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3
Oct

October 3, 2023 - 1:00 am to 5:00 pm UTC+2

GEN AI Hackathon Amsterdam

Google Cloud

Google Amsterdam

Are you ready to dive into the world of Generative AI and discover the latest techniques to improve your prompting? Join this one-day hackathon and experience the power of this technology firsthand by creating your POC. 

Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team from your company comprising both business and technical users to tackle your own real-world challenges with Google Cloud Gen AI solutions. The promise? You’ll leave with a POC that will generate a significant impact on your business.

Here are some ideas that you could tackle during this Gen AI hackathon: 

  • Build a Shopping Assistant that generates personalised product recommendations based on user preferences and past interactions, 
  • Create a Customer Service solution that employs Generative AI to craft human-like responses, enhancing customer interactions and support.
  • Develop a Coding Assistant that assists programmers by generating code snippets for enhanced development velocity.
  • Design a Travel Planner that leverages Generative AI to curate personalised travel itineraries, taking into account individual preferences and interests.
  • Does this not match your business? Generate ideas for your own company with the AI Discovery Engine here

What will you get out of this hackathon day?

  • Create a Proof of Concept 
  • Gain a deep understanding of Generative AI technologies and their potential impact on businesses.
  • Discover and prioritise use cases using our ICE scoring system.
  • Gain experience on how to develop Generative AI solutions using Google’s Vertex AI product suite.
  • Ensure alignment between technical solutions and business objectives.
  • Explore the road to production for Generative AI products.
  • Network and collaborate with Googlers, Devoteamers and participants from various industries. 

Who is it for?

The Gen AI Hackathon is for everyone with a passion for technology and business. While it’s not mandatory, we recommend creating a multi-discplinary team that includes both business and technical users. Bringing together a diverse group will help you develop innovative and impactful Generative AI solutions that address your real business challenges. 

How you can build your dream-team: 

  • Business users that can benefit from the Gen AI Hackathon include process owners or product owners who possess in-depth knowledge of the process you want to build an AI application for. It is also valuable to bring a colleague who is familiar with the data and can evaluate the outcome. Include these profiles to enhance the team’s capabilities and creativity: customer experience managers, product managers, sales and marketing professionals, supply chain managers, human resources professionals, retail managers etc. All these profiles can explore how Generative AI can revolutionise their respective fields and bring innovation to their businesses. 
  • Technical users: Any technical profile with some experience in Google Cloud is encouraged to participate. This includes ML engineers, data engineers, and software engineers. While specific ML expertise is not required, having a team member comfortable with code and Python can be to your advantage. 

Other pre-requisites: 

  • For a smooth and efficient hackathon, it’s recommended to have your data readily available. Make sure to have all your datasets ready to go, so you can begin building your Gen AI model without worrying about data engineering. You’ll receive all instructions after signing up. 
  • Organise a quick internal brainstorming session to generate use cases relevant to your business. Feel free to use Devoteam’s AI Discovery Engine to generate potential AI-cases tailored to your business.

Agenda

09:00
Registration and Welcome
09:30
A Teaser into Generative AI with Google Cloud

Discover the infinite possibilities of Generative AI technologies in this introduction. Explore the precise tech you will be using, including how to apply prompt engineering, few-shot prompting, and fine tuning with Gen AI. You’ll also dive into Google specialised models like PaLM 2.0, and products like the Generative AI App Builder. 

10:30
Break
10:45
Use Cases Discovery Session

In this session, you and your team mates will identify potential business use cases for Generative AI. Embrace your creativity and bring your preliminary ideas to the table. Together, we will refine your concepts. We’ll use the ICE (Impact, Confidence, Effort) scoring system, to help you prioritise the most promising use cases. By the end of the session, each group will have a defined scope for their selected use case. 

11:15
Gen AI Working Sessions with check-ins

Throughout the day, you and your team will be fully immersed in working on your Gen AI use-case and building a proof of concept (POC). You can expect guidance and support on both technical and business matters. For technical profiles, engineers from Devoteam and Google will provide check-ins with in-depth training on leveraging Google’s Generative AI technologies effectively. For business profiles: we’ll conduct hourly check-ins to ensure proper assessment and alignment with the business impact of your POC.

12:30
Lunch
13:15
Gen AI Working Sessions with check-ins
14:15
Break
14:30
Gen AI Working Sessions with check-ins
15:30
Break
15:45
Discover how to get your app ready for production

Learn about Google’s offers and find out how to implement guardrails to ensure your Gen AI app functions flawlessly within its boundaries. Experts will share techniques that guarantee a successful and seamless transition to production. 

16:00
Showtime: Presentations and Live Demos

Present your POC to the jury, including Googlers and Devoteamers, and inspire other teams when you present your impactful use case and share how you’ve built it technically. Each team will present their use-case in 3-5 minutes and show a live-demo in 5-7 min.

16:50
Will you win?

The jury will select a winner, will you take the Bard Award home in this Gen AI battle?

17:00
Closing drinks

Join us for an exciting day of exploration, collaboration, and innovation at the Gen AI Hackathon. Together, we will unlock the potential of Generative AI and create groundbreaking solutions. Register now to secure your spot!

October 3, 2023 - 1:00 am to 5:00 pm UTC+2

GEN AI Hackathon Amsterdam

Tue
6
Jun

June 6, 2023 - 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm UTC+1

Devoteam G Cloud Day 2023 – Shaping your Cloud journey

Google Amsterdam

June 6, 2023 - 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm UTC+1

Devoteam G Cloud Day 2023 – Shaping your Cloud journey

Wed
29
Mar

March 29, 2023 - 5:30 pm to 10:30 pm UTC

G Hack Hackathon | The Race

Google Cloud

Google Amsterdam

Solve 5 Google Cloud challenges in Networking, Kubernetes, DevOps, ML, Data, Serverless & compete for the prize of €2.500.

The G Hack is an after work hackathon organized by Devoteam G Cloud for Cloud Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Software Engineers, and Machine Learning Engineers around Europe. G Hackers come to resolve the 5x challenges of the G Hack Race in small teams of 2 to 3 to win the €2.500 cash prize.

Are you ready to compete against other teams for the cash prize of €2.500, learn a bunch of stuff & show your mastery of Google Cloud?
Register Now!

What’s the G Hack Challenge?

Join The Amazing G Hack Race and solve 5x exciting challenges in Networking, Kubernetes and DevOps, Machine Learning, Data, and Serverless. 

  • Kubernetes and DevOps – Defend against the Chaos Monkey
    Build a Kubernetes and DevOps environment that can survive the Chaos Monkey’s tricks and attacks
  • Machine Learning – Predict the future of football
    Predict scores based on historical data and test how accurate you are!
  • Data – Transformer, actions in disguise
    Extract, transform, and load data to unveil the hidden clues
  • Serverless – Unlock the chain
    Utilize the power of serverless technology to unlock an encryption chain
  • Networking – Who is the attacker?
    Engineer a networking environment that can secure, identify and pinpoint attacks from inside and outside your network

In small teams of 2 to 3 coders, you’ll choose which challenges you want to solve to reach the maximum amount of points. Every challenge is worth up to 10 points.

So will you go for quantity or rather quality? The choice is yours. 

Why should you attend the G Hack on Wednesday the 29th of March?

7 G Hack Countries
5 Challenges to solve
+300 G Hackers worldwide
2.500 Cash Prize / Country
  • The winner will go home with a cash prize of €2,500
    • 1 winner per participating country
    • No worries if you finish 2nd or 3rd you’ll also go home with a consolation prize
  • Beer, pizza & candy at the G Cloud Station
    • Rest from coding, eat pizzas, drink some sodas or beers, and catch up with the other G Hackers at this chill zone
  • Dominate the competition by proving your expertise in Google Cloud
    • & Meet and greet Google experts 
  • 100% Free
    • Participation is completely free of charge! It will only cost your precious time but believe us it’s worth it!
  • The G Hack Race is organized in 7 countries
    • There will be 1 winner in every country: Spain, Belgium, France, Portugal, Sweden, The Netherlands, and Germany.

Practical details

  • Wednesday 29/03/2023 from 17:30 until 23:00
  • The G Hack is an in-person Hackathon and is organised in 7 countries:
    • Belgium: Google Digital Atelier – Cantersteen 10, 1000 Brussels
    • Netherlands: Google Amsterdam – Claude Debussylaan 34, 1082 MD Amsterdam
    • France: Devoteam office – 73 Rue Anatole France, Levallois Perret
    • Germany: Google Office Berlin – Tucholskystraße 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany
    • Portugal: Devoteam Offices, Torre Fernão Magalhães, Avenida D. João II, nº 43, 9º. 1990-084 Lisboa
    •                   Devoteam Offices, Av. dos Aliados 322-324 3º esquerdo, 4000-065 Porto
    • Spain: Google Madrid – Torre Picasso, Plaza Pablo Ruiz Picasso, 1, 28020 Madrid
    • Sweden: Devoteam office – Klara Östra Kyrkogata 2b, 111 52 Stockholm
  • If you choose to join our epic G Hack, team up with 1 or 2 mates,  and register your attendance with a Google account! Places are limited – so hurry…

G Hack Agenda

17:30 – 18:00
Welcome at the G Hack ?

Welcome! Grab yourself a drink (or 2) ? make yourself comfortable

18:00 – 18:30
Kick Off & Introduction to the hacking

Let’s discuss the rules, challenge & details.

18:30 – 21:30
Challenge Time

Let’s start! Will you go home with the cash prize of €2.500?

There will be also a yummy Pizza ? Break and some time to refill your glass.

22:00 – 22:30
Award Show

And the winner of the G Hack 2023 is …

22:30 – 23:00
Beer & Chill

Time to relax.

Looking to practice? & gain 5 extra points

Practice makes perfect. You’ll receive the opportunity to prepare for the challenges upfront.
How? Try your hand by registering for the Google Cloud Skills boost to prepare & win up to 5 extra points

  1. Register for the Google Cloud Skills Boost where you’ll find a comprehensive collection of training, including hands-on labs that get you real-world experience in Google Cloud. 
  2. You’ll have a 30-day no-cost trial 
  3. You’ll have to complete the following skill badges and submit them via this form.
    One badge obtained = 1 extra point.
    1. K8S – https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/116
    2. Data – https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/132
    3. Networking – https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/128
    4. Serverless – https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/152
    5. ML – https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/183

Throwback to last year’s G Hack

You can find all the Terms & Conditions on this page.

FAQ

The G Hack is an afterwork hackathon organised by Devoteam G Cloud for Cloud Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Software Engineers, Machine Learning Engineers, and Developers around Europe. The G Hack team-based programming competition allows you to share your skills and connect with other coders as you work together to solve the 5x challenges of the G Hack Race. In small teams of two to three, coders you’ll choose which of the 5x challenges you want to solve to win the €3.000 cash prize. From Networking, Kubernetes and DevOps to Machine Learning, Data and Serverless – the choice is yours. 

Practice makes perfect. You’ll receive the opportunity to prepare for the challenges upfront.
How? Try your hand by registering for the Google Cloud Skills boost to prepare & win up to 5 extra points

  1. Register for the Google Cloud Skills Boost where you’ll find a comprehensive collection of training, including hands-on labs that get you real-world experience in Google Cloud.
  2. You’ll have a 30-day no-cost trial
  3. You’ll have to complete the following skill badges and submit them via this form.
    One badge obtained = 1 extra point.

    1. K8S – https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/116
    2. Data – https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/132
    3. Networking – https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/128
    4. Serverless – https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/152
    5. ML – https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/quests/183

No, you should have received an automated email. Check your spam or try again with a different email address.

Yes, this event will be a physical event hosted.

  • Bring your laptop!
  • And don’t forget to create a Google Account

Our partners

Google Cloud accelerates organisations’ ability to digitally transform their business with the best infrastructure, platform, industry solutions and expertise. We deliver enterprise-grade cloud solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology to help companies operate more efficiently and adapt to changing needs, giving customers a foundation for the future.

With more than 2300 customers, +460 certified experts and +20 countries served; Devoteam G Cloud has established itself for the last 10 years as Google Cloud’s go-to Managed Services partner in EMEA. Their mission is to build cultures of innovation at companies by transforming the way they work.

March 29, 2023 - 5:30 pm to 10:30 pm UTC

G Hack Hackathon | The Race