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AWS Community Day Aotearoa 2025

AWS Community Day Aotearoa is an annual one-day, user-run AWS technical conference, planned and organized by leaders of the New Zealand AWS user group. This event facilitates the exchange of information among the AWS user community and features presentations by fellow AWS users sharing their knowledge with peers. Attendees can expect a range of technical tal…

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41Speakers
6Sponsors
13On the bill · sessions
19Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at AWS, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Sempf
Anh Pham Nguyen Hai
Arshad Zackeriya
Ben Yu
Enterprise Architect · LottoNZ
Bo Tu
Senior Engineer from Platform · Xero
Bryce Cummock
AWS Cloud Architect and AWS Enthusiast
Carlo Columna
Senior Engineer · Xero
Cecilia Yin
Solutions Architect · AWS
Chamila de Alwis
AWS Consultant
Chiwai Chan
Principal Consultant · Datacom
Dale Orders
Darshit Pandya
Senior Principal Engineer - Platform · Serko
Dipin Thomas
Lead Engineer · Xero
Donnie Prakoso
Principal Developer Advocate · AWS Web Services
Geethika Guruge
Principal Consultant · Mantel Group
Hazelle Sevilla
Senior Solutions Architect · MongoDB
Ji Molloy
Senior Engineer - Infrastructure · Xero
John Ajera
Platform Engineer · Earth Sciences New Zealand
Kasun de Silva
Senior Engineer · Xero
Kobe Xu
Cloud Solutions Architect · Deloitte
Matthew Gillard
Chief Technology Officer · CuidadoConnect
Michael Gealogo
Software Engineer · Xero
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Amazon Web ServicesPlatinum
DatacomGold
DeloitteGold
CyberCXSilver
Mantel GroupSilver
MongoDBSilver
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Agenda

Selected from 13 sessions on the bill.
  • 11 Apr 10:00 PM - 10:30 PM

    Under the Hood of the Firecracker: A Deep Dive into AWS Lambda

    Session
  • 11 Apr 10:30 PM - 11:00 PM

    AWS IAM MCP Server 101: Getting Started

    Session
  • 11 Apr 11:00 PM - 11:30 PM

    Going Keyless: Eliminating Credential Management in AWS Compute Resources

    Session
  • 11 Apr 11:30 PM - 12:30 AM

    Architecting Autonomy - A Fireside chat

    Fireside
  • 11 Apr 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM

    The Builders Moat

    Keynote
  • 11 Apr 5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

    Local Development for AWS

    Session
  • 11 Apr 6:00 PM - 6:30 PM

    aws migrate --from=ap-southeast-2 --to=ap-southeast-6

    Session
  • 11 Apr 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM

    prometheus_reliability ++; AMP_cost --;

    Session
  • 11 Apr 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM

    Getting to know AWS Security Agent

    Session
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 19 companies show up — and 6 bet on three roles at once?

Nineteen companies. six 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
6All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
13Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

AWS·Deloitte·CyberCX·Datacom·Mantel Group·MongoDB

Speakers by seniority

7% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite12%
  • Director / Head of25%
  • Manager / Lead820%
  • Engineer · IC1639%
  • Other roles1434%

Of 41 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01Xero6V
  2. 02AWSSp·P2V
  3. 03DeloitteSp·G2V
  4. 04CyberCXSp·S1V
  5. 05DatacomSp·G1V
  6. 06Mantel GroupSp·S1V
  7. 07MongoDBSp·S1V
  8. 08Accenture1V
  9. 09Amazon Kuiper Commercial Services1V
  10. 10Chubb Life New Zealand1V
  11. 11Clearpoint1V
  12. 12Cloudetica Solutions1V
  13. 13CuidadoConnect1V
  14. 14Earth Sciences New Zealand1V
Sponsors by tier
platinum1
17% of 6
gold2
33% of 6
silver3
50% of 6
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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