About The Event
AWS User Group Kochi (AWSUGKOCHI) is proudly presenting our flagship annual event AWS Community Day Kochi 2024. Unveiling success stories, use cases & much more from industry leaders and community heroes and builders.
Where
Holiday Inn Cochin, an IHG Hotel
NH Bypass, Vennala, Kochi, 682028
When
Saturday
14 December, 2024
AWS User Group Kochi
- AWS User Group Kochi (AWSUGKOCHI) is a Kochi based group united by community-led learnings and
diversified by
the wide variety of tools and technologies closely knit with Amazon Web Services, cloud computing
technology,
AWS design implementation and servicing, high scalability / performance computing, production use
cases of AWS,
blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI and much more.
- AWS Community Days are community-organized cloud education events,
featuring technical discussions and demos led by expert AWS users
and industry leaders from around the world.
- Community-based learning is the best way to enhance the concepts being taught
by connecting with enthusiasts in person, thereby sharing first-hand experiences
and familiar, accessible examples.
- All skills levels are welcome to help accomplish our motto of learning,
sharing and networking. Let's join hands to empower
this tech community to make it bigger and better!
What to expect
- Renew, revive & revitalize to exemplify your excitement about the work you do.
- Learn industry trends and intricacies about innovative implementations from AWS experts
- Harness the power of networking with 400+ AWS users, DevOps, developers & solutions architects.
- Network with fellow AWS veterans & techies during breaks.
- Novice to pioneer on relentless pursuit to learn can rejoice the AWS offerings & success stories
under one roof.
- Take helpful and valuable information back to business.
- Gain visibility to get more publicity for your esteemed organisation.
- Sporting chance for active participants to win AWS goodies.
Event Speakers
AWS Community Day Kochi 2024 - Speakers

Sujith Unni MS
Regional Head
Nasscom

Goutam Kurumella
Head of Startup Solutions Architecture
AWS India

Aparajithan Vaidyanathan
Principal Enterprise Solutions Architect
AWS India

Shanu Koyakutty
Infrastructure Developer
Mindcurv Group

Melvin Antony
Cloud Platform Engineer
Mindcurv Group

Sandeep Kumar P
Principal Solutions Architect, AntStack

Chithra B Menon
Lead NLP Engineer
IBS Software

Nithin AR
Senior Solution Engineer
IBS Software

Ayyanar Jeyakrishnan
Executive Director
WellsFargo

Avinash Dalvi
Senior Software Engineer
Nushift Technologies

Mahima Saran
Sr. Technical Consultant
Amazon Web Services, India

Varsha Verma
Senior Cloud Engineer
Accenture

Gireesh Kumar
Senior Cloud Devops Lead
Mindcurv Group

Joice Joseph
Senior Infrastructure Developer
Mindcurv Group

Shravan kumar
Solutions Architect
Antstack

Ameya Vaidya
Technical Trainer
Brainfloss

Toshal Khawale
VP Engineering Manager
JPMC

Adit Modi
Solution Architect
Lauren

Nihil babu
Sr Manager, Cloud Native Engineering
Adfolks

Animesh Rastogi
Senior SRE
Kong Inc.

Arun Kumar Nagaraj
Lead Data Engineer
Presidio

Naveen Chandar B
Lead Data Engineer
Presidio

Vinod Kumar
Principal Engineer
Arcesium India

Kiran Chand
Technical Architect
Quest Global

Runcy Oommen
Director - Software Engineering
SonicWall

Ansil H
Lead SRE
Cisco

Ragavendran C
Solution Architect
Cargill

Dijeesh Padinharethil
Organizer
AWS User Group Kochi
Event Schedule

Registration
Registration and badge pickup starts at 07:30am
Exciting gifts await the first 100 Early Bird attendees—don’t miss out!
Welcome Note
M01-W01: Welcome to AWS Community Day, Kochi 2024
Sujith Unni MS - Regional Head, Nasscom
AWS Keynote 1
M01-K01: Build & Scale Responsible AI Applications on AWS
Goutam Kurumella - Head of Startup Solutions Architecture, AWS India
AWS Keynote 2
M01-K02: Empowering AI Innovation - Unlock NCLC GenAI & ML with Amazon SageMaker Canvas.
Aparajithan Vaidyanathan - Principal Enterprise Solutions Architect, AWS India

Sponsor Talk - Mindcurv Group
M01-SP01: Transforming Resource Management and Maximizing Cost-Efficiency with Karpenter
Shanu Koyakutty - Infrastructure Developer, Melvin Antony - Cloud Platform Engineer, Mindcurv Group
Sponsor Talk - DataStax
M01-SP02: Accelerating Innovation with DataStax AI PaaS : the Future of GenAI and RAG at scale
Henry Issac Mudumala - APJ Lead - Alliances and Strategic Partnerships, Datastax
Morning Tea/Coffe Break
Enjoy Tea/Cofffe | Network with fellow professionals | Visit Sponsor Booths | Games

T01-S01: LamRAG: From Data to Constructive Insights using Amazon Bedrock
Sandeep Kumar P - Principal Solutions Architect, AntStack

T01-S02: Transforming Airline Loyalty Support with Generative AI on AWS
Chithra Menon - Lead NLP Engineer, IBS Software, Nithin A R - Senior Solution Engineer, IBS Software

T01-S03: Secure and Scalable LLAMA Model Deployment in High-Regulation Environments with AWS EKS and NVIDIA
Ayyanar Jeyakrishnan - Executive Director & Principal Engineer, Wells Fargo, Avinash Dalvi - Senior Software Engineer, Nushift Technologies
Lunch Break
Enjoy Lunch | Network with fellow professionals | Visit Sponsor Booths | Games


T01-S04: Enhancing Security Posture with AWS Inspector: Best Practices, Use Cases, and Future Directions
Ameya Vaidya - Technical Trainer, Brainfloss, Toshal Khawale - VP Engineering Manager, JPMC
T01-S05: Mastering Multi-Account Management with AWS Control Tower and Landing Zones
Adit N Modi - AWS Solutions Architect, Lauren
T01-S06: AWS advanced networking using Traffic gateway and WAN
Nihil Babu - Senior Manager, Cloud Native Engineering, Adfolks LLC
Evening Tea/Coffe Break
Enjoy Tea/Cofffe | Network with fellow professionals | Visit Sponsor Booths | Games

Closing Notes
Dijeesh Padinharethil - Organizer, AWS User Group KochiThanks Note, Gifts Distribution, Photo Session

T02-S01: Slashing Enterprise Cloud bills with a frugal approach
Varsha Verma - Senior Software/Cloud Engineer, Accenture
T02-S02: Amazon Q for Developers: Transforming the Developer Experience
Mahima Saran - Senior Technical Account Manager FSI, AWS

T02-S03: From Region to Region: Achieving Zero Downtime Migration on AWS
Gireesh Kumar E - Senior Cloud Devops Lead, Joice Joseph - Senior Infrastructure Developer, Mindcurv Group
Lunch Break
Enjoy Lunch | Network with fellow professionals | Visit Sponsor Booths | Games


T02-S04: Assess quality of data using AWS Glue data quality for ETL pipelines
Arun Kumar Nagaraj - Lead Engineer, Presidio, Naveen B - Lead Data Engineer, Presidio
T02-S05: Extracting meaningful data at scale using serverless and AWS Textract
Vinod Kumar - Principal Engineer, Arcesium India Private Limited
T02-S06: Practical steps for AWS Security Posture improvement
Runcy Oommen - Director, Software Engineering, SonicWall
T03-S01: #BeliveInServerless – A Hands-on Serverless App Integration Using AWS Services
Shravan Kumar LP - Back-end Developer, AntStack


T03-P01: Panel Discussion: Industry expectations and the readiness of IT professionals in the AI era
Aparajithan Vaidyanathan , Goutam Kurumella , Varsha Verma
Lunch Break
Enjoy Lunch | Network with fellow professionals | Visit Sponsor Booths | Games

T03-B01: Birds of a Feather – Flying High with FinOps: Optimizing AWS Costs Together




T04-W01: Workshop : From concept to Creation Building Applications with Amazon Bedrock
Suman Debnath , Ansil H, Ragavendran C, Harikrishnan Nair,
T04-W02: Datastax Roundtable : From Prototype to Production : build a RAG/GenAI applications using Datastax and AWS
Jauneet Singh , - Data Architect Pre sales - DatastaxEvent Venue
Event venue location
Holiday Inn Cochin, an IHG Hotel
33/1739 A, Junction NH Bypass
Chakkaraparambu, Vennala, Kochi
Kerala, 682028
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Sponsors
AWS Community Day Kochi 2024 - Sponsors
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Event Team
AWS Community Day Kochi 2024 - Team

Sarika Jeevan
Fingent

Sukanya M
QBurst

Osni Theresa V X
Litmus7

Jisna C John
Sayone Technologies

Dijeesh Padinharethil
Sedai

Siddharth Shivkumar
Major League Hacking

Vignesh Naduvathuparambil
MeviTech

Praveesh V
Envestnet

Sanooj Mananghat
Cloudpositive

Sayana Santhosh
PiServe

Muhammed Iqbal P B
Code Ace

Ansil H
Cisco

Roshni Thadevus
Erasmith Technology

Vishnu KS
Xmigrate Inc

Aswin T Sunil
Whizlabs

Shibin Christin
Mindcurv

Ananda Raj
Redux

Tincy M Thomas
Innovature

Swathi Shabu
Growing Stars Infotech

Anwyl Jolly
Student

Abdulla Sameer K A
CUSAT

Aparna Nair
White Rabbit Group

Abdul Hakkeem P A
Nav Technologies

Sara Varghese
MEC

Sangeetha S
AWS
F.A.Q
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What is AWSUGKOCHI?
AWS User Group Kochi (AWSUGKOCHI) is a Kochi based group united by community-led learnings and diversified by the wide variety of tools and technologies closely knit with Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing Technology, AWS Design Implementation and Servicing, High Scalability / Performance Computing, Production use cases of AWS, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI and much more.
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Who is conducting this event?
The AWS Community Day is supported by AWS but independent of them. This event is organized and managed by AWS User Group Kochi with help from AWS and other User Groups from India.
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How can I join AWSUGKOCHI?
AWSUGKOCHI membership is through Meetup group, Join us via http://meetup.com/awsugkochi/
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Can I present a topic in the Community Day?
Yes, you are welcome to come forward and present topics. Please contact us and we will allocate a slot for you.
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Is it free, how to register for the event?
This is not a free event like our meetups. We will be charging a minimum amount from the attendees to cover the hotel expenses.
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Can I cancel my registration?
Cancelation is not allowed, we will not be processing any refunds. However, you can transfer the ticket to someone else. Contact us if you would like to transfer your ticket to someone else in case if you are not able to attend the event.
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Do we have walk-in registration?
No, all attendees should register in advance. Tickets will be closed by the second week of November based on availability.
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Additional questions?
We are always happy to hear from you. You can reach us for sponsorship enquires, topic proposals, ticketing, feedback or any general question on AWS Community Day Kochi 2024, please drop an email to info@awsugkochi.in
Contact Us
Meetup group and Contact information.