DroidKaigi 2023 Project Introduction: Themed Meetups Announcement

mtnmr
DroidKaigi
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3 min readSep 8, 2023

Hello, this is mtnmr from the DroidKaigi Committee.

DroidKaigi 2023 will be held on 14–16 Sep 2023. In this article, we will share more details regarding the themed meetups that will take place during DroidKaigi 2023!

Summary

Each DroidKaigi 2023 meetup will have a specific theme, in order to create a place where attendees, speakers and staff with common backgrounds and/or topics of interest can gather and enjoy a casual conversation.

We plan to hold meetups during lunch and snack times during the three days of the event, with a different topic each time. Light refreshment will be provided during snack times.

Event Schedule & Place

The meetups will be held on the following date and times. For more information regarding Bellesalle Shibuya Garden access, please check Google Map.

Day.1

Date & Time: Thu, 14 Sep 2023 12:00–13:20, 15:00–16:00

Place: Bellesalle Shibuya Garden, Communication Area

Day.2

Date & Time: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:40–14:00, 15:30–16:30, 18:00–19:00

Place: Bellesalle Shibuya Garden, Communication Area

The Communication Area is located next to the Arctic Fox room.

Day.3

Date & Time: Sat, 16 Sep 2023 12:00–13:20, 15:00–16:00

Place: Bellesalle Shibuya Garden(Details will be provided on-site)

Meetups Topics & Schedule

Here are the topics and schedule for each Meetup.

The part in parentheses are descriptions of what kind of profiles or background we hope will participate for each of them. If you don’t fit the description, but still want to hear what is being said, feel free to join anyway.

Day.1

12:00–13:20

  • Android Beginners (Students / Junior Engineers / Those who recently started with Android)
  • Women
  • English Speaking (English speakers / Attendees who speak English or want to try)

15:00–16:00

  • Junior Engineers Career (Students / Junior Engineers / Career change to engineering)
  • Everyone’s Career Plans (Everyone is welcome)

Day.2

12:40–14:00

  • Parenting and Work (Those considering parenting / Parent Engineers)
  • Participation from outside Tokyo (Schools/Companies outside Tokyo / Remote work from outside Tokyo / Regional relocation)
  • Solo Developers (Solo Development / Working as the only Android/Mobile developer for a company)

15:30–16:30

  • Management ・Team Development
  • UI/UX・Accessibility

18:00–19:00

  • Sessions that left a strong impression

Day.3

12:00–13:20

  • Android-related technologies (Architecture, Jetpack Compose, any technology is welcome!)

15:00–16:00

  • Your DroidKaigi 2023 memories

Notes

  • Seats are limited, be sure to arrive early at the meeting point.
  • For lunch-time meetups, participants will eat their lunch together. Don’t forget to go get your lunch box before showing up to the meetup!

Lastly

In this article, we introduced the themed meetups that will be held on DroidKaigi 2023. Did you find any topic that interests you? We hope that you will enjoy DroidKaigi 2023 even more by interacting with other attendees, speakers and the staff through these meetups.

In addition, you will also be able to enjoy other activities such as the sessions, sponsor booths and the contents we introduced in this Medium article.

All the staff are looking forward to seeing you during the three days of DroidKaigi!

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