AWS COMMUNITY DAY
MIDWEST | COLUMBUS, OH
June 13th, 2024
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This event has ended. See you next year!
About the Event
AWS Community Day | Midwest is an annual one-day, user-run AWS technical conference that is planned, organized, and delivered by AWS user group community leaders (much like a “Meetup of Meetups”). The goal of the Community Day is to facilitate the exchange of information amongst the AWS user community. The presentations are all given by speakers who are fellow AWS users sharing knowledge with their peers.
This year's event will be the 6th annual Community Day | Midwest and will take place in Columbus, Ohio at Columbus State Community College. It was previously held at Chicago in 2018 and 2019, virtually in 2020, Columbus in 2022, and Chicago 2023.
AWS Usergroups
The Midwest AWS user groups are run by volunteers. We organize, coordinate and often speak at each event. Community events are free, open to the public and focused on all things AWS. We are not run by AWS, but frequently work with Amazon SAs and account reps.
Midwest UsergrouPS
Aside from the annual Community Days, many usergroups organize sessions on AWS topics throughtout the year. Find your local usergroup below and get involved!
Keynote Presentation
Darko Mesaroš
Principal Developer Advocate | AWS
Why does everyone keep talking about Generative AI?
In the world of 2024, everyone and their grandma keeps talking about Generative AI. Generative AI this, LLM that, RAG this, Token that... Well, what does this have to do with us builders? How do we get something out of this? Join Darko in this session, as we look at a few ways, Generative AI can help You, how you can build with and ON generative AI, and how to make it even more useful.
Sessions
- How Not to do a Cloud Migration
- Managing EKS Clusters at Scale using Blueprints and Infrastructure as Code
- Creating and maintaining DEV, QA, and UAT environments using unique domain names
- It's Not the Network... Until It Is: Mastering native AWS network tools
- Fact or Fiction? An Entertaining Quiz to Separate AWS Security Myths from Reality
- How to Explain AWS to Non-Technical People
- Go Beyond The Hype - How To Build Value with AI/ML + GenAI
- Step Up Your SaaS Game: Serverless Orchestration and Automation for SaaS
- Protecting Sensitive Assets: CIA Triad and DIE Model with AWS
- Things AWS could learn from Azure (and things it shouldn't)
- GRC Engineering - Automating Compliance Assessments with Audit Manager
- Building Testable Serverless Applications with the Hexagonal Architecture and TypeScript
- Tagging Compliance: The Tags are Coming!
- DevOps My AI
- User desktops in AWS for low latency and graphically intense applications
- AI Assisted Data Engineering on the AWS Platform
- LinkedIn profile and strategies for earning the Top Voice award
- Maximize Performance and Savings with Comprehensive FinOps AWS Compute Optimizer
- Exploring Amazon Security Lake for Real Risk Quantification and Prioritization Across Your AWS Environment!
- Getting Started with AWS SAM: Developing Lambda Functions Locally with Docker, Python, and VSCode
- Clinically-validated, online mental health diagnosis using AI/ML
- It's Not the Network... Until It Is: Mastering native AWS network tools
- S3 - Sophisticated Storage System
- Secure your applications from bots and attacks with AWS WAF
- Getting Started with Serverless Website Analytics
- Avoiding Common Pitfalls with Hosting Machine Learning Models
- Monitor All Your Stuff with OpenTelemetry and AWS
- Intelligent Document Processing for Artificial Intelligence
- Leveraging AWS services to streamline compliance
- AWS Datasync to migrate objects from on-prem to s3
- How does RAG REALLY work?
- Generative AI in Real Life - GenAI and Manufacturing
- Building a Generative AI Chatbot
- We have HOW many documents? We have HOW many Documents? Architecting Modern Document Processing
- First-Class Networking with AWS
- Behind the Scenes of Amazon's Supply Chain & Logistics
Speakers
Andrew May
Senior Solution Architect, Leading EDJE
Angelo Mandato
Founder & CTO, Painless Analytics
Banjo Obayomi
Senior Developer Advocate, AWS
Bill Tarr
Sr. Partner Solutions Architect, AWS
Bob Eisenmann
Signet Jewelers
Brian Tarbox
Principal Solutions Architect, Caylent
Cameron Williams
Release Train Engineer, Booz Allen
Chris Ebert
Principal Software Engineer, Tyler Technologies
Christopher M. Judd
CTO,
Manifest Solutions
Dakota Riley
VP of Cloud Engineering, Aquia Inc
Dave Staffacher
Chief Platform Engineer, Direct Supply, Inc.
David Michels
CTO,
Leading EDJE
Drake Lundstrom
Full Stack Cloud Consultant
Drake Pocsatko
Sr. Consultant, Slalom
Girish Bhatia
Technology Program Manager
Jason Butz
Solution Architect & Practice Lead, DMI
Jason Wadsworth
Chief Architect, Armanino
Jay Kahlon
FinOps Analyst, CHS Inc.
Jeff Maruschek
Sr Solutions Architect, AWS
Julia Furst Morgado
Global Technologist, Veeam
Justin Wheeler
Senior Software Developer, Bravo LT
Lena Taupier
CTO,
Blubrry
Lloyd Evans
VP of GRC,
Aquia
Max De Jong
Applied Scientist,
harpin AI
Mayur Runwal
Senior Solutions Architect
AWS
Muthukumaran Ardhanary
Associate Director, SRE,
CCC Intelligent Solutions
Nathan Hiscock
Director of Growth, Adjunct Professor of Cloud
Sela Cloud
Patrick Davies
Systems Administrator, Direct Supply
Rick Miller
Platform Director,
Direct Supply
Rob Sable
Sr Solutions Architect,
AWS
Shirish Joshi
Senior Manager,
EY
Steven David
Principal Solutions Architect, AWS
Steve Seaney
Managing Directory, AWS Services Practice,
Rego Consulting
Senthil Kamala Rathinam
Solutions Architect,
AWS
Sushanth Kothapally
Solutions Architect,
AWS
Kathie Clark
VP, Operations,
Rhythmic Technologies
Tom Laducci
Sr Solutions Architect,
AWS
Trevor Bennett
Software Engineer,
The Ohio State University
Vivekanandhan Muthulingam
Solution Architect, Cognizant Technology Solutions
Justin Ranta
Signet Jewelers
Schedule
Track 1 - 2024
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Registration - 2024
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Keynote: Why does everyone keep talking about Generative AI?
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Break
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How Not to do a Cloud Migration
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Exploring Amazon Security Lake for Real Risk Quantification and Prioritization Across Your AWS Environment!!
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Learn about the benefits with examples how to create and maintain DEV, QA, and UAT environments using unique domain names
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User desktops in AWS for low latency and graphically intense applications
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Lunch
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Step Up Your SaaS Game: Serverless Orchestration and Automation for SaaS
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GRC Engineering - Automating Compliance Assessments with Audit Manager
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Monitor All Your Stuff with OpenTelemetry and AWS
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Leveraging AWS services to streamline compliance
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Tagging Compliance: The Tags are Coming!
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Maximize Performance and Savings with Comprehensive FinOps AWS Compute Optimizer
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We have HOW many Documents? Architecting Modern Document Processing
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Happy Hour
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Track 2 - 2024
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Registration - 2024
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Keynote: Why does everyone keep talking about Generative AI?
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Break
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Automated Application Delivery on AWS using Github Actions
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Getting Started with AWS SAM: Developing Lambda Functions Locally with Docker, Python, and VSCode
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SaaS meets AI / ML and generative AI
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Getting Started with Serverless Website Analytics
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Lunch
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Things AWS could learn from Azure (and things it shouldn't)
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Building Testable Serverless Applications with the Hexagonal Architecture and TypeScript
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Something on backup and DR - Up and running with AWS Backup
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AWS Datasync to migrate objects from on-prem to s3
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DevOps My AI
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Behind the Scenes of Amazon's Supply Chain & Logistics
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Optimize AWS Glue IP addresses & Expand Network with Private NAT
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Happy Hour
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Track 3 - 2024
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Registration - 2024
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Keynote: Why does everyone keep talking about Generative AI?
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Break
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Managing EKS Clusters at Scale using Blueprints and Infrastructure as Code
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Clinically-validated, online mental health diagnosis using AI/ML
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Lightning Talks: How to Explain AWS to Non-Technical People / AI Assisted Data Engineering on the AWS Platform / LinkedIn profile and strategies for earning the Top Voice award
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Go Beyond The Hype - How To Build Value with AI/ML + GenAI
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Lunch
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Secure your App from bots and attacks with AWS WAF (Web Application Firewall)
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Avoiding Common Pitfalls with Hosting Machine Learning Models
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Intelligent Document Processing for Artificial Intelligence
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How does RAG REALLY work?
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Generative AI in Real Life - GenAI and Manufacturing
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Building a Generative AI Chatbot
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S3 - Sophisticated Storage System
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Happy Hour
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Track 4 - 2024
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Registration - 2024
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Keynote: Why does everyone keep talking about Generative AI?
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Break
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Building with Generative AI on AWS using PartyRock, Amazon Bedrock, and Amazon Q
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Lunch
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Happy Hour
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Sponsors
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Venue
Mitchell Hall
250 Cleveland Ave, Columbus, OH 43215