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DevFestPresents

Software & AI Track

Thursday, October 29, 2026·WESST Enterprise Center

8:30 AMDoors Open, Check-In & Breakfast
Jonathan Zhuo
9:00 - 9:30 AM

Opening Keynote: From Vibe-Coded to Trusted: One Agent Through Build, Scale, Govern and Optimize on Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform

Jonathan Zhuo · Google Developer Expert (GDE) | Sr. Director at Capgemini

Building an agent is easy now. Trusting it is the hard part. Follow a real-world AI agent through four stages of the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform: Build, Scale, Govern, and Optimize. Explore how Google Cloud's Model Armor protects AI agents, how human oversight improves safety, and how testing and monitoring help create more trustworthy AI systems. Based on a real project with practical results, lessons learned, and live demonstrations.

Jesus "Chuy" Ortega
9:35 - 10:05 AM

What's Your Knowledge Tax? Designing AI Intelligence Layers for Your Data

Jesus "Chuy" Ortega · CEO & Co-Founder, Dash2 Labs

10:05 - 10:15 AMBreak
Matthew Christiansen
10:15 AM - 12:25 PM

Workshop: Beyond the Prompt: Building Scalable Web Applications with AI Governance

Matthew Christiansen · Google Developer Expert (GDE) | Founder and former CEO/CTO of Bright Bridge

Featuring a Hands-on Coding Jam: Build a Resume Optimization App with Angular + Gemma. Participants will get hands-on with Angular and Gemma to build a working resume optimization app. Bring your laptop and come ready to code!

Laptop required

Marty Bonacci
12:30 - 1:00 PM

Lunch & Learn: Nobody Needs Software Developers Anymore

Marty Bonacci · Founder, Claude Code ABQ | Instructor, CNMI Deep Dive Coding

Grab your lunch and join us for a Lunch & Learn with Marty Bonacci, Founder of Claude Code ABQ and Instructor at CNMI Deep Dive Coding.

Carter Gache
1:05 - 1:35 PM

Beyond RAG: The Future of AI Data Platforms

Carter Gache · Chief Engineer, Legaché

Kiruthika Subramani
1:40 - 2:10 PM

One User Works, a Thousand Don't: Scaling AI Products on Google Cloud

Kiruthika Subramani · Google Developer Expert (GDE) | Data Scientist, Bell Canada

2:10 - 2:25 PMBreak
Curt Doty
2:25 - 2:55 PM

The Future of AI and Cinema

Curt Doty · Founder & President, CurtDoty.co

Randy P. Asselin
3:00 - 3:30 PM

Your AI Remembers. But Can Your Knowledge Travel?

Randy P. Asselin · CEO, Wisdom Recall

Andrew Romero
3:35 - 4:05 PM

Building Reliable AI: From Inference to Real-World Applications

Andrew Romero · Principal/Owner, InferenceFrame

Matthew Christiansen
4:10 - 4:40 PM

Building an AI Robot with Gemma 3: Running AI Locally on Google Coral

Matthew Christiansen · Google Developer Expert (GDE) | Founder and former CEO/CTO of Bright Bridge

4:40 - 5:30 PMNetworking

Please note: The agenda may be updated as we get closer to the event.