AWS Women's User Group Berlin – Overview, Past Sessions, and Submission Guide

1. Introduction & Purpose

• Inclusivity: Safe, supportive community for women & FLINTA (female, lesbian, inter, trans, non-binary, agender).
• Topics: Technical deep-dives (AWS services, AI/ML, DevOps) and soft skills (leadership, career growth).
• Networking & Collaboration: Grow your professional network, share best practices, and support each other.

2. Session Types & Examples

Keynotes (20-30 min)

• 'CTRL + ALT + Explore: Why a Broad Tech Skillset Is Your Superpower' (Nora Schoener) – broad tech skills, motivational.
• 'From Non-IT Background to Building #1 DevOps Educational Platform' (Nana Janashia) – personal growth, building a community.
• 'Breaking Codes and Stereotypes: My Journey Through Tech' (Linda Mohamed) – personal journey, career inspiration.

Regular Technical Talks (30-45 min)

• 'Empowering Data Mesh Governance with Amazon DataZone' (Amelisa Brari & Olga Woschitz) – cloud & data governance, intermediate AWS.
• 'Kubernetes Observability' (Olja Smilic) – monitoring, logging & tracing with Prometheus, Grafana, etc.
• 'Evaluating Large Language Models for Your Applications' (Mia Chang) – AI/ML, LLM metrics & frameworks.
• 'Migrating SQL Server Databases to Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL' (Anusha Sarma) – cloud migration, focusing on RDS & Babelfish.

Lightning Talks (10-15 min) 

• 'AWS Well-Architected Framework' (Maham Nazir & Samia Rabah) – core AWS best practices.
• 'Career in AWS Europe Sovereign Cloud' by Tamar Inbar Shelach, Systems Development Manager at AWS

Panels & Fireside Chats (30-45 min) 

• Empowerment Panel with Nora Schoener, Thembile Martis, Suzana Melo (moderated by Linda Mohamed) – challenges & triumphs in cloud.
• Fireside Chat with Katrin Kull & Linda Mohamed – female leadership, community impact.

Workshops / Interactive Sessions (45-60 min)

• World Cafe – rotational discussions, open knowledge-sharing.

Hands-On Demos

• 'Chatting with the Cloud: Say Hello to Alexa with Python!' (Yuliia Barabash) – voice interfaces, AWS Lambda, serverless.
• 'Demystifying Serverless: Saving Firefighters' Lives Using AWS Lambda' (Sara Anwar) – IoT integration, real-time data, serverless solutions.

3. Final Notes

• Audience: Women & FLINTA of all experience levels.
• Environment: Inclusive, zero tolerance for discrimination.
• Photos & Recordings: May be used for promotional purposes.

We look forward to empowering even more women & FLINTA in cloud! Feel free to reach out with any questions.