Build with Google: 2-Day AI & Multimodal Agent Workshops (Waterloo)

Get ready, Waterloo!

We have some incredibly exciting news to share with the local tech community. Google Cloud Labs is set to bring an exclusive two-day intensive AI workshop series right to our backyard.

Whether you are looking to move past the "playground" and into production, or you want to master the next frontier of multimodal agents, this is the event for you.

The Experience
Across two high-impact days, you’ll dive deep into hands-on sessions designed by Google engineers. You can choose to register for one or both days:Febuary

Day 1 (Febuary 26th): Production-Ready AI

Theme: The ‘Now’ – Solving for Scale Move beyond the "Proof-of-Concept Gap." Day 1 is dedicated to the difficult space between a successful demo and a live, reliable application.

Architecture for Scale: Design robust AI systems built for consistency and reliability.

Data-Driven Evaluation: Move past "vibe checks." Learn to implement programmatic assessments and tool-use metrics.

Security: A deep dive into enterprise-grade protection for AI workloads.

Day 2 (Febuary 27th): Building Multimodal Agents

Theme: The ‘Next’ – Capturing Innovation The era of the text-only chatbot is over. Day 2 explores how to build agents that see, hear, and respond in real-time.

Multimodal Mastery: Coordinate agents to analyze video/audio and maintain consistency across multi-turn image generation.

Intelligence Beyond RAG: Go past simple retrieval with hybrid search, context engineering, and multi-agent pipelines.

Real-Time Interaction: Build low-latency, interruptible agents using the Gemini Live API and bidirectional streaming.

Why Attend?

Hands-on Learning: This isn't just a lecture. Bring your laptop and build alongside the experts.

Direct Access: Each day concludes with a Networking Hour. This is your chance to chat 1:1 with Googlers and Google Developer Experts (GDEs) about your specific projects, career advice, or the latest in Cloud AI.

Community First: Connect with fellow Waterloo developers, founders, and engineers.

P.S. We are also planning a special follow up community event for that weekend (February 28th). Stay tuned, details will be provided soon!

Agenda

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Hosted By

Sanjay Sekar Samuel, GDG Organizer

Yash Hiren Dave, GDGoC Organizer

As a community organizer, student, and AI enthusiast, I'm an international student who moved from Qatar to Canada to study Data Science at Wilfrid Laurier University. My journey began as a participant in local events, which led me to found the Google Developer Student Club at Laurier. Today, I split my time between the City of Waterloo and the Laurier University chapters, organizing tech and community-focused events. I'm passionate about several areas, including system architecture, AI workflows, and contextual reasoning. I've also dipped my toes into the worlds of web3, project management, and even micro private equity, because who doesn't love a good side hustle? I'm committed to staying ahead of the curve in the fast-paced world of AI—not just to stay relevant but, let's be honest, to avoid being jobless after graduation.

Udesh Cooray,

Aabiyah Zehra, Organizer

Yasmin Bitar, Organizer

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-waterloo-presents-build-with-google-2-day-ai-amp-multimodal-agent-workshops-waterloo/.