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Code the future: Build and scale generative AI with AWS

Saturday

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August

10

2024

9:30AM

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4:00PM

Asia/Singapore

About the event

Join us in Singapore for a full-day free event to learn about generative AI on AWS. Featuring speakers from AWS, customers, developer community and industry leaders, this comprehensive program covers Amazon Q Developer, Amazon Bedrock, prompt engineering and practical applications of generative AI. Through informative sessions and hands-on workshops, you'll gain invaluable knowledge and skills to build innovative applications leveraging the power of generative AI on AWS.

Event Highlights:

Unlock real-world genAI applications through expert insights, use cases, and live demos
Master Amazon Q Developer, Amazon Bedrock, and prompt engineering techniques with hands-on workshops
Ignite innovation by networking with the genAI community and learning to harness genAI on AWS
Engage in interactive sessions and win exciting prizes

Who should attend

This event is tailored for hands-on developers, engineers, and tech enthusiasts who are passionate about exploring the potential of generative AI on AWS. Whether you're a seasoned developer looking to stay ahead of the curve or a curious mind seeking to explore the possibilities of generative AI.

Speakers

Donnie Prakoso, Principal Developer Advocate, AWS

Derek Bingham, Sr. Developer Advocate, AWS

Manivannan Palanichamy, Vice President, Technology manager, Finance industry

Natasya Idries, Sr. Technical Program Manager, AWS

Noorbakht Khan, Solutions Architect, AWS

Ray Goh, Community leader for The Gen-C (a Singapore generative AI learning community)

Agenda

9:30AM - 10:20AM

Breakfast

Breakfast. Registration will take place five minutes before breakfast.

10:20AM - 10:30AM

Welcome remarks

10:30AM - 11:00AM

Session 1: GenAI on AWS

This session will discuss generative AI (GenAI) and the role of AI engineers, and how we should learn AI engineering skills. This presentation will cover some basic topics such as Foundation Models, Prompt Engineering, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), Agents, and Fine-tuning models. Join this session to have a good foundation to move forward with GenAI!

11:00AM - 11:30AM

Session 2: Building RAG based Gen AI applications using Amazon Bedrock

As a fully managed Foundational Model Hub, Amazon Bedrock unleashes cutting-edge capabilities for developing full-scale Gen AI applications. This session delves into popular LLMs and Multimodal FMs, such as Anthropic, LLM, and Stability AI, providing deeper insights into these models. Attendees will witness a live demo of a RAG workflow-based Gen AI application built atop Bedrock capabilities, showcasing the platform's potential in action.

11:30AM - 12:00pM

Session 3: Claude plays Minecraft: Introducing a real world serverless AI to a virtual world

This deep dive session takes you on an adventure beyond the ordinary, showcasing how we've engineered an AI entity capable of reasoning, problem-solving, and executing tasks in Minecraft.

12:00PM - 12:20PM

Q&A

Continue the dialogue by joining our speaker Q&A panel.

12:20pM - 12:30pM

PartyRock Challenge winners unveil

Who rocked the PartyRock challenge? Find out at this thrilling announcement!

12:30pM - 1:30pM

Lunch networking

Savor lunch amidst lush greenery in the sky garden oasis.

1:30pM - 3:30pM

Workshop | Track 1

Learn prompt engineering and build Gen AI apps on AWS using PartyRock, Amazon Bedrock, and Amazon Q

(LEVEL 100-200)

1:30pM - 3:30pM

Workshop | Track 2

Accelerating Innovation with GenAI as easy as 1,2,3: PartyRock and LLMs League

(LEVEL 100-200)

3:30pM - 3:50pM

Tech recharge

Indulge in afternoon tea nibbles.

3:40pM - 3:50pM

Interactive quiz

Quiz time! Showcase your expertise and snag some AWS swag.

3:50pM - 4:00pM

Closing

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Agenda

9:00AM - 10:00AM

Breakfast

Breakfast. Registration will take place five minutes before breakfast.

10:00AM - 11:00AM

The Horizon of AI

The Emerging World of Artifical Intelligence and Machine Learning by Matthew Hartman and Partner, Betaworks.

11:00AM - 12:00PM

Startup Evangelist of the Month

Welcome Mackenzie Kosut, AWS Startup Evangelist

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Breakout Session 1

In this project, you will learn how to deploy and host Jenkins, an open-source automation software predominantly used for CI/CD

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Breakout Session 2

In this project, you will learn how to deploy and host WordPress, an open-source blogging tool and content management system

Speakers

Mackenzie Kosut

Global Startup Evangelist, Amazon Web Services

Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.

Katherine Barna

Vice President Communications, Awesomeness

Katherine Barna is Vice President, Communications for Awesomeness, a leading multi-platform media company defining the future of entertainment. At Awesomeness, Barna oversees communication and PR strategy for the company and its four key divisions: the Gen Z-focused AwesomenessTV network, Awesomeness Films, DreamWorksTV, and Awestruck. In addition, she heads up the company’s social responsibility initiatives. Previously, she was Head of Communications and Public Policy for Tumblr. She joined the company in 2011 as the 25th employee overall and one of the first non-technical members of the team

Adam Rothenburg

Co-Founder & Partner, BoxGroup

Adam Rothenberg is a Co-founder and Partner of BoxGroup, a New York City based early stage venture capital fund. BoxGroup invests in pre-seed and seed rounds with the goal of backing talented entrepreneurs building disruptive technology companies and with visions to create the next generation of category defining businesses. Investments include Blue Apron, Trello, PillPack, Spring, Sunrise, Warby Parker, Harry’s, Oscar, Behance, and more. Adam was previously the Director of TechStars in New York City. TechStars is a mentorship-driven seed stage accelerator program. Prior to joining TechStars, Adam spent 4 years investing in the public markets at a hedge fund in New York City. Adam attended The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he concentrated in Finance and minored in Fine Arts. Adam is a native New Yorker.

Mackenzie Kosut

Global Startup Evangelist, Amazon Web Services

Mackenzie is the Global Startup Evangelist at AWS. His days are spent traveling the globe to meet startups, share their stories, and connect engineering teams together. Every day there are a large number of startups launching on AWS across every imaginable industry. It’s Mackenzie’s mission to find stories of startups that are helping to improve the world and share these stories with a wide audience.

Prior to joining AWS, Mackenzie was the Head of Technical Operations at Betterment, the world’s largest independent robo-advisor based in NYC which manages over $8B in assets. Mackenzie was a founding engineer and Head of Technical Operations at Oscar Health, an insurance startup also based in NYC, helping to grow the company to over 400+ employees.

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