DevFest Midwest 2020

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We are excited to announce that we will be hosting our annual Midwest DevFest 2020!

DevFests are community lead events that are held all over the world where developers can learn, grow, network, and get inspired by experts.

Come join us for a fun-filled day where we will have several guest speakers give talks relevant to anyone in the tech field, including the latest Google technologies, machine learning, UI/UX design, and more!

Please review our Code of Conduct.

You can watch the DevFest Keynote and Code of Conduct video here. 

Event Location: https://midwestdevfest.com

** TOPICS, SPEAKERS, TIMES, and DETAILS are subject to change **

Agenda

12:00 PM: Don Ward: EdgeAI - AI in the Palm of Your Hand

AI and ML is everywhere in our digital lives. Machine Learning models running in data centers around the globe analyze and make decisions for us based on the data they receive. Join this talk as we cover the use cases and opportunities for EdgeAI spanning from smartphones to the smallest of microcontrollers. As an extra bonus, hands on demos will be provided of projects that have been done with EdgeAI using smartphones and microcontrollers.

1:00 PM: Victoria Gonda: Internationalization-ing

Many apps cater to users across the world. When most people think about making their app accessible in other countries, they think about providing language translations. However, there’s much more to internationalization (i18n) than localizing your strings. When providing for a global audience, you also have to consider layouts, iconography, and cultural interpretation. You’ll leave this talk with the tools you need to make your app reach people around the world.

1:30 PM: Jennifer Wadella: There are No Snow Days When You Work Remote

Have you been struggling in your transition to work remote? Is your company or the place you’re interviewing with struggling to do what it takes to support remote workers? Consider this your guide to conquering personal remote work-life and how to survive your employer shifting to creating a remote environment by implementing rules, patterns, and boundaries to help you be successful.

2:30 PM: Martin Omander: Growing Your Cloud Application

It's easy to write a cloud-based "Hello world" application. For example, you can quickly throw together a simple REST API or mobile app backend that looks up a value in a database and returns it to the client.
But how do you architect your cloud application so that you can deal with complex requirements, more users, and more developers? In this talk Martin will review what he has seen work and not work in the field. Come learn from the mistakes of others and make sure your cloud application is set up for future success!

3:30 PM: Kyle Paul: Serverless Applications with Firebase

Have you ever started building an application and quickly realized that a lot of back-end work is needed? Firebase is a platform that helps you quickly develop real-time apps, grow your user base, and earn more money. Firebase is many things and this talk will explore the tools available that it provides.

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Speakers

Victoria Gonda - Square (Senior Android Engineer)

Victoria was drawn to programming because of its potential to help people in a meaningful way. She is a Senior Android Engineer and author of Android Test-Driven Development by Tutorials.

Jennifer Wadella - Bitovi (Director of Angular Consulting)

Jennifer Wadella has been writing code since before she realized it was a credible career path. She currently works the Director of Angular Consulting at Bitovi and loves building performant web applications, speaking at technical conferences, and brewing kombucha. Jennifer is an active member of the KC tech community and the founder of Kansas City Women in Technology.

Don Ward - Quicken Loans (Senior Software Engineer)

Don Ward is a Senior Software Engineer at Quicken Loans, the nation's largest mortgage lender, which is based in Detroit, Michigan. As the previous Director of Mobile Development at Quicken Loans, he has been building mobile apps for the past 10 years. He leads the local chapters of the Google Developers Group in Detroit and Windsor, Canada.

Martin Omander - Google (Developer Advocate)

Martin Omander works for Google in Mountain View, California. His job in the Developer Relations team is to help developers build better software, and improve Google's Cloud Platform to make it even better for that purpose. In his spare time he manages to sneak in some game programming. Before Google, Martin worked at string of startups in Silicon Valley as a software engineer.

Kyle Paul - Google (North America Regional Lead)

Kyle works for Google in Mountain View, California. His job on the Developer Relations team is to support awesome developer communities, like the Google Developer Experts and Developer Student Clubs. In his spare time he enjoys building and hacking on the web, playing with his two cats, and photographing the outdoors.

Hosted By

Hannah Pratte, GDG Organizer

Brett Koonce, GDG Organizer

Miranda Reese, GDG Organizer

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THIS IS A FREE EVENT - PLEASE FINISH YOUR RSVP IN THE LINK BELOW

https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-columbia-mo-presents-devfest-midwest-2020/