AWS Boise User Group Meeting

General Topic
Understanding Token Usage with AI & Amazon Bedrock

This is a becoming a major concern. As companies continue to grow their AI usage, how do we better understand limits and why tokens matter?
How prompt engineering can help limit token usage.

11:15 AM – Organizer & speakers arrive (AV test, food setup)
11:30 AM – Doors open / lunch served (attendees check in, eat, network)
12:00 PM – Welcome & intros
12:05 PM – AWS news & Bedrock overview (5–10 min)
12:15 PM – Speaker 1 — Blue Cross of Idaho 15 min talk + 5 min Q&A
12:35 PM – Speaker 2 — Ian Truslow 15 min talk + 5 min Q&A
Token usage between models
12:55 PM – Speaker 3 — Grant Ballard 15 min talk + 5 min Q&A
Bedrock guardrails and assumptions
1:15 PM – Open discussion (shared experiences)
1:20 PM – Announcements & next meetup (upcoming events, suggestions)
1:25 PM – Giveaways and adjourn