DevFest Edmonton 2023!

DevFests are local tech conferences hosted by Google Developer Groups (GDG) around the world 🌎. Each DevFest event is crafted by its local organizers to fit the needs and interests of its local developer community. Whether it be through hands-on learning experiences, technical talks delivered in local languages by experts, or by simply meeting fellow local developers, DevFest attendees learn how to build together and innovate on Google's developer tools.

What to expect at Devfest Edmonton 2023?
Technical content

This year we are featuring two tracks :

AI/ML  🤖
Web Dev & Cloud 🧑‍💻

There is a talk for every interest !!! 

Talks

Talks and insights on the latest developments in AI/ML, Web Dev, Cloud applied with Google Technologies and Career Advancenment. Stay tuned for upcoming Speaker Announcements!! 

Networking

Meet and connect with other developers in the local industry and with the younger Google Developers Students Club.

How to get to Devfest 🧍
🚌 Public Transit

The most convenient ETS to take is the LRT and hop off in University Station. Then you take the ladder that will take you to the HUB Mall. Once you get to the Hub Mall, walk all way north the mall until you can exit at Door 9200 or the pedway to Business & Marshall Tory Building and Cross the Chancellor’s Walk to the Alberta School of Business Building. You should be able to find volunteers to guide you to the check-in station and help you to checking in to the event.

🚘 Driving

The Address is 11211 Saskatchewan Dr NW, Edmonton, AB T6G 2M9

Parking

The nearest Parking lots to the Alberta School of Business or the Tory Marshall Building are

Lot N

From Lot N you can walk to Hub Mall HUB Mall. Once you get to the Hub Mall, walk all way north the mall until you can exit at Door 9200 or the pedway to Business & Marshall Tory Building and Cross the Chancellor’s Walk to the Alberta School of Business Building. You should be able to find volunteers to guide you to the check-in station and help you to checking in to the event.

Lot E

From Lot E you need to walk towards South East. The Alberta School of Business Building or Henry Marshall Tory Building is East from the Paleontology Museum. You should be able to find volunteers to guide you to the check-in station and help you to checking in to the event.

Agenda

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Speakers

Katrina Ingram - Ethically Aligned AI (Ethics AI)

Katrina Ingram is the Founder and CEO of Ethically Aligned AI, a company focused on helping organizations to drive better outcomes in the design, development and deployment of AI systems. A seasoned executive, Katrina has over two decades of experience running both not for profit and corporate organizations in the technology and media sectors as well as experience in the p…

Elyes Manai - Université Laval (Google Developer Expert - Machine Learning)

Elyes is an artificial Intelligence Researcher specializing in NLP, Robustness and Explainability. He also likes solving real world problems like workload optimization, data quality and Model performance with small data. An educator at heart, he taught over 3000 persons (students, teachers, government officials) in fields like Machine learning, Software Engineering and Personal Development. El…

Mykola Holovetskyi - MovEd (CEO)

Mykola is CEO & Founder of MovEd, MovEd is a tech start-up, strategically positioned to digitally improve the world. He is currently developing an intuitive mobile application for public transportation that presents a hassle-free, efficient digital alternative to traditional payment methods. His background is in Computer Science with a specialization in Artificial Intelligence and I have o…

Devipriya Raju - Vector Institute AI Scholarship Recipient (ML Researcher with a focus in Medical Imaging(CV) and NLP)

Devipriya Raju is a first-year graduate student at the University of Alberta, holding a master's degree in data science from the University of Wisconsin. Her research focuses primarily on Deep Learning in the domain of Medical Imaging. She is proficient in Tensorflow, Pytorch, Scikit-Learn, Scipy, and OpenCV. With three years of industry experience in Python and …

Nate Glubish - Government of Alberta (Minister of Technology and Innovation)

Minister of Technology and Innovation - Government of Alberta
Prior to his political career, Nate Glubish dedicated his professional life to building and investing in Alberta technology companies. He spent most of his 15-year career before politics as a venture capital investor, most recently with Vancouver-based Yaletown Partners, where he oversaw investments into Alberta-based technolo…

Mike Hoff - BlackBerry (Disaster Recovery / Datacenter Manager)

Mike has been in IT for over 30 years - yes, he's older than he looks! - including roles as Programmer, DBA, Sys Admin, BA, PMP, and various leadership positions. He's experienced the highs and lows of IT in retail, healthcare, government, consulting, a dot com, and a brief stint as IT Manager at Winsport Canada. Mike does occasional public speaking engagements on Job Hunting and Risk Managemen…

Jerry Okafor - BPB

erry Okafor is a seasoned Senior Android Engineer with 7+ years of experience in iOS and Android application development. Within the past 7 years, Jerry has developed solutions across iOS, Android and Web using the following programming languages Java, Kotlin, Swift, Javascript, PHP and Python etc. He's known for his expertise and interest in app architecture, performance optimization, CI/CD a…

Ajiboye Temitope - Jesta I.S. (Senior Flutter Developer)

Temitope is someone who loves Flutter and believes it is the Future of cross-platform development. He loves Open Source and the community, currently in love with Dart/Flutter. He's the founder of Code Clan Nigeria.

Hosted By

Xinli Cai, GDG Organizer

I am a Geospatial Cloud Developer at the Federal Geospatial Platform, Canadian Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation. I work with Earth Observation datasets and have a data science background.

Rohan Saha, Event & Technical

Hasan Badran, Event & Technical

I Love learning and solving problems. I am here to meet new people and expand my knowledge in software development and machine learning. My expertise lies in full stack web development and NLP.

Vannia Hnatiuk, GDG Organizer

Shaimaa Abbas, GDG Co-organizer

I love learning technologies, always thirsty for more knowledge, I am not top expert in any technology , but what I am sure of that I can work with any technology after first deep dive into it. Love attending tech events and socialize with tech communities all over the world, those people always inspire me to never give up in learning new things despite how hard it seems.

I am Experienced Frontend Developer with a demonstrated history of working with web/mobile and cloud technologies. High Skilled in System Analysis and Design which will be my career shift one day, I love UI/UX people who make the life easier for us - I was one of them - and I never get too mad from the QA people I enjoy watch them catching the bugs.

Aware of end-to-end iterative model of software life cycle and Software development process, preparing to be certified ITIL® 4 and Associate Cloud certificates, Enjoy working in Agile teams and Scrum methodology.

Devipriya Raju, Co-organiser

Ndidi Obinwanne, Volunteer

I have a strong background in information technology management, and 7+ years of experience implementing marketing strategies for local and international companies in West and East Africa.

My career comes full circle with a journey into research, data science, data engineering, building data models, and applying machine learning methods toward accurate predictions and timely business decision-making. With my experience in marketing and my venture into the field of Artificial Intelligence, I aim to take an idea from concept to completion; improving utility and impact, enabling accessibility, and enhancing algorithms.

Tales Henrique Carvalho, Technical

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