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Announcing Our Final Amazing Speakers! 🎉

Hello everyone! 🥳

We’re thrilled to introduce final incredible speakers 🌟 who will join us on stage at DevFest Pisa 2025! The event is getting closer and our lineup continues to grow with extraordinary talent! 🚀

New confirmed speakers! 🎤✨

We’re delighted to welcome these fantastic professionals to our stage:

• Silvia Raggi — Technical Director @ Red Monk Studio

  Dietro le quinte dell’Animazione: il ruolo del Technical Director - talk language 🇮🇹

• Tommaso Radicioni — AIKnowYou

  Boost your LLM-based application with a RAG system - talk language 🇬🇧

• Gianluca Insolvibile — CTO @ Nextworks

  Crafting Digital Twins with an Actor Model in Rust - talk language 🇬🇧

• Loredana Frontino — UX/UI Designer & Frontend Developer - WTM Ambassador

  Form inclusivi: l’importanza dei dettagli nascosti - talk language 🇮🇹

• Gianfranco Di Pietro — Engineer

  Il ruolo della Gen-AI nella data science geospaziale - talk language 🇮🇹

• Carmen Panepinto Zayati — Research Assistant @ BioRobotics Institute (Sant’Anna) | Miss Universe Italy 2023

  The Courage to Be Different: Rewriting the STEM Narrative - talk language 🇬🇧

• Giacomo Ranieri — GDG Lead @ GDG Torino | Quantum Software Engineer @ Intesa Sanpaolo

  Introduzione al Quantum Computing - talk language 🇮🇹

• Gloria Ciavarrini — Senior Software Engineer @ Red Hat

  Overlay and Arazzo: From API Definitions to API Experiences - talk language 🇬🇧

• Alessio Schiavo — Machine Learning And Data Engineer @ LogObject AG

  Verso una logistica intelligente: AI e Apprendimento Federato per ottimizzare processi logistici - talk language 🇮🇹

• Luca Di Vita & Gregorio Palamà — Machine Learning Engineer @ Cy4Gate | Organizer @ GDG Pescara | Co-Founder @ Python Pescara & GDE Cloud | Mia-Platform Expert | Senior Enterprise Architect @ Adesso | Community Manager @ GDG Pescara

  La Musica Del Malware - talk language 🇮🇹

• Michele Sponsale — Studente @ Università di Pisa

  Addestra il tuo LLM a pensare con GRPO—ora anche su piccole GPU! - talk language 🇮🇹

• Mariagiovanna Rotundo — Ph.D. student @ University of Pisa | Lead @ GDG and WTM Pisa | WTM Ambassador

  How can you keep your online searches secret? - talk language 🇬🇧

Don’t miss this opportunity! ⏰

The complete agenda is almost ready! 📋 We’re finalizing the last details to offer you an unforgettable experience! 🤩

Get your Ticket Fill out the form to become a Helper

See you soon at DevFest Pisa 2025! 🎊

DevFest Pisa Team 💻❤️

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Announcing Our Next Amazing Speakers! 🎉

Hello everyone! 🥳

We’re thrilled to introduce more incredible speakers 🌟 who will join us on stage at DevFest Pisa 2025! The event is getting closer and our lineup continues to grow with extraordinary talent! 🚀

New confirmed speakers! 🎤✨

We’re delighted to welcome these fantastic professionals to our stage:

• Mirko Raimo — GDG Firenze Organizer | Software Developer @ Alten

  Flutter and Game Development: Where to Begin? - talk language 🇬🇧

• Ivan Venuti — Docente di informatica nella scuola secondaria di secondo grado

  Service Design e accessibilità per i siti Web - talk language 🇮🇹

• Fabio Catinella — Senior Android Developer @ VarGroup

  Your app at a Glance: App Widgets in Compose - talk language 🇬🇧

• Anna Bernasconi — Dipartimento di Informatica @ Università di Pisa

  Problemi NP-hard e come affrontarli - talk language 🇮🇹

• Antonino Cangialosi — Big Data Engineer @ Agile Lab

  OTEL: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love My Microservices - talk language 🇬🇧

• Luca Corbucci — Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science | podcaster and community manager

  AI’s Hidden Cost: The Environmental Impact of Machine Learning - talk language 🇬🇧

• Federico Paolinelli — Senior Principal Software Engineer @ Red Hat

  How to give your first Talk without freaking out - talk language 🇬🇧

• Donatella Pasquale & Federico Matteoni — Mobile app developers @ Garmin Italy Technologies SRL

  A journey through the making of a new mobile app feature: from the idea to the customer - talk language 🇬🇧

• Chiara Aiola — Organizer @ WordPress Meetup Pisa | PM @ Net7

  WordPress come Headless CMS: Sfruttarlo al Meglio con Angular - talk language 🇮🇹

Don’t miss this opportunity! ⏰

The complete agenda is almost ready! 📋 We’re finalizing the last details to offer you an unforgettable experience! 🤩

Get your Ticket Fill out the form to become a Helper

See you soon at DevFest Pisa 2025! 🎊

DevFest Pisa Team 💻❤️

#DevFestPisa #GDG #TechCommunity #Developers #IWD #WTM #GDGPisa

Bingo of sponsors 🍀

How to Participate:

1. Each participant of DevFest Pisa 2025 will receive a personal badge. ️
2. Stamps will be collected on the back of the badge. ️✍️

Objective

Collect all the stamps from the Diamond and Platinum sponsors present at the event.

Procedure

1. Visit the Diamond and Platinum sponsors during the event.
2. Request a stamp from each sponsor on the back of your badge.
3. Make sure you get all the required stamps. ✅

Participating Bingo Sponsors:

Diamond

• CCH Tagetik | Wolters Kluwer
• Garmin Italy Technologies
• GILBARCO ITALIA SRL
• Link.it
• Logobject AG
• Nextworks srl
• NTT DATA
• Randstad Digital
• TD GROUP ITALIA SRL
• Vianova spa

Platinum

• ASCOM

Bingo Completion:

1. Once you have collected all the necessary stamps, go to the GDG Pisa check-in desk after 11 am.
2. The staff will verify the presence and validity of all the required stamps.
3. If all the stamps are deemed valid, you will receive the final GDG Pisa stamp.
4. With the final GDG Pisa stamp, you will have completed the BINGO!

Prize:

Participants who complete the BINGO will be entitled to a “secret draw” to get unique and exclusive DevFest Pisa 2025 gadgets. ✨

Notes:

• The Bingo is valid only for the duration of the DevFest Pisa 2025 event. ️
• Each badge is personal and non-transferable.
• Prizes are available while supplies last. ⏳

Get your Ticket Fill out the form to become a Helper

See you soon at DevFest Pisa 2025 on April 12th! 🎊

DevFest Pisa Team 💻❤️

#DevFestPisa #GDG #TechCommunity #Developers #IWD #WTM #GDGPisa

Job board comes back! 📜

Hi everyone,

It’s time to announce the comeback of a very popular feature of DevFest: the job board!

If your company is recruiting or if you’re looking for new opportunities, you will probably be interested in reading more about this.

You can use the job board to post job openings for your company and advertise your open positions, but please pay attention to the following rules as we want to make this event as enjoyable as possible for all participants.

What is allowed:

• Posting of job openings related to IT development.
• Posting of job openings related to system administration/DevOps/data analysis.
• Posting of job openings related to design/product management.
• Posting of job openings related to engineering management.
• Posting of business cards.
• Leaving gadgets/swag on the table next to the board.
• Passive recruitment (Posting only).
• Using posts with a maximum format of A4.

What is NOT allowed:

• Active recruitment (inviting people to look at your job).
• Handing out flyers.
• Using posts with a format bigger than A4.
• Posting jobs on top of other jobs.
• Posting of openings with missing information.
• Relocation/Role/Project details are mandatory.
• Postings that contain misleading information will be removed.
• So, don’t forget to continue posting your job openings and stick them to the job board!

Don’t forget to get your ticket as soon as possible, seats are limited and they’re going fast! 🎟️😄

Questions? Email us at pisagdg@gmail.com or contact us on our social media channels! 📱

Get your Ticket Fill out the form to become a Helper

We look forward to seeing you on April 12th! 📅🎊

DevFest Pisa Team 💻❤️

#DevFestPisa #GDG #TechCommunity #Developers #IWD #WTM #GDGPisa

Announcing Our First Amazing Speakers! 📢

Hello everyone! 🥳

We know you’ve been eagerly awaiting this announcement, and today, we’re thrilled to unveil some amazing speakers 🎉 for the upcoming DevFest Pisa 2025!

We can’t wait to share the full agenda with you, but we’re still finalizing some last details, so please stay tuned!

The first speakers 🎤

We’re happy to welcome on stage the following speakers and sessions:

• Aldo d’Aquino — Tech lead @ Bending Spoons

  The Feedback Loop: Building a Culture of Growth and Improvement - talk language 🇬🇧

• Aleandro Prudenzano — Security Engineer @ Doyensec

  Imparare la cybersecurity catturando bandiere - talk language 🇮🇹

• Daniele Mario Areddu — STUDENT @ ITIS VALLAURI VELLETRI | ASSOCIATED @ UNIDEA

  Personalizzare l’IA per il Diritto: Addestrare Modelli su Dataset Legali - talk language 🇮🇹

• Francesco Paolo Liuzzi — Community Manager @ Superhero Valley

  Superhero Valley: tips and tricks per un futuro in Big Tech - talk language 🇮🇹

• Francesco Sciuti — CEO @ Devmy | Google Developer Expert |Microsoft MVP | Google Certified Developer & AWS UG Lead

  AI + A11Y = Surfa il web senza tavola…e senza mani! - talk language 🇮🇹

• Fulvio Denza — Software Engineer @ Civo

  Extending Kubernetes: Building torproxy for Anonymous Container Communication - talk language 🇬🇧

• Gregorio Palamà — Google Cloud Innovator Champion | Mia-Platform Expert | Senior Enterprise Architect @ Adesso | Community Manager @ GDG Pescara

  Come racconterò Kubernetes a mia figlia - talk language 🇮🇹

• Jennifer D. Daniel — PhD Researcher, University of Bristol

  Breaking Free from the Need for Male Approval in Professional Growth - talk language 🇬🇧

• Juna Salviati — GDG Roma

  Pixel and Particles: Generative Art meets Quantum Computing - talk language 🇬🇧

• Mike van der Bijl — DevSecOps Expert @ Scyon

  Sailing the Waters using UI/UX Reinforced by Security - talk language 🇬🇧

• Nicola Corti — Kotlin GDE - Android @ React

  What I learned from Five Years of Advent of Code in Kotlin - talk language 🇬🇧

• Rowdy Rabouw — Front-End Focused Senior DevOps Engineer

  Beats in the Browser: Coding Music with JavaScript - talk language 🇬🇧

• Valentina Giuffrè & Paolo Botti — Full Stack Developer @ TD Group Italia S.r.l. & Chief Technologist & Cloud Architect @ TD Group Italia srl

  Storybook: l’Atomic Design oltre il wormhole 🌪️ - talk language 🇮🇹

• Yassine Benabbas — DevRel engineer @ Worldline | Teacher and LAUG member

  How I ported Doom to the browser with WebAssembly - talk language 🇬🇧

Finally, if you love what we’re doing, please share this amazing lineup with your friends and colleagues ❤️.

Get your Ticket Fill out the form to become a Helper

See you soon at DevFest Pisa 2025 on April 12th! 🎊

DevFest Pisa Team 💻❤️

#DevFestPisa #GDG #TechCommunity #Developers #IWD #WTM #GDGPisa

Call for Helper 🫶

Do you want to be part of the team that will make DevFest Pisa 2025 epic? We are looking for volunteers to help us with the organization and management of the event!

What will you do? 💡

• Logistic support

• Welcome speakers and participants

• Room management and technical assistance

Why join us? 🤝

• Network with professionals and international speakers

• Direct experience in organizing tech events

• Exclusive gadgets and lots of fun!

📅 Apply now! Don’t miss the chance to be part of DevFest Pisa 2025

Fill out the form to become a Helper

See you soon at DevFest Pisa 2025 on April 12th! 🎊

DevFest Pisa Team 💻❤️

#DevFestPisa #GDG #TechCommunity #Developers #IWD #WTM #GDGPisa

Call For Paper is closed! ❌

A heartfelt thank you to all the speakers, who dedicated their time to preparing high-quality abstracts for our Call for Papers 💕

Here are some numbers that might be interesting for you from our CFP! 📈

This year we received 141 proposals with the last proposal received on February 14 at 10:58 p.m. 😱

You can see the trend of the CFP submission in this graph:

You can clearly see how the procrastinators waited until the last minute before submitting their proposals. 😂

Most of our proposals come from Italy but we also received submissions from other 12 Countries!

Talking about the content, the most popular topic is… Web with the 24% of submissions:

The highly diverse yet rich nature of the various topics and speaker backgrounds sets the stage for an unforgettable experience in Pisa!

Stay Tuned!

Any questions? Email us at pisagdg@gmail.com or reach out on our social channels!

DevFest Pisa Team 💻❤️