About us
### 🚀 GDG Lisbon – Technology with Purpose, Community with Impact
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Google Developer Group Lisbon (GDG Lisbon) is more than just a group of developers.
- We are an open community where innovation meets collaboration.
- We’re a vibrant network of people passionate about technology, software development, and impactful innovation. As part of a global network of over 600 chapters, GDG Lisbon is one of five active GDGs in Portugal.
Our mission is to create open, inclusive, and collaborative spaces where developers, designers, students, researchers, product professionals, and tech enthusiasts can:
Since 2010, we’ve been the go-to place for those who want to learn, share, and build technology with purpose. We host free events such as tech talks, hands-on workshops, collaborative meetups, and thematic conferences. We believe in the power of shared knowledge and collective growth.
🌍 We’re part of a global movement present in over 100 countries — grounded in Lisbon, with our heart in the local community.
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### What can you expect?
🚀 Learn about emerging technologies, especially from the Google ecosystem (Android, Firebase, Flutter, TensorFlow, Google Cloud, AI, etc.)
🤝 Connect with the local tech community in Lisbon and across Portugal
🎤 Share knowledge through talks, workshops, panels, and hands-on events
🌱 Promote diversity and inclusion in tech through events like Women Techmakers, Build with AI, DevFest, and more
👩💻 Explore current topics like Artificial Intelligence, DevOps, neurodiversity in tech, accessibility, inclusive design, cybersecurity, and sustainable development
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### 🤲 Who should join?
This group is open to anyone interested in learning, sharing, and growing through community. - Whether - you’re a student, developer, tech professional, educator, community builder, or simply curious about technology—this space is for you.
You don’t need to be an expert. What matters is your openness, your willingness to participate, and your passion for learning with others.
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### ✅ What GDG is:
- A community led by passionate volunteers
- A space to share ideas and technical experiences
- Free and open to all, where anyone can propose or co-organize events
- A collaborative environment that values cooperation over competition
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### ❌ What GDG is not:
- Not run by a corporation
- Not a place for sales pitches or commercial promotions
- Not a closed or exclusive group
- Not focused on consumer or end-user content
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### ✨ What to expect:
- Events on Google Cloud, Firebase, Android, AI, Flutter, and more
- Initiatives like DevFest, Women Techmakers, and Build with AI
- Activities that highlight diversity, accessibility, neurodiversity, and tech ethics
- A strong local and international network of people passionate about innovation
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### 🧭 Our commitment
- We don’t sell products. We don’t advertise. We don’t close our doors.
- We are a community led by volunteers, focused on technical content, continuous learning, and real connections between people who want to make a difference through technology.
Ready to join us?
Upcoming events
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GDG Lisbon Meetup - AI on Android: From Prototype to Production
Critical Software, R. Dr. Eduardo Neves 9, 1050-077 Lisboa, Lisboa, PTEveryone is demoing AI on mobile, but getting LLMs into production, whether at scale in fintech or entirely offline on-device comes with challenges the official docs rarely mention.
Join us on August 27th at Critical Software for an evening focused on practical engineering, real benchmarks, architectural tradeoffs, and networking with fellow developers.
## 🗓️ Agenda
- 18:30 – 19:00 | Welcome & Networking
- 19:00 – 19:45 | Talk 1: Bringing LLMs into Production Android Apps (Andrii Veremiienko) + Q&A
- 19:45 – 19:55 | Short Break
- 19:55 – 20:35 | Talk 2: Constraints of On-Device AI (Dmytro Samoilov) + Q&A
- 20:35 – 21:00 | Pizzas, beer and Networking!
## 🎙️ Talks & Speakers
### 1. Bringing LLMs into Production Android Apps: What Actually Ships
Speaker: Andrii Veremiienko
Everyone's demoing AI on Android, but getting an LLM into a real, shipping app is a different story. Andrii will walk through the practical side—on-device vs. cloud tradeoffs, how to architect AI features so they stay fast, private, and maintainable, and where things tend to break in production.
Expect concrete examples from building AI features inside a large fintech app and from shipping his own AI-powered Android apps solo, with takeaways you can use the next day.> About Andrii:
> Android engineer at Revolut, working on UI and architecture for the Credit Cards vertical and integrating AI features as the product scales internationally. He writes for ProAndroidDev and ITnext, mentors at Women in Big Data and Women Coding Community, and builds his own AI-powered Android apps on the side.### 2. Constraints of On-Device AI — What I Hit Shipping a 100% Local Note-Taking App
Speaker: Dmytro Samoilov
A couple of weeks ago, Dmytro shipped Offhand—an Android app that records voice memos and turns them into structured notes. Whisper does the speech, Gemma does the structure, and nothing leaves the phone. No cloud, no API key, no subscription.
Getting there meant hitting every constraint the docs don't mention: GPU quirks, thermal throttling that makes iteration five 47% slower than iteration one, a 70-second freeze just to load a model on Pixel 8, and finding a 375 MB model that beat one 7× its size.
Dmytro will share real performance metrics measured across three devices (a flagship, a Tensor Pixel, and a 2020 mid-ranger) and explain why the fight is worth it: on-device inference costs $0 per request, completely changing what you can afford to ship.## 📍 Location & Logistics
- Venue: Critical Software Offices
- Map Link: Google Maps Location
- Date: August 27
- Time: 18:30 – 21:00
> ⚠️ Note: Spaces are limited. Please keep your RSVP updated so we can accommodate everyone on the waitlist.
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