​Join us alongside ~80 AI enthusiasts and innovators for exciting talks from AI builders, presented by Defang x Sourcegraph x CS Dojo x Vancouver.dev

​​​+ food, drinks, and good vibes 🍕🍻

​​Who’s this suitable for?

​If you’re curious about AI engineering, this event is for you.

​​​​Format:

• ​​​​5 speaking sessions

• ​​​​1 discussion panel

​​🎙️MC: Bibiana Souza, Engineering Team Lead @ Blossom

​​Agenda:

• ​​5:30pm: Kick-off

• ​​5:30 - 6:00pm: Networking+Pizza

• ​​6:00 - 7:40pm: Talks

• ​​7:40 - 8:00pm: Panel Discussion

• ​​8:00 - 8:30pm: More Networking & Wrap-up

​​​​​Meet Our Featured Speakers:

• ​Lionello Lunesu, Co-founder / CTO @ Defang

  • ​Self-host mistral with VLLM

• ​YK Sugi, Senior AI Developer Advocate @ Sourcegraph

  • ​Is AI replacing software engineering?

• ​Annie Wang, SWE & Career Coach @ Google

  • ​AI agent on Vertex AI

• ​Nivedita Gaur, Silicon Architect @ Meta

  • ​Ushering Next-Gen XR with AI

• ​Noorain Panjwani, Lead Consultant @ Xebia

  • ​Managing Indeterminism in AI Apps

​​​Panel Discussion: AI Dev Tools & How they change the way we work

​​​​Moderator: YK

​​​​Panelists: The rest of the speakers

​Our Sponsors:

• ​​Defang: ​Defang is a Vancouver-based startup offering a radically simpler way for developers to create, deploy, and manage cloud applications.

• ​​Jam.dev: One click bug reports devs love.

​​​​Our Venue Host: Northeastern University 

​​​​​​Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university recognized for experience-driven lifelong learning. The Vancouver campus offers tailored graduate programs in computer science, data engineering, analytics, digital media, information systems, and information design.

​​Our Catering Partner: CaterDash

​​CaterDash helps companies save over 50% on catering costs while supporting local restaurants. They offer multiple cuisines, handle all logistics and have delivered 45k+ meals for Microsoft, EY, BMO, SAP etc. 

​​Feel free to reach out to shreyansh@caterdash.ca if you’d like to order for your office/events! Here is the website for more information: https://www.caterdash.ca

​This event is part of the LOCALHOST Vancouver.

​A week of tech, media, & other explorations on how to create things we can own together. 

​Learn more: https://lu.ma/LOCALHOST_vancouver

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