JAWS Days 2024 Keynote by Jeff Barr

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© 2018, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. © 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Amazon Confidential and Trademark JAWS Days 2024 Keynote Jeff Barr VP & Chief Evangelist, AWS [email protected]

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. My Plan ❖ Thank you Nagasaki-san ❖ Personal introduction ❖ A quick quiz ❖ My history with JAWS ❖ The power of community ❖ AWS community innovation ❖ JAWS past and future

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© 2018, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. © 2024 Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Amazon Confidential and Trademark Thank You Nagasaki-San

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Welcome ❖ I am Jeff ❖ Maker (3D Printing, LEGO, Electronics, Cardboard) ❖ In tech since 1970’s ❖ Parent (x5) ❖ Grandparent (x6) ❖ VP & Chief Evangelist, AWS

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Background ❖ BS, Computer Science ❖ Traveler to Japan since the early 1990s ❖ MS, Communications & Digital Media ❖ Startups and consulting ❖ Microsoft ❖ Amazon Employee since 2002 AWS-J 2009

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Let’s Return to 1975 ❖ Altair-8800 announced ❖ Intel 8080, 256 bytes of RAM ❖ USD 439, JPY 131,700 ❖ First commercially successful personal computer

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. The Revolution Begins ❖ “The era of the computer in every home – a favorite topic among science-fiction writers – has arrived!”

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Club / Community Characteristics ❖ Everyone is welcome – no barriers to entry ❖ Everyone is there voluntarily ❖ Everyone is there to learn ❖ Everyone can participate (or just stay quiet)

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. AWS Community Innovation ❖ Vietnam Solving the content localization problem ❖ Nepal Empowering women in the misty mountains ❖ Korea Bridging generations ❖ Japan External to internal ❖ Japan Internal to external ❖ Everywhere Community Builder open mic

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. ❖ Diverse region with many languages ❖ New developers want local content ❖ Multiple learning journeys ❖ Lack of AWS content in Vietnamese ❖ Viet-AWS User Group started study group on Facebook ❖ Community initiative ❖ Repository of translated materials in local languages – First Cloud Journey ❖ Resource for individuals, universities, companies R e s p o n s e C h a l l e n g e Solving the Content Localization Problem

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. ❖ Developing economy ❖ One of the poorest countries ❖ Gender gap: Only 0.5% of women in Nepal are in tech sector ❖ 81% of women contribute to economy ❖ “She Can” mentorship program ❖ Bridge the gap in tech ❖ Involve female leaders from AWS ❖ Encourage careers in tech & drive AWS certifications ❖ 40 women mentored R e s p o n s e C h a l l e n g e Empowering Women in the Misty Mountains

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Empowering Women in the Misty Mountains Barsha Bandari, first AWS Community Builder in Nepal “The She Can program offers mentorship to seven mentee girls, one from each province of Nepal, directly from four AWS experts. Our objective is to mentor them in earning the AWS Academy Cloud Foundations badge and certification. We will have a duration of four months with 2–3 sessions per week and one guest lecture per month.”

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. ❖ First generation community is strong ❖ Community often stagnates after that ❖ Nurturing and handover is essential ❖ AWSKRUG University Students Group ❖ 100% run by students ❖ Students graduate, enter and strengthen existing communities ❖ Continuous flow of new members in ❖ Rich repository of code and content R e s p o n s e C h a l l e n g e Bridging Generations

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. ❖ Desire to improve cloud skills ❖ Need for better internal connections ❖ Internal interest in external developments in cloud computing ❖ Lack of connection to outside communities ❖ In-house community created ❖ Small study group to share external information with colleagues ❖ Improved communication and connections between multiple departments ❖ Overall increase in communication skills R e s p o n s e C h a l l e n g e External to Internal at NRI

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. ❖ Increase engineer-to-engineer connectivity within KDDI ❖ Create community culture around technology ❖ Bring outside values into KDDI ❖ Create Tech-In and Tech-On communities in-house to connect engineers ❖ Create additional in-house communities ❖ Encourage employees to join outside communities R e s p o n s e C h a l l e n g e Internal to External at KDDI

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. ❖ Community needs more speakers ❖ Many speakers do not know how or where to start ❖ Others have a fear of public speaking ❖ Open Mic [microphone] night ❖Provide speaking opportunities in a fun and non-threatening environment ❖ Help Community Builders step in to public speaking by sharing something cool, impactful, or a best practice Present in English for global audience ❖ So far, 27 CB presentations including 3 from Japan R e s p o n s e C h a l l e n g e Community Builder Open Mic

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. Community Builder Open Mic ❖ Challenge to JAWSUG: ❖ Embrace this program ❖ Use at local meetups ❖ Build up next generation of speakers

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© 2024, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved. JAWS Past and Future ❖ 2010 – First JAWS event ❖ 2011 – JAWS Summit, 150 participants ❖ 2012 - AWS Summit Tokyo, 2,000 participants ❖ … ❖ 2021 – JAWS Days Online, 4,000 participants ❖ 2023 – AWS Summit Tokyo, 25,000 participants ❖ 2024 – JAWS Days Leap Beyond, 1,200 participants The Future is up to You!

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