This event delivers the latest updates from AWS re:Invent, going beyond marketing slides, press releases, blogs, or keynote announcements. Expect deep-dive demos, live coding, real-world failure stories, and critical comparisons to alternative solutions. You’ll have the opportunity to catch up on key news, ask questions to experts, and discuss topics with other community members.
Selection of speakers (TBC):
Matheus das Merces
Pubudu Jayawardana
Luc van Donkersgoed
Raphael Batista Saldanha
Martijn van Dongen
Gideon Vrijhoeven
Jeroen Reijn
Katerina (Packova) Tashoska
Selection of topics (TBC):
Lambda Durable Functions, Lambda Tenant Isolation
AI Agents and AgentCore
Kiro
ECS Express Mode
Network Firewall Proxy
AWS Transform
Know before you RSVP:
The sessions are provided ‘silent disco style’ (audience wearing headphones)
The event is in-person only, and there are no recordings
Do not arrive after 17:00 (you can only attend the full event)
Check-in opens at 16:00, please do not come too early because we cannot check you in
You can only attend if you have a confirmation (no on-site wait list or walk-up)
Recruitment (active approaching) is not accepted, unless approved by the organizers
Parking: (Paid parking)
https://maps.app.goo.gl/wxosaoPhKwnKdgR6A
https://www.q-park.nl/nl-nl/parkeren/den-haag/laakhaven/
Public Transport: Den Haag Hollands Spoor Train Station
The following agenda is not yet confirmed!
| Time | Red / CH1 | Green / CH2 | Blue / CH3 |
| 16:00-16:45 | Arrive & Check-In | ||
| 16:45-16:55 | Opening | ||
| 17:00-17:25 | ARR03 AI Agents demystified - The fundamental building blocks of AI Agents and how to build them with Bedrock AgentCore Luc van Donkersgoed, Principal Engineer, PostNL |
ARR11 AWS Database Savings Plans: Flexible Cost Optimization Across Databases Çağrı Çakır, Lead Software Engineer, PostNL |
ARR08 Build autonomous code improvement agents using Strands SDK Robert Heijne, Mission Critical Engineer, Schuberg Philis Jeffrey Schilperoord, Mission Critical Engineer, Schuberg Philis |
| 17:30-17:55 | ARR07 The big missing announcement: AWS European Sovereign Cloud Martijn van Dongen, AWS Community Hero, Schuberg Philis |
ARR04 Explore Predictable Serverless Workloads Using Lambda Managed Instances Özge Kavalcı, Senior Solution Engineer, PostNL |
ARR02 AWS Lambda Tenant Isolation Pubudu Jayawardana, Senior Solutions Software Engineer, PostNL |
| 18:00-19:00 | Dinner | ||
| 19:00-19:25 | ARR06 From Idea to Production Faster: Building Software with AWS Kiro Raphael Saldanha, Mission Critical Software Engineers, Schuberg Philis |
ARR05 Discover the new Network Firewall Proxy/NAT gateway proxy Gideon Vrijhoeven |
ARR09 Getting containers into production faster with ECS Express Mode Jeroen Reijn, Senior Cloud Architect, Luminis |
| 19:30-20:00 | ARR10 AWS Transform Custom Katerina Tashoska, Cloud Architect and Modernization Lead, Xebia |
ARR01 Rethinking Microservices with AWS Lambda Durable Functions Matheus das Merces, AWS Community Builder, PostNL |
ARR03-REPEAT AI Agents demystified - The fundamental building blocks of AI Agents and how to build them with Bedrock AgentCore Luc van Donkersgoed, Principal Engineer, PostNL |
| 20:00-20:05 | Closing | ||
| 20:05-20:30 | Drinks & Networking | ||
