Google I/O Extended - Cluj-Napoca 2025

Get ready for Google I/O Extended with GDG Cluj-Napoca! We're bringing you the most exciting updates and announcements from Google I/O 2025. While our speakers will be joining us remotely to share their insights online, you can expect short, impactful presentations to keep you fully updated on Google's innovations. Plus, we'll be serving up pizza and handing out cool swags at the end of the event!

Agenda

10:00 AM: The Data Science Industry Roadmap: Essential Steps and Insights - Roushanak Rahmat

Embarking on a career as a data scientist is an exciting journey filled with opportunities to solve complex problems and drive impactful decisions. This talk provides a practical roadmap for navigating the data science industry. We will explore essential steps for aspiring and current data scientists, from continuous skill development and portfolio building to effective collaboration and communication with stakeholders. Discover what it truly takes to thrive in this dynamic field and make a significant contribution.

10:30 AM: Build products and services powered by Vertex AI and Gemini - Gabriel Preda

Leverage the power of multimodal capabilities of Gemini models to build AI innovative products and services.

The presentation will start by reviewing the technologies provided by Google to empower you to create great applications using AI.

Will follow with a demo (with one or more products prototypes) that will highlight the features of the latest Gemini (and Gemma) models available from Google.

11:00 AM: What happens when Flutter meets Cloud Firestore? - Alex Mamo

This presentation is designed for developers who want to understand the relationship between two widely used technologies, Flutter and Cloud Firestore. We will get to know both technologies and see how the benefits of working together. We'll see some numbers and the impact on the community of developers worldwide.

11:30 AM: Unveiling the Evolution of Cybersecurity: a look at Google's Security throughout History, from Securing the Cloud to Securing AI - Florian Blaga

This presentation addresses the escalating challenges in modern cybersecurity, where traditional Security Operations (SecOps) are overwhelmed by increasing threat actor activity , rising complexity , and the weaponization of generative AI by cybercriminals. It details Google's vision for transforming security from a reactive, alert-driven model to a proactive, threat-centric cyber defense posture leading to AI security, addressing both runtime protection for generative AI applications and the integrity of the underlying AI/ML supply chain. A comparison of historical application security failures and modern AI vulnerabilities. It introduces Google's Model Armor solution and the unique security challenges of the AI software supply chain. Ultimately, the presentation advocates for a holistic security strategy that combines robust runtime defenses with a secure supply chain to enable confident and responsible AI adoption.

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Speakers

Dr Roushanak Rahmat - IBM (Google Developer Expert, Lead Data Science Consultant - AI, Automation and Analytics)

Dr Roushanak Rahmat is a Google Developer Expert and seasoned AI Strategy Leader with a PhD in Artificial Intelligence, specializing in computer vision and image processing. With over a decade of hands-on experience in designing, delivering, and scaling AI and Generative AI (GenAI) solutions, she has partnered with leading organizations including IBM, the NHS, Elekta, Coca-Cola, Lloyds, an…

Gabriel Preda - Endava (GDE | Principal Data Scientist)

Gabriel is a Romanian engineer living in Bucharest. He has +25 years of experience in the tech industry and has a PhD in Computational Electromagnetics. He is a Principal Data Scientist at Endava, working for a range of industries, from banking and insurance to telecom, logistics and healthcare.
In his free time, Gabriel contribute to Kaggle (he is a triple Kaggle Grandmaster), a Google …

Alex Mamo - Firebase Consultant (Google Developer Expert for Firebase ▪️ Software Engineer)

Are you tired of working at a boring job, where you never learn something new?
Do you think that your actual job has no future?Would you like to have more freedom?These are just a few questions that come to mind right now. Are you willing to try something new?I'm Alex Mamo, I can teach you how to make a safe career change. What kind of result will you get, if you'll …

Florian Blaga - Qodea (Senior Security Consultant)

With a passion for technology stretching back to adolescence and 20 years in IT, Florian is a seasoned IT professional and a foundational figure in the Iași tech scene. As a co-founder of GDG Cloud Iași, he has been a driving force in building a vibrant developer community, culminating in landmark events like the local Google DevFest and hosting and attending numerous other Google events . His…

Hosted By

Octavian Hasna, Community Lead

Mara Ielciu,

Jaclina-Iana Bulat, Data Engineer WS

Data, science and people driven. Curious about different topics, approaches and perspectives.

Mircea Maierean,

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Partner

Faculty of Business, Babeş-Bolyai University (https://tbs.ubbcluj.ro/)

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