Hacktoberfest Meetup Cebu City x Cebu Tech Communities
Hacktoberfest 2026
S&T Complex, Sudlon, Lahug 2nd Floor Cebu City, Cebu 6000 Philippines
Event Description
Welcome to Cebu Hacktoberfest 2026!
As part of the Global Hacktoberferst 2026, we'll be holding a series of workshops on how to use and modify Open Source or Open Weights AI Models and Open Source AI Harnesses.
We will be using Kiro, built on open protocols like ACP and MCP to learn/build/tweak AI models and AI harnesses.
For Cebu Hacktoberfest Open Source Project Competition Participants, this also serves a Checkpoint Session for you.
Come join us this October 10, 2026 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, at the Innovation Hub at DOST Region 7, Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City!
See you there!
Who can attend?
Locations have different requirements for who can attend. This location is open to the following:
Schedule
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM: Registration
9:00 AM - 12:00 NN: WORKSHOP: "Creating Applications with Open Source or Open Weights Model with Google Gemma" by AI Pilipinas Cebu
12:00 NN - 1:00 PM: Lunch and Mentoring
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM: WORKSHOP: "Utilizing Open Source AI Harnesses with Hermes" by AI Agents Cebu
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: TALK: "AI ROI - Is What You're Building 'Worth It'?" by AI Gen Cebu
Hosted by
Cebu Tech Communities (CTC) is an association of grassroots professional tech community organizations committed to nurturing Cebu's tech ecosystem by supporting and empowering Cebu's grassroots tech community organizations to become self-sustaining while building partnerships and facilitating representation with sponsors, government, organizations, and other key stakeholders.