About us
Chicago's premiere AWS community! User-run, user-focused.
The Chicago AWS user group is a user-run, user-focused community in Chicago. We hold monthly, free evening events in the Loop. We rotate host offices and topics (anything but a sales pitch). Events include pizza and drinks up front, introductions, 2 to 3 quality non-sales presentations, then wrap with q&a. See our website: www.awschicago.com
Stay connected!
- Join the AWS Chicago slack
- Watch videos of past presentations on our YouTube page
- Connect on LinkedIn in the AWS Chicago user group Group
Read the CoC and FAQs on our website: [AWSchicago.com](https://www.awschicago.com)
* We are not run by or sponsored by Amazon.com or Amazon AWS. We do frequently work with Amazon SAs and account reps. As a local community group we respect our members' privacy and will never distribute personal details. *
Upcoming events
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Hands on Workshop: Claude Code on Bedrock
Loyola University Schreiber Center, 16 E Pearson St, Chicago, IL 60611, USA, Chicago, IL, US### Get Hands on with Claude Code, featuring AWS DA Lucas Swanson
In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to accelerate team development and scale Claude Code deployments on Amazon Bedrock.
- configure team environments
- establish standards and workflows
- maximize Claude Code's capabilities
- learn advanced deployment patterns for Claude agents using the Agent SDK on Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime.
Suitable for: This workshop is designed for developers, engineering leaders, technical leads, and DevOps professionals from small to large teams looking to learn Claude Code concepts to improve productivity and scale and/or roll out Claude Code to their team.
Level: 300 (Advanced). No background knowledge necessary, however familiarity with Typescript or Python and AWS services will be useful.
Duration: We expect the workshop to take approximately 3 hours to complete.
Prep: bring your laptop to participate. To streamline the workshop sign in, sign up for AWS builder center and review the steps of the workshop here.
Getting there:
We will be in room 0807 in the Loyola University Schreiber Center building, between State and Pearson St. Enter on Pearson Street.Take the CTA Red Line! (Chicago Station, 25 East Pearson Street)
nearby parking garages include:
One West Superior
Standard Parking Fordham Garage
900 N Michigan Self-ParkNEW: you can also see events and register on AWS Builder Center: https://builder.aws.com/connect/event/ae1e77e4-cbe7-3559-9b3b-2fb75cefe64d
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Past events
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