Speaking Engagements & Workshops
Past Events
Effective Altruism Vietnam 2025 Summit - Introduction to AI Safety and AI Alignment: From Concepts to Practices
2025
With a deep passion for AI Safety and responsible AI development, I presented on "AI Safety & AI Alignment: From Concepts to Implementation" at Effective Altruism EA Summit Vietnam 2025 on Saturday, September 20, 2025. I participated as Technical Manager at antoan.ai (AI Safety Vietnam) alongside Jord Nguyen - an independent researcher from Apart Research.
In the context of AI developing at a breakneck pace, ensuring AI systems operate safely and align with human values has never been more critical. I presented on fundamental concepts of AI safety and alignment, as well as techniques for developing ethical AI that ensures value for humanity and greater robustness. This was an excellent opportunity to meet and learn from a community of people who share the same vision for a sustainable and beneficial AI future for humanity.
AgentCon 2025 - Agentic AI: Aligning Intelligence and Ensuring Safety in Autonomous Systems
September 2025
At AgentCon 2025, I spoke about the critical intersection of agentic AI development and safety considerations. This talk explored how we can build autonomous AI systems that are both powerful and aligned with human values, covering practical approaches to ensure safety in increasingly autonomous AI agents.
Google for Startups Vietnam 2025 - AI Bootcamp
Mentoring Session - Fastest way to get started with AI: Vertex AI Studio & Model Garden - August 2025
Led an intensive mentoring session at the Google for Startups AI Bootcamp, guiding participants through practical approaches to rapidly prototype and deploy AI solutions. The session provided hands-on perspectives on leveraging Vertex AI Studio and Model Garden with pre-trained models to jumpstart AI projects, demonstrating how startups can accelerate their AI adoption journey.
Participants gained practical experience with Google's enterprise AI platform, learning key concepts, tools, and best practices for integrating AI into their startup products. The interactive format included hands-on exercises with real-world scenarios and comprehensive Q&A sessions, enabling founders and technical teams to overcome common barriers in AI implementation.
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Google for Startups Vietnam 2025 - AI Bootcamp (Hands-on Workshop)
Workshop - Mastering MLOps: Building, Deploying, and Managing AI at Scale on Google Cloud - August 2025
Facilitated an intensive hands-on workshop at the Google for Startups AI Bootcamp, diving deep into the practical implementation of MLOps principles on Google Cloud. The session equipped startup teams with essential skills for building production-ready AI systems at scale.
Participants gained hands-on experience with core MLOps principles including CI/CD for machine learning, automated pipelines using Vertex AI Pipelines, model registry, versioning strategies, and comprehensive monitoring for both models and agents. The workshop emphasized governance best practices, ensuring participants could build reliable, scalable, and maintainable AI systems that meet enterprise standards while maintaining agility for rapid iteration and deployment.
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TECH-FEST 2025 - AI Agents & Computer Vision
TECH-FEST 2025 - AI Agents & Computer Vision: When Machines Think and See - FPT University Talk - Jul 2025
As part of TECH-FEST 2025, this talkshow offers a comprehensive perspective on the development of Artificial Intelligence. From the cognitive and decision-making abilities of AI Agents to how Computer Vision enables machines to "see" and "understand" the visual world, the talkshow will provide essential knowledge, practical learning and career guidance, along with an overarching message: applying AI in a creative, humane, and responsible manner.
This is an event where the audiences not only update themselves with the latest AI knowledge but also get inspired by the very individuals who have, are, and will continue to elevate Vietnamese intelligence on the global stage.
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Build With AI - GDG Hanoi 2025
Workshop - Build your first multi-agent AI research with Gemma 2.0 - April 2025
During this codelab, attendees will have the opportunity to:
👉🏻 Learn the concept, operating principles, and application potential of AI systems with multiple interacting agents.
👉🏻 Practice with Gemma 2.0: Receive guidance on using Google's new generation large language model, Gemma 2.0, as a foundation for building AI Agents.
👉🏻 Build a Research Agent: Engage in a step-by-step construction of a basic multi AI Agent system capable of supporting research tasks, information gathering, and analysis.
👉🏻 Explore Practical Applications: Discuss how to expand and apply multi-agent architecture to solve complex problems in academic and business environments, such as process automation, in-depth data analysis, and operational optimization.
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Build With AI - GDG Cloud Hanoi & HCM 2025
Workshop - Search Tool & Function calling with Gemini 2.0 - April 2025
Search Tool & Function calling with Gemini 2.0: Codelab and Introduction
This workshop provides hands-on experience with Gemini 2.0, Google's latest multimodal AI tools. Learn to build applications that seamlessly integrate text, images, video, and audio. The participants learned how to apply these technologies to real-world business challenges.
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AI Alignment and Safety: Steering AI Towards Human Values
AI Ethics in Action - Balancing Creativity & Responsibility, GDGoC Hackathon Vietnam 2025 - March 2025
In the context where AI is exploding and infiltrating every aspect of life, questions about ethical responsibility have become more urgent than ever. At GDG Hackathon Vietnam 2025, the workshop 'AI Ethics in Action - Balancing Creativity & Responsibility' brought sharp and practical perspectives on ethical responsibility in AI, helping young developers find the right direction when applying this technology.
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Leading AI: Collaboration meets Ethical Innovation
The AI Alliance, IBM and NUS - November 2024
Returned to IBM as a panel speaker, exactly 10 years after my postgrad internship, to discuss ethical innovation in AI. The session focused on the InstructLab framework, AI Alignment, and AI Safety principles. This invite-only event brought together 50 industry leaders and researchers, generating significant engagement with over 200 LinkedIn interactions discussing the future of responsible AI development.
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Google DevFest Events 2024
GDG Hanoi & GDG MienTrung - November/December 2024
Conducted an intensive workshop on "Crafting Resilient AI: Attacks, Defenses, and Alignment" across multiple DevFest events. Using hands-on demonstrations with Keras, TensorFlow, and the new Gemma models, participants learned practical approaches to building robust AI systems. The workshops attracted over 250 developers and researchers, fostering dynamic discussions about AI safety and responsible development practices.
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Google I/O Extended 2024 - Hanoi
July 2024
Presented on "Gemma: Gemini's Open-Source Twin" to an audience of 300 developers and AI enthusiasts. The talk explored making LLMs more accessible through Small Language Models, with practical demonstrations of optimization techniques using Unsloth, LoRA, PEFT, and FlashAttention. The session sparked engaging discussions about democratizing AI technology and making it more accessible to developers worldwide.
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LLMs And GenAI For Enterprises: Southeast Asian vs. Silicon Valley
May 2024
Talking about the ecosystem of AI in general and how it differs in SEA vs Silicon Valley. General overview of cutting edge technologies: LLMs and GenAI for everyone, and sharing my journey with Data & AI. Most importantly, I talk about the gap between development, infrastructure, data-readiness and path-to-production of GenAI models in Vietnamese-based enterprises, ethics in AI as well as the current landscapes of GenAI in Vietnam and in Silicon Valley in comparison
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International Women's Day Hanoi 2024
GDG Hanoi & Women Techmakers Hanoi - March 2024
Participated in a thought-provoking panel discussion about women in technology, sharing insights from my journey in AI and Machine Learning. The intimate gathering of 40 attendees created an environment for meaningful conversations about diversity in tech, career growth, and the future of Cloud and AI technologies. The discussion particularly focused on mentorship and creating supportive networks for women in technical roles.
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MLOps Marathon 2023 - Vietnam's First MLOps Competition
September 2023
Played multiple pivotal roles in Vietnam's pioneering MLOps competition, serving as an organizer, sponsor, jury panel member, and featured speaker. The competition, spanning Q2-Q3 of 2023, was designed to address real-world challenges businesses face when deploying AI projects to production. Teams tackled practical MLOps scenarios, from model deployment to monitoring and maintenance.
The event drew an impressive 600 participants from across Vietnam, competing for a substantial prize pool exceeding 100M VND. As a speaker at the special seminar, shared insights on production-grade AI systems and best practices in MLOps, drawing from extensive experience in deploying large-scale AI solutions.