DevFest New York City 2025

Get ready for a full day of innovation!

Join DevFest New York City - a community-driven tech conference, igniting connections and knowledge right in your city. Annually hosted by GDG NYC, DevFest brings together professional developers and tech leaders for an unparalleled opportunity to dive into workshops, talks, and demos led by experts. It's the ultimate experience for learning, sharing, and networking!

As a part of DevFest New York City, Google Cloud Labs presents, "Unlocking the Enterprise Agentverse" workshop. This immersive, hands-on workshop will explore building and governing intelligent agent ecosystems, providing an end-to-end roadmap for mastering the agentic future on Google Cloud.

This event has limited capacity, so secure your spot by registering today!

STARTUPS: We'll have startup lightning pitches at the event. RSVP now to pitch ⚡⚡

10/3 - New York City AI Gathering ➡️ RSVP

Agenda

Day 1

8:00 AM: Check In & Networking

9:00 AM: Ancient Babies Opening

Ben Morss, Ian Roth, Ernesto Gramsch, Giulio Minguzzi

9:15 AM: Welcome to DevFest - GDG NYC Team

Anna Nerezova, Bhavik Chopra, Shivika Arora, Kirsten Bohme, Francesca Sala

9:20 AM: DevFest Opening Video

Featuring Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, Logan Kilpatrick, Gogle Deepmind & Paige Bailey, AI Developer Relations Lead, Google DeepMind

9:25 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote

Francis Ma, Distinguished Product Manager, Google

9:35 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote

Sumitra Ganesh, AI Research Executive, J.P. Morgan AI Research

9:45 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote

Chrisitna Lin - Developer Relations Engineering Manager - Americas, Google

9:55 AM: ADK Crash Course: Build, Scale & Test AI Agents

Annie Wang, Software Engineer, Google

10:40 AM: Firebase Demo

Maja Bilić, Product Manager, Developer X, Google

11:15 AM: Code Assist MCP with Google Maps Platform

Brian Michalski, Staff Software Engineer, Google Maps Platform

11:45 AM: Research to Reality: Building with Google Deepmind Breakthroughs

Nikita Namjoshi, Google DeepMind Developer Advocate

12:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM: Unlocking the Enterprise Agentverse workshop led by Google Cloud Labs - Keynote

Megan O'Keefe, Senior Staff Developer Advocate, Google

2:00 PM: Unlocking the Enterprise Agentverse workshop led by Google Cloud Labs

Chrisitna Lin - Developer Relations Engineering Manager - Americas, Google

4:45 PM: Closing Remarks - GDG NYC Team

Anna Nerezova, Bhavik Chopra, Shivika Arora, Kirsten Bohme, Francesca Sala

5:00 PM: Networking Hour

Day 2

8:00 AM: Check In & Networking

9:00 AM: Ancient Babies Opening- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Ben Morss, Ian Roth, Ernesto Gramsch, Giulio Minguzzi

9:15 AM: Welcome to DevFest - GDG NYC Team- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Anna Nerezova, Bhavik Chopra, Shivika Arora, Kirsten Bohme, Francesca Sala

9:20 AM: DevFest Opening Video- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Featuring Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, Logan Kilpatrick, Gogle Deepmind & Paige Bailey, AI Developer Relations Lead, Google DeepMind

9:25 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Francis Ma, Distinguished Product Manager, Google

9:35 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Sumitra Ganesh, Managing Director AI Research Executive, J.P. Morgan

9:45 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Chrisitna Lin - Developer Relations Engineering Manager - Americas, Google

9:55 AM: Beyond Hallucinations and Error Messages: Get Answers, Find People, and Learn with Stack Overflow

Kathrine Smith, Product & Developer Marketing Manager, Communities at Stack Overflow

10:40 AM: How to Build Your Very Own MCP Server

Ben Morss, Developer Evangelist, DeepL

11:15 AM: The Security Mechanisms You’ve Never Tried (But Should)

Charles Reeves, Senior Developer Advocate, Vonage

11:45 AM: Fireside Chat

Shivika Arora, Executive Director, Principal TPM, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Peta Gay-Clarke, Strategy & Operations Executive Global Program Lead AI, Education and Social Impact

12:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM: Firebase Studio AI-powered development workflows

James O'Reilly, Developer Relations Engineer, Google
Roman Nurik, Product Design Engineer, Google

2:45 PM: Join us at Google NYC on Oct 3 for AI Gatherings — where startups, developers, and innovators connect to explore the latest in Google AI.

Francis Ma, Distinguished Product Manager, Google
Matt Ridenour, Head of Accelerator & Startup Ecosystem - U.S., Google
Kate Olszewska, Product Manager, Google DeepMind

4:45 PM: GDG Closing Remarks- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Anna Nerezova, Bhavik Chopra, Shivika Arora, Kirsten Bohme, Francesca Sala

Day 3

8:00 AM: Check In & Networking

9:00 AM: Ancient Babies Opening- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Ben Morss, Ian Roth, Ernesto Gramsch, Giulio Minguzzi

9:15 AM: Welcome to DevFest - GDG NYC Team- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Anna Nerezova, Bhavik Chopra, Shivika Arora, Kirsten Bohme, Francesca Sala

9:20 AM: DevFest Opening Video- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Featuring Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, Logan Kilpatrick, Gogle Deepmind & Paige Bailey, AI Developer Relations Lead, Google DeepMind

9:25 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Francis Ma, Distinguished Product Manager, Google

9:35 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote- Streamed Live from Bandshell

Sumitra Ganesh, Managing Director AI Research Executive, J.P. Morgan

9:45 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote- Streamed Live from Bandshell

Chrisitna Lin - Developer Relations Engineering Manager - Americas, Google

9:55 AM: The Death (and Rebirth) of the Software Engineer

Peta Gay- Clarke, Strategy & Operations Executive Global Program Lead AI, Education and Social Impact

10:25 AM: Building Communities: Lessons Learned from Google to a Startup

Erica Hanson, Head of Growth, FlutterFlow

11:25 AM: 7 Levels of a Web Performance Journey: How Focused Performance Metrics Can Improve User Experience

Sergey Chernishev, Engineer, Speed- Cloudfare

11:55 AM: Mission-Driven Innovation: Talent is Everywhere, Opportunity Should Be Too! Turning Hidden Potential Into NYC’s Greatest Resource

Domenick Priante

12:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM: Insurance Cases in Agentspace

Vidya More, Director of Engineering/GCP Practice Leader, Cloud, Data & AI, Capgemini

2:00 PM: Mirror, Mirror in the Google Cloud

Anna Nerezova, Data & Analytics Specialist, Women Techmakers Ambassador, GDG NYC Lead
Kirsten Bohme, Marketing Technology Specialist, ICE & GDG NYC Organizer

2:30 PM: Accelerate Your Startup with Customer Discovery

Christelle Scharff, Professor of Computer Science at Pace University & Serial Entrepreneur

4:45 PM: GDG Closing Remarks- Streamed Live from Bandshell

Anna Nerezova, Bhavik Chopra, Shivika Arora, Kirsten Bohme, Francesca Sala

Day 4

8:00 AM: Check In & Networking

9:00 AM: Ancient Babies Opening- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Ben Morss, Ian Roth, Ernesto Gramsch, Giulio Minguzzi

9:15 AM: Welcome to DevFest - GDG NYC Team- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Anna Nerezova, Bhavik Chopra, Shivika Arora, Kirsten Bohme, Francesca Sala

9:20 AM: DevFest Opening Video- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Featuring Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google, Logan Kilpatrick, Gogle Deepmind & Paige Bailey, AI Developer Relations Lead, Google DeepMind

9:25 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Francis Ma, Distinguished Product Manager, Google

9:35 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote- Streamed Live From Bandshell

Sumitra Ganesh, Managing Director AI Research Executive, J.P. Morgan

9:45 AM: DevFest New York City - Opening Keynote- Streamed Live from Bandshell

Chrisitna Lin - Developer Relations Engineering Manager - Americas, Google

9:55 AM: Generative AI Leader Certification Training

Norbert Kremer, Data Warehouse and Data Lake Consultant, Google Developer Expert, Google Cloud Trainer

12:30 PM: Lunch

1:30 PM: Generative AI Leader Certification Training

Norbert Kremer, Data Warehouse and Data Lake Consultant, Google Developer Expert, Google Cloud Trainer

2:10 PM: How Google uses technology to keep transit simple and keep us moving through Google Maps, Google Earth, & Waze

Lolita Tiwari, Strategic Partner Manager, Google

2:40 PM: The Future of eLearning: From Authoring Tools to Real Learning Systems

Susan Kingsley, Co-Founder & CEO, Happy Alien AI & Review MyELearning

3:10 PM: Latest Google research on AI usage in Software Development

James Brookbank, Director of Product Management, Google

3:40 PM: Mastering AI in Cybersecurity

Francesca sala, CTO/COO,GeoCyber Systems

4:10 PM: AI as an Ally: Accessibility, Cybersecurity, and the Future of Robotics

Denise Bowen,Founder & CEO,DB Connect

4:45 PM: GDG Closing Remarks- Streamed Live from Bandshell

Anna Nerezova, Bhavik Chopra, Shivika Arora, Kirsten Bohme, Francesca Sala

5:00 PM: Networking Hour