GDG Shibuya Kickoff: Vibe & Build — From Vibe Coding to Production Agents

GDG Shibuya Kickoff: Vibe & Build — From Vibe Coding to Production Agents Join us for the official kickoff of GDG Shibuya at the Google Shibuya Office! 🚀 GDG Shibuya is an English-speaking Google Developer Group in Tokyo, bringing together international and local developers, researchers, students, founders, and anyone interested in building with Google technologies. For our first event, we’re exploring one of the biggest shifts happening in AI development today: how do we move from fast experimentation and “vibe coding” to AI agents and applications that are ready for real-world production? Expect technical talks, practical insights, demos, and plenty of time to connect with Tokyo’s developer community. 📅 Event Details Date: Thursday, October 29, 2026 Time: 19:00–21:00 JST Doors Open: 18:30 Venue: Google Shibuya Office, Tokyo Language: English Admission: Free 🗓️ Agenda 18:30–19:00 — Doors Open & Check-in 19:00–19:10 — Welcome Keynote by Sherry Xu (Head of Developer Ecosystem -Japan (DevRel), Google) & GDG Shibuya Chapter Vision 19:10–20:30 — Technical Sessions & Demos 20:30–21:00 — Networking, Refreshments & Community Conversation The agenda and session details may be updated as we get closer to the event. 🎤 Featured Speakers Ju-yeong Ji Senior Technical Solutions Consultant, Google DeepMind Japan Haren Bhandari Developer Relations Engineer, Google Cloud Japan David Landup Staff Machine Learning/Software Engineer | Google Developer Expert (GDE) in AI/ML More detailed session titles and speaker topics will be announced soon. 💡 What We’ll Explore We’ll look at the journey from rapid AI prototyping to more robust, production-oriented systems, including: Building and experimenting with the latest Google AI technologies Moving beyond vibe coding toward production-ready AI applications and agents Approaches to deploying, operating, and scaling AI workloads Practical perspectives from Google DeepMind, Google Cloud, and the developer community Connecting with Tokyo’s intern