DevFest 2024 by GDG Faro

Join us for DevFest 2024 in Faro, a premier event organized by Google Developers Group Faro (GDG Faro), bringing together tech enthusiasts, developers, and industry leaders for a day of innovation, learning, and networking. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting your journey, DevFest is the perfect platform to dive deep into the latest technologies and trends shaping the future of software development.

What to Expect:

🧠 Cutting-Edge Content:

Explore hands-on sessions and keynotes covering a wide range of topics including Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Computing, Web Development, Flutter, and more. Learn from Google experts and industry professionals who will share insights, best practices, and real-world solutions.

🌐 Deep Dive into Tech:

From mastering AI-driven development to building scalable web and cloud applications, DevFest 2024 covers the full spectrum of modern software solutions. Get introduced to Flutter, Google’s open-source UI toolkit, and understand how to leverage it for seamless cross-platform apps.

🤝 Networking Opportunities:

Connect with developers, tech enthusiasts, and local talent from Faro and beyond. Whether you're looking to collaborate on a project, gain insights from peers, or simply expand your tech network, DevFest is the place to be.

📅 Event Details:

Dates:
Day 1: Saturday, 16 November 2024
Day 2: Sunday, 17 November 2024

Location: Faro, Auditorium 1.4 Complexo Pedagógico - Campus da Penha

Hosted by: GDG Faro

DevFest 2024 is your opportunity to stay ahead of the curve, hone your skills, and explore the future of technology in an immersive, collaborative environment. Don’t miss this exciting learning, coding, and community-building day!

Register Now and secure your spot at the biggest developer event of the year in Faro!

Agenda

Day 1

9:00 AM: Check in

+ Welcome coffee

9:45 AM: Opening "Cerimony"

10:00 AM: Diego Coy - Love in the times of AI

Developer Advocate, FlexAI

10:45 AM: Rita Ferreira - Improving transparency in Artificial Intelligence: Gemini-powered explanations of model behavior

Data Scientist at ML Analytics

11:30 AM: Jorge Batista - Cryptocurrency payments for your e-Commerce business

Co-Founder & CTO @ BlockBee

12:15 PM: Lunch

Just let us know if you lunch with us :)

2:00 PM: Angga Arifandi - AI Meets Mobile: Creating Intelligent Apps with Gemini and Flutter

Mobile Software Engineer, ING Netherlands

2:45 PM: João Freitas - Metrics and slicing - how to blend product and engineering in one team

Engineering Team Lead at ABCfitness

3:30 PM: Break

3:45 PM: Renan Araujo - Flutter & Web assembly: Superfast!

Senior Engineer, Superlist

4:30 PM: Emad Ehsan - Privacy first Personal Assistant using Gemma 2

Senior Software Engineer, Bayer

5:15 PM: Networking time

Networking time / Happy Hour

Day 2

9:00 AM: Check in

+ Welcome coffee

9:45 AM: Opening "Cerimony"

10:00 AM: Rofolfo Dias - Beyond Instant Noodles: The challenges of Team Leadership

Software Engineering Manager at Yara International

10:45 AM: Elaine Batista - On-device Machine Learning with MediaPipe

Senior Staff Engineer, SFEIR

11:30 AM: Ximena Orjuela - Neurodiversity at Work: An open mindset is as important as open source

Founder, Pub Relations, Team Inc Consulting LATAM

12:15 PM: Lunch

Just let us know if you lunch with us :)

2:00 PM: Fellyph Cintra - AI for Entrepreneurs: Practical Applications with Gemini

DevRel and Educator, rtCamp

2:45 PM: Pedro Gomes - Blockchain Today: From Bitcoin to Zero-Knowledge Proofs and the Power of Privacy – with a Real-World Challenge!

Senior Blockchain Engineer at Vechain

3:30 PM: Break

3:45 PM: Jorge Cabaço - Ideation & Disruption: Innovation meets Everyday Life

Chief Marketing Officer, Dengun

4:30 PM: Closing Cerimony / Prizes

5:00 PM: Networking time / end

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Speakers

Renan Araujo

Ximena Orjuela - Team Inc Consulting (Founder)

Ximena is a Public Relations professional with over 10 years of experience collaborating with startups and scaleups in diverse areas. She has supported communities, currently serving as an organizer for mad_in_api, a Google Cloud community with Google Spain, and contributed to acceleration programs for startups such as “Google for Startups” in Latin America.
As a WTM Ambassador, she aims…

Angga Dwi Arifandi

Diego Coy - FlexAI (Developer Advocate)

Jorge Batista - BlockBee.io (Co-Founder & CTO)

Entrepreneur, computer engineer, blockchain developer, cryptocurrency speaker, and space enthusiast

Emad Ehsan - LLC Traverous (Co-founder & CTO)

He will talk about creating AI-enabled products with Google Cloud, about AI, AI, AITER, AIML, VISION, Dialogflow

Rodolfo Dias - Yara International (Google Developer Expert for Web Technologies • Software Engineering Manager)

Team Leadership ❤️ JS ❤️ Open Source
Rodolfo has worked in a diverse pool of companies and research centers, in South America and Europe. He is Software Engineering Manager at Yara International and manages the software engineering teams of Yara's farming experience platform, with the goal of enabling regenerative agriculture and minimizing the climate impact of farming

Elaine Dias Batista - SFEIR (Senior Staff Engineer & Google Developer Expert)

Elaine is a Senior Staff Engineer at SFEIR where she works on projects including mobile technologies since 2013. She has worked on several projects in native Android/iOS and Flutter. She's a GDE for the Google Assistant, Flutter and Dart.

Fellyph Rozendo - rtCamp (Google Developer Expert)

I'm a Front-End Engineer who is passionate about learning new things. I've had 14 years of experience developing websites and understanding how to improve products. My front-end background includes JavaScript, Web Components, React, Modern HTML and CSS. I have experience with Java on the back-end, as well as PHP and recently have been interested in modern stacks such as JAMStack and Serverless…

Jorge Cabaço - Dengun (Chief Marketing Officer)

With over 15 years of experience in digital marketing, I am a passionate and driven professional who leads, advises, and empowers businesses, agencies, and startups to achieve their goals and scale their impact. As the Chief Marketing Officer at Dengun, a startup studio and digital agency, I help founders and companies with business strategy, growth marketing, fundraising, VC relationships, an…

João Freitas - ABCfitness (Engineering Team Lead)

Engineering Team Lead at ABCfitness, has evolved from hands-on system implementation to leading engineering teams.
With expertise in .NET, C#, and scalable cloud systems, he brings over a decade of experience in software architecture and team leadership, with a focus on high-performance and secure solutions.

Pedro Gomes - Vechain (Senior Blockchain Engineer)

Experienced Software Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Skilled in Go, Solidity, EVM, .Net, Javascript, Python, Java, ELK Stack, Hive, NiFi, Big Data. Strong engineering professional with a Master's Degree focused on Computer Networks from Instituto Superior Técnico.

Rita Ferreira - ML Analytics (Data Scientist)

Hello! My name is Rita and I'm 24 years old. I'm an aspiring Data Scientist trying to learn as much as I can while enjoying the journey.
I hold a Master degree in Data Science and Advanced Analytics, with a Major in Business Analytics, at Nova IMS and a bachelor's degree in Mathematics Applied to Economics and Management.I'm working as a Data scientist at ML Analytics, a consultin…

Hosted By

Daniel Jorge, GDG Organizer

I'm Daniel, from Portugal, most specifically from the south, Faro.
Joined Dengun around 2011.
I've started developing for Android, in my path also learned python, Django.
Nowadays I'm fully dedicated to developing mobile using Flutter.
Joined the Flutter Portugal community and become part of the organization team, been doing some events, like the Flutter interact and Flutter Study Jams.
Joined the GDG Faro chapter.

Tiago Fernandes, Founder / GDG Organizer

Sérgio Henriques, Dev

Software Engineer with Web Development background. Senior in Data Structures, Databases, RESTful APIs, Back-End Applications, PHP, Javascript, MVC frameworks (CakePHP and Laravel). Currently learning DevOps, DevOps applications, Container Management Systems and Flutter.

Past Professional Experience: Back-end Assistant Developer, Database Design and Administration (MySQL, SQLite, MS-SQL Server), Infrastructure as Code (Crons, log automations, monitoring report automations), Core & E2E testing in hotel business applications.

Artificial Intelligence (Decision making systems) and Interface between AI and robot behaviors.

Specialities: Web APIs, Financial Data, Database design, development and optimization and soon... DevOps :D.

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Partners

UALG TEC CAMPUS (https://www.linkedin.com/company/ualg-tec-campus)

Dengun (https://www.dengun.com/)

Algarve Evolution (https://algarveevolution.pt/)

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