AWS User Group Ljubljana

Speakers from 11 countries and 4 continents — and counting. 15+ sessions, 4+ hours of hands-on workshops. Tickets from €25.
AWS Community Day CEE returns to Budapest’s Margaret Island. 🏝️
🎉 Last year’s inaugural edition brought nearly 300 cloud builders to the island. This year we’re going bigger: a main stage, a breakout stage and a full workshop track running in parallel, plus an expo floor with demos and activities — all day, on Thursday, 17 September 2026.
By the community, for the community. 🚀
🌍 Regional roots, international lineup
AWS Community Day CEE unites AWS User Groups of Central and Eastern Europe — Austria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Ukraine — and brings speakers to Budapest from far beyond it: 🇺🇸 USA, 🇬🇧 UK, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇫🇷 France, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇬🇭 Ghana, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇸🇮 Slovenia and 🇭🇺 Hungary.
🎙️ Main stage

• The (Hype-Free) AI SDLC, as of September 2026 — Opening Keynote by Liam Greenamyre 🇺🇸, Principal Product Manager @ AWS. He’s the PM behind the AWS Agent Toolkit and AWS’s MCP servers, here to show what AI-assisted software development actually looks like today, minus the buzzwords.
• 5 Steps to IAM Zero — Paul Schwarzenberger 🇬🇧, Cloud Security Engineer @ Celidor
• Hidden trade-offs in distributed architectures — Anahit Pogosova 🇫🇮, Cloud Architecture & Engineering Lead @ F-Secure Corporation
• From Threat to Guardian: Harnessing AI/ML on AWS — Daniel Clement 🇬🇭, Solution Architect
• Lessons Learned After Putting AWS DevOps Agent in our SRE Workflow — Mitja Hofer 🇸🇮, Senior DevOps Engineer @ Celtra
• IAC (Infrastructure as a Context of your AI agent) — Anton Antanovich 🇵🇱, Lead DevOps Engineer @ EPAM
• Responsible AI in Practice: Operationalizing AI Safety with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails — Faye Ellis 🇬🇧, Author Fellow @ Pluralsight
• Serverless vs Kubernetes: the final showdown — Davide de Paolis 🇩🇪, Engineering Manager @ Sevdeks/Shine, and Tiago Bilou 🇩🇪, Staff Software Engineer @ XING
• The Human Latency Problem — Closing Keynote by Meridith Grundei 🇺🇸, Communication Strategist + Experience Director. She created the AWS New Voices Program and coaches the speakers you watch on stage at re:Invent.

🎧 Breakout stage
A second full track of community and partner sessions runs alongside the main stage all day — covering AI, security, FinOps and more. New speakers are announced regularly, so keep an eye out. 👀
🛠️ Workshops — bring a laptop

• Create Your Own Role-Playing Game with Agentic AI using Strands Agents — Arnaud Jean 🇫🇷, Senior Developer Advocate @ AWS
• AWS Security Agent: Get started with AI-powered proactive AppSec — Andre Baumeier 🇩🇪, Senior Solutions Architect @ AWS
• Gateway API Isn’t About Ingress Anymore: Building Service Networks on AWS with Amazon VPC Lattice — Claudiu-Cristian Sonel 🇷🇴, Senior DevOps Consultant @ ENDAVA

📣 Announcing AWS Community Day Adria 2026!

We are excited to invite you to the AWS Community Day Adria, a premier cloud computing conference organized by AWS user groups from the Adria region! This community-led event is your chance to dive deep into the world of AWS, learn from top cloud experts, and network with tech enthusiasts from across the globe.

📅 Event Details:

• Date: 22th October 2026
• Location: Four Points by Sheraton Ljubljana Mons

Why Attend?

• Expert Speakers: Gain insights from AWS-certified professionals and industry leaders on the latest cloud innovations.
• Technical Workshops: Participate in hands-on sessions to expand your AWS skills.
• Networking: Meet and connect with developers, cloud architects, and tech leaders from the Western Balkans.
• Community Focus: Engage in discussions that foster collaboration and growth within the AWS community.

AWS Community Day Adria is designed for cloud enthusiasts, developers, and businesses eager to explore the full potential of AWS technology. Whether you’re looking to sharpen your cloud skills or share your knowledge, this event is a must-attend!