GDG DevFest Baguio 2015: Coding Better, Aiming Higher

With over two hundred participants, +GDG Baguio organized its 3^rd DevFest on November 7, 2015 at the University of the Cordilleras, Baguio City, Philippines.

Here are the highlights of the event:

Morning Session

Welcome Remarks by Ms. Anna Rodora Quitaleg, IT Head of the UC - College of Information Technology and Computer Science (CITCS)

Community Updates by GDG Community Manager +Reymart Canuel

Keynote by +Josan Astrid Dometita

Message from PLDT Innolab by Danilo June “Gino” Francisco & Ray Martin Jaurigue

Presentation of the Android Masters Winners

Android Masters is a collegiate inter-school Android app development challenge. It is open to all universities and colleges across the Philippines. The main objective of the program is to encourage students to develop their creative app ideas and publish it to Google Play Store.

StimuBrain by GoForCandy, University of the Cordilleras (Finalist for Productivity / Utility Category)



Kuvio by Jaguar Tech, University of the Cordilleras (Finalist for Games Category)

Crime Chase by Jaguar Tech, University of the Cordilleras (Champion on Productivity / Utility Category)

Breakout Sessions

Demos and Non-coding Sessions

Startup Inspiration by +Jerome Locson

Google Cardboard Demo by +Benj Tupas

 

Wearables Demo by +Josan Astrid Dometita

Codelabs

Android x Firebase by +Gerardo Guangco

Gemma x Arduino by +Josan Astrid Dometita

HTML5 Game Development by +Benj Tupas

IntelXDK x Google Maps API by +Trinmar Boado

node.js x Google Cloud Platform by +Anton Raphael Orpilla

Polymer Development by +Brian Matthew Mamaril

Web Animations and Transitions API by Joyce Guiao

Some responses from the participants:

"They are the most educational of all since they gave you the basic things you need in order to study them by yourself thereafter," Danny Boy Ngipol, a regular attendee of the event said during an interview.

"The overall experience was enjoyable and has offered many opportunities to learn new technologies to be applicable in the future," August Mabalot, a yearly GDG participant said. "I recommend future GDG DevFest events to my fellow IT students and professionals as these events allow them to improve in their careers and to make new friends," August concluded.

"It was my first seminar actually, it was really good, appreciate what you guys are doing, will hopefully join all you seminars", Ravi Sohal, a first time participant said in an online chat.

The event wouldn't be successful without the help and support the volunteers, organizers, GDG Community, Google, University of the Cordilleras and PLDT Innolab.

The community is looking forward to the next #DevFestBaguio!

More:
Event Page and Photos
Speakers List
Updated Agenda

Blogpost written by +Candace Dawn Fernandez

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#DevFestBaguio on Twitter
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DevFest Cordillera - Baguio 2013

Google Developer Group (GDG) Baguio invites you to the GDG DevFest Cordillera - Baguio 2013!

GDG DevFests are large, community-run events that can offer speaker sessions across multiple product areas, all-day hack-a-thons, code labs, and more. Get to learn about Google's mobile, cloud, and web technologies for developers!

When

November 9, 2013
8:00AM - 5:00PM

Agenda

Please check the agenda here. The agenda are subject to changes.

Venue

Morning Sessions
Azalea Residences Hotel
7 Leonard Wood Loop
Baguio City


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Afternoon Break-out Sessions: 
Berkeley School
30 Navy Base Rd
Baguio City


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Registration

Please register on this link.

FAQs

Do I need to pay for me to attend?

No. DevFest Cordillera Baguio is free. Inclusive of snacks, lunch and freebies.

Is DevFest for developers only?

We highly encourage developers to join. The session would contain technical sessions. If you're a non-developer, you could register and join GDayX Baguio.

Please feel free to comment below if you have questions or concerns.

Supported By

Azalea Residences Baguio, Globe and GlobeLabs, and Orange and Bronze Labs.

DevFest Cordillera - Baguio 2013 - Speakers

We have invited speakers from Baguio and Manila to share their knowledge in the different Google Developer Technologies. Get to know them in advance.

Mobile

Harries Hernandez

Graduated from Saint Louis University on 2011, he immediately started his career as a Web Developer and Search Engine Optimizer at Magic Webs. While at Magic Webs, he was able to create and optimize different websites using PHP. After his time at Magic Webs, he was employed at IMA Management and Technology as a Software Developer where he was able to develop Android Applications among others. Besides development, he has interests in conducting seminars, playing computer games, writing articles and watching series.

Jomar Tigcal

Jomar Tigcal is an Android developer at Stratpoint Technologies, Inc. and one of the community managers for GDG Philippines. On his free time, he is developing personal applications using Android, other Google technologies, and other APIs, like Sweldong Pinoy.

Neil Torres

Neil Torres is a designer and an illustrator. He currently works as a UI/UX designer in Rekursv Inc., a bootstrapped startup founded in Silicon Valley, California. He crafts beautiful user experiences and is involved with user research, prototyping, branding, and overall visual design of cool mobile apps and websites. Neil loves to work on awesome design projects that he believes in, collaborations, and also loves to (over)share what he does in various workshops and talks.

Cloud

Brian Tan Seng

Brian is co-founder of 98Labs Inc. He currently oversees research and development teams in the company. His interests include programming, Agile methods, UX, data analysis, mountaineering and ultra marathons.

Edge Dalmacio

Edge Dalmacio is a Senior Software Engineer and Certified Scrum Master at Orange and Bronze Software Labs, Inc. His focus is supporting developers build amazing apps as Chief Systems Designer for O&B's top financial services client. He has a BS in Computer Science from De La Salle University Manila and business units from Stanford Continuing Studies. He is an active contributor to the open source community being the author of PHISIX API and having submitted enhancements to jPOS and Spring Integration Extensions. He is also a co-founder of Haybol.ph, a real estate search engine powered by Google Maps and hosted on Google App Engine.

Gian Liwanag

Gian Carlo Liwanag is a Software Engineer at Pointwest Innovations Corp. He was certified as a Fundamental IT Engineer by the Philippine National IT Standards (PhilNITs). He graduated Bachelor of Science in Information Technology in the University of Baguio. He likes to sing and play musical instruments. In fact, he was a former bassist for the Baguio Community Rondalla.

Web

Sunny Natividad

Sunny Natividad was appointed as the Team Leader of the first batch of apprentices under the apprenticeship program of the Center for Geographic Information Science back in 2012 where he was exposed in Geographic Information Systems. He is also one of the youth ambassadors who joined the Kizuna (Bond) Project held in Japan. He is a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology major in Web Technology, an active member of Google Developer’s Group – Baguio and currently works as a freelance web developer.

Katherine Pe

Katherine Pe is a software developer focused on both web and mobile technologies.
She currently works for Assembla, Inc. as a Ruby on Rails & System Software Developer.
On her spare time, she develops web applications using Sinatra, Cuba and Express.js.
She's continuously studying mobile application development and does technical review of new and upcoming Ruby and mobile app development books for Packt Publishing. She has written about Ruby, JavaScript and Express.js on http://blog.bridgeutopiaweb.com

Josan Astrid Dometita

Josan Astrid Dometita is an HTML5 enthusiast and the GDG Community Manger for GDG Cagayan de Oro City. Having the interest in the complex ins and outs of computer technology made her earn her Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, with a major in Software Engineering. While still in school, she started freelancing online as a web developer, and expanded her portfolio of skills to become a vector artist and motion graphics animator. She started working as a Multimedia Developer in Manila and with her friends, then built their own consulting company, Aestrea Software Development, where she is the Creative Director. She calls herself a DevDesigner, a hybrid name that could best describe her skill set, bridging the gap between both the design and development worlds.