PenmAI 2026 Date: First week of Aug Time: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM IST Venue: To be Announced Event Type: In-Person Organized by: StartupTN & OpenMadurai Supported by: Google Developers Groups In Association with: SaveMom, Venture Nest About the Event PenmAI is OpenMadurai's flagship Women Techmakers initiative, dedicated to empowering women through Artificial Intelligence, technology, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The event brings together students, developers, professionals, founders, researchers, and aspiring innovators to explore how AI is transforming industries and creating new opportunities. Through inspiring keynotes, practical learning sessions, career guidance, and networking, participants will gain valuable insights into building impactful solutions with AI while becoming part of a thriving technology community. Whether you're taking your first step into technology or looking to advance your career, PenmAI 2.0 offers an inclusive platform to learn, connect, and grow. Empowering Women. Building AI-Powered Futures. What You'll Experience * AI & Generative AI sessions * Google Cloud and emerging technology insights * Women-led innovation stories * Entrepreneurship and startup guidance * Networking with industry experts and community leaders Who Should Attend? * Women college students * Developers and AI enthusiasts * Working professionals * Faculty and researchers * Startup founders and entrepreneurs * Anyone passionate about technology and innovation Be Inspired. Be Empowered. Be the Future.

Join Google Developer Groups (GDG) Madurai for an engaging community event exploring the latest advancements in Angular. This session will cover new Angular features, Standalone Components, Signals, modern APIs, performance enhancements, migration strategies, and best practices for building scalable web applications. Participants will gain practical insights through live demonstrations, expert discussions, and networking opportunities with fellow developers and technology enthusiasts.

Branding Your Hackathon Ideas with Google AI Tools Transform your hackathon project into a market-ready product! Following the success of the Build with AI: Code for Communities Hackathon, Google Developer Groups (GDG) Madurai and GDG Cloud Madurai are organizing an exclusive post-hackathon workshop for shortlisted teams. This hands-on workshop is designed to help participants refine their solutions, build a strong product identity, and leverage the latest Google AI tools to prepare their projects for real-world impact. Participants will gain practical experience in branding, AI-powered content creation, product storytelling, rapid prototyping, and creating compelling product demonstrations.

Join Google Developer Groups Madurai, for an inspiring AI-focused career event designed to help placement professionals & Educators, navigate the future of work in the age of Artificial Intelligence. AI-Driven Careers: Emerging Roles & Industry Demand 2026 is a community-driven experience featuring industry insights, AI career trends, emerging technologies, and practical guidance on preparing for the next generation of tech careers. From Generative AI and Agentic AI to Cloud, Data, and Software Engineering opportunities, participants will gain a clear understanding of where the industry is heading and the skills needed to stay ahead. Whether you're a placement officer preparing students for industry, or an educator shaping future talent, this event offers valuable perspectives, real-world insights, networking opportunities, and actionable strategies to thrive in an AI-driven world.

MADURAI FOR NATION is GDG Cloud Madurai's community initiative to prepare developers, students, designers, and AI innovators for Build with AI: Code for Communities, a national hackathon by Google Cloud. This event brings together passionate builders to solve real-world governance challenges submitted by Members of Parliament across India. Participants will explore problem statements focused on healthcare, agriculture, environmental sustainability, and constituency development while learning how to build impactful AI-powered solutions using Google Cloud technologies. The event is designed to help participants understand the hackathon, collaborate with like-minded innovators, form strong teams, and prepare high-quality project submissions for the national competition.

Join OpenMadurai and WTM Madurai for a hands-on workshop on deploying open-source AI models using Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Learn how modern AI applications are deployed at scale using containerized infrastructure, Kubernetes, and Google Cloud technologies. Participants will explore practical workflows for hosting and managing open models efficiently in cloud-native environments.

Join GDG Cloud Madurai for an exciting tech talk on building and deploying workflow automations using n8n on Google Cloud Run. Discover how developers and startups can automate repetitive tasks, integrate APIs, and create scalable no-code and low-code workflows using modern cloud-native tools. Humanity finally invented software to automate the software made to automate the previous software. Tremendous progress.

Join Google Developer Groups Madurai for an exciting AI-powered vibeathon where cricket meets innovation. Because apparently watching cricket was not enough. Now we optimize innings and workflows simultaneously. Build With AI: Agentic Premier League is a live build experience featuring cricket screening, collaborative vibe coding, networking, and real-time AI innovation. Developers, students, creators, and tech enthusiasts will come together to build impactful solutions using Agentic AI and emerging technologies.