AI in Action: RAG Chatbots & GenAI Infrastructure. co-hosted with Elastic

This month's event will be related to AI and co-hosted with Elastic (elastic.co).
We will have two speakers presenting about interesting technology: RAG-based Chatbots and GenAI in Infrastructure.
This will be an interactive session for anyone curious about the future of AI-driven solutions.

What to Expect:

• Building RAG Chatbots with Bedrock: Learn how to use Amazon Bedrock to create intelligent, responsive RAG-based chat applications.
• Best Practices for GenAI in Infrastructure: Understand the do's and don'ts when integrating GenAI into infrastructure to ensure scalability, reliability, and security.
• Live Demonstrations & Real-World Use Cases: Our amazing speakers will showcase practical examples and case studies to illustrate how these technologies can be implemented in the real world.

This is a space to share, learn, and chat with others who are just as into AWS as you are!
Schedule
6:00pm Doors open - food and drinks
6:30pm Welcome and announcements
6:40pm Smriti Sridhar
7:20 pm Roxane Fischer
8:00pm You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here

This month's Speaker details:

• Smriti Sridhar

Talk description:
The session is aimed at engineers and product owners working on vector search, introducing them to RAG and ELSER, a potent vector embedding tool that enhances user experience beyond traditional transformer models. In this talk, we'll cover the following:

• Gain expertise in advanced chatbot construction using RAG and ELSER, setting your projects ahead.
• Deepen your knowledge of Elastic's Vectorstore, enhancing your search solutions' capability.
• Access simplified, actionable steps for easy RAG chatbot deployment.
• View a live RAG chatbot demo to visualize potential user experiences.

Speaker Bio: Smriti is a Customer Architect at Elastic, where she serves as the technical point of contact for AMER West and Mid-Market accounts. She provides technical advisory to drive product consumption and adapts to customer needs, while developing Generative AI projects and anomaly detection models, and building RAG Chatbot applications. Previously, she was a Solutions Architect at Confluent for over three years, focusing on customer success through data-driven insights. Smriti collaborates with decision-makers at Fortune 500 companies in sectors like Digital Native, Financial Services, and Healthcare, guiding them in their digital transformation and cloud modernization efforts.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/smritisridhar41/

• Roxane Fischer

Talk description:
This presentation explores the potential of LLMs & GenAI in infrastructure management, focusing on current capabilities, limitations, and future developments:
1. LLM Models
2. Issues with IaC Generation
3. Synthesis vs. Generative AI
4. Future Potential - Context retrieval

Speaker Bio: With a passion for innovation and a deep understanding of cloud infrastructure, Roxane Fischer leads, Anyshift.io, with a vision to transform how companies manage and maintain their cloud environments.
Her background as an ex-Lead Engineer and AI researcher gives her a unique ability to anticipate industry needs, driving Anyshift's growth by delivering solutions that prioritize efficiency, reliability, and long-term success.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/roxane-fischer-92a52414b/