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Join the GDG Chapel Hill community virtually for a day packed with tech talks and networking opportunities!

Here's how to join the online event:

Step 1: Click the RSVP button on the event page (https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-chapel-hill-presents-north-carolina-devfest-2025/).

Step 2: Visit the event page at the time of the event. You should see a button to join the event once it starts.

Talks and Agenda

10:00 am: Keynote - Welcome to DevFest!

10:15 am: Tobenna Okunna: Untangling State Management in Complex Flutter Apps

11:00 am - 12:00 pm: 👥 Breakout sessions (random groups of max 5 people matched by the topic of their choice)

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm: ⌛Lunch Break

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Yashas Majmudar: AI on the Edge: On-Device Machine Learning with Flutter & TensorFlow Lite

2:00 pm - 2:15 pm: ⌛Break

2:15 pm - 3:15 pm: Brooke Avery and Matthew Christiansen - AI Pirate Code-Off: Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, and Elizabeth Swann Battle for the AI Waters

3:15 pm - 3:30 pm: ⌛Break

3:30 pm - 4:30 pm: Lucas Ward - Revolutionize Your Deployment Pipeline: Unveiling the Power of GitOps for Seamless CI/CD Integration

4:30 pm - 4:45 pm: ⌛Break

4:45 pm - 5:00 pm: Closing remarks

Note: This event was planned to be in person, but our registrations have far exceeded the in-person capacity we had accounted for. This event will now be held online only. On the positive side, we will have a larger pool of speakers to choose from. The event schedule will still have breakouts for various topics to enable virtual networking. We are looking to organize in-person networking opportunities in the future.

Agenda

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Speakers

Brooke Avery - Limble CMSS (Technical Program Manager (TPM))

Brooke is an Angular GDE, software engineer, Technical Program Manager, & community builder. She is the Director of the Angular Community Meetup & a co-producer/host of the Dev.Life Podcast. Brooke has a strong passion for education & helping others find success in their developer journeys. Outside of programming, Brooke can be found following the sun and geeking out on Star Wars.<…

Matthew Christiansen - Limble CMMS (From Startup Visionary to Angular Innovator, Software Engineer)

Matthew Christiansen is a software engineer, community leader, and passionate educator specializing in Angular, Gemini, Firebase, and Generative AI. He is a Co-Organizer of the Google Developer Group (GDG) Salt Lake City and the official Angular Community Meetup, where he helps build and inspire developer communities through talks, workshops, and mentoring.
As a featured speaker at conf…

Lucas Ward - Ippon Technologies USA (Senior Cloud / DevOps Engineer)

Passionate technologist, proud father, devoted husband and mad scientist.

Tobenna Okunna - FloatMe (Senior Software Engineer)

Hi all, my name is Tobenna Okunna. I build apps, primarily aimed at addressing material needs and improving outcomes for under-served communities. Im looking forward to collaborating and learning with the engineering community. A little bit about me:

  • Originally from Nigeria
  • Graduated w/ a CS degree from the University of San Diego in 2020
  • Lead teams at multiple startup
  • …

Yashas Majmudar - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Software Engineer)

Building Tomorrow's Tech, One Line of Code at a Time

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Aan Patel, GDG Organizer

Hi! 👋

I'm a full-stack software developer. In my free time, I enjoy playing with new technologies, building prototypes, and connecting with others on platforms such as this one to grow my skills and share knowledge.

Thanks for stopping by. Visit https://aanpatel.tech to learn more about me or to get in touch!

Tobenna Okunna, Organizer

Hi all, my name is Tobenna Okunna. I build apps, primarily aimed at addressing material needs and improving outcomes for under-served communities.

Im looking forward to collaborating and learning with the engineering community.

A little bit about me:

  • Originally from Nigeria
  • Graduated w/ a CS degree from the University of San Diego in 2020
  • Lead teams at multiple startup
  • I have tons of side projects
  • Played D1 football
  • I'm an avid weightlifter

Jasmine Gallaway, Organizer

Complete your event RSVP here: https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-chapel-hill-presents-north-carolina-devfest-2025/.

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