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DevFest Modena 2026

DevFest is an event dedicated to developers, hosted by Google Developer Groups around the world. The event is organized through the joint effort of local communities, including GDG Cloud Modena, Modena Full Stack, Reggio Emilia Full Stack, Flutter Modena, Conoscere Linux, and ML Modena. During the event, attendees can participate in speed networking and prop…

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50Speakers
17Sponsors
51On the bill · sessions
46Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at DevFest, in alphabetical order.
Adi Mazor Kario
Product, Design & Gen AI Expert · Invincible Innovation
Ankur Roy
Solutions Architect | GDE Cloud · Online Partner AB
Ashita Prasad
SDE / Dev Advocate · AWS
Ayoub Raji
PostDoc Researcher & Team Leader · University of Modena & Reggio Emilia
Camillo Bucciarelli
Manager · Sopra Steria
Celeste Andreano
Junior Data Scientist
Danny Preussler
Engineer · SoundCloud
Davide Passafaro
Senior Software Engineer | GDE Angular · GDG Roma Città
Eleonora Mistro
UX/UI & Product Designer · Freelance
Emiliano Pisu
Senior Design Engineer & Co-Host · DevDojoIT
Etienne Bernard
Co-founder & CEO · NuMind
Fabio Trigari
Platform Software Engineer · Aruba S.p.A
Federico Biagi
PhD Student · Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia
Federico Marchesi
Data Architect / Software Engineer
Flavio Basile
Analista Programmatore
Francesco Pirrone
Fullstack Developer · Finwave
Francesco Sciuti
CEO & Founder | GDE & Microsoft MVP · Devmy
Gaetano Castaldo
Founder · Castaldo Solutions
Giacomo Sergio
CEO · Wondersys
Giada Salvatori
Cloud Engineer · Cloudmetrix
Gianni Forlastro
Cloud Architect | GDE Cloud · GDG Cloud Torino
Giorgia Gibellini
Complex UX Specialist
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
QubicaAMFDiamond
Gruppo CredemGold
ZuruGold
BizzyNowSilver
IungoSilver
Allnet ItaliaBronze
DevPunksBronze
GeeksCreationsBronze
NetAiBronze
QuixBronze
WebrankingBronze
Comune di ModenaPatrocini
GalvaninaTech
GoogleMain
NetframeTech
Regione Emilia-RomagnaPatrocini
StoryblokTech
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Agenda

Selected from 51 sessions on the bill.
  • 10:00-10:45

    Trust by Design: Building Secure AI with Google Cloud

  • 11:00-11:45

    Building Rich Agentic UI Applications for Mobile and Web

  • 12:00-12:45

    Hardware is Hard, but AI is Smarter: The Robotics "iPhone Moment" is Here

  • 14:00-14:45

    L'AI a servizio delle persone con disabilità intellettiva

  • 15:00-15:45

    Beyond the Prompt: Building Scalable Web Applications with AI Governance

  • TBA

    AI Design: progettare relazioni tra intelligenze diverse

    A giugno 2026, oltre il 57% del traffico web globale è generato da bot e sistemi basati su AI, superando quello umano. Questo cambia il modo in cui progettiamo: non solo per utenti…

    AI & Machine Intelligence
  • TBA

    AI Didn't Change What I Look For in Engineers - It Made It Obvious

    AI is changing software engineering, but perhaps not in the way we first expected. It is not simply replacing tasks or accelerating workflows. It is exposing what has always matter…

    AI & Machine Intelligence
  • TBA

    AI Generativa e Computer Vision nella Robotica Assistiva

    Come possiamo rendere i robot strumenti accessibili e utili per tutti? In questo talk racconterò parte del mio percorso di dottorato svolto al Dipartimento di Ingegneria “Enzo Ferr…

    AI & Machine Intelligence
  • TBA

    Antigravity CLI: Use your AI in CLI for maximum control and effectiveness

    The command line has been the bastion of developers and architects since the dawn of terminals in computers (so forever). A CLI usage of AI is the best compromise between the actio…

    AI & Machine Intelligence
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 46 companies show up, and 2 bet on three roles at once?

46 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
2All threespeak · spons · exh
15Sponsoringsponsor only
29Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Google·NetAi

Speakers by seniority

20% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite510%
  • Founder / Owner48%
  • VP-level12%
  • Manager / Lead510%
  • Product12%
  • Engineer · IC2448%
  • Research / Science36%
  • Marketing / Brand12%
  • Other roles612%

Of 50 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01GoogleSp·M1V
  2. 02NetAiSp·B1V
  3. 03Allnet ItaliaSp·B
  4. 04BizzynowSp·S
  5. 05Comune di ModenaSp·P
  6. 06DevpunksSp·B
  7. 07GalvaninaSp·T
  8. 08GeeksCreationsSp·B
  9. 09Gruppo CredemSp·G
  10. 10IungoSp·S
  11. 11NetframeSp·T
  12. 12QubicaAMFSp·D
  13. 13QuixSp·B
  14. 14Regione Emilia RomagnaSp·P
Sponsors by tier
diamond1
6% of 17
gold2
12% of 17
silver2
12% of 17
bronze6
35% of 17
main1
6% of 17
patrocini2
12% of 17
tech3
18% of 17
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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