Melbourne AWS User Group #155 - January 2026

January Meetup: AWS re:Invent re:Cap (Panel)
📍 NAB Events Hub – 395 Bourke Street, Melbourne
📅 Wednesday 28 January 2026
🍕 Food & Networking from 6:00pm

🙏 A huge thanks to Mantel Group for their continued sponsorship of the Melbourne AWS community.

📺 This event will be live-streamed on YouTube, as always, for those who can’t attend in person.

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🚀 Event overview
AWS re:Invent 2025 was packed with announcements, launches, and big ideas. Now it’s time to step back and look at what actually matters as we head into 2026.

Join us for our annual AWS re:Invent re:Cap, featuring a panel discussion hosted by AWS Hero Stephen Sennett, joined by local community members who attended re:Invent and followed the announcements closely.

Expect honest perspectives, practical insights, and time for audience questions.

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🎙 Host & Panel
Host: Stephen Sennett – AWS Hero
Panelists:

• Christina Chen, Senior SRE @ Mantel Group — AWS Community Builder
• Dale Orders, Software Engineer @ Five9 — AWS Community Builder
• Tony Zhang, Principal DevOps Engineer @ Versent

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🗓 Agenda
6:00 pm – Food & Networking 🍕
6:30 pm – Introductions 👋
6:40 pm – What’s New in AWS ☁️
6:55 pm – AWS re:Invent re:Cap Panel Discussion 🎤
7:55 pm – Marketplace (Who’s Hiring) 💼
8:00 pm – Close 👋

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🎤 Want to speak at a future meetup?
We’re always looking for new speakers and fresh perspectives. If you’ve got a technical talk, architecture story, or lesson learned you’d like to share, we’d love to hear from you.
👉 Submit a talk: melb.awsug.org.au/speak/

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🤝 Sponsors
A huge thank you to our sponsors, Mantel Group and Cevo, for supporting the Melbourne AWS community.