Overview

AWS North Community Conference is the premier community-driven AWS event in the North East, bringing together technology leaders, developers, architects, and innovators to explore how modern cloud platforms are shaping the future of software.

Returning on 15th October 2026 at The BALTIC, Gateshead, AWS North Community Conference is a one-day conference designed to share real-world experiences, practical insights, and forward-thinking ideas from across the AWS community.

We’re looking for speakers to deliver engaging, honest, and experience-led sessions, from technical deep dives and architecture discussions to leadership insights and lessons learned.

Whether you’re sharing something you’ve built, a challenge you’ve overcome, or a perspective that could help others, we want to hear from you.

What we’re looking for

We welcome submissions across a range of formats, including:

• Technical deep dives

• “How we built it” case studies

• Architecture walkthroughs

• Live demos

• Thought leadership and leadership insights

• Real-world migration and modernisation stories, including lessons learned, trade-offs, and outcomes

Sessions should be practical, relevant, and rooted in real experience. We particularly value talks that show:

• Clear problems, solutions and outcomes

• Real-world architectures and trade-offs

• Measurable impact (performance, cost, scalability, etc.)

• Honest reflections and learnings

Track Themes

To help shape the agenda, we’ve defined four core themes.

When submitting your session, please select the theme that best fits your content.

Build

Focused on building modern, cloud-native applications.

We’re looking for sessions that showcase how teams are designing and delivering software on AWS today.

Example topics:

• Serverless, microservices, and event-driven architectures

• Building AI/GenAI-powered applications (e.g. Bedrock, agents)

• Infrastructure as Code, automation, and developer tooling

• Improving developer experience and delivery workflows

• End-to-end builds, demos, and real-world implementations

• Application modernisation and replatforming journeys

• Refactoring legacy systems into cloud-native architectures

Architect

Focused on system design, architecture, and technical decision-making.

This track is about how systems are designed to scale, evolve, and meet complex requirements.

Example topics:

• Designing scalable, resilient, and secure systems

• Event-driven, container-based, and hybrid architectures

• SaaS and multi-tenant design

• Data and AI architecture patterns

• Architectural trade-offs and decision-making

• Migration strategies and architectural decision-making

• Hybrid and multi-cloud architecture approaches

Run

Focused on running systems reliably, securely, and efficiently in production.

We’re looking for sessions that explore operational excellence, resilience, and managing modern cloud platforms at scale.

Example topics:

• Observability, monitoring, and incident response

• Reliability engineering, resilience, and disaster recovery

• Running serverless, container, or event-driven systems in production

• Security, governance, and identity management

• Platform engineering and operational automation

• Cost optimisation, FinOps, and performance tuning

• Scaling and supporting distributed systems

• Operational lessons learned from real-world workloads

Lead

Focused on leadership, strategy, and organisational capability.

This track is designed for those leading teams, shaping technology strategy, and driving organisational transformation.

Example topics:

• Cloud strategy and digital transformation

• Building and scaling high-performing teams

• Product, delivery, and organisational design

• Leading in an AI-driven world

• Multi-cloud and platform strategy

• Leading large-scale migration and transformation programmes

Lightning Talks

In addition to full-length sessions, we also welcome submissions for lightning talks.

Lightning talks are short-form, 15-minute presentations designed to share focused ideas, quick lessons, emerging trends, or practical insights in a fast-paced format.

Lightning talks can be submitted against any of the conference themes.

If you would like your session to be considered as a lightning talk, please indicate this clearly when submitting your proposal.

We particularly encourage:

• First-time speakers

• Community stories and lessons learned

• Concise technical insights or demos

• Emerging ideas and innovative approaches

Why speak at AWS North Community Conference?

• Share your work with a growing AWS community in the North

• Build your personal brand and credibility

• Contribute to the next generation of cloud talent

• Connect with like-minded engineers, architects, and leaders