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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.

Doors will open at 8:00 am and the event will conclude at 4:30 pm. Breakfast and lunch will be provided.

Here are our current confirmed talks:

AI Talks

  • The Rise of AI Agents: From Concept to Reality by Nilesh Patel, Google
  • 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
  • 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 Gush, Freudenberg e-Power System

Fullstack Talks

  • Improving Accessibility for Deaf Gamers through Real-time Audio Classification by Ben Jacques, SpinDance
  • 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

Mobile Talks

  • Getting Started with SwiftCharts by Nicholas Gordon, Apple Developer Academy

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

This years sponsors include Google, Little Caesars. 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/