Empowering Women in Tech : AWS Women’s Day Meetup

Celebrate International Women’s Day with inspiring talks from women AWS leaders, hands-on workshops (e.g., AWS Lambda, SageMaker), and networking. Focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion in tech.

Agenda:
Topic 1: Unleashing Conversational Excellence with GenAI: The Future of Intelligent Contact Centers
Speaker: Sushma Itagi, Cloud Consultant @ AWS

Generative AI (GenAI) is ushering in a new era of customer engagement in contact centers. This tech talk explores how advanced language models and natural language processing are revolutionizing conversational AI, enabling intelligent virtual assistants, chatbots, and voice bots to understand and respond to customer queries with remarkable accuracy and contextual awareness. Discover the operational efficiencies, personalized experiences, and cost-savings that GenAI delivers. Gain insights into real-world use cases, best practices, and strategies for integrating GenAI-powered conversational AI solutions, unlocking a transformative customer service experience.

Topic 2: Observability Made Easy On EKS: Leveraging OpenTelemetry for Metrics Collection and Analysis
Speaker: Bhavani Indukuri, Platform Engineer @ Zscaler

This session will explore how OpenTelemetry enhances observability in Amazon EKS by providing vendor-neutral instrumentation, efficient data collection, and seamless integration with platforms like Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog. Attendees will gain hands-on insights into setting up OpenTelemetry on EKS, utilizing the OpenTelemetry Collector for advanced data processing, and exporting metrics for real-time monitoring and analysis, ensuring deep visibility into Kubernetes workloads.

Topic 3: Building Scalable GenAI Apps with AWS Bedrock
Speaker: Pritu Yadav, Software Developer @7dotss

Discover how AWS Bedrock streamlines Generative AI development with advanced models, robust security, and effortless integration—eliminating the need for infrastructure management.

Topic 4: Entertainment Reimagined - Unlocking Content Globalization using GenAI
Speaker: Shivapriya Pajjur, Solutions Architect @ AWS

We're in an era of globalized content consumption. Today's audience expects more sophistication & personalization. During this session we will explore the innovative use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) to overcome these hurdles and create captivating narratives that resonate across cultures. In addition, you will also learn how to get started on your GenAI journey using AWS.

Topic 5: Securing the Cloud: AWS Security Best Practices for Modern Applications
Speaker: Sankita Mandal, Software Engineer @Wells Fargo

In this talk, we’ll dive into essential AWS security principles, common vulnerabilities, and best practices to safeguard your cloud infrastructure. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced AWS user, you'll walk away with actionable strategies to strengthen your security posture.

Topic 6: Learn how to leverage the power of AWS SageMaker for your Machine Learning and AI Projects on AWS
Speaker: Saipriyadarshini Bandi, Software Engineer @ JP Morgan Chace
Understand the fundamentals of AWS SageMaker, including domains and notebook instances along with Mastering the use of SageMaker Canvas for Auto ML, data import, wrangling, and inference and apply comprehensive SageMaker knowledge in real-world scenarios through Capstone Projects.

Join us to learn, connect, and celebrate women in AWS!"