AWS Dublin - Dive into DSQL & More! - Reinvent Recap, Feb 25 / 2025

DO NOT MISS....

AWS REINVENT RECAP @ Button Factory, FEB 25th, 2025!

...featuring Aurora DSQL, GenAI Insights, Use Cases, War Stories and all the latest releases from Reinvent!!

Date: TUE, 25th February 2025, 5.30pm
Venue: Button Factory, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Theme: "AWS Reinvent Recap featuring Aurora DSQL, GenAI and more...”
Welcome: 5.30pm, Talks: 6pm Sharp, Ends 8.30pm!
Format: Talks, Q&A, Ask an Architect, Prize Draw, Music!

Speakers and AWS Architects will be on hand to answer all your questions.

Tickets: FREE

With thanks to Couchbase

RSVP NOW!
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17.30: Doors Open / Music / Networking / Announcements

18.00 - 18.15: Reinvent Round Up, Key Announcements,** Ronan Guilfoyle, AWS Commercial Solutions Architect Lead.

18.15 - 18.45: Diving into DSQL - Stas Bogachinsky, AWS Specialist Solutions Architect, Databases.

Amazon Aurora DSQL is a new relational database that combines the best of serverless experience, Amazon Aurora performance, and Amazon DynamoDB scale. Aurora DSQL's distributed architecture is designed to make it effortless for organizations of any size to manage distributed workloads with strong consistency. In this session we’ll review the fundamentals of Aurora DSQL. Learn how Aurora DSQL can work within your architecture, understand key considerations and tradeoffs, explore what an application architecture could look like, and more!

Stas Bogachinsky is a Sr. Database Specialist Solutions Architect at AWS. He works with AWS customers to design, secure, and optimize their database workloads.

18.45 - 19.15: Exploring Couchbase on AWS: Deployment, Performance, and AI Services, Sai Vajja, Solutions Engineer
Join us for an exciting deep dive into Couchbase and its powerful capabilities on AWS! Whether you're a developer, architect, or database enthusiast, this session will introduce you to Couchbase’s evolution from a high-performance cache and document database to a fully-fledged data platform. We’ll explore how Couchbase integrates with AWS, with mobile and offline capabilities, and innovative new Capella AI Services including cutting-edge vector search. Plus, learn about Couchbase Capella Free Tier, and discover how you can engage with the vibrant Couchbase community on Discord, at meetups, and more. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your knowledge and network with fellow AWS enthusiasts!

19.15 - 19.35: Break / Networking / Ask An Architect

19.35 - 20.05: Beyond PoCs: Building Production-Ready GenAI, Ivan Casco Valero, Principal Solutions Architect, StratusGrid

Struggling to implement GenAI beyond PoCs? Ivan will cover practical strategies to improve reliability, explore game-changing AWS re:Invent 2024 updates, and share best practices and patterns for building robust AI solutions.

Ivan has over a decade of hands-on AWS experience across startups, banking, media & entertainment and technology consulting. Recognized as an AWS Community Builder, AWS Ambassador and holder of 14 AWS certifications (Golden Jacket) he specializes in designing practical, high-scale solutions that balance technical innovation with real-world business needs. Passionate about Cloud, DevOps and GenAI, Ivan enjoys exploring new ideas and sharing insights to help teams confidently move from proof of concept to production-ready solutions.

20.05 - 20.35: Introduction to Amazon S3 Tables and Table Buckets for seamless analytics - Swapnil Bhoite, DoiT

Swapnil is an AWS Big Data Engineer and Amazon Glue SME at DoiT, helping companies architect their data solutions on AWS. Before DoiT, he worked at AWS to assist and onboard enterprise customers with AWS data services like EMR, Redshift, OpenSearch, debugging the issues in their solutions and optimizing their end-to-end data solutions with a specialty on ETL/ELT pipelines.

20.35 - Social Gathering, Crow Bar

With Thanks to Couchbase and DoiT