AI Dev Kids Day
Welcome to our very first AI Dev Kids Day in New York City. We’re thrilled to have you here!
This special event brings together curious young minds and their families for a fun, hands-on introduction to artificial intelligence, coding, and technology. We’re especially excited to welcome Cassandra Chin, an outstanding computer science graduate and author, who has led engaging workshops at conferences around the world.
Cassandra will guide participants through interactive sessions designed to spark creativity, build confidence, and make complex ideas accessible and fun.
These workshops are recommended for kids aged 9 to 15, and parents are encouraged to join. Whether you’re completely new to AI or already curious about how things work behind the scenes, this is a chance to learn, explore, and create – together!
Agenda
12:30 PM – Doors open and registration - Arrive, check in, and get settled.
1:00 PM – AI Workshop
3:30 PM - Workshop concludes; parents arrive for pickup
4:00 PM - Event ends
Workshops
Learn AI by Making Robots Dance!
Taught by Cassandra Chin
What if you could talk to a robot and watch it bring your ideas to life? In this hands-on workshop, kids will team up with goose and mBot2 robots via MCP to explore how AI can understand instructions and help make things happen in the real world. Through playful challenges, they’ll learn how to ask AI clear questions, give better directions, and try again when things don’t go as planned. Along the way, kids will build confidence in experimenting, problem-solving, and turning their imagination into action. No previous experience with AI or robots is needed, just curiosity and a willingness to play, explore, and create!
Bio: Cassandra Chin is a keynote speaker, author, podcast host, and computer science student. She has led technology workshops for kids at international conferences since age 13 and is passionate about expanding access to tech education for women, minorities, and underserved communities.
Taught by Nyah Macklin -- Mira, Glitch, WizAI, and Graphy must help a farmer from Yucatán Farm who is searching for water. Glitch finds information about water, and WizAI builds answers from them but each place they search is dry. Follow the team as they learn that finding related information is only the beginning. They must combine Glitch’s info with Graphy’s recorded connections and check the evidence before they dig.
This illustrated story helps children and adults explore how vector search, knowledge graphs, and large language models can work together for one type of GraphRAG. Each role becomes a memorable character, making complex ideas easier to understand.
Bio: Nyah Macklin is a seasoned researcher and speaker on topics around AI, ML, Ethics, Governance, and Responsibility. Nyah serves as a Senior Developer Advocate for Artificial Intelligence at Neo4j, specializing in context engineering, knowledge graphs, and AI-driven developer tooling where Nyah has built high-impact technical communities and led initiatives that advance a critical understanding of AI and its use cases. They are also the Founder & CTO of Afros in AI, a technical community dedicated to showcasing the multifaceted nature of artificial intelligence. Beyond Nyah's technical expertise, Nyah has a background in government leadership and technology policy, having served as Chief of Staff in the U.S. state government, where they helped shape tech-driven legislative initiatives and equity-driven legislation.
What to know before you come:
Please bring your own laptop so you can fully participate in the hands-on activities.
Space is limited, so if you’re unable to attend, please cancel your registration to allow another child to join.
We will be taking photos and videos during the event, which will be shared online and featured at the keynote of the AI Engineer World Fair conference that week. Please let us know if you agree to be included in the registration process.
Parents or guardians will need to be present to sign their child in at the beginning and sign them out at the end of the event and they welcome to stay and assist your child.
No lunch provided, please bring your snack and water
Call for Volunteers
We’re looking for volunteers to support kids during the hands-on workshops. Parents and those with some technical background are invited to help guide and inspire kids as they build and explore. Please register at Open Google Form
We can’t wait to build with you!