[Cross-Post] GDG Seattle I/O Extended 2023

Please RSVP on GDG Seattle here: https://www.meetup.com/gdg-seattle/events/294665844/

Join us to learn and discuss the new technologies announced at this year's Google I/O! GDG Seattle will host an I/O Extended event at Google Seattle campus with the following talks by Googlers and Google Developer Experts (GDEs):

• What I learned from I/O 2023, Margaret Maynard-Reid, ML GDE
• Android ML, Thomas Ezan, Google Developer Relations
• Build Your Own GenAI Model, Vikram Tiwari, Cloud & ML GDE
• The Generative AI roadmap at Google, Jessie Anderson, Google Cloud
• Google Cloud Generative AI Overview, Sonakshi Pandey, Google Cloud

AGENDA
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• 4:00pm - 5:00pm check in
• 5:00pm - 6:00pm networking & dinner
• 5:30pm - 8:00pm talks

TALKS & SPEAKER BIO
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Talk: What I learned from I/O 2023

I attended Google I/O at Shoreline and I/O Connect in Miami in person. This year's I/O is all about generative AI! Love hanging out with the GDG, WTM, GDSC and GDE community at I/O Connect. I will share my learnings and experience with photos and my sketchnotes.

Speaker: AI, art & design...Margaret Maynard-Reid is a 3D fashion designer studying at Parsons School of Design. Avid artist who creates traditional, digital and AI art. ML engineer experienced in applying ML to real world use cases and an ML GDE (Google Developer Expert for Machine Learning). She writes and speaks about generative AI and on-device ML. And she leads GDG Seattle and Seattle DAML (Data/Analytics/ML).

Talk: Machine Learning on Android

Machine learning is rapidly becoming a key part of the Android development toolkit. In this talk, we will explore the different ways machine learning can be used in your Android app and assist you as you are coding your application. We will specifically discuss TFLite, ML Kit, Bard, PaLM and StudioBot.

Speaker: Thomas Ezan is an Android Developer Relation Engineer at Google working on Machine Learning based in Seattle.

Talk: Build Your Own GenAI Model

In this talk, we will discuss the basics of generative AI and how to build your own GenAI model. We will cover the following topics:
* What is generative AI?
* How do GenAI models work?
* The different types of GenAI models
* How to build a GenAI model
* How to deploy a GenAI model

I will also provide hands-on examples of how to build GenAI models using open-source tools.

Speaker: Vikram Tiwari is Co-founder, tech at Omni Labs where they are building the future of work and automation. He focuses on the cloud and machine learning aspects of technology. Vikram focuses on finding novel solutions to tough problems because he believes there is always a way! Vikram enjoys public speaking and helping individuals and startups when he is not actively writing code

Talk: The Generative AI roadmap at Google

I'll be covering Google’s generative AI roadmap and giving an introductory primer to our capabilities.

Speaker: Jessie Anderson is a consummate student of innovation, I've spent the last two decades working with regulated industry customers in Fortune 50 software and services organizations to reach their full potential with technology.

Talk: Google Cloud Generative AI Overview

Whether you and your teams are looking to create new projects from simple natural language prompts, summarize information in a digestible way, discover what your customers want, or automate your customer services, Generative AI is the start of the new era of innovation. Join this session to learn about Google Cloud's Cloud AI portfolio, and latest products launched in the Generative AI domain.

Speaker: Sonakshi Pandey is a Data Analytics Leader at Google Cloud. She has over 8 years of experience in the cloud computing industry, working for leading cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). She is a well-recognized thought leader in cloud computing and has published over 10 articles on various cloud solutions. She has also been featured as a Top Women in Cloud influencer for 2023 by Whizlabs. Her blogs on cloud technology have been published on various platforms including Dice, Thrive Global, AWS, and Google Cloud. Learn more about Sonakshi's journey and her work - https://www.thesonakshipandey.com/

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