November Double Feature: Smarter AI & Leaner Cloud Spend

For our November session, we’re excited to host double feature, two speakers Kamal Hossain and Josh Armitage for two deeply practical talks on improving AI systems and slashing cloud costs.

1) Empowering Non-Technical Chatbot Designers for Continuous Improvement using MCP Servers
Kamal Hossain - Linked In

What if non-technical designers could continuously improve Conversational AI without writing a single line of code? Kamal walks us through a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server ecosystem purpose-built to empower creative teams with self-service tools for optimizing chatbot performance.

From querying past customer interactions to automating LLM evaluations and enriching content using RAG feedback loops, this talk shows how automation and collaboration can drastically accelerate CI workflows — no engineering bottlenecks required.

2) How to Make Your AWS Account Team Hate You in 5 Days or Less: Saving $500K with a FinOps Design Sprint
Josh Armitage - Linked In

Ready to save half a million dollars — and make some enemies in the process? Josh dives into how a team ran a ruthless FinOps design sprint to uncover (and eliminate) massive AWS waste.
Expect real-world cost-saving strategies, the dirty secrets of cloud spend nobody wants to talk about, and a few laughs along the way. Whether you're an engineer, architect, or just tired of shock-and-awe AWS bills, you’ll walk away with immediately actionable ideas.
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Drinks and pizza from 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start.
Our sincere thanks to sponsors JourneyOne, Mantel Group, KZN, Akkodis, Versent, and AWS.

This session is being held at the AWS Office due to our regular venue availability.