Building Agents with OpenClaw and Hermes

Hands-on walkthroughs of two open-source agent runtimes with engineers who've shipped them, plus you'll meet the local AI builder crowd.

You'll get hands-on walkthroughs of two open-source agent runtimes from engineers actively shipping with them. René Essomba, a Sydney-based AI engineer who builds production agentic systems on AWS, will walk through Hermes, while the DSAi team covers OpenClaw. The format splits between technical deep-dives and extended networking, so you can ask questions directly and connect with other AI builders, investors, and founders in the room. Expect a quick market and regulatory update from DSAi mid-way through, plus the kind of meetup crowd where people actually show up to learn rather than just collect contacts.