Cloud Computing

AWS Community Day Midwest 2026

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AWS Community Day Midwest 2026 ran on Jun 24, 2026 at Hyatt Regency Indianapolis in Indianapolis, United States. It is a Cloud Computing conference. ConferenceGrid lists 51 speakers, 7 sponsors and 87 sessions. Dates for the next edition are not announced yet.

Lineup updated Jun 23, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

AWS Community Day | Midwest is an annual one-day, user-run AWS technical conference planned, organized, and delivered by AWS user group community leaders. The goal is to connect, inspire, and create opportunities for the Midwest AWS community. All presentations are by AWS users, with a schedule featuring keynote speakers, networking opportunities, and engagi…

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51Speakers
7Sponsors
87Sessions
25Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at AWS, in alphabetical order.

Aaron Thomas
Senior Software Engineer · Byrider Franchising Partners
Aman Sardana
Expert Application Architect
Ambika Mittal
Principal Engineer · Northwestern Mutual
Andres Moreno
Principal Software Architect | AWS Community Builder · Caylent
Andrew Black
Senior Storytelling Consultant (and PhD)
Andy Suderman
CTO · Fairwinds
Angelo Mandato
Painless Analytics
Anil Yanamandra
Principal Engineer - Applied AI
Artie Sluka
Technical Manager of AWS Development · CleanSlate Technology Group
Ben Osborne
Software Architect · Milliman IntelliScript
Bob Fornal
Microsoft MVP | Senior Developer
Brian Tarbox
Principal Solutions Architect · Caylent
Calvin Hendryx-Parker
CTO and AWS Hero · Six Feet Up
Chris Bowles
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Chris Gonzalez
Platform Architect · Caylent
Corey Quinn
Founder and chief cloud economist at The Duckbill Group · The Duckbill Group
Daniel Schnipke
Engineer · Clean Slate Technology Group
Darren Mills
CTO - Organizational cloud thought leader
Dave Stauffacher
Chief Platform Engineer, AWS Hero
David Poindexter
Cloud Architect | AI Systems Builder | Serverless Storyteller
David Shepherd
Conference Parties, LLC
Dilshad Nasirov
Dilsoft Inc.

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

Rego ConsultingGold
SpaceliftGold
VeeamGold
Six Feet UpBronze
Amazon Web ServicesPremier
AWS Midwest Community Day
goodstuff.techPremier

Agenda

Selected from 87 sessions.

  • 10:30 am

    Active Career Management

  • 10:30 am

    Agentic AI in the Contact Center: Amazon Connect

  • 10:30 am

    Career Office Hours: Resumes, Job Search and AI

  • 10:30 am

    From Zero to POC in 30 Days: Building an AI Agent Platform on Amazon Quick Suite

  • 10:30 am

    Kiro IDE: Ideas to Production with Vibe Coding, Specs, and Agentic AI!

  • 10:30 am → 115 min

    Career Office Hours: Resumes, Job Search and AI

  • 10:30 am → 25 min

    Active Career Management

  • 10:30 am → 25 min

    Agentic AI in the Contact Center: Amazon Connect

  • 10:30 am → 25 min

    From Zero to POC in 30 Days: Building an AI Agent Platform on Amazon Quick

Quick answers

When is AWS Community Day Midwest 2026?
AWS Community Day Midwest 2026 ran on Jun 24, 2026 at Hyatt Regency Indianapolis in Indianapolis, United States.
Where is AWS Community Day Midwest 2026 held?
AWS Community Day Midwest 2026 was held at Hyatt Regency Indianapolis in Indianapolis, United States.
Who is speaking at AWS Community Day Midwest 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 51 speakers, including Aaron Thomas (Senior Software Engineer, Byrider Franchising Partners), Aman Sardana (Expert Application Architect) and Ambika Mittal (Principal Engineer, Northwestern Mutual).
Who sponsors AWS Community Day Midwest 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 7 sponsors, including Rego Consulting, Spacelift, Veeam, Six Feet Up and Amazon Web Services.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 25 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

25 companies. three are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
4Sponsoringsponsor only
18Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

AWS·Six Feet Up·Veeam

Speakers by seniority

24% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite510%
  • Founder / Owner36%
  • VP-level24%
  • Director / Head of24%
  • Manager / Lead918%
  • Engineer · IC1937%
  • Other roles1122%

Of 51 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AWSSponsor · Premier4
2Six Feet UpSponsor · Bronze2
3CleanSlate Technology Group4
4VeeamSponsor · Gold1
5AWS Midwest Community DaySponsor-
6Caylent3
7goodstuff.techSponsor · Premier-
8Rego ConsultingSponsor · Gold-
9SpaceliftSponsor · Gold-
10Fairwinds2
11Northwestern Mutual2
12AHEAD1
13Byrider Franchising Partners1
14Capital One1
Sponsors by tier
gold3
43% of 7
bronze1
14% of 7
premier2
29% of 7
unspecified1
14% of 7
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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