GDG Melbourne - Build with AI Event March

Please RSVP via: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-melbourne-presents-gdg-melbourne-build-with-ai-event-march/ to access cloud credits on the day.

Join GDG Melbourne this month to Build with AI (#BuildwithAI)?

💻 What do you need to bring?
- Make sure to bring your laptop (better if fully charged) for hands-on training. Also, check the workshop descriptions and pre-requisites to stay ahead of the game!
Join us for an evening of not 1 but 2 hands-on workshops, delicious food and awesome networking, and some surprise swag you won’t want to miss. 🎉
Whether you're a seasoned developer, a cloud enthusiast, or just dipping your toes into the world of AI and tech, this is the place to be.
📍 Where?
Mantel Group Office, Level 2/452 Flinders St, Melbourne
Doors open at 5:45 PM—message us on Meetup or Slack if you're arriving after 6:00 PM, as the lifts won’t let you up**.**
🎤 Agenda:
6:15 PM - Welcome & Intros
6:30 PM - Cloud credits setup
6:45 PM - Workshop 1: I build with AI and you can too
7:00 PM - Break
7:15 PM - Workshop 2: Build It, Guard It, Ship It: Building Secure AI Apps with Model Armor
8:00 PM - Closing and Networking, chats, and optional drinks 🍻

💻 Workshop 1: I build with AI and you can too
A workshop about how you can be build better with AI. The workshop will explore concepts that make LLM and agents more useful by integrating with your projects as first party agents.
Pre-requisites:

• An idea you want to work on
• Antigravity or IntelliJ with Gemini Code Assist. Or Just Gemini CLI

💻 Workshop 2: Build It, Guard It, Ship It: Building Secure AI Apps with Model Armor
In this hands-on workshop, we'll build a real AI chat app and layer in enterprise-grade security using Google Cloud's Model Armor — before shipping it to production on Cloud Run. We'll explore real-world attack vectors like prompt injection and system prompt hijacking, see how modern LLMs handle them, and then add Model Armor as a dedicated security layer that screens every prompt and response — independent of the model. Finally, we'll containerise the whole thing and deploy it to Cloud Run. You'll walk away with a working, secured, production-ready AI app and a security pattern you can apply to any LLM project.

🎁 What’s in it for you?
⚡Workshop on AI from industry experts
🍕 Cloud-shaped snacks (okay, maybe not literally, but the food will be delicious!)
🤝 Networking that’s as smooth as a well-architected cloud solution
🎁 Surprise swag

💡 NOTES:
This is an in-person-only event, but if you have any accessibility requirements, reach out to us via Meetup or Slack, and we’ll do our best to accommodate you.
Doors open at 5:45 PM at our host, the Mantel Group, Level 2/452 Flinders S,t Melbourne. Message via Meetup or Slack if you are arriving after 6:00, as the lifts won't let you up.
Don’t miss this epic night of learning, networking, and fun! RSVP now and we’ll see you there! 👋
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