Build with AI 4.0 2026 - GDG Brisbane

💫 Join us for Build with AI 4.0, an evening of practical AI engineering, hands-on learning, and community networking 💫
This event brings together AI practitioners, developers, and technology enthusiasts to explore how modern AI systems are built and deployed in the real world. 

Whether you're just getting started with AI agents or already building production AI applications, this event offers valuable technical insights, real-world experience, and opportunities to connect with Brisbane's growing AI community.

Get your spot before it's gone! 

Ticket link 🎟  https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/build-with-ai-40-2026-gdg-brisbane-tickets-1990675572224?aff=ebdssbdestsearch 

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM | Check-in, Networking & Free Food

Connect with fellow developers, AI enthusiasts, and industry professionals while enjoying complimentary food and drinks.

6:00 PM – 6:45 PM | I Won a Google Challenge, Then Found Everything Wrong With My Code

Tech talk by Matthew Keats (Founder of Keatsian AI, Google Cloud Agentic Challenge Winner 2026)

A candid engineering talk about building an award-winning Gemini-powered multi-agent system under extreme time constraints. Matthew shares the architectural mistakes, hidden technical debt, and practical lessons he discovered after the competition, covering model management, agent reliability, and building AI systems that survive beyond the demo. applications.

6:45 - 7:00 PM | Short Break

7:00 PM – 8:30 PM | Building and Deploying AI Agents with FastAPI & Google ADK

Hands-on workshop by Ashmi Banerjee (AI Researcher, Data Scientist & Google Developer Expert for AI)

Learn how to build production-ready AI agents using Google ADK, Python, and FastAPI. This hands-on workshop covers agent architecture, tool integration, asynchronous programming, and deployment patterns to help you move from experimentation to real-world AI applications.

8:40 PM – 9:00 PM | Networking & Closing

Wrap up the evening with networking, discussions, and opportunities to connect with speakers and fellow attendees.

Agenda

---

Speakers

Matthew Keats - Keatsian AI (Founder)

AI & AI Agent Workflows for Australian Businesses | Automation that ships in weeks | Google Cloud Agentic Challenge Winner 2026

Ashmi Banerjee - Technical University of Munich (Doctoral Researcher)

Applied AI Researcher & Data Scientist | Recommender Systems, Information Retrieval, LLMs & Agentic AI | Doctoral Candidate at TU Munich | Google Developer Expert (ML/AI) | 50+ talks across 15+ countries

Host

Subin Choo - ECKOO (Software Developer)

Software Developer | Microsoft Azure | ASP.NET | C# | Blazor | React | Azure SQL | GDG Brisbane Organizer

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-brisbane-presents-build-with-ai-40-2026-gdg-brisbane-1/.