WAT.DEV FEST

Happening on October 17th and 18th!
Here's where the future meets the present and theory transforms into practice. Whether you're a developer, creator, researcher, or simply curious about where artificial intelligence is taking us, this summit is designed to push boundaries and spark innovation.

Pssttt, people who register as members on our site waterloo.dev get some exciting discounts! 🎉

Day 0 [Workshops]
5:30-6:00 - Refresher

Workshops (6:00-7:30)

The Lab Shop: "Build Tomorrow's AI Teams Today: Master Multi-Agent Systems with LangGraph, EDA & Google Cloud"

The Creatives Lair: "Mind Hacking 101: Decode How AI Secretly Shapes Every Decision You Make (With Live Experiments!)"

The Studio Teller: "From Script to Screen in Hours: Create Hollywood-Quality Short Films Using Gemini, Veo3 & Lyra Magic"

The Gaming Studio: "Level Up Reality: Code the Next-Gen Web3 Games Where AI Becomes Your Ultimate Co-Player"

Day 1: Agenda
Main Stage Sessions (All Attendees Together) 9:00-9:30:

Registration: 9:30-10:30

Networking & Breakfast: 10:30-10:50

Introduction and welcome talk: 10:50-11:10

11:15-11:45: Keynote 1: "The Reasoning Revolution: Why 2025 is the Year AI Learns to Think"

11:45-12:30: Panel 1: "The Alignment Wars: Can We Trust AI to Reason Like Humans?"

12:30-1:30: Lunch

Parallel Track Sessions (1:30-3:30)

1:30-2:00

The Lab (Room 1): Talk - "LoRA vs QLoRA: Performance Benchmarks"

The Academy (Room 2): Talk - "Psychology of AI Decision-Making"

The Studio (Room 3): Talk - "RunwayML's Hollywood Revolution"

The Commons (Room 4): Talk - "AI Warfare Ethics: The $50B Dilemma"

2:00-2:30

The Lab (Room 1): Demo - "Live Model Fine-Tuning in 30 Minutes"

The Academy (Room 2): Talk - "International AI Law: Regulatory Storm"

The Studio (Room 3): Demo - "Music Video with Zero Human Artists"

The Commons (Room 4): Talk - "Data Ownership Wars"

2:30-3:00

The Lab (Room 1): Talk - "Multi-Modal Fusion: Vision Meets Language"

The Academy (Room 2): Talk - "Behavioral Economics Meets AI"

The Studio (Room 3): Talk - "Figma AI: Democratizing Design?"

The Commons (Room 4): Talk - "Healthcare AI: Life-or-Death Decisions"

3:00-3:30

The Lab (Room 1): Demo - "Vibe Coding Agentic Web Apps"

The Academy (Room 2): Talk - "AI & Mental Health: Dependency Risks"

The Studio (Room 3): Demo - "LumaAI: Concept to 3D in Minutes"

The Commons (Room 4): Talk - "Predictive Policing Under Fire"

Main stage continues:

3:30-4:15: Keynote 2: "The $100 Billion Question: Who Pays When AI Makes Mistakes?"

4:15-4:45: Talk (Main Stage): "The $2 Trillion AI Economy: How Google Cloud is Reshaping Global Finance"

4:45-5:00: Networking Snacks & Break

5:00-5:45: Panel 2: "After the AI Revolution: What Do 8 Billion Unemployed Humans Do?"

5:45-6:00: Closing Remarks

6:00: After Party (TBD)

Agenda

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Hosts

Sanjay Sekar Samuel - GreenSheart (AI Software Engineer)

Yash Hiren Dave

As a community organizer, student, and AI enthusiast, Yash is an international student who moved from Qatar to Canada to study Data Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. He started as a participant in community events before founding the Google Developer Student Club at Laurier. Now, he organizes tech and community-focused events with both the City of Waterloo chapter and the Laurier Universi…

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