GDG Sydney Meetup June 2026

GDG Cloud Sydney is back for a meetup this June! 

Join us for an evening of exciting technical talks, community connections, and knowledge sharing.

Come Hire!
The meetup allocates 10 minutes to people seeking technical jobs or with open roles at their company. If you’re hiring or job hunting, this is your chance to connect with the community.

👉 This meetup is in-person only. There are no plans to stream the event.

Partners
This meetup is organised in partnership with Mantel Group. They harness technologies that transform business operations in the real world. With capabilities spanning Cloud, Data, Digital and Security, they merge emerging technologies with innovative design and industry expertise to enhance your business. With deep technical specialisation and as a leading Amazon, Google and Microsoft cloud partner, the depth and breadth their solutions offer is unparalleled. Mantel Group is your partner for end-to-end digital transformation.

Ranked in Australia's top 10 Best Workplaces by Great Place To Work Australia for four years in a row, Mantel Group is people-focused and upholds strong values. Their culture champions trust, empowerment, and diversity with a lean structure emphasizing collaboration, direct communication, and equity.

Dented Code teaches coding skills that you need to become a full-stack developer and help you advance your career, pursue your dream job, or enjoy the freedom of life as a freelancer. – Learn more on their website.

We will also give out two 1-year subscriptions from JetBrains to any of JetBrains' IDEs in a raffle. Winners can choose from tools like IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, PyCharm, WebStorm, Rider, and more.

Talks
The Self-Curation Engine - Anupam Phogat
Data arrives from disparate sources with inconsistent schemas to our warehouse. To solve this, we present a serverless Cloud Run agent that uses the Gemini API to automate schema mapping. Triggered by new data, the agent compares raw schemas to a BigQuery target and dynamically generates the required SQL or Dataform transformations. This talk highlights how AI automates the most manual parts of data engineering: schema maintenance and logic generation.

About the Speaker - Anupam Phogat
Anupam Phoghat is a Google Developer Expert, Google Ambassador for AI/ML, and Founding Director of Core-X Consulting — a Google Cloud Partner in Australia. With deep expertise in GCP, platform engineering, and AI-driven transformation, he's also an international speaker, author, and course creator known for simplifying complex ideas through storytelling and delivering real-world impact.

An Introduction to Android XR - Gabriel Bernardo Pereira

About the Speaker - Gabriel Bernardo Pereira
Gabriel Bernardo Pereira is a Lead Software Engineer and AI Engineer with 20+ years of experience in Android and mobile technologies, having worked with companies like Optus and Medibank. As the founder of Mob Studio and current engineer at Dronnr App, he brings real-world expertise building AI-powered mobile solutions - and a genuine passion for sharing knowledge with the developer community.

Event Schedule

5:30pm - Event doors open

5:45pm - Introduction and hiring connect (5 mins for each group, every participant gets up to 1 min)

6:00pm - Talk 1: The Self-Curation Enginer — Anupam Phogat

6:45pm - Talk 2: An Introduction to Android XR — Gabriel Bernardo Pereira

7:15pm - Raffle for 2 JetBrains IDE licenses and 2 programmable tickets

7:45pm - Event end

Agenda

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Speakers

Gabriel Bernardo Pereira

Anupam Phoghat - Core-X (Founder)

I am a seasoned IT professional with years of experience in the field. I have extensive experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and currently hold many professional level Google Cloud and other industry certifications. I am also certified in Kubernetes, and have a deep understanding of the core concepts of Kubernetes.
I am passionate about sharing my knowledge with others by activel…

Hosts

Kunal Ostwal - GDG Sydney (Organiser)

Gary Lou - GDSC USYD (AI/ML Technical Lead)

Bachelor of Science (Data Science) and Bachelor of Laws at The University of Sydney.

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