Overview
AWS Community Day South Florida is a full-day, community-led technical conference bringing together AWS builders, developers, architects, students, and cloud enthusiasts from across Florida and beyond. The event features multi-track breakout sessions led by members of the AWS community, hands-on learning, networking with local AWS User Groups, and direct conversations with AWS professionals.
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31 events • 4 tracks • 2 concurrent events
Break
6:00 am to 6:45 am
Breakout Session
Break
7:30 am to 8:00 am
Afternoon Break & Snacks / Visit Sponsors
Networking
9:15 am to 9:45 am
Afternoon Break & Snacks / Visit Sponsors / Networking
Other
9:45 am to 10:00 am
Closing
Break
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Registration & Breakfast
Other
1:00 pm to 2:00 pm
Registration and Breakfast
Main Room
2 concurrent sessions
Other
2:00 pm to 2:05 pm
Welcome
Other
2:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Event Kick-off
Main Room
Other
2:10 pm to 2:25 pm
Event Kick-off
3 concurrent sessions
Keynote
2:30 pm to 3:15 pm
Opening Keynote
Other
2:30 pm to 3:25 pm
Keynote
Main Room
Break
3:15 pm to 3:45 pm
Break / Visit Sponsors
Other
3:25 pm to 3:45 pm
Break - Sponsors
4 concurrent sessions
Talk
3:45 pm to 4:15 pm
Lightning Talk
Other
3:45 pm to 4:10 pm
Zero Users Exposed, Full Production Validation: Dark Canary on ECS
Main Room
Other
3:45 pm to 4:10 pm
Before AI: The Data Fundamentals Every Professional Should Know
Track 2
Other
3:45 pm to 5:00 pm
Spawn in the Cloud: Building a Game Server on AWS EC2
Track 3
Other
4:10 pm to 6:00 pm
Lunch & Networking
Main Room
Networking
4:20 pm to 6:00 am
Lunch & Networking
Other
6:00 pm to 6:45 pm
Build Your SA Toolkit: Generating AWS Architecture Diagrams with MCP Servers
Main Room
Other
6:00 pm to 6:45 pm
Beyond 0.0.0.0/0: Lessons from a Real AWS Security Incident
Track 2
Other
6:00 pm to 7:20 pm
AWS GameDay - A Casual Introduction To DevOps and Observability, But Make It A Contest
A gamified, hands-on workshop covering DevOps, Infrastructure as Code, and observability. Join as an engineer at Unicorn.Rentals \u2014 the hottest fictional startup on the market \u2014 and untangle everything the previous engineering team got wrong. Bring a laptop; everything else is provided.
Track 3
Other
6:50 pm to 7:35 pm
From vibe coding to engineering: developing systems with AI
Main Room
Other
7:20 pm to 8:30 pm
Automate Your Business with Claude
Track 3
Other
7:35 pm to 8:00 pm
Break - Snacks and Sponsors
Main Room
Other
8:00 pm to 8:25 pm
The Great AWS Account Migration: Moving 100 Accounts to a New AWS Organization
Main Room
Other
8:00 pm to 8:25 pm
Marketing Thyself 101
Track 2
Other
8:30 pm to 9:15 pm
The Cost of Validation: Adding Governance Without Creating Bottlenecks
Main Room
Other
8:30 pm to 9:15 pm
Performance Engineering for the AI Age: When Your Users Are Humans and Machines
Track 2
Other
8:30 pm to 9:30 pm
Spec-Driven Development with Kiro: A Hands-On Workshop
Track 3
Other
9:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Closing Raffle prizes
18 concurrent sessions
Session
Breakout Session
6:00 am to 6:45 am· 45 min
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