Gabriel Agbobli

AI agents are quickly transforming how we build intelligent applications, automate workflows, and enable systems to reason and act autonomously. But with new terms like MCP, ADK, and A2A appearing everywhere in the AI ecosystem, many developers are wondering where to begin.

In this hands-on session, participants will get started with the foundations of modern agentic AI by building a practical currency conversion agent using Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK). Along the way, we will explore how Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables agents to connect with tools and external systems, how Agent-to-Agent (A2A) communication allows agents to collaborate, and how these technologies come together to power real-world AI applications.

Designed for developers, students, and AI enthusiasts, this session will break down complex concepts into practical building blocks while demonstrating how to create, orchestrate, and extend intelligent agents with modern Google Cloud AI tooling. By the end of the session, attendees will have a clear understanding of the emerging agent ecosystem and the confidence to start building their own AI agents.

By the end of the session, attendees will be able to:

Create a local MCP server

Deploy the MCP server to Cloud Run

Build an Agent with Agent Development Kit that uses MCP tools

Expose an ADK agent as an A2A Server

Test the A2A Server using the A2A Client