Build with AI - Perth 2026

Join Google Developer Groups Perth for an exciting Build with AI 2026 event where developers, architects, and tech enthusiasts come together to explore how to build real-world applications using modern AI tools, models, and platforms.

Whether you're just getting started or already building with AI, this event will give you practical insights, live demos, and hands-on experience — plus a chance to connect with Perth’s growing AI community.
🎤 Speakers & Sessions

👩‍💻 Katie Barnett
Session: What’s New in Android

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.

👨‍💻 Lovee Jain
Workshop: Postcards from the Cloud: Chaining MCP Servers with Gemini ADK

Let’s build something nostalgic — powered by modern AI.

In this hands-on workshop, you’ll create a cloud-deployed AI agent that:

🌤️ Fetches live weather from coordinates

✍️ Transforms it into a poetic summary

🖼️ Generates a postcard image

📧 Chains multiple MCP tools to deliver the final postcard via email

What You’ll Learn:

Designing composable AI systems using MCP and Gemini ADK

Building and deploying custom MCP servers

Connecting to external tools like Google Maps

Using generative media tools (e.g., Imagen)

Storing outputs in Cloud Storage

Deploying production-ready agents on Cloud Run

We’ll start simple and progressively add advanced features like image generation and email delivery, so you can follow along at your own pace.

By the end, you’ll not only build a working AI postcard agent but also understand how to scale it into a reusable backend service.

💡 Why Attend?

Learn how to build real-world AI applications

See live demos and practical implementations

Get hands-on experience with modern AI tools

Network with developers and AI enthusiasts in Perth

🤝 Who Should Attend?

Developers & Software Engineers

Cloud & Solution Architects

Students & AI Enthusiasts

Anyone curious about building with AI

📍 Stay Tuned
More details on venue, schedule, and registration coming soon!

Agenda

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Speakers

Katie Barnett - Google Developer Expert for Android (Android Evangelist, 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…

Lovee Jain - Senior Software Engineer @ Prezzee (Google Developer Expert - Cloud, WTM Ambassador & Organizer & GDG Melbourne)

Lovee is a Senior Software Engineer at Prezzee, an AWS Community Builder, a Google Developer Expert in GCP, GDG Melbourne Organiser, Women Techmakers Ambassador and an international speaker. A tech inquisitive philomath, she loves problem solving and solution design. She has worked at a city council where she developed a lot of useful system integrations and while at Prezzee she develops and w…

Host

Nasla Joshi

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