Melbourne AWS User Group #163 - September 2026

🎉 Melbourne AWS User Group – September Meetup 🎉

📅 Wednesday, 30 September
📍 NAB Events Hub – 395 Bourke Street, Melbourne
⏰ Food at 6:00 pm, talks from 6:30 pm (with live stream)

Join us for our September meetup as we explore robotics in the cloud, compliance in AI-driven security workflows, and how generative AI can come to life with both a voice and a face.

This month’s lineup features:
• Louis with a lightning talk on the cloud architectures robotics companies use to scale and deploy their robot products.
• Hazra exploring how business analytics can turn AWS Security Agent findings into structured, auditable compliance intelligence.
• Vanitha showing how to build voice-interactive AI with a synchronised animated avatar using Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Nova models.

A huge thank you to our sponsors: 🥇 Mantel Group – Gold Sponsor, 🥈 Cevo – Silver Sponsor, 🏛 NAB – Venue Sponsor

The event will be live-streamed on YouTube as always:
📺 https://melb.awsug.org.au/live

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🗓️ Agenda
6:00 pm – Food & Socialising
6:30 pm – Introductions
6:40 pm – What’s New in AWS
6:55 pm – Cloud Computer for Robotics (Level 100); Speaker: Louis Dinh
7:10 pm – Using Business Analytics to Drive Compliance in AWS Security Agent Workflows (Level 200); Speaker: Hazra Ali
7:25 pm – AI with a Voice and Face (Level 300); Speaker: Vanitha Kaliyaperumal
7:55 pm – Marketplace (Who’s Hiring)
8:00 pm – Networking + Close

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🎤 Talk Details
Cloud Computer for Robotics
Speaker: Louis Dinh
Level: 100
Lightning Talk
Louis will discuss some of the cloud architectures robotics companies use to scale and deploy their robot products, along with a short demo currently in development.

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Using Business Analytics to Drive Compliance in AWS Security Agent Workflows
Speaker: Hazra Ali
Level: 200
Lightning Talk
As AI-driven tools like AWS Security Agent generate continuous streams of code review, penetration testing, and threat modelling findings, security teams face a new challenge: turning raw technical output into governable, auditable compliance intelligence.
In this session, Hazra will explore how business analytics platforms can transform AWS Security Agent findings into structured dashboards that map directly to compliance frameworks and organisational risk policies.

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AI with a Voice and Face
Speaker: Vanitha Kaliyaperumal
Level: 300
Discover how to build voice-interactive AI with a synchronised animated avatar using Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Nova models — creating assistants that feel genuinely present and engaging.

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🙌 Want to Speak at a Future Meetup?
We’re always looking for new speakers and believe everyone has an interesting talk waiting to be shared.

If you’d like to present at a future event, reach out at the meetup or via our website:
👉 https://melb.awsug.org.au/speak/