AWS Summit Toronto Agenda and Session Guides

Wednesday, September 11, 2024 | Metro Toronto Convention Centre - South Building

AWS Summit Toronto is now wrapped! Thank you to all who attended and we can't wait to see you at another Summit in 2025!

Enjoy an action-packed day at AWS Summit Toronto 2024, where the latest in cloud innovation comes to life. Explore how technologies like generative AI, cloud, and analytics are transforming industries and organizations to lead in the digital era—and how you can get in on the action.

Learn what it takes to drive culture change, digital transformation, and infrastructure modernization. Customize your agenda as you choose from lecture-style presentations, peer-led discussions, interactive content, and a robust Expo. Engage in experiential learning guided by AWS experts and partners and ask questions along the way.

AWS Summit Toronto Agenda

What you’ll experience

At this year’s Summit, we’re offering over 115 sessions covering a wide range of topics and technical depth, so you’re sure to find something relevant to your interests and skill level. Hear directly from AWS experts, builders, customers, and partners – all sharing their insights on generative AI, analytics, AI & machine learning, database, industry solutions, storage and much more

  • Imagine what’s possible when you put powerful tools in the hands of millions of builders. Francessca Vasquez, Vice President, Professional Services and Generative AI Innovation Center, AWS, will explain how AWS is democratizing the next phase of AI and empowers builders to transform nearly every type of customer experience.

  • See cutting-edge products and the latest solutions from our sponsoring partners and learn how they can help you transform your business. Attend an array of sessions crafted to showcase the latest trends, technologies, and ideas shaping our industry. 

  • With over 115 sessions including a keynote, breakout sessions, chalk talks, gamified learning, code talks, workshops, and more, you’ll hear directly from AWS experts, builders, customers, and partners. For a detailed overview of session types and levels, visit the Session type guide and Level guide.

  • This year we are bringing Self-paced and Spotlight labs to the the Summit. Learn from AWS experts about how AWS Training and Certification can help you gain practical experience with real-world cloud scenarios, validate your cloud expertise, and much more.

Schedule

Tuesday, September 10th

10:00AM - 7:00PM: Pre-day badge pick up

Wednesday, September 11th

7:00AM - 6:00PM: Badge pick up
8:00AM - 6:00PM: Expo
8:00AM: Refreshments in expo
8:00AM - 5:15PM: Labs
8:15AM - 10:30AM: Breakout sessions
11:00AM - 12:00PM: Keynote
12:00PM: Lunch in expo
12:30PM - 5:15PM: Breakout sessions
5:00PM - 6:00PM: Networking reception

Attendee guides

With over 115 sessions available, it can be tough to decide what to attend. Let us help you with our curated attendee guides!

Explore our guide built for technical builders

From workshops to chalk talks and spotlight labs, create an agenda of technical sessions designed to take your cloud computing skills to the next level.

 Download the technical builders guide

Explore our guide built for business leaders

Whether new to the cloud or an experienced user, we’ve curated content to help you realize what’s possible with today’s cloud technology, covering a wide range of topics and technology.

 Download the business leaders guide

Session catalog

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Level guide

Level 100: Foundational

Level 100 sessions are designed to give an overview or introduction to AWS services. These sessions focus on features, functions, and benefits, with content that highlights basic use cases and showcases how a service or feature can be used in your applications and how it can be integrated with other services.

Level 200: Intermediate

Level 200 sessions assume a general knowledge of the topic and provide a technical deeper dive into a service or use case. This content typically includes architecture, integration, and configuration of common use cases. Level 200 content provides tips and tricks, best practices, or high-level troubleshooting guidance.

Level 300: Advanced

Level 300 sessions assume proficiency of the topic and typically cover in-depth architecture, development, deployment and migration examples. Level 300 content drills into how a service can be used and dives deep into customer use cases. Level 300 content covers complex design, development, and deployment best practices that address the needs of experienced AWS users.

Level 400: Expert

Level 400 sessions are for advanced or expert AWS customers. These sessions are geared toward super-skilled users who want to learn the deep inner workings of AWS services. Level 400 content demonstrates complex design, development, and deployment strategies.

Session type guide

Keynote

A talk given by high-level AWS leadership and/or AWS Partners and customers that establishes an underlying theme and/or contains new product announcements.

Breakout Session

Lecture-style sessions that feature one or more speakers presenting on an educational topic. Lectures are presented in either standard breakout rooms or on a “silent session” stage. Breakout sessions in standard rooms include an optional group Q&A at the end as time allows.

Chalk Talk

A highly interactive content format. Chalk talks begin with a short lecture delivered by an AWS expert, followed by an open-format Q&A session using a whiteboard to encourage discussion from attendees. Chalk talks foster technical discussions about real-world architecture challenges.

Code Talk

Engaging, code-focused sessions with a small audience. AWS experts lead an interactive discussion featuring live coding and/or code samples as they explain the “why” behind AWS solutions. Attendees are encouraged to ask questions and follow along.

Gamified Learing

Interactive competitions where attendees work in teams, using AWS products and services to solve problems. Navigate real-world security scenarios to sharpen your problem-solving skills, get help and clues from AWS experts, and have fun. Depending on the session, attendees work together in teams or tackle challenges solo. 

Dev Chat

Community-led sessions where attendees hear directly from AWS customers and AWS Heroes about how they are innovating, expediting, and scaling real-world solutions.

Self-paced Labs

Your event registration gives you access to unlimited self-paced labs with support from AWS experts. These labs are available on a first-come, first-served basis, range in level from introductory to expert, and take approximately 40 to 120 minutes to complete.

Spotlight Labs

An expert AWS instructor guides you step by step through a real-world scenario, teaching as you go.

Lightning Talk

Short and focused theater presentations that are dedicated to a specific customer story, service demo, or AWS Partner offering (if sponsored). Lightning talks are typically set up on a stage located in an Expo booth theater or other public space. As such, audience interaction such as Q&A may be limited.

Startup Talk

Sessions that feature the stories of now-successful founders and their unique journeys. Attendees can learn about real-world customer use cases, business breakthroughs, and inspiring stories from some of the top startups around the world and the investors who fund them.

Workshop

Interactive sessions where attendees work in small groups to build a solution to a problem using AWS. Workshops encourage interaction and provide attendees with opportunities to learn from and teach each other. Each workshop starts with a short lecture by the speaker, followed by solution-focused building. Additional AWS experts in the room make sure every group gets the assistance they need. Attendees must bring their laptops to participate.

Roundtable

An organized conversation with a moderator and several speakers who bring a variety of perspectives about a subject. Attendees may simply observe or participate by asking questions.

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