SoFlo DevCon 2025 - Saturday, May 17th 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM
https://techhubsouthflorida.org/soflodevcon
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Special Issue - Register and Save the Date for SoFlo DevCon 2025
https://techhubsouthflorida.org/soflodevcon
What is SoFlo DevCon?
A software developer’s conference and a FREE one-day geek fest with speakers presenting on the most requested topics in development!
What makes it unique?
This is a conference put on by the community and for the community whwre you can hear from leaders, peers, and even give your own talk. It’s always free to attendees from South Florida!
How does it work?
Register for ONLY $10! Show up at 8:00 AM for some breakfast. Choose the sessions you’d like to attend. Get lunch mid-day and do a little networking. Close out the day around 5:00 pm.
What do I need?
All you really need is yourself, but you can feel free to bring a laptop, headphones, and an open mind and eagerness to learn. Oh, and bring your resume if you are looking for an opportunity.
What's provided?
Breakfast is provided to those early risers who get there by 8:30 am. Access to over 25 educational sessions. Pizza and drinks will be provided for lunch.
Do I have to be a developer?
Definitely not! We welcome designers, project managers, creatives, entrepreneurs, and anyone connected to the tech and innovation community in South Florida.
Download the ShowUp app today!
Make sure you download the ShowUp app (local founder) and follow South Florida Tech Hub. This will allow you to get more info on sessions, speakers, get notifications and announcements, post photos and videos and more. Plus, you will get notifications when Tech Hub posts future events!
Contact
BLOCK 1 | 9:40 AM
Lightning Talk (30 min)
Rebecca Bakels: From Likes to Job Offers: Crafting Your Tech Persona Onlin
Rick Tuttle: People Over Products: A Humans First Approach to AI
Pierre Donyegro: AI Use Cases and Deployment in Hospitality Industry
BLOCK 2 | 10:20 AM
In-Depth Presentation (60 min)
Reneida Leon: Let It Sell Itself! – A Crash Course on Product Led Growth
Yesenia Yser: Digital Portfolio Framework to Navigate the Cybersecurity Maze
Hands-On Workshop (60 min)
Damian Montero: RAG to Riches: Building Chatbots with Company Knowledge
Presentation & Live Demo (60 min)
Cecilia Brusatori: Power BI 101: A Guided Tour from Raw Data to Real Insights
BLOCK 3 | 11:55 AM
Lightning Talk (30 min)
Valeria Ferrin: Who is in your Meta? – Empowering Your Business with Risk Assessment & AI
AJ Silberman-Moffitt: Taming the Machine: How I Trained AI to Work My Way (and What It Taught Me About Being Human)
BLOCK 4 | 1:25 PM
In-Depth Presentation (60 min)
Claudio Luis Vera: Top Accessibility Pitfalls in Mobile & Native App Design
Glen Benjamin: Empowering Work & Education with AI: Microsoft Copilot and Hatz.AI in Action
Adrian Cole: Million-Dollar MVP: Build & Launch Your App in 30 Days with AI
Joe Homnick: Querying the Bitcoin and Ethereum Blockchains
Hands-On Workshop (60 min)
Jeremy Cianella: Orchestrating Intelligence: Building Collaborative Multi-Agent Systems with Amazon Bedrock
Evgeniya Simmons: Building an Open-Source VR Multiplayer Framework
BLOCK 5 | 3:00 PM
Lightning Talk (30 min)
Alex Funkhouser:Timing the Jump: When to Start Your Job Search (and How to Make It Count)
Yadira Diaz: From Greenwash to Green Code: Building the Buzz Lightyears of Climate Tech
BLOCK 6 | 3:40 PM
Presentation & Live Demo (60 min)
Robert Hellestrae: Cross-Platform Mobile Apps with .NET MAUI & AI
Jennifer Newton: Decoding DeFi: Legal Risks and Compliance Realities in the Crypto Frontier
Ron Fultonz: Gains & Guardrails: A Practical Guide to Secure AI for SMBs
Alejandro Sanchez: AI Unleashed: Build, Design, and Ship in Half an Hour with Vibe Coding
Drs. Avi & Sara Rushinek: AI Callers + Visual Recognition: Driving SERP Results with Vanity Phone Numbers
