#3 AWS AI UG - MadeTech & Opus Talent Solutions

We are delighted to host our 3rd event on the 11th December in London, in partnership with MadeTech & OPUS Talent Solutions.

Speakers:
Faye Ellis - Principal Training Architect (AWS) at Pluralsight
Session Title: Maximize Productivity with the Amazon Q Developer CLI Agent
Session Description: Amazon Q Developer is getting better all the time, and you might be surprised at what it can do! In this session we’ll explore how developers, DevOps, and SysOps folks can use Amazon Q Developer to improve daily workflows and reduce the cognitive load of these high pressure roles. From writing and refining code, to testing, troubleshooting and even interacting with resources in your AWS account, Q can help drive efficiency every step of the way. Includes lots of demos and practical exercises that you can try for yourself.

Viola Lykova -
Session Title: Architect secure, AI-ready frontends on AWS with Cognito-powered scalable auth
Session Description: This session presents practical patterns for architecting secure, AI-ready frontends on AWS with Cognito-powered scalable auth. Topics include OIDC (auth code + PKCE), token/session hygiene, least-privilege IAM, and safely brokering AI endpoints via API Gateway/Lambda with rate limits, redaction, and cost guardrails. Attendees leave with a reference architecture, a hardening checklist, and a repeatable test strategy using Cypress Cloud.

Made Tech & AWS Panel
Speakers:
Himanshu Sahni, Head of Public Sector AI and Data at AWS
Jim Stamp, Head of Technology at Made Tech
Session Title: The Agentic AI Stack: Data, Governance & Deployment Patterns

Agenda:

• 17:45 - Venue Open
• 18:15 - Opening Remarks - Ethan Sumner
• 18:20 - Faye Ellis
• 18:50 - Break
• 19:00 - Viola Lykova
• 19:00 - MadeTech & AWS Panel with Himanshi Sahni and Jim Stamp
• 20:00 - Event Close & Networking

If you'd like to speak, sponsor, or host us. Please get in touch via LinkedIn