🚀 Build Your Own AI Assistant – From Zero to Agentic AI (Hands-on Workshop)

🚀 Build your own AI assistant – hands-on with Agentic AI & real-world tools

🎉 Join us for a special AWS Cloud Club USTP event where you will get a practical introduction to modern AI systems and how they are built in real-world scenarios.

👉 Together with Linda, you'll explore how Agentic AI systems work in practice and how you can apply them yourself using AWS and modern frameworks.

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🧠 Kickoff Session
From MacBook to Bedrock - Lessons from Building an AI Assistant
Training an AI-powered Slackbot sounds straightforward - until your model starts ignoring half of the data you feed it.
In this interactive session, Linda shares real-world lessons from building an AI assistant, from local development to production using AWS.
💡 What you’ll learn:

• How AI assistants are built in real-world scenarios
• Multi-agent systems & Slackbot architectures
• Model tuning & retrieval challenges
• Infrastructure decisions & scaling
• Cost efficiency & practical trade-offs

⚡ Highlight: Live demo of a Slackbot with a multi-agent setup
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🛠️ Hands-on Workshop
Build Your Own Agentic AI Application
💻 No prior experience required – just bring your curiosity
In this workshop, you will learn how to:

• Add Agentic AI capabilities to existing applications
• Build AI-powered features without modifying backend systems
• Use APIs & AWS Lambda as building blocks
• Work with Amazon Bedrock AgentCore & Agents SDK
• Execute code in secure sandbox environments
• Securely access internal data with AI

🎯 Goal: Build your own AI-powered prototype

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🎤 Guest Speakers
Linda Mohamed
AWS Hero | Enterprise AI & Cloud Expert
Linda has over a decade of experience in cloud technologies, AI systems, and agile methodologies. She specializes in building scalable AI solutions and is an active contributor to the global AWS community.
Florian Ettinger
Solutions Architect at AWS | Cloud & AI
Florian works as a Solutions Architect at AWS, supporting organizations in designing and implementing scalable cloud solutions. His focus includes cloud architecture, data strategies, and AI use cases, helping companies successfully adopt modern cloud technologies.
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📍 Event Details
📅 Date: 16 April
⏰ Time: 17:00 – ~20:00
📍 Location: Room B.1.03, USTP
🍕 Snacks, drinks & networking included
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Important Note
We aim to provide AWS access for the workshop so everyone can participate hands-on. More details will follow.

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🎓 This event is exclusively for students of USTP