Michigan DevFest 2024

The Detroit, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Toledo Google Developer Groups (GDG) are teaming up once again to bring you the 10th Michigan DevFest on Oct 26, 2024 at the Little Caesar’s Global Resource Center. We aim to put together a great day of networking and knowledge sharing for all involved.

Here are our current confirmed talks:

AI Talks

• The Rise of AI Agents: From Concept to Reality by Nilesh Patel, Google
• Supercharging developer workflow with Amazon Q Developer by Vikash Agrawal, Amazon Web Services
• Evaluating the Evaluators – Navigating the complexities of GenAI metrics by Vikram Tiwari, Cloud & ML Google Developer Expert
• Security Implications of AI in Code Generation and (S)SDLC by Kavitha Bangalore, Cleveland Clinic
• Introduction to RAG with LangChain and Gemini by Godfrey Nolan, RIIS LLC
• GenAI – Agents here, Agents there, and soon, Agents everywhere by John Thompson, EY
• In-App AI Automation: Building Software that Uses Itself by Nathan Labenz, Waymark
• Responsible AI – Auditing Models for Algorithmic Fairness by Ali El-Sharif, Ph.D., St. Clair College
• Controlling App Screens Remotely with RFW and Gemini AI by Scott Stoll
• Workshop: Building and Evaluating a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Pipeline to Land a Job! by Keith Bourne, Johnson & Johnson
• Workshop: Application of Machine Learning Models to Predict Heart Disease by Ankita Guha, Freudenberg e-Power System

Fullstack Talks

• Old to Gold: How to Modernize Your Legacy ASP.NET Apps Gradually by Jonathan “J.” Tower, Trailhead Technology & Microsoft MVP
• Bye WebSockets and WebRTC! Boost Web Comms with Rust, QUIC, WebTransport and HTTP3! by Dario A Lencina Talarico, May Mobility
• Close Encounters of the Data Kind: Exploring UFO Sightings with MongoDB and NextJS by Chris DeMars, DigitalOcean
• Mastering Data Flow in Modern Angular by Ankita Sood, Secureworks & Google Developer Expert
• Workshop: How to Train Your Robot!” by Blaine Oania, Ford
• Test-driven development and functional programming: Scala and JUnit by Alonso del Arte, 

Mobile Talks

• Getting Started with SwiftCharts by Nicholas Gordon, Apple Developer Academy
• Controlling App Screens Remotely with RFW and Gemini AI by Scott Stoll
• The Holy Grail: How Flutter Helped Us Hit 100% Test Coverage by Ben Jacques, SpinDance
• Workshop: One Code Base to Rule Them All. A Hands on Introduction to Flutter by Ben Jacques, SpinDance

• Mastering Fragments & Compose Interoperability: Bridging the Gap by Nav Singh, Manulife & Google Developer Expert

Misc Talks

• Beyond Code: The Hidden Skills Every Software Engineer Needs by Don Ward, Google
• So you wanna be a data scientist by Sage Murakishi, Little Caesars
• Mentoring for Career Growth in IT by Jim Mason, Little Caesars
• Womxn in Tech Panel by Jenna Ritten, IBM & Bandhan Kaur, Excelerate America
• Government Contracting by Krissie Knight, JOURNi
• If you want to make a money making app, don’t start by coding by Saamer Mansoor, BeAware Deaf Assistant
• Test-driven development and functional programming: Scala and JUnit by Alonso del Arte, testframe.org

Doors will open at 8am and the event will conclude at 4:30pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Additional event details will be posted soon.

This years sponsors include Google, Little Caesars, Axiom, SpinDance and Akkodis. Contact us if your organization would like to join the list.

Michigan DevFest attendees agree to follow the Code of Conduct.

Tickets are onsite now at http://midevfest2024.eventbrite.com/

See you there!