- Breakout sessionCloud OperationsMonitoring & ObservabilityOpen Source300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerMandalay BayAmazon Managed GrafanaAmazon Managed Service for PrometheusAmazon OpenSearch ServiceTuesday, Dec 0311:00 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 03Interested in using open source tooling for observability? Setting up an effective observability solution with open source tools can be challenging due to their rapid pace of development. AWS offers the flexibility to implement observability with AWS managed versions of open source tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry. This session shows how managed open source services enable a standardized approach to instrumentation, collection, and analysis. Discover recommended architecture patterns for each observability stage, including instrumentation with OpenTelemetry, ingestion with Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus and Amazon OpenSearch Service, and insights with Amazon Managed Grafana.
, Tech Lead, Stripe
, Open Source Observability Product and Engineering Sr Manager, AWS
, Sr. Specialist SA, Observability, AWS
- Tuesday, Dec 311:30 AM - 12:30 PM PSTMandalay Bay | Level 3 South | Jasmine H
- Breakout sessionCloud OperationsMonitoring & ObservabilityOpen Source300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerVenetianWalk-up only: No reserved seating requiredAmazon Managed GrafanaAmazon Managed Service for PrometheusAmazon OpenSearch ServiceTuesday, Dec 0311:00 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 03Interested in using open source tooling for observability? Setting up an effective observability solution with open source tools can be challenging due to their rapid pace of development. AWS offers the flexibility to implement observability with AWS managed versions of open source tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry. This session shows how managed open source services enable a standardized approach to instrumentation, collection, and analysis. Discover recommended architecture patterns for each observability stage, including instrumentation with OpenTelemetry, ingestion with Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus and Amazon OpenSearch Service, and insights with Amazon Managed Grafana.
, Tech Lead, Stripe
, Open Source Observability Product and Engineering Sr Manager, AWS
, Sr. Specialist SA, Observability, AWS
Walk up only session: Walk-up only: No reserved seating required- Tuesday, Dec 311:30 AM - 12:30 PM PSTVenetian | Level 2 | Venetian Ballroom E | Content Hub | Red Screen
- Breakout sessionCloud OperationsMonitoring & ObservabilityOpen Source300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerVenetianWalk-up only: No reserved seating requiredAmazon Managed GrafanaAmazon Managed Service for PrometheusAmazon OpenSearch ServiceFriday, Dec 0611:00 a.m. Friday, Dec 06Interested in using open source tooling for observability? Setting up an effective observability solution with open source tools can be challenging due to their rapid pace of development. AWS offers the flexibility to implement observability with AWS managed versions of open source tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry. This session shows how managed open source services enable a standardized approach to instrumentation, collection, and analysis. Discover recommended architecture patterns for each observability stage, including instrumentation with OpenTelemetry, ingestion with Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus and Amazon OpenSearch Service, and insights with Amazon Managed Grafana.
, Tech Lead, Stripe
, Open Source Observability Product and Engineering Sr Manager, AWS
, Sr. Specialist SA, Observability, AWS
Walk up only session: Walk-up only: No reserved seating required- Friday, Dec 611:30 AM - 12:30 PM PSTVenetian | Level 2 | Venetian Ballroom E | Content Hub | Red Screen
- Chalk talkAI/MLStorageOpen SourceOpen DataDeveloper Community300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerSolution / Systems ArchitectCaesars ForumAmazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)10:00 a.m. Monday, Dec 02Monday, Dec 02Explore open source tools that make it easier to innovate with your data on Amazon S3. Through whiteboarding examples, this chalk talk offers insights into integrating open source implementations like Apache Hadoop S3A and Apache Iceberg S3FileIO with applications and data pipelines. Discover how to use Amazon S3’s industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance with the community-driven innovation of open source to accelerate machine learning and data processing workloads.
, Sr. Manager, Amazon Web Services
, Sr. Software Engineer, AWS
- Monday, Dec 210:30 AM - 11:30 AM PSTCaesars Forum | Level 1 | Academy 414
- Chalk talkArchitectureComputeCross-Industry SolutionsDeveloper Community300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerSolution / Systems ArchitectMGM GrandAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)Tuesday, Dec 034:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03This chalk talk explores 3D Gaussian Splatting as an emergent 3D reconstruction technique and how AWS can accelerate and scale the generation, management, and consumption of digitalized real-world assets in enterprise contexts, from virtual production to immersive commerce. Learn how 3D Gaussian Splatting differentiates itself as a state-of-the-art reality capture technique, how distributed computing and orchestration can reduce asset creation times, and how generative AI can improve visual fidelity. Explore integration with the AWS Visual Asset Management System (VAMS), allowing for centralized digital asset storage and management, to help power immersive 3D experiences using this technology at scale.
, Principal Spatial Computing Prototyping Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Senior Spatial Computing Solution Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Tuesday, Dec 34:00 PM - 5:00 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | Boulevard 158
- Chalk talkComputeStorageFinancial ServicesOpen SourceInnovation & Transformation300 – AdvancedAcademic / ResearcherData ScientistDevOps EngineerMGM GrandAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)Amazon FSx for LustreAmazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)Tuesday, Dec 031:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03In this chalk talk, learn how to power your quantitative research workloads on AWS using open source tools and frameworks. Explore the technical capabilities of solutions like Ray, Apache Spark, and Apache Iceberg, and learn how to seamlessly integrate them with AWS services to build cost-effective, scalable, and high-performance computing environments. Discover strategies for reducing total cost of ownership, optimizing Amazon EC2 Spot Instances, and leveraging services like Amazon S3 and Amazon FSx for Lustre. Leave empowered to harness open source and accelerate your quantitative research initiatives.
, SA, Amazon
, Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Tuesday, Dec 31:30 PM - 2:30 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | 105
- Chalk talkComputeStorageFinancial ServicesOpen SourceInnovation & Transformation300 – AdvancedAcademic / ResearcherData ScientistDevOps EngineerMGM GrandAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)Amazon FSx for LustreAmazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)Thursday, Dec 051:00 p.m. Thursday, Dec 05In this chalk talk, learn how to power your quantitative research workloads on AWS using open source tools and frameworks. Explore the technical capabilities of solutions like Ray, Apache Spark, and Apache Iceberg, and learn how to seamlessly integrate them with AWS services to build cost-effective, scalable, and high-performance computing environments. Discover strategies for reducing total cost of ownership, optimizing Amazon EC2 Spot Instances, and leveraging services like Amazon S3 and Amazon FSx for Lustre. Leave empowered to harness open source and accelerate your quantitative research initiatives.
, SA, Amazon
, Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Thursday, Dec 51:00 PM - 2:00 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | 105
- Chalk talkServerless Compute & ContainersMonitoring & ObservabilityOpen Source400 – ExpertDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerMGM GrandAmazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)AWS FargateThursday, Dec 0511:00 a.m. Thursday, Dec 05Gain comprehensive visibility into modern, distributed applications on Amazon ECS with AWS managed open source observability services. Empower effective troubleshooting and performance optimization by leveraging AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT), Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, and Amazon Managed Grafana to gain comprehensive insights into your Amazon ECS environments. This chalk talk demonstrates how to collect metrics, traces, and logs from diverse workloads using ADOT’s service-based collectors seamlessly integrated with Amazon ECS. Learn how to build a unified observability solution for Amazon ECS applications, which enables proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization even as applications grow more complex.
, Principal Solutions Architect, AWS
, Senior Specialist Solution Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Thursday, Dec 511:30 AM - 12:30 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 3 | 302
- Code talkAI/MLCross-Industry SolutionsGenerative AI300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerSolution / Systems ArchitectWynnAmazon BedrockMonday, Dec 0211:00 a.m. Monday, Dec 02This code talk dives deep into the evaluation of agentic applications built with large language models (LLMs), leveraging Amazon Bedrock and open source frameworks. Attendees will gain insights into concepts like Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), pipelines, agent evaluation, and LangSmith—a unified platform for debugging, testing, evaluating, and monitoring LLM applications. The talk explores techniques for assessing performance metrics, such as quality, cost, and latency, across the development lifecycle. Additionally, it highlights the role of LLM judges and agent metrics in evaluating retrieval, request quality, and overall application performance, enabling attendees to build robust and reliable agentic solutions.
, Principal GenAI/ML Specialist SA, Amazon Web Services
, Principal Solutions Architect, AWS
- Monday, Dec 211:30 AM - 12:30 PM PSTWynn | Convention Promenade | Margaux 1
- Chalk talkAI/MLKubernetesGenerative AIOpen SourceResponsible AI300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerSystem AdministratorMGM GrandAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)Tuesday, Dec 035:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03Many organizations are reinventing their Kubernetes environments to efficiently deploy generative AI workloads, including distributed training and inference APIs for applications like text generation, image generation, or other use cases. In this chalk talk, learn how to integrate Kubernetes with open source tools to practice responsible generative AI. Explore key considerations for deploying AI models ethically and sustainably, leveraging the scalability and resiliency tenets of Kubernetes, along with the collaborative and community-driven development principles of the open source CNCF tool set.
, Sr. Specialist SA, Amazon Web Services
, Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Tuesday, Dec 35:30 PM - 6:30 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | Boulevard 158
- Chalk talkAI/MLKubernetesGenerative AIOpen SourceResponsible AI300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerSystem AdministratorCaesars ForumAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)Friday, Dec 068:00 a.m. Friday, Dec 06Many organizations are reinventing their Kubernetes environments to efficiently deploy generative AI workloads, including distributed training and inference APIs for applications like text generation, image generation, or other use cases. In this chalk talk, learn how to integrate Kubernetes with open source tools to practice responsible generative AI. Explore key considerations for deploying AI models ethically and sustainably, leveraging the scalability and resiliency tenets of Kubernetes, along with the collaborative and community-driven development principles of the open source CNCF tool set.
, Sr. Specialist SA, Amazon Web Services
, Sr. Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Friday, Dec 68:30 AM - 9:30 AM PSTCaesars Forum | Level 1 | Academy 416
- WorkshopMigration & ModernizationMicrosoft & .NETOpen Source400 – ExpertData EngineerDeveloper / EngineerSolution / Systems ArchitectMGM GrandAWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL3:00 p.m. Monday, Dec 02Monday, Dec 02Many .NET applications use SQL Server as a backend database. However, moving to an open source database can reduce your costs and unlock new capabilities in your applications. In this workshop, learn how to move a .NET application database from SQL Server to open source using Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL and AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS). Leave this workshop with an understanding of what refactoring is needed in both the code and database and how to overcome common challenges with repeatable and scalable techniques and solutions. You must bring your laptop to participate.
, Database Migration SA, Amazon Web Services
, Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
- Monday, Dec 23:30 PM - 5:30 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | Grand 118
- WorkshopAI/MLCross-Industry SolutionsGenerative AI300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerSolution / Systems ArchitectCaesars ForumAmazon Bedrock3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04In this immersive workshop, learn how to build scalable and intelligent agentic workflows using Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, and LangGraph. Through hands-on coding, use Amazon Bedrock capabilities with LangChain to process and generate text, images, and data, enabling autonomous agents that understand natural language instructions. Then, discover how to use the Amazon Bedrock Converse API to build conversational AI agents for streamlined customer service. Finally, integrate Amazon Bedrock with LangGraph to create multistep, AI-powered workflows that adapt to business requirements by connecting conversational agents and data processing capabilities developed throughout the workshop. You must bring your laptop to participate.
, Sr. AIML Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Sr Gen Ai Solutions Architect, Amazon Inc
- Wednesday, Dec 43:30 PM - 5:30 PM PSTCaesars Forum | Level 1 | Alliance 307
- WorkshopAI/MLSecurity, Compliance & IdentityGenerative AIOpen Source400 – ExpertWynnAmazon BedrockAmazon Managed Service for Apache FlinkAmazon SageMakerThursday, Dec 0512:00 p.m. Thursday, Dec 05In this workshop, build a system to analyze log events from a data stream and detect anomalies using generative AI and open source technologies, including Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and OpenSearch. Learn to ingest logs into Apache Kafka and consume them using Apache Flink for real-time anomaly detection using machine learning in Amazon SageMaker. Additionally, integrate the output with generative AI in Amazon Bedrock to automate incident response and reduce the mean time to resolve issues. This hands-on experience prepares you to build an adaptive defense strategy for your own evolving security needs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
, Solutions Architect, Streaming, Amazon Web Services
, Sr. Streaming Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Thursday, Dec 512:00 PM - 2:00 PM PSTWynn | Upper Convention Promenade | Cristal 5
- Breakout sessionAI/MLArchitectureFinancial ServicesManufacturing & IndustrialRetail & Consumer GoodsGenerative AILambda-Based ApplicationsOpen Source200 – IntermediateAdvisor / ConsultantIT ExecutiveSolution / Systems ArchitectVenetianAmazon BedrockAmazon SageMakerAmazon Q DeveloperWednesday, Dec 0411:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Generative AI is advancing rapidly, making it crucial to adopt an open architecture that supports learning and accelerates application development. Integrating MongoDB at the core of an AI stack, especially within open source AI blueprints, boosts the AI development lifecycle. MongoDB’s ability to handle large, diverse datasets (including vector data), coupled with its scalability and flexible schema, make it essential for AI-driven architectures. By centralizing data management and offering seamless integration with AI models, MongoDB accelerates development, deployment, and scaling of AI applications. It simplifies complex data workflows and ensures that AI solutions are robust, adaptable, and prepared for real-world challenges. This presentation is brought to you by MongoDB, an AWS Partner.
, Manager Solutions Architect, MongoDB
, Lead, Developer Relations, MongoDB
- Wednesday, Dec 411:30 AM - 12:30 PM PSTVenetian | Level 2 | Titian 2304
- Breakout sessionAI/MLArchitectureGenerative AILambda-Based ApplicationsOpen Source200 – IntermediateAdvisor / ConsultantIT ExecutiveSolution / Systems ArchitectCaesars ForumWalk-up only: No reserved seating requiredAmazon BedrockAmazon SageMakerAmazon Q DeveloperWednesday, Dec 0411:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Generative AI is advancing rapidly, making it crucial to adopt an open architecture that supports learning and accelerates application development. Integrating MongoDB at the core of an AI stack, especially within open source AI blueprints, boosts the AI development lifecycle. MongoDB’s ability to handle large, diverse datasets (including vector data), coupled with its scalability and flexible schema, make it essential for AI-driven architectures. By centralizing data management and offering seamless integration with AI models, MongoDB accelerates development, deployment, and scaling of AI applications. It simplifies complex data workflows and ensures that AI solutions are robust, adaptable, and prepared for real-world challenges. This presentation is brought to you by MongoDB, an AWS Partner.
, Manager Solutions Architect, MongoDB
, Lead, Developer Relations, MongoDB
Walk up only session: Walk-up only: No reserved seating required- Wednesday, Dec 411:30 AM - 12:30 PM PSTCaesar’s Forum | Level 1 | Summit 232 | Content Hub | Red Screen
- Lightning talkAI/MLDatabasesEvent-Driven ArchitectureGenerative AIOpen Source200 – IntermediateData EngineerIT ExecutiveSolution / Systems ArchitectVenetianWalk-up only: No reserved seating required12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04Vector similarity is fundamental for organizations looking to develop secure, cost-effective, and scalable AI solutions. Yet the inexact and complex nature of proximity search represents a risk for use cases, including regulated or sensitive data where precision in the retrieval is an absolute necessity. Hybrid search, available in several open source databases, is a powerful way to accelerate and refine the outcomes of standard vector search by balancing advanced text/field and similarity techniques. If you are considering AI for your business, this lightning talk provides an overview of the options available in open source for creating safe, accurate, and performant applications. This presentation is brought to you by Aiven, an AWS Partner.
, Field CTO, Aiven
Walk up only session: Walk-up only: No reserved seating required- Wednesday, Dec 412:00 PM - 12:20 PM PSTVenetian | Hall B | Expo | Theater 4
- Chalk talkAI/MLKubernetesCross-Industry SolutionsGenerative AIOpen Source400 – ExpertData EngineerDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerMGM GrandAmazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)Amazon EC2 - Inf1Monday, Dec 025:00 p.m. Monday, Dec 02Unlock the full potential of large language model (LLM) inference on Amazon EKS using leading open source frameworks. Learn to construct highly scalable, GPU-accelerated clusters with Amazon EKS–optimized AMIs and NVIDIA CUDA runtimes. This chalk talk compares state-of-the-art open source inference engines with leading LLM frameworks. Explore performance metrics, auto scaling capabilities, NVIDIA GPU inference execution, and seamless integration with AWS services for maximum efficiency and scalability.
, Sr. WW Spec. SA, Containers, Amazon Web Services, In.c
, Sr. Specialist SA, Containers, Amazon Web Services
- Monday, Dec 25:30 PM - 6:30 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | Boulevard 167
- Chalk talkSecurity, Compliance & IdentityNetworkingNetwork & Infrastructure SecurityOpen Source400 – ExpertCloud Security SpecialistSystem AdministratorMGM GrandAmazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)Thursday, Dec 054:00 p.m. Thursday, Dec 05Incident response is crucial for detecting, containing, and recovering from cybersecurity threats. At its core lies data analysis, which requires timely capture and delivery of relevant data for forensic analysts and incident responders to act upon. This chalk talk demonstrates Mountpoint for Amazon S3, a high-throughput open source file client, combined with Karpenter—an open source Kubernetes scaling solution. Together, they offer a powerful approach to deliver network data in near real time to Amazon S3, empowering forensic analysts with the essential information needed for swift and effective investigative work.
, Sr. Cloud Infrastructure Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Principal Consultant, Amazon WebServices
- Thursday, Dec 54:00 PM - 5:00 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | 105
- Breakout sessionAnalyticsOpen Source200 – IntermediateDeveloper / EngineerSystem AdministratorMGM GrandAmazon OpenSearch ServiceTuesday, Dec 0312:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03OpenSearch is an open source search and analytics suite. In 2021, AWS created the OpenSearch project as a fork of Elasticsearch, to preserve a permissively licensed, open source option for all. Since then, the project has matured with a diverse set of contributors and collaborators, over 600 million downloads from a broad user community, and a rapid pace of innovation. In September, AWS donated the project to the Linux Foundation so it could take the next step on its journey with independent governance and leadership. Come hear about OpenSearch’s journey over the last 3 years and what’s next for the project.
, Director of Product, OpenSearch, Amazon Web Services
, Senior SDM, AWS
- Tuesday, Dec 312:00 PM - 1:00 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | Grand 122
- Chalk talkAI/MLBusiness ApplicationsFront-End Web & MobileGenerative AIOpen Source300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerMGM Grand8:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04Streamlit is the open source Python framework that turns data scripts and LLM models into web applications. In this chalk talk, explore how to design, create, and securely deploy Streamlit applications on AWS. Topics include basic architecture, authentication, and AWS CDK deployment and lifecycle.
, Solutions Architect, AWS
, Sr. Solution Architect, AWS
- Wednesday, Dec 48:30 AM - 9:30 AM PSTMGM Grand | Level 3 | 307
- Chalk talkAI/MLStorageOpen SourceOpen DataDeveloper Community300 – AdvancedData EngineerDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerWynnAmazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)Tuesday, Dec 032:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03Discover how to optimize throughput performance, finishing jobs faster and lowering costs, by using innovative open source tools like Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and the Mountpoint for Amazon S3 Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver. Join this chalk talk to gain insights into the journey AWS customers have taken and the benefits they’ve achieved.
, Principal Product Manager Technical - External Services, Amazon Web Services
, Software Development Engineer, Amazon Web Services
- Tuesday, Dec 32:30 PM - 3:30 PM PSTWynn | Convention Promenade | Lafite 1
- Lightning talkDevOps & Developer ProductivityServerless Compute & ContainersLambda-Based Applications200 – IntermediateDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerSolution / Systems ArchitectVenetianWalk-up only: No reserved seating requiredAWS Lambda10:00 a.m. Thursday, Dec 05Thursday, Dec 05Simplify serverless web application deployment with AWS Lambda Web Adapter. Join this lightning talk to learn how to efficiently migrate and operate web applications built with a variety of frameworks and languages on AWS Lambda using the open source Lambda Web Adapter. Unlock the scalability and cost efficiency of Lambda for your existing web applications.
, Senior Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
Walk up only session: Walk-up only: No reserved seating required- Thursday, Dec 510:30 AM - 10:50 AM PSTVenetian | Hall B | Expo | Theater 5
- Lightning talkContent DeliveryCross-Industry SolutionsFront-End Web & MobileDeveloper Community300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerVenetianWalk-up only: No reserved seating requiredAmazon CloudFrontTuesday, Dec 031:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03In this lightning talk, explore the Amazon CloudFront Hosting Toolkit—an open source CLI tool designed to simplify the deployment of self-managed frontends on AWS. Discover how this powerful tool operates and learn how to leverage it for deploying secure and fast frontends using Git-based workflows, while retaining full control over underlying AWS resources.
, Principal Solutions Architect, Edge Services, AWS
Walk up only session: Walk-up only: No reserved seating required- Tuesday, Dec 31:00 PM - 1:20 PM PSTVenetian | Hall B | Expo | Theater 4
- Breakout sessionAnalyticsArchitectureBusiness IntelligenceManagement & GovernanceOpen Source300 – AdvancedData EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerSolution / Systems ArchitectVenetianAmazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)AWS GlueTuesday, Dec 033:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03With the advent of open source table formats, the open data lakehouse architecture brings the performance and atomic transactions of data warehouses to data lakes. Join this session to see how Apache Iceberg and Apache Polaris (Incubating) can enhance an open data strategy with multi-engine interoperability and governance. Plus, see how a large enterprise is using Apache Iceberg to enable cost-effective interoperability with AWS and Snowflake. This presentation is brought to you by Snowflake, an AWS Partner.
, Head of Data, Insights and Analytics (Germany), Allianz Technology SE
, Sales Engineer, Snowflake
, Solution Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Tuesday, Dec 33:00 PM - 4:00 PM PSTVenetian | Level 3 | Lido 3002
- Breakout sessionAI/MLBusiness ApplicationsCross-Industry SolutionsSoftware and InternetGenerative AIInnovation & TransformationProfessional Services200 – IntermediateData ScientistDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerMandalay BayAmazon BedrockAmazon SageMakerTuesday, Dec 0311:00 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 03Intel and AWS ProServe collaborate to democratize access to generative AI. Intel offers affordable high-performance large language models (LLMs) and AWS ProServe builds the Intel Superportal for cloud-based testing. This enhances AWS AI services with better performance and cost-efficiency. Intel also introduces its open source OPEA platform onto the cloud, empowering a wider audience to learn, build, and innovate with generative AI.
, Cloud Application Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Sr. Technical Delivery Lead, Amazon Web Services
, Principal solutions architect, intel
- Tuesday, Dec 311:30 AM - 12:30 PM PSTMandalay Bay | Lower Level North | Islander F
- Interactive trainingAI/MLTraining & CertificationCross-Industry SolutionsGenerative AI300 – AdvancedData EngineerData ScientistDeveloper / EngineerMandalay BayAmazon Bedrock12:00 p.m. Monday, Dec 02Monday, Dec 02This Amazon Bedrock session teaches you how to use generative AI models for tasks like writing summaries, answering questions, and building chatbots. The session is based on real-world use cases and provides you with hands-on experience using API calls, software tools, and open source libraries. Discover how to use generative AI to improve your efficiency and build your own AI-powered applications.
, Technical Instructor, Amazon Web Services
- Monday, Dec 212:00 PM - 1:30 PM PSTMandalay Bay | Level 2 South | Lagoon L
- Chalk talkDatabasesMigration & ModernizationModernizationOpen Source300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerSolution / Systems ArchitectMGM GrandAmazon TimestreamAmazon Timestream for InfluxDBThursday, Dec 054:00 p.m. Thursday, Dec 05In this chalk talk, demystify the process of migrating your self-managed InfluxDB open source database deployment to Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB. Whether you're currently running InfluxDB versions 1.X or 2.X, discover the various options and steps to make the transition seamless. From upgrade strategies to migration best practices, this session covers it all. In addition, experience a real-world example of migrating a live workload to Timestream.
, Principal Graph Architect, Amazon Neptune, Amazon Web Services
, Sr. Product Manager, Amazon Web Services
- Thursday, Dec 54:00 PM - 5:00 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 3 | Premier 320
- Breakout sessionDevOps & Developer ProductivityNonprofitSoftware and InternetGenerative AIModernizationOpen Source300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerSolution / Systems ArchitectMandalay BayAmazon QAWS AmplifySilent sessionTuesday, Dec 031:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03In this session, learn how AWS built a website for an AWS Community event using a straightforward approach without needing deep cloud service knowledge. See how to set up user registration and call for papers (CfP) functionality, and learn how to manage speakers and sessions. Discover how to streamline deployment using infrastructure as code open source tools. Managing your event with a single tool simplifies the process and promotes community growth.
, Cloud Engineer, CLARO
, Senior Developer Advocate, Amazon Web Services
- Tuesday, Dec 31:00 PM - 2:00 PM PSTMandalay Bay | Level 2 South | Mandalay Bay Ballroom L | Content Hub | Turquoise Screen
- Breakout sessionAI/MLKubernetesCross-Industry SolutionsGenerative AIOpen Source300 – AdvancedData EngineerDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerWynnAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)8:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04Generative AI models have opened up new possibilities in computing, but deploying them effectively can be challenging. Many are turning to open source tools on Kubernetes for solutions. Join this session to explore how Amazon EKS can address the infrastructure needs of generative AI, including GPU acceleration, scalability, and low-latency responses. Learn practical insights, see case studies of successful implementations, and discover best practices for using Amazon EKS to control costs while optimizing performance.
, Sr. Manager Product Management, AWS
, AVP Enterprise Research and AI, Software Product Management, Lilly
, Principal Containers Specialist, AWS
- Wednesday, Dec 48:30 AM - 9:30 AM PSTWynn | Upper Convention Promenade | Bollinger
- Chalk talkKubernetesDevOps & Developer ProductivityCross-Industry SolutionsOpen SourceCost Optimization300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerCaesars ForumAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)3:00 p.m. Monday, Dec 02Monday, Dec 02Karpenter, an open source CNCF project, is a flexible, high-performance Kubernetes cluster auto-scaler built with AWS. It helps improve application availability and cluster efficiency by rapidly launching right-sized compute resources in response to changing application load. In this interactive chalk talk, learn how Karpenter works, its practical use cases, how to adopt it, and how it can automatically optimize your cluster, upgrade your worker nodes, respect scheduling constraints, and more.
, Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon
, sr. container specialist solutions architect, AWS
- Monday, Dec 23:00 PM - 4:00 PM PSTCaesars Forum | Level 1 | Forum 126
- Chalk talkKubernetesDevOps & Developer ProductivityCross-Industry SolutionsOpen SourceCost Optimization300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerMGM GrandAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)Tuesday, Dec 034:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03Karpenter, an open source CNCF project, is a flexible, high-performance Kubernetes cluster auto-scaler built with AWS. It helps improve application availability and cluster efficiency by rapidly launching right-sized compute resources in response to changing application load. In this interactive chalk talk, learn how Karpenter works, its practical use cases, how to adopt it, and how it can automatically optimize your cluster, upgrade your worker nodes, respect scheduling constraints, and more.
, Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon
, sr. container specialist solutions architect, AWS
- Tuesday, Dec 34:00 PM - 5:00 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | Boulevard 167
- Breakout sessionAI/MLKubernetesCross-Industry SolutionsGenerative AIOpen Source300 – AdvancedData EngineerDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerMandalay BayWalk-up only: No reserved seating requiredAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)8:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04Generative AI models have opened up new possibilities in computing, but deploying them effectively can be challenging. Many are turning to open source tools on Kubernetes for solutions. Join this session to explore how Amazon EKS can address the infrastructure needs of generative AI, including GPU acceleration, scalability, and low-latency responses. Learn practical insights, see case studies of successful implementations, and discover best practices for using Amazon EKS to control costs while optimizing performance.
, Sr. Manager Product Management, AWS
, AVP Enterprise Research and AI, Software Product Management, Lilly
, Principal Containers Specialist, AWS
Walk up only session: Walk-up only: No reserved seating required- Wednesday, Dec 48:30 AM - 9:30 AM PSTMandalay Bay | Level 2 South | Mandalay Bay Ballroom L | Content Hub | Green Screen
- Breakout sessionAnalyticsEvent-Driven ArchitectureOpen Source300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerWynnAmazon MQSilent session10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04Join this session to discover the transformative capabilities of Apache ActiveMQ 6.x for robust messaging applications. Experience simplified APIs and enhanced features from JMS 2.0 and Jakarta 3.1 implementation, improved message handling, and delivery delay. See an overview of Apache ActiveMQ 6.x capabilities and gain insights into the open source roadmap, with a highlight on future enhancements for performance, scalability, and usability. Participants gain the knowledge to leverage these advancements for more efficient and reliable messaging solutions in their business.
, Board Member, The Apache Software Foundation
, Director, AWS Messaging, Amazon Web Services
- Wednesday, Dec 410:00 AM - 11:00 AM PSTWynn | Level 1 | Lafite 4 | Content Hub | Pink Screen
- Breakout sessionAnalyticsKubernetesCross-Industry SolutionsOpen Source400 – ExpertData EngineerData ScientistDevOps EngineerMGM GrandAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)Tuesday, Dec 0311:00 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 03As running analytics workloads on Amazon EKS continues to rise, data engineers need self-service tools to create infrastructure for running analytics jobs. This session offers practical insights into how leading organizations are modernizing their data platforms, transitioning from traditional infrastructure as code pipelines to infrastructure as Kubernetes APIs. Using open source technologies like AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK), data platform teams can help data engineers create on-demand namespaces and clusters fully equipped to run analytics jobs, thereby streamlining their workflow.
, R&D Group Leader, Data Platform, AppsFlyer
, Director: Specialist Technology Team, AWS
, Senior Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
- Tuesday, Dec 311:30 AM - 12:30 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 3 | Chairmans 355
- Code talkAI/MLComputeCross-Industry SolutionsGenerative AICost OptimizationInnovation & Transformation400 – ExpertData EngineerData ScientistDeveloper / EngineerWynnAWS Trainium4:00 p.m. Monday, Dec 02Monday, Dec 02Neuron empowers AI scientists and researchers to invent new model architectures, build the next generation of foundation models on AWS Trainium, and push the boundaries of generative AI research and open source innovation. In this code talk, learn how to use Neuron Kernel Interface to build innovative compute kernels that outperform existing techniques and build highly optimized kernels to maximize performance for the most critical or differentiated parts of your models. You must bring a laptop to participate.
, Principal SA, Annapurna ML, Annapurna Labs
, Principal Applied Scientist, AWS
- Monday, Dec 24:30 PM - 5:30 PM PSTWynn | Convention Promenade | Lafite 2
- WorkshopAI/MLCross-Industry SolutionsGenerative AI300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerSolution / Systems ArchitectMGM GrandAmazon SageMakerTuesday, Dec 033:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03This hands-on workshop empowers you to revolutionize your personalization use cases by mastering the art of fine-tuning models using Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT). Dive into open source techniques like S-LoRA, LoRAX, and Punica to streamline the training and hosting of high-performance, scalable LoRA adapters. Unleash the power of Amazon SageMaker optimization techniques and uncover the optimal deployment strategies, including inference components and multi-model endpoints. You must bring your laptop to participate.
, ML Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Principal AI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
- Tuesday, Dec 33:30 PM - 5:30 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | Grand 118
- WorkshopAI/MLCross-Industry SolutionsGenerative AI300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerSolution / Systems ArchitectMandalay BayAmazon SageMaker12:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04This hands-on workshop empowers you to revolutionize your personalization use cases by mastering the art of fine-tuning models using Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT). Dive into open source techniques like S-LoRA, LoRAX, and Punica to streamline the training and hosting of high-performance, scalable LoRA adapters. Unleash the power of Amazon SageMaker optimization techniques and uncover the optimal deployment strategies, including inference components and multi-model endpoints. You must bring your laptop to participate.
, ML Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Principal AI/ML Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
- Wednesday, Dec 412:30 PM - 2:30 PM PSTMandalay Bay | Lower Level North | Islander C
- WorkshopServerless Compute & ContainersModernization400 – ExpertDeveloper / EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerSolution / Systems ArchitectMandalay BayAmazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS)AWS FargateTuesday, Dec 033:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03Seekable OCI (SOCI) is an open source AWS technology that enables containers to launch faster by lazily loading the container image. In this workshop, get hands-on with SOCI. Learn how to create SOCI indexes for existing container images and how index generation can be automated in the cloud. Then, practice deploying workloads to Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate, considering how launch times are reduced by lazily loading container images. You must bring your laptop to participate.
, Principal Engineer, AWS
, Specialist Solution Architect, Containers, Amazon Web Services
- Tuesday, Dec 33:30 PM - 5:30 PM PSTMandalay Bay | Level 2 South | Oceanside D
- Chalk talkDevOps & Developer ProductivityCross-Industry SolutionsInnovation & Transformation300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerMandalay BayAWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK)4:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is an open source software development framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code and provisioning it through AWS CloudFormation. In this chalk talk, get an introduction to AWS CDK and see a demo of how it can simplify infrastructure creation. Through code examples and diagrams, see how AWS CDK lets you use familiar programming languages for declarative infrastructure definition. Also learn how it provides higher-level abstractions and constructs over native CloudFormation.
, Principal Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Service
, Sr. Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Wednesday, Dec 44:00 PM - 5:00 PM PSTMandalay Bay | Lower Level North | South Pacific B
- Breakout sessionSecurity, Compliance & IdentityDevOps & Developer ProductivitySoftware and InternetApplication SecurityOpen Source400 – ExpertCloud Security SpecialistDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerVenetian2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04How do you protect your software supply chain from threat actors, and how do you mitigate vulnerabilities across fleets? Observing the supply chain is only part of the answer. In this session, explore supply chain best practices, and learn about Datadog’s open source tool GuardDog and how they use it to protect critical repos. Also, gain insight into how Datadog AVM helps prioritize acting on security findings in your AWS environment. This presentation is brought to you by Datadog, an AWS Partner.
, Head of Security Advocacy, Datadog
, Senior Director, Security Research, Datadog
- Wednesday, Dec 42:30 PM - 3:30 PM PSTVenetian | Level 2 | Titian 2304
- Breakout sessionAnalyticsKubernetesCross-Industry SolutionsOpen Source400 – ExpertData EngineerData ScientistDevOps EngineerMandalay BayWalk-up only: No reserved seating requiredAmazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)Tuesday, Dec 0311:00 a.m. Tuesday, Dec 03As running analytics workloads on Amazon EKS continues to rise, data engineers need self-service tools to create infrastructure for running analytics jobs. This session offers practical insights into how leading organizations are modernizing their data platforms, transitioning from traditional infrastructure as code pipelines to infrastructure as Kubernetes APIs. Using open source technologies like AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK), data platform teams can help data engineers create on-demand namespaces and clusters fully equipped to run analytics jobs, thereby streamlining their workflow.
, R&D Group Leader, Data Platform, AppsFlyer
, Director: Specialist Technology Team, AWS
, Senior Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS
Walk up only session: Walk-up only: No reserved seating required- Tuesday, Dec 311:30 AM - 12:30 PM PSTMandalay Bay | Level 2 South | Mandalay Bay Ballroom L | Content Hub | Red Screen
- Breakout sessionSecurity, Compliance & IdentityDevOps & Developer ProductivitySoftware and InternetApplication SecurityOpen Source400 – ExpertCloud Security SpecialistDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerMandalay BayWalk-up only: No reserved seating required2:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04How do you protect your software supply chain from threat actors, and how do you mitigate vulnerabilities across fleets? Observing the supply chain is only part of the answer. In this session, explore supply chain best practices, and learn about Datadog’s open source tool GuardDog and how they use it to protect critical repos. Also, gain insight into how Datadog AVM helps prioritize acting on security findings in your AWS environment. This presentation is brought to you by Datadog, an AWS Partner.
, Head of Security Advocacy, Datadog
, Senior Director, Security Research, Datadog
Walk up only session: Walk-up only: No reserved seating required- Wednesday, Dec 42:30 PM - 3:30 PM PSTMandalay Bay | Level 2 South | Mandalay Bay Ballroom L | Content Hub | White Screen
- Breakout sessionBusiness ApplicationsDevOps & Developer ProductivityOpen Source400 – ExpertDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerMandalay BayThursday, Dec 0511:00 a.m. Thursday, Dec 05In an era where developer productivity and collaboration are crucial, Backstage is a game-changer. Utilizing an open source framework, Backstage streamlines the developer experience by providing a unified interface for your cloud and on-premises infrastructure tools and services. Explore how Toyota leverages Backstage as a component of their platform engineering strategy and how you can transform your development workflows to create an exceptional developer experience. Also look at how to empower generative AI models through your developer portal to drive a broad set of capabilities.
, Director of Engineering, Toyota Motor North America
, Sr. Global Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Container Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Thursday, Dec 511:00 AM - 12:00 PM PSTMandalay Bay | Lower Level North | Islander F
- Chalk talkKubernetesNetworkingNetwork & Infrastructure SecurityOpen Source300 – AdvancedDevOps EngineerSystem AdministratorWynn2:00 p.m. Monday, Dec 02Monday, Dec 02In the rapidly evolving open source landscape, navigating complex connectivity patterns while maintaining non-functional requirements can be challenging. This is one of the reasons why the industry has embraced service mesh technologies to centralize and minimize those complexities. However, with numerous service mesh options and projects like Kubernetes Gateway API and Ambient Mesh emerging, choosing the right solution can be overwhelming. In this chalk talk, learn how to navigate this landscape and select the most suitable solution to achieve your specific business objectives.
, Sr Containers Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Senior Cloud Architect, Amazon Web Services
- Monday, Dec 22:30 PM - 3:30 PM PSTWynn | Convention Promenade | Montrachet 1
- Breakout sessionBusiness ApplicationsDevOps & Developer ProductivityOpen Source400 – ExpertDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerVenetianWalk-up only: No reserved seating requiredThursday, Dec 0511:00 a.m. Thursday, Dec 05In an era where developer productivity and collaboration are crucial, Backstage is a game-changer. Utilizing an open source framework, Backstage streamlines the developer experience by providing a unified interface for your cloud and on-premises infrastructure tools and services. Explore how Toyota leverages Backstage as a component of their platform engineering strategy and how you can transform your development workflows to create an exceptional developer experience. Also look at how to empower generative AI models through your developer portal to drive a broad set of capabilities.
, Director of Engineering, Toyota Motor North America
, Sr. Global Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Container Specialist Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
Walk up only session: Walk-up only: No reserved seating required- Thursday, Dec 511:00 AM - 12:00 PM PSTVenetian | Level 2 | Venetian Ballroom E | Content Hub | Green Screen
- Breakout sessionDevOps & Developer ProductivityServerless Compute & ContainersLambda-Based ApplicationsOpen Source300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerIT Professional / Technical ManagerVenetianAWS Lambda12:00 p.m. Monday, Dec 02Monday, Dec 02In this session, discover best practices and proven patterns for using Terraform to build serverless applications safely, predictably, and repeatedly. Learn techniques for designing modular, reusable architectures and strategies to test applications locally. Understand how to manage ownership and separation of concerns between operations and development teams. Gain insights into efficiently deploying serverless applications to the cloud. Familiarize yourself with open source frameworks to accelerate your serverless journey with Terraform today. Leave equipped with practical skills for leveraging Terraform’s power in your organization’s modern cloud architectures.
, CEO, Betajob
, Principal Solutions Architect, AWS
- Monday, Dec 212:00 PM - 1:00 PM PSTVenetian | Level 3 | Lido 3002
- Builders' sessionServerless Compute & ContainersApplication SecurityLambda-Based Applications300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerSolution / Systems ArchitectCaesars ForumTuesday, Dec 031:00 p.m. Tuesday, Dec 03Implement fine-grained, context-aware access control for your APIs in this hands-on builders’ session. Explore how to define granular, policy-based access controls using roles and attributes with the expressive, open source Cedar policy language. Integrate with Amazon Cognito user pools via the Amazon Cognito authorizer to enforce these fine-grained permissions in your APIs. Learn practical skills for enhancing API security through attribute-based access policies tailored to your application's unique requirements. You must bring your laptop to participate.
, Sr. Enterprise Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
, Solutions Architect, AWS
, Manager, AWS
, Senior Serverless Specialist SA, Amazon Web Services
- Tuesday, Dec 31:30 PM - 2:30 PM PSTCaesars Forum | Level 1 | Summit 232 | Content Hub | Builder's 2
- Builders' sessionServerless Compute & ContainersApplication SecurityLambda-Based Applications300 – AdvancedDeveloper / EngineerDevOps EngineerSolution / Systems ArchitectMGM Grand3:00 p.m. Monday, Dec 02Monday, Dec 02Implement fine-grained, context-aware access control for your APIs in this hands-on builders’ session. Explore how to define granular, policy-based access controls using roles and attributes with the expressive, open source Cedar policy language. Integrate with Amazon Cognito user pools via the Amazon Cognito authorizer to enforce these fine-grained permissions in your APIs. Learn practical skills for enhancing API security through attribute-based access policies tailored to your application's unique requirements. You must bring your laptop to participate.
, Sr. Enterprise Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
, Solutions Architect, AWS
, Manager, AWS
, Senior Serverless Specialist SA, Amazon Web Services
- Monday, Dec 23:00 PM - 4:00 PM PSTMGM Grand | Level 3 | 353
- Builders' sessionAI/MLGenerative AI400 – ExpertMGM Grand10:00 a.m. Wednesday, Dec 04Wednesday, Dec 04In this hands-on builders’ session, create an evaluation tool for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines. While using Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, and Ragas (an open source RAG assessment framework), learn how to build an evaluation tool to grade your RAG pipeline across a variety of metrics to ensure it is providing correct answers while avoiding malicious or harmful responses. Leave this session with a customizable RAG evaluation tool to apply to your own RAG pipelines. You must bring your laptop to participate.
, Solutions Architect, AWS
, Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services
, Sr.Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
, Sr Solutions Architect, AWS
, Sr Manager, Solutions Architecture, AWS
- Wednesday, Dec 410:00 AM - 11:00 AM PSTMGM Grand | Level 1 | Terrace 151
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