Room 2

Sessions

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Panel Discussion led by Angelina Best

Room: Room 2 | Time: 09:00 | Duration: 90

More panellists and topics to be announced soon.

Angelina Best

CEO Levi9 & Advisory Board Member NLdigital

Bob van Luijt

CEO & Co-Founder @ Weaviate

ACD207

Simplifying Serverless Integration Testing: WireMock on AWS Lambda

Room: Room 2 | Time: 11:00 | Duration: 30

In serverless architectures, integration testing becomes a key focus in the testing pyramid, as local environments cannot fully replicate the complexities of cloud deployments. External APIs, often unavailable or difficult to configure, pose a significant challenge during testing. Mocking external APIs locally with tools like WireMock is common, but to truly validate serverless applications, testing must occur in the deployed environment. This talk explores how to leverage WireMock on AWS Lambda to mock external APIs directly in the cloud.

Elena van Engelen

Lead Software Engineer

ACD205

Serverless applications with Aurora DSQL as a database of choice

Room: Room 2 | Time: 13:00 | Duration: 60

Amazon Aurora DSQL is a serverless distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, highest availability, and zero infrastructure management. In this talk we’ll use a sample serverless application that uses Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda and Aurora DSQL to explore the architecture and features of this database. We’ll explore the scaling behaviour of DSQL, measure performance including cold starts, deep dive into its pricing and current limitations. We’ll also use Strands Agent with Amazon Aurora DSQL to talk to our application using natural language.

Vadym Kazulkin

Head of Development

ACD203

Step On It! Rapid Event-Based AWS Cost Control With Step Functions

Room: Room 2 | Time: 15:00 | Duration: 30

Ever had a cloud bill you weren’t expecting? Managing cloud costs effectively isn’t just about cutting expenses; it’s about building smart, adaptable systems that respond to events in real time. In this session, we’ll explore how event-based architectures and serverless AWS services can transform how you monitor, manage and optimise cloud spend. You’ll learn to evaluate cloud-native tools, automate anomaly detection workflows, and design, deploy, and maintain real-time cost-control solutions through live demos.

Damien Jones

💻 Consultant 🦈 amazonwebshark 🎤 Speaker 🌹 AWS User Group Leader (Lancashire) 🏗️ AWS Community Builder (Data)

ACD202

Design high-performance APIs on AWS: strategies and best practices

Room: Room 2 | Time: 15:30 | Duration: 30

In this session, we will explore advanced API design patterns on AWS, focusing on strategies such as API Gateway patterns, routing methods, and serverless architectures with AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate. You will learn how to build efficient, scalable, and secure APIs using AWS services, with practical examples applied to application modernization and performance optimization.

Robert Garcia Ventura

AWS Community Builder | Data Architect at Keepler Data Tech