What S3 and EC2 Can Teach Us About Building AI Agents
Building an agent can feel like learning an entirely new stack before you can even begin. Twenty years ago, S3 and EC2 gave developers useful building blocks for storage and compute, letting them start closer to the application they wanted to create. AI agents expand what applications can do: work toward a goal, use tools, and choose the next step from what they find.
This keynote follows one agent from idea to working application. We’ll combine familiar AWS capabilities with Bedrock, Strands, AgentCore, Kiro, and Agent Toolkit for AWS, showing what each contributes and where your judgment as a developer matters. APIs, data, permissions, observability, and human handoffs all shape what the agent can do.
You can begin without becoming an ML specialist or understanding every agent service. You’ll leave with one project you can picture building and a clearer sense of the skills you already bring to it.
WOMEN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AI
Join women technology leaders, AI practitioners, and emerging voices for an engaging conversation on the Talmadge Main Stage about how Artificial Intelligence is transforming engineering, enterprise strategy, careers, mentorship, and leadership in the modern cloud era. Moderated by Priya Vembu, featuring women technology leaders and AWS Community representatives.
AWS Leaders & Community Pioneers
Call for Speakers
Thank you to everyone who submitted a talk! Speaker submissions closed on September 18, 2026, and our final speaker lineup is now confirmed above.
See the final agenda for session times.
Community Leaders & Special Thanks
AWS Community Day New Jersey 2026 runs on the support of community leaders who helped make this event possible — with guidance, resources, event budget support, and shared expertise.
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