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Posted by November 15, 2019 Events, News, TFHK, WTM One Comment

GDG Devfest Hong Kong 2019 CANCELLED

Due to the current condition of Hong Kong, we are sorry to announce that our GDG DevFest Hong Kong 2019 has been canceled.

We have not taken this decision lightly, and have kept hope until last week that the situation would improve (enough) so we could still hold a great event. Our participants and speakers Safety is always our top priority, therefore, we unfortunately have to make this tough decision.

We hope we will see you soon.

GDG Devfest HK Organizers’ Team
[email protected]

Posted by November 2, 2019 Events, TFHK, WTM No Comments

(CANCELLED) GDG DevFest Hong Kong 2019

== GDG Devfest Hong Kong 2019 CANCELLED ==
== [Announcement Detail] ==

 

本年度 GDG DevFest 將於11月23日於香港城市大學舉行。今年我們將兵分四路，帶來超過20個環節，涵蓋Cloud Technologies，Machine Learning，Mobile及Web等不同範疇。

自2010年起，DevFest一直是我們每年最大型的活動，參與人數由約80人到去年超過300人。這一直支持著我們發展，去為香港的資訊科技行業建設一個可持續發展的生態圈。

一個良好的生態圈並不能單靠我們這一群開發者，所以今年我們亦邀請了 Women Techmakers，將我們的願景帶給每一個人。

GDG DevFest 是一個免費的活動，由開發者舉辦，為開發者而設。在這裡你將會得到由Google，行業領袖，科創企業，及本地社區所帶來的行業資訊。

Event 網站 https://devfest2019.gdghk.org/

GDG DevFest, our annual developer conference for the developer community, will be held on 23-Nov in City University of Hong Kong. This year, we have one more track compare with last year. We have 4 tracks and over 16 sessions covering areas of Cloud Technologies, Machine Learning, Mobile, Web, and more.

Since 2010, DevFest has become our largest event of the year. From one single track with 80 people, to 4 tracks with over 300 people. We bring the best to the community, to build a sustainable ecosystem in the industry.

Not only more sessions for more people. We understand a healthy ecosystem cannot be just formed by us. So, this year, we also bring Women Techmakers with us. To bring the same message to the young developers, and beyond the limit of genders.

With speakers from Google, Industry Leads, Startups, and Local Communities, we bring the best content to the community. If you miss it, you will have to wait for another year. And most important is, the event is FREE.

 

General Sponsor 贊助

 Google

Venue Sponsor 場地贊助


Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong

Organisers 主辦

GDG Hong Kong
GDG Cloud Hong Kong

Women Techmakers Hong Kong
TensorFlow Hong Kong
 Hong Kong Kotlin User Group

Sponsor 贊助

Gravity Link International Limited

Posted by October 10, 2019 Events, News No Comments

Flutter Workshop: Building a Cross-Platform Mobile App

Flutter has become more popluar since 1.0 release. It is rapid and easy to build cross-platform app.
This workshop will introduce Flutter and build an app together. You will learn from building User Interface to handling HTTP request.

Content level: Beginner
Language: Cantonese with English slides

Date & Time: 26-Oct-2019 10:00-13:00
Venue: Master Concept (HK)

Schedule:
– Introduction to Flutter
– Let’s build some UI
– State management
– HTTP request
– Building apk for Android

Preparation:
– Bring your own laptop（PC，Mac or Chromebook） & charger
參加者請帶備具有互聯網連接的筆記本電腦（PC，Mac或Chromebook）及電腦charger
– Android Studio (with simulator or android phone)

Requirements:
– Basic programming language knownledge (e.g. Java)
– No prior web/mobile app development experience is required

Posted by October 3, 2019 Events, TFHK, WTM No Comments

GDG Devfest Hong Kong 2019 – Call for Speakers

GDG DevFest starts!

Most biggest Google relative technological, community, and developer event in Hong Kong on 23-Nov-2019.

Now we are calling for speakers

Do you do anything interesting thing about development recently? Or has experience with running communities want to share. You are the person we are looking for!

Not yet prepare the topic ready for speaking

We offer you some ideas The following are some of the ideas we provide but are not limited to these. As long as you have any cool things want to share, please don’t hesitate to share it with everyone.

Mobile & Web

  • Kotlin
  • Flutter / Dart
  • Material Design
  • Maps
  • Android
  • Google Play
  • Google Assistant (AoG)
  • AMP
  • PWA
  • Angular
  • Polymer
  • WebXR, AR & VR
  • Others

Cloud

  • ML Kit
  • Firebase
  • Containers & Kubernetes
  • Big Data
  • Serverless / Cloud Function
  • Others

Machine Learning

  • TensorFlow / Lite
  • AIY
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Machine Learning
  • Others

 

Sign up right now!

Please subscribe to your session with the following information.

  1. Session title
  2. Outline in session description
  3. Session Type
  4. Level of expertise / Target audience
  5. Language

Session Format:

  1. Regular session (40 minutes)
  2. Workshop (40 minutes)
  3. Panel Discussion (40 minutes)

We can NOT commit full travel expenses for now.

Please send the information to [email protected]

Organisers 主辦

GDG Hong Kong
GDG Cloud Hong Kong
TensorFlow Hong Kong
Hong Kong Kotlin User Group
Women Techmakers Hong Kong

Sponsor 贊助

Google

Venue Sponsor 場地贊助


Department of Computer Science, City University of Hong Kong

Posted by October 3, 2019 Events, News No Comments

Kotlin/Everywhere Hong Kong : “Kotlin as a Language for Concurrency” & Codelab

Date & Time: Sat, October 12, 2019 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Location: LT-15, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building City University of Hong Kong

Kotlin/Everywhere又返嚟啦！今次我地特意邀請了經驗Kotlin用家George Leung嚟同大家分享Kotlin作為一個並行性語言嘅心得！

聽完Talk隨即有Beginner程度Codelab學”Kotlin Basic and Functions”

今次仲有限量Kotlin/Everywhere T-shirt同其他精美紀念品送，先到先得！

*** All sessions are in CANTONESE (zh-yue-Hant-HK) ***
*** 此活動主要以廣東話／粵語進行 ***
###Please register in Eventbrite###
Register Link: https://gdghk-kotlinpart3.eventbrite.com

內容預告：
>> Talk “Kotlin as a language for concurrency” – George Leung
內容程度: 初級至中級
語言: 廣東話演說及英文slides

>> Codelab: “Kotlin Basic and Functions”
內容程度: 初級
語言: 廣東話演說及英文materials

參加者請帶備具有互聯網連接的筆記本電腦（PC，Mac或Chromebook）及電腦charger參與Codelab。

Codelab是初級程度，無需Kotlin / Coding經驗，但有基本Coding經驗會對理解codelab有幫助。至少見到Code唔會驚先！

Posted by October 3, 2019 Events No Comments

Kotlin/Everywhere Hong Kong : A Day of Kotlin

### Please register in https://gdghk-kotlinday2019.eventbrite.com/ ###
*** CANTONESE (zh-yue-Hant-HK)/ Mandarin Sessions***

繼續Kotlin/Everywhere系列！ 上次codelab活動Java轉Kotlin應該令大家初步體驗到Kotlin的精簡syntax及強大functions。 今次8月31日下午的A Day of Kotlin會帶大家再深入一點又廣闊一點地學習Kotlin的技巧及應用！我們特意邀請了台北亞太智能機器(APMIC)的宋豐价(Dave Sung)來分享使用Kotlin Coroutines在Android App處理API的心得，還有活躍於Developer Communities的OurSky分享Kotlin實現Microservices的實戰經驗，由Eillot Wong主講！ 聽完Talk隨即有Codelab即場學用Kotlin寫native Android app！ 今次仲有限量Kotlin/Everywher紀念品，先到先得！

內容程度: 初級

語言: 廣東話及英文slides，部分內容會按講者意願以廣東話/國語進行。

內容預告：

  • 13:00 “Kotlin + springboot + k8s = microservices” – Elliot Wong，OurSky，香港
  • 14:10 “When coroutines meet RESTful API in Android app” – 宋豐价(Dave Sung)，亞太智能機器(APMIC)，台北
  • 15:00 Codelab: Build an e-commerce Android app with Kotlin and Material Design

參加者請帶備具有互聯網連接的筆記本電腦（PC，Mac或Chromebook）參與Codelab，請預先安裝Android Studio 3.3或以上。 今次Codelab是初級程度，無需Kotlin/Mobile App開發經驗，但有基本Coding經驗會對理解codelab有幫助。只少見到Code唔會驚先！

活動會在City University of Hong Kong, 李達三葉耀珍學術樓(AC2), 1/F, LI 1503進行。

Posted by September 3, 2019 Events No Comments

The 1st Global Voice & Travel Hackathon – Hong Kong Round

*** Some sessions will be conducted in CANTONESE/Mandarin ***
*** Must Register on Eventbrite http://gdghongkong.eventbrite.com/, NO walk-in due to security requirement of event venue ***

>> 12hours Hackathon! Win the Google Home Mini & 500 Euro Kiwi.com voucher by Learning & Hacking!

Date & Time: Sat, September 28, 2019 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM HKT
Location: Google Hong Kong Office

Let’s celebrate World Tourism Day by inviting everyone to redefine the travel experience using the Google Assistant. GDG Brno organizes the 🎉1st Global Voice & Travel Hackathon 👩🏻‍💻 👨🏻‍💻 inviting over 50 cities all over the world to build Travel topics Google Assistant applications. More about the global hackathon: https://www.voicehackathon.org

Each of the top 10 global winner teams will get 500 EUR voucher from Kiwi.com!

The Hong Kong round will be hosted by GDG Hong Kong on 28 Sept 2019(Sat) in Google Hong Kong office. The teams (3~5 participants per team) will have 12 hours to create their own Google Assistant Voice App, and do an 8mins presentation + 2mins Q&A. Our Hong Kong local round juries will choose the 3 winning teams, and the campaign team will take part in the Grand Finale 2-3 days after the local round by submitting a 2mins presentation video.

We have invited the Google Assistant Google Developer Expert Wolke Lin from TaiChung to be our hackathon mentor and jury! 🇹🇼👨🏻‍💻We also invited guests from GDG Shenzhen and Google Hong Kong to be our juries. 👏🏻👏🏻

The event is free admission and target for general public whether they are programmers, designers, marketers, or simply enthusiasts.

Training will be provided on 14 Sept 2019(strongly recommended for hackathon participants, register via https://gdghk2019-aogcodelab.eventbrite.com) & during the hackathon event day on 28 Sept 2019.

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>> Details of the Hong Kong Round Hackathon
Event/Workshop Language: Cantonese/Mandarin, English slides and materials

Content Level: Beginner

Hackathon Topic: Build a Travel topics related Google Assistant App
Hackathon Presentation: Each team performs 8mins presentation + 2mins Q&A of their Google Assistant App, in Cantonese/Mandarin/English

Judging Criteria:
・ Nice Idea: exciting, creative, innovative or unique
・Conversation Design: intuitive “human-like” conversation
・Functional Software Part: technologies applied, completeness

>> Prize for Champion(1 team), each team member will get:
・a Google Home Mini
・extra HKD 100 valued AIRSIM (https://www.airsim.com.hk/simcard)
・online learning platform credit (TBC)
・eligible to take part in the global Grand Finale

>> Prize for 1st Runner Up(1 team), each team member will get:
・a Google Home Mini
・extra HKD 100 valued AIRSIM
・online learning platform credit (TBC)

>> Prize for 2nd Runner Up(1 team), each team member will get:
・extra HKD 100 valued AIRSIM
・online learning platform credit

🎉Each participants(includes 3 winning teams) will get a HKD 50 valued AIRSIM! Special Thanks to AIRSIM! 😘

>>Things to Bring: **Each Team/ Each Individual Participant must bring a laptop** PC, Mac or Chromebook with the latest versions of the popular browsers. Remember to bring the charger.

>>What’s Google Assistant?
Google Assistant is an artificial intelligence-powered personal virtual assistant that enables conversations between you and Google to get things done. Google Assistant is available on mobile and smart home devices, already accessible on more than 1 Billion+ devices.

Posted by September 3, 2019 Events No Comments

AoG Workshop: Build a personalized, Firebase powered Google Assistant App

*** CANTONESE (zh-yue-Hant-HK) sessions***
***Must Register on Eventbrite http://gdghongkong.eventbrite.com/ ***

Date & Time: Sat, September 14, 2019 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM HKT
Location: LT-15, Yeung Kin Man Academic Building City University of Hong Kong

• Preparatin Codelab for The 1st Global Voice & Travel Hackathon – Hong Kong Round

This AoG codelab is preparation workshop for the participants joining The 1st Global Voice & Travel Hackathon – Hong Kong Round(Register hackathon https://gdghk2019-aoghackathon.eventbrite.com). In this codelab, attendants will have a basic understanding of Actions on Google and will be able to create an APP for the Google Assistant.

Some seats are available for non-hackathon participants, you may consider to register the hackathon after this codelab event.

• What we’ll do
This time we will briefly go through the basic of Action of Google and Google Assistant, then we will do the code lab level 2 & 3. You’ll learn how to deploy a NodeJS AoG project to Firebase, define Dialogflow custom entities, request permission to s user information, store user preference and data in session or cross-conversations, handle user silence and cancellations, respond user with sound effects and visual responses.

• Google Assistant Developer Community Program
To encourage attendants to build great Google Assistant apps, Google(not GDG Hong Kong) has offered a developer community program. For all developers(not only attendants of this event) who submitted an eligible app to Google Actions directory before Sept 30, 2019 at 11:59 PM (PST) and successfully approved by Google, will get a Google Assistant t-shirt + cloud credits for a year, and may get a Google Home device for further checkpoint achieved. Read details and T&C in: https://developers.google.com/actions/community/

• What to bring
**Must bring a laptop** (PC, Mac or Chromebook)! The labs will run on all of the latest versions of the popular browsers. For the best experience, make sure your laptop has Chrome installed.

• Important to know
*Must Register on Eventbrite
*We may not let you join the event if you have no laptop on the event day.
*Make sure your laptop has enough battery or bring the charger.

• What’s Google Assistant?
Google Assistant is an artificial intelligence-powered personal virtual assistant that enables conversations between you and Google to get things done. Google Assistant is available on mobile and smart home devices, already accessible on more than 1 Billion+ devices.

Posted by July 8, 2019 Events No Comments

Kotlin/Everywhere Hong Kong : Kotlin 101

*** This event is in CANTONESE (zh-yue-Hant-HK) only***
*** 此活動主要以廣東話／粵語進行 ***

*** 請經由 Eventbrite 報名 (十分重要) ***
###Please register in Eventbrite###
Register Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/kotlineverywhere-hong-kong-kotlin-101-tickets-65516719271

Want to get started with Kotlin, but don’t know where to begin? Join us for our Kotlin/Everywhere event.
Together we’ll work through a code lab of refactoring Java to Kotlin. You will know the syntax and features of Kotlin and get some hands-on experience.

Date & Time: Sat, July 27, 2019 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
Venue: LT-10, Academic Building, City University of Hong Kong

Content level: Beginner
Language: Cantonese(廣東話), with English slides

10:00am Introduction to Kotlin
11:30am Break
11:40am Codelab – Refactoring to Kotlin
13:00pm Event ends

Attendees will need a laptop(PC, Mac or Chromebook) with an internet connection, You need to install Android Studio 3.3 or IntelliJ IDEA in advance.

Prior Kotlin experience is not assumed, but some programming experence will help you to understand the codelab faster. We will do our best to briefly introduce relevant concepts.

主辦｜Organizer:
GDG Hong Kong

支持機構｜Supporting Organization:
Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Posted by July 8, 2019 Events, TFHK No Comments

A Hands-on Introduction to TensorFlow 2.0 Beta

*** Must Register on Eventbrite to secure a spot, no walk-in will be entertained***
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In our August 19 meet-up, we’ve invited Josh Gordon, Developer Advocate at Google with TensorFlow to join us!

TOPIC:
A Hands-on Introduction to TensorFlow 2.0 Beta
By Josh Gordon, Developer Advocate, Google

WHAT TO EXPECT:
In this 90 minute tutorial, we will briefly introduce TensorFlow 2.0, then dive in to training neural networks. This tutorial is targeted at folks new to TensorFlow, and/or Deep Learning. Our goal is to help attendees get started efficiently and effectively, so they can continue learning on your own. Attendees will need a laptop with an internet connection, there is nothing to install in advance. Prior machine learning experience is not assumed. We will do our best to briefly introduce relevant concepts. The goal of our tutorial is not to teach you everything you need to know (of course), but to get you started and overcome any initial barriers, so you can continue learning on their own.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Josh Gordon works on the TensorFlow team at Google, and teaches Applied Deep Learning at Columbia University and Pace University. He has over a decade of machine learning experience to share. You can find him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/random_forests
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Get your ticket at Eventbrite now: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-hands-on-introduction-to-tensorflow-20-beta-tickets-64954818611

 

主辦｜Co-organizers:
GDG Hong Kong, TensorFlow Hong Kong

支持機構｜Supporting Organization:
Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

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