AWS User Group Cologne & Bonn – June Edition

We’re happy to announce our next AWS User Groups Cologne & Bonn meetup!

The talks this time:

• Jan Daniel Sulaiman will share insights into the future of AI-native development with AWS Kiro
• Bent Krause will show us how AWS DevOps agent helps to make IT on-call less troublesome

📅 Date: 23.06.2026
⏱️ Time: 18.00 Uhr
📍 Location: Design Offices Köln Gereon, Christophstraße 15-17, 50670 Köln

🕕 Agenda
18.00 – Doors open
Check-in, arrive, grab a drink, and connect with fellow AWS enthusiasts.
18:15 – Housekeeping
Intro and administrative details by Cologne Intelligence
18.30 – Talk 1 – Bent Krause
🗣️ How to make IT on-call less troublesome: faster answers, better sleep, fewer escalations - Level 300
What if on-call alerts came with a diagnosis instead of just a symptom? The AWS DevOps Agent investigates incidents automatically, analyzes logs, checks metrics, and traces dependencies across AWS services. By the time your pager dragged you out of bed, the agent had already identified the root cause and prepared remediation steps. In this session we will understand the capabilities of the service and take a look at an interactive demo.
Bent Krause is a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services. He has a background in DevOps and Platform Engineering and works with large manufacturing customers in Germany. His core interests are focused on Smart Manufacturing, Cloud Security, and Agentic AI.
19:00 - short break
19:15 – Talk 2 – Jan Daniel Sulaiman
🗣️ From Prompting to Programming: Kiro and the Future of AI-Native Software Development
Agentic AI is moving from prototypes to production, but most teams struggle with consistency, reliability, and governance. AWS Kiro introduces a new model: spec-driven development for autonomous agents, shifting the focus from prompt hacking to structured, testable, and reusable specs.
In this session, we’ll explore what Kiro is, why it matters, and how it changes the way we design and ship AI-powered systems. Based on hands-on experience from the closed beta, we’ll walk through how Kiro turns specs into executable agents, integrates with AWS services, and helps teams build robust workflows without heavy infrastructure.
We’ll also recap key announcements from AWS re:Invent 2025, with a focus on agentic development, automation, and developer tooling. Attendees will leave with practical insights on how to get started with Kiro, where it fits in their stack, and why this marks a shift in how software is built.
19:15 Uhr – Networking, finger food & drinks
Wrap up the evening with great conversations, food, and drinks with the local AWS community.

Best regards,
Matthias, Çağdaş, Andreas, Johannes