📢 CALL FOR SPEAKERS (CFP)
Theme: Build, secure, scale: Developers and builders in the agentic era
🌟 Featured Role: Google Certified GAIL / GenAI Lead Bootcamp Trainer 🎓
We are seeking a Google Certified Generative AI Leader (GAIL), Google Cloud Certified Professional, or GDE in AI/ML to lead our flagship 2-day, 8-hour Generative AI Leader (GAIL) Foundational Certification Bootcamp (4 hours/day) on October 30 & 31, 2026.
What You’ll Do:
Guide students, professional developers, and non-technical builders through Google Cloud's GAIL foundational curriculum.
Facilitate hands-on prompt design, Gemini API exploration, and agentic workflow exercises.
Help participants prepare for the official certification exam.
💡 General Session Topics & Tracks
We are accepting proposals across two primary tracks:
🛠️ Developer Track (Deep Technical & Code):
Agentic AI & #BuildWithGemini: Building autonomous agents with Gemini API, Vertex AI, and Google AI Studio.
Google Cloud & Infrastructure: Architecting secure-by-default, scalable cloud backends, microservices, and GenAI platforms.
Mobile & Web Ecosystems: Modern Android development, GenUI, cross-platform apps with Flutter, and Firebase AI Logic.
Security & Responsible AI: Data privacy, model evaluation, and safe AI deployment at scale.
💡 Builder Track (Applied Tech & Workflows):
From Prompt to Production: Low-code/no-code AI workflows, rapid prototyping, and AI-driven product design.
AI Automation for Industry: Real-world case studies in healthcare, finance, logistics, and domain-specific AI solutions.
Tech Leadership & Startup Growth: Scaling tech products, managing AI-first engineering teams, and culture-forward technology in Atlanta.
⏱️ Session Formats
Technical Sessions / Talks: 30–45 Minutes
Hands-on Workshops & Codelabs: 60 Minutes
Panel Discussions: 45 Minutes (Host or Panelist)
Lightning Talks / Mini-Summit Presentations: 15–20 Minutes
Speaker Guidelines & Session Expectations — Google DevFest Atlanta 2026 (#DFA26)
Welcome to the Call for Speakers for Google DevFest Atlanta 2026! Our conference theme this year is "Build, secure, scale: Developers and builders in the agentic era." We welcome proposals from developers, Googlers, Google Developer Experts (GDEs), enterprise architects, startup leaders, and community innovators.
🎯 Target Audience & Levels of Expertise
Our audience includes professional software engineers, cloud architects, non-traditional "Builders" (product managers, designers, founders), and university students. We accept sessions across all expertise levels:
Beginner / Foundational
Intermediate
Advanced / Deep Dive
🛠️ Acceptable Topic Areas
We are accepting session submissions across two main tracks:
Developer Track (Deep Tech & Code): Agentic AI, Gemini API, Vertex AI, Google Cloud Infrastructure, Security-by-Default, Android, Flutter, and Web.
Builder Track (Applied AI & Workflows): Prompt-to-Production pipelines, AI automation for industry, low-code/no-code workflows, and tech leadership.
Special Call: Certified trainers/facilitators interested in leading modules for our 2-day Generative AI Leader (GAIL) certification bootcamp.
⏱️ Accepted Session Formats
Technical Sessions / Talks: 30–45 minutes
Hands-on Workshops & Codelabs: 60 minutes
Panel Discussions: 45 minutes
Lightning Talks / Mini-Summit Presentations: 15–20 minutes
📜 Speaker Expectations & Code of Conduct
All sessions should prioritize educational value, hands-on insights, and practical takeaways over commercial sales pitches.
Speakers are expected to deliver original content and engage respectfully with attendees and fellow presenters.
All speakers and participants must adhere to the official Google Developer Groups Code of Conduct.
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