DevFest Riyadh 2025

DevFest 2025 is an in-person developer festival focused on the intersection of AI , Cloud and Mobile technologies. This year’s event will bring together developers and tech professionals to learn, connect, and collaborate on real-world projects powered by Google Cloud and the latest advancements in artificial intelligence.

Throughout this experience, participants will engage in interactive sessions and networking opportunities covering:

Modern AI and Cloud integration strategies

Hands-on development with Google Cloud, Firebase and Mobile development

Collaborative project-building and open discussions with peers

Join us in The Garage on December 6, 2025, for a day full of insights, innovation, and collaboration. Whether you’re exploring AI in the cloud for the first time or looking to exchange advanced ideas with fellow developers, DevFest Riyadh 2025 is where the community comes together to shape the future of tech.

📍 Venue: The Garage, Riyadh
📅 Date: December 6, 2025 (Saturday)

Agenda (More to Come!)
☕ Check-in & Coffee
11:30 AM – 2:00 PM
Arrive early, grab coffee, and enjoy some snacks before we kick off. Meet fellow developers and get your swags!

🎤 Keynotes
Opening Remarks
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM

From Facade to Federation: Redefining Modern API Management
Speaker: Ahmad Alsharif2:15 PM – 2:50 PM | English
This session charts a journey from the classic Facade design pattern—the foundation of API Gateways—to modern API Federation using Google Apigee. Learn how organizations can govern APIs at scale across distributed teams and multi-cloud environments while reducing complexity and increasing agility.

The GitOps Maturity Model for Enterprise Applications
Speaker: Majd Jamaah2:50 PM – 3:25 PM
Dive into the evolution of GitOps beyond CI/CD. This session explores GitOps principles, real-world enterprise adoption patterns, and a comparison of tools like ArgoCD, Flux, and GitHub Actions—highlighting how declarative workflows enable reliable, scalable application and infrastructure management.

Dynamic Environments
Speaker: Bjorn Ali Goransson3:25 PM – 4:00 PM
Learn how to enable scalable, conflict-free development for large teams using dynamic environments, Kubernetes namespaces, and effective lifecycle policies. Ideal for developers and engineering leaders who want to increase delivery speed without sacrificing stability.

🤝 Networking Zone
4:00 PM – 5:10 PM
Connect with developers, speakers, community organizers, and hiring teams.

Main Stage — Evening Sessions
Data-Driven Innovation: Harnessing AI for Insightful Decisions
Speaker: Mohammed Buallay5:10 PM – 5:45 PM
Explore how organizations can leverage AI to transform raw data into strategic insights, enhance decision-making, and drive innovation in fast-paced, data-rich environments.

Quality Engineering at High Velocity: Maintaining Reliability in Rapid Release Cycles
Speaker: Alena Nikitina5:45 PM – 6:20 PM | English
In modern development cycles, teams ship faster than ever—creating pressure on QA and reliability practices. This talk presents practical strategies for effective testing, automation prioritization, resilient environments, and maintaining product quality amid rapid change. Includes real examples from Tabby’s engineering workflow.

🛠 Workshops (Run Alongside Main Stage Talks)
Workshop Room 1
Build a Multimodal AI Caption Generator in Flutter with Gemini
Speaker: Tarek Alabd12:15 PM – 6:30 PM  |  4h 15m | Arabic(Prerequisites: prior Flutter knowledge)
Go beyond simple apps! In this hands-on workshop, you’ll build a production-level Flutter application integrated with Gemini to create an intelligent image caption generator. Learn multimodal prompts, state management, async workflows, and AI integration patterns that prepare you for the future of mobile app development.

Workshop Room 2
Build Your Own AI Chatbot Using Firebase Realtime Database
Speaker: Hadi Alsinan & Salah Alboijan2:15 PM – 6:30 PM | 4h 15m | Arabic
A practical workshop where you’ll design and deploy an AI-powered chatbot using Firebase Realtime Database. Learn how to structure data, manage synchronization, integrate intelligent responses, and build scalable chat functionality that can support real-world applications.

🤝 Networking Zone — Closing Session
6:10 PM – 7:30 PM
End the day by connecting with speakers, companies, developers, and community leads. Perfect for collaboration, mentorship, and new opportunities.

Agenda

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Speakers

Hadi Alsinan - IBM (Application Developer)

Tarek Alabd

Ahmad Alsharif - DataKite (Google Cloud Authorized Trainer, Cloud Delivery Manager)

Ahmad Alsharif is a Cloud Delivery Manager at DataKite and a Google Cloud Authorized Trainer. He specializes in Cloud Migrations, Kubernetes, and Serverless, driving the implementation and management of cloud environments for complex, highly regulated financial workloads. Ahmad advocates efficiency and the adoption of Google's Site Reliability culture. He also leads the Google Developer Group …

Salah Alboijan - netzero (Lead Software Engineer)

Salah Alboijan is a CTO experienced in building engineering teams, driving product development, and scaling products across various sectors.

Majd Jamaah - Beyond Limits (Google Developer Expert for Cloud, DevOps Manager)

Majd is an experienced technologist focusing on Application Modernization with Cloud Computing. He is the DevOps Manager at Beyond Limits and a Google Developer Expert for Cloud.
Majd extends his expertise beyond the workplace, playing a pivotal role as a Program Mentor at Google for Startups Accelerator. By mentoring emerging startups and sharing insights gained through their journey, h…

Mohammed Buallay - Tamkeen (Google Developer Expert for AI, Lead Data Architect)

Bjorn Goransson - Oivan (Solution Architect)

Bjorn Ali is a Swedish IT consultant with 18 years of experience

Alena Nikitina - Tabby (QA Automation Lead)

I've been breaking (and fixing) software for nearly 15 years, trying on different titles along the way - manual/auto/full stack QA, QA Analyst, SDET. Somewhere along the line, quality became less of a job and more of an identity. Three years ago, I joined Tabby to help with emerging automation and ended up supervising the entire QA platform.

Hosted By

Mais Alheraki, Lead

Afnan Hamid, Lead

Project Management Specialist | PMP | PBA | GCDCSaudi Leader | Ambassador in WTM

Nawal Alhamwi, Jeddah Lead

Hadi Alsinan, Lead

Ahmad Alrajeh, Lead

Bashayer alrumahi, Lead

Ashwaq Alawoor, Western Lead

Hadi Al-Marzooq, Organizer

driven by purpose

Farah Al Safwan, Organizer

Ahmad Al Nasser, Organizer

Yasser Al Zahrani, Public Relations

Ahmed Alkhaldi, Event Marketing Co-lead

I'm Ahmed Al-Khaldi, a computer science student at Jazan University with focused expertise in cybersecurity and artificial intelligence.

• Technical training from KAUST and T2 in AI/security integration
• Hands-on experience developing secure clustering models and IoT authentication systems
• Leadership as founder of CyberGuard community and head of technical committees
• Experience presenting tech workshops at major Saudi universities

Khaled Alaodi, Marketing and Designing Lead

Lama Khalid **, Designing Co-Lead

Ibrahim M. Alnabhan, Speaker Coordination

Abdullah M. Alrefai, Speaker Coordination Lead

Sultan Alotaibi **, Lead Volunteers Organization

Safia Nizam,

Western Leader

Turki Faisal, Application Developer

Danah Aljowaiser,

CCSIT student at Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University , Passionate about AI

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-cloud-saudi-presents-devfest-riyadh-2025/.