What we’re about
Welcome to the AWS User Group - Athens Meetup! 🚀
Dive into the heart of cloud innovation with us! Our group is a dynamic assembly of cloud enthusiasts, developers, and business leaders passionate about leveraging Amazon Web Services (AWS) to transform ideas into reality.
Why Join Us?
- Stay Ahead: Keep your finger on the pulse of the latest AWS technologies and industry trends. Our gatherings are a treasure trove of insights, helping you stay informed and ahead in your career.
- Share and Learn: From novice explorers to cloud veterans, our community thrives on the diverse experiences of its members. Share your cloud journeys, learn from the challenges and successes of others, and discover new perspectives that could revolutionize your work.
- Network with the Best: Forge invaluable connections. Mingle with a vibrant mix of developers, IT professionals, and business executives. Our meetups are the perfect place to expand your professional network, find mentors, or meet potential collaborators.
- Fun and Friendship: More than just a professional network, we’re a community. Find friends among fellow tech enthusiasts who share your passion for cloud technology. Our meetups are designed to be enjoyable, fostering a warm and welcoming environment for everyone.
Join Us on This Cloud Odyssey
Whether you're looking to deepen your AWS knowledge, share your cloud-based projects, or simply meet like-minded individuals who are shaping the future of technology, you've found your tribe.
Let's navigate the vast skies of AWS together. Embark on this journey with us and be a part of something bigger. Your next great adventure starts here!
Sign up now to join us!
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DialecticaWhen hosted in Dialectica, Dialectica provides the food and venue.
OrfiumWhen hosted in Orfium offices, Orfium provides the food and event venue.- DialecticaWhen hosted in Dialectica, Dialectica provides the food and venue.
- OrfiumWhen hosted in Orfium offices, Orfium provides the food and event venue.
- DialecticaWhen hosted in Dialectica, Dialectica provides the food and venue.
- OrfiumWhen hosted in Orfium offices, Orfium provides the food and event venue.
Upcoming events (1)
See all- FinOps in Practice: Managing AWS Costs at ScaleAkti Posidonos 2, Athens
Greetings, AWS Enthusiasts!
Join us for an engaging AWS Meetup focused on Cost Optimization & FinOps, where we’ll explore strategies, methods, and tips on managing and distributing costs among multiple applications. In this meetup, we are welcoming the Mondelez Cloud Engineering team for the fourth and final session of the series. This event features two insightful presentations:
Presentation 1: Managing AWS Costs at Scale
Cloud isn’t cheap — but it can be efficient and predictable. In this session, the Mondelez Cloud Engineering team, Iosif Ismail, and Naim Gkamberlo will share how they scale cost optimization across hundreds of AWS accounts using automation, alerts, and accountability.
Learn how they forecast usage, automate budget creation via AWS AFT, and use dashboards to drive visibility and ownership. Cost-per-unit metrics, anomaly detection, and micro-segmentation enable teams to spend wisely—not just less.
You’ll walk away with strategies to:- Forecast and align spend with business goals.
- Achieve cost transparency across environments.
- Distribute costs accurately to business units.
- Empower owners to monitor, analyze, and take control of their budgets
Presentation 2: Showcasing AWS Athena and CUR Management
Unlock the full potential of your AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) with AWS Athena. In this session, Konstantinos Siaterlis will present how to set up, query, and manage CUR data using Athena for scalable, cost-effective analysis.
You'll see how to turn raw billing data into actionable insights, filter costs by service, account, or tag, and build queries that help track usage patterns and optimize spend completely serverless.What You'll Learn:
- How to automate budget creation and cost estimation across AWS accounts
- Techniques to forecast cloud usage and align spend with business goals
- How to query and analyze AWS Cost and Usage Reports (CUR) using Athena
- Ways to gain cost transparency through dashboards, segmentation, and tagging
- Best practices for alerting, anomaly detection, and enabling accountability across teams
Why Attend?
- Gain practical insights from a real enterprise use case.
- Learn how to scale FinOps practices using AWS-native tools.
- See how to drive accountability with dashboards and alerts.
Meetup Outline
18:00 - 18:20 Warm Welcome
18:20 - 19:10 Presentation 1
19:10 - 19:15 Short Break
19:15 - 20:05 Presentation 2?
20:05+ Networking & DiscussionsWe are looking forward to meeting everyone in person!
NOTE: Make sure you come to the correct location! We're trying out a new venue!Sponsors
Dialectica provides the food 🍕 and event venue.
Dialectica is a global information services company that helps businesses access the knowledge they need to make informed decisions.
