14 December 2024, Holiday Inn Cochin

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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-nasscom

Sujith Unni MS

Regional Head
Nasscom

goutam-aws

Goutam Kurumella

Head of Startup Solutions Architecture
AWS India

apar-aws

Aparajithan Vaidyanathan

Principal Enterprise Solutions Architect
AWS India

shanu-mindcurv

Shanu Koyakutty

Infrastructure Developer
Mindcurv Group

melvin-mindcurv

Melvin Antony

Cloud Platform Engineer
Mindcurv Group

Sandeep Kumar P

Sandeep Kumar P

Principal Solutions Architect, AntStack

chithra-ibs

Chithra B Menon

Lead NLP Engineer
IBS Software

nithin-ibs

Nithin AR

Senior Solution Engineer
IBS Software

aj-wallsfargo

Ayyanar Jeyakrishnan

Executive Director
WellsFargo

avinash-EagleView

Avinash Dalvi

Senior Software Engineer
Nushift Technologies

Mahima Saran

Mahima Saran

Sr. Technical Consultant
Amazon Web Services, India

varsha-accenture

Varsha Verma

Senior Cloud Engineer
Accenture

gireesh-mindcurv

Gireesh Kumar

Senior Cloud Devops Lead
Mindcurv Group

Joice-mindcurv

Joice Joseph

Senior Infrastructure Developer
Mindcurv Group

shravan-antstack

Shravan kumar

Solutions Architect
Antstack

ameya-pune

Ameya Vaidya

Technical Trainer
Brainfloss

thoshal-pune

Toshal Khawale

VP Engineering Manager
JPMC

adit-Lauren

Adit Modi

Solution Architect
Lauren

nihil-adfolks

Nihil babu

Sr Manager, Cloud Native Engineering
Adfolks

animesh-kong

Animesh Rastogi

Senior SRE
Kong Inc.

arun-presidio

Arun Kumar Nagaraj

Lead Data Engineer
Presidio

naveen-presidio

Naveen Chandar B

Lead Data Engineer
Presidio

vinod-arcesium

Vinod Kumar

Principal Engineer
Arcesium India

kiran-iot

Kiran Chand

Technical Architect
Quest Global

runcy-sonic

Runcy Oommen

Director - Software Engineering
SonicWall

ansil-workshop

Ansil H

Lead SRE
Cisco

raghav-workshop

Ragavendran C

Solution Architect
Cargill

dijeesh

Dijeesh Padinharethil

Organizer
AWS User Group Kochi

Event Schedule

badge

Registration

Registration and badge pickup starts at 07:30am

Exciting gifts await the first 100 Early Bird attendees—don’t miss out!
welcome

Welcome Note

M01-W01: Welcome to AWS Community Day, Kochi 2024

Sujith Unni MS - Regional Head, Nasscom
Keynote 1

AWS Keynote 1

M01-K01: Build & Scale Responsible AI Applications on AWS

Goutam Kurumella - Head of Startup Solutions Architecture, AWS India
Keynote 2

AWS Keynote 2

M01-K02: Empowering AI Innovation - Unlock NCLC GenAI & ML with Amazon SageMaker Canvas.

Aparajithan Vaidyanathan - Principal Enterprise Solutions Architect, AWS India
shanu-mindcurv
nithin-ibs

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
SponsorTalk2

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
MTEABREAK

Morning Tea/Coffe Break

Enjoy Tea/Cofffe | Network with fellow professionals | Visit Sponsor Booths | Games

sandeep-antstack

T01-S01: LamRAG: From Data to Constructive Insights using Amazon Bedrock

Sandeep Kumar P - Principal Solutions Architect, AntStack
chithra-ibs
nithin-ibs

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
aj-wallsfargo
avinash-dalvi-315b021a

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

Lunch Break

Enjoy Lunch | Network with fellow professionals | Visit Sponsor Booths | Games

ameya-pune
thoshal-pune

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
adit-Lauren

T01-S05: Mastering Multi-Account Management with AWS Control Tower and Landing Zones

Adit N Modi - AWS Solutions Architect, Lauren
nihil-adfolks

T01-S06: AWS advanced networking using Traffic gateway and WAN

Nihil Babu - Senior Manager, Cloud Native Engineering, Adfolks LLC
EVCOFFEE

Evening Tea/Coffe Break

Enjoy Tea/Cofffe | Network with fellow professionals | Visit Sponsor Booths | Games

dijeesh-ugkochi

Closing Notes

Dijeesh Padinharethil - Organizer, AWS User Group Kochi

Thanks Note, Gifts Distribution, Photo Session

varsha-accenture

T02-S01: Slashing Enterprise Cloud bills with a frugal approach

Varsha Verma - Senior Software/Cloud Engineer, Accenture
mahima-aws

T02-S02: Amazon Q for Developers: Transforming the Developer Experience

Mahima Saran - Senior Technical Account Manager FSI, AWS
ameya-pune
thoshal-pune

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

Lunch Break

Enjoy Lunch | Network with fellow professionals | Visit Sponsor Booths | Games

arun-presidio
naveen-presidio

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
vinod-arcesium

T02-S05: Extracting meaningful data at scale using serverless and AWS Textract

Vinod Kumar - Principal Engineer, Arcesium India Private Limited
runcy-sonic

T02-S06: Practical steps for AWS Security Posture improvement

Runcy Oommen - Director, Software Engineering, SonicWall
shravan-antstack

T03-S01: #BeliveInServerless – A Hands-on Serverless App Integration Using AWS Services

Shravan Kumar LP - Back-end Developer, AntStack
animesh-kong

T03-S02: Managing Kong on EKS with Kong Gateway Operator

Animesh Rastogi - Senior SRE, Kong Inc
apar-aws
gautam-aws
varsha-accenture

T03-P01: Panel Discussion: Industry expectations and the readiness of IT professionals in the AI era

Aparajithan Vaidyanathan , Goutam Kurumella , Varsha Verma
LUNCH

Lunch Break

Enjoy Lunch | Network with fellow professionals | Visit Sponsor Booths | Games

kiran-iot

T03-S03: AWS IOT integration with Raspberry Pi

Kiran Chand - Technical Architect, Quest Global
birds

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

suman-aws
ansil
ragavhadoop
hari-sedai

T04-W01: Workshop : From concept to Creation Building Applications with Amazon Bedrock

Suman Debnath , Ansil H, Ragavendran C, Harikrishnan Nair,
Jauneet-datastax

T04-W02: Datastax Roundtable : From Prototype to Production : build a RAG/GenAI applications using Datastax and AWS

Jauneet Singh , - Data Architect Pre sales - Datastax

Event Venue

Event venue location

Holiday Inn Cochin, an IHG Hotel

33/1739 A, Junction NH Bypass

Chakkaraparambu, Vennala, Kochi

Kerala, 682028

Sponsors

AWS Community Day Kochi 2024 - Sponsors

Please reach out to our team at info@awsugkochi.in for sponsorship inquiries. Download Sponsorship Deck

Platinum sponsors

Gold sponsors

Silver sponsors
Community Partners

Event Team

AWS Community Day Kochi 2024 - Team

Sarika
Sarika Jeevan

Fingent

Sukanya
Sukanya M

QBurst

Jisna
Jisna C John

Sayone Technologies

Siddharth
Siddharth Shivkumar

Major League Hacking

Praveesh
Praveesh V

Envestnet

Sanooj
Sanooj Mananghat

Cloudpositive

Sayana Santhosh
Sayana Santhosh

PiServe

Ansil
Ansil H

Cisco

Roshni
Roshni Thadevus

Erasmith Technology

Vishnu
Vishnu KS

Xmigrate Inc

Aswin
Aswin T Sunil

Whizlabs

Shibin Christin
Shibin Christin

Mindcurv

Ananda Raj
Ananda Raj

Redux

Tincy
Tincy M Thomas

Innovature

Swathi
Swathi Shabu

Growing Stars Infotech

Anwyl
Anwyl Jolly

Student

Aparna
Aparna Nair

White Rabbit Group

Hakkeem
Abdul Hakkeem P A

Nav Technologies

F.A.Q

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • AWSUGKOCHI membership is through Meetup group, Join us via http://meetup.com/awsugkochi/

  • Yes, you are welcome to come forward and present topics. Please contact us and we will allocate a slot for you.

  • This is not a free event like our meetups. We will be charging a minimum amount from the attendees to cover the hotel expenses.

  • 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.

  • No, all attendees should register in advance. Tickets will be closed by the second week of November based on availability.

  • 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.