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GDG DevFest Ahmedabad is back with its 12th edition!

🎯 Target Audience

This year, we're expanding the audience we want to bring together at GDG DevFest Ahmedabad.

Our audience will primarily include:

• IT professionals — Web, Mobile, Backend, Cloud, AI/ML, Data, DevOps, Security, Designers, Architects, Engineering Managers, and more
• Developers and engineers building real-world products and applications
• Tech entrepreneurs and startup founders
• Product builders and technology leaders
• Professionals navigating the changing technology landscape
• AI builders and developers experimenting with new ways of building
• Students and freshers with genuine hands-on experience and a strong interest in technology

We especially want to bring together people who are building, experimenting, leading, and adapting in an increasingly AI-driven world.

🎤 Tracks & Session Formats

This year, GDG DevFest Ahmedabad will have three primary content tracks, along with a dedicated full-day Workshop Track.

🤖 Build with AI — Web, AI & Cloud

We're looking for sessions around building modern applications and infrastructure with AI across the Web and Cloud ecosystem.

Topics could include, but are not limited to:

• AI-powered and AI-native web applications
• Building production-ready LLM and GenAI applications
• AI agents and agentic applications
• Building AI agents with ADK, LangGraph, CrewAI and other frameworks
• Gemini, Google AI and multimodal AI
• AI + Firebase + Google Cloud
• Building AI applications with Genkit
• RAG, knowledge systems and LLM-powered assistants
• AI-assisted software development and developer tools
• Modern AI engineering: Prompt, Context, Loop, Graph and Harness Engineering
• AI observability, evaluation, testing and optimisation
• Scaling GenAI applications and APIs for web and mobile
• Fine-tuning and custom AI models with Vertex AI
• AI security, responsible AI and safety
• On-device AI, WebAssembly and edge computing
• Generative AI, AutoML, Dataflow, ML Kit, AI Model Evaluation, Cloud Natural Language, etc.

We particularly encourage real-world implementations and production experiences.

📱 Build with AI — Mobile

How is AI changing the way we build mobile experiences?

We welcome sessions around:

• Developing AI-powered Mobile apps using Antigravity IDE
• Flutter + Gemini Integration for mobile experiences
• Flutter Web + Firebase + AI full-stack architecture
• Hands-on with Android Gemini API (code generation, voice assistant, etc.)
• Flutter AI Plugins – integrating open-source models locally
• Flutter/Android scalable architecture best practices for on-device LLMs
• Gemma integration into mobile apps

We're particularly interested in what you've actually built and learned while building it.

🚀 Build with AI — Non-Tech & Startups

AI isn't only transforming code.

It's changing how products are imagined, companies are built, teams operate, and businesses grow.

This track is for:

• Startup founders
• Entrepreneurs
• Product leaders
• Business leaders
• Developers turned founders
• AI product builders
• Startup ecosystem enablers
• Technology professionals

Possible topics include:

• From Idea to Scale: Building Products with AI
• AI & Startups: Finding Opportunities and Building Businesses
• From Experiment to Impact: AI Transformation in the Real World
• Leading Products & Teams in an AI-First World
• The Economics of AI: Cost, Scale & Sustainability

We want the stories behind the products — not product pitches.

🛠️ Workshop Track

Alongside the three primary tracks, GDG DevFest Ahmedabad 2026 will have a dedicated Workshop Track running throughout the day.

Some things are better learned by doing.

We're looking for hands-on experiences where attendees can actively build, experiment, solve problems, and learn through practice.

Workshops can cover areas across:

• AI-Assisted Development & Developer Tools
• AI-Powered Web & Mobile Development
• AI Product Building & Rapid Prototyping
• Creative Coding, Games & Interactive Experiences
• Voice & Conversational AI
• Data Storytelling & Visualisation
• Cybersecurity, Privacy & Responsible Technology
• Cloud, Edge Computing & Open Source

A great workshop should give attendees something they can build, experiment with, and continue working on after DevFest.

🎤 Panel Discussions

This year, we're also introducing panel discussions at the end of each major track.

Each track will have a dedicated panel bringing together multiple speakers and perspectives around the technologies, challenges, opportunities, and trends shaping that area.

These conversations are designed to go beyond individual sessions and explore questions that benefit from multiple viewpoints and real-world experiences.

Selected speakers may be invited to participate in a relevant panel based on their expertise and experience.

Because sometimes, the most interesting part isn't one person's answer.

It's what happens when different perspectives come together.

⚡ NEW: Speed Mentoring

And now, we're taking the speaker experience one step further.

This year, we're introducing Speed Mentoring at GDG DevFest Ahmedabad.

The idea is simple:

Short conversations. Real questions. Practical guidance.

Attendees will get the opportunity to interact with experienced developers, engineers, founders, professionals, and industry leaders in short, focused mentoring conversations.

Instead of one long mentorship session, the format will be rotational — allowing attendees to meet multiple mentors and get different perspectives on their questions, challenges, projects, careers, and journeys.

We expect our speakers to be part of it.

Being a DevFest speaker this year isn't only about delivering your session.

Selected speakers will also be expected to contribute to the Speed Mentoring initiative.

You will be expected to be available for approximately 30–60 minutes during the event.

The mentoring will happen on a rotational basis and will be planned around your session schedule, so it should not take up a significant portion of your day.

We're asking for this because we believe your experience can be valuable beyond the stage.

Your session might inspire someone.

A conversation with you might help them figure out what to do next.

⭐ Expectations from CFPs this year

We are looking for value-driven, experience-based proposals that showcase real-world implementations, production experience, and practical takeaways rather than introductory topics or sales pitches.

Submissions focused on basic tutorials or introductory guides are unlikely to be selected unless they provide a unique, highly practical perspective.

✅ DOs of CFP

• Clearly explain your proposed topic.
• Describe the practical value of the session.
• Include your hands-on experience with the technology/topic.
• Share links to your previous talks, presentations, blogs, GitHub projects, demos, or videos where applicable.
• Mention important takeaways for attendees.
• Tell us what makes your perspective different.
• Focus on learning and value rather than promotion.
• Be specific about what attendees will learn.

❌ DON'Ts of CFP

• No product pitches
• You may mention your company or product where relevant, but the session should primarily be about technology, experience, learning, or insights.
• No copied content
• The proposal and talk should represent your own original work, ideas, or experiences.
• No generic beginner content
• Avoid topics that simply reproduce introductory documentation or tutorials.
• No marketing presentations
• DevFest is a learning platform, not a sales pitch platform.
• No technology just for the sake of technology

Your proposal should have a clear reason for why the topic matters to our audience.

🎁 Perks of being a GDG DevFest Ahmedabad Speaker

As a selected speaker, you will receive:

• Full-day access to GDG DevFest Ahmedabad 2026
• Opportunity to interact with a diverse audience of developers and professionals
• Networking with speakers, technology leaders, founders, and the startup ecosystem
• Exposure through official GDG Ahmedabad communication and social channels
• Opportunity to participate in Speed Mentoring
• Opportunity to experience other new initiatives this year
• Support from the GDG Ahmedabad team during session preparation
• The opportunity to share your experience with a growing technology community

Approx 10000-12000 depends on the budget availability