Waterloo.Dev Fest

​Get ready for two days of cutting-edge AI exploration! 🤖

Where the future meets the present and theory transforms into practice. Whether you're a developer, creator, researcher, or simply curious about where artificial intelligence is taking us, this summit is designed to push boundaries and spark innovation.

​Pssttt, people who register as members on our site waterloo.dev get some exciting discounts!

​Day 0 (Workshops) [17th October]

​Location: STC (200 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G3)

​5:30-6:00 - Refresher

​Workshops (6:00-7:30) [Parallel Sessions]

• ​The Lab Shop:

  • ​Building & Deploying an AI “Unhinged Therapist” with Firebase, Vue, and Gemma

    • ​Taha Bouhsine

  • ​Unleash AI Agents: Transform Your Business in 90 Minutes

    • ​GDG Cloud Toronto

  • ​From Vibe to Reality: Building Beautiful Apps with Firebase Studio

    • ​Yvonne Monterroso

    • ​Alex Sandu

• ​The Creatives Lair:

  • ​The Developer's Kitchen: A Recipe for AI-Powered Workspace Add-ons

    • ​Alice Keeler

  • ​Workshop 5 (The Studio): Jamming with AI: Introducing PromptCraft as Creative Collaboration

    • ​Sean Yo

​Day 1: Agenda [18th October]

​Main Stage Sessions (All Attendees Together) 9:00-12:30:

• ​8:30-9:20: Registration | Networking & Breakfast

• ​9:20-9:45: Introduction and welcome talk [Main Stage]

  • ​Sanjay + Yash

  • ​Rachel

  • ​Bardish Chagger

• ​09:45-10:30: Keynote 1: "Surv^H^H^H^H Thriving in an AI" [Main Stage]

  • ​Frank van Puffelen

• ​10:30-11:15:  Panel 1:"The $100 Billion Question: Who Pays When AI Makes Mistakes?" [Main Stage]

  • ​Yvonne Monterroso

  • ​Taha Bouhsine

  • ​Bryce Howitson

  • ​Simon

  • ​Sanjay (Host)

• ​11:15-12:30: Workshops

  • ​Workshop 6 (The Lab): Code Your First Multi-Agentic RAG System in Under an Hour [Room 3094]

    • ​Kiruthika Subramani

  • ​Workshop 7 (The Lab): Building a Production Multi-Agent Code Review Assistant with Google ADK [Main Stage]

    • ​Ayo Adedeji

• ​12:30-1:30: Lunch

​Parallel Track Sessions (1:30-3:30)

• ​1:30-2:10

  • ​The Lab (LH-1010): Talk: “Multi-Modal Fusion: A Technical Deep-Dive on How Vision using JAX”

    • ​David Cardozo

  • ​The Lab (2064): Talk: pip install robot: The Future of AI Development for Robotics

    • ​Steven Rice

  • ​The Academy (LH-1009):Talk: "AI Around The World"

    • ​Jeremy Wilken

  • ​The Commons (2062): Talk: "Healthcare AI: Life-or-Death Decisions"

• ​2:10-2:50

  • ​The Lab (LH-1010): Demo: "Live Model Fine-Tuning: Customizing Gemma 3 270M in Under 30 Minutes"

    • ​Thomas Chong

  • ​The Academy (LH-1009): Talk: "Human Computer Interaction: The UX of AI"

    • ​Bryce Howitson

  • ​The Commons (2062): Talk: "Legend Has It: Why AI Should Never Make Management Decisions"

    • ​Sean Yo

• ​2:50-3:30

  • ​The Lab (2064): Demo: “Building the Chain of Trust: A Google ADK Blueprint for Grounded Legal AI Agents”

    • ​Boris-Wilfried

  • ​The Academy (LH-1009): Talk + demo: "The Ghost in the Machine Learning: When Statistical Patterns Dream of Electric Sheep"

    • ​Faisal Abid

  • ​The Commons (2062): Talk: "AI Warfare Ethics"

    • ​David Cardozo

• ​3:30-4:10

  • ​The Lab (LH-1010): Work Smarter, Not Harder: Gemini CLI for Developers and Architects

    • ​Sudipta Deb

  • ​The Academy (LH-1009): Talk: “Responsible AI - Algorithmic Fairness in Model Building”

    • ​Ali El-Sharif

  • ​The Studio (2062): Demo: "Press A for Assistance: Making Games Accessible with AI"

    • ​Veronica Reingold

​Main stage continues:

• ​4:15-4:45: Networking Snacks & Break

• ​4:45-5:30: Panel 2: "After the AI Revolution: What Do 8 Billion Unemployed Humans Do?" [Main Stage]

  • ​Alice Keeler

  • ​David Cardozo

  • ​Faisal Abid

  • ​Jeremy Wilken

  • ​Boris-Wilfried Nyasse

  • ​Sanjay (Host)

• ​5:30-6:00: Closing Remarks