Welcome to the AWS Community Day Aotearoa !

AWS Community Day Aotearoa is an annual one-day, user-run single-day AWS technical conference that is planned, organized, and delivered by the AWS user group community leaders (much like a “Meetup of Meetups”). The goal of the Community Day is to facilitate the exchange of information amongst the AWS user community. The presentations are all given by speakers who are fellow AWS users sharing knowledge with their peers.

Listen to the Event Speakers

Stephen Sennett (Keynote Speaker)

Consultant, AWS Community Builder, Tech Content Creator

Derek Bingham (Keynote Speaker)

Developer Advocate @ AWS

Hazelle Sevilla

Senior Solutions Architect @ MongoDB

Abhishek Vasisht

Platform Lead @ AoFrio

Arshad Zackeriya

AWS Hero, Senior Enginer @ Xero

Carlo Columna

AWS Community Builder, Senior Enginer @ Xero

Casey Orr

Snr. Solution Architect @ AWS

Cecilia Yin

Solutions Architect @ AWS

Chamila de Alwis

AWS Senior Cloud Architect @ CCL

Chiwai Chan

Principal AWS Consultant @ Datacom

Daniel Surendran

Solutions Architect at AWS

Darshit Pandya

AWS community builder - Serverless, Senior Principal Software Engineer - Platform @ Serko

Dinesh Sharma

Regional Practice Lead @ Datacom

Elaine Gao

Machine Learning Engineer @ Mantel Group

Geethika Guruge

Lead Consultant @ Mantel Group

Gleidson Nascimento

Technical Lead - Cloud, DevOps and SRE

Hitarth Asrani

AWS Cloud Devops @ CCL (Spark Business Group)

Karaitiana Taiuru

Māori AI, Data and Emerging Tech Expert

Kasun de Silva

AWS Community Builder, Senior Engineer @ Xero

Lingxian Kong

Lead Cloud Consultant @ Sourced Group

Meena Satishkumar

Founder @ Tech Beyond Gender

MinMin Zhang

CEO @ Footmark Technology

Raja N

Partner Solution Architect @ AWS

Ramaswamy Arunachalam

AWS community builder, Architect @ Datacom

Sagar Donthineni

Senior AWS Architect @ Deloitte New Zealand

Sahil Bahl

Lead Data Scientist @ Mantel Group

Stefan Evans

DevOps @ CyberCX

Terence White

Cloud Engineering Practice Lead @ ClearPoint Digital

ORGANISERS

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Christopher Watson
Christopher Watson
Delivery Manager at Cloud, Networks & Identity at Contact Energy
Charlie Hunter
Charlie
Hunter
AWS Developer at InIT Solutions Limited
Sebastian Krueger
Sebastian Krueger
Independent Cloud Consultant
Arshad Zackeriya
Arshad Zackeriya
Senior Engineer at Xero
Yohan Tresfield
Yohan
Tresfield
IT Cloud Consultant at inIT Solutions Limited
Hrishikesh Hiremath
Hrishikesh Hiremath
Platform Architect at BNZ
Jenny Chiu
Jenny
Chiu
Delivery Manager at Clearpoint
Paul Dunlop
Paul
Dunlop
National AWS Technology Lead at Datacom
Mark Goatley
Mark
Goatley
Senior Specialist Lead at Deloitte Digital NZ
Lilupa Karu
Lilupa
Karu
Solutions Architect at Fingermark
Ramaswamy Arunachalam
Ramaswamy
Arunachalam
Architect at Datacom
Geethika Guruge
Geethika
Guruge
Lead Consultant at Mantel Group
Ramaswamy Arunachalam
Alice
Jowsey
Specialist - Deloitte Cloud & Engineering
Gleidson Nascimento
Gleidson
Nascimento
Darshit Pandya
Darshit
Pandya
Senior Principal Software Engineer at Serko
Caroline Gardiner
Caroline
Gardiner
Associate Director/Service Delivery at Deloitte

Code of Conduct

We firmly believe in the value and importance of an environment where all AWS Community Day participants feel welcome and safe. The purpose of our AWS events is to foster exchange of technical knowledge and encourage community discussion and participation. The terms of this Code of Conduct are non-negotiable and behavior that runs counter to it will not be tolerated. By attending this event, you agree to respect and follow these rules.

We expect the following from all participants (including AWS employees, attendees, vendors, sponsors, speakers, volunteers, and guests):

  • You will behave in a way as to create a safe and supportive environment for all event participants.
  • You will not engage in disruptive speech or behavior or otherwise interfere with the event or other individuals’ participation in the event.
  • You will not engage in any form of harassing, offensive, discriminatory, or threatening speech or behavior, including (but not limited to) relating to race, gender, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, disability, marital status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other protected category.
  • You will comply with the instructions of event and venue staff.
  • You will comply with all applicable laws.

If a participant engages in inappropriate behavior, the organizers may take any action they deem appropriate, including warning the offender or expulsion from the event. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please report it to an organizer immediately.

In short, let's be excellent to each other!

This code of conduct was adapted from the AWS Community Code of Conduct.