Sayed Ali Alkamel
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I speak about Flutter, applied AI, and building for scale.

Developer-first workshops, talks, and courses, in person and online. Here is the full record.

Google Developer Expert in Flutter and Dart, and founder of Flutter MENA, whose online conference drew 5,700 developers. By day I manage digital application platforms at Oman Housing Bank. The talks are the audit trail of the engineering, not a separate career.

22,276
developers reached
64
sessions delivered
22+
countries
2018
speaking since
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Sayed Ali Alkamel presenting with a headset microphone at DevFest Amman 2024
On stage at DevFest Amman 2024

Where I have spoken

World map of in-person speaking venues 18 countries highlighted. A larger dot marks a country with more sessions delivered.
Dot size shows sessions delivered. 13,969 developers reached in person across 18 countries. Counting online sessions, 22+ countries in total.

In-person speaking venues by country
Country Sessions Developers reached
Bahrain 18 2,798
Azerbaijan 7 1,045
Saudi Arabia 5 701
Iraq 4 128
Oman 3 627
Lebanon 3 99
Tunisia 2 1,858
Egypt 2 433
Uzbekistan 2 150
Germany 1 5,400
Jordan 1 400
United Arab Emirates 1 120
Italy 1 100
Kyrgyzstan 1 40
Kuwait 1 32
United States 1 23
Kazakhstan 1 10
Yemen 1 5

Biggest stages

5,700

Flutter MENA Online Conference

Online · Apr 2024

5,400

GDE Summit in Berlin podcast

Berlin, Germany · Jul 2024

1,500

Flutter Design and Architecture, with a PaLM API chatbot demo

Monastir, Tunisia · Nov 2023

800

Seven on Seven, Bahrain National TV (Arabic)

Bahrain National Television, Bahrain · Nov 2023

620

No-code and Low-code revolution panel

Online · Apr 2022

531

Building a Chatbot App with Flutter and DialogFlow

Online · Dec 2021

Recognition

On stage

Sayed Ali Alkamel presenting on stage at DevFest Amman 2024
DevFest Amman
Sayed Ali Alkamel presenting a Gemini AI demo at DevFest Amman 2024
Gemini demo, Amman
Sayed Ali Alkamel speaking on stage at DevFest Tashkent 2024
DevFest Tashkent
Sayed Ali Alkamel presenting in Gulf national dress at an event in Oman
Speaking in Oman

Signature talks

AI in Your Pocket: On-Device Intelligence

Running a capable model on the phone instead of the cloud, and what that changes for mobile. The same on-device work behind Silsila AI.

Build Talking Characters with Generative AI and Flutter

Bringing generative AI characters to life inside a Flutter app. Toured across more than a dozen events.

Exploring Gemma

A practical tour of Google's open Gemma models, from loading them to running them on-device.

Several of these are recorded. Watch the linked sessions in the full record below.

On the record

I run the FlutterMENA podcast and show up on community and national media. A few that are public:

Full record

Every workshop, talk, course, panel, and media appearance since 2018.

2025

  1. Media Unpacking Google I/O Connect Berlin: AI's New Era for Apps (FlutterMENA Podcast) (opens in a new tab)
    Jul 2025

    Online

  2. Workshop Craft Your AI Companion: Flutter and Gemini Chatbots
    Apr 2025

    Almaty, Kazakhstan

  3. Talk From Zero to Android Hero: Build Your First Gemini-powered App
    Mar 2025

    Muscat, Oman

  4. Workshop Build with AI Sumgait (opens in a new tab)
    Feb 2025

    Sumgait, Azerbaijan

  5. Workshop Build with AI: building real projects with Google Gemini
    Feb 2025

    Sumgait Innovation Hub, Azerbaijan

  6. Workshop Build with AI: Create an AI App from scratch (opens in a new tab)
    Feb 2025

    Baku, Azerbaijan

2024

  1. Talk DevFest Amman: Build Talking Characters with Gemini and Flutter (Arabic) (opens in a new tab)
    Dec 2024

    Amman, Jordan · 400 attendees

  2. Talk DevFest Tashkent 2024
    Dec 2024

    Tashkent, Uzbekistan

  3. Talk DevFest Tashkent: Build Talking Characters with Gemini and Flutter (opens in a new tab)
    Dec 2024

    Tashkent, Uzbekistan · 150 attendees

  4. Talk Building AI-Powered Mobile Apps
    Dec 2024

    DevFest Bahrain, Manama, Bahrain

  5. Talk DevFest Riyadh: Build Talking Characters with Gemini and Flutter
    Nov 2024

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · 300 attendees

  6. Panel Navigating the App Market: From Concept to Execution panel
    Nov 2024

    Brinc Batelco IoT Hub, Bahrain

  7. Talk DevFest Bahrain: Building AI-powered Mobile Apps
    Nov 2024

    Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, Bahrain · 400 attendees

  8. Talk ML Olympiad: Kickstarting Your Journey into Machine Learning
    Nov 2024

    Bahrain Institute of Banking and Finance, Bahrain · 300 attendees

  9. Talk DevFest Baku: Build Talking Characters with Gemini and Flutter
    Oct 2024

    Baku, Azerbaijan · 400 attendees

  10. Talk Google Cloud Day Kuwait: Build talking avatars with Gemini
    Oct 2024

    Kuwait City, Kuwait

  11. Talk Build Talking Characters with Generative AI (Gemini) and Flutter
    Aug 2024

    Cairo, Egypt · 400 attendees

  12. Podcast The Podcast (Sayed Ali Al-Kamel)
    Aug 2024

    Podcast, Tunisia · 358 attendees

  13. Podcast GDE Summit in Berlin podcast
    Jul 2024

    Berlin, Germany · 5,400 attendees

  14. Mentorship Mentoring at the Google AI Hackathon Azerbaijan
    Jun 2024

    Baku, Azerbaijan

  15. Talk Build with AI Manama with Google Developer Experts
    May 2024

    Bahrain Polytechnic, Bahrain

  16. Talk Build Talking Characters with Generative AI (Gemini) and Flutter (opens in a new tab)
    May 2024

    Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

  17. Talk Flutter MENA Online Conference
    Apr 2024

    Online · 5,700 attendees

  18. Talk Mobile App Development with Flutter: Layout Algorithm
    Mar 2024

    GDSC University of Misan, Iraq

  19. Talk Building an AI chatbot with Flutter (Arabic) (opens in a new tab)
    Mar 2024

    Misr University for Science and Technology, Egypt

  20. Course Mobile App Development with Flutter: Getting Started
    Feb 2024

    GDSC University of Misan, Iraq

2023

  1. Talk Master the Art of Flutter
    Dec 2023

    NGN Training Center, Bahrain

  2. Media Seven on Seven, Bahrain National TV (Arabic)
    Nov 2023

    Bahrain National Television, Bahrain · 800 attendees

  3. Talk Building an AI Chatbot with Flutter, MakerSuite and PaLM API
    Nov 2023

    Milan, Italy · 100 attendees

  4. Talk Flutter Design and Architecture, with a PaLM API chatbot demo
    Nov 2023

    Monastir, Tunisia · 1,500 attendees

  5. Talk Flutter's design and architecture (opens in a new tab)
    Nov 2023

    Baku, Azerbaijan · 350 attendees

  6. Talk Flutter Design and Architecture (opens in a new tab)
    Oct 2023

    Google Office, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 120 attendees

  7. Talk Start your Mobile Development Career with Flutter: Oman DevFest Roadshow
    Aug 2023

    Rustaq, Oman

  8. Course Mobile Development Track, Oman Youth Center
    Jul 2023

    Oman Youth Center (4 sessions), Oman · 530 attendees

  9. Talk Flutter challenge in ML Olympiad
    Mar 2023

    Reboot, Bahrain · 403 attendees

  10. Talk Flutter basics: Super Flutter Day Saudi Arabia
    Jan 2023

    Super Flutter Day, Saudi Arabia

2022

  1. Talk Extending your Flutter app with Firebase: DevFest Baku
    Nov 2022

    Baku, Azerbaijan · 130 attendees

  2. Talk Introduction to Flutter for Le CNAM Tripoli
    Oct 2022

    GDSC Le CNAM Tripoli, Lebanon

  3. Talk Extending your Flutter app with Firebase: DevFest Saudi Arabia (opens in a new tab)
    Oct 2022

    Riyadh Chamber of Commerce, Saudi Arabia · 230 attendees

  4. Talk Flutter basics with practical application
    Oct 2022

    GDSC Al Safwa University College, Karbala, Iraq

  5. Talk Flutter: Build your first App
    Sep 2022

    GDSC University of Misan, Iraq

  6. Talk Your next step in Flutter
    Aug 2022

    YouthCity 2022, Bahrain

  7. Talk Everything is a Widget (Arabic) (opens in a new tab)
    Jul 2022

    GDG Aden, Yemen

  8. Mentorship Mentoring at Techstars Startup Weekend
    Jun 2022

    Techstars Startup Weekend, Bahrain

  9. Panel Growing and finding opportunities in the Flutter community
    Jun 2022

    Google Cloud Saudi, Saudi Arabia

  10. Panel No-code and Low-code revolution panel (opens in a new tab)
    Apr 2022

    Online · 620 attendees

  11. Mentorship Flutter mentorship for Solution Challenge MENA
    Mar 2022

    Online

  12. Talk Building a Flutter App with only 10 widgets (opens in a new tab)
    Jan 2022

    GDG Dallas, United States

  13. Media How To Be A GDE: An Interview with a Flutter GDE (opens in a new tab)
    Jan 2022

    Online · 518 attendees

2021

  1. Talk Building a Chatbot App with Flutter and DialogFlow (opens in a new tab)
    Dec 2021

    Online · 531 attendees

  2. Talk Building a Powerful Mobile App for Your Startup (opens in a new tab)
    Jul 2021

    Online · 216 attendees

2020

  1. Talk Build a Powerful Mobile App for Your Startup (opens in a new tab)
    Jul 2020

    UoB Business Incubator Center, Bahrain · 183 attendees

  2. Talk Flutter powerful performance secrets (Arabic) (opens in a new tab)
    Jun 2020

    Online · 295 attendees

  3. Talk Build your first cross-platform mobile app with Flutter
    Apr 2020

    American University of Beirut, Lebanon

  4. Talk Building Flutter UIs with 10 widgets (Arabic) (opens in a new tab)
    Apr 2020

    Online · 373 attendees

  5. Talk Google Cloud Developer Community Saudi: Flutter (opens in a new tab)
    Feb 2020

    CST, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2019

  1. Talk Building Flutter UIs with 10 widgets only
    Dec 2019

    Flat6Labs, Bahrain

  2. Talk Flutter Anniversary: Clock Challenge
    Dec 2019

    Brinc Batelco IoT Hub, Bahrain

  3. Talk GDG Coast Lebanon: Flutter Interact Viewing Party
    Dec 2019

    Beirut Digital District, Lebanon

  4. Mentorship FinTech Startup Weekend Bahrain
    Nov 2019

    Fintech Bay, Bahrain · 200 attendees

  5. Course Flutter course at YouthCity 2030
    Jul 2019

    YouthCity, Bahrain

  6. Course Introduction to Flutter
    Feb 2019

    University of Bahrain, Bahrain

  7. Course Introduction to Android
    Jan 2019

    University of Bahrain, Bahrain

2018

  1. Talk Build Your First Android App in Java (opens in a new tab)
    Sep 2018

    Flat6Labs, Bahrain

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