July, 2025 (#23) - "Beyond the Hype: Real AWS AI Solutions with Bedrock & Q"

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Overview:
Welcome back to the AWS User Group Christchurch Meetup Series.
Join us for a deep-dive session designed for experienced cloud engineers ready to move beyond AI buzzwords and build practical generative AI solutions. While the AI landscape is filled with excitement and experimentation, this meetup focuses on pragmatic implementation using AWS's core AI services.

Venue details:
Special gratitude to MadeCurious for providing the venue for the event.
100 Carlyle Street, Sydenham, Christchurch 8023

Agenda:
5:30 PM - Doors Open, Networking
6:00 PM - Talk Track – Michael Jarry - “Beyond the Hype: Real AWS AI Solutions with Bedrock & Q"
7:00 PM - Wrap Up, Networking, Fun, Pizza

Meetup Talk Track:

🎤 Speaker Michael Jarry, will cut through the marketing noise to demonstrate real-world applications using AWS Bedrock and Amazon Q, with hands-on Python examples. You'll gain actionable insights into architecting, developing, and deploying generative AI solutions that solve actual business problems. Whether you're looking to enhance existing applications or build new AI-powered services, this session will provide the technical foundation and practical knowledge you need to implement these solutions confidently in your own projects.Perfect for cloud engineers who want to understand the "how" behind generative AI on AWS and leave with concrete next steps for their own AI initiatives.

About the Speaker:

1. Michael Jarry, Cloud Specialist at Inde Technology.

We look forward to seeing you at the meetup! Mā te wa.