Building the Future with RAG Using Gemma4 and MongoDB Atlas

Ready to build your own local RAG setup? 💻🤖

Join us for an exciting hands-on workshop where you’ll learn how to build a full local RAG using Gemma 2, Voyage 3, and Local Atlas.

We’re thrilled to have an expert from MongoDB guiding this practical session. You’ll get the chance to build, experiment, and learn more about some of today’s exciting AI technologies.

This will be followed by Katie Barnett, GDE Android, WTM Ambassador, and Engineering Manager at Bilue, presenting on "AI, Meet App: Teaching Android Apps to Talk to Gemini via App Functions."

Have you wished your Android app could just understand what your users actually want? Enter App Functions. In this session, we’ll explore how to bridge the gap between Android apps and Gemini. You’ll learn the core concepts of App Functions, see how they expose app capabilities to Google’s GenAI ecosystem, and discover how to get Gemini to trigger specific actions within your app seamlessly.

🎙️ Learn from a MongoDB expert
🛠️ Take part in a hands-on technical workshop
🤝 Meet developers and people with similar interests
🌐 Build your network and make new professional connections
💡 Explore local AI and RAG in practice

💻 What you’ll need
• A Google account
• Basic coding experience
• Your laptop

Technical Setup Instructions
To ensure you have a smooth and productive experience, we kindly ask you to complete the technical setup on your laptops before the workshop sessions. This preparation will help us maximize our time together and fully engage in the material.

Prerequisites part 1: Please follow the instructions available here.Prerequisites part 2: Please follow the instructions available here 

Each step is crucial for your participation, so please take the time to comply with these prerequisites.

🍽️ 🎁 Food, refreshments & swag.
Complimentary food and refreshments will be available, along with a (limited) selection of Google merch.

🚗 Parking
Parking is available. https://maps.app.goo.gl/xo45wonfkGYuWn8J8.

🎟️ Spaces are limited, so RSVP now to secure your spot.

Come along to learn, build, connect and meet others who are just as interested in where AI is heading. 🚀

Agenda

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Speakers

Faiz Rehman - MongoDB (Senior Solutions Architect)

Faiz is a seasoned technology leader with a background spanning enterprise architecture, pre-sales, and large-scale digital transformation across public and private sectors. He has led cross-functional teams and delivered complex cloud and data platform solutions for organisations including MongoDB, Microsoft, and DXC, working closely with executive stakeholders to modernise legacy systems and…

Katie Barnett - Google Developer Expert for Android (Engineering Manager, Bilue)

Katie is passionate about all things Android. She has taken on a wide variety of challenging projects including in the live event, media and travel space. Her favourite thing is to see someone having a delightful experience using something she has worked on. Katie is very active in the development community, she is one of the organisers of GDG Melbourne and is a Women Techmakers Ambassador. Sh…

Host

Riju Shrestha

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Partner

MangoDB (https://www.mongodb.com)

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Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-canberra-presents-building-the-future-with-rag-using-gemma4-and-mongodb-atlas/.