AWS Usergroup Dublin MeetUp #15 - - Alexa Night!!

Agenda:

17:45 – Doors Open / Registration / Networking / Grab a Drink

18.00 – START - AWS User Group, Dublin

Intro to Speakers & Sponsors with Jason O'Conaill

Thanks to Sponsors:

Infinity SDC Data Centers

A Cloud Guru

O'Hara's Carlow Brewing Company

Stelfox

18.10: Ronan Guilfoyle from AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/)

What's new this month from AWS. Update from the world of AWS and recent technology developments. This is a must attend presentation for those working and innovating with AWS.

18:40: Danie Taschik from Dubsmash (https://www.dubsmash.com/)

How Dubsmash leverages AWS Lambda to send half a billion pushes.

Revolutionizing how people communicate using video.

Large Scale push notifications

More than 1 Billion Videos Created

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19:15 Networking break - Drinks & Food

19:40: Launch of the Amazon Alexa Echo Developers Group in Ireland. Join Up here (https://www.meetup.com/Amazon-Echo-Alexa-Developers-Ireland/events/233044598/)

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19:50: Ryan Kroonenburg from A Cloud Guru (https://acloud.guru/)

Ryan will demo Amazon's new free tool to create interactive stories with Echo. Ryan will cut the ribbon on launching the Dublin (https://www.meetup.com/Amazon-Echo-Alexa-Developers-Ireland/) Amazon Echo Alexa developers group in Ireland –part of the AWS User group Network (https://www.meetup.com/AWS-Ireland-Usergroup/) and he will also be giving away free copies of his course, the complete beginners guide to developing on Alexa.

A Cloud Guru provide a social online learning platform that already provides AWS certification training for over 90,000 students. It was built from zero to a working MVP in just 20 working days, using AWS Lambda and API Gateway and a serverless architecture.

20:20: Prize Giving & Wrap Up and More Networking

Note:

This is your opportunity to meet with other members!

Speakers will also be available to answer any queries not covered in their respective Q&A's.

Food is also provided courtesy of our sponsors and we may even play some music.

Members interested in getting involved with the running of the user group should chat to Jason or Ronan during the break.

We're also always on the lookout for new speakers and sponsors, so if you've got recommendations to make on these fronts, please do so during the break.

Enjoy!