Automate Your Work with AI – WORKSHOP with SheTech

How many tasks do you repeat every week without really needing to?
Emails to sort, spreadsheets to update, data to copy, content to create—manual steps that pile up and waste time.

This workshop stems from the idea that automation can become a practical tool for everyday work, even without a technical background.

Today, we'll be working on n8n, a visual platform for building automated workflows, integrating commonly used tools such as Gmail, Google Sheets, Google Calendar, external APIs, and artificial intelligence models.

This won't be a theoretical session, but a hands-on workshop where we'll build automations step by step, exploring logic, data, prompts, transformations, and real-world use cases.

📌 We’ll build workflows that connect the digital services and tools we use every day.
📌 We’ll explore how to integrate AI, APIs, and decision-making logic into real-world processes.
📌 We’ll also lay the groundwork needed to understand what happens inside an automation process, without taking anything for granted.

The workshop is organized in collaboration with SheTech, an organization dedicated to reducing the gender gap in the tech industry and helping more and more people develop digital skills and engage with innovation.

👥 Who is this for?
– Anyone who wants to automate repetitive tasks in their work
– Freelancers, professionals, creators, organizers, project managers, marketers, and digital professionals
– Anyone curious about how to use AI in a practical, not abstract, way
– Anyone who wants to get started with automated workflows without needing advanced programming skills

🧠 What You’ll Learn
– How to build automated workflows with n8n
– How to connect tools like Gmail, Google Sheets, and Calendar
– How to integrate external APIs and language models into your workflows
– How to transform and manipulate data within an automated process
– The basics of JavaScript needed to work with workflows
– How to write effective prompts to get useful and personalized output
– How to design more advanced automations, including agent-based logic

🗓️ Schedule for the Day

Morning (9:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.)
Fundamentals of Automation with n8n
– Introduction to n8n and building 2–3 basic workflows
– Integration with Google Sheets and Gmail
– APIs and JSON format: connecting external services
– Conditional logic and data transformation
– Getting started with AI: integrating language models into workflows

Afternoon (2:00 PM – 5:00 PM)
JavaScript Basics and AI Nodes / Agents
– JavaScript Fundamentals with CodePen
– Data Processing with Code Node
– Prompt Engineering: Writing Effective Instructions for AI
– Guided Exercises for Building Workflows with LLMs and Agents
– Hands-On Lab: Build Your Own Automation Using Provided Templates

🛠️ Technical Requirements
– Laptop with an up-to-date browser (Chrome or Firefox)
– Google account
– Free n8n Cloud account
If necessary, we’ll walk you through the setup before or during the workshop.

✅ Required skills:
No programming experience is required.
We’re looking for curiosity, a willingness to experiment, and a willingness to take a hands-on approach to your work throughout the day.

📦 Included materials:
– Slides and materials shared during the workshop:
– Documentation and resources to continue on your own

📍 Where
Asperastra Innovation Lab
Corso Cavour 2/2, Trieste

📅 When
Saturday, May 30, 2026

🕘 Schedule
9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
(with a lunch break)

🎟️ Registration required on Eventbrite