AWS meetup #11

Right, let's do this! Meetup #11 lineup announcement coming right up after we've shared some great news.

Prize draw from QA Training:

Our friends at QA Training, not content with only providing a location and refreshments for the next meet-up, have raised the generosity bar significantly with a prize draw.

We are holding a prize draw at the meetup to win one free AWS course from QA Training.

You gotta be in it to win it though, so only meetup group members who turn up on the night are eligible. Bring a business card to enter, or write your contact details on a business-card sized piece of paper :)

AWS User Group UK Meetup #11 Confirmed agenda:

18:30 Doors open, networking: Do not arrive earlier, you won't get in!

19:00 Norman Driskell, User group founder: Introduction

19:05 Matt Bishop, Principal Technologist, QA Training: Introduction to QA's AWS training and certification from one of their most experienced AWS certified trainers.

19:20 Nicola Salvo, Cloud Leader, Cloudreach Europe, "Making Web Stack tasty using Cloudformation and some other ingredients": Building an automatic and repeatable Web Stack using AWS technologies with a focus on leveraging AWS Cloudformation to layer environments for easy change and reuse.

19:50 Refreshments: Be sure to say thank you to our hosts!

20:10 Yuri Misnik, Head of Solutions Architecture, AWS: Joining us to share some exciting opportunities at AWS

20:25 Rachel Evans, Principal Software Engineer, BBC Media Services, "BBC iPlayer: bigger, better, faster": A year ago, BBC iPlayer could have died - but it didn’t. Instead, we built a bigger, better, faster iPlayer that provides a foundation for the future. Find out how this was achieved, what part AWS plays in iPlayer’s success, and what’s next for BBC online media.

21:10 Networking: Make new contacts, don't forget your business cards!

We've got capped numbers and a wait list running, so sign up now and please remember to release your place in good time if you can't make it.

This is going to be a great meetup, I'm really looking forward to seeing you there.

Cheers, @n0rm @AWSUserGroupUK