DevFest NYC 2024: Responsible AI for the Future of Tech

Join us for DevFest NYC 2024 at Google, the tech event of the year where innovation meets responsibility!

This year, we're diving deep into the world of Responsible AI, exploring how we can build a future where technology empowers and benefits everyone.

Here's what awaits you:

Inspiring Keynotes, Workshops, Talks and Panels: Hear from 36 speakers on the latest tech trends
Connect with Googlers: Meet 50 Googlers and learn about their work
Explore Google Tech: Check out booths by Google Chrome, Google Maps Platform, Project IDX, Checks, JP Morgan, FlutterFlow and Kantar
Fun Activities: Enjoy Zumba and a social hour!

Important: Please check that you’re on the confirmed guest list.
All guests are required to present a government-issued ID that matches their registered full name to enter Google Pier 57.

Please note the venue has a maximum capacity of 500 people.

DevFest NYC 2024 Agenda
Legend: 💡 Keynote 🗣️ Talk 🛠️ Workshop ⚡ Lightning Talk 👥 Panel

9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Doors Open & Registration

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to DevFest NYC 2024! 🎉 (Horizon Hall + Streaming)

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM Keynotes💡

Horizon Hall: Peta-Gay Clarke (Google) - Responsible AI

Palisades: Diana Agu (Curain HealthCare Services) - AI-Powered Transformation in Healthcare

Upper Bay: Saej Chung (Google), Wendy Durica (Kantar) - Accessible AI

10:50 AM - 11:00 AM 10 Minute Break

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Horizon Hall: Seba Gnagnarella (Google) - Building Applications with Responsible AI: A Google-Powered approach 🗣️ (AI)

Palisades: Leigha Reid (FlutterFlow) - The Future of visual development with FlutterFlow 🗣️ (WEB)

Upper Bay: Sergey Chernyshev (Google Developer Expert) - Optimizing Core Web Vitals Using Speculation Rules 🗣️ (WEB)

11:35 AM - 12:35 PM

Horizon Hall: Lee Bonvissuto (PresentVoices) - Elevate Your Leadership Presence: Tools to Speak with Clarity Under Pressure 🛠️ (CAREER)

Palisades:

Taha Bouhsine (Google Developer Expert) - The AI of Web with Gemini 🗣️ (AI, WEB)

Margaret Maynard-Reid (Google Developer Expert) - Unleash Your Creativity with Imagen 3 and Multimodal Gemini 🗣️ (AI, CLOUD)

Upper Bay:

Tingting Li (Google), Yingchen Wang (Google) - Google Maps Platform Navigation SDK 🛠️ (GEO)

Kate Smith (Google), Katie Boudreau (Google), Google Maps Platform Innovators ⚡ (GEO)

12:40 PM - 01:40 PM Lunch Break 🍴

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM Zumba 🕺💃 (Horizon Hall + Streaming)

01:40 PM - 01:55 PM

Horizon Hall: Shivika Arora (JP Morgan) - Responsible AI in the Workplace ⚡ (AI)

Palisades: Ben Morss (DeepL) - How to Pair-Program with an LLM ⚡ (AI, CLOUD)

Upper Bay: Christelle Scharff (Pace University) - From Pixels to Patterns: AI in Fashion ⚡ (AI)

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM

Horizon Hall: Bramus Van Damme (Google) - Supercharge Web UX with View Transitions 🗣️ (WEB)

Palisades: Alex Chen (Google) - Intro to AI Enhanced Full-stack Development with Google IDX 🗣️ (AI, WEB)

Upper Bay: Mike Pegg (Google), Get to Know the Google Maps Platform 🗣️(WEB)

02:35 PM - 03:20 PM

Horizon Hall:

Wendy Durica (Kantar), Natasha Green (AnitaB), Rose Robinson (JEDInsight) - Community Building in the Time of AI 👥 (CAREER)
Kate Smith (Google) - Career Transitions & How to Work for Google 🗣️ (CAREER)

Palisades: Freddy Lecue (JP Morgan) - Trustworthy AI in Finance 🛠️ (AI)

Upper Bay: Crispin Velez Villazon (Google) - Google, Agents & RAG: Production Applications 🛠️ (AI, CLOUD)

3:20 PM - 03:35 PM Coffee Break ☕

03:35 PM - 04:15 PM

Horizon Hall: Frank Guan (Google), Holt Skinner (Google) - Real-World Workflows for Solving Everyday Problems with AI 🛠️ (AI)

Palisades: Ian Carrasco (FlutterFlow) - Building Multimodal GenAI Applications with Gemini and FlutterFlow 🛠️ (AI)

Upper Bay: Caryl Perez, Diana Peterson, Tamara Vasquez, Nana Yaw Agyeman, Lidia De La Cruz, Amaris Hernandez : Voices for Responsible AI - A Diversity Dialogue for an Inclusive Future 👥 (CAREER)

04:15 PM - 04:30 PM Rachel Francois (Google) - Closing Remarks (Horizon Hall + Streaming)

04:30 PM - 05:30 PM Social Hour

Agenda

9:00 AM: Doors Open and Registration

Bring your government ID, which must match your name. Enjoy coffee and networking. Booths by Google Teams - Chrome, Maps Platform, Project IDX and Checks + JP Morgan, FLutterFlow, Kantar

10:15 AM: Welcome & Intro

Meet the organizers and learn the highlights of the day!

10:30 AM: Peta-Gay Clarke (Google) - Responsible AI

Keynote

11:00 AM: Seba Gnagnarella (Google) - Building Applications with Responsible AI: A Google-Powered Approach

Generative AI: Power & Responsibility

11:35 AM: Lee Bonvissuto (Present Voices) - Elevate Your Leadership Presence

Tools to speak with clarity under pressure

12:40 PM: Lunch Break + Zumba

1:40 PM: Shivika Arora (JP Morgan) - Responsible AI in the Workplace

AI for Workforce and Community

2:00 PM: Bramus Van Damme (Google) - Supercharge Web UX with View Transitions

The View Transition API gives you the power to create seamless visual transitions between different views on your website

2:35 PM: Wendy Durica (Kantar), Natasha Green (AnitaB), Rose Robinson (JEDInsight) - Community Building in the Time of AI

Explore how open-source communities are vital to advancing AI responsibly. This session will delve into the collaborative spirit of open source, where diverse perspectives and shared resources create a foundation for ethical AI development. Learn how community-driven contributions foster transparency, encourage accountability, and address biases. Participants will gain insights into the unique role open-source initiatives play in democratizing AI, making it accessible, and ensuring it's developed for social good. Join us to discover how harnessing open-source principles can empower communities to shape AI for an inclusive and impactful future.

2:35 PM: Kate Smith (Google) - Navigating Your Career & Defying Gravity

Navigating your career & Defying Gravity

3:35 PM: Frank Guan (Google), Holt Skinner (Google) - Real-World Workflows for Solving Everyday Problems with AI

Dive into the world of AI Agents

4:15 PM: Rachel Francois (Google) - Closing Remarks

Recap of the day

4:30 PM: Social Hour

Networking hour. Enjoy delicious hors d'oeuvres and mocktails

5:30 PM: Thank you for Coming to DevFest 2024!

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Speakers

Peta-Gay Clarke

Diana Agu - Curain Healthcare Services (Managing Director)

Diana Agu studied Law & Criminology in London, UK but climbed the corporate ladder working in project & business management. She has held varied jobs such as Head of PMO, COO, Chief of staff and more recently Global Head of Strategy for Marketing, Communications & People with Financial Services Insights & Data at Capgemini, an organization with an annual revenue of about $500M …

Seba Gnagnarella - Google Firebase (Director of Engineering)

Seba Gnagnarella is an Engineering Director for Google DeveloperX App Platforms. His team is responsible for providing powerful, secure, and scalable 3P services - such as Firebase - to help developers build, release, monitor, and make their apps successful. His team is also responsible for DeveloperX foundational services - such as the DevX Data Platform- helping every team in DevX & DevR…

Leigha Reid - FlutterFlow (Head of Product and Developer Relations)

Leigha is the Head of Product and Developer Relations at FlutterFlow. She's passionate about building products developers love. Before joining FlutterFlow she was one of the Product leads for the Flutter SDK at Google.

Taha Bouhsine

Jake of all trades, Master of Data Science.
I am an AI/ML Google Developer Expert, I tend to be a generalist having experience working on different types of tasks in software engineering, machine learning engineering, research engineering, and electrical engineering while specializing in Deep Learning with a focus on Multimodality Deep Learning, Representation Learning, and Continual Lea…

Margaret Maynard-Reid - Google Developer Expert (Generative AI)

Margaret is an ML GDE (Google Developers Expert) and ML engineer working on applying AI/ML to real-world applications from art and design, climate change to society safety. She is also an avid artist who creates traditional, digital, and AI art. She writes and speaks at conferences about deep learning, computer vision, TensorFlow and on-device ML. She leads GDG Seattle and Seattle Data/Analyti…

Kate Smith (She/her) - Google (Program Manager, Technical Customer Experience and Developer Solutions)

A Program Manager for Google Maps, Kate coordinates with both the Technical Customer Experience and Developer Solutions teams. She oversees all communications regarding product and service changes and manages the product outreach program, which is an early testing and product feedback program for developers.
Kate is a vocal advocate for women in tech and making open source materials acce…

Shivika Arora - JPMorgan Chase & Co. (Product Manager - Tech Center (Enterprise Technology))

Shivika Arora has extensive experience in financial data analytics and product management. she has recently had the opportunity to build and showcase expertise in tech product evolution and adoption and be a strategic partner to senior Tech leaders in deploying key tech priorities and programs.

Ben Morss - Google (AMP Team)

Wendy Durica - Kantar (Lead Engineer)

Wendy works at Kantar as Release Manager/Escalation Lead and an Accessibility Frontline Worker. She is a speaker and mentor who enjoys networking with those who are passionate about User Experience (UX) and Universal Design. Wendy is a past member with Grace Hopper Celebration Software Executive Committee, past officer with Society Women Engineers (SWE)
She also co-founded Women in…

Panelists

Natasha Green - Community Manager (AnitaB.org)

Natasha Green is a serial founder with 20 years of professional experience and over a decade of leadership in creating impactful, community-driven programs. As the founder of Hidden Gems Archery, she has redefined access to archery in NYC, fostering skill-building and opportunity in diverse communities. Natasha is also the founder of We Intervene, an EdTech initiative aimed at empowering educa…

Rose Robinson - Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology (Executive Director)

As a technologist for more than 25 years, Rose Robinson is Executive Director for CMD-IT (Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology) leading the organization to ensure underrepresented groups are fully engaged in Computing and Information Technologies, promotes innovation that enriches, enhances and enables these communities, such that more equitable and sustain…

Amaris Hernández - JP Morgan Chase (VP)

Amaris Hernandez Padgett is an Information Systems professional, working out of the Delaware Valley for over 22 years. She attended Central High School in Philadelphia, earned a Bachelor of Science in Information Systems and Technology from Drexel University, and completed her Master's in Business Administration from Villanova University.
Amaris started her professional career as…

Tamara Vazquez - datAInclusion (Founder)

Tamara Vasquez is the founder of datAInclusion, focused on activating people centered, data driven approaches to cultural, personal and digital transformation.
Tamara previously served as VP, Private Capital and Transactions Head of Data Management, leading the data governance and stewardship of 600+ data analysts, engineers, and scientists delivering greater than 1 million dat…

Caryl Perez - Founder (Empowered Entrepreneur)

Caryl Marie Perez is a dynamic leader and business coach with over a decade of experience driving innovation and inclusivity in transit. As the Founder and Head Business Coach of Empowered Entrepreneur, she empowers women to embrace leadership and thrive in transformative spaces. Caryl is passionate about creating psychological safety in the workplace, and leveraging technology, including AI, …

Diana Peterson - Founder (Tech Gather NYC)

Diana Peterson is the founder and leader of Tech Gather NYC, an inclusive community designed to welcome anyone and everyone in tech. With over 10 years of experience in tech startups and operations, Diana has navigated everything from seed funding to multiple rounds of investment. Her background is non-traditional, as she originally started her career as a TV writer in Los Angeles, with notabl…

Amin Ameen - Women Techmakers (Ambassador)

As a first-gen Nigerian-American from New York City, I transitioned from a decade+ long Engineering career into the Tech industry in Product, working at companies such as Twitter, Twitch + recently, Meta where I focus on products across, Facebook, Instagram + WhatsApp. It gives me great joy to share my journey and empower others.
My Focus in Tech? Developing [0 to 1 to Growth] Monetizat…

Ana Capois - Zumba (Certified Zumba® Basic and 1CIRCL Mobility™ Instructor)

Ana is a Certified Zumba Basic Instructor having received her certification in 2021. Although she’s new to teaching, Zumba runs through her veins. She fell in love with Zumba instantly while attending her first class in 2014. Zumba was a fun way to sweat, keep active and meet amazing people.
When dancing with Ana, you’ll enjoy some of her favorite rhythms like Soca, Brazilian Funk, Mere…

Hosted By

Ralph Yozzo, GDG Organizer

Google Developer Organizer since 2009.

Google developer group organizer, NYC Community Education Council Member, Computer Developer of Transparency applications, Dems committee former blue check.

Developer of open government information sites such as https://prop.tidalforce.org/

Ralph was born in the computer age and grew up with a computer keyboard attached to his fingers. Ralph wrote one video game using a Radio Shack and a cassette tape drive and never wrote another game. The reason is that games are simply random number generated worlds that are a waste of the player's time.

Ralph continued to love computer programming to this day, many decades later. After careers at IBM, Goldman Sachs (criminals), NYNEX / Verizon, Consolidated Edison, many small startup etc. and then some finance / computer companies and some non profit companies (some of the most wasteful companies are non profits).

If you want to hear the truth about the industry go to https://www.youtube.com/@RalphYozzo and contact me via twitter at https://twitter.com/fedex1

Ralph was blessed to be born near the Cuban Missile Crisis (when humanity was near the brink of self destruction) and then near Ralph's 50th year New York City was brought to it's knees when Hurricane Sandy showed New York City who is in control.

Anna Nerezova, GDG Organizer

Anna Nerezova is a Digital Marketing and Cloud Transformation Consultant with 15 years of experience in data, analytics and optimization.
She has built innovative solutions using Google Cloud to solve problems in the media and entertainment, tech, health and non-profit industries
Anna is a Google Cloud Engineer Scholar, and is on the 100 Women in Analytics list by Google Analytics. She is also a Google Developer Group NYC lead and a mentor for the Northeast, and a proud Women Techmakers Ambassador.

Anna is passionate about using the latest AI/ML technologies to provide solutions and bring growth and better experience for all users. She is a strong advocate for diversity and inclusion, and is committed to helping underrepresented groups become entrepreneurs and financially independent.

Bhavik Chopra, Computer Science Graduate Student

Hi, I am Bhavik, an aspiring data scientist by profession, and marketer by passion.

Ever since my childhood, I was surrounded by computers, software, and games. I took Science-Maths in my 12th grade. Then I understood, it's not that interesting as I thought!

Thereafter, I fell in love with software development, and since then I have started preparing myself for making good projects.

Currently, I am a student pursuing a Bachelor Of Engineering from Silver Oak University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat. In my university, I’ve been working as Core Team Member at DSC Silver Oak University by Google Developers, Vice-Chair at IEEE SPS Silver Oak University Student Branch Chapter, and also the Marketing Committee Chair at IEEE SOU Student Branch.

I am an enthusiast tech person by heart and soul!!

Let's catch up!!

Shivika Arora, Executive Director, Product

I am currently responsible for driving modernization, innovation and engineer experience agenda in four strategic tech location for JP Morgan - Manhattan, Brooklyn, Silicon Valley and Seattle. Prior to this role, I was the Product and Solutions Lead for Trusts and Estates under Asset Wealth Management, where I was responsible for executing both brokerage op models as well lending framework for the ultra-high net worth clients.

Outside of work, I am Google’s WomenTechmaker Ambassador for NYC as well as GDG NYC Organizer; Champion Coach for JPM’s Women On The Move Network' and Fast Forward Small Business Mentor.

On a personal front, I love to read, dance to any good music and go on food tours around various cities.

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