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DevFest Montreal 2026

Featured Speakers

Meet our world-class lineup of speakers, Google Developer Experts, and industry leaders sharing practical technical projects, hands-on workshops, and interactive panels.

41 Speakers(including 4 Googlers and 16 GDEs)
Rebecca Abi Chahine

Rebecca Abi Chahine

Lead

GDG on Campus - Polytechnique

Keynote· 15 min3-1·17:00 – 17:15
COMMUNITY
Ethiel Adiassa
GDE

Ethiel Adiassa

Senior Software Engineer

Ava Finance

Talk· 40 min4-5·10:15 – 11:00
APPDEV/AI
Mohammad Al-Ansari
Google

Mohammad Al-Ansari

Staff Developer Advocate (Workspace)

Google

Talk· 40 min3-1·15:00 – 15:45

Google Workspace MCPs with Antigravity

AI
Radwan Baba

Radwan Baba

AI Engineer

Info-Tech Research Group

Lightning· 15 min4-3·14:00 – 14:15
AI
Lester Botello

Lester Botello

Software Development Team Lead

Wepoint

Talk· 40 min4-3·11:15 – 12:00
AI
Faustin Bouchard

Faustin Bouchard

System Architect

Universal Intelligence Architecture Inc.

Talk· 40 min3-5·13:00 – 13:45
CLOUD
Olivier Bourgeois
Google

Olivier Bourgeois

Developer Advocate

Google

Talk· 40 min3-1·14:00 – 14:45
Workshop· 90 min4-6·10:15 – 11:45
CLOUD/AI
Cesar Bustamante

Cesar Bustamante

Senior Manager, Infrastructure

1:1 Coaching· 25 min4-7 · 3-3·10:30, 11:00, 15:00, 16:15
CLOUD/COMMUNITY
David Cardozo
GDE

David Cardozo

Sr AI Engineer

Dataiku

Talk· 40 min4-5·13:00 – 13:45
AI
Etienne Caron
GDE

Etienne Caron

CTO

Kanastruk Services Conseils Inc.

Talk· 40 min3-5·10:15 – 11:00
Workshop· drop-in showcase3-2·10:15 – 16:45 (Drop-in)
1:1 Coaching· 25 min4-2 · 3-3 · 4-7·13:15, 14:30, 15:45, 16:15
AI/COMMUNITY
Romain Chezeaud

Romain Chezeaud

Director, Data Strategy and AI Innovation

Groupe BMR

1:1 Coaching· 25 min4-2 · 3-3·10:30, 11:00, 13:15, 15:45
AI/COMMUNITY
Thomas Chong
GDE

Thomas Chong

AI Research Engineer

Beever AI

Talk· 40 min4-5·16:00 – 16:45
AI
Arunesh Choudhary

Arunesh Choudhary

Conversational AI Engineer

Dialabot.ai

Talk· 40 min4-3·13:00 – 13:45
AI/APPDEV
Ludovic Dessemon

Ludovic Dessemon

VP Consulting Canada - Global AI Lead

oXya Consulting Inc.

Talk· 40 min3-1·11:15 – 12:00
AI
Guryash Singh Dhall

Guryash Singh Dhall

Senior Data Engineer

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Lightning· 15 min4-3·14:25 – 14:40
AI
Oumaima El Khayiri

Oumaima El Khayiri

Lead

GDG on Campus - École de Technologie Supérieure

Keynote· 15 min3-1·17:00 – 17:15
COMMUNITY
Mathieu Fillion

Mathieu Fillion

Development Teams Manager

Wepoint

Talk· 40 min3-5·15:00 – 15:45
APPDEV/AI
Raphaelle Giraud

Raphaelle Giraud

Team Lead Développeuse Agents IA

Vooban

Panel· 40 min3-1·10:15 – 11:00
1:1 Coaching· 25 min3-3 · 4-2·13:45, 15:00
AI/COMMUNITY
Sebastian Senen Gonzalez
Google

Sebastian Senen Gonzalez

Outcome Customer Engineering (Google Cloud)

Google

1:1 Coaching· 25 min4-2·13:45, 14:30, 15:45, 16:15
CLOUD/COMMUNITY
Angelo Italiano
GDE

Angelo Italiano

Principal Engineering Manager

RAVL

Talk· 40 min4-4·16:00 – 16:45
AI
Eckarath Khounsombath

Eckarath Khounsombath

Principal Solution Architect

ECKA Studio

Talk· 40 min4-3·10:15 – 11:00
AI/CLOUD
Rishab Kumar
GDE

Rishab Kumar

Staff DevRel

Twilio

Workshop· 90 min4-6·13:15 – 14:45
CLOUD/AI
Pierre-Alexandre Lacerte

Pierre-Alexandre Lacerte

Senior Director of Software Development

Upgrade, Inc.

Panel· 40 min3-1·10:15 – 11:00
COMMUNITY
Jhin Lee
GDE

Jhin Lee

Senior Software Developer

Unity

Talk· 40 min4-5·11:15 – 12:00
APPDEV/AI
François Légaré
GDE

François Légaré

Senior Manager Data Science

Bell

Talk· 40 min4-4·15:00 – 15:45
AI
Felipe Lujan
GDE

Felipe Lujan

Talk· 40 min4-4·13:00 – 13:45
AI
JL Maréchaux

JL Maréchaux

Senior Director, AI & Innovation

National Bank of Canada

Panel· 40 min3-1·10:15 – 11:00
1:1 Coaching· 25 min3-4·13:15, 13:45, 15:45, 16:15
COMMUNITY/AI
Kevin Moore
GDE

Kevin Moore

Talk· 40 min4-4·14:00 – 14:45
APPDEV/AI
Boris-Wilfried Nyasse
GDE

Boris-Wilfried Nyasse

Founder

Oloodi

Talk· 40 min4-4·11:15 – 12:00
AI
Olayinka Peter Oluwafemi
GDE

Olayinka Peter Oluwafemi

Sr. ML Engineer

BrainBox AI

Talk· 40 min4-4·10:15 – 11:00
AI
Gleb Otochkin
Google

Gleb Otochkin

Cloud Advocate

Google

Talk· 40 min3-1·13:00 – 13:45
Talk· 40 min3-5·16:00 – 16:45
AI/CLOUD/APPDEV
Jihoo Park

Jihoo Park

WTM Ambassador

1:1 Coaching· 25 min3-4·10:30, 11:00, 14:30, 15:00
COMMUNITY/AI
Stefania Pecore

Stefania Pecore

President

Women Techmakers Montreal

Panel· 40 min3-1·10:15 – 11:00
1:1 Coaching· 25 min4-7·13:15, 13:45, 14:30, 15:00
Keynote· 15 min3-1·17:00 – 17:15
COMMUNITY
Michael Persico

Michael Persico

Lead

GDG on Campus - Concordia

Keynote· 15 min3-1·17:00 – 17:15
COMMUNITY
Dev J. Shah

Dev J. Shah

SWE

TribalScale

Talk· 40 min3-5·11:15 – 12:00
AI
Nav Singh
GDE

Nav Singh

Android Engineer

Manulife

Talk· 40 min4-5·14:00 – 14:45
APPDEV/AI
Cyprien Tankeu
GDE

Cyprien Tankeu

Co-founder & Head, Google Workspace

Miradie Conseils Inc

Workshop· 90 min4-6·15:00 – 16:30
AI
Stacy Véronneau
GDE

Stacy Véronneau

Senior Customer Engineer

TELUS Digital

Keynote· 35 min3-1·09:25 & 17:00

Opening & Closing Keynotes

Talk· 40 min3-1·16:00 – 16:45
1:1 Coaching· 25 min3-3·10:30, 11:00
CLOUD/AI/COMMUNITY
Daniel Wei

Daniel Wei

Lead

GDG on Campus - McGill

Keynote· 15 min3-1·17:00 – 17:15
COMMUNITY
Aisha Yaseen

Aisha Yaseen

Co-Founder & FDE

AREHSOFT

Talk· 40 min3-5·14:00 – 14:45
AI
Jonathan Zhuo
GDE

Jonathan Zhuo

GCP Principal Architect (Sr. Director)

Capgemini

Talk· 40 min4-5·15:00 – 15:45
CLOUD/AI