GDG Sydney Meetup: August 2026

GDG Sydney is back for a meetup this August! 

Join us for an evening of exciting technical talks, community connections, and knowledge sharing.

Come Hire!
The meetup allocates 10 minutes to people seeking technical jobs or with open roles at their company. If you’re hiring or job hunting, this is your chance to connect with the community.

👉 This meetup is in-person only. There are no plans to stream the event.

Talks
Talk 1: What's New in Android 2026
Stay up to date with the latest innovations in Android. Katie will walk you through new features, updates, and what developers should be excited about in the evolving Android ecosystem.

About the speaker
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.

She frequently runs events, speaks on technical and non-technical topics and enjoys writing blog posts to share her experience with others. Katie is based in Melbourne, Australia and outside of tech she enjoys board gaming and attempting to finish many craft projects.

Event Schedule

5:30pm - Event doors open

5:45pm - Introduction and hiring connect (5 mins for each group, every participant gets up to 1 min)

6:00pm - Talk 1: What's New in Android 2026 — Katie Barnett

6:30pm - Food break

7:00pm - Talk 2: TBA

7:30pm - Raffle for 2 JetBrains IDE licenses and 2 programmable tickets

7:45pm - Event end

Agenda

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Speaker

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

Russal Arya - GDG Sydney (Organiser)

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