AWS Meetup - Cardiff

We are excited to announce our September meetup for 2025. Yet again, a big thank you to Mobilise for sponsoring the refreshments, and CGI for allowing us to use their venue (this is the same location as the previous user group meet-ups this year.

Agenda:
17:30 - Doors open and refreshments

18:00 - Introduction and AWS Updates

18:10 - Database Modernisation: Transforming Your Data Infrastructure with AWS (Naveed Ahmed, Senior Database Migration Specialist Architect - AWS)

This session explores how organizations can modernise their database infrastructure using Amazon Web Services (AWS). We'll dive into the changing landscape of data management, discussing the shift towards purpose-built databases and managed services. We'll focus on practical migration strategies, showcasing AWS database migration tools such as the Database Migration Service (DMS) and Schema Conversion Tool (SCT). Through real-world use cases, we'll demonstrate how these tools and services can help you optimize performance, reduce costs, and drive innovation. Whether you're considering a lift-and-shift approach or a complete re-architecting of your data layer, this session will equip you with the knowledge to begin your database modernization journey on AWS.

18:40 - Break

19:00 - Under the Hood of GenAI (Meena Morrish, Senior Solutions Architect - AWS)

Generative AI looks effortless on the surface, but the real challenge is making it safe, scalable and enterprise ready. In this session, we will go beyond the headlines to explore how LLMs work, a perspective of responsible AI, and how organisations can move from shiny PoCs to production at scale with GenAI applications

19:30 - Networking

20:30 - Close