AWS User Group Meetup August 2025

📅 Mark your calendar for our post–Community Day AWS Meetup!

Hello AWS Community!
We are back in action after the incredible energy of AWS Community Day Singapore 2025! Let’s keep that momentum going at our August AWS User Group Meetup — happening live at the AWS Singapore Office.

Expect another packed evening of technical insights, live demos, and community camaraderie. Whether you want to dive deeper into new services, hear lessons from real-world architecture, or simply reconnect with fellow builders, this meetup is for you.
Let’s build, learn, and grow — together.

📢 IMPORTANT! Registration Information for AWS User Group Singapore August Meetup

To ensure a smooth check-in process, please take note of the following:
✅ Confirmed attendees will receive a confirmation email before the event titled "AWS User Group Singapore: Registration Confirmed for AWS User Group Meetup – August 2025". You must present this email at the Level 1 Concierge to gain access to Level 5 for attendance verification.

🚶‍♂ Walk-ins (those without a confirmation email) will be considered only if the venue has not reached full capacity. Priority will be given to registered attendees with confirmation emails.
🔒 Strictly enforced: No confirmation email = walk-in. Entry not guaranteed.
Thank you for your cooperation! We appreciate your understanding as we streamline our check-in process.

📅 Date: Wednesday, 20th August 2025
🕡 Time: 6:30 PM
📍 Location: AWS Singapore; 2 Central Blvd, IOI Central Boulevard East Towers, Level 6 (instead of our usual Level 5)

🎤 Meetup Track

✅Graduating from Vibe Coding: Spec‑Driven Development with Kiro
📌Speaker: Ray Goh - Community Leader, Gen-C Generative AI Learning Community

Tired of vibe coding that feels like throwing prompts at the wall? Kiro is the AI IDE that transforms ad-hoc AI development into structured, predictable workflows. By turning your prompts into clear requirements, design and implementation tasks, Kiro helps you go from prototype to production without the usual AI coding mess. Learn how this spec-driven approach eliminates guesswork, improves code quality, and gets you from concept to working software faster than ever.

✅Get started with Aurora DSQL
📌Speaker: Gowrishankar Balasubramanian - Sr. Manager, Solutions Architecture, AWS

Amazon Aurora DSQL is a serverless, distributed relational database optimized for transactional workloads. Its distributed architecture features multi-Region active-active capabilities, ensuring strong data consistency with high availability across regions. The serverless design eliminates the operational burden of patching, upgrades, and maintenance downtime, making it effortless for organizations of any size to manage distributed workloads. In this session, discover the key features and benefits of Aurora DSQL, understand its architecture, and learn how it can enhance your applications.

✅Safeguarding your data in AWS
📌Speaker: Badri Kesavan - Community Hero

In this talk, you’ll learn how to draw a clear “circle of trust” around your environment and enforce it with identity-first guardrails (IAM/SCP, Resource and VPC endpoint policies), network controls (PrivateLink, VPC endpoints, Network Firewall), and continuous detection.

📸 Kindly note that photographs and recordings captured during the event will be utilised for future promotional activities.

💡 Pro Tip: Arrive early to avoid queues and secure your seat for the sharing sessions!

Additional Highlights:
🍕 Pizza Time: Begin your evening with some delicious pizza at 6:30 PM, courtesy of our generous sponsor, AWS. Vegetarian and halal options will be available.
🍻 Post-Meetup Networking: Stick around for casual networking over drinks. Let’s forge new connections and continue the conversations!
🎁 AWS Swag & Promo Codes: Don’t miss the chance to win exclusive AWS swag and promo codes. Prizes will be drawn for attendees present at the event—so stay till the end!

Connect with us here!
Meetup: AWS User Group Singapore
LinkedIn: AWS User Group Singapore
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/nkZagBG
Please reach out to us at [aws.usergroup.singapore@gmail.com](mailto:aws.usergroup.singapore@gmail.com) for collaboration or other enquiries!