Innovista, in collaboration with Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) and GDG Islamabad, will hold a hands-on workshop titled Building AI Agents with Google Antigravity on November 16, 2026. The workshop will take place from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM at the Auditorium of FJWU, located at Old Presidency, The Mall, Kachari Chowk, Saddar. It is part of the Road to DevFest series and is also linked with the Women Techmakers community, which supports women in technology. The programme opens with a welcome and introduction by Innovista from 11:00 AM to 11:15 AM, which sets the stage for the sessions that follow. Participants are asked to bring their own laptops, since most of the afternoon will be spent building rather than listening, and the organisers have said attendees should come prepared to create something by the end of the session.
The first talk will be given by Dr Nausheen Saba Shahid, an AI researcher and faculty member at FJWU, who will speak on the rise of agentic AI between 11:15 AM and 11:30 AM. Agentic AI refers to systems that can plan steps, use tools and carry out tasks on their own with limited human direction, and the topic has become a major point of discussion among developers and researchers as these systems move from experiments into everyday work. Her talk is meant to give students the background they need before they start using such tools themselves, so that they understand what an AI agent is, what it can do and where its limits lie. After this session, the programme moves into its main part, a guided workshop that runs from 11:30 AM until 2:00 PM and is led by Ali Naqi Rizvi, an AI, cloud and data professional from GDG Islamabad. Under his guidance, participants will set up Google Antigravity, build their first application with the help of an AI agent and then create a project of their own.
Participants will receive several benefits in addition to the training. All attendees will get cloud credits that they can use to continue experimenting after the event, along with vibe coding guidebooks that explain how to build software through natural language instructions to an AI assistant. They will also receive AI Seekho swag packs, and a lucky draw will be held for those who manage to build something during the workshop, which gives students an added reason to complete a working project. For students who are still learning to program, the combination of credits and guidebooks offers a practical way to keep practising once the session has ended.
The workshop is open only to FJWU students who are in their fifth semester or beyond, and seats are limited to those who register in advance. Eligible students can register online before the event. By pairing a university audience with a local developer community, Innovista and its partners aim to give students direct experience of the tools that are changing how software is written, and to help them see how AI agents can be applied to real projects from the very first day.
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