DevFest Sydney 2026

Schedule

1. 9:00 am
2. 10:00 am
3. 10:15 am
4. 10:50 am
5. 11:35 am
6. 12:20 pm
7. 1:00 pm
8. 2:00 pm
9. 2:45 pm
10. 3:00 pm
11. 3:10 pm
12. 3:20 pm
13. 3:30 pm
14. 4:00 pm
15. 4:30 pm
16. 9:00 am to 10:00 amRegistration
17. 10:00 am to 10:15 amWelcome from GDG Sydney
18. 10:15 am to 10:50 amWelcome keynoteAI Skills three waysBrett Morgan
19. 10:50 am to 11:35 am, AuditoriumYou built an Agent. What next?Yash Mehta
20. 10:50 am to 11:35 am, Room 3.10Human IS the Loop - Embedding user first, voice enabled agents into mobile with Flutter and GeminiMichael Dausmann
21. 10:50 am to 11:35 am, Room 3.08I fired my marketing team for AI AgentsSuesi Tran
22. 10:50 am to 12:20 pm, Room 3.03Hands-On Android App Building with Gemini in Android StudioKartik Arora
23. 11:35 am to 12:20 pm, AuditoriumToken-Maxxing Is Not a Strategy: Getting More Value per Token on Google CloudDerrick Qin
24. 11:35 am to 12:20 pm, Room 3.10AI, Meet App: Teaching Android Apps to "Talk" to Gemini via App FunctionsKatie Barnett
25. 11:35 am to 12:20 pm, Room 3.08How did we get here!? 16 years of shifting foundational tech trends.Nathaniel Butterworth
26. 12:20 pm to 1:00 pm, AuditoriumIt's Just JSON, Right?Jess Lowe
27. 12:20 pm to 1:00 pm, Room 3.10zero-trust agents - agentic AI defense patternsstefan avgoustakis
28. 12:20 pm to 1:00 pm, Room 3.08Lessons from Building an AI Audit AssistantSharat Madanapalli
29. 12:20 pm to 1:00 pm, Room 3.03Developer trackYour AI Agent Has Too Many Permissions: Building Secure Gemini Agents Beyond the PromptAditya Dattatreya
30. 1:00 pm to 2:00 pmLunch
31. 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm, AuditoriumAI: The End of Jobs or the Start of Freedom?Derek Kim
32. 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm, Room 3.10Structure Over Prompts: Building an SRE Agent on Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformOlga Mirensky
33. 2:00 pm to 2:45 pm, Room 3.08AI as a Build Partner: How We Shipped an Award-Winning WebsiteFinn Middleton
34. 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm, Room 3.03Build a Zero-Code Multi-Agent System with Agent StudioShang Yi Lim
35. 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm, AuditoriumA new class of userPhil Nash
36. 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm, Room 3.10Kotlin in Google Cloud: Browser, backend, and back againIsaac Udy
37. 2:45 pm to 3:30 pm, Room 3.08Elevating the AI-Assisted Developer ExperienceKatie McLaughlin
38. 3:00 pm to 3:10 pm, Room 3.03Developer track, lightning talkYour AI Assistant Shouldn't Trust You: Building Verifiable AI Systems with Gemini and Confidential ComputingAkshay
39. 3:10 pm to 3:20 pm, Room 3.03Builder track, lightning talkBeyond Self-Reported Skills: A Verified Standard for AI FluencyNatalia Tapia
40. 3:20 pm to 3:30 pm, Room 3.03Developer trackRAG Found It. Should Your AI Say It?Qasim Tariq and Yuting Mao
41. 3:30 pm to 4:00 pmAfternoon tea
42. 4:00 pm to 4:30 pmBuilder Showcase
43. 4:30 pm to 5:15 pmClosing keynote

Speakers

Builder Showcase

5 projects from the community took the main stage at 4:00 pm, with five minutes each: four minutes of demo and one of questions.

• aiOS

  Neeraj Rajeev Shetkar

  A privacy-first agent that runs entirely on Apple Silicon, working across native macOS apps without the cloud.

  getaios.tech

• Logit Social

  Tejas Cherukara

  Logit Social brings journaling, goals and community together to help you spend time on what matters, not just get more done.

  logit.social

• Pervio Local

  Xian Xu

  Pervio Local turns fragmented local information and unmet community needs into real-world connections, using shared, AI-powered community intelligence.

  pervio.club

• Resuleet

  Stefan Caliaro

  Resuleet uses AI to find and rate jobs, tailor applications, automate submissions and manage follow-ups, so you can apply smarter, faster.

  resuleet.com

• SignSense

  Anjalika Raina and Vishakha Mathur

  A browser-based Auslan learning platform built on computer vision models that tracks, evaluates and grades Auslan signs in real time.

Partners

• Presented by

  Google backed DevFest Sydney with an event grant and support across Gemini, Google Cloud and Firebase.

• Venue partner

  Torrens University hosted the day at its Surry Hills campus, minutes from Central Station.

• Platinum

  Vivanti is a technology consultancy helping organisations turn data and technology into meaningful business outcomes. With 20+ years of experience across data, analytics, cloud, AI, architecture, integration and digital transformation, we bring together experienced people and practical expertise to solve complex challenges.

• Gold

  Founded by ex-Googlers, Aviato Consulting is an award-winning Google Cloud consultancy specialising in Cloud Architecture, App development, and Enterprise AI & Data. Aviato helps organisations build scalable, modern applications and deploy intelligent AI systems powered by Google Cloud and Gemini.

• Silver

  Asana is a work management platform that helps teams plan, organise and track their work in one place, from daily tasks to company-wide goals. With AI teammates and integrations with Google Workspace and hundreds of other tools, Asana gives developers and builders a clear view of who is doing what, by when, so teams can move faster with less coordination overhead.

• Community