Google Developer Groups Amman

🚀 Meet the Speaker: Sohaib Alqasem

We’re excited to welcome Sohaib Alqasem, Senior Backend Engineer at Beyond Limits, to DevFest Amman 2025! With a strong focus on scalable systems and reliable engineering, Sohaib helps teams optimize the right way—by building first and improving based on evidence, not assumptions.

🎤 Session: The Optimization Trap: When Performance Backfires
🌐 Track: Web / Web Performance
🗣️ Language: EN

In this talk, Sohaib breaks down the real cost of premature optimization in modern web development. Using practical React and web examples, you’ll learn how to profile effectively, differentiate small tweaks from meaningful architectural decisions, and optimize based on real data—after measuring what actually matters.

Expect a clear mindset shift and a simple mental model you can apply immediately: build first, measure, then optimize only when it delivers real impact.

✨ If you want faster, healthier delivery and better performance decisions, this session is one you won’t want to miss.

🚀 Meet the Speaker: Marwan Alshawi

We’re excited to welcome Marwan Alshawi, Cloud Partner Engineer at Google Cloud, to DevFest Amman 2025! With 16+ years of experience in multi-cloud and enterprise architecture, Marwan empowers teams to design reliable, well-structured, and cost-optimized AI systems using practical, field-tested frameworks.

🎤 Session: Architecting Production-Grade AI Solutions on Google Cloud
🌐 Track: Cloud • AI
🗣️ Language: EN

In this talk, Marwan explores how architecture shapes the future of AI—from chat interfaces to autonomous agents. You’ll learn how to apply the Google Cloud Well-Architected Framework to agentic AI workflows, optimizing for reliability, performance, cost, and scalability in real production environments.

Expect clear strategies, real-world considerations, and actionable insights to confidently architect complex AI systems on Google Cloud.

✨ If you’re building AI for production and want systems that scale efficiently without surprises, this session is one you won’t want to miss.

🚀 Meet the Speaker: Ahmed Abu Eldahab

We’re excited to welcome Ahmed Abu Eldahab, CEO of Kortobaa LLC and Google Developer Expert in Flutter & Dart, to DevFest Amman 2025! With over 23 years of professional software engineering experience, Ahmed is a respected entrepreneur, public speaker, and technology advocate who has guided teams and organizations across the region in building high-impact web and mobile solutions.

🎤 Session: AI Meets Flutter: Building Smarter, AI-Driven Apps Beyond Widgets
🌐 Track: Mobile • AI
🗣️ Language: EN

In this session, Ahmed goes beyond simple AI integrations to explore how Flutter apps can become truly intelligent. You’ll discover how Impeller, modern Dart features, and emerging AI tooling unlock fast, adaptive, multi-platform experiences. Through practical examples and clear architectural guidance, you’ll learn how to infuse real AI reasoning and dynamic behavior into your applications—not just call an API.

Expect actionable steps, implementation patterns, and the confidence to bring meaningful AI intelligence into your next Flutter project.

✨ If you’re ready to push Flutter apps beyond UI and into real AI-driven experiences, this session is one you won’t want to miss.

🚀 Meet the Speaker: Tarek Alabd

We’re excited to welcome Tarek Alabd, Software Engineer Team Leader at Beanz and Google Developer Expert for Flutter, to DevFest Amman 2025! With over a decade of experience in cross-platform development—and 6+ years specializing in Flutter—Tarek has led engineering teams, delivered scalable mobile solutions, and empowered thousands of developers through his YouTube content and online courses.

🎤 Session: Architecting Flutter in 2025: What Actually Matters
🌐 Track: Mobile
🗣️ Language: EN / AR

In this session, Tarek cuts through dogma and focuses on what truly matters when architecting real Flutter apps in 2025. Instead of “The One True Architecture,” you’ll explore a pragmatic, field-tested approach built around real-world constraints—small teams, shifting requirements, and tight deadlines.
You’ll learn how to choose state management without the drama (Bloc/Cubit or Riverpod), design predictable navigation with guarded routes, build a reliable data layer with caching and offline-first behavior, and handle background work and concurrency without hurting UX. Tarek also covers testing that fits into a sprint, practical observability, and the guardrails—lints, codegen, release hygiene—that keep teams moving fast.

Expect concrete patterns, trade-off checklists, and code you can adopt the very next day.

✨ If you want an architecture your team can maintain—and your future self will thank you for—this is a session you won’t want to miss.

🚀 Meet the Speaker: Fady Ibrahim

We’re excited to welcome Fady Ibrahim, Cloud Solutions Consultant at HorizonTechs, Google Developer Expert, and Google Cloud Authorized Trainer, to DevFest Amman 2025! With extensive expertise across Google Cloud and AI tooling, Fady has supported developers worldwide through technical reviews, training programs, and global mentorship initiatives.

As a GDE and certified trainer with broad hands-on experience, he has contributed to global learning resources—including official Google Cloud content—and has spoken at dozens of regional and international events, empowering thousands of developers to build scalable, cloud-native solutions.

🎤 Session: Building AI Agents with Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK)
🌐 Track: AI / Cloud
🗣️ Language: EN / AR

In this talk, Fady introduces Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK) and demonstrates how developers can move beyond simple prompts to build full AI agents. You’ll explore the core concepts behind ADK, understand how agent behaviors are structured, and walk through practical guidance for developing more complex, multi-step AI workflows.

✨ If you’re looking to understand how ADK transforms AI development and unlocks powerful agent-based applications, this session is one you won’t want to miss.

🚀 Meet the Speaker: Mohammed Buallay

We’re excited to welcome Mohammed Buallay, Google Developer Expert in AI, to DevFest Amman 2025! Mohammed is known for building practical, impact-driven AI systems and leading major data and AI initiatives across Bahrain, including automation platforms, assessment intelligence solutions, and large-scale data engineering projects that enable organizations to innovate at speed.

🎤 Session: Data-Driven Innovation: Harnessing AI for Insightful Decisions
🌐 Track: AI
🗣️ Language: EN / AR

In this session, Mohammed breaks down how organizations can transform massive volumes of data into actionable insights using modern AI techniques. You’ll explore how AI enhances decision-making, uncovers hidden patterns, and accelerates innovation across industries. Through real use cases and practical frameworks, you’ll learn how to build data-driven strategies that create measurable impact and strengthen competitive advantage.

✨ If you’re looking to leverage AI to make smarter, faster, and more informed decisions, this session is one you won’t want to miss.

🚀 Meet the Speaker: Hiba Metani

We’re excited to welcome Hiba Metani, UX Research Manager at UX Labs and Program Mentor for Google for Startups Accelerator, to DevFest Amman 2025! Hiba is an NN/g-certified UX professional with deep expertise in user behavior, ethical design, and research-driven product development. As the founder of GDG Amman and a Women Techmakers Ambassador, she has played a leading role in empowering the local tech community and shaping user-centered digital experiences.

🎤 Session: Designed to Deceive: The Hidden Side of UX
🌐 Track: UX / Product Design
🗣️ Language: EN

In this session, Hiba uncovers the growing world of dark patterns—how they manipulate user behavior, why companies use them, and the psychological triggers behind them. You’ll explore real examples across web and mobile, analyze the ethical challenges they create, and learn clear, actionable alternatives rooted in transparency and trust.

Expect to walk away with the practical skills to identify deceptive UX tactics, advocate for ethical product decisions, and design human-centered experiences that respect users rather than exploit them.

✨ If you’re passionate about ethical design and building products users can truly trust, this session is a must-attend.

🚀 Meet the Speaker: Majd Jamaah

We’re excited to welcome Majd Jamaah, DevOps Manager at Beyond Limits and Google Developer Expert for Cloud, to DevFest Amman 2025! With strong experience in cloud architecture, application modernization, and enterprise DevOps, Majd helps organizations build scalable, reliable, and future-ready cloud systems. His work spans Google Cloud, AWS, and modern automation practices across large engineering teams.

🎤 Session: The GitOps Maturity Model for Enterprise Applications
🌐 Track: Cloud • DevOps
🗣️ Language: EN

In this session, Majd explores how GitOps extends beyond traditional CI/CD to deliver declarative, scalable, and reliable application and infrastructure management. You’ll break down GitOps principles, learn real-world adoption patterns, and compare tools like ArgoCD, Flux, and GitHub Actions to understand their strengths at enterprise scale.

You’ll walk away knowing how to apply GitOps workflows across multi-team and multi-cluster environments, automate rollbacks and drift detection, strengthen compliance, and choose the right tooling for your organization’s needs.