AWS COMMUNITY DAY
MIDWEST | COLUMBUS, OH
June 13th, 2024
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.
Next 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 (see below).
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 Presentations
Using ML to solve life's problems
- Ross Stuart, Senior Solutions Architect | AHEAD -
Generative AI on AWS
- Suresh Poopandi, Senior Solutions Architect | Amazon Web Services -
- Alak Eswaradass, Senior Solutions Architect | Amazon Web Services -
Sessions
The schedule for AWS Community Day | Midwest 2023 includes 4 tracks with over 35 speakers and sessions! Topics include:
- Disaster Recovery Strategies on AWS
- AWS Certification FAQ
- AWS Security Reference Architecture: Visualize your security
- Build a portable platform with Red Hat OpenShift on AWS
- First Lambda function using VSCode
- Modernization of monolithic applications using Amazon VPC Lattice networking
- AWS Lake Formation: A Complete Guide to Centralized Data Management
- AWS CDK - Beyond the Introduction
- Local Microservice Development in EKS
- Enhancing DevOps Practices with Amazon CloudWatch Monitoring
- Building Enterprise SaaS Applications on AWS.
- AWS IAM Identity Center (SSO)
- How Redshift Serverless is Revolutionizing Cloud Data Warehousing
- Using Jupyter Notebooks to Improve Operational Efficiency
Speakers
Ahmed Abugharbia
Cloud Security Practitioner,
CDW and SANS
AJ Stuyvenberg
Engineering Team Lead,
Datadog
Alak Eswaradass
Senior Solutions Architect,
AWS
Angelo Mandato
Owner,
Logging Magic
Anusha Dwivedula
Dir., Prod Management,
Morningstar
Ashley Hromatko
VP of Operations,
FinOps Foundation
Brock DeLong
Reliability Engineer,
Nikola Labs, Inc
Danielle Wilson
Sr. Dir of Channels-West,
MixMode
Dave Stauffacher
Chief Platform Engineer,
Direct Supply Inc
David Kirk
Staff DevOps Engineer,
The NTWRK
Geno Erickson
Sr. Specialist Technical Account Manager, AWS
Geremy Reiner
AWS Alliance Lead,
ConvergeOne
Girish Bhatia
Technology Program Manager,
Bread Financial
Jason Butz
Solution Architect & Practice Lead, DMI
Dave Stauffacher
Chief Platform Engineer,
Direct Supply, Inc.
Jason Nelson
Independent Consultant
Jason Wadsworth
Chief Architect,
Armanino LLP
Joel Schuweiler
Principal DevOps Engineer,
Research Innovations
John Merline
Lead Solution Architect,
EPAM Systems
Julia Furst Morgado
Global Technologist, Veeam
Kamil Kolodziejski
Cloud/Network Team Lead,
VILLA-TECH, Inc.
Katelyn Decraene
Senior Cloud Finance Manager, Morningstar
Kathie Clark
VP of Marketing,
Elastio
Mark Gamble
Dir, Product & Solutions Marketing,
Couchbase
Matt Badanes
Cloud Security expert,
Morningstar
Michael Soule
National Director,
Sentinel Technologies
Michal Brygidyn
Cloud Security Architect,
Xebia
Mohamed Wali
Solutions Architect,
AWS
Nick Walter
CTO, House of Brick Technologies
Patrick Davies
Platform Engineer,
Direct Supply, Inc.
Rob Sable
Sr Solutions Architect, AWS
Saurabh Shanbhag
Partner Solutions Architect, AWS
Steve Seaney
SVP SaaS Engineering and Operations, Rego Consulting Corporation
Steven Burrows
Lead Software Developer, VILLA-TECH, Inc.
William Collins
Principal Cloud Architect, Alkira
Tickets
Tickets include event entry, lunch, drinks & coffee all day, and an evening happy hour.
Venue
Morningstar
22 West Washington Street ##7
Chicago, IL 60602