Call for Speakers
AWS Women's User Group Berlin
1 Dec 2025, 1 Jan 2026, 1 Feb 2026
Rotating sponsor-provided locations Berlin, Germany
🚀 AWS Women's User Group Berlin: Empowering Women in the Cloud 🚀
Hey there, cloud enthusiasts! Join our vibrant community for women and FLINTA individuals passionate about AWS. We provide a safe, inclusive space to learn, connect, and grow at every stage of your cloud journey.
What to Expect
📚 Knowledge Sharing: Learn best practices, stay up to date on AWS trends, and swap insights.
🤝 Networking Opportunities: Expand your professional circle, make new friends, and collaborate.
🎯 Career Development: Gain skills, deepen AWS expertise, and uncover new growth paths.
🌈 Safe & Inclusive Environment: We uphold a zero-tolerance policy for discrimination or harassment.
💬 Collaboration & Support: Get feedback on projects, share successes, and lift each other up.
We celebrate diversity and champion inclusion, ensuring everyone feels valued and respected. If you’re a woman or FLINTA individual, join us and stay tuned for upcoming events and workshops.
Please note: This group is exclusively for women and FLINTA. If you do not identify as one of these, please check out the AWS User Group Berlin.
We have a strong, unequivocal code of conduct designed to keep this community safe, welcoming, and empowering for all.
Interested in hosting a future meetup at your company? Register here.
Let’s thrive together in the cloud! See you at the AWS Women's User Group Berlin.
Call for Speakers
03 Feb 2025
06 Aug 2025
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.