. I'm a passionate coder with expertise in Machine Learning, Image Processing, and Deep Learning. I've published over 80 blog articles documenting my coding journey, and I'm actively involved in various communities, including Hugging Face-Keras Working Group, Deep Learning AI- Bangalore Ambassador, TensorFlow User Group Bangalore- Assistant Organizer and Geeksforg…

Hosts

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…

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…

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