Speakers & Agenda

Full-day conference schedule, five technical tracks, and guided Vibe Lounge sprints at SRH Berlin on November 14, 2026.

DevFest Berlin 2026 brings five curated technical tracks, an all-day campus hackathon, and four guided Vibe Lounge sprints to SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences (Sonnenallee 221, 12059 Berlin) on November 14, 2026.

Call for Speakers Open

Speaker lineup & session slots announcing in early November

Our Call for Speakers on Sessionize is open until November 1, 2026 at 23:59 CET. The content committee is reviewing submissions across AI, Cloud, Mobile, Career, and Hardware tracks.

Day at a Glance (Saturday, November 14, 2026)

Doors open at 09:00 CET at SRH Berlin in Neukölln. Exact room assignments and individual talk slots will appear here as soon as speaker confirmations wrap up.

09:00

Doors Open, Badge Pickup & Morning Coffee

Main Foyer · SRH Berlin
10:00

Welcome Keynote & Berlin Community Opening

Keynote Auditorium
11:00

Morning Talk Tracks, Workshops & Vibe Lounge Sprint 1

5 Parallel Tracks + Vibe Lounge + Hackathon
12:30

Lunch Break & Community Networking

Campus Courtyard & Foyer
13:30

Afternoon Talk Tracks, Deep-Dive Workshops & Vibe Lounge Sprints 2-3

5 Parallel Tracks + Vibe Lounge + Hackathon
16:30

Hackathon Demos, Vibe Lounge Sprint 4 & Closing Keynote

Keynote Auditorium
17:30

Evening Networking & Community Social

SRH Berlin Campus

Official DevFest Vibe Lounge Schedule (11:00 to 17:30)

The Vibe Lounge runs four guided 45-minute hands-on sprints throughout the day. Drop in with your laptop, build a live AI prototype with Google AI Studio and Gemini alongside community mentors, and claim the official DevFest 2026 Vibe Lounge badge.

Sprint 1 11:00 - 11:45

Backyard Barista & Multimodal Prompts

Design and ship a multimodal coffee or food assistant in Google AI Studio with structured JSON output.

Sprint 2 13:15 - 14:00

Launch a Multiplayer Game with AI

Generate a 2-player browser or Flutter game and deploy it live to a shareable URL in one sprint.

Sprint 3 15:00 - 15:45

Google Maps & Geolocation AI

Combine Google Maps Platform with Gemini grounding to build interactive Berlin discovery tools.

Sprint 4 16:45 - 17:30

Agentic Workflows & Badge Showcase

Build an agentic workflow, demo your prototype to on-site mentors, and claim the official Vibe Lounge badge.

Five Conference Tracks

Sessions at DevFest Berlin 2026 are organized across five community-curated tracks plus our all-day campus hackathon:

  • AI & Machine Learning: Practical agentic workflows, Gemini, Vertex AI, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and responsible AI engineering.
  • Cloud & Security: Google Cloud, Kubernetes, multi-cloud operations, DevSecOps, and infrastructure defense.
  • Languages & Mobile: Flutter, Dart, Android, Kotlin, Go, and modern cross-platform architecture.
  • Career & Practices: Engineering leadership, IC vs. management paths, product design, and team culture.
  • Robotics & Hardware: Edge AI, IoT systems, embedded devices, and physical computing.