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@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 1. Title: 7 principles for effective and cost-efficient generative AI apps
 2. Session Code: AIM272
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As generative AI applications gain traction, building effective and cost-efficient solutions is paramount. This session outlines seven guiding principles to build effective and cost-efficient generative AI applications. Adherence to these principles allows businesses and developers to harness generative AI's potential while optimizing resources. Establishing clear objectives, curating high-quality data, optimizing model architectures, deploying efficiently, monitoring performance, upholding ethics, and iterating improvements are crucial. By following these principles, organizations can develop trustworthy, impactful, and cost-effective generative AI applications that drive innovation responsibly and sustainably.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 1. Title: A 24/7 mission to safeguard our citizens with AI/ML
 2. Session Code: WPS310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this breakout session with speakers from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the Department of Homeland Security as they unveil their groundbreaking, 24/7 mission to combat fentanyl and other dangerous threats. Discover how AI, machine learning, and cutting-edge cloud technology revolutionize border security. Dive into their innovative strategies for enhancing non-intrusive inspection and real-time surveillance. Learn how these technological advancements are crucial in safeguarding our nation against harmful synthetics.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Cloud Operations
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@
 
 1. Title: A capability-oriented approach to defining your cloud architecture [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC202-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When you're architecting workloads, you have a choice of over 200 AWS services. However, it doesn't have to be overwhelming to pick the right services for your architecture. By defining your workload in terms of the capabilities required by your system, a combination of functional and nonfunctional requirements, you can simplify your choices. By defining your system's important differentiating characteristics, you will find yourself naturally aligning the right AWS services to the capabilities required by your system. In this chalk talk, learn how to organize your system by capabilities and discover the architectural characteristics to pick the right services for those capabilities.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, New to AWS
 7. Areas of Interest: Application Integration
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -128,13 +128,13 @@
 
 1. Title: A capability-oriented approach to defining your cloud architecture [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC202-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When you're architecting workloads, you have a choice of over 200 AWS services. However, it doesn't have to be overwhelming to pick the right services for your architecture. By defining your workload in terms of the capabilities required by your system, a combination of functional and nonfunctional requirements, you can simplify your choices. By defining your system's important differentiating characteristics, you will find yourself naturally aligning the right AWS services to the capabilities required by your system. In this chalk talk, learn how to organize your system by capabilities and discover the architectural characteristics to pick the right services for those capabilities.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, New to AWS
 7. Areas of Interest: Application Integration
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 11:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -157,10 +157,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate AI innovation for health care and life sciences on AWS
 2. Session Code: CMP326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Biopharma researchers are looking to build and deploy models such as AlphaFold2, ProtGPT2, and ESM-2 for generative biology and chemistry. In this chalk talk we cover how to deploy NVIDIA BioNeMo on NVIDIA GPU-powered Amazon EC2 instances, AWS ParallelCluster, and Amazon SageMaker. We also cover how you can deploy these models on AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia chips to help you lower your costs by up to 50%.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate application maintenance and upgrades with generative AI
 2. Session Code: DOP209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Developers spend significant time completing the undifferentiated work of maintaining and upgrading legacy applications. Teams need to balance investments in building new features with mandatory patching and update work. Now, using the power of generative AI, the Amazon Q Developer agent for code transformation can expedite these critical upgrade tasks, transforming applications to use the latest language features and versions in hours or days and saving significant costs. Join the session to learn what's new and how your team can automate Java application upgrades.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate application performance with Amazon S3 Express One Zone [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG341-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon S3 Express One Zone delivers consistent single-digit millisecond data access for your most frequently accessed data and latency-sensitive applications. In this chalk talk, dive deep into best practices for getting started with this storage class and using it to maximize the data processing speed of your most demanding applications. Learn about directory buckets and how you can pair your compute and storage in the same AWS Availability Zone. In addition, explore Express One Zone's unique value for analytics customers and real-world examples on caching, checkpointing, and streaming ingest workloads and performance levels.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Storage
@@ -260,10 +260,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate application performance with Amazon S3 Express One Zone [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG341-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon S3 Express One Zone delivers consistent single-digit millisecond data access for your most frequently accessed data and latency-sensitive applications. In this chalk talk, dive deep into best practices for getting started with this storage class and using it to maximize the data processing speed of your most demanding applications. Learn about directory buckets and how you can pair your compute and storage in the same AWS Availability Zone. In addition, explore Express One Zone's unique value for analytics customers and real-world examples on caching, checkpointing, and streaming ingest workloads and performance levels.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Business Applications
     - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest: Application Integration
@@ -295,10 +295,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate app migration: From legacy to production
 2. Session Code: DEV303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Looking for a clear path to migration success? Learn how to quickly modernize your legacy code with Amazon Q Developer, implement automated testing, optimize infrastructure selection, and deploy your sleek new application into production—effortlessly and with confidence.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -332,10 +332,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate & automate secure data transfers at scale with AWS DataSync
 2. Session Code: STG204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Accelerate your cloud journey by moving your data to AWS quickly and securely with AWS DataSync. In this session, discover best practices for how to move your data at scale and increase performance. Hear a success story from Resilience, an AWS customer that is transforming the way novel medicines are produced, and learn how they used DataSync to build a connected network for fast, reliable data transfer in their lab environments.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Storage
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate business and mission outcomes with AWS Government Regions
 2. Session Code: WPS315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, learn how AWS Government Regions—AWS GovCloud (US), AWS Secret Region, and AWS Top Secret Regions—help customers accelerate their desired outcomes and the deployment of modern applications while reducing risk compared to legacy on-premises deployments. The AWS Government Regions are purpose-built, compliance-eligible, secure, and scalable cloud infrastructures designed to address mission needs and critical workload requirements for civilian, healthcare, and financial agencies, the US Intelligence Community, the Department of Defense, the defense industrial base, and technology partners and supporting organizations.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic:
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate cancer biomarker discovery with Amazon Bedrock Agents [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how Amazon Bedrock Agents accelerate cancer biomarker discovery using advanced AI capabilities. This interactive session showcases how agentic workflows leverage planning, tool use, and self-reflection to transform complex oncology research queries into actionable insights. Learn how agents intelligently decompose tasks, combine diverse data sources, and generate visual representations, potentially saving researchers weeks of work. We'll demonstrate how the biomarker assistant plans multi-step analyses, utilizes various tools to query and visualize data, and reflects on its process to ensure accuracy. Join us to discuss real-world applications of this technology in improving clinical trial success rates and reducing drug development costs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate cancer biomarker discovery with Amazon Bedrock Agents [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how Amazon Bedrock Agents accelerate cancer biomarker discovery using advanced AI capabilities. This interactive session showcases how agentic workflows leverage planning, tool use, and self-reflection to transform complex oncology research queries into actionable insights. Learn how agents intelligently decompose tasks, combine diverse data sources, and generate visual representations, potentially saving researchers weeks of work. We'll demonstrate how the biomarker assistant plans multi-step analyses, utilizes various tools to query and visualize data, and reflects on its process to ensure accuracy. Join us to discuss real-world applications of this technology in improving clinical trial success rates and reducing drug development costs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate control system upgrades through AWS and evergreen testing
 2. Session Code: ENU306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, GE Vernova walks through how cloud-ready architecture allows utilities flexibility when deploying control system software, from the edge to on-premises bare metal, cloud, or even hybrid (such as AWS Outposts), and avoids the limited benefits of "lifting and shifting" applications to the cloud. The traditional path of "forklift" upgrades over years need not be your path forward for grid control systems. Working together, vendors, cloud providers, and utilities can deploy a cloud-native architecture with evergreen testing, operational functionality, and security capabilities built in for control system upgrades that won't disrupt electric operations.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Hybrid Cloud
@@ -531,10 +531,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate customer engagement and revenue growth with AWS
 2. Session Code: PEX112
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to dive deep into new customer engagement, growth, and retention strategies that can scale from small businesses to large enterprises. Learn about AWS Partner best practices, resources, programs, and incentives to help you acquire and maintain consistent relationship and experience with customers. Gain insights on customer trends, go-to-market activities, point-of-entry solutions, and co-selling with AWS. Learn more about our partner strategies for AWS's new customer acquisition because we believe that together, partners and AWS can help customers innovate and accelerate their business growth.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - New to AWS
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -571,10 +571,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate database performance and scalability with AWS storage
 2. Session Code: STG332
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the full potential of your databases with AWS storage. Explore how services like Amazon FSx and Amazon EBS supercharge database performance, scalability, and cost efficiency. Learn to use snapshots, cloning, and high-availability features to create agile development and testing environments, accelerate iterations, and ensure seamless operations during disruptive events. Learn best practices for architecting reliable, high-performance storage tailored to your database workloads. Discover practical strategies and proven examples for optimizing your data platform on AWS, using the power of cloud storage to drive innovation and competitive advantage.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate development with AWS Lambda Powertools for serverless APIs
 2. Session Code: SVS306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, start with an existing application built with Python and progressively improve your API event handler using Powertools for AWS Lambda. Learn how to implement request and response validation, dynamic routing, exception handling, middleware, and OpenAPI schema generation. Discover how to improve your API event handler with serverless best practices using Python that you can easily extend to other Powertools runtimes. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic:
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerated hands-on recipes for building strong cloud foundations [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SMB308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building robust cloud foundations is essential for long-term growth and security, yet challenging for lean technical teams. Join this accelerated, hands-on builders' session to gain practical experience and proven strategies, refined through successful deployments in over 200 small and medium businesses. Walk away with the critical knowledge and confidence to secure and scale your organization's cloud infrastructure for sustained success. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerated hands-on recipes for building strong cloud foundations [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SMB308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building robust cloud foundations is essential for long-term growth and security, yet challenging for lean technical teams. Join this accelerated, hands-on builders' session to gain practical experience and proven strategies, refined through successful deployments in over 200 small and medium businesses. Walk away with the critical knowledge and confidence to secure and scale your organization's cloud infrastructure for sustained success. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -704,7 +704,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerated hands-on recipes for building strong cloud foundations [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SMB308-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building robust cloud foundations is essential for long-term growth and security, yet challenging for lean technical teams. Join this accelerated, hands-on builders' session to gain practical experience and proven strategies, refined through successful deployments in over 200 small and medium businesses. Walk away with the critical knowledge and confidence to secure and scale your organization's cloud infrastructure for sustained success. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
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 1. Title: Accelerate FM pre-training on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM403-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker HyperPod removes the undifferentiated heavy lifting involved in building and optimizing machine learning (ML) infrastructure for training foundation models (FMs), reducing training time by up to 40%. In this builders' session, learn how to pre-train a large language model (LLM) using Slurm on SageMaker HyperPod. Explore the model pre-training workflow from start to finish, including setting up clusters, troubleshooting convergence issues, and running distributed training to improve model performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate FM pre-training on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM403-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker HyperPod removes the undifferentiated heavy lifting involved in building and optimizing machine learning (ML) infrastructure for training foundation models (FMs), reducing training time by up to 40%. In this builders' session, learn how to pre-train a large language model (LLM) using Slurm on SageMaker HyperPod. Explore the model pre-training workflow from start to finish, including setting up clusters, troubleshooting convergence issues, and running distributed training to improve model performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate FM pre-training on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM403-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker HyperPod removes the undifferentiated heavy lifting involved in building and optimizing machine learning (ML) infrastructure for training foundation models (FMs), reducing training time by up to 40%. In this builders' session, learn how to pre-train a large language model (LLM) using Slurm on SageMaker HyperPod. Explore the model pre-training workflow from start to finish, including setting up clusters, troubleshooting convergence issues, and running distributed training to improve model performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate foundation model training with Amazon SageMaker HyperPod
 2. Session Code: AIM362
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker HyperPod accelerates FM training at scale for customers of all sizes and industries. In this chalk talk, we walk you through leveraging Amazon SageMaker HyperPod's distributed training capabilities to reduce training time by up to 40%. Also learn how Amazon SageMaker HyperPod's resilient training environment helps you automatically detect, diagnose, and recover from faults, allowing you to train FMs continually for months without disruption.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate from monolith to modern developer platform with gen AI
 2. Session Code: MAM316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Traditional monolith applications are challenging to modernize, restricting the ability to innovate. Adding new functionality using cloud-native architecture and microservices helps organizations maximize resiliency, efficiency, and agility. This builders' session showcases an end-to-end modernization journey. Learn how to onboard your development team quickly to AWS by abstracting the complexity of cloud-native architecture using generative AI and actionable blueprints available in a secure internal developer platform (IDP) using Backstage and Harmonix on AWS. Please be sure to have your free AWS Builder ID established before attending. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Migration and Modernization
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate frontend delivery with AWS Amplify Hosting [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM206-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore how AWS Amplify Hosting can help you deliver performant, reliable, and scalable web experiences faster. Amplify Hosting is a fully managed hosting service that supports popular frameworks like Next.js. Learn how to leverage Amplify's CI/CD capabilities, framework integrations, and scalable infrastructure to ship web applications quickly without compromising on quality. We discuss modern web development best practices and techniques to help your organization innovate faster. Walk away with the knowledge to build, deploy, and scale static and server-side rendered frontend apps with ease using AWS Amplify Hosting.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate frontend delivery with AWS Amplify Hosting [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM206-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore how AWS Amplify Hosting can help you deliver performant, reliable, and scalable web experiences faster. Amplify Hosting is a fully managed hosting service that supports popular frameworks like Next.js. Learn how to leverage Amplify's CI/CD capabilities, framework integrations, and scalable infrastructure to ship web applications quickly without compromising on quality. We discuss modern web development best practices and techniques to help your organization innovate faster. Walk away with the knowledge to build, deploy, and scale static and server-side rendered frontend apps with ease using AWS Amplify Hosting.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -968,13 +968,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate generative AI deployments with solutions in AWS Marketplace [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MKT305-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations are looking to use generative AI to improve process efficiencies and customer experiences through more efficient content generation, personalization, summarization, and more. AWS and AWS Partners can help organizations accelerate their generative AI training, deployment, and inferencing programs to meet their users' needs. In this chalk talk, learn about the end-to-end generative AI lifecycle—from gathering data, to selecting models, to fine-tuning and deploying the models into production. Along each step of the generative AI lifecycle, find out how AWS Partners, AWS Marketplace, and AWS services can help you in your journey.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -998,13 +998,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate generative AI deployments with solutions in AWS Marketplace [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MKT305-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations are looking to use generative AI to improve process efficiencies and customer experiences through more efficient content generation, personalization, summarization, and more. AWS and AWS Partners can help organizations accelerate their generative AI training, deployment, and inferencing programs to meet their users' needs. In this chalk talk, learn about the end-to-end generative AI lifecycle—from gathering data, to selecting models, to fine-tuning and deploying the models into production. Along each step of the generative AI lifecycle, find out how AWS Partners, AWS Marketplace, and AWS services can help you in your journey.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 1:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -1029,10 +1029,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate growth: Strategies for new customer engagement and expansion
 2. Session Code: PEX103
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning session, we will share the recipe for driving exponential customer growth by leveraging the synergies between AWS and partners, covering a range of AWS-partner tactics proven effective for attracting, engaging, and converting new customers at scale. Key strategies include go-to-market activities focused on new customer acquisition, developing the right point-of-entry solutions, and co-selling aligned to the AWS GTM strategy. By harnessing the combined power of AWS and partner capabilities, organizations can stay ahead of the curve and cement their position as industry leaders.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Customer Enablement
    - New to AWS
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS services and capabilities
     2. Experience in partner ecosystem management
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate healthcare innovation with real-world data and evidence [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how to harness real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) to fuel breakthrough innovations in life sciences using AWS. Learn to build a robust, scalable infrastructure for large, heterogeneous datasets while maintaining strict privacy standards. Gain insights into developing complete RWD/RWE solutions using AWS Clean Rooms, Amazon EMR, and other cutting-edge services. Discover how to seamlessly discover, evaluate, and analyze RWD from diverse providers, enabling user-centric evidence generation and transformative healthcare advancements through the power of cloud acceleration.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate healthcare innovation with real-world data and evidence [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how to harness real-world data (RWD) and real-world evidence (RWE) to fuel breakthrough innovations in life sciences using AWS. Learn to build a robust, scalable infrastructure for large, heterogeneous datasets while maintaining strict privacy standards. Gain insights into developing complete RWD/RWE solutions using AWS Clean Rooms, Amazon EMR, and other cutting-edge services. Discover how to seamlessly discover, evaluate, and analyze RWD from diverse providers, enabling user-centric evidence generation and transformative healthcare advancements through the power of cloud acceleration.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -1133,7 +1133,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate healthcare innovation: TriZetto's data-powered approach
 2. Session Code: HLS208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how Cognizant® TriZetto®, a leading healthcare software provider, modernized its software and processes and unlocked the power of data for healthcare payers and providers. This session explores TriZetto's journey to migrate mission-critical products like Facets and QNXT to AWS, optimizing costs, improving system availability, and enhancing operations through advanced analytics and AI. Learn how this migration enabled TriZetto to drive innovation and reduce operational costs through the power of cloud technology.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -1164,7 +1164,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate innovation capabilities with generative AI and mechanisms
 2. Session Code: INO103
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's rapidly evolving tech landscape, navigating complex innovation and transformation initiatives can be daunting. This hands-on workshop equips you with the tools and strategies to unlock your organization's full potential for innovation and transformation. Use the AWS Innovation Pulse Check tool, powered by generative AI, to assess capabilities and receive tailored recommendations. Explore mental models that empower informed decision-making and foster an innovation culture. Dive into interactive modules to review processes, design effective change mechanisms, and prioritize actions for exceptional customer value delivery. Walk away with a roadmap to accelerate innovation maturity and stay ahead in the tech landscape. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Customer Enablement
@@ -1200,10 +1200,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate innovation with AI-powered operations
 2. Session Code: COP315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Tired of spending countless hours firefighting operational issues? Do you wish you had more time to innovate? Discover how AIOps (artificial intelligence for IT operations) can revolutionize your workflows. In this session, explore how AIOps empowers you to streamline operations, automate repetitive tasks, and gain invaluable insights from the chaos. Dive into AWS best practices with Amazon CloudWatch, and learn how to leverage powerful features and tools to reclaim your time for driving innovation. Embrace the future of operations and unlock your team's full potential.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Monitoring and Observability
@@ -1233,7 +1233,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate innovation with AWS AI/ML services
 2. Session Code: NTA313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS AI/ML services like Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Kendra, Amazon Textract, and Amazon SageMaker Canvas offer game-changing opportunities for new users. These tools enable businesses to extract insights from data, automate processes, and enhance decision-making. With a wide range of services and connectors, users can easily access data from various sources, including Amazon S3, databases, and on-premises storage. By leveraging these AI/ML services, new AWS users can drive innovation, streamline operations, and gain a competitive edge. From automating document processing to enhancing search capabilities and building custom ML models, these services provide comprehensive, scalable solutions for businesses embracing AI/ML technologies.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate innovation with generative AI and no-code machine learning
 2. Session Code: AIM227
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to empower anyone in your organization to unlock valuable insights from your data with Amazon SageMaker Canvas. With SageMaker Canvas, you can create highly accurate machine learning models for regression, classification, and time-series forecasting and fine-tune select foundation models—all without writing code or needing machine learning experience. In this session, explore how to scale ML operations through API-driven automation. Also discover how Gosoft used SageMaker Canvas AutoML time-series capabilities to automate demand forecasting for thousands of products across 15,000 7-Eleven stores in Thailand.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -1297,13 +1297,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate innovation with partner solutions in AWS Marketplace
 2. Session Code: MKT101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cloud marketplaces are emerging as the preferred destination for software, services, and data procurement. These solutions from experts in the worldwide AWS Partner community have become a vital component of the overall cloud and digital strategy for organizations. To enable innovation at speed, organizations have already begun to modernize the way they acquire, deploy, and govern these solutions through AWS Marketplace. In this session, AWS Marketplace Customer Advisors and business innovation leaders discuss how they have worked with organizations to revolutionize the management of the complete lifecycle of partner solutions integrated in their AWS innovation journeys.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Customer Enablement, New to AWS
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 9:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Business Executive, IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of the insurance industry
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate mainframe modernization at scale with generative AI
 2. Session Code: MAM309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how generative AI capabilities with AWS Mainframe Modernization Automated Refactor with AWS Blu Age accelerate mainframe modernization while seamlessly integrating with your current tools, processes, and team's expertise. In this workshop, learn how to use generative AI to discover code summaries, explanations, and user screen design previews; analyze assisted classification; and transform both supported and unsupported legacy source code to build and deploy new Java applications to the AWS Mainframe Modernization service. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -1394,7 +1394,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate ML workflows with Amazon SageMaker Studio
 2. Session Code: AIM355
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the power of Amazon SageMaker Studio, a comprehensive IDE for streamlining the machine learning (ML) lifecycle. Explore data exploration, transformation, automated feature engineering with AutoML, and collaborative coding using integrated Jupyter Notebooks. Discover how SageMaker Studio MLOps integration simplifies model deployment, monitoring, and governance. Through live demos and best practices, learn to leverage SageMaker Studio tools for efficient feature engineering, model development, collaboration, and data security.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate multi-step SDLC tasks with Amazon Q Developer Agents
 2. Session Code: DOP210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: While existing AI assistants focus on code generation with close human guidance, Amazon Q Developer has a unique capability called agents that can use reasoning and planning capabilities to perform multi-step tasks beyond code generation with minimal human intervention. Its agent for software development can solve complex tasks that go beyond code suggestions, such as building entire application features, refactoring code, or generating documentation. Join this session to discover new agent capabilities that help developers go from planning to getting new features in front of customers even faster.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -1458,7 +1458,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate .NET development with Amazon Q Developer
 2. Session Code: XNT310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With Amazon Q Developer, a generative AI-powered assistant, you can write, debug, test, optimize, secure, and upgrade your .NET code faster and more efficiently. In this code talk, learn how to set up Amazon Q Developer with multiple integrated development environments (IDEs) and use it to generate C# code to solve real-world problems. Learn how Amazon Q Developer explains undocumented code, scans for issues, and answers complex technical questions to help you deliver code faster. This talk also includes a discussion of the built-in privacy, security, and enterprise features of Amazon Q Developer.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate product development with collaborative digital environments [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Engineering complex industrial systems relies heavily on collaboration and use of domain-specific models such as computer-aided design (CAD), finite element model (FEM), and custom software models. Digital engineering fundamentally relies on integrating data across model structures, which leads to collaboration across geographically dispersed organizations. In this workshop, learn how to deploy a collaborative digital engineering environment on AWS using open source OpenMBEE to develop automated workflows for product development using a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approach. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate product development with collaborative digital environments [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Engineering complex industrial systems relies heavily on collaboration and use of domain-specific models such as computer-aided design (CAD), finite element model (FEM), and custom software models. Digital engineering fundamentally relies on integrating data across model structures, which leads to collaboration across geographically dispersed organizations. In this workshop, learn how to deploy a collaborative digital engineering environment on AWS using open source OpenMBEE to develop automated workflows for product development using a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approach. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -1557,7 +1557,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate production for gen AI using Amazon SageMaker MLOps & FMOps
 2. Session Code: AIM354
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker provides purpose-built tools to create a reliable path to production for both machine learning and generative AI workflows. SageMaker MLOps helps you automate and standardize processes across generative AI and ML lifecycles. Using SageMaker, you can train, test, troubleshoot, deploy, and govern models at scale to boost your productivity while maintaining model performance in production. Explore the latest and greatest capabilities such as SageMaker Experiments with MLflow, SageMaker Pipelines, and SageMaker Model Registry supporting efficiencies in your ML workflow (MLOps) and generative AI workflows (FMOps). Learn how to bring generative AI concept to production quickly and securely.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -1621,10 +1621,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate serverless deployments using Terraform with proven patterns
 2. Session Code: SVS320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, discover best practices and proven patterns for using Terraform to build serverless applications safely, predictably, and repeatedly. Learn techniques for designing modular, reusable architectures and strategies to test applications locally. Understand how to manage ownership and separation of concerns between operations and development teams. Gain insights into efficiently deploying serverless applications to the cloud. Familiarize yourself with open source frameworks to accelerate your serverless journey with Terraform today. Leave equipped with practical skills for leveraging Terraform's power in your organization's modern cloud architectures.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -1659,10 +1659,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate software development with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q
 2. Session Code: AUT305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this workshop to learn how to increase developer efficiency and streamline software-defined vehicle development using generative AI features within the Virtual Engineering Workbench. First, walk through how app developers use the Virtual Engineering Workbench to code, validate, and innovate on an Android Automotive app, using virtual electronic control units (ECUs). Next, explore how to adjust a virtual ECU within a few minutes and publish it as part of the Virtual Engineering Workbench for potentially thousands of users. Generative AI will help us reduce the publishing time to a minimum. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -1690,7 +1690,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate testing cycles of CI/CD pipelines with EC2 Mac instances
 2. Session Code: CMP410
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk will demonstrate and discuss how to automate Apple CI/CD build pipelines in the cloud. Learn to streamline testing and deployment by integrating orchestrated runners for consistent and repeatable builds. Discover how customers using Amazon EC2 Mac instances achieved significant reductions in testing cycles with runners including AWS CodeBuild, Bitrise, GitLab, GitHub, or CircleCI.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -1727,7 +1727,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate value from data: Migrating from batch to stream processing
 2. Session Code: ANT324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Growing business needs for incorporating real-time insights into conventional use cases is pushing the data transformation envelope from batch processing to streaming. From gaming to clickstream to generative AI use cases, batch analytical workloads today want high throughput, low latency, and simplified ingestion mechanisms for real-time insights and visualizations. Join this session to hear from experts on how to successfully migrate from batch to stream processing using AWS streaming services that provide scalable integrations and real-time capabilities across services such as Amazon Redshift for real-time data warehousing analytics and ELT pipelines.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -1768,7 +1768,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Data Scientist, DevOps Engineer, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AI and its applications in business
@@ -1793,10 +1793,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate your AWS journey with AWS Marketplace Professional Services
 2. Session Code: MKT105
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS offers over 200 services to meet our builders needs and thousands of AWS Partners with expertise ready to help you leverage these services. Whether you need ongoing account management, ISV support and implementation services, assistance with an AWS migration and cost optimization initiatives, assistance setting up a contact center and CRM system, or a new website or database, AWS Marketplace can help you find and streamline procurement of these business solutions. This lightning talk will help you understand the types of solutions available in AWS Marketplace, and show you how to get started.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Customer Enablement
    - New to AWS
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
@@ -1806,7 +1806,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of AWS services and offerings
     2. Familiarity with the concept of AWS Marketplace
@@ -1859,7 +1859,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate your data center exit with Amazon WorkSpaces Core [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC204-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Self-managing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on premises is expensive and limits IT agility. In addition, concern over potential VDI software price increases is causing organizations to accelerate plans to migrate to the cloud. This chalk talk explores considerations for migrating an on-premises VDI solution to the highly scalable and reliable AWS Cloud. Learn how to leverage Amazon WorkSpaces Core using your existing VDI software from Citrix, Omnissa, Workspot, and Leostream to reduce costs and improve your ability to quickly scale with changing business requirements. Also learn how to build a VDI migration execution plan that accelerates time to value.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate your data center exit with Amazon WorkSpaces Core [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC204-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Self-managing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on premises is expensive and limits IT agility. In addition, concern over potential VDI software price increases is causing organizations to accelerate plans to migrate to the cloud. This chalk talk explores considerations for migrating an on-premises VDI solution to the highly scalable and reliable AWS Cloud. Learn how to leverage Amazon WorkSpaces Core using your existing VDI software from Citrix, Omnissa, Workspot, and Leostream to reduce costs and improve your ability to quickly scale with changing business requirements. Also learn how to build a VDI migration execution plan that accelerates time to value.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -1931,7 +1931,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate your data center exit with Amazon WorkSpaces Core [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC204-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Self-managing virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) on premises is expensive and limits IT agility. In addition, concern over potential VDI software price increases is causing organizations to accelerate plans to migrate to the cloud. This chalk talk explores considerations for migrating an on-premises VDI solution to the highly scalable and reliable AWS Cloud. Learn how to leverage Amazon WorkSpaces Core using your existing VDI software from Citrix, Omnissa, Workspot, and Leostream to reduce costs and improve your ability to quickly scale with changing business requirements. Also learn how to build a VDI migration execution plan that accelerates time to value.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate your DevOps pipeline and remain secure with policy as code
 2. Session Code: SEC314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Accelerate your DevOps workflow on AWS by better understanding policy as code. In this code talk, learn how to define compliance rules for your AWS infrastructure and evaluate them using AWS CloudFormation Guard, which is an open source, general-purpose, policy-as-code evaluation tool. Explore how to seamlessly integrate automated policy validation into your existing deployment pipeline, empowering DevOps engineers to build policy assessment steps into their CI/CD pipelines. Security assessors will experience streamlined review processes while maintaining a robust security posture. Join this talk to unlock the perfect balance of velocity and security for your AWS deployments.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -2002,15 +2002,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate your generative AI journey with AWS [Japanese]
 2. Session Code: GBL216-JA
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk is delivered in Japanese. This talk shares the highlights of AWS re:Invent 2024 and discusses what you need to know to use the latest generative AI services on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, New to AWS
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI, Responsible AI
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Proficiency in the Japanese language
     2. Knowledge of the latest announcements and updates from AWS re:Invent 2024
@@ -2030,15 +2030,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate your generative AI journey with AWS [Japanese]
 2. Session Code: GBL207-JA
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk is delivered in Japanese. This talk shares the highlights of AWS re:Invent 2024 and discusses what you need to know to use the latest generative AI services on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, New to AWS
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Proficiency in the Japanese language
     2. Knowledge of AWS services and offerings
@@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerate your mainframe exit with AWS Mainframe Modernization
 2. Session Code: MAM114
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Mainframe application modernization replatforming pattern offers an expeditious modernization approach by porting and recompiling applications to modern cloud runtime environments, eliminating the need for significant code changes. Replatforming also increases scalability, agility, and cost-effectiveness by leveraging cloud computing. Discover how AWS customers, Kemper and Empower, successfully modernized their legacy applications by migrating off mainframes utilizing AWS Mainframe Modernization Replatform with Rocket Enterprise Server (formerly Micro Focus Enterprise Server). Learn how they successfully reduced costs, increased agility, and enhanced resiliency by running their applications on AWS. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from their experiences and gain valuable insights for your own modernization initiatives.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -2097,10 +2097,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating auditing and compliance for generative AI on AWS
 2. Session Code: COP327
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI brings exciting new innovations, but also presents challenges regarding responsible usage and compliance. This session guides a journey through a generative AI application and shows how AWS can provide visibility to the use of Amazon Bedrock and other related services, such as Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, and Amazon VPC and follow best practices for compliance and governance. Explore AWS governance and compliance services, like AWS Organizations, AWS Audit Manager, and AWS CloudTrail, that can assist you in continuously auditing your generative AI infrastructure. Learn how these services automate audit evidence collection and provide audit-ready reports to meet your compliance and audit needs.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Cloud Operations
 - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Governance, Risk, and Compliance
@@ -2135,7 +2135,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating content production with generative AI, featuring the NFL
 2. Session Code: AIM211
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The media team at the National Football League (NFL) embraced the power of Amazon Q Business to revolutionize their content production processes. By integrating this cutting-edge technology into their workflow, they significantly accelerated the creation and publication of their media assets, game highlights, social media posts, and graphics while boosting their talented content creators' productivity. Join this session to learn best practices from the NFL's pioneering journey, the impact it has had on their business, and the roadblocks to avoid. Walk away with practical lessons for how you can use Amazon Q Business to boost your content production.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -2170,10 +2170,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating distributed ML with containers & high-performance storage
 2. Session Code: STG405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how AWS storage can help increase the performance of machine learning (ML) training jobs and reduce the complexity for containerized environments using Amazon EKS. Explore storage solutions for your unique requirements, from Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and the Amazon S3 Express One Zone storage class to the seamless integration of Amazon FSx for Lustre with Amazon S3, using low-latency and high-performance capabilities for ML workloads. Join this hands-on workshop to enhance your skills in storage for distributed ML training. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -2208,10 +2208,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating enterprise development with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore the transformative impact of generative AI in development. Get hands-on experience with Amazon Q Developer to learn how it can help you understand, build, and operate AWS applications. Explore the IDE to see how Amazon Q provides software development assistance, including code explanation, generation, modernization, and much more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -2244,10 +2244,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating enterprise development with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore the transformative impact of generative AI in development. Get hands-on experience with Amazon Q Developer to learn how it can help you understand, build, and operate AWS applications. Explore the IDE to see how Amazon Q provides software development assistance, including code explanation, generation, modernization, and much more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -2281,10 +2281,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating enterprise innovation with Quantum Embark [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: QTC204-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk will dive into the customer experience with the newly launched Quantum Embark program, designed to help enterprise customers fast track their quantum computing journey. Through hands-on workshops centered on real-world business use cases, enterprise users have sharpened their quantum computing skills and paved the way for innovative solutions. Join to learn how the Quantum Embark program can transform an organization's approach to quantum computing, from initial exploration to practical implementation, all on hardware available through Amazon Braket.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest: Quantum Technologies
@@ -2313,10 +2313,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating enterprise innovation with Quantum Embark [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: QTC204-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk will dive into the customer experience with the newly launched Quantum Embark program, designed to help enterprise customers fast track their quantum computing journey. Through hands-on workshops centered on real-world business use cases, enterprise users have sharpened their quantum computing skills and paved the way for innovative solutions. Join to learn how the Quantum Embark program can transform an organization's approach to quantum computing, from initial exploration to practical implementation, all on hardware available through Amazon Braket.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Business Applications
     - Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest: Quantum Technologies
@@ -2345,7 +2345,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating event-driven architecture with event storming [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Event-driven architectures are experiencing a renaissance. While getting started is not difficult, builders may encounter challenges on their journeys. Domain-driven design is a tool that can help, but many developers are unfamiliar with how to get started. In this chalk talk, learn about a general framework that uses domain-driven design to think through, design, and build cloud-native event-driven architectures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -2379,7 +2379,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating event-driven architecture with event storming [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API301-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Event-driven architectures are experiencing a renaissance. While getting started is not difficult, builders may encounter challenges on their journeys. Domain-driven design is a tool that can help, but many developers are unfamiliar with how to get started. In this chalk talk, learn about a general framework that uses domain-driven design to think through, design, and build cloud-native event-driven architectures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -2413,7 +2413,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating event-driven architecture with event storming [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Event-driven architectures are experiencing a renaissance. While getting started is not difficult, builders may encounter challenges on their journeys. Domain-driven design is a tool that can help, but many developers are unfamiliar with how to get started. In this chalk talk, learn about a general framework that uses domain-driven design to think through, design, and build cloud-native event-driven architectures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating healthcare & life sciences innovation with generative AI
 2. Session Code: HLC201-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Healthcare and life sciences are harnessing the power of generative AI to unlock new possibilities for drug discovery, clinical trials, and patient care. In this talk, explore how leading healthcare and life sciences organizations are successfully integrating generative AI throughout their organizations to deliver real business value. Explore how these organizations are building enterprise-wide data strategies and data systems to break down internal data silos and fuel their data and generative AI initiatives. Gain insights and best practices for successfully operationalizing and scaling generative AI from pilot projects to production deployments across the health continuum.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -2545,10 +2545,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating modernization with Amazon Q Developer
 2. Session Code: PEX309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Partners learn how generative AI and Amazon Q Developer can accelerate their customer modernization initiatives. This chalk talk explores how Q Developer's code transformation, replatforming, and rearchitecture capabilities, combined with generative AI, streamline the modernization journey. The chalk talk shows how to apply internal developer platforms with self-service app templates, progressive delivery via CI/CD and GitOps, and database modernization using Backstage, Crossplane and AWS-managed services. In addition to technical capabilities, gain insights into how to deliver innovative solutions, reduce technical debt, and capture new revenue streams.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Partner Enablement
@@ -2580,7 +2580,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating multitenant development with the SaaS Builder Toolkit
 2. Session Code: SAS406
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The SaaS Builder Toolkit (SBT) provides developers with a pre-built set of tools that decompose SaaS into a series of building blocks that can be used to create multitenant environments. This session digs into the moving parts of this toolkit, exploring the inner working of its core components, architecture, and extensibility model. It also looks at a real-world example of SBT in action, composing a working multitenant application from scratch. Additionally, it explores how SBT addresses core concepts, including building a control plane, onboarding tenants, authenticating tenants, supporting tiering, and provisioning tenant resources.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -2614,7 +2614,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating R&D outcomes in quantum computing using Amazon Braket
 2. Session Code: QTC202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Quantum computing is advancing quickly toward demonstrating an exponential advantage over classical computing for certain problems, with new hardware, software libraries, and applications. In this session, learn about the latest updates to Amazon Braket, a fully managed quantum computing service with access to the latest quantum hardware technology using a single unified interface and familiar pay-as-you-go-pricing. Additionally, learn how customers, including national supercomputing hubs, enterprises, and start-ups, are using Braket to build services around quantum computing as a differentiator in their industries.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Compute
@@ -2641,10 +2641,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating the shift from batch to stream processing [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's fast-paced business environment, timely insights from data are crucial for organizations to maintain a competitive edge and respond effectively to dynamic market and customer demands. This chalk talk explores the transformative shift from traditional batch processing to stream processing, enabling real-time data-driven decision-making. Gain insights into key streaming concepts, architectural patterns, potential challenges, and best practices for a seamless migration journey. Through a compelling use case demonstrating the benefits of transitioning to real-time data processing with AWS streaming services, you can acquire a roadmap for embracing stream processing and unlocking agility, responsiveness, and competitive advantage.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Analytics
     - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -2678,7 +2678,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating the shift from batch to stream processing [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's fast-paced business environment, timely insights from data are crucial for organizations to maintain a competitive edge and respond effectively to dynamic market and customer demands. This chalk talk explores the transformative shift from traditional batch processing to stream processing, enabling real-time data-driven decision-making. Gain insights into key streaming concepts, architectural patterns, potential challenges, and best practices for a seamless migration journey. Through a compelling use case demonstrating the benefits of transitioning to real-time data processing with AWS streaming services, you can acquire a roadmap for embracing stream processing and unlocking agility, responsiveness, and competitive advantage.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Architecture
@@ -2716,8 +2716,8 @@
 7. Areas of Interest: Digital Sovereignty, Generative AI, Innovation and Transformation
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Business Executive, IT Executive, IT Professional / Technical Manager
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing and digital transformation
     2. Familiarity with AI and its applications in business
@@ -2740,7 +2740,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating Web3: Blockchain innovation with AWS Cloud infrastructure
 2. Session Code: BLC306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how industry leaders leverage AWS to build scalable, secure Web3 solutions. Explore the complete Web3 stack on AWS, from optimized compute to our robust infrastructure backbone. Learn about Amazon Managed Blockchain and automated node runners for effortless blockchain deployment. Uncover AI-driven analytics for blockchain data and get tips for maximizing AWS compute in Web3 projects. Hear an introduction to Web3 blueprints for rapid development and see a showcase of real-world applications in decentralized technologies. Join this session and learn how AWS's comprehensive cloud services are revolutionizing blockchain innovation and unlocking new possibilities in the Web3 landscape.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute, Networking
@@ -2770,7 +2770,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Accelerating your SaaS transformation with AWS Marketplace
 2. Session Code: MKT107
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, explore how companies can leverage AWS Marketplace to rapidly transform their products as well as best practices to accelerate listing their SaaS offerings in AWS Marketplace. Whether you're a startup looking to scale your SaaS offering or an enterprise seeking to drive innovation, this session provides practical insights and strategies to leverage AWS Marketplace and unlock the full potential of your product transformation journey.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -2781,7 +2781,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS Marketplace
     2. Knowledge of SaaS offerings and product transformation
@@ -2803,10 +2803,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Accessible live streaming: Using generative AI for inclusivity
 2. Session Code: MAE304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how AWS services can be used to provide accessible live streaming content delivery with multiple language captions, subtitles, and generative AI–powered American Sign Language (ASL) companion streams. Learn to architect and build live-streaming workflows by using deep learning and generative AI services to cost-effectively deliver inclusive digital experiences. This chalk talk guides you through the step-by-step process, highlighting opportunities to remove undifferentiated heavy lifting and enhance content accessibility for diverse audiences worldwide.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -2838,7 +2838,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Achieve low latency with AWS Local Zones
 2. Session Code: HYB311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With over 40 Local Zones located in major metros across the world, AWS leverages these Local Zones to run applications that require low latency, bringing your services closer to users regardless of their location. This interactive chalk talk dives into real-world use cases to demonstrate how Local Zones can enhance network performance. Learn how you can run your low latency applications in Local Zones. Explore the power of Local Zones in optimizing your application's responsiveness and security.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Hybrid Cloud
@@ -2895,7 +2895,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Achieve seamless and secure data sharing
 2. Session Code: ANT325
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data-driven organizations need to ensure that the right data is accessed by the right user for the right purpose—in accordance with the organization's security regulations—without relying on individual credentials. Join this session to explore strategies for efficiently sharing data across teams and platforms while maintaining security and compliance with AWS analytics services. Learn best practices for managing permissions, encryption, and data governance to ensure secure and efficient data sharing across your organization.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -2928,7 +2928,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Achieving a secure microservices architecture on Amazon ECS
 2. Session Code: SVS341
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk dives into securing microservices on Amazon ECS. Explore best practices for exposing applications securely to external consumers using Amazon API Gateway and Amazon Cognito, and learn how to enable secure communication between downstream microservices (east-west traffic) within the cluster using Amazon ECS Service Connect. Gain practical insights into implementing a secure microservices architecture on Amazon ECS throughout the application lifecycle.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking, Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Achieving governance at scale
 2. Session Code: COP383
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As businesses scale their cloud operations, maintaining consistent enforcement of policies and standards becomes increasingly complex. This breakout session delves into the powerful capabilities of AWS Control Tower, AWS Config, and AWS Organizations, providing attendees with a comprehensive understanding of how to achieve governance at scale. Learn how to integrate AWS services to automate governance processes, streamline incident response, and enforce security best practices across AWS environments. Also hear from a customer and their governance journey on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -3031,7 +3031,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Interest in upskilling and professional development
@@ -3057,7 +3057,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Achieving scale with Amazon Aurora Limitless Database
 2. Session Code: DAT420
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Aurora is a relational database service built for the cloud that is designed for unparalleled high performance and availability at global scale, with full MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility. In this session, learn how Amazon Aurora Limitless Database enables applications to scale to millions of transactions per second across petabytes of data. Explore the architecture, distributed transaction management, and serverless scaling capabilities of Aurora Limitless Database. Also, discover application patterns that are a good fit for Aurora Limitless Database and which patterns to avoid. Learn how Aurora Limitless Database makes it easier than ever to scale Aurora.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -3094,7 +3094,7 @@
 
 1. Title: A close look at how AWS builds generative AI on Amazon SageMaker
 2. Session Code: AIM379
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker offers purpose-built infrastructure and tools to accelerate foundation model development, including IDEs and notebooks backed by high-performance accelerated computing, resilient infrastructure for distributed training at scale, governance and MLOps tools, cost-effective inference options and recommendations, and model monitoring and evaluation. In this session, learn how SageMaker helps data scientists and ML engineers at AWS to build new foundation models that power its own generative AI innovations.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -3129,7 +3129,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Adapting LLMs for domain-aware applications with AWS Trainium post-training
 2. Session Code: CMP306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: While large language models (LLMs) have broad knowledge and versatility, tailoring these powerful models to specific domains unlocks new levels of understanding and performance, allowing them to enhance user experience in domain-focused or industry-vertical applications. In this workshop, learn how to apply post-training techniques like supervised fine-tuning and model alignment on AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia using Amazon SageMaker and Hugging Face Optimum Neuron library. Explore how to deploy these models and evaluate the effects of these techniques with domain-specific accuracy tests. You must bring a laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -3188,7 +3188,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Addressing data residency requirements with hybrid and edge services
 2. Session Code: HYB310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data residency is a critical consideration for organizations that collect and store sensitive information, including personal identifiable information (PII), financial data, healthcare data, or information pertaining to national security. To help organizations operating across multiple geographies drive innovation while meeting data residency requirements, AWS offers multiple global infrastructure offerings like AWS Regions, AWS Dedicated Local Zones, AWS Local Zones, and AWS Outposts. In this interactive chalk talk, learn how these infrastructure offerings can help you accelerate digital transformation while meeting data residency needs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Hybrid Cloud, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -3217,7 +3217,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Add search to your existing databases with Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion
 2. Session Code: ANT314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion provides a low-touch, no-code way to move data from diverse systems like Amazon S3, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon DocumentDB to OpenSearch for search and analytics. OpenSearch Ingestion, powered by open source Data Prepper, provides a rich set of configurable processors and pipelines to move data from source to sink. This chalk talk covers best practices for configuring and using OpenSearch Ingestion. Whether you need to augment your key-value store with rich search or bring OpenTelemetry data to OpenSearch for observability, OpenSearch Ingestion is your tool.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -3252,7 +3252,7 @@
 
 1. Title: A developer's survival kit: Tools for building beyond the AWS console
 2. Session Code: DEV205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the full potential as a developer on AWS with a "survival kit" of resources and tools to maximize productivity. In this session, discover techniques for managing resources beyond the management console using integrated development environments (IDEs), AWS command line interface (CLI), and services like Amazon Q Developer, and the AWS Toolkit. Watch as programming examples are demonstrated using Python and JavaScript to automate deployments and manage cloud resources effectively. Join the talk and learn how to survive in the wild with the skills needed to explore and build applications on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -3284,7 +3284,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Adopt AWS operations management culture on your team
 2. Session Code: COP339
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS knows that service reliability is something that you rely on. In this chalk talk, learn how Amazon has used cultural and technical mechanisms to help teams more effectively operate in a decentralized organization, especially for critical processes like incident management. Dive into the mechanisms and tools that AWS on-call operators use to triage, prioritize, respond to, and mitigate events while exploring how the Amazon culture influences all of these. This talk breaks down and shares the practical methodologies and tools that AWS uses to ensure a low day-to-day ops load and a lower mean time to resolution (MTTR) for incidents.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -3320,10 +3320,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Adopting the SaaS mindset to drive growth
 2. Session Code: SEG104
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Moving to SaaS is a significant business model change. Learn how to modify the entire organization structure, processes, reporting, and measurements. In this session look at the implications of moving to SaaS and how to adopt a SaaS mindset. Learn how AWS can support your business transformation, which tools are available to help you build faster, and what programs are available to help you successfully grow your revenue.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Independent Software Vendor (ISV)
@@ -3356,7 +3356,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced analytics with AWS Cost and Usage Reports
 2. Session Code: COP403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this code talk, dive deep into AWS Cost and Usage Reports (AWS CUR) and learn how to write queries, analyze usage, derive insights, and connect other datasets. Learn the different data export options, including Legacy CUR, CUR 2.0, and FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) 1.0. Whether you're a FinOps practitioner, an experienced AWS user, or a DevOps engineer, this talk equips you with knowledge and techniques to harness the full potential of your AWS cost and usage data. Join us to take your cloud cost management to the next level!
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -3389,7 +3389,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced cost allocation for AWS containerized workloads
 2. Session Code: COP410
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Due to the dynamic nature of cloud workloads and the inherent use of shared services, organizations are looking for simple ways to analyze spend and allocate their shared costs to teams and applications that utilize them. In this hands-on workshop, learn about the tools and techniques that can help you build your cost allocation strategy. Discover best practices for tagging and analyzing spend, and find out how to improve the cost visibility of your containerized Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS workloads with the split cost allocation data feature. Also, learn how to visualize your detailed cost and usage data with Amazon QuickSight dashboards. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -3423,7 +3423,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced cross-Region DR patterns on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC401-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this hands-on workshop to explore a resilient, cloud-native architecture that surpasses the stringent availability and recovery regulations for financial markets utility providers. This highly available design uses Amazon ECS, Java Spring Boot, Amazon MQ, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Application Recovery Controller, and AWS Systems Manager. Delve into key design decisions, including cross-Region data stores, messaging, and cross-Region state replication. Also learn about exactly-once transaction processing, reliable global traffic shifting, and best practices for fail-safe disaster recovery orchestration. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -3461,7 +3461,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced cross-Region DR patterns on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC401-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this hands-on workshop to explore a resilient, cloud-native architecture that surpasses the stringent availability and recovery regulations for financial markets utility providers. This highly available design uses Amazon ECS, Java Spring Boot, Amazon MQ, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Application Recovery Controller, and AWS Systems Manager. Delve into key design decisions, including cross-Region data stores, messaging, and cross-Region state replication. Also learn about exactly-once transaction processing, reliable global traffic shifting, and best practices for fail-safe disaster recovery orchestration. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -3499,7 +3499,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced data modeling for Amazon ElastiCache
 2. Session Code: DAT422
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session delves into the intricacies of Amazon ElastiCache data modeling using the purpose-built Valkey data types to optimize application performance and scalability. Explore the use of strings, sets, sorted sets, hashes, bitmaps, and geospatial indexes to model complex relationships and solve use cases such as caching, session store, feature store, real-time analytics, geospatial applications, and rate limiters.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -3531,7 +3531,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced data modeling with Amazon DynamoDB
 2. Session Code: DAT404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon DynamoDB is a popular choice for modern applications because it's a serverless database that provides single-digit millisecond performance at any scale. Optimizing your usage of DynamoDB requires a different approach to data modeling than traditional relational databases. In this session, AWS Data Hero Alex DeBrie shows you advanced techniques to help you get the most out of DynamoDB. Learn how to "think in DynamoDB" by learning the DynamoDB foundations and principles for data modeling. Further, learn practical strategies and DynamoDB features to handle difficult use cases in your application.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -3564,10 +3564,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced networking on Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Whether your apps are running on premises, within an AWS Region, across multiple AWS Regions, or a mix of all three, AWS gives you a broad range of options to connect your applications to Amazon S3. This session will provide a deep dive into AWS networking topics specific to S3, including building resiliency with S3 Multi-Region Access Points and connecting privately with AWS PrivateLink for Amazon S3.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Storage
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -3601,7 +3601,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced patterns for distributed systems
 2. Session Code: API306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Today's applications are interconnected: they expose APIs, publish events, call third-party services, and externalize states. They must therefore address the fundamental challenges of distributed systems, such as out-of-order delivery, retries, idempotence, or partial failures. To balance those characteristics, architects have a range of options, including reducing the level of coupling through indirection, transformation, and asynchrony. In this session, learn about common design trade-offs for distributed systems and how to navigate them with design patterns, illustrated with real-world examples.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -3637,10 +3637,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced security patterns on Amazon S3 [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG306-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon S3 security settings and access controls are suitable for virtually any workload. In this chalk talk, equip yourself with proven patterns for managing access at scale. Learn how to optimize policy usage, scale beyond AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy limits, and secure your data lake perimeter.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -3673,10 +3673,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced security patterns on Amazon S3 [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG306-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon S3 security settings and access controls are suitable for virtually any workload. In this chalk talk, equip yourself with proven patterns for managing access at scale. Learn how to optimize policy usage, scale beyond AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policy limits, and secure your data lake perimeter.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -3709,7 +3709,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced strategies for prompt engineering in gen AI app deployment
 2. Session Code: AIM363
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this engaging chalk talk to dive into prompt engineering techniques to simplify the creation, evaluation, versioning, and sharing of prompts, and learn how to get the best responses from foundation models for your own use cases. Discover visual tools to author executable flows, enabling rapid prototyping and collaboration. This interactive technical talk features discussions and hands-on guidance. Leave this talk equipped to design, refine, and deploy sophisticated AI solutions driven by powerful prompts and interconnected prompt flows. Enhance your skills and take your AI deployments to the next level with expert insights and real-world strategies.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -3742,7 +3742,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advanced VPC design and what's new in VPC
 2. Session Code: NET301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon VPC is a foundational service on AWS, giving you control over your virtual networking environment. Every year, AWS makes updates to Amazon VPC to help improve functionality, security, and usability. In this session, learn about the latest updates to Amazon VPC and how you can use them to enhance your current architectures.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -3811,7 +3811,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advancing responsible AI: Managing generative AI risk [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM343-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Risk assessment is an essential part of responsible AI (RAI) development and is also required to meet industry standards and laws such as ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act. This chalk talk gives an introduction to best practices for RAI risk assessment for generative AI applications, covering controllability, veracity, fairness, robustness, explainability, privacy and security, transparency, and governance. Explore examples to estimate the severity and likelihood of potential events that could be harmful. Learn about Amazon SageMaker tooling for model governance, bias, explainability, and monitoring, and about transparency in the form of service cards as potential risk mitigation strategies.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -3849,7 +3849,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advancing responsible AI: Managing generative AI risk [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM343-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Risk assessment is an essential part of responsible AI (RAI) development and is also required to meet industry standards and laws such as ISO 42001 and the EU AI Act. This chalk talk gives an introduction to best practices for RAI risk assessment for generative AI applications, covering controllability, veracity, fairness, robustness, explainability, privacy and security, transparency, and governance. Explore examples to estimate the severity and likelihood of potential events that could be harmful. Learn about Amazon SageMaker tooling for model governance, bias, explainability, and monitoring, and about transparency in the form of service cards as potential risk mitigation strategies.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -3886,7 +3886,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Advancing security, reliability, and cost-efficiency [Japanese]
 2. Session Code: GBL217-JA
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in Japanese. In this session, explore the key technological advancements at AWS in 2024 that are empowering businesses to securely run workloads, build resilient architectures, and optimize cloud spend. Hear directly from two customers who have successfully harnessed the power of the cloud to drive innovation and achieve their strategic objectives. Learn valuable insights and inspiration to accelerate your own cloud journey and unlock the full potential of AWS to transform your business.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -3992,7 +3992,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Agentic evaluations using Amazon Bedrock and open source frameworks
 2. Session Code: AIM353
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This code talk dives deep into the evaluation of agentic applications built with large language models (LLMs), leveraging Amazon Bedrock and open source frameworks. Attendees will gain insights into concepts like Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), pipelines, agent evaluation, and LangSmith—a unified platform for debugging, testing, evaluating, and monitoring LLM applications. The talk explores techniques for assessing performance metrics, such as quality, cost, and latency, across the development lifecycle. Additionally, it highlights the role of LLM judges and agent metrics in evaluating retrieval, request quality, and overall application performance, enabling attendees to build robust and reliable agentic solutions.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -4027,7 +4027,7 @@
 
 1. Title: A guide to networking with AWS CloudWAN [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET313-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on an adventure through the vast CloudWAN universe! From single-region greenfield explorations to multi-region global conquests, explore network segmentation, service insertion, AWS Direct Connect, and SD-WAN integration with Tuneless Connect. Discover the ultimate question: AWS Transit Gateway or Cloud WAN? Packed with real-world case studies and insights from seasoned experts, this mind-bending yet engaging session delivers a healthy dose of humor and networking puns. Don't panic, just network like a pro as we guide you through the dos and don'ts of these powerful AWS services. Get ready for an out-of-this-world networking experience!
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -4062,7 +4062,7 @@
 
 1. Title: A guide to networking with AWS CloudWAN [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET313-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on an adventure through the vast CloudWAN universe! From single-region greenfield explorations to multi-region global conquests, explore network segmentation, service insertion, AWS Direct Connect, and SD-WAN integration with Tuneless Connect. Discover the ultimate question: AWS Transit Gateway or Cloud WAN? Packed with real-world case studies and insights from seasoned experts, this mind-bending yet engaging session delivers a healthy dose of humor and networking puns. Don't panic, just network like a pro as we guide you through the dos and don'ts of these powerful AWS services. Get ready for an out-of-this-world networking experience!
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -4104,7 +4104,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Data Scientist, Developer / Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of AI model deployment challenges
@@ -4131,13 +4131,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AI-driven traffic management for safer cities [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore how AI and machine learning can revolutionize traffic management to enhance safety and reduce congestion in urban areas. Gain hands-on experience in deploying technologies to collect and analyze real-time traffic data, build predictive models, and optimize traffic flow dynamically. Create a simulated traffic environment, configure sensors, and establish a data pipeline. Build and train a machine learning model and then deploy it using serverless computing for real-time predictions. Ideal for developers, data scientists, and traffic management professionals, this session aims to create a functional AI-driven traffic management prototype. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Event-Driven Architecture, Lambda-Based Applications, Public Sector
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 2:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -4164,10 +4164,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AI-driven traffic management for safer cities [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore how AI and machine learning can revolutionize traffic management to enhance safety and reduce congestion in urban areas. Gain hands-on experience in deploying technologies to collect and analyze real-time traffic data, build predictive models, and optimize traffic flow dynamically. Create a simulated traffic environment, configure sensors, and establish a data pipeline. Build and train a machine learning model and then deploy it using serverless computing for real-time predictions. Ideal for developers, data scientists, and traffic management professionals, this session aims to create a functional AI-driven traffic management prototype. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -4201,7 +4201,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI-enhanced media archives: Classify, discover, and monetize
 2. Session Code: MAE305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Significant amounts of archived media files remain undiscovered, leading to unrealized monetization opportunities for media owners. Learn how to use AWS services and advanced generative AI models to automate the classification, discovery, and promotion of archived media content. See examples of how you can effortlessly classify and catalog your media archive and enable natural language interactions for content discovery, and then accelerate time to market by automatically generating teasers and promotional content from the rediscovered gems. Discuss options to unlock new revenue streams and breathe life into your archived media treasures with a no-code, AI-driven approach.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Migration and Modernization
@@ -4232,7 +4232,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI in sports: How AI and Amazon Bedrock are changing the game
 2. Session Code: SMB101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AI is disrupting industries at an alarming rate. What does this mean for the sports industry, which is deeply rooted in tradition? Join Infinite Athlete CTO Chris Brown to explore the use of AI in sports, what Infinite Athlete is doing to advance the state of the art, and how AWS makes it possible.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -4297,7 +4297,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI-managed telecom ecosystem: Closer than ever
 2. Session Code: TLC205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, discover how Amdocs transformed their SaaS platforms' development and delivery processes by adopting serverless, AI-powered solutions on AWS. With AI models integrated into their development pipeline, Amdocs streamlined activities such as code generation, testing, and automation, enhanced overall productivity, and reduced manual efforts. Learn how leveraging services like Amazon Bedrock helps Amdocs' deployment teams transform from fixed codebase and complex implementation processes to a generative AI–based tenants creation and customer customization using natural language and simplified experience.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -4308,7 +4308,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of SaaS platform development and delivery processes
     2. Knowledge of serverless and AI-powered solutions on AWS
@@ -4363,7 +4363,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI on tap [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD201-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover an immersive, interactive beer experience that brings AI and ML to life. A smart kegerator with a virtual bartender lets customers chat, discover beers, and pour their choice. It showcases natural language processing, computer vision, and generative AI's future in hospitality and retail.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -4393,7 +4393,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI on tap [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD201-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover an immersive, interactive beer experience that brings AI and ML to life. A smart kegerator with a virtual bartender lets customers chat, discover beers, and pour their choice. It showcases natural language processing, computer vision, and generative AI's future in hospitality and retail.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -4422,7 +4422,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI-powered analytics with Amazon Redshift Serverless & data sharing
 2. Session Code: ANT328
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Redshift Serverless uses AI and ML to automatically provision and scale data warehouse capacity and deliver fast performance for demanding and unpredictable workloads. It delivers a first-class data sharing experience where you can isolate workloads and read from and write to the same Redshift databases to build multi-warehouse, data mesh architectures and simplify SQL analytics. Join this session to learn best practices and key considerations for data sharing and SQL analytics with Redshift Serverless to optimize price-performance for your most demanding analytics workloads.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -4455,7 +4455,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI-powered entertainment insights with Luminate and AWS
 2. Session Code: SMB202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Luminate, AWS, and AI are revolutionizing the music and entertainment industry. This lightning talk explores the transformative power of AI to generate actionable insights from vast datasets, enabling more informed decisions and innovative strategies. Learn how AWS provides a robust foundation for AI applications, enhancing data analytics and unlocking new opportunities. See how Luminate leverages these technologies to drive success in the entertainment business by offering cutting-edge solutions that surface deep trends and patterns. Join us to explore the future of entertainment, powered by Luminate and AWS.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -4466,7 +4466,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of AI and data analytics
     2. Familiarity with AWS services
@@ -4488,7 +4488,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI-powered exo-skeleton [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD202-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Step into the future of assistive technology where robotics and computer vision along with AWS services come together to enhance human capabilities. We demonstrate how exoskeletons can improve mobility and strength with intuitive and natural controls. Through voice and gestures, the attendees can interact directly with the technology. This project highlights how exoskeletons can assist those with leg impairments, providing them with enhanced mobility and a more independent lifestyle.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -4518,7 +4518,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI-powered exo-skeleton [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD202-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Step into the future of assistive technology where robotics and computer vision along with AWS services come together to enhance human capabilities. We demonstrate how exoskeletons can improve mobility and strength with intuitive and natural controls. Through voice and gestures, the attendees can interact directly with the technology. This project highlights how exoskeletons can assist those with leg impairments, providing them with enhanced mobility and a more independent lifestyle.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -4548,10 +4548,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AI-powered monitoring: Prometheus meets Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: DEV209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how to tackle monitoring challenges by integrating Prometheus with Amazon Bedrock. Learn to convert natural language queries into PromQL, making your data more accessible and actionable. Gain practical skills and insights into leveraging AI to enhance monitoring, boost productivity, and streamline workflows. This talk provides real-world examples and innovative solutions to optimize your monitoring processes.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -4563,7 +4563,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - System Administrator
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of Prometheus
     2. Familiarity with PromQL (Prometheus Query Language)
@@ -4583,7 +4583,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI-powered vehicle diagnostics and root cause identification
 2. Session Code: AUT303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this hands-on session to build a generative AI–powered vehicle diagnostics and troubleshooting application. Use the Generative AI Application Builder (GAAB) on AWS with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails to analyze vehicle issues, diagnostic data (DTCs, CAN bus data), and sensor readings. Explore how to configure and deploy generative AI applications with Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to query repair manuals and historical records, use vehicle symptoms or DTCs to generate root cause analyses and recommended repairs, and build a workflow using Amazon Bedrock Agents for multistep automotive diagnostic tasks. Also learn how to use prompt engineering to generate outcomes in different languages. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -4616,7 +4616,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AI self-service support with knowledge retrieval using PostgreSQL
 2. Session Code: DEV315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, see how you can build a WhatsApp assistant that uses Amazon Bedrock Agents, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) using Knowledge Base with Amazon Aurora Serverless PostgreSQL-Compatible edition, and Amazon DynamoDB. Learn how to create an AI-powered system that handles complex queries, provides personalized assistance, and manages support tickets efficiently. Be guided through the process using AWS CDK with Python, and see how to construct a scalable solution that improves customer satisfaction. This session is ideal for developers aiming to upgrade their customer service capabilities with generative AI and databases.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -4678,7 +4678,7 @@
 
 1. Title: A least privilege journey made easier by IAM Access Analyzer
 2. Session Code: SEC325
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Effective access management is critical for balancing security and operational efficiency across your AWS environment. Join for an interactive discussion on strategies to jumpstart and accelerate your least privilege journey using AWS IAM Access Analyzer. Learn how centralized security teams and IAM policy authors are using IAM Access Analyzer to gain visibility into unused, overly permissive access and use actionable recommendations to achieve least privilege at scale.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -4709,7 +4709,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Allianz Germany: Accelerating legacy migration with generative AI
 2. Session Code: FSI323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Allianz Germany faced the challenge of migrating thousands of insurance contracts to their core insurance system, requiring hours of manual effort per contract. In this lightning talk, learn how Allianz built an intelligent document processing pipeline using Amazon Bedrock and additional AWS services, including AWS Lambda and AWS Step Functions, to automatically extract critical details from scanned PDFs and supplementary documents. The pipeline can pull over 150 unique contract attributes with 92% accuracy, significantly reducing manual effort. View a live demo and learn how you can apply this approach to streamline legacy processes within your own organization.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -4720,7 +4720,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of document processing and extraction techniques.
     2. Familiarity with Amazon Bedrock and other AWS services like Lambda and Step Functions.
@@ -4742,7 +4742,7 @@
 
 1. Title: All-in on AWS: Transform production operations with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: ENU307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn about bpx energy's transformation of production operations on AWS. bpx shares its journey to simplify from multicloud and go all-in on AWS, including SAP and Esri ArcGIS. Discover how bpx leveraged generative AI using Amazon Bedrock to transform oil and gas production operations.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Migration and Modernization
@@ -4773,7 +4773,7 @@
 
 1. Title: All things patching: Manage and monitor at scale [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP337-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to implement a centralized approach to patching across your AWS organization, ensuring that Amazon EC2, on-premises, and multicloud instances are up to date with the latest operating system security patches. Learn how to deploy a patching policy that enables a central account to determine which instances, accounts, and applications are not compliant to the central policy. Furthermore, discover how to quickly determine which instances across your entire organization are missing specific patches, enabling you to reduce your mean time to remediation for fixing security vulnerabilities, increasing the security posture of your organization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -4810,7 +4810,7 @@
 
 1. Title: All things patching: Manage and monitor at scale [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP337-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to implement a centralized approach to patching across your AWS organization, ensuring that Amazon EC2, on-premises, and multicloud instances are up to date with the latest operating system security patches. Learn how to deploy a patching policy that enables a central account to determine which instances, accounts, and applications are not compliant to the central policy. Furthermore, discover how to quickly determine which instances across your entire organization are missing specific patches, enabling you to reduce your mean time to remediation for fixing security vulnerabilities, increasing the security posture of your organization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -4847,7 +4847,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Always on, always available with AWS resilience lifecycle framework
 2. Session Code: PEX310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Customers expect an always-on, always-available experience. In this chalk talk, explore strategies to minimize downtime and enable customer-facing applications to withstand unexpected failures or to quickly recover from them. Discover practical guidance on using the resilience lifecycle framework to build resilient applications on AWS. Learn actionable techniques to architect robust, fault-tolerant applications that deliver exceptional reliability for your customers. This chalk talk is intended for AWS Partners.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -4876,7 +4876,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Aurora HA and DR design patterns for global resilience
 2. Session Code: DAT304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database designed for unparalleled high performance and availability at global scale with full MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility. Aurora provides managed high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) capabilities in and across AWS Regions. In this session, explore the Aurora HA and DR capabilities and discover design patterns that enable the development of resilient applications. Learn how to establish in-Region and cross-Region HA and DR using Aurora features, including Multi-AZ deployments, Aurora Global Database, and Amazon RDS Proxy, and discover how to reduce failover times with a JDBC driver.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -4913,7 +4913,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Bedrock Agents for blockchain analysis and interaction
 2. Session Code: BLC404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, you will learn how to utilize Amazon Bedrock Agents to gain insights from blockchain data and interact with smart contracts using natural language. You will gain knowledge regarding how to build a natural language interface to query blockchain data from the AWS Public Blockchain datasets for Ethereum and Bitcoin data. You will also gain an understanding of how to create agents that are capable of calling Amazon Managed Blockchain Query APIs and writing to the blockchain.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -4921,7 +4921,7 @@
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
 9. Target Roles: Data Engineer, Developer / Engineer, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Familiarity with blockchain technology and concepts
     2. Basic understanding of AWS services and their capabilities
@@ -4942,7 +4942,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Bedrock Agents: Revolutionize data analysis & customer service
 2. Session Code: FSI306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Analyzing complex datasets can be time-consuming and resource intensive. In this workshop, learn how to move from analysis to action faster and with minimal manual effort. Build an agent-based generative AI application that quickly links multiple data sources and produces meaningful insights using Amazon Bedrock Agents and Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. Discover how to integrate these agents with services like Amazon RDS and Amazon S3 as well as online data sources to improve customer interactions, personalize product offers, and identify new opportunities. Your application will demonstrate how financial institutions can revolutionize customer service while respecting guardrails for responsible AI. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -4971,10 +4971,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Bedrock: Analyzing Jira tickets using LLMs
 2. Session Code: DEV211
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Have you ever wanted to gain insights from Jira ticket data without having to read through them all yourself? Have you thought about using AI to gain insights? This dev chat demonstrates how you can connect to and query the Atlassian Jira API to pull ticket data using pagination and more advanced coding practices to create a repository of information. This repository can then be cleaned using data science libraries. Then, see how the cleaned data can be fed to Amazon Bedrock and queried for insights to help improve customer FAQ documentation and increase customer satisfaction.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Customer Stories
@@ -4984,7 +4984,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of Jira API
     2. Familiarity with data extraction and pagination
@@ -5008,7 +5008,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Braket: Get hands-on with quantum computing [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: QTC201-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Braket provides access to quantum computing hardware and simulators to speed up scientific research and software development for quantum computing. Join this workshop to implement your first quantum algorithm and gain hands-on experience with running quantum circuits on gate-based devices and simulators. Review service features and examples available in the AWS quantum algorithm library. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -5038,7 +5038,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Braket: Get hands-on with quantum computing [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: QTC201-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Braket provides access to quantum computing hardware and simulators to speed up scientific research and software development for quantum computing. Join this workshop to implement your first quantum algorithm and gain hands-on experience with running quantum circuits on gate-based devices and simulators. Review service features and examples available in the AWS quantum algorithm library. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -5066,7 +5066,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon CloudFront: Enhancing web performance one HTTP request at a time
 2. Session Code: CDN308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Whether you're live streaming the Olympics, delivering seamless social media experiences, or providing the best online retail service, a fast, reliable, and secure content delivery network (CDN) is essential. In this session, discover how Amazon CloudFront integrates with Amazon Route 53 and AWS WAF to deliver your application's content with high availability, enhanced security, and lightning-fast performance—all in just milliseconds. Learn from Warner Bros.' success in streaming major events like the Olympic Games Paris 2024 and UEFA Euro 2024 to millions of viewers, powered by AWS Global Infrastructure and CloudFront.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Content Delivery
@@ -5095,13 +5095,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Connect: Beginning your contact center migration journey
 2. Session Code: NTA314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk addresses the challenges of upgrading legacy telephony, IVR, and chat systems to Amazon Connect. It covers Connect's value proposition, customer success stories, and various migration strategies. Learn how to align your business needs and manage the technical, operational, and managerial aspects of the transition. The talk introduces AWS support options for contact center transformation, along with a migration readiness checklist. The goal is to accelerate adoption of Amazon Connect while ensuring a smooth migration. By focusing on potential disruption points, organizations can better prepare for a successful transformation journey to Amazon Connect.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest: Application Integration
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: MGM
@@ -5128,7 +5128,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon DocumentDB for expert practitioners [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT417-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As a fully managed database service for native document data model enterprise workloads, Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) removes the undifferentiated heavy lifting of operating a database so that you can focus your time on delivering value for your customers. In this chalk talk, dive deep into implementation trade-offs, including compression, performance, and cost, for various workloads. Learn how to architect a scalable Amazon DocumentDB–based solution using elastic clusters and other key features.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -5162,7 +5162,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon DocumentDB for expert practitioners [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT417-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As a fully managed database service for native document data model enterprise workloads, Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) removes the undifferentiated heavy lifting of operating a database so that you can focus your time on delivering value for your customers. In this chalk talk, dive deep into implementation trade-offs, including compression, performance, and cost, for various workloads. Learn how to architect a scalable Amazon DocumentDB–based solution using elastic clusters and other key features.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -5195,7 +5195,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon EC2 flex instances: Deliver performance at lower cost [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP408-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EC2 flex instances provide the easiest way to save costs and achieve better price performance for a majority of your workloads. In this session, dive deep into the new flex instances, explore how they deliver latest-generation performance at lower cost, and identify their most suitable workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Compute
@@ -5221,7 +5221,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon EC2 flex instances: Deliver performance at lower cost [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP408-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EC2 flex instances provide the easiest way to save costs and achieve better price performance for a majority of your workloads. In this session, dive deep into the new flex instances, explore how they deliver latest-generation performance at lower cost, and identify their most suitable workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Compute
@@ -5248,7 +5248,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon EC2 for EHR solutions on AWS
 2. Session Code: CMP336
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk explores Amazon EC2 instances supporting performant Electronic Health Record (EHR) solutions, such as Epic on AWS. Learn about different EC2 instance types, including Intel, AMD, and AWS Graviton, and how they yield significant performance gains on AWS to meet EHR customers' current and future requirements. Explore how EHRs running on AWS benefit from the elastic nature of EC2, including dynamic/scheduled scaling and capacity reservation programs for disaster recovery. Lastly, learn how EC2 instances for EHRs have allowed some healthcare systems to benefit from performance, cost, and scalability.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -5278,7 +5278,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon EC2 High Memory portfolio for SAP HANA
 2. Session Code: CMP322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Deploying and scaling a resilient and highly available infrastructure to run mission-critical SAP HANA workloads on-premises generally requires long planning cycles and often with several compromises to meet the desired timeline and budget goals. This session showcases how customers leverage the agility, flexibility and resiliency that AWS High Memory instances provide to help them deploy and scale the infrastructure for SAP HANA deployments while meeting performance and high availability goals. Hear from SAP directly how they manage thousands of SAP systems using RISE with SAP on AWS. Learn how you can benefit from the latest high memory instances for your mission critical SAP workloads.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -5313,7 +5313,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon EKS as data platform for analytics
 2. Session Code: KUB405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As running analytics workloads on Amazon EKS continues to rise, data engineers need self-service tools to create infrastructure for running analytics jobs. This session offers practical insights into how leading organizations are modernizing their data platforms, transitioning from traditional infrastructure as code pipelines to infrastructure as Kubernetes APIs. Using open source technologies like AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK), data platform teams can help data engineers create on-demand namespaces and clusters fully equipped to run analytics jobs, thereby streamlining their workflow.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Kubernetes
@@ -5344,7 +5344,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon EKS for edge and hybrid use cases
 2. Session Code: KUB310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: There are some workloads that may need to run on premises, at the edge, or in a hybrid scenario due to low latency, data dependencies, data sovereignty, or other regulatory reasons, especially in industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, telecommunications, and financial services. Data dependent workloads may have to wait for the data to be on AWS services before fully migrating. In this session, explore production-ready architectures using services like Amazon EKS Anywhere to run container workloads on premises and support modernizing VMware-based workloads.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Hybrid Cloud, Kubernetes
@@ -5375,10 +5375,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon EKS: Infrastructure as code, GitOps, or CI/CD [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB402-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover various architectures to build and deploy workloads on Amazon EKS with Amazon ECR. When deploying workloads into a cluster, there are different secure software supply chain automation choices, including CI/CD pipelines, IaC tools like Terraform and CDK, and GitOps patterns with Argo CD. Hear how these options differ and fit together from the developer, architect, and operations perspectives, and learn how to choose options depending on team structure and skills. Explore how to adopt, mix, and match DevOps and GitOps based on different design factors, and learn about the design factors for developer, architect, and operations perspectives.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Kubernetes
     - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Open Source
@@ -5412,7 +5412,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon EKS: Infrastructure as code, GitOps, or CI/CD [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB402-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover various architectures to build and deploy workloads on Amazon EKS with Amazon ECR. When deploying workloads into a cluster, there are different secure software supply chain automation choices, including CI/CD pipelines, IaC tools like Terraform and CDK, and GitOps patterns with Argo CD. Hear how these options differ and fit together from the developer, architect, and operations perspectives, and learn how to choose options depending on team structure and skills. Explore how to adopt, mix, and match DevOps and GitOps based on different design factors, and learn about the design factors for developer, architect, and operations perspectives.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -5445,7 +5445,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon EKS: When troubleshooting becomes a months-long journey
 2. Session Code: DEV345
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EKS has different parts, and all are essential. If all of the configurations are managed correctly, with automation and upgrades regularly, why would you encounter issues? Sometimes minor changes can make a big difference in any architecture. Join this dev chat to go deep into the troubleshooting it took to find the official root cause of an issue after 5 months. Amazon EKS is a great tool, but if something fails in a core element like nodes, it can highly impact business operations. See how you can streamline troubleshooting to get to root cause as quickly as possible.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -5483,7 +5483,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Linux AL2023 and beyond
 2. Session Code: CMP206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session provides an in-depth overview of new features in Amazon Linux such as graphical desktop and EKS. See an overview of the Amazon Linux package support strategy, lifecycle, and ongoing maintenance of Amazon Linux as customers migrate to the new version and learn what to expect going forward.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Compute
@@ -5510,7 +5510,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon MGM Studios automates financial close process with SAP and AWS
 2. Session Code: MAM219
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how Amazon MGM Studios streamlined and automated its SAP financial close process with AWS services. Using AWS SDK for SAP ABAP, Amazon MGM Studios automated time-consuming data manipulation and transformation processes with AWS services and just a few lines of SAP ABAP code. With accompanying business intelligence from Amazon QuickSight, the company transformed its approach to validation, checking, and audit reporting activities. Now, it is improving reporting accuracy, increasing productivity, and calling "that's a wrap" on its financial close faster each month and quarter. Explore how you can transform your own SAP processes with 200+ AWS services.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -5549,7 +5549,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon OpenSearch Service cost optimizations
 2. Session Code: ANT315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk delves into the art of right-sizing Amazon OpenSearch Service clusters for optimal cost and performance. It explores the trade-offs between provisioned clusters and Amazon OpenSearch Serverless, tailored to different workloads such as log analytics, lexical, semantic, and sparse search. Gain insights into building cost-optimized and high-performing clusters or collections, addressing real-world business challenges. By leveraging the power of OpenSearch Service, learn strategies to strike the perfect balance between resource utilization and operational efficiency, ensuring your search and analytics needs are met seamlessly.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -5584,7 +5584,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Q Apps for healthcare
 2. Session Code: HLS202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore the user-friendly tools in Amazon Q for creating, testing, and deploying AI-generated healthcare applications. Learn about Amazon Q Apps, which can help turn ideas into apps through natural language or chat interactions. Discover how to integrate healthcare information sources, improve chat response accuracy, implement guardrails, customize chat controls, and use document enrichment to protect sensitive health information. This workshop provides a solid foundation for healthcare professionals seeking to enhance productivity and streamline tasks using Amazon Q Apps. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -5615,7 +5615,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Q Developer, Amazon Inspector & AI remediation for secure SDLC
 2. Session Code: DOP213
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Elevate your security posture with AWS offerings across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). Use Amazon Q Developer in the IDE to scan code before committing, Amazon CodeGuru in the CI/CD pipeline to block insecure deployments, and Amazon Inspector at runtime for continuous scanning. Harness the power of generative AI to automate remediation of security findings. This session demonstrates how to seamlessly integrate these services, empowering you to proactively identify and mitigate vulnerabilities throughout the SDLC, ensuring robust security from code to production.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -5684,11 +5684,11 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Q for developers
 2. Session Code: TNC110
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Q Developer is a generative AI–powered assistant that helps you understand, build, extend, and operate AWS applications throughout the software development lifecycle. In this breakout session, learn about the benefits, features, typical use cases, technical concepts, and cost of using Amazon Q Developer. Review an architecture that uses Amazon Q Developer in interactive and asynchronous environments to chat with applications and customize and transform code.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
-7. Areas of Interest: 
+7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
@@ -5717,13 +5717,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon QuickSight: Unified pixel-perfect reporting and dashboards
 2. Session Code: BSI202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how Amazon QuickSight helps you build dashboards and pixel-perfect reports using the same data sources in a single experience. See a demo on how to construct reports in QuickSight including using Amazon Q to generate reports using natural language. Gain insights into the key distinctions between pixel-perfect reports and dashboards, as well as the benefits of moving reporting to the cloud such as scalability, accessibility, and cost savings.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Business Intelligence, Cost Optimization, Innovation and Transformation
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -5744,10 +5744,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon S3 encryption best practices
 2. Session Code: STG347
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Strong adherence to architecture best practices and proactive controls are the foundation of data security. In this chalk talk, learn best practices for securing your data client-side, server-side, and in transit with Amazon S3 encryption options. Dive into managing your organization's data encryption preferences using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies and Amazon S3 bucket policies. In addition, learn how to audit your organization's encryption profile across Amazon S3.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -5779,7 +5779,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon S3 security and access control best practices
 2. Session Code: STG304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Strong adherence to architecture best practices and proactive controls are the foundations of data security. Amazon S3 provides security settings and granular access controls to suit any workload. In this session, learn about the fundamentals of Amazon S3 security and dive deep into the latest enhancements in usability and functionality. Explore options for access control, encryption, monitoring, auditing, and remediation. Discover best practices for data security and access control in Amazon S3.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity, Storage
@@ -5808,10 +5808,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Amazon Time Sync Service delivers microsecond-accurate time
 2. Session Code: CMP327
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the past, distributed systems builders have only used wall-clock physical time in features geared for human consumption (like log timestamps and UI presentation). Design principle for these distributed systems commands that wall-clock time should not be relied upon for anything critical. Time, however, is changing, and clocks can be used at scale to reliably maintain precision and accuracy good enough for distributed systems, including databases, AI, financial services, broadcast/media, telecommunications, quantum computing, and more. You can now approach system design in new ways. Clock accuracy becomes a feature and benefit to improve application performance on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -5841,7 +5841,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Analyze Amazon Aurora & RDS data in Amazon Redshift with zero-ETL
 2. Session Code: DAT331
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover the power of Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift. Zero-ETL integrations help unify your data across applications and data sources for holistic insights. This session explores how Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift remove the need to build and manage complex data pipelines, enabling analytics and machine learning using Amazon Redshift on petabytes of transactional data from your relational databases. In this session, learn about key zero-ETL integration functionalities like data filtering, AWS CloudFormation support, and more.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
@@ -5871,7 +5871,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Analyze Bitcoin and Ethereum data with AMB Query [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLC303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Blockchains are rich with historic data, but analyzing this data can be technically challenging. In this workshop, learn how to access Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet balances and other transaction data via Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) Query. Also, discover how you can use AMB Query and other services to support cross-chain applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -5903,7 +5903,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Analyze Bitcoin and Ethereum data with AMB Query [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLC303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Blockchains are rich with historic data, but analyzing this data can be technically challenging. In this workshop, learn how to access Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet balances and other transaction data via Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) Query. Also, discover how you can use AMB Query and other services to support cross-chain applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -5964,15 +5964,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Anatomy of an AWS Region
 2. Session Code: ARC204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Want to learn about how AWS continually expands its global infrastructure? Come learn about how AWS builds new Regions! AWS continuously expands its global infrastructure, and in this session, you'll review the architecture of AWS Regions and how the process has evolved. Learn about the convergence of software and hardware in AWS infrastructure, as well as the lessons learned from the engineering team responsible for building EC2 in new AWS Regions. This session is intended for builders interested in learning about architecting for resiliency at scale and centralizing large engineering activities to deliver at scale.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest: Global Infrastructure
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -5993,7 +5993,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Anatomy of a ransomware event targeting data within AWS
 2. Session Code: SEC332
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ransomware events interrupt operations and can cost governments, nonprofits, and businesses billions of dollars. Early detection and automated responses are important mechanisms that can help mitigate your organization's exposure. In this chalk talk, learn the anatomy of a ransomware event targeting data within AWS, including detection, response, and recovery. Leave with a deeper understanding of the AWS services and features you can use to protect against ransomware events in your environment and the knowledge to investigate possible ransomware events if they occur.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -6026,7 +6026,7 @@
 
 1. Title: An AWS guide for VMware administrators [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MAM102-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you a VMware administrator embarking on your first AWS migration journey? Join this chalk talk to gain a solid foundation and seamlessly bridge the knowledge between your familiar VMware environment and AWS. Familiarize yourself with the AWS Management Console, Amazon EC2, Amazon VPC, and other AWS services analogous to VMware environments. Explore migration tooling, including native AWS tools, Partner offerings, training, and incentive programs to help accelerate your migration. Learn about migration strategies and modernization paths for your VMware workloads on AWS. Bring your questions and we'll get them answered.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: New to AWS, Migration and Modernization
@@ -6052,10 +6052,10 @@
 
 1. Title: An AWS guide for VMware administrators [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MAM102-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you a VMware administrator embarking on your first AWS migration journey? Join this chalk talk to gain a solid foundation and seamlessly bridge the knowledge between your familiar VMware environment and AWS. Familiarize yourself with the AWS Management Console, Amazon EC2, Amazon VPC, and other AWS services analogous to VMware environments. Explore migration tooling, including native AWS tools, Partner offerings, training, and incentive programs to help accelerate your migration. Learn about migration strategies and modernization paths for your VMware workloads on AWS. Bring your questions and we'll get them answered.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - New to AWS
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -6085,7 +6085,7 @@
 
 1. Title: An insider's look into architecture choices for Amazon DynamoDB
 2. Session Code: DAT419
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: To overcome the performance and scale limitations of relational databases, AWS built Amazon DynamoDB to deliver consistent single-digit millisecond performance at any scale for the most demanding applications on the planet. In this session, learn about the architecture choices for Amazon DynamoDB. Gain a better understanding of when to use DynamoDB and why DynamoDB is used by over one million AWS customers to power hundreds of applications that exceed half a million requests per second. Leave with a new perspective on how to design your own applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -6112,7 +6112,7 @@
 
 1. Title: An open collaboration for HPC acceleration
 2. Session Code: ENU305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, customers learn about Energy HPC Orchestrator (EHO). EHO is an innovative framework designed to transform the execution and operation of traditional energy high performance computing (HPC) applications. It proposes an open industry platform and marketplace for operators, software providers, and academia to deliver innovative seismic processing, imaging, AI/ML, and other state-of-the-art HPC algorithms and workflows. EHO cultivates a competitive environment that encourages innovation within a cloud-native framework, focusing on scalability, fault tolerance, performance optimization, and cost efficiency. By leveraging the latest in cloud technology, EHO enhances efficiency, reliability, and flexibility of existing systems.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Compute
@@ -6142,7 +6142,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Apache Iceberg on AWS: Tuning for cost and performance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN401-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With ever-growing data volumes and real-time requirements, tuning Apache Iceberg for performance while controlling costs can be challenging. This builders' session dives deep into how Iceberg works, its configuration, advanced performance optimization options, and how to tune Iceberg for different workload patterns. Whether you have petabyte-scale batch loads or real-time streaming ingestion, learn about common issues, performance bottlenecks, and best practices to help keep costs under control while turbocharging Iceberg performance at scale. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -6173,15 +6173,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Apache Iceberg on AWS: Tuning for cost and performance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN401-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With ever-growing data volumes and real-time requirements, tuning Apache Iceberg for performance while controlling costs can be challenging. This builders' session dives deep into how Iceberg works, its configuration, advanced performance optimization options, and how to tune Iceberg for different workload patterns. Whether you have petabyte-scale batch loads or real-time streaming ingestion, learn about common issues, performance bottlenecks, and best practices to help keep costs under control while turbocharging Iceberg performance at scale. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Open Source
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -6204,7 +6204,7 @@
 
 1. Title: API authorization with Amazon Cognito and Amazon Verified Permissions [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC202-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience with modern authorization in a microservices-based architecture on AWS. Learn how to externalize and customize authentication with Amazon Cognito, apply fine-grained authorization with policy-based access controls using Amazon Verified Permissions, and integrate with APIs that are protected by Amazon API Gateway. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -6236,7 +6236,7 @@
 
 1. Title: API authorization with Amazon Cognito and Amazon Verified Permissions [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC202-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience with modern authorization in a microservices-based architecture on AWS. Learn how to externalize and customize authentication with Amazon Cognito, apply fine-grained authorization with policy-based access controls using Amazon Verified Permissions, and integrate with APIs that are protected by Amazon API Gateway. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -6268,7 +6268,7 @@
 
 1. Title: API authorization with Amazon Cognito and Amazon Verified Permissions [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC202-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience with modern authorization in a microservices-based architecture on AWS. Learn how to externalize and customize authentication with Amazon Cognito, apply fine-grained authorization with policy-based access controls using Amazon Verified Permissions, and integrate with APIs that are protected by Amazon API Gateway. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -6330,7 +6330,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Apple Vision Pro apps on AWS Cloud
 2. Session Code: CMP328
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how to build a cloud-powered mobile app using Amazon EC2 Mac instances and Amazon Bedrock. With the rise of cloud computing and mobile devices, developers need to master the necessary skills for creating seamless cross-platform experiences that integrate with backend services. Gain experience in developing a cloud-powered mobile app that integrates with AWS services. This is an ideal opportunity for developers looking to expand their skills in cloud computing and mobile development.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -6358,7 +6358,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Application integration for platform builders
 2. Session Code: API311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Modern distributed applications leverage diverse integration components such as queues, event brokers, and workflows. To enhance developer productivity and enforce best practices, platform architects automate the management of these components, incorporating robust logging, monitoring, and security measures. In this session, explore the implementation of application integration using serverless components in enterprise environments. Gain insights on implementing effective data masking techniques, establishing comprehensive observability, and securely configuring cross-account access, and learn how to design and maintain scalable, secure distributed systems that align with enterprise-grade standards.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -6396,10 +6396,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Application modernization blueprints for Amazon EKS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: PEX402-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore an integrated set of technologies, frameworks, and approaches to use on your modernization journey to on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. Learn how to move a suite of applications from one cluster to another using GitOps and open source tools on AWS. Discover how to use Amazon EKS blueprints, Argo CD, and KubeVela to produce fully functional delivery pipelines for modernized workloads with soft multi-tenancy. Learn industry standard approaches, and apply them to migration scenarios and modernization in the cloud. See how to run your Kubernetes platform with GitOps and delivery components, focusing on quality gates, governance, and platform engineering aspects for multi-cluster environments. This workshop is intended for AWS Partners.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Kubernetes
     - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -6407,7 +6407,7 @@
     - Open Source
     - Partner Enablement
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -6431,13 +6431,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Application modernization blueprints for Amazon EKS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: PEX402-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore an integrated set of technologies, frameworks, and approaches to use on your modernization journey to on-premises, hybrid, and cloud environments. Learn how to move a suite of applications from one cluster to another using GitOps and open source tools on AWS. Discover how to use Amazon EKS blueprints, Argo CD, and KubeVela to produce fully functional delivery pipelines for modernized workloads with soft multi-tenancy. Learn industry standard approaches, and apply them to migration scenarios and modernization in the cloud. See how to run your Kubernetes platform with GitOps and delivery components, focusing on quality gates, governance, and platform engineering aspects for multi-cluster environments. This workshop is intended for AWS Partners.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization, Open Source, Partner Enablement
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -6459,7 +6459,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Application modernization to meet a growing global demand
 2. Session Code: IMP211
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: JustServe.org, a free community resource sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, helps connect volunteers to opportunities that enhance the quality of life in a community. In this lightning talk, learn how JustServe migrated from its on-premises infrastructure to a cloud-based solution to better manage its resources and meet growing demand. The migration included moving from a legacy database to a cloud-native solution, and building a CI/CD pipeline that performs full end-to-end testing with each deployment. This migration allows JustServe to deploy changes faster, improve resiliency, and create a platform that can be deployed worldwide.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -6473,7 +6473,7 @@
    - IT Administrator
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Experience with on-premises infrastructure and cloud-based solutions
     2. Knowledge of database migration and cloud-native technologies
@@ -6494,7 +6494,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Application resilience drift: Strategies for detection and response [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP341-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to learn practical strategies for identifying and addressing application resilience drift. Gain insights into detecting subtle shifts in resilience and implementing effective responses to ensure the stability and performance of your applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -6526,7 +6526,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Application resilience drift: Strategies for detection and response [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP341-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to learn practical strategies for identifying and addressing application resilience drift. Gain insights into detecting subtle shifts in resilience and implementing effective responses to ensure the stability and performance of your applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -6558,11 +6558,11 @@
 
 1. Title: Applied data modeling with Amazon DynamoDB [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT401-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to turn a new business idea into a fully functional data model in Amazon DynamoDB. Discover how to translate business requirements into access patterns and access patterns into a fully optimized schema design. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Databases
-7. Areas of Interest: 
+7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
 9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
@@ -6585,11 +6585,11 @@
 
 1. Title: Applied data modeling with Amazon DynamoDB [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT401-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to turn a new business idea into a fully functional data model in Amazon DynamoDB. Discover how to translate business requirements into access patterns and access patterns into a fully optimized schema design. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Databases
-7. Areas of Interest: 
+7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
 9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
@@ -6612,11 +6612,11 @@
 
 1. Title: Applied data modeling with Amazon DynamoDB [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT401-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to turn a new business idea into a fully functional data model in Amazon DynamoDB. Discover how to translate business requirements into access patterns and access patterns into a fully optimized schema design. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Databases
-7. Areas of Interest: 
+7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
 9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
@@ -6640,11 +6640,11 @@
 
 1. Title: Applied data modeling with Amazon DynamoDB [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT401-R3
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to turn a new business idea into a fully functional data model in Amazon DynamoDB. Discover how to translate business requirements into access patterns and access patterns into a fully optimized schema design. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Databases
-7. Areas of Interest: 
+7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
 9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
@@ -6667,11 +6667,11 @@
 
 1. Title: Applied data modeling with Amazon DynamoDB [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT401-R4
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to turn a new business idea into a fully functional data model in Amazon DynamoDB. Discover how to translate business requirements into access patterns and access patterns into a fully optimized schema design. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Databases
-7. Areas of Interest: 
+7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
 9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
@@ -6697,7 +6697,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Applying Amazon's DevOps culture to your team
 2. Session Code: DOP310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how Amazon helps its developers rapidly release and iterate software while maintaining industry-leading standards on security, reliability, and performance. Learn about the culture of two-pizza teams and how to maintain a culture of DevOps in a large enterprise. Also, discover how to help build such a culture at your own organization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -6727,7 +6727,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Applying governance and administrative controls with Amazon Q Business
 2. Session Code: AIM336
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations increasingly utilize conversational AI, the need for robust administrative controls and governance has become paramount. This hands-on workshop guides you through how to set up Amazon Q Business for your organization and use its administrative controls. Explore user roles, permissions, guardrails, policies, and topic controls to govern application behavior, content, security, and compliance at scale. Leave this workshop with practical skills to effectively manage and deploy Amazon Q Business within your enterprise. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -6755,7 +6755,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Apply least privilege principles to troubleshoot IAM access issues
 2. Session Code: TNC214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lab demonstrates the concept of assuming an AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role. Troubleshoot and fix access issues while applying least privilege concepts in your solution.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -6783,7 +6783,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Approaches to layered security on Amazon VPC [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, discover practical guidance that can help you build a secure Amazon VPC. Using a hands-on approach, review Amazon VPC features such as subnets, security groups, flow logs, and routing. Then, learn how you can add on additional layers of security and how to securely ingress and egress VPC traffic with other services, such as Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall, AWS Network Firewall, Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring, AWS WAF, and more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -6816,7 +6816,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Approaches to layered security on Amazon VPC [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, discover practical guidance that can help you build a secure Amazon VPC. Using a hands-on approach, review Amazon VPC features such as subnets, security groups, flow logs, and routing. Then, learn how you can add on additional layers of security and how to securely ingress and egress VPC traffic with other services, such as Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall, AWS Network Firewall, Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring, AWS WAF, and more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -6847,7 +6847,7 @@
 
 1. Title: A practitioner's guide to data for generative AI
 2. Session Code: DAT319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, gain the skills needed to deploy end-to-end generative AI applications using your most valuable data. While this session focuses on the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) process, the concepts also apply to other methods of customizing generative AI applications. Discover best practice architectures using AWS database services like Amazon Aurora, Amazon OpenSearch Service, or Amazon MemoryDB along with data processing services like AWS Glue and streaming data services like Amazon Kinesis. Learn data lake, governance, and data quality concepts and how Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, Amazon Bedrock Agents, and other features tie solution components together.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
@@ -6881,7 +6881,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecting a blockchain tokenization framework
 2. Session Code: BLC305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join AWS blockchain specialists in this interactive chalk talk to unpack the creation and deployment of cloud-native tokenization frameworks for digital assets on AWS. Explore how Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB), services from AWS Partners, and open source AWS Blockchain Node Runner Blueprints can enable robust and well-architected tokenization solutions for both private and public blockchain/distributed ledger technology (DLT) use cases. Learn key design considerations for digital asset representation, regulatory compliance/reporting, automated lifecycle management, and smart contracts and digital asset custody. This talk offers practical insights for financial institutions and developers to jump-start tokenization projects on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -6910,10 +6910,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecting a developer platform on AWS
 2. Session Code: ARC319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Take a journey through the process of designing and architecting a developer platform on AWS. In this chalk talk, learn some of the challenges, as well as lessons, from the development lifecycle. From initial concept to deployment, you will receive valuable insights into the platform engineering journey, enabling you to discover actionable takeaways for your own projects. The talk will demonstrate how to use and enable AWS services across your organization and embed services like compute, storage, and ML at scale.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -6948,10 +6948,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecting and deploying applications at the edge [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HYB306-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore successful design templates for architecting, designing, building, and deploying applications at the edge. Dive deep into successful workload architectures as well as business drivers and best practices for deploying edge applications with AWS services like AWS Local Zones and AWS Outposts. Discover the steps for deploying a real-time online game, private CDNs, and Amazon EKS workloads at the edge. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -7018,7 +7018,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecting AWS accounts for scale
 2. Session Code: COP338
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk focuses on best practices for managing accounts, including account configuration, domain control, and establishing security boundaries via AWS accounts, AWS Organizations, and AWS Control Tower. Manage your business applications and data more easily and achieve operational excellence, security, and reliability while optimizing your costs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -7047,7 +7047,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecting file storage for increased resilience
 2. Session Code: STG333
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Migrating enterprise file workloads for resilience in the cloud requires evaluating multiple factors to determine the optimal architecture. This chalk talk explores essential resiliency patterns and trade-offs for building robust file storage solutions using Amazon EFS and Amazon FSx. Discover strategies to enhance durability, availability, and performance with AWS services. Learn to design storage architectures that withstand failures, ensure data accessibility, and implement effective encryption for data security. Join us to uncover best practices and innovative approaches to strengthen your cloud infrastructure and maximize operational efficiency.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -7083,10 +7083,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecting for data protection and compliance with Amazon ECS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many organizations running containerized workloads need to ensure that they are meeting stringent data protection and compliance requirements, including those pertaining to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules for securing protected health information (PHI). This builders' session focuses on how you can use Amazon ECS and other AWS services to run container applications containing PHI. Learn best practices with Amazon ECS, Amazon ECR, AWS Fargate, Amazon GuardDuty, and more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Data Protection
@@ -7116,7 +7116,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecting for data protection and compliance with Amazon ECS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many organizations running containerized workloads need to ensure that they are meeting stringent data protection and compliance requirements, including those pertaining to the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules for securing protected health information (PHI). This builders' session focuses on how you can use Amazon ECS and other AWS services to run container applications containing PHI. Learn best practices with Amazon ECS, Amazon ECR, AWS Fargate, Amazon GuardDuty, and more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -7150,10 +7150,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecting & implementing a resilient Oracle E-Business Suite on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: PEX405-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, design and implement a highly available Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) environment on AWS using Multi-AZ deployment, then learn how to achieve a Recovery Point Objective of zero and a Recovery Time Objective of 15 minutes, ensuring seamless business continuity. Additionally, learn how to use AWS observability services such as Amazon CloudWatch to detect failures and design timely email notifications in the event of an outage. This session, for AWS Partners, equips you with the best practices and strategies to enhance the availability and resiliency of your enterprise applications in the cloud.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -7184,10 +7184,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecting & implementing a resilient Oracle E-Business Suite on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: PEX405-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, design and implement a highly available Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) environment on AWS using Multi-AZ deployment, then learn how to achieve a Recovery Point Objective of zero and a Recovery Time Objective of 15 minutes, ensuring seamless business continuity. Additionally, learn how to use AWS observability services such as Amazon CloudWatch to detect failures and design timely email notifications in the event of an outage. This session, for AWS Partners, equips you with the best practices and strategies to enhance the availability and resiliency of your enterprise applications in the cloud.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -7219,7 +7219,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecting PartyRock, a no-code gen AI tool, with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM364
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's fast-paced digital world, businesses need to rapidly deliver innovative applications and services to stay ahead of the competition. AWS faced this challenge head-on when we set out to build PartyRock, a no-code generative AI tool. In this chalk talk, hear our journey of using the power of Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Cognito, and AWS serverless technologies to create a secure, fast, and highly scalable solution. Explore the technology architecture, lessons learned, and best practices that can help you unlock the full potential of Amazon Bedrock and serverless technologies for your own projects.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -7251,10 +7251,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Architectural best practices throughout the lifecycle
 2. Session Code: ARC206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how to integrate architectural best practices at every stage of your workload's lifecycle. Explore the AWS Well-Architected Framework, including the AWS Well-Architected Tool, which helps customers discover and implement best practices around operational excellence, security, reliability, performance, cost optimization, and sustainability. Further, learn how to integrate AWS Trusted Advisor to continuously monitor your workloads for adherence to best practices. Finally, learn how to integrate with AWS Health to improve your incident detection time and application resilience. This session holds appeal for architects, CCoE leaders, and builders.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -7286,7 +7286,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Architectural methods & breakthroughs for innovative apps in the cloud
 2. Session Code: ARC203-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This talk explores how advanced architectural breakthroughs and generative AI are revolutionizing application design. Learn how to modernize applications using cutting-edge tools and techniques, develop a modern data strategy, and navigate the rapidly evolving cloud landscape. Explore the innovative ways AWS customers are building applications in the cloud, and discover best practices to help you navigate the rapidly changing architectural landscape.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -7318,7 +7318,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Architectural patterns for near real-time data analytics on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT316-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Streaming data pipelines make it possible to access and extract value from your data before it loses its shelf life, and customers today are increasingly looking for scalable, efficient, and cost-effective ways of building real-time data pipelines that can provide immediate data availability in the desired format and in the desired data store. Join this chalk talk to dive into the AWS streaming options and proven architecture patterns for managing high-velocity data ingestion and data processing for timely and actionable outcomes across diverse real-time workloads for data warehousing, search analytics, and generative AI applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -7349,7 +7349,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Architectural patterns for near real-time data analytics on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT316-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Streaming data pipelines make it possible to access and extract value from your data before it loses its shelf life, and customers today are increasingly looking for scalable, efficient, and cost-effective ways of building real-time data pipelines that can provide immediate data availability in the desired format and in the desired data store. Join this chalk talk to dive into the AWS streaming options and proven architecture patterns for managing high-velocity data ingestion and data processing for timely and actionable outcomes across diverse real-time workloads for data warehousing, search analytics, and generative AI applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -7382,10 +7382,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Architecture patterns for MLOps on Amazon EKS
 2. Session Code: KUB313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) helps organizations tackle machine learning operations (MLOps) challenges by providing a highly secure, reliable, scalable, and flexible Kubernetes environment in the cloud. In this chalk talk, explore architecture patterns for training, fine tuning, and serving machine learning models using Amazon EKS, Amazon EC2, and AWS storage services.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest: Open Source
@@ -7415,7 +7415,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Are you well-architected?
 2. Session Code: TNC206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Most businesses depend on a portfolio of technology solutions to operate and be successful every day. How do you know if you and your team are following best practice or what the risks in your architectures might be? In this session, learn how the AWS Well-Architected Framework provides prescriptive architectural advice and how the AWS Well-Architected Tool helps you measure and improve your technology portfolio.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -7440,10 +7440,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Armed Forces unite: Connecting data across domains
 2. Session Code: WPS212
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: There is no doubt that making quick decisions brings a critical advantage to the US Armed Forces. But doing that securely and safely is a challenge our Department of Defense has set out to solve. Join this session, with leadership from each branch of the Armed Forces, to discuss data-driven strategies to make information accessible, anywhere and anytime, to drive decision-making. Hear how investments in advanced technologies are improving speed, quality, and accuracy, and how receiving the right data at the right time is a vital component to empowering service members.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -7479,7 +7479,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Ask me anything about networking [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk covers the breadth of AWS networking services. Are you facing challenges figuring out how you can optimize Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), where Amazon VPC Lattice fits in to your architecture, how you can migrate to AWS PrivateLink, how you should implement AWS Verified Access, whether you should migrate from AWS Transit Gateway to AWS Cloud WAN, or any other networking topic? Bring your questions to explore in detail through interactive conversations and whiteboarding.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -7516,7 +7516,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Ask me anything about networking [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk covers the breadth of AWS networking services. Are you facing challenges figuring out how you can optimize Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), where Amazon VPC Lattice fits in to your architecture, how you can migrate to AWS PrivateLink, how you should implement AWS Verified Access, whether you should migrate from AWS Transit Gateway to AWS Cloud WAN, or any other networking topic? Bring your questions to explore in detail through interactive conversations and whiteboarding.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -7553,7 +7553,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Assessing climate risk with spatial analysis on AWS
 2. Session Code: SUS305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations around the globe are reacting to a rapidly changing physical environment. To stay resilient, customers need to quickly develop scalable systems to ingest and analyze large datasets with real-time climate and location information. From assessing climate impact to managing environmental risk, with Amazon Redshift support for spatial data and native integration to ML models through Amazon SageMaker, customers can rapidly develop analysis that helps them respond to natural world changes. In this session, learn how Tokio Marine Highland uses CARTO's spatial analytics platform on AWS to manage climate risk and assess impacts of severe weather to its business.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Architecture
@@ -7580,7 +7580,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Assuring privacy & compliance when integrating AI [English]
 2. Session Code: GBL210-EN
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk is delivered in English. Security professionals advise caution when integrating generative AI with existing data and applications. Data privacy, model bias, harmful content creation, and the risks of malicious input on models are reasons to approach generative AI adoption with care. In this lightning talk, learn the six themes to consider from an EMEA perspective before you get started.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -7590,7 +7590,7 @@
    - Cloud Security Specialist
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of English language
     2. Knowledge of cybersecurity and data privacy concepts
@@ -7611,7 +7611,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Asynchronous frontends: Building seamless event-driven experiences
 2. Session Code: API305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: User interfaces by nature are event-driven—interactions trigger events that drive the application. But, integrations between the frontend and backend are often built synchronously using a request/response pattern. This session explores patterns to enable asynchronous, event-driven integrations with the frontend. It's designed for architects and frontend, backend, and full-stack engineers. Leave this session with real-world patterns that bring the agility and responsiveness of event-driven architecture across client-server interactions.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -7678,7 +7678,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AutoGluon: Build your AI/ML applications with the superpower of AutoML
 2. Session Code: OPN302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, discover how popular open source AutoML framework AutoGluon empowers developers to build ML applications with cutting-edge AutoML capabilities. Learn how AutoGluon streamlines the ML building process (from data loading and model selection to ensembling and HPO) with three lines of code, allowing developers to focus on solving ML problems rather than tinkering with models. Dive into hands-on exercises where you'll use AutoGluon to train high-performing ML models on various use cases, including tabular, time-series, and multimodal, regardless of your expertise level. Join this workshop to unlock the full potential of AutoML and accelerate your journey toward building intelligent applications with AutoGluon. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -7707,7 +7707,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate and accelerate your sales motion with AWS
 2. Session Code: PEX311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's rapid pace of cloud migration and modernization, AWS Partners need to scale their sales motions quickly through automation. In this session, learn how partners like you have leveraged the enhanced AWS Partner CRM Connector to boost productivity of their sales teams by managing co-sell from right within their own CRMs. Learn how you can accelerate deal collaboration with AWS, and gain an overview of the latest reports available across your AWS and AWS Marketplace business for driving insights.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -7741,7 +7741,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate and troubleshoot AD using Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: XNT309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Active Directory (AD) administration often involves repetitive tasks and time-consuming troubleshooting. Come discover the future of smarter, more efficient AD management, powered by the remarkable capabilities of generative AI. Learn how to use AI-driven Amazon Bedrock Agents to simplify employee onboarding, automate repetitive administration tasks, and provide root cause analysis with remediation recommendations in natural language for common AD issues like account lockouts and Kerberos problems. Watch live demos showcasing how these agents analyze log files, event logs, and diagnostic data to identify and resolve AD-related issues efficiently. It's time to boost your AD management skills with AI.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -7772,10 +7772,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate data protection at scale with AWS Backup
 2. Session Code: STG351
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A robust data protection strategy is critical for business continuity, helping improve data governance, resilience, and security posture. Join this code talk to learn how to automate AWS Backup using infrastructure as code to perform core backup and recovery operations; restore testing; and compliance auditing, monitoring, and reporting for data protection. Get hands-on experience managing and updating your AWS Backup policies and resources across multiple accounts and Regions. Use the talk's quick-start kit to meet your organization's data protection needs.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -7806,7 +7806,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automated cluster infrastructure with Amazon EKS and Karpenter
 2. Session Code: KUB312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Kubernetes makes building and running complex applications simpler, but using Kubernetes comes with a unique set of challenges, such as security, networking, interoperability, storage, and scaling. Amazon EKS eliminates the need to install, operate, and maintain your own Kubernetes control planes, alleviating many challenges, but responding quickly to new workload requirements while balancing cost and performance can be difficult. AWS continues to invest in technologies such as Karpenter to help improve application availability and cluster efficiency to launch the right-sized compute resources. Learn how to use Amazon EKS and Karpenter functionality to optimize costs, implement scheduling constraints, and more.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -7867,7 +7867,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate document processing with SAP and generative AI
 2. Session Code: MAM307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: To gain a competitive edge, SAP customers are modernizing mission-critical SAP processes with cloud services. The AWS SDK for SAP ABAP simplifies reinventing SAP-based processes using more than 200 AWS services. In this hands-on workshop, learn how to automate paper-to-post invoice management by integrating SAP with AWS services, including generative AI capabilities. Learn how automating invoice processing with Amazon Textract, Amazon Translate, Amazon Bedrock, and SAP can accelerate payment approvals, enable anomaly detection, reduce errors, save costs, and boost staff productivity. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -7900,10 +7900,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Automated vulnerability patching with generative AI and AWS tools
 2. Session Code: SMB310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how to enhance your application's security with an automated vulnerability remediation pipeline using generative AI. This session covers integrating Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Inspector to automatically detect and patch vulnerabilities in code. Learn to streamline the CI/CD process, improve security posture, and minimize manual intervention in vulnerability management. Join this session for a hands-on exploration of leveraging AI to maintain secure and robust applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -7933,7 +7933,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate Java app upgrades & accelerate innovation with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP314-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Q Developer's agent for code transformation automates the end-to-end process of upgrading and transforming code. Reduce the time and costs associated with modernizing applications, unlock previously cost-prohibitive and cumbersome modernization opportunities, and save customers months or even years of effort. By automating undifferentiated upgrade and modernization tasks, customers can enhance application performance and security and accelerate innovation. Join this chalk talk to learn how to take your application modernization to the next level.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -7964,7 +7964,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate Java app upgrades & accelerate innovation with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP314-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Q Developer's agent for code transformation automates the end-to-end process of upgrading and transforming code. Reduce the time and costs associated with modernizing applications, unlock previously cost-prohibitive and cumbersome modernization opportunities, and save customers months or even years of effort. By automating undifferentiated upgrade and modernization tasks, customers can enhance application performance and security and accelerate innovation. Join this chalk talk to learn how to take your application modernization to the next level.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -7995,7 +7995,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate LoRaWAN device setup with AWS IoT Core and gen AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT306-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn the essential steps to integrate a LoRaWAN gateway with AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN. Learn how to onboard your first LoRaWAN device effectively and set up an AWS Lambda function to decode the payload. Leave this session with the practical skills to manage LoRaWAN communications with AWS, enhancing your IoT projects. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Internet of Things
@@ -8027,7 +8027,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate LoRaWAN device setup with AWS IoT Core and gen AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT306-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn the essential steps to integrate a LoRaWAN gateway with AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN. Learn how to onboard your first LoRaWAN device effectively and set up an AWS Lambda function to decode the payload. Leave this session with the practical skills to manage LoRaWAN communications with AWS, enhancing your IoT projects. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Internet of Things
@@ -8059,7 +8059,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate LoRaWAN device setup with AWS IoT Core and gen AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT306-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn the essential steps to integrate a LoRaWAN gateway with AWS IoT Core for LoRaWAN. Learn how to onboard your first LoRaWAN device effectively and set up an AWS Lambda function to decode the payload. Leave this session with the practical skills to manage LoRaWAN communications with AWS, enhancing your IoT projects. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Internet of Things
@@ -8092,7 +8092,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate patch management and compliance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to automate patch management and compliance. See how you can quickly enable patching at scale across your AWS accounts and Regions within your AWS organization using AWS Systems Manager. Gain hands-on experience with how to use AWS Systems Manager to enable patching operations and maintain compliance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -8121,7 +8121,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate patch management and compliance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to automate patch management and compliance. See how you can quickly enable patching at scale across your AWS accounts and Regions within your AWS organization using AWS Systems Manager. Gain hands-on experience with how to use AWS Systems Manager to enable patching operations and maintain compliance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -8150,7 +8150,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate protection and backup compliance using Amazon EBS snapshots [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG401-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations use Amazon EBS snapshots to securely protect data on Amazon EBS volumes. Join this builders' session to learn how to design and build automated application-consistent Amazon EBS snapshot workflows using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager. Build snapshot automation into your existing data protection scripts, and explore how to design and code new snapshot workflows. This session also covers topics such as AWS account security, securing your snapshots from public access, secure sharing, and the Amazon EBS snapshot encryption architecture. Learn how to protect your data from accidental deletions, increase compliance, and safeguard against ransomware. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -8183,7 +8183,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate protection and backup compliance using Amazon EBS snapshots [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG401-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations use Amazon EBS snapshots to securely protect data on Amazon EBS volumes. Join this builders' session to learn how to design and build automated application-consistent Amazon EBS snapshot workflows using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager. Build snapshot automation into your existing data protection scripts, and explore how to design and code new snapshot workflows. This session also covers topics such as AWS account security, securing your snapshots from public access, secure sharing, and the Amazon EBS snapshot encryption architecture. Learn how to protect your data from accidental deletions, increase compliance, and safeguard against ransomware. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -8217,7 +8217,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate protection and backup compliance using Amazon EBS snapshots [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG401-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations use Amazon EBS snapshots to securely protect data on Amazon EBS volumes. Join this builders' session to learn how to design and build automated application-consistent Amazon EBS snapshot workflows using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager. Build snapshot automation into your existing data protection scripts, and explore how to design and code new snapshot workflows. This session also covers topics such as AWS account security, securing your snapshots from public access, secure sharing, and the Amazon EBS snapshot encryption architecture. Learn how to protect your data from accidental deletions, increase compliance, and safeguard against ransomware. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -8252,10 +8252,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate SaaS provisioning & deployment with Kubernetes DevOps tooling
 2. Session Code: SAS404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The Kubernetes DevOps tool chain equips builders with a rich collection of constructs that can be used to design and implement a range of multi-tenant automation strategies. This workshop looks at how these Kubernetes tools are combined to support tenant onboarding, deployment, provisioning, configuration, and so on. The labs identify approaches for targeting and automating these unique SaaS DevOps needs. The goal is to create an end-to-end solution that uses GitOps, Argo, Helm, and other Kubernetes tools to create and configure multi-tenant Amazon EKS environments that cover a range of tiers and deployment models. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -8288,7 +8288,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automate your network operations using NetDevOps practices
 2. Session Code: NET307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As your AWS network infrastructure grows in size and complexity, not only will you need to develop and modernize your applications, you will also need to modernize and manage the infrastructure in an agile, efficient, and secure manner. During this workshop, learn about and apply NetDevOps best practices through hands-on scenario role-play at a fictitious company. Act as a new network engineer who needs to troubleshoot and fix required automations for their company. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -8317,13 +8317,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Automating insurance claims and policy management using generative AI
 2. Session Code: DEV333
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Insurance companies manage extensive procedure documents, making manual processing time-consuming and complex. This session introduces a generative AI-based solution to automate and scale these operations. This innovative solution leverages generative AI to transform operations processing into an automated and scalable solution. Learn how to build an end-to-end generative AI-based robotic process automation (RPA) solution to understand procedure documents with rules, tables, and images and perform operations according to customers' data by leveraging generative AI and large language models (LLMs). This approach is ideal for industries that require efficient handling of large-scale documentation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
    - Data Scientist
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
@@ -8352,10 +8352,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Automating Microsoft .Net app modernization with AWS cloud services
 2. Session Code: PEX217
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session highlights the use cases, opportunity space, and portfolio of AWS tools to assess, convert, and automate .Net application modernization leveraging gen AI. Learn how to package a set of AWS services for your developer teams, accelerate your GTM with AWS assets, and support mechanisms.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -8366,7 +8366,7 @@
 9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of .NET application development
     2. Familiarity with cloud computing concepts
@@ -8386,7 +8386,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automating sales cycles
 2. Session Code: PEX211
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to automate sales cycles and unlock new revenue streams with the power of the AWS Partner CRM connector. This lightning talk will showcase how to create ACE opportunities to co-sell with AWS to transacting through AWS Marketplace all without leaving your Salesforce CRM. Attendees will learn how to simplify sales operations and unlock the full potential of your sales ecosystem.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -8417,7 +8417,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automating scalable order processing using generative AI
 2. Session Code: NTA301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AffinityX, a leading advertising agency processing over 3 million purchase orders annually for promotional goods, encountered scalability challenges. In this session, hear how they leveraged generative AI on AWS and Cloudwick's expertise to develop a solution powered by Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic Claude 3, AWS Lambda, and other serverless services. Discover how this innovative approach automated the entire order workflow, seamlessly handling the high volume of orders from submission to fulfillment without manual intervention. Gain insights into how AffinityX achieved cost savings, scalability, and the ability to dynamically adapt to demand by embracing generative AI on AWS for order processing automation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -8444,7 +8444,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Automating technical support and workflows with Amazon Bedrock Agents
 2. Session Code: AIM329
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Applying generative AI and agentic solutions to event-driven workflows gives enterprises the ability to make dynamic decisions based on specific event details. These solutions reduce the time spent handling the event, and they also reduce the amount of human effort by automating multiple steps and surfacing insights. In this workshop, learn how to use Amazon Bedrock Agents to create an event-driven agent that automates the analysis of support tickets by either resolving them or providing well-structured and documented details to the ticket resolver, which improves the company's productivity. You must bring a laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -8472,7 +8472,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Autonomous retail at UCSD: Enhancing campus life with AWS
 2. Session Code: BIZ104
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to discover how the University of California San Diego (UCSD) reimagines the on-campus experience with AWS and Amazon. By adopting Just Walk Out technology by Amazon, UCSD provides a frictionless retail store experience that has delivered a 14% increase in transactions while reducing wait times and extending operating hours. Explore how technology innovation and integrated solutions across the campus drive student engagement and convenience for staff, faculty, and visitors. Gain insights from UCSD and Just Walk Out technology to drive your own retail transformation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -8497,7 +8497,7 @@
 
 1. Title: A visual guessing game using generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD215-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come play the generative AI drawing game where a human sketches and AI guesses. Powered by Amazon Bedrock and LLMs, a human doodles objects and scenes on a whiteboard while the AI bot tries to guess what the doodle represents before the timer ends in order to access the next level. The AI bot utilizes previous guesses to inform its next guess, adapting based on feedback. This demonstrates the LLM's ability to learn and understand visual inputs through an interactive game.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -8524,7 +8524,7 @@
 
 1. Title: A visual guessing game using generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD215-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come play the generative AI drawing game where a human sketches and AI guesses. Powered by Amazon Bedrock and LLMs, a human doodles objects and scenes on a whiteboard while the AI bot tries to guess what the doodle represents before the timer ends in order to access the next level. The AI bot utilizes previous guesses to inform its next guess, adapting based on feedback. This demonstrates the LLM's ability to learn and understand visual inputs through an interactive game.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -8551,10 +8551,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Avoid turbulence: Driving an airline notification service switch
 2. Session Code: DEV210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how applying AWS leadership principles and leveraging community helped transform an airline notification service migration to AWS. The project languished for two years without a development environment, caught between missed deadlines and budget overruns. Strategic planning and execution led to a full production release in less than nine months. By using Amazon ECS, Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, Amazon SES, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda and Terraform (IaC), the team overcame significant challenges. This talk offers key lessons in IT project management, Dev and Ops collaboration, and AWS architecture solutions for achieving robust, scalable architectures.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -8566,7 +8566,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of AWS services and concepts
     2. Experience in IT project management or software development
@@ -8592,7 +8592,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS-accelerated computing enables customer success with generative AI
 2. Session Code: CMP207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how AWS provides the most performant, low-cost infrastructure for building and scaling large-scale generative AI models. Come learn what's new in the accelerated computing portfolio including our GPU-based and AWS AI chips-powered instances, and hear about the variety of training and inference use cases that this portfolio unlocks for customers including large language models and multi-modal models. Join this breakout session to explore real-world examples of how leading companies are leveraging AWS to achieve groundbreaking results in generative AI.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -8622,7 +8622,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Amplify-hosted frontend for higher ed: Enhance student experiences
 2. Session Code: IDE201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In partnership with Deloitte and AWS, UNCF launched HBCUv, a comprehensive virtual learning platform and ecosystem for historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). This session explores how the HBCUv project empowered frontend developers by leveraging AWS technologies like Amplify, AWS Glue DataBrew, Amazon DynamoDB, and AWS Step Functions. Learn about the strategy and innovative methods used to create a resilient, event-driven cloud infrastructure that enhances the frontend web development experience and supports a scalable, efficient higher education platform. Gain insights into Deloitte's strategic AWS alliance and the transformative potential of cloud technologies in higher education.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -8657,7 +8657,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Amplify: Integrating data sources, authentication & AWS services
 2. Session Code: FWM314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Expand the capabilities of your full stack applications with the latest updates to AWS Amplify. In this chalk talk, explore how Amplify can seamlessly integrate with a wide range of existing data sources, authentication providers, and AWS infrastructure. Connect your Amplify-powered applications to PostgreSQL or MySQL databases, leveraging Amplify's data modeling and API generation capabilities. Discover how to authenticate users with any OpenID Connect (OIDC) or SAML provider. Use the AWS CDK to customize Amplify resources, such as Amazon S3 buckets and Amazon DynamoDB tables, and to add custom AWS resources to your project.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -8690,15 +8690,15 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS and Kuiper together: Building applications using satellite connectivity [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC318-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This is a whiteboard-lead session that shows how Kuiper's new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network works with AWS services and the types of new use cases that are available. Kuiper will provide high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity almost anywhere on Earth, creating many new use cases when combined with AWS services such as private networking and computing at the edge. This session covers Kuiper basics such as the constellation, design, and user terminals as well as more advanced architecture patterns such as the integration of private endpoint connectivity directly into AWS data lakes or Amazon VPC connectivity.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Global Infrastructure
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -8719,15 +8719,15 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS and Kuiper together: Building applications using satellite connectivity [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC318-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This is a whiteboard-lead session that shows how Kuiper's new Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite network works with AWS services and the types of new use cases that are available. Kuiper will provide high-bandwidth, low-latency connectivity almost anywhere on Earth, creating many new use cases when combined with AWS services such as private networking and computing at the edge. This session covers Kuiper basics such as the constellation, design, and user terminals as well as more advanced architecture patterns such as the integration of private endpoint connectivity directly into AWS data lakes or Amazon VPC connectivity.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Global Infrastructure
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 2:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -8748,7 +8748,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS and partners come together to unlock customer outcomes with gen AI
 2. Session Code: PEX104
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session explores how AWS Partners are enabling customers to successfully deploy generative AI solutions by leveraging AWS programs and resources including AWS Generative AI Competency, AWS Marketplace, and Tri-party programs. Additionally, the session delves into how AWS harnesses the specialized expertise of its partner network, combined with its comprehensive generative AI offerings, to deliver tailored solutions that meet customers' generative AI needs.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -8780,7 +8780,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS application networking: Build simple, secure, and reliable apps
 2. Session Code: NET317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS application networking services offer fully managed networking solutions for developers and network administrators to build highly scalable applications. In this session, learn how to best use services such as Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon API Gateway, AWS PrivateLink, and Amazon VPC Lattice, enabling secure application connectivity and monitoring. Stay informed about the newest features across this service portfolio, designed to enhance security, maximize availability, and improve connectivity while reducing the workload on your teams. Learn best practices to automatically streamline application development and deployment processes.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Networking, Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -8808,10 +8808,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Around the World
 2. Session Code: ACT002
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Network with peers and connect with AWS experts from around the world.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -8834,10 +8834,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Around the World
 2. Session Code: ACT004
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Network with peers and connect with AWS experts from around the world.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -8860,13 +8860,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Around the World
 2. Session Code: ACT005
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Network with peers and connect with AWS experts from around the world.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -8886,12 +8886,12 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Around the World
 2. Session Code: ACT006
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Network with peers and connect with AWS experts from around the world.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
-8. Level: 
+8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 10:00 a.m.
@@ -8911,13 +8911,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Art Alley
 2. Session Code: ACT160
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come experience the power of generative AI in the AWS Art Alley, where AWS Builders have created one-of-a-kind activations for you to enjoy!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 - 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -8937,13 +8937,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Art Alley
 2. Session Code: ACT092
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come experience the power of generative AI in the AWS Art Alley, where AWS Builders have created one-of-a-kind activations for you to enjoy!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -8962,13 +8962,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Art Alley
 2. Session Code: ACT161
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come experience the power of generative AI in the AWS Art Alley, where AWS Builders have created one-of-a-kind activations for you to enjoy!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -8988,13 +8988,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Art Alley
 2. Session Code: ACT162
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come experience the power of generative AI in the AWS Art Alley, where AWS Builders have created one-of-a-kind activations for you to enjoy!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -9014,13 +9014,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Art Alley
 2. Session Code: ACT164
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come experience the power of generative AI in the AWS Art Alley, where AWS Builders have created one-of-a-kind activations for you to enjoy!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 - 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -9039,13 +9039,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Art Alley
 2. Session Code: ACT163
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come experience the power of generative AI in the AWS Art Alley, where AWS Builders have created one-of-a-kind activations for you to enjoy!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 - 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -9064,10 +9064,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS B2B Data Interchange to accelerate EDI data integrations at scale
 2. Session Code: STG319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS B2B Data Interchange transforms EDI business-to-business (B2B) data exchanged between you and your trading partners at cloud scale. In this workshop, dive deep into how to use AWS B2B Data Interchange to automate the transformation of your EDI documents to accelerate migration of your B2B data exchange workloads. Explore practical examples of industry-standard ERP, and learn how to reduce operational complexity and optimize cost using inbound and outbound messaging. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -9096,10 +9096,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS best practices for IoT and AI for industrial smart products [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT308-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS helps manufacturers connect high-value industrial products by leveraging analytics and AI capabilities from the edge to the cloud. In this chalk talk, explore how AWS helps organizations connect industrial assets, reduce total cost of ownership, accelerate innovation, and unlock industrial data, while offering more capabilities and services for their B2B customers. Learn about the latest architecture patterns using AWS IoT and AI managed services, like AWS IoT SiteWise and Amazon Bedrock. Get an opportunity to engage with other attendees and AWS IIoT specialists to get best practices and exchange insights on industrial smart products.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -9130,10 +9130,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS best practices for IoT and AI for industrial smart products [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS helps manufacturers connect high-value industrial products by leveraging analytics and AI capabilities from the edge to the cloud. In this chalk talk, explore how AWS helps organizations connect industrial assets, reduce total cost of ownership, accelerate innovation, and unlock industrial data, while offering more capabilities and services for their B2B customers. Learn about the latest architecture patterns using AWS IoT and AI managed services, like AWS IoT SiteWise and Amazon Bedrock. Get an opportunity to engage with other attendees and AWS IIoT specialists to get best practices and exchange insights on industrial smart products.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -9201,10 +9201,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Cloud Institute: Your source for AI-minded cloud talent
 2. Session Code: TNC108
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Struggling with talent gaps and lagging transformation initiatives? AWS Cloud Institute solves your workforce challenges with the next generation of AI-minded cloud talent. Through our expert-led curriculum, build hands-on cloud skills through labs, capstone projects, and AWS Certification prep so you are ready to innovate on day one. Get ready to engage role-ready graduates who can leverage generative AI, drive migration and modernization, and accelerate your future-proofing efforts.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Training and Certification
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -9215,7 +9215,7 @@
    - Business Executive
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Familiarity with cloud computing concepts
     2. Interest in developing AI-driven cloud skills
@@ -9234,7 +9234,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Cloud technical essentials
 2. Session Code: TNC103
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this introductory bootcamp, you learn about AWS products, services, and common solutions. You also get familiar with the fundamentals of identifying AWS services so you can make informed decisions about IT solutions based on your business requirements. Throughout the bootcamp, you gain information on how to build, compare, and apply highly available, fault tolerant, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.
 5. Session Type: Bootcamp
 6. Topic: Architecture, New to AWS
@@ -9262,7 +9262,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS databases: The foundation for data-driven and generative AI apps
 2. Session Code: DAT201-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join G2 Krishnamoorthy, VP of AWS Databases, and Jeff Carter, VP at AWS, as they share our data vision and innovation agenda to help customers modernize their applications to enable generative AI–enabled experiences for innovative user experiences. Learn how AWS databases are making it easier to integrate and manage your data, build highly available and resilient applications for your most mission-critical workloads, and seamlessly take advantage of generative AI advancements. Hear from Matt Swensson of NFL, Dr. Céline Laurent-Winter of BMW, and Sanjay Nair of United Airlines about the solutions they built using AWS databases as their foundation.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -9297,7 +9297,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS escape room: Exam prep for Certified AI Practitioner [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ101-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Prepare for the AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam by playing a 3D virtual escape room game. Select an avatar, enter a narrative-driven world, and solve a series of interactive puzzles, exam-style questions, and hands-on labs to leave locked rooms. Compete against others to escape first! You must bring a laptop with a Chrome, Firefox, or Edge browser to participate. Headphones are recommended but optional.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -9330,7 +9330,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS escape room: Exam prep for Certified AI Practitioner [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ101-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Prepare for the AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam by playing a 3D virtual escape room game. Select an avatar, enter a narrative-driven world, and solve a series of interactive puzzles, exam-style questions, and hands-on labs to leave locked rooms. Compete against others to escape first! You must bring a laptop with a Chrome, Firefox, or Edge browser to participate. Headphones are recommended but optional.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -9363,7 +9363,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS for VMware migrations: Successes, roadmaps, & strategies
 2. Session Code: MAM104
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you looking to migrate your VMware on-premises environment to AWS and seeking guidance on the right approach? This session brings together migration trailblazers who've been there. Hear firsthand how different global organizations accelerated their cloud journeys, from planning to execution. Speakers share the trusted tools, strategies, and lessons that streamlined their transitions, helping you get insights to guide your own migration. Plus, get a glimpse into their modernization roadmaps and innovation strategies. Whether you're just starting or overcoming hurdles, you'll gain actionable insights to drive your own cloud transformation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -9401,10 +9401,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS fundamentals for the accidental SQL Server database administrator [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: XNT201-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With over 200 fully featured services on AWS, it can be challenging for any database administrator trying to ramp up. In this chalk talk, learn how to map basic database administrator tasks to the role of a cloud architect. Learn about networking and security and how to implement high availability and disaster recovery for SQL Server. Discover how to use generative AI services like Amazon Q Business and Amazon Q Developer with your deployments and queries. Finally, learn how to choose the right services for your deployment and how to secure and cost-optimize these workloads. Come prepared with your questions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - New to AWS
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -9436,10 +9436,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS fundamentals for the accidental SQL Server database administrator [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: XNT201-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With over 200 fully featured services on AWS, it can be challenging for any database administrator trying to ramp up. In this chalk talk, learn how to map basic database administrator tasks to the role of a cloud architect. Learn about networking and security and how to implement high availability and disaster recovery for SQL Server. Discover how to use generative AI services like Amazon Q Business and Amazon Q Developer with your deployments and queries. Finally, learn how to choose the right services for your deployment and how to secure and cost-optimize these workloads. Come prepared with your questions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - New to AWS
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -9471,7 +9471,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS GameDay: Cloud operations
 2. Session Code: GHJ304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join us for an interactive and collaborative learning exercise to develop practical skills for keeping AWS environments up and running. Gain experience in a real AWS account with deployed infrastructure that needs your help. Use and build skills in monitoring, automation, observability, configuration management, and more. Whether you're a seasoned cloud professional or just starting your journey, this cloud operations AWS GameDay is an opportunity to put your theoretical knowledge to the test and gain invaluable experience. This session features a quest from Dynatrace.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -9506,7 +9506,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS GameDay: Developer experience
 2. Session Code: GHJ301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join us for an interactive and collaborative learning exercise to gain practical skills for working with code on AWS. Come blend the skills of developers and operations teams to fully harness the combined power of DevOps. Leverage and build skills in serverless applications, CI/CD pipelines, containers, infrastructure as code, and more. Whether you're a seasoned cloud professional or just starting your journey, this developer experience AWS GameDay is an opportunity to put your theoretical knowledge to the test and gain invaluable experience. This session features a quest from New Relic.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic:
@@ -9542,7 +9542,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS GameDay: Generative AI
 2. Session Code: GHJ302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join us for an interactive and collaborative learning exercise to gain practical skills for working with generative AI on AWS. Discover and build with the technology that's sweeping the industry. Come leverage and build skills in prompt engineering and foundation model evaluation while connecting applications to LLMs, building with agents, and more. Whether you're a seasoned cloud professional or just starting your journey, this generative AI AWS GameDay is an opportunity to put your theoretical knowledge to the test and gain invaluable experience. This session features a quest from Datadog.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -9574,10 +9574,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS GameDay: Security and networking
 2. Session Code: GHJ303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join us for an interactive and collaborative learning exercise to develop practical skills for connecting and protecting infrastructure in AWS environments. Gain experience in a real AWS account with deployed infrastructure that needs your help. Respond to real-world networking and security scenarios involving compromised credentials, asset uplifting to IPv6, data leaks, VPC connectivity issues, instance breaches, and more. Whether you're a seasoned cloud professional or just starting your journey, this security and networking AWS GameDay is an opportunity to put your theoretical knowledge to the test and gain invaluable experience. This session features a quest from Fortinet.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -9610,7 +9610,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS GameDay: Winning the DDoS game [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC402-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, compete in a team-based environment to practice protecting a web application in real time. Your team uses AWS WAF and AWS Shield to mitigate distributed HTTP floods, web exploits, and malicious bots that disrupt the experience of your customers. This workshop offers a risk-free environment where teamwork is paramount as you work together under pressure. Watch a real-time scoreboard as your team works through each level. The most effective team will earn a prize at the end! You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -9640,7 +9640,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS GameDay: Winning the DDoS game [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC402-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, compete in a team-based environment to practice protecting a web application in real time. Your team uses AWS WAF and AWS Shield to mitigate distributed HTTP floods, web exploits, and malicious bots that disrupt the experience of your customers. This workshop offers a risk-free environment where teamwork is paramount as you work together under pressure. Watch a real-time scoreboard as your team works through each level. The most effective team will earn a prize at the end!
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -9671,7 +9671,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Global Passport: Your passport to international growth
 2. Session Code: SEG205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The opportunities for growth through global expansion are tremendous, but it also introduces a wide range of challenges that can be difficult to balance with managing an existing business. In this breakout session, you'll stamp your ticket to international markets, as you are introduced to AWS Global Passport, a bespoke program that fast-tracks global expansion with tailored AWS resources to help overcome strategic, operational, technical, and go-to-market challenges.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Customer Enablement
@@ -9700,7 +9700,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Graviton GameDay: Optimize your Amazon EC2 workload with Graviton [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP316-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ready to learn more about AWS Graviton in an immersive environment? In this team-based gamified learning setting, perform a live migration of your workload to Graviton. You learn how to unlock Graviton's full price-performance potential and optimize the size of an Amazon EC2 fleet. You have the opportunity to identify CPU-architectural incompatibilities with the Porting Advisor for Graviton tool, test performance, adjust a continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipeline to create ARM64 artifacts, and explore popular Graviton use cases. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -9732,7 +9732,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Graviton GameDay: Optimize your Amazon EC2 workload with Graviton [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP316-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ready to learn more about AWS Graviton in an immersive environment? In this team-based gamified learning setting, perform a live migration of your workload to Graviton. You learn how to unlock Graviton's full price-performance potential and optimize the size of an Amazon EC2 fleet. You have the opportunity to identify CPU-architectural incompatibilities with the Porting Advisor for Graviton tool, test performance, adjust a continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipeline to create ARM64 artifacts, and explore popular Graviton use cases. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -9764,7 +9764,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Graviton: The best price performance for your AWS workloads
 2. Session Code: CMP320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Graviton-based Amazon EC2 instances provide the best price performance for workloads in Amazon EC2. In this session, dive deep into the AWS Graviton processor and learn about its workload performance, energy efficiency, and software offerings. Learn about common use cases, best practices to optimize your workloads across various applications, customer success stories, and how you can accelerate your AWS Graviton journey.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -9795,10 +9795,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS hybrid cloud and edge computing from the lens of VMware architects
 2. Session Code: HYB401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk explores the Amazon EC2 concepts of instance recoverability, placement groups, and auto scaling from the perspective of AWS Outposts and how VMware architects can draw parallels to VMware features like High Availability (HA), Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS), Affinity Groups, and stretched clusters. The talk also covers how you can design resilient architectures between two Outposts in the same location using intra-VPC routing. Additionally, learn how you can leverage AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery to migrate on-premises workloads to AWS Outposts.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -9830,10 +9830,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS IAM Identity Center: Secure access to generative AI applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC309-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Integrating an identity-aware generative AI-powered assistant into a custom web experience for your workforce has never been easier. In this workshop, learn how to embed an identity-aware chat experience into a custom application, train it on a sample dataset, and connect it to an external workforce identity provider using native integration between Amazon Q Business and AWS IAM Identity Center. Throughout the process, learn tips on managing end-user session duration, enhancing security, and simplifying the overall developer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -9862,7 +9862,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS IAM Identity Center: Secure access to generative AI applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC309-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Integrating an identity-aware generative AI-powered assistant into a custom web experience for your workforce has never been easier. In this workshop, learn how to embed an identity-aware chat experience into a custom application, train it on a sample dataset, and connect it to an external workforce identity provider using native integration between Amazon Q Business and AWS IAM Identity Center. Throughout the process, learn tips on managing end-user session duration, enhancing security, and simplifying the overall developer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -9888,11 +9888,11 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS infrastructure as code: A year in review
 2. Session Code: DOP201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS provides services that enable the creation, deployment and maintenance of application infrastructure in a programmatic, descriptive, and declarative way. These services provide rigor, clarity, and reliability to application development. Join this session to learn about the new features and improvements for AWS infrastructure as code with AWS CloudFormation and AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) and discover how they can benefit your team.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
-7. Areas of Interest: 
+7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
@@ -9918,7 +9918,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS IoT for edge LLM deployment and execution
 2. Session Code: IOT202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With the advent of generative AI and large language models (LLMs), you must be wondering, how can these technologies be applied at the IoT edge? After all, there are many benefits of running LLMs at the edge—from network bandwidth efficiencies, offline processing, lower latency, and data sovereignty to cost savings, security, and differentiation. In this session, learn how using AWS IoT services and LLMs at the edge can uplift your solutions with actionable outcomes and innovative capabilities, such as gesture recognition, natural language processing for voice control, real-time predictive maintenance, energy optimization, anomaly detection, and more.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -9977,7 +9977,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS IoT race track revolution: Fuel the future with IoT smart cars [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD203-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Experience the thrill of racing with our IoT-powered racetrack! Control smart race cars using AWS IoT technology. Monitor real-time telemetry data, manage pit stops, and optimize race strategy. Use AWS IoT Core to communicate with cars and track sensors, while edge AI models help predict optimal racing lines. Interact with the physical track using an IoT interface, making split-second decisions to boost your car's performance. Compete against other attendees in exciting races, balancing speed with energy efficiency to claim victory on this futuristic circuit.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: Internet of Things
@@ -10007,7 +10007,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Jam: DevOps and modernization
 2. Session Code: GHJ307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you looking to enhance your AWS DevOps and modernization skills? Immerse yourself in AWS DevOps challenges and collaborate with fellow enthusiasts. Activities are structured to accommodate AWS users of all skill levels, and you'll have a chance to win SWAG and prizes. Ask questions of the subject matter expert leading the study session, and enhance your DevOps knowledge with guided exercises. All you need to bring is your desire to learn and a laptop.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -10038,7 +10038,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Jam: Generative AI
 2. Session Code: GHJ305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you curious about the cutting-edge world of generative AI? Learn about the power of generative AI through AWS Jam challenges designed to spark fresh ideas by presenting real-world scenarios. Join us for the Jam session to gain hands-on experience with AWS services and offerings from AWS partners. The activities are structured to cater to AWS users of all skill levels, and you have a chance to win swag and prizes. AWS experts, along with guided exercises, are available to help enhance your generative AI knowledge. All you need to bring is your desire to learn and a laptop.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -10071,7 +10071,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Jam: Security
 2. Session Code: GHJ306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you concerned about protecting sensitive data in the cloud? Are you ready to put your AWS security skills to the test and learn in a gamified, experiential, team-based competition? Join us for this Security Jam, and gain hands-on experience with AWS and AWS Partners services and offerings via simulated real-world scenarios. Activities are structured to accommodate AWS users of all skill levels, and you'll have a chance to win SWAG and prizes. Ask questions of the subject matter expert leading the study session, and enhance your security knowledge with guided exercises. All you need to bring is your desire to learn and a laptop.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -10113,7 +10113,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: DevOps Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing and AWS
@@ -10139,7 +10139,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Lambda and Apache Kafka for real-time data processing applications
 2. Session Code: SVS321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, gain practical insights into building scalable, serverless data processing applications by integrating AWS Lambda with Apache Kafka. Explore using event-driven models for real-time data streaming and processing. Discover different architectural patterns and best practices to achieve high throughput, fault tolerance, and low latency. Leave with the knowledge to design serverless data processing pipelines that extract valuable insights from real-time data streams efficiently and cost-effectively.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -10200,7 +10200,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Lambda performance tuning: Best practices and guidance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS312-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, you learn about opportunities to optimize your serverless applications built with AWS Lambda, including optimizations in the function configuration and within your function code. This talk also covers how you can best measure and tune your function's performance by configuring memory to get the right application performance. You also hear best practices for initialization logic and reuse to enable fast startup and fast function processing times.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -10230,7 +10230,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Lambda performance tuning: Best practices and guidance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS312-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, you learn about opportunities to optimize your serverless applications built with AWS Lambda, including optimizations in the function configuration and within your function code. This talk also covers how you can best measure and tune your function's performance by configuring memory to get the right application performance. You also hear best practices for initialization logic and reuse to enable fast startup and fast function processing times.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -10259,7 +10259,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Mainframe Modernization accelerators for application transformation
 2. Session Code: MAM303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn about select AWS Mainframe Modernization accelerators, such as Application Testing, data replication, File Transfer, DevOps CI/CD, and managed services, that speed your time to value and deliver cost savings, agility, resilience, and innovation. Gain hands-on experience with some of the accelerators, and learn how they could complement refactor, replatform, reimagine, or augment patterns. Finally, discover how you can accelerate the modernization pace wherever you may be in your mainframe application modernization journey. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -10291,7 +10291,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Marketplace: Deploy, govern & analyze spend of third-party software
 2. Session Code: MKT304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Marketplace makes it easy to find, subscribe, deploy, and manage third-party software, data, and services. In this workshop, choose between hands-on labs for buyers just starting to learn about AWS Marketplace or labs for experienced buyers looking to expand their knowledge. New buyers can explore how to buy and deploy different types of third-party products in AWS Marketplace. Experienced buyers can learn to govern purchases by setting up a private marketplace of approved products, sharing licenses, analyzing spend, and allocating costs. This session requires an active AWS account with admin rights. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Customer Enablement, New to AWS
@@ -10317,17 +10317,17 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Marketplace sellers: Publish, update, and manage your product
 2. Session Code: PEX301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, choose between hands-on labs for new sellers just starting or labs for experienced sellers looking to optimize their operations in AWS Marketplace. Sellers just starting out can explore publishing virtual machine, container, or SaaS-based products. Established sellers can learn about API-enabled automations for their delivery pipelines, private offers, and other integrations with AWS Marketplace. The part of the workshop intended for established sellers requires a registered seller account with an existing published product. For new or interested sellers, an active AWS account is required. This workshop is intended for AWS Partners. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
    - AWS Marketplace
    - Partner Enablement
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10347,13 +10347,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Merch Store
 2. Session Code: ACT140
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Visit the AWS Merch Store to purchase brand-new, never-before-seen AWS Merch and experience Just Walk Out and Amazon One technology firsthand!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 - 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10374,13 +10374,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Merch Store
 2. Session Code: ACT144
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Visit the AWS Merch Store to purchase brand-new, never-before-seen AWS Merch and experience Just Walk Out and Amazon One technology firsthand!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10401,13 +10401,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Merch Store
 2. Session Code: ACT145
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Visit the AWS Merch Store to purchase brand-new, never-before-seen AWS Merch and experience Just Walk Out and Amazon One technology firsthand!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10428,13 +10428,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Merch Store
 2. Session Code: ACT142
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Visit the AWS Merch Store to purchase brand-new, never-before seen AWS Merch and experience Just Walk Out and Amazon One technology firsthand!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 - 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10454,13 +10454,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Merch Store
 2. Session Code: ACT143
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Visit the AWS Merch Store to purchase brand-new, never-before seen AWS Merch and experience Just Walk Out and Amazon One technology firsthand!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 - 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10481,13 +10481,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Merch Store
 2. Session Code: ACT141
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Visit the AWS Merch Store to purchase brand-new, never-before-seen AWS Merch and experience Just Walk Out and Amazon One technology firsthand!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 - 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10505,7 +10505,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWSome golf ball 2.0 [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD211-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Imagine a self-driving golf ball that always finds its way to the hole, regardless of where it's putted. Using computer vision and ML, the golf ball will never miss. Beyond this capability, we have incorporated generative AI, where we are able to generate a custom mini golf hole for each attendee based on skill level, course preferences, and various other parameters.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -10533,7 +10533,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWSome golf ball 2.0 [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD211-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Imagine a self-driving golf ball that always finds its way to the hole, regardless of where it's putted. Using computer vision and ML, the golf ball will never miss. Beyond this capability, we have incorporated generative AI, where we are able to generate a custom mini golf hole for each attendee based on skill level, course preferences, and various other parameters.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -10562,13 +10562,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Partner Keynote with Dr. Ruba Borno
 2. Session Code: KEY004
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join the AWS Partner Keynote, presented by Dr. Ruba Borno, Vice President, Global Specialists and Partners. Watch as she delves into the world of strategic partnerships to show the positive impact AWS and its partners are making possible for customers. Hear directly from partners and customers on the ways they're reimagining business models and driving successful outcomes by utilizing AWS industry-changing services. And discover the ways AWS is improving the digital experience for partners and connecting them with higher-value opportunities that lead to long-term success.
 5. Session Type: Keynote
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest: Partner Enablement
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10589,10 +10589,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Partners accelerating industry modernization through LoB
 2. Session Code: PEX214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore AWS Partner Solutions that are accelerating innovation for line of business (LoB) with real-world use cases from various industries, including automotive, financial services, and healthcare. This session covers adoption of generative AI, data lakes, and security. Discover best practices for identifying, evaluating, implementing, and managing partner solutions that align with your LoB objectives. Learn how AWS customers address specific LoB challenges and unlock new possibilities for driving innovation within their organizations with the support of AWS Partners.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -10605,7 +10605,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS Partner Network and AWS Partner Solutions
     2. Familiarity with line of business (LoB) challenges and objectives
@@ -10624,7 +10624,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Partner solutions: AI-based insight transforms radiology workflows
 2. Session Code: PEX218
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how AWS is harnessing the transformative power of generative AI to revolutionize how customers find AWS Partner solutions for their unique needs. By converging the latest generative AI advancements with deep industry expertise, AWS is enabling hyper-personalized recommendations, accelerating solution discovery, and empowering customers to make more informed decisions.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -10637,7 +10637,7 @@
    - Sales / Marketing
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS services and offerings
     2. Knowledge of generative AI technologies and their applications
@@ -10657,13 +10657,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS re:Invent 5K Race
 2. Session Code: ACT093
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bring your workout gear and get ready to join the fun. Embrace the challenge alongside fellow attendees to cross the finish line of the annual re:Invent 5K race. Participants of all skill levels are welcome and there is no fee to participate. The course begins and ends at the Michelob ULTRA Arena at Mandalay Bay and follows Frank Sinatra Drive. Visit the Community Events desk in the Venetian Sands Foyer to register and pick up your bib and packet.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
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 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 - 6:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10706,13 +10706,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Sports Forum
 2. Session Code: ACT137
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With AWS leading the charge in sports innovation, the AWS Sports Forum is the ultimate destination to elevate your game. Join us and witness the future unfold. The AWS Sports Forum will not only host activations from our strategic sports partners like the NFL, NHL, and Formula 1, but also showcase relevant customer stories that appeal to a wide range of attendees including casual fans, fitness enthusiasts, and gamers.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
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-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10732,13 +10732,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Sports Forum
 2. Session Code: ACT138
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With AWS leading the charge in sports innovation, the AWS Sports Forum is the ultimate destination to elevate your game. Join us and witness the future unfold. The AWS Sports Forum will not only host activations from our strategic sports partners like the NFL, NHL, and Formula 1, but also showcase relevant customer stories that appeal to a wide range of attendees including casual fans, fitness enthusiasts, and gamers.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
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-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10760,13 +10760,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Sports Forum
 2. Session Code: ACT136
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With AWS leading the charge in sports innovation, the AWS Sports Forum is the ultimate destination to elevate your game. Join us and witness the future unfold. The AWS Sports Forum will not only host activations from our strategic sports partners like the NFL, NHL, and Formula 1, but also showcase relevant customer stories that appeal to a wide range of attendees including casual fans, fitness enthusiasts, and gamers.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
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-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10791,13 +10791,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Sports Forum
 2. Session Code: ACT139
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With AWS leading the charge in sports innovation, the AWS Sports Forum is the ultimate destination to elevate your game. Join us and witness the future unfold. The AWS Sports Forum will not only host activations from our strategic sports partners like the NFL, NHL, and Formula 1, but also showcase relevant customer stories that appeal to a wide range of attendees including casual fans, fitness enthusiasts, and gamers.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
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-8. Level: 
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10818,13 +10818,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Sports Forum
 2. Session Code: ACT001
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The AWS Sports Forum is the ultimate destination to elevate your game. Join us and witness the future unfold. The AWS Sports Forum not only hosts activities from the NFL, NHL, and Formula 1 but also showcases relevant customer stories that appeal to a wide range of conference attendees including casual fans, fitness enthusiasts, and gamers.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -10847,7 +10847,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS storage best practices for cost optimization
 2. Session Code: STG210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Whether you're migrating from on premises to AWS or are already in the cloud, AWS offers storage solutions and features that help optimize your costs and reduce TCO—all while providing performance that boosts productivity and accelerates business growth. The AWS storage portfolio makes it easy and cost-effective for you to launch, run, and scale storage in the cloud, allowing you to dedicate more of your time to serving customers and innovating on their behalf. In this session, learn best practices you can put to use today to optimize your storage costs and extract the maximum value from your data.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -10880,7 +10880,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS storage services: The foundation for data-driven innovation
 2. Session Code: STG209-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS storage services serve as the cornerstone for data-driven innovation, providing the essential building blocks for modern enterprises. In this talk, explore how the fundamental attributes of AWS storage services—high durability, availability, scalability, and price performance—empower organizations to excel in virtually any workload scenario. From powering cutting-edge AI/ML initiatives to enabling real-time analytics and supporting business-critical applications, AWS storage services deliver the agility and resilience needed in today's fast-paced digital landscape. Discover how businesses use these capabilities to accelerate insights, drive business growth, and fuel transformative innovations across diverse industries and use cases.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -10917,12 +10917,12 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Sustainability Showcase
 2. Session Code: ACT079
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Innovation is key to achieving sustainability goals. Technology drives sustainable transformation and addresses challenges like decarbonization and water conservation. AWS enables customers to build sustainability solutions ranging from carbon tracking to energy conservation and waste reduction using AWS services to ingest, analyze, and manage sustainability data. AWS offers the broadest and deepest set of capabilities in AI/ML, IoT, data analytics, and computing to reach your organization's sustainability goals. Visit the Sustainability Showcase to learn more about the tools available to organizations of all sizes and sectors to build and implement solutions that meet your sustainability goals.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
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 7. Areas of Interest:
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 9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
@@ -10948,13 +10948,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Sustainability Showcase
 2. Session Code: ACT081
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Innovation is key to achieving sustainability goals. Technology drives sustainable transformation and addresses challenges like decarbonization and water conservation. AWS enables customers to build sustainability solutions ranging from carbon tracking to energy conservation and waste reduction using AWS services to ingest, analyze, and manage sustainability data. AWS offers the broadest and deepest set of capabilities in AI/ML, IoT, data analytics, and computing to reach your organization's sustainability goals. Visit the Sustainability Showcase to learn more about the tools available to organizations of all sizes and sectors to build and implement solutions that meet your sustainability goals.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 9:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: AWS Sustainability Showcase
 2. Session Code: ACT078
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Innovation is key to achieving sustainability goals. Technology drives sustainable transformation and addresses challenges like decarbonization and water conservation. AWS enables customers to build sustainability solutions ranging from carbon tracking to energy conservation and waste reduction using AWS services to ingest, analyze, and manage sustainability data. AWS offers the broadest and deepest set of capabilities in AI/ML, IoT, data analytics, and computing to reach your organization's sustainability goals. Visit the Sustainability Showcase to learn more about the tools available to organizations of all sizes and sectors to build and implement solutions that meet your sustainability goals.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
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-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 9:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: AWS Sustainability Showcase
 2. Session Code: ACT082
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Innovation is key to achieving sustainability goals. Technology drives sustainable transformation and addresses challenges like decarbonization and water conservation. AWS enables customers to build sustainability solutions ranging from carbon tracking to energy conservation and waste reduction using AWS services to ingest, analyze, and manage sustainability data. AWS offers the broadest and deepest set of capabilities in AI/ML, IoT, data analytics, and computing to reach your organization's sustainability goals. Visit the Sustainability Showcase to learn more about the tools available to organizations of all sizes and sectors to build and implement solutions that meet your sustainability goals.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
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-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 9:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -11039,13 +11039,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Sustainability Showcase
 2. Session Code: ACT080
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Innovation is key to achieving sustainability goals. Technology drives sustainable transformation and addresses challenges like decarbonization and water conservation. AWS enables customers to build sustainability solutions ranging from carbon tracking to energy conservation and waste reduction using AWS services to ingest, analyze, and manage sustainability data. AWS offers the broadest and deepest set of capabilities in AI/ML, IoT, data analytics, and computing to reach your organization's sustainability goals. Visit the Sustainability Showcase to learn more about the tools available to organizations of all sizes and sectors to build and implement solutions that meet your sustainability goals.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
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-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 9:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -11069,10 +11069,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS unplugged: Creating music remotely with UMG
 2. Session Code: MAE205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Historically, creating music has required the musicians to all be in the same location—but that is changing. Universal Music Group's (UMG) Republic Records Studios, in partnership with Open Sesame, is working with AWS to provide a synchronous and bidirectional recording system for artists, producers, and songwriters to share assets and ideas securely in a cost-effective and operationally efficient manner. After you learn how it works, experience a live music performance in which a real recording artist reimagines one of their favorite songs, seamlessly collaborating with producers at the world-famous UMG Republic Records Studios in Los Angeles in real time.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - End-User Computing
 - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11106,13 +11106,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Village
 2. Session Code: ACT070
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Looking for all things AWS and specific advice on how to get started? Take a deep dive into AWS products, services, and solutions with leading AWS experts who work with new customers day in and day out. Test your basketball skills, play with products, and interact with the latest generative AI solutions in just a few of the exciting demos the AWS Village has to offer.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
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 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 - 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: AWS Village
 2. Session Code: ACT073
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Looking for all things AWS and specific advice on how to get started? Take a deep dive into AWS products, services, and solutions with leading AWS experts who work with new customers day in and day out. Test your basketball skills, play with products, and interact with the latest generative AI solutions in just a few of the exciting demos the AWS Village has to offer.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: AWS Village
 2. Session Code: ACT071
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Looking for all things AWS and specific advice on how to get started? Take a deep dive into AWS products, services, and solutions with leading AWS experts who work with new customers day in and day out. Test your basketball skills, play with products, and interact with the latest generative AI solutions in just a few of the exciting demos the AWS Village has to offer.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -11186,13 +11186,13 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Village
 2. Session Code: ACT072
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Looking for all things AWS and specific advice on how to get started? Take a deep dive into AWS products, services, and solutions with leading AWS experts who work with new customers day in and day out. Test your basketball skills, play with products, and interact with the latest generative AI solutions in just a few of the exciting demos the AWS Village has to offer.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -11210,7 +11210,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS virtual escape room [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD204-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into the mystery with our virtual escape room! Something sinister has happened to an AWS account and it's up to you to solve the case. Secrets and clues are hidden across various AWS services, each revealing more about the elusive murderer. Utilize your cloud skills, explore services like S3, Lambda, and DynamoDB, and piece together the evidence to crack the case. This immersive experience blends technology and intrigue, challenging your detective abilities in a race against time.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -11237,7 +11237,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS virtual escape room [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD204-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into the mystery with our virtual escape room! Something sinister has happened to an AWS account and it's up to you to solve the case. Secrets and clues are hidden across various AWS services, each revealing more about the elusive murderer. Utilize your cloud skills, explore services like S3, Lambda, and DynamoDB, and piece together the evidence to crack the case. This immersive experience blends technology and intrigue, challenging your detective abilities in a race against time.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -11264,10 +11264,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS WAF: What a BOT it? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN307-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the ever-evolving threat landscape, web applications face constant attacks from bot traffic and fraudulent activities. These threats can lead to devastating consequences, including data breaches, financial losses, and reputational damage. Explore AWS WAF, including its features for bot control, account takeover prevention, and account creation fraud prevention. This chalk talk offers you the opportunity to actively participate and learn from real-world use cases, exploring how these features can be effectively employed to detect and mitigate bot traffic, credential stuffing, web scraping, and other fraudulent activities.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11297,10 +11297,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS WAF: What a BOT it? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the ever-evolving threat landscape, web applications face constant attacks from bot traffic and fraudulent activities. These threats can lead to devastating consequences, including data breaches, financial losses, and reputational damage. Explore AWS WAF, including its features for bot control, account takeover prevention, and account creation fraud prevention. This chalk talk offers you the opportunity to actively participate and learn from real-world use cases, exploring how these features can be effectively employed to detect and mitigate bot traffic, credential stuffing, web scraping, and other fraudulent activities.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11333,10 +11333,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS wherever you need it: From the cloud to the edge
 2. Session Code: HYB201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: While most workloads can be migrated to the cloud, some remain on premises or at the edge due to low latency, local data processing, or digital sovereignty needs. In this session, learn how AWS services like AWS Outposts, AWS Local Zones, AWS Dedicated Local Zones, and AWS IoT support hybrid cloud and edge computing workloads such as multiplayer gaming, high-frequency trading, medical imaging, smart manufacturing, and generative AI applications with data residency requirements.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11369,10 +11369,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Wickr: Secure, flexible & compliant mission-partner collaboration [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ208-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Simple and secure communications are essential for mission-partner collaboration. In this chalk talk, explore AWS Wickr federated communication capabilities in depth, and learn how these capabilities support mission-critical information sharing. Also learn about the role of federated communications in connecting the tactical edge to the cloud, the technical details of AWS Wickr architecture for data privacy and integrity, and real-world use cases that show the value of AWS Wickr for mission-partner coordination. Gain insights into strengthening multinational and cross-organizational communication while maintaining a strong security posture.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11406,10 +11406,10 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Wickr: Secure, flexible & compliant mission-partner collaboration [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ208-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Simple and secure communications are essential for mission-partner collaboration. In this chalk talk, explore AWS Wickr federated communication capabilities in depth, and learn how these capabilities support mission-critical information sharing. Also learn about the role of federated communications in connecting the tactical edge to the cloud, the technical details of AWS Wickr architecture for data privacy and integrity, and real-world use cases that show the value of AWS Wickr for mission-partner coordination. Gain insights into strengthening multinational and cross-organizational communication while maintaining a strong security posture.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Business Applications
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11443,7 +11443,7 @@
 
 1. Title: AWS Wickr: Secure messaging & collaboration with end-to-end encryption
 2. Session Code: BIZ201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Looking to simplify collaboration while meeting security, privacy, and data retention requirements? Join this session to discover how AWS Wickr, an end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration service, provides advanced protection for sensitive data, federation and guest access for seamless external communication, administrative controls for user and policy management, data residency controls to store data in the region of your choice, and data retention to help you meet recordkeeping requirements. Whether you're in the public or private sector, learn how to strategically use AWS Wickr features and deployment options to help you communicate with confidence.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -11472,7 +11472,7 @@
 
 1. Title: A YouTuber's magic wand: Converting videos to blogs
 2. Session Code: DEV322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As former bloggers turned YouTubers, we automated blog creation from video transcripts to boost productivity and explore business potential. This session covers our journey using serverless automation and generative AI to transform transcripts into engaging posts. We'll share automation techniques, AI integration for transcription, and AWS deployment strategies, providing tools to streamline content creation and maximize audience reach efficiently.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Content Delivery
@@ -11503,7 +11503,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Backup and disaster recovery strategies for increased resilience
 2. Session Code: COP319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn strategies for using AWS services to use AWS elasticity to protect your server-based applications, whether they are on premises or in the cloud, from downtime and data loss. This session offers a deep dive into how AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery can help organizations achieve recovery point objectives of seconds and recovery time objectives of minutes. It also covers how Elastic Disaster Recovery helps organizations protect against, respond to, and recover from ransomware events while lowering total cost of ownership. Finally, learn how you can combine this solution with AWS Backup for comprehensive data protection.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -11535,7 +11535,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Balance consistency and developer freedom with platform engineering
 2. Session Code: SVS208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Serverless empowers developers to build complex applications by shifting infrastructure and operational responsibility to AWS. Platform engineering plays an important role to ensure consistency and compliance and reduce the complexity of building in the cloud. Learn how platform teams can provide opinionated security, cost, observability, reliability, and sustainability patterns while maintaining developer flexibility and agility. Explore a real-world platform implementation on Backstage, with common application patterns for serverless APIs, event-driven architectures, and containerized applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -11572,10 +11572,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Balancing resilience, security, and cost in cloud architecture
 2. Session Code: ARC313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations develop cloud infrastructure, they must balance resilience, security, and cost optimization in their architectures. This talk explores the complex relationships between these priorities, providing a framework for informed decision-making. Participants learn resilience strategies like multi-Region deployments; security measures for identity, access, and data protection; and cost optimization techniques using cost-effective services and resource utilization. Using real-world case studies, assess your organization's needs and make strategic architectural decisions that align with business objectives. By navigating the tradeoffs between resilience, security, and cost, learn to design reliable, secure, and cost-effective cloud systems.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11613,7 +11613,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Balancing speed and durability with Amazon EBS and EC2 instance store
 2. Session Code: STG345
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Customers who leverage Amazon EC2 instance store for high performance local storage may encounter durability, resiliency, or data protection challenges. Mirroring EC2 instance store with EBS volumes enables faster reads and secure writes that can be protected with EBS snapshots. Join this session to learn how to build a provisioned mirrored volume as well as the cost benefits and performance advantages of this design. Discover the unique value of blending the best of EC2 instance store and EBS volumes and snapshots, allowing you to adjust performance, flexibility, and security while keeping costs in mind.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Storage
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 1. Title: Battle of the bots: Tim vs. Tina [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD212-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI has evolved exponentially with every release of a newer and smarter foundational model (FM). But how do some of the most popular FMs stack up against each other? Please welcome Tim and Tina, our robot friends! You will get the chance to choose a FM for both Tim and Tina while they debate on a topic of your choice. Is a hot dog considered a sandwich? Ask Tim and Tina and grab some popcorn while they engage in an entertaining debate, and see how your favorite FMs stack up against each other while debating some of your favorite topics.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -11675,7 +11675,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Battle of the bots: Tim vs. Tina [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD212-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI has evolved exponentially with every release of a newer and smarter foundational model (FM). But how do some of the most popular FMs stack up against each other? Please welcome Tim and Tina, our robot friends! You will get the chance to choose a FM for both Tim and Tina while they debate on a topic of your choice. Is a hot dog considered a sandwich? Ask Tim and Tina and grab some popcorn while they engage in an entertaining debate, and see how your favorite FMs stack up against each other while debating some of your favorite topics.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -11704,10 +11704,10 @@
 
 1. Title: BBVA: Building a multi-region, multi-country data platform at scale
 2. Session Code: FSI310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: BBVA relies on data and analytics to provide automated business and market insights, increase operational efficiencies, and attract customers. Learn how BBVA built a global data platform that powers its data lake and data mesh architectures. Explore the methodology BBVA employed to migrate their data infrastructure and deploy the multi-region, multi-country data platform with an emphasis on usage controls, security, and regulatory compliance. Learn about the tools developed to automate migration, reduce costs, and accelerate time to value with Amazon Athena, AWS Lake Formation, Amazon SageMaker, and Amazon EMR. Finally, see how the platform lays the foundation for generative AI and data governance.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11743,10 +11743,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Become an expert on AWS observability services
 2. Session Code: TNC305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This bootcamp is intended for AWS Partners. This bootcamp provides a deep dive into AWS observability services such as Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, Amazon Managed Grafana, and AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry. Come gain hands-on experience with features, possibilities, and solutions offered by the AWS observability suite. This bootcamp covers creating custom dashboards, using feature experimentation, and using logging and monitoring for troubleshooting. By the end, you have the ability to champion the value of AWS observability services, even without prior AWS expertise. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Bootcamp
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Training and Certification
 7. Areas of Interest: Monitoring and Observability
@@ -11782,7 +11782,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: emma
 4. Description: Multicloud adoption offers both opportunities and challenges for organizations. While business leaders see the value in leveraging services from multiple clouds, IT departments grapple with technical complexities. This lightning talk shares a cloud-agnostic approach that allows users to connect with other cloud providers. Discover how to make the right architectural choices with manageable initial investment, leading to long-term benefits. Learn how to streamline multicloud environments using common tools, integrate disaster recovery across platforms, and manage resources uniformly. Also learn how open source tools can achieve cloud independence, helping ensure high availability, resilience, and operational efficiency. This presentation is brought to you by emma, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Hybrid Cloud
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11795,7 +11795,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
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 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing concepts
@@ -11823,7 +11823,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Benchmarking through cost insights: The way of the frugal architect
 2. Session Code: ARC307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Does your infrastructure's cost reflect best practices and recommended patterns? Are you using AWS services optimally while implementing robust, cost-optimized foundations? This workshop is designed to help you drive architectural improvements through cost observation. It explores how to uncover suboptimal architecture patterns, hidden failures, and noncompliant deployments by using costs to establish and visualize good baselines for foundational services and workload architectures. It demonstrates how to combine cost categories and usage data with design requirements, application profiles, and best practices to generate flexible visualizations and KPIs that empower the frugal architect. Join this workshop to gain expertise in creating a cost-effective architecture. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
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 1. Title: Benchmark your SAP landscape against 100+ architecture best practices
 2. Session Code: MAM308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how SAP customers are maximizing the scalability, reliability, security, sustainability, and performance of AWS. Explore architecture best practices developed by AWS while helping thousands of SAP customers run their mission-critical applications in the cloud. Gain hands-on experience setting up an automated health check solution that scans SAP on AWS environments and compares results against more than 100 architecture best practices. Then, use generative AI from Amazon Q in QuickSight to analyze the results and uncover opportunities for optimization. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -11885,10 +11885,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Be prepared: Learning from incident response [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC314-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Everyone needs a plan for when the worst happens. It's not if things happen but when things happen. In this session, learn how AWS monitors, detects, and manages incidents. Find out what and how the tools AWS has at hand can help you learn and grow from each event and help make sure that responses are constantly improved. With this session get visibility into the operational excellence of real-world scenarios that not just affect an organization's bottom line, but its reputation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11921,10 +11921,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Be prepared: Learning from incident response [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC314-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Everyone needs a plan for when the worst happens. It's not if things happen but when things happen. In this session, learn how AWS monitors, detects, and manages incidents. Find out what and how the tools AWS has at hand can help you learn and grow from each event and help make sure that responses are constantly improved. With this session get visibility into the operational excellence of real-world scenarios that not just affect an organization's bottom line, but its reputation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11958,10 +11958,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for building flexible architectures across Regions [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MAM322-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As AWS continues to open new Regions worldwide, you may find yourself considering whether to migrate workloads from existing Regions or to expand your product offerings to new geographic areas. Whether you aim to improve application latency, meet evolving compliance standards, optimize costs, or tap into new markets, adopting a flexible architecture across Regions can unlock a world of opportunities. This informative chalk talk will guide you through best practices for building a flexible cloud infrastructure that can seamlessly operate across multiple AWS Regions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -11994,10 +11994,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for building flexible architectures across Regions [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MAM322-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As AWS continues to open new Regions worldwide, you may find yourself considering whether to migrate workloads from existing Regions or to expand your product offerings to new geographic areas. Whether you aim to improve application latency, meet evolving compliance standards, optimize costs, or tap into new markets, adopting a flexible architecture across Regions can unlock a world of opportunities. This informative chalk talk will guide you through best practices for building a flexible cloud infrastructure that can seamlessly operate across multiple AWS Regions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -12030,7 +12030,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for building full stack multi-tenant apps on AWS
 2. Session Code: FWM312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Developing robust, multi-tenant applications that scale is complex. In this code talk, learn how AWS Amplify and AWS AppSync simplify building secure, high-performance full stack applications for multiple tenants. Discover best practices for architecting multi-tenant infrastructure on AWS leveraging Amplify's frontend hosting and AWS AppSync's managed GraphQL service. Through live demos and examples, see how Amplify and AWS AppSync work together to help you deliver enterprise-grade, multi-tenant experiences faster. Walk away with the knowledge to build scalable, multi-tenant applications that meet your customers' needs.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -12061,7 +12061,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for building scalable IP addressing on AWS
 2. Session Code: NET208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on a journey to explore best practices for IP addressing on AWS. In this chalk talk, learn how to build a VPC IP addressing plan—including deciding between global unicast addresses (GUAs) and unique local addresses (ULAs) for IPv6 based on their effects on security, connectivity, and network architecture—to ensure scalability. This talk also covers strategies for efficiently using public IPv4 addresses and reducing cost. You walk away with an understanding of how to use Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM) capabilities to build an IP addressing plan that is extensible as you grow your applications on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -12090,7 +12090,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for cloud governance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP343-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As businesses adopt the cloud, cloud governance has emerged as a critical, yet complex, priority. Whether you're new to the cloud or have an established presence, navigating the trade-offs between agility and control can be daunting. In this chalk talk, AWS experts share strategies to build an effective and scalable cloud governance foundation, including strategies for permission management, secure workload deployments, and environment governance. Join AWS and your peers to share and learn insights from organizations that have successfully adopted the cloud.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -12123,7 +12123,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for cloud governance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP343-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As businesses adopt the cloud, cloud governance has emerged as a critical, yet complex, priority. Whether you're new to the cloud or have an established presence, navigating the trade-offs between agility and control can be daunting. In this chalk talk, AWS experts share strategies to build an effective and scalable cloud governance foundation, including strategies for permission management, secure workload deployments, and environment governance. Join AWS and your peers to share and learn insights from organizations that have successfully adopted the cloud.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -12156,7 +12156,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for cost optimization with AWS Backup [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG334-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With AWS Backup, you can protect application data at exabyte scale across your AWS estate, including Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS. Effective data protection strategies and cost optimization can require different approaches, depending on the business need. In this chalk talk, learn key considerations to optimize AWS Backup costs while meeting your business requirements for recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO). Walk through cost optimization examples based on lessons learned from AWS customers and recommended best practices from the field. Also, discover how to use AWS Backup reporting and monitoring features to further optimize your costs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -12190,7 +12190,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for cost optimization with AWS Backup [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG334-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With AWS Backup, you can protect application data at exabyte scale across your AWS estate, including Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS. Effective data protection strategies and cost optimization can require different approaches, depending on the business need. In this chalk talk, learn key considerations to optimize AWS Backup costs while meeting your business requirements for recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time objective (RTO). Walk through cost optimization examples based on lessons learned from AWS customers and recommended best practices from the field. Also, discover how to use AWS Backup reporting and monitoring features to further optimize your costs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -12224,7 +12224,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for creating and testing cross-platform apps on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM305-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build applications for Android, iOS, and the web without the stress of maintaining different code bases. Use React Native libraries in AWS Amplify to create full-featured, cloud-powered applications. Learn how to add features such as authentication, API and data interactions, generative AI, and media/file storage. Also, test your application using AWS Device Farm. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -12252,7 +12252,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for creating and testing cross-platform apps on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM305-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build applications for Android, iOS, and the web without the stress of maintaining different code bases. Use React Native libraries in AWS Amplify to create full-featured, cloud-powered applications. Learn how to add features such as authentication, API and data interactions, generative AI, and media/file storage. Also, test your application using AWS Device Farm. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -12280,7 +12280,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for creating and testing cross-platform apps on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM305-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build applications for Android, iOS, and the web without the stress of maintaining different code bases. Use React Native libraries in AWS Amplify to create full-featured, cloud-powered applications. Learn how to add features such as authentication, API and data interactions, generative AI, and media/file storage. Also, test your application using AWS Device Farm. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -12308,7 +12308,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for creating multi-Region architectures on AWS
 2. Session Code: ARC323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Architecting and building a multi-Region architecture comes with new challenges and best practices. In this session, learn the two critical areas you'll need to consider. First, explore different failover strategies and the trade-offs between them. Then, learn how to make the decision to initiate a cross-Region failover as well as what goes into the process. Lastly, hear from Samsung Account about their multi-Region application and how they think about these two critical areas. Leave this session better prepared to approach these key challenges as they relate to your multi-Region application.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -12348,7 +12348,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Commvault
 4. Description: Cyber resilience is an essential skill for organizations with the recent rise of ransomware and security incidents. In this session, learn how to build for resilience for your cloud-native workloads and gen AI stacks, how to automate the testing of your cyber recovery practice in a clean, on-demand cloud environment, and how to simplify discovery and accelerate the rebuild of your composable application dependencies. Leave this session with actionable guidance on how to better secure and recover your AWS resources in line with AWS and Commvault best practices. This presentation is brought to you by Commvault, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -12384,7 +12384,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for data ingestion
 2. Session Code: ANT330
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ingesting data is typically the first step in building your data pipelines. The growing landscape of data types like unstructured data, incremental data, and open table formats such as Apache Iceberg makes it all the more critical to build durable data pipelines, land the data immediately, apply the desired schema structure, and provide quality outputs for different types of use cases. Join this session to explore best practices, robust architectures, and key strategies for efficiently ingesting and processing data with services like AWS Glue, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon OpenSearch Service.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -12416,7 +12416,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for deploying critical applications with Amazon EBS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG313-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Millions of customers deploy performance-intensive enterprise applications and databases on AWS. In this workshop, explore the detailed process of deploying a high-performance application on Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS for optimized availability, resiliency, and cost performance. Discover how to select the ideal Amazon EC2 instance types and Amazon EBS volume types for various workloads. Learn about on-demand storage flexibility and performance using Elastic Volumes. Monitor and improve operational performance and resource optimization of Amazon EBS using Amazon CloudWatch metrics. Build resilience and fault tolerance using AWS Fault Injection Service. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute, Storage
@@ -12445,10 +12445,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for deploying critical applications with Amazon EBS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG313-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Millions of customers deploy performance-intensive enterprise applications and databases on AWS. In this workshop, explore the detailed process of deploying a high-performance application on Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS for optimized availability, resiliency, and cost performance. Discover how to select the ideal Amazon EC2 instance types and Amazon EBS volume types for various workloads. Learn about on-demand storage flexibility and performance using Elastic Volumes. Monitor and improve operational performance and resource optimization of Amazon EBS using Amazon CloudWatch metrics. Build resilience and fault tolerance using AWS Fault Injection Service. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Compute
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -12481,7 +12481,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for end-to-end digital experience monitoring
 2. Session Code: COP320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain full-stack visibility into application performance, from the internet down to your services. In this session, learn how AWS digital experience monitoring combines network and internet monitoring with user experience tracking to provide an outside-in view across all touchpoints. Understand how monitoring real user interactions, synthetic traffic, internet service provider data, and backend infrastructure metrics reveals a complete picture of frontend performance, user behavior, API efficiency, and potential failure points. See how correlating these insights allows you to turn end-to-end digital experience into actionable KPIs like release velocity, adoption rates, conversions, and availability for enhancing customer experiences.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -12513,7 +12513,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for generative AI observability
 2. Session Code: COP404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As generative AI adoption grows, comprehensive observability is crucial for ensuring reliability, transparency, and optimization. In this session, learn about the observability challenges of different generative AI patterns, including large language models, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures, and other emerging approaches. Discover how to use Amazon CloudWatch with a wide range of metrics, logs, and distributed tracing to gain visibility into the lifecycle of generative AI workloads. Additionally, explore the role of LangChain, a powerful framework for building generative AI applications, and how it can be leveraged in conjunction with Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker to enhance observability across the development and deployment pipeline.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -12548,7 +12548,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for migrating and operating DB2 databases on Amazon RDS
 2. Session Code: DAT330
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Whether you're evaluating migration paths for your DB2 databases or are interested in efficiently operating your already migrated DB2 databases on Amazon RDS, we've got you covered. In this chalk talk, learn about migration paths, including those with minimal downtime, for DB2 databases running on various platforms including Linux, Unix, Windows, AIX, and z/OS. Explore real-world examples to learn best practices that help ensure high availability, optimize performance, and meet your compliance needs. Bring your questions and challenges—this interactive talk offers the opportunity to hear directly from AWS experts and collaborate with your peers.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases, Migration and Modernization
@@ -12574,7 +12574,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for migrating to Amazon OpenSearch Service [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT317-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Migrating to Amazon OpenSearch Service involves five main steps: plan, POC, deploy, data migration, and cutover. In this chalk talk, learn how to build a successful migration strategy to OpenSearch Service. Hear technical guidance on the key milestones in each migration step, starting with your premigration inventory up to your cutover stage. This talk also teaches you how to use Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion to accelerate your migration journey to OpenSearch Service.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -12605,7 +12605,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for migrating to Amazon OpenSearch Service [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT317-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Migrating to Amazon OpenSearch Service involves five main steps: plan, POC, deploy, data migration, and cutover. In this chalk talk, learn how to build a successful migration strategy to OpenSearch Service. Hear technical guidance on the key milestones in each migration step, starting with your premigration inventory up to your cutover stage. This talk also teaches you how to use Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion to accelerate your migration journey to OpenSearch Service.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -12635,7 +12635,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for observability [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP344-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Achieving comprehensive observability by ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and user experience is crucial for businesses. In this interactive chalk talk, explore best practices for collecting and analyzing metrics, traces, and logs across your AWS environments. Discover techniques for streamlining agent management, optimizing alerting, and enabling cross-account observability. Learn how to reduce operational overhead while gaining deeper visibility into your applications' performance and health—all in a cost-optimized manner.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -12669,7 +12669,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for observability [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP344-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Achieving comprehensive observability by ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and user experience is crucial for businesses. In this interactive chalk talk, explore best practices for collecting and analyzing metrics, traces, and logs across your AWS environments. Discover techniques for streamlining agent management, optimizing alerting, and enabling cross-account observability. Learn how to reduce operational overhead while gaining deeper visibility into your applications' performance and health—all in a cost-optimized manner.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -12701,10 +12701,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for operating at scale with Amazon EBS & EBS snapshots [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many enterprises are running their mission-critical production workloads in multiple AWS Regions using Amazon EBS for block storage and EBS snapshots for data protection. With block storage, operating at scale can mean different things, including delivering high IOPS or I/O bandwidth to applications, managing and monitoring millions of volumes, or protecting petabytes of data with stringent RPO and RTO requirements. In this chalk talk, learn best practices for scaling and managing your EBS environment with cloud-native tools and techniques to help keep costs down while meeting your business needs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -12771,10 +12771,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for querying vector data for gen AI apps in PostgreSQL
 2. Session Code: DAT423
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: PostgreSQL makes it easier to store and query vector data for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) use cases with the pgvector extension. Learning best practices for vector search will help you deliver a high-performance experience to your customers. In this session, learn how to store data from Amazon Bedrock in an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition database and learn SQL queries and tuning parameters to optimize the performance of your application when working with AI/ML data, vector data types, exact and approximate nearest neighbor search algorithms, and vector-optimized indexing.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -12805,10 +12805,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices for serverless developers
 2. Session Code: SVS401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do you want to take advantage of the full power of serverless architectures for your production workloads? Are you wondering how events can help your applications scale? Have you been trying to tune your applications for higher performance and lower cost? This session provides architectural best practices, optimizations, and useful shortcuts that experts can use to build secure, high-scale, and high-performance serverless applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -12843,7 +12843,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices: Productionize apps with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM365-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Understand how to move your applications to production in alignment with best practices for optimizing your Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) application. Join this chalk talk to learn about the various design patterns that come with RAG applications, as well as how to optimize costs, improve accuracy, deliver observability, and automate the application—and do so with responsible AI guidelines.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -12876,7 +12876,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices: Productionize apps with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM365-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Understand how to move your applications to production in alignment with best practices for optimizing your Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) application. Join this chalk talk to learn about the various design patterns that come with RAG applications, as well as how to optimize costs, improve accuracy, deliver observability, and automate the application—and do so with responsible AI guidelines.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -12907,10 +12907,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Best practices to migrate your existing message broker to AWS
 2. Session Code: API312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Message brokers for point-to-point and publish-subscribe messaging are among the most widely used middleware. These systems power critical systems and integrate software products around the globe. Join this chalk talk for an interactive discussion on how AWS customers are migrating from on-premises or self-managed RabbitMQ, IBM MQ, ActiveMQ, and others to Amazon MQ. Learn best practices for building durable, scalable, global systems without managing message brokers on your own.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: Application Integration
@@ -12937,7 +12937,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Better together: GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP317-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how combining GitHub Actions with AWS CodeBuild can maximize development efficiency. In this chalk talk, learn about the trade-offs of using GitHub Actions runners hosted on Amazon EC2 or Amazon ECS with GitHub Actions hosted on CodeBuild. Explore integration with other AWS services to enhance workflow automation. Join this talk to learn how GitHub Actions on AWS can take your development processes to the next level.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -12966,7 +12966,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Better together: GitHub Actions and AWS CodeBuild [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP317-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how combining GitHub Actions with AWS CodeBuild can maximize development efficiency. In this chalk talk, learn about the trade-offs of using GitHub Actions runners hosted on Amazon EC2 or Amazon ECS with GitHub Actions hosted on CodeBuild. Explore integration with other AWS services to enhance workflow automation. Join this talk to learn how GitHub Actions on AWS can take your development processes to the next level.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -12995,10 +12995,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Better together: Protecting data through culture and technology
 2. Session Code: SEC302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS uses a combination of culture and technologies to share ownership and build security into every layer of the stack, then externalizes lessons learned through the managed services AWS provides to you. This session examines the full range of data protection capabilities available with AWS and how best practices and culture can complement them to improve security outcomes. Dive deep into a defense in depth perspective, which details how organizations can protect their data and bolster their security culture by consistently building security into every layer.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Data Protection
@@ -13031,7 +13031,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Beyond 11 9s of durability: Data protection with Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG339
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon S3 is designed for 11 9s of durability, strong resiliency, and high availability. This makes Amazon S3 an ideal storage option for workloads where strong data protection is non-negotiable. However, even the most durable storage cannot protect against unintended or accidental deletions. Additionally, ransomware events are a primary reason to evaluate additional protection for your critical data. Join this session to learn how you can use Amazon S3 features such as S3 Versioning, S3 Replication, S3 Object Lock, and more to implement comprehensive data protection measures, meet compliance requirements, and ensure your data remains accessible.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -13066,7 +13066,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Beyond boundaries: Converging analytics and AI to reshape the future
 2. Session Code: ANT204-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The boundaries between data analytics and AI are blurring as data workers' behaviors evolve and previously distinct data roles and use cases converge. Getting to near real-time, trustworthy insights has become paramount, so data workers are seeking seamless collaboration and interoperability across tools and data sources. In this talk, join Sirish Chandrasekaran, Director for Data Warehousing at AWS, and Rick Sears, Director for Data Processing at AWS, to envision a future with AWS where your data workers can effortlessly move between analyzing historical patterns, predicting future scenarios, and automating decision flows at scale, breaking through disparate tools and siloed workflows.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -13098,10 +13098,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Beyond chatbots: Generative AI and tracking AWS launches
 2. Session Code: DEV324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI is rapidly becoming integral to everyday applications, extending far beyond chatbots. In this session, Alan reveals how he built an app that uses LLMs and serverless architectures to track AWS service releases across AWS Regions in real-time. Dive into real-world use cases, learn effective prompt engineering techniques, and gain insights from both the successes and failures experienced while building this app. Join to explore the potential of AI in your technical work and see how it can boost developer productivity.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -13137,10 +13137,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Beyond connectivity: Transforming businesses with intelligent IoT
 2. Session Code: IOT205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session explores how recent advancements in AI are evolving the internet of things (IoT) into an engine for real-world intelligence, autonomy, and actionable insights. Learn about the evolution and anatomy of next-generation intelligent things and how AWS customers are using them to transform their businesses—across healthcare, consumer products, automotive, manufacturing, and energy and utilities. Find out how to get started with IoT and AI/ML services on AWS and discover patterns to accelerate time-to-value when building and deploying intelligent IoT products and solutions.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -13178,7 +13178,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Datadog
 4. Description: How do you protect your software supply chain from threat actors, and how do you mitigate vulnerabilities across fleets? Observing the supply chain is only part of the answer. In this session, explore supply chain best practices, and learn about Datadog's open source tool GuardDog and how they use it to protect critical repos. Also, gain insight into how Datadog AVM helps prioritize acting on security findings in your AWS environment. This presentation is brought to you by Datadog, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -13211,7 +13211,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Beyond productivity: Using generative AI to grow in financial services
 2. Session Code: FSI202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The present has caught up with the future in financial services. New generative AI capabilities have helped financial institutions automate labor-intensive tasks like extracting information from unstructured data sources, summarizing complex documents, and curating market intelligence. These investments in improving productivity have paved the way for the industry to focus on harnessing generative AI to create business value. Companies are engaging more meaningfully with their customers, identifying sales opportunities more efficiently, increasing lead conversion, and driving adoption of new products. Hear from industry leaders how they built and are running new growth-focused generative AI applications in production on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -13247,10 +13247,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Beyond text: Unlock multi-modal AI with AWS AI chips [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP329-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Revolutionize your applications with multi-modal AI. Learn how to harness the power of AWS AI chips to create intelligent systems that understand and process text, images, and video. Explore advanced models, like Idefics2 and Chameleon, to build exceptional AI assistants capable of OCR, document analysis, visual reasoning, and creative content generation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -13287,7 +13287,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Beyond text: Unlock multi-modal AI with AWS AI chips [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP329-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Revolutionize your applications with multi-modal AI. Learn how to harness the power of AWS AI chips to create intelligent systems that understand and process text, images, and video. Explore advanced models, like Idefics2 and Chameleon, to build exceptional AI assistants capable of OCR, document analysis, visual reasoning, and creative content generation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -13377,13 +13377,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Bingo Night
 2. Session Code: ACT128
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bingo Night returns to re:Invent! Join us for a fun night filled with bingo and prizes.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 6:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Blackstone's AWS odyssey: Agility, automation, & efficiency unleashed
 2. Session Code: MAM331
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Blackstone achieved remarkable agility and efficiency through its cloud modernization journey on AWS. Learn its approach to application modernization and how it migrated quickly to AWS. Gain insights into how it boosted developer productivity leveraging automation and implementing actionable patterns. Uncover the secrets behind its success—the transformative process that demanded a cultural shift. Modernization is easier, faster, and more efficient on AWS, but realizing the full business benefits requires a builder-centric mindset. Don't miss this opportunity to gain valuable insights from Blackstone's trailblazing experience.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -13468,7 +13468,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Bloomberg: Lessons learned from building and training LLMs on AWS
 2. Session Code: FSI320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Secure and efficient model training is essential to any organization looking to build generative AI capabilities that deliver return on investment. Bloomberg, a leader in AI/ML in financial services, shares lessons learned from building and training large language models—and, subsequently, small language models—on AWS. Find out how Bloomberg navigated challenges across the model development process, including managing massive data volumes across a large network of GPU nodes, and see how automating and templating infrastructure, data storage, and transit pathways help keep data safe and secure while rendering the training process less error-prone, helping teams quickly launch model training projects.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -13505,7 +13505,7 @@
 
 1. Title: BMW speeds car development with a new app for defect ticket routing
 2. Session Code: PRO201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The development and production of cars progressively becomes more software driven as the number of sensors and other digital components increases. BMW faces the challenge of routing and resolving tickets during the testing and development phases of designing a new car platform. With over 140 software teams across many areas, BMW now leverages a generative AI large language model (LLM) that provides recommendations on the next best action, augmenting the previously manual process and considering more data for correct team routing. This innovative solution streamlines BMW's software-driven car development process.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -13533,7 +13533,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boeing's transformation journey: Modernizing PLM with AWS
 2. Session Code: MFG203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, discover how Boeing embarked on a modernization journey to migrate their product lifecycle management (PLM) software to AWS. Boeing's migration, automation, and infrastructure-as-code approach allowed them to deploy complex PLM environments in a single day compared two weeks on premises. Additionally, they worked with AWS Professional Services and a partner to leverage Amazon RDS, Amazon EFS, and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to support disaster recovery, allowing for disaster recovery to be implemented in minutes rather than hours. Learn how their innovations have collectively improved the scalability, operational efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of their PLM systems.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute, Databases
@@ -13561,7 +13561,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boom!! Bam!! Comic fan – Draw your jam [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD213-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Imagine turning your doodles and ideas into professional-quality comic strips with an LLM. Submit sketches or descriptions, and the AI creatively enhances them into visual stories that reflect your unique creativity. This process applies to marketing, editorial cartoons, and comic book creation, highlighting AI's role in visual storytelling and merging human creativity with AI capabilities.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -13589,7 +13589,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boom!! Bam!! Comic fan – Draw your jam [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD213-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Imagine turning your doodles and ideas into professional-quality comic strips with an LLM. Submit sketches or descriptions, and the AI creatively enhances them into visual stories that reflect your unique creativity. This process applies to marketing, editorial cartoons, and comic book creation, highlighting AI's role in visual storytelling and merging human creativity with AI capabilities.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -13618,7 +13618,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost Amazon EKS efficiency: Karpenter, Graviton, and EC2 Spot Instances [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP211-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Achieving optimal compute efficiency is a key goal for modern cloud architectures. This chalk talk explores how to optimize compute costs and performance for workloads running on Amazon EKS using Karpenter, AWS Graviton, and Amazon EC2 Spot Instances. Through practical examples and expert insights, learn how to integrate these technologies to achieve a more efficient, scalable, and cost-effective Amazon EKS environment.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Kubernetes
@@ -13645,7 +13645,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost Amazon EKS efficiency: Karpenter, Graviton, and EC2 Spot Instances [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP211-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Achieving optimal compute efficiency is a key goal for modern cloud architectures. This chalk talk explores how to optimize compute costs and performance for workloads running on Amazon EKS using Karpenter, AWS Graviton, and Amazon EC2 Spot Instances. Through practical examples and expert insights, learn how to integrate these technologies to achieve a more efficient, scalable, and cost-effective Amazon EKS environment.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Kubernetes
@@ -13672,7 +13672,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost code quality with generative AI
 2. Session Code: DOP325
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, you unleash the power of generative AI to boost code quality using Amazon Q Developer. You learn to use Amazon Q Developer to generate unit tests and documentation automatically, addressing the challenge of balancing new feature development with writing unit tests and documentation. By the end of the workshop, you have firsthand experience streamlining your development process and freeing up time to focus on core feature development. Come follow along with step-by-step instructions and gain practical experience with this cutting-edge AWS service. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -13699,10 +13699,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost consumer goods advertising performance with AWS and Amazon
 2. Session Code: RCG302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, consumer goods companies learn how to use innovative AWS and Amazon services to optimize advertising and marketing performance. Learn how to effectively segment and target customers, securely plan and collaborate with advertising and marketing partners, use generative AI to create engaging and visually rich experiences, and generate near real-time analytics that can be used to measure and enhance campaign results.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -13739,7 +13739,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost contact center efficiency with Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client
 2. Session Code: EUC206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Managing desktops for contact center agents is challenging. IT must provide agents with the tools needed to deliver a great customer experience, while controlling costs, maximizing security, and constantly striving to simplify operations. Attend this session to learn how to address these challenges with secure virtual desktops and thin clients from AWS—cost-effectively optimizing the agent experience, improving IT staff productivity, and scaling with changing business requirements. This session dives deep into how to reduce total cost of ownership using this technology stack, and how to use WorkSpaces Thin Client with Amazon Connect to deliver a high-performance user experience.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -13772,7 +13772,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost customer retention and loyalty with Amazon Connect
 2. Session Code: BIZ309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk explores strategies to simplify customer interactions across channels to enhance customer loyalty, leveraging Amazon Connect. Discover how to predict customer intent and design effective customer engagement strategies for preferred channels and solve customer issues before they arise. Learn to capture customer feedback, sentiment, and AI-driven insights to continuously improve experiences. Understand best practices for enabling self-service and seamless omnichannel engagements and walk away with actionable techniques to measure and optimize customer effort, fostering loyalty and business growth.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -13800,7 +13800,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost database performance & availability with Amazon FSx for OpenZFS
 2. Session Code: STG410
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Struggling with performance, scalability, availability, and cost-efficiency in your self-managed databases? Discover how Amazon FSx for OpenZFS can transform your data platform. Learn to create cloud-scale dev/test environments for Oracle, leveraging snapshots and cloning features to accelerate iterations and enhance collaboration. This chalk talk covers high availability and failover mechanisms for Single-AZ and Multi-AZ configurations, including automatic failover and data replication, to maintain seamless operations during events. Gain insights from customer use cases and learn best practices for architecting reliable, high-performance storage solutions on AWS, with practical strategies and real-world examples.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases, Storage
@@ -13829,13 +13829,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost employee productivity with Amazon Q Business
 2. Session Code: AIM213
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Use Amazon Q Business, a generative AI-powered assistant, to remove the tasks that slow your team down. Quickly customize Amazon Q Business to answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and complete tasks based on data and information in your enterprise systems. Use it to accelerate approval processes, harness information sprawl, and generate impactful content that keep teams moving forward. With security and privacy as central considerations, Amazon Q Business respects existing user identities, roles, and permissions and allows administrators to restrict sensitive topics, block keywords, and filter out inappropriate questions and answers. Join this session to learn how to get started.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
    - Business Executive
    - IT Executive
    - Sales / Marketing
@@ -13859,7 +13859,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost forecasting with SageMaker Canvas: No-code ML for all industries
 2. Session Code: NTA307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Time-series forecasting predicts future values based on historical data, applicable across industries for demand forecasting, inventory planning, workflow scheduling, and financial planning. Amazon SageMaker Canvas offers a no-code solution to build time-series forecasting models, potentially speeding up the process by 50%. This visual point-and-click service enables business analysts and data scientists to create, train, and deploy machine learning models without coding. In this session, learn how to build a time-series forecasting model using SageMaker Canvas, leveraging its user interface and AutoML APIs to streamline the process and enhance efficiency. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -13888,7 +13888,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost fundraising with hyper-personalization powered by Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: WPS201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to discover how the University of California, Los Angeles Anderson School of Management used AWS and Anthropic's Claude 3 Sonnet LLM to revolutionize their alumni engagement strategy in partnership with Slalom. Donation conversion increased by 86% and donation size by 26%, improving dollars raised by a staggering 132%. Learn about the architecture that seamlessly integrated customized content with donor data to strategically deliver emails at optimal times, significantly boosting open rates, and maximized outreach effectiveness.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -13916,7 +13916,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boosting member participation through enhanced digital experiences
 2. Session Code: IMP202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Donor engagement and retention are critical objectives for nonprofit organizations. Consistently engaging donors through personalized gratitude communications and emphasizing the impact of donor gifts are effective methods in enhancing donor experience. In this builders' session, discover how AWS machine learning and generative AI services can help you implement targeted and personalized messages. Leave this session with hands-on experience using AWS AI services that can help you enhance campaign effectiveness, and ultimately, build a stronger connection with your donors. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -13950,7 +13950,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boosting productivity with Amazon Q Developer agents
 2. Session Code: DEV202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Struggling with an unfamiliar codebase? Looking to integrate new AWS features but unsure where to begin? Discover how Amazon Q Developer can transform your productivity. Learn to leverage Amazon Q directly from your code editor, guiding you through architectural decisions, generating code, and visualizing existing applications. This session demonstrates how Amazon Q's AI-powered agents can assist in upgrading your application to use the latest libraries and frameworks. Join us to explore how this powerful tool can revolutionize your development process, from code understanding to vulnerability detection.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -13977,7 +13977,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost LLM capabilities with a vector database using Amazon OpenSearch
 2. Session Code: TNC229
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this new interactive training session powered by generative AI, address a simulated business scenario by implementing a self-service recommendation tool using customer input. Explore how semantic search, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), and Large Language Models (LLMs) can enhance conversational AI. Leverage Amazon OpenSearch Service as an embedding vector database and deploy pretrained LLMs with Amazon SageMaker. Use SageMaker Studio for the machine learning tasks. A laptop is required for this session.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14008,10 +14008,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost .NET developer productivity with Amazon Q Developer
 2. Session Code: XNT318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Developers spend a significant amount of time writing undifferentiated code. Amazon Q Developer radically improves productivity by generating code suggestions in real time to alleviate this burden. In this builders' session, learn how to use Amazon Q Developer to boost your .NET productivity and streamline your development workflow. With Amazon Q Developer, deliver high-quality applications faster by automatically generating boilerplate code, accelerating iterative prototyping, improving code comprehension, and translating natural language to application features. Learn how Amazon Q Developer optimizes application performance, enhances code quality and security, and seamlessly integrates with your existing .NET tooling. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -14040,7 +14040,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost performance and reduce costs in Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS
 2. Session Code: DAT315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS cost components, and learn important best practices that can help you improve the performance of your relational database workloads while reducing spend on various cost components, such as compute, storage, backup, and I/O.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -14070,7 +14070,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost productivity and empower revenue teams with generative AI
 2. Session Code: AIM214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Businesses today struggle to maintain a personal touch in hybrid sales environments combining in-person and digital interactions. Engaging customers effectively, improving seller productivity, and accelerating sales cycles are paramount goals, but achieving them requires innovative solutions. This talk showcases how Showpad leverages AWS services like Amazon Bedrock to drive productivity and revenue outcomes for their customers. Learn about their latest AI capabilities built on AWS technology, automating repetitive tasks, creating personalized content, and extracting deep insights from data. These generative AI solutions empower sellers to engage more effectively, improve productivity, and accelerate sales cycles.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14102,7 +14102,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost SaaS connectivity with Amazon Q Business custom plugins [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM384-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Q Business is a powerful service that enables you to build and deploy intelligent virtual agents. This chalk talk explores how to extend the capabilities of Amazon Q by writing custom plugins using Amazon Q Business. Learn how to integrate Amazon Q Business with third-party SaaS applications, enabling your virtual agents to access and update data from various sources. The talk covers best practices for plugin development, security considerations, and deployment strategies. Gain the knowledge to build highly customized and connected virtual agents that can streamline business processes and enhance customer experiences.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14132,7 +14132,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost SaaS connectivity with Amazon Q Business custom plugins [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM384-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Q Business is a powerful service that enables you to build and deploy intelligent virtual agents. This chalk talk explores how to extend the capabilities of Amazon Q by writing custom plugins using Amazon Q Business. Learn how to integrate Amazon Q Business with third-party SaaS applications, enabling your virtual agents to access and update data from various sources. The talk covers best practices for plugin development, security considerations, and deployment strategies. Gain the knowledge to build highly customized and connected virtual agents that can streamline business processes and enhance customer experiences.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14162,7 +14162,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost your Kubernetes journey with EKS Blueprints for CDK & Amazon Q [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bootstrapping and operating Kubernetes environments can be complex, from selecting the right open source tools to implementing multi-tenancy and security controls. In this hands-on workshop, learn how to use Amazon EKS Blueprints for CDK, a collection of infrastructure-as-code modules, to rapidly provision and configure an Amazon EKS cluster for a microservices application. Discover how Amazon Q can assist you in writing and modifying the AWS CDK code to streamline infrastructure provisioning. Learn how to deploy and configure a ready-to-use Amazon EKS cluster using continuous deployment automation, allowing you to scale the provisioning and maintenance of Amazon EKS clusters across your organization efficiently. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute, Kubernetes
@@ -14190,7 +14190,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Boost your Kubernetes journey with EKS Blueprints for CDK & Amazon Q [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bootstrapping and operating Kubernetes environments can be complex, from selecting the right open source tools to implementing multi-tenancy and security controls. In this hands-on workshop, learn how to use Amazon EKS Blueprints for CDK, a collection of infrastructure-as-code modules, to rapidly provision and configure an Amazon EKS cluster for a microservices application. Discover how Amazon Q can assist you in writing and modifying the AWS CDK code to streamline infrastructure provisioning. Learn how to deploy and configure a ready-to-use Amazon EKS cluster using continuous deployment automation, allowing you to scale the provisioning and maintenance of Amazon EKS clusters across your organization efficiently. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute, Kubernetes
@@ -14218,7 +14218,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Bot-ticelli: Robotic sketch artist [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD214-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bot-ticelli is a robotic artist capable of sketching a human face. It is a combination of technologies (generative AI and robotics) and showcases how they can be combined on AWS. The robot works with a camera that takes a frontal shot of a human and runs it through a generative AI pipeline (SDXL and ControlNet) to generate a sketch image. The sketch is converted to G-code instruction for a robotic arm, which is rendered on paper. Walk away with a robot-drawn portrait, signed by Bot-ticelli.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14247,7 +14247,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Bot-ticelli: Robotic sketch artist [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD214-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bot-ticelli is a robotic artist capable of sketching a human face. It is a combination of technologies (generative AI and robotics) and showcases how they can be combined on AWS. The robot works with a camera that takes a frontal shot of a human and runs it through a generative AI pipeline (SDXL and ControlNet) to generate a sketch image. The sketch is converted to G-code instruction for a robotic arm, which is rendered on paper. Walk away with a robot-drawn portrait, signed by Bot-ticelli.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14276,7 +14276,7 @@
 
 1. Title: bp's energy trading digital transformation on AWS
 2. Session Code: ENU308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, bp trading shares its supply and energy trading digital transformation journey on AWS: migrating and modernizing hundreds of applications; hosting business-critical trading applications; and reinventing workflows with generative AI. The session includes market risk engine modernization for daily value-at-risk (VaR) calculations using Amazon EMR Serverless; benefits realized by building cloud native applications for bp's supply and trading functions business units; and achieving cost savings, efficiency, and agility by retiring some vendor products and using cloud native alternatives.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Migration and Modernization
@@ -14305,10 +14305,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Braving the storm: TJRS's 3-week cloud migration amid disaster
 2. Session Code: WPS205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Facing devastating floods, the Tribunal de Justiça do Rio Grande do Sul (TJRS) urgently migrated their judicial system to AWS in three weeks, expediting their planned eight-month timeline. Learn how AWS and SERPRO provided disaster response support as TJRS moved over 200TB of data, 80 VMs, 50 integrations, and a 12TB database to the cloud despite power outages and flooding. Through this adversity, TJRS was the only justice court in the state that maintained uninterrupted judicial services and transitioned to a more secure, stable, and performant cloud infrastructure.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -14339,7 +14339,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Breaking barriers: Harnessing generative AI in telecom
 2. Session Code: TLC207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, discover how generative AI can revolutionize telecommunications—creating inclusive digital experiences across sectors irrespective of abilities, age, socioeconomic status, education level, or location. Learn about AWS collaborations with leaders like NVIDIA and Anthropic in building AI infrastructure for telecommunications companies and independent software vendors. Also explore real-world examples using innovative approaches from BT, SKT, and AT&T in developing AI-driven platforms.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14373,7 +14373,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Breaking barriers: Leverage gen AI for inclusive media experiences
 2. Session Code: AIM346
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Media accessibility remains critical in our digital age. Traditional methods of creating alt text, subtitles, and audio descriptions are slow, labor-intensive, and costly, hindering inclusive content delivery and regulatory compliance. This session explores how cutting-edge AI technologies are transforming this landscape, offering rapid, cost-effective solutions to expand content reach and create more inclusive audience experiences. Delve into the challenges of generating rich, accurate metadata for diverse media types and discuss strategies for measuring and improving AI-generated accessibility features. Uncover how these innovations can address your specific accessibility needs, potentially revolutionizing your approach to media inclusivity and compliance.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14406,17 +14406,17 @@
 
 1. Title: Breaking the code: Women redefining the future with AWS
 2. Session Code: IDE109
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session brings together trailblazing women leaders who are breaking barriers through their transformative contributions. Showcasing how they created pathways for future generations of diverse talent in the field, speakers empower attendees with strategies to remove barriers, foster the next generation of tech talent, and drive meaningful change toward a more equitable future in tech. This session is a part of the Women of the Cloud program, where AWS brings together women and allies across the tech sector to hear from leaders who are delivering business outcomes powered by inclusion.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
    - Inclusion and Diversity
    - Innovation and Transformation
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -14437,7 +14437,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Bringing your own networking to AWS
 2. Session Code: NET316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: We bring the ASN, IPv4, and IPv6 prefixes, you bring your questions! This chalk talk demonstrates the full process of bringing your IP resources to AWS, advertising them to the world, and allocating them to AWS services using Amazon VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM). Walk away with a clearer understanding of the steps required to efficiently use your own address space for your workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -14467,7 +14467,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Bring your gen AI models to Amazon Bedrock using Custom Model Import
 2. Session Code: AIM366
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to accelerate generative AI application development by leveraging Amazon Bedrock Custom Model Import. Discover how to seamlessly integrate your own fine-tuned or proprietary models alongside Amazon Bedrock's foundation models, enabling differentiated and personalized user experiences. Unify your developer experience with a standardized API for accessing both base and imported custom models, streamlining model lifecycle management and infrastructure overhead.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14499,7 +14499,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Bring your workforce identities to AWS for generative AI and analytics
 2. Session Code: SEC315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: How do workforce users thrive? With seamless access to the right AWS tools. In this demo-intensive session, hear about bringing your workforce identities to AWS, and how to give your users easy access to generative AI applications such as Amazon Q and analytics tools such as Amazon Redshift. Learn to connect your workforce to AWS by using IAM Identity Center regardless of your identity provider, take a walk through the best practices you can implement, and watch a demonstration on creating identity-aware AWS experiences, including fine-grained data access permissions. Join this session and transform how your workforce interacts with AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -14534,7 +14534,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a BFF API layer for your AI models, data, and events
 2. Session Code: FWM315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With AWS AppSync you can combine multiple databases, microservices, events, and AI models into a single backend-for-frontend (BFF) endpoint for developers. This chalk talk focuses on how you can use AWS AppSync to create a single API endpoint that governs and orchestrates usage of Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, and third-party models, ensuring that your application developers can easily access the right model for their use case, and quickly pivot to new models as they emerge. Learn how you can easily extend that same endpoint to augment AI prompts and responses with enterprise data and events.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -14567,7 +14567,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a cloud-powered cross-platform app with AWS Amplify
 2. Session Code: DEV304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Amplify has reimagined the way frontend developers build full-stack applications on AWS. With this next generation of Amplify's backend-building experience, you can author your frontend and backend definitions entirely with TypeScript, providing you with schema validation, dot completion, and end-to-end types while you code, as well as per-developer cloud sandboxes and many more tools and features. In this session, learn about the next generation of AWS Amplify, how to build your backends, and how to extend them to any other AWS services such as generative AI services like Amazon Bedrock with the help of AWS CDK.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -14601,7 +14601,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a cost-effective RAG-based gen AI application with Amazon Aurora [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT313-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore key design considerations for building cost-effective generative AI applications. Learn about model selection and optimization techniques, focusing on strategies for optimizing the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture. Additionally, learn about implementing efficient data storage and retrieval methods using Amazon Aurora. Discover prompt engineering best practices and effective monitoring and cost-tracking approaches along the way to help ensure the overall cost-effectiveness of your generative AI solution.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -14632,7 +14632,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a cost-effective RAG-based gen AI application with Amazon Aurora [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT313-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore key design considerations for building cost-effective generative AI applications. Learn about model selection and optimization techniques, focusing on strategies for optimizing the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture. Additionally, learn about implementing efficient data storage and retrieval methods using Amazon Aurora. Discover prompt engineering best practices and effective monitoring and cost-tracking approaches along the way to help ensure the overall cost-effectiveness of your generative AI solution.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -14665,7 +14665,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a culture of efficiency and innovation in your organization
 2. Session Code: PEX105
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI has the potential to not only unlock new efficiencies and business outcomes for customers but also deliver new levels of efficiency and innovation in your organization. In this session, hear how AWS Partners can leverage AWS generative AI offerings internally to drive business value.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14701,7 +14701,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a custom model using Amazon SageMaker Canvas
 2. Session Code: TNC204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this Amazon SageMaker lab, learn how to build and run a machine learning model with no code using Amazon SageMaker Canvas. Use sample data to train models, compare their performance, and make predictions.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Training and Certification
@@ -14725,7 +14725,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a data foundation to fuel generative AI
 2. Session Code: STG201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data has long been considered a strategic asset by organizations, but generative AI puts a renewed emphasis on the importance of a data strategy. Whether you are building your own model or customizing a foundation model, your data is a key differentiator for generative AI, so you need a data strategy that supports relevant, high-quality data. In this session, learn about the data tools that can fuel your generative AI strategy and the common data patterns required to transform your generative AI application from a generic tool to a program that truly knows your business and your customer.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Storage
@@ -14757,10 +14757,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a data mesh using AWS Transfer Family and AWS Lake Formation
 2. Session Code: STG308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how data mesh architectures revolutionize product offerings while centralizing security, governance, auditing, and data discovery. In this workshop, learn how AWS Transfer Family can automate the data processing pipeline for third-party data, validate the integrity of files transferred, apply PGP encryption and decryption and anti-malware scans, and load the data into a secure data mesh integrated with AWS Lake Formation. Assume the role of data scientist, and query your data with traditional tools like Amazon Athena. Then use Amazon Q Business to gain additional insights and Amazon Q in QuickSight to pull reports. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Storage
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -14794,7 +14794,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a financial assistant with Amazon Q and Amazon Bedrock Agents
 2. Session Code: FSI304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Financial institutions manage complex, document-intensive workflows to perform financial analysis and reporting. In this session, build an assistant that enhances financial document processing and improves productivity using multimodal large language model (LLM) capabilities and a knowledge base built with Amazon Q. Also, learn how to use Amazon Bedrock Agents to create a single view for financial analysis on documents, structured content, and APIs. This approach can help you interact with these data sources, summarize financial statements, and generate prospectus documents including charts and data tables. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -14822,7 +14822,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a gen AI application using knowledge graphs in Amazon Neptune
 2. Session Code: DAT308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, build an application to query your domain-specific, differentiated, and highly related datasets using natural language. Amazon Neptune is your database of record storing a knowledge graph with the most up-to-date version of your data and helps the LLM at the center of your application improve the quality of the answers provided. Discover how to use multimodal inputs, such as text, images, or both, for a Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) process that uses vector search over your knowledge graph data. You must bring a laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -14851,7 +14851,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a generative AI agentic workflow for customer self-service
 2. Session Code: TLC302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This builders' session showcases how generative AI services like Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, and Amazon OpenSearch Service can revolutionize customer self-service and automated troubleshooting. Learn to build personalized customer journeys using real-time data, and explore constructing generative AI workflows using knowledge bases and machine learning (ML) algorithms to resolve issues autonomously. A live demo will highlight these AI-driven solutions' potential for enhanced customer engagement, efficiency, and proactive issue resolution. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -14883,7 +14883,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a generative AI industrial diagnosis & troubleshooting assistant
 2. Session Code: IOT313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, construct a generative AI–powered assistant that enhances operational efficiency and reduces machine downtime in industrial settings. While harnessing the power of large language models from Amazon Bedrock, learn how to integrate AWS IoT SiteWise and an enterprise knowledge graph, and find out how to connect knowledge bases, configure agents, and establish robust guardrails. When finished, see your generative AI assistant in action in a simulated factory environment and the impact it makes to deliver contextualized insights and actionable recommendations to plant operators. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Internet of Things
@@ -14914,10 +14914,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a generative AI–powered shop floor assistant [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MFG303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build a generative AI assistant to analyze data from industrial IoT sensors, documents, manuals, and other manufacturing systems. Also learn how to provide natural language summaries of operation statuses and current issues with suggestion actions, and how to help operators, manufacturing engineers, and factory leaders conduct Q&A–based exploratory root cause analysis to increase overall plant productivity. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -14948,10 +14948,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a generative AI–powered shop floor assistant [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MFG303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build a generative AI assistant to analyze data from industrial IoT sensors, documents, manuals, and other manufacturing systems. Also learn how to provide natural language summaries of operation statuses and current issues with suggestion actions, and how to help operators, manufacturing engineers, and factory leaders conduct Q&A–based exploratory root cause analysis to increase overall plant productivity. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -14982,10 +14982,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a generative AI–powered shop floor assistant [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MFG303-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build a generative AI assistant to analyze data from industrial IoT sensors, documents, manuals, and other manufacturing systems. Also learn how to provide natural language summaries of operation statuses and current issues with suggestion actions, and how to help operators, manufacturing engineers, and factory leaders conduct Q&A–based exploratory root cause analysis to increase overall plant productivity. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -15016,7 +15016,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a Generative BI chatbot with LangGraph and Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM330
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, use generative AI technologies to build an analytics chatbot that integrates Amazon Bedrock large language models (LLMs) and multi-actor LLM orchestration. Learn about all the components necessary to build an analytical chatbot leveraging production-grade and scalable AWS services. Attendees build an easy-to-use, intelligent system that will allow end users to ask analytical questions from tabular data stored in Amazon Redshift. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -15049,7 +15049,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build agentic workflows with Amazon Bedrock and open source frameworks
 2. Session Code: AIM323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this immersive workshop, learn how to build scalable and intelligent agentic workflows using Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, and LangGraph. Through hands-on coding, use Amazon Bedrock capabilities with LangChain to process and generate text, images, and data, enabling autonomous agents that understand natural language instructions. Then, discover how to use the Amazon Bedrock Converse API to build conversational AI agents for streamlined customer service. Finally, integrate Amazon Bedrock with LangGraph to create multistep, AI-powered workflows that adapt to business requirements by connecting conversational agents and data processing capabilities developed throughout the workshop. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -15079,7 +15079,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build Amazon Q apps to scale and drive community engagement
 2. Session Code: DEV201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, discover how AI services, including Amazon Q Business, can help to scale and improve community engagement, streamline events planning, and handle everyday tasks as an event organizer. Dive into technical insights with a demo as we share practical ideas and offer guidance on getting started. Learn how to use AI and services like Amazon S3 and AWS Lambda. Building and growing communities is crucial. Whether you're organizing monthly meetups or full-scale events, learn how to use these tools to work smarter and more efficiently.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -15106,10 +15106,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a meeting summarization solution with generative AI & serverless
 2. Session Code: API310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this code talk, see live coding of a serverless application for producing meeting summaries with generative AI. Learn how to orchestrate transcription using Amazon Transcribe and summarization with Amazon Bedrock, orchestrated with AWS Step Functions. Discover how to simplify and scale your application using event-driven techniques with Amazon EventBridge. Leave with practical skills for developing serverless generative AI solutions that streamline meeting insights through automated transcription and summarization powered by AI/ML services.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -15144,10 +15144,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a modernization plan to accelerate target state and lower TCO
 2. Session Code: MAM318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Application modernization presents a lot of choices and possibilities. It requires an iterative process to select the right target state architecture at the lowest cost point while also ensuring all non-functional requirements are met. Learn how to use AWS generative AI tools to build a conversational architecture model, and generate a summary of conversations to create a target state architecture artifact that details the decisions, tradeoffs, and costs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -15181,10 +15181,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build an AI gateway for Amazon Bedrock with AWS AppSync
 2. Session Code: FWM310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Integrating generative AI into applications can be complex, often requiring developers to deal with complex permissions, exposed credentials, and identity management challenges when accessing AI backends. This session discusses how to use AWS AppSync to simplify integration with AI backends like Amazon Bedrock, implement tailored queries for your use cases, take advantage of security features to deploy a production-ready API, and control access to your generative AI resources. It covers both synchronous and asynchronous use cases.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -15215,10 +15215,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build an AI-powered media and asset management system
 2. Session Code: NTA306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, build an AI-powered media and asset management system using various AI-powered AWS services and learn how to unlock valuable information from video, audio, pictures, and documents using these services. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -15249,7 +15249,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build an app using AWS App Studio. No development expertise required.
 2. Session Code: AIM404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to integrate powerful generative AI capabilities into your AWS App Studio application. In minutes, you'll have an app integrated with your SSO that performs powerful, intelligent operations without needing software development expertise nor being an AI/ML practitioner. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -15276,10 +15276,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and accelerate LLMs on AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia using Ray [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP331-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to accelerate the development and deployment of large language models (LLMs) with Ray, AWS Trainium, and AWS Inferentia. This chalk talk delves into how Ray's unified compute framework seamlessly integrates with powerful AWS AI chips to optimize performance and cost efficiency. Learn practical techniques for scaling LLMs using tensor parallelism and harnessing the full potential of Trainium for training and Inferentia for inference.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -15312,10 +15312,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and accelerate LLMs on AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia using Ray [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP331-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to accelerate the development and deployment of large language models (LLMs) with Ray, AWS Trainium, and AWS Inferentia. This chalk talk delves into how Ray's unified compute framework seamlessly integrates with powerful AWS AI chips to optimize performance and cost efficiency. Learn practical techniques for scaling LLMs using tensor parallelism and harnessing the full potential of Trainium for training and Inferentia for inference.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -15384,7 +15384,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and deploy tools using LLM agents with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: TNC227
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this new interactive training session powered by generative AI, address a simulated business scenario by creating a customer service bot with real-time data integration, using AWS Lambda and Amazon RDS for up-to-date personalization and improved customer interactions. Configure the agent so that Amazon Bedrock can interact with organizational data and user queries. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -15417,13 +15417,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and Give Back
 2. Session Code: ACT007
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stop by Build and Give Back in the Impact and Community Pavilion in the expo to #GiveBack to AWS local nonprofits and Amazon disaster relief efforts.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -15443,13 +15443,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and Give Back
 2. Session Code: ACT008
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stop by Build and Give Back in the Impact and Community Pavilion in the expo to #GiveBack to AWS local nonprofits and Amazon disaster relief efforts.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -15468,13 +15468,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and Give Back
 2. Session Code: ACT126
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join AWS in supporting local nonprofits in Las Vegas, Nevada, by participating in activities such as building dynamo lights or packing first aid kits at our Build and Give Back location in the Expo.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -15492,13 +15492,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and Give Back
 2. Session Code: ACT127
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join AWS in supporting local nonprofits in Las Vegas, Nevada, by participating in activities such as building dynamo lights or packing first aid kits at our Build and Give Back location in the Expo.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -15518,13 +15518,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and govern your data mesh with Amazon DataZone [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A data mesh is a distributed, domain-driven architecture that defines responsibilities and coordination across separate domain teams and data products. A data mesh requires data governance to ensure data quality, consistency, security, and trust across domains. In this workshop, learn how to build with Amazon DataZone to help manage and govern your data mesh. Explore automating data discovery, cataloging, and sharing; analyzing data quality; visualizing data lineage; and governing data access to meet objectives. Through hands-on exercises, gain practical experience designing, deploying, and maintaining a well-governed data mesh solution using Amazon DataZone. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Data Protection, Modernization
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -15548,17 +15548,17 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and govern your data mesh with Amazon DataZone [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A data mesh is a distributed, domain-driven architecture that defines responsibilities and coordination across separate domain teams and data products. A data mesh requires data governance to ensure data quality, consistency, security, and trust across domains. In this workshop, learn how to build with Amazon DataZone to help manage and govern your data mesh. Explore automating data discovery, cataloging, and sharing; analyzing data quality; visualizing data lineage; and governing data access to meet objectives. Through hands-on exercises, gain practical experience designing, deploying, and maintaining a well-governed data mesh solution using Amazon DataZone. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Analytics
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
    - Data Protection
    - Modernization
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -15607,7 +15607,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and operate a highly resilient Apache Kafka cluster on AWS
 2. Session Code: OPN408
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building a resilient and highly available Apache Kafka cluster on AWS involves more than just deploying across multiple Availability Zones and Regions. This advanced chalk talk explores Kafka cluster resiliency complexities. Examine how EC2 network and volume throughput affect clusters, common client and cluster misconfigurations, and strategies for setting throttling rates for client and broker replication traffic. This talk covers essential metrics to monitor, methods for quicker broker recovery and for efficient load balancing and faster scaling, and best practices for multi-Region deployments, providing a comprehensive approach to master Kafka cluster resilience and reliability in a cost-effective way.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -15645,7 +15645,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and operate an effective architecture review board
 2. Session Code: ARC208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Establishing an effective architecture review board (ARB) is crucial for organizations to reap the benefits of architectural governance. This chalk talk delves into the components of an efficient architecture review process, from addressing stakeholder needs and integrating with project execution to maximizing benefits. Learn strategies to reduce costs, minimize security events, and diminish technical debt through a well-defined ARB. The talk provides actionable steps to establish an enterprise-wide ARB, enabling organizations to streamline architectural decision-making and align with business objectives.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -15675,7 +15675,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build and optimize a data lake on Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations are building petabyte-scale data lakes on AWS to democratize access for thousands of end users. As customers design their data lake architecture for the right capabilities and performance, many are turning to open table formats (OTF) to improve the performance of their data lakes and to adopt enhanced capabilities, such as time-travel queries and concurrent updates. In this session, learn about recent innovations in Amazon S3 that make it easier to build, secure, and manage data lakes. Learn best practices to store, optimize, and use data lakes with industry-leading AWS, open source, and third-party analytics and ML tools.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Storage
@@ -15703,7 +15703,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build an image search engine with .NET and Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: XNT402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this code talk, learn how to build a smart, semantic image search engine for a .NET application using Amazon Bedrock and Amazon OpenSearch Service. The implementation will include preprocessing images using Amazon Bedrock, indexing and storing data with OpenSearch Service, and developing a .NET application for user interaction. Leave this talk knowing how to use these tools to make your own powerful image search engine.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -15735,7 +15735,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a product recommendation engine using Amazon Neptune
 2. Session Code: TNC215
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lab, learn how to model your source data from relational databases and document stores to Amazon Neptune in order to meet this business need. Use a sample customer order database to build a product recommendation system that is used to send real-time product recommendations to customers as they browse the products portal.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -15765,7 +15765,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a profitable business for migration of SAP workloads
 2. Session Code: PEX205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session provides a framework for leveraging AWS generative AI services to build a profitable business migrating SAP RISE workloads and to accelerate the modernization of adjacent SAP systems. Learn and utilize generative AI services from cloud providers, LLM companies, and SAP. The session demystifies the process of selecting services, tools, and technologies to assist you in building a profitable business for the next generation of SAP applications on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -15802,15 +15802,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a scalable cross-platform multiplayer game backend on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GAM301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to use the AWS Game Backend Framework to develop a custom cross-platform game backend for your multiplayer game. Explore cross-platform player identity, backend microservices for matchmaking, and integrations to popular game engines. Also learn how to use Amazon GameLift to host your game servers globally, close to players for a low-latency real-time experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Well-Architected Framework
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -15829,15 +15829,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a scalable cross-platform multiplayer game backend on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GAM301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to use the AWS Game Backend Framework to develop a custom cross-platform game backend for your multiplayer game. Explore cross-platform player identity, backend microservices for matchmaking, and integrations to popular game engines. Also learn how to use Amazon GameLift to host your game servers globally, close to players for a low-latency real-time experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Well-Architected Framework
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -15857,10 +15857,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a seamless network between the factory shop floor and the cloud [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MFG308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the world of modern manufacturing, the concept of a ubiquitous network has emerged as a game-changer, promising to revolutionize the way we connect, process, and leverage data across production systems. Imagine an environment where computing and communication capabilities are seamlessly embedded into every aspect of your manufacturing operations, enabling real-time access to information and services, anytime and anywhere. This chalk talk explains how to build such a network on AWS and accelerate various manufacturing use cases such as predictive maintenance, quality control, supply chain optimization, and energy management, while addressing best practices and considerations for a successful implementation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Internet of Things
 - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -15897,10 +15897,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a seamless network between the factory shop floor and the cloud [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MFG308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the world of modern manufacturing, the concept of a ubiquitous network has emerged as a game-changer, promising to revolutionize the way we connect, process, and leverage data across production systems. Imagine an environment where computing and communication capabilities are seamlessly embedded into every aspect of your manufacturing operations, enabling real-time access to information and services, anytime and anywhere. This chalk talk explains how to build such a network on AWS and accelerate various manufacturing use cases such as predictive maintenance, quality control, supply chain optimization, and energy management, while addressing best practices and considerations for a successful implementation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Internet of Things
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -15936,7 +15936,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a secure GraphQL API with AWS Amplify and AppSync [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, attendees learn how to use AWS Amplify Studio and AWS AppSync to build a secure and scalable GraphQL API. Start by exploring the benefits of a GraphQL-based architecture and how it can simplify application development. Then dive into a working session where participants create their own GraphQL API, configure authentication and authorization, and deploy it into production in your account. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: New to AWS
@@ -15968,7 +15968,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a secure GraphQL API with AWS Amplify and AppSync [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, attendees learn how to use AWS Amplify Studio and AWS AppSync to build a secure and scalable GraphQL API. Start by exploring the benefits of a GraphQL-based architecture and how it can simplify application development. Then dive into a working session where participants create their own GraphQL API, configure authentication and authorization, and deploy it into production in your account. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: New to AWS
@@ -16000,7 +16000,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a serverless chatbot using Amazon Bedrock to perform RAG
 2. Session Code: TNC226
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this new interactive training session powered by generative AI, address a simulated business scenario and build an AI chatbot that taps into a knowledge base to provide customers with detailed, contextual information. Leverage AWS services like Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Kendra to index data and enable Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). Integrate Amazon serverless services for efficient application code execution. A laptop is required for this session.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -16030,10 +16030,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a serverless, real-time API for a generative AI–powered chatbot
 2. Session Code: SVS323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on builders' session, build a serverless, real-time chat experience with a virtual assistant. Dive deep into serverless, real-time APIs powered by AWS AppSync, AWS Lambda, and Amazon Bedrock. Explore how to leverage these APIs to build cutting-edge generative AI applications. Leave with practical skills for building scalable, cost-effective, real-time APIs that seamlessly integrate your generative AI models. Gain firsthand experience constructing an immersive chat experience enhanced by AI capabilities. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -16066,7 +16066,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a unified namespace and connect factories at scale
 2. Session Code: MFG304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This hands-on builders' session guides you through the process of connecting Siemens PLCs at scale, determining the exposed data, and generating an AWS IoT SiteWise hierarchy using generative AI with Amazon Bedrock. Learn how to take exposed data from a brownfield PLC; create an ISA-95-compliant asset hierarchy using AWS IoT SiteWise, AWS IoT Greengrass, and Amazon Bedrock; and build a dashboard displaying live data. This session offers a step-by-step, practical approach to mastering the skills needed to build a unified namespace and connecting a factory at scale. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -16095,10 +16095,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a vehicle insights assistant with AWS IoT and Amazon Q [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AUT304-R3
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this interactive session, use AWS IoT to ingest vehicle data and then use Amazon Q to build a conversational generative AI–powered assistant that helps analyze the data using natural language queries and responses. Ask questions about the data like "Which vehicles have a low battery charge?" or "What are average vehicle speeds in the morning versus evening?" Learn how you can use Amazon Q to explore advanced querying and analysis capabilities like filtering, aggregations, and anomaly detection, and discover how Amazon Q can help you fine-tune your data collection campaigns or maintenance schedules based on collected data. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -16128,10 +16128,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a vehicle insights assistant with AWS IoT and Amazon Q [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AUT304-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this interactive session, use AWS IoT to ingest vehicle data and then use Amazon Q to build a conversational generative AI–powered assistant that helps analyze the data using natural language queries and responses. Ask questions about the data like "Which vehicles have a low battery charge?" or "What are average vehicle speeds in the morning versus evening?" Learn how you can use Amazon Q to explore advanced querying and analysis capabilities like filtering, aggregations, and anomaly detection, and discover how Amazon Q can help you fine-tune your data collection campaigns or maintenance schedules based on collected data. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -16161,10 +16161,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a vehicle insights assistant with AWS IoT and Amazon Q [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AUT304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this interactive session, use AWS IoT to ingest vehicle data and then use Amazon Q to build a conversational generative AI–powered assistant that helps analyze the data using natural language queries and responses. Ask questions about the data like "Which vehicles have a low battery charge?" or "What are average vehicle speeds in the morning versus evening?" Learn how you can use Amazon Q to explore advanced querying and analysis capabilities like filtering, aggregations, and anomaly detection, and discover how Amazon Q can help you fine-tune your data collection campaigns or maintenance schedules based on collected data. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -16193,10 +16193,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a vehicle insights assistant with AWS IoT and Amazon Q [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AUT304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this interactive session, use AWS IoT to ingest vehicle data and then use Amazon Q to build a conversational generative AI–powered assistant that helps analyze the data using natural language queries and responses. Ask questions about the data like "Which vehicles have a low battery charge?" or "What are average vehicle speeds in the morning versus evening?" Learn how you can use Amazon Q to explore advanced querying and analysis capabilities like filtering, aggregations, and anomaly detection, and discover how Amazon Q can help you fine-tune your data collection campaigns or maintenance schedules based on collected data. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -16226,7 +16226,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a video generator with AI/ML tools in Amazon SageMaker Studio
 2. Session Code: AIM309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, get hands-on experience building an Automated Video Highlight Reel Generator using Amazon SageMaker's comprehensive tools. Learn to search for and select the right multi-modal LLM for video use cases. Interactively build a multi-modal image/video analysis engine that automatically highlights the most exciting parts of any video using Amazon SageMaker Studio notebooks. Perfect your highlight reel generation system by fine-tuning your multi-modal LLM with custom text-image/video pairs using SageMaker training jobs. Finally, deploy your fine-tuned model as a SageMaker-hosted endpoint. Also learn to deploy a low-latency, production-ready Streamlit app UI on AWS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -16263,7 +16263,7 @@
 2. Session Code: DAT403-R
 3. Description: In this workshop, learn to build modern web applications at scale using purpose-built databases. Discover how to apply development patterns using Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon Neptune, and Amazon OpenSearch Service to build a fully functional and scalable bookstore ecommerce application, and dive deep into best practices along the way. Basic familiarity with AWS concepts and services such as AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon VPC, networking, and storage services is recommended. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 4. Session Type: Workshop
-5. Topic: 
+5. Topic:
    - Analytics
    - Databases
 6. Areas of Interest: SaaS
@@ -16294,7 +16294,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build a web-scale application with purpose-built databases & analytics [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT403-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn to build modern web applications at scale using purpose-built databases. Discover how to apply development patterns using Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon ElastiCache, Amazon Neptune, and Amazon OpenSearch Service to build a fully functional and scalable bookstore ecommerce application, and dive deep into best practices along the way. Basic familiarity with AWS concepts and services such as AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon VPC, networking, and storage services is recommended. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
@@ -16351,7 +16351,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build & deploy an enterprise-grade app in two hours with AWS App Studio
 2. Session Code: AIM326-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive deep and get hands-on experience with AWS App Studio to build a complex, multistep purchase order approval application that extracts information from an uploaded PDF and then summarizes and evaluates the content using AI capabilities. In this workshop, learn about the high-level architecture, and build this application in small groups, experiencing firsthand the power of App Studio in rapidly developing enterprise-ready applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -16382,7 +16382,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build & deploy an enterprise-grade app in two hours with AWS App Studio
 2. Session Code: AIM326-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive deep and get hands-on experience with AWS App Studio to build a complex, multistep purchase order approval application that extracts information from an uploaded PDF and then summarizes and evaluates the content using AI capabilities. In this workshop, learn about the high-level architecture, and build this application in small groups, experiencing firsthand the power of App Studio in rapidly developing enterprise-ready applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -16413,7 +16413,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build efficient serverless APIs with Powertools for AWS Lambda
 2. Session Code: SVS311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore the pragmatic considerations for building serverless applications in this code talk. Learn how many AWS Lambda functions should comprise a single API, and discover techniques for progressively improving your API event handlers. Understand the challenges, solutions, and trade-offs involved in creating modular, well-architected Lambda "monoliths" (Lambdaliths). Gain insights into using Powertools for Lambda to construct efficient monolithic and microservice Lambda function architectures. Leave with a clear approach for structuring your serverless APIs using the Lambdalith and other patterns.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic:
@@ -16449,10 +16449,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build & evaluate RAG applications using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases
 2. Session Code: TNC220
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this Amazon Bedrock lab, build and evaluate efficient, enterprise-ready, question-answering applications. Use Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques to combine large language models with external knowledge retrieval systems. Also, learn the Ragas framework to evaluate the generated responses on metrics such as faithfulness, answer relevancy, and context precision. Workstations are provided for you; no laptop required.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -16483,7 +16483,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build fast, scalable infrastructure for AI/ML with AWS storage
 2. Session Code: STG310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: High-performance storage is essential for efficient and cost-effective machine learning (ML) and large language model (LLM) training for generative AI. Managing intensive GPUs and accelerators like AWS Trainium requires optimized storage solutions. Amazon S3 and Amazon FSx for Lustre offer scalability and compute acceleration for workloads, from time to first byte to multi-petabyte scales. In this workshop, learn how to use Amazon S3 and FSx for Lustre with Amazon SageMaker and monitor them using Amazon CloudWatch, and discover how to achieve the best performance for your workload. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Storage
@@ -16579,10 +16579,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build generative AI applications with full-stack TypeScript [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Create powerful generative AI web applications using the TypeScript-based developer experience of AWS Amplify. In this hands-on builders' session, build AI-driven features like intelligent search, summarization, content generation, and interactive AI assistants. Learn to integrate core application components, including data management and user authentication. By the end of the session, deploy your finished application to the cloud and gain practical experience developing and launching a full-stack AI application. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -16610,10 +16610,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build generative AI applications with full-stack TypeScript [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM304-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Create powerful generative AI web applications using the TypeScript-based developer experience of AWS Amplify. In this hands-on builders' session, build AI-driven features like intelligent search, summarization, content generation, and interactive AI assistants. Learn to integrate core application components, including data management and user authentication. By the end of the session, deploy your finished application to the cloud and gain practical experience developing and launching a full-stack AI application. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -16642,10 +16642,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build generative AI applications with full-stack TypeScript [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Create powerful generative AI web applications using the TypeScript-based developer experience of AWS Amplify. In this hands-on builders' session, build AI-driven features like intelligent search, summarization, content generation, and interactive AI assistants. Learn to integrate core application components, including data management and user authentication. By the end of the session, deploy your finished application to the cloud and gain practical experience developing and launching a full-stack AI application. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -16673,7 +16673,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build generative AI assistants for SAP supply chain and manufacturing
 2. Session Code: MAM310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SAP customers must take full advantage of their enterprise data to stay ahead. In this hands-on workshop, use SAP, generative AI, and both structured and unstructured data to optimize multiple manufacturing processes. Build a secure generative AI assistant to engage with SAP supply chain data using a conversational interface to identify top-performing suppliers, dependencies, and risk factors. Next, employ a generative AI agent to promptly address machinery issues on the shop floor leveraging unstructured data to advise users on immediate solutions and triggering processes in SAP to deploy additional resources when necessary. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -16710,10 +16710,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build generative AI–powered search with Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS
 2. Session Code: DAT301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The integration of embeddings generated from LLMs for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL presents a powerful and efficient solution for optimizing the product catalog similarity search experience. By using foundation models and vector embeddings, businesses can enhance the accuracy and speed of similarity searches by using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), which ultimately leads to improved user satisfaction and a more personalized experience. In this workshop, build your own generative AI applications with Amazon Bedrock using Aurora PostgreSQL as your vector database. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -16746,7 +16746,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build highly accurate custom ML models without writing code
 2. Session Code: AIM310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building machine learning (ML) models involves complex and time-consuming tasks from data preparation to model building and model deployment. Amazon SageMaker Canvas makes it easy to prepare training-ready datasets at petabyte scale, build highly accurate custom ML models for regression, classification, and forecasting using AutoML, and deploy ML models without writing a single line of code. In this workshop, discover how to build custom ML models through hands-on exercises, and learn how to fine-tune foundation models. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -16776,7 +16776,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build highly performant data solutions with serverless analytics
 2. Session Code: ANT335
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data professionals are challenged to build solutions that can quickly scale, deliver cost-effective results, and support the needs of various data users. Learn how AWS makes it faster and easier to carry out a modern data strategy without having to manage infrastructure across databases, analytics, and AI/ML. In this session, see how serverless AWS analytics services make it easier to quickly build event-driven data pipelines and microservice architectures that can help you innovate at hyperscale.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -16809,7 +16809,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build hybrid data workflows to Amazon S3 with AWS Storage Gateway
 2. Session Code: STG215
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to leverage AWS AI/ML and compute technologies for on-premises data. With Amazon S3 File Gateway, you can upload objects from on-premises NFS or SMB file data to Amazon S3 and process data using AWS compute resources. See demos of end-to-end data workflows from on-premises environments to Amazon S3 using S3 File Gateway. Attendees leave this session with an understanding of how S3 File Gateway serves as the foundation for modernizing data infrastructure and unlocking new value from on-premises data investments. Learn best practices and common use cases to help you get started.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Storage
@@ -16838,7 +16838,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build infrastructure as code with AWS CloudFormation
 2. Session Code: DOP319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS CloudFormation helps you manage your AWS infrastructure as code, increasing automation and supporting infrastructure-as-code best practices. In this chalk talk, learn the fundamentals of CloudFormation, including templates, stacks, change sets, and stack dependencies. See a demo of how to describe your AWS infrastructure in a template format and provision resources in an automated, repeatable way.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -16868,7 +16868,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building advanced workflows with AWS Step Functions
 2. Session Code: API402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you an experienced serverless developer building applications with AWS Step Functions workflows? Are you wondering when to use a Map state, a Parallel state, or a nested workflow? In this session, learn how you can use generative AI to generate state machines automatically from textual descriptions and chat with your workflow to optimize it. Learn about architectural best practices and repeatable patterns for building advanced workflows. Discover how to build secure, high-scale, and high-performance serverless applications while being cost-effective. This session shares real production scenarios to illustrate the benefits for you.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -16903,10 +16903,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building a generative AI–based manufacturing digital thread
 2. Session Code: MFG302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Manufacturers have vast amounts of knowledge dispersed across the product lifecycle, often resulting in limited visibility, significant knowledge gaps, and the inability to continuously improve. A digital thread offers an integrated approach to combine disparate data sources across enterprise systems to drive traceability, accessibility, collaboration, and agility. In this workshop, learn how to create an intelligent manufacturing digital thread using a combination of knowledge graph and generative AI technologies based on the data generated throughout the product lifecycle. Explore several use cases and discover actionable steps to kick-start your intelligent digital thread journey. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -16946,7 +16946,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Developer / Engineer, DevOps Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Familiarity with Slack and its integration capabilities
@@ -16973,7 +16973,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building an AI-powered shopping assistant
 2. Session Code: RCG204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many retailers are turning to AI-powered virtual assistants like Amazon Rufus to help shoppers find and buy the right products. To be effective, it is important that these virtual assistants provide accurate advice that is limited to the product catalog. During this lightning talk, learn how the AWS Generative AI Labs team accomplished just that and how you can build a digital shopping assistant using large language models.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -16983,7 +16983,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of large language models
     2. Understanding of product catalogs and e-commerce
@@ -17002,7 +17002,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building an AWS solutions architect agentic app with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: DEV331
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Navigating through complex cloud solutions can be a daunting task. In this session, see how generative AI can help solve this problem by building an AWS solutions architect agentic app. Using Amazon Bedrock, learn how to build an app that can query AWS documentation, deploy infrastructure, create diagrams, and more. The session ends with a live demo, where the generative AI app handles a variety of tasks, significantly reducing manual effort and error. Gain practical insights and the know-how to build generative AI agentic apps to alleviate similar pain points.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -17031,10 +17031,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building and maintaining cost-effective generative AI applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: PEX305-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk explores key design considerations for building cost-effective generative AI applications. We discuss model selection and optimization techniques, focusing on strategies for optimizing the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture. Learn about selecting the appropriate vector store and implementing efficient data storage and retrieval methods. Additionally, the talk covers prompt engineering best practices and demonstrates effective monitoring and cost-tracking approaches to ensure the overall cost-effectiveness of the generative AI solution.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest: Partner Enablement
@@ -17067,7 +17067,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building and maintaining cost-effective generative AI applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: PEX305-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk explores key design considerations for building cost-effective generative AI applications. We discuss model selection and optimization techniques, focusing on strategies for optimizing the Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture. Learn about selecting the appropriate vector store and implementing efficient data storage and retrieval methods. Additionally, the talk covers prompt engineering best practices and demonstrates effective monitoring and cost-tracking approaches to ensure the overall cost-effectiveness of the generative AI solution.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Architecture
@@ -17099,7 +17099,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building and releasing robust generative AI solutions on AWS
 2. Session Code: BWP302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how to release robust generative AI solutions with the Buy with Prime team. Learn best practices for building safe, reliable, and scalable merchant support and customer experiences on Amazon Bedrock, Connect, and Lex for direct-to-consumer merchants using Buy with Prime. Gain insights into evaluation and pilot approaches for quick iteration on relevancy, ensuring the best customer experience. Whether new or experienced with generative AI, explore the team's hands-on investigation of various options and frameworks for secure iteration.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -17132,10 +17132,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building an educational startup on AWS: A heroic journey
 2. Session Code: DEV305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gather 'round for the tale of two AWS heroes on their journey through the world of cloud. The goal: build and deploy an educational platform for AWS, on AWS. They will guide you over the hills & down the valleys of developing with MFA in Amazon Cognito, working with AWS Amplify, securing with AWS WAF, persisting users in Amazon DynamoDB, handling requests with Amazon API Gateway, and building with AWS Lambda and Powertools. Come see if our adventurers succeeded in their quest or end up at the last "Outpost."
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -17174,7 +17174,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building an effective observability strategy [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP345-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Observability is crucial for understanding and optimizing modern cloud workloads, yet many organizations struggle to implement an effective strategy. In this session, learn how to evaluate your observability maturity and set up a comprehensive approach that measures the right signals. Gain insights into efficiently driving observability for diverse workloads, including containers and serverless applications. Through demos and practical examples, discover best practices for building a strategy that empowers you to unlock powerful insights from your observability data.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -17207,7 +17207,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building an effective observability strategy [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP345-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Observability is crucial for understanding and optimizing modern cloud workloads, yet many organizations struggle to implement an effective strategy. In this session, learn how to evaluate your observability maturity and set up a comprehensive approach that measures the right signals. Gain insights into efficiently driving observability for diverse workloads, including containers and serverless applications. Through demos and practical examples, discover best practices for building a strategy that empowers you to unlock powerful insights from your observability data.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -17241,7 +17241,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building an event sourcing system using AWS serverless technologies
 2. Session Code: SVS206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore strategies for building effective event sourcing architectures using AWS serverless technologies. Learn how event sourcing stores the application state as an append-only event log, preserving context and enabling traceability. Discover powerful benefits like auditing, fault tolerance, root cause analysis, and event-driven architectures across industries and applications. Learn how to distinguish event sourcing from patterns like event streaming and domain-driven design. Leave with practical insights into leveraging serverless for implementing event sourcing to gain audit visibility, fault tolerance, and visibility into your application state.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -17276,7 +17276,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building an integration strategy for the future
 2. Session Code: API208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Boost productivity and create better customer experiences by building a modern integration strategy. This session explores using AWS application, data, and file integration services to connect on-premises and cloud technologies securely and at scale. Discover common integration patterns, best practices, and practical use cases. Learn how to build a robust, extensible, scalable, and cost-effective integration strategy for the future.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -17308,7 +17308,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building an interoperable healthcare data layer with AWS
 2. Session Code: HLS301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlocking the power of data is key to driving healthcare innovation and improving patient outcomes. In this session, learn how to develop an interoperable healthcare data layer that seamlessly integrates analytics and generative AI capabilities using AWS HealthLake. Gain insights from a real-world customer case study featuring Greenway Health, a leading EHR provider, and their pioneering journey to build a unified healthcare data platform on HealthLake. Discover how they leveraged HealthLake to enable advanced analytics, a generative AI chatbot, and cutting-edge solutions while achieving cost reduction and performance boosts.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Storage
@@ -17336,17 +17336,17 @@
 
 1. Title: Building an optimized cloud workload with AWS
 2. Session Code: SUP201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Like constructing a bridge, building a cloud workload requires careful consideration of design and materials to ensure it meets the desired qualities and effectively supports the intended business outcomes. Join this session to learn how to use the AWS Well-Architected Framework to determine the set of qualities a cloud workload needs to deliver an optimal business outcome, using services like AWS Health, AWS Trusted Advisor, and many others. Gain insights from an Australian multinational bank, Commonwealth Bank, in addressing their architecture challenges, using AWS Well-Architected to keep their cloud architecture robust, secure, and cost-effective.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
    - Generative AI
    - Management and Governance
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 1:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -17367,7 +17367,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building a resilient and effective culture of security
 2. Session Code: SEC217
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations today face pressure to rapidly deliver innovative, secure solutions and embrace disruptive technologies like generative AI. This must be balanced against privacy and security requirements. At AWS, we have found that culture has a greater impact on success than either strategy or technology. This talk offers guidance on cultivating a resilient, empowering culture of security, including gaining leadership support, distributing security ownership, and embedding psychological safety to build trust, transparency, and a proactive security-first mindset. By fostering a resilient culture of security, companies can better protect customers, safeguard data, and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -17406,7 +17406,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building a Retrieval Augmented Generation assistant with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to build an advanced Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) assistant using Amazon Bedrock. RAG assistants combine the capabilities of LLMs with external knowledge retrieval to provide accurate and informative responses. Explore techniques for integrating diverse data sources, including structured databases and unstructured documents, to augment your assistant's knowledge base. Additionally, learn best practices for implementing robust knowledge management pipelines, enabling efficient updates and maintenance of your assistant's knowledge base. Leave this workshop with the skills to design and deploy a RAG assistant that delivers accurate, up-to-date, and context-aware responses, enhancing user experiences across various applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -17439,7 +17439,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building a serverless web application for a theme park
 2. Session Code: SVS205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to build a complete serverless web application for a popular theme park called Innovator Island. The theme park is rolling out a mobile app that provides thousands of visitors with wait times, photo opportunities, notification alerts, and language translation. Get hands-on experience building a scalable serverless application with a single-page application frontend that delivers a feature-rich user experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic:
@@ -17476,7 +17476,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building a smart factory with Amazon Q Business
 2. Session Code: MFG305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build and deploy an AI assistant that seamlessly integrates with AWS services, enabling interaction with your industrial data in real time. Imagine an assistant that can answer questions like "What is the OEE for this line?" or compose maintenance requests. This workshop walks through the process of deploying an API to interface with industrial IoT services and creating a custom plugin in Amazon Q Business. Coding experience isn't required, but some API design and industrial automation knowledge is helpful. Leave this workshop with a functional AI assistant that can be tailored to your factory's needs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -17532,13 +17532,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Building a universal semantic layer on AWS using Cube.js
 2. Session Code: OPN303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's data-driven world, organizations are grappling with the challenge of providing consistent and trusted insights across multiple data consumers, including BI tools, embedded analytics, and AI agents. Enter Cube.js, an open source project that helps you build a universal semantic layer, bridging the gap between your data sources and data consumers. In this hands-on workshop, learn how to use Cube.js to create a unified data model that can be consumed by various applications, ensuring data consistency and governance. Explore how to connect to different data sources on AWS and define metrics and dimensions using Cube.js' developer-friendly approach. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Databases
 7. Areas of Interest: Open Source
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -17561,10 +17561,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building a wearable AI personal assistant device
 2. Session Code: DEV312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The integration of artificial intelligence into wearable technology represents the next frontier in personal assistance, offering new levels of convenience and functionality for end users. This session provides a detailed guide on how to develop and build solutions for wearable AI personal assistant devices. Using generative AI and multimodal large language models, participants learn how to create a smart, context-aware solution that can understand and respond to user needs in various ways. Developers discover how generative AI can be used to create innovative AI-driven products and solutions.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -17599,7 +17599,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building AWS generative AI applications powered by anywhere data
 2. Session Code: NTA315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data is your differentiator, and where data resides should not be a blocker for innovation. In this chalk talk, learn how to use your data in multicloud environments to power generative AI applications on AWS. Especially for organizations new to AWS, there are ways to derive value without large-scale migrations of data lakes or warehouses. This talk explores the architectures and services that enable cross-environment data access to power and drive innovation through generative AI on AWS. It also covers the security and governance needed to securely operate in a multicloud environment.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -17633,7 +17633,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building common orchestrated workflows with AWS Step Functions [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API203-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Accelerate your data processing journey in this hands-on AWS Step Functions workshop. Build orchestrated data processing, async processing, and distributed transaction use cases. Discover how to simplify managing and scaling distributed data processing, offload undifferentiated tasks, and overcome serverless parallelism challenges. Through real-world examples and best practices, gain skills to unlock new business value. Leave with a deeper understanding of how to use AWS Step Functions to build scalable, efficient, cost-effective data processing architectures. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -17662,7 +17662,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building common orchestrated workflows with AWS Step Functions [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API203-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Accelerate your data processing journey in this hands-on AWS Step Functions workshop. Build orchestrated data processing, async processing, and distributed transaction use cases. Discover how to simplify managing and scaling distributed data processing, offload undifferentiated tasks, and overcome serverless parallelism challenges. Through real-world examples and best practices, gain skills to unlock new business value. Leave with a deeper understanding of how to use AWS Step Functions to build scalable, efficient, cost-effective data processing architectures. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -17691,7 +17691,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building common orchestrated workflows with AWS Step Functions [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API203-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Accelerate your data processing journey in this hands-on AWS Step Functions workshop. Build three orchestrated workflows: streamline data processing with Distributed Map state, integrate external systems using callback with task token, and establish consistency across distributed applications by implementing the saga pattern. Discover how to simplify managing and scaling distributed data processing, offload undifferentiated tasks, and overcome serverless parallelism challenges. Through real-world examples and best practices, gain skills to unlock new business value. Leave with a deeper understanding of how to use AWS Step Functions to build scalable, efficient, data processing architectures. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -17727,10 +17727,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building core capabilities: The secret to innovation at scale
 2. Session Code: SEG206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the potential of your business by learning the art of building core capabilities, the ultimate accelerators of innovation. From customer data platforms and personalization engines to fraud detection systems and conversational AI, discover how these platforms can empower your teams to innovate with speed and efficiency. Explore the patterns that define successful platforms, hear insights gathered from real-world customer interactions, and see a roadmap for initiating and scaling your own platform-driven transformation. Whether you're a technical expert or a business leader, join this session to gain actionable strategies and start your journey toward scalable disruption and cost-efficient innovation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -17763,7 +17763,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building EDAs with Apache Kafka and Amazon EventBridge
 2. Session Code: API309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore the convergence of event-driven architectures (EDAs) and real-time event streaming to meet modern business needs. Learn about Amazon EventBridge, Apache Kafka, and their roles in facilitating real-time decision-making, business velocity, and operational autonomy. Discover how combining EventBridge and Kafka unlocks rapid event-driven processes. See how Amazon MSK, EventBridge event buses/pipes, and Kafka connectors empower building scalable, resilient EDAs. Leave with insights into leveraging this powerful combination.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -17798,7 +17798,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building event-driven architectures [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API204-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many organizations choose to build event-driven application architectures in which subscribers or target services automatically perform in response to events triggered by publisher or source services. This pattern can help development teams operate more independently to release new features faster and make their applications more scalable. In this workshop, learn about the basics of event-driven design using examples involving Amazon SNS, Amazon SQS, AWS Lambda, Amazon EventBridge, and more. Find out how to choose the right AWS service for the job and how you can optimize cost and performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -17833,7 +17833,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building event-driven architectures [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API204-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many organizations choose to build event-driven application architectures in which subscribers or target services automatically perform in response to events triggered by publisher or source services. This pattern can help development teams operate more independently to release new features faster and make their applications more scalable. In this workshop, learn about the basics of event-driven design using examples involving Amazon SNS, Amazon SQS, AWS Lambda, Amazon EventBridge, and more. Find out how to choose the right AWS service for the job and how you can optimize cost and performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -17867,10 +17867,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building event-driven architectures using Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate
 2. Session Code: SVS339
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Event-driven architecture (EDA) enables organizations to build highly flexible and resilient systems, and customers are leveraging serverless containers to run EDA workloads due to its ease of use, scalability, and deep integrations with AWS serverless services. This session explores practical aspects of implementing EDA on Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate, focusing on patterns for consuming events in containerized environments using AWS Step Functions, Amazon SQS, and Amazon EventBridge. Learn how to build scalable, fault-tolerant, and event-driven solutions that can adapt to changing business requirements.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Event-Driven Architecture
@@ -17902,7 +17902,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building explainable AI models with Amazon SageMaker
 2. Session Code: DEV219
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As AI systems are increasingly used in decision-making, explainable models have become essential. This dev chat explores tools and techniques for building these models using Amazon SageMaker. It walks through several techniques for interpreting complex models, providing insights into their decision-making processes. Learn how to ensure model transparency and fairness in machine learning pipelines and how to deploy these models using SageMaker endpoints. This dev chat is ideal for data scientists focusing on AI ethics and model interpretability.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -17915,7 +17915,7 @@
    - Data Scientist
    - Student
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of machine learning concepts and techniques.
     2. Familiarity with Amazon SageMaker.
@@ -17932,7 +17932,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building generative AI applications with on-premises and edge data
 2. Session Code: HYB318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Customers in regulated industries are looking to leverage generative AI with sensitive data that must remain on premises due to data residency requirements. Additionally, some customers with data generated at the edge need to run small language models (SLMs) locally for real-time processing. This session explores how to select, fine-tune, and deploy SLMs for on-premises and edge use cases using AWS hybrid and edge services. Learn how to run Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with on-premises data to improve prompt outcomes. Understand model trade-offs across accuracy, performance, and cost efficiency, and discover architectural best practices for security, scalability, and high availability.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Hybrid Cloud
@@ -17964,7 +17964,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building GraphQL APIs with AWS AppSync
 2. Session Code: FWM306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, discover the functionality of AWS AppSync, a fully managed service that makes it easy to develop GraphQL APIs. Learn how AWS AppSync handles the heavy lifting of securely connecting to data sources like Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Bedrock, AWS Lambda, and more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -18063,7 +18063,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building modern API architectures: Which front door should I use? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Architects have a number of options for building modern APIs, including REST, GraphQL, and real-time APIs. In this chalk talk, explore these options along with their benefits and drawbacks. The talk then covers practical use cases that show how to implement each style of API on AWS, including using managed services such as Amazon API Gateway, AWS IoT, and AWS AppSync.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -18093,7 +18093,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building modern API architectures: Which front door should I use? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Architects have a number of options for building modern APIs, including REST, GraphQL, and real-time APIs. In this chalk talk, explore these options along with their benefits and drawbacks. The talk then covers practical use cases that show how to implement each style of API on AWS, including using managed services such as Amazon API Gateway, AWS IoT, and AWS AppSync.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -18187,13 +18187,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Building more sustainable AI solutions to tackle climate change
 2. Session Code: SUS101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how AWS is committed to innovating with data center efficiency and lowering its carbon footprint to build a more sustainable business. Hear how AWS infrastructure is efficient for your AI workloads to minimize environmental impact as you innovate with compute, storage, networking, and more. Learn from Nasdaq, whose AI-powered environmental, social, and governance (ESG) platform uses Amazon Bedrock and AWS Lambda. Discover how their solution saves customers hours of manual effort by automating the analysis of tens of thousands of documents to better manage investor events, report internally to executive teams, and find new investors to target.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, New to AWS
 7. Areas of Interest: Sustainability
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -18217,7 +18217,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Miro
 4. Description: Discover how Miro uses AWS to accelerate innovation, streamline development, and achieve hypergrowth. The Miro infrastructure team shares how they use the Miro platform internally to manage and enhance their AWS buildout, aligning their product and infrastructure roadmaps while driving significant growth. Learn about Miro's migration journey, the role of AI, and best practices for using Miro in project management and architecture visualization. Discover how Miro's AWS-based infrastructure drives efficiency and scalability, helping them deliver an exceptional product. This presentation is brought to you by Miro, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Cost Optimization
@@ -18227,7 +18227,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of cloud computing and AWS
@@ -18251,7 +18251,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building, operating, and testing resilient Multi-AZ applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, get hands-on experience building, operating, and testing a resilient Multi-AZ application. Use Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, insights rules, and composite alarms to observe the health of your application. Then, inject randomized faults using AWS Fault Injection Service to simulate a variety of Single-AZ impairments. Also, learn how to use AWS CodeDeploy to perform zonal deployments and experience deployment failures. Finally, use Amazon Application Recovery Controller zonal shift to recover from these failures and protect your customer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -18286,7 +18286,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building, operating, and testing resilient Multi-AZ applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, get hands-on experience building, operating, and testing a resilient Multi-AZ application. Use Amazon CloudWatch dashboards, insights rules, and composite alarms to observe the health of your application. Then, inject randomized faults using AWS Fault Injection Service to simulate a variety of Single-AZ impairments. Also, learn how to use AWS CodeDeploy to perform zonal deployments and experience deployment failures. Finally, use Amazon Application Recovery Controller zonal shift to recover from these failures and protect your customer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -18320,10 +18320,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building operational resilience in workloads using generative AI
 2. Session Code: SUP401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building operational resilience requires proactive identification and mitigation of risks. In this workshop, use AWS managed generative AI services in real-world scenarios to learn how to assess readiness, proactively improve your architecture, react quickly to events, troubleshoot issues, and implement effective observability practices. Also use AWS Countdown and the AWS Well-Architected Framework as the entry point reference frameworks to leverage generative AI services for operation. Through hands-on activities, learn strategies for debugging issues, detecting anomalies and incidents, and optimizing architectures to improve the resilience of your workloads. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -18391,7 +18391,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building production-grade resilient architectures with Amazon EKS
 2. Session Code: KUB404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Platform teams need to effectively manage thousands of clusters to meet the demands of growing organizations. In this session, learn how to manage and upgrade clusters at scale without compromising security, resiliency, performance, and cost. See how you can use open source tools like ACK, Argo CD, and Backstage to build and maintain Amazon EKS clusters at scale, as well as provide a single pane of glass as an inventory of Amazon EKS clusters across your entire AWS organization. Explore architecture techniques to ensure workload resiliency with enhanced observability, enabling rapid issue identification across Amazon EKS clusters.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -18422,7 +18422,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building production-ready generative AI applications on Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM226
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Successful generative AI deployments demand more than just a proof of concept. This session explores the end-to-end journey of scaling generative AI applications with Amazon Bedrock, from model selection and cost optimization to performance monitoring and observability. Gain insights into managing model access, balancing trade-offs, and future-proofing your AI strategy. Discover best practices for post-production observability, ensuring seamless operations and continuous improvement. Leverage the full potential of generative AI in your enterprise with a comprehensive approach powered by Amazon Bedrock.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -18486,7 +18486,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building rate-limited solutions on AWS
 2. Session Code: API304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Does your scalable service overwhelm backends that can't keep up? Do you need to integrate with rate-limited third-party APIs? Attend this chalk talk to learn some of the best ways to build rate limiting into your systems for improved reliability. After a quick overview of AWS rate limiting tools, dive into the details of three different implementations. Leave with practical strategies to prevent downstream bottlenecks from impacting your application's performance.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -18517,7 +18517,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building resilience against ransomware using AWS Backup
 2. Session Code: STG409
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations need a robust recovery plan to be resilient in the face of the challenges they face. The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) provides strong principles that help to minimize downtime and maintain business continuity. This session dives deep into the knowledge and strategies to build a recovery plan using AWS Backup and explores the concepts and role data vaults can play in that plan.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -18581,10 +18581,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building resilient Amazon ECS applications with chaos engineering [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS414-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Achieving true resilience for applications running on Amazon ECS requires actively testing and validating your system's ability to withstand failures and unexpected events. In this chalk talk, explore how you can leverage the principles of chaos engineering and tools like AWS Fault Injection Service to inject controlled failures into your Amazon ECS tasks and services. Learn best practices for designing and running impactful chaos experiments that reveal hidden weaknesses and dependencies, and uncover strategies for using the insights from chaos testing to improve the overall availability, scalability, and recoverability of your Amazon ECS applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -18616,7 +18616,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Veeam Software
 4. Description: Even with the high availability and reliability of AWS, simply migrating or modernizing an application on AWS doesn't ensure resilience. Infrastructure issues, misconfigurations, and security events can still affect uptime. Join this demo-filled session to learn what true data resilience means and how to build it. Discover how to go beyond basic backup by creating a resilient environment that enhances efficiency and security. Explore data backup, recovery, security, and cost optimization to keep your applications running smoothly. Join this session with Veeam Software, a global leader in data resilience, to learn how to enhance your AWS experience. This presentation is brought to you by Veeam Software, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -18650,7 +18650,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building resilient applications on AWS with Capital One
 2. Session Code: ARC334
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you concerned about running mission-critical applications on AWS? Did you know that AWS hosts mission-critical applications for some of the largest and most-regulated businesses on earth? In this session, discover the patterns and principles of AWS resilience best practices. Then, hear Capital One showcase its next-generation design and deployment patterns that push the boundaries of resilient architectures and support its most critical business processes. Learn about the AWS services it uses, the tradeoffs it must consider, and the decision matrix that guides developers to the right pattern for the right use case.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -18684,7 +18684,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building resilient architectures with observability
 2. Session Code: COP308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As cloud-based applications become increasingly complex and dynamic, ensuring resilience and reliability is a critical concern for organizations. In this workshop, explore how to use AWS services, including AWS Resilience Hub, Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS Fault Injection Service, to build resilient and reliable cloud-based applications. Learn how to implement observability strategies that enable proactive monitoring, rapid incident response, and continuous improvement. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -18715,10 +18715,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building resilient connectivity for hybrid environments [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET204-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Customers often operate mission-critical applications with resources split between AWS and on-premises facilities. The availability of these applications depends on the resilience of your hybrid connectivity. In this chalk talk, learn how to architect your hybrid connectivity for high availability and disaster recovery using services like AWS Direct Connect, AWS Site-to-Site VPN, and AWS Transit Gateway. Explore both single and multi-Region network architectures. Also discover how to enhance observability and availability, utilizing active monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitor, to help you manage and recover gracefully.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Cloud Operations
 - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -18751,10 +18751,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building resilient connectivity for hybrid environments [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET204-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Customers often operate mission-critical applications with resources split between AWS and on-premises facilities. The availability of these applications depends on the resilience of your hybrid connectivity. In this chalk talk, learn how to architect your hybrid connectivity for high availability and disaster recovery using services like AWS Direct Connect, AWS Site-to-Site VPN, and AWS Transit Gateway. Explore both single and multi-Region network architectures. Also discover how to enhance observability and availability, utilizing active monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitor, to help you manage and recover gracefully.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Cloud Operations
     - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -18787,7 +18787,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building resilient live video streaming with AWS Media Services
 2. Session Code: MAE301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The viewership of livestreaming events has been increasing annually, and some sports events are now only available online. Fans watching any of these events have high expectations for perfect coverage on any screen. In this chalk talk, see examples of how to use AWS Media Services along with Amazon CloudFront and other AWS services to build highly available live video streaming workflows. Learn about running workflows across different AWS Regions to provide streams with seamless failover between encoding and packaging legs. Discuss how trade-offs for cost, operational complexity, latency, and scale affect workflow design and resulting resilience and reliability levels.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Migration and Modernization
@@ -18818,10 +18818,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building resilient systems in a globally connected world [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUP304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Modern IT workloads are more complex than ever—even the simplest application may have hundreds of external dependencies. Recent events have shown how failure of even a single component can cause dramatic planetary-scale disruption, with impacts in the millions or even billions of dollars. In this interconnected world, reliability is more important than ever. Whether you're an IT vendor or a customer, learn the key best practices from AWS Well-Architected for building and operating integrated systems that prevent critical errors and can tolerate and quickly recover from a broad variety of faults.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Resilience
@@ -18847,15 +18847,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Building resilient systems in a globally connected world [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUP304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Modern IT workloads are more complex than ever—even the simplest application may have hundreds of external dependencies. Recent events have shown how failure of even a single component can cause dramatic planetary-scale disruption, with impacts in the millions or even billions of dollars. In this interconnected world, reliability is more important than ever. Whether you're an IT vendor or a customer, learn the key best practices from AWS Well-Architected for building and operating integrated systems that prevent critical errors and can tolerate and quickly recover from a broad variety of faults.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Resilience
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -18883,8 +18883,8 @@
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Business Executive
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of Generative AI and its potential impact on the global economy.
     2. Familiarity with the challenges faced by organizations in harnessing diverse data, ensuring proper controls, and managing AI operations at scale.
@@ -18900,10 +18900,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building scalable drug discovery applications
 2. Session Code: HLS205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to accelerate scientific discovery by building, orchestrating, and visualizing computer-aided drug discovery workflows using AWS HealthOmics, state-of-the-art biological foundation models, and Jupyter. In this workshop, build multiple drug discovery workflows using Amazon SageMaker, NVIDIA BioNeMo, and HealthOmics, and then scale them to process thousands of predictions simultaneously. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Application Integration
@@ -18930,7 +18930,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building secure network designs for generative AI applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC327-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cloud network design strategies need to evolve to meet the changing needs of the business with generative AI. Strong adherence to network design architecture best practices and proactive controls are the foundation of generative AI application security. These techniques allow businesses to build generative AI applications that are more resilient. In this chalk talk, learn how to build layered network security controls to protect, detect, and respond to issues faster and to accelerate your generative AI applications securely on AWS. Discover key considerations, best practices, and reference architectures to achieve your defense-in-depth network design objectives.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -18966,7 +18966,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building secure network designs for generative AI applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC327-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cloud network design strategies need to evolve to meet the changing needs of the business with generative AI. Strong adherence to network design architecture best practices and proactive controls are the foundation of generative AI application security. These techniques allow businesses to build generative AI applications that are more resilient. In this chalk talk, learn how to build layered network security controls to protect, detect, and respond to issues faster and to accelerate your generative AI applications securely on AWS. Discover key considerations, best practices, and reference architectures to achieve your defense-in-depth network design objectives.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -19002,10 +19002,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building secure serverless applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS307-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, learn techniques to secure a serverless application built with AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and Amazon Aurora. Discover AWS services and features that you can use to improve the security of a serverless application in five domains: identity and access management, infrastructure, data, code, and logging and monitoring. Finally, explore new features including integrations with Amazon Inspector and Amazon GuardDuty. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -19040,7 +19040,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building secure serverless applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, learn techniques to secure a serverless application built with AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and Amazon Aurora. Discover AWS services and features that you can use to improve the security of a serverless application in five domains: identity and access management, infrastructure, data, code, and logging and monitoring. Finally, explore new features including integrations with Amazon Inspector and Amazon GuardDuty. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic:
@@ -19077,10 +19077,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building serverless applications using Terraform
 2. Session Code: SVS337
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore how to streamline serverless application development using Terraform. Discover best practices for leveraging Terraform to achieve agility, consistency, and scalability. Dive into automation tips and integration strategies that enable seamless serverless development workflows. Leave with best practices that you can apply immediately. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Lambda-Based Applications
@@ -19109,7 +19109,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building serverless distributed data processing workloads
 2. Session Code: SVS404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Enterprises today face an ever-increasing need to process large-scale data to meet their business goals and unlock new value. Distributed data processing offers a cost-efficient way to speed up processing, but it also presents challenges for developers in managing the parallelism within serverful environments. In this workshop, learn how serverless technologies like AWS Step Functions and AWS Lambda can help you simplify management and scaling, offload undifferentiated tasks, and address the challenges of distributed data processing. Also, discover use cases, best practices, and resources that can help you accelerate your data processing journey. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -19141,10 +19141,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Building state machines with AWS Step Functions Workflow Studio
 2. Session Code: API217
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Step Functions enables builders to orchestrate multiple AWS services to model complex workflows and state machines. Join this lightning talk for a demonstration of Workflow Studio, a low-code, visual editor for Step Functions that allows you to prototype and build workflows faster. Learn about the rich palette of integrations available in Workflow Studio and how to utilize the tool to build your own workflows.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -19157,7 +19157,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of AWS services
     2. Familiarity with serverless computing concepts
@@ -19175,7 +19175,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building the future of cloud operations at any scale
 2. Session Code: COP202-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As technology evolves rapidly, business and IT leaders continue to ask: How do we operate at lower cost, improve efficiency, and enhance security and compliance posture while exceeding customer expectations? At AWS, we want to help every customer benefit from transforming their IT operations. Join this talk to learn how you can transform your IT operations to be more agile, resilient, efficient, and secure; make operations more intelligent to eliminate repetitive tasks; and get deeper insight for better decision-making. See a demo of the latest innovations, and explore impactful customer stories.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -19313,7 +19313,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building Zero Trust architectures with AWS practical guidance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC334-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk dives deep on building Zero Trust network architectures using AWS services. As modern applications and workplaces have expanded beyond traditional boundaries, identity-based authorization, flexible identity-aware networks, and the removal of unneeded data access have become essential. Learn how to secure user-to-application, application-to-application, and other access scenarios through a Zero Trust lens. Learn about the key networking services, security components, and architecture patterns to implement Zero Trust principles. Explore the security mechanisms and AWS services you can leverage to secure access to critical data and applications end-to-end, from the entry point to the microservices level.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -19347,7 +19347,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Building Zero Trust architectures with AWS practical guidance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC334-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk dives deep on building Zero Trust network architectures using AWS services. As modern applications and workplaces have expanded beyond traditional boundaries, identity-based authorization, flexible identity-aware networks, and the removal of unneeded data access have become essential. Learn how to secure user-to-application, application-to-application, and other access scenarios through a Zero Trust lens. Learn about the key networking services, security components, and architecture patterns to implement Zero Trust principles. Explore the security mechanisms and AWS services you can leverage to secure access to critical data and applications end-to-end, from the entry point to the microservices level.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -19383,7 +19383,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build large-scale transactional data lakes with open table formats
 2. Session Code: ANT336
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Transform your data landscape by building large-scale transactional data lakes using open table formats (OTFs) with AWS analytics services. The rise of generative AI and ML demands robust and scalable data infrastructure, and OTFs offer a cutting-edge solution for modern data architectures. Learn best practices for operating tables at scale, focusing on high performance, cost optimization, and operational excellence. This session also covers streaming data challenges, showcasing how OTFs enable seamless schema evolution and strong reliability for streaming workloads.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -19417,10 +19417,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build LLMs for low-resource languages with SageMaker HyperPod clusters
 2. Session Code: DEV340
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this dev chat, dive into the process of training a large language model for low-resource languages, such as Cantonese, using Amazon SageMaker HyperPod and AWS Trainium. Explore the unique challenges and considerations involved in training language models for low-resource languages, and how AWS can streamline and optimize the training process. This dev chat discusses the key components of training such an LLM, including data preparation, model architecture, hyperparameter tuning, and evaluation techniques. It includes a demo of the trained LLM and showcases its potential applications and deployment.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -19433,7 +19433,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Venture Capitalist
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of natural language processing and language model training
     2. Familiarity with Amazon SageMaker and AWS Trainium
@@ -19451,7 +19451,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build modern applications with AWS NoSQL databases
 2. Session Code: TNC209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do you need to deliver applications with consistent, high performance and nearly unlimited throughput and storage? Learn to build modern applications using AWS purpose-built NoSQL databases. This bootcamp is for developers, architects, and database engineers who want to build applications that involve complex data characteristics and millisecond performance requirements from their databases. Learn about using AWS purpose-built databases to build a typical modern application with diverse access patterns and real-time scaling needs.
 5. Session Type: Bootcamp
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -19482,15 +19482,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Build modern architectures with event storming & domain-driven design
 2. Session Code: MAM324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Calling all developers! Join this immersive workshop and learn about event storming and domain-driven design. Through collaborative exercises, you use multicolored sticky notes to identify events, actors, commands, aggregates, business rules, and external systems for real-world use cases. Then, you use these insights to define bounded contexts and architect microservices. Explore design patterns and deployment approaches to bring your domain-driven solutions to life. Leave with practical skills to tackle complex business problems using these powerful techniques. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 12:00 p.m.
@@ -19515,7 +19515,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build multimodal ASL avatars with bidirectional translation
 2. Session Code: DEV306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how multimodal large language models (LLMs) and 3D pose estimation algorithms can generate realistic human-like American Sign Language (ASL) avatars that can convey the emotions and expressions of sign language, improving accuracy and creating more authentic communication experiences. This session provides an introduction to bidirectional translation capabilities, enabling users to seamlessly translate ASL videos into spoken and written English, as well as spoken and written English into ASL videos. These features open up possibilities for builders seeking to create inclusive applications that cater to diverse audiences. Dive into the future of inclusive communication and see the power of generative AI in action.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -19553,7 +19553,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build multi-tenant data processing architectures
 2. Session Code: ANT326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building data processing architectures for multi-tenancy while ensuring low latency, governed access, data integrity, and data observability substantially increases the challenges and complexities of the architecture. Whether you are working on a transactional data lake, implementing a vector database, building an event streaming solution, or managing observability at scale, AWS analytics services make it simpler to design and build multi-tenant data solutions for your business needs. Join this chalk talk to learn about building multi-tenant data architectures with AWS services such as Amazon EMR, Amazon MSK, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon OpenSearch Service.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Architecture
@@ -19583,7 +19583,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build near real-time LLM-powered features for monolithic applications
 2. Session Code: MAM326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ever needed to build new event-driven features for an existing black box or COTS application without access to the source code? In this builders' session, learn how to set up a data streaming pipeline with AWS DMS and AWS OpenSearch Serverless to build new event-driven features for existing applications using change data capture. Using this event stream and Amazon Bedrock, build a new feature to generate embeddings in near real time and store them in a Retrieval Augmented Generation knowledge base. Then, leveraging Amazon Bedrock and AWS Lambda, build an AI-powered chatbot that can respond with insights about live events in the legacy application. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -19617,13 +19617,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Build open table data lakes for real-time insights with Apache Iceberg [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT402-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, learn how to build a reliable and scalable streaming ingestion pipeline into Apache Iceberg–based data lakes on AWS to build a highly available, real-time data platform that can adapt to evolving data requirements. Through a series of guided exercises, learn how to use AWS streaming services to ingest data into Iceberg tables on Amazon S3 and use Amazon EMR to process the data. Implement Iceberg's key capabilities, including atomic writes, schema evolution, and error handling for metadata management, to gracefully handle schema changes and data errors. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization, Open Source
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -19646,13 +19646,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Build open table data lakes for real-time insights with Apache Iceberg [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT402-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, learn how to build a reliable and scalable streaming ingestion pipeline into Apache Iceberg–based data lakes on AWS to build a highly available, real-time data platform that can adapt to evolving data requirements. Through a series of guided exercises, learn how to use AWS streaming services to ingest data into Iceberg tables on Amazon S3 and use Amazon EMR to process the data. Implement Iceberg's key capabilities, including atomic writes, schema evolution, and error handling for metadata management, to gracefully handle schema changes and data errors. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization, Open Source
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 | 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -19674,7 +19674,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build & optimize models on AWS Trainium using Neuron Kernel Interface
 2. Session Code: CMP401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Neuron empowers AI scientists and researchers to invent new model architectures, build the next generation of foundation models on AWS Trainium, and push the boundaries of generative AI research and open source innovation. In this code talk, learn how to use Neuron Kernel Interface to build innovative compute kernels that outperform existing techniques and build highly optimized kernels to maximize performance for the most critical or differentiated parts of your models. You must bring a laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -19701,10 +19701,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build protection and cost-optimize using Amazon EBS snapshots
 2. Session Code: STG311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data protection and reducing long-term data retention costs are top priorities for most organizations. Join this workshop to learn how to protect Amazon EBS volumes with EBS snapshots. Walk through examples of scripting data protection workflows to achieve faster backup at lower costs using EBS direct APIs. Explore the EBS Snapshots Archive tier, which can save you up to 75% in snapshot storage costs. Learn ways to protect and optimize your EBS resources, including encryption best practices, access and data security management, and strategies for optimal cost savings. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -19735,10 +19735,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build ransomware data recovery and response with AWS Backup
 2. Session Code: STG402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ransomware and malware continue to disrupt business applications. This expert-level workshop applies AWS Backup locking mechanisms, logically air-gapped vaults, and restore testing to help strengthen cyber recovery posture. Explore configuring air-gapped, immutable vaults and automating recovery point testing to meet objectives. See how you can combine these features to build a comprehensive, recovery-focused data protection strategy that can help withstand evolving cyber threats. Through hands-on exercises, gain practical experience designing, deploying, and maintaining a resilient backup and recovery solution using AWS Backup. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -19770,10 +19770,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build real-time applications with AWS Amplify & AWS AppSync WebSockets
 2. Session Code: FWM309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to create applications that use real-time data to improve user engagement. In this workshop, build a multiplayer trivia application with live score updates and group chat functionality. Use AWS Amplify to connect an application frontend to a serverless backend built with AWS AppSync WebSockets. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -19839,7 +19839,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build resilient architectures with Amazon EBS
 2. Session Code: STG330
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Among the components of a resilient system, storage is fundamental for any enterprise application. In this chalk talk, learn best practices for configuring Amazon EBS for resilience and high availability, including how to use observability metrics to gain granular visibility into the performance of your EBS volumes to proactively monitor volume health and improve application resiliency. Walk through how to use the Pause I/O action in AWS Fault Injection Service to simulate an unresponsive state of an Amazon EBS volume. Discover how Amazon EBS can help you meet even the most demanding service levels for mission-critical applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -19874,7 +19874,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build resilient, high-performance apps with Amazon Aurora innovations
 2. Session Code: DAT334
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to maximize value and performance using Amazon Aurora's latest innovations to build modern, resilient applications. Dive deep into best practices spanning application design, data distribution, resiliency objectives, and more that will scale your application from startup to global enterprise.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -19906,7 +19906,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build responsible generative AI apps with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails
 2. Session Code: AIM324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, dive into building responsible generative AI applications using Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. Develop a generative AI application from scratch, test its behavior, and discuss the potential risks and challenges associated with uncontrolled language models. Use guardrails to filter undesirable topics, block harmful content, avoid prompt injection attacks, and handle sensitive information such as PII. Finally, learn how to detect and avoid hallucinations in model responses that are not grounded in your data. See how you can create and apply custom tailored guardrails directly with FMs and fine-tuned FMs on Amazon Bedrock to implement responsible AI policies within your generative AI applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -19939,7 +19939,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build scalable and cost-optimized apps with Amazon Aurora Serverless
 2. Session Code: DAT316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Aurora Serverless represents a paradigm shift in database management, offering a serverless architecture that seamlessly scales compute and memory resources based on application demand. In this session, dive deep into the Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 architecture, new innovations, and best practices for building scalable and cost-optimized applications with this on-demand, auto scaling configuration for Aurora.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -19973,7 +19973,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build scalable RAG applications using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases
 2. Session Code: AIM305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Bedrock offers a managed Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) capability, connecting foundation models to your data. This session explores the latest techniques to improve response accuracy and optimize costs in Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. Use the advanced chunking, parsing, and hallucination reducing capabilities in Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases for improved accuracy. Learn how to build scalable RAG solutions, delivering contextual responses while only paying for what you use.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -20002,10 +20002,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build scalable, secure, global connectivity with AWS
 2. Session Code: NET311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how organizations are adopting AWS Cloud WAN to build secure, global networks while seamlessly integrating advanced services like AWS Network Firewall for cross-Region traffic inspection and Amazon VPC Lattice for Zero Trust service-to-service connectivity. Explore best practices for extending connectivity beyond AWS boundaries using AWS Verified Access, AWS Client VPN, and AWS Direct Connect, enabling secure access for remote users and external services. Gain in-depth insights and strategies for implementing these advanced networking solutions.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -20039,7 +20039,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build secure & performant apps easily with Amazon ECS & AWS Fargate [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS332-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Application architectures built with proven methodologies help organizations create performant, cost-efficient, and secure applications. In this chalk talk, get insights into how to leverage Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate best practices that are rooted in the AWS Well-Architected Framework across the security, reliability, performance efficiency, and operational excellence pillars, and learn how to apply these methodologies directly to your Amazon ECS workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic:
@@ -20070,7 +20070,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build secure & performant apps easily with Amazon ECS & AWS Fargate [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS332-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Application architectures built with proven methodologies help organizations create performant, cost-efficient, and secure applications. In this chalk talk, get insights into how to leverage Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate best practices that are rooted in the AWS Well-Architected Framework across the security, reliability, performance efficiency, and operational excellence pillars, and learn how to apply these methodologies directly to your Amazon ECS workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic:
@@ -20102,7 +20102,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build serverless chatbots using Amazon ElastiCache & Aurora PostgreSQL
 2. Session Code: DAT326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how to build a serverless-first chatbot application by leveraging Amazon Aurora as a vector store and Amazon ElastiCache Serverless for chat history storage. Discover how to harness these services to create contextually aware chatbots. Explore architectural patterns, implementation strategies, and real-world use cases. Along the way, gain insights into optimizing performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness for your chatbot solutions. Whether you're a developer, architect, or decision-maker, this session equips you with the knowledge to build cutting-edge, serverless-powered chatbot applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -20130,7 +20130,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build serverless streaming data pipelines for real-time analytics
 2. Session Code: ANT318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Streaming data is typically unbounded, is generated at scale, and frequently has immediate, ordered processing with minimal latency needs. As such, it presents a unique set of design and architectural challenges for developers. This session explores the architecture and best practices for a serverless approach to building streaming data applications with Amazon Kinesis, Amazon MSK Serverless, and Amazon Redshift Streaming Ingestion. Through well-architected solution architectures and demonstrations, participants gain insights into optimizing data throughput, ensuring data integrity, processing data at scale, and managing operational costs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -20162,10 +20162,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build server-side rendered (SSR) apps with AWS Amplify and Next.js [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Next.js continues to gain momentum as the preferred server-side rendering (SSR) React framework for frontend and full-stack web developers. Join this workshop to learn how to develop and deploy a Next.js application with the new AWS Amplify Gen 2 developer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - New to AWS
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -20223,7 +20223,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build tailored, industry-specific rendering workflows on AWS
 2. Session Code: MAE307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Whether you're in media and entertainment, architecture, engineering, or beyond, this chalk talk equips you to tailor rendering workflows on AWS to your unique industry needs. Dive into building rendering environments that integrate digital content creation software, proprietary tools, and industry-leading graphics applications using open standards like Open Job Description and Conda. Optimize costs with best practices for Amazon EC2 Spot Instances for rendering workloads, and learn to use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to secure your intellectual property. Maintain consistent software configurations across scalable AWS compute resources, and streamline job execution through the AWS Deadline Cloud managed infrastructure.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Migration and Modernization
@@ -20254,10 +20254,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build trust in your CI/CD pipeline: Codify container security at scale
 2. Session Code: SEC216
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how to automate container security and compliance at scale. Start with base images, pulling those in from trusted sources, and learn how to automate the application of security into your build processes to ensure container compliance. Explore how Amazon Q Developer, Amazon Inspector, and EC2 Image Builder complement each other, helping to automate the creation of secured container images and their eventual storage in Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR). Leave knowing how to support your builders and allow them to develop quickly without compromising on security.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -20292,7 +20292,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build your competitive advantage at each stage of the gen AI journey
 2. Session Code: PEX106
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI poses unique challenges and considerations for customers at each stage of the customer adoption journey. This lightning talk walks you through the insights we've collected from market research and our own user interactions to provide recommendations and examples of partner offerings that can help support customers and how you can leverage these to build your unique value proposition.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -20328,10 +20328,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Build your data strategy for generative AI with Amazon Redshift [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT331-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data warehouses are pivotal in developing generative AI applications. By using the native integration between Amazon Redshift and large language models, organizations can unlock use cases like sentiment analysis and content summarization. The Amazon Q generative SQL capability in Amazon Redshift query editor v2 empowers business users to automatically generate SQL queries. Organizations can use valuable domain data from data warehouses for Retrieval Augmented Generation, foundation model fine-tuning, continuous pretraining, and model building from the beginning. This chalk talk explores how data warehouses harness the potential of generative AI so organizations can extract valuable insights and drive innovation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -20364,7 +20364,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Build your data strategy for generative AI with Amazon Redshift [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT331-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data warehouses are pivotal in developing generative AI applications. By using the native integration between Amazon Redshift and large language models, organizations can unlock use cases like sentiment analysis and content summarization. The Amazon Q generative SQL capability in Amazon Redshift query editor v2 empowers business users to automatically generate SQL queries. Organizations can use valuable domain data from data warehouses for Retrieval Augmented Generation, foundation model fine-tuning, continuous pretraining, and model building from the beginning. This chalk talk explores how data warehouses harness the potential of generative AI so organizations can extract valuable insights and drive innovation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -20404,7 +20404,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: DevOps Engineer, IT Executive, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Existing on-premises or private cloud infrastructure
@@ -20428,7 +20428,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Byte to insight: Maximize value from your logs with Amazon CloudWatch
 2. Session Code: COP406
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Businesses often struggle with too many logs and not enough actionable insights. In this session, explore the full log data lifecycle, from ingestion to insights, and uncover concrete strategies to extract maximum value using the latest Amazon CloudWatch Logs capabilities. Learn practical techniques to optimize log data for cost-effectiveness and business impact. This isn't the CloudWatch of yesteryear—it's a transformed, customer-centric observability platform that can revolutionize how you manage and use log data.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -20462,7 +20462,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Okta
 4. Description: Combine Amazon Q with Okta to empower your business to seamlessly and securely use generative AI. Full identity lifecycle management scales access to save time and costs so employees get what they need—when they need it—to do their best work. This presentation is brought to you by Okta, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -20475,7 +20475,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) account
@@ -20496,7 +20496,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Capitalizing on the opportunity for migrations and modernization
 2. Session Code: PEX206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session navigates the strategies to build repeatable business engines. Explore how partners can strengthen their approach using cutting-edge generative AI technology to transform Microsoft and VMware workloads. See an approach for conducting effective cloud assessments and learn how to identify candidate workloads for modernization. Review migration and modernization pathways to AWS, and discover how to use Amazon Q to accelerate the refactoring of Java and .NET applications using generative AI. Discover how partners can get the most out of the Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) so they can deliver an exceptional experience for customers.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -20532,7 +20532,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cash me if you can [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD205-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Become a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in an immersive XR experience that challenges you to uncover money laundering schemes. Navigate a dynamic 3D globe to visualize suspicious financial flows, analyze transactions, and interact with a generative AI assistant for real-time insights. Trace the origins of illicit funds using Meta Quest 3, Amazon CloudFront, API Gateway, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB and Amazon RDS. Can you identify the hidden connections and solve the mystery?
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -20564,7 +20564,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cash me if you can [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD205-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Become a modern-day Sherlock Holmes in an immersive XR experience that challenges you to uncover money laundering schemes. Navigate a dynamic 3D globe to visualize suspicious financial flows, analyze transactions, and interact with a generative AI assistant for real-time insights. Trace the origins of illicit funds using Meta Quest 3, Amazon CloudFront, API Gateway, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB and Amazon RDS. Can you identify the hidden connections and solve the mystery?
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -20596,10 +20596,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Catalog and govern your data for generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT323-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlocking the full potential of generative AI depends on data quality, effective data sharing, and data governance. Learn how to use Amazon DataZone, a comprehensive solution that empowers organizations to catalog, govern, and securely share data assets for generative AI initiatives. Discover how to streamline data discovery, ensure compliance with data policies, and foster secure collaboration across teams, mitigating risks associated with generative AI models while enabling responsible innovation. This chalk talk offers practical strategies to harness the power of generative AI while maintaining data integrity and trustworthiness.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -20632,7 +20632,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Catalog and govern your data for generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT323-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlocking the full potential of generative AI depends on data quality, effective data sharing, and data governance. Learn how to use Amazon DataZone, a comprehensive solution that empowers organizations to catalog, govern, and securely share data assets for generative AI initiatives. Discover how to streamline data discovery, ensure compliance with data policies, and foster secure collaboration across teams, mitigating risks associated with generative AI models while enabling responsible innovation. This chalk talk offers practical strategies to harness the power of generative AI while maintaining data integrity and trustworthiness.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -20660,10 +20660,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Celebrating 10 years of pioneering serverless and containers
 2. Session Code: SVS211
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ten years ago, AWS Lambda pioneered serverless computing. Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate further catalyzed the serverless revolution. With serverless, builders are able to focus on delivering customer value instead of spending time managing servers. Serverless continues to be an innovative approach to building applications. Join this session to explore how serverless has evolved to help organizations drive the highest performance, availability, and security at low costs. Learn from leaders charged with defining the next generation of serverless how serverless powers applications across Amazon and AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -20696,7 +20696,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Centralize audit data for hybrid and multicloud environments
 2. Session Code: COP346
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As customers accelerate their migrations to the cloud and transform their businesses, some find themselves in situations where they have to manage IT operations in hybrid environments. Does this sound like you? This chalk talk walks you through how to enable AWS CloudTrail Lake, import historical CloudTrail logs, and aggregate your audit logs from partner integrations, custom solutions, and many AWS resources. It also discusses how to query this data for investigative analysis and security purposes.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -20729,10 +20729,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Centralized network traffic inspection: Key insights & lessons learned
 2. Session Code: NET205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Centralized network traffic inspection using AWS Transit Gateway or AWS Cloud WAN and AWS Network Firewall or Gateway Load Balancer is a common architecture adopted by many customers. This architecture has many benefits both in terms of operations and cost efficiencies. In this chalk talk, explore the advantages of centralized inspection and learn valuable lessons from AWS experiences working with customers to plan and execute this architecture successfully.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -20764,7 +20764,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Centralize multicloud management using AWS
 2. Session Code: COP321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Operating in a multicloud environment may introduce operational complexity. In this session, learn to streamline operations with AWS Systems Manager, which is designed to allow easier instance management across all environments. Also, gain insights into performance with Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon Managed Grafana, which deliver a unified dashboard of metrics and logs from virtually any data source. With these services, you can simplify day-to-day tasks, maintain control, and optimize resources—whether your workloads span across AWS, on premises, or multiple clouds. Centralize multicloud management so you can focus on what really matters—running your business.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -20798,7 +20798,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Centric Brands: A journey using AWS analytics and Amazon services
 2. Session Code: BWP303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how a leading retailer, Centric Brands, created a direct-to-consumer business using AWS analytics services and Amazon's composable ecommerce services such as Buy with Prime, Amazon Multi-Channel Fulfillment, and Reviews from Amazon. Hear how they used AWS to build core capabilities such as automated order management and financial reconciliation to eliminate manual effort and how this same model can be reused to enhance your ecommerce offerings.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -20828,13 +20828,13 @@
 
 1. Title: CEO Keynote with Matt Garman
 2. Session Code: KEY002
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join AWS CEO Matt Garman to hear how AWS is innovating across every aspect of the world's leading cloud. He explores how we are reinventing foundational building blocks as well as developing brand new experiences, all to empower customers and partners with what they need to build a better future.
 5. Session Type: Keynote
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -20852,7 +20852,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Chaos engineering: A proactive approach to system resilience
 2. Session Code: ARC326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do you know if your system will behave as intended when exposed to underlying failures? In this session, explore how chaos engineering enables organizations to proactively identify system resilience weaknesses, improve operational excellence, and enhance incident response capabilities. Through real-world scenarios executed with the AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS), this session demonstrates the benefits of chaos engineering in action. Gain insights from BMW Group's transformative journey, learning key lessons on scaling chaos engineering across the organization, and how BMW Group conducts large-scale chaos experiments in production, uncovering issues and fostering a culture of greater resilience and continuous improvement.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -20880,10 +20880,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Chaos engineering workshop
 2. Session Code: ARC322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This workshop introduces AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) for running controlled resilience experiments to improve application performance, observability, and resilience. Use FIS to inject faults in a controlled and ad-hoc manner to better understand application behavior and improve resilience. Run experiments against a variety of services, including Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, AWS Fargate, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, and more. Also run the AZ Availability: Power Interruption experiment with applied zonal shift. All experiments are accompanied by CloudWatch, X-Ray, and RUM to provide the right insights during the experiments and maximum learnings! You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -20922,7 +20922,7 @@
 
 1. Title: ChatSync API on non-streaming conversations with Amazon Q Business
 2. Session Code: AIM405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this code talk to learn how to use the identity-aware Amazon Q Business ChatSync API. Learn how to configure an identity provider as a trusted token issuer and how your application can obtain an STS token to assume a role that calls the ChatSync API. See a demo of a server-side Python script that calls the ChatSync API when triggered by frontend application events such as page loads. Finally, learn how a frontend application can upload a PDF to a server-side Python script that uses the ChatSync API to generate a document summary.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -20954,7 +20954,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Choose the optimal compute environment for your AI/ML workloads
 2. Session Code: CMP318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ready to run your generative AI workloads on AWS? If you're trying to decide between accelerators such as AWS Inferentia and AWS Trainium, GPUs from NVIDIA and AMD, processors such as AWS Graviton, or managed services such as Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker, this chalk talk has got you covered. Come explore the different options you have available on AWS, unpack their advantages and trade-offs, and get help choosing the option that is best for your workload and budget.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -20983,7 +20983,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Choose the right AI service for your .NET use case
 2. Session Code: XNT305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With AWS AI services, you can enrich your .NET applications with capabilities like natural language processing, translation, and image analysis. And with generative AI, you can add powerful capabilities like text summarization, content generation, and visual reasoning. In this demo-heavy coding session, explore when and how to use AWS AI services and generative AI services with AWS SDK for .NET. Learn how to build a sample intelligent document processing application with both AI and generative AI capabilities using a generative AI–powered assistant to help write the code.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -21018,10 +21018,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Choosing the right AWS storage service
 2. Session Code: STG206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS offers a range of storage services designed for different use cases, including migrating applications, backing up data, integrating cloud storage with on-premises applications, building data lakes, and developing cloud-native applications. With multiple options available, it's crucial to carefully evaluate your needs to avoid service mismatches and unnecessary complexity. Our aim is to provide guidance in selecting the right AWS storage service to align with workloads and application requirements, providing the flexibility to scale as needed. This chalk talk gives participants a clear understanding of which AWS storage service to use for various scenarios and situations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -21056,7 +21056,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Choosing the right serverless compute services [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV325-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn when to use AWS serverless compute services and how to integrate them into your application architectures. Both AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate scale up to meet demand when needed and can scale to zero, even with containers. Find out when Lambda is the best fit for event-driven workloads and when Fargate is the better choice for containerized serverless applications. Discover how services such as AWS Step Functions and Amazon EventBridge allow you to use Lambda and Fargate together in well-architected solutions. Find out when to use the right tool to build efficient, scalable, and cost-effective workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -21092,7 +21092,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Choosing the right serverless compute services [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV325-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn when to use AWS serverless compute services and how to integrate them into your application architectures. Both AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate scale up to meet demand when needed and can scale to zero, even with containers. Find out when Lambda is the best fit for event-driven workloads and when Fargate is the better choice for containerized serverless applications. Discover how services such as AWS Step Functions and Amazon EventBridge allow you to use Lambda and Fargate together in well-architected solutions. Find out when to use the right tool to build efficient, scalable, and cost-effective workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -21128,7 +21128,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Closing the machine-to-cloud gap to jump-start digital transformation
 2. Session Code: MFG206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Today, the data pipeline between industrial machines (OT) and the cloud (IT) requires many systems to be integrated together to create a unified data foundation, leading to longer lead times to deploy digital transformation projects. In this session, hear how Rehrig Pacific Company jump-started data ingestion from industrial systems and machines using a securely managed industrial edge to cloud. Hear how manufacturers like Rehrig are quickly deriving business value from operational data that is organized and contextualized for use in factory and cloud applications, unlocking use cases such as asset monitoring, predictive maintenance, quality inspection, and energy management.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute, Internet of Things
@@ -21185,7 +21185,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud game development toolkit [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GAM304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The cloud game development toolkit is an open source repository that simplifies the deployment of build pipelines on AWS. It comes complete with best-practice Terraform modules for a variety of common industry tools like Jenkins and Perforce and can be extended or integrated into an existing environment easily. In this chalk talk, learn about the flexible design of the cloud game development toolkit that allows builders to pick and choose which tools they may need without using those that they already have solutions for.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -21215,7 +21215,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud game development toolkit [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GAM304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The cloud game development toolkit is an open source repository that simplifies the deployment of build pipelines on AWS. It comes complete with best-practice Terraform modules for a variety of common industry tools like Jenkins and Perforce and can be extended or integrated into an existing environment easily. In this chalk talk, learn about the flexible design of the cloud game development toolkit that allows builders to pick and choose which tools they may need without using those that they already have solutions for.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -21245,7 +21245,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud innovation for a cause: One organization's all-in AWS journey
 2. Session Code: IMP101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Nonprofits face a big challenge: increasing giving to drive more global impact. Bonterra, one of the world's largest social good software companies, is going all in on AWS to help nonprofits get more for their missions. Join us as Bonterra shares their cloud journey—rapidly migrating from data centers to AWS, rearchitecting applications with cloud-native services, and sunsetting legacy tech debt. Hear how this decision—and adopting services like Amazon SES and Amazon Q—drive more impact across fundraising, grant management, and strategic philanthropy. The end result: a major step toward Bonterra's mission to create $573 billion in new annual global impact by 2033.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Migration and Modernization
@@ -21253,7 +21253,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Business Executive, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of nonprofit organizations and their challenges
     2. Knowledge of cloud computing and cloud-native services
@@ -21273,7 +21273,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud journey and technical debt tabletop
 2. Session Code: GHJ207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join our new "technical debt & risk" tabletop about leaders tackling the challenges of a fictional organization. In this engaging experience, participants make high-stakes decisions, manage technical debt, and optimize risk strategies. Work together to improve system resilience and balance technical investments with risk management. This interactive simulation hones your skills and provides practical insights for managing technical debt and risk in your own organization. Experience strategic problem-solving and gain actionable tactics to drive success. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -21305,7 +21305,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud journey tabletop experience [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ201-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into an interactive cloud journey tabletop experience where visionary leaders converge to shape the fate of a fictional organization. Harnessing the power of collaborative decision-making, attendees embark on a transformative journey, unlocking invaluable insights typically accrued over years of real-world experience. In this immersive and competitive environment, teams vie to elevate automation, cultivate operational agility, fortify risk-aligned security frameworks, and amplify strategic influence. Join us to accelerate your understanding of cloud security dynamics, and emerge equipped with actionable strategies to propel your organization toward resilient and forward-thinking security practices.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -21341,7 +21341,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud journey tabletop experience [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ201-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into an interactive cloud journey tabletop experience where visionary leaders converge to shape the fate of a fictional organization. Harnessing the power of collaborative decision-making, attendees embark on a transformative journey, unlocking invaluable insights typically accrued over years of real-world experience. In this immersive and competitive environment, teams vie to elevate automation, cultivate operational agility, fortify risk-aligned security frameworks, and amplify strategic influence. Join us to accelerate your understanding of cloud security dynamics, and emerge equipped with actionable strategies to propel your organization toward resilient and forward-thinking security practices.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -21377,10 +21377,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud-native Java on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build cloud-native Java applications based on best practices, and discover ways you can optimize for performance. In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience building cloud-native Java applications with Amazon Corretto and Spring Boot. In addition, explore how to use Amazon Q Developer to simplify the creation of new Java functionality and increase development speed, and learn how to deploy Java applications on Amazon EKS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Kubernetes
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -21414,10 +21414,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud-native Java on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build cloud-native Java applications based on best practices, and discover ways you can optimize for performance. In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience building cloud-native Java applications with Amazon Corretto and Spring Boot. In addition, explore how to use Amazon Q Developer to simplify the creation of new Java functionality and increase development speed, and learn how to deploy Java applications on Amazon EKS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Kubernetes
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -21450,7 +21450,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud-native Java on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB304-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build cloud-native Java applications based on best practices, and discover ways you can optimize for performance. In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience building cloud-native Java applications with Amazon Corretto and Spring Boot. In addition, explore how to use Amazon Q Developer to simplify the creation of new Java functionality and increase development speed, and learn how to deploy Java applications on Amazon EKS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -21486,7 +21486,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud optimization at scale: Building efficient AWS architectures
 2. Session Code: ARC209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As you grow your cloud adoption, you need to implement a robust governance strategy that seamlessly integrates technology, people, and processes. By designing sustainable, automated, and efficient architectures from the start, and by embracing a culture of continuous improvement, not only can you optimize your cloud usage but also drive innovation. This chalk talk offers actionable insights and practical tips on how to streamline your multi-account management, boost efficiency, and maintain control, while balancing cost, performance, and resiliency in your architectures. Explore how to transform your cloud operations using AWS Well-Architected best practices.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -21517,7 +21517,7 @@
 
 1. Title: CloudRiddle quest: AWS-themed scavenger hunt [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD206-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into a thrilling, AWS-themed scavenger hunt across the Builders' Fair! AI-generated riddles and clues guide you through the hunt. This innovative treasure hunt uses advanced gen AI agents to dynamically create AWS-themed puzzles and clues, ensuring a unique experience for every participant. Leveraging Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Rekognition, and Amazon Lex this project showcases how AI can create engaging, educational content on the fly while teaching participants about AWS services in a fun, challenging way.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -21547,7 +21547,7 @@
 
 1. Title: CloudRiddle quest: AWS-themed scavenger hunt [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD206-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into a thrilling, AWS-themed scavenger hunt across the Builders' Fair! AI-generated riddles and clues guide you through the hunt. This innovative treasure hunt uses advanced gen AI agents to dynamically create AWS-themed puzzles and clues, ensuring a unique experience for every participant. Leveraging Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Rekognition, and Amazon Lex this project showcases how AI can create engaging, educational content on the fly while teaching participants about AWS services in a fun, challenging way.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -21586,7 +21586,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Cloud Security Specialist, DevOps Engineer, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing and security
@@ -21639,7 +21639,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cloud transformation in finance: Modernizing SAP and data with AWS
 2. Session Code: MAM220
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how one of the world's largest financial firms leveraged AWS to modernize their SAP Business Warehouse landscape, migrating to RISE with SAP on AWS and benefiting from the performance, reliability, and security of the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud. Learn more about this global financial leader's strategy to unlock new insights from their data by utilizing the latest AI/ML capabilities from AWS in conjunction with SAP and non-SAP data. Get insights to accelerate your own enterprise transformation with SAP and AWS in this informative session.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -21699,7 +21699,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Coding for account customizations with AWS Control Tower
 2. Session Code: COP405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how to apply baseline configurations and account customizations across your multi-account AWS environment at scale through this live coding and interactive discussion. In this code talk, dive deep into some real-world examples and explore how you can customize across 100s or even 1,000s of accounts securely. In addition, learn how Amazon Q enables infrastructure as code to help implement customization quickly.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -21731,7 +21731,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Coding for proactive controls with AWS CloudFormation
 2. Session Code: COP407
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations increasingly embrace cloud-native architectures and deploy applications at scale, robust security controls become paramount. In this code talk, experts discuss security best practices using AWS CloudFormation Hooks and AWS CloudFormation Guard. You learn how to write Guard DSL rules, which can be used for static template validation and integration with CloudFormation Hooks and as AWS Config custom rules.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -21761,10 +21761,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Coding for serverless observability
 2. Session Code: COP408
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Serverless architectures, with their ephemeral and distributed nature, pose unique challenges to effective monitoring and observability. Join this code talk to learn best practices for collecting signals from your serverless applications. Dive deep into techniques to effectively instrument your applications to provide you with optimal observability.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Monitoring and Observability
@@ -21794,10 +21794,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Coffee networking social
 2. Session Code: ACT095
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come interact with our AI barista and network over topics we're excited to talk about. Whether you want to dive deep or learn and be curious, this is the place for you.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -21820,7 +21820,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Collaboratively build insightful apps without sharing raw data
 2. Session Code: DEV203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building modern applications increasingly requires that you complement your data with external raw data from your peers to provide more value to your end users. Access to this raw data isn't always available due mainly to security reasons. This session demonstrates how AWS Clean Rooms helps you and your peers collaborate on your collective datasets without sharing or copying underlying data. Learn how to build an application that lets your technical community find events that align to topics they want to hear about and, as a result, make new like-minded friends.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -21850,10 +21850,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Common patterns for storing data for Amazon ECS workloads
 2. Session Code: SVS333
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk dives into the common patterns used for storing data for workloads running on Amazon ECS. This includes securing data within the task, sharing data between tasks, and providing persistence to running workloads. Explore how storage services like Amazon EFS and Amazon EBS can be used alongside containerized workloads running on Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Storage
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -21885,13 +21885,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Community and Impact Lounge
 2. Session Code: ACT152
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stop by the Community and Impact Lounge in the Expo for a chance to learn more about some nonprofit organizations who are building with AWS.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -21911,13 +21911,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Community and Impact Lounge
 2. Session Code: ACT150
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: It's #GivingTuesday and there's no better time to #GiveBack. Stop by the Community and Impact Lounge in the Expo for a chance to learn more about some nonprofit organizations who are building with AWS.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -21936,13 +21936,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Community and Impact Lounge
 2. Session Code: ACT151
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stop by the Community and Impact Lounge in the Expo for a chance to learn more about some nonprofit organizations who are building with AWS.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -21962,13 +21962,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Community Events Desk
 2. Session Code: ACT122
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stop by the Community Events Desk to learn more about re:Invent events happening during the week! AWS re:Invent 5K run sign-up and packet pickup is available Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -21985,13 +21985,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Community Events Desk
 2. Session Code: ACT119
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stop by the Community Events Desk to learn more about re:Invent events happening during the week! AWS re:Invent 5K run sign-up and packet pickup is available Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -22008,13 +22008,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Community Events Desk
 2. Session Code: ACT118
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stop by the Community Events Desk to learn more about re:Invent events happening during the week! AWS re:Invent 5K run sign-up and packet pickup is available Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -22031,13 +22031,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Community Events Desk
 2. Session Code: ACT120
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stop by the Community Events Desk to learn more about re:Invent events happening during the week! AWS re:Invent 5K run sign-up and packet pickup is available Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -22054,13 +22054,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Community Events Desk
 2. Session Code: ACT121
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stop by the Community Events Desk to learn more about re:Invent events happening during the week! AWS re:Invent 5K run sign-up and packet pickup is available Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 - 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -22077,7 +22077,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Completing a large-scale migration and modernization
 2. Session Code: MAM205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session focuses on valuable lessons from the thousands of enterprises who have migrated and modernized their on-premises workloads with AWS. Dive into the technical lessons that have been learned and the mental models that have been used. Learn how to set up teams to modernize as they migrate and how to engage with AWS Professional Services and AWS Partners for success. Finally, get an update on what's new in AWS migration and modernization tooling.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -22112,10 +22112,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Compute innovation for any application, anywhere
 2. Session Code: CMP215-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS offers the most comprehensive set of capabilities, continually innovating across our infrastructure and services so you can build, run, and scale applications in the cloud, on premises, and at the edge. Join Dave Brown, VP AWS Compute and Networking, to learn how AWS innovations are transforming the computing landscape. Dave highlights the latest instance, containers, and serverless technology innovations.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Compute
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -22147,7 +22147,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Compute innovation with the AWS Nitro System
 2. Session Code: CMP332
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk provides an overview of the AWS Nitro System and new compute innovations fueled by the Nitro System, including multi-host for smaller metal sizes, reduced area of impact, and higher performance, as well as how the Nitro System has helped with Flex instances. Dive deep into eighth-generation AWS Graviton-based instances and seventh-generation Intel/AMD instances.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -22177,7 +22177,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Configuration, compliance, and audit
 2. Session Code: TNC210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This bootcamp is intended for AWS Partners. This hands-on bootcamp equips you with the ability to enable effective cloud compliance management. Learn how to centralize AWS Config data, create AWS CloudTrail Lake queries, deploy conformance packs, configure automatic remediation, and track infrastructure and application changes. Also explore how to enable AWS Config, create CloudTrail Lake event stores, and use advanced event selectors. Discover how to use AWS compliance capabilities so you can implement a robust cloud compliance strategy and accelerate customer opportunities within your organization. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Bootcamp
 6. Topic: Training and Certification
@@ -22208,10 +22208,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Configuring Amazon S3 security settings and access controls
 2. Session Code: STG309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon S3 provides security settings and granular access controls to suit virtually any workload. In this workshop, learn how you can manage access and define user and resource-based policies at scale to fit your needs with Amazon S3 access management tools. In addition, learn how you can monitor and audit who is accessing what data, including from where and when. Explore scenarios involving different security requirements, and walk through how you can apply different Amazon S3 tools and capabilities to meet those requirements. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -22240,7 +22240,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Connecting the dots: Get hands-on experience with distributed tracing [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP401-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Distributed tracing is a crucial observability technique for understanding complex, microservices-based applications on AWS. In this builders' session, learn how to use Amazon CloudWatch to instrument your applications and collect tracing data, allowing you to identify performance bottlenecks, debug issues, and optimize your systems. Leave this session with the knowledge and skills to unlock the full potential of distributed tracing and enhance the observability of your AWS-based applications, driving better decision-making for your business. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -22270,7 +22270,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Connecting the dots: Get hands-on experience with distributed tracing [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP401-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Distributed tracing is a crucial observability technique for understanding complex, microservices-based applications on AWS. In this builders' session, learn how to use Amazon CloudWatch to instrument your applications and collect tracing data, allowing you to identify performance bottlenecks, debug issues, and optimize your systems. Leave this session with the knowledge and skills to unlock the full potential of distributed tracing and enhance the observability of your AWS-based applications, driving better decision-making for your business. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -22300,7 +22300,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Connecting the dots: Get hands-on experience with distributed tracing [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP401-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Distributed tracing is a crucial observability technique for understanding complex, microservices-based applications on AWS. In this builders' session, learn how to use Amazon CloudWatch to instrument your applications and collect tracing data, allowing you to identify performance bottlenecks, debug issues, and optimize your systems. Leave this session with the knowledge and skills to unlock the full potential of distributed tracing and enhance the observability of your AWS-based applications, driving better decision-making for your business. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -22330,10 +22330,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Conquer AI performance, cost, and scale with AWS AI chips
 2. Session Code: CMP209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI promises to revolutionize industries, but its immense computational demands and escalating costs pose significant challenges. To overcome these hurdles, AWS designed and purpose-built AI chips including AWS Trainium2 and AWS Inferentia2. In this session, get a close look at the innovation across silicon, server, and datacenter and hear from AWS customers about how they built, deployed, and scaled foundation models across various products and services using AWS AI chips.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -22366,7 +22366,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Consolidated data protection insights with generative AI
 2. Session Code: SEC405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: To prevent data loss and data leakage, security leaders want to understand how their data is encrypted using AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) across all accounts, including legacy accounts and partner-managed accounts. You might wonder, "When was a KMS key last used?" or "Which resources does the key protect?" This code talk presents a modular, extendable, and readily usable solution using natural language queries with Amazon Q in QuickSight to get answers to such questions. This allows you to validate with more confidence that you can delete a key, identify unused resources, and find resources with data protection gaps.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -22398,10 +22398,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Containers are not scary [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV206-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Fear containers no more, intrepid AWS builders! This session demystifies container basics using Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) so you can learn to effortlessly build, package, and deploy apps. But wait, there's more cloud magic! This talk will also reveal how to summon the powers of AWS generative AI services like Amazon Q Developer to turbocharge your workflow. No more manually spinning up containers – learn to make AI assistants automate those mundane tasks using AWS Lambda functions. By the end, become an AWS container extraordinaire wielding the power of AI to boost productivity.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -22433,10 +22433,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Containers are not scary [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV206-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Fear containers no more, intrepid AWS builders! This session demystifies container basics using Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) so you can learn to effortlessly build, package, and deploy apps. But wait, there's more cloud magic! This talk will also reveal how to summon the powers of AWS generative AI services like Amazon Q Developer to turbocharge your workflow. No more manually spinning up containers – learn to make AI assistants automate those mundane tasks using AWS Lambda functions. By the end, become an AWS container extraordinaire wielding the power of AI to boost productivity.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -22469,7 +22469,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Containers or serverless functions: A path for cloud-native success
 2. Session Code: SVS209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore the fundamental differences between containers and serverless functions. Investigate real-world scenarios to gain insights into choosing the right approach based on workload requirements, deployment scenarios, and operations. Understand the architectural, scalability, and operational contrasts between these pivotal cloud technologies. Finally, discover synergies in combining them to leverage their collective strengths. Leave with a clear understanding of when to use containers, serverless functions, or a hybrid model for your application needs.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -22500,10 +22500,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Continuous cost and sustainability optimization with Amazon Q
 2. Session Code: SUP301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Optimize cost and sustainability of AWS workloads with the help of generative AI. In this workshop, explore how to use AWS services that are designed to optimize your infrastructure and workloads. Through real-world scenarios, learn best practices for cost and sustainability optimization. Discover how to empower application owners with clear, actionable tasks enabled by detection mechanisms for identifying anomalies and inefficiencies. Implement strategies with data from multiple AWS services, gaining practical experience in driving cost efficiencies while aligning with sustainability goals. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -22538,7 +22538,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Continuous deployment on Amazon ECS
 2. Session Code: SVS338
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Rolling out software can be a nerve-racking experience, because you want customers to move to the new release without any issues. With the out-of-the-box safeguards and mechanisms in Amazon ECS, you can roll out software more confidently, thanks to the security and reliability of Amazon ECS and knowing you can safely roll back if there are problems. In this lightning talk, learn about the Amazon ECS features that make deploying software more reliable.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic:
@@ -22551,7 +22551,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Familiarity with Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service)
     2. Understanding of software deployment processes
@@ -22568,7 +22568,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) for AWS
 2. Session Code: DOP202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS provides one place where you can plan work, collaborate on code, and build, test, and deploy applications with continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools. In this session, learn about creating complete CI/CD pipelines using infrastructure as code on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -22603,7 +22603,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Chronosphere
 4. Description: Ready to take back control of your observability data? As organizations adopt Kubernetes, telemetry volumes explode. If you build and run applications on Amazon EKS, you're likely creating higher cardinality metrics and monitoring requests traversing thousands of services. All of this makes it hard to distill the signal from the noise and keep observability within budget constraints. In this lightning talk, learn best practices for regaining control of your telemetry. Discover how to analyze telemetry usage, reduce noise within your observability platform, and enforce chargeback across your organization. This presentation is brought to you by Chronosphere, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Kubernetes
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Monitoring and Observability
@@ -22613,7 +22613,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - System Administrator
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Experience with Kubernetes
@@ -22637,7 +22637,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Control the cost of your generative AI services
 2. Session Code: COP203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you looking to harness the power of generative AI without breaking the bank? Join our session to master the art of monitoring and optimizing costs of AWS generative AI services, including Amazon Q Business, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, and self-hosted EC2 instances. Whether you're a newcomer to generative AI or have already deployed cutting-edge solutions, this session equips you with essential insights to ensure your AI workloads are running efficiently.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -22697,10 +22697,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Convert, migrate, and replicate your databases with AWS DMS
 2. Session Code: DAT306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how you can easily and securely migrate and continuously replicate a database to AWS. Using the managed features of AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS), walk through the end-to-end migration steps to modernize a self-managed database using an AWS managed database engine like Amazon Aurora or Amazon RDS. Learn how to convert schemas and database code and then migrate and replicate data with AWS DMS on an ongoing basis to enable integrations with Amazon Kinesis, Amazon S3, and more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -22734,7 +22734,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cost allocation strategies to improve accountability
 2. Session Code: COP217
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Assign and allocate your AWS cost to establish accountability within your organization and make more informed IT decisions. Join this chalk talk for a discussion about how you can create resources in your organization in AWS Organizations so you can better understand and distribute cost to the right entity. Discover how you can create specialized bills to split cloud costs inside your organization and simplify your showback and chargeback process with self-defined pricing rules using AWS Billing Conductor.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -22766,7 +22766,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cost-effective architecture: Serverless or monolith or containers
 2. Session Code: ARC315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the digital world of IT, serverless and monolith applications are often compared. Some users believe that serverless will help them to reduce total cost of ownership, while others disagree. In this session, dive deep into serverless and monolith architecture designs, analyze the infrastructure costs for each, and learn the potential operational pros and cons of each.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -22794,7 +22794,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cost-effective data processing with Amazon EMR
 2. Session Code: ANT344
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the full potential of your big data environment during this in-depth session on Amazon EMR and cost optimization strategies, tailored for data engineers, data architects, and cloud architects. Gain a comprehensive understanding of various cost optimization strategies, including cluster rightsizing, using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances, and implementing managed scaling. Learn about the key differences between Amazon EMR deployment models and how to choose the best option that aligns with your organization's specific requirements, constraints, and technical capabilities. Leave with actionable insights and practical strategies to enhance your big data workflows and achieve significant cost savings.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -22825,7 +22825,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cost-effectively deploy PyTorch LLMs on AWS Inferentia using EKS
 2. Session Code: CMP330
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the full potential of large language models (LLMs) on Amazon EKS by optimizing inference performance and cost efficiency. This chalk talk provides practical guidance on deploying and scaling PyTorch-based LLMs on EKS using AWS Inferentia, Karpenter, and KServe. Learn how to leverage the specialized hardware of Inferentia to accelerate inference, reduce latency, and lower costs. Discover how Karpenter's advanced auto scaling capabilities optimize resource utilization and handle fluctuating workloads. Master the art of efficient model deployment and management with KServe. Through real-world examples and best practices, gain the expertise to build high-performance, cost-effective LLM inference pipelines.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -22856,7 +22856,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cost optimization for Amazon DynamoDB [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT321-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Developers love building on powerful, serverless Amazon DynamoDB, and as their production tables grow in size and traffic, they want to discover what mechanisms and optimizations can be applied to reduce costs. Cost optimization can be done both in the design phase and during operations. In this chalk talk, learn how to model and measure costs and discover cost optimization tools that can help you along the way.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -22885,7 +22885,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cost optimization for Amazon DynamoDB [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT321-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Developers love building on powerful, serverless Amazon DynamoDB, and as their production tables grow in size and traffic, they want to discover what mechanisms and optimizations can be applied to reduce costs. Cost optimization can be done both in the design phase and during operations. In this chalk talk, learn how to model and measure costs and discover cost optimization tools that can help you along the way.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -22914,7 +22914,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cost optimization for data analytics on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT337-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn strategies for optimizing total cost of ownership (TCO) for AWS analytics workloads. This session covers rightsizing compute resources, data storage optimization techniques, intelligent workload scheduling, serverless analytics, and cost monitoring tools. Gain insights into leveraging analytics services for distributed data processing with separation of storage and compute for cost-effective analytics while maintaining performance and scalability.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -22948,7 +22948,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cost optimization for data analytics on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT337-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn strategies for optimizing total cost of ownership (TCO) for AWS analytics workloads. This session covers rightsizing compute resources, data storage optimization techniques, intelligent workload scheduling, serverless analytics, and cost monitoring tools. Gain insights into leveraging analytics services for distributed data processing with separation of storage and compute for cost-effective analytics while maintaining performance and scalability.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -22985,7 +22985,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cost-optimized and scalable enterprise workloads with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM356
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When adopting generative AI, enterprises face unique challenges including scaling, cost management, and resource optimization. This session explores building a robust, enterprise-grade generative AI platform using Amazon Bedrock. Discover how to centrally manage AI resources while efficiently serving multiple teams through dedicated workspaces, which helps ensure security, compliance, and cost optimization. See demos of key features like provisioned throughput, prompt management, and prompt flows, providing insights into designing and implementing an enterprise-ready generative AI platform that balances innovation and scalability.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -23014,10 +23014,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Crafting AI-powered SMS conversations with Amazon Pinpoint [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on builders' session, walk through how to use Amazon Pinpoint SMS with other AWS services to build scalable and interactive SMS programs. Start by building and sending order confirmations, requesting that end users reply back with specific responses. Then, explore how to handle unexpected end user responses. Learn how to route complex queries using natural language processing via AWS AI services to an Amazon Connect contact center (or to a system of your choice) to enable support via a contact agent to ensure a seamless and intuitive customer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -23047,17 +23047,17 @@
 
 1. Title: Crafting AI-powered SMS conversations with Amazon Pinpoint [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on builders' session, walk through how to use Amazon Pinpoint SMS with other AWS services to build scalable and interactive SMS programs. Start by building and sending order confirmations, requesting that end users reply back with specific responses. Then, explore how to handle unexpected end user responses. Learn how to route complex queries using natural language processing via AWS AI services to an Amazon Connect contact center (or to a system of your choice) to enable support via a contact agent to ensure a seamless and intuitive customer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest:
    - Generative AI
    - Innovation and Transformation
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 2:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -23080,10 +23080,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Crawl, walk, run: Accelerating FinOps journey to reduce compute costs
 2. Session Code: CMP345
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Compute costs can be a significant expense for many AWS customers. In this chalk talk, learn how organizations leverage AWS tools, such as AWS Cloud Financial Management Assessment, CUDOS, Cost Intelligence Dashboard, and Optimization Hub, to reduce compute costs and identify opportunities to advance FinOps capabilities. These tools drive cost savings by enabling you to modernize, migrate, and innovate more efficiently. Discover how to transform the recommendations from these tools into a strategic roadmap, translating assessment insights into prioritized initiatives for methodically executing FinOps best practices. Optimize your compute usage and accelerate your FinOps maturity on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Cloud Operations
 - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -23115,13 +23115,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Create a data marketplace with Amazon DataZone
 2. Session Code: ANT319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A data marketplace is an online location or store that allows individuals, organizations, and data providers to buy, sell, and exchange data. They act as an intermediary between data producers and consumers, providing a secure environment for data management and exchange. By using Amazon DataZone, businesses can democratize data-driven innovation, gaining a competitive edge in today's data-centric landscape. This chalk talk covers data sharing and data governance with Amazon DataZone, highlighting real-world use cases and best practices for creating a thriving data marketplace in an organization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Management and Governance
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -23142,7 +23142,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Create a DR solution for Amazon RDS & Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server
 2. Session Code: DAT322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn to design a multilevel disaster recovery solution for Amazon RDS and Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server. Dive deep into the features that enable disaster recovery in Amazon RDS and RDS Custom for SQL Server, and discover best practices and pitfalls to avoid. AWS experts in the field share experiences and answer your questions on this topic along the way.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -23174,7 +23174,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Create a resilience model using the resilience analysis framework
 2. Session Code: COP350
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: By creating a resilience model, you can anticipate what can disrupt your systems, understand what controls are in place to detect and prevent disruption, and then develop an improvement plan to address any gaps. The resilience analysis framework (RAF) helps you to build resilient systems by anticipating failure modes, determining their impact on your systems, and identifying the mitigations that you can apply in case these failures happen. Join this chalk talk to help create a resilience model using RAF.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -23209,15 +23209,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Create content fast with generative AI models from AWS Marketplace [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MKT303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience using pretrained generative AI models from AWS Marketplace to create content for practical business use cases. Learn how you can use leading generative AI models while maintaining privacy. These third-party models from AWS Marketplace are deployed to Amazon SageMaker in your own AWS account, which ensures that the prompts, data, and model responses stay within the boundaries of your account and are not shared with model providers. This is important for business use cases where competitive or confidential information may be used with models. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -23236,15 +23236,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Create content fast with generative AI models from AWS Marketplace [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MKT303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience using pretrained generative AI models from AWS Marketplace to create content for practical business use cases. Learn how you can use leading generative AI models while maintaining privacy. These third-party models from AWS Marketplace are deployed to Amazon SageMaker in your own AWS account, which ensures that the prompts, data, and model responses stay within the boundaries of your account and are not shared with model providers. This is important for business use cases where competitive or confidential information may be used with models. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -23264,15 +23264,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Create content fast with generative AI models from AWS Marketplace [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MKT303-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience using pretrained generative AI models from AWS Marketplace to create content for practical business use cases. Learn how you can use leading generative AI models while maintaining privacy. These third-party models from AWS Marketplace are deployed to Amazon SageMaker in your own AWS account, which ensures that the prompts, data, and model responses stay within the boundaries of your account and are not shared with model providers. This is important for business use cases where competitive or confidential information may be used with models. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -23291,7 +23291,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Create functions using AWS SDK for Python with Amazon Bedrock API
 2. Session Code: TNC307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lab, create a reusable, parameterized question answering function using AWS SDK for Python (Boto3) with Amazon Bedrock. Build text and image generation capabilities, leveraging prompt engineering to invoke foundation models. Integrate the Amazon Bedrock API, save images to Amazon S3, and use Amazon Rekognition for object detection to develop a library of Amazon Bedrock-powered services. Workstations are provided for you; no laptop required.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -23325,7 +23325,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Intel
 4. Description: Open Platform for Enterprise AI (OPEA), created by the Linux Foundation AI & Data, helps streamline the implementation of enterprise-grade gen AI in a secure, performant, and cost-effective framework. This workshop connects you with experts from Intel and gives you a chance to practice deploying standardized OPEA reference architectures to help break through the technical complexity of a gen AI solution enhanced by Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). Successful completion of the workshop could also result in contribution to the OPEA project. You must bring your laptop to participate and ideally, a set of data to incorporate and test during development. This presentation is brought to you by Intel, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -23360,7 +23360,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Create your first API from scratch with OpenAPI and Amazon API Gateway [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS203-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to design and provision complete APIs using infrastructure as code. Follow the OpenAPI specification for API design, leveraging extensions to interact with Amazon API Gateway. Configure features like caching, rate limiting, message transformation, payload validation, and API keys with usage plans for backend integration. Leave with practical skills for defining and deploying APIs as code adhering to the OpenAPI standard. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -23395,10 +23395,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Create your first API from scratch with OpenAPI and Amazon API Gateway [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS203-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to design and provision complete APIs using infrastructure as code. Follow the OpenAPI specification for API design, leveraging extensions to interact with Amazon API Gateway. Configure features like caching, rate limiting, message transformation, payload validation, and API keys with usage plans for backend integration. Leave with practical skills for defining and deploying APIs as code adhering to the OpenAPI standard. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Lambda-Based Applications
@@ -23456,7 +23456,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Creating effective FinOps KPIs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP212-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Creating cloud success metrics that align with your business is key to driving accountability and cost optimization initiatives. Join this chalk talk to learn how you can identify and create your own KPI reports that can measure the efficiency of your cloud resource usage and provide actionable insights for your organization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -23489,7 +23489,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Creating effective FinOps KPIs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP212-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Creating cloud success metrics that align with your business is key to driving accountability and cost optimization initiatives. Join this chalk talk to learn how you can identify and create your own KPI reports that can measure the efficiency of your cloud resource usage and provide actionable insights for your organization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -23521,7 +23521,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Creating immersive 3D digital twins from photos, videos, and LiDAR
 2. Session Code: CMP315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join spatial computing specialists as they show you how to build a digital twin in this interactive workshop using NVIDIA Omniverse. Using provided photos, videos, and LiDAR sources, you build a real-time 3D replica of a bike factory demo and compare your digital twin to the physical demo on the Expo floor. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute, Internet of Things
@@ -23548,10 +23548,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Creating powerful member experiences: Cigna's AWS HealthLake journey
 2. Session Code: HLS220
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Cigna migrated their data interoperability platform to AWS HealthLake to lower TCO, improve platform scalability, and deliver personalized experiences to their members. Learn how Cigna developed a unified data interoperability layer across multiple businesses to power member applications and deliver real-time analytics, allowing for future innovation that will integrate generative AI for advanced insights and personalized care. Gain insights into how Cigna drives innovation, improves patient outcomes, and delivers exceptional value through their industry-leading healthcare solution on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -23583,7 +23583,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Creating secure code with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience using Amazon Q Developer to create secure code. Write unit tests, optimize code, and scan for vulnerabilities, and discover how Amazon Q Developer suggests remediations that help fix your code instantaneously. Also, learn how you can use Amazon Q Developer security scanning to outperform other publicly benchmarkable tools on detection across popular programming languages. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -23615,10 +23615,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Creating secure code with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP302-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience using Amazon Q Developer to create secure code. Write unit tests, optimize code, and scan for vulnerabilities, and discover how Amazon Q Developer suggests remediations that help fix your code instantaneously. Also, learn how you can use Amazon Q Developer security scanning to outperform other publicly benchmarkable tools on detection across popular programming languages. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -23646,7 +23646,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Creating secure code with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, gain hands-on experience using Amazon Q Developer to create secure code. Write unit tests, optimize code, and scan for vulnerabilities, and discover how Amazon Q Developer suggests remediations that help fix your code instantaneously. Also, learn how you can use Amazon Q Developer security scanning to outperform other publicly benchmarkable tools on detection across popular programming languages. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -23707,13 +23707,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Creating top-tier customer support: Insights from experience
 2. Session Code: SUP309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Exceptional customer support can be a key differentiator and driver of growth. This session explores proven strategies for building and scaling a high-performing customer support organization from the ground up. Draw on real-world experiences and best practices as you dive into culture, hiring, development, effective processes and tools, knowledge, observability, and innovation. Attendees leave with actionable insights on how to structure their support teams, leverage machine learning effectively, and create delightful customer experiences that drive loyalty and business results.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Management and Governance
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 1:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -23741,7 +23741,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Deloitte
 4. Description: Would you like to enhance your current IT platform to unleash innovation? In this session, explore how a team of cross-border Deloitte professionals in EMEA works with local teams to leverage comprehensive migration capabilities, global methodologies, and tools to successfully carry out intricate cloud migrations without sacrificing business objectives and while meeting user traffic demands and expectations. Learn how Deloitte and Santander are utilizing the AWS Cloud to execute a large-scale cloud migration and modernization effectively, delivering significant impact. This presentation is brought to you by Deloitte, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -23800,7 +23800,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cross-Region CI/CD: Deploying beyond the sea
 2. Session Code: DEV338
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how you can transform Regional service limitations into a robust CI/CD pipeline. Dive into the strategies and best practices employed to successfully build and deploy applications from the AWS Asia Pacific (Mumbai) Region to the AWS Middle East (UAE) Region, leveraging AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, and Amazon ECS. Gain practical insights to replicate this approach for your own cross-Region deployment needs and overcome challenges like network egress costs, latency, and service availability constraints.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
 6. Topic:
@@ -23836,7 +23836,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Customer insights on application authorization
 2. Session Code: SEC346
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Authentication and authorization are foundational to protecting access to application APIs and data. AWS has heard from customers that developing and operating an integrated solution could be streamlined. Amazon Cognito and Amazon Verified Permissions provide application developers with fully managed services to store and validate user credentials and authorization rules expressed as Cedar policies. This session covers how FIS, a leading global technology solution provider in the regulated financial services industry, and Grosvenor Engineering Group, a trusted building services provider, used AWS to build integrated solutions. The session dives deep on the topics of policy design and integration architecture.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -23868,7 +23868,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Customer service: Connecting all customer touchpoints [English]
 2. Session Code: GBL211-EN
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk is delivered in English. Connect customer data across all touchpoints of a customer journey to understand your customers better and offer hyper-personalized experiences while optimizing costs. In this lightning talk, learn more about this topic from an EMEA perspective.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -23878,7 +23878,7 @@
    - Business Executive
    - IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of customer journey mapping
     2. Knowledge of data integration and data management
@@ -23899,7 +23899,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Customer stories: Optimizing AI performance and cost with AWS AI chips
 2. Session Code: CMP208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As you increase the use of generative AI to transform your business at scale, rising costs in model development and deployment infrastructure can adversely impact the ability to innovate and deliver delightful customer experiences. AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia deliver high-performance AI training and inference while reducing costs by up to 50%. Attend this session to hear from four AWS customers about how they realized these benefits to grow their businesses and deliver innovative experiences to their end users.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -23924,10 +23924,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Customer technology journey map 360
 2. Session Code: NTA309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session examines AWS customer personas and technology roadmaps across four areas. First, it covers backup and storage solutions like Amazon S3, Windows Lustre, and AWS Storage Gateway, featuring customer stories. Next, it explores technical foundations including AWS Control Tower, landing zones, SCPs, networking, and security tools. The third section focuses on strategic services such as Connect Migration, SAP on Rise, and analytics architectures. Lastly, it showcases AWS's latest innovations in vector data stores and generative AI architectures. Throughout, real customer stories and use cases demonstrate practical applications and benefits of these AWS technologies and services.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -23962,7 +23962,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Customize Amazon Q Developer to speed up enterprise development
 2. Session Code: DOP216
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Significantly accelerate development by customizing Amazon Q Developer. Generate even more relevant inline code recommendations and chat responses (in preview) by making it aware of your internal libraries, APIs, best practices, and architectural patterns. Save time building new features, refactoring code, improving application performance, or onboarding to a new codebase. In this session, learn how you can take advantage of Amazon Q Developer and your internal codebases to improve your developer experience and productivity. Also learn how National Australia Bank is using Amazon Q Developer to enable their development teams to ship faster and innovate more for their customers.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -23992,7 +23992,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Customize FMs with advanced techniques using Amazon SageMaker
 2. Session Code: AIM303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker allows data scientists and ML engineers to accelerate their generative AI journeys by deeply customizing publicly available foundation models (FMs) and deploying them into production applications. The journey begins with Amazon SageMaker JumpStart, an ML hub that provides access to hundreds of publicly available FMs, such as Llama 3, Falcon, and Mistral. Join this session to learn how you can evaluate FMs, select an FM, customize it with advanced techniques, and deploy it—all while implementing AI responsibility, simplifying access control, and enhancing transparency.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -24023,7 +24023,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Customize small language models for automotive applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AUT306-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk-talk, attendees learn how to build and deploy domain-specific small language models (SLMs) for automotive use-cases. Explore how Amazon SageMaker can be used to fine-tune an SLM using industry terminology, and how the SLM can be scaled using Amazon Bedrock. Dive deeper with specific use-case examples, including code interrogation and generation on internal code base and Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) for in-vehicle voice assistant applications. Attendees learn skills and techniques to create and deploy fine-tuned foundation models for the automotive industry.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -24056,7 +24056,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Customize small language models for automotive applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AUT306-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk-talk, attendees learn how to build and deploy domain-specific small language models (SLMs) for automotive use-cases. Explore how Amazon SageMaker can be used to fine-tune an SLM using industry terminology, and how the SLM can be scaled using Amazon Bedrock. Dive deeper with specific use-case examples, including code interrogation and generation on internal code base and Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) for in-vehicle voice assistant applications. Attendees learn skills and techniques to create and deploy fine-tuned foundation models for the automotive industry.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -24089,13 +24089,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Customize your AWS re:Invent hoodie
 2. Session Code: ACT149
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bring your AWS re:Invent conference hoodie to this station and choose a custom graphic to get printed on it.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -24115,13 +24115,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Customize your AWS re:Invent hoodie
 2. Session Code: ACT148
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bring your AWS re:Invent conference hoodie to this station and choose a custom graphic to get printed on it.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -24142,13 +24142,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Customize your AWS re:Invent hoodie
 2. Session Code: ACT147
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bring your AWS re:Invent conference hoodie to this station and choose a custom graphic to get printed on it.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -24167,13 +24167,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Customize your AWS re:Invent hoodie
 2. Session Code: ACT146
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bring your AWS re:Invent conference hoodie to this station and choose a custom graphic to get printed on it.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -24193,13 +24193,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Customize your re:Invent hoodie
 2. Session Code: ACT096
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bring your re:Invent conference hoodie to this station and get it printed with a custom graphic of your choice.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -24219,7 +24219,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Customizing models for enhanced results: Fine-tuning in Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM357
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unleash the power of customized AI by fine-tuning generative AI models in Amazon Bedrock to achieve higher quality results. Discover how to adapt foundation models like Meta's Llama and Anthropic's Claude models to your specific use cases and domains, boosting accuracy and efficiency. This session covers the technical process, from data preparation to model customization techniques, training strategies, deployment considerations, and post-customization evaluation. Gain the knowledge to take your generative AI applications to new heights, harnessing tailored, high-performance language processing solutions that give you a competitive advantage.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -24250,7 +24250,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Custom pricing: What's new with AWS Marketplace private offers
 2. Session Code: PEX113
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, AWS Partners learn about the benefits of selling in AWS Marketplace to accelerate their business. Hear how to create and manage private offers with custom pricing and terms for your customers, and details about new features released this year to streamline the private offers user experience. Also explore the several touchpoints that private offers have with AWS Partner Central to connect the dots across your partner journey.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Customer Enablement
@@ -24280,7 +24280,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cutting costs and carbon: Using AWS Graviton3 in streaming
 2. Session Code: SUS207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Prime Video, a leading streaming provider, collaborated with AWS to upgrade its platform using energy-efficient AWS Graviton3 processors. This lightning talk explores how companies can cut costs and carbon emissions through architectural best practices and workload optimization. Hear how AWS customers can rethink how they approach their sustainability goals by using the cloud and how Prime Video applied AWS Well-Architected best practices and overcame the technical challenges of porting to Arm, achieving performance gains and seamless migration of thousands of servers around the globe—all while meeting ambitious sustainability goals thanks to the 60% energy savings provided by Graviton3.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -24313,10 +24313,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Cutting-edge AI: Real-time anomaly detection and forecasting
 2. Session Code: HYB305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the fast-paced industrial automation world, leveraging machine learning (ML) and foundation models (FMs) makes a significant difference in detecting anomalies, forecasting trends, and ensuring smooth operations. Running these models at the edge facilitates local data processing, low latency, and resilience against connectivity issues, enabling seamless operations in distributed environments. In this immersive workshop, gain hands-on experience deploying pre-trained ML models and fine-tuned small large language models (LLMs) on AWS Outposts servers at edge locations. Discover how these models can identify anomalies, forecast trends, and provide real-time assistance, supporting data-driven decisions and smoothing operations. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Hybrid Cloud
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -24349,7 +24349,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Cyber resilience: Implementing data vaults to mitigate risks
 2. Session Code: SEC340
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: How can you ensure that your mission-critical assets are accessible, recoverable, and resilient in the face of a cybersecurity incident? This chalk talk provides comprehensive strategies to enhance your data protection and recovery capabilities. Explore robust data vault architectures and how they can help you meet stringent regulatory requirements from the Bank of England, New York Department for Financial Services, and Hong Kong Monetary Authority. Learn system design principles to improve recoverability and business continuity, empowering you and your organization to bolster operational resilience.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -24386,7 +24386,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Danske Bank's cloud-powered transformation: A European innovator
 2. Session Code: INO113
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to deep dive into Danske Bank's remarkable digital transformation journey. Hear from the bank's group COO how the company leveraged AWS to build a robust, scalable, and intelligent data infrastructure—pioneering generative AI to support financial advisors, so they could spend their time on value-added services while slashing by 50% the migration of 1,000 applications from its private cloud to AWS. This session will also unpack the cultural and organizational transformation that has differentiated Danske Bank by fostering a culture of innovation that relentlessly pursues a holistic, cloud-based approach to digital reinvention.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Migration and Modernization
@@ -24415,7 +24415,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data Bridge: How Netflix simplifies data movement
 2. Session Code: NFX304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Netflix relies on data for decisions, requiring integration from numerous datastores. Historically, various systems managed this data movement, which created challenges in tool selection, usability improvements, secure access, and governance. This complexity hindered meeting service-level agreements and operational support. In this session, hear about Netflix's solution to these issues: Data Bridge. It is a low-code/no-code abstraction that provides a simple API and UI for data movement, centralizes insights, enforces policies, and improves operations. Learn about Netflix's data movement landscape and Data Bridge's techniques, operational insights, and future plans.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, End-User Computing
@@ -24447,13 +24447,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Data-driven sustainability with AWS
 2. Session Code: SUS201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many AWS customers are working through core sustainability challenges such as reducing emissions, optimizing supply chains, and reducing waste. However, some face challenges such as data availability, manual data collection processes, and a lack of data standardization. In this session, learn about Sustainability Data Fabric (SDF), which provides best practices for streamlined enterprise data management, prioritizing data quality, security, cataloging, and data governance. Also hear from AWS customer Cargill, who shares their data journey and how they built Jarvis, which helps optimization of carbon emissions associated with ocean transportation and uses gen AI to enable faster decision-making.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Sustainability
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 1:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -24477,7 +24477,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data engineering for ML and AI with AWS analytics
 2. Session Code: ANT405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The performance and accuracy of AI and ML systems directly depend on the quality, relevance, and integrity of the training data. Data engineering plays a crucial role in ensuring high-quality data is available, accessible, and usable for successful AI and ML implementations, allowing models to learn, reason, and act effectively. This session explores how AWS analytics provides complete engineering solutions for ingesting, storing, processing, and integrating data for AI and ML applications, addressing challenges such as cleaning and transforming real-time data streams, ingesting, integrating, and storing data from diverse sources into a unified view with orchestrated scalability.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Architecture
@@ -24506,10 +24506,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Data foundation in the age of generative AI
 2. Session Code: ANT302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: An unparalleled level of interest in generative AI is driving organizations of all sizes to rethink their data strategy. While there is a need for data foundation constructs such as data pipelines, data architectures, data stores, and data governance to evolve, there are also business elements that need to stay constant such as organizations wanting to be cost-efficient while efficiently collaborating across their data estate. In this session, learn how laying your data foundation on AWS provides the guidance and the building blocks to balance both needs and empowers organizations to grow their data strategy for building generative AI applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -24543,10 +24543,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Data foundations and Amazon Q for Business generative AI workshop [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: PEX302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Successful generative AI projects are built on solid data foundations that include data quality, data privacy, and data governance tools and techniques. Join this workshop to get hands-on experience building a chatbot for a regulated scenario, such as health care and life sciences. Gain insights on data enrichment and cataloging tools, and expose your chatbot to customer interaction with Amazon Q for Business. You must bring your laptop to participate. This workshop is intended for AWS Partners.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -24554,7 +24554,7 @@
    - Governance, Risk, and Compliance
    - Partner Enablement
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -24574,13 +24574,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Data foundations and Amazon Q for Business generative AI workshop [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: PEX302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Successful generative AI projects are built on solid data foundations that include data quality, data privacy, and data governance tools and techniques. Join this workshop to get hands-on experience building a chatbot for a regulated scenario, such as health care and life sciences. Gain insights on data enrichment and cataloging tools, and expose your chatbot to customer interaction with Amazon Q for Business. You must bring your laptop to participate. This workshop is intended for AWS Partners.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI, Governance, Risk, and Compliance, Partner Enablement
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06, 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -24600,7 +24600,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data governance with AWS analytics [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT413-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, dive deep into data governance with AWS analytics, exploring the capabilities of Amazon DataZone. Discover how to establish robust data governance practices through comprehensive data discovery, cataloging, and lineage tracking. Gain insights into implementing fine-grained access control mechanisms, enabling secure and controlled data access within data mesh reference architectures. Learn about key strategies and best practices for ensuring data integrity, compliance, and effective data management across your organization. Unlock the full potential of your data assets while maintaining governance standards, empowering data-driven decision-making and fostering a culture of trust and transparency.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -24631,7 +24631,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data governance with AWS analytics [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT413-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, dive deep into data governance with AWS analytics, exploring the capabilities of Amazon DataZone. Discover how to establish robust data governance practices through comprehensive data discovery, cataloging, and lineage tracking. Gain insights into implementing fine-grained access control mechanisms, enabling secure and controlled data access within data mesh reference architectures. Learn about key strategies and best practices for ensuring data integrity, compliance, and effective data management across your organization. Unlock the full potential of your data assets while maintaining governance standards, empowering data-driven decision-making and fostering a culture of trust and transparency.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -24663,7 +24663,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data integration with AWS Glue and Amazon MWAA
 2. Session Code: ANT411
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Analytics professionals are tasked with integrating data from distributed systems (data lakes, data warehouses, search, NoSQL, machine learning, and more) to create better, secure, and cost-optimized experiences for their customers. They are looking for serverless tools and solutions to connect, process, and catalog data. Join this chalk talk to learn how to use AWS Glue, Amazon MWAA, Amazon Athena, and other AWS services to build a data integration strategy and to orchestrate data pipelines.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -24671,7 +24671,7 @@
    - Modernization
    - Monitoring and Observability
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -24693,7 +24693,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data modeling core concepts for Amazon DynamoDB
 2. Session Code: DAT305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to learn the core concepts of Amazon DynamoDB data modeling. Explore best practices for common access patterns used by DynamoDB customers for applications that need consistent, fast performance at any scale. Developers experienced with DynamoDB can learn best practices and trade-offs to make when deciding on single-table and multi-table designs, indexing strategies, and more.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -24722,10 +24722,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Data models for Amazon Neptune using gen AI and diagram-as-code tools
 2. Session Code: DAT310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to use generative AI and diagram-as-code tools for rapid graph data modeling. Discover how to create an initial graph data model capturing essential objects and relationships that also meets specific criteria, such as being researched, answering queries, and avoiding implementation lock-in. A well-designed data model in Amazon Neptune is crucial for efficient querying and project success. This approach enables data architects, even those unfamiliar with graph modeling, to overcome the initial hurdles and deliver a design that the team can rally around.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -24753,7 +24753,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data on AWS: The key to success for 3 AI innovators
 2. Session Code: STG208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations are revolutionizing how they use data to make decisions. In this customer session, learn from Anthropic, Bria AI, and Canva about how they built and manage scalable and cost-efficient data foundations to train their generative AI models on AWS. Explore their architectural approaches, design patterns, and best practices for optimizing performance to scale to high levels of aggregate throughput, to manage metadata catalogs across large data estates, and to store AI-generated content responsibly. Gain insights into integrating data environments with containerized applications, data preparation at scale, data loading and checkpointing techniques, and building generative AI responsibly.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Storage
@@ -24784,7 +24784,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data perimeter challenge [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Build actual data perimeter policies in real time based on provided requirements. Test that your policies work with an assessment tool that evaluates if you've effectively completed the data perimeter requirement. Leave this builders' session understanding the tools that are available for you to ensure that only trusted identities are accessing trusted resources from expected networks. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -24818,7 +24818,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data perimeter challenge [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC307-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Build actual data perimeter policies in real time based on provided requirements. Test that your policies work with an assessment tool that evaluates if you've effectively completed the data perimeter requirement. Leave this builders' session understanding the tools that are available for you to ensure that only trusted identities are accessing trusted resources from expected networks. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -24851,7 +24851,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data perimeter challenge [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC307-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Build actual data perimeter policies in real time based on provided requirements. Test that your policies work with an assessment tool that evaluates if you've effectively completed the data perimeter requirement. Leave this builders' session understanding the tools that are available for you to ensure that only trusted identities are accessing trusted resources from expected networks. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -24884,17 +24884,17 @@
 
 1. Title: Data preparation authoring with AWS Glue Studio
 2. Session Code: ANT320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk covers the new no-code data preparation user experience for business users, data engineers, and data analysts with AWS Glue Studio Visual ETL. With the help of demonstrations, examples and interactive discussions, it dives into the intricacies of visually cleaning, transforming, and preparing data for analytics and machine learning. Additionally, it explores visual flow-based views to define connections to the data and set the ordering of the data flow process. Join this talk to learn how you can prepare data at scale without the need to write any code.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
    - Modernization
    - Innovation and Transformation
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 2:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -24915,7 +24915,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data privacy in generative AI applications with AWS Nitro Enclaves
 2. Session Code: CMP402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn the various ways that AWS Nitro Enclaves can help improve the security of LLM-based applications by protecting sensitive data and models while they are being used. Having a background in application development, systems administration, and information security is not required but is recommended. This workshop is ideal for data engineers, machine learning engineers, cloud architects, security professionals, and other IT professionals. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -24940,10 +24940,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Data protection and application recovery strategies for ransomware
 2. Session Code: STG412
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ransomware events continue to dominate the headlines. These business interruptions occur when threat actors gain unauthorized access to critical business data and then encrypt it. They then demand a ransom in order for organizations to regain access to the affected data. Without proper data protection techniques, an organization might fail to recover from a ransomware event. In this chalk talk, learn about data protection mechanisms you can use to protect your business-critical data on AWS against ransomware events. Also, discover first-response strategies to rapidly restore your critical data during a ransomware event.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -24976,10 +24976,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Data protection and resilience with AWS storage
 2. Session Code: STG301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data continues to be one of the world's most valuable resources. Data protection and resilience are critical to business success, helping to keep workflows running and allow business recovery from data loss events such as unplanned outages, natural disasters, and ransomware. Join this session to dive deep on how AWS storage offers organizations defense-in-depth data protection and resilience for application data across recovery point and time objectives, helping to mitigate risks with immutable solutions, restore testing, policy-based access controls, encryption, and auditing and reporting.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -25014,10 +25014,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Data protection and risk assessment
 2. Session Code: SEC201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this workshop to learn how to simplify selecting the right tools to mitigate your data protection risks while reducing costs. Follow the data protection lifecycle by conducting a risk assessment, selecting the effective controls to mitigate those risks, deploying and configuring AWS services to implement those controls, and performing continuous monitoring for audits. Leave knowing how to apply the right controls to mitigate your business risk using AWS advanced services for encryption, permissions, and multi-party processing. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Data Protection
@@ -25046,7 +25046,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Data resiliency with AWS Storage
 2. Session Code: STG413
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data resiliency is the ability of an organization to continue business operations in case of unexpected disruptions that directly impact data availability. This chalk talk dives deep into the benefits, capabilities, and top design patterns using AWS Storage to deliver resiliency. Explore how to use native capabilities to improve your organization's resiliency posture.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -25173,7 +25173,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Decomposing monolithic databases for scalability and agility [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MAM317-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the cloud-centered era, monolithic databases are becoming increasingly challenging to scale and maintain as applications grow in complexity. The traditional monolithic approach can hinder performance, resilience, and agility, acting as a bottleneck for modern applications. Join this chalk talk to explore strategies for decomposing a monolithic database into a distributed, scalable architecture leveraging AWS services. Discuss techniques for breaking down data domains, implementing event-driven architectures, and utilizing managed services like Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon ElastiCache. Also, learn best practices for data interfacing, database splitting, aggregation exposition, and data synchronization to keep the application responsive while increasing the modularity and decoupling of the database.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases, Migration and Modernization
@@ -25202,7 +25202,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Decomposing monolithic databases for scalability and agility [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MAM317-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the cloud-centered era, monolithic databases are becoming increasingly challenging to scale and maintain as applications grow in complexity. The traditional monolithic approach can hinder performance, resilience, and agility, acting as a bottleneck for modern applications. Join this chalk talk to explore strategies for decomposing a monolithic database into a distributed, scalable architecture leveraging AWS services. Discuss techniques for breaking down data domains, implementing event-driven architectures, and utilizing managed services like Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon ElastiCache. Also, learn best practices for data interfacing, database splitting, aggregation exposition, and data synchronization to keep the application responsive while increasing the modularity and decoupling of the database.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases, Migration and Modernization
@@ -25231,7 +25231,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Decoupling your data-driven applications with Amazon EventBridge Pipes [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API202-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Decoupling services is one of the largest advantages of adopting a modern event-driven architecture, which can improve development agility and operational resilience. In this builders' session, see how different services or even different applications can respond in real time to changes in an Amazon DynamoDB table using Amazon EventBridge Pipes and event buses. Learn to reduce coupling by prioritizing configuration over code, serverless over provisioned services, and generic over service-specific communication. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -25263,7 +25263,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Decoupling your data-driven applications with Amazon EventBridge Pipes [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API202-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Decoupling services is one of the largest advantages of adopting a modern event-driven architecture, which can improve development agility and operational resilience. In this builders' session, see how different services or even different applications can respond in real time to changes in an Amazon DynamoDB table using Amazon EventBridge Pipes and event buses. Learn to reduce coupling by prioritizing configuration over code, serverless over provisioned services, and generic over service-specific communication. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -25294,7 +25294,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Decoupling your data-driven applications with Amazon EventBridge Pipes [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API202-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Decoupling services is one of the largest advantages of adopting a modern event-driven architecture, which can improve development agility and operational resilience. In this builders' session, see how different services or even different applications can respond in real time to changes in an Amazon DynamoDB table using Amazon EventBridge Pipes and event buses. Learn to reduce coupling by prioritizing configuration over code, serverless over provisioned services, and generic over service-specific communication. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -25326,7 +25326,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive into Amazon Aurora and its innovations
 2. Session Code: DAT405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With an innovative architecture that decouples compute from storage and advanced features like Global Database and low-latency read replicas, Amazon Aurora reimagines what it means to be a relational database. Aurora is a modern database service offering unparalleled performance and high availability at scale with full open source MySQL and PostgreSQL compatibility. In this session, dive deep into the most exciting new features that Aurora offers, including Aurora Limitless Database, Aurora I/O-Optimized, Aurora zero-ETL integration with Amazon Redshift, and Aurora Serverless v2. Additionally, learn how the addition of the pgvector extension allows for the storage of vector embeddings and support of vector similarity searches for generative AI.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -25357,7 +25357,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive into Amazon DocumentDB and its innovations
 2. Session Code: DAT324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a fully managed native JSON document database that makes it easy and cost-effective to operate critical document workloads at virtually any scale without managing infrastructure. In this session, take a deep dive into the most exciting new features Amazon DocumentDB offers including global cluster failover, global cluster switchover, compression, and the latest query APIs. Learn how the implementation of these features in your organization can improve resilience, performance, and the effectiveness of your applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -25384,7 +25384,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive into Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integrations
 2. Session Code: DAT348
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon DynamoDB is a serverless, NoSQL, fully managed database with single-digit millisecond performance at any scale. DynamoDB lends itself to easy integration with several other AWS services. In this session, dive deep into zero-ETL integrations between Amazon DynamoDB and other AWS services such as Amazon OpenSearch Service and Amazon Redshift. Learn from our experts how these integrations can reduce operational burden and cost, enabling you to focus on creating value from data, instead of preparing data for analysis.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
@@ -25410,10 +25410,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive into Amazon ECS resilience and availability
 2. Session Code: SVS409
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Every application architecture relies on underlying infrastructure, and many choose Amazon ECS as the foundation to build upon. Do you know how Amazon ECS is built? What design considerations were taken while building the service? How Amazon ECS can help you minimize an outage? In this session, learn how Amazon ECS can help you address your requirements for running resilient and reliable applications in the cloud. Dive deep into how Amazon ECS service architecture, design, and operational practices provide a secure and resilient foundation for your applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -25442,13 +25442,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive into Claude 3.5: Unlocking AI potential on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV336-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this in-depth, technical chalk talk to explore the capabilities of Claude 3.5, the latest advancement in AI from Anthropic, and how to use it on AWS using Amazon Bedrock. This talk covers the advanced reasoning capabilities, prompt engineering techniques, and empirical evaluations of Claude 3.5. It also delves into best practices for prompt engineering, and how to optimize agents to advance Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) within your AWS environment. Whether you're an AI practitioner or an enterprise architect, leave this talk equipped with the knowledge to harness the full potential of Claude 3.5 for enhanced AI workflows on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
    - Data Scientist
    - Developer / Engineer
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
@@ -25470,7 +25470,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive into Claude 3.5: Unlocking AI potential on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV336-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this in-depth, technical chalk talk to explore the capabilities of Claude 3.5, the latest advancement in AI from Anthropic, and how to use it on AWS using Amazon Bedrock. This talk covers the advanced reasoning capabilities, prompt engineering techniques, and empirical evaluations of Claude 3.5. It also delves into best practices for prompt engineering, and how to optimize agents to advance Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) within your AWS environment. Whether you're an AI practitioner or an enterprise architect, leave this talk equipped with the knowledge to harness the full potential of Claude 3.5 for enhanced AI workflows on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -25498,10 +25498,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive into data resilience techniques on Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG363
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data is your most valuable asset, and Amazon S3 is a secure, private, and encrypted place to store your data. With 11 nines of data durability, S3 provides a strong foundation for data protection that you can augment with a robust set of data protection features that allow you to safeguard your data with confidence. In this chalk talk, learn how you can ensure your data is protected and recoverable from accidents, natural disasters, and malicious activity with comprehensive data protection measures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -25535,10 +25535,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive into generative AI and AWS networking
 2. Session Code: NET206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI is poised to revolutionize the business landscape, transforming the way companies operate, innovate, and engage with customers. Join this chalk talk to leverage this transformative technology to build and enhance your AWS network infrastructure. The session discusses how to build a highly performant, scalable, and cost-effective network infrastructure for your generative AI applications. Bring your questions and gain practical insights as we deep dive into the full potential of gen AI, leaving you equipped to harness this cutting-edge technology and apply it as you build your future-ready networks.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -25570,7 +25570,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive into third generation AWS Nitro SSDs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP334-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn about AWS Nitro SSDs. Discover how AWS Nitro SSDs are different than other commercially available SSDs and see how AWS Nitro SSDs can benefit you. Dive deep into AWS Nitro System's leading architecture, third generation Nitro SSD performance, and the benefits for different data-intensive workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -25597,7 +25597,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive into third generation AWS Nitro SSDs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP334-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn about AWS Nitro SSDs. Discover how AWS Nitro SSDs are different than other commercially available SSDs and see how AWS Nitro SSDs can benefit you. Dive deep into AWS Nitro System's leading architecture, third generation Nitro SSD performance, and the benefits for different data-intensive workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -25625,7 +25625,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive on Amazon Neptune and its innovations
 2. Session Code: DAT317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With an innovative architecture, a broad choice of graph data models and query languages, and advanced features like Neptune Serverless, global databases, low-latency read replicas, and in-memory graph computing, Amazon Neptune makes it easier to obtain connected data insights for use cases like knowledge graphs, customer 360, fraud, and security. In this session, dive deep on exciting features in Neptune including serverless and in-memory processing, multi-Region availability, and I/O-optimized storage. Also learn about the latest performance innovations and advanced topics for query optimization and rewriting to optimize for performance, which give you the background to solve different technical and operational challenges.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -25661,7 +25661,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deep dive on AWS hybrid and edge networking architectures
 2. Session Code: HYB302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Whether you're using AWS Outposts or AWS Local Zones to extend an AWS Region, there are important decisions to make about networking, including how to connect Outposts back to a Region, operate VPC networking with your on-premises environment, and connect your on-premises environment to an AWS Local Zone. This chalk talk covers how you can tether Outposts to a Region with private or public connectivity, what your BGP architecture should be for on-premises connectivity, how you can stretch services across two Outposts to build a resilient simulacrum of a Multi-AZ regional design, and connectivity options for AWS Local Zones.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Hybrid Cloud, Migration and Modernization
@@ -25693,7 +25693,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deepfake destroyer: The battle to save our identity! [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD207-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Deepfakes have exploded within the digital scene and it's up to us to fight them! As a digital detective, identify the devious deepfakes lurking among the authentic videos and get ready to dive into a variety of thematic missions from unmasking celebrity scandals to exposing social media propaganda. As the clock ticks down, keep your eyes peeled and your mouse hand steady. With each click, you'll be one step closer to unmasking the imposter videos and proving your mastery over malicious machine manipulation. Do you have what it takes to be crowned the ultimate deepfake destroyer?
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -25723,7 +25723,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deepfake destroyer: The battle to save our identity! [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD207-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Deepfakes have exploded within the digital scene and it's up to us to fight them! As a digital detective, identify the devious deepfakes lurking among the authentic videos and get ready to dive into a variety of thematic missions from unmasking celebrity scandals to exposing social media propaganda. As the clock ticks down, keep your eyes peeled and your mouse hand steady. With each click, you'll be one step closer to unmasking the imposter videos and proving your mastery over malicious machine manipulation. Do you have what it takes to be crowned the ultimate deepfake destroyer?
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -25769,7 +25769,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - DevOps Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cybersecurity concepts, particularly anomaly detection.
@@ -25793,7 +25793,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Defending the realm adventure game [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD216-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Welcome to the world of cloud computing with AWS services that challenge you to become a cloud computing expert. Become immersed in a world through interactive challenges and real-world scenarios, navigating the labyrinth of gen AI and AWS services, and leveraging AI-driven insights to emerge victorious. This engaging experience equips you to confidently navigate the AWS cloud with a blend of entertainment and interactive learning.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -25820,7 +25820,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Defending the realm adventure game [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD216-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Welcome to the world of cloud computing with AWS services that challenge you to become a cloud computing expert. Become immersed in a world through interactive challenges and real-world scenarios, navigating the labyrinth of gen AI and AWS services, and leveraging AI-driven insights to emerge victorious. This engaging experience equips you to confidently navigate the AWS cloud with a blend of entertainment and interactive learning.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -25847,7 +25847,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Define your next $1B opportunity with generative AI and work backwards
 2. Session Code: INO102
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This collaborative workshop is for business and technical leaders who want to understand and experience Amazon's customer-centric approach to innovation. The content is inspired by Amazon's Working Backwards process—the same innovation mechanism used to develop products and services such as AWS, Amazon Prime, Amazon Kindle, Amazon Echo, Amazon Alexa, and Amazon Go. The workshop features activities that demonstrate the power of generative AI in the context of product innovation. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, New to AWS
@@ -25908,7 +25908,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Degas uses generative AI on AWS to help smallholder farmers in Ghana [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AES303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Degas Ltd., a Japanese agri-fintech startup, uses AWS generative AI to help millions of smallholder farmers in Africa mitigate climate change impacts. Learn about how Degas developed a large language model–based advisor chatbot built on Amazon Bedrock that empowers field agents and smallholder farmers in Ghana with more sustainable agriculture practices, increases income, and scales global decarbonization. In this compelling chalk talk, discover Degas Ltd.'s innovative use of Retrieval Augmented Generation to promote regenerative agriculture practices.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -25937,7 +25937,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deliver business insight with SAP and AWS data and analytics services
 2. Session Code: MAM319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Leading SAP customers are leveraging generative AI with SAP and non-SAP data to unlock business insights, improve real-time visibility, and drive better business decisions. In this interactive session, discover how to seamlessly access enterprise data from SAP and other sources that aligns with your data strategy by utilizing solutions from AWS, SAP, and ISVs. Learn how to use AWS generative AI capabilities to summarize data, analyze trends, and engage in dialogue around your unique enterprise data for informed decision-making.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -25975,10 +25975,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Delivering low-latency applications at the edge
 2. Session Code: HYB307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS hybrid and edge services extend AWS from Regions and Availability Zones to local metros, on premises, and the far edge, bringing AWS closer to your end users and workloads. In this session, learn how you can run latency-sensitive applications in more locations around the world with AWS Local Zones, AWS Wavelength Zones, AWS Outposts, and the AWS Snow Family. Discover how organizations are deploying applications that require single-digit millisecond latencies across media and entertainment content creation, cybersecurity, digital advertising, healthcare research, high-frequency stock trading, virtual reality technology, and more.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -26011,7 +26011,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deliver new customer experiences with AWS Marketplace APIs
 2. Session Code: PEX102
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cloud marketplaces offer customers the ability to find, try, and buy solutions fast, and it's important for your operations to keep up as you scale. In this session, learn how sellers can drive efficiencies when managing their AWS Marketplace transactions for products, offers, and subscriptions using APIs. To deliver more value to customers, discover how you can use AWS Marketplace APIs to build new experiences for customers on your own web properties, streamlining the discovery and buying process.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: New to AWS
@@ -26024,7 +26024,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing and cloud marketplaces.
     2. Basic knowledge of AWS Marketplace and its offerings.
@@ -26045,7 +26045,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deliver new customer experiences with AWS Marketplace APIs
 2. Session Code: PEX221
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cloud marketplaces offer customers the ability to find, try, and buy solutions fast, and it's important for your operations to keep up as you scale. In this session, learn how sellers can drive efficiencies when managing their AWS Marketplace transactions for products, offers, and subscriptions using APIs. To deliver more value to customers, discover how you can use AWS Marketplace APIs to build new experiences for customers on your own web properties, streamlining the discovery and buying process.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -26076,10 +26076,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Deliver performance at scale with Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG338
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With Amazon S3, your applications can scale to millions of transactions per second (TPS) and achieve terabits per second of throughput. In this chalk talk, explore how Amazon S3 delivers predictable, high-throughput, and low-latency object storage for your most performance-critical workloads. Learn about Amazon S3 performance characteristics so you can tailor your storage performance to the needs of your applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -26108,7 +26108,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deliver reliable generative AI mobile apps: A testing architecture
 2. Session Code: FWM201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, discover how you can harness the power of AWS Device Farm to transform your mobile testing strategy. Adobe shares how they used Device Farm to build a standardized and scalable mobile testing framework for testing their generative AI–enabled apps. Learn how to: test across a range of iOS and Android devices without having or managing physical devices; reduce onboarding time for new applications in your testing pipeline; and gain insights into app functionality, performance, and resource usage.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -26136,7 +26136,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deliver ROI for your customers' generative AI application
 2. Session Code: PEX209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, watch an introduction to the components of developing a comprehensive ROI analysis for your customer's generative AI applications on AWS. Hear a discussion on the strategic, design, and operational considerations and the best practices that can make an impact on the ROI. This session also includes a walkthrough of specific examples leveraging the ROI tools available to AWS partners through the Generative AI Center of Excellence.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -26172,10 +26172,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Democratize generative AI data access without compromising on security [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT332-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building a generative AI application requires a seamlessly integrated centralized service for data governance and access controls. Using Amazon DataZone, organizations can maintain robust data governance and security access controls to make their data securely available for generative AI projects across business teams. Join this chalk talk to learn how Amazon DataZone enables data asset discovery through comprehensive metadata descriptions, data quality metrics, and lineage reporting. This talk also covers automated infrastructure provisioning, end-to-end auditing, and access grants for managed Amazon Redshift assets.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -26206,10 +26206,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Democratize generative AI data access without compromising on security [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT332-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building a generative AI application requires a seamlessly integrated centralized service for data governance and access controls. Using Amazon DataZone, organizations can maintain robust data governance and security access controls to make their data securely available for generative AI projects across business teams. Join this chalk talk to learn how Amazon DataZone enables data asset discovery through comprehensive metadata descriptions, data quality metrics, and lineage reporting. This talk also covers automated infrastructure provisioning, end-to-end auditing, and access grants for managed Amazon Redshift assets.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -26240,7 +26240,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Democratizing access to higher education for 1.2 million students
 2. Session Code: WPS319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session demonstrates how the AWS platform was essential to supporting the Unified Selection System (SiSU), enabling 1.27 million students to apply for 460,000 vacancies at 127 public institutions digitally. Understand how the Brazilian Ministry of Education and AWS collaborated to help students gain admission to public higher education institutions in the country, increasing price/performance efficiency and resulting in zero availability issues or infrastructure incidents.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Migration and Modernization
@@ -26271,10 +26271,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Democratizing live television broadcasting with cloud technology
 2. Session Code: MAE306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Take a look behind the scenes at how AWS is combining industry-specific expertise and technology to lower the barrier of entry to running cloud-based media workflows. This chalk talk covers the evolution of live broadcast system deployment and management on AWS, from the initial steps of ClickOps system deployment to modern API-driven orchestration of cloud-based television production facilities. Learn what architectural patterns work best in the cloud and how the broad AWS Partner ecosystem can complement AWS services for a complete workflow.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -26308,7 +26308,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Demystify and democratize access to your data with a business catalog
 2. Session Code: ANT202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Understanding your data in context means that all users can discover and comprehend the meaning of their data so they can use it confidently to drive business value. With a centralized data catalog, data can be found easily, data quality can be quantified and tracked with lineage, access permissions can be requested and provisioned, and data can be used to make business decisions. In this session, learn how Amazon DataZone, AWS Glue Data Catalog, and AWS Lake Formation help you build a catalog accessible to all of your data marketplace users.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -26341,7 +26341,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Demystifying Amazon ECS deployments for secure and automated releases [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When running containerized applications on Amazon ECS, operations teams need to ensure that new software releases are rolled out safely with the ability to try out new releases and to quickly restore a service to a last known stable state. Join this workshop to gain hands-on experience with Amazon ECS deployment strategies. Dive deep into the different approaches, and learn how they can be automated as part of a CI/CD pipeline. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -26375,7 +26375,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Demystifying Amazon ECS deployments for secure and automated releases [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When running containerized applications on Amazon ECS, operations teams need to ensure that new software releases are rolled out safely with the ability to try out new releases and to quickly restore a service to a last known stable state. Join this workshop to gain hands-on experience with Amazon ECS deployment strategies. Dive deep into the different approaches, and learn how they can be automated as part of a CI/CD pipeline. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -26406,10 +26406,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Demystifying containers on AWS: What's right for you?
 2. Session Code: DEV307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session dives into the details of running containers on AWS and the nuances that will affect which service you choose. Receive advice on when it is time to migrate to a different service, as well as the trade-offs between cost, complexity, and knowledge, in order to find the best combination for your use case. The session is hands-on and demo-driven to show how you can quickly test out the different options for yourself and decide which approach is best for you.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -26442,10 +26442,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Demystifying LLM deployment and optimization with AWS Inferentia [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP307-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Large language models (LLMs) show remarkable impact in a wide range of applications, but they pose significant cost and deployment challenges at scale. In this workshop, explore best practices for efficient LLM deployment using AWS Inferentia2-based Amazon EC2 Inf2 instances to maximize performance and lower costs. Learn review techniques like continuous batching, paged attention, flash attention, and others, and walk through serving libraries such as Hugging Face TGI and vLLM. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -26476,7 +26476,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Demystifying LLM deployment and optimization with AWS Inferentia [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Large language models (LLMs) show remarkable impact in a wide range of applications, but they pose significant cost and deployment challenges at scale. In this workshop, explore best practices for efficient LLM deployment using AWS Inferentia2-based Amazon EC2 Inf2 instances to maximize performance and lower costs. Learn review techniques like continuous batching, paged attention, flash attention, and others, and walk through serving libraries such as Hugging Face TGI and vLLM. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -26503,7 +26503,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Demystifying LLMs with your AWS DeepRacer know-how [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DPR101-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building on AWS DeepRacer foundations, learn fine-tuning and pre-training techniques that use AWS managed services like Amazon SageMaker Jumpstart and Amazon Bedrock. Discover how smaller, fine-tuned large language models (LLMs) can outperform bigger models in solving diverse tasks. Develop crucial fit-for-purpose AI-customization skills that are essential to prepare you for an AI-driven future of work and innovation. Explore dataset preparation, model tuning, hyperparameter optimization, and evaluation. Fostering team-building and democratizing machine learning, this workshop is designed for both technical and nontechnical audiences and is accessible to anyone who wants to improve their generative AI skills. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -26535,7 +26535,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Demystifying LLMs with your AWS DeepRacer know-how [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DPR101-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building on AWS DeepRacer foundations, learn fine-tuning and pre-training techniques that use AWS managed services like Amazon SageMaker Jumpstart and Amazon Bedrock. Discover how smaller, fine-tuned large language models (LLMs) can outperform bigger models in solving diverse tasks. Develop crucial fit-for-purpose AI-customization skills that are essential to prepare you for an AI-driven future of work and innovation. Explore dataset preparation, model tuning, hyperparameter optimization, and evaluation. Fostering team-building and democratizing machine learning, this workshop is designed for both technical and nontechnical audiences and is accessible to anyone who wants to improve their generative AI skills. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -26565,7 +26565,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Demystifying SaaS networking, connectivity, and routing strategies
 2. Session Code: SAS310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SaaS applications are often required to support a variety of personas/tiers. Supporting these varied experiences requires a more distributed multi-tenant architecture model, where tenants/tiers may have dedicated resources. This chalk talk explores different architecture patterns, technologies, and strategies that are used to route requests to per-tenant/tier infrastructure. It covers a wider range of routing considerations, including domain and data-driven routing, and how connectivity options like Amazon Route 53, Amazon CloudFront, APIs, and AWS PrivateLink affect your routing strategy. The goal is to review the strengths and limitations of each option, helping you identify the strategy that best addresses your needs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Networking
@@ -26623,7 +26623,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploy artificial intelligence architectures in AWS GovCloud (US)
 2. Session Code: WPS316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Artificial intelligence, particularly generative AI, positions agencies, integrators, and partners to enhance the impact of their missions. This chalk talk explains best practices to deploy Amazon Bedrock Guardrails using models from Meta and Anthropic, as well as best practices for deploying Amazon SageMaker Studio with third-party models in AWS GovCloud (US). This talk also covers responsible innovation through experimentation, testing, and deploying while aligning with the White House Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence. Learn the AWS GovCloud (US) AI capabilities and how to deploy in an enterprise environment responsibly.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -26652,7 +26652,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploy foundation models on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod for inference [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM367-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With Amazon EKS support in Amazon SageMaker HyperPod, users can deploy foundation models for inference on a performant and resilient cluster. They can leverage state-of-the-art model servers in SageMaker and an ecosystem of Kubernetes tools. For critical workloads, SageMaker HyperPod automatically replaces faulty nodes, ensuring uninterrupted end-user experience. Additionally, SageMaker HyperPod optimizes cluster utilization by efficiently sharing resources between inference and training workloads, reducing costs by maximizing capacity usage around the clock. In this chalk talk, learn how to deploy inference workloads on SageMaker HyperPod, and discover its operational efficiencies like maintaining up-to-date frameworks, libraries, and implementing rolling updates to minimize downtime.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -26685,7 +26685,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploy foundation models on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod for inference [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM367-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With Amazon EKS support in Amazon SageMaker HyperPod, users can deploy foundation models for inference on a performant and resilient cluster. They can leverage state-of-the-art model servers in SageMaker and an ecosystem of Kubernetes tools. For critical workloads, SageMaker HyperPod automatically replaces faulty nodes, ensuring uninterrupted end-user experience. Additionally, SageMaker HyperPod optimizes cluster utilization by efficiently sharing resources between inference and training workloads, reducing costs by maximizing capacity usage around the clock. In this chalk talk, learn how to deploy inference workloads on SageMaker HyperPod, and discover its operational efficiencies like maintaining up-to-date frameworks, libraries, and implementing rolling updates to minimize downtime.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -26747,7 +26747,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploying Amazon EKS clusters from the cloud to the edge [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HYB313-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive deep into the strategies to minimize latency and enhance performance of distributed applications leveraging Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) across Regions, AWS Local Zones, and AWS Outposts. This chalk talk covers deploying an application based on a real-world scenario to an EKS cluster, demonstrating the seamless integration of Outposts and Local Zones, while maintaining a unified control plane. By exploring real-world use cases and best practices, gain practical insights into architecting resilient and scalable applications across distributed environments. This talk aligns to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, empowering you to optimize AWS deployments for consistency and security.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Hybrid Cloud, Kubernetes
@@ -26776,7 +26776,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploying Amazon EKS clusters from the cloud to the edge [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HYB313-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive deep into the strategies to minimize latency and enhance performance of distributed applications leveraging Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) across Regions, AWS Local Zones, and AWS Outposts. This chalk talk covers deploying an application based on a real-world scenario to an EKS cluster, demonstrating the seamless integration of Outposts and Local Zones, while maintaining a unified control plane. By exploring real-world use cases and best practices, gain practical insights into architecting resilient and scalable applications across distributed environments. This talk aligns to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, empowering you to optimize AWS deployments for consistency and security.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Hybrid Cloud, Kubernetes
@@ -26806,7 +26806,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploying Amazon S3 in multiple Regions to support global applications
 2. Session Code: STG342
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon S3 Multi-Region Access Points provide a single global endpoint to access datasets that span multiple S3 buckets in different AWS Regions. This allows you to build multi-Region applications with the same simple architecture used in a single Region and then run those applications anywhere in the world. In this chalk talk, learn how you can scale your existing S3 data stack to multiple AWS Regions and clients across the globe.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Storage, Networking
@@ -26833,7 +26833,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploying an MES in the cloud or at the edge on AWS Outposts
 2. Session Code: MFG310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Manufacturers today are looking at how the cloud can provide flexibility and resilience, as well as reduce cost for their production critical systems. Manufacturing execution system (MES) can be deployed in the cloud or for manufacturers who need low latency or have limited bandwidth on an AWS Outpost running at the edge. In this chalk talk, deep dive into the architectural patterns for deploying a MES system on AWS and on an AWS Outpost, including network topology and connectivity. This talk also walks through the reference architecture for running Siemens Opcenter Execution on AWS in general and on AWS Outposts in particular.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Migration and Modernization
@@ -26864,10 +26864,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploying automotive workloads on the AWS and China partitions
 2. Session Code: AUT308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk outlines how automotive companies can migrate cloud-native development platforms from the AWS partition to the AWS China partition, referencing the successful migration of BMW's autonomous driving (AD) platform as an example. This talk outlines the technical and organizational challenges that can be expected, as well as the tools to simplify the process. Finally, learn how BMW keeps both the AWS AD and AWS China AD platforms in sync, enabling a cost-effective, long-term operation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -26900,10 +26900,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploying containerized applications with Amazon EBS
 2. Session Code: STG331
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Enterprises running critical applications in Kubernetes use Amazon EBS for its high performance, low latency, and persistence, which ensures data can be re-attached to new containers. This chalk talk explores using the EBS Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver to provision and manage EBS volumes running on Amazon EKS or other Kubernetes managements without having to use APIs specific to AWS. Learn best practices to efficiently manage and scale containerized applications, such as simplifying volume migration and modification to optimize cost performance without downtime. Discover new features and configurations that improve performance, scalability, and monitorability in a Kubernetes environment.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Storage
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Cost Optimization
@@ -26932,10 +26932,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploy LLMs at the edge with AWS IoT [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to deploy offline LLMs and a web portal as AWS IoT Greengrass components. Discover how to synchronize contextual data from private sources or Amazon S3 to build local knowledge bases. Explore Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for more relevant, accurate, and customized responses, and learn how to integrate multimodal local agents for complex edge tasks. This approach unlocks LLM power at the edge, helping ensure data privacy, low latency, and tailored experiences by combining contextual knowledge with edge computing and multimodal agent capabilities. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -26969,7 +26969,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploy LLMs at the edge with AWS IoT [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT307-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to deploy offline LLMs and a web portal as AWS IoT Greengrass components. Discover how to synchronize contextual data from private sources or Amazon S3 to build local knowledge bases. Explore Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for more relevant, accurate, and customized responses, and learn how to integrate multimodal local agents for complex edge tasks. This approach unlocks LLM power at the edge, helping ensure data privacy, low latency, and tailored experiences by combining contextual knowledge with edge computing and multimodal agent capabilities. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
@@ -27004,7 +27004,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploy LLMs at the edge with AWS IoT [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT307-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to deploy offline LLMs and a web portal as AWS IoT Greengrass components. Discover how to synchronize contextual data from private sources or Amazon S3 to build local knowledge bases. Explore Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for more relevant, accurate, and customized responses, and learn how to integrate multimodal local agents for complex edge tasks. This approach unlocks LLM power at the edge, helping ensure data privacy, low latency, and tailored experiences by combining contextual knowledge with edge computing and multimodal agent capabilities. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -27031,10 +27031,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Deployment best practices for reliable rollouts using Amazon ECS
 2. Session Code: SVS340
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's fast-paced software development landscape, development teams need to release updates faster, reduce time to market, and respond more quickly to changes in business requirements and technical dependencies. In this session, learn best practices for how you can ship software faster and with high confidence using Amazon ECS. Explore different approaches for different application types, and learn how they can be automated as part of a CI/CD pipeline.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -27062,10 +27062,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Deploy optimized inference pipelines on Amazon EKS
 2. Session Code: KUB316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Running generative AI apps on Amazon EKS? Learn how to reduce GPU costs, increase application resilience, and future-proof architecture. This session discusses hardware options such as NVIDIA's GPU and AWS Inferentia accelerators, how to benchmark them, and how to gradually migrate. It showcases an image diffusion application deployed on Amazon EKS, powered by Karpenter and scaled by KEDA. The inference application dynamically runs on diverse GPUs and accelerators, and loading the system with 10,000 requests per second on hundreds of accelerators illustrates the power of Kubernetes as an AI/ML inference engine and the cost availability benefits of accelerator diversity.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -27097,7 +27097,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Design an industrial data foundation for generative AI in manufacturing
 2. Session Code: MFG301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk dives deep into the architectural patterns that underpin an industrial data strategy. This foundation is critical to enabling the application of generative AI for use cases such as assisted diagnosis and troubleshooting, advanced quality defect detection, and automated information modeling and digital threads. In addition to sharing and whiteboarding architectural patterns for operational and enterprise data ingestion, data storage and transformation, and contextualization, the talk showcases generative AI manufacturing use cases with live demos and code samples.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -27129,10 +27129,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Design high-performance storage to accelerate ML training and HPC
 2. Session Code: STG343
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this technical discussion about AWS storage services and their importance for machine learning (ML) and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. Explore the architecture and performance characteristics of solutions such as Amazon EFS, Amazon S3, and Amazon FSx, providing insights into their suitability and optimization for diverse ML and HPC applications. Through detailed analysis and use case discussions, learn why storage matters for generative AI/ML and HPC, and how leveraging high-performance storage can enhance the efficiency and scalability of data-intensive workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -27165,7 +27165,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Designing complex authorization systems with Cedar
 2. Session Code: OPN404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Imagine delegating access to your data to multiple devices or individuals, who might do the same to you. Scary? Improbable? It's real for industries like healthcare, where data access extends beyond humans to devices and third parties. Managing authorization becomes complex, making expression, evaluation, and governance tedious. This chalk talk explores how Cedar, an open source language, helps shape models allowing all-party access to sensitive data through impersonation or delegation, with limit of time, and consent to align with privacy-by-design principles. By exploring examples in this talk, developers and architects gain knowledge to build secure, compliant, and trusted authorization systems.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -27197,7 +27197,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Designing generative AI workloads for resilience
 2. Session Code: COP332
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Resilience plays a pivotal role in the development of any workload, and generative AI workloads are no different. There are unique considerations when engineering generative AI workloads through a resilience lens. Understanding and prioritizing resilience is crucial for generative AI workloads to meet organizational availability and business continuity requirements. In this session, learn about the different stacks of a generative AI workload and what those considerations should be.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -27232,7 +27232,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Designing SaaS architectures that support global growth and scale
 2. Session Code: SAS313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SaaS organizations are often driven by growth. Scaling to meet this growth often requires teams to think about how their underlying architecture, operations, and application can support these growth models. Designing a multi-tenant environment that can scale into new geographies, be deployed into more regions, and/or address additional compliance requirements can be challenging. This chalk talk examines the architectural challenges that come with supporting various growth/reach models, highlighting techniques, patterns, and strategies that are used to prime your SaaS offering for broader reach/expansion. It covers the architectural, deployment, resilience, and operational considerations that come with tackling this growth profile.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -27268,7 +27268,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Designing your AWS network for growth and flexibility [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET209-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Your AWS network started with one virtual private cloud (VPC), and now it's your job to be ready for what's next. In this builders' session, build and scale an AWS network starting with VPC peering and building up to a multi-Region network using AWS Transit Gateway and AWS Cloud WAN. Leave this session with the skills to scale your VPC network and solve networking problems more efficiently. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -27299,7 +27299,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Designing your AWS network for growth and flexibility [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET209-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Your AWS network started with one virtual private cloud (VPC), and now it's your job to be ready for what's next. In this builders' session, build and scale an AWS network starting with VPC peering and building up to a multi-Region network using AWS Transit Gateway and AWS Cloud WAN. Leave this session with the skills to scale your VPC network and solve networking problems more efficiently. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -27330,10 +27330,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Design modern data architectures with LLMs using Amazon SageMaker
 2. Session Code: TNC228
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this new interactive training session powered by generative AI, address a simulated business scenario by developing a voice-enabled search system that recognizes and retrieves information from databases using natural language. Create an intuitive user experience and design a flexible, scalable solution using Amazon Bedrock, AWS Glue and Amazon SageMaker. A laptop is required for this session.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -27365,7 +27365,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: YugabyteDB
 4. Description: AWS has the largest infrastructure footprint in the world, spanning countries and continents. This makes it possible to build multi-Region applications that serve user requests with low latency from nearly anywhere, tolerate all sorts of possible outages including major Region-level incidents, and comply with data regulatory requirements. Join us to learn about design patterns for building multi-Region applications on AWS with a focus on low latency and high availability. Explore common deployment patterns used by innovative digital native companies and global corporations, and learn about trade-offs with each pattern. This presentation is brought to you by YugabyteDB, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -27377,7 +27377,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - DevOps Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS cloud infrastructure and services.
@@ -27404,7 +27404,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Design scalable database solutions with Aurora Limitless Database
 2. Session Code: DAT416
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With Amazon Aurora Limitless Database, you get the flexibility and familiarity of a relational database with the virtually limitless horizontal scale of a distributed database. In this chalk talk, learn how to architect a hyperscale solution featuring a managed sharded database. Dive deep into Aurora Limitless Database, and learn how to make design decisions such as picking the right shard key, choosing collocated and reference tables, and more. Hear directly from the experts in the field as they share lessons learned, best practices, and anti-patterns along the way to help you achieve virtually limitless scale.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -27435,7 +27435,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Design secure and resilient relational database architectures on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT311-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Overwhelmed with all the security best practices and trying to understand what makes sense for you to implement to protect your data? Join this chalk talk to learn how to deploy a secure and resilient architecture using all the security features that effectively integrate with your databases running on Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS. Strengthen your enterprise's security posture by discovering best practices and avoiding common pitfalls. Leave this talk equipped with all the available security features, knowing how to set them up and configure meaningful alerts to safeguard your data.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -27465,7 +27465,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Design secure and resilient relational database architectures on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT311-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Overwhelmed with all the security best practices and trying to understand what makes sense for you to implement to protect your data? Join this chalk talk to learn how to deploy a secure and resilient architecture using all the security features that effectively integrate with your databases running on Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS. Strengthen your enterprise's security posture by discovering best practices and avoiding common pitfalls. Leave this talk equipped with all the available security features, knowing how to set them up and configure meaningful alerts to safeguard your data.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -27493,10 +27493,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Design smart home solutions for resiliency and scalability on AWS IoT
 2. Session Code: IOT309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the full potential of IoT in the smart home domain with AWS IoT. In this chalk talk, learn how to build robust and scalable smart home solutions with AWS IoT. Explore key considerations and best practices for designing resilient and scalable architectures that can handle large-scale deployments. From device connectivity and management to real-time interaction and control, discover the strategies and architectures that will empower you to create an IoT ecosystem that delights your consumers.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -27529,10 +27529,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Design well-architected networks on AWS
 2. Session Code: NET202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Elevate your AWS networking expertise by learning how to design well-architected networks on AWS. This session starts with the tradeoffs of multi-AZ and multi-Region architectures and how to build an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). Next, it explores design challenges when connecting multiple VPCs and on-premises datacenters, followed by a discussion on building a scalable DNS infrastructure on AWS. Finally, we will consider several common network architecture patterns on AWS, such as application ingress and egress. Leave equipped with the insights needed to create resilient, secure, and scalable network infrastructure on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -27563,10 +27563,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Destination zero: Insights and tactics for sustainable architectures
 2. Session Code: SUS206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, explore the principles of the AWS Well-Architected Framework sustainability pillar in practice. Learn about data sources to gain insights into the resource efficiency and environmental impact, including the AWS customer carbon footprint tool and proxy metrics from AWS Cost & Usage Reports. From AWS architectures to web applications to AI workloads, hear about the impact of shifting responsibilities when moving along the spectrum of self-managed to managed services. Take a deep dive on services and trade-offs and considerations for resource efficiency and how to keep architecture flexible as requirements change.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Sustainability
@@ -27576,7 +27576,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
     2. Familiarity with AWS services and architectures
@@ -27597,10 +27597,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Destination zero: Insights and tactics for sustainable architectures [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS202-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore the principles of the AWS Well-Architected sustainability pillar, in practice. Discover data sources to gain insights into your resource efficiency and environmental impact, including the AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool and proxy metrics from the AWS Cost & Usage Reports. From AWS architectures to web applications to AI workloads, explore the impact of shifting responsibilities when moving along the spectrum of self-managed and managed. Take a close look at services and discuss trade-offs and considerations for resource efficiency and how to keep architecture flexible as requirements change.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -27632,7 +27632,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Destination zero: Insights and tactics for sustainable architectures [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS202-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore the principles of the AWS Well-Architected sustainability pillar, in practice. Discover data sources to gain insights into your resource efficiency and environmental impact, including the AWS Customer Carbon Footprint Tool and proxy metrics from the AWS Cost & Usage Reports. From AWS architectures to web applications to AI workloads, explore the impact of shifting responsibilities when moving along the spectrum of self-managed and managed. Take a close look at services and discuss trade-offs and considerations for resource efficiency and how to keep architecture flexible as requirements change.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Architecture
@@ -27661,13 +27661,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Detect, investigate & respond to security scenarios with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUP302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, participate in an interactive tabletop exercise covering threat vectors like exposed AWS access keys, insecure security group ports, and unauthorized resource launches. Through engaging role-play, take on an incident response persona, strategizing and working together to defend an organization from security threats and dilemmas. Learn how to correlate data from sources including AWS CloudTrail, IAM Access Analyzer, AWS Config, and AWS Trusted Advisor using Amazon Q. Discover how to respond to incidents using AWS Systems Manager, AWS Lambda, and Amazon CloudWatch Events. Learn how AWS programs can help you prepare for the unexpected. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI, Management and Governance, Well-Architected Framework
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -27693,13 +27693,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Detect, investigate & respond to security scenarios with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUP302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, participate in an interactive tabletop exercise covering threat vectors like exposed AWS access keys, insecure security group ports, and unauthorized resource launches. Through engaging role-play, take on an incident response persona, strategizing and working together to defend an organization from security threats and dilemmas. Learn how to correlate data from sources including AWS CloudTrail, IAM Access Analyzer, AWS Config, and AWS Trusted Advisor using Amazon Q. Discover how to respond to incidents using AWS Systems Manager, AWS Lambda, and Amazon CloudWatch Events. Learn how AWS programs can help you prepare for the unexpected. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI, Management and Governance, Well-Architected Framework
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -27726,7 +27726,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Develop AWS CDK resources to deploy your applications on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to build and deploy applications using infrastructure as code with AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK). Create resources using AWS CDK, and learn maintenance and operations tips. In addition, get an introduction to building your own constructs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -27754,7 +27754,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Develop AWS CDK resources to deploy your applications on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to build and deploy applications using infrastructure as code with AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK). Create resources using AWS CDK, and learn maintenance and operations tips. In addition, get an introduction to building your own constructs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -27782,7 +27782,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Developing and delivering line of business industry solutions on AWS
 2. Session Code: PEX204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this breakout session, learn how to tap into the demand signals from AWS customers to better understand which industry-leading solutions to build, market, and sell. Also learn how to leverage the Partner Solution framework to address the pain points of line of business buyers and deliver top industry use cases in a scalable and repeatable fashion. With specialized Guidance packages, AWS Partners can harness a set of tailored components to address the entire solution lifecycle, from ideation to customer success, and how to partner with AWS to go to market.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -27813,7 +27813,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Developing generative AI applications on AWS
 2. Session Code: TNC219
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This bootcamp is for software developers interested in leveraging large language models without fine-tuning. It provides an overview of generative AI, planning a generative AI project, and getting started with Amazon Bedrock, and it describes the various use cases of foundation models and defines prompt engineering. Learn best practices for interacting with FMs, as well as the architecture patterns for building generative AI applications using Amazon Bedrock and LangChain. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Bootcamp
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Training and Certification
@@ -27839,7 +27839,7 @@
 
 1. Title: DevOps approach for software-defined everything with AWS Marketplace
 2. Session Code: MKT308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: To create software-defined everything (SDx) products, device manufacturers need to improve software collaboration and integration quality. This requires an agile and cloud-friendly approach compared to legacy on-premises development kits and restrictive software licenses. AWS Marketplace is helping AWS users create a cloud-based CI/CD pipeline and development environment with virtualized hardware. This chalk talk shows how AWS Marketplace is enabling the software-defined transformation for vehicles, medical devices, and manufacturers. See how users are able to scale the onboarding of their software vendors into their product development workflows and become modern software organizations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -27871,7 +27871,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Digital sovereignty: Overcome complexity and enable future-readiness
 2. Session Code: SEC229
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations are facing increasing complexity in an evolving sovereignty landscape. Building a strong digital foundation can help simplify efforts to meet requirements today and prepare your organization for the future without slowing innovation. Join this session to learn how AWS sovereign cloud offerings, ranging from encryption services to the announced AWS European Sovereign Cloud, provide more control and choice to help meet your unique needs. Discover how customers are keeping critical workloads secure and protected when using new technologies on AWS including generative AI, and learn about new digital sovereignty solutions offered by AWS Partners.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -27906,7 +27906,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Disaster recovery on AWS
 2. Session Code: ARC304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, get hands-on experience implementing different AWS disaster recovery strategies while building a Unishop application. Each module throughout the workshop highlights the AWS strategies and services that have features that make it easy to implement a disaster recovery plan. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -27941,7 +27941,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Discover generative AI's transformative potential for telcos
 2. Session Code: TLC301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore three compelling telecommunications use cases using AWS services like Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q, and learn how they support code generation and accelerate network operations. The workshop culminates with a customer care demo, revealing ways to elevate the customer experience. Come learn about opportunities to apply these cutting-edge technologies in an interactive environment. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -27993,7 +27993,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Dive deep into Amazon Aurora query plan management
 2. Session Code: DAT411
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do you deal with PostgreSQL query performance–related issues? In this code talk, explore advanced techniques for monitoring query plans in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and maintaining query plan stability using Aurora query plan management. This talk features live coding scenarios and interactive discussions to identify and address query plan regression. Gain deep insights into tools and methods to tweak PostgreSQL execution plans to ensure optimal query performance and stability in your databases. Learn practical insights and troubleshoot common issues in real time. This talk is designed for attendees who are familiar with PostgreSQL and basic query optimization concepts.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -28023,7 +28023,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Dive deep into Amazon DynamoDB
 2. Session Code: DAT406
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session provides a deep dive into Amazon DynamoDB and shares insights into how DynamoDB is architected and how it's able to deliver the scalability and response times that customers have come to expect. Gain an in-depth understanding of how DynamoDB capabilities including TTL, global tables, and MemDS have been implemented.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -28050,11 +28050,11 @@
 
 1. Title: Dive deep into Amazon DynamoDB using design puzzles [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, dive deep into how Amazon DynamoDB works at scale by collaboratively solving a few design puzzles that may seem simple but are actually complex. Learn how you can look beyond the obvious solution to find a more effective and scalable one with an understanding of how DynamoDB operates.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
-7. Areas of Interest: 
+7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
@@ -28079,11 +28079,11 @@
 
 1. Title: Dive deep into Amazon DynamoDB using design puzzles [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, dive deep into how Amazon DynamoDB works at scale by collaboratively solving a few design puzzles that may seem simple but are actually complex. Learn how you can look beyond the obvious solution to find a more effective and scalable one with an understanding of how DynamoDB operates.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
-7. Areas of Interest: 
+7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles:
    - Developer / Engineer
@@ -28107,7 +28107,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Dive deep into Amazon EKS fleet management [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Elevate your Amazon EKS skills with this hands-on workshop designed for experienced builders. Learn how to create a unified internal developer platform for Amazon EKS clusters across environments using GitOps principles. Hone your skills in multi-cluster resource configuration, drift detection, and lifecycle management while ensuring compliance and security. Gain practical skills in implementing platform engineering for consistent resource states, enforcing policies across clusters, and centralizing logging, metrics, monitoring, and access control. Equip yourself with cutting-edge strategies to efficiently manage and secure your Amazon EKS fleet at scale. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Migration and Modernization
@@ -28136,7 +28136,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Dive deep into Amazon EKS fleet management [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Elevate your Amazon EKS skills with this hands-on workshop designed for experienced builders. Learn how to create a unified internal developer platform for Amazon EKS clusters across environments using GitOps principles. Hone your skills in multi-cluster resource configuration, drift detection, and lifecycle management while ensuring compliance and security. Gain practical skills in implementing platform engineering for consistent resource states, enforcing policies across clusters, and centralizing logging, metrics, monitoring, and access control. Equip yourself with cutting-edge strategies to efficiently manage and secure your Amazon EKS fleet at scale. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Migration and Modernization
@@ -28168,7 +28168,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Dive deep into the AWS Nitro System
 2. Session Code: CMP301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The AWS Nitro System is a rich collection of building block technologies—including hardware offload and security components built by AWS—that are powering the recent and future generations of Amazon EC2 instances with an ever-broadening selection of compute, storage, memory, and networking options. In this session, dive deep into the AWS Nitro System, review its design and architecture, explore new innovations in the Nitro platform, and see how it has made the seemingly impossible possible.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute, Migration and Modernization
@@ -28194,7 +28194,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Dive deep on Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon S3 provides developers and IT teams with cloud object storage that delivers industry-leading scalability, durability, security, and performance. Amazon S3 averages over 150 million requests per second across millions of hard drives to handle some of the world's largest workloads. In this session, engineering leaders from the Amazon S3 team dive deep into the inner workings of Amazon S3. Learn the engineering principles behind operating storage systems at scale and how that benefits customers of all sizes.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -28225,7 +28225,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Dive deep on AWS cloud governance
 2. Session Code: COP402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations rapidly adopt cloud computing, the need for effective governance has become paramount. In this deep dive session, explore the advanced strategies and underlying AWS services for implementing robust cloud governance on AWS. Learn about AWS services and strategies to apply governance in an environment with a focus on account design, security controls, audit reporting, and automation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -28288,7 +28288,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Don't let cloud compliance and operations exceed your budget
 2. Session Code: COP214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to continuously optimize costs while building modern, scalable architectures that meet your compliance and operations needs. Walk through various best practices and recommendations for optimizing AWS Config and AWS CloudTrail usage. Explore multiple use cases that result in optimal spend, and learn how using AWS best practices can help in these scenarios. Come with your questions!
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -28318,7 +28318,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Don't lose your marbles: Navigate your way to cloud mastery [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD208-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Experience the excitement of deploying a workload on AWS through an engaging and interactive marble run challenge. Participants will guide their marble through a series of obstacles and puzzles, answering AWS Cloud Practitioner questions to unlock gates and progress toward the finish line. This unique activity combines the thrill of a marble run with the educational journey of cloud deployment, making it both fun and informative.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -28343,7 +28343,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Don't lose your marbles: Navigate your way to cloud mastery [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD208-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Experience the excitement of deploying a workload on AWS through an engaging and interactive marble run challenge. Participants will guide their marble through a series of obstacles and puzzles, answering AWS Cloud Practitioner questions to unlock gates and progress toward the finish line. This unique activity combines the thrill of a marble run with the educational journey of cloud deployment, making it both fun and informative.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -28368,7 +28368,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Dragonfly FinTech's two-year journey to the AWS cloud
 2. Session Code: SMB206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's FinTech digital landscape, cloud migration has become a strategic imperative for businesses seeking agility, scalability, and cost-efficiency. Dragonfly Financial Technologies, a leading financial technology company, embarked on a two-year journey to migrate its entire data center infrastructure to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform. In this lightning talk, Dragonfly Financial Technologies' Chief Technology Officer shares their first-hand experiences, insights, and lessons learned during this complex and transformative migration process. Attendees gain invaluable knowledge on navigating the challenges, pitfalls, and best practices associated with cloud migration projects.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -28379,7 +28379,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of financial technology (FinTech) industry
     2. Knowledge of cloud computing and cloud migration strategies
@@ -28397,7 +28397,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Draw an app: Sketch to reality [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD217-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A picture is worth a thousand words. Unlike traditional code generator bots, we offer a digital canvas where you can whiteboard an app interface, components, and interactions, and watch a fully functioning app come to life in real time. This tool allows for effortless and natural development of full-stack applications without writing any code. Powered by multimodal generative AI technology on AWS, this project demonstrates the future of app development with an engaging and intriguing demo.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -28427,7 +28427,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Draw an app: Sketch to reality [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD217-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A picture is worth a thousand words. Unlike traditional code generator bots, we offer a digital canvas where you can whiteboard an app interface, components, and interactions, and watch a fully functioning app come to life in real time. This tool allows for effortless and natural development of full-stack applications without writing any code. Powered by multimodal generative AI technology on AWS, this project demonstrates the future of app development with an engaging and intriguing demo.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -28455,7 +28455,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Drilling down into performance for distributed training [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP335-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Performance optimization of distributed training jobs is complex due to the multiple levels of parallelism and the need to drill down in the accelerator, CPU, and network metrics at nanosecond granularity throughout the stack, from the communication libraries driving collective network operations to the ML framework. In this chalk talk, learn how to do that with NVIDIA Nsight (for GPUs) and AWS Neuron Monitor (for AWS Trainium and Inferentia) and analyze your training codes on multi-node clusters for Slurm and Kubernetes on AWS. Learn to generate reports, add your own traces within your code, and optimize your distributed training performance.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -28484,10 +28484,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Drilling down into performance for distributed training [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP335-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Performance optimization of distributed training jobs is complex due to the multiple levels of parallelism and the need to drill down in the accelerator, CPU, and network metrics at nanosecond granularity throughout the stack, from the communication libraries driving collective network operations to the ML framework. In this chalk talk, learn how to do that with NVIDIA Nsight (for GPUs) and AWS Neuron Monitor (for AWS Trainium and Inferentia) and analyze your training codes on multi-node clusters for Slurm and Kubernetes on AWS. Learn to generate reports, add your own traces within your code, and optimize your distributed training performance.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -28520,7 +28520,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Drive business transformation with Amazon Q: Strategy to deployment
 2. Session Code: AIM212
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on a transformative journey with Amazon Q. Explore the customer journey from initial AI strategy to successful enterprise deployment, uncovering winning strategies and lessons learned. Discover how to balance short-term ROI with long-term transformative objectives. Experience a "Day in the Life" demo showcasing how business leaders leverage Amazon Q to streamline workflows and push data-driven decisions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -28550,7 +28550,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Drive customer loyalty with tailored experiences in Amazon Connect
 2. Session Code: BIZ217
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Revolutionize your customer engagement across every channel and touchpoint. Join this session to learn how contact center leaders are utilizing AI to deliver proactive, personalized experiences and address customer needs before they turn into issues. Learn how Amazon Connect makes it easy to provide targeted, omnichannel customer experiences at scale.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -28582,7 +28582,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Drive innovation and results with high performance computing on AWS
 2. Session Code: CMP203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The convergence of high performance computing (HPC), cloud, and AI is allowing AWS customers to drive innovation at an unprecedented pace. This powerful combination lets organizations leverage virtually unlimited compute capacity, accelerated computing, high-performance storage, advanced networking, and orchestration services for seamlessly running complex simulations and AI/ML workloads at scale. In this session, explore how customers across healthcare and life sciences (HCLS) and manufacturing industries are harnessing the convergence of HPC, cloud, and AI on AWS to accelerate time to insights, optimize performance, and drive innovation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -28612,7 +28612,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Drive innovation by implementing an industrial data strategy
 2. Session Code: MFG316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: To harness the value of data, manufacturers need more than a single database, data lake, or business intelligence service. They need to implement an end-to-end data strategy. AWS can help your organization implement an end-to-end strategy that makes data management easier at every step of the journey, from ingesting, storing, and querying data to analyzing, visualizing, and running ML models. Learn about the AWS Industrial Data Fabric, a well-architected framework that enables manufacturers to accelerate the ingestion of, contextualization of, as well as ability to act on industrial and enterprise data.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Architecture
@@ -28620,7 +28620,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: Developer / Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of data management and analytics concepts
@@ -28707,7 +28707,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Driving eCommerce business intelligence with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: BWP301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This hands-on workshop empowers participants with the knowledge and skills to leverage advanced AI platform Amazon Bedrock for generating valuable recommendations by integrating data from the Multi-Channel Fulfillment (SP-API) and Buy with Prime API into a data lake. Learn how to collect, process, and store e-commerce data using AWS services, and gain hands-on experience in creating personalized recommendations generated by Amazon Bedrock. Through real-world case studies and interactive discussions, participants acquire the practical skills necessary to transform raw data into actionable intelligence, enabling them to make informed business decisions and compete in the digital marketplace. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -28740,10 +28740,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Driving operational excellence: F1's AI-fueled race-day transformation
 2. Session Code: INO107
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Formula 1 (F1) revolutionized storytelling and race-day operations through AWS powered innovation. Hear from F1 leadership on fostering a culture of innovation and using new mechanisms and governance models to accelerate product development. Explore F1's generative AI solutions like Track Pulse, which identifies high-impact stories in real time with rich insights, and the AI-based assistant that streamlines issue resolution during races. Gain insights into F1's transformation journey and best practices for enabling continual innovation and experimentation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -28778,7 +28778,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Driving operational excellence with AWS Supply Chain
 2. Session Code: BIZ319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to learn how AWS Supply Chain Work Order Insights enables operational visibility for gas, petroleum, and manufacturing companies. The solution provides end-to-end tracking of work order material movement, accurately forecasting onsite delivery dates, proactively identifying risks that impact planned maintenance, and recommending mitigations. By shifting to a proactive approach, Work Order Insights helps reduce expedited shipping, minimize inventory buffers, and maximize asset uptime—driving operational excellence and cost savings in your operations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -28809,7 +28809,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Driving profitable growth with innovative products
 2. Session Code: SEG201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how product and technology officers at software companies continue to drive their innovation agenda, maintain differentiation, and avoid disruption. Technologies like generative AI have captured the imagination of the industry and are poised to bring in the next wave of advancements. However, software companies face challenges such as navigating the current macroeconomic climate and optimizing their capital allocation, profitability, and R&D priorities. Explore strategies for how product and technology officers can work together to build a strong foundation for business.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, New to AWS
@@ -28842,7 +28842,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: SentinelOne
 4. Description: Learn how SentinelOne customers have decreased alert overload, improved security posture, and helped developer and security teams align and work together to improve security. Explore how autonomous red-teaming cloud security issues helps you focus on what matters most and presents the evidence needed to speed cross-functional agreement among SecOps, AppSec, and developers. This session provides a real-world overview of how customers evolved their cloud security engineering and operations with an attacker's mindset and includes the range of people, process, and technology challenges and approaches. This presentation is brought to you by SentinelOne, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -28878,10 +28878,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Driving transformation for California's workforce
 2. Session Code: WPS322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: California's Employment Development Department (EDD) administers essential benefit programs such as unemployment insurance, disability insurance, and paid family leave. Serving one of the largest and most diverse populations in the country, EDD collects and disburses billions of dollars annually. This session dives deep on EDDNext, a comprehensive modernization effort to revamp benefit systems and transform the customer and employee experience. From improving self-service and language access with Amazon Connect to migrating a tax system to AWS that collects over $100 billion annually, learn how EDD is investing in a brighter future for millions of Californians.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -28914,13 +28914,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Dr. Swami Sivasubramanian Keynote
 2. Session Code: KEY003
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join Dr. Swami Sivasubramanian, VP of AI and Data at AWS, to discover how you can use a strong data foundation to create innovative and differentiated solutions for your customers. Hear from customer speakers with real-world examples of how they've used data to support a variety of use cases, including generative AI, to create unique customer experiences.
 5. Session Type: Keynote
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -28944,13 +28944,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Dr. Werner Vogels Keynote
 2. Session Code: KEY005
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join Dr. Werner Vogels, VP and CTO at Amazon.com, as he shares the critical lessons and strategies he has learned for managing increasingly complex systems. The keynote explores the core principles for embracing complexity, drawing on Amazon's experiences building distributed systems at massive scale.
 5. Session Type: Keynote
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -28968,13 +28968,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Dual-stack global networks with AWS Cloud WAN and AWS Direct Connect
 2. Session Code: NET306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Get hands-on experience building a modern global network with AWS Cloud WAN and AWS Direct Connect. In this workshop, transform your network by replacing traditional data center interconnect circuits with AWS Direct Connect SiteLink. Also, dual-stack your hybrid network to prepare IPv6 connectivity for applications, and scale beyond limitations of IPv4 space. Finally, enhance your hybrid cloud network by implementing Amazon Route 53 Resolver endpoints with Route 53 Profiles to integrate your AWS and on-premises DNS infrastructure. Leave this workshop well-equipped to architect and deploy efficient hybrid network architectures. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Network and Infrastructure Security
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -28998,7 +28998,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Duct tape will only go so far: Making legacy workloads cloud-native [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IMP303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: We all have workloads we're not proud of: they're old, often brittle, but they keep the mission running. Nonprofits have limited time and resources, so how do you even begin to upgrade or replace a legacy workload? In this builders' session, get hands-on to move a legacy mission-based application into a modern cloud-native architecture. Modernize the routing and database layers of an existing monolithic application, and learn how to gradually shift traffic to your new stack. Leave this session knowing how to modernize your legacy workloads with confidence. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -29032,7 +29032,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Duct tape will only go so far: Making legacy workloads cloud-native [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IMP303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: We all have workloads we're not proud of: they're old, often brittle, but they keep the mission running. Nonprofits have limited time and resources, so how do you even begin to upgrade or replace a legacy workload? In this builders' session, get hands-on to move a legacy mission-based application into a modern cloud-native architecture. Modernize the routing and database layers of an existing monolithic application, and learn how to gradually shift traffic to your new stack. Leave this session knowing how to modernize your legacy workloads with confidence. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -29075,7 +29075,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: IT Professional / Technical Manager, Solution / Systems Architect, System Administrator
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of Duolingo's online language learning platform.
@@ -29106,7 +29106,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Cloud Security Specialist, IT Executive, Tech Explorer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of Zero Trust security principles
@@ -29164,10 +29164,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Easily port .NET Framework applications to Linux with Amazon Q [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: XNT401-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, gain hands-on experience porting a .NET Framework application to cross-platform .NET. Use Amazon Q Code Transformation for .NET, a modernization tool powered by generative AI that significantly reduces the time to migrate applications from Windows Server to Linux. Learn how migrating to Linux helps you avoid additional licensing fees and gain performance and security benefits. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - AI/ML
     - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -29197,7 +29197,7 @@
 
 1. Title: eBPF superpowers for containers on AWS
 2. Session Code: DEV308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: eBPF is a kernel technology enabling high-performance and low overhead tooling for security, observability, and networking. It allows for safe kernel-level access that won't crash your machines, and is ideal for instrumenting containerized workloads without the overhead and operational complexity of sidecars. Learn from Liz Rice, AWS Container Hero and author of O'Reilly books "Learning eBPF" and "Container Security", why eBPF is such a game-changer! See demos of open source eBPF-based tools being used for real-world tasks, like observing workload performance, detecting or even blocking potentially malicious behaviors, and obtaining forensics about a security compromise.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -29225,10 +29225,10 @@
 
 1. Title: EC2 Nitro networking under the hood
 2. Session Code: NET402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain valuable insights into the life of a packet on an EC2 instance and learn about key strategies for optimizing instance network performance for your workload. In this session, discover the cutting-edge technologies that are shaping the networking experience on an EC2 instance and unlock new levels of performance. Learn how AWS scales a single VPC to grow at unprecedented scale and explore innovations in Nitro to achieve optimal performance for different types of applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Compute
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -29256,7 +29256,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Edge-to-cloud robotic solutions for optimizing manufacturing processes
 2. Session Code: MFG315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Within manufacturing, the integration of robotics has revolutionized operations. However, successful implementations require careful planning. Robotic simulation is a powerful tool to virtually test and validate robotic systems before physical deployments, minimizing risks and optimizing processes. This chalk talk presents architectural patterns and a demonstration of robotic simulation with AWS IoT Greengrass and AWS IoT Core, enabling edge-to-cloud connectivity for manufacturers. This approach facilitates a validation of robotic systems using real-world data from Open 3D Engine (O3DE) simulators and AWS IoT Core, enabling manufacturers to simulate the entire manufacturing process including robotic systems, conveyors, and other equipment before physical implementation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Internet of Things
@@ -29285,7 +29285,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Education revolutionized with generative AI
 2. Session Code: WPS303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Imagine a world where learning is no longer a one-size-fits-all experience but a personalized journey tailored to each individual's needs. Learn how to harness the power of generative AI and AWS services to revolutionize the education space. In this workshop, see how generative AI can aid with different learning styles, productivity, and accessibility for students. Get ready to be inspired by the art of the possible in leveraging technology to transform the way people learn. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -29313,10 +29313,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Effective Amazon Neptune data modeling strategies in the age of gen AI
 2. Session Code: DAT415
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The emergence of generative AI has also seen the rise of innovative new graph workloads like GraphRAG and natural language querying. In this chalk talk, learn how to deploy these new workload types on Amazon Neptune. Explore how these new workloads can change your approach to building graph data model and querying strategies.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -29344,7 +29344,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Effectively model costs for your serverless applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS207-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, gain insights into modeling the cost of serverless applications on AWS. Learn how traditional approaches based on CPU, memory, storage, and networking costs don't directly apply. Discover how to holistically model costs for distributed serverless architectures by considering request loads, payload sizes, and service pricing. Walk through an example serverless application architecture, and leave with practical knowledge for accurately estimating costs tailored to modern, serverless application designs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -29412,7 +29412,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Effective tagging strategies for multi-account application operations
 2. Session Code: COP351
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Developing and implementing an effective tagging and resource management strategy is time consuming and complex, especially when you're managing thousands of resources across multiple applications and AWS accounts. In this chalk talk, you learn how to discover untagged resources, organize resources into applications, and then manage those applications across your AWS Organizations. You then get an opportunity to ask AWS experts questions about how to manage resources and applications at scale.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -29442,10 +29442,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Efficient cross-account VPC sharing for streamlined network management [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: For organizations considering or migrating to AWS, designing the VPC network architecture is a foundational step to achieve efficient management, cost-effectiveness, and the best performance. In addition to AWS networking best practices, the use of VPC sharing allows small admin teams to centrally manage large-scale networks and free development teams from infrastructure setup tasks. In this builders' session, learn how to build a multi-account shared VPC architecture, and discover how DNS, AD integration, and routing operate in the environment. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Cloud Operations
     - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Network and Infrastructure Security
@@ -29474,10 +29474,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Efficient cross-account VPC sharing for streamlined network management [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: For organizations considering or migrating to AWS, designing the VPC network architecture is a foundational step to achieve efficient management, cost-effectiveness, and the best performance. In addition to AWS networking best practices, the use of VPC sharing allows small admin teams to centrally manage large-scale networks and free development teams from infrastructure setup tasks. In this builders' session, learn how to build a multi-account shared VPC architecture, and discover how DNS, AD integration, and routing operate in the environment. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Cloud Operations
 - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Network and Infrastructure Security
@@ -29507,10 +29507,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Efficient cross-account VPC sharing for streamlined network management [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA303-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: For organizations considering or migrating to AWS, designing the VPC network architecture is a foundational step to achieve efficient management, cost-effectiveness, and the best performance. In addition to AWS networking best practices, the use of VPC sharing allows small admin teams to centrally manage large-scale networks and free development teams from infrastructure setup tasks. In this builders' session, learn how to build a multi-account shared VPC architecture, and discover how DNS, AD integration, and routing operate in the environment. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Cloud Operations
     - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Network and Infrastructure Security
@@ -29541,7 +29541,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Efficient incremental processing with Apache Iceberg at Netflix
 2. Session Code: NFX303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Incremental processing substantially reduces compute costs and execution time, leading to fewer failures and less manual intervention. However, enabling it on large-scale data workflows presents significant challenges around scalability, ease of adoption, and user experience. In this session, learn how Apache Iceberg and Netflix Maestro are being leveraged to build an incremental processing solution (IPS) that processes new or changed data, reducing costs and time while ensuring data accuracy and freshness. Combining Iceberg's metadata capabilities with Maestro's workflow orchestration allows for the efficient management of late-arriving data and backfills in various different scenarios beyond append-only mode.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -29576,7 +29576,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Efficiently manage petabytes of vehicle video with AWS IoT and AI
 2. Session Code: IOT318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this interactive chalk talk, explore using AWS IoT and AI vision models to categorize "incident" versus "no incident" videos captured by fleet vehicle dashboard cameras, stored in Amazon S3. Learn how to move "no incident" videos to cost-effective storage tiers and use "incident" videos to train edge AI models that power real-time driver guidance. See how to use services like Amazon Kinesis Video Streams, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon S3, and Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth to address the challenges faced by transportation and logistics companies in managing petabytes of video data cost-effectively.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -29605,7 +29605,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Effortless game launches: How League of Legends runs at scale on AWS
 2. Session Code: GAM307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Riot Games, the studio behind League of Legends and VALORANT, revolutionized their game server infrastructure with AWS. Explore how they used AWS auto scaling to significantly cut their game server fleet costs while boosting their ability to rapidly respond to shifts in player demand, which helped them take creative risks in updating their games. Learn how they developed a flexible Game Provisioning Platform that can automatically spin up game servers tailored to the unique requirements of different Riot titles, allowing them to quickly roll out new game modes, test experimental ideas, and provide the best possible player experiences.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Migration and Modernization
@@ -29634,7 +29634,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Effortless observability for modern workloads [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP352-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain deep visibility into your workloads, without complex instrumentation. In this chalk talk, explore Amazon CloudWatch features that enable easy collection, aggregation, and visualization of metrics, logs, and traces. Discover how Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights and Amazon CloudWatch Lambda Insights provide summarized insights into your containers and serverless environments using metrics and logs. Learn how Amazon CloudWatch Application Insights collects metrics and traces from your applications, displaying key metrics like call volume, availability, latency, faults, and errors in seconds, with minimal setup from frontend to database.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -29666,7 +29666,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Effortless observability for modern workloads [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP352-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain deep visibility into your workloads, without complex instrumentation. In this chalk talk, explore Amazon CloudWatch features that enable easy collection, aggregation, and visualization of metrics, logs, and traces. Discover how Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights and Amazon CloudWatch Lambda Insights provide summarized insights into your containers and serverless environments using metrics and logs. Learn how Amazon CloudWatch Application Insights collects metrics and traces from your applications, displaying key metrics like call volume, availability, latency, faults, and errors in seconds, with minimal setup from frontend to database.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -29698,10 +29698,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Elastic 5G core on Amazon EKS for disaster recovery and traffic burst [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: TLC303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, you learn how to use Amazon EKS to implement elastic scaling strategies for 5G core network functions, ensuring high availability and resilience. Explore cold standby Amazon EKS clusters for efficient disaster recovery across Availability Zones. Rapidly provision standby environments to handle failures or sudden traffic spikes. Implement gradual, intelligent scaling using Karpenter, provisioning worker nodes based on real-time resource utilization. Optimize costs while meeting dynamic workload demands. Hands-on labs guide you through configuring cold standby, setting up Karpenter, and simulating recovery scenarios. Gain practical experience with resilient, cost-effective scaling tailored for mission-critical 5G deployments. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -29732,10 +29732,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Elastic 5G core on Amazon EKS for disaster recovery and traffic burst [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: TLC303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, you learn how to use Amazon EKS to implement elastic scaling strategies for 5G core network functions, ensuring high availability and resilience. Explore cold standby Amazon EKS clusters for efficient disaster recovery across Availability Zones. Rapidly provision standby environments to handle failures or sudden traffic spikes. Implement gradual, intelligent scaling using Karpenter, provisioning worker nodes based on real-time resource utilization. Optimize costs while meeting dynamic workload demands. Hands-on labs guide you through configuring cold standby, setting up Karpenter, and simulating recovery scenarios. Gain practical experience with resilient, cost-effective scaling tailored for mission-critical 5G deployments. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Architecture
 - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -29792,10 +29792,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevate AP with AWS AI/ML: Modernize SAP processes using generative AI
 2. Session Code: TNC303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This bootcamp is intended for AWS Partners. In this hands-on bootcamp, you are guided through an intelligent document processing scenario and shown how to automate a paper-to-post invoice management process by integrating SAP with AWS artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) services natively using the AWS SDK for SAP ABAP. You also learn how you can build smart audit assistants using the Amazon Bedrock generative AI service to gain audit insights from invoices. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Bootcamp
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Training and Certification
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -29827,7 +29827,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevate contact center performance with AI-driven agent coaching
 2. Session Code: BIZ308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Attend this hands-on workshop and learn how Amazon Connect and generative AI can be applied to boost contact center agent development and training. Explore how to leverage data and insights from Amazon Connect to create tailored coaching programs with personalized guidance for each agent based on business-specific and behavioral scenarios. Then learn how to use generative AI to automate the coaching process through immersive training sessions, empowering agents to elevate their skills and improve customer engagement. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -29853,7 +29853,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevate customer engagement with AWS End User Messaging
 2. Session Code: BIZ206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this real-world scenario, step into the shoes of a fictitious taco truck owner who wants to enhance customer engagement. This interactive workshop explores how to implement SMS notifications for order pickup and how to create a customer loyalty signup experience using AWS End User Messaging. Learn how to boost message reliability and how to utilize multiple messaging channels for a unified user experience. Gain actionable skills to improve end user communications with AWS End User Messaging, ultimately driving customer satisfaction and operational efficiency for your taco truck. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -29884,10 +29884,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevate service response with video using Amazon Connect and gen AI
 2. Session Code: BIZ305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Attend this builders' session to learn how to use video capabilities from Amazon Connect, integrated with generative AI for computer vision to implement an intelligent customer service response management solution. Experts guide you step-by-step through the process of integrating web video chat in Amazon Connect with AI-powered cameras for real-time event detection and analysis. You then act as contact center agents, receiving AI-powered recommendations from Amazon Q in Connect based on live video feeds (enabling immediate service responses and accurate personnel dispatch) and experiencing the power of visual guidance in customer service response management. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -29919,7 +29919,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevate smart home experiences with IoT-based AI/ML models at the edge
 2. Session Code: IOT304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The next generation of smart home solutions is expected to harness the power of AI to a new level, delivering unprecedented convenience, hyper-personalization, and elevated intelligence. Modern AI assistants will learn user preferences, schedules, and habits, enabling proactive automation tailored to individual needs. In this session, learn how to train ML models optimized for smart home devices, set up CI/CD pipelines to efficiently distribute model updates, and implement mechanisms to automatically capture device data for retraining. Also, see how AWS customers are combining AI, IoT, and seamless interoperability to transform living spaces into truly adaptive environments.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -29951,17 +29951,17 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevate your cloud operations with an efficient governance strategy
 2. Session Code: SUP306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As you grow and scale your cloud adoption, you need to build a robust governance strategy that seamlessly integrates technology, people, and processes. This chalk talk offers actionable insights on how to streamline your multi-account vending, build efficient and fault-tolerant workloads, and maintain control while effectively managing your AWS costs. Learn how to utilize AWS Trusted Advisor to make informed architectural decisions to ensure your workloads are cost-efficient, performant, secure, and resilient. Explore how services such as AWS Organizations and AWS Control Tower can transform your cloud operations using AWS Well-Architected best practices.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
    - Management and Governance
    - Well-Architected Framework
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 2:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -29986,7 +29986,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevate your contact center performance with AI-powered analytics
 2. Session Code: BIZ212
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Artificial intelligence (AI) is unlocking deeper insights about contact center performance, including customer sentiment, agent performance, and workforce scheduling. Join this session to hear how contact center managers are leveraging AI-powered analytics in Amazon Connect to proactively identify and act on opportunities to improve customer service outcomes.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -30015,7 +30015,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevate your cost allocation strategy with AWS Cost Categories [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP306-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A key FinOps principle is that everyone takes ownership of cloud usage. Cost allocation is a process that enables this principle by identifying, categorizing, and assigning the costs of cloud computing resources to specific users, departments, projects, or any other relevant grouping within an organization. Join this builders' session for a hands-on experience using AWS Cost Categories to simplify cost allocation processes. Learn how to map costs with dimensions, create custom cost groupings, define split charge rules, distribute shared costs, and explore advanced implementations and best practices. Access to your AWS Organizations payer account is recommended. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -30045,7 +30045,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevate your cost allocation strategy with AWS Cost Categories [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP306-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A key FinOps principle is that everyone takes ownership of cloud usage. Cost allocation is a process that enables this principle by identifying, categorizing, and assigning the costs of cloud computing resources to specific users, departments, projects, or any other relevant grouping within an organization. Join this builders' session for a hands-on experience using AWS Cost Categories to simplify cost allocation processes. Learn how to map costs with dimensions, create custom cost groupings, define split charge rules, distribute shared costs, and explore advanced implementations and best practices. Access to your AWS Organizations payer account is recommended. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -30106,10 +30106,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevating community support with AI automation [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV208-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how AWS is elevating community support using intelligent agents that learn from our documents, images, and databases and take repetitive actions for us. During this development process, learn how several tasks can be automated with developer-friendly tools, even if you have no previous experience with AI/ML. A similar approach can be applied to multiple use cases.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -30138,10 +30138,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevating the developer experience with Backstage on AWS
 2. Session Code: OPN405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In an era where developer productivity and collaboration are crucial, Backstage is a game-changer. Utilizing an open source framework, Backstage streamlines the developer experience by providing a unified interface for your cloud and on-premises infrastructure tools and services. Explore how Toyota leverages Backstage as a component of their platform engineering strategy and how you can transform your development workflows to create an exceptional developer experience. Also look at how to empower generative AI models through your developer portal to drive a broad set of capabilities.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Open Source
@@ -30171,7 +30171,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevating the traveler experience: Marriott's digital transformation
 2. Session Code: MAM230
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With $40B+ digital revenue processing on AWS, Marriott's digital transformation enhanced guest experiences and property associates ease of usage, increasing engineering velocity 4 times and achieving $60M+ in savings through FinOps and AI. Learn how Marriott successfully migrated, modernized, and built cloud-native applications serving 200M+ Bonvoy guests and 9,000+ properties using Amazon Aurora and Amazon EKS, secured by modern SASE architecture and secure-by-design concepts. Discover their cloud migration strategies, modernization approach, cloud-native practices, and collaboration with AWS that drove this success. Gain access to Marriott's AWS Migration Hub journey template to follow best practices and replicate success in your organization.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Migration and Modernization
@@ -30201,7 +30201,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Elevating your data security posture through scalable observability
 2. Session Code: SEC316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations mature in their cloud journeys—from a single application in an account to having multiple accounts across multiple Regions—understanding data security at scale helps them architect their environments. Delve into the art of balancing data security, observability, and cost as you scale with AWS data protection services. Gain insights into best practices for safeguarding data, implementing least privilege, monitoring, and decentralized management to enable developer agility while satisfying security and compliance controls. For seasoned cloud architects and security professionals, gain the knowledge and tools to optimize your approach to data protection in AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -30267,13 +30267,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Embedded analytics: An architectural deep dive [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BSI302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into the architecture of embedding customized, interactive visuals, and dashboards into your applications with Amazon QuickSight and the generative BI capabilities of Amazon Q. Explore best practices for maintaining a consistent branded experience within your applications. Learn about architectural patterns and deployment options around authentication, authorization, and automation, and how to embed AI-powered data Q&A to help you build integrated experiences.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest: Business Intelligence, Generative AI
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 11:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -30294,10 +30294,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Embedded analytics: An architectural deep dive [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BSI302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into the architecture of embedding customized, interactive visuals, and dashboards into your applications with Amazon QuickSight and the generative BI capabilities of Amazon Q. Explore best practices for maintaining a consistent branded experience within your applications. Learn about architectural patterns and deployment options around authentication, authorization, and automation, and how to embed AI-powered data Q&A to help you build integrated experiences.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -30326,7 +30326,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Embed seamless customer support with Amazon Connect [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ313-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Delivering exceptional customer service and support is challenging, as they demand attention across numerous touch points, like physical products, product documentation, and mobile customer support apps. This chalk talk explores specific strategies for elevating your customer experience with Amazon Connect. Learn how to create a cohesive, frictionless support experience using techniques like embedded channels, proactive outreach, and out-of-the-box information sharing that will delight your customers.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -30354,7 +30354,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Embed seamless customer support with Amazon Connect [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ313-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Delivering exceptional customer service and support is challenging, as they demand attention across numerous touch points, like physical products, product documentation, and mobile customer support apps. This chalk talk explores specific strategies for elevating your customer experience with Amazon Connect. Learn how to create a cohesive, frictionless support experience using techniques like embedded channels, proactive outreach, and out-of-the-box information sharing that will delight your customers.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -30383,7 +30383,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Emotionally intelligent leadership for an AI-powered future
 2. Session Code: INO101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As leaders create and navigate a future fueled by AI, they need to reimagine their leadership approaches, integrating their cognitive intelligence with their emotional intelligence to build adaptable, resilient, and innovative organizations. These leaders will have deep empathy for their customers and foster a culture of creativity and psychological safety among their employees. They will be data-driven but also authentically human. This session helps executives understand the EPIC attributes that empower future-ready leaders—empathy, purpose, inspiration, and connection—so they can drive successful outcomes for their businesses, their customers, and their people in the new human + AI era.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -30420,7 +30420,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Emotionally intelligent security leadership to drive business impact
 2. Session Code: SEC218
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Elevate your leadership and learn to align security needs with strategic business outcomes, spearhead impactful transformations, and cultivate a sustainable security culture. Get an inside look how AWS and its customers lead security with empathy, translate security purpose into results, inspire innovation, and foster connections to improve positive escalation culture. Uncover proven strategies to overcome people challenges, empower security champions, and achieve scalable security success. Become empowered to lead with precision, acquire the art of connecting security objectives to meaningful business impact, and steer your organization toward a future where security is a catalyst for success and resilience.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -30459,7 +30459,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Empower and elevate: Best practices for empowering seller communities
 2. Session Code: PEX111
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's competitive marketplace, business success often hinges on the effectiveness of its seller communities. This session provides information for actionable strategies and practical training techniques to empower sellers, enhance their capabilities, and drive performance. Attendees leave equipped with the tools and knowledge necessary to build and sustain high-performing sellers on AWS solutions.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Training and Certification
@@ -30471,7 +30471,7 @@
    - Business Executive
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of sales and marketing principles
     2. Familiarity with AWS solutions and services
@@ -30488,10 +30488,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Empower compute-heavy workloads with burst-to-cloud storage [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG346-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do you have spiky or unpredictable workloads with high performance requirements? Are your on-premises compute resources inadequate when tasked to accelerate and scale applications at a moment's notice? Join this session to discuss how leveraging hybrid cloud strategies with Amazon file storage makes it faster and easier for you to process file data, regardless of where the data is stored. Learn how capabilities like cloud busting, scalable performance and high-speed file caching enable flexibility for workloads like distributed ML training, media rendering and transcoding, electronic design automation (EDA), and big data analytics.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -30524,10 +30524,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Empower compute-heavy workloads with burst-to-cloud storage [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG346-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do you have spiky or unpredictable workloads with high performance requirements? Are your on-premises compute resources inadequate when tasked to accelerate and scale applications at a moment's notice? Join this session to discuss how leveraging hybrid cloud strategies with Amazon file storage makes it faster and easier for you to process file data, regardless of where the data is stored. Learn how capabilities like cloud busting, scalable performance and high-speed file caching enable flexibility for workloads like distributed ML training, media rendering and transcoding, electronic design automation (EDA), and big data analytics.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -30560,7 +30560,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Empower executives: Self-service dashboards with Generative BI
 2. Session Code: NTA404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's data-driven business landscape, executives and decision-makers need real-time access to actionable insights. However, traditional business intelligence (BI) tools often require technical expertise and can be time-consuming to navigate. This hands-on workshop shows you how to empower your executives to get insights on their own. Leverage the latest Generative BI capabilities in Amazon QuickSight to build a powerful executive dashboard in minutes using natural language. Learn how Amazon Q makes it easier for business users to understand data with executive summaries, context-aware Q&A, and data stories that help drive decisions from insights. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Business Applications
@@ -30585,7 +30585,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Empowering AWS developers with telecom network capabilities
 2. Session Code: TLC201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS is collaborating with telcos globally to offer developers access to programmable networks through APIs providing trusted network data like device location, SIM status, identity verification, and on-demand network quality control. AWS developers can combine these APIs with cloud and software components to build network-aware applications. Learn how AWS simplifies the discovery, subscription, and usage of network APIs from multiple telcos showcasing new applications across verticals on AWS. Hear how this initiative creates a new go-to-market channel for telcos, allowing them to monetize network assets by reaching the AWS global developer community, fostering innovation while unlocking new revenue streams.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Networking
@@ -30646,7 +30646,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Empowering stateful workloads on Amazon EKS with AWS storage services
 2. Session Code: KUB324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Attend this session to learn proven methods for unlocking scalability, flexibility, and resiliency. Explore the integration of AWS storage services with Amazon EKS to effectively run stateful applications. Discover best practices for allowing thousands of pods to access shared data volumes concurrently. This session demonstrates simple ways to deploy stateful workloads on EKS while optimizing performance. Attendees leave this demo-packed session with actionable insights and resources to start mastering stateful applications on Amazon EKS right away.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Storage
@@ -30654,7 +30654,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: Data Engineer, DevOps Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of Amazon EKS
     2. Familiarity with AWS storage services
@@ -30672,7 +30672,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Empowering the next-generation industrial operator with generative AI
 2. Session Code: MFG201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Georgia-Pacific (GP) is one of the largest manufacturers of pulp and paper, dispensers, packaging, and wood and gypsum building products. Like many manufacturers, GP faces workforce attrition challenges as senior workers retire and apprentice operators need to upskill quickly. Hear how GP's Amazon Bedrock–enabled industrial operator assistant provides a natural language interface for machine diagnostic troubleshooting based on unstructured data (SOP docs, machine manuals, etc.) and structured real-time machine data to retrieve and summarize relevant content in minutes. This reduces mean time to resolution by empowering apprentice workers to troubleshoot independently with real-time, contextualized machine data.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -30700,7 +30700,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Empowering the supercomputing community with Amazon Braket
 2. Session Code: QTC205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in Perth, Australia, is home to the largest supercomputer in the Southern Hemisphere and is spearheading the integration of quantum capabilities with traditional HPC workloads. In this chalk talk, see their architecture for running a national hub for quantum computing leveraging Amazon Braket and HPC resources. We demonstrate how to configure Braket to manage users, projects, budgets, and different devices to support a national research and education effort, all in one place.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -30730,7 +30730,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Empowering women in AI: Celebrating women leading the gen AI frontier
 2. Session Code: IDE105
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join the AWS Startups team for an afternoon empowering and celebrating women in AI. This session features a panel of seasoned AI startup founders and investors, alongside a tactical demo of Amazon Bedrock, and wraps up with the reveal of the Women of Gen AI Portrait Project, spotlighting leaders in the space. The goal of this session is to foster a community of women building and investing in AI, demonstrating how AWS can empower and elevate your success.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -30763,13 +30763,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Empower your business with defense-in-depth architecture for gen AI
 2. Session Code: SMB302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI promises transformative innovation, and as SMBs increasingly adopt generative AI applications, safeguarding these technologies with practical, cost-effective strategies is crucial. In this builders' session, learn how to enhance your security posture by using defense in depth, and see an architecture with layered defenses across trust boundaries. Learn strategies to innovate while increasing resilience, build on the secure AWS infrastructure, and integrate AI/ML-specific security. Explore solutions like guardrails, observability, and responsible AI practices to ensure the safety and integrity of AI-powered solutions, harnessing generative AI while mitigating risks. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 11:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -30795,7 +30795,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enable fine-grained access control for your APIs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Implement fine-grained, context-aware access control for your APIs in this hands-on builders' session. Explore how to define granular, policy-based access controls using roles and attributes with the expressive, open source Cedar policy language. Integrate with Amazon Cognito user pools via the Amazon Cognito authorizer to enforce these fine-grained permissions in your APIs. Learn practical skills for enhancing API security through attribute-based access policies tailored to your application's unique requirements. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -30829,7 +30829,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enable fine-grained access control for your APIs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Implement fine-grained, context-aware access control for your APIs in this hands-on builders' session. Explore how to define granular, policy-based access controls using roles and attributes with the expressive, open source Cedar policy language. Integrate with Amazon Cognito user pools via the Amazon Cognito authorizer to enforce these fine-grained permissions in your APIs. Learn practical skills for enhancing API security through attribute-based access policies tailored to your application's unique requirements. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -30861,7 +30861,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enabling the future: Nuclear fusion on Elastic Fabric Adapter
 2. Session Code: SUS203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Fusion energy is a potential source of clean energy that could contribute to the global transition to a net-zero economy. It has been a topic of research for the last 50+ years, and now cloud technologies are helping to accelerate its pace of development. In this session, hear from AWS energy experts on the role of cloud technologies in fusion. Also learn how Realta Fusion has leveraged Amazon EC2 HPC instances and Elastic Fabric Adapter to demonstrate, for the first time, that plasma physics stability simulations are possible using the highest-fidelity plasma models available.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Compute
@@ -30889,10 +30889,10 @@
 
 1. Title: End-to-end acceleration of vehicle software development [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AUT310-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The vehicle software development lifecycle is more than just writing lines of code. Months are spent in requirements engineering, code development and unit testing, and software validation. In this chalk talk, experts dive into each of these areas, showcasing how AWS can help accelerate the process with generative AI for interactive requirements development, code generation, and test-case generation. Learn how this, coupled with virtual validation targets on AWS, can enable up to 80% of the software development process to take place in the cloud, achieving a shift left in development and validation by somewhere between 6 and 18 months.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -30926,10 +30926,10 @@
 
 1. Title: End-to-end acceleration of vehicle software development [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AUT310-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The vehicle software development lifecycle is more than just writing lines of code. Months are spent in requirements engineering, code development and unit testing, and software validation. In this chalk talk, experts dive into each of these areas, showcasing how AWS can help accelerate the process with generative AI for interactive requirements development, code generation, and test-case generation. Learn how this, coupled with virtual validation targets on AWS, can enable up to 80% of the software development process to take place in the cloud, achieving a shift left in development and validation by somewhere between 6 and 18 months.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -30959,7 +30959,7 @@
 
 1. Title: End-to-end biological foundation model workflows for drug discovery [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS201-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how to orchestrate multiple state-of-the-art (SOTA) biological foundation models (FMs) together to create a seamless drug discovery workflow using AWS HealthOmics. Explore how to combine multiple FMs, and get hands-on experience automating a canonical drug discovery pathway.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -30988,7 +30988,7 @@
 
 1. Title: End-to-end biological foundation model workflows for drug discovery [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS201-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how to orchestrate multiple state-of-the-art (SOTA) biological foundation models (FMs) together to create a seamless drug discovery workflow using AWS HealthOmics. Explore how to combine multiple FMs, and get hands-on experience automating a canonical drug discovery pathway.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -31016,7 +31016,7 @@
 
 1. Title: End-to-end data integration and data engineering on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT350-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This comprehensive workshop equips data engineers, data scientists, data analysts, and data developers with the skills to navigate their entire data journey on AWS. Gain expertise in different data ingestion and integration techniques; explore data lake and data warehouse storage solutions; build data transformations; build, scale, and monitor data pipelines; deploy governance at scale; and dive into different data transformation methods to unlock data's true potential. Leave this workshop empowered to build data products and manage robust transactional data lakes and data warehouses, transforming raw data into actionable intelligence. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Architecture
@@ -31046,7 +31046,7 @@
 
 1. Title: End-to-end data integration and data engineering on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT350-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This comprehensive workshop equips data engineers, data scientists, data analysts, and data developers with the skills to navigate their entire data journey on AWS. Gain expertise in different data ingestion and integration techniques; explore data lake and data warehouse storage solutions; build data transformations; build, scale, and monitor data pipelines; deploy governance at scale; and dive into different data transformation methods to unlock data's true potential. Leave this workshop empowered to build data products and manage robust transactional data lakes and data warehouses, transforming raw data into actionable intelligence. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Architecture
@@ -31076,10 +31076,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Engineer and develop innovative products faster with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MFG311-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how generative AI can be used in product engineering and development, from responding to a Request for Proposal (RFP) to generating new concepts and developing digital threads. Watch how to extract the key functional, technical, compliance, and user experience requirements from multiple document types including 2D technical drawings. Explore how to share data across engineering disciplines in various languages and how to enrich generative design for new product ideas. This session showcases some of these generative AI product engineering use cases with live demos and code samples.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -31111,10 +31111,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Engineer and develop innovative products faster with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MFG311-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how generative AI can be used in product engineering and development, from responding to a Request for Proposal (RFP) to generating new concepts and developing digital threads. Watch how to extract the key functional, technical, compliance, and user experience requirements from multiple document types including 2D technical drawings. Explore how to share data across engineering disciplines in various languages and how to enrich generative design for new product ideas. This session showcases some of these generative AI product engineering use cases with live demos and code samples.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -31147,10 +31147,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhance citizen services and operations with conversational AI
 2. Session Code: WPS305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Conversational AI agents can streamline citizen services and improve government operations. Deploying these technologies in the public sector requires careful consideration of ethical, security, and regulatory concerns. In this chalk talk, explore approaches for building AI agents with robust guardrails and safeguards that ensure they operate in alignment with public sector values and mandates. Learn how to add safeguards that reduce the risk of off-purpose usage.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -31186,10 +31186,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhance code security with generative AI
 2. Session Code: DEV311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk intended for developers, learn how to seamlessly integrate AI-powered security services into your daily software development lifecycle (SDLC) to enhance code security. Explore the shift-left security approach, using AI-powered security services in best practices for building applications securely across the stages of development, build, deployment, and application runtime. See how to normalize and consolidate security findings to gain unified visibility into application security. Finally, learn how you can utilize generative AI to analyze security findings and streamline remediation through a code security management UI.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -31224,7 +31224,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhance end-customer self-service with Amazon Connect Chat
 2. Session Code: BIZ318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, discover how Amazon Connect Chat can enhance customer self-service, reduce average handle time, and lower overall contact costs. AWS experts guide you through creating a proactive website chat experience and triggering chat assistance and bots at the right time to drive higher conversion rates. Explore the architecture of a guided self-service chat experience with step-by-step guides, streamlined authentication flows, and third-party application integration. Learn how to apply generative AI to summarize your customers' self-service experiences and present those summaries to agents, helping them deliver seamless customer experiences.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -31256,7 +31256,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhance forecasting accuracy with AWS Supply Chain Demand Planning [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ320-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to learn how the new AWS Supply Chain Demand Planning capabilities can enhance your forecasting accuracy. Discover machine learning (ML)–based algorithms and a model analyzer that improve forecast quality. Explore supplementary time series features that elevate plan precision and accuracy, along with intuitive UI enhancements that reduce manual workloads for demand planners.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -31287,7 +31287,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhance forecasting accuracy with AWS Supply Chain Demand Planning [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ320-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to learn how the new AWS Supply Chain Demand Planning capabilities can enhance your forecasting accuracy. Discover machine learning (ML)–based algorithms and a model analyzer that improve forecast quality. Explore supplementary time series features that elevate plan precision and accuracy, along with intuitive UI enhancements that reduce manual workloads for demand planners.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -31318,10 +31318,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhance insights for your data warehouse with zero-ETL & generative AI
 2. Session Code: ANT309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Supercharge your data warehouse with zero-ETL and generative AI. In this workshop, explore zero-ETL architecture patterns that simplify data analysis by eliminating the need for complex pipelines and seamlessly integrate generative AI models into your Amazon Redshift data warehouse. Through a real-world retail scenario, learn how to integrate customer 360 data to generate personalized communications that are tailored to sentiment and product reviews by harnessing the power of AI and operational analytics from directly within your data warehouse. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -31329,7 +31329,7 @@
    - Modernization
    - Cost Optimization
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 11:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -31349,7 +31349,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhance ML workflows with fully managed MLflow on Amazon SageMaker
 2. Session Code: AIM378
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker offers a fully managed MLflow capability, helping you to manage the entire ML lifecycle more efficiently. In this chalk talk, learn how to effortlessly set up and manage MLflow Tracking Servers with just a few steps, streamlining the process and boosting productivity. Learn how to leverage MLflow on SageMaker to track multiple attempts at training models as runs within experiments, compare these runs with visualizations, evaluate models, and register the best models to a Model Registry.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -31379,7 +31379,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhance your cloud operations efficiency with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP307-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore Amazon Q Developer to improve operational efficiency by using its AI coding assistant to write AWS Systems Manager runbooks and then link them with AWS Chatbot configurations for faster incident resolution from Microsoft Teams and Slack. Learn how to build your own runbooks by using Amazon Q Developer and then implement them as part of your diagnosis and remediation processes using the AWS Chatbot SDK to implement ChatOps. Lastly, use the ChatOps tools you configured to collaboratively diagnose issues from chat channels. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -31412,7 +31412,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhance your cloud operations efficiency with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore Amazon Q Developer to improve operational efficiency by using its AI coding assistant to write AWS Systems Manager runbooks and then link them with AWS Chatbot configurations for faster incident resolution from Microsoft Teams and Slack. Learn how to build your own runbooks by using Amazon Q Developer and then implement them as part of your diagnosis and remediation processes using the AWS Chatbot SDK to implement ChatOps. Lastly, use the ChatOps tools you configured to collaboratively diagnose issues from chat channels. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -31446,7 +31446,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhancing Kubernetes security with policy as code using Kyverno [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN306-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Delve into advanced security for Amazon EKS by leveraging policy as code with Kyverno. This chalk talk explores best practices for defining, managing, and enforcing security policies across your Kubernetes clusters. Learn how to automate compliance checks, mitigate vulnerabilities, and maintain consistent security postures. Through hands-on demonstrations, gain practical insights into integrating Kyverno with Amazon EKS, enabling dynamic policy management and enhancing overall cluster security. Perfect for security and platform engineers and DevOps professionals looking to bolster their Kubernetes security strategy.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -31478,7 +31478,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhancing Kubernetes security with policy as code using Kyverno [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN306-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Delve into advanced security for Amazon EKS by leveraging policy as code with Kyverno. This chalk talk explores best practices for defining, managing, and enforcing security policies across your Kubernetes clusters. Learn how to automate compliance checks, mitigate vulnerabilities, and maintain consistent security postures. Through hands-on demonstrations, gain practical insights into integrating Kyverno with Amazon EKS, enabling dynamic policy management and enhancing overall cluster security. Perfect for security and platform engineers and DevOps professionals looking to bolster their Kubernetes security strategy.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -31510,10 +31510,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhancing observability in Amazon ECS to gain actionable insights
 2. Session Code: SVS328
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore how to enhance applications deployed in Amazon ECS with AWS observability services. Learn how to utilize the latest AWS observability features such as Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights, AWS X-Ray, and myApplications to gain actionable insights into your Amazon ECS environments. This session covers application scenarios and how to efficiently use AWS services to troubleshoot, optimize performance, and gain a deeper understanding of your containerized application.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Monitoring and Observability
@@ -31543,7 +31543,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhancing patient and clinician experiences with AWS HealthScribe
 2. Session Code: HLS203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how to use AWS HealthScribe generative AI capabilities to build interactive healthcare applications that reduce clinician administrative burdens and improve patient experiences. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -31574,10 +31574,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhancing public sector efficiency through generative AI
 2. Session Code: WPS401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, use leading models available on Amazon Bedrock to build intelligent, scalable business applications that optimize the delivery of critical citizen services. Delve into the capabilities of the models available on Amazon Bedrock, including prompt engineering and function tools, and utilize Amazon Q Developer to prototype and test solutions. By integrating these technologies with the Generative AI Application Builder on AWS solution, construct a real-world use case demonstrating how intelligent automation can streamline operations and enhance citizen experiences, addressing the challenges agencies and public organizations face. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -31610,7 +31610,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Enhancing security and operational excellence with AWS observability
 2. Session Code: COP322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Achieving operational excellence really comes down to understanding what's going on in your systems, including security events. This session explores how observability can help you detect and investigate security and operational events as early and quickly as possible. Learn techniques for setting up intelligent monitoring and alerting to detect issues—before they escalate. Explore strategies for conducting efficient root cause analysis and automating remediation actions to minimize operational disruptions. Whether you're focused on application development, infrastructure operations, or security, this session equips you with practical approaches to strong observability with AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -31764,7 +31764,7 @@
 
 1. Title: EQ, Amazon leadership principles, and building self-confidence
 2. Session Code: IDE106
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Returning for the third year, this highly-rated talk helps you build rock-solid confidence to be your authentic self and avoid common pitfalls in the fast-paced tech industry. Drawing from training delivered to over 40,000 professionals at Amazon and Twilio.org's crisis response work, we'll explore how to harness Amazon leadership principles like deliver results, earn trust, and bias for action to achieve remarkable self-confidence and to combat imposter syndrome. Get practical techniques and a detailed workbook, and a long-term plan to stay accountable, learn from failure, and create a fulfilling tech career as your true self.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Training and Certification
@@ -31777,7 +31777,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Interest in building self-confidence
     2. Desire to learn from Amazon leadership principles
@@ -31798,7 +31798,7 @@
 
 1. Title: ESG reporting with generative AI and sustainability data fabric on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS208-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With a growing number of data sources for tracking the environmental impact of your organization, it becomes challenging to discover, assess the validity of, and extract values from these assets across multiple teams. Join this lightning talk to learn how a sustainability data fabric, as well as generative AI–based insights, enables environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data collection, management, and reporting. Discover how, with more reliable data, your organization can solve challenges such as more accurately calculating your estimated carbon emissions, assessing climate risk, or understanding your biodiversity impact.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -31808,7 +31808,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of environmental impact tracking and data sources
     2. Familiarity with sustainability data management and reporting
@@ -31830,17 +31830,17 @@
 
 1. Title: ESG reporting with generative AI and sustainability data fabric on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS208-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With a growing number of data sources for tracking the environmental impact of your organization, it becomes challenging to discover, assess the validity of, and extract values from these assets across multiple teams. Join this lightning talk to learn how a sustainability data fabric, as well as generative AI–based insights, enables environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data collection, management, and reporting. Discover how, with more reliable data, your organization can solve challenges such as more accurately calculating your estimated carbon emissions, assessing climate risk, or understanding your biodiversity impact.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Sustainability
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
     - Data Engineer
     - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of environmental impact tracking
     2. Familiarity with data sources and data management challenges
@@ -31862,10 +31862,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Essentials for migrating from Oracle to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL
 2. Session Code: DAT312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Migrating from Oracle to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition can be a transformative journey, offering significant cost savings and performance benefits. However, this transition requires careful planning and execution. In this chalk talk, discover the essential things you need to know to ensure a smooth and successful migration from Oracle to Aurora PostgreSQL and the optimal architectures to enable such a migration. Learn best practices and pitfalls to avoid from our seasoned experts, who have helped many customers walk this path.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -31899,7 +31899,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Estimating your AWS costs using AWS Pricing Calculator
 2. Session Code: COP354
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Before migrating or building workloads on AWS, you want to quickly evaluate options and estimate the cost. In this chalk talk, learn how you can use the AWS Pricing Calculator as part of your permit to operate and better forecast costs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -31926,7 +31926,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Evaluate and deploy SaaS applications fast on AWS with AWS Marketplace
 2. Session Code: MKT106
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Software as a service (SaaS) is the preferred consumption model for many enterprises because it optimizes costs while improving speed and deployment agility. However, some organizations may struggle with identifying the right SaaS product and validating vendor and product fit and configuration. In this session, learn how to reduce the time and resources required to find, validate, configure, and launch SaaS applications from leading vendors in AWS Marketplace.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: New to AWS, Migration and Modernization
@@ -31953,10 +31953,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Evaluate risk and automate remediation in your AWS environment [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP314-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's fast-paced cloud computing landscape, organizations face numerous challenges in maintaining a secure, efficient, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure. AWS Trusted Advisor is a powerful tool that helps mitigate risks and optimize resource utilization, ensuring compliance with Well-Architected best practices and industry standards. This builders' session dives deep into the capabilities of Trusted Advisor, exploring its various checks and recommendations tailored to different aspects of cloud management. Learn how to effectively utilize Trusted Advisor's features, such as automatic checks, customizable alerts, and actionable recommendations, to proactively identify and address potential risks within your AWS environments.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -31984,10 +31984,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Evaluate risk and automate remediation in your AWS environment [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP314-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's fast-paced cloud computing landscape, organizations face numerous challenges in maintaining a secure, efficient, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure. AWS Trusted Advisor is a powerful tool that helps mitigate risks and optimize resource utilization, ensuring compliance with Well-Architected best practices and industry standards. This builders' session dives deep into the capabilities of Trusted Advisor, exploring its various checks and recommendations tailored to different aspects of cloud management. Learn how to effectively utilize Trusted Advisor's features, such as automatic checks, customizable alerts, and actionable recommendations, to proactively identify and address potential risks within your AWS environments.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Architecture
 - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -32015,7 +32015,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Evaluate the performance of your generative AI app in Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore how you can evaluate your RAG components in Amazon Bedrock. These frameworks often offer various tools, utilities, and metrics to assess the performance of RAG systems across different aspects, such as retrieval accuracy, generation quality, and factual consistency. By using open source frameworks, generative AI developers can rigorously evaluate RAG models, identify strengths and weaknesses, and make informed decisions about model selection and deployment. These frameworks also facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing by promoting transparency and reproducibility. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -32046,13 +32046,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Evaluate your RAG pipeline with Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, and Ragas
 2. Session Code: SMB401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on builders' session, create an evaluation tool for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines. While using Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, and Ragas (an open source RAG assessment framework), learn how to build an evaluation tool to grade your RAG pipeline across a variety of metrics to ensure it is providing correct answers while avoiding malicious or harmful responses. Leave this session with a customizable RAG evaluation tool to apply to your own RAG pipelines. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -32074,7 +32074,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Evaluating Amazon Q Business applications to maximize business impact
 2. Session Code: AIM318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to develop a comprehensive evaluation framework for the outputs generated by Amazon Q Business. Explore how this framework can help you measure key metrics like truthfulness and completeness, allowing you to quantitatively assess the performance of your generative AI applications. By leveraging your private enterprise data and subject matter experts, you can ensure that the outputs are not only accurate but also tailored to the specific requirements of your business. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -32103,7 +32103,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Event-driven architectures at scale: Manage millions of events
 2. Session Code: API307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Enterprises producing billions of events daily across hundreds of developers face unique challenges around schema management, evolution, and observability when scaling event-driven architectures (EDAs). In this session, discover proven patterns for building high-scale, event-driven systems that can be effectively managed and coordinated across a distributed organization with Amazon EventBridge. Learn best practices for enforcing schemas, versioning to evolve schemas without disrupting downstream consumers, and enabling schema discovery. Explore strategies for maintaining observability and monitoring the health of your event-driven systems, even as the number of producers, consumers, and event types grows.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -32135,7 +32135,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Event-driven architectures for HPC workloads
 2. Session Code: CMP409
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Porting workloads to the cloud means suddenly having a lot of flexibility to drive your infrastructure at speeds that match the people you're working with. Many AWS customers spin up HPC clusters, scale fleets of Amazon EC2 instances, or adapt massive storage systems in reaction to events taking place in the real world. Learn how to leverage some of these techniques with real-world examples of customers like Maxar Technologies and LEGO solving tough problems in different domains.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Compute
@@ -32161,7 +32161,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Event-driven architectures with strangler and leave/layer patterns
 2. Session Code: MAM112
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the power of event-driven architecture (EDA) to modernize your existing applications with the strangler and leave/layer patterns. In this session, learn how to leverage Amazon EventBridge, AWS Lambda, and microservices to increase agility, resiliency, and security while reducing technical debt. Discover how to decompose monolithic applications into microservices seamlessly, enabling faster innovation, scalability, and maintainability.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -32221,7 +32221,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Everything you've wanted to know about performance on EC2 instances [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP411-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Getting the best compute performance is a bit of an art, and knowing about low level details can help a lot. This chalk talk covers all the details you've always wanted to know about, such as memory topology, how to get access to hardware counters, how to take into account the side-effects of hyperthreading, and how to properly run performance tests and optimize your latency.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -32250,7 +32250,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Exam Prep: AWS Certified AI Practitioner [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: TNC105-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Prepare for the AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam with this 90-minute study session. Review questions from the official practice question set. Ask questions of the subject matter expert leading the study session. Continue preparing for your exam with confidence following the four-step plan on AWS Skill Builder.
 5. Session Type: Exam Prep
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Training and Certification
@@ -32280,10 +32280,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Exam Prep: AWS Certified AI Practitioner [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: TNC105-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Prepare for the AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam with this 90-minute study session. Review questions from the official practice question set. Ask questions of the subject matter expert leading the study session. Continue preparing for your exam with confidence following the four-step plan on AWS Skill Builder.
 5. Session Type: Exam Prep
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Training and Certification
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -32313,7 +32313,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Exam prep: AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate
 2. Session Code: TNC211
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Prepare for the AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate exam with this 90-minute study session. Review questions from the official practice question set. Get your questions answered by the subject matter expert leading the study session. Continue preparing for your exam with confidence following the four-step plan on AWS Skill Builder.
 5. Session Type: Exam Prep
 6. Topic: Training and Certification
@@ -32342,10 +32342,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Exam prep: AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate
 2. Session Code: TNC213
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Prepare for the AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate exam with this 90-minute study session. Review questions from the official practice question set. Get your questions answered by the subject matter expert leading the study session. Continue preparing for your exam with confidence following the four-step plan on AWS Skill Builder.
 5. Session Type: Exam Prep
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Training and Certification
 7. Areas of Interest: Developer Community
@@ -32375,7 +32375,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Exam prep: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
 2. Session Code: TNC212
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam with this 90-minute study session. Review questions from the official practice question set. Get your questions answered by the subject matter expert leading the study session. Continue preparing for your exam with confidence following the four-step plan on AWS Skill Builder.
 5. Session Type: Exam Prep
 6. Topic: Training and Certification
@@ -32400,10 +32400,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Exchange structured and unstructured data seamlessly using data grants
 2. Session Code: MKT109
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, learn how you can leverage data grants in AWS Data Exchange to easily and securely share data across AWS accounts and organizations. This session demonstrates how to create a data grant and extend it to another AWS account. Learn how to accept the data grant and work with the data using other AWS services.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Analytics
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -32441,7 +32441,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Developer / Engineer, Press / Media Analyst
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of Qualcomm's technology and innovations
@@ -32468,7 +32468,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Explore generative AI use cases with LangChain and Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: TNC301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This Amazon Bedrock session teaches you how to use generative AI models for tasks like writing summaries, answering questions, and building chatbots. The session is based on real-world use cases and provides you with hands-on experience using API calls, software tools, and open source libraries. Discover how to use generative AI to improve your efficiency and build your own AI-powered applications.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Training and Certification
@@ -32499,10 +32499,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Explore generative business intelligence features in Amazon QuickSight
 2. Session Code: TNC221
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lab, leverage the new generative BI capabilities of Amazon QuickSight to analyze sample loan portfolio data and create a comprehensive dashboard that provides valuable insights to support further decision-making processes. Also create new visuals and generate calculations and summaries using Amazon QuickSight Q&A and storytelling features. Workstations are provided for you; no laptop required.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -32558,7 +32558,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Explore the many ways to train foundation models on AWS
 2. Session Code: CMP321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Training large-scale foundation models presents unique challenges. This session unravels the complexities of building and scaling these models. From selecting the optimal compute resources—including GPUs, AWS Trainium, and AWS Inferentia—to optimizing data pipelines with Amazon S3, Amazon FSx for Lustre, or NVMe and maximizing network performance with an Elastic Fabric Adapter. It also covers how Amazon SageMaker HyperPod can help you save up to 40% on training costs. Receive practical guidance for overcoming challenges and achieving peak performance in your foundation model training, and hear how customers leverage AWS AI chips to train their foundation models for a multi-agent personal AI.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -32592,10 +32592,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Explore what's new in data governance with AWS analytics
 2. Session Code: ANT303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to explore the latest innovations and features in AWS analytics that are revolutionizing data governance. Expert presenters guide you through the exciting developments in services like Amazon DataZone, AWS Lake Formation, and AWS Glue that are empowering organizations to establish robust data governance frameworks while maintaining stringent compliance standards.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Analytics
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Management and Governance
@@ -32624,7 +32624,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Exploring hybrid quantum-classical computation with Amazon Braket
 2. Session Code: QTC301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Hybrid algorithms, combining quantum and classical compute resources, are widely believed to be promising candidates for the first demonstrations of useful applications of quantum computers. Linear systems of equations, which play an important role in science and technology, are one such area where hybrid algorithms have been explored. In this workshop, learn how to use Amazon Braket Hybrid Jobs to implement the Variational Quantum Linear Solver algorithm to solve linear systems of equations on real quantum computers. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -32653,7 +32653,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Exploring performance analysis with AWS Graviton instances
 2. Session Code: CMP404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many developers are working at a higher and higher level, which is fantastic from a productivity standpoint. However, when it comes to performance, it is often necessary to be closer to the metal to understand the dynamics of applications, study their behavior, and understand and fix their bottlenecks. In this code talk, AWS experts open a shell on an Amazon EC2 instance and dig into the system to see which tools and resources you can use, including the Amazon Aperf tool. Learn as they write some mini-applications to study their performance behavior and troubleshoot how to improve them.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -32685,13 +32685,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Expo
 2. Session Code: ACT076
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Visit the Expo to discover hundreds of AWS Partners offering software, data, and services that run on AWS. When entering the Expo, embark on a browsing experience and visit six unique AWS pavilions. Each pavilion is filled with AWS teams that focus on AI/ML, community, data, developers, industries, generative AI, or partners. Each pavilion also contains a content theater where you can hear from AWS experts and partners. Come by to explore all that the Expo has to offer.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -32714,13 +32714,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Expo
 2. Session Code: ACT074
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Visit the Expo to discover hundreds of AWS Partners offering software, data, and services that run on AWS. When entering the Expo, embark on a browsing experience and visit six unique AWS pavilions. Each pavilion is filled with AWS teams that focus on AI/ML, community, data, developers, industries, generative AI, or partners. Each pavilion also contains a content theater where you can hear from AWS experts and partners. Come by to explore all that the Expo has to offer.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 - 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -32743,13 +32743,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Expo
 2. Session Code: ACT075
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Visit the Expo to discover hundreds of AWS Partners offering software, data, and services that run on AWS. When entering the Expo, embark on a browsing experience and visit six unique AWS pavilions. Each pavilion is filled with AWS teams that focus on AI/ML, community, data, developers, industries, generative AI, or partners. Each pavilion also contains a content theater where you can hear from AWS experts and partners. Come by to explore all that the Expo has to offer.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -32772,13 +32772,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Expo
 2. Session Code: ACT077
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Visit the Expo to discover hundreds of AWS Partners offering software, data, and services that run on AWS. When entering the Expo, embark on a browsing experience and visit six unique AWS pavilions. Each pavilion is filled with AWS teams that focus on AI/ML, community, data, developers, industries, generative AI, or partners. Each pavilion also contains a content theater where you can hear from AWS experts and partners. Come by to explore all that the Expo has to offer.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -32804,7 +32804,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: AMD an AWS Partner
 4. Description: Connect with AWS Partners, network with peers, talk to experts, and see the latest interactive demos. Beverage service is provided throughout the Expo. The Expo Happy Hour is brought to you by AMD an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
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 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -32827,10 +32827,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Extend generative AI capabilities with serverless containers and RAG
 2. Session Code: SVS304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore how to extend generative AI workloads using the capabilities of Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG). Through real-world examples of RAG-powered workloads, delve into the considerations and best practices for building generative AI applications with serverless containers. Then, gain hands-on experience building one by yourself. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -32868,7 +32868,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Data Engineer, Data Scientist, IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of satellite imagery analysis
@@ -32893,7 +32893,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Extract insights with multi-modal agents using Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: TNC309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this new interactive training session powered by generative AI, address a simulated business scenario by building an application to help users extract information from various data types. Build a multi-modal agent using an Amazon Bedrock foundation model and LangChain. Learn how to use managed AI/ML services to transform different type of data formats and generate insights. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -32920,7 +32920,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Failing without flailing: Lessons we learned at AWS the hard way
 2. Session Code: ARC333
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: At AWS, we've learned that building resilient services requires more than just designing for high availability. In this session AWS operational leaders are back for more insights on how to mitigate impact when, not if, the unexpected happens. Hear a few short stories collected from 18 years of operational excellence, with practical advice on preparing for and mitigating failure.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -32958,7 +32958,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Data Engineer, IT Executive, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of vector similarity
@@ -32993,7 +32993,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Data Scientist, Developer / Engineer, DevOps Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of machine learning models and their deployment.
@@ -33019,10 +33019,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Fast evolving GraphQL schema with federation
 2. Session Code: BWP304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session explores cutting-edge techniques for GraphQL schema management and projections utilizing AWS AppSync, AWS Fargate, and AWS AI/ML services. Gain insights into overcoming limitations through innovative schema projection strategies. The session dives into how AWS AI/ML services can transform schema versioning and management, providing automated testing and generation of sample datasets to reduce development efforts. Learn about creating a mock environment for merchants based on projected schemas, enhancing the accuracy and efficiency of their development processes. This session enables participants to implement robust schema management solutions and stay competitive in an evolving landscape.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -33054,10 +33054,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Fast web delivery: Expert insights into Amazon CloudFront [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN309-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Interested in delivering fast web experiences that keep users coming back? With the latest advancements in web protocols and Amazon CloudFront capabilities, there's lots to consider when delivering web applications online. Bring your toughest questions around delivery topics like caching, dynamic content acceleration, or data transfer optimization. The CloudFront experts kick off the discussion with single domain architecture and API delivery topics and then dive deep into your specific challenges to provide tailored solutions for your unique web application workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -33087,10 +33087,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Fast web delivery: Expert insights into Amazon CloudFront [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN309-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Interested in delivering fast web experiences that keep users coming back? With the latest advancements in web protocols and Amazon CloudFront capabilities, there's lots to consider when delivering web applications online. Bring your toughest questions around delivery topics like caching, dynamic content acceleration, or data transfer optimization. The CloudFront experts kick off the discussion with single domain architecture and API delivery topics and then dive deep into your specific challenges to provide tailored solutions for your unique web application workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -33154,7 +33154,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Ferrari and Bloomberg transform end-user computing with AWS
 2. Session Code: EUC203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Interested in building an end-user computing solution that maximizes security of company and customer data, optimizes IT agility, and helps control cost? In this session, Ferrari and Bloomberg discuss how they leveraged AWS End User Computing services to address their digital workplace challenges and deliver an exceptional end-user experience. This session also explores advancements to the AWS portfolio of virtual desktop and application streaming services that give IT organizations more flexibility to choose the optimal service for their unique use cases and workloads.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -33188,7 +33188,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fidelity Investments and real-time vector search for Amazon MemoryDB
 2. Session Code: DAT337
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With vector search for Amazon MemoryDB, enterprises no longer need to compromise on relevancy and speed, offering the fastest vector search solution on AWS at the highest levels of recall. Join Fidelity Investments and learn how they benchmarked and evaluated vector search for Amazon MemoryDB, sharing their key performance indicators in recall, queries per second, load duration, and latency measurements. See a deep-dive demo of a persistent, configurable vector storage in MemoryDB for hybrid search and semantic caching within Fidelity's network that aligns with Fidelity's multicloud portability requirements.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -33201,7 +33201,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of vector search
     2. Understanding of Amazon MemoryDB
@@ -33220,7 +33220,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fidelity Investments: Building for mission-critical resilience
 2. Session Code: FSI318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ensuring uninterrupted operations is critical to maintaining customer confidence and remaining compliant with regulatory requirements. This session explores the transformation of Fidelity Investments' trade processing platform on AWS and the critical role resiliency plays in preserving operational integrity. Discover Fidelity Investments' approach to building and validating a robust trade flow application with AWS Fault Injection Service, Amazon EC2, and Amazon EKS. Learn how Fidelity Investments practices chaos experiments using real-world scenarios and drives adoption of chaos engineering to 50% of all applications with its "chaos buffet," a suite of tools that helps simulate impacting events in non-production environments.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -33250,15 +33250,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Fidelity Investments: Operating Tier 0 trading databases on AWS
 2. Session Code: SUP310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how Fidelity Investments operates Tier 0 brokerage databases on AWS and ensures highly available systems for its users. The session covers some of the challenges of operating low latency, multi-Region databases on AWS and highlights Fidelity's proactive mechanisms via AWS Incident Detection and Response. Incident Detection and Response offers customers proactive engagement and incident management to reduce the potential for failure and to accelerate recovery of critical workloads from disruption.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -33284,7 +33284,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Finding the right approach: Bridging traditional ML with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DPR201-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This hands-on workshop explores the synergy between traditional ML approaches and the emerging realm of generative AI. Drawing parallels from reinforcement learning concepts used with AWS DeepRacer, this workshop dives into the criteria for selecting appropriate solutions, whether traditional ML or generative AI. Explore the different tools and services available, ranging from low-code/no-code offerings like Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q to code-based solutions like Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. Leave this workshop with a comprehensive understanding of when to use generative AI capabilities, how to integrate generative AI seamlessly with traditional ML methodologies, and what tools are available through AWS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -33318,7 +33318,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Finding the right approach: Bridging traditional ML with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DPR201-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This hands-on workshop explores the synergy between traditional ML approaches and the emerging realm of generative AI. Drawing parallels from reinforcement learning concepts used with AWS DeepRacer, this workshop dives into the criteria for selecting appropriate solutions, whether traditional ML or generative AI. Explore the different tools and services available, ranging from low-code/no-code offerings like Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q to code-based solutions like Amazon SageMaker JumpStart. Leave this workshop with a comprehensive understanding of when to use generative AI capabilities, how to integrate generative AI seamlessly with traditional ML methodologies, and what tools are available through AWS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -33352,7 +33352,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Find the malicious shipmate! [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD218-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on Malicious Shipmate, a game of collaboration and deception! You and your crew members must work together to complete critical tasks. But beware: One is an AI impostor. Navigate through 10 rooms with unique challenges like Amazon S3 bucket replication and flushing Amazon CloudFront caches. Strategize carefully, strive to identify the traitor, cast votes in meetings, and eliminate potential threats. Be cautious, because the impostor can fake tasks, leaving you unsure of who to trust.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -33378,7 +33378,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Find the malicious shipmate! [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD218-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on Malicious Shipmate, a game of collaboration and deception! You and your crew members must work together to complete critical tasks. But beware: One is an AI impostor. Navigate through 10 rooms with unique challenges like Amazon S3 bucket replication and flushing Amazon CloudFront caches. Strategize carefully, strive to identify the traitor, cast votes in meetings, and eliminate potential threats. Be cautious, because the impostor can fake tasks, leaving you unsure of who to trust.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -33404,7 +33404,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Find the perfect file storage to optimize your workload's performance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG335-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The right file storage can make or break an application's performance and scalability. Choosing a solution that fits the demand of the workload is critical to optimizing availability and cost efficiency. Join this talk to learn how to match your use case with the best storage, whether you're scaling demanding applications, handling high I/O requirements, or managing complex workloads. Learn to navigate the decision process, comparing the Amazon EFS and the Amazon FSx family of file services to extend or migrate without adding complexity or cost. Bring your questions to gain real-time insights and actionable solutions for your cloud journey.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Storage, Migration and Modernization
@@ -33433,10 +33433,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Find the perfect file storage to optimize your workload's performance [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG335-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The right file storage can make or break an application's performance and scalability. Choosing a solution that fits the demand of the workload is critical to optimizing availability and cost efficiency. Join this talk to learn how to match your use case with the best storage, whether you're scaling demanding applications, handling high I/O requirements, or managing complex workloads. Learn to navigate the decision process, comparing the Amazon EFS and the Amazon FSx family of file services to extend or migrate without adding complexity or cost. Bring your questions to gain real-time insights and actionable solutions for your cloud journey.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Storage
 - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -33470,7 +33470,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fine-tune and deploy an LLM using Amazon SageMaker and AWS AI chips
 2. Session Code: AIM327
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As deep learning models have grown in size and complexity, there is a need for specialized ML accelerators to address the increasing training and inference demands of these models, while also delivering high performance, scalability, and cost-effectiveness. In this workshop, use AWS purpose-built ML accelerators, AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia, to fine-tune and then run inference using an LLM based on the Llama architecture. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -33501,7 +33501,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fine-tune and deploy Llama 3.1 models on AWS Trainium and Inferentia
 2. Session Code: CMP337
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Neuron SDK allows you to train, fine-tune, and deploy foundation models on AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia when building generative AI applications. This chalk talk provides an overview of Neuron SDK and the various capabilities that maximize performance and deliver ease-of-use when training and deploying Llama 3.1 models on AWS AI chips. Dive deep into Neuron Distributed libraries and discover debugging, profiling, and observability tools that can help you optimize performance of your AI workloads on AWS AI chips.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -33529,7 +33529,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fine-tune Hugging Face LLMs using Amazon SageMaker and AWS Trainium [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Large language models (LLMs) are pretrained on vast amounts of data and perform well across a variety of general-purpose tasks and benchmarks without further specialized training. In practice, however, it is common to improve the performance of a pretrained LLM by fine-tuning the model using a smaller task-specific or domain-specific dataset. In this builders' session, learn how to use Amazon SageMaker to fine-tune a pretrained Hugging Face LLM using AWS Trainium, and then leverage the fine-tuned model for inference. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -33556,7 +33556,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fine-tune Hugging Face LLMs using Amazon SageMaker and AWS Trainium [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP304-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Large language models (LLMs) are pretrained on vast amounts of data and perform well across a variety of general-purpose tasks and benchmarks without further specialized training. In practice, however, it is common to improve the performance of a pretrained LLM by fine-tuning the model using a smaller task-specific or domain-specific dataset. In this builders' session, learn how to use Amazon SageMaker to fine-tune a pretrained Hugging Face LLM using AWS Trainium, and then leverage the fine-tuned model for inference. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -33584,7 +33584,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fine-tune Hugging Face LLMs using Amazon SageMaker and AWS Trainium [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Large language models (LLMs) are pretrained on vast amounts of data and perform well across a variety of general-purpose tasks and benchmarks without further specialized training. In practice, however, it is common to improve the performance of a pretrained LLM by fine-tuning the model using a smaller task-specific or domain-specific dataset. In this builders' session, learn how to use Amazon SageMaker to fine-tune a pretrained Hugging Face LLM using AWS Trainium, and then leverage the fine-tuned model for inference. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -33611,7 +33611,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fine-tune Llama 3 models cost-effectively on Amazon SageMaker [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM319-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, get step-by-step implementation experience fine-tuning Llama 3 8B using the QLoRA strategy. Learn how you can fine-tune Llama 3 models at scale using the memory-efficient PyTorch Fully Sharded Data Parallel (FSDP2) library with access to built-in debugging and GPU utilization metrics. Use a custom deep learning container with Amazon SageMaker to run these large-scale training jobs on the Amazon EC2 G5 instance. Discover how you can bring your own choice of libraries, like torchtune, on Amazon SageMaker's managed infrastructure of GPU resources. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -33642,7 +33642,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fine-tune Llama 3 models cost-effectively on Amazon SageMaker [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM319-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, get step-by-step implementation experience fine-tuning Llama 3 8B using the QLoRA strategy. Learn how you can fine-tune Llama 3 models at scale using the memory-efficient PyTorch Fully Sharded Data Parallel (FSDP2) library with access to built-in debugging and GPU utilization metrics. Use a custom deep learning container with Amazon SageMaker to run these large-scale training jobs on the Amazon EC2 G5 instance. Discover how you can bring your own choice of libraries, like torchtune, on Amazon SageMaker's managed infrastructure of GPU resources. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -33673,7 +33673,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fine-tune Llama 3 models cost-effectively on Amazon SageMaker [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM319-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, get step-by-step implementation experience fine-tuning Llama 3 8B using the QLoRA strategy. Learn how you can fine-tune Llama 3 models at scale using the memory-efficient PyTorch Fully Sharded Data Parallel (FSDP2) library with access to built-in debugging and GPU utilization metrics. Use a custom deep learning container with Amazon SageMaker to run these large-scale training jobs on the Amazon EC2 G5 instance. Discover how you can bring your own choice of libraries, like torchtune, on Amazon SageMaker's managed infrastructure of GPU resources. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -33704,7 +33704,7 @@
 
 1. Title: FinOps adopting Kubernetes: Optimizing cost for business innovation [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB311-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations migrate existing self-hosted container platforms to Amazon EKS, there are opportunities for optimizing cost, observability, and operational efficiency. Traditional FinOps methods, tailored for straightforward cloud resource mapping, often struggle to address the complexities of Kubernetes' shared environment. Join this chalk talk to hear about essential steps for identifying dependencies, architectural considerations, and planning and executing a successful migration. Gain insights into adapting cost-management strategies for container workloads. Benefit from real-world patterns, best practices, and practical strategies to successfully navigate your migration journey to Amazon EKS while ensuring streamlined operations and cost efficiency.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Migration and Modernization
@@ -33771,10 +33771,10 @@
 
 1. Title: FISMA-regulated data environment for Harvard researchers on AWS
 2. Session Code: WPS402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Over the past few years, federal agencies and data providers have increasingly required more stringent security and privacy controls for their data. In this session, learn how Harvard University's Research Computing organization pivoted to create a dedicated team and collaborated with AWS to create a regulated data environment. Explore how they built basic core services (FISMA-compliant landing zone accelerator and advanced security features) in just 12 weeks and also built research environments using Open OnDemand, AWS ParallelCluster, and Research Engineering Studio on AWS. Learn valuable strategies and technical guidance from Harvard Research Computing to meet research data compliance by leveraging the cloud.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -33807,7 +33807,7 @@
 
 1. Title: FM training and serving on AWS DLAMI and AWS Deep Learning Containers
 2. Session Code: AIM368
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session for a deep dive into the AWS services used to train and serve large foundation models. Customers use AWS Deep Learning Containers, Amazon EKS, and Amazon EC2 UltraClusters to rapidly scale their ML infrastructure, serve millions of users, reduce the total cost of infrastructure ownership, and gain security and stability benefits. Learn about generative AI use cases, solution architecture, training and serving environments, compute orchestration, and ML application development SDKs as well as best practices to speed up development and improve model training efficiency for large-scale multi-node distributed workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -33867,10 +33867,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Fortifying the news pipeline: AP's resilient media supply chain on AWS
 2. Session Code: IMP204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The Associated Press modernized its mission-critical publishing platform using serverless patterns across multiple AWS regions. This cutting-edge platform helps the AP in its mission to produce fast, accurate journalism seen by over half the world's population every day. Learn how the AP worked with AWS to review and strengthen the fault tolerance of their media supply chain platform. Explore the strategies and architectural patterns implemented to ensure uninterrupted news delivery, even in the face of regional outages. Gain insights into building highly available and resilient workloads on AWS, enabling your organization to maintain operational continuity and meet rigorous uptime requirements.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Content Delivery
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -33907,15 +33907,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Friday breakfast
 2. Session Code: ACT021
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Breakfast for attendees is served in Caesars Forum, Summit 206 and The Venetian, Level 1, Hall G.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Caesars Forum
     2. Summit 206
@@ -33930,7 +33930,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Froedtert Health transforms patient engagement with generative AI
 2. Session Code: HLS214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) built a transformative digital health platform using AWS. This session explores their innovative use of Amazon SageMaker, AWS Lambda, and other services to create AI-driven applications now serving 70,000 patients monthly. Learn how Froedtert & MCW achieved a threefold increase in platform engagement, enhanced preventive care adherence, and accelerated development. Uncover strategies for implementing HIPAA-eligible infrastructure, crafting personalized care recommendations, and integrating self-service tools. Gain insights applying cloud technologies to improve patient experiences and utilizing serverless architecture for deployment of patient-centric solutions in a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -34026,7 +34026,7 @@
 
 1. Title: From Azure to AWS: One organization's all-in journey with AWS
 2. Session Code: XNT316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This industry-leading social good technology provider believes that placing a few high-impact, "all-in" bets on a highly selective group of technology partners will drive a marked acceleration in the pace of innovation. In this session, hear from this provider's senior executives about the technical reasons it chose AWS for its all-in bet over Azure, how it rapidly migrated from Azure, and how it's now working with AWS to cocreate next-generation solutions for global good. Attend this session to learn from the technology decisions this provider has made to support its mission to provide purpose-built software for the greatest social good.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -34062,7 +34062,7 @@
 
 1. Title: From chatbots to gamebots: Exploring AI's potential in video games
 2. Session Code: DEV332
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Have you ever wondered how well an LLM can play video games? This captivating chalk talk explores how to build LLM bots to excel in video games, unveiling techniques that can be applied across various fields. Hear about the speaker's own journey, including challenges, strategies, and fascinating results, as well as key techniques such as prompt engineering and managing hallucinations. Whether you're a passionate gamer curious about AI's potential or a professional seeking to apply these techniques in other domains, this talk provides you with valuable insights and inspiration.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -34090,7 +34090,7 @@
 
 1. Title: From diagram to code: Automate IaC code generation with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: XNT306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to use generative AI to automate code generation, reduce manual effort, and increase development speed. In this workshop, get hands-on experience developing an end-to-end .NET 8 application using Amazon Bedrock, AWS Lambda, and Amazon API Gateway. Use Amazon Bedrock to generate infrastructure as code (IaC) directly from architecture diagrams and then, with agents, use the code to automatically create the infrastructure. Learn security best practices and how to use Amazon Bedrock within your .NET applications to enable seamless integration with generative AI models. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -34132,7 +34132,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Business Executive, IT Administrator, IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of business operations and IT management
@@ -34161,7 +34161,7 @@
 4. Description: One of the biggest risks facing AI teams is building something that nobody wants. Many businesses are experimenting with generative AI but are often unable to progress from prototyping ideas to real-world applications and adoption. In this lightning talk, examine how to navigate this risk and find the right use case for your business. Learn how to identify use cases, evaluate ROI, develop iteratively with user feedback, and build a strong technical foundation to support your AI initiatives. Hear real-world case studies from practitioners who have successfully deployed AI, and gain a blueprint for creating LLM applications with high adoption and business value. This presentation is brought to you by deepset, an AWS Partner.
 
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -34174,7 +34174,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of generative AI and its applications
@@ -34210,7 +34210,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Data Engineer, Developer / Engineer, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: MGM
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of machine learning and AI concepts
@@ -34232,7 +34232,7 @@
 
 1. Title: From serverful to serverless Java
 2. Session Code: SVS403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to bring your traditional Java Spring application to AWS Lambda with minimal effort and iteratively apply optimizations to get the best out of your serverless Java experience. Find out how to improve the performance of your application with AWS Lambda SnapStart and GraalVM native images. Then, learn how to write new applications with Spring Cloud Function and use Amazon Q Developer to quickly generate the code. Leave this workshop knowing how to make well-informed decisions when modernizing enterprise Java applications with AWS Lambda. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic:
@@ -34267,10 +34267,10 @@
 
 1. Title: From single to multitenant: Scaling a mission-critical serverless app
 2. Session Code: DEV341
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Both single-tenant and multitenant architectures come with advantages and drawbacks. While the single-tenant approach is often simpler to implement initially, it may fall short as your system scales. In this dev chat, explore how PostNL transitioned one of its mission-critical applications, EBE, from a single-tenant to a multitenant architecture, hearing about the challenges it faced, the strategies it employed, and the benefits it realized through this transformation, providing valuable insights for those considering a similar evolution for their applications.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Architecture
 - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -34283,7 +34283,7 @@
 - DevOps Engineer
 - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
 1. Understanding of single-tenant and multi-tenant architectures
 2. Experience with scaling and managing mission-critical applications
@@ -34306,10 +34306,10 @@
 
 1. Title: From VMs to cloud-native: An AWS modernization journey [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MAM202-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to use AWS modernization pathways to quickly decompose a monolithic workload to a loosely coupled, distributed microservices architecture. Walk through a real-world migration scenario, starting with the migration of VMware-based applications to AWS, followed by step-by-step guidance on modernizing those applications. Hear from AWS experts as they share best practices for transforming monolithic applications into modern cloud architectures. Learn how to utilize AWS services such as AWS App Runner, Amazon Aurora, and AWS Lambda as you containerize the monolithic application, migrate to a managed database, and move your applications to serverless. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -34341,10 +34341,10 @@
 
 1. Title: From VMs to cloud-native: An AWS modernization journey [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MAM202-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to use AWS modernization pathways to quickly decompose a monolithic workload to a loosely coupled, distributed microservices architecture. Walk through a real-world migration scenario, starting with the migration of VMware-based applications to AWS, followed by step-by-step guidance on modernizing those applications. Hear from AWS experts as they share best practices for transforming monolithic applications into modern cloud architectures. Learn how to utilize AWS services such as AWS App Runner, Amazon Aurora, and AWS Lambda as you containerize the monolithic application, migrate to a managed database, and move your applications to serverless. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -34375,7 +34375,7 @@
 
 1. Title: From Windows to Linux: .NET application modernization
 2. Session Code: DOP323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Porting and upgrades of .NET applications running on Windows servers to Linux can deliver cost savings and enhance security and compliance, but the modernization process can be long and laborious. This interactive chalk talk explores strategies for porting server-side components of a .NET application within days by refactoring. The session includes codebase analysis, code decomposition into buildable units, transformation plan creation, and execution of key transformation tasks with approval from the developer.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -34408,7 +34408,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: ManageEngine
 4. Description: Over the past two decades, Zoho has grown to offer a suite of more than 55 products, serving 100 million customers globally. Managing this extensive operation requires a variety of tools to handle daily challenges effectively. In this lighting talk, learn how ManageEngine's suite has been instrumental in addressing Zoho's needs. Learn how these tools support Zoho's internal processes and contribute to their ability to develop and manage their products efficiently. Also learn how these solutions help keep Zoho's operations running smoothly and ensure they continue to deliver value to their users. This presentation is brought to you by ManageEngine, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -34420,7 +34420,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Tech Explorer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of Zoho's business and product offerings
@@ -34476,10 +34476,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Fullstack AI with AWS Amplify
 2. Session Code: FWM202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI is transforming fullstack development. In this session, learn how AWS Amplify, Amazon Q, and Amazon Bedrock work together to streamline building generative AI apps. See how Amplify enables developers to build AI-driven features like intelligent search, summarization, content generation, and interactive chatbots backed by Amazon Bedrock. The session also demonstrates how Amplify with Amazon Q can accelerate your development process.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -34509,7 +34509,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fullstack deployment strategies for teams of all sizes
 2. Session Code: FWM316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Amplify recently launched a Gen 2 developer experience featuring fullstack TypeScript capabilities for building production-ready apps on AWS. Gen 2 is built on top of AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK), making it possible to add any of the 200+ AWS services to your Amplify app, including Amazon Bedrock for generative AI use cases. Join this chalk talk to discuss strategies for extending Amplify fullstack Typescript capabilities with different Git strategies, monorepos and multirepos, and multiple AWS accounts.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -34540,7 +34540,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Fundamentals to scale Kubernetes across your organization [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you ready to get hands-on with Amazon EKS? In this workshop, start with Kubernetes fundamentals and then dive deeper into modules that cover generative AI, observability, networking, security, and more. Gain operational expertise on Amazon EKS like managing scale and costs with Karpenter, training and serving generative AI models, and building resilient clusters that follow industry best practices. Join us for an opportunity to explore Amazon EKS and learn new skills. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute, Kubernetes
@@ -34570,7 +34570,7 @@
 2. Session Code: KUB307-R
 3. Description: Are you ready to get hands-on with Amazon EKS? In this workshop, start with Kubernetes fundamentals and then dive deeper into modules that cover generative AI, observability, networking, security, and more. Gain operational expertise on Amazon EKS like managing scale and costs with Karpenter, training and serving generative AI models, and building resilient clusters that follow industry best practices. Join us for an opportunity to explore Amazon EKS and learn new skills. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 4. Session Type: Workshop
-5. Topic: 
+5. Topic:
    - Compute
    - Kubernetes
 6. Areas of Interest:
@@ -34602,10 +34602,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Future horizons: How AWS and partners drive public sector missions
 2. Session Code: PEX212
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, Rishi Bhaskar, Director of Public Sector Partner Sales at AWS, unveils strategies to drive public sector missions through collaborative innovation. Discover AWS's 2025 vision and how AWS empowers partners to leverage advanced technologies, aiding public sector organizations in navigating complexities and investing in modernization. Explore unprecedented opportunities for innovation, efficiency, and productivity through generative AI. Hear from partners and customers across sectors on accelerating citizen impact and driving innovation. Learn how to build your roadmap for success, creating growth opportunities that serve society in new ways.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -34650,7 +34650,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: IT Administrator, IT Executive, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AI and its applications in the workplace
@@ -34676,13 +34676,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Gain expert-level knowledge about Powertools for AWS Lambda
 2. Session Code: OPN402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Did you learn serverless best practices but are unsure about implementation? Have you used Powertools for AWS Lambda but felt you barely scratched the surface? This session dives deep into observability practices, resilient data pipelines with AWS Batch, safe retries with idempotency, mono- and multi-function APIs, and more. Learn about each practice in depth, achieve expert-level knowledge, and hear from maintainers about what's next.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Open Source
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 5:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -34706,7 +34706,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gaining insights from call data with transcription and generative AI
 2. Session Code: AIM312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain a deeper understanding of your customers by harnessing the power of Amazon Transcribe and generative AI. In this workshop, learn how to combine automatic call transcription, analytics, call summarization, and business intelligence from customer calls. Experience demos on building analytics dashboards and integrations with large language models (LLMs) and Amazon Q in QuickSight. Visualize key metrics, uncover data stories, and find answers to your top business questions. Unlock valuable insights and make data-driven decisions to enhance customer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -34735,7 +34735,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gain insights from Web3 data with AWS Public Blockchain datasets
 2. Session Code: BLC307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, you will learn about the AWS Public Blockchain data sets for Ethereum and Bitcoin, and how to get started with consuming the underlying data. You will additionally gain knowledge regarding Amazon Managed Blockchain Query, and how these two solutions can be utilized together in order to optimize latency and cost.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -34743,7 +34743,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: Data Engineer, Developer / Engineer, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of blockchain technology, specifically Ethereum and Bitcoin.
     2. Familiarity with AWS services and cloud computing concepts.
@@ -34761,7 +34761,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gain visibility into your software spend with AWS Marketplace
 2. Session Code: MKT201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cloud computing has changed the way organizations think about IT spend optimization. In this session, learn how AWS Marketplace can be a central part of customers' FinOps strategy by helping to establish guardrails, improve cloud procurement efficiency, and reduce on-premises, stranded IT costs at every stage of their cloud journey. Learn how AWS Marketplace can enable greater cost insights, help you leverage budget alerts, and support spend consolidation and optimization with flexible pricing and consumption models.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -34791,7 +34791,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Geisinger's epic journey: Scaling EHR operations on AWS
 2. Session Code: HLS207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join us to discover how Geisinger, who operates the largest single instance of Epic on any public cloud, leverages AWS to optimize costs, create efficiencies, and improve the clinician and staff experience. As a HIMSS Stage 7 and CHIME Level 10 awardee, Geisinger shares their cloud transformation journey, highlighting significant performance and cost improvements since their Wave 0 migration in Q4 2022. Gain insights into embracing FinOps practices, enhancing reliability, and driving margin improvement through their pioneering EHR migration on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -34828,7 +34828,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gen AI for SMB data analysis: Unlocking insights from limited data
 2. Session Code: SMB305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how SMBs can leverage generative AI to extract valuable insights from limited datasets. This session explores practical applications of generative AI in areas such as data exploration, pattern recognition, and predictive modeling, empowering SMBs to make data-driven decisions and gain a competitive edge despite resource constraints.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -34857,7 +34857,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gen AI incident detection & response systems with Aurora & Amazon RDS
 2. Session Code: DAT307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, use generative AI to develop an incident detection and response (IDR) system. The IDR system will utilize a diverse range of data sources, including database documentation, runbooks, incident records, and more, to build a robust vector store using Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition with the pgvector extension. The IDR system will use Amazon Bedrock for inference with an LLM to classify incidents and perform automatic corrective actions. In addition, learn how to create a chatbot that provides insights into your database infrastructure‒related queries and offers guidance for regular operations, such as Aurora and Amazon RDS database upgrades. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -34891,7 +34891,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gen AI in the workplace: Productivity, ethics, and change management
 2. Session Code: INO104
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Navigating the transformative impact of generative AI on the modern workplace, this session explores strategies to maximize productivity gains while addressing ethical concerns and change management challenges. Key topics include ethical implementation frameworks, fostering responsible AI usage, and optimizing human–AI collaboration dynamics. The session examines effective change management approaches to ensure smooth integration and adoption of generative AI technologies within organizations. Join us to navigate the intersection of generative AI, productivity, ethics, and organizational change, charting a path toward an empowered, AI-driven workforce.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -34928,7 +34928,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gen AI resilience: Chaos engineering with AWS Fault Injection Service
 2. Session Code: ARC305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: There are multiple factors that impact the performance and reliability of generative AI applications. These include the choice of model, where the model is hosted, and the length and complexity of the inputs and outputs. Chaos engineering helps software teams understand the risks in their systems. This workshop applies chaos engineering practices to demonstrate potential performance and resilience risks in generative AI applications. Learn how to construct a useful hypothesis backlog for generative AI applications and how to use AWS Fault Injection Service to run those experiments. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -34961,7 +34961,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gen AI SmartBar (aka SmartBar v4) [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD209-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gen AI SmartBar is here! In the pursuit of perfection, this machine will be returning in a new gen AI incarnation. Why just tell the machine what you want, when you are not sure? The robot will ask you your mood, likes and dislikes, and tailor a drink for YOU! Don't like what it picked? You can still select something else. This fully automated machine will build you a cocktail of your dreams, including cup dropping, ice dispensing, drink mixing and delivery!
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -34992,7 +34992,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gen AI SmartBar (aka SmartBar v4) [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD209-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gen AI SmartBar is here! In the pursuit of perfection, this machine will be returning in a new gen AI incarnation. Why just tell the machine what you want, when you are not sure? The robot will ask you your mood, likes and dislikes, and tailor a drink for YOU! Don't like what it picked? You can still select something else. This fully automated machine will build you a cocktail of your dreams, including cup dropping, ice dispensing, drink mixing and delivery!
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35021,7 +35021,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generate a supply plan with AWS Supply Chain using ML-powered insights
 2. Session Code: MFG306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Supply chain processes and solutions are usually complex—made up of home-grown applications, several siloed execution systems, and point-to-point integrations. This can lead to a lack of visibility and inefficiency in making the right decisions at the right time. AWS Supply Chain is able to mitigate risks, lower costs, improve visibility, and accelerate the decision-making process using machine learning (ML)- and LLM-powered connectors and ML-powered insights, analysis, and recommendations. This workshop provides a hands-on guide to setting up AWS Supply Chain, ingesting data, generating a demand forecast and supply plan, and building an optimized view of the inventory. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -35051,7 +35051,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generate code with prompt engineering using Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: TNC230
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this new interactive training session powered by generative AI, address a simulated business scenario and build the solution using Amazon Bedrock API and its components for code generation. Leverage LangChain prompt templates to enhance large language models (LLMs) for code explanation and translation. Compare manual code translation with the automated LangChain-Bedrock approach, discussing the advantages and potential drawbacks. A laptop is required for this session.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35081,7 +35081,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI architecture patterns in production for SMBs
 2. Session Code: SMB304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: 2024 has been the year of taking generative AI applications into production. Launching generative AI applications requires careful considerations around model selection and evaluations, fine-tuning versus RAG, security, privacy, hallucination control, and cost management. In this session, dive into some common architecture patterns, security guardrails, governance approaches, and optimization tricks that have been developed to support hundreds of AWS small and medium business (SMB) customers launch their generative AI workloads in production globally across popular use cases, like content generation, chatbots, document search, and more.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35114,7 +35114,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI at scale: Serverless workflows for enterprise-ready apps
 2. Session Code: API209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn to build enterprise-ready, scalable generative AI applications. Explore how to scale solutions from serving 100 to 100,000 users. Apply design patterns using AWS Step Functions to scale and easily meet business needs. Build private and public APIs using AWS AppSync to expose large language model (LLM) capabilities. Leave with practical skills for transitioning generative AI prototypes into robust, secure, and scalable applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -35146,10 +35146,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI–based code remediations and patch management at scale
 2. Session Code: SEC305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, get hands-on experience with multiple vulnerability solutions to provide automated generative AI–based code remediation for AWS Lambda functions, manage software vulnerabilities in container images, and approach patch management for Amazon EC2 instances at scale. Learn how to use AWS security tools to detect vulnerabilities in different workloads, implement a patching policy for software packages, and use generative AI to recommend code changes. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -35186,10 +35186,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI-enabled 3D avatar assistants on AWS
 2. Session Code: CMP338
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build generative AI-enabled avatar assistants on AWS. Spatial experts demonstrate how to build and deploy virtual assistants and sales agents with natural facial and speech capabilities. These photorealistic, customizable avatars interact with customers through Alexa, contact centers, and more. Avatars can be programmed with product knowledge to enhance customer service and purchasing experiences, allowing businesses to scale interactions without added staffing. AWS enables cost-efficient development of empathetic, human-like avatars that boost brand affinity and transform customer engagement.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -35225,7 +35225,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI for contextual video advertising monetization
 2. Session Code: ADM301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Video advertising is a critical yet intricate medium for advertising, and generative AI offers a cost-effective solution for delivering richer, more contextually-relevant insights. This chalk talk explores the creation of a generative AI media framework for in-depth video decomposition and understanding, leveraging LLM contextualization. Discover different prompting strategies, automated orchestration of generative AI workflows, and cost optimization benchmarks. Gain insights into implementing generative AI to enhance contextual relevance at scale, unlocking richer, more impactful video advertising experiences.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35259,7 +35259,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI for customer service
 2. Session Code: BIZ221-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI promises to revolutionize customer interactions, ushering in a new era of automation, cost efficiencies, and responsiveness. However, realizing this transformative potential requires a holistic approach that harmonizes people, processes, and technology. Through customer success stories and demonstrations of the latest AWS innovations, gain insights into operationalizing generative AI for customer service from the Vice President of Amazon Connect, Pasquale DeMaio. Whether you're just starting your journey or well on your way, leave this talk with the knowledge and tools to unlock the transformative power of AI for customer interactions, the agent experience, and more.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -35293,7 +35293,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI for decision-makers
 2. Session Code: TNC102
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Over the course of 90 minutes, this session for leaders covers the generative AI factors that help you make clear decisions on projects that incorporate AI. Come learn about the basics of generative AI terminology and the potential benefits and risks of using generative AI. Also, learn the steps for planning a generative AI project and the key considerations for building a generative AI–ready organization.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35326,10 +35326,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI for executives
 2. Session Code: TNC205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This bootcamp equips business leaders with the knowledge to jump-start generative AI within their companies. Executives and business decision-makers can gain a solid understanding of generative AI's capabilities and practical applications. They can also discover how AWS services and best practices can help them successfully implement generative AI in their organizations.
 5. Session Type: Bootcamp
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Training and Certification
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -35361,7 +35361,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI for nonprofits: Low- to full-code development approaches
 2. Session Code: IMP302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many mission-based organizations struggle to advance generative AI. This interactive workshop is designed to help nonprofit builders develop generative AI applications with approachable low-code to full-code options. It focuses on an external-facing Q&A chatbot intended to improve member experience and reduce the communication burden on frontline staff. Choose to use low-code or full-code alternatives to get started, manage data, and deploy the Q&A chatbot to a custom website. Discover a variety of methods to develop generative AI applications that improve service experience and support internal staff. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35394,7 +35394,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI for public good: Empowering governments and the UN
 2. Session Code: WPS104
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how the United Nations and governments from around the world are leveraging generative AI for citizen services and social impact. Led by Jeff Kratz, AWS Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector Industry, this session provides cases from Asia, Middle East, Europe, and Latin America. Learn to utilize generative AI models to enhance public sector capabilities. Discover conversational assistants streamlining citizen inquiries, localized content generation promoting inclusivity, and generative AI advancing sustainability goals. Address key considerations for using AI responsibly, mitigating biases, and ensuring transparency and data privacy protection. Witness generative AI's potential in creating more equitable and resilient societies worldwide.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35431,7 +35431,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI for retail API development
 2. Session Code: RCG301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, the AWS retail tech team shares their experience using generative AI to design API models and build API implementation code for retail solutions. Learn an open source framework they developed to help customers build service-oriented retail applications. The framework leverages generative AI capabilities powered by Amazon Bedrock to streamline API development processes. See a demonstration on how it can be used for rapid prototyping and accelerating the delivery of retail services. During the talk, evaluate the framework, and then discuss with the team how it can be applied to your own retail services development initiatives. Feedback and collaboration opportunities are welcome.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -35458,7 +35458,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI for security in the real world
 2. Session Code: SEC403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI use cases for the business world abound, but what about use cases for security practitioners? This session dives into real world examples of generative AI use cases for solving security challenges. This session covers specific examples, such as red team/blue team, incident response, and SOC use cases. Learn about the solutions that you can deploy to amplify the impact of your security operators.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -35490,10 +35490,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI in action: From prototype to production
 2. Session Code: AIM276-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As generative AI (gen AI) transitions to production systems in 2024, early adopters are reaping rewards like accelerated productivity and customer experiences. Organizations must build customized gen AI models and applications aligning with their use cases and culture. Robust data strategies incorporating ingestion, storage, processing, and governance are critical, requiring architectural best practices for performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness. Businesses are also involving business users in the build and development process through low-code no-code tools, unlocking gen AI's power. By embracing these best practices, companies can realize gen AI's full, scalable potential, driving tangible business value.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -35528,7 +35528,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI in advertising and marketing with Blueshift and VidMob
 2. Session Code: ADM202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS generative AI helps marketers and advertisers across companies accelerate creative development and automate, personalize, and optimize campaigns. Join this session to hear about the latest generative AI advertising and marketing use cases. Learn how Blueshift improves personalization and maximizes content value through recommendations powered by LLM embeddings. Also learn how VidMob experiments with and fine-tunes generative AI models to generate creative insights to optimize return on ad spend (ROAS).
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35562,7 +35562,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI in RPGs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD219-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI tailors game worlds, adapting narratives based on player choices for unique experiences. Dynamic storylines respond to decisions, ensuring personalized gameplay. Each player encounters distinct scenarios and conversations, fostering immersion through adaptive narratives unfolding uniquely.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35591,7 +35591,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI in RPGs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD219-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI tailors game worlds, adapting narratives based on player choices for unique experiences. Dynamic storylines respond to decisions, ensuring personalized gameplay. Each player encounters distinct scenarios and conversations, fostering immersion through adaptive narratives unfolding uniquely.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35622,7 +35622,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI meets multi-tenancy: Inside a working solution
 2. Session Code: SAS407
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Multi-tenancy adds a set of new architecture, design, and implementation considerations to the generative AI domain. This session digs into a working multi-tenant generative AI solution, looking closely at how tenancy impacts the implementation of data partitioning, tenant isolation, tenant onboarding, noisy neighbor, tiering, and so on. Learn how to support generative AI experiences that are differentiated for individual tenants. The goal is to provide an in-depth view of all the moving parts of a complete SaaS experience that uses Amazon Bedrock, knowledge bases, vector databases, and more.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Architecture
@@ -35729,10 +35729,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI-powered search with Amazon OpenSearch Service [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT406-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on a journey with Amazon OpenSearch Service to create a generative AI-powered search and chatbot application. In this code talk, journey through a step-by-step process from writing and deploying code to implementing the basics of OpenSearch Service, indexing your data, running vector search queries, and building a fully functional generative AI search application. Join this session to gain practical experience and knowledge in applying OpenSearch Service to your own AI-driven projects.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -35761,10 +35761,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI-powered search with Amazon OpenSearch Service [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT406-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on a journey with Amazon OpenSearch Service to create a generative AI-powered search and chatbot application. In this code talk, journey through a step-by-step process from writing and deploying code to implementing the basics of OpenSearch Service, indexing your data, running vector search queries, and building a fully functional generative AI search application. Join this session to gain practical experience and knowledge in applying OpenSearch Service to your own AI-driven projects.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -35793,7 +35793,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI product development with Amazon Bedrock [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD220-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Be empowered to effortlessly ideate and generate new product concepts using this intuitive, sketch-driven demo. By providing hand-drawn simple sketches, learn to harness the power of generative AI to transform your creative ideas into tangible product designs and multichannel marketing content.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35819,7 +35819,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI product development with Amazon Bedrock [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD220-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Be empowered to effortlessly ideate and generate new product concepts using this intuitive, sketch-driven demo. By providing hand-drawn simple sketches, learn to harness the power of generative AI to transform your creative ideas into tangible product designs and multichannel marketing content.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -35843,10 +35843,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI scene detection and intelligent media workflows
 2. Session Code: MAE302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the power of AI/ML and generative AI using Media2Cloud guidance on AWS to streamline media workflows through intelligent automation. Learn how to decrease the manual work involved in monetizing your content and improve its accessibility for a larger audience. This hands-on workshop explores using AI services on AWS like Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Transcribe, Amazon Comprehend, and Amazon Bedrock to analyze video, detect scene changes, and determine context to find the ideal times for ad placement. Then, use content analysis to create intelligent video summaries, and learn how to create automatic captioning and translations. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -35914,7 +35914,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI unleashed: An insider's perspective on Amazon's approach
 2. Session Code: PEX202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session provides AWS Partners and chief technologists a look at how Amazon is using generative AI to continually innovate and develop solutions that drive value for our partners and customers. We share key lessons on the challenges and best practices for building robust, reliable generative AI systems at scale, including insights on data quality, model training, security, and user interaction design. The session will also discuss how Amazon balances innovation with responsible development, ensuring generative AI solutions are developed and deployed ethically and with the end user's best interests in mind.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Cloud Operations
@@ -35945,10 +35945,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Generative AI with Data on Amazon EKS (DoEKS)
 2. Session Code: KUB401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Some of the most innovative AWS customers are using Amazon EKS to train, fine-tune, and serve cutting-edge generative AI models. In this workshop, learn how to serve fine-tuned models with vLLM and Ray Serve for a high-performance solution and be cost effective with Karpenter for right-sized accelerated compute. Through real-world, hands-on examples, learn some key patterns that can help you implement LLMOps for scaling inference workloads, integrating RAG frameworks, and optimizing performance within the Kubernetes ecosystem. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -35977,7 +35977,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gesture-controlled car [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD221-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Step on the gas and take control! This project powered by AWS IoT Greengrass lets you drive a car with hand gestures. Compete with others on the leaderboard and experience the fusion of IoT and gaming. Who will be the champion?
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -36004,7 +36004,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gesture-controlled car [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD221-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Step on the gas and take control! This project powered by AWS IoT Greengrass lets you drive a car with hand gestures. Compete with others on the leaderboard and experience the fusion of IoT and gaming. Who will be the champion?
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -36030,7 +36030,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Get better at building AWS CDK constructs
 2. Session Code: DOP402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, dive deep into how to design AWS CDK constructs, which are reusable and shareable cloud components that can help you meet your organization's security, compliance, and governance requirements. Learn how to build, test, and share constructs representing a single AWS resource, and discover how to create higher-level abstractions that include built-in defaults and allow you to provision multiple AWS resources. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -36092,7 +36092,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Get hands-on with Amazon Connect to empower agents with customer data
 2. Session Code: BIZ306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this hands-on workshop to learn how to use Amazon Connect to deliver real-time, actionable customer insights and data to your contact center agents, enabling personalized customer service experiences. You learn how to sync customer data from disparate sources, match identifiers using generative AI, and surface unified profiles. Explore how to combine data like contact history, sentiment, orders, and application interactions from Amazon Connect and other sources to create a unified customer view. Step-by-step, you implement solutions that empower self-service, equip agents with actionable customer insights, and deliver tailored experiences, improving customer satisfaction and lowering resolution times. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -36122,7 +36122,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Get hands-on with fraud prevention using AWS WAF [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Traffic from malicious bots can lead to negative user experiences, financial losses, and operational bottlenecks ranging from add-to-cart attacks that disrupt your web applications to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that increase your infrastructure costs. In this workshop, explore how AWS uses a combination of techniques to identify and mitigate different types of bots and fraudulent activities. Gain valuable insights into how AWS WAF and Amazon CloudFront work together to safeguard and deliver your applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity, Content Delivery
@@ -36147,7 +36147,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Get hands-on with fraud prevention using AWS WAF [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Traffic from malicious bots can lead to negative user experiences, financial losses, and operational bottlenecks ranging from add-to-cart attacks that disrupt your web applications to distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that increase your infrastructure costs. In this workshop, explore how AWS uses a combination of techniques to identify and mitigate different types of bots and fraudulent activities. Gain valuable insights into how AWS WAF and Amazon CloudFront work together to safeguard and deliver your applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity, Content Delivery
@@ -36172,7 +36172,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Get started with the latest Amazon Aurora innovations
 2. Session Code: DAT424
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, Marc Brooker, AWS VP and Distinguished Engineer, guides you through the fundamentals of Amazon Aurora's latest innovations. Learn how Aurora can work within your architecture, understand key considerations and trade-offs, explore what an application architecture could look like, and more.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -36205,7 +36205,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Get tailored code insights with Amazon Q Developer and private repos
 2. Session Code: DOP313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the full potential of Amazon Q Developer with customized code recommendations tailored to your organization's code base. In this code talk, learn how to securely connect Amazon Q to your private repositories, enabling it to generate highly relevant code suggestions based on your internal coding practices. Discover how to create and utilize customizations, and witness firsthand the transformative impact on code comprehension and development efficiency by comparing suggestions with and without customization. Elevate your coding experience with this powerful feature.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -36235,10 +36235,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Getting better image analysis with generative AI
 2. Session Code: AES307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Using generative AI comes with challenges, like building prompts with enough information so the AI understands what to do but doesn't become inflexible, and making sure you're feeding it the most current data. This is particularly true for image analysis. In this lightening talk, our generative AI experts share tips and tricks that make it easy for you to build prompts that get relevant, high-quality results so you can complete your image analysis missions faster.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -36250,7 +36250,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of generative AI and its capabilities.
     2. Knowledge of prompt engineering techniques.
@@ -36271,7 +36271,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Getting started building serverless SaaS architectures
 2. Session Code: SEG209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you planning to build a new software as a service (SaaS) application using serverless on AWS? Do you want to modernize an existing SaaS application to serverless and want to know more about multi-tenancy? In this session, explore the fundamentals of serverless at AWS. Learn about AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, and event-driven integration services, discover how to build your first serverless application, and learn how to handle multi-tenant architectures for SaaS applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -36303,7 +36303,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Getting started with AWS generative AI for SAP
 2. Session Code: MAM320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Looking to reimagine your SAP business processes with generative AI, but don't know where to begin? Join us as we share some of the most promising areas to apply generative AI in your SAP landscape, discuss how you can leverage Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q, share proven architectures for integrating generative AI into SAP workflows, and explore new options for accessing Amazon Bedrock models within SAP's generative AI hub. Bring your questions and get the insights you need to get started with generative AI in your SAP environment.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -36337,7 +36337,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Getting started with serverless patterns [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS201-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Serverless applications are built using services in a variety of common architecture patterns. Although customer scenarios are unique, these patterns emerge again and again. In this workshop, learn how to recognize and apply those patterns and best practices by building nearly production-ready code for a serverless application. Create microservices, run unit and integration tests, configure a CI/CD pipeline, and set up observability. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic:
@@ -36412,7 +36412,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gilead Sciences: Executing a large-scale VMware transformation on AWS
 2. Session Code: MAM214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Gilead Sciences accelerated their global digital transformation through collaboration with AWS Professional Services. Get inspired by their migration of over 2,000 servers from VMware on-premises to AWS native services, retiring 1,400+ systems. Hear directly from Gilead leaders who spearheaded this initiative on their migration approach, the AWS tools and services they leveraged, and the best practices for selecting and migrating workloads to AWS. Being on AWS has enabled Gilead to accelerate modernization and innovation. Gain insights into how Gilead does more with their data and integrates emerging technologies like AI to accomplish their business goals.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Migration and Modernization
@@ -36444,7 +36444,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Gilead Sciences: Operational excellence for cloud, data, and AI/ML
 2. Session Code: PRO302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how Gilead is building a state-of-the-art operational excellence model focused on cloud, data, AI/ML, generative AI, and enterprise architecture to enable the business to achieve priorities such as developing 10+ transformative therapies by 2030 and ending the HIV epidemic. This enables business users seamless access to cloud capabilities and data platforms. An operational excellence framework—including cloud operating model, organizational change, cross-functional application support and modernization—will enable business users to innovate and develop products with speed and intelligence. With AWS solutions, operational enhancements, and efficiencies, Gilead will continue to raise the bar in the pharmaceutical industry.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Cloud Operations
@@ -36512,10 +36512,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Go codeless and replatform Windows applications on Amazon EKS
 2. Session Code: XNT311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Moody's runs dozens of .NET applications on Amazon EC2 for Windows Server. As part of its modernization strategy, Moody's replatformed its critical legacy applications to Amazon EKS with Windows support, achieving cost reduction, better performance, and more flexibility for its developers. In this session, Moody's shares key takeaways and best practices from its successful replatform, including how it overcame challenges and maximized its platform engineering investments. Leave this session with concrete examples and techniques to replatform your own .NET Framework applications on Amazon EKS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -36548,10 +36548,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Go from idea to AI-powered app in minutes with AWS Amplify [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Amplify recently launched a second-generation developer experience featuring full-stack TypeScript capabilities for building production-ready applications on AWS. Generation two is built on top of AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK), making it possible to add any of the more than 200 AWS services to your Amplify application, including Amazon Bedrock for generative AI use cases. Join this chalk talk to discuss strategies for extending the Amplify full-stack TypeScript capabilities to create the next generation of innovative application experiences using AWS CDK and Amazon Bedrock.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - New to AWS
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -36583,10 +36583,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Go from idea to AI-powered app in minutes with AWS Amplify [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Amplify recently launched a second-generation developer experience featuring full-stack TypeScript capabilities for building production-ready applications on AWS. Generation two is built on top of AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK), making it possible to add any of the more than 200 AWS services to your Amplify application, including Amazon Bedrock for generative AI use cases. Join this chalk talk to discuss strategies for extending the Amplify full-stack TypeScript capabilities to create the next generation of innovative application experiences using AWS CDK and Amazon Bedrock.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - New to AWS
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -36618,7 +36618,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Go from idea to app in hours using AWS Amplify and Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bring your full-stack app from idea to reality faster with AWS Amplify and Amazon Q Developer. In this workshop, use AWS Amplify to build and deploy a full-stack app, and see how Amazon Q Developer speeds up the entire software development lifecycle. Leave this workshop knowing how to build and launch a cloud-connected app. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -36646,7 +36646,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Go from idea to app in hours using AWS Amplify and Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FWM308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Bring your full-stack app from idea to reality faster with AWS Amplify and Amazon Q Developer. In this workshop, use AWS Amplify to build and deploy a full-stack app, and see how Amazon Q Developer speeds up the entire software development lifecycle. Leave this workshop knowing how to build and launch a cloud-connected app. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -36675,7 +36675,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Governance and security with infrastructure as code
 2. Session Code: DOP203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how to use AWS CloudFormation and the AWS CDK to deploy cloud applications in regulated environments while enforcing security controls. Find out how to catch issues early with cdk-nag, validate your pipelines with cfn-guard, and protect your accounts from unintended changes with CloudFormation Hooks.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -36707,10 +36707,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Grab innovates with generative AI and secure data collaboration
 2. Session Code: ADM203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Grab, a leading super app in Southeast Asia, launched Grab Ads in 2018. In this session, learn how Grab uses AWS Clean Rooms to power its advertising business via secure data collaboration with partners to enrich its understanding of customers and deliver more relevant experiences. Discover how Grab uses generative AI services on AWS to empower its business functions across marketing and advertising. Hear from Grab about its migration to AWS and best practices for innovating with advertising workloads.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -36742,7 +36742,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Grindr's AI-first approach with AWS: Enable inclusive user connection
 2. Session Code: IDE101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how Grindr partnered with AWS to become an AI-first company and launch AI-powered features such as their "AI Wingman" copilot chatbot, Roam for meeting users prior to travel, Personalized Dating Profile Recommendations for users, and more features that enabled Grindr to become the Digital Gayborhood in Your Pocket. Grindr's gayborhood empowers millions of other users to digitally access resources and information for the global LGTBQIA+ community, all in the app. By expanding Grindr to serve as the digital Gayborhood, Grindr is bringing a crucial form of community, rich in information and connection, to users on their phone.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -36841,7 +36841,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Guardrails for financial services LLMs with Amazon Bedrock & SageMaker [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FSI302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Financial institutions need to exercise caution when it comes to incorporating large language models (LLMs) in customer-facing products due to the risk of hallucinations. It's also important to implement robust safeguards against the inadvertent sharing of sensitive data. In this chalk talk, learn strategies to refine datasets, maintain high-quality inputs, and customize LLM outputs to meet the precise requirements of the financial services industry. Walk through how you can use Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker to fine-tune LLMs, and gain practical insights that can help you unlock the power of generative AI while maintaining business-critical controls and compliance.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -36872,10 +36872,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Guidance to build & grow with AWS Marketplace, programs & incentives
 2. Session Code: PEX210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Through AWS Partner Experience Transformation, AWS has launched new programs, incentives, and tools to drive partner growth. Join this session to learn more about the AWS Partner Profitability Framework and how this supports your organization's growth journey. This session covers how AWS helps partners build the right solutions to meet customer demand, increase your discoverability, match you with the right customers, and co-sell with you to win bigger and faster.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -36908,7 +36908,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Handle millions of observability events with Apache Flink & Prometheus
 2. Session Code: OPN406
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Prometheus is a de facto standard for monitoring and alerting, ingesting metrics from applications and infrastructure. The ability to efficiently store high volumes of dimensional time series also makes Prometheus a perfect fit for other operational analytics use cases, like observing fleets of IoT devices. Apache Flink can be used as a preprocessor for time series to reduce cardinality and frequency before writing into Prometheus. This session covers some of the potential use cases and how to leverage the new Apache Flink connector, an AWS contribution to the Apache Flink project, to send data to Prometheus at scale.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -36941,7 +36941,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Handle scaling with AWS Lambda [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS305-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this interactive builders' session on AWS Lambda scaling, learn how serverless workloads can handle massive spikes. Explore best practices to generate high throughput using load testing tools, and analyze scaling behavior with Amazon CloudWatch metrics. Discover real-world use cases, covering potential pitfalls like cold starts, concurrency limits, and upstream/downstream bottlenecks. Leave with a tested approach to verify application scaling, even at high throughput levels. Gain confidence that your applications can truly scale on demand by pushing serverless to its limits. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -36974,7 +36974,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Handle scaling with AWS Lambda [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS305-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this interactive builders' session on AWS Lambda scaling, learn how serverless workloads can handle massive spikes. Explore best practices to generate high throughput using load testing tools, and analyze scaling behavior with Amazon CloudWatch metrics. Discover real-world use cases, covering potential pitfalls like cold starts, concurrency limits, and upstream/downstream bottlenecks. Leave with a tested approach to verify application scaling, even at high throughput levels. Gain confidence that your applications can truly scale on demand by pushing serverless to its limits. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -37007,7 +37007,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Handle scaling with AWS Lambda [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS305-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this interactive builders' session on AWS Lambda scaling, learn how serverless workloads can handle massive spikes. Explore best practices to generate high throughput using load testing tools, and analyze scaling behavior with Amazon CloudWatch metrics. Discover real-world use cases, covering potential pitfalls like cold starts, concurrency limits, and upstream/downstream bottlenecks. Leave with a tested approach to verify application scaling, even at high throughput levels. Gain confidence that your applications can truly scale on demand by pushing serverless to its limits. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -37040,7 +37040,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Hands-on experience with Amazon CloudWatch [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Your enterprise's agility, customer satisfaction, and business growth depend on setting up great observability. In order to help you build high-performing and reliable applications, AWS provides a variety of turnkey AWS native observability services and solutions. In this workshop, learn how to monitor AWS services with Amazon CloudWatch, get hands-on experience with the most common use cases, and learn about and implement the newest features available. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -37070,7 +37070,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Hands-on experience with Amazon CloudWatch [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Your enterprise's agility, customer satisfaction, and business growth depend on setting up great observability. In order to help you build high-performing and reliable applications, AWS provides a variety of turnkey AWS native observability services and solutions. In this workshop, learn how to monitor AWS services with Amazon CloudWatch, get hands-on experience with the most common use cases, and learn about and implement the newest features available. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -37100,10 +37100,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Hands-on with Amazon Q in QuickSight: A step-by-step workshop [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BSI204-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore the Generative BI capabilities of Amazon Q in QuickSight. Experience authoring visuals and refining them using natural language. Learn how business users can leverage natural language to generate data stories to create highly customizable narratives or slide decks from data. Discover how natural language Q&A with Amazon Q helps users gain insights beyond what is presented on dashboards while executive summaries provide an at-a-glance view of data, surfacing trends and explanations. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -37133,10 +37133,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Hands-on with Amazon Q in QuickSight: A step-by-step workshop [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BSI204-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore the Generative BI capabilities of Amazon Q in QuickSight. Experience authoring visuals and refining them using natural language. Learn how business users can leverage natural language to generate data stories to create highly customizable narratives or slide decks from data. Discover how natural language Q&A with Amazon Q helps users gain insights beyond what is presented on dashboards while executive summaries provide an at-a-glance view of data, surfacing trends and explanations. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -37166,7 +37166,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Harness Amazon Q Business power with Microsoft workload data sources
 2. Session Code: XNT302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Microsoft workloads—such as SharePoint and File Server—are rich datasets for Amazon Q Business. In this session, learn how to extract the maximum value from these datasets by enabling Amazon Q Business to unleash generative AI power and by implementing data guardrails at the same time. See how Amazon Q Business integrates with SharePoint and Amazon FSx, indexes data, and enforces data guardrails based on Active Directory identities.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -37199,7 +37199,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Harness application scale & data-enriched accuracy with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM370
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover the full potential of contextual response with Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, a fully managed Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) solution. This offering empowers you to obtain contextual and accurate responses tailored to your unique needs. With Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, you gain flexibility and scalability, enabling you to customize and design your RAG applications with ease by providing a suite of capabilities designed to enhance accuracy and streamline undifferentiated heavy lifting tasks. Harness the power of knowledge bases and elevate your applications with contextual intelligence.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -37246,7 +37246,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of data integration and workflow automation
@@ -37269,7 +37269,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Harnessing Apache ActiveMQ: ActiveMQ 6.x features and roadmap
 2. Session Code: OPN311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to discover the transformative capabilities of Apache ActiveMQ 6.x for robust messaging applications. Experience simplified APIs and enhanced features from JMS 2.0 and Jakarta 3.1 implementation, improved message handling, and delivery delay. See an overview of Apache ActiveMQ 6.x capabilities and gain insights into the open source roadmap, with a highlight on future enhancements for performance, scalability, and usability. Participants gain the knowledge to leverage these advancements for more efficient and reliable messaging solutions in their business.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -37301,7 +37301,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Harnessing AWS for natural disaster early warning at scale
 2. Session Code: IMP212
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how EarthScope optimizes natural disaster detection and response. Discover how EarthScope migrated the GNSS component of ShakeAlert, the US earthquake early warning system, from on premises to AWS to create a highly available, low-latency pipeline that processes real-time GNSS data to complement seismological networks. Also learn how ShakeAlert harnessed managed services and leveraged a serverless architecture to deliver near real-time, stream-processed products to government agencies and automated systems before damaging earthquakes reach people and critical infrastructure. Explore the benefits of cloud-native modernization and unlock the potential of advanced disaster preparedness in this insightful session.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -37337,7 +37337,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Harnessing generative AI for impact: Mapping pathways out of poverty
 2. Session Code: IMP203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how FINCA, a non-profit organization dedicated to alleviating poverty, is harnessing the power of AWS and generative AI to revolutionize its research processes. FINCA's groundbreaking open source platform, AuRA, leverages AI to accelerate the creation of theories of change, enabling researchers to quickly identify relevant evidence, curate data libraries, and generate impactful pathways. Join this session to learn how AuRA's collaborative approach, combining AI capabilities with subject matter expertise, is driving operational efficiency, extracting insights from data, and scaling social impact across sectors. Explore the transformative potential of generative AI in tackling complex global challenges.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -37368,7 +37368,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Harnessing generative AI to create & understand architecture diagrams
 2. Session Code: ARC308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This builders' session explores using generative AI to create and comprehend architecture diagrams, a critical aspect of software design and communication. Diagrams are often image data, custom formats of drawing programs, or text-based representations from diagram-as-code tools. Techniques are used from two different layers of the generative AI stack, Amazon Q Developer and foundational models on Amazon Bedrock. Chat-based workflows first understand and analyze existing diagrams, and then ask follow-up questions about best practices. New diagrams are created using diagram-as-code formats. Leave with practical strategies for harnessing generative AI in your software architecture workflows. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Architecture
@@ -37394,7 +37394,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Harnessing the power of Agentic AI Architecture
 2. Session Code: SMB311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into the advanced Agentic AI Architecture, designed to enable AI agents with autonomous decision-making in dynamic environments. This framework incorporates cutting-edge technologies to optimize agent performance. In this insightful workshop, built utilizing Amazon Bedrock, knowledge bases, and serverless technologies, the US SMB Demo Squad team members explore the architecture's key components and features and the lessons learned during its creation. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Architecture
@@ -37421,7 +37421,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Harnessing the power of small language models in financial services
 2. Session Code: FSI309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Financial institutions are using large language models (LLMs) to improve employee productivity and transform the customer experience. But LLMs are not always the right choice for every application. This chalk talk explores how small language models (SLMs) can offer you the speed and precision you need to solve specific problems without compromising on power and utility. Explore task-specific and task-agnostic SLM architectures, data strategies, and techniques for domain adaptation, fine-tuning, and pre-training using Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker. Discover post-training optimizations that highlight effective strategies for reducing model size while enhancing the performance of generative AI applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -37453,10 +37453,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Harness your file data value with Amazon Bedrock and generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG414-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As customers seek to unlock the full potential of their unstructured enterprise file data, many are turning to generative AI for deeper insights. In this session, learn how to swiftly and securely integrate your company's on-premises file data as a Knowledge Base for Amazon Bedrock using Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. Explore how to implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows to enrich generative AI with contextual information from your private data sources, ensuring more relevant, accurate, and customized responses. Discover how to efficiently manage and store this data in your vector database to optimize AI-driven insights.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -37489,10 +37489,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Harness your file data value with Amazon Bedrock and generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG414-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As customers seek to unlock the full potential of their unstructured enterprise file data, many are turning to generative AI for deeper insights. In this session, learn how to swiftly and securely integrate your company's on-premises file data as a Knowledge Base for Amazon Bedrock using Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. Explore how to implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows to enrich generative AI with contextual information from your private data sources, ensuring more relevant, accurate, and customized responses. Discover how to efficiently manage and store this data in your vector database to optimize AI-driven insights.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -37557,10 +37557,10 @@
 
 1. Title: HelloFresh: AWS for scalable data mesh and generative AI success
 2. Session Code: SEG207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: HelloFresh's explosive growth—200% yearly data expansion while scaling to eight brands across 18 countries—isn't just a typical data mesh story. It's a journey of hard-earned lessons in navigating a cultural transformation to fully harness the power of data. In this session, discover how HelloFresh, with AWS Cloud solutions, built an innovative, cost-effective data ecosystem. Explore how they overcame initial failures and challenges through cross-functional collaboration, training, and enablement. Gain practical insights into scaling data platforms, early-stage planning, and building the foundations for delivering personalized, scalable food solutions globally. Learn the lessons they wish they had known from the start.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -37603,7 +37603,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Business Executive, Developer / Engineer, DevOps Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing platforms
@@ -37625,7 +37625,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Higher productivity for AWS CloudFormation with Pkl and Rain
 2. Session Code: DEV326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with AWS CloudFormation provides a productive and safe way to manage infrastructure. The new Pkl declarative language and the CloudFormation Pkl library can bring further productivity gains through better type-safety, reusability with functions and data types, and great IDE support. When used with the Rain CLI, infrastructure can be defined with Pkl and easily tested/deployed. This chalk talk includes an introduction to writing CloudFormation templates with Pkl and using Rain to deploy them.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -37653,7 +37653,7 @@
 
 1. Title: High performance computing is a capacity challenge. We have solutions.
 2. Session Code: CMP412
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: High performance computing (HPC) involves techniques that leverage speed and scale to let R&D teams solve problems in human scales of time. This chalk talk works through the tools, services, and techniques available to you in the cloud to ensure you're able to tap the right compute—at the right scale—when you need it. Discuss specialist HPC instances, interconnects, capacity blocks, and reservation tools so you can get predictable outcomes every time.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Compute
@@ -37684,7 +37684,7 @@
 
 1. Title: High performance computing: Reinvented to help you think truly big
 2. Session Code: CMP204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As more customers bring their high performance computing (HPC) workloads to AWS, we're engineering new solutions to make sure running at cloud scale is a success factor for those customers, not a challenge. In this session, experts walk you straight past some of the undifferentiated heavy lifting you no longer need to do to spin up thousands (or millions) of cores to solve a hard problem. In collaboration with a guest customer, learn what HPC looks like when it's reinvented like this and how much easier it is to think really, truly big.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -37719,7 +37719,7 @@
 
 1. Title: High performance distributed model training with Amazon SageMaker
 2. Session Code: AIM380
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Foundation models continue to grow in size with billions or even trillions of parameters, and they often won't fit into a single accelerator device such as a GPU. Amazon SageMaker distributed training capabilities help you apply advanced parallelization techniques, communication optimizations, and efficient checkpointing strategies to distribute your training workload across hundreds or thousands of GPUs, reducing model training time and cost by up to 20%. Join this session for a deep dive into the infrastructure used to run distributed training at scale. Learn how to integrate Amazon SageMaker training capabilities to reduce the total cost of foundation model development.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -37755,10 +37755,10 @@
 
 1. Title: High-performance generative AI on Amazon EKS
 2. Session Code: KUB314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI models have opened up new possibilities in computing, but deploying them effectively can be challenging. Many are turning to open source tools on Kubernetes for solutions. Join this session to explore how Amazon EKS can address the infrastructure needs of generative AI, including GPU acceleration, scalability, and low-latency responses. Learn practical insights, see case studies of successful implementations, and discover best practices for using Amazon EKS to control costs while optimizing performance.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -37790,10 +37790,10 @@
 
 1. Title: High-performance LLM inference scaling on Amazon EKS
 2. Session Code: KUB403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the full potential of large language model (LLM) inference on Amazon EKS using leading open source frameworks. Learn to construct highly scalable, GPU-accelerated clusters with Amazon EKS–optimized AMIs and NVIDIA CUDA runtimes. This chalk talk compares state-of-the-art open source inference engines with leading LLM frameworks. Explore performance metrics, auto scaling capabilities, NVIDIA GPU inference execution, and seamless integration with AWS services for maximum efficiency and scalability.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -37826,7 +37826,7 @@
 
 1. Title: High-performance storage for AI/ML, analytics, and HPC workloads
 2. Session Code: STG327
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS storage services can act as a powerful, cost-effective foundation for any high-performance workload, from genomics analysis to media rendering and real-time analytics. In this session, explore storage options that are suitable for numerous architectures, data types, and organizational requirements and that can accelerate your most performance-critical applications to speed up time to insights and time to market. From data ingestion to processing and storage, learn advanced techniques and best practices for achieving peak performance at scale for your most demanding workloads.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Storage
@@ -37856,7 +37856,7 @@
 
 1. Title: High-scale performance optimization of serving multiple FMs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM313-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This hands-on workshop empowers you to revolutionize your personalization use cases by mastering the art of fine-tuning models using Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT). Dive into open source techniques like S-LoRA, LoRAX, and Punica to streamline the training and hosting of high-performance, scalable LoRA adapters. Unleash the power of Amazon SageMaker optimization techniques and uncover the optimal deployment strategies, including inference components and multi-model endpoints. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -37885,7 +37885,7 @@
 
 1. Title: High-scale performance optimization of serving multiple FMs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM313-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This hands-on workshop empowers you to revolutionize your personalization use cases by mastering the art of fine-tuning models using Parameter Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT). Dive into open source techniques like S-LoRA, LoRAX, and Punica to streamline the training and hosting of high-performance, scalable LoRA adapters. Unleash the power of Amazon SageMaker optimization techniques and uncover the optimal deployment strategies, including inference components and multi-model endpoints. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -37913,7 +37913,7 @@
 
 1. Title: HIPAA-compliant IVD SaaS: Werfen's global AWS solution journey
 2. Session Code: NTA310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore Werfen's AWS journey in developing their digital factory platform, enhancing customer experience and patient care in healthcare. Learn how Werfen created a HIPAA-compliant AWS landing zone, designed a hybrid cloud application, and deployed a multi-tenant platform using SaaS-first principles. Discover the technology stack behind their medical imaging application and the tradeoffs considered for high scalability, operational excellence, security, resiliency, and data residency. This session illuminates Werfen's path to building a global cloud solution on AWS, offering insights into architecting secure, scalable platforms for the medical devices sector.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications, New to AWS
@@ -37946,7 +37946,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Honda's EV charging experience with Amazon Bedrock and AWS IoT Core
 2. Session Code: AUT202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to learn how Honda worked with AWS to redefine the in-vehicle EV charging experience. By combining data from its connected vehicle platform, external data sources, and layering in generative AI, Honda delivers a personalized, connected, and intelligent charging solution that caters to the evolving needs of EV owners. At the core of this experience is Honda's use of Amazon Bedrock, providing drivers with personalized charging recommendations and route guidance by factoring in battery health data, driving patterns, and available charging stations.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -37974,15 +37974,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Host multiplayer games on Amazon GameLift with containers and anywhere [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GAM302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn about the features, architectural patterns, and best practices of Amazon GameLift, a fully managed global game server hosting solution. Explore the differences between hosting options, including recently launched containers support as well as traditional virtual machine hosting. Also learn how the new Amazon GameLift Agent can be leveraged to run game servers anywhere in the world and to host development environments for fast iteration. Finally, learn about the complete architecture for integrating your game client and game backend with Amazon GameLift.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Well-Architected Framework
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 1:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -38004,15 +38004,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Host multiplayer games on Amazon GameLift with containers and anywhere [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GAM302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn about the features, architectural patterns, and best practices of Amazon GameLift, a fully managed global game server hosting solution. Explore the differences between hosting options, including recently launched containers support as well as traditional virtual machine hosting. Also learn how the new Amazon GameLift Agent can be leveraged to run game servers anywhere in the world and to host development environments for fast iteration. Finally, learn about the complete architecture for integrating your game client and game backend with Amazon GameLift.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Well-Architected Framework
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 1:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -38061,7 +38061,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Abrigo transformed its business with AWS: Lessons learned
 2. Session Code: NTA302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, discover how Abrigo (a leading fintech company for over 2,400 community financial institutions) used the AWS global services to successfully migrate to AWS and modernize their infrastructure, achieving significant operational efficiencies and cost savings. Explore the challenges faced by Abrigo and the strategic solutions deployed, getting actionable insights for organizations embarking on their cloud transformation journeys. Join this session to learn key strategies for seamless migration, automation, and infrastructure modernization, backed by real-world results and best practices.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -38124,7 +38124,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Air Canada is innovating customer service across lines of business
 2. Session Code: BIZ211
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Providing exceptional self-guided customer service is crucial for customer satisfaction and operational efficiency, such as improved experiences and reduced wait times. In this session, Air Canada shares their journey enabling differentiated, context-aware self-service with Amazon Connect across business units like Air Canada Cargo. Discover how Amazon Connect can help you design and deliver intelligent self-service capabilities, maintain context across channels, and provide personalized assistance all without specialized expertise.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -38156,7 +38156,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Amazon.com powers customer-obsessed service with Amazon Connect
 2. Session Code: BIZ213
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: At Amazon.com, being customer-obsessed is key to earning trust though every customer service interaction. In this session, learn how Amazon customer service, the largest worldwide customer for Amazon Connect, scales to billions of customer interactions per year using Amazon Connect to deliver convenient, personalized customer experiences. Hear how Amazon is investing in generative AI to augment customer service interactions that address complex customer support needs in a comprehensive manner worldwide.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -38191,7 +38191,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Amazon.com uses AWS Regions to improve customer experience
 2. Session Code: ARC328
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how and why Amazon.com is expanding to more AWS Regions and building services so they can be easily deployed and moved to different regions. In this session discover the benefits of using multiple AWS Regions and Amazon.com's learnings and best practices for building and managing regionally flexible services. Learn about approaches for decoupling services from specific regions, managing application latency and dependencies, and architecting to leverage the benefits of region diversity, customer proximity, and cost optimization that can be gained from a region flexible deployment.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -38227,7 +38227,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Amazon threat intelligence helps protect your infrastructure
 2. Session Code: SEC317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore AWS threat intelligence capabilities and learn how they power managed firewall rules and security findings in security services such as AWS WAF, AWS Network Firewall, and Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall. Learn about the threat intelligence AWS uses to protect AWS infrastructure, build new security features, and empower customers to enhance their application protection on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -38261,10 +38261,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How an analytics engineer uses AWS in a financial company
 2. Session Code: DEV212
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this dev talk, hear about the importance of the analytics engineer role in Banco Itaú, the largest financial company in South America. Take a deep dive on how AWS offers a series of tools and services that can be used by analytics engineer teams to build data and analytics pipelines in order to get insights from financial data.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Analytics
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -38277,7 +38277,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Tech Explorer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of data analytics and data engineering concepts
     2. Familiarity with AWS services and tools
@@ -38299,10 +38299,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How AWS can help meet your digital sovereignty requirements [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS207-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Customers in regulated industries such as PS, healthcare, FSI, and telecom have shared how they face digital sovereignty concerns in their cloud journeys. In this chalk talk, discover how AWS is sovereign by design, and explore the range of AWS capabilities that can help you meet your digital sovereignty needs. In addition, learn how the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is being built to provide further choice to meet these needs. Join this talk to explore how AWS can help you accelerate your cloud journey while meeting your requirements.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -38338,10 +38338,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How AWS can help meet your digital sovereignty requirements [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS207-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Customers in regulated industries such as PS, healthcare, FSI, and telecom have shared how they face digital sovereignty concerns in their cloud journeys. In this chalk talk, discover how AWS is sovereign by design, and explore the range of AWS capabilities that can help you meet your digital sovereignty needs. In addition, learn how the AWS European Sovereign Cloud is being built to provide further choice to meet these needs. Join this talk to explore how AWS can help you accelerate your cloud journey while meeting your requirements.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -38375,7 +38375,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How AWS is helping to reduce the carbon footprint of AI workloads
 2. Session Code: SUS102
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, learn how AWS is innovating to improve the sustainability of its infrastructure and how that helps its customers reduce the carbon footprint of their workloads by as much as 99%. From optimizing its data center design to investing in purpose-built chips to implementing new cooling technologies, AWS is working on ways to increase the energy efficiency of its facilities to better serve our customers' sustainability needs and the scaled use of AI.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -38385,7 +38385,7 @@
    - Advisor / Consultant
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of cloud computing and AWS services.
     2. Familiarity with sustainability and environmental impact in the context of technology infrastructure.
@@ -38408,7 +38408,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Dynatrace
 4. Description: In this session, bpx, a prominent oil and gas producer, transformed its cloud operations by transitioning to OneCloud using Dynatrace and AWS, overcoming challenges such as limited observability and long timescales for troubleshooting. Learn how bpx utilized Dynatrace dashboards and notebooks for proactive monitoring, significantly reducing troubleshooting durations and providing a consolidated view of performance metrics. Explore actionable strategies for using AWS and Dynatrace to ensure a seamless cloud transition, driving operational efficiency and innovation in your own organizations. This presentation is brought to you by Dynatrace, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -38445,7 +38445,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Datadog
 4. Description: Containers are the standard for packaging and deploying modern, cloud-native applications, and a rich ecosystem has grown around them. Community projects like Kubernetes, Argo CD, and others empower organizations to operate more scalable, reliable systems. As a technology leader in the healthcare industry, Cambia Health Solutions has used containers for a long time, but they recently migrated from Amazon ECS to Amazon EKS in order to take advantage of the expansive Kubernetes ecosystem. Learn more about their migration and the tools they've used to increase their development velocity, improve reliability, and harness more power from their AWS compute resources. This presentation is brought to you by Datadog, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -38475,7 +38475,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How can one person build an enterprise-grade data lake? [Korean]
 2. Session Code: GBL213-KO
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in Korean. Learn how to build a secure financial data lake quickly and easily. Samsung Life Insurance built a small-scale analysis data warehouse on AWS and is gradually expanding to a company-wide data lake. It uses AWS serverless analytics services such as AWS Glue, Amazon QuickSight and Amazon MWAA for rapid deployment, implementing them in-house rather than outsourcing. It also uses AWS Security Hub and AWS Lake Formation to secure data lake governance and comply with personal information protection laws in the Korean finance industry.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -38510,10 +38510,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How climate tech startups build on AWS to address climate change [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS103-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The world is racing to get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to mitigate global warming. Speed is critical; generative AI and cutting-edge advanced cloud computing are important tools to accelerate the build and deployment of climate solutions. In this lightning talk, learn how AWS helps climate technology startups quickly and affordably build technology that is solving big problems related to climate change. It features AWS resources for climate technology startups and offers examples of AWS services that are critical for climate technology startups looking to contribute to climate mitigation efforts.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -38526,7 +38526,7 @@
    - Entrepreneur (Founder/Co-Founder)
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of climate change and the need for net-zero carbon emissions.
     2. Knowledge of generative AI and advanced cloud computing technologies.
@@ -38549,10 +38549,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How climate tech startups build on AWS to address climate change [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS103-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The world is racing to get to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 to mitigate global warming. Speed is critical; generative AI and cutting-edge advanced cloud computing are important tools to accelerate the build and deployment of climate solutions. In this lightning talk, learn how AWS helps climate technology startups quickly and affordably build technology that is solving big problems related to climate change. It features AWS resources for climate technology startups and offers examples of AWS services that are critical for climate technology startups looking to contribute to climate mitigation efforts.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -38565,7 +38565,7 @@
    - Entrepreneur (Founder/Co-Founder)
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of climate change and the need for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
     2. Knowledge of generative AI and advanced cloud computing technologies.
@@ -38586,7 +38586,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Coupang Pay boosts developer productivity with generative AI [Korean]
 2. Session Code: GBL208-KO
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk is delivered in Korean. Coupang Pay, an e-commerce payment company in Korea, uses generative AI on AWS to boost organization productivity. Facing rapid service improvements and high security, they launched two initiatives: auto code generation for developers and a wiki-based chatbot for non-developers in Amazon Bedrock. Learn about the challenges they overcame and the measurable impact on developer velocity, organizational agility for non-developers, and AI-assisted development at scale with AWS.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -38594,7 +38594,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Data Engineer, Developer / Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of Korean language
     2. Understanding of e-commerce payment systems
@@ -38612,7 +38612,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How customers optimize network and EBS workloads on Amazon EC2
 2. Session Code: CMP339
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The EC2 network optimized instances portfolio offers customers one of the highest, most consistent, network performances in the cloud for workloads such as security and network virtual appliances. EC2 network optimized instances also offer the highest Elastic Block Storage (EBS) performance in EC2 for workloads such as SQL/NoSQL databases, in-memory databases, and more. Join AND learn how customers are leveraging these instances types to get the best workload performance and optimize cost on EC2.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Compute
@@ -38638,7 +38638,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How developers can self-remediate AWS Security Hub findings
 2. Session Code: DEV216
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When AWS Security Hub findings go unhandled, your AWS environments may be at risk. To address this, our organization developed a mechanism that helps AWS account holders respond to Security Hub findings swiftly and efficiently. In this dev chat, learn the three key principles of this approach: actionable notifications to ensure notifications prompt immediate actions, clear responsibility that assigns notifications to specific on-call personnel to foster ownership, and risk management that tailors responses to fit the unique risk profiles of organizations and teams.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -38651,7 +38651,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - Tech Explorer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS Security Hub and its functionality
     2. Knowledge of incident response and risk management principles
@@ -38705,7 +38705,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Duolingo's culture of experimentation drives innovation
 2. Session Code: INO112
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon's unique approach to innovation is driven by culture, mechanisms, and our Day 1 mindset. Like Amazon, Duolingo's culture is what creates unique customer experiences and drives innovation. The world's most popular education app runs hundreds of A/B tests every day to improve the experience for its millions of learners. Whether it's testing the motivating power of delightful animations or trying out new exercise types, Duolingo has built a culture that prioritizes experimentation across the company. Learn more about its testing mechanisms and tools, as well as the impact these tests have had on developing differentiated customer experiences.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: New to AWS
@@ -38738,7 +38738,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How event-driven architectures can go wrong and how to fix them [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API206-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Event-driven architectures enable speed and agility for distributed cloud applications; however, this also means there's the risk of shipping bad ideas fast without governance. Fortunately, the same agility allows for quick fixes. Attend this chalk talk to learn common event-driven pitfalls, including YOLO events, god events, observability soup, event loops, exposing monoliths, state corruption, and surprise bills. Explore strategies and techniques teams can implement to avoid these pitfalls and reap the full benefits of event-driven architectures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -38774,7 +38774,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How event-driven architectures can go wrong and how to fix them [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API206-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Event-driven architectures enable speed and agility for distributed cloud applications; however, this also means there's the risk of shipping bad ideas fast without governance. Fortunately, the same agility allows for quick fixes. Attend this chalk talk to learn common event-driven pitfalls, including YOLO events, god events, observability soup, event loops, exposing monoliths, state corruption, and surprise bills. Explore strategies and techniques teams can implement to avoid these pitfalls and reap the full benefits of event-driven architectures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -38810,7 +38810,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Ford unlocked real-time insights using Apache Iceberg on AWS
 2. Session Code: AUT311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the era of connected vehicles, it's crucial for automakers to use real-time, data-driven insights to enhance customer experiences and drive operational efficiencies. This session explores Ford's collaboration with AWS to develop the Event Store, a key component of Ford's Transportation Mobility Cloud (TMC). This platform processes 4 TB of real-time data daily from over 20 million vehicles, allowing insights around OTA updates, vehicle command and control, and telemetry. Ford's strategic adoption of AWS services facilitated a petabyte-scale data lake using Apache Iceberg, improving data management and analysis and reducing SLAs by 50% while meeting low-latency requirements.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -38846,7 +38846,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Frontdoor, Inc. boosts agent productivity with Amazon Connect
 2. Session Code: BIZ218
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Contact center agents are a critical part of customer service delivery. Hear from AWS and Frontdoor, Inc.—the largest provider of home warranties in the US—about how you can empower agents and increase productivity with a unified, generative AI–powered workspace in Amazon Connect that provides agents the critical capabilities they need to deliver personalized service to your customers. Walk away with new ideas about how to improve agent handling of complex customer inquiries, and make every agent your best agent, starting their first day.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -38876,7 +38876,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How generative AI can boost developer productivity & player experience
 2. Session Code: GAM305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how generative AI can boost developer productivity, enhance player experiences, and expand replayability by transforming content into dynamic, personalized in-game experiences. Discover how Amazon Q Developer empowers your team to focus on challenges, and explore how Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases and Amazon Bedrock Agents can build a conversational Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture to improve gameplay and engagement. This talk is ideal for game developers, designers, and AI enthusiasts looking to use generative AI for unforgettable gaming experiences.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -38903,10 +38903,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How generative AI can transform service delivery
 2. Session Code: WPS321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk covers various generative AI technologies and techniques that can be used by public sector agencies to enhance citizen experiences. Making highly accessible, localized, quality information available to your citizens 24/7 has never been more within reach. This talk briefly explores topics such as curating knowledge stores, building retrieval systems, and adding natural language interfaces to your public services. All of this is easier than ever with the help of AWS solutions and services.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -38917,7 +38917,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of AI and machine learning concepts
     2. Familiarity with natural language processing (NLP) and conversational interfaces
@@ -38938,13 +38938,13 @@
 
 1. Title: How generative AI is transforming legal tech with AWS
 2. Session Code: NTA311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: NetDocuments leads in cloud-based document management for the legal sector. Their platform enables global document storage, sharing, and collaboration. Learn how ND advances document management with innovative solutions and semantic search, processing millions of documents daily. The legal industry, including law firms and corporate legal departments, often grapples with large, complex documents. As generative AI evolves, new productivity-enhancing applications emerge: searching vast document repositories, summarizing files, powering Q&A systems, and drafting documents. This session explores how generative AI can transform legal work, boost efficiency, and streamline document-heavy workflows, revolutionizing the profession.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
    - Business Executive
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: MGM
@@ -38969,7 +38969,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Gousto reduces food waste and increases workforce productivity
 2. Session Code: MFG202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, hear how Gousto, a British meal kit retailer, built a scalable Industrial Data Fabric (IDF) to gain real-time and historical operations visibility. Gousto relies on equipment vendors to provide much of their data, which can add complexity, cost, and time delays. To resolve these challenges, AWS and an AWS Partner helped build a modern IDF using AWS IoT SiteWise, AWS IoT Core, and Amazon Monitron. Hear about the business benefits of their unified namespace architecture and how the customer uses advanced analytics, ML, and generative AI on top of their industrial data foundation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Internet of Things, Storage
@@ -39028,7 +39028,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Snyk
 4. Description: Building applications on AWS offers flexibility and scale, but security often becomes more complex to manage using traditional AppSec methodologies. With increased use of open source, containers, infrastructure as code, and now gen AI solutions, the software risk environment has shifted rapidly, increasing friction between engineering and security. As a result, ICE implemented DevSecOps philosophies that help security to fit neatly into the SDLC. Join the Senior Director of Information Security at ICE and the Field CTO at Snyk to hear the value of implementing a workflow that empowers developers to build securely from the first line of code. This presentation is brought to you by Snyk, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -39061,7 +39061,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How ICEYE uses satellite data & generative AI to speed flood response
 2. Session Code: AES305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Over the past two years, climate change increased flood risks by 23% with an estimated 1.81 billion people now facing flood risk and consequences like disease, clean water scarcity, and food insecurity. Response organizations need precise, real-time updates to save lives and reduce the impact of flooding on communities. Discover how ICEYE and AWS combine satellite-acquired geospatial imagery and generative AI to help first responders access precise insights and take action faster. Find out how ICEYE uses Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Bedrock foundation models to capture and automate disaster location and impact data for response teams.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -39094,7 +39094,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Merck improves drug design with biological foundation models
 2. Session Code: HLS215
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how Merck is modernizing its drug discovery process with the integration of biological foundation models. Merck shares firsthand experience into how the company has modernized its generative biology inference stack using AWS HealthOmics, which helps them scale and unlock new insights.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -39122,7 +39122,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Mindbody migrated 60,000 SQL Server databases to AWS
 2. Session Code: XNT317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Mindbody's complex monolithic application, built with Windows Server and over 60,000 SQL Server databases, underwent a multi-phased migration journey from its data centers to AWS Local Zones and Regions. During its migration testing, Mindbody needed to use the elasticity and capacity of the AWS Cloud, but they experienced application latency issues. In this session, technical leaders from Mindbody and AWS share Mindbody's migration journey: the challenges; architecture designs; technical, licensing, and cost considerations; lessons learned; and successful outcomes. Learn how Mindbody's journey created new opportunities, improved application reliability, reduced costs, and unleashed innovation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -39155,7 +39155,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Moderna Is building a healthier supply chain
 2. Session Code: BIZ220
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Moderna, a pioneering biotechnology company and leader in mRNA medicine, has undergone a significant supply chain transformation over the past year. Through strong technology partnerships, Moderna's supply chain and digital teams have worked cross-functionally to enhance vaccine replenishment strategies and optimize distribution processes. These advancements have also improved in-stock rates and minimized waste from expired products. This session looks into how AWS collaborated with Moderna to drive this critical transformation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -39184,7 +39184,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How NAB uses Amazon Q Developer for increased productivity
 2. Session Code: DOP219
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Significantly accelerate development by customizing Amazon Q Developer to generate even more relevant inline code recommendations and chat responses (in preview) by making it aware of your internal libraries, APIs, best practices, and architectural patterns. In this lightning talk, you learn how National Australia Bank (NAB) is using Amazon Q Developer to help their development teams ship faster, and innovate more for their customers, by using customizations.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -39196,7 +39196,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Familiarity with Amazon Q Developer
     2. Understanding of internal libraries, APIs, best practices, and architectural patterns
@@ -39251,10 +39251,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How Netflix autopilots migration from Amazon RDS to Aurora at scale
 2. Session Code: NFX305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: At Netflix, we wanted to migrate from Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL to address limitations in scalability, availability, and crash recovery of single-node databases. To support this migration, we developed a self-service system that allows customers to effortlessly migrate RDS instances to Aurora clusters. This chalk talk outlines our automated migration tool, which we built internally using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), and explores the challenges faced in migrating Netflix's diverse fleet of customer-managed RDS instances.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -39286,7 +39286,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Netflix benchmarks FMs and LLMs across hardware chipsets
 2. Session Code: NFX307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Netflix deploys various foundation models on standard CPUs and specialized accelerated computing chips from providers like NVIDIA, AWS, AMD, and Intel. Optimizing instance selection based on price and performance is crucial for rightsizing workloads, achieving cost efficiencies, and accurately forecasting infrastructure needs. In this session, hear Netflix's approach to automating FM performance benchmarking using FMBench, an open source tool developed by AWS. Learn how FMBench simplifies deployment of FMs to Amazon EC2 and FMBench's reporting capabilities, which capture key performance and accuracy metrics, enabling data-driven decisions based on latency, throughput, and cost requirements.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -39294,7 +39294,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: Developer / Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of foundation models (FMs) and their deployment on various computing platforms.
     2. Understanding of cloud infrastructure and instance selection for optimizing cost and performance.
@@ -39315,7 +39315,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Netflix handles sudden load spikes in the cloud
 2. Session Code: NFX301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Netflix operates at full active across four AWS Regions, serving their global traffic by intelligently steering users and managing costs via thousands of auto scaling compute server groups. At various times, traffic surges hit their service that could exceed capacity. In this session, walk through how Netflix solves these problems by pairing predictive automated pre-scaling with fast reactive auto scaling in combination with advanced resilience techniques like prioritized load shedding, cross-Region traffic shifting, targeted capacity injection by service criticality, and more. Discover how to maintain a low level of spend while being ready for sudden load spikes.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -39356,7 +39356,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: DataStax
 4. Description: Have your AI initiatives stalled because of tool confusion or uncertainty? You're not alone. Generative AI applications can be an expensive failure. Organizations using DataStax AI PaaS and Amazon Bedrock are quickly delivering real business value securely with their AI applications. In this session, hear from DataStax customers on their AI journeys, their trials and failures, and how they finally brought all the necessary teams together to deploy successfully with DataStax and AWS. Learn how they used DataStax AI PaaS, the real results they are achieving, and how they maintain relevance with future technology. This presentation is brought to you by DataStax, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -39389,7 +39389,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Nykaa automates product descriptions using generative AI
 2. Session Code: RCG206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Inaccurate or incomplete online product descriptions can lower a retailer's conversion rates and impact revenue. Join this session to learn how Nykaa, India's largest online beauty and personal care retailer, is using machine learning and generative AI to identify product attributes from images and generate standard product descriptions, improving accuracy, productivity, and click-through rates.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -39420,7 +39420,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Pearson elevates CX with Amazon Connect & Salesforce Service Cloud
 2. Session Code: BIZ215
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you tired of disjointed agent and customer experiences due to siloed CRM and contact center applications? In this session, learn how Pearson Clinical Assessments is using Amazon Connect and Salesforce Service Cloud Voice to empower agents with a unified, AI-powered workspace that consolidates interactions across voice, chat, and other digital channels for an effortless customer experience. Learn how advanced AI capabilities can boost agent productivity with real-time insights, intelligent recommendations, and automated workflows. Join this session to discover the future of customer-centric operations, where CRM and contact center are harmonized for seamless and efficient omnichannel engagement, driving business growth and success.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -39455,7 +39455,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Principal Financial improved productivity with Amazon Q Business
 2. Session Code: AIM228
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Delivering an exceptional customer experience is crucial for businesses to succeed in today's competitive landscape. In this session, Principal Financial shares its transformative journey leveraging the powerful capabilities of Amazon Q Business. Learn how Amazon Q Business was implemented across the Customer Support team and dive into the key challenges faced, such as legacy system integrations and training. This session also highlights best practices for seamlessly blending human and AI interactions to provide personalized, efficient customer service at scale.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -39485,10 +39485,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How Rivada Networks manages satellites via software networking on AWS
 2. Session Code: AES302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Active satellites are forecasted to grow from 8,377 to about 58,000 by 2030. Inter-satellite networks enable more reliable, accessible terrestrial networks and lay the foundation for space networks. However, simulating network connectivity across many orbital and ground objects requires a lot of time and computational resources. In this session, learn how AWS enables Rivada Networks to simulate, visualize, and orchestrate space-to-ground networks using digital twins of their constellation and user terminals. Discover how, using AWS, Rivada can shorten the constellation configuration time across their network from hours to seconds and leverage a variety of enterprise-grade networking protocols.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -39525,10 +39525,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How Rivian accelerated ADAS development on AWS
 2. Session Code: AUT318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session covers how Rivian built an end-to-end pipeline for developing, simulating, and releasing new advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) features using AWS cloud services and partner solutions. It explores Rivian's approach, from data ingestion to perception model training, simulation, and edge deployment, highlighting the AWS services it leveraged. Gain insights into best practices and learn about the AWS services that Rivian employed to help accelerate and scale new ADAS feature development, while optimizing data ingest, compute, storage, and simulation costs.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Compute
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -39563,7 +39563,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Rocket Mortgage elevates client experiences with secure AI
 2. Session Code: SEC214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI promises industry revolutions, but secure adoption is crucial. Discover how Rocket Mortgage leveraged AWS's generative AI services while navigating security requirements. Learn how they elevated client service, personalized client experiences, and boosted productivity, all while implementing stringent data protection and trust-building measures. Gain insights into Rocket Mortgage's strategies and best practices for unlocking generative AI's potential and how generative AI helps them achieve their mission to "Help Everyone Home," while prioritizing robust security. Accelerate your own AI initiatives, securely, by learning from this trailblazer's approach.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -39599,10 +39599,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How SMBs can scale with platform engineering
 2. Session Code: SMB309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Small and medium businesses (SMBs) can become more productive and efficient by practicing platform engineering, a discipline that focuses on building and maintaining the internal developer platform and tools. This chalk talk discusses what platform engineering is and how to build a platform in AWS. Speakers will dispel some of the myths and explore how platform engineering can be applied to reduce cognitive load on developers, increase their productivity, and ensure that the organization's development processes are secure, scalable, and aligned with best practices.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Small and Midsize Business (SMB)
@@ -39633,7 +39633,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How startups can create disruptive innovations with gen AI on AWS [Korean]
 2. Session Code: GBL201-KO
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Startups have diverse requirements for a variety of generative AI workloads, from providing their own foundation models for enterprise customers to creating content for end users. In this session, learn how startups can build disruptive innovations using generative AI on AWS. Discover how Upstage's Solar model is 100% pretrained with Amazon SageMaker and uses AWS Marketplace so global customers can build their own fine-tuned models easily. Find out how Miridih's MiriCanvas provides AI-powered creative design features like AI presentation generation using prompt chaining on Amazon Bedrock and LangGraph and recommending similar design templates from over 40 million vector data using Amazon OpenSearch Service.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -39668,7 +39668,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Star Wars: Hunters got to the next level with Amazon GameLift
 2. Session Code: GAM308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Like playing multiplayer arena battle games in a galaxy far, far away? Discover how Zynga utilized Amazon GameLift to meet aggressive release deadlines, support a global game deployment, and plan the team's first console game launch. Built on the Unreal Engine, Star Wars: Hunters launched worldwide on June 4, 2024, in 12 AWS Regions. Dive into multiplayer game challenges, including development pipelines and infrastructure management. Learn how to leverage fully managed Amazon GameLift for global presence, auto scaling, and matchmaking, Amazon Aurora for player and game data stores, and Amazon ElastiCache for leaderboards while minimizing costs and maximizing game value.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -39701,7 +39701,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Stripe achieves five and a half 9s of availability
 2. Session Code: FSI321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stripe, which processes trillions of dollars in transactions annually across the world, must ensure its systems remain available, fault-tolerant, and resilient in the face of surges in traffic and unexpected failures. This session shares how Stripe architects and operates highly available systems at global scale on AWS. Explore the architectural patterns, monitoring systems, and incident response workflows that enable Stripe to achieve 99.9995% uptime—the gold standard set by emergency response hotlines. Gain practical insights into building resilient distributed systems and elevating the availability of your applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -39737,7 +39737,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Supercell's newest game launched with tens of millions of players
 2. Session Code: GAM309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With over 200 million monthly active users, Supercell's mission is to create great games that as many people as possible play for years and that are remembered forever. In this session, discover how Supercell achieved a successful global launch for its latest game, Squad Busters, with over 40 million pre-launch registrations. Discover how Supercell powers its backend infrastructure by using AWS services like Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, AWS Graviton, Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized storage, AWS Countdown, and Amazon CloudFront. Delve into the services and strategy that enable them to handle massive user influxes, while ensuring a seamless worldwide player experience.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Databases
@@ -39836,10 +39836,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How to accelerate migration and modernization through resilience
 2. Session Code: PEX108
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, hear about how intentionally integrating resilience into the migration process before, during, and after the cloud migration will drive revenue and customer success. By taking advantage of validated AWS Partner Solutions and AWS purpose-built resilience services, our users realize the benefits of the cloud's flexibility, scalability, and cost-efficiency while being safe in the knowledge that their applications are designed and operated in a secure, resilient manner and with improved recovery objectives in place.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -39852,7 +39852,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud migration processes
     2. Knowledge of AWS Partner Solutions and AWS resilience services
@@ -39873,7 +39873,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to achieve water goals with AWS technology
 2. Session Code: SUS204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Water is a precious resource, and organizations around the globe are stepping up to do their part in protecting it. In this session, learn about AWS efforts to conserve and reuse water across its onsite operations and in communities where it operates as part of its Water+ commitment. Also learn how AWS customer Generation Park, a McCord Development project, is leveraging the Garnet Framework and AWS Partners to build an IoT water monitoring solution to reduce water wastage and set a foundation for future smart city projects.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Internet of Things
@@ -39900,7 +39900,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to analyze Amazon CloudFront logs using generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain critical insights for optimizing the performance of your web application with Amazon CloudFront logs using Amazon Bedrock. In this builders' session, learn why analyzing and monitoring logs is essential for detecting anomalies, enhancing reliability, and improving site performance. Whether you're an SRE focused on fine-tuning performance or a CTO ensuring a robust infrastructure, discover how AI-powered log analysis empowers proactive decision-making. Find out how to harness the power of Amazon CloudFront data for actionable intelligence and to drive your application's success. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Content Delivery
@@ -39926,7 +39926,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to analyze Amazon CloudFront logs using generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN304-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain critical insights for optimizing the performance of your web application with Amazon CloudFront logs using Amazon Bedrock. In this builders' session, learn why analyzing and monitoring logs is essential for detecting anomalies, enhancing reliability, and improving site performance. Whether you're an SRE focused on fine-tuning performance or a CTO ensuring a robust infrastructure, discover how AI-powered log analysis empowers proactive decision-making. Find out how to harness the power of Amazon CloudFront data for actionable intelligence and to drive your application's success. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Content Delivery
@@ -39952,7 +39952,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to analyze Amazon CloudFront logs using generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain critical insights for optimizing the performance of your web application with Amazon CloudFront logs using Amazon Bedrock. In this builders' session, learn why analyzing and monitoring logs is essential for detecting anomalies, enhancing reliability, and improving site performance. Whether you're an SRE focused on fine-tuning performance or a CTO ensuring a robust infrastructure, discover how AI-powered log analysis empowers proactive decision-making. Find out how to harness the power of Amazon CloudFront data for actionable intelligence and to drive your application's success. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Content Delivery
@@ -40008,7 +40008,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to build resilient applications on Amazon EKS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB322-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As mission-critical applications increasingly run on Amazon EKS clusters, meeting service level objectives (SLOs) is paramount. This chalk talk delves into strategies and best practices to enhance the resiliency of your workloads, minimize the impact of failures, and ensure high availability and continuity of service delivery. Explore various strategies, including multi-cluster connectivity, disaster recovery, and failover mechanisms. In addition, learn about AWS-managed observability services and how to achieve operational excellence through observability best practices. Attend this talk to gain practical insights to mitigate risks, minimize downtime, and ensure continuous availability of your containerized workloads on Amazon EKS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Kubernetes
@@ -40041,7 +40041,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to build resilient applications on Amazon EKS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB322-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As mission-critical applications increasingly run on Amazon EKS clusters, meeting service level objectives (SLOs) is paramount. This chalk talk delves into strategies and best practices to enhance the resiliency of your workloads, minimize the impact of failures, and ensure high availability and continuity of service delivery. Explore various strategies, including multi-cluster connectivity, disaster recovery, and failover mechanisms. In addition, learn about AWS-managed observability services and how to achieve operational excellence through observability best practices. Attend this talk to gain practical insights to mitigate risks, minimize downtime, and ensure continuous availability of your containerized workloads on Amazon EKS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Kubernetes
@@ -40074,7 +40074,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to build scalable platforms with Amazon EKS
 2. Session Code: KUB301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A wide range of companies, from the most innovative startups to the world's leading enterprises, are running their internal platforms on Amazon EKS, helping them to accelerate developer velocity and increase the pace of innovation. In this session, learn about best practices that AWS has developed over years of helping thousands of customers build and scale their internal platforms on Amazon EKS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Migration and Modernization
@@ -40099,10 +40099,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How to choose between AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS CDK
 2. Session Code: DEV309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Both HashiCorp Terraform and AWS CloudFormation have attracted large numbers of fans from the moment they were launched, with AWS CDK gaining more traction as well. However, highly opinionated users have often only used one, sometimes two of these tools, and their experiences are not up to date with the latest features and possibilities. In this session, explore high-paced, live coding examples with all three, and then dive deep into some specific scenarios. At the end, leave with the ability to make informed decisions and select the best tool for the job.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -40129,7 +40129,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to design your HPC cluster in the cloud for sustainability [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP313-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations strive to reduce their carbon footprint and promote environmental sustainability, optimizing high performance computing (HPC) workloads in the cloud has become a critical priority. In this hands-on builders' session, learn how to design and deploy HPC clusters on AWS that deliver both performance and sustainability. Work through the process of architecting an HPC cluster using the latest AWS services, with a strong focus on the AWS Well-Architected Framework sustainability pillar. Leave this session equipped to design and deploy sustainable HPC clusters on AWS that deliver both high performance and environmental responsibility. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -40166,7 +40166,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to design your HPC cluster in the cloud for sustainability [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP313-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations strive to reduce their carbon footprint and promote environmental sustainability, optimizing high performance computing (HPC) workloads in the cloud has become a critical priority. In this hands-on builders' session, learn how to design and deploy HPC clusters on AWS that deliver both performance and sustainability. Work through the process of architecting an HPC cluster using the latest AWS services, with a strong focus on the AWS Well-Architected Framework sustainability pillar. Leave this session equipped to design and deploy sustainable HPC clusters on AWS that deliver both high performance and environmental responsibility. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -40199,7 +40199,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to design your HPC cluster in the cloud for sustainability [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP313-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations strive to reduce their carbon footprint and promote environmental sustainability, optimizing high performance computing (HPC) workloads in the cloud has become a critical priority. In this hands-on builders' session, learn how to design and deploy HPC clusters on AWS that deliver both performance and sustainability. Work through the process of architecting an HPC cluster using the latest AWS services, with a strong focus on the AWS Well-Architected Framework sustainability pillar. Leave this session equipped to design and deploy sustainable HPC clusters on AWS that deliver both high performance and environmental responsibility. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -40232,7 +40232,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to enable near real-time data analytics with a zero-ETL approach
 2. Session Code: NTA305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This workshop explores an AWS zero-ETL solution for real-time data analytics, focusing on key components like data ingestion, processing frameworks, and delivery mechanisms. Utilizing Amazon Redshift, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams, and AWS Lake Formation, this workshop demonstrates how organizations can bypass traditional ETL bottlenecks. Discover how this approach enables near real-time analytics, a comprehensive customer view, and faster personalization. Learn how to streamline data integration, improve governance, and enhance data utilization across applications. Explore how you can use AWS services to achieve faster insights, better data management, and more efficient analytics processes, ultimately leading to improved decision-making and customer experiences. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, New to AWS
@@ -40271,7 +40271,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of software development lifecycle
@@ -40331,7 +40331,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to integrate Amazon VPC Lattice into your existing environment
 2. Session Code: NET314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon VPC Lattice offers powerful features to enhance network security, simplify routing, and streamline load balancing for your backend applications. However, changing your network design can be a daunting and time-consuming task. In this engaging chalk talk, explore architectural best practices, strategies, and proven techniques to seamlessly integrate VPC Lattice into your existing environment, enhancing your security posture and simplifying connectivity.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -40362,7 +40362,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to maintain and automate compliance on AWS
 2. Session Code: SEC319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how AWS services can help simplify and automate compliance with various regulations and standards. This session starts by defining compliance and discussing the benefits of automation. Then, learn how to automate the collection of compliance data using AWS Artifact and AWS Audit Manager and how to create automated security and compliance checks with AWS Config and AWS Security Hub. Finally, learn how set up automated remediation workflows using AWS Systems Manager Automation documents. By the end of the session, cloud security engineers and cloud architects will know how to establish a comprehensive, automated compliance workflow on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -40395,10 +40395,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How to manage and prepare for large-scale and high-traffic events [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC346-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to provide a smooth customer journey during peak times by implementing a scalable, cloud-based virtual waiting room that leverages AWS services to reduce resource strain. Attendees use the Virtual Waiting Room and Distributed Load Testing AWS Solutions to gain actionable insights, understand capacity limits, and implement best practices for effective deployment in their own environments. Learn how to test the load capabilities of your application, better understand limits, and provide a seamless customer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -40429,10 +40429,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How to manage and prepare for large-scale and high-traffic events [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC346-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to provide a smooth customer journey during peak times by implementing a scalable, cloud-based virtual waiting room that leverages AWS services to reduce resource strain. Attendees use the Virtual Waiting Room and Distributed Load Testing AWS Solutions to gain actionable insights, understand capacity limits, and implement best practices for effective deployment in their own environments. Learn how to test the load capabilities of your application, better understand limits, and provide a seamless customer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -40463,10 +40463,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How to manage and prepare for large-scale and high-traffic events [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC346-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to provide a smooth customer journey during peak times by implementing a scalable, cloud-based virtual waiting room that leverages AWS services to reduce resource strain. Attendees use the Virtual Waiting Room and Distributed Load Testing AWS Solutions to gain actionable insights, understand capacity limits, and implement best practices for effective deployment in their own environments. Learn how to test the load capabilities of your application, better understand limits, and provide a seamless customer experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -40497,7 +40497,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to mitigate Zonal and Regional impairments
 2. Session Code: COP353
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building an application to recover from common failure modes aligned to AWS fault isolation boundaries can help you meet your availability goals. In this chalk talk, learn how you can use Amazon Application Recovery Controller to recover your applications from impairments within an AWS Availability Zone and an AWS Region. You leave with an understanding of how ARC works and with key takeaways to incorporate into your architecture.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -40527,7 +40527,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to navigate your SQL Server migration journey with AWS
 2. Session Code: XNT304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, discover the spectrum of migration strategies for SQL Server on AWS. Whether you have a single database or thousands, learn the difference between using AWS Migration Hub, AWS Application Migration Service, and AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS). Learn about native SQL Server methods, including replication, Always On availability groups, and log shipping. Gain insights from real-world migrations and best practices tailored for diverse migration needs. Come prepared with your questions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -40557,10 +40557,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How to optimize AWS storage for generative AI and ML workloads [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Scaling deep learning programs into production often comes with its challenges, and you can't have high-quality data modeling if your storage isn't optimized for performance scalability. Getting this wrong can lead to unexpected cost and performance issues. In this interactive chalk talk, get answers to your questions related to selecting and optimizing storage for AI and ML workloads so you can build better, innovate faster, and deploy at scale.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -40596,10 +40596,10 @@
 
 1. Title: How to optimize AWS storage for generative AI and ML workloads [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Scaling deep learning programs into production often comes with its challenges, and you can't have high-quality data modeling if your storage isn't optimized for performance scalability. Getting this wrong can lead to unexpected cost and performance issues. In this interactive chalk talk, get answers to your questions related to selecting and optimizing storage for AI and ML workloads so you can build better, innovate faster, and deploy at scale.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -40633,7 +40633,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How to optimize latency and throughput
 2. Session Code: CMP405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The availability of processors with and without hyperthreading makes performance evaluation a tricky game. In this code talk, study a web application and evaluate its performance in various scenarios, and discover how to optimize throughput and latency along the way.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -40704,15 +40704,15 @@
 
 1. Title: How to re:Invent
 2. Session Code: NTA101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: New to AWS re:Invent? Come to this informational session to learn about navigating content, getting around campus, accessibility options, the Expo Hall, activities, and much more. There will be time for Q&A to help you get the most out of your week. Also, use this time to network with other first-time attendees.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: New to AWS
 7. Areas of Interest: Developer Community
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
-9. Target Roles: 
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+9. Target Roles:
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Interest in attending AWS re:Invent for the first time
     2. Desire to learn about navigating the event and getting the most out of the experience
@@ -40729,7 +40729,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How US Foods successfully built and scaled a generative AI sales tool
 2. Session Code: RCG203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to learn how US Foods, a leading foodservice distributor, built an automated order guide to enable sales productivity using Amazon Bedrock. The VP of Machine Learning Engineering shares how he and his team identified the right use case, quickly built and tested feasibility with a lightweight proof of concept, quantified business impact to secure executive buy-in, and moved to production.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -40756,7 +40756,7 @@
 
 1. Title: How Vanguard rebuilt its mission-critical trading application on AWS
 2. Session Code: FSI322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how Vanguard rebuilt its retail investor trading platform on AWS to achieve higher resiliency, improve performance, and lower costs by scaling to meet demand. Vanguard adopted AWS Fargate for Amazon ECS to run this mission-critical platform, which uses cloud-native services like Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon DynamoDB to store and replicate data across Regions, achieving 99.99% availability over the past two years. New features that Vanguard needed months or longer to develop on its legacy mainframe monolith now take only weeks or even days, enabling the company to continuously improve the customer experience and compete effectively.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Migration and Modernization
@@ -40787,7 +40787,7 @@
 
 1. Title: HPC simplified: Explore the fully managed parallel computing service
 2. Session Code: CMP317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: From genomics to weather simulations, AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS) revolutionizes cloud-based HPC. This managed service simplifies scaling diverse workloads, offering enhanced reproducibility and rapid experimentation. Easily modify entire clusters to support emerging requirements or opportunities. In this hands-on workshop, learn to build custom PCS environments, manage compute resources, and implement useful cluster architectures. Gain practical experience in cluster design, job scheduling, and performance optimization as you build and exercise an elastic HPC cluster. Familiarity with Slurm, HPC workloads, and cluster architectures is beneficial. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -40878,7 +40878,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: GitLab
 4. Description: This year, AWS is partnering with Fill it Forward to support charity: water at the Hydrate and Help water walk. Millions of people around the world are without access to clean and safe drinking water and must walk every day to collect water. Get involved, raise awareness, and experience a simulation of this walk that so many make every single day for their water supply.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -40901,7 +40901,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: GitLab
 4. Description: This year, AWS is partnering with Fill it Forward to support charity: water at the Hydrate and Help water walk. Millions of people around the world are without access to clean and safe drinking water and must walk every day to collect water. Get involved, raise awareness, and experience a simulation of this walk that so many make every single day for their water supply.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -40948,10 +40948,10 @@
 
 1. Title: IaC and AI: Tales from the trenches
 2. Session Code: DEV342
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this dev chat for a deep dive into the real-world chaos of integrating infrastructure as code (IaC) powered by artificial intelligence (AI). This dev chat focuses on the behind-the-scenes challenges and unexpected failures facing engineers and devs alike. From disastrous misconfigurations and lurking security vulnerabilities to IaC anti-pattern nightmares and baffling automation glitches, hear firsthand accounts of what went wrong. Discover the hard-earned lessons and ingenious solutions that emerged from these trials. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to navigate and conquer these obstacles.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -40964,7 +40964,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
     2. Familiarity with Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications in infrastructure management
@@ -41014,7 +41014,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Identify a prioritization strategy for security response & remediation [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC343-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to discuss managing security across multiple accounts, Regions, and resources. Automated security responses are increasingly becoming key to helping organizations protect their systems more efficiently, improve their security posture, and reduce the time taken to investigate and respond to threats. Learn about a framework for automating your response and remediation to security findings for your accounts. With AWS Security Hub as the foundation, explore the decision-making process around which findings could be auto-remediated, the implications of an auto-remediation approach, and how to ensure a quick and thorough response.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -41045,7 +41045,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Identify & manage orphaned Amazon Aurora & Amazon RDS snapshots at scale [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT410-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: If you maintain a fleet of database instances provisioned across AWS accounts in multiple Regions, gaining visibility into orphaned database snapshots can be a daunting task. In this hands-on session, learn how to create a solution to locate and manage database snapshots whose primary database instances have been deleted. Using some of the serverless capabilities that AWS offers, you can manage orphaned snapshots and automate their archival or deletion based on your use case and business requirements. This practical approach will empower you to implement efficient snapshot lifecycle policies, ultimately reducing costs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -41076,7 +41076,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Identify & manage orphaned Amazon Aurora & Amazon RDS snapshots at scale [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT410-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: If you maintain a fleet of database instances provisioned across AWS accounts in multiple Regions, gaining visibility into orphaned database snapshots can be a daunting task. In this hands-on session, learn how to create a solution to locate and manage database snapshots whose primary database instances have been deleted. Using some of the serverless capabilities that AWS offers, you can manage orphaned snapshots and automate their archival or deletion based on your use case and business requirements. This practical approach will empower you to implement efficient snapshot lifecycle policies, ultimately reducing costs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -41109,7 +41109,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Identify & manage orphaned Amazon Aurora & Amazon RDS snapshots at scale [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT410-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: If you maintain a fleet of database instances provisioned across AWS accounts in multiple Regions, gaining visibility into orphaned database snapshots can be a daunting task. In this hands-on session, learn how to create a solution to locate and manage database snapshots whose primary database instances have been deleted. Using some of the serverless capabilities that AWS offers, you can manage orphaned snapshots and automate their archival or deletion based on your use case and business requirements. This practical approach will empower you to implement efficient snapshot lifecycle policies, ultimately reducing costs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -41142,7 +41142,7 @@
 
 1. Title: I didn't know AWS AppSync could do that!
 2. Session Code: FWM203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS AppSync is a managed service for developers to connect their apps to cloud data, events, and AI models. No longer just a GraphQL API service, with AWS AppSync you can leverage serverless WebSockets to create real-time event APIs, build AI gateways to simplify and secure application access to Amazon Bedrock, and more. Join this session to learn about all the exciting new AWS AppSync features released this year.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -41172,7 +41172,7 @@
 
 1. Title: I didn't know AWS WAF did this
 2. Session Code: CDN303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Securing web applications in today's ever-evolving threat landscape is crucial. As threats evolve, so must security controls and countermeasures. In this chalk talk, dive into how AWS WAF seamlessly integrates with other AWS services, making it possible for you to construct a resilient, multi-layered defense strategy. Learn about uncommon use cases and how to address even the most unconventional threats.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity, Content Delivery
@@ -41200,7 +41200,7 @@
 
 1. Title: IDP fast track: Racing to deploy with CNOE for enterprise DevOps
 2. Session Code: KUB308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Rev up your enterprise DevOps strategy in this internal developer platform (IDP) fast-track workshop, powered by the Cloud Native Operational Excellence (CNOE) initiative. Accelerate deployment of an IDP using the CNOE stack, build resilient CI/CD pipelines, and achieve heightened observability through golden paths. Whether you're starting from scratch or scaling up, join us for practical insights and hands-on experience to drive your enterprise DevOps forward at high speed. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Kubernetes
@@ -41230,7 +41230,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Ignite your tools and workflows with Amazon Q Apps and APIs
 2. Session Code: AIM345
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to explore the API capabilities available in Amazon Q Apps, including app creation, data source integration, user management, and administrative controls, demonstrating how Amazon Q Apps can streamline tasks and boost organizational efficiency. By using the comprehensive Amazon Q Business API suite, organizations can seamlessly integrate Amazon Q Apps into their existing workflows and tools of choice, empowering users to, for example, generate apps from natural language descriptions or conversations from other enterprise solutions. With robust security and governance controls inherited from Amazon Q Business, plus the power of APIs, sensitive data remains protected while promoting collaboration and productivity company-wide.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -41261,7 +41261,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Igniting public sector innovation for a better tomorrow
 2. Session Code: WPS202-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The public sector landscape is rapidly shifting, presenting organizations with complex hurdles that demand unprecedented and transformative approaches. Join Dave Levy, Vice President of Worldwide Public Sector at AWS, where he explores how cutting-edge AI and ML solutions are revolutionizing the space. Gain insights from real-world examples and uncover the boundless potential to drive change and forge a brighter future for citizens, constituents, students, service members, patients, and beyond.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -41288,7 +41288,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Igniting SMB new customer engagement, growth, and retention
 2. Session Code: PEX109
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are the backbone of the global economy accounting for over 98% of all businesses. Join this lightning talk to learn the latest market trends and AWS best practices for engaging, growing, and retaining SMB customers at scale across the build, market, sell, and grow journey. Receive actionable strategies and real-world use cases on how to guide your customers through their cloud journeys, and leave with clarity on how to package AWS tools to grow this customer base from foundation through innovation.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -41302,7 +41302,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of the SMB market and its significance
     2. Knowledge of AWS services and solutions
@@ -41324,7 +41324,7 @@
 
 1. Title: I'm not a doctor but I play one with AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD210-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Experience an interactive game that challenges players to diagnose medical conditions based on medical images and interaction with a AI-driven physician. The game is designed to educate and engage players in the process of medical diagnosis while showcasing the capabilities of AWS AI/ML services like Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -41351,7 +41351,7 @@
 
 1. Title: I'm not a doctor but I play one with AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD210-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Experience an interactive game that challenges players to diagnose medical conditions based on medical images and interaction with a AI-driven physician. The game is designed to educate and engage players in the process of medical diagnosis while showcasing the capabilities of AWS AI/ML services like Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -41376,13 +41376,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Impact and Community Pavilion
 2. Session Code: ACT011
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: It's #GivingTuesday, and there's no better time to #GiveBack. Stop by the Impact and Community Pavilion in the Expo Hall for a chance to learn more about some nonprofit organizations who are building with AWS.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -41400,7 +41400,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Implement controls faster with generative AI
 2. Session Code: COP349
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Managing compliance can be a tedious process, but it's necessary in order to be audit ready. To free up resources for innovation, you can pair services like AWS Config and AWS CloudTrail with Amazon Q Developer to help you build custom compliance rules more quickly. When it's time for your audit, you can also use generative AI to help you query your audit evidence in CloudTrail or the current configuration state of your AWS resources with AWS Config. Join this chalk talk to learn how generative AI on AWS can make compliance and auditing processes faster and more efficient.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -41431,7 +41431,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Implementing Amazon Q Developer: Lessons from the field
 2. Session Code: DEV310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore the deployment of Amazon Q Developer within a dynamic team. This session delivers targeted insights and practical strategies for developers aiming to integrate Amazon Q into their workflows. Learn from real-world challenges and tailored solutions that have significantly enhanced project efficiency and developer productivity when using single sign-on and tools like Bitbucket and Jira.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
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 1. Title: Implementing Amazon Q for secure regulated workloads [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS306-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Q helps AWS customers unlock the power of generative AI quickly for their organizations. While AWS public sector customers can also readily unlock this value, those that operate regulated workloads require additional guardrails and controls for enhanced security and manageability. In this chalk talk, learn how Amazon Q can be combined with Trusted Secure Enclaves and AWS Config to provide a way to securely deploy and manage your data for regulated workloads while enabling the transformative potential of generative AI within a secure and compliant AWS environment.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -41489,10 +41489,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Implementing Amazon Q for secure regulated workloads [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS306-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Q helps AWS customers unlock the power of generative AI quickly for their organizations. While AWS public sector customers can also readily unlock this value, those that operate regulated workloads require additional guardrails and controls for enhanced security and manageability. In this chalk talk, learn how Amazon Q can be combined with Trusted Secure Enclaves and AWS Config to provide a way to securely deploy and manage your data for regulated workloads while enabling the transformative potential of generative AI within a secure and compliant AWS environment.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - AI/ML
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -41526,7 +41526,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Implementing application performance monitoring
 2. Session Code: COP409
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Application performance monitoring (APM) empowers organizations to proactively identify and resolve performance issues and provide optimal user experiences. In this session, learn how Amazon CloudWatch provides complete visibility, including visibility into end-user experiences and into databases across traditional Amazon EC2 instances, containers, and serverless compute. Discover how to achieve strong correlation and flexibility to query the system state at any given time, enabling faster time to remediation. Explore how effective APM uses all observability signals efficiently, allowing you to swiftly detect issues and maintain maximum application uptime.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -41556,10 +41556,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Implementing security best practices for serverless applications
 2. Session Code: SVS324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building with serverless enables organizations to build and deploy applications without managing underlying infrastructure. Serverless strengthens your overall security posture by reducing attack surface and shifting security operations to AWS. In this session, explore how to implement security best practices across the software delivery lifecycle and into production deployment. Hear lessons learned from working with numerous enterprise customers that can help your builders be productive and innovative within security guardrails.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -41595,7 +41595,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Implement multiprotocol data access with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
 2. Session Code: STG407
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Enterprise workloads often require shared data access via NFS and SMB. In this workshop, configure multiprotocol access to the same Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP volume using the AWS Management Console and the NetApp ONTAP CLI. Learn about RFC2307 mapping in Microsoft Entra ID for Linux authentication and authorization, and set up a file system for seamless Windows and Linux data access. Finally, explore workload scenarios where this is commonly used. Gain skills to simplify your data management and migrate more multiprotocol workloads to AWS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -41659,7 +41659,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Implement security fixes to codebase using Amazon Q Developer
 2. Session Code: TNC222
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lab, act as a web developer using Amazon Q Developer to ensure the security of your code. Learn how to set up Amazon Q Developer in your IDE, test its code suggestion capabilities, and scan provided Python code to identify and fix security vulnerabilities. Use the scanning and remediation features in Amazon Q Developer to implement coding security best practices. Workstations are provided for you; a laptop is not required.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -41687,7 +41687,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Improve app resiliency with anomaly detection and intelligent response
 2. Session Code: NTA403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the era of generative AI, applications require intelligent monitoring that can detect the subtlest anomalies. In this builders' session, dive deep on how to use Amazon CloudWatch anomaly detection, powered by machine learning, to automatically identify abnormal patterns in metrics and logs across your applications and infrastructure. Explore best practices for configuring anomaly detection models, creating insightful visualizations to investigate anomalies, integrating with incident response workflows like AWS Systems Manager for automated remediation through response plans, and leveraging generative AI techniques to enhance anomaly triage and root cause analysis. Leave this session with experience on how to boost observability using cutting-edge AI/ML capabilities. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -41718,10 +41718,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Improve data lake workload performance with Apache Iceberg on Amazon S3 [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG324-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: It is critical for data-driven businesses today to manage price performance for streaming, data lakes, analytics, and AI/ML workloads as they grow to petabytes scale. AWS customers are increasingly using Apache Iceberg across their technology stacks as a single source of truth to manage their data. This chalk talk uses production examples to walk you through Iceberg tooling and AWS best practices to drive operational efficiency and query performance optimization for your workloads on Amazon S3.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -41757,10 +41757,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Improve data lake workload performance with Apache Iceberg on Amazon S3 [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG324-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: It is critical for data-driven businesses today to manage price performance for streaming, data lakes, analytics, and AI/ML workloads as they grow to petabytes scale. AWS customers are increasingly using Apache Iceberg across their technology stacks as a single source of truth to manage their data. This chalk talk uses production examples to walk you through Iceberg tooling and AWS best practices to drive operational efficiency and query performance optimization for your workloads on Amazon S3.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -41794,7 +41794,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Improve enterprise business productivity using generative AI [Korean]
 2. Session Code: GBL202-KO
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in Korean. LG Electronics has found that generative AI workloads using Amazon Bedrock have strengthened the competitiveness of their product lines and boosted individual productivity. For example, a text-to-SQL solution in the CRM built in Amazon Redshift provides a user-friendly experience for business users to securely search and analyze internal data without relying on data analysts. LG also built the Product 360 platform, a multi-type document data extraction and integrated search system for their display product and business data. In this session, learn about best practices to empower employees with your company's knowledge and how to reduce decision-making time.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -41822,10 +41822,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Improve model output using prompt engineering in Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: TNC231
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this new interactive training session powered by generative AI, address a simulated business scenario by refining generative AI prompts of recommendation systems to provide accurate and personalized content. Deploy a single-page application with Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, and Amazon API Gateway that users can interact with large language models (LLMs) within Amazon Bedrock. Experiment with different prompt engineering techniques to improve LLM responses. A laptop is required for this session.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -41855,7 +41855,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Improve sustainability and reduce costs with AWS Graviton
 2. Session Code: CMP308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you looking to improve your price performance and reduce your environmental impact? AWS Graviton-based Amazon EC2 instances are a great fit for organizations of all sizes looking to maximize price performance and improve sustainability. In this hands-on workshop, learn how to modernize your workloads and reduce your carbon footprint by taking advantage of Graviton-based instances. Deep dive into AWS Graviton managed services, common use cases, and best practices. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute, Migration and Modernization
@@ -41880,10 +41880,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Improving customer experience for public sector
 2. Session Code: WPS309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Every customer interaction or touchpoint is an opportunity to improve a citizen's experience and address their preferences and needs. Join this interactive chalk talk to learn how public sector organizations can modernize their data platforms and use AI/ML and generative AI to improve their citizen and customer experience (CX). Discover best practices and reference architectures for common public sector use cases as well as adaptations for new data or business requirements.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -41915,7 +41915,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Improving patient care with large-scale data engineering and ML
 2. Session Code: PRO207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Since over 80% of healthcare data is unstructured, applying traditional machine learning (ML) approaches to healthcare data poses a significant challenge. In this lightning talk, learn how to implement Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Textract, and other AWS native services to efficiently process unstructured medical document data and train ML models to inform clinical decision-making. Discover how to build a solution that combines large-scale data engineering, large language model–driven document extraction and understanding, and ML training to process documents, generate structured data models informed by clinical subject matter experts, and evaluate ML model performance.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -41923,7 +41923,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Data Scientist, Developer / Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of machine learning and its applications in healthcare.
     2. Familiarity with AWS services, particularly Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Textract.
@@ -41943,7 +41943,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Improving the performance of your generative AI application on AWS
 2. Session Code: NTA401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn to optimize the performance of your generative AI RAG applications using Amazon Bedrock with hands-on labs that guide you through best practices and optimization techniques. Assess performance and accuracy metrics of various foundational models on the Amazon Bedrock service. Explore techniques such as selecting the optimal model, implementing hybrid search, refining chunking strategies, re-ranking, and enhancing network configurations for improved response efficiency and quality. Walk away with insights and practical skills to evaluate your generative AI RAG workflow. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Architecture
@@ -41968,7 +41968,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Improving your customer matches on the Partner Matching Engine
 2. Session Code: PEX203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session for a deep-dive on what powers the Partner Matching Engine (PME), an AWS tool that matches customer needs to ideal AWS Partner solutions. Learn how AWS uses large language models (LLM) and natural language processing (NLP) and about services like Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Bedrock. Participants learn how the Partner Matching Engine processes their enhanced co-sell data in ACE, the text in their marketplace listings, and their customer success stories. Attendees also take away valuable insights to supercharge their AWS Partner business in the AI era. Note: This session is designed for AWS Partners.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Customer Enablement
@@ -42035,10 +42035,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Incident response tabletop: General [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ202-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join a hands-on incident response tabletop exercise, where leaders from diverse companies converge to navigate the intricacies of a simulated crisis. This innovative event offers a unique opportunity for participants to collaborate, strategize, and execute response plans in real time, fostering resilience and preparedness in the face of potential cyber threats. Through hands-on experience and expert guidance, attendees gain invaluable insights into effective incident management strategies tailored to AWS services and offerings, equipping them to safeguard their organizations against future challenges.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -42074,7 +42074,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Incident response tabletop: Ransomware [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ203-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on an immersive journey at our ransomware response tabletop exercise, where industry leaders unite to confront the escalating threat of ransomware attacks within AWS infrastructures. This executive-level simulation provides a dynamic platform for participants to collaborate, strategize, and implement decisive actions amid a simulated ransomware incident. Through realistic scenarios and expert guidance, attendees navigate the complexities of ransomware mitigation, bolstering their readiness to safeguard critical assets and mitigate financial and reputational risks. Join us to elevate your organization's resilience and fortify defenses against evolving cyber threats.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic:
@@ -42113,7 +42113,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Incident response tabletop: Ransomware [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ203-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on an immersive journey at our ransomware response tabletop exercise, where industry leaders unite to confront the escalating threat of ransomware attacks within AWS infrastructures. This executive-level simulation provides a dynamic platform for participants to collaborate, strategize, and implement decisive actions amid a simulated ransomware incident. Through realistic scenarios and expert guidance, attendees navigate the complexities of ransomware mitigation, bolstering their readiness to safeguard critical assets and mitigate financial and reputational risks. Join us to elevate your organization's resilience and fortify defenses against evolving cyber threats.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -42144,10 +42144,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Incident response tabletop: Supply chain [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ205-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join executive leaders to tackle supply chain disruptions in a realistic, interactive simulation. Collaborate to develop and execute strategies for managing crises, explore decision-making and risk assessment, and enhance communication skills. This exercise strengthens your organization's preparedness and resilience, helping you safeguard operations and improve response capabilities. Build robust strategies to handle and recover from supply chain disruptions effectively.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -42180,10 +42180,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Incident response tabletop: Supply chain [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ205-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join executive leaders to tackle supply chain disruptions in a realistic, interactive simulation. Collaborate to develop and execute strategies for managing crises, explore decision-making and risk assessment, and enhance communication skills. This exercise strengthens your organization's preparedness and resilience, helping you safeguard operations and improve response capabilities. Build robust strategies to handle and recover from supply chain disruptions effectively.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -42224,7 +42224,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Business Executive, Developer / Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding the importance of gender diversity in the data and analytics field
@@ -42250,7 +42250,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Inclusive wellness: Leveraging Amazon One Medical for LGBTQIA+ care
 2. Session Code: IDE104
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: One Medical and AWS are partnering to pilot a free, three-month One Medical membership for a diverse, 500-person cohort of Glamazon employees. The goal is to measure LGBTQIA+ customer experiences across all four U.S. regions and develop recommendations to improve One Medical's platform and attract LGBTQIA+ customers at scale in 2025. With over 1 in 5 Gen Zers identifying as LGBTQIA+ and 82% of allies more likely to buy from LGBTQIA+-inclusive brands, this pilot taps into a significant market opportunity. Representatives from AWS and One Medical will discuss inclusive healthcare delivery at scale and share learnings from the pilot.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Customer Enablement, Training and Certification
@@ -42277,7 +42277,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Incorporating generative AI in the CI/CD pipeline
 2. Session Code: DOP324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, discover how generative AI can revolutionize your continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) pipeline. Learn how AI models can analyze code changes and generate recommendations for safe deployments. Explore automated orchestration capabilities that trigger deployments, monitor metrics, and adapt strategies. Gain insights into using AI for continual monitoring and self-improving release cycles, streamlining your software delivery while minimizing risks and manual efforts.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -42308,7 +42308,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Increase profitability of your co-sell partnership with AWS
 2. Session Code: PEX101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Optimize and maximize your co-sell motion through enhanced discoverability and co-sell productivity tools. Join this session to hear co-selling best practices, review options for automating co-sell through CRM integration, and learn about updated collaboration features for business planning and contacting AWS Sales teams.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Customer Enablement
@@ -42320,7 +42320,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of co-selling and its importance in the sales process.
     2. Familiarity with CRM systems and their integration capabilities.
@@ -42339,7 +42339,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Increase your database agility with Amazon FSx [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG404-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Migrating databases like SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SAP HANA to the cloud is a critical part of your journey. In this workshop, explore self-managed databases on Amazon EC2 with Amazon FSx, and get hands-on with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL. Discover how the advanced snapshot, cloning, backup, and replication features of Amazon FSx can reduce your RPO/RTO from hours to seconds. Then, go beyond operations and see a demonstration of how to accelerate development and refresh cycles using zero-space cloning to instantly provide developers with their own copies of the database. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Databases, Storage
@@ -42367,7 +42367,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Increase your database agility with Amazon FSx [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG404-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Migrating databases like SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SAP HANA to the cloud is a critical part of your journey. In this workshop, explore self-managed databases on Amazon EC2 with Amazon FSx, and get hands-on with SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL. Discover how the advanced snapshot, cloning, backup, and replication features of Amazon FSx can reduce your RPO/RTO from hours to seconds. Then, go beyond operations and see a demonstration of how to accelerate development and refresh cycles using zero-space cloning to instantly provide developers with their own copies of the database. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Databases, Storage
@@ -42394,7 +42394,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Increasing productivity in energy trading with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ENU302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how TotalEnergies used generative AI to streamline energy trading activities. Discover how an AI assistant enabled access to trades through natural language, enhancing trader productivity. Additionally, explore an LLM-powered reconciliation system deployed on Amazon Bedrock that improved transaction integrity. Gain insights into the journey—from ideation to production implementation—with these transformative applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -42426,7 +42426,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Increasing productivity in energy trading with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ENU302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how TotalEnergies used generative AI to streamline energy trading activities. Discover how an AI assistant enabled access to trades through natural language, enhancing trader productivity. Additionally, explore an LLM-powered reconciliation system deployed on Amazon Bedrock that improved transaction integrity. Gain insights into the journey—from ideation to production implementation—with these transformative applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -42484,7 +42484,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Industrialization of AI in advanced computing [Mandarin Chinese]
 2. Session Code: GBL102-CMN
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in Mandarin Chinese. In this session, explore how AI is revolutionizing advanced computing for enterprise. Speakers share successes and observations of generative AI-powered high-performance computing (HPC) simulations for automotive and manufacturing sectors, which accelerate and drive innovation for design and manufacturing. As IoT evolves, the focus shifts from connectivity and data collection to building AI models using IoT data in healthcare. Finally, learn how the mix of generative AI and traditional advanced compute workloads shapes the compute infrastructure, including the role of purpose-built chips such as AWS Trainium and Inferentia in deploying generative AI models at scale.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -42512,7 +42512,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Infrastructure as Kubernetes APIs
 2. Session Code: OPN312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: While developers can independently build Kubernetes applications, configuring cloud infrastructure dependencies remain a bottleneck, often consuming weeks. The goal of encapsulating cloud infrastructure in APIs has been challenging, traditionally requiring engineers skilled in programming and cloud infrastructure. For API-driven approaches to gain widespread adoption, creating these APIs must be simple and accessible without coding expertise. This session explores the trend of Infrastructure as Kubernetes APIs, the need for new tools, real-world customer use cases, and how to get started. It also demos how to build a modern platform using open source tools like ArgoCD, AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK), and Gatekeeper.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Kubernetes
@@ -42576,7 +42576,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Ingest streaming data into Apache Iceberg tables with AWS streaming
 2. Session Code: ANT412
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Leveraging Apache Iceberg for real-time streaming events involves creating a robust transactional data lake that supports frequent data updates with minimal overhead. In this session dive deep into different ways of ingesting and updating real-time and near real-time events to Apache Iceberg tables using streaming options on AWS such as Amazon MSF (Managed Services for Apache Flink), Amazon Data Firehose, and Apache Spark Structured Streaming. Hear about the tradeoffs of these approaches, performance considerations, and best practices for streaming data updates and data deletes in Iceberg tables.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -42609,7 +42609,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Innovating data governance with AWS
 2. Session Code: ANT203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover cutting-edge data governance strategies with AWS in this exciting customer panel. Learn how leading organizations transform their data management practices to accelerate data-driven decisions while ensuring security and compliance. Hear firsthand from AWS customers about their innovative approaches to automating data integration and quality, curating data to prevent proliferation, and using centralized catalogs to boost data literacy. Explore how these pioneers are tackling emerging trends like generative AI and applying precise permissions for confident data sharing. Don't miss this chance to gain actionable insights and see real-world examples of successful data governance in action.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -42680,7 +42680,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Innovations in AWS analytics: Data processing
 2. Session Code: ANT346
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session for an in-depth look at new capabilities to optimize data processing with AWS analytics services. Learn more about using Amazon EMR for scalable big data processing, AWS Glue for seamless data integration, Amazon Athena for powerful querying, and Amazon MWAA for supporting complex workflows. Whether you're looking to improve performance, reduce costs, or streamline your data pipeline, this session provides valuable insights into the latest functionality and tools needed to enhance your data processing capabilities.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -42712,7 +42712,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Innovations in AWS analytics: Data warehousing and SQL analytics
 2. Session Code: ANT349
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to learn about the newest innovations in data warehousing and SQL analytics with AWS analytics services. Amazon Redshift is the AI-powered, cloud-based data warehousing solution used by tens of thousands of AWS customers to modernize data analytics workloads and generate business insights with the best price performance. Learn more about the latest capabilities launched for Amazon Redshift to further drive quick decision-making with lower costs for your organization.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -42740,7 +42740,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Innovations in AWS analytics: Zero-ETL and data integrations
 2. Session Code: ANT348
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to learn how AWS analytics services can help you achieve your data integration goals with exceptional price performance. Explore new capabilities, like zero-ETL integrations, that allow your users to access all their data; easily prepare it for analytics, machine learning, and generative AI workloads; build and maintain scalable and resilient data pipelines; and enhance decision-making quality.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -42773,7 +42773,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Innovations in AWS detection and response
 2. Session Code: SEC321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to learn about the latest advancements and recent AWS launches in detection and response. This session focuses on practical use cases, such as threat detection, workload and data protection, automated and continual vulnerability management, centralized monitoring, continuous cloud security posture management, unified security data management, investigations and response, and generative AI. Gain a deeper understanding of how you can seamlessly integrate AWS detection and response services to help protect your workloads at scale, enhance your security posture, and streamline security operations across your entire AWS environment.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -42806,10 +42806,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Innovation Talk: Financial services
 2. Session Code: FSI201-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how financial institutions are working with AWS to push past traditional technical boundaries to move their businesses—and the broader industry—in new directions. Discover how new capabilities are helping financial services companies personalize customer experience at scale, improve business decision-making, and efficiently meet the capital needs of consumers and businesses. Explore how financial institutions are deriving greater value from their data and applying generative AI to improve productivity and engage more directly with their customers. And learn directly from industry leaders how they built and are running the systems and applications that power the industry on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -42843,7 +42843,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Inside the SaaS Builder Toolkit: A hands-on deep dive [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SAS304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SaaS Builder Toolkit (SBT) is a library of developer tools that can be combined, configured, and extended with the goal of accelerating your ability to create, modernize, or enhance the multi-tenant footprint of a SaaS solution. This workshop examines SBT, using it to build out the core moving parts of a working SaaS environment. Learn how builders can configure the various parts of a SaaS architecture including a deep dive into the control plane, integration with the application plane, and the spin-up of a working application. In this developer-centric journey, explore the end-to-end elements of SBT. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -42879,7 +42879,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Inside the SaaS Builder Toolkit: A hands-on deep dive [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SAS304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SaaS Builder Toolkit (SBT) is a library of developer tools that can be combined, configured, and extended with the goal of accelerating your ability to create, modernize, or enhance the multi-tenant footprint of a SaaS solution. This workshop examines SBT, using it to build out the core moving parts of a working SaaS environment. Learn how builders can configure the various parts of a SaaS architecture including a deep dive into the control plane, integration with the application plane, and the spin-up of a working application. In this developer-centric journey, explore the end-to-end elements of SBT. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -42922,7 +42922,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Developer / Engineer, Entrepreneur (Founder/Co-Founder), Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of machine learning models
@@ -42948,7 +42948,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Inspect and secure your application with generative AI
 2. Session Code: SEC401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how to use generative AI to improve the security of your applications. Learn how AI-powered tools can help rapidly identify and then recommend remediations for security threats. Learn about how Amazon Inspector detects software and code vulnerabilities in your applications, and discover how to scan for issues and remediate them using generative AI in your IDE.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -42975,7 +42975,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Integrate Amazon Bedrock foundation models into a serverless app
 2. Session Code: TNC308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lab, build a serverless AI application that connects a frontend application to Amazon Bedrock. Learn to generate LLM outputs from the frontend data, produce responses, and implement system prompts to solve a business problem. The workflow involves Amazon S3, Amazon API Gateway, and AWS Lambda, integrating with Amazon Bedrock. Workstations are provided for you; no laptop required.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -43007,10 +43007,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Integrate serverless applications with AWS storage services
 2. Session Code: STG316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers. You can integrate it with Amazon EFS and Amazon S3 for data persistence, enabling increased application availability beyond one Region for business continuity and disaster recovery. In this workshop, learn to build your serverless AI applications with persistent data in Amazon S3 and Amazon EFS. Additionally, explore how to deploy a stateful web application onto a multi-AZ Amazon EKS cluster to demonstrate regional availability and perform failover and failback for multi-Region disaster recovery. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Storage
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -43044,10 +43044,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Integrating applications with Amazon EventBridge Pipes
 2. Session Code: API218
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Streamline event-driven integrations with Amazon EventBridge Pipes. Join this session for a live demo of how AWS customers leverage EventBridge Pipes to integrate services like Amazon Kinesis and Amazon SQS. Learn how EventBridge Pipes enables in-line enrichment, transformation, and filtering to reduce the need for custom integration code. Walk away with ideas to more efficiently build event-driven applications with EventBridge Pipes.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -43060,7 +43060,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of event-driven architecture
     2. Familiarity with AWS services like Amazon Kinesis and Amazon SQS
@@ -43079,10 +43079,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Integrating generative AI effectively into sustainability strategies
 2. Session Code: SUS205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI can materially support sustainability programs by simplifying the process of analyzing environmental data to simulating new designs to evaluating product lifecycles in a fraction of the time. This session covers the fundamentals of generative AI in sustainability programs, including how to ensure alignment with broader organizational objectives. Learn how Amazon Bedrock helps AWS customer Mercado Diferente reduce 35 tons of organic food waste per month.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -43113,7 +43113,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Intel and AWS: Democratizing generative AI together
 2. Session Code: PRO209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Intel and AWS ProServe collaborate to democratize access to generative AI. Intel offers affordable high-performance large language models (LLMs) and AWS ProServe builds the Intel Superportal for cloud-based testing. This enhances AWS AI services with better performance and cost-efficiency. Intel also introduces its open source OPEA platform onto the cloud, empowering a wider audience to learn, build, and innovate with generative AI.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -43145,7 +43145,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Intelligent automation: End-to-end AIOps with AWS native services
 2. Session Code: PEX219
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Artificial intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps) has become essential. This session explores how customers can leverage AWS native services to achieve comprehensive AIOps capabilities, from observability and incident management to predictive analytics and automated remediation. See how AWS services empower IT teams to proactively monitor, detect anomalies, and rapidly resolve issues. Real-world customer examples showcase the integration of services for cohesive AIOps and how AWS Partners guide customers on their AIOps journey, leveraging expertise and solution accelerators to implement end-to-end AIOps workflows. Join to learn how to harness AWS services and partners to achieve intelligent automation and elevate IT operations.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -43189,7 +43189,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Cloud Security Specialist
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud technologies and their associated risks.
@@ -43215,10 +43215,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Intelligently automating cloud operations [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUP402-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this workshop to learn how to use AWS Health, AWS Trusted Advisor, and AWS generative AI and machine learning services to intelligently automate cloud operations. Also learn how to use Amazon EventBridge and AWS Lambda to create automations that organizations can use to optimize their cloud infrastructure, improve efficiency, and reduce operational costs. This workshop is designed for cloud administrators, DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers, and IT professionals who are responsible for managing and optimizing cloud operations. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -43249,10 +43249,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Intelligently automating cloud operations [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUP402-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this workshop to learn how to use AWS Health, AWS Trusted Advisor, and AWS generative AI and machine learning services to intelligently automate cloud operations. Also learn how to use Amazon EventBridge and AWS Lambda to create automations that organizations can use to optimize their cloud infrastructure, improve efficiency, and reduce operational costs. This workshop is designed for cloud administrators, DevOps engineers, site reliability engineers, and IT professionals who are responsible for managing and optimizing cloud operations. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -43285,7 +43285,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Interview intelligence: Criteria's innovative use of AWS and gen AI
 2. Session Code: SMB201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join us for an discussion on how Criteria Corp is transforming the interviewing process using Amazon Bedrock and AWS-native data architecture with generative AI at scale. This lightning talk will explore the democratization of hiring through generative AI, highlighting its game-changing impact on the industry. Delve into the use of native serverless services in Criteria's innovative solutions and learn actionable insights for how small to medium-sized businesses can leverage these advancements. Attendees gain a deeper understanding of using science-based tools and methodologies to achieve optimal hiring outcomes and development opportunities, enabling them to build the best teams.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -43320,7 +43320,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Introduction to AWS and SAP Joint Reference Architecture for gen AI
 2. Session Code: PEX215
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk shares guidance for customers to leverage both AWS and SAP generative AI services in order to build the next generation of intelligent SAP applications for manufacturing, supply chain, and automotive industries. Learn how SAP is building with Amazon Bedrock and how customers are leveraging Amazon Bedrock from within SAP AI Core. Gain insights to build your intelligent SAP application with AWS services.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -43333,7 +43333,7 @@
    - Business Executive
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS services, particularly Amazon Bedrock.
     2. Knowledge of SAP AI Core and its capabilities.
@@ -43351,7 +43351,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Introduction to AWS storage: Building a data foundation in the cloud
 2. Session Code: STG101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the potential of your data with AWS storage. This session introduces you to the comprehensive range of storage and migration services offered by AWS, with a focus on common workloads that enterprises move to the cloud. Explore how these services seamlessly integrate with other AWS offerings, enabling you to build a robust, scalable, and cost-effective data foundation in the cloud. Learn best practices for data management, security, and durability, empowering you to unleash the power of your data and drive innovation within your organization.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -43386,7 +43386,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Introduction to MLOps engineering on AWS
 2. Session Code: TNC207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Could your machine learning (ML) workflows use some DevOps agility? In this session, explore how to bring DevOps-style practices into building, training, and deploying ML models. Also learn how to address the challenges associated with handoffs between data engineers, data scientists, software developers, and operations through the use of tools, automation, processes, and teamwork.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -43419,7 +43419,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Introduction to prompt engineering
 2. Session Code: TNC101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, you learn how to create and optimize prompts for a variety of generative AI models. First, this session covers the basics of foundation models (FMs), including a subset of FMs called large language models (LLMs). Then, the session covers the fundamental concepts of prompt engineering, such as the different elements of a prompt and some general best practices for using prompts effectively. Finally, the session provides information about basic prompt techniques, including zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -43463,7 +43463,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Data Scientist
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of Amazon Redshift
@@ -43484,10 +43484,10 @@
 
 1. Title: IoT architecture cost optimization & explainability via Generative BI
 2. Session Code: IOT320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cost optimization is crucial for scaling IoT workloads on AWS. This chalk talk explores design patterns and AWS tools that you can use to continuously optimize workloads, maximizing resource usage while limiting infrastructure costs. Discover how to use Generative BI for cost reconciliation by automating dashboard and narrative creation. Gain insights into building cost-effective architectures that can maximize your cloud investment's value. Learn how to create optimal IoT architectures while enhancing cost transparency, control, and forecasting.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -43522,10 +43522,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Is Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) all you need?
 2. Session Code: CMP309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: How can you improve the accuracy of generative AI responses—by leveraging Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), fine-tuning techniques, or using a combination of both? This hand-on workshop explores two RAG approaches. First, learn how to implement RAG using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases with quick and easy setup. Then, take a deep dive into Amazon SageMaker to fine-tune a model on AWS Trainium, deploy it on AWS Inferentia, and use Amazon OpenSearch Service to build out a RAG workflow. Learn when to employ each method based on your specific use case, domain-specific data, and tenancy requirements. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -43561,13 +43561,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Is your AWS GovCloud (US) architecture resilient? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When designing your AWS GovCloud (US) architectures, you follow best practices and known design patterns. However, in the event of an outage, is your mission-critical architecture going to hold up like you think? Find out with AWS Resilience Hub and AWS Fault Injection Service. In this builders' session, explore architectures that superficially appear well-architected and expose risks and deficiencies. Learn how to use AWS tools to uncover the components that will fail during an outage and discover how to rearchitect to fix these gaps. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest: Resilience
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -43591,7 +43591,7 @@
 5. Topic: Architecture
 6. Areas of Interest: Resilience
 7. Level: 300 – Advanced
-8. Target Roles: 
+8. Target Roles:
 9. Venue: Wynn
 10. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 3:00 p.m.
 11. Prerequisites:
@@ -43611,7 +43611,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Is your serverless application ready for production?
 2. Session Code: SVS313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building secure, reliable, and performant applications while balancing cost and operations can be challenging. Getting this right by aligning to the AWS Well-Architected Framework can greatly increase your chance of success. In this chalk talk, specific best practice guidance is applied to a serverless reference architecture.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -43641,7 +43641,7 @@
 
 1. Title: It all starts with DNS: Getting the best results from Amazon Route 53
 2. Session Code: NET210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore the key features of Amazon Route 53, the latest innovations, and the real-world use cases. Whether you're focused on managing DNS records at scale, integrating with on-premises infrastructure, optimizing traffic flow through advanced routing policies, or enhancing the security of your DNS traffic, this talk provides you with the insights needed to get the most from Amazon Route 53.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -43705,7 +43705,7 @@
 
 1. Title: IT transformation for nonprofits: Maximize impact with modernization
 2. Session Code: IMP205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Nonprofits operate under budgetary and resource constraints that significantly hamper their ability to fulfill their mission. One such hurdle is aligning IT infrastructure with strategic goals and operational needs. IT transformation can deliver higher economic value, agility, and rapid innovation. In this chalk talk, business leaders and technologists learn modernization pathways, tools, and technologies to build a business case for prioritizing IT modernization. Presenters whiteboard use cases to move to cloud native architectures, containers, managed databases, modern DevOps, and open source. Attendees leave having learned repeatable patterns and practices for rapid modernization to lead to positive mission outcomes.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Migration and Modernization
@@ -43737,7 +43737,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Iveco Group and AWS: A story of continuous innovation
 2. Session Code: PRO202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The session showcases how Iveco Group builds on AWS to drive innovation, collaboration, and digital transformation in virtual engineering, knowledge management, and generative AI-powered automation. Learn how Iveco is building a self-service development platform on AWS to enable faster development cycles and reduce hardware dependencies. The company's Virtual Engineering Workbench fosters collaboration among developers, testers, and integrators by providing virtualized environments for digital cockpit development and automated testing. Additionally, the company's Knowledge Management solution enhances productivity by streamlining access to technical information, and generative AI automates tasks like generating product data sheets from mechanical drawings.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Customer Enablement
@@ -43769,7 +43769,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Jabil's inclusive talent transformation: A data-driven workforce
 2. Session Code: IDE206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Global manufacturer Jabil faced challenges with frontline talent management, including high attrition, inefficient hiring, and lack of upskilling. To address, Jabil partnered with AWS to develop an end-to-end talent transformation. This included leveraging AWS services to build a robust data and technology infrastructure, redesigning processes, and driving cultural transformation focused on inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E). With a holistic approach to ID&E, Jabil aimed to create a more inclusive work environment to foster greater employee engagement, productivity, and retention. In this lightning talk, Jabil and AWS discuss building inclusive solutions at scale and share learnings from their talent transformation journey.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Business Applications
@@ -43777,7 +43777,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Business Executive, Developer / Engineer, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Experience in talent management and workforce development.
@@ -43813,7 +43813,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Business Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of data governance frameworks
@@ -43840,7 +43840,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Journey from concept to customer: Rapid prototyping on AWS for SMBs
 2. Session Code: SMB306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unleash the power of rapid prototyping on AWS. This session dives deep into how you can visually design concepts for your customers' needs and build them on AWS. Discover how you can leverage generative AI services to rapidly prototype your ideas and bring them to life. Witness a live demo that showcases how to build a tangible solution from scratch, demonstrating how to go from concept to completion seamlessly.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -43872,7 +43872,7 @@
 
 1. Title: JPMorgan Chase: Real-time fraud screening at massive scale
 2. Session Code: FSI315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: JPMorgan Chase (JPMC) processes tens of thousands of payments per second across the globe. But with fraud threats continuously evolving to become more complex and detrimental, real-time screening at massive scale becomes essential. Learn how JPMC built a fraud screening platform using Amazon EKS, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon MSK that performs thousands of fraud checks per second within hundreds of milliseconds. Explore the AI/ML models that underpin the decisioning engine and reduce manual reviews, increasing accuracy and fraud mitigation by over 75%. Dive into the architectural decisions and trade-offs that inform this mission-critical solution built natively on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -43880,7 +43880,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: Data Engineer, Developer / Engineer, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Wynn
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of cloud computing and AWS services
@@ -43906,10 +43906,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Jumpstart innovation with a generative AI sandbox for government
 2. Session Code: WPS317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: State and local governments (SLG) are increasingly exploring the power of generative artificial intelligence (gen AI) to drive innovation and solve complex challenges. In this chalk talk, learn the process of deploying a secure and scalable gen AI sandbox on AWS. Discover how to use Amazon Bedrock, and dive into the core elements of deploying and operating a gen AI sandbox along with some of the challenges faced along the way. Whether you are starting your gen AI journey or have workloads already in production, join us to learn from AWS experts and fellow SLG attendees.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -43939,7 +43939,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Just walk out: Streamlining autonomous checkout for retail with RFID
 2. Session Code: BIZ226
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, get an in-depth look at how RFID-powered autonomous checkout works and the tangible benefits it can deliver for your business. Learn how the latest RFID advancements enable a frictionless, lightning-fast self-checkout experience for customers; reduce labor costs and shrink; and streamline inventory management. Whether you're looking to enhance the shopper experience, boost profitability, or optimize operations, this session provides you with both a practical understanding of how autonomous checkout can transform your retail operations, as well as a roadmap for implementation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -43970,7 +43970,7 @@
 
 1. Title: KakaoStyle's fashion app innovation with generative AI [Korean]
 2. Session Code: GBL214-KO
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in Korean. Learn how KakaoStyle, an e-commerce fashion service in Korea, improved its image review inspection system and marketing assets using Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 3.5. Autogenerated promotional banner images and marketing copy were delivered with equal or higher quality at least 80% faster than in the previous workflow, and generative AI–based content moderating was automated with high accuracy and coverage at scale.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -43983,7 +43983,7 @@
    - Data Scientist
    - Developer / Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of the Korean language
     2. Understanding of e-commerce and fashion industry in Korea
@@ -44002,7 +44002,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Karpenter: Amazon EKS best practices and cloud cost optimization [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB309-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Get hands-on experience with Karpenter on Amazon EKS. Karpenter is an application-centric node provisioner that simplifies infrastructure management by provisioning rightsized Amazon EC2 instances for your workload while considering any scheduling constraints. As your workload evolves, Karpenter's consolidation feature helps continuously optimize your compute onto the fewest, most cost-efficient instances. In this workshop, learn how to set up Amazon EKS with Karpenter, gain an understanding of how Karpenter scales based on application requirements, set up continuous optimization of a workload using Karpenter consolidation, explore AWS spare capacity (Amazon EC2 Spot Instances) with Karpenter, and learn other best practices. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute, Kubernetes
@@ -44031,7 +44031,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Karpenter: Amazon EKS best practices and cloud cost optimization [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB309-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Get hands-on experience with Karpenter on Amazon EKS. Karpenter is an application-centric node provisioner that simplifies infrastructure management by provisioning rightsized Amazon EC2 instances for your workload while considering any scheduling constraints. As your workload evolves, Karpenter's consolidation feature helps continuously optimize your compute onto the fewest, most cost-efficient instances. In this workshop, learn how to set up Amazon EKS with Karpenter, gain an understanding of how Karpenter scales based on application requirements, set up continuous optimization of a workload using Karpenter consolidation, explore AWS spare capacity (Amazon EC2 Spot Instances) with Karpenter, and learn other best practices. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute, Kubernetes
@@ -44061,10 +44061,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Keeping it small: Agentic workflows with SLMs on AWS Inferentia [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP314-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: While large language models (LLMs) offer versatility, smaller language models (SLMs) provide resource efficiency, speed, and simplicity. This builders' session explores task simplification and decomposition techniques to harness multiple specialized SLMs, surpassing a single large model's accuracy at a fraction of the cost. Learn how to build a generative AI application by deploying SLMs from Amazon SageMaker JumpStart on AWS Inferentia. Understand model trade-offs and a mental model for selecting the right approach. Leave with a deep understanding of designing generative AI applications by orchestrating SLMs through agentic workflows for cost savings, accuracy, and performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -44097,7 +44097,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Keeping it small: Agentic workflows with SLMs on AWS Inferentia [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP314-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: While large language models (LLMs) offer versatility, smaller language models (SLMs) provide resource efficiency, speed, and simplicity. This builders' session explores task simplification and decomposition techniques to harness multiple specialized SLMs, surpassing a single large model's accuracy at a fraction of the cost. Learn how to build a generative AI application by deploying SLMs from Amazon SageMaker JumpStart on AWS Inferentia. Understand model trade-offs and a mental model for selecting the right approach. Leave with a deep understanding of designing generative AI applications by orchestrating SLMs through agentic workflows for cost savings, accuracy, and performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -44124,7 +44124,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Keeping it small: Agentic workflows with SLMs on AWS Inferentia [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP314-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: While large language models (LLMs) offer versatility, smaller language models (SLMs) provide resource efficiency, speed, and simplicity. This builders' session explores task simplification and decomposition techniques to harness multiple specialized SLMs, surpassing a single large model's accuracy at a fraction of the cost. Learn how to build a generative AI application by deploying SLMs from Amazon SageMaker JumpStart on AWS Inferentia. Understand model trade-offs and a mental model for selecting the right approach. Leave with a deep understanding of designing generative AI applications by orchestrating SLMs through agentic workflows for cost savings, accuracy, and performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -44151,7 +44151,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Kellanova's cloud-powered transformation: Driving growth with AWS & AI
 2. Session Code: RCG201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When the global snacking powerhouse Kellanova, formerly known as Kellogg Company, announced the separation of its North American cereal business, WK Kellogg, both companies relied on cloud technologies to power everything from manufacturing to supply chain to pricing. After the split, their CIOs knew they needed to continue to build a dynamic environment on AWS to optimize their SAP workloads, enhance revenue growth management and trade promotion management, and increase sales. In this session, learn the instrumental role AWS played in their journey and how the companies are using the power of the cloud and AI to unlock new opportunities.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Migration and Modernization
@@ -44180,7 +44180,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Klarna: Accelerating credit decisioning with real-time data processing
 2. Session Code: FSI319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Klarna, a leader in instant credit and buy now, pay later services, must make fast and accurate decisions to provide a frictionless customer experience. This session shares how Klarna scales credit decisioning in real time using Amazon DynamoDB and AWS Glue. Learn how Klarna aggregates customer data points and condenses them into features such as past orders and outstanding debt to feed machine learning models that inform purchase approvals. See how Klarna's data pipelines enable the company to rapidly ingest, process, and analyze vast amounts of customer data to securely power instant yet intelligent credit decisions.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
@@ -44208,7 +44208,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Knockout AI: Your generative AI coach [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD222-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unleash your full potential with an innovative, AI-powered coaching experience that can motivate and guide you in real time! Prepare to be captivated as a generative AI trainer enhances your boxing workout by delivering personalized advice through a lifelike voice as you hit a pressure-sensitive punching bag. This demo showcases the future of personalized training, where advanced AI models seamlessly integrate into our physical surroundings to offer a truly immersive and tailored experience.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -44237,7 +44237,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Knockout AI: Your generative AI coach [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD222-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unleash your full potential with an innovative, AI-powered coaching experience that can motivate and guide you in real time! Prepare to be captivated as a generative AI trainer enhances your boxing workout by delivering personalized advice through a lifelike voice as you hit a pressure-sensitive punching bag. This demo showcases the future of personalized training, where advanced AI models seamlessly integrate into our physical surroundings to offer a truly immersive and tailored experience.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -44266,7 +44266,7 @@
 
 1. Title: KONE safeguards AI applications with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails
 2. Session Code: AIM302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Bedrock Guardrails enables organizations to deliver consistently safe and moderated user experiences through generative AI applications, regardless of the underlying foundation models (FM). Join the session to deep dive into how guardrails provide additional customizable safeguards on top of the native protections of FMs, delivering industry-leading safety protection. Finally, hear from KONE's CEO on how they use Amazon Bedrock Guardrails to provide safe and accurate real-time AI support to 30,000 technicians that execute 80,000 field customer visits per day. Get their tips on adoption of responsible AI principles that deliver value while achieving productivity gains.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -44328,10 +44328,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Kubernetes connectivity: From service meshes to the future
 2. Session Code: OPN307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the rapidly evolving open source landscape, navigating complex connectivity patterns while maintaining non-functional requirements can be challenging. This is one of the reasons why the industry has embraced service mesh technologies to centralize and minimize those complexities. However, with numerous service mesh options and projects like Kubernetes Gateway API and Ambient Mesh emerging, choosing the right solution can be overwhelming. In this chalk talk, learn how to navigate this landscape and select the most suitable solution to achieve your specific business objectives.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Kubernetes
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -44363,7 +44363,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Kubernetes meets Serverless: Deploy EDAs with Kubernetes APIs
 2. Session Code: API308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many organizations are running their workloads on both AWS serverless services and Kubernetes. While organizations and their platform teams want to give developers the ability to move fast with their preferred technology, they may face the challenges of supporting two different platforms for deploying applications to Amazon EKS and serverless services and dealing with inefficient processes and disjointed tools. In this session, learn how to deploy serverless, event-driven architectures through Kubernetes APIs using tools such as ACK, how to extend your existing Kubernetes platform to deploy composable serverless architectures, and how to give developers easy access to their preferred technology choice.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Kubernetes
@@ -44395,13 +44395,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT108
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44421,13 +44421,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT040
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
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 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44446,13 +44446,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT106
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
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 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44469,13 +44469,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT134
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44493,13 +44493,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT026
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44518,13 +44518,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT024
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44543,13 +44543,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT031
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
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+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44569,13 +44569,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT039
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
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+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44594,13 +44594,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT038
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44619,13 +44619,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT022
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44646,13 +44646,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT135
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44671,13 +44671,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT040
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44697,13 +44697,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT134
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44724,13 +44724,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT108
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44747,13 +44747,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT024
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44773,13 +44773,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT026
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44796,13 +44796,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT038
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44819,13 +44819,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT022
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44844,13 +44844,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT135
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
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 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44868,13 +44868,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT023
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44893,13 +44893,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT045
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
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+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44917,13 +44917,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT043
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
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 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44944,13 +44944,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT044
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
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+7. Areas of Interest:
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+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44968,13 +44968,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Lactation room
 2. Session Code: ACT042
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The lactation room provides parents with a private, secure space to express breastmilk for their nursing child. The room is equipped with lockers, a refrigerator, a microwave, disposable cold packs and wipes, and a comfortable space to pump. Reservations for the duration of the conference can be made at the check-in desk outside the room.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -44992,7 +44992,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Landing zone setup process from zero to hero [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA406-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This advanced chalk talk addresses the challenge of maintaining governance, security, and compliance as AWS footprints grow. It focuses on maximizing AWS Control Tower's potential through advanced implementation strategies. Learn to configure guardrails, automate account provisioning, and utilize features like custom landing zones. The talk covers integrating AWS Control Tower with AWS Organizations and AWS Config to create a centralized governance framework. Gain expertise in optimizing AWS Control Tower for your organization, enabling efficient, secure cloud operations at scale. This advanced knowledge is crucial for organizations looking to streamline management and enhance security across their expanding AWS infrastructure.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, New to AWS
@@ -45020,7 +45020,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Landing zone setup process from zero to hero [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA406-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This advanced chalk talk addresses the challenge of maintaining governance, security, and compliance as AWS footprints grow. It focuses on maximizing AWS Control Tower's potential through advanced implementation strategies. Learn to configure guardrails, automate account provisioning, and utilize features like custom landing zones. The talk covers integrating AWS Control Tower with AWS Organizations and AWS Config to create a centralized governance framework. Gain expertise in optimizing AWS Control Tower for your organization, enabling efficient, secure cloud operations at scale. This advanced knowledge is crucial for organizations looking to streamline management and enhance security across their expanding AWS infrastructure.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, New to AWS
@@ -45049,7 +45049,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Latency optimization: From theory to practice
 2. Session Code: DEV327
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, hear how to efficiently run latency sensitive workloads in AWS. Customers learn how to choose proper AWS services in order to optimize and measure latency indicators. Take a deep dive into different communication protocols and networking optimizations from client applications to corresponding computing environments with a help of generative AI, and summarize this knowledge in simple and practical mental models. Knowledge learned here can be used to improve user experiences and increase returns on investments in digital products.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -45084,7 +45084,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Launch a secure WordPress site on Amazon Lightsail in minutes
 2. Session Code: CMP205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to learn how to set up a secure and highly available WordPress website on Amazon Lightsail – an easy-to-use virtual private server (VPS). Discover what Amazon Lightsail is, the resources available to create a website, and how to set one up in minutes, all at a predictable monthly cost. After this session, participants will know how to set up their own best-practice WordPress website leveraging global AWS infrastructure and Lightsail's easy-to-use instance launch experience.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -45115,7 +45115,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Lazy loading container images with Seekable OCI (SOCI)
 2. Session Code: SVS402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Seekable OCI (SOCI) is an open source AWS technology that enables containers to launch faster by lazily loading the container image. In this workshop, get hands-on with SOCI. Learn how to create SOCI indexes for existing container images and how index generation can be automated in the cloud. Then, practice deploying workloads to Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate, considering how launch times are reduced by lazily loading container images. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -45171,10 +45171,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Learn and be curious: Methods for building a learning developer team [Japanese]
 2. Session Code: GBL303-JA
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in Japanese. What are the most important things for modern application development? Productivity? Developer experience? While both of those are important, learning is also a key factor. Software development is creative work, and developers should continuously find something new in their work. In this session, learn how to transform your developer team into "learning team" with the help of AWS services.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Migration and Modernization
@@ -45204,7 +45204,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Learn how an SMB customer boosted automated scheduling with gen AI
 2. Session Code: SMB102
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Healthcare technology company MDFit successfully implemented an AI-powered chatbot on Amazon Lex and Amazon Bedrock to streamline appointment scheduling for end users. By leveraging natural language processing for intuitive scheduling conversations, the bot improved customer experience and operational efficiency by reducing the time and effort needed to book appointments.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -45215,7 +45215,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of natural language processing (NLP) techniques
     2. Familiarity with Amazon Lex and Amazon Bedrock services
@@ -45241,7 +45241,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Business Executive, Entrepreneur (Founder/Co-Founder), Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS Marketplace and private offers
@@ -45262,7 +45262,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Learning from Amazon: AI/ML + generative AI
 2. Session Code: INO201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk outlines the approach Amazon.com takes to apply AI/ML across core operations and new business launches. Sharing specific examples from Amazon.com's consumer/retail and other businesses, the talk explains how AI/ML, and generative AI in particular, helps Amazon.com deliver the best customer experience possible while improving efficiency and lowering cost. Learn the lessons the Amazon.com teams have learned across the cultural, process, and technology aspects of building and scaling ML capabilities across the organization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, New to AWS
@@ -45292,10 +45292,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Learning new skills with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP205-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Experience the power of Amazon Q Developer, your AI-powered assistant for software development. In this session, explore how Amazon Q Developer can streamline your daily workflow on AWS. Stuck in the console? Open the Amazon Q Developer panel for instant assistance. Can't find your way through the documentation? Amazon Q Developer guides you effortlessly. Need help crafting CLI commands? Amazon Q Developer has you covered. Want assistance right in Slack or Microsoft Teams? Amazon Q Developer is by your side, helping you work smarter, faster, and more efficiently across your favorite tools. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -45322,10 +45322,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Learning new skills with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP205-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Experience the power of Amazon Q Developer, your AI-powered assistant for software development. In this session, explore how Amazon Q Developer can streamline your daily workflow on AWS. Stuck in the console? Open the Amazon Q Developer panel for instant assistance. Can't find your way through the documentation? Amazon Q Developer guides you effortlessly. Need help crafting CLI commands? Amazon Q Developer has you covered. Want assistance right in Slack or Microsoft Teams? Amazon Q Developer is by your side, helping you work smarter, faster, and more efficiently across your favorite tools. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -45352,10 +45352,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Learning new skills with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP205-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Experience the power of Amazon Q Developer, your AI-powered assistant for software development. In this session, explore how Amazon Q Developer can streamline your daily workflow on AWS. Stuck in the console? Open the Amazon Q Developer panel for instant assistance. Can't find your way through the documentation? Amazon Q Developer guides you effortlessly. Need help crafting CLI commands? Amazon Q Developer has you covered. Want assistance right in Slack or Microsoft Teams? Amazon Q Developer is by your side, helping you work smarter, faster, and more efficiently across your favorite tools. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -45383,7 +45383,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Learnings from BMW's global software development platform on AWS
 2. Session Code: AUT319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The BMW Group has established a global, award-winning software development platform within its automotive organization named the BMW Software Factory. After transitioning to AWS, BMW has scaled it to run over 165,000 CI/CD builds daily, with up to 5,500 instances dynamically provisioned in parallel. With 12,000+ developers, it became essential to focus on the resilience and efficient utilization of FinOps. In this session, learn about the fundamental architecture and design choices that enabled this resilient platform, and dive into the FinOps strategies BMW employed to drive cost optimizations, improve developer productivity, and accelerate its time to market.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Customer Enablement
@@ -45391,7 +45391,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: DevOps Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Experience in software development and deployment
     2. Knowledge of cloud computing platforms, particularly AWS
@@ -45415,7 +45415,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Learnings from developers adopting AWS Graviton at scale [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP305-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Graviton processors are custom designed to enable the best price performance for a wide variety of workloads on AWS including application servers, microservices, open source–based databases and in-memory caches, gaming, high performance computing, and machine learning. In this chalk talk, engage directly with AWS specialists that help customers on a daily basis with their adoption journey—from workload selection to running at scale in production. Explore AWS Graviton use cases, best practices, performance, and customer success stories.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Migration and Modernization
@@ -45444,10 +45444,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Learnings from developers adopting AWS Graviton at scale [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP305-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Graviton processors are custom designed to enable the best price performance for a wide variety of workloads on AWS including application servers, microservices, open source–based databases and in-memory caches, gaming, high performance computing, and machine learning. In this chalk talk, engage directly with AWS specialists that help customers on a daily basis with their adoption journey—from workload selection to running at scale in production. Explore AWS Graviton use cases, best practices, performance, and customer success stories.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Compute
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -45482,7 +45482,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Learn multi-tier application architectures on Amazon ECS
 2. Session Code: SVS310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, gain practical experience in deploying, scaling, and observing a complex multi-tier application on Amazon ECS. Explore common best practices on how to operate and manage containerized applications that can be translated into any environment. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -45510,7 +45510,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Learn the latest generative AI updates and use cases [Japanese]
 2. Session Code: GBL301-JA
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in Japanese. With the evolution of generative AI technology, more users have implemented generative AI services on AWS into their businesses. In this session, explore the latest generative AI use cases, technology updates, and customer stories, and learn how you can implement generative AI in your organization. In addition, hear two customers from Japan share their experiences utilizing generative AI services on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -45543,7 +45543,7 @@
 2. Session Code: ARC335
 3. Description: Join this session to understand strategies to enhance system availability and maximize the resource efficiency of your workloads. Learn from Slack, a communications platform delivering billions of messages every week, how they use AWS to optimize their cloud infrastructure to be resilient to fault boundaries. Gain insights into how cellular architecture on AWS was leveraged to mitigate risks in the face of potential Availability Zone and regional disruptions at scale.
 4. Session Type: Breakout session
-5. Topic: 
+5. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 6. Areas of Interest:
@@ -45576,13 +45576,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Learn to deploy and self-manage blockchain nodes on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLC302-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this builders' session on empowering blockchain innovation to learn how to deploy blockchain nodes effectively using AWS technology. Led by AWS solutions architects, the session highlights the AWS Blockchain Node Runners initiative, an open source project that simplifies the complexities of blockchain deployment on AWS. Gain insights into the development processes, and explore deployment strategies. This session is ideal for both blockchain enthusiasts and professionals seeking to enhance their deployment capabilities on AWS with a variety of blockchain protocols, such as Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, and more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Compute, Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Blockchain
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04, 9:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -45604,13 +45604,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Learn to deploy and self-manage blockchain nodes on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLC302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this builders' session on empowering blockchain innovation to learn how to deploy blockchain nodes effectively using AWS technology. Led by AWS solutions architects, the session highlights the AWS Blockchain Node Runners initiative, an open source project that simplifies the complexities of blockchain deployment on AWS. Gain insights into the development processes, and explore deployment strategies. This session is ideal for both blockchain enthusiasts and professionals seeking to enhance their deployment capabilities on AWS with a variety of blockchain protocols, such as Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, and more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Compute, Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Blockchain
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -45631,13 +45631,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Learn to deploy and self-manage blockchain nodes on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLC302-R3
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this builders' session on empowering blockchain innovation to learn how to deploy blockchain nodes effectively using AWS technology. Led by AWS solutions architects, the session highlights the AWS Blockchain Node Runners initiative, an open source project that simplifies the complexities of blockchain deployment on AWS. Gain insights into the development processes, and explore deployment strategies. This session is ideal for both blockchain enthusiasts and professionals seeking to enhance their deployment capabilities on AWS with a variety of blockchain protocols, such as Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, and more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Compute, Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Blockchain
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04, 5:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -45659,13 +45659,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Learn to deploy and self-manage blockchain nodes on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLC302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this builders' session on empowering blockchain innovation to learn how to deploy blockchain nodes effectively using AWS technology. Led by AWS solutions architects, the session highlights the AWS Blockchain Node Runners initiative, an open source project that simplifies the complexities of blockchain deployment on AWS. Gain insights into the development processes, and explore deployment strategies. This session is ideal for both blockchain enthusiasts and professionals seeking to enhance their deployment capabilities on AWS with a variety of blockchain protocols, such as Ethereum, Solana, Polygon, and more. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Compute, Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Blockchain
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 1:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -45687,10 +45687,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Lessons learned from DDoS mitigation: Insights from AWS SRT escalations
 2. Session Code: SEC344
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS stops millions of DDoS attacks per year and mitigates thousands on a daily basis. In this chalk talk, dive into past DDoS events and find out how the AWS Shield Response Team (SRT) helped to mitigate security escalations. Gain insights into this type of intrusion and how you can apply mitigation strategies to make your application more DDoS-resilient.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -45721,7 +45721,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Cloudtech
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, explore essential strategies and actionable insights for transforming your data into a powerful asset ready for AI integration. Whether you're just starting out or refining existing practices, discover innovative techniques to enhance your data quality, streamline your preparation processes, and implement robust governance frameworks that lay the proper groundwork for AI excellence. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how to unlock the full potential of your data and propel your organization toward unparalleled innovation and efficiency. This presentation is brought to you by Cloudtech, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -45734,7 +45734,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of data management
@@ -45758,13 +45758,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Level up your serverless applications with Powertools for AWS Lambda [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The official Powertools for AWS Lambda workshop is back with new features! Learn why Powertools for AWS Lambda can be the developer toolkit of choice for serverless workloads. In this workshop, make an existing application more observable, resilient to retries, and handle API requests like a pro—all while cutting boilerplate in half. Choose your own adventure with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, .NET, or Java, and bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Open Source
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -45783,13 +45783,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Level up your serverless applications with Powertools for AWS Lambda [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The official Powertools for AWS Lambda workshop is back with new features! Learn why Powertools for AWS Lambda can be the developer toolkit of choice for serverless workloads. In this workshop, make an existing application more observable, resilient to retries, and handle API requests like a pro—all while cutting boilerplate in half. Choose your own adventure with Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, .NET, or Java, and bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Open Source
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -45840,7 +45840,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Leverage ISVs and AWS generative AI to optimize your SAP RISE journey
 2. Session Code: PEX306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SAP and AWS announced the publication of RISE journey maps, accessible for all AWS customers from AWS Migration Hub, and highlighted our ISVs that have proven services to facilitate the assessment, migration, modernization, and maintenance of RISE deployments on AWS. In this chalk talk, dive deep on the migration scenarios for on-premises, legacy SAP customers and learn how you can leverage Amazon Bedrock, Anthropic Claude, and Amazon Titan FMs in your business process transformation in-line with the guidance published with SAP's Joint Reference Architecture (JRA).
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -45869,7 +45869,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Leveraging AWS Certifications to pivot your career into AI/ML
 2. Session Code: TNC104
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session explores how obtaining AWS Certifications can help individuals transition their careers into the Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) fields. Even for those not directly pursuing roles in AI/ML, acquiring knowledge and skills in these domains through AWS Certifications can future-proof their careers, given the increasing importance of AI and ML across various industries. Explore specific AWS Certifications relevant to AI/ML, how they enhance cloud computing and data management skills, and the value of using certifications if you don't have work experience to stay relevant in the evolving job market.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Training and Certification
@@ -45901,10 +45901,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Leveraging human-AI collaboration to reinvent knowledge management
 2. Session Code: ARC205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations are struggling to manage the rapid growth of data and information as traditional knowledge management approaches become unsustainable. Generative AI presents an opportunity to augment human intelligence in this domain. AWS has built knowledge communities to scale cloud knowledge and address the limitations of traditional approaches. This involves creating robust, adaptive, and innovative knowledge management systems that integrate human expertise with AI capabilities. These systems can help organizations adapt to the exponential growth of information and knowledge, leveraging the complementary strengths of humans and AI to tackle the challenges of modern knowledge management.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Customer Enablement
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -45973,7 +45973,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Licensing commercial software on AWS
 2. Session Code: XNT204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS provides a variety of migration pathways for your enterprise workloads, but navigating all the licensing options can be confusing. In this session, learn about licensing options for your Microsoft software, including end of support; complementary AWS Optimization and Licensing Assessment (AWS OLA) for your Microsoft, VMware, and Oracle workloads; and how to deal with the high cost of commercial hypervisors like VMware. Prepare for the future and get out of the business of license compliance by replacing your software-licensed products and applications with open source alternatives and technology built specifically for the cloud.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -46007,10 +46007,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Lift-and-shift your database: Scalable, performant, and cost-efficient
 2. Session Code: STG336
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: If you're managing SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, or SAP HANA on-premises, migrating to the cloud is easier and more cost-effective than most think. Join this talk to discuss how Amazon EBS and Amazon FSx can enhance database agility, focusing on self-managed databases on Amazon EC2. Engage with experts as they dive into best practices, real-world use cases, and the technical nuances for high-performance, scalable database storage. Bring your questions and challenges to this dynamic session designed to provide actionable insights and practical solutions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -46044,15 +46044,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Lilith Games: Gen AI, from humble beginnings to grand accomplishments [Mandarin Chinese]
 2. Session Code: GBL215-CMN
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk is delivered in Mandarin Chinese. Join this talk to explore the generative AI journey of Lilith Games, a leading game company in China. Learn how Lilith utilizes Amazon Bedrock and Anthropic's Claude Sonnet 3.5 to optimize intelligent operations, improve game management, reduce manual labor by 50%, and enhance game development efficiency by 20%. Additionally, explore how they connect high-efficiency tools across internal departments to ultimately accelerate game innovation, improve player retention, and increase overall game revenue.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Fluency in Mandarin Chinese
     2. Interest in the generative AI journey of Lilith Games
@@ -46070,10 +46070,10 @@
 
 1. Title: LLMOps unleashed: Crafting AI pipelines that actually work
 2. Session Code: DEV328
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into the world of LLMOps in this interactive session and explore how to leverage AWS services like Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, and many more to build, deploy, and manage large language model solutions at scale. Through real-world examples and hands-on problem-solving, learn practical strategies to optimize your AI workflows, automate deployments, and overcome common challenges. Join this chalk talk and transform your approach to LLMOps and unlock the full potential of your AI initiatives.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -46100,7 +46100,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Lockheed Martin's path to digital transformation through innovation
 2. Session Code: MAM105
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Large enterprises going through digital transformations face common challenges including legacy processes, compressed timelines, scalability, silos (data and people), and friction points. AWS Experience-Based Acceleration (EBA), a transformation methodology adopted by hundreds of companies, helps overcome these challenges and bridge the gap between business goals and technology solutions. In this session, learn directly from Lockheed Martin how it used EBA to unlock innovation and drive its large-scale digital transformation delivering automation, agility, and business value. Find out how it built end-to-end solutions with EBA's practical guidance to scale repeatable success patterns as its new cloud-fluent way of working.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -46135,7 +46135,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: LogicMonitor
 4. Description: How does hybrid observability support the key stages of a cloud migration? If you're still mid-migration, are you able to sample gen AI tools with your hybrid infrastructure? Monitoring over 1 trillion events daily, LogicMonitor supports enterprises throughout every step of AWS migration and modernization. Learn how LogicMonitor's SaaS platform on AWS helps the planning and execution of migrations, and explore how critical post-migration visualization eases the transition to the cloud. Discover AI-powered recommendations to optimize your AWS compute and storage resources. LogicMonitor's support also helps users confidently test gen AI tools such as Amazon Bedrock. This presentation is brought to you by LogicMonitor, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -46147,7 +46147,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - System Administrator
-10. Venue: 
+10. Venue:
 11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud migration process and its key stages.
@@ -46169,10 +46169,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Low-code MFT automation: Supercharge your enterprise file movement
 2. Session Code: STG348
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how modernizing managed file transfer (MFT) to a cloud-native, event-driven architecture can transform your MFT business practice from simple B2B file exchanges into an intelligent data pipeline. By combining AWS Transfer Family SFTP endpoints and connectors with Amazon EventBridge and serverless architectures, you can automate the integration of B2B data into ETL pipelines or prepare data for inclusion of data sources for generative AI.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -46205,10 +46205,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Low-cost logging and observability with Amazon OpenSearch Service
 2. Session Code: ANT310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, discover how to build a cost-efficient enterprise logging and observability solution for large amounts of data with Amazon OpenSearch Service. Learn how to use storage tiering, OR1 instance types, zero-ETL, and query acceleration techniques to drive cost efficiencies and performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Analytics
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -46237,7 +46237,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mainframe modernization: Pathways and AWS capabilities
 2. Session Code: MAM110
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Large mainframe estates often contain a diverse mix of legacy applications with varying requirements and objectives, necessitating the need for multiple toolsets, modernization patterns, and deployment options—an approach that makes modernization complex and challenging. This session explores the different mainframe modernization pathways and comprehensive AWS capabilities that help teams tailor their modernization approach to specific business needs without complexity. Learn about patterns including automated refactoring, replatforming, and augmentation, along with accelerators for application testing, data replication, file transfer, and DevOps. Hear from Allianz and Visma about their successful mainframe migration and their continued modernization efforts on AWS post-migration.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -46273,10 +46273,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Mainframe modernization powered by generative AI on AWS
 2. Session Code: PEX403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This builders' session offers a comprehensive exploration of mainframe modernization and hands-on experience using generative AI services on AWS. Learn how to use AWS Partner solution AveriSource and integrate with Amazon Bedrock for both discovery and code analysis to gain valuable insights into existing mainframe application codebase and data structure. Also, discover how to use Amazon Bedrock to create test data, enhancing the testing process for modernization projects. Finally, explore Amazon Q capabilities in fine-tuning and refining the generated code from AveriSource, ensuring it meets specific requirements and standards. You must bring your laptop to participate. This builders' session is intended for AWS Partners.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -46284,7 +46284,7 @@
    - Modernization
    - Partner Enablement
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 at 9:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -46305,7 +46305,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Make applications highly resilient with AWS Fault Injection Service [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FSI328-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Application resilience is critical to the highly regulated financial services industry, and AWS tools and best practices can help you meet required levels of resilience and reliability. During this gamified builders' session, compete with peers to evolve a simple, non-resilient banking application into a highly resilient architecture. This application uses technologies common in the financial services industry, including Java, containers, PostgreSQL, and Apache Kafka. Learn how to improve your application so that it can successfully pass the different tests AWS Fault Injection Service generates, such as a database failover, a container reboot, or an Availability Zone loss.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -46338,7 +46338,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Make applications highly resilient with AWS Fault Injection Service [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FSI328-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Application resilience is critical to the highly regulated financial services industry, and AWS tools and best practices can help you meet required levels of resilience and reliability. During this gamified builders' session, compete with peers to evolve a simple, non-resilient banking application into a highly resilient architecture. This application uses technologies common in the financial services industry, including Java, containers, PostgreSQL, and Apache Kafka. Learn how to improve your application so that it can successfully pass the different tests AWS Fault Injection Service generates, such as a database failover, a container reboot, or an Availability Zone loss.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -46367,7 +46367,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Make applications highly resilient with AWS Fault Injection Service [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FSI328-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Application resilience is critical to the highly regulated financial services industry, and AWS tools and best practices can help you meet required levels of resilience and reliability. During this gamified builders' session, compete with peers to evolve a simple, non-resilient banking application into a highly resilient architecture. This application uses technologies common in the financial services industry, including Java, containers, PostgreSQL, and Apache Kafka. Learn how to improve your application so that it can successfully pass the different tests AWS Fault Injection Service generates, such as a database failover, a container reboot, or an Availability Zone loss.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -46398,7 +46398,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Make faster progress on AWS operational tasks with Amazon Q Developer
 2. Session Code: DOP312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Q Developer is an expert on AWS and is available in the AWS Management Console to help developers and IT pros optimize their AWS Cloud environments, such as diagnose and resolve errors, provide guidance on architectural best practices, analyze billing information and trends, and use natural language in chat to manage resources in their AWS account. Learn how you can shift from a reactive review of issues to proactive remediation and guidance on error diagnosis, network troubleshooting, architecture best practices, and resource/cost analysis for proactive AWS account management. Streamline operations, save time and costs, and fuel innovation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -46429,15 +46429,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Making data conversational: How an SMB unlocked AI insights
 2. Session Code: SMB205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Radio Dimensione Suono, a leading Italian radio station, accumulated a vast trove of operational data over its nearly 50-year history, including scanned documents, manuals, and even radio signal coverage maps. However, it struggled to tap into this wealth of unstructured information scattered across sources. Learn how this fast-moving SMB leveraged AWS generative AI to break down silos and enable natural language queries of their diverse data formats. Discover how democratizing data through conversational AI can empower SMBs to optimize operations, enhance customer experience, and drive agile, informed decision-making – without advanced technical skills or meticulous documentation practices.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Small and Midsize Business (SMB)
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Diverse data formats (e.g., scanned documents, manuals, radio signal coverage maps)
     2. Unstructured data scattered across multiple sources
@@ -46461,7 +46461,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Making dollars and sense out of FinOps
 2. Session Code: SEG203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's cloud-centric landscape, understanding and controlling cloud costs is crucial. It's important for leaders to understand how financial processes and strategies translate into clear and actionable insights in both the short and long term. FinOps, the practice of managing cloud costs, offers organizations a powerful methodology to optimize financial management and drive business value. In this session, representatives from the Enterprise Strategy team at AWS discuss key FinOps concepts and methodologies, as well as real-world examples of how organizations achieve cost savings while delivering business value. Receive practical guidance to implement FinOps.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -46495,10 +46495,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Making great products with generative AI
 2. Session Code: SEG102
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI is transforming how independent software vendors (ISVs) think about their businesses. In this session, see how a wide range of ISVs use generative AI technologies to improve their operations and enhance their products. Get a sense of where most ISVs are today on the adoption curve, explore the considerations of adopting generative AI in your business, and learn about AWS programs to support your generative AI journey.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -46532,7 +46532,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Making HPC and other R&D workloads accessible beyond the AWS console
 2. Session Code: CMP406
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Research and Engineering Studio on AWS (RES) lets IT teams deliver an easy-to-consume interface to R&D teams like scientists and engineers, without the fuss of knowing all the DevOps necessary. This is handy when trying to deliver graphical desktops in the cloud, but it's a supercharge for their productivity when training models or running complex simulations on clusters is involved. Learn how RES works on the inside to make that experience great for your end users.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -46598,7 +46598,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Making your Amazon Aurora cluster more resilient [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Aurora is a cloud-native relational database with unparalleled high performance and availability at global scale. Hundreds of thousands of organizations trust Aurora for their workloads today. In this chalk talk, learn about features such as Aurora Global Database and Amazon RDS Proxy, and discover best practices to achieve high availability for your Aurora clusters. The talk includes a whiteboarding session on high availability and disaster recovery solutions to help you maximize your application's resilience.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -46629,10 +46629,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Managing Amazon EC2 capacity and availability
 2. Session Code: CMP319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EC2 offers a variety of capacity usage and reservation models, so you can choose the right combination for your workload and budget. These include capacity reservations, On-Demand Instances, Amazon EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML, and more. Join this session to learn how to combine these models in a way that's best for your business. Leave with knowledge on how to manage your capacity to improve utilization and availability.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -46661,7 +46661,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Managing and optimizing EC2 on-demand capacity reservations at scale
 2. Session Code: CMP340
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EC2 On-Demand Capacity Reservations (ODCRs) provide you with capacity assurance for your critical workloads. To use ODCRs efficiently at scale, it is essential to proactively monitor and optimize your reservation usage. This chalk talk reviews how you can maximize the benefits of ODCRs, individually and across multiple AWS accounts, by adopting effective capacity management strategies. Learn how to select the right ODCR configurations, monitor capacity utilization, and employ capacity pooling strategies to efficiently manage your Capacity Reservations across your organization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -46695,7 +46695,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Managing AWS Lambda runtimes at scale
 2. Session Code: SVS314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Attend this chalk talk to learn how to safely manage AWS Lambda runtimes as your organization's serverless footprint grows. Explore strategies to make functions safe for automated patching, to implement runtime governance controls, and to identify and prioritize functions with deprecated runtimes. Through whiteboard examples and code samples, discover techniques like runtime reporting, version pinning, and dependency bundling. Leave equipped with practical skills for navigating runtime management issues to maximize application availability and reduce operational overhead.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -46725,7 +46725,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Managing compliance and costs to achieve visibility and optimization
 2. Session Code: SMB203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover a simple method to jointly manage cloud compliance and costs. After a lift and shift migration that enabled the Swiss insurer to shut down its data center, Helvetia has started their journey in the cloud with a focus on modernization and optimization. But how do you optimize costs without impacting compliance? This lightning talk will demonstrate how to bring visibility to, prioritize, and balance FinOps and compliance initiatives.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -46738,7 +46738,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud migration and lift-and-shift strategies
     2. Knowledge of cloud compliance requirements and regulations
@@ -46768,7 +46768,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of digital transformation in healthcare
@@ -46792,7 +46792,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Managing infrastructure via APIs with AWS Controllers for Kubernetes
 2. Session Code: OPN202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Controllers for Kubernetes (ACK) is an open source project that lets you directly manage AWS services from Kubernetes APIs. This lightning talk first provides an overview of ACK's capabilities for provisioning and operating cloud resources like databases, storage, and networking using familiar Kubernetes APIs and GitOps workflows. Then, hear how leading enterprises are building self-service platforms on ACK to empower developers to declaratively define and deploy AWS infrastructure alongside their containerized applications. Learn best practices for using ACK to boost developer productivity while ensuring production readiness of your cloud infrastructure.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Kubernetes
@@ -46802,7 +46802,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - System Administrator
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Kubernetes knowledge
     2. AWS services understanding
@@ -46825,7 +46825,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Managing state in serverless applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS315-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn effective state management strategies for serverless computing with AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate in this chalk talk. Understand the challenges of traditional state management approaches when applied to ephemeral, event-driven serverless applications—and their impact on design and scalability. Discover how to use managed AWS services like Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon EFS to handle stateful data in serverless environments. Gain best practices and design patterns for managing state seamlessly in your serverless applications. Leave equipped with practical techniques for overcoming state management hurdles in serverless architectures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -46858,7 +46858,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Managing state in serverless applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS315-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn effective state management strategies for serverless computing with AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate in this chalk talk. Understand the challenges of traditional state management approaches when applied to ephemeral, event-driven serverless applications—and their impact on design and scalability. Discover how to use managed AWS services like Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon EFS to handle stateful data in serverless environments. Gain best practices and design patterns for managing state seamlessly in your serverless applications. Leave equipped with practical techniques for overcoming state management hurdles in serverless architectures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -46890,7 +46890,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Managing value-chain product carbon emissions data with generative AI
 2. Session Code: MFG312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Manufacturers face increasing demand from customers and public authorities to accurately model, calculate, and report on their product-based carbon emissions. A credible assessment requires internal data management capabilities and the efficient exchange of high-trust information with suppliers. For larger manufacturers this may involve scaling to thousands of suppliers and/or products. Learn how connectivity, trust, and information exchange come together in the value chain, and about the mechanisms behind the modeling and calculation of product-based carbon emissions — and how it all can be accelerated using generative AI services on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Architecture
@@ -46922,7 +46922,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mapbox's in-vehicle AI assistant: Customized models for safer driving
 2. Session Code: AIM358
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Getting assistance while driving is difficult. Drivers should keep their eyes on the road and not be distracted by phones or UIs. To address this challenge, Mapbox is developing an in-vehicle AI assistant offering real-time, intelligent conversational support to drivers. Working with model customization specialists from the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center and using fine-tuning features in Amazon Bedrock, Mapbox is customizing Amazon Titan Text Premier to enable multilingual interactions, seamless device transitions, and access to live data sources. Hear from Mapbox about its journey, lessons learned, and its approaches to customize foundation models using its private training data.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -46953,7 +46953,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Master AWS costs with Amazon Q Developer
 2. Session Code: DEV213
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This dev chat compares manual cost optimization techniques with the new Amazon Q Developer capability for managing AWS Cloud infrastructure costs. See a real-world case study where human experts perform a cost-optimization process and contrast the results with Amazon Q Developer's suggestions for the same network. Learn how this AI-powered tool provides real-time, natural language answers to AWS cost-related questions, potentially revolutionizing cloud cost management. Gain insights into maximizing cloud value and leveraging AI for more efficient and cost-effective AWS infrastructure management.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -46982,7 +46982,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mastering automated, zero-downtime deployments [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP311-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the power of seamless, risk-free deployments with this insightful chalk talk. Discover how to leverage AWS services like AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, and AWS AppConfig to automate safe, hands-off deployments to Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS, and AWS Lambda across multiple accounts and Regions at scale. Explore zero-downtime deployment strategies and learn best practices for reducing risk when deploying to AWS. Whether you're a seasoned DevOps professional or just starting your cloud journey, this talk equips you with the tools and techniques to streamline your deployment processes, ensuring reliability and minimizing disruptions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -47016,7 +47016,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mastering automated, zero-downtime deployments [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP311-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the power of seamless, risk-free deployments with this insightful chalk talk. Discover how to leverage AWS services like AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, and AWS AppConfig to automate safe, hands-off deployments to Amazon EC2, Amazon ECS, and AWS Lambda across multiple accounts and Regions at scale. Explore zero-downtime deployment strategies and learn best practices for reducing risk when deploying to AWS. Whether you're a seasoned DevOps professional or just starting your cloud journey, this talk equips you with the tools and techniques to streamline your deployment processes, ensuring reliability and minimizing disruptions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -47081,7 +47081,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mastering resilience at every layer of the cake
 2. Session Code: ARC327
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Most workloads on AWS resemble a finely crafted cake, with delight at every layer. In this session, master resilience at each layer of deliciousness: from platform to infrastructure and applications, using services like AWS Resilience Hub, AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS), Amazon Route53 ARC, Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS), AWS Backup, and more. Leave with a mental model for how resilience works throughout these layers, with ready-to-use reference architectures and prescriptive guidance. This session keeps things fun and lively along the way, with lots of demos!
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -47111,7 +47111,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize application performance with Valkey [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Using Valkey with your application tends to give quick performance wins using only a few strategically placed GETs and SETs. However, understanding all of Valkey's data types and commands unlocks even more use cases and performance boosts. This builders' session gives you an overview of the entire Valkey landscape of data types and their related commands, linking them to real-world use cases with hands-on exercises. Previous Valkey or Redis experience is helpful, but this session starts at the basics and moves quickly to touch on more advanced topics. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -47141,7 +47141,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize application performance with Valkey [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Using Valkey with your application tends to give quick performance wins using only a few strategically placed GETs and SETs. However, understanding all of Valkey's data types and commands unlocks even more use cases and performance boosts. This builders' session gives you an overview of the entire Valkey landscape of data types and their related commands, linking them to real-world use cases with hands-on exercises. Previous Valkey or Redis experience is helpful, but this session starts at the basics and moves quickly to touch on more advanced topics. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -47171,7 +47171,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize business impact with Amazon Q Apps: The Volkswagen AI journey
 2. Session Code: AIM201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Volkswagen harnesses generative AI for optimized job matching and career growth with Amazon Q. Learn from the AWS Product Management team about the benefits of Amazon Q Business and the latest innovations in Amazon Q Apps. Then, explore how Volkswagen used these tools to streamline a job role mapping project, saving thousands of hours. Mario Duarte, Senior Director at Volkswagen Group of America, details the journey toward their first Q App that helps Volkswagen's Human Resources build a learning ecosystem that boosts employee development. Leave the session inspired to bring Q Apps to supercharge your teams' productivity engines.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -47202,7 +47202,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Intel
 4. Description: The financial services industry faces significant challenges, primarily due to legacy technical debt and a prevailing reluctance to modernize. Critical systems are at risk of becoming obsolete unless hardware and software is assessed and transformed. DXC Luxoft with Intel and AWS have created a common enablement services platform, Luxoft Beyond, to accelerate and streamline the modernization of legacy applications into the cloud with the best cost performance. This session discusses DXC Luxoft's transition of their own EarlyResolution platform onto custom Intel-powered Amazon EC2 instances and highlights the benefits you can realize for your organization. This presentation is brought to you by Intel, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -47263,7 +47263,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize customer engagement and ROI with retail media networks
 2. Session Code: RCG303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk dives deep into the world of retail media networks, exploring how retailers can leverage these powerful channels to drive results. Participants gain a comprehensive understanding of how to architect a retail media network using AWS services for activation, intelligence orchestration, analytics and data collaboration, storage processing integration, and collection ingestion. Leave with actionable strategies to enhance customer engagement and drive measurable ROI.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Architecture
@@ -47291,7 +47291,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize data value: Amazon S3 & AWS file storage for modern workloads
 2. Session Code: STG232
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's data-driven world, businesses grapple with massive data volumes, diverse workloads, and the need to extract maximum value from their data. This session showcases how Amazon S3 and AWS file storage offerings can be used to address these challenges. Discover how to harness object and file storage to power AI/ML, HPC, content management, and cloud-native applications. Learn strategies for seamless data movement, high-performance storage, and cost optimization. Explore key features and real-world use cases that will help you optimize your cloud storage and drive innovation across your organization.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -47323,7 +47323,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize efficiency and reduce costs with Amazon OpenSearch Service
 2. Session Code: ANT347
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Optimize your Amazon OpenSearch Service deployments for enhanced user experience and cost efficiency. This session covers key cost drivers, including operational management, licensing, networking, and data distribution. Learn to choose the best storage options, such as hot, UltraWarm, and cold storage and integration with Amazon S3. Discover how to optimize infrastructure with AWS Graviton processors or OpenSearch Service OR1 instances. Also, explore On-Demand pricing, Reserved Instance savings, and how Amazon OpenSearch Serverless with automatic scaling can ensure you pay only for the resources you use.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -47366,7 +47366,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Developer / Engineer, DevOps Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AI and its adoption in real-world applications
@@ -47394,10 +47394,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize mission impact with no-code ML & generative AI solutions
 2. Session Code: IMP201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this hands-on builders' session, tailored for nonprofits, to explore no-code machine learning (ML) and generative AI. Ideal for analysts and business leaders, the session covers practical AI solutions for nonprofit needs like donor engagement and program impact measurement. Learn to use Retrieval Augmented Generation for document Q&A and to build chatbots to improve service delivery. Integrate predictive analytics into workflows for financial health monitoring and behavior prediction to anticipate donor trends or program outcomes. Finally, use Amazon SageMaker automated ML to effortlessly build and deploy models that transform data-driven decision-making. Discover how these AI tools can revolutionize your organization's data-driven strategies. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -47428,10 +47428,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize the efficiency of your AWS Marketplace sales operations
 2. Session Code: PEX115
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, AWS Partners can learn how to leverage new customer insights to inform sales plays, prioritize high-potential customer engagements, and shorten time to revenue. Learn about the latest coselling features available to AWS Partners that enable better collaboration on deals and lead to better customer experiences. Don't miss this opportunity to make the most of new data points and opportunities to streamline your sales operations.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -47461,7 +47461,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize the potential of your AWS Marketplace listings
 2. Session Code: PEX222
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Every year, millions of unique visitors come to AWS Marketplace searching for products, but not all of them end up converting to sales. Learn about best practices that sellers can perform to optimize their AWS Marketplace product listings. In this session, we will share what strategies and content are needed for buyers to more easily discover and evaluate your products, helping you drive higher conversion rates. Learn about AWS Marketplace features that you can utilize to help accelerate customer time-to-value, including standard contracts, vendor insights, free trials, and more.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -47490,7 +47490,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize the value of cold data with Amazon S3 Glacier storage classes
 2. Session Code: STG207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The majority of the world's data is cold, but with advanced analytics and increased demand for machine learning, it could be put to work at any time. In this session, learn how to use Amazon S3 Glacier storage classes to modernize your data archive and store long-term data without worrying about expensive tape drives or off-premises archival data. Discover options for ingesting and restoring your data at petabyte scale while taking into consideration cost and retrieval performance.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Storage
@@ -47518,7 +47518,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximize your data performance with Amazon EMR on EKS
 2. Session Code: ANT410
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore the benefits of leveraging the managed experience provided by Amazon EKS to scale, operate, and manage Apache Spark workloads running on Kubernetes. Learn how to launch Spark workloads using our Amazon optimized Spark engine, provision and manage EKS clusters, and ensure efficient resource utilization and cost optimization across a range of data processing and machine learning tasks. You will also learn about best practices on co-locating multiple EMR workloads and centralizing resource management to further maximize your Amazon EMR on EKS experience.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -47612,7 +47612,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximizing performance for high-intensity workloads using Amazon EBS
 2. Session Code: STG329
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EBS handles over 140 trillion I/O operations daily. Performance matters, but it's not just about average performance. It's also about stable, ultra-low latency that minimizes outliers or tail latency. io2 Block Express volumes are designed with consistent sub-millisecond latency and 99.999% durability for critical applications, such as SAP HANA, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, and more. Learn how performance characteristics optimize compute utilization, leading to cost efficiency and the success of many demanding use cases. Explore how the support for Multi-Attach NVMe reservations, Amazon EC2 Nitro system-based instances, and Amazon RDS drives new innovations and architecture enhancements.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute, Storage
@@ -47642,7 +47642,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Maximizing secrets management
 2. Session Code: SEC223
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This code talk discusses how to manage secrets at scale using AWS Secrets Manager. Learn how to enable your developer teams with cross-Region replication, cross-account IAM permissions and policies, access controls, secret rotations, and integration with AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS). The talk also covers how to take advantage of recent AWS Secrets Manager features and innovations.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -47672,7 +47672,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Measure and improve cloud ROI with generative AI
 2. Session Code: NTA203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The cloud promises lower costs, greater innovation, higher resiliency, and other benefits for customers who make the investment to adopt cloud. But how can a customer measure the ROI of their cloud investment? This session will guide customers on how to use the Cloud Value Framework (CVF) to measure the ROI of their cloud investment. It will start with an overview of the CVF, lead into an example Balanced Scorecard with CVF-aligned KPIs, and then end with a whiteboard session on using generative AI and relevant services to improves costs, agility, productivity, resilience, and sustainability.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -47705,7 +47705,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Measure your operational excellence with service level objectives [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP334-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Designing highly available and resilient applications is often an incremental journey. You want to ensure you are delivering the experience your customers are expecting. Collecting the right data helps you identify positive impacts and where improvements are necessary. Data about your systems' and applications' health, performance, and end user experience are key. In this chalk talk, learn to define the right service level objectives (SLOs) tied to business outcomes and how to collect the relevant metrics to determine application health. Explore patterns and tips for setting up effective SLOs using Amazon CloudWatch that can help you set up an effective observability platform.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -47738,7 +47738,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Measure your operational excellence with service level objectives [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP334-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Designing highly available and resilient applications is often an incremental journey. You want to ensure you are delivering the experience your customers are expecting. Collecting the right data helps you identify positive impacts and where improvements are necessary. Data about your systems' and applications' health, performance, and end user experience are key. In this chalk talk, learn to define the right service level objectives (SLOs) tied to business outcomes and how to collect the relevant metrics to determine application health. Explore patterns and tips for setting up effective SLOs using Amazon CloudWatch that can help you set up an effective observability platform.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -47774,7 +47774,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Deloitte
 4. Description: SAS Institute, a leader in advanced analytics and business intelligence, is partnering with Deloitte to develop their platform on AWS and AWS Marketplace. In this session, discover how they are building their architecture with high availability, resiliency, and security. Learn how they set up automations using Terraform and Ansible and incorporated best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework, leveraging Amazon EKS, AWS WAF, AWS Security Hub, AWS Cloud WAN, AWS IAM Identity Center, and others while adhering to NIST SP 800-53. Learn about architecting reliable environments, operational efficiency, compliance, and multicloud deployments of containerized solutions and how Deloitte, SAS, and AWS are transforming SaaS delivery. This presentation is brought to you by Deloitte, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
@@ -47809,7 +47809,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Meeting your business goals with AWS cryptographic services
 2. Session Code: SEC345
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Solving business problems related to regulatory compliance requirements, digital identity, and software integrity all rely on cryptographic primitives such as digital signatures or encryption. In this chalk talk, uncover how these primitives are used to build digital passports, enable business-to-business ownership of data, and protect automotive telemetry data utilizing AWS services
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -47839,7 +47839,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Merck advances healthcare data extraction using text-to-SQL on AWS
 2. Session Code: PRO203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Merck, a leading pharmaceutical company, constantly seeks new ways to speed its R&D. Its data and analytics team faced significant challenges extracting insights from its massive healthcare databases and found that writing complex SQL queries was time-consuming and error-prone. To address this, Merck collaborated with the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center to implement a generative AI text-to-SQL solution using Anthropic's Claude models on Amazon Bedrock. This innovation enables analysts to generate SQL queries from natural language with over 95% accuracy. Data workflows are now significantly streamlined, allowing Merck's scientists to make faster, more confident decisions and easily scale to incorporate additional databases.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -47869,10 +47869,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Microservices, API, cloud-native, and headless swappable architectures
 2. Session Code: ARC330
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn about adopting Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native SaaS, and Headless (MACH) architectures. By embracing MACH architectures, organizations can transform their business to be more resilient, scalable, and able to achieve their desired business outcomes. MACH solutions support a swappable enterprise tech stack in which every component is pluggable, scalable, replaceable, and continuously improved through agile development to meet evolving business requirements.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -47908,7 +47908,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrate and modernize a Microsoft-based banking solution with AWS
 2. Session Code: XNT313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: To enhance customer service, risk management, and back-office optimization, 81% of global banks plan to adopt AI/ML by 2026. To adopt these new technologies, many banks need to address a significant challenge: getting their data out of siloed legacy platforms into the cloud. In this session, learn about recommended migration, optimization, and modernization activities to move an on-premises Microsoft-based application stack to AWS. Learn how to evaluate your technical and licensing options to run your Windows Server, SQL Server, .NET, and Active Directory workloads on AWS. Become equipped to help your organization drive better business outcomes with data-driven decision-making.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -47943,7 +47943,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrate and modernize mission-critical SAP landscapes on AWS
 2. Session Code: MAM323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore proven approaches to accelerate your move to cloud-based enterprise-resource planning (ERP). In this chalk talk, learn oft-overlooked architectural practices that can help you maximize the performance, reliability, and extensibility of your SAP environment, including RISE with SAP. Learn best practices for networking, high availability, disaster recovery, immutable backups, connecting to adjacent SAP systems, and innovating with SAP Business Transformation Platform (BTP) and 200+ AWS offerings. Discover how AWS can run any SAP workload in this interactive session.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -47981,10 +47981,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrate and modernize your containerized workloads with AWS Fargate
 2. Session Code: SVS302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Fargate helps customers reduce the operational burden of deploying and monitoring their container workloads so they can focus on building applications and running their businesses. In this chalk talk, learn about design considerations for migrating workloads from Amazon EC2 to AWS Fargate serverless compute running on Amazon ECS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -48015,7 +48015,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrate and modernize your web application with AWS Elastic Beanstalk
 2. Session Code: CMP341
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Moving classic web applications to the cloud can be a complex task for customers. In this chalk talk, operators and developers can learn the benefits of using AWS Elastic Beanstalk to upload and deploy web applications in a simplified, fast way and integrate with your existing CI/CD. Remove the undifferentiated work of provisioning and maintaining infrastructure. The talk will review how adjustable settings can help scale your application for handling peaks in traffic, while minimizing costs. See how the migration process can be the start of a modernization journey to serverless and containers starting with Elastic Beanstalk.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Migration and Modernization
@@ -48046,10 +48046,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrate any VMware workload from anywhere to improve your TCO
 2. Session Code: STG337
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Challenged with complex VMware environments driving up costs and increasing management overhead? In this session, discover strategies to improve manageability and reduce total cost of ownership by migrating VMware workloads. Join the conversation and learn how to migrate to Amazon EC2 for compute with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP serving block storage over iSCSI. Get guided through the architecture before and after migration, offering a step-by-step approach to executing a seamless lift-and-shift – no matter where your workloads reside. Leave with actionable insights into how this migration delivers enterprise-grade performance, cost efficiency, and simplified operations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Storage
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -48081,7 +48081,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrate to an open source database on AWS using .NET and PostgreSQL
 2. Session Code: XNT404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many .NET applications use SQL Server as a backend database. However, moving to an open source database can reduce your costs and unlock new capabilities in your applications. In this workshop, learn how to move a .NET application database from SQL Server to open source using Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL and AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS). Leave this workshop with an understanding of what refactoring is needed in both the code and database and how to overcome common challenges with repeatable and scalable techniques and solutions. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -48112,13 +48112,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrate to QuickSight: Reduce costs and increase productivity
 2. Session Code: BSI205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, discover best practices for migrating from legacy business intelligence (BI) to Amazon QuickSight. Learn how transitioning to the AWS cloud-based BI service can help you reduce costs, increase productivity, and improve performance. Planning migrations involves more than validating technology. You need a sound plan around what processes, governance strategies, and assets will be converted like-for-like versus refreshed or consolidated. We'll cover proven strategies for structuring your migration process to QuickSight.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Business Intelligence
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 5:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -48167,7 +48167,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrating an energy trading application to AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ENU301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, hear how an international energy company migrated its business-critical energy trading and risk management system, Openlink Endur, to AWS. This talk dives into the technical and strategic aspects of this migration, showcasing how the organization used AWS services to enhance performance, scalability, and resilience. Learn about the challenges faced, the innovative solutions implemented, and the tangible business benefits realized, including faster feature delivery, improved developer experience through enabling rapid provisioning of dedicated environments, and increased global availability. Come discover how this migration to AWS has positioned the company for long-term success in the dynamic energy market.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -48205,7 +48205,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrating an energy trading application to AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ENU301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, hear how an international energy company migrated its business-critical energy trading and risk management system, Openlink Endur, to AWS. This talk dives into the technical and strategic aspects of this migration, showcasing how the organization used AWS services to enhance performance, scalability, and resilience. Learn about the challenges faced, the innovative solutions implemented, and the tangible business benefits realized, including faster feature delivery, improved developer experience through enabling rapid provisioning of dedicated environments, and increased global availability. Come discover how this migration to AWS has positioned the company for long-term success in the dynamic energy market.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -48243,7 +48243,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrating applications to AWS Graviton on Amazon EKS
 2. Session Code: CMP310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Graviton processors are designed to deliver the best price performance for your cloud workloads running on Amazon EC2. During this hands-on workshop, walk through the steps for migrating a workload running on x86 to AWS Graviton-based instances including performing tests locally and modifying the CI/CD pipeline to build and deploy the application in Amazon EKS using Karpenter. Learn how you can deploy applications in an efficient way by mixing AWS Graviton-based instances and Amazon EC2 Spot Instances. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -48274,7 +48274,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrating from self-managed Apache Kafka to Amazon MSK
 2. Session Code: ANT404
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Migrating between Apache Kafka clusters while ensuring minimal downtime can be challenging when replicating large amounts of data. This workshop demonstrates a proven method for building a resilient migration pipeline to move data from an Apache Kafka cluster to Amazon MSK. Gain hands-on experience with practical strategies and code examples to simplify real-world replication and migration use cases. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Migration and Modernization
@@ -48300,7 +48300,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrating from self-managed InfluxDB to Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB
 2. Session Code: DAT328
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, demystify the process of migrating your self-managed InfluxDB open source database deployment to Amazon Timestream for InfluxDB. Whether you're currently running InfluxDB versions 1.X or 2.X, discover the various options and steps to make the transition seamless. From upgrade strategies to migration best practices, this session covers it all. In addition, experience a real-world example of migrating a live workload to Timestream.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases, Migration and Modernization
@@ -48327,7 +48327,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrating regulated workloads on to AWS at scale [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS209-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, you'll learn how customers are building regulated landing zones and using AWS services like AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, and Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS to migrate life science workloads at-scale while ensuring data integrity and taking modern approaches to regulatory controls like GxP.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -48356,7 +48356,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrating regulated workloads on to AWS at scale [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS209-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, you'll learn how customers are building regulated landing zones and using AWS services like AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, and Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS to migrate life science workloads at-scale while ensuring data integrity and taking modern approaches to regulatory controls like GxP.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -48385,7 +48385,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrating to Amazon Bedrock and accelerating gen AI app development
 2. Session Code: AIM203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Hear from two AWS customers as they discuss their journey migrating to Amazon Bedrock and finding success in developing generative AI applications on AWS. Leaders from Forcura, a healthcare workflow management company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, share how they facilitate continuity of care and improve business performance for providers using automated workflows, collaboration, and analytics SaaS solutions. Additionally, leaders from Cencosud S.A., the largest retail company in Chile and second-largest in LATAM, discuss how they created an assistant to support their grocery customers' digital shopping journeys.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -48415,7 +48415,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migrating your microservices to a Zero Trust architecture
 2. Session Code: NET308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, get hands-on with AWS developer tools as you migrate your frontend and backend microservices to a Zero Trust architecture. Explore existing patterns for connectivity and the functionality and services in the console. Learn how to augment your connectivity strategy using newer AWS services that improve visibility and security between the users of your application and the microservices that power it—all while simplifying and standardizing your connectivity approach. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -48449,7 +48449,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migration and modernization strategies to grow your business
 2. Session Code: SMB307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Business leaders now require more than just the cost savings realized from cloud migrations; they are creating strategies that are dependent on modernized, innovative solutions. Hear how Fullsteam CTO Sajan Sankaran developed a strategy that delivered both pragmatic migrations and a modernized platform to unlock the company's next wave of growth.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -48481,7 +48481,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Migration and modernization with Amazon CloudFront
 2. Session Code: CDN305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Migrating to AWS provides significant opportunities to improve the security, performance, and availability of your web applications. While moving applications from data centers can be a lengthy process, one of the fastest ways to realize value from the cloud is by leveraging AWS's global network to deliver these applications. In this session, we dive into strategies for migrating and modernizing web applications with services like Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Route 53, and AWS Global Accelerator. Also learn about Booking.com's journey in moving 100% of their web traffic to Amazon CloudFront, deprecating multiple data centers in the process.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Content Delivery, Migration and Modernization
@@ -48509,10 +48509,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Migration strategies for your VMware workloads
 2. Session Code: HYB308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: While most VMware workloads can be easily migrated to the cloud, some need to stay on premises due to application interdependencies, data residency requirements, or timeline constraints. Join this session to learn how AWS hybrid and edge services like AWS Outposts and AWS Local Zones allow you to migrate in place and modernize at your own pace. Dive deep on various migration pathways with Outposts and the migration tools and programs that you can use to simplify and accelerate transition to the cloud.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -48545,7 +48545,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mindfulness made easy – Smart sand art [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD224-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A metal sphere carves mesmerizing sand patterns, creating mindful moments. Discover an integration of tech and AI with a Raspberry Pi app managed by AWS IoT Greengrass. A gen AI frontend uses Amazon Bedrock for visuals based on user input and captures real-time patterns. This experience highlights Amazon's mindfulness focus and end-to-end security and demonstrates secure cloud-based gen AI app building.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -48574,7 +48574,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mindfulness made easy – Smart sand art [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD224-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A metal sphere carves mesmerizing sand patterns, creating mindful moments. Discover an integration of tech and AI with a Raspberry Pi app managed by AWS IoT Greengrass. A gen AI frontend uses Amazon Bedrock for visuals based on user input and captures real-time patterns. This experience highlights Amazon's mindfulness focus and end-to-end security and demonstrates secure cloud-based gen AI app building.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -48603,7 +48603,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mind-reading marvel: Can you outsmart generative AI? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD223-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Using AWS generative AI offerings, this project creates a mystical mind-reading machine inspired by Zoltar, the fortune-telling animatronic character from the movie "Big." Participants enter a mysterious booth, interact with the puppet, and think about a person, place, object, or vacation. The puppet will ask yes/no questions to guess the thought. A scoreboard tracks puppet versus participant victories. The booth, enhanced with dry ice for atmosphere, immerses users in a fortune-telling experience.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -48636,7 +48636,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mind-reading marvel: Can you outsmart generative AI? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD223-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Using AWS generative AI offerings, this project creates a mystical mind-reading machine inspired by Zoltar, the fortune-telling animatronic character from the movie "Big." Participants enter a mysterious booth, interact with the puppet, and think about a person, place, object, or vacation. The puppet will ask yes/no questions to guess the thought. A scoreboard tracks puppet versus participant victories. The booth, enhanced with dry ice for atmosphere, immerses users in a fortune-telling experience.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -48669,7 +48669,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Minimize downtime with plug-and-play anomaly detection for industrial
 2. Session Code: IOT314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to reduce downtime by implementing anomaly detection for industrial assets using AWS IoT SiteWise. Through a step-by-step, plug-and-play approach, gain practical experience in enabling anomaly detection without requiring deep machine learning expertise. Walk through the process of solving real-world challenges related to reducing downtime across various asset types while using the powerful capabilities of AWS IoT SiteWise. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -48694,10 +48694,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Mitigate zero-day events and ransomware risks with VPC egress controls
 2. Session Code: SEC304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this network security workshop, learn how to implement AWS best practices for egress controls to mitigate risks from software supply chain dependencies, zero-day events, cryptocurrency mining, and ransomware. Also, explore a new security use case enabled by TLS decryption of outbound network flows. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Network and Infrastructure Security
@@ -48727,7 +48727,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mitigating climate change with methane detection solutions on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS209-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with high global warming potential. Effectively managing and reducing methane emissions is crucial for climate mitigation efforts. Learn how remote sensing, Internet of Things, and AI technologies on AWS can be used to detect and quantify methane sources, offering a cost-effective and efficient approach to scalable environmental monitoring. These technologies are crucial for industries and governments aiming to reduce methane emissions, providing actionable insights that contribute to global climate change mitigation efforts.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -48735,7 +48735,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Academic / Researcher, Data Engineer, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of greenhouse gases and their impact on climate change
     2. Knowledge of methane as a potent greenhouse gas
@@ -48759,10 +48759,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Mitigating climate change with methane detection solutions on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS209-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Methane is a potent greenhouse gas with high global warming potential. Effectively managing and reducing methane emissions is crucial for climate mitigation efforts. Learn how remote sensing, Internet of Things, and AI technologies on AWS can be used to detect and quantify methane sources, offering a cost-effective and efficient approach to scalable environmental monitoring. These technologies are crucial for industries and governments aiming to reduce methane emissions, providing actionable insights that contribute to global climate change mitigation efforts.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest: Sustainability
@@ -48772,7 +48772,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of greenhouse gases and their impact on climate change
     2. Knowledge of methane as a potent greenhouse gas
@@ -48826,13 +48826,13 @@
 
 1. Title: ML infrastructure at Zoox that powers autonomous driving of robotaxis
 2. Session Code: AMZ201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Zoox's mission is to make personal transportation safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable for everyone. Zoox aims to accomplish this by providing mobility-as-a-service in dense urban environments. Take, for example, its recently deployed and purpose-built robotaxi in Las Vegas. In this talk, learn how they built the ML Infrastructure that powers autonomous driving and other ML use cases. Hear context on how data is collected from robotaxis and how the company built their compute, training, and serving infrastructure leveraging various OSS tools and AWS services.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Amazon
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
    - Business Executive
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Wynn
@@ -48857,7 +48857,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Mobile robot teleoperation with interactive instruction feature [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD225-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: See a demo of mobile robot teleoperation with real-time video streaming. With interactive instruction feature, the robot understands natural language instructions such as "Move to the right slowly", "tell me your battery level", "tell me where you are", "what object are you seeing and how is the condition?", etc. We showcased parts of this demo in AWS Summit Japan, and this time show how the robot executes the given task using Amazon Bedrock Agents.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -48908,7 +48908,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Model evaluation for responsible development: Best practices and tools
 2. Session Code: AIM342
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With the rapid release and deprecation of large language models (LLMs), evaluating these models is necessary to ensure optimal performance while mitigating risks across applications that use these models. This session covers the best practices and tools for model evaluation using AWS services and open access libraries and how LLMs fit the needs of different use cases. Dive deep on performance metrics, such as accuracy, robustness, and toxicity; manual and programmatic evaluations; automatic and human reviews; the role of test data; and how to extend these practices to common LLM-based architectures like RAG and agents.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -48946,7 +48946,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Model your business structure with Amazon DataZone
 2. Session Code: ANT321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon DataZone enables organizations to model their business structure effectively, aligning data with operational domain units, authorization policies, and business context. Learn how to organize, create, search, and find data assets and projects associated with business units or teams while setting access policies for creating projects, glossaries, and using compute resources within Amazon DataZone. Join this chalk talk to gain new insights, optimize processes, and deliver data-driven decision-making.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -48985,7 +48985,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of data integration and data management
@@ -49005,7 +49005,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modern CI/CD with GitHub and AWS CodePipeline [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP305-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to build modern continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub and AWS CodePipeline through the AWS Management Console. Learn how to work with monorepos and branching strategies. Explore advanced features such as automatic rollbacks, pipeline parameters, stage level conditions, and concurrent execution modes to improve your pipeline performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -49034,7 +49034,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modern CI/CD with GitHub and AWS CodePipeline [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP305-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to build modern continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines using GitHub and AWS CodePipeline through the AWS Management Console. Learn how to work with monorepos and branching strategies. Explore advanced features such as automatic rollbacks, pipeline parameters, stage level conditions, and concurrent execution modes to improve your pipeline performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -49063,10 +49063,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Modern data patterns for modern data strategies
 2. Session Code: INV201-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: CTOs and CDOs must adapt their data strategies to manage both the explosive growth of data and its mission-critical usage to drive application experiences that span personalized user experiences, petabyte-scale business analytics, and real-time AI inference in applications in every industry. To keep pace and optimize for the business, leaders must balance governance with flexibility and scale by separating data growth from data usage using emerging patterns like data semantic layering. In this talk, discover how AWS customers manage data growth and usage at exabyte scale, and explore AWS capabilities to evolve your data strategy for this rapidly changing landscape.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -49079,7 +49079,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of data management strategies
     2. Knowledge of data governance and data usage patterns
@@ -49102,7 +49102,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modern data strategies with generative AI for next-generation missions
 2. Session Code: IMP304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Nonprofits face numerous challenges in using their data to differentiate their missions and make informed decisions. In this chalk talk, learn how to build a modern data architecture on AWS. Bring your use cases, such as donor engagement, fundraising intelligence, omnichannel communications, mission branding, research collaboration, or others, to this talk to explore. See a whiteboarding session on architectures using scalable data lakes, purpose-built analytics, unified data governance, and generative AI. Leave this talk with a reference architecture for an end-to-end data strategy and a mental toolkit for becoming a thought leader ushering in a data-driven organizational culture that amplifies mission impact.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -49158,7 +49158,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernize and simplify ETL with AWS Glue
 2. Session Code: ANT322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Legacy data integration and transformation solutions are often complex, consisting of multiple components stitched together. This complexity makes them expensive to manage and maintain. As a result, data engineers frequently struggle with the administrative overheads of running Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes, data discovery, data movement, data transformation, and data cataloging. This chalk talk delves into the engineering details of migrating from traditional ETL solutions to AWS Glue, a serverless data integration service. It explores how you can modernize your data integration approach using AWS Glue, thereby reducing operational costs and streamlining your data management processes.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -49187,7 +49187,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernize Apple platform development with AWS and EC2 Mac
 2. Session Code: CMP210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: EC2 Mac instances allow you to run on-demand macOS workloads in the cloud and extend the flexibility, scalability, and cost benefits of AWS to all Apple developers. This session shares the latest features and advancements for EC2 Mac and how customers are benefiting from them. Learn about Apple application development in the cloud using EC2 Mac instances and hear firsthand how an AWS customer optimized its Apple development workflow and benefited from Apple application development in the cloud.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -49216,10 +49216,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernize application security and resiliency with AI-assisted DevOps
 2. Session Code: IMP306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Nonprofits are faced with increasingly challenging security risks while continuing to push forward their missions. To meet this challenge, nonprofits must modernize their mission-critical workloads and build resiliency into their applications so they can continue to serve their members. In this hands-on workshop, learn the basics of application modernization through container technology, and explore how to use AI-powered AWS services to make your application more secure and resilient at all stages of the development lifecycle. Learn the skills you need to deploy modern, secure, and resilient applications that will help you maximize your mission impact. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -49252,10 +49252,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernize apps with containerization, VPC Lattice & generative AI
 2. Session Code: MAM401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, learn how to modernize legacy Java 8 applications on AWS seamlessly. Containerize and deploy to Amazon ECS, integrate with Amazon VPC Lattice for secure microservice communication, and upgrade to Java 17 using Amazon Q. Explore blue/green deployments for smooth transitions, leveraging AWS services to containerize, manage, and upgrade applications. Discover centralized inspection benefits for legacy protocols with VPC Lattice integration. Leave equipped to modernize legacy applications on AWS without downtime or undifferentiated heavy lifting. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -49290,7 +49290,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernize managed file transfer with SFTP
 2. Session Code: STG305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Managing file transfers can come at a high cost as you maintain infrastructure, licensing, resources, and adherence to regulatory and business requirements. In this session, learn how AWS Transfer Family provides fully managed, highly available file transfers over protocols such as SFTP and AS2. Hear how Transfer Family helps make sure that your data arrives on time, that it is secure and compliant, and that performance and costs scale with your workflows. Learn about these benefits while also considering how you can break down data silos and redirect resources to focus on adding value to your business.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Storage, Migration and Modernization
@@ -49317,7 +49317,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernize multi-tenant monolithic apps with AWS purpose-built databases [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT407-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Multi-tenant architectures provide agility and scalability by sharing data storage resources for all tenants. In such environments, isolating tenant data is fundamental for application builders. It is critical to implement an effective data isolation model while retaining the agility gained from consolidating tenants. In this workshop, learn how you can achieve both a shared database for your tenants and centralized isolation enforcement using Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, and AWS DMS. Learn how to use zero-ETL to consolidate tenant data and take advantage of Amazon Redshift read scalability. Explore best practices for tenant isolation, partitioning, database operations using infrastructure as code, and tenant portability. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
@@ -49346,7 +49346,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernize Windows applications on your own terms
 2. Session Code: XNT308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do you have applications that need to be modernized, but aren't sure about how to get started? If so, this workshop is for you. You will be given a mandate to modernize a set of applications. First, learn about your applications and their dependencies. Then, decide which application you want to modernize and the path you want to take; for example, containerize your application and run it on Amazon ECS or Amazon EKS, or refactor your .NET code to run on Linux. The choice is yours. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -49378,10 +49378,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernize your connected vehicle platform with new AWS IoT features
 2. Session Code: IOT319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A connected vehicle platform is critical for delivering innovative features like remote start from a mobile app, electric vehicle battery range estimation, and video streaming for enhanced vehicle security. Join this chalk talk to learn about the newest capabilities from AWS IoT FleetWise, AWS IoT Core, and Amazon Kinesis Video Streams that can help you modernize your connected vehicle platforms and drive innovation. Walk through how to build for key use cases using features and methods that optimize for secure connectivity, low latency, cost efficiency.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Internet of Things
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -49412,13 +49412,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernize your data warehouse by moving to Amazon Redshift
 2. Session Code: ANT345
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you spending too much time on data warehouse management tasks like hardware provisioning, software patching, and performance tuning and not enough time building your applications and innovating with data? Tens of thousands of AWS customers rely on Amazon Redshift every day to run and scale analytics in seconds on all their data without managing data warehouse infrastructure. In this session, hear from AWS customers who share their journeys moving to a modern cloud data warehouse and analytics with Amazon Redshift. Learn best practices for building powerful analytics and machine learning applications and operating at scale while keeping costs low.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 5:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -49439,7 +49439,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernizing a spin-off in the cloud: Allspring's journey with AWS
 2. Session Code: XNT315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When the asset management unit at Wells Fargo spun off to form a new company, Allspring Global Investments, it faced a tight timeline to move its financial data from Wells Fargo's on-premises data center. Allspring's IT leadership identified its path forward with AWS, using Amazon EC2 and Amazon EBS as a foundation, while creating operational efficiency with managed services like Amazon RDS for its SQL Server and Oracle data. Allspring is now focused on modernizing its Microsoft- and Oracle-based applications and databases to speed up innovation by using open source and AWS cloud-native services.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -49486,7 +49486,7 @@
    - Business Executive
    - IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing and AWS services
@@ -49581,7 +49581,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernizing Java applications with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP401-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, use Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation to modernize a Java application. Learn how Amazon Q Developer can leverage generative AI to automate common language upgrade tasks like updating your code, conducting unit tests, and verifying deployment readiness starting with Java. Save days' or even months' worth of the undifferentiated work involved in moving from older language versions. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -49612,10 +49612,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernizing Java applications with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP401-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, use Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation to modernize a Java application. Learn how Amazon Q Developer can leverage generative AI to automate common language upgrade tasks like updating your code, conducting unit tests, and verifying deployment readiness starting with Java. Save days' or even months' worth of the undifferentiated work involved in moving from older language versions. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -49643,7 +49643,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernizing Java applications with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP401-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, use Amazon Q Developer Agent for code transformation to modernize a Java application. Learn how Amazon Q Developer can leverage generative AI to automate common language upgrade tasks like updating your code, conducting unit tests, and verifying deployment readiness starting with Java. Save days' or even months' worth of the undifferentiated work involved in moving from older language versions. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -49675,10 +49675,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernizing microservices with event-driven architecture [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC329-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Tight coupling of your microservices is the operational path to pain. In this chalk talk, explore event-driven architecture (EDA) techniques to reduce application complexity, increase performance, and improve reliability using asynchronous design patterns. Through interactive discussions and whiteboarding, see how to identify dependencies in microservices and redesign point-to-point integrations to use loosely coupled techniques using AWS Lambda, Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, and Amazon EventBridge.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -49711,10 +49711,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Modernizing microservices with event-driven architecture [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC329-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Tight coupling of your microservices is the operational path to pain. In this chalk talk, explore event-driven architecture (EDA) techniques to reduce application complexity, increase performance, and improve reliability using asynchronous design patterns. Through interactive discussions and whiteboarding, see how to identify dependencies in microservices and redesign point-to-point integrations to use loosely coupled techniques using AWS Lambda, Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, and Amazon EventBridge.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -49747,15 +49747,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Monday breakfast
 2. Session Code: ACT013
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Breakfast for attendees is served in Caesars Forum, Summit 206; Mandalay Bay, Level 2, Shoreline Hall; MGM Grand, Level 1, Marquee Ballroom; The Venetian, Level 1, Hall G; and Wynn, Cristal Ballroom 2.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Attendees have registered for the event.
     2. Venue reservations have been made.
@@ -49770,15 +49770,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Monday lunch
 2. Session Code: ACT014
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Lunch for attendees is served in Caesars Forum, Summit 206; Mandalay Bay, Level 2, Shoreline Hall; MGM Grand, Level 1, Marquee Ballroom; The Venetian, Level 1, Hall G; and Wynn, Cristal Ballroom 2.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Venue reservations
     2. Catering arrangements
@@ -49794,13 +49794,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Monday Night Live with Peter DeSantis
 2. Session Code: KEY001
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join Peter DeSantis, Senior Vice President of AWS Utility Computing, as he continues the Monday Night Live tradition of diving deep into the engineering that powers AWS services. Get a closer look at how our unique approach and culture of innovation help create leading-edge solutions across the entire spectrum, from silicon to services—without compromising on performance or cost.
 5. Session Type: Keynote
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 7:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -49819,7 +49819,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Monitor and manage data quality
 2. Session Code: ANT343
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The quality of data powers business decisions that drive outcomes. Successful businesses run on trusted data that is reliable and accurate. Join this session to learn how to apply Amazon DataZone and AWS Glue to deliver data integrity and consistency through precise data transformation, data cataloging, data governance, and data lineage, as well as to set up data quality checks, automate validation processes, and manage metadata.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -49849,7 +49849,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Monitor end user experience with Amazon CloudWatch [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: By extending application performance monitoring to end users as well as frontend experiences, AWS digital experience monitoring enhances customer experiences with an outside-in perspective of application performance across all user touchpoints. Such user experience data provides a complete picture and helps organizations turn frontend performance, user behavior, and APIs into actionable KPIs such as release velocity, adoption rate, and conversions. In this builders' session, learn how applications behave by monitoring both real and synthetic user activity and behavior, using data from ISPs and AWS, and capturing insights from backend infrastructure and devices as well as digital user metrics. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -49882,7 +49882,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Monitor end user experience with Amazon CloudWatch [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: By extending application performance monitoring to end users as well as frontend experiences, AWS digital experience monitoring enhances customer experiences with an outside-in perspective of application performance across all user touchpoints. Such user experience data provides a complete picture and helps organizations turn frontend performance, user behavior, and APIs into actionable KPIs such as release velocity, adoption rate, and conversions. In this builders' session, learn how applications behave by monitoring both real and synthetic user activity and behavior, using data from ISPs and AWS, and capturing insights from backend infrastructure and devices as well as digital user metrics. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -49915,7 +49915,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Monitor end user experience with Amazon CloudWatch [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP304-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: By extending application performance monitoring to end users as well as frontend experiences, AWS digital experience monitoring enhances customer experiences with an outside-in perspective of application performance across all user touchpoints. Such user experience data provides a complete picture and helps organizations turn frontend performance, user behavior, and APIs into actionable KPIs such as release velocity, adoption rate, and conversions. In this builders' session, learn how applications behave by monitoring both real and synthetic user activity and behavior, using data from ISPs and AWS, and capturing insights from backend infrastructure and devices as well as digital user metrics. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -49948,7 +49948,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Monitoring and troubleshooting your cloud network on AWS
 2. Session Code: NET207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the cloud, make failure your friend. When network issues arise on and off the cloud, having the right diagnostic tools is crucial for quick resolution. In this interactive session, discover how to proactively monitor and swiftly troubleshoot cloud and hybrid networks on AWS. Learn to leverage services like Amazon CloudWatch Network Monitor, Amazon CloudWatch Internet Monitor, Infrastructure Performance, VPC Reachability Analyzer, and VPC Flow Logs to gain deep visibility, identify impairments, and resolve problems efficiently. Walk away empowered to maintain a bird's eye view and optimize your cloud network's reliability, performance, and cost-effectiveness.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -49980,7 +49980,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Monitoring event flows: Observability for event-driven architectures
 2. Session Code: COP411
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Event-driven architectures (EDAs) offer scalability and promote loose coupling between components of a system, leading to greater agility. However, EDAs bring with them observability challenges. Gain visibility into complex event flows in an asynchronous architecture that involves messaging services. In this interactive chalk talk, explore tracing with OpenTelemetry to view the full event journey. Also, learn how to assemble metrics and logs for insights into sharding, performance, and root cause analysis along with best practices for popular EDA patterns.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -50014,7 +50014,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Monitor microservice applications with AWS X-Ray and Amazon CloudWatch
 2. Session Code: TNC223
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lab uses AWS X-Ray and Amazon CloudWatch to visualize and monitor the usage of a customer-facing web application. As a cloud architect or cloud operations specialist, create a service map and visualize end-to-end application requests. Also, broaden your understanding on general monitoring concepts, cloud operations, and generating insights for the Operations teams.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -50046,7 +50046,7 @@
 
 1. Title: More than just chatbots: Connecting AI to the real world
 2. Session Code: DEV329
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Overcome a key challenge in developing AI-enhanced applications — extending their capabilities beyond simple text generation. This session demonstrates how to connect LLMs to external services and APIs and unlock capabilities like real-time data retrieval, dynamic content generation, and automated task execution. Join as attendees learn the the hands-on knowledge needed to build more powerful, context-aware AI applications that connect to and interact with the real world.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -50083,13 +50083,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Morning yoga session
 2. Session Code: ACT097
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Start your week with an early morning yoga session. Come dressed in your fitness gear and wind down before a full week of re:Invent.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 6:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -50109,7 +50109,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Move and improve at scale using AWS Application Migration Service
 2. Session Code: MAM313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you looking to migrate your workloads to the cloud while unlocking their full potential? AWS Application Migration Service helps you migrate and modernize your applications seamlessly at scale. Be prepared to immerse yourself in a hands-on learning experience. In this workshop, learn how to address common challenges like upgrading operating systems, optimizing infrastructure, and auto scaling after completing your migration. Go beyond simply moving your applications—explore how AWS Application Migration Service can help you improve performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -50136,10 +50136,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Move data to Amazon S3 and kick-start gen AI workflows with Amazon Q
 2. Session Code: STG318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to ingest data into Amazon S3 from on premises, other clouds, and third-party sources using AWS Storage Gateway, AWS DataSync, and AWS Transfer Family. This hands-on workshop guides you through setting up data pipelines and utilizing Amazon Q to parse and analyze your data with generative AI. Gain practical experience in configuring AWS data movement services and harnessing AI for data processing. Leave this workshop equipped to build a scalable Amazon S3 data lake with advanced AI-driven insights. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -50174,10 +50174,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Move to containers with Amazon ECS
 2. Session Code: TNC201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This bootcamp provides an immersive experience through five hands-on labs that empower developers, architects, and modernization enthusiasts to build modern applications on AWS or modernize existing applications by leveraging Amazon ECS and other container services.
 5. Session Type: Bootcamp
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Compute
    - Training and Certification
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -50236,7 +50236,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Moving from naive benchmarking to application performance engineering
 2. Session Code: CMP413
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When asked to compare performance at the infrastructure level, many people are running benchmarks. Most of the time, benchmarks aren't representative of their applications' behaviors. In this chalk talk, learn the tools and best practices that will help you understand your applications' performance behaviors on Amazon EC2 instances, which will ultimately allow you to maximize your applications' performance.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -50265,10 +50265,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Multicloud data movement best practices with AWS DataSync
 2. Session Code: STG349
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to learn how to perform multicloud data transfers with AWS DataSync. This talk provides the expertise to leverage AWS DataSync as a powerful data transfer solution, allowing you to efficiently migrate and synchronize data between Amazon S3 compatible storage on other clouds and AWS storage services. AWS experts guide you through the unique requirements, best practices, endpoint connectivity, and cloud-specific nuances. Harness the ability to move your object data at scale, securely transferring it to cost-efficient AWS storage classes.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Storage
     - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: Multicloud
@@ -50299,13 +50299,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Multi-container AV/ADAS simulations with Autoware and AWS Batch
 2. Session Code: AUT302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: It can be complex, time-consuming, and error-prone to run autonomous vehicle and advanced driver assistance system (AV/ADAS) simulations using a single container due to the diversity of simulation components (simulation environment, test scenarios, software under test). In this hands-on workshop, learn how to use AWS Batch to run your AV/ADAS simulations as logical independent containers, in parallel, at scale. Build a CARLA simulation in an Amazon ECS/Amazon EC2 compute environment using separate containers for the simulation and autonomy stacks. Run multiple scenarios, upload the results to Amazon S3, and view them in a dashboard. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
 7. Areas of Interest: Cost Optimization
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
    - Data Scientist
    - DevOps Engineer
 10. Venue: Wynn
@@ -50330,7 +50330,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Multimodal semantic search for generative AI applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DPR301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, acquire the skills to ingest information from a wide range of data sources, such as videos, PDFs, and images, into a unified knowledge repository for generative AI use cases. Leverage AWS generative AI services to build a robust vector search engine capable of retrieving different data types based on semantic similarity. Through hands-on exercises and real-world use cases, including AWS DeepRacer, gain practical experience in data ingestion, vector embedding creation, and search optimization. This knowledge empowers you to unlock the full potential of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for enterprise-level generative AI applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -50367,7 +50367,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Multimodal semantic search for generative AI applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DPR301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, acquire the skills to ingest information from a wide range of data sources, such as videos, PDFs, and images, into a unified knowledge repository for generative AI use cases. Leverage AWS generative AI services to build a robust vector search engine capable of retrieving different data types based on semantic similarity. Through hands-on exercises and real-world use cases, including AWS DeepRacer, gain practical experience in data ingestion, vector embedding creation, and search optimization. This knowledge empowers you to unlock the full potential of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for enterprise-level generative AI applications.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -50404,7 +50404,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Multi-Region or single Region? Considerations and architectures [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC309-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With AWS, builders can create highly resilient workloads in the cloud. Learn how to reason about single-Region and multi-Region architectures. Watch experts walk through and whiteboard architectures that take advantage of AWS services that support multi-Region capabilities, and discuss what a failover scenario would look like in real life. Leave with an understanding of what it takes to run a multi-Region architecture on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -50440,7 +50440,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Multi-Region or single Region? Considerations and architectures [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC309-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With AWS, builders can create highly resilient workloads in the cloud. Learn how to reason about single-Region and multi-Region architectures. Watch experts walk through and whiteboard architectures that take advantage of AWS services that support multi-Region capabilities, and discuss what a failover scenario would look like in real life. Leave with an understanding of what it takes to run a multi-Region architecture on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -50476,7 +50476,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Multi-tenant Amazon SQS queues: Mitigating noisy neighbors
 2. Session Code: API401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk explores advanced strategies for managing multi-tenant Amazon SQS queues, discusses the challenges posed by noisy neighbors, and shares effective mitigation techniques, including shuffle sharding and overflow queues. Gain insights into optimizing queue performance, ensuring fair resource allocation, and maintaining service quality across tenants. Walk through best practices for implementing these solutions, potential trade-offs, and examples of multi-tenant Amazon SQS architectures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -50509,10 +50509,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Must-know techniques to optimize your AWS environment [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA405-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This workshop equips you (particularly if you are new to AWS) with essential tools and techniques that can be used to optimize your environments, even before changing a single line of code in your applications. Using hands-on exercises, learn to leverage AWS Compute Optimizer, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Trusted Advisor, and additional resources to identify cost savings, improve performance and resilience, and strengthen your security posture. Leave equipped to take full control of your AWS environment and unlock its full potential. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Cost Optimization
@@ -50541,10 +50541,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Must-know techniques to optimize your AWS environment [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA405-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This workshop equips you (particularly if you are new to AWS) with essential tools and techniques that can be used to optimize your environments, even before changing a single line of code in your applications. Using hands-on exercises, learn to leverage AWS Compute Optimizer, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Trusted Advisor, and additional resources to identify cost savings, improve performance and resilience, and strengthen your security posture. Leave equipped to take full control of your AWS environment and unlock its full potential. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Architecture
     - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Cost Optimization
@@ -50635,7 +50635,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigate Multi-Level Protection Scheme compliance in AWS China Regions
 2. Session Code: SEC228
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk shows you how AWS simplifies your journey to Multi-Level Protection Scheme (MLPS) compliance in AWS China Regions. First, we introduce you to the MLPS standards for scoping, classifying, implementing, and evaluating your security controls. Next, we demonstrate how to leverage the MLPS Level III certification when you build on AWS, mapping security controls to AWS services and features. Risk owners hear how building on AWS makes it simple to be MLPS compliant. Solutions architects learn how to design solutions that use AWS services and features to meet MLPS requirements.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -50667,7 +50667,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigating Amazon RDS and Aurora as a non-DBA: A decade-long journey
 2. Session Code: DEV313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to learn lessons from my experience managing (without database administrator expertise) dozens of production databases for over a decade. First, hear about my mistakes: I triggered storage auto scaling during maintenance, crashed my first Amazon RDS instance on AWS Graviton due to a suboptimal configuration, and ran out of IOPS multiple times. While attempting to outsmart the automated backups, my storage costs skyrocketed, surpassing other expenses associated with the Amazon RDS instance. Also, learn from my successes: I doubled the DML per second by switching to io2 Block Express volumes and experimented with methods to optimize the storage of fragmented tables.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -50698,7 +50698,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigating cloud migration: Planning a move from another cloud to AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA317-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk pulls back the curtain on cloud-to-AWS migration challenges and successes, featuring real-world experiences of customers who moved from other clouds to AWS and offering best practices from the trenches. Discover the strategic considerations that prompted migration, as well as technical hurdles and innovative solutions to overcome them. The talk covers aspects of networking, data migration, application refactoring, and architectural optimization, equipping you with knowledge and tools to navigate your migration journey.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -50730,7 +50730,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigating cloud migration: Planning a move from another cloud to AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA317-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk pulls back the curtain on cloud-to-AWS migration challenges and successes, featuring real-world experiences of customers who moved from other clouds to AWS and offering best practices from the trenches. Discover the strategic considerations that prompted migration, as well as technical hurdles and innovative solutions to overcome them. The talk covers aspects of networking, data migration, application refactoring, and architectural optimization, equipping you with knowledge and tools to navigate your migration journey.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -50762,7 +50762,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigating the AI model ecosystem with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM371
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover a vast ecosystem of models tailored for production use cases. Seamlessly integrate and explore a wide range of cutting-edge offerings through a unified API. Leverage an intuitive testing environment to evaluate and select the right model for your needs. Refine and optimize model performance with advanced tools, enabling innovative solutions while maintaining the highest standards of quality and reliability.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -50793,7 +50793,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigating the AWS network with the right tools for the job
 2. Session Code: NET212
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain a comprehensive understanding of AWS network monitoring and troubleshooting tools. Join this session to explore a range of AWS observability tools and discuss their ideal fit based on the scale and requirements of your infrastructure deployment. In this session, you see examples, learn best practices for network visibility and efficiency, and get insights into using generative AI for troubleshooting. By the end, you are empowered to make informed decisions about selecting and implementing the right solutions for your network environment.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -50826,10 +50826,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigating the AWS security controls toolbox
 2. Session Code: COP361
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, explore three powerful AWS services—AWS Config, service control policies (SCPs), and AWS CloudFormation Guard—and how to leverage them to strengthen your cloud security posture. This talk covers configuring AWS Config for continuous monitoring and compliance, deploying SCPs to enforce security standards, and using AWS CloudFormation Guard to define and validate security rules in your infrastructure as code. Leave with a comprehensive understanding of navigating the AWS security toolbox to maintain a secure, well-governed cloud environment.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Governance, Risk, and Compliance
@@ -50839,7 +50839,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of AWS services and cloud computing concepts.
     2. Familiarity with AWS security and governance best practices.
@@ -50860,10 +50860,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigating the cloud compute landscape with Amazon ECS
 2. Session Code: SVS327
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon ECS gives architects choice when designing robust and scalable compute environments for containerized applications. In this session, explore the different compute options available in Amazon ECS and dive deep into the technology that supports each compute type. In this session, gain insights into Amazon ECS capacity providers for both Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate and learn the architectural trade-offs involved in supporting a range of use cases and workloads.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -50893,7 +50893,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigating the enterprise journey of quantum computing with AWS
 2. Session Code: QTC203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Quantum computing is a rapidly evolving field that presents both exciting opportunities and unique challenges for organizations. Whether you're just beginning to explore quantum technologies or you're already pushing the boundaries with advanced research, AWS provides tailored engagement options to support your journey. In this session, explore how AWS helps enterprises at every stage, from those just starting out to those running cutting-edge research, including options for embarking onto a quantum journey for the first time, hosting crowd-science challenges, and collaborating on in-depth quantum research together with AWS experts.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Compute
@@ -50918,7 +50918,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigating the journey to becoming a cloud solutions architect
 2. Session Code: ARC211
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you ready to thrive as a cloud solutions architect and have a resounding impact on your organization, other people, and your career? The role of a cloud solutions architect is both challenging and rewarding and comes with a bright career path. In this session, you learn the essential skills required to become a cloud solutions architect, including how to embrace ambiguity; solve complex business, people, and technology problems; and create beautiful designs that solve real-world issues for your customers and teams.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Training and Certification
@@ -50944,7 +50944,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Navigating your migration journey: Overcoming challenges
 2. Session Code: MAM235
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When it comes to AWS migrations, knowledge is power. This chalk talk explores and discusses migration pathways and challenges and how to get the data you need to support decision-making factoring in application architecture, dependencies, performance requirements, and licensing implications. Hear stories of how customers have navigated compelling events to successfully migrate to AWS and receive tips for your own migration.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -50978,10 +50978,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Netflix's efficient network configuration for millions of containers
 2. Session Code: NFX306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Netflix operates a highly efficient cloud computing infrastructure that supports a broad range of applications crucial for our SVOD (Subscription Video on Demand), live streaming, and gaming services. Titus, Netflix's container management platform, is instrumental in managing business-critical containers within the AWS cloud environment. Proper network configuration for each container is essential to ensure seamless communication between services and connectivity with the external world. This chalk talk discusses IPMan, a system specifically designed and developed by Netflix to address the network setup requirements of millions of containers running daily.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Networking
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51015,7 +51015,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Netflix's massive multi-account journey: Year two
 2. Session Code: NFX402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Two years ago, Netflix introduced the idea of decoupling AWS Identity and Access Management roles from applications' underlying compute infrastructure in order to house those identities in workload-specific AWS accounts. This session will describe our approach for transparently replacing workloads' AWS IAM identities without involvement from application owners, as well as the data and tools needed. Based on Netflix's learnings from the past two years of implementation and migration work to make this vision a reality, this session discusses the capabilities other AWS customers should prioritize to find success in their multi-account efforts and the quantified risk reduction.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -51050,7 +51050,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Network-attached storage in the cloud with Amazon FSx
 2. Session Code: STG202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do you need to migrate file-based workloads to the cloud at scale? Amazon FSx is a family of fully managed services that deliver shared storage, data resiliency, and management compatibilities without application or code changes. In this session, learn from industry experts how you can improve agility, reduce costs, and scale automatically by exploring examples of use cases from media and entertainment, education, healthcare and life sciences, and telecommunications customers. Leave this session feeling more confident to create your own migration plan.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -51135,7 +51135,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: PwC
 4. Description: Join PwC for a networking reception at Flight Club in The Venetian. If you're looking for a place to network, this is for you!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -51159,7 +51159,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Aviatrix
 4. Description: Join Aviatrix for a networking reception at Top Golf in MGM Grand. If you're looking for a place to network, this is for you!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -51185,7 +51185,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Cockroach Labs
 4. Description: Join Cockroach Labs for a networking reception at Villa Azure in The Venetian. If you're looking for a place to network, this is for you!
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -51230,10 +51230,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Networking strategies for Kubernetes on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET315-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Kubernetes is a widely accepted standard for container orchestration, allowing organizations to deploy and manage containerized applications at scale. Deploying Kubernetes clusters requires close collaboration between cluster operators, network administrators, and security teams. This chalk talk, intended for developers, system administrators, and DevOps engineers, explores strategies, best practices, and considerations for networking on Kubernetes. Key topics include pod networking models, service discovery mechanisms, cluster network policies, load balancing techniques, and service meshes. Join this talk to learn how to enhance observability, traffic management, resilience, and security.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Kubernetes
 - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51268,7 +51268,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Networking strategies for Kubernetes on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET315-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Kubernetes is a widely accepted standard for container orchestration, allowing organizations to deploy and manage containerized applications at scale. Deploying Kubernetes clusters requires close collaboration between cluster operators, network administrators, and security teams. This chalk talk, intended for developers, system administrators, and DevOps engineers, explores strategies, best practices, and considerations for networking on Kubernetes. Key topics include pod networking models, service discovery mechanisms, cluster network policies, load balancing techniques, and service meshes. Join this talk to learn how to enhance observability, traffic management, resilience, and security.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Networking
@@ -51300,7 +51300,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Networking strategies for Kubernetes
 2. Session Code: KUB406
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This deep-dive session explores networking considerations that Amazon EKS cluster operators must navigate. Examine pod communication, service discovery, and policy enforcement in depth, and hear about advanced strategies for load balancing and application networking. Leave this session armed with the technical knowledge and best practices needed to successfully deploy and manage resilient, secure workloads on Amazon EKS using services like Amazon VPC, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and Amazon VPC Lattice. Join this session to learn more about Kubernetes networking on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Networking
@@ -51329,10 +51329,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Network packet capture using Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and Karpenter
 2. Session Code: OPN407
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Incident response is crucial for detecting, containing, and recovering from cybersecurity threats. At its core lies data analysis, which requires timely capture and delivery of relevant data for forensic analysts and incident responders to act upon. This chalk talk demonstrates Mountpoint for Amazon S3, a high-throughput open source file client, combined with Karpenter—an open source Kubernetes scaling solution. Together, they offer a powerful approach to deliver network data in near real time to Amazon S3, empowering forensic analysts with the essential information needed for swift and effective investigative work.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51362,10 +51362,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Never a slow news day: Transforming 24/7 news operations
 2. Session Code: MAE204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: News organizations face an increasing number of challenges including streamlining content production, coordinating efforts across distributed teams, driving audience engagement on a growing number of platforms, improving content and resource efficiency, and adopting new tools and workflows—all while covering breaking news. Learn how CBS News and Stations uses AWS to overcome these challenges while providing 24/7/365 news to their viewers. Learn about the technical and transformation strategies for maximizing the value of current and archival content, accelerating workflows, effectively using ML and generative AI, and increasing viewer engagement.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Content Delivery
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51403,7 +51403,7 @@
 
 1. Title: New cost reporting and planning tools for FinOps
 2. Session Code: COP218
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how you can improve the accuracy of your cost analysis and forecasting with the latest advancements in AWS Cloud Financial Management services. Enhance cost accountability within your organization by empowering the right people with the right tools to make data-driven decisions.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -51434,10 +51434,10 @@
 
 1. Title: New innovations for monetizing video streams and generating revenue
 2. Session Code: MAE303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generate additional revenue from video streams by implementing advanced techniques such as server-guided ad insertion (SGAI), ad overlays, squeeze-back ads, prefetching ads, and shoppable ads. In this chalk talk, discover how using AWS Elemental MediaTailor and other AWS and AWS Partner services can boost the profitability of your video content and audience. Learn to architect and implement these monetization strategies cost-effectively, using the power of AWS to maximize your video streams' revenue potential, engage viewers effectively, and accelerate time to market.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51471,10 +51471,10 @@
 
 1. Title: New ways of educating with generative AI
 2. Session Code: WPS307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this interactive chalk talk to dive deep on design patterns for implementing generative AI in education. Learn how to use large language models and agents to create solutions that improve learner outcomes as well as reduce administrative time across the education sector, allowing teachers to focus on delivering excellent content and interacting with learners. Explore topics such as lecture summation, virtual tutoring, question and answer generation and evaluation, and curriculum planning support.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51510,7 +51510,7 @@
 
 1. Title: New York Life: Data platform modernization to generative AI innovation
 2. Session Code: FSI324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: New York Life (NYL) modernized its on-premises data platform to enhance analytics, performance, and automation for its critical insurance operations. To meet these objectives, NYL built a scalable data lake and reporting platform on AWS using AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, Amazon RDS, and Amazon Redshift. In this session, NYL shares lessons learned from moving off its legacy platform to a modern data lake and how having a modern data foundation accelerated their generative AI journey. Learn how NYL is using Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Bedrock to improve employee productivity and front-line agent experience.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -51543,7 +51543,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Next-generation CDK development with Amazon Q Developer
 2. Session Code: DOP215
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) has emerged as a powerful infrastructure as code tool, but building custom high-level constructs can be challenging. This session demonstrates how to leverage Amazon Q Developer, an AI-powered assistant for software development, to create tailored CDK constructs that encapsulate cloud architecture patterns. Learn to design effective constructs, utilize Amazon Q's features for automated documentation and testing, and explore customization options to optimize the developer experience with infrastructure as code using AWS CDK and Amazon Q Developer.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -51572,7 +51572,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Next generation SaaS: Scale, resilience, and operational efficiency
 2. Session Code: PEX304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Multi-tenant SaaS builders need to address a challenging set of scaling, resilience, automation, and operational efficiency challenges. Tools exist but it's time to ask "what's next?" In this session for AWS Partners, we'll outline new multi-tenant architecture and operational strategies that transcend the current boundaries. Get a deeper look at the data you need to collect, insights you should be gathering, and emerging tools and mechanisms. We explore new approaches to multi-tenant operations, looking at how generative AI can enrich views of your scaling, resilience, isolation, and tiering policies that impact the operational profile of your SaaS business.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -51603,10 +51603,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Next generation SaaS tenant isolation strategies
 2. Session Code: SAS312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Every SaaS provider must have a tenant isolation strategy. This is especially challenging for organizations trying to maximize cost efficiency by relying on shared tenant infrastructure. This session goes beyond the basic isolation schemes, looking at new technologies and techniques that can be used to isolate tenant resources. Explore a range of different isolation models, including RBAC, ABAC, dynamic policies, fine-grained authorization, and Amazon Verified Permissions. Attendees learn how to leverage these techniques to maintain security and access control of their multi-tenant environments while minimizing operational overhead.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51635,10 +51635,10 @@
 
 1. Title: NHL Unlocked: Live cloud production, sports data, and alternate feeds
 2. Session Code: MAE201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As the first professional sports league in North America to produce and distribute a live game entirely in the cloud, the NHL is on the cutting edge of sports production innovation—lowering costs, reducing carbon emissions, and increasing flexibility and creativity. Join this session to hear how the NHL's investment in live cloud production and the development of engaging analytics allows them to nimbly provide new, creative, and engaging content for fans.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Analytics
    - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51705,7 +51705,7 @@
 
 1. Title: No-code customer engagement design with Amazon Connect flows [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, you learn to create and manage dynamic contact flows using the no-code, drag-and-drop interface of Amazon Connect flows. Through guided practice, you design interactive voice response (IVR) systems, chatbots, and step-by-step guides, automating tasks that integrate with existing applications and systems. You also build personalized, end-to-end customer experiences across self- and agent-assisted channels, automate agent workflows, and use AWS services integration. Come gain practical skills to iteratively update your omnichannel cloud contact center, deliver tailored customer journeys, enhance customer satisfaction and agent productivity, and reduce operational costs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -51736,7 +51736,7 @@
 
 1. Title: No code, yes efficiency: CATCHTABLE's data & ML journey [Korean]
 2. Session Code: GBL209-KO
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk is delivered in Korean. CATCHTABLE is a leading dining reservation service in Korea, and they launched a wait time prediction feature on AWS using ensemble methods to enhance user experience. In this talk, learn how CATCHTABLE used Amazon SageMaker Canvas to build a data pipeline that seamlessly integrates data preparation, model creation, and deployment to production. Discover the journey of developing machine learning (ML) models using a no-code approach, and learn how to customize the code to meet specific requirements and use natural language–based querying (text-to-code) to reduce the coding time required for preprocessing.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -51744,7 +51744,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Developer / Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of Korean language
@@ -51771,7 +51771,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: HAProxy Technologies
 4. Description: Security is usually a trade-off between performance, accuracy, and simplicity. But who wants to compromise when dealing with bots and threat actors? Join this lightning talk to learn how HAProxy Technologies provides next-generation protection for AWS applications. Explore their platform's multilayered security capabilities including application DoS mitigation, bot management, API and AI gateways, and WAF. Learn about the speed and accuracy of HAProxy's platform, including its more than 98.5% WAF-balanced accuracy with ultra-low latency—all done at the proxy layer. Finally, learn about HAProxy's simple integration with AWS, including central management, Kubernetes service discovery, AMI deployment, and Auto Scaling groups. This presentation is brought to you by HAProxy Technologies, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51783,7 +51783,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of web application security concepts
@@ -51807,7 +51807,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Non-custodial blockchain wallets with AWS Nitro Enclaves
 2. Session Code: BLC401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This Web3 workshop offers a hands-on approach to creating robust, user-friendly cryptocurrency wallets with enhanced functionality and reduced complexity. Learn how to build a non-custodial blockchain wallet using AWS Nitro Enclaves. Discover how to maintain user control over keys and funds while using a backend signing service. Explore how enclave-based solutions can simplify client-side operations and enable advanced features like social recovery, all while preserving user privacy and security. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -51833,10 +51833,10 @@
 
 1. Title: No Python? No problem! Generative AI for the rest of us [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV330-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn to integrate AI into applications built with languages beyond Python. This session demonstrates using foundation models on Amazon Bedrock with hands-on examples in Java, JavaScript, C#, and PHP. Gain practical knowledge for implementing AI features in your existing tech stacks, and get access to a demo repository to jumpstart your own AI integrations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51866,10 +51866,10 @@
 
 1. Title: No Python? No problem! Generative AI for the rest of us [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV330-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn to integrate AI into applications built with languages beyond Python. This session demonstrates using foundation models on Amazon Bedrock with hands-on examples in Java, JavaScript, C#, and PHP. Gain practical knowledge for implementing AI features in your existing tech stacks, and get access to a demo repository to jumpstart your own AI integrations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -51965,10 +51965,10 @@
 
 1. Title: O2 Telefónica Germany: 5G Core on AWS
 2. Session Code: TLC206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Hear from O2 Telefónica about the world's first 5G mobile core network running entirely on AWS Cloud with Nokia. Discover how this cloud-native 5G Core deployment enables superior network agility, scalability, security, and accelerated innovation cycles. Learn how the cloud's flexibility can transform 5G economics through streamlined operations and new revenue opportunities. Explore the vast possibilities by bringing the 5G core to the cloud, providing an enhanced customer experience, service resilience, and quicker software updates.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -52001,7 +52001,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Observability-driven development [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Operational excellence is a must-have for a well-architected workload and is integral to delivering a fault-tolerant, resilient, and performant workload. In this builders' session, learn architectural best practices to help develop a workload health dashboard using AWS X-Ray and Amazon CloudWatch. Insights from the dashboard can help teams to track, inspect, and ingest continuous improvement toward operational excellence. Explore features such as machine learning (ML)–based anomaly detection to help identify abnormal usage patterns; a dark launching technique to help experiment with new, innovative features; and multi-tenant cost allocations based on usage. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -52032,7 +52032,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Observability-driven development [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Operational excellence is a must-have for a well-architected workload and is integral to delivering a fault-tolerant, resilient, and performant workload. In this builders' session, learn architectural best practices to help develop a workload health dashboard using AWS X-Ray and Amazon CloudWatch. Insights from the dashboard can help teams to track, inspect, and ingest continuous improvement toward operational excellence. Explore features such as machine learning (ML)–based anomaly detection to help identify abnormal usage patterns; a dark launching technique to help experiment with new, innovative features; and multi-tenant cost allocations based on usage. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -52063,7 +52063,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Observability-driven development [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC302-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Operational excellence is a must-have for a well-architected workload and is integral to delivering a fault-tolerant, resilient, and performant workload. In this builders' session, learn architectural best practices to help develop a workload health dashboard using AWS X-Ray and Amazon CloudWatch. Insights from the dashboard can help teams to track, inspect, and ingest continuous improvement toward operational excellence. Explore features such as machine learning (ML)–based anomaly detection to help identify abnormal usage patterns; a dark launching technique to help experiment with new, innovative features; and multi-tenant cost allocations based on usage. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -52093,7 +52093,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Observability strategies for Amazon EKS workloads
 2. Session Code: KUB323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Containerized applications deployed on Amazon EKS present unique observability challenges. This lightning talk explores effective strategies to gain visibility into your Amazon EKS workloads. See a complete observability strategy with AWS services like Amazon CloudWatch Container Insights, application signals, and Amazon CloudWatch Logs Insights. See how these services can be used to track down and quickly gain insights into your Amazon EKS workloads. Leave this talk with a toolkit to proactively monitor the health and performance of your Amazon EKS–hosted applications. This talk equips you with the observability foundation needed to ensure reliability and quick issue resolution in your Kubernetes environment.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Kubernetes
@@ -52104,7 +52104,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of Kubernetes and container technologies.
     2. Familiarity with AWS services, particularly Amazon EKS.
@@ -52126,7 +52126,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Observability strategies for distributed applications on AWS
 2. Session Code: ARC320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the era of modern, cloud-native applications, distributed systems have become the norm, offering scalability, resilience, and agility. However, with this architectural paradigm shift comes a new set of observability challenges that can hinder effective monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization. This talk dives deep into the intricacies of observability in distributed systems and explores strategies for leveraging AWS services to overcome these challenges.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -52154,7 +52154,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Observability the open source way
 2. Session Code: COP324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Interested in using open source tooling for observability? Setting up an effective observability solution with open source tools can be challenging due to their rapid pace of development. AWS offers the flexibility to implement observability with AWS managed versions of open source tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry. This session shows how managed open source services enable a standardized approach to instrumentation, collection, and analysis. Discover recommended architecture patterns for each observability stage, including instrumentation with OpenTelemetry, ingestion with Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus and Amazon OpenSearch Service, and insights with Amazon Managed Grafana.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -52217,10 +52217,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Onboarding and optimizing AI/ML workloads with Amazon S3 & Amazon EKS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG406-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this workshop to learn about a solution to onboard and optimize distributed ML training workloads that use Amazon S3. Learn how to use the power of Amazon S3 as scalable storage for different types of ML training workloads, and harness the orchestration capabilities of Amazon EKS. Discover how these services, coupled with the Mountpoint for Amazon S3 CSI driver, enable Kubernetes applications to access S3 objects through a file system interface. Also, for PyTorch workloads, explore the efficient data loading and model checkpointing capabilities of the S3 Connector for PyTorch. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -52253,10 +52253,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Onboarding and optimizing AI/ML workloads with Amazon S3 & Amazon EKS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG406-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this workshop to learn about a solution to onboard and optimize distributed ML training workloads that use Amazon S3. Learn how to use the power of Amazon S3 as scalable storage for different types of ML training workloads, and harness the orchestration capabilities of Amazon EKS. Discover how these services, coupled with the Mountpoint for Amazon S3 CSI driver, enable Kubernetes applications to access S3 objects through a file system interface. Also, for PyTorch workloads, explore the efficient data loading and model checkpointing capabilities of the S3 Connector for PyTorch. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -52287,7 +52287,7 @@
 
 1. Title: OpenSearch: A journey from fork to Linux Foundation
 2. Session Code: OPN201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: OpenSearch is an open source search and analytics suite. In 2021, AWS created the OpenSearch project as a fork of Elasticsearch, to preserve a permissively licensed, open source option for all. Since then, the project has matured with a diverse set of contributors and collaborators, over 600 million downloads from a broad user community, and a rapid pace of innovation. In September, AWS donated the project to the Linux Foundation so it could take the next step on its journey with independent governance and leadership. Come hear about OpenSearch's journey over the last 3 years and what's next for the project.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -52316,10 +52316,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Open source tools for data-driven innovation on Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG325
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore open source tools that make it easier to innovate with your data on Amazon S3. Through whiteboarding examples, this chalk talk offers insights into integrating open source implementations like S3A, S3FileIO, and Mountpoint for Amazon S3 with applications and data pipelines. You discover how to use Amazon S3's industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance with the community-driven innovation of open source to accelerate machine learning and data processing workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -52350,7 +52350,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Operate and scale managed Apache Kafka and Apache Flink clusters
 2. Session Code: ANT342
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Enterprises use Apache Kafka and Apache Flink for an increasing number of mission-critical use cases, real-time analytics, application messaging, and machine learning. As this usage grows in size and scale, so does the criticality, scale, and cost of managing the Kafka and Flink clusters. Learn how AWS customers can achieve the same or higher availability and durability of their growing clusters, both at lower unit costs and with operational simplicity, with Amazon MSK and Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -52381,7 +52381,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Operating your fleet of resources at scale is easier than you think!
 2. Session Code: COP325
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the past, operating a fleet of AWS, multicloud, and on-premises resources across an organization and at scale often required many tools and manual processes. Increase efficiency and reduce costs with automation. In this session, you learn how AWS Systems Manager, Amazon CloudWatch, and other AWS services can be used across your compute fleets to easily automate and manage your resources. Thousands of AWS customers already use these services to operate millions of resources across their AWS, multicloud, on-premises, and even Internet of Things (IoT) fleets for patching, application deployment, issue resolution, and much more. Now AWS has made it even easier!
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -52413,7 +52413,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Operational excellence: Best practices for resilient systems [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC317-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how operational practices such as logging, health checks, and safe deployment affect the resilience of well-architected applications. Explore use cases demonstrating potential implications of poor operational practices on system availability and analyze these use cases in line with well-architected principles. Learn about improvement strategies and best practices to enhance the resilience of your AWS architecture. Session goals include understanding how different operational practices can affect the resilience of well-architected applications, exploring and analyzing different use cases impacting resiliency with AWS experts; and learning about operational best practices in line with well-architected principles to improve resilience of your AWS architecture.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -52442,7 +52442,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Operational excellence: Best practices for resilient systems [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC317-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how operational practices such as logging, health checks, and safe deployment affect the resilience of well-architected applications. Explore use cases demonstrating potential implications of poor operational practices on system availability and analyze these use cases in line with well-architected principles. Learn about improvement strategies and best practices to enhance the resilience of your AWS architecture. Session goals include understanding how different operational practices can affect the resilience of well-architected applications, exploring and analyzing different use cases impacting resiliency with AWS experts; and learning about operational best practices in line with well-architected principles to improve resilience of your AWS architecture.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -52471,7 +52471,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Operational excellence: Best practices for resilient systems [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC317-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how operational practices such as logging, health checks, and safe deployment affect the resilience of well-architected applications. Explore use cases demonstrating potential implications of poor operational practices on system availability and analyze these use cases in line with well-architected principles. Learn about improvement strategies and best practices to enhance the resilience of your AWS architecture. Session goals include understanding how different operational practices can affect the resilience of well-architected applications, exploring and analyzing different use cases impacting resiliency with AWS experts; and learning about operational best practices in line with well-architected principles to improve resilience of your AWS architecture.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -52501,7 +52501,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Operationalizing AWS Nitro Enclaves applications
 2. Session Code: CMP303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data protection is crucial when it comes to processing sensitive datasets for healthcare, financial, demographic, and social media use cases. In this workshop, learn to build and operationalize your AWS Nitro Enclaves applications using CI/CD. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture, Compute
@@ -52526,7 +52526,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize Amazon DynamoDB performance using AWS SDK for Java 2.x
 2. Session Code: DAT414
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this code talk, discover how to optimize the performance of interacting with Amazon DynamoDB using the AWS SDK for Java. See live coding scenarios on how to minimize the latency of your DynamoDB interactions and improve throughput, and learn best practices for configuring your AWS SDK client. Get answers to your questions along the way, and hear the reasons behind the coding decisions.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -52557,7 +52557,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize and manage contact center operations with less effort
 2. Session Code: BIZ214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Contact center optimization is essential for maintaining a competitive edge, but it can often be a time-consuming and resource-intensive undertaking. In this session, learn how Amazon Connect's AI-powered optimization features empower supervisors and managers to more easily handle forecasting, capacity planning, scheduling, agent coaching, and quality management. Learn from a customer's real-world experience on leveraging these features for unparalleled efficiency.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -52590,7 +52590,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize Apache Spark workloads with Amazon EMR Serverless [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT409-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Enterprises aim to build comprehensive data platforms that serve their Data Engineering divisions. Discover how the Amazon EMR runtime for Apache Spark, a performance-optimized runtime environment for Spark, delivers out-of-the-box peak performance with Amazon EMR Serverless. Learn how to simplify infrastructure complexities, scale swiftly, and build highly performant Spark applications with Amazon EMR Serverless, and bring the optimization, reliability, and performance of Spark to big data.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -52620,7 +52620,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize Apache Spark workloads with Amazon EMR Serverless [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT409-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Enterprises aim to build comprehensive data platforms that serve their Data Engineering divisions. Discover how the Amazon EMR runtime for Apache Spark, a performance-optimized runtime environment for Spark, delivers out-of-the-box peak performance with Amazon EMR Serverless. Learn how to simplify infrastructure complexities, scale swiftly, and build highly performant Spark applications with Amazon EMR Serverless, and bring the optimization, reliability, and performance of Spark to big data.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -52649,7 +52649,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize clinical documentation with generative AI: NextGen case study
 2. Session Code: HLS305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Healthcare providers face mounting documentation burdens, leading to burnout and poor patient experience. This chalk talk explores how to use services like Amazon Bedrock to develop generative AI–powered solutions targeting tasks like ICD-10 coding, lab and diagnostic orders, and medication orders. As a real-world case study, explore how NextGen Healthcare approached their generative AI–powered solution using advanced NLP and ML to alleviate this critical issue in healthcare documentation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -52676,7 +52676,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize cost & performance in Amazon RDS & RDS Custom for SQL Server
 2. Session Code: DAT323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cost and performance are top of mind for customers, and these topics go hand in hand. In this chalk talk, learn to deploy a performant and cost-effective Amazon RDS for SQL Server or Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server solution to fit your needs. Discover helpful tips and tricks on how to optimize performance and balance costs with performance efficiently along the way.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -52707,7 +52707,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize cost-performance using Amazon SageMaker Inference
 2. Session Code: AIM369
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker's inference optimization toolkit helps reduce how long it takes to optimize foundation models and achieve the best price performance for your use case. You can choose from a menu of optimization techniques, apply them to your models, validate performance improvements, and deploy the models in a few clicks. Employing techniques like speculative decoding, quantization, and compilation, SageMaker Inference delivers up to two times higher throughput while reducing costs by up to 50% for models like Llama 3, Mistral, and Mixtral. It significantly reduces engineering costs by eliminating the need for research, experimentation, and benchmarking predeployment resources for developers.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -52739,7 +52739,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize costs and security with Amazon WorkSpaces Family services [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC205-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Facing constant pressure to do more with less, IT organizations strive to reduce costs without sacrificing security. In this session, learn how to leverage the full potential of new services like Amazon WorkSpaces Pools and Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser to cost-effectively support a variety of user types and use cases while maintaining a strong security posture. In addition, this chalk talk explores features included in Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client that help maximize security, workforce productivity, and operational efficiency.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -52774,7 +52774,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize costs and security with Amazon WorkSpaces Family services [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC205-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Facing constant pressure to do more with less, IT organizations strive to reduce costs without sacrificing security. In this session, learn how to leverage the full potential of new services like Amazon WorkSpaces Pools and Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser to cost-effectively support a variety of user types and use cases while maintaining a strong security posture. In addition, this chalk talk explores features included in Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client that help maximize security, workforce productivity, and operational efficiency.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -52808,7 +52808,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize customer service knowledge content for Amazon Q in Connect [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ315-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk guides you through best practices for content management, ensuring your contact center knowledge bases are optimized for seamless integration with Amazon Q in Connect. Learn how to prepare your content effectively so you can improve the effectiveness of your customer service generative AI assistant. Discover strategies to enhance customer experiences and drive operational efficiency through the intelligent application of generative AI in your contact center operations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -52837,7 +52837,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize customer service knowledge content for Amazon Q in Connect [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ315-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk guides you through best practices for content management, ensuring your contact center knowledge bases are optimized for seamless integration with Amazon Q in Connect. Learn how to prepare your content effectively so you can improve the effectiveness of your customer service generative AI assistant. Discover strategies to enhance customer experiences and drive operational efficiency through the intelligent application of generative AI in your contact center operations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -52867,10 +52867,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize data lifecycle management for regulatory compliance at scale
 2. Session Code: FSI303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Financial institutions want to take advantage of the exponential growth of data while also complying with regulatory requirements. In this chalk talk, learn how you can effectively manage your data lifecycle, from the data lake to regulatory compliance. Explore a solution that persists Oracle databases in Amazon S3 while leveraging AWS Lake Formation for granular entitlements. Streamline workforce management through AWS IAM Identity Center with permission sets for access controls. Also, dive deep into Iceberg tables, which enable concurrent row-level operations—including inserts, updates, and deletions—to meet regulatory retention obligations and provide atomicity, consistency, isolation, durability (ACID) transactions to maintain data integrity.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest: Data Protection
@@ -52901,7 +52901,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize data processing with built-in AWS Step Functions features
 2. Session Code: API207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to optimize your serverless data processing workflows at scale. Dive into utilizing AWS Step Functions and its features, including intrinsic functions and Distributed Map state. Review common applications and examples of these features to understand when to use them, and learn how they can help you save processing time, resources, and money. Gain insights on how to efficiently orchestrate and parallelize your data processing pipelines using powerful Step Functions capabilities.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -52933,10 +52933,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimized RAG pipelines using AWS Graviton: VectorDB and LLM endpoints
 2. Session Code: CMP407
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) enhances generative AI inference by augmenting pretrained FMs and LLMs with current information that is contextual and relevant to the query. Learn from AWS experts about efficient RAG deployment options for use cases that optimize cloud resource usage and costs. Graviton-based instances are designed to deliver the best price performance for cloud workloads running in Amazon EC2 and use up to 60% less energy than comparable instances for the same performance. Learn what's possible when using AWS Graviton to power your RAG-optimized generative AI inference workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -52968,10 +52968,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize FMs with AWS purpose-built accelerators for industry apps
 2. Session Code: PEX303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this workshop to learn how to use AWS purpose-built accelerators and Amazon SageMaker to optimize FMs from Hugging Face for real-world industry use cases. Learn how to effectively utilize AWS purpose-built accelerators to train the models, enabling more efficient deployment and inference on a sample platform. This workshop also focuses on cost optimization and ROI from utilizing these accelerators for training and inference. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -52979,7 +52979,7 @@
    - Cost Optimization
    - Partner Enablement
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04, 9:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -53000,7 +53000,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize gen AI apps with durable semantic caching in Amazon MemoryDB
 2. Session Code: DAT329
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI has introduced new query patterns as customers seek to leverage their data to customize customer experiences. With new vector search query patterns, vector data types and indexing, there's now a new frontier to consider for performance and cost optimization. In this session, learn how you can use Amazon MemoryDB to reduce latencies to single-digit milliseconds from single-digit seconds in generative AI workloads using durable semantic caching, while also reducing the cost incurred from your foundation models.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -53032,7 +53032,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize multi-tenant serverless architectures for agility and scale
 2. Session Code: SVS322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore key best practices for building multi-tenant solutions using AWS serverless services. Dive deep into leveraging AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, and Amazon EventBridge to achieve data isolation while scaling with performance efficiency. Learn how a serverless-first approach enables faster time-to-market for multi-tenant architectures. Leave with practical insights into designing and implementing serverless multi-tenant solutions that ensure proper data separation and meet scalability and performance requirements.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -53066,7 +53066,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize performance and cost for archival data in Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG340
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon S3 storage classes deliver the best price-performance object storage and are uniquely architected to deliver industry-leading functionality. In this chalk talk, learn how to analyze data access frequencies with native S3 tools, optimize archival storage using the S3 Glacier storage classes, and automate storage cost savings with S3 Lifecycle policies and S3 Intelligent-Tiering. Also explore how to get the best price-performance and integrate data restore processes into applications when designing and implementing archival restore workflows for data in the S3 Glacier storage classes, including through the use of S3 Batch Operations to make restores even faster and S3 Event Notifications to increase process efficiency.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Storage
@@ -53100,7 +53100,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize performance with observability, security, and log analytics
 2. Session Code: ANT341
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's data-driven world, effective monitoring and log analytics are crucial for managing performance, ensuring reliability, and resolving issues efficiently. Join this session to discover how Amazon OpenSearch Service optimizes application performance and enhances reliability with advanced observability capabilities, including distributed tracing, real-time metrics collection, and customizable dashboards. Learn how to use OpenSearch Service security features such as fine-grained access control, encryption, and audit logging to protect your data and ensure compliance. Gain practical insights into optimizing performance, securing your data infrastructure, and efficiently managing your OpenSearch Service cluster to ensure your applications run smoothly and efficiently.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -53135,7 +53135,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize savings through a tailored AWS purchase strategy
 2. Session Code: COP213
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Use only what you need, and pay less for what you use with your very own AWS purchase strategy. Join this chalk talk to learn how you can leverage different purchase options, such as Saving Plans, Reserved Instances, and flexible compute to maximize your cost savings.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -53165,7 +53165,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize virtual desktop performance with enhanced observability [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC201-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: You can't effectively manage it if you don't measure it. Powerful observability functionality included with Amazon WorkSpaces Family services helps you monitor, troubleshoot, and maximize the performance of your fleet. Attend this workshop to get hands-on experience using advanced features like threshold alarms, automatic notifications, and metrics on latency, CPU performance, and memory usage to optimize end user experience and overall fleet performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -53224,7 +53224,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize virtual desktop performance with enhanced observability [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC201-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: You can't effectively manage it if you don't measure it. Powerful observability functionality included with Amazon WorkSpaces Family services helps you monitor, troubleshoot, and maximize the performance of your fleet. Attend this workshop to get hands-on experience using advanced features like threshold alarms, automatic notifications, and metrics on latency, CPU performance, and memory usage to optimize end user experience and overall fleet performance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -53254,7 +53254,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize your AI/ML workloads with Amazon EC2 Graviton
 2. Session Code: CMP323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EC2 provides a wide selection of instance types optimized to fit different use cases, including AI/ML workloads. Join this session to learn best practices to maximize the performance for your AI/ML workloads while considering factors including sustainability and cost. Hear directly from customers who have accelerated their AI/ML innovation with the help of AWS tools and solutions. Leave equipped to explore optimization of your AI/ML solutions with services powered by AWS Graviton, accelerated computing instances, and Amazon EC2 Spot Instances.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -53283,7 +53283,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize your Amazon Aurora resources to reduce costs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT332-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Aurora is a cloud-native managed relational database offering that lets you create, manage, and scale your database resources with ease. In this chalk talk, dive deep into Aurora cost components and see how you can use cost-focused features and tooling to optimize costs for your workload without sacrificing performance or scale. Also learn how the Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized configuration can help you achieve cost savings for your I/O-intensive workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -53313,7 +53313,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize your Amazon Aurora resources to reduce costs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT332-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Aurora is a cloud-native managed relational database offering that lets you create, manage, and scale your database resources with ease. In this chalk talk, dive deep into Aurora cost components and see how you can use cost-focused features and tooling to optimize costs for your workload without sacrificing performance or scale. Also learn how the Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized configuration can help you achieve cost savings for your I/O-intensive workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -53342,7 +53342,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize your AWS Marketplace listings for better conversions
 2. Session Code: PEX216
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Is your AWS Marketplace listing optimized to drive conversions? Learn about best practices that new and existing sellers can use to optimize their AWS Marketplace product listings. In this lightning talk, get an overview of features and strategies that you can use to help your buyers more easily discover and evaluate your products. Learn about AWS Marketplace features that you can utilize to help accelerate customer time-to-value, including standard contracts, vendor insights, free trials, and more.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -53355,7 +53355,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of AWS Marketplace
     2. Knowledge of product listing optimization techniques
@@ -53373,13 +53373,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize your AWS Marketplace spend with Amazon Q in QuickSight [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MKT301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore how to optimize your AWS Marketplace spend through data-driven cost analysis and control. Implement granular tags, detailed usage reports, and cost allocation tagging. Use Amazon Q in QuickSight to build visualizations and gain insights to reduce waste and inform better decisions. With provided demo accounts, analyze sample data, examine reports, and visualize key metrics using Amazon Q's natural language capabilities. Leave this session equipped to monitor, allocate, and optimize your AWS Marketplace costs through robust tagging strategies, proactive usage analysis, enhanced cost allocation, and flexible visualizations powered by Amazon Q in QuickSight. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 2:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -53401,13 +53401,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize your AWS Marketplace spend with Amazon Q in QuickSight [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MKT301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore how to optimize your AWS Marketplace spend through data-driven cost analysis and control. Implement granular tags, detailed usage reports, and cost allocation tagging. Use Amazon Q in QuickSight to build visualizations and gain insights to reduce waste and inform better decisions. With provided demo accounts, analyze sample data, examine reports, and visualize key metrics using Amazon Q's natural language capabilities. Leave this session equipped to monitor, allocate, and optimize your AWS Marketplace costs through robust tagging strategies, proactive usage analysis, enhanced cost allocation, and flexible visualizations powered by Amazon Q in QuickSight. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Business Applications, Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 5:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -53428,15 +53428,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize your AWS Marketplace spend with Amazon Q in QuickSight [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MKT301-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore how to optimize your AWS Marketplace spend through data-driven cost analysis and control. Implement granular tags, detailed usage reports, and cost allocation tagging. Use Amazon Q in QuickSight to build visualizations and gain insights to reduce waste and inform better decisions. With provided demo accounts, analyze sample data, examine reports, and visualize key metrics using Amazon Q's natural language capabilities. Leave this session equipped to monitor, allocate, and optimize your AWS Marketplace costs through robust tagging strategies, proactive usage analysis, enhanced cost allocation, and flexible visualizations powered by Amazon Q in QuickSight. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest: AWS Marketplace
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 5:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -53457,7 +53457,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize your AWS operations with generative AI and Amazon Q Developer
 2. Session Code: DOP211
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the power of Amazon Q Developer to streamline your AWS operations. In this session, discover how to use this innovative tool within the AWS console to accelerate deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, and more across AWS Lambda, Amazon ECS, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, and beyond. Harness first-party skills for Amazon Redshift, AWS Glue, and Amazon VPC, and explore third-party integrations with Wiz and Datadog. Gain insights into optimizing your AWS environments and supercharging operational tasks, empowering you to work smarter, not harder.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -53492,7 +53492,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize your cloud environments in the AWS console with generative AI
 2. Session Code: DOP315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Available in the AWS Management Console, Amazon Q Developer is the only AI assistant that is an expert on AWS, helping developers and IT pros optimize their AWS cloud environments. Proactively diagnose and resolve errors and networking issues, provide guidance on architectural best practices, analyze billing information and trends, and use natural language in chat to manage resources in your AWS account. Learn how Amazon Q Developer accelerates task completion with tailored recommendations based on your specific AWS workloads, shifting from a reactive review to proactive notifications and remediation.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -53524,7 +53524,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimize your cloud investments using Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM328
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Manually tracking the interconnected nature of deployed cloud resources and reviewing their utilization can be complex and time-consuming. In this builders' session, see a demo on how you can optimize your cloud investments to maximize efficiency and cost-effectiveness. Explore a novel approach that harnesses AWS services like Amazon Bedrock, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Neptune, and Amazon CloudWatch to analyze resource utilization and manage unused AWS resources. Using Amazon Bedrock, analyze the source code to identify the AWS resources used in the application. Apply this information to build a knowledge graph that represents the interconnected AWS resources. You must bring a laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -53575,7 +53575,7 @@
    - Data Scientist
    - Developer / Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of AI and data workflows
@@ -53599,10 +53599,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing ELB traffic distribution for high availability
 2. Session Code: NET401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In modern cloud-based architectures, load balancing is key to high availability and scalability. AWS offers Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) to intelligently distribute incoming traffic across multiple targets, such as Amazon EC2 instances or containers. In this session, dive into ELB advanced traffic distribution algorithms and examine how requests are routed to target resources. From instance health checks and routing policies to client-side caching, explore the factors that shape your application's performance. Gain insights into configuration best practices and learn how optimizing traffic distribution can enhance service availability and mitigate bottlenecks.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Networking
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -53632,7 +53632,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing for high performance with Amazon ElastiCache Serverless
 2. Session Code: DAT327
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build highly scalable, high-performance applications with Amazon ElastiCache Serverless. View how ElastiCache Serverless works behind the scenes and dive deeper into the metrics to help you identify and debug application performance issues. This session will help you to build effective applications using ElastiCache Serverless and to leverage the design of the service to your advantage.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -53662,7 +53662,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing generative AI workloads for sustainability [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With the increasing complexity, scale, and adoption of AI workloads, it is important to consider their environmental impact. This lightning talk provides environmental sustainability insights that are specific to large language models. Explore practical best practices for different customization scenarios, including training models from the beginning, fine-tuning with additional data using full or parameter-efficient techniques, Retrieval Augmented Generation, and prompt engineering.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -53674,7 +53674,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of large language models and their applications.
     2. Familiarity with environmental sustainability concepts and their relevance to AI systems.
@@ -53700,7 +53700,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing generative AI workloads for sustainability [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS307-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With the increasing complexity, scale, and adoption of AI workloads, it is important to consider their environmental impact. This lightning talk provides environmental sustainability insights that are specific to large language models. Explore practical best practices for different customization scenarios, including training models from the beginning, fine-tuning with additional data using full or parameter-efficient techniques, Retrieval Augmented Generation, and prompt engineering.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -53712,7 +53712,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of large language models and their applications
     2. Knowledge of environmental sustainability and its importance in the context of AI
@@ -53766,7 +53766,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing manufacturing operations with AWS IoT
 2. Session Code: IOT203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data is manufacturing's most valuable asset for driving industrial transformation. In this session, discover how leaders like TotalEnergies leverage AWS Industrial Internet of Things (IoT), as well as artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) solutions to optimize production, reduce downtime, and boost efficiency. Discover how AWS empowers teams with efficient raw equipment data ingestion at the edge, seamless edge-to-cloud integration, and near real-time contextualization, enabling predictive analytics and prescriptive guidance with generative AI. Learn best practices from industry experts on how to leverage ML for proactive maintenance and accelerate use cases such as sustainability management and intelligent alarm systems.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -53793,7 +53793,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing multi-tenant Amazon EKS SaaS architectures [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SAS311-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EKS offers SaaS builders a diverse range of tools and constructs that can be used to support the complex needs of multi-tenant environments. Navigating the landscape of EKS options can be challenging. This chalk talk explores the various EKS tools, techniques, and strategies that can be used to address core multi-tenant requirements, including isolation, deployment, tiering, resilience, and cost. As part of this, discover how Karpenter, native AWS services, and Kubernetes community tools can be used to shape the scale, efficiency, and cost profile of your SaaS offering.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Compute
@@ -53820,10 +53820,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing multi-tenant Amazon EKS SaaS architectures [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SAS311-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EKS offers SaaS builders a diverse range of tools and constructs that can be used to support the complex needs of multi-tenant environments. Navigating the landscape of EKS options can be challenging. This chalk talk explores the various EKS tools, techniques, and strategies that can be used to address core multi-tenant requirements, including isolation, deployment, tiering, resilience, and cost. As part of this, discover how Karpenter, native AWS services, and Kubernetes community tools can be used to shape the scale, efficiency, and cost profile of your SaaS offering.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Architecture
 - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -53853,7 +53853,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing network efficiency & strengthening multicloud connectivity
 2. Session Code: MAE308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The New York Times is migrating its website, core platform, games application, cooking application, and paywall application from another cloud provider to AWS. To ensure a successful migration, minimizing networking overhead and enhancing cross-cloud connectivity are crucial. This session explores the challenges faced when moving applications and data across cloud providers and the methods used to provide interconnectivity such as dedicated interconnects, software-defined networking, and advanced routing protocols prioritizing efficiency and security. The strategies employed during this migration can be applied to facilitate other cloud to AWS migrations and to operate effectively in a multicloud environment.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -53886,10 +53886,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing performance and cost with AWS Graviton
 2. Session Code: DEV302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Hear how Honeycomb ported its workload to run on AWS Graviton and benefited from generational improvements of Graviton-based instance families. The session focuses on Amazon EKS orchestration using Amazon EC2 instances, but it also covers AWS Lambda, Amazon RDS, and Amazon OpenSearch Service. This session discusses how to retool the developer workflow, improve price performance, and start your own Graviton journey or extend adoption throughout your enterprise.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -53926,7 +53926,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing production schedules for flexible manufacturing
 2. Session Code: MFG101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's on-demand economy, custom parts manufacturers face complex challenges in meeting rapidly shifting customer requirements. They must navigate constraints around machine capabilities, material compatibility, maintenance schedules, and order fulfillment timeframes. Gaining comprehensive visibility into plant floor operations through real-time machine telemetry data is crucial. Enterprise-wide telemetry data enables shop-floor optimization analytics, providing a unified view of the production environment. In this lightning talk, learn how manufacturers can leverage AWS services to optimize production schedules, maximize machine utilization, minimize downtime, and efficiently fulfill a diverse mix of custom orders on time while being energy efficient.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -53938,7 +53938,7 @@
    - Data Scientist
    - IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of manufacturing processes and challenges
     2. Knowledge of machine telemetry data and its applications
@@ -53960,7 +53960,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing quantitative research workloads with open source tools [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to power your quantitative research workloads on AWS using open source tools and frameworks. Explore the technical capabilities of solutions like Ray, Apache Spark, and Apache Iceberg, and learn how to seamlessly integrate them with AWS services to build cost-effective, scalable, and high-performance computing environments. Discover strategies for reducing total cost of ownership, optimizing Amazon EC2 Spot Instances, and leveraging services like Amazon S3, Amazon FSx for Lustre, and Karpenter. Leave empowered to harness open source and accelerate your quantitative research initiatives.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Kubernetes
@@ -53989,7 +53989,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing quantitative research workloads with open source tools [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to power your quantitative research workloads on AWS using open source tools and frameworks. Explore the technical capabilities of solutions like Ray, Apache Spark, and Apache Iceberg, and learn how to seamlessly integrate them with AWS services to build cost-effective, scalable, and high-performance computing environments. Discover strategies for reducing total cost of ownership, optimizing Amazon EC2 Spot Instances, and leveraging services like Amazon S3, Amazon FSx for Lustre, and Karpenter. Leave empowered to harness open source and accelerate your quantitative research initiatives.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Kubernetes
@@ -54017,7 +54017,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing resource cost and performance with application operations
 2. Session Code: COP356
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this interactive chalk talk session, attendees have the opportunity to engage directly with AWS experts and discuss their specific use cases for optimizing application management on AWS. The session begins with a brief overview of best practices for organizing and monitoring applications on AWS, highlighting how customers can leverage various features and services like AWS myApplications to dive deeper into key metrics and then use that information to optimize their resource's cost, performance, and security posture. Attendees should bring their own questions and real-world scenarios, allowing AWS experts to provide guidance on solutions tailored to their unique needs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -54045,10 +54045,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing storage for your containers and Amazon EKS applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG214-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Maximize your application's performance, reduce operational costs, and gain a competitive edge by optimizing storage for your containerized applications and Amazon EKS deployments. This chalk talk reveals how strategic storage choices can boost productivity and accelerate application availability. Dive into the IO profiles of file and object storage, aligning each with specific application needs. Whether you're dealing with high-performance needs or complex data requirements, this talk provides actionable insights to refine your storage strategy, enhance performance, and drive efficiency. Join us for best practices for using EKS storage to achieve unparalleled operational excellence.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Storage
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -54080,10 +54080,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing storage for your containers and Amazon EKS applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG214-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Maximize your application's performance, reduce operational costs, and gain a competitive edge by optimizing storage for your containerized applications and Amazon EKS deployments. This chalk talk reveals how strategic storage choices can boost productivity and accelerate application availability. Dive into the IO profiles of file and object storage, aligning each with specific application needs. Whether you're dealing with high-performance needs or complex data requirements, this talk provides actionable insights to refine your storage strategy, enhance performance, and drive efficiency. Join us for best practices for using EKS storage to achieve unparalleled operational excellence.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Storage
     - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -54116,7 +54116,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing storage performance with Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG328
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With Amazon S3, you can store and retrieve virtually any amount of data from anywhere. In this session, learn the key considerations for selecting the optimal S3 storage class for your specific workload performance requirements. Discover how S3 offers unparalleled performance capabilities that power some of the most performance-critical workloads in the cloud, from data lake analytics to machine learning model training, and review how to take advantage of S3 features to enhance workload performance and unlock new levels of efficiency and productivity.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Storage
@@ -54140,7 +54140,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing the world's top apps: How Meta tests using AWS Device Farm
 2. Session Code: FWM204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how you can improve the quality of your mobile and web apps by running tests on real devices at scale with AWS Device Farm. Hear from Meta, a leading social media company, about how it uses Device Farm to streamline its mobile app testing process, improve the quality of its mobile apps and SDKs, run automated and manual tests on real devices in the cloud, identify and fix issues faster, and release updates more frequently.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -54168,7 +54168,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing throughput performance using Mountpoint for Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how to optimize throughput performance, finishing jobs faster and lowering costs, by using innovative open source tools like Mountpoint for Amazon S3 and the Mountpoint for Amazon S3 Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver. Join this chalk talk to gain insights into the journey AWS customers have taken and the benefits they've achieved.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Storage
@@ -54192,10 +54192,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing video delivery with Amazon CloudFront
 2. Session Code: CDN310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to explore best practices for optimizing video delivery with Amazon CloudFront. Learn how to maximize caching efficiency with CloudFront embedded points of presence, minimize origin load with CloudFront Origin Shield, and improve video streaming performance with content caching policies. Also, delve into content rights protection by examining various viewer access control options, including the Secure Media Delivery at the Edge on AWS solution. Additionally, discover how to achieve operational excellence by building comprehensive video observability and utilizing the AWS Elemental Media Event Management team to launch large events.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -54226,7 +54226,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing workloads for speed & cost using Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS334-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Fargate is trusted to run mission-critical workloads around the globe and provides an array of features to help optimize and tune its serverless container workloads. Join this chalk talk to learn how to use new capabilities such as lazy loading of images with Seekable OCI, right-sizing containers through AWS Compute Optimizer, the alternative compression mechanism ZSTD, and more.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -54259,7 +54259,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Optimizing workloads for speed & cost using Amazon ECS and AWS Fargate [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS334-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Fargate is trusted to run mission-critical workloads around the globe and provides an array of features to help optimize and tune its serverless container workloads. Join this chalk talk to learn how to use new capabilities such as lazy loading of images with Seekable OCI, right-sizing containers through AWS Compute Optimizer, the alternative compression mechanism ZSTD, and more.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -54290,10 +54290,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Orchestrate data and ML workflows with managed Apache Airflow [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT306-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (Amazon MWAA) is a managed Apache Airflow service for orchestrating data processing and ML workflows. In this builders' session, learn how Amazon MWAA simplifies managing and scaling the Airflow environment, and build Airflow DAGs to orchestrate and automate end-to-end data and ML processing workflows for ingestion, transformation, and consumption. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -54321,10 +54321,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Orchestrate data and ML workflows with managed Apache Airflow [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT306-R3
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (Amazon MWAA) is a managed Apache Airflow service for orchestrating data processing and ML workflows. In this builders' session, learn how Amazon MWAA simplifies managing and scaling the Airflow environment, and build Airflow DAGs to orchestrate and automate end-to-end data and ML processing workflows for ingestion, transformation, and consumption. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -54351,10 +54351,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Orchestrate data and ML workflows with managed Apache Airflow [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT306-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (Amazon MWAA) is a managed Apache Airflow service for orchestrating data processing and ML workflows. In this builders' session, learn how Amazon MWAA simplifies managing and scaling the Airflow environment, and build Airflow DAGs to orchestrate and automate end-to-end data and ML processing workflows for ingestion, transformation, and consumption. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -54385,10 +54385,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Orchestrate data and ML workflows with managed Apache Airflow [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT306-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (Amazon MWAA) is a managed Apache Airflow service for orchestrating data processing and ML workflows. In this builders' session, learn how Amazon MWAA simplifies managing and scaling the Airflow environment, and build Airflow DAGs to orchestrate and automate end-to-end data and ML processing workflows for ingestion, transformation, and consumption. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -54418,15 +54418,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Outbound traffic inspection with AWS Cloud WAN & AWS Network Firewall [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET305-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS offers several managed networking services that help you more easily build, manage, and secure global networks. This builders' session explores two of those managed services, AWS Cloud WAN and AWS Network Firewall, through the build-out of a solution that allows you to architect and implement outbound traffic controls. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Network and Infrastructure Security
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -54447,15 +54447,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Outbound traffic inspection with AWS Cloud WAN & AWS Network Firewall [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NET305-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS offers several managed networking services that help you more easily build, manage, and secure global networks. This builders' session explores two of those managed services, AWS Cloud WAN and AWS Network Firewall, through the build-out of a solution that allows you to architect and implement outbound traffic controls. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Network and Infrastructure Security
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -54505,7 +54505,7 @@
 
 1. Title: OWASP Top 10 for LLMs: A developer's guide to securing generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV323-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Get ready to level up your AI security game! Join an entertaining and interactive educational journey and leave well-equipped to defend against the OWASP Top 10 for LLMs threats! Through captivating role plays and live demos, discover real-world vulnerabilities and become armed with the tools to fortify both your security skills and generative AI apps.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -54534,7 +54534,7 @@
 
 1. Title: P3: Putting practice prototype with AI coaching [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD226-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Showcase your putting skills at re:Invent's P3 event! Our advanced computer vision models, powered by Amazon SageMaker, will track your every putt, capturing the motion of your putter, the ball, and your body. The AI-powered P3 Putting Coach will analyze this data, providing personalized feedback on your consistency, accuracy, and technique. Use these insights to refine your putting and take your game to new heights. Your performance will be scored based on successful putts, distance attempted, and stroke consistency. The top scorers earn a spot on the prestigious P3 Leaderboard, cementing their status as putting virtuosos.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -54562,7 +54562,7 @@
 
 1. Title: P3: Putting practice prototype with AI coaching [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD226-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Showcase your putting skills at re:Invent's P3 event! Our advanced computer vision models, powered by Amazon SageMaker, will track your every putt, capturing the motion of your putter, the ball, and your body. The AI-powered P3 Putting Coach will analyze this data, providing personalized feedback on your consistency, accuracy, and technique. Use these insights to refine your putting and take your game to new heights. Your performance will be scored based on successful putts, distance attempted, and stroke consistency. The top scorers earn a spot on the prestigious P3 Leaderboard, cementing their status as putting virtuosos.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -54627,7 +54627,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Perform vector search on your Amazon DynamoDB data using zero-ETL
 2. Session Code: DAT408
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to set up Amazon DynamoDB zero-ETL integration with Amazon OpenSearch Service to add generative AI experiences to your DynamoDB-based applications. Create a pipeline from a DynamoDB table to OpenSearch Service, create an Amazon Bedrock ML connector in OpenSearch Service, and query Amazon Bedrock using OpenSearch Service as a vector store. Discover best practices to use your differentiated data stored in DynamoDB to support context-aware reasoning applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
@@ -54657,7 +54657,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Persona-based access to data for generative AI applications
 2. Session Code: SEC310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, manage document access in a chatbot application tailored to various user roles within an organization. Learn how to address challenges around secure information distribution, enhancing efficiency and compliance by aligning access rights with job functions. Using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), metadata filtering, and Amazon S3 Access Grants in Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases, this approach mitigates risk by restricting data exposure to authorized personnel. Learn how this architecture secures role-specific information retrieval, improves knowledge management in enterprise generative AI applications, and supports a safer data environment through engaging hands-on labs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -54728,7 +54728,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 9. Venue: Caesars Forum
-10. Date and Time: 
+10. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of climate change and its potential impacts.
@@ -54753,10 +54753,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Physical climate risk assessment and analysis using AWS services [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS211-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to assess physical climate risk using AWS services. Physical climate risk assessment provides critical insights into the expected impacts of climate change to businesses, organizations, and communities. By using AWS solution and guidance, organizations can harness advanced climate models and datasets to generate actionable insights across their portfolios, operations, and supply chains with high fidelity and granularity.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Sustainability
@@ -54765,7 +54765,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Familiarity with AWS services and cloud computing concepts.
     2. Understanding of climate change and its potential impacts on businesses and communities.
@@ -54786,7 +54786,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Pioneering gen AI in aviation: MAG's intelligent airport revolution
 2. Session Code: INO110
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Manchester Airport Group pioneered generative AI to revolutionize the passenger experience and airport operations. Discover how MAG's customer engagement platform leverages gen AI for multilingual interactions, boosting satisfaction and revenues. Explore their AI and computer vision solutions for optimizing aircraft turnarounds, saving millions, and enabling real-time operational intelligence. Learn how MAG collaborates with AWS to design a secure, industry-leading hybrid infrastructure, utilizing AWS Cloud WAN and integration to host sensitive applications in the cloud. Gain insights into overcoming regulatory challenges and unlocking transformative opportunities through gen AI's responsible adoption in the aviation industry.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, New to AWS
@@ -54814,7 +54814,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Pitching better: Workshop for founders to overcome bias in fundraising
 2. Session Code: IDE103
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join the AWS Startups Team for a tactical fundraising workshop. Research has found that women founders get asked more prevention questions ("Is this actually a large market opportunity?") while men get asked more promotion questions ("How big can this business get?"). This workshop will be relevant for all underrepresented founders and cover 1) how to identify unconsciously biased questions, 2) ways to answer these questions, and 3) how to clarify and pivot. Research has showed that founders who answer questions using these tips are able to raise $7.4M more than founders who do not.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Training and Certification
@@ -54827,7 +54827,7 @@
    - Entrepreneur (Founder/Co-Founder)
    - Venture Capitalist
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Entrepreneurial experience
     2. Identifying as an underrepresented founder
@@ -54843,10 +54843,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Pixel-perfect reporting and data visualization with Amazon QuickSight
 2. Session Code: BSI301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, gain hands-on experience with data visualizations and pixel-perfect classic banded and prompted reports with Amazon QuickSight, using the Generative BI capabilities of Amazon Q. Learn best practices for programmatically generating highly formatted static and interactive reports, securing data access, and automating delivery of insights in various formats. Discover how consumers can schedule reports for automatic delivery. Develop the skills to create reports, dashboards, and visualizations in QuickSight, along with the understanding for how to leverage natural language with Amazon Q to boost your productivity. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -54877,7 +54877,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Planet Labs uses Amazon SageMaker to quickly create geospatial APIs
 2. Session Code: AES304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Planet Labs operates a constellation of more than 200 satellites that image Earth's entire land mass and generate approximately 25 terabytes of data daily. Customers rely on Planet Labs' satellite imagery to inform uses like crop yield forecasts, natural disaster monitoring, and planet health trends. In this workshop, learn how Planet Labs uses Amazon SageMaker Studio Lab with custom analysis and machine learning model training to quickly create and efficiently manage APIs for huge volumes of geospatial resources. Discover how customers across industries like agriculture and forestry and in the government sector use Planet Labs' satellite data and insights to innovate faster. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -54905,7 +54905,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Planet-scale networking: How AWS powers the world's largest networks
 2. Session Code: NET403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The secret sauce to how AWS creates some of the largest, most performant, and most reliable networks in the world can be described in one word: ownership. Hear from senior engineers about strategies around every piece of the global network, leaving no stone unturned. From the latest AI data centers and connecting Regions with the AWS backbone, to the software that manages a network made up of fiber cables and tiny plastic connectors, be inspired at the scale. Learn how AWS's relentless focus on innovation and ownership of the entire stack enables unparalleled performance, reliability, and scalability for customer workloads.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Networking
@@ -54939,7 +54939,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Plan to win: Building a migration plan
 2. Session Code: MAM204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Migration planning sets up your migration for success. Drawing on thousands of migrations, AWS has developed the most effective migration plans. In this chalk talk, learn the top 5 considerations for building a migration plan and hear insights on how to make your migration successful.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -54973,7 +54973,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Platform engineering excellence: Strategy and technology
 2. Session Code: DEV343
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Navigating the world of platform engineering is becoming increasingly complex. To ensure maximum impact for customers while minimizing disruption to downstream engineering teams, a range of strategic approaches and technical decisions is essential. By sharing real-world deliveries and use cases, this talk provides a comprehensive guide on how to maximize the effectiveness of platform engineering; details key considerations, pitfalls, and challenges; and highlights how leveraging AI can also boost developer productivity. By doing so, organizations can expect to deliver with short timeframes and with less impediments.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -55024,7 +55024,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of platform engineering concepts
@@ -55051,7 +55051,7 @@
 
 1. Title: PokerVision: The ultimate poker mentor for players of all levels [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD227-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: PokerVision offers an immersive AR poker experience, guiding players of all levels. Wear AR headsets or use your device to choose an avatar and witness poker analytics—winning odds, best hand, and cards needed to improve your hand. Powered by Amazon Bedrock, it calculates optimal moves and odds, acting as your strategic advisor. Join the revolution with PokerVision, a platform making poker accessible and engaging across all levels, mentoring you to poker proficiency.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -55077,7 +55077,7 @@
 
 1. Title: PokerVision: The ultimate poker mentor for players of all levels [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD227-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: PokerVision offers an immersive AR poker experience, guiding players of all levels. Wear AR headsets or use your device to choose an avatar and witness poker analytics—winning odds, best hand, and cards needed to improve your hand. Powered by Amazon Bedrock, it calculates optimal moves and odds, acting as your strategic advisor. Join the revolution with PokerVision, a platform making poker accessible and engaging across all levels, mentoring you to poker proficiency.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -55105,7 +55105,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Powering the future: NextEra Energy's journey with generative AI
 2. Session Code: ENU309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: NextEra Energy, a leader in the utility and renewables sector, is harnessing the power of generative AI to enhance customer value, improve employee productivity, and optimize energy operations. This session showcases insights and experiences from NextEra Energy's journey, highlighting key lessons learned and recommendations to help others embark on a successful AI-enabled transformation journey. Gain valuable insights into implementing large-scale generative AI solutions in the energy sector and learn how AWS can support similar transformative initiatives in your own organizations.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Cloud Operations
@@ -55136,7 +55136,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Powering the grid: GE's 600 TB migration to Amazon Keyspaces
 2. Session Code: DAT318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) is a globally scalable, serverless, fully managed database service with up to 99.999% availability. In this session, learn how GE Vernova, a leader in electrifying and decarbonizing the world, uses Amazon Keyspaces to store and query a massive 600 TB of industrial time-series data for its Asset Performance Management (APM) software. Dive deep into GE's 600 TB migration from ScyllaDB to Amazon Keyspaces, and explore the benefits it observed, including improved availability and scalability. Gain insights into the AWS services it utilized and the challenges it overcame during this large-scale migration.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -55169,7 +55169,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Power of generative AI: Drive higher customer impact across industries
 2. Session Code: PEX223
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS prioritizes investments by what customers want and how they want to grow their businesses. As AWS and AWS Partners work to get ahead of demand and build the solutions for the future, AWS aims to invest in the most important customer outcomes. This session looks across financial services, healthcare, energy, retail, media and entertainment, and other industries to talk about where AWS is investing in, in 2025 and beyond, and how organizations in each industry are using the power of generative AI to grow their businesses and improve customer experiences.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -55201,7 +55201,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Power up your customer experience with end-to-end data strategy
 2. Session Code: IMP209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to implement an end-to-end data strategy to drive customer-centric innovation. Learn practical strategies and techniques to collect, analyze, and act on data-driven insights that directly impact the customer journey. Key takeaways include: understanding the essential elements of an end-to-end data strategy, uncovering customer insights and acting on them, learning to optimize operations and deliver personalized experiences, gaining practical tools and techniques to elevate the customer experience, and becoming equipped to drive customer-centric innovation within your organization.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -55214,7 +55214,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of data management principles
     2. Familiarity with customer experience management
@@ -55238,7 +55238,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Power your global business with AWS China [English]
 2. Session Code: GBL101-EN
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in English. AWS is committed to helping organizations worldwide transform their businesses and enable digital transformation that unlocks innovation and customer success. AWS came to China in 2013 and has been investing and expanding infrastructure and business in the country ever since, collaborating with China AWS operating partners with the required telecom licenses for delivering cloud services. Learn about the AWS China strategy, customer successes, and how AWS has helped enterprises land and expand business in China and global markets.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -55269,7 +55269,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Practical application of generative AI chatbots in the public sector
 2. Session Code: WPS206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Government service delivery is undergoing a significant shift. This session explores the potential of generative AI chatbots as an alternative to traditional service catalogs. Leverage an AWS architecture pattern to delve into chatbots that can comprehend user requests in natural language and provide dynamic, interactive responses. This innovative solution guides users directly to the services they require, streamlining navigation and discovery. The goal is to enhance the customer experience, making services more accessible, user-friendly, and efficient. Participants gain insights into the practical applications of generative AI chatbots and the advancements transforming how citizens interact with government services.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -55297,10 +55297,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Practical applications of edge compute in Amazon CloudFront
 2. Session Code: CDN401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With an increasingly more powerful serverless environment coupled with content delivery network (CDN) capabilities, Amazon CloudFront empowers developers to build web applications that execute functions closer to end users, tailoring content delivery to the unique needs of users. This session delves into how to leverage the latest edge compute features while optimizing for both performance and scalability. Learn best practices and patterns for deploying custom logic at the edge, enabling you to harness the full potential of CloudFront's evolving features.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Content Delivery
     - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -55330,7 +55330,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Practical data science with Amazon SageMaker
 2. Session Code: TNC202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This bootcamp immerses you in the world of data science on Amazon SageMaker. Learn the core machine learning (ML) development process and build applications that integrate with ML through hands-on labs and demonstrations.
 5. Session Type: Bootcamp
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Training and Certification
@@ -55355,7 +55355,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Practical IAM abstractions: Self-service without the JSON
 2. Session Code: NFX401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building services on AWS necessitates using identity and access management (IAM) to define the privileges between cloud identities and resources. The policy language for IAM is as complex as it is expressive, often requiring extensive tooling to avoid pitfalls in large cloud environments. At Netflix, the Cloud Infrastructure Security team continuously works to reduce the complexity of IAM for its engineers, balancing ease of use with right-sized permissions. This chalk talk explores some techniques and non-traditional IAM patterns that Netflix uses to meet engineers where they are—boosting their productivity and increasing the security of their services.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -55387,10 +55387,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Practicing responsible generative AI with the help of open source [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN309-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many organizations are reinventing their Kubernetes environments to efficiently deploy generative AI workloads, including distributed training and inference APIs for applications like text generation, image generation, or other use cases. In this chalk talk, learn how to integrate Kubernetes with open source tools to practice responsible generative AI. Explore key considerations for deploying AI models ethically and sustainably, leveraging the scalability and resiliency tenets of Kubernetes, along with the collaborative and community-driven development principles of the open source CNCF tool set.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -55426,10 +55426,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Practicing responsible generative AI with the help of open source [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: OPN309-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many organizations are reinventing their Kubernetes environments to efficiently deploy generative AI workloads, including distributed training and inference APIs for applications like text generation, image generation, or other use cases. In this chalk talk, learn how to integrate Kubernetes with open source tools to practice responsible generative AI. Explore key considerations for deploying AI models ethically and sustainably, leveraging the scalability and resiliency tenets of Kubernetes, along with the collaborative and community-driven development principles of the open source CNCF tool set.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -55497,7 +55497,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Predictive maintenance and optimization of electrical submersible pump
 2. Session Code: ENU310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore how ExxonMobil is collaborating with Baker Hughes and AWS to optimize the performance and reliability of electrical submersible pumps (ESPs) in the Permian Basin. Learn about the technical and strategic approaches used to enhance ESP management with AWS advanced machine learning and AI capabilities. Discover how hybrid physics-based and machine learning models were deployed to predict ESP failures accurately, improving operational efficiency and reducing downtime. Learn about the challenges encountered, the innovative solutions developed, and the benefits realized, including increased production uptime and reduced maintenance costs. Join us to understand how this collaboration is driving long-term success in unconventional oil and gas operations.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -55529,7 +55529,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Predictive maintenance with Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
 2. Session Code: ANT407
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into the power of Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink to build a predictive maintenance application using real-time sensor data in this hands-on live coding session. Walk through live coding to build a Flink application, ingest sensor data streams, and apply advanced analytics techniques to predict potential equipment failures. Join this session to experience the seamless integration of Flink with AWS services for real-time data processing and predictive maintenance scenarios.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -55559,7 +55559,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Predictive maintenance with generative AI and agentic workflows
 2. Session Code: ENU304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the era of Industry 4.0, predictive maintenance has become a cornerstone for enhancing operational efficiency and reducing downtime. Generative AI enhances predictive maintenance workflows by enabling real-time anomaly detection and actionable insights while facilitating natural language interactions and dynamic task execution through agentic workflows. During this workshop, learn how to use generative AI to detect anomalies in sensor readings from an electric motor by comparing them with the specifications in the motor's operating manual. When anomalies are detected, a large language model will utilize agents to determine who is on call and notify them of the issue. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -55590,7 +55590,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Prepare for your next AWS Certification exam
 2. Session Code: TNC106
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this 45-minute lab with the exam prep team, walk through the four-step plan to prepare for AWS Certification exams and learn about the official materials available in AWS Skill Builder. Search the AWS re:Invent catalog for exam prep sessions for foundational-, associate-, and professional-level exams.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Training and Certification
@@ -55617,7 +55617,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Prepare your data for generative AI
 2. Session Code: ANT311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI applications need data from diverse data sources and, for an optimal experience, require the data to be reliable, trustworthy, and well-governed. Join this hands-on workshop to explore a robust data foundation on AWS for an end-to-end generative AI experience. Learn how to prepare your data for generative AI with batch and real-time data pipelines, high data quality, vector data management for custom needs, and integrated data governance. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -55660,7 +55660,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Familiarity with AWS services and cloud computing concepts.
@@ -55718,10 +55718,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Preparing for the US Cyber Trust Mark: A guide for AWS IoT developers [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The US Cyber Trust Mark program is set to roll out in late 2024, providing a new benchmark for IoT device security. In this chalk talk, get a guide for AWS IoT developers on how to prepare for the program. Explore the program's criteria, which include asset identification, data protection, and software updates, among others. Also learn how AWS IoT services can be used to meet these criteria and help you achieve US Cyber Trust Mark certification.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Internet of Things
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -55757,10 +55757,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Preparing for the US Cyber Trust Mark: A guide for AWS IoT developers [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The US Cyber Trust Mark program is set to roll out in late 2024, providing a new benchmark for IoT device security. In this chalk talk, get a guide for AWS IoT developers on how to prepare for the program. Explore the program's criteria, which include asset identification, data protection, and software updates, among others. Also learn how AWS IoT services can be used to meet these criteria and help you achieve US Cyber Trust Mark certification.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Internet of Things
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -55796,7 +55796,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Privacy-enhanced advertising with SparkX, DIRECTV, and Amazon Ads
 2. Session Code: ADM304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how SparkX and DIRECTV use Amazon Marketing Cloud (AMC) and Amazon Publisher Cloud—built on AWS Clean Rooms—to plan, activate, and measure advertising campaigns through Amazon DSP. Learn how Amazon Ads is bringing advertisers and publishers together through privacy-enhanced data collaboration to drive the next generation of impactful campaigns that reach desired audiences more effectively. Get access to reference architectures, and discover how to use AWS Clean Rooms ML for audience modeling.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -55832,7 +55832,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Privacy-enhanced measurement after signal loss: AWS Clean Rooms ML
 2. Session Code: ADM303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Delivering relevant ads to consumers and understanding return on advertising spend historically involved sharing data in ways that posed privacy risks, but AWS Clean Rooms enables organizations to generate insights with their partners without sharing underlying data. In this chalk talk, learn how to use AWS Clean Rooms ML to train models and run inference for use cases such as lookalike modeling. Discover how to apply the privacy-enhancing controls in AWS Clean Rooms ML to mitigate privacy and confidentiality risks in your multiparty ML workflows.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -55860,7 +55860,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Proactive cost control strategies for AWS workloads [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP347-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Take control of your AWS spend and implement strong cost governance with AWS Cloud Financial Management services. In this chalk talk, explore ways to improve budget-setting and learn how to detect and address cost spikes proactively with AWS Cost Anomaly Detection. Discover resources you can use to select and track your purchase commitment and curtail your spend based on your spend pattern.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -55893,7 +55893,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Proactive cost control strategies for AWS workloads [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP347-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Take control of your AWS spend and implement strong cost governance with AWS Cloud Financial Management services. In this chalk talk, explore ways to improve budget-setting and learn how to detect and address cost spikes proactively with AWS Cost Anomaly Detection. Discover resources you can use to select and track your purchase commitment and curtail your spend based on your spend pattern.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -55925,7 +55925,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Proactively scale for optimal cost and availability in Amazon EC2
 2. Session Code: CMP311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups help you take advantage of the elasticity benefits that are built in to AWS. With more responsive and proactive scaling, you run only the required number of instances at any time of the day, reducing the cost of overprovisioned EC2 instances. In this workshop, learn how to take advantage of the latest innovations from Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to improve your web application availability at lower costs. Discover how to use a combination of predictive scaling, dynamic scaling, and warm pool features to automatically launch and terminate capacity with changing demands. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -55955,7 +55955,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Process near real-time payments with serverless architectures
 2. Session Code: SVS316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Customers around the globe expect payments to be made in real time. Learn how to use AWS serverless, event-driven services to unlock real-time payment posting capabilities. Move away from legacy batch-based systems that delay settlements and dispute handling and overload nightly processing. Discover how event-driven transaction posting enables a transition to near real-time payment systems. Leave with insights into modernizing your payment infrastructures using serverless architectures to provide the real-time experience customers now demand.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -56014,7 +56014,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Prompt engineering expertise: Unleashing code with Amazon Q Developer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP318-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive into the art of prompt engineering and discover how to harness the full potential of Amazon Q Developer, AWS's cutting-edge generative AI service. Learn techniques to craft compelling prompts that yield remarkable code generation results. Explore strategies to provide contextual information beyond prompts, such as import statements, to enhance the accuracy and relevance of your AI-generated code. Elevate your software development workflow and unleash the transformative capabilities of generative AI.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -56040,7 +56040,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Prompt engineering strategies for scalable AI deployments
 2. Session Code: AIM320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This builders' session dives into techniques to simplify the creation, evaluation, versioning, and sharing of prompts to help you get the best responses from foundation models for your use case. Learn how to use Amazon Bedrock's visual builder to author executable flows, enabling rapid prototyping and collaboration. Leave this session knowing how to design, refine, and deploy sophisticated AI solutions driven by powerful prompts and interconnected prompt flows. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -56067,7 +56067,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Proof of concept to production: How Amazon scales with generative AI
 2. Session Code: AMZ302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon's journey from proof of concept (POC) to production-ready gen AI applications has been an arduous yet rewarding endeavor. In this session, learn the challenges, strategies, and best practices Amazon's leaders encountered while launching seven public-facing generative AI solutions in 2023 and 2024. Attendees gain valuable insights into the critical workflows and steps required for successful large-scale generative AI deployments. This is an interactive and whiteboarding session so bring your questions and challenges.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -56102,10 +56102,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Protect AWS resources with AWS Backup [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG314-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This builders' session shows you how to use AWS Backup to help protect your data in AWS and report on data protection compliance. Learn how to deploy backup plans and vaults, assign resources, create on-demand backups, perform cross-Region backup and restore, create immutable backups with AWS Backup Vault Lock, and demonstrate compliance with AWS Backup Audit Manager. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest: Data Protection
@@ -56136,10 +56136,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Protect AWS resources with AWS Backup [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG314-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This builders' session shows you how to use AWS Backup to help protect your data in AWS and report on data protection compliance. Learn how to deploy backup plans and vaults, assign resources, create on-demand backups, perform cross-Region backup and restore, create immutable backups with AWS Backup Vault Lock, and demonstrate compliance with AWS Backup Audit Manager. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest: Data Protection
@@ -56169,10 +56169,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Protect AWS resources with AWS Backup [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG314-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This builders' session shows you how to use AWS Backup to help protect your data in AWS and report on data protection compliance. Learn how to deploy backup plans and vaults, assign resources, create on-demand backups, perform cross-Region backup and restore, create immutable backups with AWS Backup Vault Lock, and demonstrate compliance with AWS Backup Audit Manager. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest: Data Protection
@@ -56204,7 +56204,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Protect critical data with ease using Amazon EBS snapshots
 2. Session Code: STG205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EBS snapshots provide a secure, simple mechanism to back up and restore block data, boot volumes, and on-premises data. Learn how they deliver data protection while helping organizations reduce storage costs. Explore EBS volume and snapshot encryption, volume creation and recovery from a snapshot, and using Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager to automate your snapshots workflow across AWS accounts and Regions. Discover how you can strengthen the security posture of your snapshots to protect them against ransomware and easily read files from EBS snapshots. Hear from SAP on how it uses EBS snapshots to ensure data integrity and compliance for tens of thousands of SAP systems and thousands of customers.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity, Storage
@@ -56233,7 +56233,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Protecting data within your generative AI architectures
 2. Session Code: SEC303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: When training externally facing large language models (LLMs) on internal or sensitive data, you need to be sure that you don't unintentionally or inappropriately disclose portions of the training data. In order to protect against sensitive data disclosure, the general recommendation is to not train these complex systems with any non-public customer data. However, this may not always be possible. This chalk talk addresses how to mitigate this risk. Explore data minimization principles such as sanitization, anonymization, synthetic data generation, aggregation, and differential privacy while also discussing the benefits and tradeoffs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -56266,7 +56266,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: FusionAuth
 4. Description: Most web developers have interacted with JSON Web Tokens (JWTs) in some way to implement user authentication, handle sessions, and determine resource access. Join this lightning talk to learn why JWTs are used, what their structure is, how they work, and what underlying technologies are involved. This presentation is brought to you by FusionAuth, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -56279,7 +56279,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of web development
@@ -56300,7 +56300,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Protect sensitive data in use with AWS Confidential compute
 2. Session Code: CMP324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Confidential computing enables customers to protect code and data from unauthorized access during processing. This session dives into how AWS delivers a combination of hardware- and software-based solutions to deliver confidential computing capabilities such as the AWS Nitro System, AWS Nitro Enclaves, and NitroTPM. It introduces key concepts surrounding confidential computing starting from our "no operator access" assurance, strong isolation model, leveraging cryptographic capabilities, and delivering Nitro Secure AI for AI/ML applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -56328,7 +56328,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Protect your cloud resources and hybrid environments using AWS Backup
 2. Session Code: STG411
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk dives deep into AWS Backup benefits, features, use cases, and setup. Explore how to integrate AWS Backup with other services like AWS Organizations, Amazon SNS, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudFormation, and AWS KMS. Learn about the AWS Backup structure, including information about backup plans, backup vaults, protected resources, backup jobs, monitoring, and policies.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -56363,7 +56363,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Proven strategies for successful migration and modernization with MAP
 2. Session Code: MAM101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS has helped hundreds of thousands of businesses both big and small migrate and modernize their business through the AWS Migration Acceleration Program (MAP). In this session, learn how MAP is meticulously designed to guide businesses like yours seamlessly, not just during the migration to AWS, but also as you embrace cutting-edge technologies, modernize digital operations, and pave the way for future growth. Unlock the full potential of your cloud journey with MAP.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: New to AWS, Migration and Modernization
@@ -56390,10 +56390,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Public APIs are everywhere. Is securing them really that difficult? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN311-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Public APIs are essential for modern applications, enabling seamless communication across platforms. However, increased exposure brings heightened security risks and performance challenges. This chalk talk provides best practices and tools for securing public REST/HTTP APIs while optimizing performance. Learn how AWS-managed services like Amazon CloudFront and AWS WAF can protect your public-facing APIs on platforms like Amazon API Gateway, AWS AppSync, Amazon EC2, and Amazon EKS. Explore reference designs and practical strategies to enhance your API security.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -56430,10 +56430,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Public APIs are everywhere. Is securing them really that difficult? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CDN311-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Public APIs are essential for modern applications, enabling seamless communication across platforms. However, increased exposure brings heightened security risks and performance challenges. This chalk talk provides best practices and tools for securing public REST/HTTP APIs while optimizing performance. Learn how AWS-managed services like Amazon CloudFront and AWS WAF can protect your public-facing APIs on platforms like Amazon API Gateway, AWS AppSync, Amazon EC2, and Amazon EKS. Explore reference designs and practical strategies to enhance your API security.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -56470,7 +56470,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Put advanced distributed training in action with Amazon SageMaker [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM372-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Achieve state-of-the-art distributed training performance with Amazon SageMaker. In this session, learn how to leverage advanced model and data parallelism techniques and efficient checkpointing to train and fine-tune popular publicly available models such as Mixtral and Llama 3.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -56499,7 +56499,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Put advanced distributed training in action with Amazon SageMaker [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM372-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Achieve state-of-the-art distributed training performance with Amazon SageMaker. In this session, learn how to leverage advanced model and data parallelism techniques and efficient checkpointing to train and fine-tune popular publicly available models such as Mixtral and Llama 3.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -56529,10 +56529,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Putting the Frugal Architect laws into practice
 2. Session Code: ARC210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to apply the laws of the Frugal Architect in practice and use AWS services, solutions, and guidelines to empower architects to design and build with a frugal mindset without compromising resiliency and performance. Hear real-world examples, success stories, practical approaches, and architectural patterns that you can use to build scalable, resilient, and cost-effective applications and maximize business value from your investment in the cloud.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -56566,7 +56566,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Quantum computing and AI with Amazon Braket [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: QTC303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Quantum computing and AI are two of the most transformative technologies of our time, each rapidly advancing and offering new possibilities. But what happens when these two fields intersect? In this chalk talk, explore the emerging synergies between quantum computing and AI, uncovering how they can complement and enhance each other. Discover how AI can optimize quantum circuits and accelerate algorithm development, as well as how quantum hardware has the potential to revolutionize AI applications. Gain insights into the future of these technologies and how Amazon Braket is at the forefront of this exciting convergence.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Customer Enablement
@@ -56594,7 +56594,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Quantum computing and AI with Amazon Braket [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: QTC303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Quantum computing and AI are two of the most transformative technologies of our time, each rapidly advancing and offering new possibilities. But what happens when these two fields intersect? In this chalk talk, explore the emerging synergies between quantum computing and AI, uncovering how they can complement and enhance each other. Discover how AI can optimize quantum circuits and accelerate algorithm development, as well as how quantum hardware has the potential to revolutionize AI applications. Gain insights into the future of these technologies and how Amazon Braket is at the forefront of this exciting convergence.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Customer Enablement
@@ -56620,7 +56620,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Quantum methods for constraint satisfaction problems in energy sector
 2. Session Code: QTC302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Constraint satisfaction problems are critical in the energy sector, where managing complex tasks like battery revenue optimization, power generation scheduling, and electric vehicle charging requires balancing multiple variables—cost, demand, and resource availability. These challenges demand innovative, computationally efficient solutions. In this chalk talk, explore and compare various quantum-based constraint encoding methods—such as quadratization, penalty dephasing, and quantum Zeno dynamics—used in heuristic algorithms. Discover how these methods are implemented in MATLAB and seamlessly integrated with Amazon Braket, offering new ways to address real-world energy challenges.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -56649,7 +56649,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Racing ahead: Enhancing crypto exchange performance with AWS
 2. Session Code: BLC402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the high-stakes world of crypto trading and decentralized finance (DeFi), speed is everything. Join us to explore how AWS empowers platforms to achieve ultra-low latency. Dive into why millisecond improvements matter and receive a step-by-step guide to supercharging your crypto infrastructure. Learn how strategic datacenter placement, proximity hosting, advanced networking, optimized compute, and networking partners can give you the edge. Discover AWS-specific services that can revolutionize your platform's performance. Whether you're running an exchange or building DeFi protocols, this chalk talk equips you with the tools to stay ahead in the race for speed.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Networking
@@ -56737,13 +56737,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Rapid detection and noise reduction using automation
 2. Session Code: SUP311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Security products generate lots of findings, often reporting on normal activity by authorized users. In this session, members of the AWS Managed Services (AMS) security teams walk you through how they used automation to rapidly triage security findings from Amazon GuardDuty, Lacework, and AWS DNS Firewall to reduce the number of alerts requiring human review.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI, Management and Governance
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 2:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -56764,10 +56764,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Rapidly build a generative AI–based full-stack application on AWS
 2. Session Code: ARC301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building a full-stack application involves multiple components and demands a diverse set of technical skills and tools, which can be highly challenging and time-consuming even for experienced developers. In this builders' session, explore strategies for rapidly building a generative AI–based digital training platform. Use AWS Amplify Gen 2, a new code-first developer experience, combined with the open source design library Cloudscape to quickly build and deploy a full-stack application. Use the robust functionalities provided by Amazon Bedrock to generate summaries for the content uploaded to the platform. Learn how to build and deploy an e-learning platform that is ready for real-world usage. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -56798,7 +56798,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Rapid prototyping with gen AI: Maximizing ROI & customer obsession
 2. Session Code: INO105
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Don't miss this dynamic exploration of generative AI's potential to maximize ROI while minimizing risk with Amazon's core principle of customer-centricity. In this chalk talk, discover how enterprises can harness cutting-edge AI technologies to drive customer-centric innovation rapidly—from idea to prototype. This talk explores real-world case studies and demonstrates how Amazon teams prototype concepts, craft customer narratives, and refine ideas with unprecedented speed and precision while also sharing insights into the frameworks employed to ensure responsible and transparent AI usage.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -56834,7 +56834,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Realizing full data mesh potential with AWS and partner integration [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FSI308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Financial institutions are increasingly embracing data mesh architectures to derive maximum value from their data assets. To realize the full potential of a cohesive data mesh strategy, organizations are seamlessly integrating best-in-breed analytics and ML platforms from AWS Partners with AWS native analytics services. This chalk talk explores architectural patterns and approaches that address data interoperability challenges between AWS and its partner platforms. Dive into metadata federation options, enabling a unified view of data assets across disparate systems, including third-party data catalogs and AWS Glue Data Catalog. This talk also explores data governance considerations to ensure compliance, security, and data lineage.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
@@ -56863,10 +56863,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Realizing full data mesh potential with AWS and partner integration [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FSI308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Financial institutions are increasingly embracing data mesh architectures to derive maximum value from their data assets. To realize the full potential of a cohesive data mesh strategy, organizations are seamlessly integrating best-in-breed analytics and ML platforms from AWS Partners with AWS native analytics services. This chalk talk explores architectural patterns and approaches that address data interoperability challenges between AWS and its partner platforms. Dive into metadata federation options, enabling a unified view of data assets across disparate systems, including third-party data catalogs and AWS Glue Data Catalog. This talk also explores data governance considerations to ensure compliance, security, and data lineage.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Analytics
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest: Independent Software Vendor (ISV)
@@ -56895,10 +56895,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Real-time event patterns with WebSockets and AWS AppSync
 2. Session Code: FWM302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS AppSync makes it easier for developers to build applications that consume real-time data updates and events, like live sports scores and stats, group chat messages, prices, or location and schedule updates. With AWS AppSync managed WebSocket channels, you can easily scale to connect millions of users and deliver billions of messages. In this session, learn how organizations like PGA Tour are using AWS AppSync to deliver real-time event updates to their application users. Additionally, get an overview of new features like enhanced filtering options and native integration with Amazon EventBridge.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -56928,7 +56928,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Real-time issue resolution from machine-generated signals with gen AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM347-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Resolving urgent service issues quickly is crucial for efficient operations and customer satisfaction. This chalk talk demonstrates how to process machine-generated signals into your contact center, allowing your knowledge base to provide real-time solutions. Discover how generative AI can identify problems, provide resolution content, and deliver it to the right person or device via text, voice, and data. Through a real-life IoT company case study, learn how to monitor devices, collect error messages, and respond to issues via a contact center framework using generative AI to accelerate solution provision and delivery, increasing uptime and reducing technician deployments.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -56962,7 +56962,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Real-time issue resolution from machine-generated signals with gen AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM347-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Resolving urgent service issues quickly is crucial for efficient operations and customer satisfaction. This chalk talk demonstrates how to process machine-generated signals into your contact center, allowing your knowledge base to provide real-time solutions. Discover how generative AI can identify problems, provide resolution content, and deliver it to the right person or device via text, voice, and data. Through a real-life IoT company case study, learn how to monitor devices, collect error messages, and respond to issues via a contact center framework using generative AI to accelerate solution provision and delivery, increasing uptime and reducing technician deployments.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -56994,7 +56994,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Real-time recommendations and fraud detection with Amazon MemoryDB
 2. Session Code: DAT314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, discover how to architect a solution for delivering fresh, personalized experiences to your users and providing robust fraud detection to your business. Learn how to harness the power of vector search in Amazon MemoryDB and real-time data processing to build recommendation engines and fraud detection systems. Join AWS experts and dive deep into best practices on how to build generative AI applications using MemoryDB to elevate your customers' experiences.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -57031,7 +57031,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Data Scientist, Developer / Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of generative AI
@@ -57082,7 +57082,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Recent threat actor tactics and techniques
 2. Session Code: SEC231
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk summarizes recent trending tactics and techniques, including initial access, persistence, defense evasion, lateral movement, and impact. Learn the specific configurations for detecting and mitigating these tactics and techniques, as well as commonly observed misconfigurations to avoid.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -57124,7 +57124,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: Developer / Engineer, DevOps Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Expertise in cloud migration
@@ -57181,7 +57181,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Reduce cost for SQL Server workloads on AWS using Optimize CPU feature
 2. Session Code: XNT303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SQL Server cost optimization remains a top priority for AWS users. That's because database workloads typically depend on high memory and IOPS and less on vCPUs. In this session, learn how to reduce the cost of running SQL Server on Amazon EC2 while increasing the price performance by using the Optimize CPU feature on Amazon EC2. This session shares insights obtained through extensive testing including rigorous load testing with HammerDB simulations. Learn best practices you can use to maximize savings without sacrificing performance.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -57212,7 +57212,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Reduce costs and operational overhead by building enterprise-scale PKI
 2. Session Code: SEC341
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Enterprises use public key infrastructure (PKI) to issue and manage private certificates that identify corporate resources and secure communications. Explore how StubHub built an enterprise-scale PKI using AWS Private Certificate Authority to support its SPIFFE/SPIRE implementation. Learn how to build a cloud-based PKI that scales automatically to issue and revoke large volumes of certificates, supports automated enrollment with ADCS and SCEP, and is architected for high availability and disaster recovery across multiple Regions. Discover how to issue and manage certificates at massive scale—all while reducing costs.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -57243,7 +57243,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Reduce FM deployment costs and latency with Amazon SageMaker
 2. Session Code: AIM307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations need robust, scalable, and cost-effective solutions to deploy and serve foundation models (FMs). This session explores how to use Amazon SageMaker to deploy FMs to make predictions at the best price performance for any use case. Get a detailed overview of deployment strategies to support large-scale generative AI inferencing, and learn how to architect solutions that optimize performance and cost.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -57272,7 +57272,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Reduce your risk exposure with least privilege egress controls
 2. Session Code: SEC322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join AWS and Rio Tinto to learn how to align your egress control strategy with the principle of least privilege. Learn how the recent launches to AWS Network Firewall, Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall, and other security services can help you to reduce your exposure to a variety of risks. Simplify implementation and make rule recommendations specific to your use cases. Gain the confidence that your security policies meet their intended needs.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -57304,15 +57304,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Reducing cost by optimizing your supply chain [English]
 2. Session Code: GBL212-EN
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk is delivered in English. Optimize supply chain with data: Increase visibility into the complete supply chain to improve the accuracy of demand forecasting, improve warehouse logistics, and mitigate risks. Join to learn more about this topic from an EMEA perspective.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Cost Optimization
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of supply chain management
     2. Familiarity with data analysis and optimization techniques
@@ -57329,7 +57329,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Reducing hallucinations in your generative AI applications
 2. Session Code: AIM325
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: While LLMs are getting better at producing factually correct answers to prompts with scientific advancements, they are still susceptible to generating wrong statements known as hallucinations. This is one of the biggest practical obstacles that organizations face when they are deciding whether they can trust and deploy their generative AI application. In this workshop, learn how to detect and reduce hallucinations. Take advantage of the best available techniques and latest features, including prompt templates, fact-checking models, and retrieval augmented fine-tuning in services such as Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker, leading to measurably enhanced truthfulness. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -57360,7 +57360,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Reducing the risk of sensitive data exposure [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As a data steward, you are responsible for the lifecycle of data in your data lake. You must ensure that sensitive data does not unintentionally enter your data lake or become exposed. In this hands-on builders' session, learn to apply techniques like data masking, filtering, and redaction. Discover how to scan for sensitive data, redact it, and store the redacted data in your data lake. Also learn how to mask sensitive data in use and apply redaction on existing data. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -57395,7 +57395,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Reducing the risk of sensitive data exposure [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As a data steward, you are responsible for the lifecycle of data in your data lake. You must ensure that sensitive data does not unintentionally enter your data lake or become exposed. In this hands-on builders' session, learn to apply techniques like data masking, filtering, and redaction. Discover how to scan for sensitive data, redact it, and store the redacted data in your data lake. Also learn how to mask sensitive data in use and apply redaction on existing data. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -57430,7 +57430,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Reducing the risk of sensitive data exposure [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC308-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As a data steward, you are responsible for the lifecycle of data in your data lake. You must ensure that sensitive data does not unintentionally enter your data lake or become exposed. In this hands-on builders' session, learn to apply techniques like data masking, filtering, and redaction. Discover how to scan for sensitive data, redact it, and store the redacted data in your data lake. Also learn how to mask sensitive data in use and apply redaction on existing data. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -57465,7 +57465,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Refactoring Java applications to serverless
 2. Session Code: SVS405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to refactor three common enterprise design patterns to use serverless services. Learn how to use Amazon EventBridge Scheduler and AWS Lambda for scheduled tasks, Amazon API Gateway and Lambda to handle synchronous web service requests, and Amazon SQS and Lambda to work through asynchronous tasks. Using these patterns, this talk dives deep into the architectural trade-offs of where and when you should separate business functionality into separate Lambda functions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -57501,7 +57501,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Refactor mainframe applications faster with AI and managed services
 2. Session Code: MAM109
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Innovations in AI open up opportunities to refactor legacy applications such as COBOL, RPG, and others to modern languages like Java faster and more efficiently than before. Discover how AWS Mainframe Modernization Refactor with AWS Blu Age uses generative AI, AI, and fully managed cloud services for assessment, transformation, project management, and compliance. Learn about the scalability, reliability, security, and agility enabled by the fully managed service environments, and hear from Transamerica on how they have refactored mainframe applications with AWS Blu Age.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -57544,7 +57544,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Data Scientist
    - Developer / Engineer
-10. Venue: 
+10. Venue:
 11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of data types (structured and unstructured)
@@ -57569,13 +57569,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT051
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -57596,13 +57596,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT048
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -57619,13 +57619,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT063
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -57643,13 +57643,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT053
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -57666,13 +57666,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT047
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -57692,13 +57692,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT062
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -57717,13 +57717,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT066
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT057
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT065
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT067
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT056
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT132
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semi-private meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT052
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT060
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT050
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT055
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT046
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT054
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT049
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT061
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT133
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semi-private meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Sunday, Dec 01 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT069
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT058
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reflection room
 2. Session Code: ACT068
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 4. Description: The reflection room provides a dark, quiet space for meditation, prayer, or yoga, or to find resources for sensory needs. The room is equipped with semiprivate meditation pods, prayer rugs, yoga mats, comfortable seating, puzzles, and coloring supplies. The reflection room also includes sensory bags containing noise-cancelling headphones, fidget tools, and other resources for attendees with sensory needs, and a sensory tent that provides a safe and calming environment to help attendees that might be feeling overwhelmed or overstimulated.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
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 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 8:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
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 1. Title: Reimagine business intelligence with generative AI
 2. Session Code: BSI101
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: In this session, get an overview of the generative AI capabilities of Amazon Q in QuickSight. Learn how analysts can build interactive dashboards rapidly, and discover how business users can use natural language to instantly create documents and presentations explaining data and extract insights beyond what's available in dashboards with data Q&A and executive summaries.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
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 1. Title: Reimagine customer service for financial services with Amazon Connect
 2. Session Code: BIZ317
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: In this chalk talk, you will discover how to deliver re-imagined customer service interactions for Financial Services use cases using Amazon Connect. Attend this session to learn how to apply artificial intelligence (AI) to deliver faster, more accurate financial services interactions, including processing, fraud reduction, and improved experience for your customers and agents.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
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 1. Title: Reimagine developer experience using Amazon Q Developer
 2. Session Code: TNC224
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: In this lab, onboard the Amazon Q Developer service to your IDE. As a developer tasked with optimizing an existing e-wallet application, use Amazon Q Developer generative AI tools to develop, fix, and enhance the code base. This includes leveraging prompt engineering to generate unit tests, add new features, optimize the application code to meet application requirements, and support accelerated development activities. Workstations are provided for you; a laptop is not required.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML
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 1. Title: Reimagine your mainframe applications with generative AI
 2. Session Code: MAM113
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 4. Description: In scenarios where reimagining a mainframe application is the best approach for modernization, the complexities involved in extracting business rules, decomposing monolithic codebases, transforming legacy code, and comprehensive testing can pose daunting hurdles. During this session, discover how generative AI services including Amazon Bedrock can introduce intelligence and automation into your modernization journey, helping you overcome these challenges. This can also make the process of reimagining and transforming mainframe systems more flexible and dependable. Also explore how AWS customer, U.S. GSA, used generative AI tooling to accelerate mainframe application modernization and reduce costs and risks.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
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 1. Title: Reimagining IT: From cost center to innovative product builder
 2. Session Code: INO109
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: This session shares insights from Amazon's enterprise-wide approach to product management, covering core elements like product-driven mental models, defining the product manager role, organizing and enabling product teams, and applying customer-centric strategies for aligning priorities. Discover how an iterative approach to launching and scaling products and services drives innovation. Explore the power of finding insights in exceptions, using data to drive behavior change, and leveraging generative AI for personalized analytics. Gain a fresh perspective on transforming IT from a helpdesk to a product builder, fundamentally reimagining the cloud as a driver of value-added services and industry-first offerings.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
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 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: IT Executive, IT Professional / Technical Manager, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
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 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of VMware Tanzu
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 1. Title: Reimagining the developer experience at AWS
 2. Session Code: DOP220-INT
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 4. Description: Software development is undergoing a huge shift driven by generative AI, which is transforming how developers work, what they build, and who can become a developer. AWS empowers developers to fearlessly embrace this evolution, integrating cutting-edge yet responsible generative AI agents across the development lifecycle. In this talk, explore real-world use cases that accelerate legacy modernization, elevate cloud-native innovation, and unlock remarkable results. Gain insights into the pragmatic approach by AWS that fuels creativity and customer impact. Generative AI agents are redefining software development, opening new frontiers for innovation, and democratizing access to coding for diverse creators, shaping technology's future.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
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 1. Title: Reinventing entertainment
 2. Session Code: MAE203-INT
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 4. Description: The entertainment industry is undergoing a seismic shift, driven by changing audience preferences and new technologies. Organizations are innovating with AWS to captivate audiences through video, gaming, music, and film. Generational preferences for user-generated content and livestreaming have accelerated this evolution, with gaming emerging as a dominant force. Additionally, generative AI is revolutionizing the industry, enabling innovation in advertising, content monetization, and experiences. As consumers demand more interactive experiences, traditional companies are diversifying and exploring new partnerships. Attend this talk to gain insights into the latest trends and learn how industry leaders are using cloud technologies to enhance engagement and monetization.
 
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
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    - AI/ML
    - Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest:
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 1. Title: Relax and let the data flow: A zero-ETL pipeline [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV314-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: Discover how to build a real-time data visualization pipeline using Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon DynamoDB, without the complexity of traditional ETL processes. Learn how to use Amazon Redshift and OpenSearch Ingestion to efficiently process and transform data, and implement a serverless architecture using AWS CDK. Explore how this zero-ETL solution can enable faster, more informed decision-making by letting you focus on deriving insights from data rather than managing infrastructure.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
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 1. Title: Relax and let the data flow: A zero-ETL pipeline [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DEV314-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how to build a real-time data visualization pipeline using Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon DynamoDB, without the complexity of traditional ETL processes. Learn how to use Amazon Redshift and OpenSearch Ingestion to efficiently process and transform data, and implement a serverless architecture using AWS CDK. Explore how this zero-ETL solution can enable faster, more informed decision-making by letting you focus on deriving insights from data rather than managing infrastructure.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
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    - Analytics
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest: Innovation and Transformation
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 1. Title: Replatforming for reinvention: Modernizing mainframes at Goldman Sachs
 2. Session Code: FSI312
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: Goldman Sachs' asset management ledger, InvestOne, is the heart of their middle office and responsible for calculating and maintaining their investment portfolio positions. In this session, Goldman Sachs walks through how they migrated this mission-critical mainframe while overcoming challenges such as scale, cost, and technical debt. Gain insights into their COBOL development and deployment framework, as well as how they expedited the migration without compromising their commitment to their customers and business. Learn how their platform ensures scalability, availability, and security using Amazon EBS, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, and Amazon RDS and establishes a path for future migrations.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
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 1. Title: re:Play party
 2. Session Code: ACT159
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: Eat. Drink. Party. Unwind. Year after year AWS re:Invent brings in some of the best talent for the re:Play party. Enjoy a dynamic musical lineup with a live band and noteworthy DJ performances. If you need a break from the tunes, relax in our central courtyard, skate the night away on the new roller-skating rink, play an AI drawing game, or compete in giant four in a row. Shuttles to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds start at 7:00 PM.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
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 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 7:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Attend AWS re:Invent conference
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 1. Title: Resilience of AWS Cloud [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC310-R
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: In this chalk talk, discover how AWS builds an AWS Region, starting from a two-data-center environment and adding infrastructure until it becomes a complete Region. Learn about the resilience benefits this infrastructure provides. Learn how AWS services sit on top of the physical infrastructure and are designed to be resilient. Explore how our service teams operate the services and the mechanisms used to keep them running. Ask questions and get answers about the resilience of AWS infrastructure.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
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    - Architecture
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
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 1. Title: Resilience of AWS Cloud [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ARC310-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: In this chalk talk, discover how AWS builds an AWS Region, starting from a two-data-center environment and adding infrastructure until it becomes a complete Region. Learn about the resilience benefits this infrastructure provides. Learn how AWS services sit on top of the physical infrastructure and are designed to be resilient. Explore how our service teams operate the services and the mechanisms used to keep them running. Ask questions and get answers about the resilience of AWS infrastructure.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Compute
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 1. Title: Resilience solutions for cohesive application protection
 2. Session Code: COP316
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: AWS services often have their own resiliency solutions. However, applications can span multiple AWS resources and creating a unified runbook for addressing business continuity events can be daunting. In this code talk, discover several common architectures comprising multiple AWS services resources and learn the best ways to create cohesive and simple resiliency plans.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
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 1. Title: Resilient and resourceful: Balance compute resiliency and costs
 2. Session Code: CMP202
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling helps you maintain application availability and automatically add or remove Amazon EC2 instances using scaling policies that you define. In this chalk talk, dive deep into Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling innovations and best practices designed to increase the resiliency of your applications while meeting your cost-efficiency objectives. Learn how your deployment patterns and tools such as Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling instance maintenance policy and instance refresh rollback can help you achieve the exact balance of healthy compute capacity needed.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
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 1. Title: Resilient by design: Building robust disaster recovery on AWS
 2. Session Code: NTA316
-3. Sponsor: 
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 4. Description: In today's always-on business environment, having a reliable disaster recovery (DR) strategy is essential. In this chalk talk, explore how to use the power of AWS to build a robust, resilient DR architecture for your applications and data. Learn proven techniques for implementing multi-Region failover, automating failover and failback processes, and ensuring seamless business continuity. Discover how to use AWS services like AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery to create a comprehensive, cost-effective DR solution. Walk away with an actionable blueprint to design, implement, and test your AWS powered disaster recovery plan, ensuring your organization can withstand even the most severe disruptions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, New to AWS
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 1. Title: Resilient cloud, rapid response: Incident management on AWS
 2. Session Code: COP357
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk helps attendees learn incident management on AWS by leveraging key services such as AWS Systems Manager (SSM) Incident Manager and Automation. Attendees learn how to utilize Incident Manager to streamline the entire incident response lifecycle, from rapid detection to automated remediation. Additionally, the session addresses security benefits including enhanced operational security and auditing through Amazon CloudWatch logs. Learn how to use automation to simplify resiliency operations. Through live demos and best practices, attendees gain the knowledge and tools necessary to establish a robust, scalable, and security-focused incident response approach for their AWS-powered cloud operations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -58781,7 +58781,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Reskilling at the speed of cloud: Turning employees into entrepreneurs
 2. Session Code: SEG204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The cloud unleashes your organization's talent to innovate at speed, but there's a challenge. With people at the heart of agile organizations, how do you establish the skills you need throughout your company, from the boardroom down, in order to release this potential? In this session, find out why agility is at the heart of digital transformation and why it can be a powerful measure of your organization's future success. Learn about patterns and approaches that can help you create the time and momentum to reskill your entire organization, so you can capitalize on the potential of the cloud.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Training and Certification
@@ -58843,7 +58843,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Responsible AI: From theory to practice with AWS
 2. Session Code: AIM210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The rapid growth of generative AI brings promising innovation but raises new challenges around its safe and responsible development and use. While challenges like bias and explainability were common before generative AI, large language models bring new challenges like hallucination, toxicity, and intellectual property protection. Join this session to understand how your organization can begin its responsible AI journey. Get an overview of the challenges related to generative AI and learn about the responsible AI in action at AWS, including the approach taken by AWS and the tools it offers.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -58877,7 +58877,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Responsible AI with Amazon Bedrock Guardrails
 2. Session Code: IDE205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As AI systems become more ubiquitous, ensuring their responsible development and deployment is crucial. This lightning talk explores the power of Amazon Bedrock Guardrails and how it can be used to promote ethical and trustworthy AI practices. Learn how Amazon Bedrock Guardrails can benefit everyday users, from mitigating biases to upholding privacy and security standards.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -58907,7 +58907,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Responsible generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS210-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As companies use generative AI workloads in the cloud, it is imperative to align with environmental, social, and governance principles for sustainable growth. In this lightning talk, explore how to transform responsible AI from theory into practice, avoid unintended harm, which is crucial for maintaining public trust, and steer innovation responsibly. Learn how AWS takes a comprehensive approach to responsible AI, spanning safety, fairness, explainability, veracity, privacy, governance, transparency, and controllability.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -58944,7 +58944,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Responsible generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS210-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As companies use generative AI workloads in the cloud, it is imperative to align with environmental, social, and governance principles for sustainable growth. In this lightning talk, explore how to transform responsible AI from theory into practice, avoid unintended harm, which is crucial for maintaining public trust, and steer innovation responsibly. Learn how AWS takes a comprehensive approach to responsible AI, spanning safety, fairness, explainability, veracity, privacy, governance, transparency, and controllability.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -58958,7 +58958,7 @@
    - Data Scientist
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of generative AI and its applications in the cloud.
     2. Knowledge of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles.
@@ -58981,7 +58981,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Responsible generative AI tabletop: Strategy creation [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ204-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore the ethical dimensions of AI governance and join forces with top-tier executives to steer the course of a fictional organization's generative AI journey through high-stakes decision-making. This immersive experience offers a rare chance to glean insights and lessons typically accrued over years, empowering participants to refine their management approaches, crystallize visionary strategies, and champion responsible generative AI practices. Seize the opportunity to deepen your understanding of ethical generative AI usage and pave the way for impactful and sustainable generative AI innovation within your own organizational framework.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Migration and Modernization
@@ -59014,7 +59014,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Responsible generative AI tabletop: Governance and oversight [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ208-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Immerse yourself in the world of artificial intelligence governance with a "generative AI from a board perspective," tabletop. Join fellow industry luminaries in shaping the strategic trajectory of a fictional organization's generative AI initiatives through board-level decision-making. This engaging exercise offers a unique opportunity to glean insights and lessons typically garnered through years of experience, empowering participants to refine their oversight approaches, crystallize visionary strategies, and fortify their organizations against emerging AI risks. Don't miss this chance to accelerate your understanding of generative AI governance dynamics and chart a course toward responsible and impactful AI deployment. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -59052,7 +59052,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Responsible generative AI tabletop: Strategy creation [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ204-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore the ethical dimensions of AI governance and join forces with top-tier executives to steer the course of a fictional organization's generative AI journey through high-stakes decision-making. This immersive experience offers a rare chance to glean insights and lessons typically accrued over years, empowering participants to refine their management approaches, crystallize visionary strategies, and champion responsible generative AI practices. Seize the opportunity to deepen your understanding of ethical generative AI usage and pave the way for impactful and sustainable generative AI innovation within your own organizational framework.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Migration and Modernization
@@ -59085,7 +59085,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Responsible generative AI tabletop: Governance and oversight [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ208-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Immerse yourself in the world of artificial intelligence governance with a "generative AI from a board perspective," tabletop. Join fellow industry luminaries in shaping the strategic trajectory of a fictional organization's generative AI initiatives through board-level decision-making. This engaging exercise offers a unique opportunity to glean insights and lessons typically garnered through years of experience, empowering participants to refine their oversight approaches, crystallize visionary strategies, and fortify their organizations against emerging AI risks. Don't miss this chance to accelerate your understanding of generative AI governance dynamics and chart a course toward responsible and impactful AI deployment. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -59123,7 +59123,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Retail revolution: AWS IoT & computer vision for frictionless stores
 2. Session Code: IOT201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's retail landscape, consumers expect seamless shopping experiences. In this chalk talk, dive into how AWS IoT and Amazon Kinesis Video Streams help retailers enhance in-store interactions using computer vision. Explore how to integrate AWS IoT Core with in-store cameras and sensors and use Kinesis Video Streams for real-time cloud video streaming. By deploying advanced computer vision algorithms, retailers can create automated stores, bypassing traditional checkout processes. This talk covers the architecture of frictionless store solutions and practical strategies for overcoming deployment challenges, illustrating how these technologies boost customer satisfaction and operational efficiency in contemporary retail settings.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Hybrid Cloud
@@ -59151,7 +59151,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Revolutionize customer care with data-driven generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT409-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Imagine a world where every customer call is answered instantly, issues are resolved swiftly without any human intervention, and the entire experience feels personal and seamless. In this builders' session, develop a fully automated generative AI assistant, harnessing the power of Amazon MemoryDB vector search capabilities to provide an unparalleled customer experience at high speed and recall rates. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -59179,7 +59179,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Revolutionize customer care with data-driven generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT409-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Imagine a world where every customer call is answered instantly, issues are resolved swiftly without any human intervention, and the entire experience feels personal and seamless. In this builders' session, develop a fully automated generative AI assistant, harnessing the power of Amazon MemoryDB vector search capabilities to provide an unparalleled customer experience at high speed and recall rates. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -59213,7 +59213,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: DevOps Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of Kubernetes
@@ -59272,7 +59272,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Revolutionize your search applications for generative AI
 2. Session Code: ANT340
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to discover how vector search can revolutionize your business's search capabilities compared to traditional keyword search. Vector search plays a critical role in enhancing generative AI applications and solutions by enabling more accurate and context-aware search results. During this session, explore the implementation of vector search using Amazon OpenSearch Service, understanding its advantages in improving search relevance, handling unstructured data, and delivering personalized user experiences. Gain critical insights into practical applications, including enhanced recommendation systems and semantic search, and learn how to address common business challenges more effectively.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -59333,7 +59333,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Revolutionizing edge computing: Enhancing resilience and intelligence
 2. Session Code: SMB301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Edge computing brings data processing closer to the source, reducing latency and bandwidth usage, which is crucial for real-time applications like autonomous vehicles and IoT devices. According to Fortune Business Insights, the global edge computing market size was valued at $15.96 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow from $21.41 billion in 2024 to $216.76 billion by 2032. This underscores the increasing demand for efficient, immediate data processing capabilities and the shift from centralized to distributed computing frameworks. In this session, learn how deploying models and transaction applications at the edge on small form-factor computers can help businesses continue operations during connectivity disruptions, forecast inventory, reduce losses, and improve customer experience through enhanced edge intelligence.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -59363,7 +59363,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Revolutionizing multimodal data search with Amazon Q Business
 2. Session Code: AIM402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Today's enterprises deal with data in various formats, including audio, image, video, and text, scattered across different documents. Searching through this diverse content to find useful information is a significant challenge. This workshop explores how Amazon Q Business transforms the way enterprises search and discover data across multiple formats. By utilizing cutting-edge artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies, Amazon Q Business helps enterprises navigate their content seamlessly. Find out how this powerful tool accelerates real-world use cases by making it easier to extract actionable insights from multimodal datasets. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -59397,7 +59397,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Revolutionizing supply chain: Jabil's journey with Amazon Q Business
 2. Session Code: AIM253
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Jabil, a global manufacturing solutions provider, is harnessing the power of generative AI with Amazon Q Business to transform its supply chain operations. This session explores Jabil's rollout of innovative applications, enhancing factory operations and delivering customer insights across the Jabil supply chain. Gain insights into Jabil's strategies for measuring success, including their goal to use generative AI in new revenue streams. Join us to see how Amazon Q Business and AWS services are helping Jabil build an AI-driven supply chain solution, improving decision-making, efficiency, and market intelligence globally.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -59455,7 +59455,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Datadog
 4. Description: Back for another exciting year! Ride the slide in The Venetian foyer for a fun thrill. This community activity is sponsored by Datadog.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -59551,7 +59551,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Right-sizing your application services: Rethinking microservices
 2. Session Code: ARC324
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The mental model for microservices has some builders putting excess emphasis on the count of services they have in their system. In this session, learn to better weigh the size, scope, and count of services, and factor in the realities of real-world environments, striking a balance between service consumption profiles/roles and service size, deployment, and operational complexity. Getting this right can simplify implementation, deployment, and operations for a system. It allows teams to use real data to drive their service decomposition and let services earn their way out based on observed bottlenecks and scaling needs.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -59594,7 +59594,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Developer / Engineer, IT Administrator, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing and its benefits
@@ -59617,7 +59617,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Robotic simulation with NVIDIA Isaac Lab on AWS Batch
 2. Session Code: MFG319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Simulation-based reinforcement learning (RL) has benefited the field of robotics, helping manufacturers automate complex tasks. With generative AI, robotic simulation has accelerated the development and training of models. NVIDIA Isaac Lab enables RL with realistic physics and high fidelity virtual worlds to train and test robots. This builders' session dives deep into NVIDIA's Isaac Lab, AWS Batch, and Amazon EC2 instances powered by NVIDIA GPUs. Through hands-on exercises, learn distributed training for robots across multiple GPU nodes, and explore the crucial sim-to-real transfer, sharing insights and strategies for effectively translating simulation learnings to real-world robotic applications. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -59644,7 +59644,7 @@
 
 1. Title: RoboTic-tac-toe [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD229-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Imagine tic-tac-toe brought to life with dynamic robot movements, engaging gameplay, and celebratory dances. Utilizing two commodity toy robots and AWS IoT, AI/ML, and generative AI services, play tic-tac-toe by instructing the robots in natural language to activate their markers (X or O) on the game board. Players can compete against each other, challenge an LLM, or watch as two LLMs compete against each other.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -59671,7 +59671,7 @@
 
 1. Title: RoboTic-tac-toe [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD229-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Imagine tic-tac-toe brought to life with dynamic robot movements, engaging gameplay, and celebratory dances. Utilizing two commodity toy robots and AWS IoT, AI/ML, and generative AI services, play tic-tac-toe by instructing the robots in natural language to activate their markers (X or O) on the game board. Players can compete against each other, challenge an LLM, or watch as two LLMs compete against each other.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -59700,7 +59700,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Robust strategies for testing serverless and event-driven workloads
 2. Session Code: SVS210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Elevate your automated testing skills for serverless and event-driven applications in this highly anticipated, interactive chalk talk. Explore strategies and best practices through code samples and whiteboard demos. Learn techniques like emulation, mocking, and testing in the cloud. Gain insights into common structures and patterns that make your tests effective, useful, and easy to understand. Leave equipped with practical knowledge to future-proof your cloud-native applications by implementing robust automated testing.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -59732,7 +59732,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Rolling with resilience: An AWS tabletop adventure
 2. Session Code: COP201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Improving resilience is a continuous process that should be incorporated into how you build and operate applications, and AWS offers a robust arsenal of tools and services to help. In this immersive workshop, embark on a journey through a series of simulated crises, where you'll assume the roles of various incident response personas. Situations and results change with the roll of the dice. As the story unfolds, discover how AWS services like AWS Resilience Hub, AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, Fault Injection Service, and more can empower you to bolster your organization's bulwarks against potential disruptions. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -59764,7 +59764,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Run containerized workloads efficiently on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Containers offer scalability and flexibility, enabling seamless deployment, management, and scaling of applications in any environment. Using containers on AWS can help you improve your efficiency and achieve your price performance goals. In this chalk talk, explore how you can take advantage of solutions such as AWS Graviton–based instances and Amazon EC2 Spot Instances to boost the efficiency of your workloads. Learn how to build, test, and deploy containers using a multi-architecture approach that gives you the flexibility to deploy virtually anywhere on AWS with Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and AWS Fargate.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -59795,7 +59795,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Run containerized workloads efficiently on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Containers offer scalability and flexibility, enabling seamless deployment, management, and scaling of applications in any environment. Using containers on AWS can help you improve your efficiency and achieve your price performance goals. In this chalk talk, explore how you can take advantage of solutions such as AWS Graviton–based instances and Amazon EC2 Spot Instances to boost the efficiency of your workloads. Learn how to build, test, and deploy containers using a multi-architecture approach that gives you the flexibility to deploy virtually anywhere on AWS with Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and AWS Fargate.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute, Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -59825,7 +59825,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Run high-performing FMs at scale with Amazon SageMaker HyperPod [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM314-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This workshop explores the end-to-end workflow of managing foundation models (FMs) on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod. The discussion covers four critical aspects: Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT), model deployment, and serving. Additionally, dive into operational aspects, including system observability and the resiliency features of Amazon SageMaker HyperPod, such as recovery from failure and job auto-resuming. Leave this hands-on session with a robust understanding of managing and deploying foundation models efficiently on AWS. Learn to use cutting-edge techniques and tools to ensure high performance, reliability, and scalability in FM development. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -59856,7 +59856,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Run high-performing FMs at scale with Amazon SageMaker HyperPod [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM314-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This workshop explores the end-to-end workflow of managing foundation models (FMs) on Amazon SageMaker HyperPod. The discussion covers four critical aspects: Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT), model deployment, and serving. Additionally, dive into operational aspects, including system observability and the resiliency features of Amazon SageMaker HyperPod, such as recovery from failure and job auto-resuming. Leave this hands-on session with a robust understanding of managing and deploying foundation models efficiently on AWS. Learn to use cutting-edge techniques and tools to ensure high performance, reliability, and scalability in FM development. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -59887,7 +59887,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Running a complex design environment on AWS
 2. Session Code: MFG205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Fab (fabrication facility) design requires a complex and sensitive user experience and strong security regulations. In this session, learn how Samsung Electronics, the world-class semiconductor company, has built and operated a design platform on AWS while adhering to high performance and advanced security standards.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -59917,10 +59917,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Running generative AI inference on Amazon EKS
 2. Session Code: PEX401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Some of the most innovative AWS customers are using Amazon EKS to train and run inference for cutting-edge generative AI workloads. In this workshop, learn how to train and serve LLMs on Amazon EKS. Discover how to deploy the JARK stack (Jupyter, Argo Workflows, Ray, and Karpenter) into an Amazon EKS cluster, and learn how to use these tools to train a publicly available model from Hugging Face. This workshop is intended for AWS Partners.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -59928,7 +59928,7 @@
    - Modernization
    - Partner Enablement
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -59952,7 +59952,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Running Streamlit applications on AWS
 2. Session Code: OPN310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Streamlit is the open source Python framework that turns data scripts and LLM models into web applications. In this chalk talk, explore how to design, create, and securely deploy Streamlit applications on AWS. Topics include basic architecture, authentication, and AWS CDK deployment and lifecycle.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -59981,7 +59981,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Run workloads efficiently on EKS with Karpenter and EC2 Spot Instances
 2. Session Code: CMP213
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session covers how Karpenter can help you reduce complexities and improve efficiency in Kubernetes clusters. Explore how to leverage Amazon EC2 Spot Instances as a purchase option, and learn how AWS Graviton-based Amazon EC2 instances help further optimize your workloads while improving sustainability.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute, Kubernetes
@@ -60008,7 +60008,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SaaS and RAG: Maximizing generative AI value in multi-tenant solutions
 2. Session Code: SAS405
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI will clearly have significant impact on the footprint and experience of SaaS applications. The question is: How does generative AI influence the multi-tenant design of your SaaS architecture? In this workshop, look at how generative AI can be used to deliver new experiences. This includes building out tenant-specific RAG experiences, configuring and managing per-tenant RAG data, metering tenant consumption of models, implementing tenant isolation with generative AI constructs, and so on. The goal is to guide you through end-to-end design and development of a working multi-tenant generative AI solution. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Architecture
@@ -60040,7 +60040,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SaaS architecture patterns: What tools/strategies belong on my radar? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SAS314-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: There is no one-size-fits-all SaaS architecture. Instead, architects must find the unique mix of multi-tenant strategies that address the needs of their specific application. This chalk talk outlines the core SaaS patterns that architects can use to compose their multi-tenant architectures. Which isolation and deployment models best meet the needs of your solution? What strategies to orchestrate the onboarding and provisioning of tenants? These are all examples of areas where you need to determine which tools, services, technologies, and strategies you should have on your radar when designing a SaaS solution.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -60077,7 +60077,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SaaS architecture patterns: What tools/strategies belong on my radar? [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SAS314-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: There is no one-size-fits-all SaaS architecture. Instead, architects must find the unique mix of multi-tenant strategies that address the needs of their specific application. This chalk talk outlines the core SaaS patterns that architects can use to compose their multi-tenant architectures. Which isolation and deployment models best meet the needs of your solution? What strategies to orchestrate the onboarding and provisioning of tenants? These are all examples of areas where you need to determine which tools, services, technologies, and strategies you should have on your radar when designing a SaaS solution.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -60114,7 +60114,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SaaS architecture pitfalls: Lessons from the field
 2. Session Code: SAS305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The last 7+ years spent helping companies build SaaS solutions has been eye-opening. AWS has gotten great insights into the dynamics, challenges, and pitfalls that teams often face when building SaaS solutions. In this session, explore a range of different patterns, including common technical and business themes that have impacted the scale, growth, and cost efficiency of SaaS offerings. This is about capturing these trends and outlining guidance that can help teams avoid falling into these same traps. Hear about the technical nuances, architecture challenges, and operational impacts that undermine the success of SaaS businesses.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -60149,7 +60149,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SaaS meets cell-based architecture: A natural multi-tenant fit
 2. Session Code: SAS401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building a multi-tenant SaaS architecture is a balancing act. Finding the right blend of cost efficiency, scale, resilience, and operational agility can be challenging. It's here that a cell-based architecture can often be a natural fit. The cell-based model gives you new ways to approach tenant isolation, deployment, scaling, regional distribution, and tiering, bringing a range of new possibilities to your SaaS architecture and operational footprint. In this session, dive deep on cell-based multi-tenant architecture and discover the strategies, patterns, and considerations that come with employing this model.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -60183,7 +60183,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SaaS meets testing: Validating multi-tenant scale, resilience, and operations
 2. Session Code: ARC316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Multi-tenant SaaS environments must be able to efficiently react and respond to a diverse and shifting set of workloads. It's your job to implement scaling, onboarding, tiering, data partitioning, tenant isolation, and other multi-tenant strategies that can gracefully support these workloads. Building it is one thing. Knowing it works is another. In this session, examine a range of strategies to exercise and simulate your multi-tenant architecture, testing its ability to achieve the security, operational, scale, and resilience goals that you've targeted with your design. The goal is to validate architectural policies and assumption before they're released into the wild.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -60218,7 +60218,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SaaS microservices deep dive: Multi-tenancy meets microservice
 2. Session Code: SAS403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Microservices represent the area of your SaaS application where multi-tenant context meets the everyday coding needs of SaaS developers. The microservices of your SaaS environment are where you'll ultimately apply or use the constructs that will address tenant isolation, accessing data with tenant context, recording tenant-aware metrics, integrating with billing systems, interacting with other multi-tenant microservices, and a long list of other considerations. In this workshop, create real-world microservices that cover a broad spectrum of multi-tenant use cases and implementation strategies. The goal is to see firsthand the way SaaS influences the inner workings of your microservices. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -60252,7 +60252,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SaaS migration and modernization: Balancing strategy and reality
 2. Session Code: SAS309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The path to SaaS is different for many organizations. There are a range of different business and technical factors that influence how you choose to move an existing application to a multi-tenant delivery model. This chalk talk looks at a range of SaaS modernization strategies and patterns, exploring the challenges and trade-offs associated with different approaches. How and where should you rewrite or refactor your code? How do you inject tenant context into your experience? What parts of the SaaS control plane are needed? These are sample questions that this talk covers.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -60289,7 +60289,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SaaS storage strategies: Scaling, securing & tuning multi-tenant data
 2. Session Code: SAS306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SaaS builders must balance a range of competing needs when selecting a multi-tenant storage strategy. How you'll scale, how you'll prevent noisy neighbor, how you'll isolate tenant data, how you'll support remote data, how you'll shard workloads—these are among the many factors you must consider. This session examines the different strategies and patterns that are applied when designing a scalable multi-tenant data architecture that can evolve as your business evolves. This goes beyond data partitioning, looking into the details of how you address challenging multi-tenant storage models and balance cost, operational, and performance efficiency.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Storage
@@ -60319,7 +60319,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SaaS survivor: Building a rich multi-tenant operations experience
 2. Session Code: SAS402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building a multi-tenant SaaS offering is just part of the job. Once your environment is loaded up with tenants, you still need rich, proactive tooling and mechanisms that allow you to analyze, troubleshoot, and evaluate the state of your system. This workshop takes you through a series of simulated operational events (noisy neighbor, isolation violations, and so on), creating the tools you need to track and analyze the activity of individual tenants and tiers. The goal is to highlight the operational challenges that can surface in multi-tenant environments and explore approaches to creating the tenant-aware operational mechanisms that can support this experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture, DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -60348,7 +60348,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Safeguard and audit data protection with AWS Backup [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG403-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Backup is critical for organizations to meet business operation and regulatory compliance needs. It also helps protect against disasters, accidental deletions, and ransomware. In this workshop, explore different scenarios using AWS Backup. Find out how you can define policies to centrally protect and restore AWS services; choose among Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon EBS volumes, Amazon S3 objects, Amazon Aurora databases, and Amazon EFS file systems; configure AWS Backup Vault Lock to enable write-once, read-many (WORM) backup data; and deliver simple, auditor-ready compliance monitoring and reporting with AWS Backup Audit Manager. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture, Storage
@@ -60379,7 +60379,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Safeguard and audit data protection with AWS Backup [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG403-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Backup is critical for organizations to meet business operation and regulatory compliance needs. It also helps protect against disasters, accidental deletions, and ransomware. In this workshop, explore different scenarios using AWS Backup. Find out how you can define policies to centrally protect and restore AWS services; choose among Amazon EC2 instances, Amazon EBS volumes, Amazon S3 objects, Amazon Aurora databases, and Amazon EFS file systems; configure AWS Backup Vault Lock to enable write-once, read-many (WORM) backup data; and deliver simple, auditor-ready compliance monitoring and reporting with AWS Backup Audit Manager. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture, Storage
@@ -60410,7 +60410,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Safeguard sensitive data: Zero Trust data protection for your mission [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data protection is paramount, especially with generative AI's rapid evolution. Organizations seek strategies for fine-grained control over sensitive information. Learn about the Zero Trust Data Format, a multinational standard empowering organizations to securely protect and share critical data assets. It offers a comprehensive data security approach, extending control beyond traditional boundaries. Explore the format's core principles and the data types it can protect. Discover how to implement Zero Trust Data Format on AWS through architectural patterns and real-world use cases demonstrating its effectiveness in protecting and sharing sensitive data securely. Gain insights into this robust standard for maintaining data sovereignty.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -60447,7 +60447,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Safeguard sensitive data: Zero Trust data protection for your mission [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: WPS304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data protection is paramount, especially with generative AI's rapid evolution. Organizations seek strategies for fine-grained control over sensitive information. Learn about the Zero Trust Data Format, a multinational standard empowering organizations to securely protect and share critical data assets. It offers a comprehensive data security approach, extending control beyond traditional boundaries. Explore the format's core principles and the data types it can protect. Discover how to implement Zero Trust Data Format on AWS through architectural patterns and real-world use cases demonstrating its effectiveness in protecting and sharing sensitive data securely. Gain insights into this robust standard for maintaining data sovereignty.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -60484,7 +60484,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Safeguard your generative AI apps from prompt injections [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC338-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Prompt injection attacks pose a risk to the integrity and safety of generative AI (gen AI) applications. Threat actors can craft prompts to manipulate the system, leading to the generation of harmful, biased, or unintended outputs. In this chalk talk, explore effective strategies to defend against prompt injection vulnerabilities. Learn about robust input validation, secure prompt engineering principles, and comprehensive content moderation frameworks. See a demo of various prompts and their associated defense mechanisms. By adopting these best practices, you can help safeguard your generative AI applications and foster responsible AI practices in your organization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -60517,7 +60517,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Safeguard your generative AI apps from prompt injections [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC338-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Prompt injection attacks pose a risk to the integrity and safety of generative AI (gen AI) applications. Threat actors can craft prompts to manipulate the system, leading to the generation of harmful, biased, or unintended outputs. In this chalk talk, explore effective strategies to defend against prompt injection vulnerabilities. Learn about robust input validation, secure prompt engineering principles, and comprehensive content moderation frameworks. See a demo of various prompts and their associated defense mechanisms. By adopting these best practices, you can help safeguard your generative AI applications and foster responsible AI practices in your organization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -60550,7 +60550,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Safer, simpler, faster upgrades with Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments
 2. Session Code: DAT335
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments simplify the process of upgrading and performing maintenance on your Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS databases. In this chalk talk, you will architect a blue/green database upgrade solution to support major or minor engine version upgrades and perform schema changes with minimal and predictable downtime. Active participation is encouraged as you architect a solution to meet your requirements. In open discussion, learn the trade-offs involved in database management when using Blue/Green Deployments and how to design the most effective upgrade solution to meet your needs.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -60586,10 +60586,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Santa Clara County & AWS: Collaborative disease surveillance system
 2. Session Code: PRO208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The Santa Clara County (SCC) Public Health department collaborated with AWS and its Professional Services team to implement a comprehensive disease surveillance system. AWS provided cloud infrastructure, data management solutions, ML-powered identity management, intelligent document processing solutions, and analytics capabilities. The AWS Professional Services team assisted with design, development, deployment, integration, and project management to have a streamlined data ingestion, curation, and distribution process across 15 public health data sources. Find out how the team created a system that empowers SCC to consolidate and link civilian health data across several California state systems for data-driven decision-making and analytics.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -60602,7 +60602,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Cloud computing expertise
     2. Data management and integration capabilities
@@ -60626,10 +60626,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Saving lives with serverless: Modernizing transplant matching on AWS
 2. Session Code: IMP206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how the National Marrow Donor Program (NMDP) transformed a crucial but mature application into a serverless, cloud-native architecture using AWS Lambda and Amazon Aurora. Discover how they overcame technical hurdles and adopted a more agile culture to modernize a life-saving bone marrow donor matching system, increasing efficiency and reducing costs—without compromising accuracy. Gain insights into their journey from new to power users of AWS Lambda, leveraging advanced capabilities to optimize performance and outcomes. Explore how this modernization enables rapid innovation as NMDP continues its mission of saving lives through marrow transplants.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Migration and Modernization
 - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -60661,7 +60661,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scalable and cost-effective ML training on Amazon EKS with AWS Batch
 2. Session Code: CMP403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Running Kubernetes pods in parallel across multiple nodes to efficiently train large models is difficult. Scaling compute resources, setting up drivers and networking, and scheduling pods to maximize instance utilization is not only challenging, it's undifferentiated heavy lifting. AWS Batch is a managed service that works with your existing Amazon EKS clusters to manage the full lifecycle of nodes and pods for ML training and other compute-intensive workloads. In this chalk talk, dive deep on how to offload the complexities of large ML model training on Amazon EKS using AWS Batch multi-node processing jobs, reducing your cost and operational overhead.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -60695,7 +60695,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: Data Engineer, Data Scientist, Developer / Engineer, Entrepreneur (Founder/Co-Founder), IT Executive, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of data management and analytics
@@ -60715,7 +60715,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scalable data movement to Amazon S3 for AI/ML workflows
 2. Session Code: STG352
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to explore your options for moving data into Amazon S3 from various sources to enable artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) workflows. Dive deep into building event-driven architectures using hybrid data services, including Amazon S3 File Gateway and AWS DataSync, to move data between on-premises sources, other clouds, and between AWS Regions. Gain insights on optimizing your data movement workflows, ensuring data integrity, and using automated processes to enhance your AI/ML projects. This talk provides practical guidance and real-world examples to help you streamline your data movement and accelerate innovation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Storage
@@ -60745,7 +60745,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scalable design patterns for Apache Iceberg–based data lakes [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT414-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk explores architectural patterns that can elevate data management capabilities of an Apache Iceberg data lake including the write-audit-publish (WAP) pattern for ensuring data quality, the slowly changing dimensions (SCD) Type 2 pattern for tracking historical data changes, and the change log view pattern for enabling historical record retrieval and change data capture. Dive into the practical implementation of these patterns and discover the benefits they offer in terms of data integrity, auditability, and adaptability to evolving requirements. Learn how to build robust, scalable, and future-proof data architectures that can effectively handle complex data management challenges.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -60778,7 +60778,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scalable design patterns for Apache Iceberg–based data lakes [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT414-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk explores architectural patterns that can elevate data management capabilities of an Apache Iceberg data lake including the write-audit-publish (WAP) pattern for ensuring data quality, the slowly changing dimensions (SCD) Type 2 pattern for tracking historical data changes, and the change log view pattern for enabling historical record retrieval and change data capture. Dive into the practical implementation of these patterns and discover the benefits they offer in terms of data integrity, auditability, and adaptability to evolving requirements. Learn how to build robust, scalable, and future-proof data architectures that can effectively handle complex data management challenges.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -60840,13 +60840,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale BI to all your users with Amazon Q in QuickSight
 2. Session Code: BSI206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, you learn how to bring business intelligence (BI) to everyone in your organization using Amazon Q in QuickSight. Explore connecting different data sources, managing users and groups at scale, and implementing operational best practices. Discover how to secure your deployment while enabling centralized access management and controlled data discovery. Learn best practices for using the Generative BI capabilities of Amazon Q in QuickSight, allowing users to access insights with natural language.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Business Intelligence, Generative AI
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 4:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -60866,10 +60866,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale clinical diagnostic operations: Natera's genomic innovation
 2. Session Code: HLS206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, discover how clinical diagnostics company Natera used AWS to transform their genomic data processing and unlock groundbreaking clinical insights. Learn how they seamlessly integrated their laboratory data workflows with AWS, enabling scalable and cost-effective processing of millions of clinical tests annually. Dive deep into their use of AWS HealthOmics, which helped power genomic analysis and personalized treatment mapping for oncology, women's health, and fetal health assessments. Take away valuable insights into the benefits of their AWS migration, including reduced costs, scalability, and robust data provenance.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -60899,7 +60899,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale co-sell across regions with AWS and partner industry solutions
 2. Session Code: PEX220
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS is empowering its partners to co-sell and globally scale industry-specific solutions. However, this requires addressing diverse regional practices, ecosystems, and requirements. This lightning talk shares how the AWS automotive and manufacturing team scaled the Industrial Data Fabric solution across India, Japan, and Latin America. It covers the common obstacles AWS Partners face when globalizing solutions, as well as the repeatable "flywheel" framework the team developed to enable successful co-selling motions.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -60933,7 +60933,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale FM development with Amazon SageMaker HyperPod
 2. Session Code: AIM229
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: From startups to enterprises, organizations trust AWS to innovate with comprehensive, secure, and price-performant generative AI infrastructure. Amazon SageMaker HyperPod is a purpose-built infrastructure for FM development at scale. In this session, learn how leading AI companies strategize their FM development process and leverage SageMaker HyperPod to build state-of-the-art FMs efficiently.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -60963,7 +60963,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale FM training efficiently with Slurm in Amazon SageMaker HyperPod
 2. Session Code: AIM373
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker offers a wide range of compute resources and tools to help you scale your FM development. Amazon SageMaker HyperPod is the purpose-built infrastructure to scale your FM workloads. In this session, learn how to use Slurm in SageMaker HyperPod to optimize your training jobs. Walk through Amazon SageMaker HyperPod's workload orchestration best practices that can help you get the most performance out of your training cluster.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -60994,10 +60994,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale, optimize, upgrade Your Kubernetes cluster with Karpenter [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB318-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Karpenter, an open source CNCF project, is a flexible, high-performance Kubernetes cluster auto-scaler built with AWS. It helps improve application availability and cluster efficiency by rapidly launching right-sized compute resources in response to changing application load. In this interactive chalk talk, learn how Karpenter works, its practical use cases, how to adopt it, and how it can automatically optimize your cluster, upgrade your worker nodes, respect scheduling constraints, and more.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Kubernetes
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -61027,10 +61027,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale, optimize, upgrade Your Kubernetes cluster with Karpenter [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB318-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Karpenter, an open source CNCF project, is a flexible, high-performance Kubernetes cluster auto-scaler built with AWS. It helps improve application availability and cluster efficiency by rapidly launching right-sized compute resources in response to changing application load. In this interactive chalk talk, learn how Karpenter works, its practical use cases, how to adopt it, and how it can automatically optimize your cluster, upgrade your worker nodes, respect scheduling constraints, and more.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Kubernetes
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -61060,10 +61060,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale procurement governance and reporting insights in AWS Marketplace
 2. Session Code: MKT202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations scale, software and services procurement can become complex and can limit strategic decision-making due to the lack of data and insights. Organizations want to reduce vendor risk, CFOs want spending visibility, and procurement and legal teams need to manage and govern across teams. In this session, learn how AWS Marketplace enables you to synchronize procurement workflows and gain consolidated views of spend, usage, and licenses. Gain insight into features like private marketplace, and dashboards available to help you overcome governance and reporting challenges.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -61095,10 +61095,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale procurement governance and reporting insights in AWS Marketplace
 2. Session Code: MKT108
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Software and services procurement can get complex as organizations scale, and companies can struggle to assess and manage risks and costs. Cloud marketplaces can help organizations reduce their risk profile. In this lightning talk, learn about advanced capabilities offered by AWS Marketplace to synchronize existing procurement workflows with AWS Marketplace processes. See how you can use dashboards to get a consolidated view of spend, usage, and licenses across multiple accounts.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -61110,7 +61110,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing and cloud marketplaces
     2. Familiarity with procurement processes and risk management
@@ -61128,7 +61128,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale streaming workloads with AWS Lambda
 2. Session Code: SVS406
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to optimize your streaming data processing with AWS Lambda. Explore scenarios where default processing speeds may bottleneck workloads consuming messages from Apache Kafka, Amazon DynamoDB, or other sources—especially when data enrichment is required. Learn how to implement parallel processing techniques for ordered and unordered use cases to address throughput limitations. See a live demo showcasing performance improvements in an example message processing pipeline. Leave this talk with practical strategies for achieving high-throughput, scalable streaming workloads on Lambda.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -61159,7 +61159,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale with self-service analytics on AWS
 2. Session Code: ANT334
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Self-service analytics empowers users to independently access, explore, and analyze data to accelerate decision-making. It's a foundational step for organizations to democratize the use of data for business growth with easy-to-use, simple-to-understand, and quick-to-deliver tools. Interactive querying, SQL analytics, data preparation, data transformation, data workflow orchestration and search analytics are some of the key day-to-day functions that data users need from self-service solutions. Learn how AWS analytics services like Amazon Athena, AWS Glue, Amazon Redshift, Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow, and Amazon OpenSearch Service enable data-driven decision-making through self-serve analytics.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -61192,13 +61192,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale your high-traffic events to gen AI deployments with AWS Support
 2. Session Code: SUP308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ready to elevate your generative AI investment from prototype to full-scale deployment, or gearing up for a marketing event that's set to drive significant customer traffic? In this session, explore how customers leverage AWS Countdown and AWS Countdown Premium to strengthen resilience and scale effectively. AWS Countdown Premium is a game-changer for customers migrating and modernizing both traditional and generative AI workloads. With proactive planning, execution, and cut-over across all phases of the cloud, AWS Countdown Premium ensures that customers achieve the desired business outcomes. Learn how Georgia-Pacific successfully scaled its workloads with AWS Countdown Premium.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI, Management and Governance
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 1:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -61219,7 +61219,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale your SMS strategy with AWS End User Messaging
 2. Session Code: BIZ216
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Executing an effective SMS strategy can be a game changer, requiring careful planning, understanding of user preferences, and adhering to best practices. This session guides you through the entire setup process, covering business use cases, country-level restrictions, and the registration and management of originating numbers and sender IDs. Additionally, gain insights into the timeline for number procurement and explore utilizing AWS End User Messaging features like pool management, opt-out handling, and two-way messaging. Leave this session equipped with the knowledge to set up a successful SMS strategy, whether you're a seasoned SMS professional or new to the field.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -61248,7 +61248,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scale your software company with AWS growth programs
 2. Session Code: SEG202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With growth being a top priority for organizations, it's important to identify programs that can help you scale. In this session, learn from AWS executives about how to expand into new markets with AWS, use the AWS sales team to co-sell your solution, run co-marketing campaigns, and sell on AWS Marketplace. Explore next steps for how and who to engage with at AWS to accelerate your growth in 2025 and beyond.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: New to AWS
@@ -61282,7 +61282,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling 3D content creation with open source technologies
 2. Session Code: CMP342
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk explores 3D Gaussian Splatting as an emergent 3D reconstruction technique and how AWS can accelerate and scale the generation, management, and consumption of digitalized real-world assets in enterprise contexts, from virtual production to immersive commerce. Learn how 3D Gaussian Splatting differentiates itself as a state-of-the-art reality capture technique, how distributed computing and orchestration can reduce asset creation times, and how generative AI can improve visual fidelity. Explore integration with the AWS Visual Asset Management System (VAMS), allowing for centralized digital asset storage and management, to help power immersive 3D experiences using this technology at scale.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Compute
@@ -61313,10 +61313,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling and evolving media storage at Netflix with Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: NFX302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Studio applications at Netflix generate petabytes of data consisting of billions of multimedia assets, such as images, videos, and text, that are delivered and stored securely in Amazon S3. In this session, explore the evolution of the media storage layer at Netflix, including organizing, tracking, and managing the access control and lifecycle of these assets. In addition, Netflix's ever-growing content landscape has presented several challenges in scaling their storage backend infrastructure. Gain valuable insights into how Netflix tackled scaling challenges, and learn what media-specific features they added to effectively serve their media partners and applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -61348,7 +61348,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling and securing private workloads using Amazon API Gateway
 2. Session Code: SVS318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore how Amazon API Gateway private REST APIs can help organizations address the challenges of managing internal API workloads at scale. Learn about capabilities like access control, resource isolation, and scalability for securing and maintaining consistent API strategies across teams. Discover the latest enhancements for private REST API endpoints. Gain insights from real-world experience using these APIs to streamline workflows, enhance collaboration, and build a secure, scalable API ecosystem. Leave with a deeper understanding of how to secure your APIs and practical approaches for building these endpoints.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -61378,7 +61378,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling Epic's Unreal Engine on AWS with Linux containers
 2. Session Code: GAM306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Epic Games uses Unreal Engine on AWS to create immersive 3D content for their own projects and for other creators. Learn how this compute-intensive workload is optimized to run in containers and orchestrated with standard tools. Explore the modernization of GPU-based tasks for Windows using Linux, enabling them to run at the scale and efficiency needed to support Epic Games' expanding creator ecosystem.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -61446,10 +61446,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling from monoliths to microservices with Amazon Aurora
 2. Session Code: DAT325
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn to modernize legacy monolithic applications to microservices architectures and migrate large volumes of data using Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL. Features like Aurora Global Database, Optimized Reads, and Query Plan Management are integral to achieving high resilience and scalability. Discover how Intuit uses these capabilities to modernize workloads with hundreds of terabytes of data and tens of millions of tenants.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -61545,7 +61545,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling generative AI models for millions of users in Roblox
 2. Session Code: GAM310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI is the bleeding edge of innovation but can be challenging to build and operate at scale. Discover how Roblox, a large online metaverse platform, identifies and forms their use cases for generative AI applications. Deep dive into Roblox's integration of AWS services like AWS Deep Learning Containers, Amazon EKS, and Amazon EC2 UltraClusters to rapidly scale ML infrastructure. Learn about the solution architecture, training and serving environments, compute orchestration, and ML application development SDKs. Gain insights into best practices to speed up development and improve model training efficiency for large-scale multi-node distributed workloads serving millions of users.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -61576,7 +61576,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling GPU infrastructure and using LLMs for Roblox's metaverse
 2. Session Code: GAM312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Roblox, one of the largest online metaverse platforms, has experienced unprecedented growth in recent years, attracting millions of users to its immersive virtual world. With such a massive user base, ensuring a seamless and engaging experience for all players requires substantial computational resources, particularly for rendering complex 3D environments and facilitating real-time interactions. Gain insights into Roblox's approach to forecasting GPU requirements, enabling proactive resource provisioning and efficient utilization. Learn more about the challenges and opportunities in scaling GPU infrastructure and using LLMs for metaverse applications to meet the ever-increasing demands of their metaverse platform.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -61586,7 +61586,7 @@
    - Data Scientist
    - Developer / Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of 3D rendering and real-time interactive environments
     2. Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and resource provisioning
@@ -61604,7 +61604,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling IAM: Advanced administration and delegation patterns [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC337-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join us on a journey to scalable IAM administration and delegation patterns. Discover innovative strategies for effective access management, balancing security and agility as your organization expands. Learn from real-world scenarios, best practices, and cutting-edge techniques to optimize your IAM infrastructure for scalability, performance, and future growth.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -61640,7 +61640,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling IAM: Advanced administration and delegation patterns [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC337-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join us on a journey to scalable IAM administration and delegation patterns. Discover innovative strategies for effective access management, balancing security and agility as your organization expands. Learn from real-world scenarios, best practices, and cutting-edge techniques to optimize your IAM infrastructure for scalability, performance, and future growth.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -61676,7 +61676,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling industrial transformation with the AWS Digital Twin Framework
 2. Session Code: IOT310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, discover how the AWS Digital Twin Framework helps organizations build and deploy digital twins at scale, unifying capabilities across IoT, AI/ML, simulations, and spatial data planes. Learn best practices for using the framework to systematically add capabilities for common industrial use cases, such as asset performance management, production optimization, and product design. Work through flexible pathways to collect and contextualize data, overlay visual assets, deploy predictive models and simulations, and build actionable applications. Find out how the framework can help organizations overcome obstacles to deploying digital twins at scale, including integration with existing systems, information models, synchronization, and closing the loop.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -61704,10 +61704,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling machine learning with containers on AWS: Lessons learned
 2. Session Code: DEV317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how serverless containers revolutionize machine learning (ML) deployment at scale. This session showcases Instrumental's journey in using serverless technologies for deep learning, creating a simple, scalable, and cost-effective architecture. Learn how we combined Amazon SageMaker and AWS Lambda to scale training jobs and predictions. Delve into serverless options for ML use cases and discover strategies to implement this serverless approach and optimize your MLOps for both internal and external users.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -61771,7 +61771,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling on AWS for the first 10 million users
 2. Session Code: ARC201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn about patterns and techniques for architecting to handle rapid growth and success of your business's infrastructure on AWS. Learn how to think about when to scale up versus when to scale out, where caching can help you best, and common points on the journey where breaking up your application into new services makes sense. From utilizing already highly scalable AWS services to architecting distributed system patterns, there are a number of choices you can make early on to help you overcome some common infrastructure challenges later. Come learn how to be ready to overcome the infrastructure challenges that can come with success.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, New to AWS
@@ -61801,11 +61801,11 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling Prime Video for peak NFL streaming on AWS
 2. Session Code: ARC311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Streaming live sports at scale is critical to meeting viewer expectations in today's digital age. Prime Video, as the exclusive home of Thursday Night Football, ensures a seamless experience during peak NFL game times by leveraging a combination of multi-Region traffic routing and elastic compute on AWS. In this session, learn how Prime Video uses multiple AWS Regions, scheduled AWS auto scaling to pre-scale capacity, and dynamic auto scaling to respond to unanticipated viewership spikes. Discover best practices for managing large-scale streaming workloads with Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon ECS/AWS Fargate, and Amazon DynamoDB, ensuring that millions of fans enjoy uninterrupted game-time coverage.
 
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -61838,10 +61838,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling private marketplaces across organizations
 2. Session Code: MKT102
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lighting talk, explore how you can manage private marketplaces across your organization using a distributed serverless solution. See the step-by-step deployment and configuration of this distributed solution to enable centralized management and governance of products for your enterprise. This solution addresses the challenges of maintaining governance and compliance in complex, multi-account and organizations environments, empowering organizations to streamline their procurement and compliance processes.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -61853,7 +61853,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of serverless architecture and its benefits.
     2. Knowledge of distributed systems and their management.
@@ -61874,7 +61874,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling secure large language models with Robinhood
 2. Session Code: FSI317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This lightning talk shares the design and techniques that form the foundation of Robinhood's large language model (LLM) platform, which is built on AWS. Learn how the company uses LLM gateways and Amazon Bedrock to deliver private inference, preserving customer confidentiality without sacrificing performance. Gain insights into Robinhood's architecture and operational model, which enable the company to scale its AI capabilities. Hear how Robinhood uses the security features in Amazon Bedrock to process sensitive data while complying with evolving regulatory standards.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -61887,7 +61887,7 @@
    - Data Scientist
    - Developer / Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of large language models (LLMs)
     2. Knowledge of AWS services, particularly Amazon Bedrock
@@ -61905,7 +61905,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling technology for millions of cricket fans on AWS
 2. Session Code: MAE309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In India, cricket has been called a religion and has an army of passionate fans. Discover how Dream Sports leverages AWS to serve India's cricket frenzy by sharing insights on architecting for 15 million concurrent fantasy sports users during the Indian Premier League (IPL) with microservices, AI/ML, custom security controls, and more. This session unveils architectural strategies for reliable, high-scale operations catering to dedicated sports fans, as well as how to deliver a multimillion-fan experience.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Content Delivery
@@ -61935,10 +61935,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling to 1000s of containers in minutes with Amazon ECS
 2. Session Code: SVS335
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Auto scaling is the ability to increase or decrease the desired count of tasks in your Amazon ECS service automatically. In this chalk talk, dive deep into the auto scaling mechanisms of Amazon ECS, including capacity provider and Amazon ECS Service Auto Scaling, for both Amazon EC2 and AWS Fargate workloads. Through real-world use cases, this talk highlights auto scaling options with various metrics specific to different workloads.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -61969,7 +61969,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling to new heights: Coinbase migrates to Amazon EKS and scales 10x
 2. Session Code: PRO206
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore how Coinbase successfully scaled multiple strategic initiatives by using AWS Professional Services. This session covers the evolution of Coinbase and AWS Professional Services work streams, highlighting how this cross-organizational collaboration created a marked transformation in terms of Coinbase's cost optimization and ability to scale. Coinbase's scaling requirements are based on extremely unpredictable market movements. The Coinbase and AWS Professional Services teams were able to implement a migration from Amazon EC2 virtual machines with controlled scaling to achieve massive cost optimization, AWS Graviton capability, and scaling characteristics to meet Coinbase's traffic needs and customers' high uptime expectations.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Kubernetes
@@ -61998,13 +61998,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Scaling to new heights with Amazon Redshift multi-cluster architecture
 2. Session Code: ANT339
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS customers use Amazon Redshift to modernize their data analytics workloads and deliver insights for their businesses. Learn how to design your analytics system to scale with your business needs. Explore the different patterns of multi-cluster architectures and best practices to deploy them cost-effectively. Explore how GE Aerospace overcame challenges with its on-premises system by using a combination of architectural patterns to create an extensible design that met strict compliance and security requirements, achieved performance targets, and shared data across its enterprise.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -62025,10 +62025,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Scepter's data fusion platform using monitoring in the cloud
 2. Session Code: AES301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Methane is the second-largest contributor to climate change behind carbon dioxide. In this session, hear how Scepter Inc., ExxonMobil, and AWS are developing a data analytics platform to characterize and quantify methane emissions. Learn how Scepter data fusion collects and aggregates ground-based, airborne, and in-orbit sensors. Find out how Scepter uses the AWS Global Infrastructure, AWS Lambda, and Amazon API Gateway to process and aggregate large amounts of data, pinpoint emissions, and help organizations like ExxonMobil enable more rapid and effective mitigation. Discover how this solution can also help agriculture, waste management, healthcare, retail, and transportation industries monitor carbon dioxide and air particulates.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -62061,7 +62061,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Seamless data migration to AWS
 2. Session Code: MAM306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data is the lifeblood of modern organizations, powering critical business decisions and fueling innovation. AWS offers seamless solutions for migrating some of the largest and most diverse datasets to the cloud. In this hands-on builders' session, learn how to migrate data with AWS DataSync and integrate that data with upstream and downstream applications and workloads. Also explore the application of AI services on datasets to unlock the true potential of your data. Walk away with solutions, use cases, and best practices to make more informed decisions and to differentiate with generative AI. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -62093,7 +62093,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Seamless data sharing with Amazon Redshift [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT307-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data copying is time-consuming and can introduce errors and consistency issues. Organizations are looking for an easy way to share data in a well-governed way across accounts, AWS Regions, partners, and vendors. Join this hands-on builders' session to learn how to easily and securely share live data across Amazon Redshift clusters. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Migration and Modernization
@@ -62117,10 +62117,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Seamless data sharing with Amazon Redshift [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT307-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data copying is time-consuming and can introduce errors and consistency issues. Organizations are looking for an easy way to share data in a well-governed way across accounts, AWS Regions, partners, and vendors. Join this hands-on builders' session to learn how to easily and securely share live data across Amazon Redshift clusters. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Analytics
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -62146,7 +62146,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Seamless data sharing with Amazon Redshift [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data copying is time-consuming and can introduce errors and consistency issues. Organizations are looking for an easy way to share data in a well-governed way across accounts, AWS Regions, partners, and vendors. Join this hands-on builders' session to learn how to easily and securely share live data across Amazon Redshift clusters. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Migration and Modernization
@@ -62170,7 +62170,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Seamless data sharing with Amazon Redshift [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: ANT307-R3
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Data copying is time-consuming and can introduce errors and consistency issues. Organizations are looking for an easy way to share data in a well-governed way across accounts, AWS Regions, partners, and vendors. Join this hands-on builders' session to learn how to easily and securely share live data across Amazon Redshift clusters. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Migration and Modernization
@@ -62194,7 +62194,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Seamless large-scale migration and modernization with hyperautomation
 2. Session Code: MAM314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Large-scale migration and modernization initiatives often involve intricate complexities like integrating with multiple on-premises systems, using diverse toolsets, and coordinating numerous processes. In this immersive workshop, learn how to build an orchestration platform that can hyperautomate processes and efficiently integrate multiple migration tools to improve performance and prevent prolonged cutover windows throughout your migration project. Whether you're migrating mission-critical workloads or modernizing legacy applications, this workshop offers the tools and knowledge needed to navigate these transformative journeys with confidence. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -62233,7 +62233,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Capgemini
 4. Description: Join this lightning talk to learn about migrating VMware workloads to AWS to manage a hybrid infrastructure effectively. This approach maximizes cloud operations, automation, and financial analytics across AWS environments. It ensures quick time-to-value, robust technical support, advanced enterprise capabilities, cost-effectiveness, disaster recovery, optimized performance, and flexible deployment choices. This presentation is brought to you by Capgemini, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -62244,7 +62244,7 @@
    - Business Executive
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of VMware infrastructure
@@ -62270,10 +62270,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Seamless migration: Safely transitioning large IoT fleets to AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT311-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In an era where managing extensive fleets of IoT devices and backend systems poses significant challenges, transitioning to managed solutions like AWS IoT Core becomes imperative. In this chalk talk, dive into the intricate process of migrating vast numbers of devices and backend services from self-managed brokers to AWS IoT, enabling a controlled and risk-free transition. Learn essential techniques to seamlessly migrate to AWS IoT Core without perceptible impact, minimizing error surfaces and enabling quick rollbacks in case of failures. Leave this talk with expert-level guidance on how to safely and efficiently migrate to the cloud, empowering your IoT infrastructure for the future.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Internet of Things
 - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -62308,7 +62308,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Seamless migration: Safely transitioning large IoT fleets to AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT311-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In an era where managing extensive fleets of IoT devices and backend systems poses significant challenges, transitioning to managed solutions like AWS IoT Core becomes imperative. In this chalk talk, dive into the intricate process of migrating vast numbers of devices and backend services from self-managed brokers to AWS IoT, enabling a controlled and risk-free transition. Learn essential techniques to seamlessly migrate to AWS IoT Core without perceptible impact, minimizing error surfaces and enabling quick rollbacks in case of failures. Leave this talk with expert-level guidance on how to safely and efficiently migrate to the cloud, empowering your IoT infrastructure for the future.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Internet of Things, Migration and Modernization
@@ -62336,7 +62336,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Seamless self-service to agent-assisted support with Amazon Connect
 2. Session Code: BIZ316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this interactive chalk talk, you explore how businesses can seamlessly bridge between AI-driven interactions and human agent support to create delightful customer experiences. Dive into the architectural patterns and best practices for creating these experiences with Amazon Connect, including how seamless handoffs and a unified agent workspace can help boost agent productivity and help agents deliver great customer experiences. You learn how to blend AI automation and human expertise to ensure faster issue resolution, enhanced customer experience, and cost savings through efficient resource allocation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -62364,7 +62364,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Searching images through patterns: An AI-powered serverless solution
 2. Session Code: DEV204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how we leveraged Amazon Bedrock with Claude 3 Haiku to simplify image searching in the textile industry. This session describes the implementation of a scalable, secure, and cost-effective solution for searching textile patterns using AI-driven attribute recognition. We'll explore the use of AWS Lambda, Amazon Aurora Serverless, AWS Step Functions, Amazon API Gateway, and Amazon Bedrock to process and index thousands of images. Gain insights into applying cutting-edge AI and serverless technologies to solve industry-specific challenges while maintaining security and optimizing costs.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -62395,10 +62395,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Secure access to enterprise generative AI with serverless AI gateway
 2. Session Code: SVS325
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore how to architect a serverless AI gateway on AWS to securely integrate and consume large language models from multiple providers. Explore model abstraction, monitoring, observability, governance, security, compliance, and auditing. Empower your organization to innovate with generative AI while maintaining control and mitigating risks. Leave this talk with real-world practices that you can put into action today.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -62430,7 +62430,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Secure by design: Enhancing the posture of root with central control
 2. Session Code: SEC342
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: From Day 1, AWS has been built to be secure by design and by default. Securing the credentials of your most privileged users is a critical element in your comprehensive security strategy. This session explores how to manage root access securely across your AWS environment, while maintaining centralized control and governance. Additionally, discover the latest tools and initiatives AWS offers to enforce MFA, align with industry initiatives, and ensure your environment remains secure.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -62479,7 +62479,7 @@
 9. Target Roles:
    - Cloud Security Specialist
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud security challenges
@@ -62504,10 +62504,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Secure connectivity patterns from your AWS network to external parties
 2. Session Code: NET203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Your cloud network is more connected than ever before. You may face requirements to privately and securely consume services from external parties, while also needing to expose access to your own services with similar requirements. In this chalk talk, explore the common patterns and services that allow you to meet your requirements at cloud scale. Learn how to explore considerations of traffic inspection when architecting connectivity to external parties, using services like AWS Transit Gateway, AWS Cloud WAN, and more.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -62536,10 +62536,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Secure containers from supply chain attacks
 2. Session Code: SEC311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Software supply chain attacks have become increasingly prevalent, and organizations of all sizes need to be prepared. Outside parties can inject malicious code into software packages during the development process, which can then be unwittingly distributed to users. In this workshop, explore how you can integrate Amazon Inspector into your CI/CD pipeline to scan for vulnerabilities in the container image. Learn how a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) and container image signing can prevent deploying code with vulnerabilities. Also see how AWS Signer can be integrated into a CI/CD pipeline for image signing. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -62629,7 +62629,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Okta
 4. Description: In today's digital landscape, securing applications is crucial. This lightning talk explores how developers can use Auth0 by Okta's identity management solutions alongside Amazon Bedrock to build and scale secure applications. Learn how to integrate Auth0's authentication, authorization, and user management features with Amazon Bedrock's secure infrastructure. The talk also covers how AWS Amplify simplifies development by integrating frontend and backend services with robust identity management. Gain practical knowledge of key use cases, best practices, and technical integrations to build modern, secure applications efficiently in the cloud. This presentation is brought to you by Okta, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Architecture
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -62642,7 +62642,7 @@
    - Solution / Systems Architect
    - Tech Explorer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of identity management
@@ -62664,10 +62664,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing Amazon ECS workloads with AWS Signer and Amazon GuardDuty
 2. Session Code: SVS342
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore the essential steps for implementing robust security measures for workloads on Amazon ECS, including best practices for host, network, and runtime security. Delve into the process of verifying and signing container images using AWS Signer to mitigate the risks of running untrusted or vulnerable software. Examine the power of Amazon GuardDuty and Amazon Inspector to detect potential threats and assess applications for vulnerabilities within your Amazon ECS environments.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -62698,7 +62698,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing Amazon Q Business applications with APIs
 2. Session Code: AIM335
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to securely extend Amazon Q Business applications using APIs. In this workshop, build a single-page web application along with the infrastructure necessary for user authentication via an identity provider. The application will exchange identity tokens with AWS IAM Identity Center to obtain identity-aware AWS Signature V4 credentials. These credentials will then be used to securely interact with the Amazon Q Business APIs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -62733,7 +62733,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing Amazon S3: Learn Red Team exploits and Blue Team defenses
 2. Session Code: DEV344
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this talk, learn advanced Amazon S3 security techniques, moving beyond basic settings. Gain insights into Red Team exploitation tactics and Blue Team defenses, understanding real-world misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. Cover practical examples, including secure bucket policies and AWS Config rule implementation. The session provides hands-on experience with exploit simulations and proactive defense strategies, equipping participants to enhance their S3 security posture and protect their environments from sophisticated threats.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -62799,7 +62799,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing and observing Amazon EKS clusters [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB305-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on session, explore how to automate the identification, analysis, and mitigation of risks in Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) clusters. Learn how to implement robust security controls—including role-based access control (RBAC), EKS Pod Identity, and service accounts—to apply least-privilege access and secure workload isolation. Also discover how to use AWS CloudTrail and Amazon CloudWatch to gain deep visibility into EKS cluster activities, enabling real-time monitoring and automated risk detection. Learn the skills to automate risk management processes, helping your Kubernetes workloads remain resilient against evolving threats. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Kubernetes, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -62829,10 +62829,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing and optimizing your software supply chain with Amazon ECR
 2. Session Code: KUB319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Raise the bar on your software supply chain security with AWS. This chalk talk session discusses DevOps security best-practices, threat detection and incident response in a container world, and how to leverage Amazon ECR, Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Inspector, and other security services to protect your Amazon EKS workloads throughout your software development lifecycle. Discover how to ensure CVE patching while optimizing storage to accelerate image delivery via seamless integration with open source tools for publishing and deploying containerized workloads at scale. Attendees learn how to efficiently streamline software supply chains while mitigating risks.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Kubernetes
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -62867,7 +62867,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing application networking with Amazon ECS Service Connect [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS309-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's cloud-native environment, secure and efficient application networking is essential for reliable distributed systems. This workshop explores key topics including Amazon ECS Service Connect, end-to-end encryption, certificate management, and observability. Learn how to simplify service discovery using Amazon ECS Service Connect, establish reliable and secure network communication, and protect data in transit with encryption. Also learn practical guidance on certificate management and improving observability for effective network monitoring and troubleshooting. Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to build secure, scalable, and observable cloud-based application networking solutions. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -62963,7 +62963,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing AWS Managed Microsoft AD the AWS Well-Architected way
 2. Session Code: XNT403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Safeguarding your identity on AWS is paramount, and securing AWS Managed Microsoft AD is crucial. This workshop guides you through the AWS Well-Architected Framework's security pillar design principles to help you fortify your managed AD environment. Explore how to use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS CloudTrail, Amazon VPC settings, and more to achieve defense in depth and compliance with AWS security best practices. Walk away with practical strategies to enhance the security posture of your AWS Managed Microsoft AD design and deployment. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -62997,10 +62997,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing generative AI in automotive: The Security Scoping Matrix
 2. Session Code: AUT309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As generative AI ignites innovation across a wide array of automotive use cases, it is essential to prioritize security. This chalk talk reviews the Generative AI Security Scoping Matrix, which is designed to provide a mental model for the five types of generative AI solution patterns in automotive and the unique security considerations for specific example applications. Then, learn how to apply the scoping matrix to an automotive generative AI use case, leveraging best practices for securing the example application using AWS services and techniques that support responsible generative AI adoption.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -63036,10 +63036,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing generative AI on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: PEX308-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to better understand security considerations for generative artificial intelligence (AI). Dive into customer challenges with securing generative AI, see how partners can enhance their technical capabilities around data security and authorization for sensitive data, walk through where partners can add value to customer workloads, and get details on what AWS is doing in this space. Bring your questions to explore in detail through interactive conversations and whiteboard viewing through a partner lens.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Partner Enablement
@@ -63071,10 +63071,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing generative AI on AWS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: PEX308-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to better understand security considerations for generative artificial intelligence (AI). Dive into customer challenges with securing generative AI, see how partners can enhance their technical capabilities around data security and authorization for sensitive data, walk through where partners can add value to customer workloads, and get details on what AWS is doing in this space. Bring your questions to explore in detail through interactive conversations and whiteboard viewing through a partner lens.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Partner Enablement
@@ -63141,7 +63141,7 @@
 2. Session Code: KUB315
 3. Description: Kubernetes clusters can be complex environments with multiple components and configurations. Securing your software supply chain, control plane, worker nodes, and pod security policies is essential to prevent unauthorized access, resource exploitation, and data breaches. In this session, learn about features that can help you secure your Amazon EKS clusters. Get guidance on how security and platform administrators can protect information, systems, and assets that are reliant on Amazon EKS while delivering business value to their customers. This session covers security guidance specific to Amazon EKS, Amazon ECR, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and network security.
 4. Session Type: Breakout session
-5. Topic: 
+5. Topic:
    - Kubernetes
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 6. Areas of Interest:
@@ -63173,7 +63173,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing sensitive data processing with AWS Nitro Enclaves
 2. Session Code: FSI307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: To maintain data privacy and comply with regulations, financial institutions must proactively reduce the attack surface area of their data-processing applications. This chalk talk explains how to leverage AWS Nitro Enclaves to enhance security for sensitive data such as personally identifiable information (PII). Explore best practices for securely storing and processing sensitive data, including encryption, secure data storage, and isolated compute environments applied to payment authorization processes and cardholder information protection. Learn to navigate the complexities of data protection and secure payment processing using AWS services including Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, and Amazon DynamoDB.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -63213,7 +63213,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: Advisor / Consultant, Cloud Security Specialist, Developer / Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of containerized applications and software development lifecycle
@@ -63238,7 +63238,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Securing your generative AI applications on AWS
 2. Session Code: SEC306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, discover how to secure generative AI applications using AWS services and features. Explore how to deploy a vulnerable sample generative AI application and then layer security controls to protect, detect, and respond to security issues. Learn how to apply similar controls to the generative AI applications in your organization. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -63266,7 +63266,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Security and compliance considerations using Amazon Q Business
 2. Session Code: SEC336
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Q Business is a generative AI–powered assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and securely complete tasks based on data and information in your enterprise systems. And, as with any technology that involves sensitive data and potentially confidential information, it's crucial to understand and implement proper security measures when using Amazon Q Business. This chalk talk covers best practices for securing your Amazon Q Business application, including access control, data protection, and compliance considerations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -63306,7 +63306,7 @@
 5. Topic: Analytics
 6. Areas of Interest: Business Intelligence
 7. Level: 300 – Advanced
-8. Target Roles: 
+8. Target Roles:
 9. Venue: MGM
 10. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04, 10:00 a.m.
 11. Prerequisites:
@@ -63328,7 +63328,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Security best practices that accelerate mission impact
 2. Session Code: IMP208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Strong security practices are critical for protecting data, ensuring business continuity, and maintaining user trust, but they're often seen as barriers to innovation. In this lightning talk for nonprofit technologists, explore how AWS services can help accelerate your cloud development without requiring you to compromise on security best practices. Discover techniques to streamline security, including automating processes, centralizing logs, and using generative AI in development. You leave the session with actionable steps to securely encourage innovation, improve developer experiences, and efficiently scale your security processes.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -63363,7 +63363,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Security insights and innovation from AWS
 2. Session Code: SEC203-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Get insights from AWS CISO Chris Betz on how you can capitalize on transformative security innovations from AWS to move fast and stay secure. Learn how AWS empowers organizations to confidently integrate and automate security into their products, services, and processes so security teams can focus their time on work that brings the highest value to the business. Hear how AWS applies its experience, knowledge, and best practices to remove the undifferentiated heavy lifting of security. Chris also shares how AWS is helping to make the internet more secure by scaling security innovation and investing in the security community.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -63398,7 +63398,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Security invariants: From enterprise chaos to cloud order
 2. Session Code: DEV401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Security invariants are critical guardrails in cloud environments, but implementing them at scale is challenging. Deploying them into existing environments without breaking things is even harder. This session defines invariants and demonstrates how to build and deploy them at scale. Learn how to use account and org-level settings like BPA and IMDSv2 and empower automated remediation before we get into the details of IAM and SCP creation. This session is filled with practical examples, including automated testing and AI generation support.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -63463,7 +63463,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Select and launch the right instance for your workload and budget
 2. Session Code: CMP343
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS continuously innovates to meet customer needs. It now offers more than 800 instances for various use cases—including instances best for common workloads, like web application workloads, and those more appropriate for workloads with specific requirements, like SAP workloads. How do you choose instances? This session covers the latest compute innovations such as Amazon EC2 Flex instances and the new generation of Amazon EC2 instances powered by custom Intel Xeon Scalable processors (Sapphire Rapids), AMD EPYC processors (Genoa), and AWS Graviton. Learn how to determine which instance is best for your specific use case and budget.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -63496,7 +63496,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Send high-volume one-time passwords via SMS and email
 2. Session Code: BIZ311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join AWS SMS experts as they dive into the world of one-time password (OTP) applications using AWS End User Messaging SMS APIs and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES). Explore setting up OTPs for multi-factor authentication, payment verification, and account recovery. Gain insights into configuring SMS and email for high-volume, international, and resilient OTP sending.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -63527,10 +63527,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Serverless data ingestion and processing using containers on Amazon ECS
 2. Session Code: SVS336
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the power of serverless data engineering using containers and event-driven architectures on AWS. In this chalk talk, learn how to architect a scalable, cost-efficient serverless solution for data ingestion using Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate, AWS Step Functions, and AWS Transfer Family. Gain practical knowledge through a real-world retail use case that demonstrates how data can be ingested from third-party sources and transformed with AWS serverless services.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -63562,10 +63562,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Serverless data processing with AWS Lambda and Apache Kafka [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS216-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to easily process data on an Apache Kafka stream using AWS Lambda in this hands-on session. You will use Lambda's built-in support for Kafka as an event source to process streaming analytics data and publish it to a live dashboard. Learn practical skills for tuning data processing workloads across Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) and self-managed Kafka clusters. Understand how to effectively handle errors and automatically retry failed jobs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -63597,10 +63597,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Serverless data processing with AWS Lambda and Apache Kafka [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS216-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to easily process data on an Apache Kafka stream using AWS Lambda in this hands-on session. You will use Lambda's built-in support for Kafka as an event source to process streaming analytics data and publish it to a live dashboard. Learn practical skills for tuning data processing workloads across Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) and self-managed Kafka clusters. Understand how to effectively handle errors and automatically retry failed jobs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -63632,10 +63632,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Serverless data processing with AWS Lambda and Apache Kafka [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS216-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to easily process data on an Apache Kafka stream using AWS Lambda in this hands-on session. You will use Lambda's built-in support for Kafka as an event source to process streaming analytics data and publish it to a live dashboard. Learn practical skills for tuning data processing workloads across Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK) and self-managed Kafka clusters. Understand how to effectively handle errors and automatically retry failed jobs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -63668,10 +63668,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Serverless developer experience: A day in the life of a developer
 2. Session Code: SVS326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: What does it mean to be a serverless developer? What disciplines do you need to master to build cloud-native, serverless solutions today? In this code talk, walk through a day in the life of a serverless developer and explore the core principles, architecture patterns, frameworks, and tools you need to know to build your next-generation serverless application.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -63705,7 +63705,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Serverless-legacy integration: Bridging enterprise tech generations [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA318-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As enterprises embark on cloud journeys, integrating serverless with existing systems presents challenges, particularly for new cloud adopters. This chalk talk explores strategies for bridging the gap between modern serverless architectures and legacy enterprise investments. Learn techniques such as buffering, throttling, load balancing, and architectural patterns to prevent overload on existing systems. Gain insights from real-world case studies on incremental modernization using the strangler fig pattern while seamlessly integrating serverless at scale. Unlock the potential of serverless while protecting legacy investments for a future-proof, cloud-native roadmap.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -63737,7 +63737,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Serverless-legacy integration: Bridging enterprise tech generations [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA318-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As enterprises embark on cloud journeys, integrating serverless with existing systems presents challenges, particularly for new cloud adopters. This chalk talk explores strategies for bridging the gap between modern serverless architectures and legacy enterprise investments. Learn techniques such as buffering, throttling, load balancing, and architectural patterns to prevent overload on existing systems. Gain insights from real-world case studies on incremental modernization using the strangler fig pattern while seamlessly integrating serverless at scale. Unlock the potential of serverless while protecting legacy investments for a future-proof, cloud-native roadmap.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -63804,10 +63804,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Serverlesspresso: Build an event-driven application from the ground up
 2. Session Code: API210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, discover how to build a complete coffee-ordering serverless web application. Learn about event-driven architectures and how to use services such as AWS Lambda, Amazon EventBridge, AWS Step Functions, and more. Create a scalable, serverless web application that allows users to order coffee and baristas to keep track of and fulfill orders. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Application Integration
@@ -63835,7 +63835,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Serverless scalability unleashed
 2. Session Code: DEV319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: You've built your application, deployed it with ease, and it's humming along. As your user base grows and event volumes soar, soon you see performance bottlenecks, throttling, and chaos. This session prepares you for those invisible barriers. Drawing from our experience using AWS Lambda to build high-scale, event-driven systems, explore a real system failure and hear practical strategies and patterns to help you overcome scalability challenges. Whether you're building greenfield applications or optimizing existing systems, leave this session with the knowledge and confidence to unleash your serverless scalability.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -63861,7 +63861,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Service event replay: Stress-testing your architecture's resilience [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FSI314-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore the effects of service disruptions on financial services applications and how you can address them. Learn how to assess the resiliency of your own architectures and develop strategies to strengthen your response and recovery capabilities. Review example architectures in detail and replay past service events to analyze system reliability and identify potential vulnerabilities. Leave this talk equipped with the knowledge and tools necessary to ensure your architectures can withstand disruptions, strengthen your approach to operational resilience, and minimize the impact of large-scale events.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -63898,7 +63898,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Service event replay: Stress-testing your architecture's resilience [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: FSI314-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore the effects of service disruptions on financial services applications and how you can address them. Learn how to assess the resiliency of your own architectures and develop strategies to strengthen your response and recovery capabilities. Review example architectures in detail and replay past service events to analyze system reliability and identify potential vulnerabilities. Leave this talk equipped with the knowledge and tools necessary to ensure your architectures can withstand disruptions, strengthen your approach to operational resilience, and minimize the impact of large-scale events.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -63935,7 +63935,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Set up a secure AWS environment with AWS Control Tower [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations operating in the cloud want to be able to move quickly while remaining secure. In this workshop, learn how AWS Control Tower provides you with the capabilities to simplify the building, management, and governance of a multi-account AWS environment. Gain hands-on experience with how to use AWS Control Tower, including enrolling accounts, automating account customization, and establishing security controls. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -63966,7 +63966,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Set up a secure AWS environment with AWS Control Tower [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations operating in the cloud want to be able to move quickly while remaining secure. In this workshop, learn how AWS Control Tower provides you with the capabilities to simplify the building, management, and governance of a multi-account AWS environment. Gain hands-on experience with how to use AWS Control Tower, including enrolling accounts, automating account customization, and establishing security controls. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -63996,7 +63996,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Shaping culture: Mental models and mechanisms
 2. Session Code: SEG103
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: To build a lasting, performant corporate culture, you need not only strong mental models to guide your employees and help them make decisions but also the right mechanisms to operationalize company values and mental models—and to help them persist. This session examines why organizational culture erodes over time, dives into the organizational artifacts that reinforce existing cultural patterns, and shares some of the best practices that help create strong mechanisms, using examples from Amazon's own journey.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Customer Enablement
@@ -64095,7 +64095,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Shift left: A builders' discussion
 2. Session Code: SEC333
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, discuss strategies for reducing the time development teams spend on security by using new AWS tooling to support code scanning in early stages of development. This talk highlights how to use services such as Amazon Q Developer and Amazon Inspector to manage issues and AWS Signer to help ensure code provenance and integrity. Learn how AWS can help you achieve software process assurance and feel confident that only code approved by you gets deployed in production.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -64157,10 +64157,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Silicon powers the world: Learn how to scale your EDA workloads
 2. Session Code: CMP325
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Silicon powers the world, but it requires compute power to test and verify before production. This session explores the journey of customers who have scaled their Electronic Design Automation (EDA) workloads on AWS using some of its recently launched custom hardware. The session highlights the value they've derived transitioning their operations from on-premises data centers to the AWS Cloud and how this shift has transformed their business outcomes. Delve into the role played by the Amazon EC2 portfolio in helping customers achieve their goals and gain insights into how EDA customers can leverage resources to drive growth and innovation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Compute
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -64189,10 +64189,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Simple elastic file systems: A deep dive into Amazon EFS
 2. Session Code: STG344
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EFS provides a quickly deployed solution for creating and configuring shared file systems that are elastic and fully managed. EFS supports up to 1.5 GiB/s of throughput per client for throughput intensive workloads such as financial analytics, genomics, and video transcoding. Modernize applications and accelerate data science to get to market faster while reducing cost. This session includes a demo of how to create an EFS file system and mount it on Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon ECS, or Amazon EKS, as well as a comprehensive walk-through of EFS capabilities for a broad spectrum of use cases.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Storage
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -64239,7 +64239,7 @@
    - IT Executive
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing and its adoption in the public sector
     2. Knowledge of software reselling and integration in the government market
@@ -64256,7 +64256,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Simplify and automate continuous compliance with AWS
 2. Session Code: COP311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Attend this hands-on workshop to learn how to use AWS services to streamline continuous auditing and compliance processes across AWS Regions and accounts. First, use AWS Config and AWS Systems Manager Explorer to aggregate and visualize compliance data from multiple Regions and accounts. Then explore how to automate the remediation of noncompliant resources using AWS Config conformance packs and via AWS Systems Manager Automation documents. Finally, learn how to use natural language query generation powered by generative AI in AWS Config (preview) to simplify the investigation and search of AWS resource configurations and compliance metadata. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -64285,7 +64285,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Simplify cloud infrastructure creation with the AWS CDK
 2. Session Code: DOP321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) is an open source software development framework for defining cloud infrastructure in code and provisioning it through AWS CloudFormation. In this chalk talk, get an introduction to AWS CDK and see a demo of how it can simplify infrastructure creation. Through code examples and diagrams, see how AWS CDK lets you use familiar programming languages for declarative infrastructure definition. Also learn how it provides higher-level abstractions and constructs over native CloudFormation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -64312,7 +64312,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Simplify, deploy, and scale an event platform: A community case study
 2. Session Code: DEV320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how AWS built a website for an AWS Community event using a straightforward approach without needing deep cloud service knowledge. See how to set up user registration and call for papers (CfP) functionality, and learn how to manage speakers and sessions. Discover how to streamline deployment using infrastructure as code open source tools. Managing your event with a single tool simplifies the process and promotes community growth.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -64381,10 +64381,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Simplifying application deployment on Amazon EKS [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: KUB306-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore a reference implementation that was designed to simplify and accelerate the process of launching application-ready Amazon EKS clusters. Learn how to use preconfigured and integrated tools—along with best practices—to enable core capabilities such as auto scaling, observability, networking, and security. By providing preconfigured solutions for capabilities that are shared across environments, users can focus on deploying and testing their applications while minimizing the complexity of cluster configuration. Gain hands-on experience setting up application-ready Amazon EKS clusters. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Kubernetes
     - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Open Source
@@ -64415,7 +64415,7 @@
 2. Session Code: KUB306-R
 3. Description: In this builders' session, explore a reference implementation that was designed to simplify and accelerate the process of launching application-ready Amazon EKS clusters. Learn how to use preconfigured and integrated tools—along with best practices—to enable core capabilities such as auto scaling, observability, networking, and security. By providing preconfigured solutions for capabilities that are shared across environments, users can focus on deploying and testing their applications while minimizing the complexity of cluster configuration. Gain hands-on experience setting up application-ready Amazon EKS clusters. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 4. Session Type: Builders' session
-5. Topic: 
+5. Topic:
    - Kubernetes
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 6. Areas of Interest: Open Source
@@ -64441,7 +64441,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Simplifying cost reporting with Amazon Q and AWS Data Exports
 2. Session Code: COP348
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Better cost visibility is key to building a FinOps culture, but generating the reports you want can take time, training, and data normalization. In this chalk talk, dive deep to learn how Amazon Q and AWS Data Exports in AWS Billing and Cost Management can help solve this problem.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -64469,10 +64469,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Simplifying multi-tenancy with SaaS applications on AWS Fargate
 2. Session Code: SVS329
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: There is a growing trend to build SaaS solutions on Amazon ECS. Developing multi-tenant SaaS applications requires addressing multiple concerns, including tenant isolation, tenant onboarding, tenant-specific metering, monitoring, and other SaaS aspects. In this session, explore how to manage multi-tenancy aspects when deploying solutions on Amazon ECS with AWS Fargate.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Migration and Modernization
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -64503,10 +64503,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Simplify secure communication: A guide to mutual TLS on AWS
 2. Session Code: NET310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Mutual TLS (mTLS) is a widely used technique for authenticating and encrypting communication between clients and servers on AWS. This mechanism is valuable for securing both internet-bound and in-VPC traffic. In this chalk talk, learn how to use mTLS across various AWS services, such as Elastic Load Balancer, Amazon API Gateway, and Amazon VPC Lattice. Explore use cases, benefits, and implementation strategies to secure APIs with reliable authentication and protect sensitive data during transit with encryption. Learn how to utilize mTLS to enhance the security posture of your AWS applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -64539,10 +64539,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Simplify VMware server migrations via AWS Migration Hub and Amazon Q
 2. Session Code: MAM315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, gain hands-on experience migrating VMware servers to AWS. Learn how to use AWS Migration Hub Journeys templates to streamline tasks for the seamless migration of two sample applications. Explore AWS Migration Hub to accelerate the execution of repetitive migration tasks. Finally, discover how to create a bespoke business application in Amazon Q using generative AI, providing concierge support to application teams during the migration process and enriched with a curated collection of authoritative migration resources. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: VMware
@@ -64573,7 +64573,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Simplify your email with Amazon SES Mail Manager and Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: BIZ205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Email is so ingrained in day-to-day business that most companies take it for granted. It's built into every operating system and available for every application. It's inexpensive enough to set up a dedicated mail relay for every application. However, relying solely on one-time email is not the safest or best option for businesses. In this workshop, learn how to use public information and Amazon Bedrock to evaluate your total email presence. Discover how to build a managed email infrastructure that extends beyond inboxes into all the email applications deployed across your network. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -64604,7 +64604,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Skanska's migration cloud journey: AWS IOT at scale
 2. Session Code: NTA201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Skanska, a global construction giant, initially built an IoT solution on Azure. However, the cost of managing 15 million devices proved prohibitive. This led to discussions with AWS, and upon discovering AWS IoT Core's scalability, Skanska developed Intellekt, their first AWS application. Intellekt empowers building managers to control power, water, heating, and gas usage, resulting in 34% customer savings, reduced emissions, and improved sustainability. The successful integration of generative AI for automated prompts further enhanced the solution. Skanska's journey exemplifies how AWS IoT technology can optimize operations, offering a compelling case study for companies seeking similar transformations.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -64664,7 +64664,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Sky: Enhancing sports experiences with automation and generative AI
 2. Session Code: MAE202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Integrated with Sky TV, NOW TV, and the Sky Sports app, Sky Sports+ is a fully automated end-to-end live events platform that provides up to 100 concurrent live video streams. In this session, discover how Sky Sports+ uses AWS to deliver features for an enhanced immersive viewing experience, exclusive access to documentaries, and a dedicated linear channel. Explore how AWS powered automation, data mesh, acquisition platform, cloud production expansion, and generative AI are used to augment Sky's platform capabilities across digital and linear channels.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Content Delivery
@@ -64693,7 +64693,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Smart customer self-service and agent assist for travel & hospitality
 2. Session Code: BIZ302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on builders' session, you explore how to elevate intelligent customer self-service and agent assistance for travel and hospitality use cases using Amazon Connect powered by AI. Through step-by-step guidance, you learn to implement AI-powered self-service hotel and cab booking solutions integrated with social media chat platforms. You also experience agent-assist solutions that redefine customer support, enhancing the overall customer experience in the travel and hospitality industry. By solving realistic operational challenges, you gain practical insights into using AWS Cloud services like Amazon Connect while driving innovation and transforming the travel and hospitality domain. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
@@ -64724,7 +64724,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Smarter bin: How to train your trash can [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD231-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This new version of the smart bin uses multi-modal generative AI capabilities to automatically sort trash that's thrown into it. Instead of using pre-trained vision models, which require the user to provide an image dataset and which may not generalize to new items, this version is able to continuously learn with instant feedback from the users as they discard new items. Instead of "talking trash," the smart bin educates users with fun facts on sustainability that incentivize them to keep recycling.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -64750,7 +64750,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Smarter bin: How to train your trash can [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD231-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This new version of the smart bin uses multi-modal generative AI capabilities to automatically sort trash that's thrown into it. Instead of using pre-trained vision models, which require the user to provide an image dataset and which may not generalize to new items, this version is able to continuously learn with instant feedback from the users as they discard new items. Instead of "talking trash," the smart bin educates users with fun facts on sustainability that incentivize them to keep recycling.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -64777,10 +64777,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Smarter, faster, better: Using generative AI on your supply chain data [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ204-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to learn how you can use the generative AI capabilities in AWS Supply Chain to get more value from your supply chain data. The talk includes an interactive discussion about how you can access a broader range of data faster, then use that data with the help of generative AI to minimize risk, lower costs, and make better supply chain decisions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -64811,10 +64811,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Smarter, faster, better: Using generative AI on your supply chain data [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BIZ204-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk to learn how you can use the generative AI capabilities in AWS Supply Chain to get more value from your supply chain data. The talk includes an interactive discussion about how you can access a broader range of data faster, then use that data with the help of generative AI to minimize risk, lower costs, and make better supply chain decisions.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -64844,7 +64844,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Smart home sidekicks: Build a cloud- and AI-powered robot puppy
 2. Session Code: IOT302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, embark on a journey into the future of smart homes by bringing cloud-connected robots to life. Use AWS IoT Core to seamlessly integrate a robotic companion into a home network. Unlock its full potential with AWS IoT Greengrass, deploying cutting-edge AI capabilities like vision processing and natural language interaction powered by Claude 3, a multi-modal large language model. Witness your robotic assistant choreograph delightful dance routines and respond to your commands with the magic of Amazon Bedrock generative AI. Finally, explore innovative IoT scenarios including intelligent appliance control orchestrated by your cloud-connected robotic companion. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -64873,7 +64873,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Smart table soccer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD230-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Game on! Roll up your sleeves and get ready for an immersive table soccer experience. Ever wondered how skillfully the last goal was scored? Have you ever forgotten to keep score? This smart soccer table takes those worries away. With the help of IoT devices and the AWS Cloud, the table keeps score while recording and live-streaming the game from multiple angles. It also uses generative Al to analyze the footage and generate commentary for the video highlights, along with providing in-depth game stats and insights.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -64904,7 +64904,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Smart table soccer [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD230-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Game on! Roll up your sleeves and get ready for an immersive table soccer experience. Ever wondered how skillfully the last goal was scored? Have you ever forgotten to keep score? This smart soccer table takes those worries away. With the help of IoT devices and the AWS Cloud, the table keeps score while recording and live-streaming the game from multiple angles. It also uses generative Al to analyze the footage and generate commentary for the video highlights, along with providing in-depth game stats and insights.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -64935,7 +64935,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Solutions on demand: AWS Marketplace Professional Services
 2. Session Code: MKT306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS has more than 200 services to meet builders' needs, and thousands of global AWS Partners ready to help. In this chalk talk, learn how to find the help you need, when you need it. Whether you need support from ISVs; help with migration, setting up a contact center, or a new website; or a few hours of extra bandwidth, you can find it in AWS Marketplace. Bring project ideas or challenges you want to start working on.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -64975,7 +64975,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: DevOps Engineer, IT Administrator, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing and AWS infrastructure
@@ -64997,10 +64997,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Solving the multi-tenant DevOps puzzle: Patterns and strategies
 2. Session Code: SAS308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Multi-tenancy has a distinct and substantial influence on the DevOps footprint of SaaS environments. The unique deployment, partitioning, tiering, isolation, and onboarding profile of SaaS solutions require teams to embed support for these concepts directly into their DevOps automation. This chalk talk looks at different tools, strategies, and patterns commonly used in multi-tenant environments to create a deployment and onboarding experience that can support the blend of architecture requirements imposed by different tenant personas. This talk explores the myriad options available, mapping these strategies to different multi-tenant realities/considerations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -65035,7 +65035,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Solving the SaaS cost-per-tenant puzzle: An inside look
 2. Session Code: SAS301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cost-per-tenant is an essential metric to SaaS businesses. It is the one piece of data that tells you how your architecture, design, tiering, and scaling strategies are optimizing the costs associated with individual tenant workloads. In this workshop, learn about the complexities and strategies that come with designing and implementing a cost-per-tenant model. Explore the various instrumentation and consumption attribution strategies that can be applied across the layers of your SaaS architecture. The goal is to provide a clear view into the strategies and patterns that can be used to build your own cost-per-tenant model. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Architecture, Cloud Operations
@@ -65064,7 +65064,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SpeedBash: Accelerating into augmented adventures [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD228-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on an adventure with SpeedBash, a cutting-edge gaming experience that combines the thrill of marksmanship with the power of machine learning (ML) and generative AI. Take aim at dynamically moving targets, powered by AWS, as they dart across futuristic landscapes. Using advanced image recognition models, the game accurately tracks your shots, while AI generates real-time commentary and adjusts the targets' speed and trajectory, keeping you on the edge of your seat. Immerse yourself in a visually stunning world, where a state-of-the-art dashboard provides feedback on your performance, encouraging you to push your limits and hone your skills.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -65096,7 +65096,7 @@
 
 1. Title: SpeedBash: Accelerating into augmented adventures [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD228-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on an adventure with SpeedBash, a cutting-edge gaming experience that combines the thrill of marksmanship with the power of machine learning (ML) and generative AI. Take aim at dynamically moving targets, powered by AWS, as they dart across futuristic landscapes. Using advanced image recognition models, the game accurately tracks your shots, while AI generates real-time commentary and adjusts the targets' speed and trajectory, keeping you on the edge of your seat. Immerse yourself in a visually stunning world, where a state-of-the-art dashboard provides feedback on your performance, encouraging you to push your limits and hone your skills.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -65128,7 +65128,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Speeding up ETL processing with Apache Spark on Amazon Athena
 2. Session Code: DEV402
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Struggling with sluggish extract, transform, and load (ETL) processes that are failing to meet service-level agreements (SLAs)? This session is based on personal experience of optimizing a long-running ETL job from 26 hours down to just 30 minutes using Apache Spark on Amazon Athena. Through real-world examples and practical demonstrations, participants learn effective strategies for optimizing ETL performance. This session also dives into usage, design patterns, and best practices for ensuring production-ready Apache Spark jobs using the AWS SDK for Python (Boto3).
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -65154,7 +65154,7 @@
 
 1. Title: S&P Global: Scaling data insights with fine-tuned foundational models
 2. Session Code: FSI313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: To streamline private company data acquisition, curation, and distribution, S&P Global needed to process large volumes of data faster and at greater scale. In this session, learn how S&P Global efficiently processes 100 terabytes daily, optimizing content curation and enabling downstream credit and risk scoring. Explore how S&P Global fine-tuned foundational models using Amazon SageMaker and how they deploy and scale these models on Amazon EKS running up to six million inferences per week. Gain insights into the business challenges, technical implementation, and lessons learned from hosting and scaling fine-tuned foundational models on Amazon EKS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -65189,7 +65189,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Spot the savings: Optimize deployments with Amazon EC2 Spot Instances [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP312-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EC2 Spot Instances use spare Amazon EC2 capacity available to you at steep discounts compared to on-demand prices. In this workshop, learn about the APIs and commands used to create Spot Instances. Create an Amazon EC2 launch template and use the template to launch Amazon EC2 Spot Instances with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups, Amazon EC2 Spot Fleet, EC2 Fleet, and the EC2 RunInstances API. Discover how to use Spot features such as Spot placement scores and tools such as attribute-based instance selection and AWS Fault Injection Service to maximize your savings. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -65223,7 +65223,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Spot the savings: Optimize deployments with Amazon EC2 Spot Instances [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP312-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon EC2 Spot Instances use spare Amazon EC2 capacity available to you at steep discounts compared to on-demand prices. In this workshop, learn about the APIs and commands used to create Spot Instances. Create an Amazon EC2 launch template and use the template to launch Amazon EC2 Spot Instances with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling groups, Amazon EC2 Spot Fleet, EC2 Fleet, and the EC2 RunInstances API. Discover how to use Spot features such as Spot placement scores and tools such as attribute-based instance selection and AWS Fault Injection Service to maximize your savings. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -65257,13 +65257,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Spotting anomalies in real time with generative AI and open source
 2. Session Code: OPN403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, build a system to analyze log events from a data stream and detect anomalies using generative AI and open source technologies, including Apache Kafka, Apache Flink, and OpenSearch. Learn to ingest logs into Apache Kafka and consume them using Apache Flink for real-time anomaly detection using machine learning in Amazon SageMaker. Additionally, integrate the output with generative AI in Amazon Bedrock to automate incident response and reduce the mean time to resolve issues. This hands-on experience prepares you to build an adaptive defense strategy for your own evolving security needs. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI, Open Source
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -65287,7 +65287,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Startup to enterprise: Build frontend and fullstack apps that scale
 2. Session Code: FWM205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Amplify offers professional development teams an end-to-end experience and proven patterns to accelerate productivity and build with the speed and reliability of AWS infrastructure. Learn how to use these built-in patterns—along with Amplify's flexibility to customize your AWS backend with CDK—to build apps that your organization can't outgrow. This session provides a walkthrough of real-world scenarios and introduces new enterprise-focused capabilities in Amplify that make it easier than ever to build, deploy, and host secure, scalable, cloud-connected applications on AWS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -65319,7 +65319,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Step-by-step migration of on-premises VMware workloads to AWS Outposts
 2. Session Code: HYB303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: For VMware workloads that need to stay on premises due to application interdependencies, data residency requirements, or accelerated migration timelines, you can rapidly rehost these workloads to AWS Outposts and modernize at your own pace. This workshop offers hands-on experience in migration of VMware workloads to AWS Outposts. Learn about planning strategies, migration tools, and best practices, and hear expert insights on post-migration operations and pitfalls to avoid. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Hybrid Cloud, Migration and Modernization
@@ -65416,7 +65416,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Strategies for authenticating machines on AWS
 2. Session Code: SEC330
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the era of interconnected systems, secure machine-to-machine communication is crucial. This chalk talk divess into the world of automated authentication on AWS, exploring approaches such as AWS IAM Roles Anywhere, IAM roles for Amazon EC2 instances, OpenID Connect, and SAML. Learn best practices for implementation and discover how to choose the right approach for your specific use case, ensuring seamless and secure communication between services and devices.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -65451,7 +65451,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Strategies for efficient zero-ETL integrations
 2. Session Code: ANT305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn techniques for extracting data from diverse sources, advanced transformation methods for data cleansing and enrichment, and optimized loading into data warehouses and data lakes. Real-world use cases showcase how organizations have overcome ETL challenges and unlocked the potential of their data assets. Gain comprehensive insights into streamlining ETL processes, handling large-scale data volumes, ensuring scalability and performance, and using ETL to drive data-driven decision-making, foster innovation, and gain a competitive edge.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -65488,10 +65488,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Strategies to accelerate petabyte-scale migrations with AWS DataSync
 2. Session Code: STG350
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to plan, build, and implement the migration of 10 petabytes of on-premises data with AWS DataSync. Dive deep into categorizing data and creating manifests for data transfer jobs to specific cost-optimized Amazon S3 storage classes. Discover how this data migration architecture accelerates the migration of client data to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. Attendees leave with insights to execute their own successful data migration, leveraging the power of AWS and best practices.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest: Cost Optimization
@@ -65520,7 +65520,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Strategies to address AWS Security Hub control findings at scale
 2. Session Code: SEC326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn about strategies to address control findings at scale, leveraging built-in features of Security Hub like central configuration, automation rules, custom parameters, and other tools like AWS Firewall Manager and service control policies (SCPs). Gain actionable insights to reduce finding volume and improve your security score. Explore top failed Security Hub checks, review remediation options, and implement guardrails centrally at scale. Elevate your security posture and streamline compliance efforts with this comprehensive session.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -65554,7 +65554,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Strategies to mitigate social bias when implementing gen AI workloads
 2. Session Code: IDE108
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As gen AI systems become more advanced, there is growing concern about perpetuating social biases. This talk examines challenges associated with gen AI workloads and strategies to mitigate bias throughout their development process, and discusses features such as Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, Amazon SageMaker Clarify, and SageMaker Data Wrangler. Join to learn how to design gen AI workloads that are fair, transparent, and socially responsible.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -65567,7 +65567,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of general AI systems and their advancements.
     2. Knowledge of social biases and their potential impact on AI systems.
@@ -65587,7 +65587,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline ad monetization with Prebid Server Deployment on AWS
 2. Session Code: ADM302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As businesses strive to monetize digital content across platforms, they leverage third-party ad platforms for real-time ad auctions. With Prebid Server Deployment on AWS, customers can connect with over 180 advertising platforms using Prebid.org's open source standard. This lightning talk explores the benefits of owning ad monetization with Prebid Server and the AWS one-click-deploy solution designed for low-latency, high-volume ad workloads. Learn how to deploy and operate the solution within your AWS environment and gain strategies to maximize revenue once your ad monetization system is running.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -65598,7 +65598,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of digital advertising and ad monetization strategies.
     2. Familiarity with real-time bidding (RTB) and ad auctions.
@@ -65620,10 +65620,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline Amazon EKS operations with generative AI
 2. Session Code: KUB321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this code talk, learn how to leverage generative AI to streamline Amazon EKS operations, with practical approaches for integrating AI into workflows, including using language models to generate infrastructure-as-code manifests and automate operational tasks. The live demo showcases troubleshooting and issue resolution with AI tools to help Kubernetes operators and DevOps engineers reduce mean time to remediation. Join us to discover best practices and tips for enhancing EKS operations with generative AI.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Kubernetes
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -65650,7 +65650,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline Amazon WorkSpaces Family management through automation [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC202-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The Amazon WorkSpaces Family provides a number of automation capabilities that help administrators maximize efficiency and productivity when managing their virtual desktop environments. In this hands-on builders' session, learn how to optimize management of WorkSpaces Family services at scale through automation using scripts and other workflows. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -65680,7 +65680,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline Amazon WorkSpaces Family management through automation [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC202-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The Amazon WorkSpaces Family provides a number of automation capabilities that help administrators maximize efficiency and productivity when managing their virtual desktop environments. In this hands-on builders' session, learn how to optimize management of WorkSpaces Family services at scale through automation using scripts and other workflows. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -65712,7 +65712,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline Amazon WorkSpaces Family management through automation [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC202-R3
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The Amazon WorkSpaces Family provides a number of automation capabilities that help administrators maximize efficiency and productivity when managing their virtual desktop environments. In this hands-on builders' session, learn how to optimize management of WorkSpaces Family services at scale through automation using scripts and other workflows. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -65742,7 +65742,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline Amazon WorkSpaces Family management through automation [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC202-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The Amazon WorkSpaces Family provides a number of automation capabilities that help administrators maximize efficiency and productivity when managing their virtual desktop environments. In this hands-on builders' session, learn how to optimize management of WorkSpaces Family services at scale through automation using scripts and other workflows. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -65772,7 +65772,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline Amazon WorkSpaces Family management through automation [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: EUC202-R4
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The Amazon WorkSpaces Family provides a number of automation capabilities that help administrators maximize efficiency and productivity when managing their virtual desktop environments. In this hands-on builders' session, learn how to optimize management of WorkSpaces Family services at scale through automation using scripts and other workflows. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: End-User Computing
@@ -65802,7 +65802,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline data access management with trusted identity propagation
 2. Session Code: ANT333
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock seamless data access with trusted identity propagation in AWS IAM Identity Center, which securely propagates user identities and group memberships across AWS services. Get unified identity and access management across AWS analytics applications with AWS Lake Formation. Join this chalk talk to learn how to enable fine-grained access controls and propagate user identities and group memberships while simplifying user audit trails with single sign-on convenience.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -65833,7 +65833,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline DevSecOps pipeline creation with AWS
 2. Session Code: DOP337
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Security is not just for application code—attackers are also increasingly exploiting the automated software supply chains that build modern software. This chalk talk discusses best practices for guardrails using the AWS Deployment Pipeline Reference Architecture. Learn how you can use Amazon Q to build a working and safe pipeline. This talk demonstrates that you don't need to be an expert in tools and technologies to build security tests that will ensure resiliency and create secure pipelines.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -65888,7 +65888,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline document workflow with complementary gen AI solutions [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM348-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session demonstrates how Enhanced Document Understanding on AWS and Generative AI Application Builder on AWS can individually or jointly solve document processing and automation use cases. Learn how these solutions can extract and structure data from unstructured documents, generate custom content, and automate document-centric workflows. The session highlights real-world examples and provides guidance on choosing the appropriate solution(s) based on specific business requirements and use case complexities. Leave with a clear understanding of how these AWS offerings can streamline document-driven processes and unlock new opportunities for intelligent automation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -65917,7 +65917,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline model evaluation and selection with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM359
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore Amazon Bedrock's robust model evaluation capabilities, designed to select the optimal foundation models for your applications. Discover how to create and manage evaluation jobs, leverage automatic and human reviews, and analyze critical metrics like accuracy, robustness, and toxicity. This session provides practical steps to streamline your model selection process, ensuring high-quality, reliable AI deployments. Gain essential insights to enhance your generative AI applications through effective model evaluation techniques.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -65946,7 +65946,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamline web application deployment on AWS Lambda
 2. Session Code: SVS214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Simplify serverless web application deployment with AWS Lambda Web Adapter. Join this lightning talk to learn how to efficiently migrate and operate web applications built with a variety of frameworks and languages on AWS Lambda using the open source Lambda Web Adapter. Unlock the scalability and cost efficiency of Lambda for your existing web applications.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic:
@@ -65959,7 +65959,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Familiarity with AWS Lambda
     2. Understanding of web application development
@@ -65975,7 +65975,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining application management on AWS
 2. Session Code: COP328
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Developers and operations teams need a centralized way to organize, visualize, and operate resources to ensure optimal efficiency and minimize operational overhead. This breakout session will explore best practices for managing and monitoring applications on AWS using myApplications. This session discusses how to organize resources into logical application units, enabling a view of operational data on all applications from a single pane of glass. Attendees will learn how to consolidate visibility of their application portfolio, quickly identify key metrics about cost health, security posture, and performance, and accelerate the deployment and scaling of applications using a standardized, organized approach.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -66009,7 +66009,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining clinical protocol reviews with Amazon Q Business [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS204-R3
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Reviewing clinical trial protocols is a time-consuming process. In this builders' session, discover how to streamline this task using Amazon Q Business, a generative AI–powered assistant. Learn how to analyze previous protocol documents, including inclusion/exclusion criteria, endpoints, and their amendments, to suggest optimizations and handle various review categories efficiently. See a demonstration on how to create a chatbot powered by Amazon Q to manage evaluations and reviews, and then learn how to build a no-code application to automate these tasks. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -66039,7 +66039,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining clinical protocol reviews with Amazon Q Business [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS204-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Reviewing clinical trial protocols is a time-consuming process. In this builders' session, discover how to streamline this task using Amazon Q Business, a generative AI–powered assistant. Learn how to analyze previous protocol documents, including inclusion/exclusion criteria, endpoints, and their amendments, to suggest optimizations and handle various review categories efficiently. See a demonstration on how to create a chatbot powered by Amazon Q to manage evaluations and reviews, and then learn how to build a no-code application to automate these tasks. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -66067,7 +66067,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining clinical protocol reviews with Amazon Q Business [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS204-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Reviewing clinical trial protocols is a time-consuming process. In this builders' session, discover how to streamline this task using Amazon Q Business, a generative AI–powered assistant. Learn how to analyze previous protocol documents, including inclusion/exclusion criteria, endpoints, and their amendments, to suggest optimizations and handle various review categories efficiently. See a demonstration on how to create a chatbot powered by Amazon Q to manage evaluations and reviews, and then learn how to build a no-code application to automate these tasks. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -66094,7 +66094,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining clinical protocol reviews with Amazon Q Business [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: HLS204-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Reviewing clinical trial protocols is a time-consuming process. In this builders' session, discover how to streamline this task using Amazon Q Business, a generative AI–powered assistant. Learn how to analyze previous protocol documents, including inclusion/exclusion criteria, endpoints, and their amendments, to suggest optimizations and handle various review categories efficiently. See a demonstration on how to create a chatbot powered by Amazon Q to manage evaluations and reviews, and then learn how to build a no-code application to automate these tasks. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -66122,10 +66122,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining identity-driven data access at scale with Amazon S3 [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG408-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore how Amazon S3 Access Grants enables mapping identities from directories like Microsoft Entra ID and Okta to datasets stored in Amazon S3. Learn how to efficiently manage data permissions at scale, automatically granting the appropriate Amazon S3 access to end users based on their corporate identities. Learn about the key concepts of Amazon S3, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and AWS IAM Identity Center with trusted identity propagation, and discover how to implement these features to simplify data access control and enhance your organization's productivity. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -66158,10 +66158,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining identity-driven data access at scale with Amazon S3 [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG408-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore how Amazon S3 Access Grants enables mapping identities from directories like Microsoft Entra ID and Okta to datasets stored in Amazon S3. Learn how to efficiently manage data permissions at scale, automatically granting the appropriate Amazon S3 access to end users based on their corporate identities. Learn about the key concepts of Amazon S3, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and AWS IAM Identity Center with trusted identity propagation, and discover how to implement these features to simplify data access control and enhance your organization's productivity. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -66193,10 +66193,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining identity-driven data access at scale with Amazon S3 [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: STG408-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, explore how Amazon S3 Access Grants enables mapping identities from directories like Microsoft Entra ID and Okta to datasets stored in Amazon S3. Learn how to efficiently manage data permissions at scale, automatically granting the appropriate Amazon S3 access to end users based on their corporate identities. Learn about the key concepts of Amazon S3, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), and AWS IAM Identity Center with trusted identity propagation, and discover how to implement these features to simplify data access control and enhance your organization's productivity. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -66229,7 +66229,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining incident response with AWS Systems Manager
 2. Session Code: COP318
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Systems Manager runbooks provide a powerful tool to simplify incident response and enable quick, standardized remediation workflows. In this code talk, explore how to leverage runbooks to create automated, multi-step remediation processes; integrate with other AWS services; and ensure the integrity of your incident management procedures. Learn how to harness the power of runbooks to enhance their incident response capabilities, reduce resolution times, and improve overall system resilience.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -66265,7 +66265,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining software development across Amazon.com with Amazon Q
 2. Session Code: AMZ202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon strategically integrated the Q Developer platform across its entire software development lifecycle, enabling developers to work more efficiently and effectively. In this session, look at how Amazon leverages Q Developer to optimize software lifecycles. From requirements gathering to deployment, Q Developer streamlines workflows and enhances productivity at every stage. Attendees learn about Amazon's JDK upgrade journey, proactively upgrading business-critical applications from JDK 8 to the modern JDK 17. Discover the strategies, challenges, and lessons learned from Amazon's use of Q Developer, and gain valuable insights to take your own development processes to new heights.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -66296,7 +66296,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Streamlining vehicle owner's manual development with generative AI
 2. Session Code: AUT201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: A single vehicle model owner's manual with 500 pages can take 250 hours to classify and up to a year to review, organize, and consolidate information so that it complies with regulatory, safety, technical, and other requirements. Join this session to learn how automakers can use Amazon Bedrock to consolidate text across vehicle models, identify conflicts or missing sections, eliminate repetitive text, and improve publication quality. Hear how generative AI can help accelerate development times, reduce the number of pages, and drive down costs.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -66326,7 +66326,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Street PortrAIt v2 [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD232-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Have you ever been mesmerized by street artists, sketching awesome portraits, capturing the essence of your face? What if we could use AI and robotics to do the same? Meet a generative AI-powered robot street artist! This demo combines gen AI technology on AWS with robotic motion to create pencil-style portraits. Learn how robotics can create digital art, bridging the gap between digital and tangible art forms. You can also transform yourself into a famous character of your choice!
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -66376,10 +66376,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Strengthening the safety net: Transforming 211 with Amazon Connect
 2. Session Code: IMP207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: 211 is the 911 of health and human services. People call in when they need immediate help with childcare, food, utilities, housing, disaster relief, and more. Orange County United Way (OCUW) operates just one of 200+ independently managed 211s in the US, but they field over 8,000 calls monthly. In this lightning talk, discover how OCUW leveraged Amazon Connect to enhance their 211 service and better support their community. Learn how they use features like ML-based analytics, live agent chat, robust reporting, and Amazon Q-powered live agent recommendations to streamline operations, boost agent productivity, and deliver a more personalized experience for callers in crisis.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - AI/ML
 - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -66392,7 +66392,7 @@
 - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 - Tech Explorer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
 1. Understanding the role and importance of 211 services in providing immediate help for various community needs.
@@ -66415,7 +66415,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Stressing and validating your multi-tenant SaaS architecture [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SAS302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SaaS developers and architects face a broad range of scaling, resiliency, cost, and operational efficiency challenges. As part of this effort, they also need to design and build the mechanisms that can validate their architecture assumptions and simulate loads, tenant personas, isolation exceptions, onboarding spikes, and more. In this session, learn the process of stressing a prebuilt SaaS environment. Explore how, where, and when you can introduce the mechanisms that exercise and validate the policies employed by your multi-tenant architecture. These essential steps will help you build a SaaS environment that achieves your broader operational and efficiency goals. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -66450,7 +66450,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Stressing and validating your multi-tenant SaaS architecture [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SAS302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SaaS developers and architects face a broad range of scaling, resiliency, cost, and operational efficiency challenges. As part of this effort, they also need to design and build the mechanisms that can validate their architecture assumptions and simulate loads, tenant personas, isolation exceptions, onboarding spikes, and more. In this session, learn the process of stressing a prebuilt SaaS environment. Explore how, where, and when you can introduce the mechanisms that exercise and validate the policies employed by your multi-tenant architecture. These essential steps will help you build a SaaS environment that achieves your broader operational and efficiency goals. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -66487,7 +66487,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharge app intelligence using gen AI with Amazon DocumentDB
 2. Session Code: DAT320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore how you can use the generative AI capabilities of Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) to make your existing applications more powerful. See demos showcasing how easily you can implement semantic search, build chatbots, and execute ML predictions within Amazon DocumentDB.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -66517,7 +66517,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharge Lambda functions with Powertools for AWS Lambda
 2. Session Code: DEV339
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Lambda functions are crucial in cloud architectures but can be challenging due to potential failures and repetitive AWS-specific code. Powertools for AWS Lambda is a library that addresses these issues by enhancing observability, resiliency, and operational excellence in your Lambda functions. In this dev chat, explore the Powertools library's capabilities and see how it can improve your Lambda functions by using it in a real-world application, helping you achieve a well-architected solution in AWS.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
 6. Topic:
@@ -66532,7 +66532,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - DevOps Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of AWS Lambda functions
     2. Familiarity with cloud architecture concepts
@@ -66554,10 +66554,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharge your AI and ML workloads on Amazon ECS
 2. Session Code: SVS331
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the modern digital era, running artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) workloads is essential for powering applications like image generation and natural language processing. In this session, learn techniques to maximize the performance and scalability of these workloads to meet dynamic demand. Discover best practices for improving operational efficiency and optimizing costs of AI/ML deployments on Amazon ECS. Through real-world demos, see the transformative power of using accelerated compute resources for AI/ML on Amazon ECS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -66587,13 +66587,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharge your apps with embedded Amazon QuickSight and Amazon Q
 2. Session Code: BSI201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session explores how you can enhance your applications with embedded analytics from Amazon QuickSight and the Generative BI capabilities of Amazon Q. Learn best practices for integrating interactive visualizations, natural language queries, and data Q&A without managing infrastructure.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Business Intelligence, Customer Stories
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 1:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -66615,7 +66615,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharge your DevOps practices with generative AI
 2. Session Code: DEV321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the relentless pursuit of swift and reliable software delivery, DevOps teams face immense challenges. This session explores how generative AI can revolutionize DevOps practices, accelerating deployment frequency, reducing lead time for changes, minimizing service disruptions, and mitigating change failure rates. Through live demos, witness how the transformative power of Amazon Q and Amazon Bedrock can streamline workflows, automate tasks, and enhance collaboration. Leave empowered with practical strategies to harness this cutting-edge technology and propel your team's DevOps excellence.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -66645,7 +66645,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharge your growth and capabilities with partner programs
 2. Session Code: PEX110
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover the latest AWS Partner program updates that propel your public sector business forward. Join this lightning talk to explore innovations tailored to partners: generative AI programs, digital sovereignty, solution building, and managed services. Whether you're starting out or seasoned, glean insights and use cases to elevate your journey. Don't miss this opportunity to supercharge your development and stay ahead in this ever-evolving landscape.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -66659,7 +66659,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS Partner program
     2. Interest in public sector business opportunities
@@ -66680,17 +66680,17 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharge your innovation: Automate for operational excellence
 2. Session Code: SUP307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Enterprises embarking on cloud transformation must embrace AWS best practices to streamline operations and optimize costs. In this session, learn how AWS developed its own automation practices by integrating people, processes, and technology. Discover strategies to drive growth and innovation, and maintain a competitive edge. Dive into the AWS platform operations and engineering approach to automate tasks, prioritize initiatives, and enable cross-functional collaboration for some of the real operational uses cases. Also, hear from a leading financial services customer on how AWS Cloud automation drove operational efficiencies and cost savings, empowering reinvestment in innovation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
    - Generative AI
    - Management and Governance
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 11:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -66713,7 +66713,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharge your productivity across the SDLC with generative AI
 2. Session Code: DOP320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Q Developer's powerful agents act as a force multiplier, providing developers with the capabilities of an entire engineering team at their fingertips. Amazon Q Developer's agents are capable of tackling complex, multistep tasks that go beyond code suggestions, like building features, refactoring code, or generating documentation. They can autonomously plan, code, test, iterate, and implement approved solutions, saving hours daily. Join this chalk talk to learn how new Amazon Q Developer agent capabilities empower developers to focus on more creative work.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -66740,7 +66740,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharge your selling potential with AWS Marketplace
 2. Session Code: PEX114
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, AWS Partners can discover best practices for success with AWS Marketplace. Learn how to maximize your selling potential by listing products and services or reselling in AWS Marketplace, and reaching new customers through the partner community. Explore effective strategies, best practices, and essential tips for optimizing your product offerings and reach to a global audience. Whether you're a seasoned AWS Marketplace seller or reseller, or just starting out, this talk provides you with actionable insights into growing with AWS Marketplace.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Customer Enablement
@@ -66753,7 +66753,7 @@
    - Entrepreneur (Founder/Co-Founder)
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Experience with AWS Marketplace
     2. Understanding of selling and reselling products and services
@@ -66772,7 +66772,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharge your SQL Server workloads, featuring Thomson Reuters
 2. Session Code: XNT203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Are you facing operational and scaling challenges after migrating SQL Server from on premises to the cloud? How about increasing costs? Thomson Reuters needed a better way to manage its SQL Server deployment for its mission-critical global trade management platform. It wanted the best of both worlds: a managed platform for developers and access to the underlying operating system for database administrators. In this session, learn how Thomson Reuters transformed its SQL Server backend to run its trade management platform at scale on AWS, resulting in a 40% reduction in operating costs and 5 times more operational efficiency.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Databases, Migration and Modernization
@@ -66799,7 +66799,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Supercharging security & observability with Amazon CloudWatch
 2. Session Code: COP340
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the dynamic, evolving cloud landscape effective security observability is crucial to rapidly detecting, investigating, and responding to threats. Learn how Amazon CloudWatch can be leveraged to enhance your security posture, and how to configure CloudWatch to collect and aggregate security-relevant logs, create custom dashboards and widgets to visualize security trends, set up alarms and automated actions to detect and respond to security incidents, and integrate CloudWatch with other AWS security services for a holistic approach to threat management. This workshop provides a comprehensive understanding of how Amazon CloudWatch can power a journey toward robust security observability in the cloud. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -66832,7 +66832,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Supporting federated identity in multi-tenant environments
 2. Session Code: SAS307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: SaaS providers often need to support authentication and authorization models, allowing tenants to access their system through internal and external identity sources. This session looks at how you can build a federated multi-tenant identity experience that could be built in different combinations with Amazon Cognito, Auth0, Ping, Okta, and more. Learn about implementing multi-tenant federation, looking at how the nuances of these different identity providers will shape the onboarding, tenant context injection, and tenant user management lifecycle for your SaaS environment.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -66862,7 +66862,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Sustainable compute optimization on Amazon EC2
 2. Session Code: CMP344
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This chalk talk focuses on optimizing compute efficiency and sustainability of workloads running on Amazon EC2. Learn strategies to leverage Amazon EC2 capabilities and features including instance selection, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, and AWS Graviton-based Amazon EC2 instances to improve workload efficiency. The talk discusses and demonstrates how to measure and track resource utilization, price performance, and resource efficiency using workload metrics. This data-driven approach helps you identify bottlenecks, optimize resource allocation, and make informed decisions to enhance the performance and environmental sustainability of your Amazon EC2-based applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -66895,13 +66895,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Sustainable urban spaces [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Air quality and heat risks pose major threats to human and environmental health and safety. According to an Atlantic Council study, there are currently more than 8,500 deaths annually associated with daily average temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius), and according to the World Health Organization, ambient air pollution leads to an estimated 4.2 million deaths per year. In this workshop, you use Amazon SageMaker to ingest data from the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI) and uncover patterns in weather, air quality, and temperature; understand risks to urban areas; and simulate solutions that reduce risk to communities. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Sustainability
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 9:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -66922,13 +66922,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Sustainable urban spaces [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Air quality and heat risks pose major threats to human and environmental health and safety. According to an Atlantic Council study, there are currently more than 8,500 deaths annually associated with daily average temperatures above 90 degrees Fahrenheit (32 degrees Celsius), and according to the World Health Organization, ambient air pollution leads to an estimated 4.2 million deaths per year. In this workshop, you use Amazon SageMaker to ingest data from the Amazon Sustainability Data Initiative (ASDI) and uncover patterns in weather, air quality, and temperature; understand risks to urban areas; and simulate solutions that reduce risk to communities. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Sustainability
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 11:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -66949,10 +66949,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Swift, server-side, serverless
 2. Session Code: DEV334
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Full stack developers hate to switch programming languages, tools, frameworks. It's a loss of time. What if you could use your favorite frontend language, Swift, to build your backend resources, such as API, or any type of cloud-based processing? What if you don't even need to deploy a virtual machine to do so? During this code talk, learn why you should use Swift on the server and how you can generate Swift server-side code from an OpenAPI specification and deploy it to AWS Lambda serverless functions.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Lambda-Based Applications
@@ -66980,7 +66980,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Swimming Australia and AWS power elite outcomes
 2. Session Code: PRO204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, explore how Swimming Australia collaborated with AWS Professional Services to create training insights. Learn how using AWS Panorama helped them perform real-time computer vision (CV) inference at the edge. Discover how insights generated using AWS AI/ML services directly assist some of the world's best swimmers in enhancing their training and competition performances.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -67011,10 +67011,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Tailor made: Craft custom solutions with AWS App Studio and JavaScript
 2. Session Code: DEV215
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Rapidly building custom applications that meet complex, evolving needs can be a challenge. Discover how AWS App Studio innovates application development, enabling rapid creation of secure, scalable business solutions. Explore capabilities in App Studio, focusing on its extensibility using JavaScript and integration with other AWS services. Use the platform's AI-powered assistant and low-code environment to build sophisticated applications quickly. Extend functionality with JavaScript, integrate seamlessly with AWS, and ensure robust security. Through real-world examples, see how App Studio empowers developers and business users to transform ideas into reality, creating custom applications that solve these complex challenges efficiently.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Business Applications
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -67045,10 +67045,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Talking to your smart home using conversational generative AI
 2. Session Code: IOT312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how generative AI can revolutionize smart home experiences by enabling intelligent, responsive multistep task planning and execution, such as building grocery lists based on fridge contents. In this chalk talk, learn foundational concepts for connecting smart home devices to the cloud and building conversational generative AI systems to interact with the physical world. Using large language models, explore how to integrate sensor data, automate smart home devices, and orchestrate applications to generate actions and recommendations based on context from sensors or cloud data sources.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -67085,13 +67085,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Tattoo and Piercing Zone
 2. Session Code: ACT110
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Back by popular demand! Visit our Tattoo and Piercing Zone to get permanent body art and/or piercings.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -67109,13 +67109,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Tattoo and Piercing Zone
 2. Session Code: ACT112
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Back by popular demand! Visit our Tattoo and Piercing Zone to get permanent body art and/or piercings.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -67133,10 +67133,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Tattoo and Piercing Zone
 2. Session Code: ACT111
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Back by popular demand! Visit our Tattoo and Piercing Zone to get permanent body art and/or piercings.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -67157,13 +67157,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Tattoo and Piercing Zone
 2. Session Code: ACT109
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Back by popular demand! Visit our Tattoo and Piercing Zone to get permanent body art and/or piercings.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 10:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -67181,7 +67181,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Technical decisions for a seamless migration from VMware to AWS
 2. Session Code: MAM218
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Migrating VMware-based workloads to AWS requires careful technical decisions. This chalk talk provides a roadmap for a seamless transition, covering crucial aspects like developing a data-driven business case, selecting appropriate discovery tools and assessments, establishing AWS foundations, and choosing the right migration and modernization tools. Attendees gain familiarity with most commonly used AWS migration services such as AWS Application Discovery Service, AWS Application Migration Service, and equivalent AWS Partner tools. Gain insights into key technical decisions involved in each phase, allowing you to navigate the migration journey with confidence and minimize disruptions while leveraging the power of the AWS Cloud.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -67217,7 +67217,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Terraform expertise: Accelerate AWS deployments with modular IaC & AI
 2. Session Code: DOP326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, you gain expertise using Terraform to accelerate AWS deployments. Learn to organize your Terraform code into reusable modules using best practices for modular infrastructure as code (IaC). Additionally, explore how to harness the power of generative AI with AWS services such as Amazon Q Developer to create Terraform code faster. Through step-by-step instructions, you gain practical experience deploying AWS services using Terraform and AI-assisted code generation. Don't miss this immersive learning experience. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -67245,7 +67245,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Test your web and mobile applications with AWS Device Farm
 2. Session Code: FWM313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Device Farm is an application testing service that helps you improve the quality of your web and mobile applications by testing them across an extensive range of desktop browsers and real mobile devices without having to provision and manage any testing infrastructure. This workshop provides hands-on guidance for software engineers, quality assurance engineers, software testers, platform engineers, and architects on how to get started using Device Farm to test your applications hosted in the AWS Cloud. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -67273,7 +67273,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The ABCs of generative AI
 2. Session Code: DEV207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Feel like you've "missed the boat" with generative AI? You haven't. This session breaks down key concepts from A to Z in an engaging, interactive format. Brooke and Faye, known by tens of thousands online for their ability to simplify complex tech topics, will guide participants through generative AI with clear explanations and live demos. Going beyond theory, they show how to apply these concepts in practice. Get a head start with AWS services like Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Q Developer, and Amazon SageMaker, leaving with the confidence to build your own AI projects.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -67306,10 +67306,10 @@
 
 1. Title: The AI advantage: Unlocking the full potential of your EUC services
 2. Session Code: PEX208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, the success of your organization's End-User Computing (EUC) strategy hinges on the seamless adoption and effective utilization of EUC services by your workforce. This lightning talk explores how you can leverage the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) to drive greater engagement, efficiency, and value from your EUC ecosystem.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - End-User Computing
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -67321,7 +67321,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - System Administrator
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of End-User Computing (EUC) strategies
     2. Knowledge of workforce adoption and utilization of EUC services
@@ -67342,10 +67342,10 @@
 
 1. Title: The Amazon Q Developer coding challenge
 2. Session Code: DOP309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this workshop to participate in 20 increasingly complex coding challenges aided by Amazon Q Developer, an AI-powered assistant for software development. Discover how Amazon Q Developer's auto-generated code recommendations and chat explanations can help you develop code and understand complex algorithmic coding challenges more efficiently compared to manual coding alone. Learn about Amazon Q Developer capabilities and how it can help you improve productivity. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -67372,10 +67372,10 @@
 
 1. Title: The application modernization skills challenge [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MAM311-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, embark on a cloud-centric transformation journey and hone your modernization skills through a series of practical challenges. Decompose monolithic applications into microservices and deploy them using AWS Lambda. Move from a relational self-hosted data tier to fully managed, cloud-centric data tier. Containerize existing workloads and deploy them using Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS. Add observability and automate it with CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, and AWS CodeDeploy. Join a team in the workshop, and score points by successfully completing modernization challenges using the accounts provided to you. Accelerate your efforts with Amazon Q Developer. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -67411,10 +67411,10 @@
 
 1. Title: The application modernization skills challenge [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MAM311-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, embark on a cloud-centric transformation journey and hone your modernization skills through a series of practical challenges. Decompose monolithic applications into microservices and deploy them using AWS Lambda. Move from a relational self-hosted data tier to fully managed, cloud-centric data tier. Containerize existing workloads and deploy them using Amazon ECS and Amazon EKS. Add observability and automate it with CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, and AWS CodeDeploy. Join a team in the workshop, and score points by successfully completing modernization challenges using the accounts provided to you. Accelerate your efforts with Amazon Q Developer. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
@@ -67452,7 +67452,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The art and culture of modernizing a .NET monolith
 2. Session Code: XNT202
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn about Tessitura, a pioneer in integrated software solutions for the arts and culture sector, and its journey to transform a 20-year-old .NET application from a client-server model to a modern, cloud-built architecture. Tessitura kick-started its journey with the Experience-Based Acceleration (EBA) transformation methodology from AWS, which highlighted the technology overhaul and cultural shift needed within Tessitura's teams to make the project a success. Come learn how to overcome the complexities of legacy systems and foster a culture of experimentation. This session is for anyone looking to modernize .NET applications or enhance cross-team collaboration in tech-driven projects.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -67485,7 +67485,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The art of sound: Promote balance, relaxation, and healing [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD233-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come see an attempt to create a smart cymatics plate. Research has shown that sound and vibration have therapeutic healing potential when they're used to create mesmerizing patterns that promote relaxation, balance, and healing. Musicians around the world have drawn inspiration from cymatics, using its principles in their creations. This project harnesses the power of cymatics with services and solutions like Amazon API Gateway, AWS IOT, and Amazon Bedrock to help you see sound as an art to restore body and mind harmony.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -67511,7 +67511,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The art of sound: Promote balance, relaxation, and healing [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD233-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come see an attempt to create a smart cymatics plate. Research has shown that sound and vibration have therapeutic healing potential when they're used to create mesmerizing patterns that promote relaxation, balance, and healing. Musicians around the world have drawn inspiration from cymatics, using its principles in their creations. This project harnesses the power of cymatics with services and solutions like Amazon API Gateway, AWS IOT, and Amazon Bedrock to help you see sound as an art to restore body and mind harmony.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -67538,7 +67538,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The art of transforming foundation models into domain experts
 2. Session Code: DEV301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Standard foundation models have general knowledge on most topics, but little specific domain knowledge. Learn how to customize them to make them experts in your field. In this session, learn how to perform fine-tuning, use the Retrieval Augmented Generation technique, or use transactional agents through interactive demonstrations. Discover how to evaluate the pros and cons of each approach to choose the solution that best suits your needs.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -67603,10 +67603,10 @@
 
 1. Title: The AWS approach to secure generative AI
 2. Session Code: SEC323
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: At AWS, safeguarding the security and confidentiality of customers' workloads is a top priority. AWS Artificial Intelligence (AI) infrastructure and services have built-in security and privacy features to give customers control over their data. Join this session to learn how AWS thinks about security across the three layers of our generative AI stack, from the bottom infrastructure layer to the middle layer, which provides easy access to all the models along with tools customers need to build and scale generative AI applications, and the top layer, which includes applications that leverage LLMs and other FMs to make work easier.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -67641,7 +67641,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The AWS Step Functions workshop
 2. Session Code: API201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this workshop to learn about the primary features of AWS Step Functions. Step Functions is a low-code visual workflow service that developers use to build distributed applications, automate IT and business processes, and build data and machine learning pipelines based on AWS services. This workshop contains a series of interactive modules that provide hands-on experience building resilient workflows with robust error handling in a workshop environment. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -67670,7 +67670,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The caricaturist: Your personalized caricature experience [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD234-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Getting a caricature from a street artist is a delightful day out activity. Sometimes you love the result; other times, you wish for minor tweaks like lighter eyebrows. Imagine visualizing different caricature styles before they are drawn and providing real-time feedback like, "Make the nose more prominent" or "Make the eyes more mischievous". Explore and enjoy as generative AI and robotics let you co-create caricatures, tailoring every detail to your liking.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -67699,7 +67699,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The caricaturist: Your personalized caricature experience [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD234-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Getting a caricature from a street artist is a delightful day out activity. Sometimes you love the result; other times, you wish for minor tweaks like lighter eyebrows. Imagine visualizing different caricature styles before they are drawn and providing real-time feedback like, "Make the nose more prominent" or "Make the eyes more mischievous". Explore and enjoy as generative AI and robotics let you co-create caricatures, tailoring every detail to your liking.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -67741,7 +67741,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - DevOps Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud-based development workflows
     2. Familiarity with Terraform and infrastructure as code
@@ -67763,7 +67763,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The evolution story of game architecture: PUBG: Battlegrounds, Krafton
 2. Session Code: GAM311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how PUBG studios has evolved AWS architecture to cover millions of concurrent game users globally. "PUBG: Battlegrounds" was initially released with a legacy structure that included Windows servers, but it has been seamlessly modified to enrich a stable game experience by adopting AWS services such as EKS, Graviton and AWS Global Accelerator. Come learn about the valuable lessons learned in the transition journey on a live environment.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -67804,7 +67804,7 @@
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
 9. Target Roles: IT Administrator, IT Executive, IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Cloud computing expertise
@@ -67831,7 +67831,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The future of Kubernetes on AWS
 2. Session Code: KUB201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Kubernetes has become a standard way for organizations to innovate and modernize their application portfolio. AWS developed Amazon EKS to make Kubernetes more accessible to organizations of all sizes, helping them focus on what matters most for their businesses. In this session, join Nathan Taber, Head of Product for Kubernetes, to learn about one customer who uses EKS to train their LLM models and another customer who used it to standardize their internal development platforms. Hear how organizations use EKS to run their most demanding applications in the cloud, on premises, and at the edge.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Kubernetes
@@ -67862,10 +67862,10 @@
 
 1. Title: The future of your VMware-based workloads with AWS
 2. Session Code: MAM103
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Choosing the right cloud destination for your VMware-based workloads is crucial for your business. Join this session to learn how AWS collaborates with customers to navigate this journey. AWS provides proven migration pathways and purpose-built services offering prescriptive guidance to assist you on your cloud journey. Discover the available options and paths to achieve the right mix of migration, modernization, and innovation, meeting your current and future business goals. AWS and AWS Partners are committed to helping you transform your VMware environments seamlessly.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - New to AWS
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -67900,10 +67900,10 @@
 
 1. Title: The good, the bad, and the ugly of AI and cybersecurity
 2. Session Code: PEX207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AI in cybersecurity is being leveraged for more effective and responsive decision-making, particularly in bigger networks, with numerous users, and factors. Explore actual use cases across industries, and how ML learns from incident and cyber threat reports to quickly help find, identify, and classify data to reduce cyber risks. Also learn how AWS Partners can build intelligent cyber solutions on AWS, with AWS.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -67915,7 +67915,7 @@
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
    - Sales / Marketing
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
     2. Knowledge of cybersecurity concepts and challenges
@@ -67948,7 +67948,7 @@
    - Entrepreneur (Founder/Co-Founder)
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs) and their limitations.
@@ -67974,7 +67974,7 @@
 2. Session Code: ARC325
 3. Description: How can I implement micro-frontends in my company? What recommendations do you have? In this session, get answers to these common questions. Discover the key characteristics necessary for constructing effective frontend distributed systems. Also learn the best practices and tools for developing micro frontends based on real-world examples.
 4. Session Type: Breakout session
-5. Topic: 
+5. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 6. Areas of Interest:
@@ -68008,7 +68008,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The incident is over: Now what?
 2. Session Code: ARC207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Good architecture helps minimize or avoid the impact of failures. Operational practice defines how to handle inevitable incidents and recover quickly. But what about the aftermath? How do you ensure that the true root cause has been tracked down and that effective preventive actions have been planned for implementation? How can you turn every incident into a learning opportunity? How do the shared responsibility model and third-party software vendors come into play? This session will share mental models and experiences around root cause analysis and correction of error (COE), so you can drive an effective practice in your own organization.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -68040,7 +68040,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The journey and challenges of operationalizing generative AI at FINRA
 2. Session Code: WPS320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In 2014, FINRA fully embraced AWS and began transforming their business with cloud technology. Today, they manage over an exabyte of data and employ sophisticated analytics and cloud operations to power their regulatory mission. FINRA technology executives are now working through their next transformation with generative AI. Join them as they share their journey of operationalizing generative AI, discussing the people, process, and technology challenges they've encountered and the pilot programs they're scaling across the enterprise, including their innovative developer assistant built on Amazon Q. Learn how FINRA implemented innovation and training programs, risk and prioritization frameworks, and operational tooling to support their journey.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -68067,7 +68067,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The journey of modern application and database modernization [Korean]
 2. Session Code: GBL203-KO
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in Korean. Learn about Woowa Brothers' 10-year journey to the cloud, overcoming challenges in scalability, availability, security, and operational complexity. Hear GS SHOP's story of successfully migrating from Oracle to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and adopting a microservices architecture on Amazon EKS, all while embracing modern architectures and emerging technologies to enhance business efficiency. In this session, learn best practices and lessons for modernizing your cloud architecture learned from the ongoing process of re-architecting.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture, Databases
@@ -68093,7 +68093,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The life of an IAM policy [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC404-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk for a behind-the-scenes peek at how requests to AWS services are authenticated and authorized. Follow the journey of a policy from its creation to its use to authorize a request, and learn some practical tips about each policy type along the way. Learn when to expect certain condition keys to be set for an AWS request, how to deal with eventual consistency when testing your policies, how you can implement a policy review process, and more. Take a glimpse at some of the internal mechanisms that AWS uses to help keep you secure.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -68123,7 +68123,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The life of an IAM policy [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC404-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this chalk talk for a behind-the-scenes peek at how requests to AWS services are authenticated and authorized. Follow the journey of a policy from its creation to its use to authorize a request, and learn some practical tips about each policy type along the way. Learn when to expect certain condition keys to be set for an AWS request, how to deal with eventual consistency when testing your policies, how you can implement a policy review process, and more. Take a glimpse at some of the internal mechanisms that AWS uses to help keep you secure.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -68153,10 +68153,10 @@
 
 1. Title: The modern CI/CD toolbox: Strategies for consistency and reliability
 2. Session Code: DEV335
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As software delivery scales and environments become more diverse, maintaining consistency, security, and reliability in continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) becomes increasingly challenging. Never fear! This fun, interactive session featuring AWS community and employee experts shows how to tackle the growing complexity by adopting best practices and modern techniques. Explore methods for ensuring consistent deployments across environments, robust configuration management, progressive delivery strategies, drift detection, and automated auditing with generative AI. Discover practical solutions to enhance reliability, safety, and efficiency, enabling faster delivery and reducing errors by treating all changes equally in the pipeline and streamlining processes across projects.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -68208,7 +68208,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of motorsports and the Isle of Man TT Races
@@ -68231,7 +68231,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The National Football League streamlines research and content creation
 2. Session Code: PRO301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: NFL production assistants can now effortlessly produce media content and explore historical plays with natural language questions using a generative AI app built by the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center using Amazon Bedrock. The team built a routing framework that classifies the intent of user queries, then ingests corresponding relevant API schemas to create the API endpoint call. This innovative solution streamlines research, enabling queries like "Show me all touchdown passes by John Smith with less than 2 minutes remaining." The first generative AI use case in NFL history, it is slotted for production during the 2024 season.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -68295,10 +68295,10 @@
 
 1. Title: The power of cloud network innovation
 2. Session Code: NET201-INT
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: From the very beginning, the AWS network has been the foundation for how AWS delivers on the promise of cloud computing. In this talk, Dave Brown, VP of AWS Compute and Networking Services, looks at the history of AWS networking and how its growth and innovation continues to this day—helping unleash your creativity and make leaps forward in what's possible. With a combination of real-world examples and looks behind the scenes, Dave dives into the latest innovations in AWS core networking infrastructure, VPC networking, and data center networking for AI/ML, security, and global connectivity.
 5. Session Type: Innovation Talks
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Content Delivery
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -68306,7 +68306,7 @@
    - Global Infrastructure
    - Network and Infrastructure Security
 8. Level: 200 – Intermediate
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Venetian
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -68333,7 +68333,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Smartsheet
 4. Description: IT and dev projects can be complex and challenging and may have no single clear path to success. Integrating generative AI into IT workflows can help you overcome persistent challenges, including visualizing in-flight projects, generating key insights across large programs, getting answers to questions on AWS Cloud data, and auto-generating insights and trends. Attend this lightning talk to discover how project intelligence in Smartsheet combined with Amazon Q can help improve your day-to-day work, drive visibility, and make smarter decisions. Whether managing iterative development projects or large digital transformation initiatives, discover how Smartsheet and Amazon Q can help transform how you work. This presentation is brought to you by Smartsheet, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -68341,7 +68341,7 @@
 9. Target Roles:
    - IT Executive
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
-10. Venue: 
+10. Venue:
 11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of IT and development projects
@@ -68430,8 +68430,8 @@
 7. Areas of Interest: Threat Detection and Incident Response
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Cloud Security Specialist
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud computing concepts
     2. Familiarity with cybersecurity and incident response
@@ -68452,7 +68452,7 @@
 
 1. Title: The Schreiber Foods journey: From dairy factory to SaaS innovator
 2. Session Code: NTA319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Schreiber Foods has been a leader in dairy production since 1945. Beginning in 2021, Schreiber Foods started on a commercialized software journey by selling dairy collection and dairy production software. This chalk talk will cover the decision to select AWS, how they onboarded their internal teams, how they modified software to run in the cloud, and how they organized their environment for each customer.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -68486,13 +68486,13 @@
 
 1. Title: The value of AWS Certifications in your enterprise strategy
 2. Session Code: TNC109
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how incorporating AWS Certifications into your enterprise strategy can transform people, process, and technology. See how your business can realize the value of earning and preparing for AWS Certifications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Training and Certification
 7. Areas of Interest: Innovation and Transformation
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
    - Business Executive
    - IT Executive
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
@@ -68525,7 +68525,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of software development processes and agile methodologies
     2. Knowledge of platform design and architecture
@@ -68547,7 +68547,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Think big, build small: When to scale and when to simplify
 2. Session Code: ARC331
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Creating a cloud architecture can be bewildering and intimidating. When do I need multiple zones or regions? Which services should I use or avoid? When should I scale vertically and when horizontally? How do I optimize for enduring business value and agility? In this session, hear insights and guidance developed from working with successful AWS customers. Discover how AWS thinks about different architectural tiers, fosters engineering toward simplicity and reliability, and focuses on infrastructure as an investment, with trade-offs and returns.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -68583,7 +68583,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Thinking serverless [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS202-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Serverless is more than just AWS Lambda. It's about learning to use a range of different services and techniques to solve a technical problem. How do you approach building a solution with a serverless mindset? In this chalk talk, learn how to tackle a business problem from a customer perspective by breaking down needs into serverless building blocks that work well together. Discover the power of distributed systems design and event-based architecture, and learn how easy it can be to turn a flowchart into a model for a serverless application.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -68621,7 +68621,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Thinking serverless [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS202-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Serverless is more than just AWS Lambda. It's about learning to use a range of different services and techniques to solve a technical problem. How do you approach building a solution with a serverless mindset? In this chalk talk, learn how to tackle a business problem from a customer perspective by breaking down needs into serverless building blocks that work well together. Discover the power of distributed systems design and event-based architecture, and learn how easy it can be to turn a flowchart into a model for a serverless application.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -68691,7 +68691,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Third-party risk management tabletop experience [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: GHJ206-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Embark on a "third-party risk management," engaging tabletop designed to challenge and refine your approach to managing external partnerships and vendor relationships. In this immersive experience, leaders are thrust into a high-stakes environment where they must navigate complex scenarios involving third-party risks. This tabletop not only enhances your ability to manage third-party risks effectively but also equips you with practical insights and strategies to safeguard an organization's interests and strengthen its external partnerships. Join us to elevate your risk management acumen and drive resilient, forward-thinking approaches in an interconnected business landscape. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Gamified learning
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -68728,7 +68728,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Threat detection and response using AWS security services [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join AWS security experts for an immersive threat detection and response workshop using native security services to detect threats across different workloads. Learn about common threat types, how to detect them, and how to prioritize a response. This workshop simulates several security events across different resources and behaviors. Get hands-on in a provided sandbox environment to review and respond to findings from the simulated events. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -68764,7 +68764,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Threat detection and response using AWS security services [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join AWS security experts for an immersive threat detection and response workshop using native security services to detect threats across different workloads. Learn about common threat types, how to detect them, and how to prioritize a response. This workshop simulates several security events across different resources and behaviors. Get hands-on in a provided sandbox environment to review and respond to findings from the simulated events. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -68797,15 +68797,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Thursday breakfast
 2. Session Code: ACT019
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Breakfast for attendees is served in Caesars Forum, Summit 206; Mandalay Bay, Level 2, Shoreline Hall; MGM Grand, Level 1, Marquee Ballroom; The Venetian, Level 1, Hall G; and Wynn, Cristal Ballroom 2.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Availability of designated event spaces (Caesars Forum, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, The Venetian, and Wynn)
     2. Catering services to provide breakfast for attendees
@@ -68819,15 +68819,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Thursday lunch
 2. Session Code: ACT020
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Lunch for attendees is served in Caesars Forum, Summit 206; Mandalay Bay, Level 2, Shoreline Hall; MGM Grand, Level 1, Marquee Ballroom; The Venetian, Level 1, Hall G; and Wynn, Cristal Ballroom 2.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Availability of the specified venues (Caesars Forum, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, The Venetian, and Wynn)
     2. Catering services to provide the lunch
@@ -68841,7 +68841,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Timing matters: Enhance responses with AWS API Gateway
 2. Session Code: DEV214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Achieve faster, more reliable API responses using AWS API Gateway. This dev talk delves into techniques for optimizing your APIs, focusing on performance enhancements, caching strategies, and throttling. Learn how to fine-tune your API deployments for better scalability and efficiency, ensuring your applications run smoothly and continue to meet user expectations.
 5. Session Type: Dev chat
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -68854,7 +68854,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Familiarity with AWS services, particularly AWS API Gateway.
     2. Understanding of API design principles and best practices.
@@ -68873,7 +68873,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Tips and tricks: Leveraging Hugging Face LLMs with Amazon SageMaker
 2. Session Code: AIM374
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how to leverage publicly available large language models (LLMs) from Hugging Face, and train and deploy models for inference with AWS Trainium and AWS Inferentia and Amazon SageMaker. In this chalk talk, learn how to easily access, customize, and deploy hundreds of pretrained models with SageMaker advanced tools. Explore the robust capabilities of SageMaker, including notebooks, debuggers, profilers, SageMaker Pipelines, and MLOps, all within an integrated development environment (IDE).
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -68904,13 +68904,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Tool use & agents at the frontier: Advanced techniques for LLM actions
 2. Session Code: AIM306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Base LLMs can read and write but aren't capable of acting on their own. Tool use and agents allow models to connect to your APIs and other real-world systems to turn their knowledge into action. Discover how to use advanced prompt engineering and clever system design to craft powerful automations using Anthropic's Claude models in Amazon Bedrock, learning specialized tool syntax and optimizing solutions through strategic planning. Also, learn how frameworks like Amazon Bedrock Agents are pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities. Join us to explore the forefront of AI-driven automation and elevate your LLM skills.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
    - Data Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Wynn
@@ -68936,7 +68936,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Top controls for a secure, well-architected environment [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP342-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations of all sizes must implement robust controls to mitigate risks and operate a well-architected environment. Discover top recommended controls that can help you achieve your governance, compliance, and security objectives. Learn how to leverage AWS services like AWS Organizations, AWS Control Tower, AWS Config, and AWS Security Hub to centrally define, enforce, and monitor policies across your environment. Explore strategies to establish comprehensive access controls, prevent misconfigurations, and gain visibility into your security posture. Understand how to adapt controls as your environment evolves, while addressing emerging threats and changing business requirements.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -68967,7 +68967,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Top controls for a secure, well-architected environment [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP342-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations of all sizes must implement robust controls to mitigate risks and operate a well-architected environment. Discover top recommended controls that can help you achieve your governance, compliance, and security objectives. Learn how to leverage AWS services like AWS Organizations, AWS Control Tower, AWS Config, and AWS Security Hub to centrally define, enforce, and monitor policies across your environment. Explore strategies to establish comprehensive access controls, prevent misconfigurations, and gain visibility into your security posture. Understand how to adapt controls as your environment evolves, while addressing emerging threats and changing business requirements.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -68998,10 +68998,10 @@
 
 1. Title: To VPN or not to VPN: Which option is right for you?
 2. Session Code: NET309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore the spectrum of connectivity options to securely access your AWS hosted applications. Compare traditional VPN approaches, including AWS Site-to-Site VPN and AWS Client VPN, with VPN-less, Zero Trust-based solutions like AWS Verified Access. Understand the trade-offs, capabilities, and ideal use cases for each approach. By the end of this chalk talk, leave equipped to choose the connectivity solution that best meets your organization's security, performance, and operational requirements. Walk away with the insights to enable seamless, protected access to your AWS resources, whether leveraging VPN or embracing VPN-less architectures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
     - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -69065,7 +69065,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Toyota's connected platform transformation with AWS IoT Core and MQTT
 2. Session Code: IOT321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to discover how Toyota modernized their connected vehicle platform using AWS IoT Core and MQTT 5 to deliver innovative experiences and applications to customers. Learn how Toyota used AWS managed services to enable secure, scalable, bidirectional communication between vehicles and the cloud. Also explore how you can use AWS IoT for advanced vehicle data collection that can help you unlock the full potential of your connected vehicle data, enabling remote vehicle controls, real-time data processing, and insights for fleet management and EV battery optimization.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Internet of Things
@@ -69092,7 +69092,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Traceable sustainability: How to approach biodiversity tracking [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS306-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Sustainability challenges are complex and multifaceted, requiring innovative solutions in order to trace impact. In this lightning talk, see whiteboarding of the integration of services like Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Amazon SageMaker, AWS Lambda, Amazon Athena, and Amazon DataZone to create a robust data ecosystem for collecting, analyzing, and deriving actionable insights from diverse data sources to solve for things like tracking biodiversity. By harnessing advanced analytics, organizations can gain a comprehensive understanding of their environmental impact, identify areas for improvement, and implement targeted strategies to drive measurable and lasting change.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -69100,7 +69100,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: Academic / Researcher, Data Engineer, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of cloud computing and AWS services.
     2. Knowledge of data engineering and data analytics concepts.
@@ -69125,7 +69125,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Traceable sustainability: How to approach biodiversity tracking [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUS306-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Sustainability challenges are complex and multifaceted, requiring innovative solutions in order to trace impact. In this lightning talk, see whiteboarding of the integration of services like Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Amazon SageMaker, AWS Lambda, Amazon Athena, and Amazon DataZone to create a robust data ecosystem for collecting, analyzing, and deriving actionable insights from diverse data sources to solve for things like tracking biodiversity. By harnessing advanced analytics, organizations can gain a comprehensive understanding of their environmental impact, identify areas for improvement, and implement targeted strategies to drive measurable and lasting change.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -69133,7 +69133,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: Academic / Researcher, Data Engineer, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of cloud computing and AWS services
     2. Knowledge of data engineering and data analytics concepts
@@ -69158,7 +69158,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Traceable sustainability: How to approach biodiversity tracking
 2. Session Code: SUS303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Sustainability challenges are complex and multifaceted, requiring innovative solutions in order to trace impact. In this chalk talk, we whiteboard the integration of services like Amazon S3, AWS Glue, Amazon SageMaker, AWS Lambda, Amazon Athena, and Amazon DataZone to create a robust offering for collecting, analyzing, and deriving actionable insights from diverse data sources to solve for things like tracking biodiversity. By harnessing advanced analytics, organizations can gain a comprehensive understanding of their environmental impact, identify areas for improvement, and implement targeted strategies to drive measurable and lasting change.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Architecture
@@ -69191,10 +69191,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Training and certification support in your sustainability journey
 2. Session Code: SUS105
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Sustainability is a global priority for AWS and is of tremendous importance to its customers as well. AWS offers multiple tools and resources to address sustainability, from solutions that help you understand the impact of your AWS workloads, to technologies that can support your organization's broader sustainability goals. In this lightning talk, learn how AWS training and certification can help your organization prepare for a sustainable transition and work toward closing the green skills gap.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - New to AWS
    - Training and Certification
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -69206,7 +69206,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS services and resources
     2. Interest in sustainability and environmental impact
@@ -69224,7 +69224,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Train large models on Amazon SageMaker for scale and performance
 2. Session Code: AIM308
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon SageMaker offers the highest-performing ML infrastructure and a resilient training environment to help you train foundation models (FMs) for months without disruption. Top AI companies, from enterprises to startups, build cutting-edge models with billions of parameters on SageMaker. Discover how you can save up to 40% in training time and costs with state-of-the-art training capabilities such as Amazon SageMaker HyperPod, training jobs, and optimized distributed training frameworks. Join this session to learn how to run large-scale, cost-effective model training on SageMaker to accelerate generative AI development.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -69256,7 +69256,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transform clinical apps with gen AI: Netsmart's AI Data Lab journey
 2. Session Code: HLS302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive deep into integrating generative AI with your clinical applications. In this chalk talk, you hear from AWS experts on best practices, architectural considerations, and real-world clinical use cases for using AWS generative AI services like AWS HealthScribe. Then, learn from Netsmart, a behavioral health technology provider, as they share their journey to integrating generative AI with their clinical applications, EHR systems, and telehealth solutions tailored for mental health and substance abuse disorders. Explore Netsmart's AI Data Lab implementation, the architectural strategies they employed, the challenges they overcame, and how they built scalable, secure, cost-efficient solutions using AWS.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -69316,7 +69316,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transform customer experience with real-time agent assist and gen AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM215-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Customer service agents often struggle with manual documentation, lack of contextual information during calls, and inefficient post-call processes, leading to suboptimal customer experiences and operational inefficiencies. In this chalk talk, learn how to empower your agents in real time with automated note-taking, contextual insights, recommendations based on company data, and post-call summaries powered by Amazon Transcribe and Amazon Bedrock. Then, see how to seamlessly integrate this solution with leading applications such as Salesforce to deliver tailored recommendations that delight your customers and drive measurable operational efficiency improvements across your contact center operations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -69345,7 +69345,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transform customer experience with real-time agent assist and gen AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM215-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Customer service agents often struggle with manual documentation, lack of contextual information during calls, and inefficient post-call processes, leading to suboptimal customer experiences and operational inefficiencies. In this chalk talk, learn how to empower your agents in real time with automated note-taking, contextual insights, recommendations based on company data, and post-call summaries powered by Amazon Transcribe and Amazon Bedrock. Then, see how to seamlessly integrate this solution with leading applications such as Salesforce to deliver tailored recommendations that delight your customers and drive measurable operational efficiency improvements across your contact center operations.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -69373,7 +69373,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transform document workflow and increase efficiency with generative AI
 2. Session Code: AIM349
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations spend valuable resources manually processing documents, leading to slow decision-making and operational inefficiencies. This chalk talk explores the transformative potential of generative AI in optimizing business document workflows, focusing on email automation. Discover how AI can extract insights from emails and attachments, streamline processing, and enhance decision-making efficiency across industries. By integrating AI with AWS services, the talk uncovers steps to deploy a robust, scalable, and secure AI-driven solution that reduces costs, improves data accuracy, and boosts business responsiveness. Whether dealing with financial or industry-specific documents, gain practical insights into leveraging generative AI for business process optimization.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -69407,10 +69407,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Transform healthcare outcomes with AWS Marketplace
 2. Session Code: MKT104
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Marketplace is revolutionizing healthcare procurement, enabling health systems to streamline processes, accelerate cloud adoption, and drive digital transformation. This session explores how AWS Marketplace empowers healthcare customers to reinvent their software supply chain, transform patient experiences, and reduce provider burnout. Discover how the comprehensive offerings in AWS Marketplace, along with streamlined procurement and cost optimization capabilities, empower healthcare organizations to leave behind outdated processes, lower total cost of ownership, and accelerate time-to-value to deliver better patient outcomes and provider satisfaction.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -69441,7 +69441,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transforming AV/ADAS development at Continental with generative AI
 2. Session Code: AUT307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Autonomous vehicle (AV) and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) development requires a data-driven process that relies on hundreds of petabytes of drive data and complex tool chains. Join this breakout session to learn how Continental and AWS are collaborating to accelerate the AV/ADAS development process in the cloud. This session outlines how AWS can help offload undifferentiated heavy lifting, such as streamlining data management and simplifying tool chain integration. It then introduces how generative AI accelerates the process of identifying and managing the 1–2% of relevant data within multi-modal datasets for model training, fine-tuning, and system validation.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -69515,7 +69515,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - IT Professional / Technical Manager
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of enterprise automation
@@ -69540,10 +69540,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Transforming healthcare with IoT, Amazon Location, and generative AI
 2. Session Code: IOT315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore how AWS connects patients to their medication and medical assets. While using AWS IoT and Amazon Location Service, explore use cases where patients can easily access the care they need, whether navigating to a clinic or receiving essential supplies at home. See how generative AI can optimize patient communication, identify the most relevant research programs for patients, and strategically place medical resources like X-ray and MRI machines based on insights from patient data. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -69576,7 +69576,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transforming humanitarian aid with AI
 2. Session Code: IMP103
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Witness the transformative power of AI in humanitarian aid at this fireside chat with industry experts. Explore how ACAPS and Mercy Corps leverage cutting-edge AWS AI services to bridge data gaps, predict global crises, and enhance decision-making. Gain insights into LCAT, a groundbreaking tool that forecasts commodity prices, and SOPHIA, which prioritizes relevant data sources, enabling efficient crisis response. Discover how AI technology is reshaping the future of humanitarian work, supporting resilient communities worldwide. Join this session and unlock the potential of AI for good.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -69606,10 +69606,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Transforming insurance CX: Digital excellence strategies for success
 2. Session Code: NTA320
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this lightning talk for an insightful discussion on transforming the customer experience in the insurance industry. Gain valuable insights on how to develop cutting-edge digital capabilities to enhance long-term care profitability, expedite seamless post-acquisition technology integration, and differentiate superior client services by creating a user-friendly, cloud-native customer management portal on AWS. Learn from real-world success stories, explore practical strategies tailored to your business needs, and uncover the key milestones and challenges navigated during a business transformation journey.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest: Application Integration
@@ -69619,7 +69619,7 @@
    - Developer / Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of the insurance industry and its customer experience challenges.
     2. Knowledge of digital capabilities and cloud-native technologies.
@@ -69639,7 +69639,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transforming intelligent document processing with generative AI
 2. Session Code: AIM315
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This workshop covers the use of generative AI models for intelligent document processing tasks. It introduces intelligent document processing and demonstrates how generative AI can enhance capabilities like multilingual optical character recognition (OCR), document classification based on content/structure/visuals, document rule matching using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) models, and agentic frameworks that combine generative models with decision-making and task orchestration. Join this workshop to learn practical generative AI applications for streamlining and automating document-centric workflows. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -69670,7 +69670,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transforming manufacturing operations: AWS e-bike smart factory demo
 2. Session Code: MFG313
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, dive deep into how manufacturers can leverage AWS services and partner solutions to optimize their manufacturing operations. This chalk talk uses the story of a fictitious e-bike company and a purpose-built e-bike smart factory demo. Through an architectural walk through, explore the use of AWS industrial IoT, generative AI, AI/ML, and analytics services that were used to build the demo for the use case. This includes real-time visibility of production metrics, detection of equipment anomalies, automated quality inspection and defect detection, and a generative AI assistant that provides contextual insights and guided troubleshooting.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -69701,7 +69701,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transforming manufacturing with AWS, RISE with SAP, and Amazon
 2. Session Code: MAM208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Leading manufacturers are using RISE with SAP, purpose-built AWS services, and Amazon's extensive sourcing and logistics capabilities to transform their operations. In this session, hear how manufacturers have migrated to RISE with SAP on AWS, streamlining operations and benefiting from the performance, reliability, and security of ERP in the cloud. Learn how companies are extending their SAP environments to MES and PLM systems with 200+ AWS services—including generative AI, IoT, and analytics—to optimize productivity, quality, machine availability, and sustainability. Lastly, discover how Amazon Business and Supply Chain by Amazon can help optimize procurement, global shipping, storage, and fulfillment.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -69736,7 +69736,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transforming smart metering for sustainable resource use with AWS IoT
 2. Session Code: IOT305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The energy industry is shifting toward the next generation of smart metering. This presents an opportunity to address two critical challenges: water loss due to leakage and natural gas leakages—both significant contributors to global climate change. In this session, learn how to use AWS IoT services to build a solution for publishing and ingesting data from smart meters using LoRaWAN connectivity. By harnessing the telemetry data collected, you can gain valuable insights, including leakage detection. Additionally, find out how to train ML models in Amazon SageMaker and use foundation models supported in Amazon Bedrock to automate field response to the identified leakages.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -69830,7 +69830,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transform your cloud MSP with the power of AWS AI
 2. Session Code: PEX201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session explores how generative AI can revolutionize IT operations for managed services providers (MSPs). Leveraging AWS services like Amazon Q and Amazon Bedrock, generative AI automates tasks, predicts incidents, and enhances decision-making. Real use cases demonstrate generative AI's impact on cost savings, reduced downtime, and improved service quality. Key topics include automating incident triage with dynamic runbooks, knowledge management, service desk automation, and AI-powered SLA reporting. A hands-on demo showcases how generative AI accelerates incident triage through AI-driven recommendations.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Cloud Operations
@@ -69857,7 +69857,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Transitioning from VMware to native AWS
 2. Session Code: NTA204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: There are many similarities between vSphere CLI and AWS CLI. This chalk talk goes over common vSphere activities and details the corresponding AWS CLI commands to make the transition from VMware to AWS easier.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -69886,7 +69886,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Splunk
 4. Description: Complete, unified visibility is key to quickly troubleshooting and ensuring that when issues occur, your business and end user's experience are affected as little as possible. In this session, learn how full-stack observability and integrated Splunk Observability, including Splunk AppDynamics, provides unparalleled coverage of your entire tech stack—owned and unowned. Discover how to detect and remediate issues before they impact customers, and learn how Splunk can help to deliver a seamless digital experience. This presentation is brought to you by Splunk, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -69921,7 +69921,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Troubleshooting in the cloud with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUP312-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: How do you troubleshoot large-scale applications running on AWS? Using time-tested troubleshooting methods and AWS services, including generative AI offerings, learn to accelerate the diagnosis and resolution of operational issues. Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Config, AWS X-Ray, and Amazon Q allow you to set up appropriate proactive and reactive monitoring, automate mitigations, and enhance your troubleshooting. In this workshop, choose your preferred domain—compute/networking, containers, databases, or serverless/DevOps—and then work on triaging issues using generative AI, best practices, and techniques shared during the workshop. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -69957,7 +69957,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Troubleshooting in the cloud with generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUP312-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: How do you troubleshoot large-scale applications running on AWS? Using time-tested troubleshooting methods and AWS services, including generative AI offerings, learn to accelerate the diagnosis and resolution of operational issues. Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Config, AWS X-Ray, and Amazon Q allow you to set up appropriate proactive and reactive monitoring, automate mitigations, and enhance your troubleshooting. In this workshop, choose your preferred domain—compute/networking, containers, databases, or serverless/DevOps—and then work on triaging issues using generative AI, best practices, and techniques shared during the workshop. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -69996,10 +69996,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Troubleshoot network connectivity in a peered VPC
 2. Session Code: TNC218
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lab, learn about the connectivity concepts of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC). Explore how to troubleshoot network connectivity issues, and then learn how to fix the configuration to allow HTTP traffic between the client and server via VPC peering.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Networking
 7. Areas of Interest: Network and Infrastructure Security
@@ -70024,7 +70024,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Try again: The tools and techniques behind resilient systems
 2. Session Code: ARC403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Grand architectural theories are nice, but what makes systems resilient is in the details. Marc Brooker, VP and distinguished engineer, looks at some of the resiliency tools and techniques AWS uses in its systems. Marc rethinks, retries, breaks open circuit breakers, decodes erasure coding, and tackles the tail. Learn about formal methods and simulation, and how these tools help build faster code, faster.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -70060,15 +70060,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Tuesday breakfast
 2. Session Code: ACT015
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Breakfast for attendees is served in Caesars Forum, Summit 206; Mandalay Bay, Level 2, Shoreline Hall; MGM Grand, Level 1, Marquee Ballroom; The Venetian, Level 1, Hall G; and Wynn, Cristal Ballroom 2.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Conference or event attendance
     2. Knowledge of the venue locations
@@ -70083,15 +70083,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Tuesday lunch
 2. Session Code: ACT016
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Lunch for attendees is served in Caesars Forum, Summit 206; Mandalay Bay, Level 2, Shoreline Hall; MGM Grand, Level 1, Marquee Ballroom; The Venetian, Level 1, Hall G; and Wynn, Cristal Ballroom 2.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Availability of the specified venues (Caesars Forum, Mandalay Bay, MGM Grand, The Venetian, Wynn)
     2. Catering services to provide the lunch
@@ -70105,7 +70105,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Turn data into actionable contact center insights with Amazon Connect
 2. Session Code: BIZ304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, you learn how to gain actionable customer experience and contact center insights from your data using services and capabilities like Amazon Connect analytics data lake and Amazon QuickSight. Come discover ways that generative AI can simplify the process of building and consuming insights and improve end-customer experiences, satisfaction, and loyalty while enhancing the effectiveness of contact center operations and agent productivity and empowerment. This workshop guides you step-by-step through using Amazon Connect and QuickSight to enable real-time AI-powered analytics, trend identification, recognition of agent coaching needs, contact volume prediction, and contact center optimization. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -70164,7 +70164,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Two-way American Sign Language translator [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD235-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come have a two-way American Sign Language (ASL) conversation. You can translate your spoken voice into ASL and translate your ASL into English audio, all in real time! Speak into a microphone and watch our generative AI–powered avatar translate into ASL, or sign in front of the camera and listen to the avatar translate what you signed into spoken English.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -70190,7 +70190,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Two-way American Sign Language translator [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD235-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Come have a two-way American Sign Language (ASL) conversation. You can translate your spoken voice into ASL and translate your ASL into English audio, all in real time! Speak into a microphone and watch our generative AI–powered avatar translate into ASL, or sign in front of the camera and listen to the avatar translate what you signed into spoken English.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -70216,7 +70216,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Uncover compute efficiency with AWS Graviton Savings Dashboard
 2. Session Code: CMP346
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Boost your workloads' price performance with AWS Graviton. The Graviton Savings Dashboard offers a comprehensive analysis of your compute usage, identifying prime candidates for Graviton migration. Customers who migrate to Graviton-based instances see up to 40% better price performance. Learn how to implement and use the Graviton Savings Dashboard to quantify the potential TCO reduction of modernizing your infrastructure through performance and efficiency benefits of AWS Graviton. In this lightning talk, gain a clear understanding of how to identify current Graviton savings and a roadmap to migrate eligible workloads, helping you reinvest in core business initiatives.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations, Compute
@@ -70224,7 +70224,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: IT Executive, IT Professional / Technical Manager, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of AWS Graviton processors
     2. Knowledge of AWS compute usage analysis and optimization
@@ -70246,7 +70246,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Uncover hidden connections in financial data with generative AI
 2. Session Code: FSI305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: To gain a competitive advantage, financial institutions often need to look beyond structured data sources to uncover differentiated insights. In this workshop, use generative AI to build knowledge graphs that can identify market correlations hidden in vast amounts of unstructured data. Explore an end-to-end process for analyzing annual reports using Amazon Bedrock. Learn how to automate entity extraction and disambiguation to hydrate an Amazon Neptune graph that captures market trends, competitors, supply chains, and key personnel. Finally, ingest news articles into the knowledge base to discover how potential second- and third-order impacts of seemingly unrelated press can affect an investment portfolio. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -70274,7 +70274,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Uncovering sophisticated cloud threats with Amazon GuardDuty
 2. Session Code: SEC219
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As cloud adoption continues to accelerate, the sophistication and persistence of cyber risks targeting cloud environments have escalated. This session shares the latest capabilities of Amazon GuardDuty to help you better protect your cloud workloads and data. Learn how GuardDuty offers fully managed threat detection that gives you end-to-end visibility across your AWS environment. GuardDuty's unique detection capabilities are guided by AWS's visibility into the cloud threat landscape that can help responders address issues faster, minimizing MTTR, and optimizing security resources—so your teams can spend more time innovating and less time chasing down security risks.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -70305,7 +70305,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understanding AWS Lambda event source mapping [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS407-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, gain a deep understanding of how AWS Lambda uses event source mapping to retrieve items from streams and queues. Explore the inner workings of event source mapping and how its behavior differs across seven different streaming and queuing services, such as Amazon Kinesis and Amazon SQS. Leave this talk with practical insights into optimizing your serverless data pipelines by making the most of event source mapping's capabilities and service-specific nuances.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -70336,7 +70336,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understanding AWS Lambda event source mapping [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS407-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, gain a deep understanding of how AWS Lambda uses event source mapping to retrieve items from streams and queues. Explore the inner workings of event source mapping and how its behavior differs across seven different streaming and queuing services, such as Amazon Kinesis and Amazon SQS. Leave this talk with practical insights into optimizing your serverless data pipelines by making the most of event source mapping's capabilities and service-specific nuances.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -70367,7 +70367,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understanding idempotency: The art of doing a task once and only once [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API302-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In event-driven architectures, the same event can be delivered multiple times, leading to unintended consequences if not handled properly. In this builders' session, learn how to ensure safe operation execution by implementing idempotent consumers on AWS. Explore different idempotency patterns like deduplicating based on event metadata or service built-in features. Practice these approaches on sample use cases, and learn about trade-offs and helpful tools like Powertools for AWS Lambda. Leave with a solid understanding of idempotency patterns and how to apply them to your event-driven applications on AWS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -70399,7 +70399,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understanding idempotency: The art of doing a task once and only once [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: API302-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In event-driven architectures, the same event can be delivered multiple times, leading to unintended consequences if not handled properly. In this builders' session, learn how to ensure safe operation execution by implementing idempotent consumers on AWS. Explore different idempotency patterns like deduplicating based on event metadata or service built-in features. Practice these approaches on sample use cases, and learn about trade-offs and helpful tools like Powertools for AWS Lambda. Leave with a solid understanding of idempotency patterns and how to apply them to your event-driven applications on AWS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -70433,7 +70433,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understanding security & privacy on Amazon Bedrock, featuring Remitly
 2. Session Code: AIM360
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The security, data privacy, governance, and regulatory controls in Amazon Bedrock can help safeguard generative AI applications. Learn how Amazon Bedrock security and data privacy measures work, including the architecture and implementation patterns. Hear how Remitly used Amazon Bedrock security features to innovate rapidly to serve its 6.9 million quarterly active customers in the highly regulated remittance industry. See how Remitly leveraged Amazon Bedrock to reimagine their customer experience—delivering over 95% transactions without live customer support, leading to cost reduction. Finally, discover how the robust data privacy features in Amazon Bedrock helped Remitly integrate with multiple model vendors while ensuring customer data protection.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -70463,7 +70463,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understanding serverless resilience: Patterns and best practices
 2. Session Code: SVS317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn considerations for building resilient serverless applications by understanding business requirements. Starting with a simple serverless architecture, explore how nonfunctional requirements drive continuous enhancement and design of architectural patterns and improvements. Gain insights into operational excellence, resilience patterns, common business requirements, and best practices. Leave with practical knowledge for translating business needs into robust, resilient serverless architectures that separate business logic from infrastructure concerns.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -70533,7 +70533,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understanding the deep security controls within Amazon Q Business [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM344-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI applications have captured widespread attention; however, they have also introduced new security challenges, especially around the handling of customer data. Organizations want to ensure that their data remains safe and secure while working with foundation models (FMs) and don't want to worry about their data being used to train an FM. Amazon Q Business provides comprehensive data protection and privacy. In this chalk talk, explore architectures and data flows while you learn about the security-related capabilities of Amazon Q Business.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -70563,7 +70563,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understanding the deep security controls within Amazon Q Business [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM344-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Generative AI applications have captured widespread attention; however, they have also introduced new security challenges, especially around the handling of customer data. Organizations want to ensure that their data remains safe and secure while working with foundation models (FMs) and don't want to worry about their data being used to train an FM. Amazon Q Business provides comprehensive data protection and privacy. In this chalk talk, explore architectures and data flows while you learn about the security-related capabilities of Amazon Q Business.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -70593,7 +70593,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understand the deep security & privacy controls within Amazon Bedrock [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM407-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Bedrock is designed to keep your data safe and secure, with none of your data being used to train the supported models. While the inference pathways are straightforward to understand, there are many nuances of some of the complex features of Amazon Bedrock that use your data for other non-inference purposes. This includes Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, Agents, and Knowledge Bases, along with the creation of custom models. In this chalk talk, explore the architectures, secure data flows, and complete lifecycle and usage of your data within these features, as you learn the deep details of the security capabilities in Amazon Bedrock.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -70622,7 +70622,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understand the deep security & privacy controls within Amazon Bedrock [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: AIM407-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Bedrock is designed to keep your data safe and secure, with none of your data being used to train the supported models. While the inference pathways are straightforward to understand, there are many nuances of some of the complex features of Amazon Bedrock that use your data for other non-inference purposes. This includes Amazon Bedrock Guardrails, Agents, and Knowledge Bases, along with the creation of custom models. In this chalk talk, explore the architectures, secure data flows, and complete lifecycle and usage of your data within these features, as you learn the deep details of the security capabilities in Amazon Bedrock.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -70655,7 +70655,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Understand your customers better with a modern data strategy
 2. Session Code: TNC208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: We are not only producing more data than ever, we are also producing real-time data that is streaming from a host of sources like social media platforms and sensors embedded in attached to various devices. That data comes in structured and unstructured forms. In this session, explore the AWS services needed to build a complete data solution to store, access, transform, analyze, and predict so you can put your data to work to make better, more informed decisions, respond faster to the unexpected, and uncover new opportunities.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
@@ -70686,7 +70686,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unified customer profiles and connected journeys with United Airlines
 2. Session Code: ADM201
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: United Airlines uses AWS Entity Resolution and AWS Clean Rooms to unify customer data from multiple touchpoints to gain a comprehensive, 360-degree view of its customers. This helps United deliver personalized experiences, optimize inventory utilization, and drive business growth while maintaining strict data governance and security controls. Join this session to learn how United moved its on-premises workloads to AWS to create a holistic view of its customer data, unlocking the power of a highly distributed dataset to generate business insights using a modern data architecture to create a strong, connected media strategy.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -70751,7 +70751,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Immuta
 4. Description: Join this lightning talk for an in-depth discussion on solving complex data governance challenges across diverse platforms. Discover how to implement robust table-, row-, and column-level security that utilize various masking and privacy techniques. Explore strategies to unify governance across platforms like Amazon Redshift, Amazon Athena, Snowflake, and Databricks, working across Iceberg, Unity Catalog, and AWS Glue, in a multicompute ecosystem. This talk is essential for anyone looking to optimize their data governance strategy and secure operations in today's increasingly complex data landscape. This presentation is brought to you by Immuta, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -70764,7 +70764,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of data governance concepts
@@ -70789,7 +70789,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleash contact center operational efficiency with Amazon Connect
 2. Session Code: BIZ312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Empower contact center supervisors to effectively manage their teams with the workforce optimization capabilities of Amazon Connect, ensuring optimal customer experiences and operational efficiency. In this chalk talk, discover how built-in conversational analytics, forecasting, capacity planning, and scheduling work together to streamline agent performance evaluation, training, and workforce planning. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how Amazon Connect can transform your contact center into a high-performing, data-driven powerhouse.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -70819,7 +70819,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleash data potential with Amazon SageMaker Studio
 2. Session Code: AIM375
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock the power of efficient data preparation with Amazon SageMaker Studio. This session explores SageMaker Studio's intuitive tools and capabilities that streamline data preprocessing workflows. Discover how to leverage SageMaker Studio notebooks, Amazon EMR, and AWS Glue to handle diverse data types and formats seamlessly. Learn best practices for integrating with other AWS services like Amazon Athena and Amazon S3 to access and process data from various sources. Gain insights into organizing and managing data pipelines within the SageMaker ecosystem, accelerating your machine learning projects and unlocking valuable insights from your data.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -70854,10 +70854,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleash edge computing with AWS IoT Greengrass on NVIDIA Jetson [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT316-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, walk through the process of loading AWS IoT Greengrass onto an NVIDIA Jetson server via NVIDIA JetPack SDK, remotely logging in to the edge server, and deploying an AWS IoT Greengrass component to the edge device. Gain practical experience using AWS IoT Core and AWS IoT Greengrass to orchestrate and manage edge runtime devices from the cloud. Through a step-by-step, interactive format, learn how to build solutions that extend cloud functionality to edge devices with processing, management, and AI microservices capabilities, while addressing real-world use cases. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -70892,10 +70892,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleash edge computing with AWS IoT Greengrass on NVIDIA Jetson [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT316-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, walk through the process of loading AWS IoT Greengrass onto an NVIDIA Jetson server via NVIDIA JetPack SDK, remotely logging in to the edge server, and deploying an AWS IoT Greengrass component to the edge device. Gain practical experience using AWS IoT Core and AWS IoT Greengrass to orchestrate and manage edge runtime devices from the cloud. Through a step-by-step, interactive format, learn how to build solutions that extend cloud functionality to edge devices with processing, management, and AI microservices capabilities, while addressing real-world use cases. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Hybrid Cloud
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -70930,7 +70930,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing AI for customer insights: Amazon's journey
 2. Session Code: AMZ301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Would you like to learn more about Amazon's product review summarization and chatbot Rufus? In this session, you can learn how Amazon is able to summarize billions of customer reviews for hundreds of millions of products into actionable product insights using generative AI leveraging AWS. Hear about the technology behind Rufus, the generative AI shopping assistant on Amazon.com. In this session, you can learn about the journey, lessons learned, challenges, and solutions which went from idea to production in less than two years. This session is useful for business decision-makers and technical teams.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -70964,7 +70964,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing AWS agility with Terraform [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP316-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, discover how to leverage Terraform to streamline infrastructure provisioning on AWS. Learn to define your desired AWS resource state using Terraform's human-readable configuration files, enabling consistent and repeatable deployments. Explore the power of Terraform modules for code reuse, organization, and maintainability. Understand how to structure your Terraform codebase into reusable modules, promoting collaboration and standardization across your organization. Unlock the full potential of Terraform on AWS, enabling you to build, change, and version your infrastructure with confidence, agility, and scalability.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -70996,7 +70996,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing AWS agility with Terraform [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DOP316-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, discover how to leverage Terraform to streamline infrastructure provisioning on AWS. Learn to define your desired AWS resource state using Terraform's human-readable configuration files, enabling consistent and repeatable deployments. Explore the power of Terraform modules for code reuse, organization, and maintainability. Understand how to structure your Terraform codebase into reusable modules, promoting collaboration and standardization across your organization. Unlock the full potential of Terraform on AWS, enabling you to build, change, and version your infrastructure with confidence, agility, and scalability.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -71028,10 +71028,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing compassion: AWS for child protection & data governance
 2. Session Code: IMP210
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Compassion International harnesses the power of AWS to safeguard children and revolutionize data governance. From cutting-edge AI/ML-driven content analyses to fuzzy logic for data processing, learn how Compassion International enhances child development and safety. Gain insights into their data strategy overhaul, including migrating to an AWS data lake and implementing a data fabric for improved data accessibility and governance. Join this inspiring session that explores the intersection of technology and compassion.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -71066,7 +71066,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing creative potential: Wacom Bridge and AWS compute services
 2. Session Code: NTA312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how Wacom Bridge, a cutting-edge technology solution, combined with AWS compute services, empowers creatives to overcome remote work limitations. Discover how this innovative approach optimizes professional pen tablet and display performance, unleashing creative potential in remote and hybrid environments.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -71096,10 +71096,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing gen AI to scale cloud operations with AWS best practices [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUP305-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations scale their cloud infrastructure, it's important to ensure that cloud resources align with AWS best practices to stay optimized as well as achieve operational excellence to deliver an exceptional customer experience. However, managing cloud resources and ensuring adherence to AWS best practices at scale can be a significant challenge. This chalk talk explores the transformative potential of generative AI in elevating cloud operations to new efficiencies with best practice alignment of your AWS resources at scale.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -71131,10 +71131,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing gen AI to scale cloud operations with AWS best practices [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SUP305-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations scale their cloud infrastructure, it's important to ensure that cloud resources align with AWS best practices to stay optimized as well as achieve operational excellence to deliver an exceptional customer experience. However, managing cloud resources and ensuring adherence to AWS best practices at scale can be a significant challenge. This chalk talk explores the transformative potential of generative AI in elevating cloud operations to new efficiencies with best practice alignment of your AWS resources at scale.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Cloud Operations
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -71142,7 +71142,7 @@
    - Management and Governance
    - Well-Architected Framework
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 11:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -71167,7 +71167,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing generative AI: Amazon's journey with Amazon Q Developer
 2. Session Code: DOP214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join us to discover how Amazon rolled out Amazon Q Developer to thousands of developers, trained them in prompt engineering, and measured its transformative impact on productivity. In this session, learn best practices for effectively adopting generative AI in your organization. Gain insights into training strategies, productivity metrics, and real-world use cases to empower your developers to harness the full potential of this game-changing technology. Don't miss this opportunity to stay ahead of the curve and drive innovation within your team.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -71196,7 +71196,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing multimodal generative AI with AWS DeepRacer chatbots [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DPR401-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, developers can gain comprehensive experience with leveraging multimodal generative AI using Amazon Bedrock and domain adaptation techniques to build and deploy domain-tailored chatbots. Through hands-on exercises using AWS DeepRacer as a use case, you explore how to build and deploy generative AI–powered chatbot applications on AWS infrastructure. Gain valuable skills in conversational log analysis, domain-specific Q&A, and code generation. Beyond AWS DeepRacer, gain knowledge for applying generative AI across various business challenges and industries. Discover how to implement generative AI patterns using Amazon Bedrock APIs, AWS CDK, and serverless architectures. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -71230,7 +71230,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing multimodal generative AI with AWS DeepRacer chatbots [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DPR401-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, developers can gain comprehensive experience with leveraging multimodal generative AI using Amazon Bedrock and domain adaptation techniques to build and deploy domain-tailored chatbots. Through hands-on exercises using AWS DeepRacer as a use case, you explore how to build and deploy generative AI–powered chatbot applications on AWS infrastructure. Gain valuable skills in conversational log analysis, domain-specific Q&A, and code generation. Beyond AWS DeepRacer, gain knowledge for applying generative AI across various business challenges and industries. Discover how to implement generative AI patterns using Amazon Bedrock APIs, AWS CDK, and serverless architectures. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -71266,7 +71266,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing .NET workloads: From data center to multi-region resilience
 2. Session Code: XNT314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Expect your .NET workloads to run anywhere, cost less, and achieve regional failover in less than five minutes. This is what one multinational data analytics and risk assessment firm chose to do with AWS eight years ago as it began its cloud modernization journey. In this session, its technology leaders share the invaluable tips they wish they had known back then, plus lessons learned from server sprawl and Microsoft licensing costs on AWS. Learn how the company is using warm pools to keep costs low and manageable, enabling its .NET workloads to thrive in a highly available, multi-region environment.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -71303,10 +71303,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing the power of Amazon ECS for platform teams
 2. Session Code: SVS330
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon ECS revolutionizes container orchestration, empowering developers and platform builders. In this session, learn how Amazon ECS and AWS App Runner simplify the development process by removing build steps, decreasing the time it takes to get code into production. For platform builders, see how Amazon ECS can enhance your platform strategy, with its seamless integration with AWS compute, storage, and load balancing services. Throughout this session, explore real-world use cases and best practices for building highly scalable, secure platforms for containerized applications.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -71336,7 +71336,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleashing the power of generative AI on AWS for your business [Japanese]
 2. Session Code: GBL206-JA
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in Japanese. First, look back on AWS re:Invent 2024 from the generative AI perspective. Then, Minoru Onda, also known as the AWS Hero "Minorun," from KDDI Agile Development Center, shares their builders' experiences from the practical business application and technology for business points of view. Finally, learn what's to come in 2025.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, New to AWS
@@ -71397,7 +71397,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleash innovation with generative AI models from AWS Marketplace
 2. Session Code: MKT110
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this lightning talk to learn how to harness the potential of Amazon Bedrock and generative AI foundation models available in AWS Marketplace. See an interactive demo showcasing the rapid and effortless process of kick-starting your generative AI journey. Discover how to make the most out of generative AI technology, from swift onboarding to navigating available tools, expediting market entry, and simplifying complex tasks. Don't miss this opportunity to demystify generative AI and set your innovation in motion.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, New to AWS
@@ -71405,7 +71405,7 @@
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
 9. Target Roles: Developer / Engineer, IT Professional / Technical Manager, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Basic understanding of AI and machine learning concepts
     2. Familiarity with AWS services and the AWS Marketplace
@@ -71423,7 +71423,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleash the power of AWS SDKs: Tips & tricks for maximum performance
 2. Session Code: DOP322
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ready to supercharge your app's performance with AWS integrations? Craving more power and flexibility from your AWS software development kit? Join this interactive chalk talk that breaks down the customizable components of AWS SDKs from authentication to telemetry. Gain pro-level configuration hacks to tune your retry strategies and optimize your HTTP performance. The talk tackles efficient resource-sharing strategies that let you get more done with fewer resources. Get ready to level up your AWS game!
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -71482,7 +71482,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleash the power of generative AI with Amazon Q
 2. Session Code: TNC203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This bootcamp is intended for AWS Partners. The bootcamp explores the transformative power of Amazon Q, a generative AI–powered assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and complete tasks based on enterprise data and information. Gain hands-on experience with connecting to popular enterprise applications and document repositories, and learn how to use Amazon Q to securely and privately access accurate and relevant business insights. The bootcamp covers prompt engineering, output formats, administrative controls, security best practices, and recommendations for successful proof of concept projects. Become empowered to champion the value of Amazon Q within your organization, even without prior AWS expertise. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Bootcamp
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Training and Certification
@@ -71508,7 +71508,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unleash the power of mainframe data with AWS and generative AI
 2. Session Code: MAM312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Unlock new possibilities with your mainframe data in this hands-on workshop. Learn how to use AWS Mainframe Modernization Data Replication with Precisely to stream your data to the AWS Cloud in near real time. Then, explore how to leverage generative AI and AWS services to transform your mainframe data to improve user experiences that drive your business forward. Get ready to modernize your mainframe environment with AWS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -71537,7 +71537,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock business value with gen AI in the robotics and battery industry [Korean]
 2. Session Code: GBL204-KO
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session is delivered in Korean. Doosan Robotics simplifies traditional robotic arm implementation by harnessing generative AI to interpret natural language instructions into executable trajectories, streamlining the process into a single operational step and enhancing efficiency. LG Energy Solution uses Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Forecast, and Amazon Bedrock to accurately predict electric vehicle sales and battery demand, enabling data-driven inventory management and production planning. In this session, learn about driving manufacturing innovation for enhanced business agility while ensuring data security.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -71592,7 +71592,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock data-driven insights in your contact center with Amazon Connect
 2. Session Code: BIZ314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Is your contact center data ready for artificial intelligence (AI)? Learn how to prepare and leverage your data to drive operational excellence and stay ahead with native operational metrics, alarms, and anomaly detection. Gain real-time and historical insights through native reporting, dashboards, and advanced analytics. Discover how to run a thriving contact center with Amazon Connect's comprehensive data capabilities.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -71621,7 +71621,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock higher email deliverability rates with Amazon SES
 2. Session Code: BIZ209
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's digital landscape, ensuring your emails reach their intended recipients is crucial. In this hands-on chalk talk, learn from AWS deliverability experts as they dive deep into how to identify and resolve common email deliverability issues using Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) and Virtual Deliverability Manager. Explore different real-world scenarios, diagnostic tools, and step-by-step guidance to improve email delivery rates and ensure messages reach their intended recipients.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Business Applications
@@ -71647,10 +71647,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlocking a unified experience: Hermès' journey to composability
 2. Session Code: RCG205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Hermès, contemporary artisans since 1837, created veritable houses for objects both online and in its international network of stores that differ from one another through their unique offers. To deliver this omnichannel experience, Hermès embarked on a journey to build a composable commerce system using a robust set of APIs, AWS serverless technologies, and managed databases. Learn how Hermès broke down data silos, streamlined the movement of products between their digital and physical channels, and created a unified customer experience to delight its loyal community.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest: Modernization
@@ -71681,7 +71681,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlocking AWS modernization with Migration Acceleration Program (MAP)
 2. Session Code: PEX307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: While the lift-and-shift approach of rehosting is still widely applied as a quick path to the cloud, customers are increasingly seeking help with more transformative journeys supported by replatforming and refactoring modernization strategies. In this session, learn how to use the Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) modernization Strategic Partner Incentive (SPI) investments to drive successful modernization initiatives. Learn how to develop a robust workload selection criterion and identify the relevant AWS services, patterns, and tooling to support these initiatives.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -71709,7 +71709,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlocking business insights with AWS Config, featuring Itaú Unibanco
 2. Session Code: COP326
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As organizations with a highly distributed technology landscapes scale on AWS, they face challenges such as extracting configuration metadata, versioning, and achieving compliance across thousands of individual pipelines, resources, and services. By using AWS Config as a source of resource metadata, organizations can have compliance monitoring, change tracking, and visibility into resource relationships across accounts and AWS Regions. In this session, Itaú Unibanco showcases how they use AWS Config for metadata centralization to identify the cost inefficiencies, outage causes, back-level technology, and compliance issues of millions of resources in thousands of accounts.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -71741,7 +71741,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlocking education equity with AI
 2. Session Code: IMP102
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how AI is powering equitable education around the world in this inspiring session. Discover how AWS AI/ML services enable educators and learners to reclaim agency by automating routine tasks, personalizing learning, and providing data-driven insights. Explore real-world use cases from trailblazers Code.org and Scratch about cutting-edge AI solutions that tailor learning experiences to the unique needs of educators and learners. Reimagine the possibilities and unleash AI's potential to create equitable, personalized learning experiences that empower learners.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -71772,7 +71772,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlocking responsible AI with Amazon Titan Image Generator
 2. Session Code: AIM321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon Titan Image Generator is a cutting-edge text-to-image generator foundation model that creates stunning high-quality images. With Amazon Titan Image Generator, generated images can be edited with simple natural language prompts. In this builders' session, dive into the Amazon Titan Image Generator model on Amazon Bedrock, and learn how it is built to enable responsible AI. Explore different image generation scenarios with Amazon Titan Image Generator, and walk through the process of using Amazon Bedrock Guardrails to implement responsible AI principles. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -71802,7 +71802,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlocking security outcomes with Amazon Security Lake [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC329-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Security professionals who manage and analyze large amounts of security data from multiple sources need to detect and respond to potential threats effectively. Explore how to activate Amazon Security Lake to collect logs across an AWS organization and map custom data sources to the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) to collect security logs at scale. Learn how you can leverage AWS analytics tools such as Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon QuickSight, Amazon Athena, and AWS Partner tools to analyze logs and generate critical security insights.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -71831,10 +71831,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlocking security outcomes with Amazon Security Lake [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SEC329-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Security professionals who manage and analyze large amounts of security data from multiple sources need to detect and respond to potential threats effectively. Explore how to activate Amazon Security Lake to collect logs across an AWS organization and map custom data sources to the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF) to collect security logs at scale. Learn how you can leverage AWS analytics tools such as Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon QuickSight, Amazon Athena, and AWS Partner tools to analyze logs and generate critical security insights.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Analytics
     - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Threat Detection and Incident Response
@@ -71865,7 +71865,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlocking subsurface data with Energy Data Insights on AWS
 2. Session Code: ENU303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore the synergy of business intelligence, data management, and geospatial analytics within subsurface workflows. AWS has iterated the OSDU Data Platform into a managed service called Energy Data Insights on AWS (EDI). Discover how the EDI solution, along with industry-specific data offerings, integrate with Amazon Q to empower energy companies to overcome data silos, streamline workflows, and gain actionable insights. Learn how this seamless integration of subsurface data is enabling faster decision-making, improved collaboration, and increased exploration success. Dive into real-world use cases and unlock the full potential of your energy data through this technical chalk talk.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Business Applications
@@ -71924,7 +71924,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock insights with SAP, data lakes, and Amazon Q in QuickSight
 2. Session Code: MAM301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Many SAP customers seek to modernize their existing analytics and reporting capabilities to adapt to changing business requirements. In this workshop, explore how extracting SAP order-to-cash data into a data lake and using AI/ML services can help organizations gain valuable insights while reducing manual effort. Walk through how to use AWS services including Amazon AppFlow and Amazon S3 to store SAP data in a data lake. Also, discover how to use generative AI–based queries in Amazon Q in QuickSight to develop dashboards and provide on-demand visibility into key performance measures. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -71961,7 +71961,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock near real-time financial news insights with generative AI
 2. Session Code: FSI301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The speed and proliferation of news impacting financial markets poses a perennial challenge for investors needing to make informed decisions in a dynamic environment. This chalk talk introduces an open source solution that clusters news into concise summaries and provides up-to-the-minute insights using Amazon SageMaker and Amazon Bedrock. Learn about the architecture and integration of AWS services to achieve a throughput of dozens of articles per second and cluster over one million articles per day. Explore how performance benchmarks, optimization techniques, and the use of generative AI can help portfolio managers and traders better manage risk and rapidly adapt their portfolios.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -71993,7 +71993,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock powerful insights with your logs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP335-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Did you know you could derive a lot of insights from your logs? In this chalk talk, explore the power of logging for effective observability. Logs from applications, appliances, and AWS services often exist in silos, making it challenging to gain comprehensive insights. Learn how to consolidate and correlate disparate log sources, enabling you to uncover the full story behind operational issues. Discover cost-effective strategies to derive meaningful metrics from logs, unlocking long-term analysis capabilities and driving better-informed decisions. Engage in an interactive discussion, leveraging the collective expertise of the presenters and fellow attendees.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -72027,7 +72027,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock powerful insights with your logs [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: COP335-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Did you know you could derive a lot of insights from your logs? In this chalk talk, explore the power of logging for effective observability. Logs from applications, appliances, and AWS services often exist in silos, making it challenging to gain comprehensive insights. Learn how to consolidate and correlate disparate log sources, enabling you to uncover the full story behind operational issues. Discover cost-effective strategies to derive meaningful metrics from logs, unlocking long-term analysis capabilities and driving better-informed decisions. Engage in an interactive discussion, leveraging the collective expertise of the presenters and fellow attendees.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -72061,7 +72061,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock real-time video intelligence with Amazon Kinesis & Rekognition [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive deep with real-time video intelligence in this immersive workshop, featuring Amazon Kinesis Video Streams and Amazon Rekognition. Through interaction with real gadgets and cameras, gain practical insights into ingesting and storing video from camera devices, enabling both live and on-demand playback, and facilitating seamless video file downloads with Kinesis Video Streams. Discover the cutting-edge capabilities of Amazon Rekognition Video and explore live facial recognition and near real-time video analysis. Whether you're a developer, data scientist, or technology enthusiast, join this workshop to unlock the possibilities of real-time video intelligence and elevate your understanding of modern video analytics solutions. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Internet of Things
@@ -72087,7 +72087,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock real-time video intelligence with Amazon Kinesis & Rekognition [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IOT303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Dive deep with real-time video intelligence in this immersive workshop, featuring Amazon Kinesis Video Streams and Amazon Rekognition. Through interaction with real gadgets and cameras, gain practical insights into ingesting and storing video from camera devices, enabling both live and on-demand playback, and facilitating seamless video file downloads with Kinesis Video Streams. Discover the cutting-edge capabilities of Amazon Rekognition Video and explore live facial recognition and near real-time video analysis. Whether you're a developer, data scientist, or technology enthusiast, join this workshop to unlock the possibilities of real-time video intelligence and elevate your understanding of modern video analytics solutions. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Analytics, Internet of Things
@@ -72113,7 +72113,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock SAP innovation with 200+ AWS services and AWS SDK for SAP ABAP
 2. Session Code: MAM321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Leading organizations are using the latest generative AI, automation, and analytics capabilities to transform SAP-based business processes while keeping their ERP core clean. Learn how you can leverage 200+ AWS services, RISE with SAP, and the SAP Business Technology Platform to unlock innovation across your enterprise. Watch as we explore tools that enable your teams to innovate faster, including the AWS SDK for SAP ABAP for convenient access to AWS services, generative AI solutions to accelerate code development, and proven joint reference architectures from AWS and SAP.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -72179,7 +72179,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock the power of an exceptional serverless developer experience
 2. Session Code: API205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this code talk, learn how to accelerate your serverless development with AWS tools, including Amazon Q Developer, integrated into IDEs. Experience the benefits of local development, deployment with Terraform and AWS CDK, and testing methodologies for serverless workloads. See a live coding session on how to build a serverless solution using AWS Lambda, AWS Step Functions, and Amazon EventBridge, and discover tools and best practices that can enhance the developer experience. Leave this talk with practical skills for achieving fast feedback loops to iterate quickly, catch issues early, and deliver high-quality serverless software efficiently.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -72211,7 +72211,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock the power of application monitoring
 2. Session Code: COP359
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In today's rapidly evolving cloud environment, effective application monitoring is crucial for ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and user experience. This technical lightning talk showcases Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals, a powerful tool that simplifies the process of collecting and analyzing critical application signals from Amazon EKS, Amazon ECS, and Amazon EC2 environments. Gain valuable knowledge and practical skills to enhance your application monitoring strategies, ensuring optimal performance, responsiveness, and user satisfaction. Don't miss this opportunity to unlock the full potential of Amazon CloudWatch Application Signals and take your application monitoring to new heights.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -72222,7 +72222,7 @@
    - Solution / Systems Architect
    - System Administrator
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Familiarity with cloud computing concepts
     2. Understanding of application monitoring and performance management
@@ -72242,7 +72242,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock the power of generative AI: Simplify ad creation with AWS
 2. Session Code: AMZ303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this insightful session, Amazon Ads experts unveil how they leverage AWS technologies to unlock generative AI's full potential, revolutionizing the advertising creative process. Discover how Amazon Ads generates millions of images, videos, and ads across multiple channels, drastically simplifying the experience of building advertising campaigns. Learn about cutting-edge AWS services, including Amazon Bedrock, Amazon SageMaker, and serverless compute, that enable advertisers to create ads cost-effectively in seconds. This session offers a deep dive into advanced generative AI inference use cases, technical best practices, and valuable lessons learned from research and serving thousands of AWS customers.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -72272,7 +72272,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock the power of generative AI with AWS Serverless
 2. Session Code: SVS319
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn to harness the power of AWS Serverless to build robust, cost-effective generative AI applications in this breakout session. Explore using AWS Step Functions to orchestrate complex AI workflows seamlessly. Gain insights through real-world use cases and patterns covering prompt engineering, batch inferencing, Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), virtual assistant, and more. Leave equipped with the knowledge and skills to unlock the true potential of secured, highly scalable, high-performance generative AI applications using serverless workflows. Elevate your AI capabilities in this rapidly evolving field.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -72309,7 +72309,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock the power of multimodal vision models with Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: AIM376
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Step into the future of generative AI with multimodal vision models in Amazon Bedrock. In this chalk talk, unlock the power of generative AI models that seamlessly blend image and text data. Experience how these cutting-edge models bridge the gap between visual and linguistic understanding, enabling groundbreaking applications. Explore advanced visual reasoning capabilities, empowering you to extract insights, generate descriptions, and conduct in-depth analyses on complex imagery. Gain practical expertise in implementing these models using Amazon Bedrock. Revolutionize your business and discover game-changing opportunities that redefine the boundaries of innovation.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -72342,7 +72342,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock your data: Build AI applications with .NET and Amazon Bedrock
 2. Session Code: XNT307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) is revolutionizing the field of natural language processing, enabling models to generate more accurate and contextually relevant responses by using enterprises' private knowledge repositories. Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases provides you with a fully managed and secure experience for implementing RAG. In this hands-on session, learn how to enhance your generative AI applications with your private data sources by implementing RAG in a .NET application using Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. Leave this session well-prepared to build generative AI applications that unlock the full potential of your data. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -72372,10 +72372,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock your enterprise data with intelligent document search
 2. Session Code: ANT312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, build an intelligent, multimodal document search application using Amazon OpenSearch Service and generative AI. Learn how to use Amazon Bedrock and LLMs with Amazon OpenSearch Service to create a holistic search experience for your organization without needing machine learning expertise. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -72406,7 +72406,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unlock your innovation potential with AWS, SAP, and generative AI
 2. Session Code: MAM222
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how SAP customers can leverage AWS generative AI capabilities to create new experiences, boost productivity, extract insights, generate code, and enhance creativity across their enterprise. Learn how finance, manufacturing, sales, legal, and development teams can use Amazon Bedrock and Amazon Q in conjunction with SAP data to redefine how business gets done. Explore new options for accessing Amazon Bedrock models within SAP's own generative AI hub. Get a first-hand look at SAP customers applying generative AI and gain the insights you need to apply these capabilities to your own mission-critical SAP systems.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -72438,7 +72438,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Unveiling Amazon ECS workloads with managed open source observability
 2. Session Code: SVS413
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Gain comprehensive visibility into modern, distributed applications on Amazon ECS with AWS managed open source observability services. Empower effective troubleshooting and performance optimization by leveraging AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT), Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus, and Amazon Managed Grafana to gain comprehensive insights into your Amazon ECS environments. This chalk talk demonstrates how to collect metrics, traces, and logs from diverse workloads using ADOT's service-based collectors seamlessly integrated with Amazon ECS. Learn how to build a unified observability solution for Amazon ECS applications, which enables proactive monitoring, troubleshooting, and optimization even as applications grow more complex.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Serverless Compute and Containers
@@ -72474,7 +72474,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Upgrade your game storyboards with multimodal prompt chaining
 2. Session Code: GAM303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to unlock new possibilities for your projects with generative AI. Discover the transformative technique of prompt chaining to build a captivating game concept storyboard. Use multiple large language models in Amazon Bedrock and AWS Step Functions to orchestrate complex prompt chains. Align your storyboard with game lore and generate concept art and character backstories using advanced Amazon Bedrock capabilities. This workshop is ideal for developers, game designers, and tech-savvy creatives. Basic knowledge of Python is required. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -72502,7 +72502,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Use agent strategies to streamline complex business tasks
 2. Session Code: AIM316
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, explore how to use more optimal agent strategies to increase operational efficiency across various business sectors by using Amazon Bedrock Agents. Learn about agent strategies and execution plans for synchronous and asynchronous applications, and see how these can be applied to solve complex business problems. Build an agent strategy and application that combines Amazon Bedrock Agents and Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases. Gain a comprehensive understanding of how to architect and develop AI solutions using agent strategies on Amazon Bedrock. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -72533,10 +72533,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Use Amazon Q to prevent recurring operational and security incidents
 2. Session Code: SUP303
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This workshop dives into how to use Amazon Q, with AWS support cases, AWS Trusted Advisor, and AWS Health data to derive actionable insights based on common patterns, issues, and resolutions while using the AWS recommendations and best practices enabled by support data. Additionally, see how you can integrate these insights with your IT service management (ITSM) system (such as ServiceNow, Jira, Zendesk, or Confluence) to allow you to receive contextual recommendations with your own playbooks or knowledge base and act on those recommendations, leading to performant and reliable AWS environments. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 - Cloud Operations
 - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -72544,7 +72544,7 @@
 - Generative AI
 - Resilience
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05 at 12:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -72565,10 +72565,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Use Amazon Q to visualize and optimize your AWS Marketplace spend [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MKT307-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cloud marketplaces make it easier for builders and business leaders to find, buy, deploy, and manage third-party software, data, and services. In this interactive chalk talk, explore how consolidating purchases in AWS Marketplace can help you more quickly analyze and report on your cloud spend. See how you can use cost and usage reports and Amazon Q in QuickSight to create dashboards, gather insights, and optimize costs to drive financial efficiency for AWS Marketplace purchases.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
     - Business Applications
     - Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -72598,10 +72598,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Use Amazon Q to visualize and optimize your AWS Marketplace spend [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: MKT307-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Cloud marketplaces make it easier for builders and business leaders to find, buy, deploy, and manage third-party software, data, and services. In this interactive chalk talk, explore how consolidating purchases in AWS Marketplace can help you more quickly analyze and report on your cloud spend. See how you can use cost and usage reports and Amazon Q in QuickSight to create dashboards, gather insights, and optimize costs to drive financial efficiency for AWS Marketplace purchases.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Business Applications
    - Customer Enablement
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -72632,7 +72632,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Use cases for migrating workloads to AWS Graviton
 2. Session Code: PEX107
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this lightning talk, hear use cases of using AWS Graviton processors to achieve accelerated performance and lower costs. AWS Graviton processors are energy efficient and offer the best price performance for your cloud workloads running on Amazon EC2. Learn about what application types are supported on AWS Graviton.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -72661,7 +72661,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Use generative AI for business growth amid the regulatory landscape
 2. Session Code: SEC335
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As businesses increasingly embrace the transformative power of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), they face the dual challenge of fostering innovation while ensuring responsible and ethical practices. This chalk talk delves into the potential of AWS AI/ML solutions to drive business growth, while highlighting the importance of regulatory compliance. Through insightful discussions and practical insights, gain clarity on how the evolving regulatory landscape, from GDPR to industry-specific mandates, shapes AI/ML deployment. Equip yourself with strategies to navigate compliance challenges and effectively mitigate risks, enabling you to harness the full potential of these transformative technologies.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -72697,10 +72697,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Use generative AI to optimize cloud operations for Microsoft workloads
 2. Session Code: XNT312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this session, learn how to use Amazon Q, Amazon Bedrock, and natural language queries to more effectively manage your Windows-based infrastructure at scale. Watch demos on how to build simple and effective solutions for log management, configuration drift, automation scripts, and much more. With generative AI, make these once-daunting operational responsibilities more accessible, time-saving, and achievable.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -72729,7 +72729,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Use generative AI to transform product R&D docs into MBSE models
 2. Session Code: MFG309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how generative AI can transform product R&D documentation into actionable model-based systems engineering (MBSE) models. Organizations developing highly complex, safety-critical products like aircraft, space systems, and medical equipment require extensive collaboration across engineering disciplines and global stakeholders. Traditionally, this has relied on using documents for R&D specification and design. Explore how users can leverage generative AI to migrate from document-based to model-based systems engineering approach to help reduce design cycle times and improve operational readiness.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -72761,7 +72761,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Use GraphRAG with Amazon Neptune to improve generative AI applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT309-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications use the power of generative AI to analyze private, differentiating datasets. However, baseline RAG can sometimes produce poor responses that lack explainability and contextual awareness and include conflated sources and spurious claims. GraphRAG combines knowledge graphs with RAG to produce explainable responses that are grounded in the semantic relationships between concepts, entities, and the underlying content. In this builders' session, get hands-on experience using Amazon Neptune, graph notebooks, and LlamaIndex (an open source framework for building GraphRAG applications). You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -72789,10 +72789,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Use GraphRAG with Amazon Neptune to improve generative AI applications [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT309-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications use the power of generative AI to analyze private, differentiating datasets. However, baseline RAG can sometimes produce poor responses that lack explainability and contextual awareness and include conflated sources and spurious claims. GraphRAG combines knowledge graphs with RAG to produce explainable responses that are grounded in the semantic relationships between concepts, entities, and the underlying content. In this builders' session, get hands-on experience using Amazon Neptune, graph notebooks, and LlamaIndex (an open source framework for building GraphRAG applications). You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Databases
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -72824,7 +72824,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Use LLMOps principles to operationalize generative AI app development
 2. Session Code: AIM361
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This code talk takes you on a journey through streamlining the lifecycle of generative AI applications. Discover how Amazon Bedrock simplifies development and deployment processes, enabling you to automate critical tasks such as prompt engineering, fine-tuning, RAG, model evaluation, deployment, and retraining. Whether you're building multimodal AI applications or pushing the boundaries of generative AI, this talk equips you with the knowledge and tools to operationalize your development journey. Embrace the principles of FMOps and LLMOps, and leverage the capabilities of Amazon Bedrock to bring your generative AI applications to life with confidence, scalability, and operational excellence.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -72853,7 +72853,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Use ML for CAE simulation to morph geometries and predict flow fields
 2. Session Code: MFG307
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Jump into the role of a simulation engineer who is redesigning a vehicle's exterior and has to show critical metrics to leadership. Learn how to deploy the AWS machine learning (ML) for simulation toolkit, and prepare a generative AI–enabled engineering environment to see how fast simulation can be. You can upload your own vehicle geometry or choose one that's provided for you, morph it using generative AI, get aerodynamic flow field and KPI predictions, and experience how to exceed leadership expectations by delivering engineering data days ahead of schedule. Get hands-on with advanced product engineering techniques. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Compute
@@ -72884,7 +72884,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Use reinforcement learning in Amazon SageMaker
 2. Session Code: TNC310
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this new interactive training session powered by generative AI, address a simulated business scenario and build the solution using Amazon SageMaker Studio. Train a machine learning model to play tic-tac-toe by using reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms. Deploy the trained model to a SageMaker endpoint, and then test the agent inference ability. A laptop is required for this session.
 5. Session Type: Interactive training
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -72912,7 +72912,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Use serverless knowledge graphs for hybrid search with Amazon Neptune
 2. Session Code: DAT418
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, explore how to build a scalable serverless hybrid search application that combines vectors and graph data. Learn how this approach empowers you to leverage the benefits of vector-based search with the rich relationships defined in graphs to provide more comprehensive and explainable answers. Discover how to use Amazon Neptune Serverless to architect a hybrid search application for biomedical literature, and learn multiple approaches for combining vectors with graph data and the associated trade-offs. Leave this talk understanding the power of combining vectors and graph data to build scalable serverless hybrid search applications.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Analytics, Databases
@@ -72939,7 +72939,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Use your own proprietary data to build customized generative AI apps
 2. Session Code: STG317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn to use Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with your own proprietary data and business context stored in Amazon S3 and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. With RAG, organizations can deliver more relevant, context-specific, and accurate responses to customers. Gain hands-on experience using AWS serverless services with FSx for ONTAP and Amazon Bedrock to enable automatic scaling, event-driven compute, and API interfaces for generative AI applications on AWS. Come learn about the benefits of enabling Amazon Bedrock for generative AI applications among thousands of large enterprise customers that rely on Amazon S3 for object storage and ONTAP file systems for their corporate data. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Storage
@@ -72968,7 +72968,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using AI/ML for sustained energy efficiency in industrial operations
 2. Session Code: SUS304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Reducing energy consumption in operational and industrial sites is critical for organizations to stay on track with their sustainability goals. AI applications can make it radically easier for organizations to optimize their energy consumption. In this session, learn how machine learning (ML) can help derive new insights using historical data from equipment-based controllers with simulations and forecasting strategies for sustained energy efficiencies. Learn how Volkswagen Poznan and Amazon have implemented ML solutions to achieve energy optimizations across their operations and facilities.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -72997,7 +72997,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using autonomous robot & gen AI technologies for an industrial facility
 2. Session Code: MFG314
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Autonomous robot inspection solutions have the potential to mitigate unplanned downtime due to undetected issues caused by human errors or knowledge gaps. They can also reduce work-related injuries inside hazardous plant environments, improve cost-efficiency, and increase productivity through the fully automated inspection process. In this chalk talk, discover the collaborative journey of Air Products, ANYbotics, and AWS on building and deploying the inspection solutions. Learn how they are using gen AI technologies to analyze and develop insights from the inspection data. Also explore best practices and challenges in creating value from these technologies.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -73030,10 +73030,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Using AWS Budgets to stay cost-optimized [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA402-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to build cost budgets for services, AWS Regions, tags, and linked accounts from the payer account. Discover how to build AWS Budgets reports to better monitor the performance of your existing budgets on a daily, weekly, or monthly cadence and deliver that report to up to 50 email addresses. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Cost Optimization
@@ -73063,10 +73063,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Using AWS Budgets to stay cost-optimized [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA402-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to build cost budgets for services, AWS Regions, tags, and linked accounts from the payer account. Discover how to build AWS Budgets reports to better monitor the performance of your existing budgets on a daily, weekly, or monthly cadence and deliver that report to up to 50 email addresses. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Cost Optimization
@@ -73094,10 +73094,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Using AWS Budgets to stay cost-optimized [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: NTA402-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this builders' session, learn how to build cost budgets for services, AWS Regions, tags, and linked accounts from the payer account. Discover how to build AWS Budgets reports to better monitor the performance of your existing budgets on a daily, weekly, or monthly cadence and deliver that report to up to 50 email addresses. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Cost Optimization
@@ -73124,7 +73124,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using AWS CloudFormation to deploy infrastructure with speed & safety
 2. Session Code: DOP306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this workshop, learn how to develop and test AWS CloudFormation templates. Create CloudFormation templates to deploy and manage resources, and learn about CloudFormation language features that allow you to reuse and extend templates for many scenarios. Explore testing tools, including cfn-lint and CloudFormation Guard, that can help you validate your CloudFormation templates. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: DevOps and Developer Productivity
@@ -73156,10 +73156,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Using AWS solutions: Boosting performance, security, and innovation
 2. Session Code: ARC306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Explore how you can use AWS Solutions individually or combined together to address diverse use cases. In this workshop, gain insights into the capabilities of four AWS Solutions from the AWS Solutions Library—Distributed Load Testing on AWS, Automated Security Response on AWS, Centralized Logging with OpenSearch, and Generative AI Application Builder on AWS—and learn how you can seamlessly integrate them to enhance performance, security, observability, and innovation in your applications and workflows. Discover real-world examples showcasing the power of AWS Solutions, and leave with a deeper understanding of how to leverage the AWS Solutions Library to deliver business value faster. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - New to AWS
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -73193,10 +73193,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Using cell-based architectures for resilient design on AWS
 2. Session Code: ARC312
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how to build cell-based architectures on AWS to reduce the scope of failures. Hear insights into categories of failures that can be addressed and some of the limitations. In addition, explore architecture patterns and best practices to build cells on AWS for achieving resiliency goals.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Resilience
@@ -73227,7 +73227,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Orca Security
 4. Description: Cloud security teams are often swamped with the complexity and velocity of the work necessary to keep ahead of risks. In this lightning talk, join Neil Carpenter, Field CTO at Orca Security, to see how Orca's customers are turning the tide with features driven by generative AI services such as Amazon Bedrock to get actionable intelligence that drives real business outcomes. This presentation is brought to you by Orca Security, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -73239,7 +73239,7 @@
    - DevOps Engineer
    - IT Executive
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of cloud security concepts
@@ -73259,10 +73259,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Using generative AI and LLM to extract value from Web3 data [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLC304-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Uncover the potential of LLMs in the realm of on-chain and off-chain data analysis and their potential to power Web3 analytics and security. Explore how Web3 data analytics companies can use LLMs to cluster and segment wallets and transactions, revealing connections between related entities. Furthermore, discover how Web3 protocols and blockchain security auditing firms can leverage LLMs to detect transaction sequences resembling previous hacking attempts, fortifying their security postures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -73293,13 +73293,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Using generative AI and LLM to extract value from Web3 data [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLC304-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Uncover the potential of LLMs in the realm of on-chain and off-chain data analysis and their potential to power Web3 analytics and security. Explore how Web3 data analytics companies can use LLMs to cluster and segment wallets and transactions, revealing connections between related entities. Furthermore, discover how Web3 protocols and blockchain security auditing firms can leverage LLMs to detect transaction sequences resembling previous hacking attempts, fortifying their security postures.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Blockchain, Generative AI
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Friday, Dec 06 at 9:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -73323,13 +73323,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Using generative AI large language models for sustainability reporting
 2. Session Code: SUS301
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Organizations are making commitments to sustainability but face challenges in measuring and analyzing the data required to meet these goals. One key challenge organizations face is an ability to extract datasets from different sources and synthesize this data into coherent reports, while also preparing for compliance with sustainability reporting regimes. In this workshop, learn how to use generative AI large language models (LLMs) and AWS services, such as Amazon Bedrock, AWS Lambda, and Amazon S3, to create a draft sustainability report. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
 7. Areas of Interest: Sustainability
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -73352,7 +73352,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using generative AI on AWS to deliver accurate earth observation data
 2. Session Code: AES306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Conditions like nighttime and cloud cover can reduce satellite image quality and prevent data collection that is critical to managing vegetation around power transmission lines and optimizing network routes to prevent outages. Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellites capture detailed images of Earth in light-obscured conditions and let customers consistently monitor changing conditions. Learn how to use a deep learning-based algorithm, combined with Amazon SageMaker, to reconstruct optical imagery from SAR data and create synthetic cloud-free images that generate vegetation indices. Find out how customers use Amazon SageMaker and data lakes on Amazon S3 for near real-time data retrieval and analysis.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -73379,10 +73379,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Using generative AI to accelerate database modernization with AWS DMS
 2. Session Code: DAT413
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Does the thought of modernizing your application and database architecture fill you with concern? In this code talk, learn how to overcome common migration issues and concerns that arise during modernization projects. See live coding examples to learn how to use generative AI and the AWS DMS Schema Conversion feature to successfully modernize your database.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Databases
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -73410,7 +73410,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using generative AI to restore the human connection in medicine
 2. Session Code: SMB204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Healthcare organizations face multiple challenges today, from administrative tasks and inefficiencies to processes that diminish patient and staff experiences. Generative AI can restore the human connection to medicine. Hear how Switchboard MD revolutionizes healthcare with a generative AI platform designed for clinically relevant products. These products surface critical needs, accelerate patient care, reduce administrative burdens, and make it easier for providers to collaborate to deliver high-quality experiences. Discover how Switchboard MD revolutionizes healthcare and enhances experiences for patients and staff.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -73421,7 +73421,7 @@
    - Business Executive
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of healthcare industry challenges
     2. Knowledge of administrative tasks and inefficiencies in healthcare
@@ -73443,7 +73443,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using LangChain to build gen AI apps with Amazon Aurora and pgvector [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT402-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do you want to build a generative AI application with Amazon Aurora but are unsure of how to get started? In this code talk, learn essential tools for creating your own generative AI applications, including LangChain and pgvector. See live coding firsthand and learn the code required to connect these tools together, including how to use Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to enhance the answers of the generative AI application. Also learn how to use Amazon Aurora with pgvector to accelerate vector similarity search. Discover how to use fundamental building blocks to build your own generative AI applications with Aurora.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -73477,7 +73477,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using LangChain to build gen AI apps with Amazon Aurora and pgvector [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: DAT402-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do you want to build a generative AI application with Amazon Aurora but are unsure of how to get started? In this code talk, learn essential tools for creating your own generative AI applications, including LangChain and pgvector. See live coding firsthand and learn the code required to connect these tools together, including how to use Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) to enhance the answers of the generative AI application. Also learn how to use Amazon Aurora with pgvector to accelerate vector similarity search. Discover how to use fundamental building blocks to build your own generative AI applications with Aurora.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Databases
@@ -73511,7 +73511,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using machine learning to enhance the online car-shopping experience
 2. Session Code: AUT205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to learn how CarGurus uses AWS machine learning services and streaming analytics to enhance the digital customer experience in the online car-shopping process. CarGurus has undertaken a journey to build its machine learning (ML) platform on AWS. Learn how CarGurus applies ML and real-time analytics to power its online marketplace, including pricing insights and personalized vehicle recommendations. Utilizing AWS services including Amazon SageMaker, CarGurus provides car buyers with accelerated vehicle search functionality, improved guidance on well-priced vehicles, relevant vehicle suggestions, and offers well-placed and well-timed promotional offers.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -73536,7 +73536,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using multiple agents for scalable generative AI applications
 2. Session Code: AIM304
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As generative AI applications expand in capability, the challenge of orchestrating various skills and integrations grows. This session demonstrates techniques for dynamically using multiple agents to combine skills and scale to handle higher loads. Discover how Amazon Bedrock facilitates the development of generative AI applications that perform tasks across a broad range of use cases, delivering current information from company knowledge sources.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -73566,13 +73566,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Using natural language to author data integration applications
 2. Session Code: ANT338
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this chalk talk, learn how users of all skill levels, including data engineers, ETL developers, and business users, can use the latest generative AI capabilities to onboard, author, and tune data integration applications using natural language, without needing in-depth knowledge of the underlying systems.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Generative AI, Modernization, Innovation and Transformation
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: MGM
 11. Date and Time: Thursday, Dec 05, 2:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -73594,13 +73594,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Using Nitro Enclaves for secure key management on Ethereum and beyond
 2. Session Code: BLC403
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session focuses on the practical application of AWS Nitro Enclaves and associated AWS services to create a secure and reliable key management platform specifically for Ethereum transactions and validators. Hear how Nitro Enclaves offers an isolated compute environment that helps ensure the protection of sensitive data and cryptographic keys that are essential for blockchain operations. Learn about the foundational concepts of Nitro Enclaves, including their architecture, operational mechanics, and integration with the secure AWS environment.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute, Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest: Application Security, Blockchain
 8. Level: 400 – Expert
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Caesars Forum
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 1:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -73621,7 +73621,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using observability for effective incident response
 2. Session Code: COP305
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Effective incident management is crucial for business continuity. This hands-on workshop simulates an incident, and you discover how to collect, analyze, and correlate data from various sources to gain a holistic understanding of your system's behavior. Explore techniques for setting up effective alerting and automated workflows to proactively identify and respond to incidents using Amazon CloudWatch and AWS Systems Manager. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -73686,7 +73686,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using the baked data pattern for efficient and reliable applications
 2. Session Code: ARC321
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The baked data architectural pattern is a method for embedding data and configurations directly into your deployable artifacts, ensuring consistent and reliable deployments. Learn how this approach aligns with immutable infrastructure principles, simplifies deployment processes, and enhances application reliability. Explore practical examples and best practices to implement this pattern effectively.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture, Databases
@@ -73717,7 +73717,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using the EC2 console to simplify onboarding and instance selection [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP347-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The AWS console provides a gateway to Amazon EC2 products, and it's critical for customers to efficiently use it to provision healthy workloads. This chalk talk walks you through effective getting-started experiences in the console, which will simplify your EC2 journey. See how the instance finder tool has simplified instance selection decision and learn how new console experiences and automation can help you build faster and manage with ease.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -73746,7 +73746,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Using the EC2 console to simplify onboarding and instance selection [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: CMP347-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: The AWS console provides a gateway to Amazon EC2 products, and it's critical for customers to efficiently use it to provision healthy workloads. This chalk talk walks you through effective getting-started experiences in the console, which will simplify your EC2 journey. See how the instance finder tool has simplified instance selection decision and learn how new console experiences and automation can help you build faster and manage with ease.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -73775,7 +73775,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Vector search with Amazon OpenSearch Service
 2. Session Code: ANT401
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With Amazon OpenSearch Service vector database capabilities, you can implement Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with large language models (LLMs). Join this session to build a RAG-based, contextually-aware, conversational search solution using OpenSearch vector database for document embedding and LLM content generation with context. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
@@ -73800,7 +73800,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Versuni rapidly reinvented their enterprise with RISE with SAP on AWS
 2. Session Code: MAM223
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Hear how Versuni, home to some of the world's most renowned domestic appliance brands, accelerated its cloud transformation by deploying RISE with SAP and migrating 80+ business applications to AWS in only 18 months. Following a transition within this 130-year-old company, Versuni had to act fast to transform and migrate its technical estate. Versuni selected AWS for RISE with SAP. In record time, it implemented a complete business application landscape – supporting more than 40 countries and 7,000 employees – while minimizing business disruption. This session provides learnings to accelerate your own business transformation with AWS and RISE with SAP.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -73833,10 +73833,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Video-based driver monitoring with AWS IoT and AI/ML
 2. Session Code: IOT317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how to build an IoT device for edge computer vision and machine learning (CVML) workloads, with a focus on detecting driver fatigue and distraction. Deploy your CVML model to the edge to detect driver events in real time, and use generative AI in the cloud to retrospectively search video content at scale using natural language. Get step-by-step instructions on how to implement the solution using AWS IoT Greengrass, Amazon Kinesis Video Streams, AWS IoT Core, and Amazon Bedrock. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -73871,7 +73871,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Video sampling & search using Amazon MemoryDB & multimodal embeddings
 2. Session Code: DAT412
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Multimodal embeddings enable a wide range of video analysis capabilities, from content understanding and summarization to classification and recommendations. In this code talk, learn how to use smart sampling and video search, generating multimodal embeddings with Amazon Titan models in Amazon Bedrock and using vector search powered by Amazon MemoryDB. See live coding examples to discover how to build delightful video experiences for your customers.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Databases
@@ -73899,7 +73899,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Virtual machines to AWS: Rapid migration and modernization
 2. Session Code: MAM302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this comprehensive builders' session to be guided through the process of successfully migrating from virtual and physical environments to Amazon EC2. If you are looking to eliminate VMware costs and licensing and accelerate innovation while benefiting from the scale, security, and flexibility of AWS global infrastructure, this workshop provides you with the knowledge and tools to successfully transition to AWS. Expert presenters walk you through the migration process, covering key considerations, best practices, and common challenges on your path to modernization. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Migration and Modernization
@@ -73929,7 +73929,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Visualize and optimize cloud cost efficiency
 2. Session Code: COP309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In this hands-on workshop, explore technical implementation guidance for various FinOps use cases. Learn about continuous monitoring and governance mechanisms, cost visualization capabilities with Cloud Intelligence Dashboards, and cost optimization strategies like rightsizing resources. Also discover how you can align cloud usage with business objectives and foster a culture of cost awareness through collaboration between finance, engineering, and business stakeholders You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -74017,7 +74017,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Voice-controlled car [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD236-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ever dreamed of talking to your car? Now you can! Experience the voice-controlled IoT car, inspired by the iconic KITT in "Knight Rider." At this booth, engage in real-time voice interactions to control the car, demonstrating the latest in generative AI and IoT technology.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -74043,7 +74043,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Voice-controlled car [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: BLD236-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Ever dreamed of talking to your car? Now you can! Experience the voice-controlled IoT car, inspired by the iconic KITT in "Knight Rider." At this booth, engage in real-time voice interactions to control the car, demonstrating the latest in generative AI and IoT technology.
 5. Session Type: Builders' Fair
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -74071,7 +74071,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Voice of the Customer classification for retail with Amazon Titan
 2. Session Code: AIM317
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the retail industry, understanding the Voice of the Customer (VOC) is crucial for insights into customer preferences and pain points. By analyzing and categorizing customer feedback, retailers can improve their products, services, and overall customer experience. This hands-on workshop guides you through four labs focused on classifying VOC using Amazon Titan on Amazon Bedrock. These cover prompt engineering, use of embedding models and semantic classification, use of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for VOC classification, and generating VOC analysis reports using a large language model (LLM) to provide insights for business stakeholders. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -74102,10 +74102,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Volkswagen's platform strategy enables production performance & quality
 2. Session Code: MFG207
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Quality is critical for automotive manufacturing through all production steps. In this session, learn how Volkswagen changed from a manual to an automatic, machine learning–based quality inspection approach, including label inspection, assembly checks, and crack detection. Hear the details about their scalable and sustainable implementation of more than 100 use cases, explore how Volkswagen's Digital Production Platform has evolved over the past five years, and get a glimpse of their future vision.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Internet of Things
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -74139,7 +74139,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Warehouse automation with cutting-edge supply chain solutions
 2. Session Code: PRO205
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Discover how Amazon created the world's fastest, most agile, and complex network of fulfillment centers through Warehouse Automation and Optimization (WAO). This session explores the digital warehouse transformation journey, the roadmap to achieve an optimized state, and demonstrates AWS's cutting-edge supply chain solutions, including facility design, simulation, automation, robotics, warehouse systems, connected data strategy, computer vision, IoT, digital twin, document digitization, and analytics and visibility. Although WAO is built for fulfillment/distribution centers, it can also be leveraged for yards, sort centers, cross-docks, transload sites, reverse logistics/returns centers, and other related nodes of a supply chain network.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Internet of Things
@@ -74168,15 +74168,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Wednesday breakfast
 2. Session Code: ACT017
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Breakfast for attendees is served in Caesars Forum, Summit 206; Mandalay Bay, Level 2, Shoreline Hall; MGM Grand, Level 1, Marquee Ballroom; The Venetian, Level 1, Hall G; and Wynn, Cristal Ballroom 2.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Venue reservations
     2. Catering arrangements
@@ -74191,15 +74191,15 @@
 
 1. Title: Wednesday lunch
 2. Session Code: ACT018
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Lunch for attendees is served in Caesars Forum, Summit 206; Mandalay Bay, Level 2, Shoreline Hall; MGM Grand, Level 1, Marquee Ballroom; The Venetian, Level 1, Hall G; and Wynn, Cristal Ballroom 2.
 5. Session Type: Conference services
-6. Topic: 
-7. Areas of Interest: 
-8. Level: 
-9. Target Roles: 
-10. Venue: 
-11. Date and Time: 
+6. Topic:
+7. Areas of Interest:
+8. Level:
+9. Target Roles:
+10. Venue:
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Attendees must be registered for the event.
     2. Attendees must have a valid event badge or ticket.
@@ -74218,7 +74218,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: SAP, an AWS Partner
 4. Description: Come kick off AWS re:Invent 2024 with Monday evening's welcome reception. Walk the Expo floor to meet and interact with AWS experts and AWS Partners. Light refreshments and beverage service are provided throughout the hall and in select sponsor booths. The Welcome Reception is brought to you by SAP, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Community activities
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
 7. Areas of Interest:
 8. Level:
 9. Target Roles:
@@ -74240,7 +74240,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Well-architected for data residency with hybrid cloud services
 2. Session Code: HYB309
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With concerns over data privacy, security, and digital sovereignty, many countries across the world are strengthening data residency laws to keep personal and sensitive data within their borders. For organizations operating across multiple geographies, it can be challenging to meet the evolving data residency laws. In this session, following the AWS Well-Architected Framework, explore the best practices around data residency when using hybrid cloud services, including AWS Local Zones, AWS Dedicated Local Zones, and AWS Outposts.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Hybrid Cloud, Security, Compliance and Identity
@@ -74272,7 +74272,7 @@
 3. Sponsor: Sisense
 4. Description: From auto-modeling, flexible reports, and dashboard suggestions, gen AI can assist with transforming enterprise data engagement through advanced embedded analytics. Modern analytic platforms use AI and natural language queries (NLQ) to connect and create data models so that all users can understand and visualize their data. Join Sisense as they showcase ways to build applications better and faster and democratize data insights. This presentation is brought to you by Sisense, an AWS Partner.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -74283,7 +74283,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Developer / Engineer
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of data analytics and visualization
@@ -74308,7 +74308,7 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new: Data streaming on AWS
 2. Session Code: ANT327
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn how AWS is reimagining data streaming with end-to-end managed and serverless capabilities across core infrastructure, systems operations, data integration, data processing, and data management for customers to modernize their data platforms. Learn about new and recent innovations for collecting, processing, and analyzing streaming data, including improved scalability, high resiliency, lower latency, and native integrations with many AWS and third-party services. Join this session to see how you can use AWS streaming solutions to build scalable, resilient data streaming applications for faster insights and improved decision-making.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -74341,10 +74341,10 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new in AWS for frontend developers
 2. Session Code: FWM311
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: AWS Amplify makes it easy for frontend web and mobile developers to build full-stack applications in hours with minimal cloud expertise. This session walks through Amplify's capabilities, including how you can easily configure a backend with authentication, data, and storage; how you can create a frontend UI; and how you can host server-side rendered web apps with Next.js. Learn about exciting new features that make it even easier for developers and teams to accelerate the pace of their innovation, leverage data to build differentiated application experiences, and give individual engineers the power of a virtual team.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - New to AWS
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
 7. Areas of Interest: Front-End Web and Mobile
@@ -74375,7 +74375,7 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new in search, observability & vectors in OpenSearch Service
 2. Session Code: ANT329
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Learn about the latest innovations in Amazon OpenSearch Service, including advancements in security analytics, data ingestion, availability, and AI-driven vector databases and generative AI. Discover how OpenSearch Service enables real-time insights, advanced monitoring with alerting and anomaly detection, and powerful querying with SQL and Piped Processing Language (PPL). Learn about the new features that help you drive down costs for observability. Learn about new advanced integrations across AWS data stores. Whether you're managing large datasets or enhancing your search infrastructure, this session will help you stay ahead of the curve and transform your search and analytics strategy.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -74404,7 +74404,7 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new with Amazon EBS
 2. Session Code: STG213
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Stay ahead of the cutting-edge capabilities of Amazon's robust block storage solution in Amazon EBS. Join this session for a comprehensive overview of the latest advancements and features in Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS). Learn about recent performance improvements, cost optimization strategies, new features that enhance data management and storage efficiency, and practical insights for leveraging EBS in modern cloud environments. Gain a deeper understanding of how to maximize the potential of Amazon EBS for your workloads.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -74435,7 +74435,7 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new with Amazon EC2
 2. Session Code: CMP101
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to learn about the latest compute innovations from AWS. Hear how you can take advantage of recently launched Amazon EC2 instances and capabilities. This session helps you better understand Amazon EC2 instances and how organizations like yours can use them to run any workload while meeting your cost, performance, and sustainability goals.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute, New to AWS
@@ -74459,10 +74459,10 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new with Amazon FSx and Amazon EFS
 2. Session Code: STG211
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon file storage services continue to deliver innovations to help enterprise customers and storage admins manage their file data more effectively. Dive into the latest capabilities designed to enhance file data accessibility and integration with modern cloud applications. Discover how shared file storage from Amazon EFS and Amazon FSx is evolving to meet the needs of compute-intensive and data-heavy workloads. Learn actionable insights on optimizing storage, improving data accessibility, and supporting growing enterprise application demands. Join us and move your business ahead with the cutting-edge capabilities of Amazon FSx and Amazon EFS.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Storage
    - Migration and Modernization
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -74495,7 +74495,7 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new with Amazon Q Business
 2. Session Code: AIM237
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: As enterprises grapple with fast technological change, join this session to learn about the latest product releases with Amazon Q Business. The session dives into the latest features and enhancements of Amazon Q Business, demonstrating how to deploy an Amazon Q Business application that leverages your enterprise content—empowering employees to answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and securely complete tasks.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -74523,13 +74523,13 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new with Amazon QuickSight
 2. Session Code: BSI102
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join this session to explore all the latest Amazon QuickSight innovations across dashboards, visualization, pixel-perfect reports, embedding, and more. Learn what's new with Amazon Q in QuickSight, and how new generative business intelligence (BI) capabilities are further empowering business analysts and business users to be data-driven.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML, Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Business Intelligence, Generative AI
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Mandalay Bay
 11. Date and Time: Wednesday, Dec 04 at 11:00 a.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -74549,7 +74549,7 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new with Amazon S3
 2. Session Code: STG212
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon S3 consistently delivers new innovations to help you store, manage, analyze, and protect any amount of data for virtually any use case. From protecting data with unmatched access control capabilities to scaling up to terabytes per second of aggregate throughput, Amazon S3 continues to push boundaries in scalability, durability and availability, security and data protection, and price-performance. Join this session to learn about the latest Amazon S3 features and gain practical insights into how these features can help you secure, manage, and optimize your data.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Storage
@@ -74580,10 +74580,10 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new with AWS Backup
 2. Session Code: STG203
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: In the past year, AWS Backup has delivered new innovations to help you safeguard your data and audit your data protection posture. With new protection and recovery capabilities, AWS Backup continues to innovate for and delight over 130,000 customers protecting over 1.8 exabytes of application data. Join this session to explore the new features of AWS Backup; learn practical tips intended to help you secure, manage, test, and audit your data protection policies; and hear from your peers about how AWS managed data protection services offer defense in depth for data at rest and in transit.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
    - Storage
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -74614,7 +74614,7 @@
 
 1. Title: What's new with AWS cost optimization
 2. Session Code: COP204
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Develop a holistic cost optimization strategy with AWS and operate cost effectively while maintaining high performance. AWS offers a suite of management tools to monitor your resource performance and cost, and provide modernizing, rightsizing, and purchasing recommendations. In this session, learn AWS cloud cost optimization levers, major recent enhancements, and how to leverage them to make better cost-optimization decisions.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Cloud Operations
@@ -74648,7 +74648,7 @@
 
 1. Title: What's the ROI with generative AI? Can the numbers tell the story?
 2. Session Code: SEG208
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Digital businesses began production use of generative AI in 2023 and accelerated in 2024. Advanced adoption can drive an average of 11% in increased earnings. A focus on improving specific business functions shows the most consistent ROI across use cases. What are the numbers when it comes to human resources, supply chain management, IT automation, code development, and beyond? How are companies drilling down to unit economics? What ROI models are most effective for AI efforts? This session explores recent analyst reports, together with actual customer stories, to discover the real numbers and metrics around specific ROI efficiencies.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: AI/ML
@@ -74694,7 +74694,7 @@
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
 9. Target Roles: IT Executive, Press / Media Analyst, Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and its capabilities in enterprise search.
@@ -74720,7 +74720,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Win-win: Maximize Amazon EC2 savings while improving performance
 2. Session Code: CMP214
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Let this session be your guide to building cost-effective, sustainable infrastructure without sacrificing application performance on AWS. In this session, learn both technical and non-technical best practices for building efficient compute architectures on AWS, from the basics of AWS Savings Plans and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling to more advanced strategies such as leveraging Amazon EC2 Spot Instances, AWS Graviton, automation, and more. Learn from AWS customers about their real-world experiences implementing compute optimization strategies and the benefits they've achieved.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Compute
@@ -74752,7 +74752,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Wired differently: Generative AI for neurodiversity
 2. Session Code: IDE107
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: With one in seven people identifying as neurodivergent, neurodiversity is a superpower, one that can bring a competitive edge to your organization. Learn to embrace the unique perspectives of your team members and help them overcome impostor syndrome. Discover the remarkable benefits of building a neurodiverse team and how to effectively manage and empower these talented individuals. Explore strategies to leverage generative AI in supporting neurodivergent employees and driving innovation at scale. This lightning talk equips managers and individual contributors with the insights and tools needed to cultivate an inclusive, high-performing workplace that celebrates the strengths of neurodiversity.
 5. Session Type: Lightning talk
 6. Topic: Training and Certification
@@ -74766,7 +74766,7 @@
    - Business Executive
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of neurodiversity and its prevalence in the workforce.
     2. Familiarity with the concept of impostor syndrome and its impact on neurodivergent individuals.
@@ -74794,7 +74794,7 @@
 6. Topic: Analytics, Cloud Operations
 7. Areas of Interest: Inclusion and Diversity, Innovation and Transformation
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 2:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -74816,13 +74816,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Women of the Cloud networking reception
 2. Session Code: IDE110
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This reception brings together women and allies from various sectors and backgrounds attending AWS re:Invent, offering a unique opportunity to network, share best practices, and cultivate a supportive community. The event offers a come-and-go format, providing flexibility for attendees. Entrance is first come, first served until venue reaches capacity. At the close of the event, attendees will gather in groups and walk together to the Expo for the women walk the floor event.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Inclusion and Diversity
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02 at 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -74841,13 +74841,13 @@
 
 1. Title: Women Walk the Floor with AWS Women of the Cloud
 2. Session Code: IDE111
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Join us and over 100 powerful women at re:Invent as we walk the show floor together. Organized by AWS and The Female Quotient, our Women Walk the Floor event is an opportunity for attendees to witness and experience the innovations at AWS re:Invent as a united community. A woman alone has power, but together, we have impact. We will gather at the closure of the Women of the Cloud reception at La Cave in Wynn to walk in a group to The Venetian, Hall B, and enter the Expo at 5:30 PM.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Analytics
 7. Areas of Interest: Inclusion and Diversity
 8. Level: 100 – Foundational
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Monday, Dec 02, 5:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -74866,7 +74866,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Working with UDFs in Amazon Redshift and Amazon Athena
 2. Session Code: ANT408
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: User-defined functions (UDFs) allow you to create custom functions to process records and apply unique operations to your data. Customers frequently require extending built-in functions to add capabilities for solving complex business needs. Join this session to learn how to code and use UDFs in Amazon Athena and Amazon Redshift. This session covers UDFs through practical coding examples to demonstrate best practices for writing and deploying functions.
 5. Session Type: Code talk
 6. Topic: Analytics
@@ -74896,7 +74896,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Write, deploy & monitor Amazon CloudFront Functions & KeyValueStore
 2. Session Code: CDN302
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Amazon CloudFront offers programmable and secure edge CDN computing capabilities to run lightweight JavaScript code at edge locations. This serverless computing solution is designed to operate closer to end users, which results in reduced latency and improved performance. In this workshop, dive into building and deploying edge compute functions, including URL rewrites and access authorization, using CloudFront Functions and KeyValueStore. Discover how to leverage Amazon Q Developer, an AI-powered tool designed for developers, to streamline code creation and enhance efficiency. Gain the skills to deploy, monitor, and write functions with confidence. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Workshop
 6. Topic: Content Delivery
@@ -74959,10 +74959,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Write less code: Building applications with a serverless mindset [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS204-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building with a serverless mindset focuses on business value. You can derive more value by using built-in integrations between AWS services set up through configuration than by writing glue code. This hands-on session explores patterns for using direct service integrations using Amazon API Gateway, AWS Step Functions, and Amazon EventBridge. Discover the efficiency of utilizing configuration to streamline development tasks, and push the heavy lifting to AWS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - DevOps and Developer Productivity
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -74994,7 +74994,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Write less code: Building applications with a serverless mindset [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SVS204-R2
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building with a serverless mindset focuses on business value. You can derive more value by using built-in integrations between AWS services set up through configuration than by writing glue code. This hands-on session explores patterns for using direct service integrations using Amazon API Gateway, AWS Step Functions, and Amazon EventBridge. Discover the efficiency of utilizing configuration to streamline development tasks, and push the heavy lifting to AWS. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic:
@@ -75031,13 +75031,13 @@
 
 1. Title: You are under a DDOS attack! Are you ready to respond?
 2. Session Code: CDN306
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Do your operational teams know how to respond in the event of an attack? Have you architected with a DDOS strategy in mind? This talk guides you through the steps that help you react when under attack. Explore AWS tools you should leverage and best practices you can follow to proactively prepare for such scenarios. Learn how to identify and respond to DDOS attacks using services such as Amazon CloudFront, AWS WAF, and AWS Shield Advanced.
 5. Session Type: Breakout session
 6. Topic: Security, Compliance and Identity, Content Delivery
 7. Areas of Interest: Application Security, Network and Infrastructure Security, Well-Architected Framework
 8. Level: 300 – Advanced
-9. Target Roles: 
+9. Target Roles:
 10. Venue: Wynn
 11. Date and Time: Tuesday, Dec 03, 3:00 p.m.
 12. Prerequisites:
@@ -75060,7 +75060,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Your mission and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IMP301-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Even with the best planning, hardware and software can fail, prized employees can leave, and the unexpected can disrupt operations. A disaster is often the time when it's critical for mission-based workloads (such as credit union banking or fundraising solutions) to be available. How do you deliver on your mission when the unexpected happens? In this chalk talk, learn about ways to minimize workload impacts, including architectural practices, monitoring patterns, and gray failure detection, and discover how to build a culture of continuous resilience. Gain the knowledge necessary to deliver on your mission even when faced with a disaster.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -75096,7 +75096,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Your mission and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: IMP301-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Even with the best planning, hardware and software can fail, prized employees can leave, and the unexpected can disrupt operations. A disaster is often the time when it's critical for mission-based workloads (such as credit union banking or fundraising solutions) to be available. How do you deliver on your mission when the unexpected happens? In this chalk talk, learn about ways to minimize workload impacts, including architectural practices, monitoring patterns, and gray failure detection, and discover how to build a culture of continuous resilience. Gain the knowledge necessary to deliver on your mission even when faced with a disaster.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -75143,7 +75143,7 @@
    - Data Engineer
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 10. Venue: Venetian
-11. Date and Time: 
+11. Date and Time:
 
 12. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of data security challenges
@@ -75165,10 +75165,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Zero-to-hero with security for SMBs: Embracing generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SMB303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session guides small and medium businesses (SMBs) on how to leverage traditional security practices and generative AI to fortify their security posture. Gain insights into building a strong security foundation, automating processes, enhancing threat detection and response, strengthening security awareness, and overcoming resource constraints through responsible generative AI adoption. By embracing both traditional and innovative approaches, SMB leaders and security professionals become security heroes, empowered to protect their organizations against evolving cyber threats.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -75201,10 +75201,10 @@
 
 1. Title: Zero-to-hero with security for SMBs: Embracing generative AI [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SMB303-R
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: This session guides small and medium businesses (SMBs) on how to leverage traditional security practices and generative AI to fortify their security posture. Gain insights into building a strong security foundation, automating processes, enhancing threat detection and response, strengthening security awareness, and overcoming resource constraints through responsible generative AI adoption. By embracing both traditional and innovative approaches, SMB leaders and security professionals become security heroes, empowered to protect their organizations against evolving cyber threats.
 5. Session Type: Chalk talk
-6. Topic: 
+6. Topic:
    - AI/ML
    - Security, Compliance and Identity
 7. Areas of Interest:
@@ -75241,7 +75241,7 @@
 2. Session Code: DEV337
 3. Description: In this talk, hear about a real-world project journey, from concept to production in only eight weeks, and without crunch. From choosing the technologies, utilizing Infrastructure-as-Code and serverless technologies, to the challenges of rapid development with a small team, this chat gives you the real story. Expect practical insights, mistakes, tips, and how using the right technologies and development process can deliver results fast.
 4. Session Type: Dev chat
-5. Topic: 
+5. Topic:
    - Architecture
    - Serverless Compute and Containers
 6. Areas of Interest:
@@ -75254,7 +75254,7 @@
    - Entrepreneur (Founder/Co-Founder)
    - Solution / Systems Architect
 9. Venue: Venetian
-10. Date and Time: 
+10. Date and Time:
 
 11. Prerequisites:
     1. Understanding of software development life cycle
@@ -75311,7 +75311,7 @@
 
 1. Title: Zero to SaaS in one hour [REPEAT]
 2. Session Code: SAS303-R1
-3. Sponsor: 
+3. Sponsor:
 4. Description: Building a multi-tenant SaaS architecture requires teams to consider a wide range of design and architecture strategies: the footprint of your control plane, the services it will host, how you'll handle onboarding, what tiers you'll support, and how you'll isolate tenants. In this session, learn the core elements of a SaaS architecture. Take an in-depth look at building out some of the core constructs while highlighting the design and implementation decisions that will impact your approach. You must bring your laptop to participate.
 5. Session Type: Builders' session
 6. Topic: Architecture
@@ -75342,4 +75342,3 @@
     - Amazon API Gateway
 
 ==================================================
-
diff --git a/cdk/examples/generative_ai_rag/web-app/pages/rag_integration.py b/cdk/examples/generative_ai_rag/web-app/pages/rag_integration.py
index d8e9232b..a1444964 100644
--- a/cdk/examples/generative_ai_rag/web-app/pages/rag_integration.py
+++ b/cdk/examples/generative_ai_rag/web-app/pages/rag_integration.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ def get_prompt_template(retrieved_passages: List[str]) -> str:
     return f"""
     You are an AI assistant answering questions about AWS re:Invent 2024 session information and general queries.
     Your task is to analyze the user's question, categorize it, and provide an appropriate response.
-    Every session information includes the following fields:    
+    Every session information includes the following fields:
     - Title
     - Session Code
     - Description
@@ -83,12 +83,12 @@ def get_prompt_template(retrieved_passages: List[str]) -> str:
     2. REINVENT_INFORMATION
         - This question type is for questions requesting information about specific sessions
         - This question type is for questions requesting information about sessions held at certain venue and times
-        
+
     3. REINVENT_RECOMMENDATION
         - This question type is for session recommendation questions for specific topics or interests
 
-    Second, analyze the user's question and provide a response based on the question type. 
-    
+    Second, analyze the user's question and provide a response based on the question type.
+
     1. GENERAL
         - Ignore the content in the retrieved passages.
         - Provide a direct answer to the question based on your general knowledge.
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ def get_prompt_template(retrieved_passages: List[str]) -> str:
 
     IMPORTANT:
     - Always base your answers on the provided data and refrain from offering uncertain information.
-    - Your final response should only contain the actual answer to the user's question. 
-    - Do not include any explanation of your thought process, categorization, or analysis in the final response. 
+    - Your final response should only contain the actual answer to the user's question.
+    - Do not include any explanation of your thought process, categorization, or analysis in the final response.
     - If retrieved passages are empty and question type is not GENERAL, respond with "Sorry. I couldn't find any related information."
     - Do not modify fields data in the retrieved passages.
     - If all conditions are not met, recommend similar sessions and be sure to explain the reason.
-    
+
     CRITICAL RESPONSE FORMAT:
     - You MUST format your entire response EXACTLY as follows, with no exceptions:
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def get_prompt_template(retrieved_passages: List[str]) -> str:
     [/QUESTION_TYPE]
     [RESPONSE]
     Based on your question, I recommend the following session:
-    
+
     1. Responsible generative AI tabletop: Governance and oversight [REPEAT]
         - Session Code: GHJ208-R1
         - Session Type: Gamified learning
@@ -195,14 +195,14 @@ def main():
         if not knowledge_base_id:
             st.info("Something is wrong with parameter store")
             st.stop()
-        
+
         agent_client = boto3.client('bedrock-agent-runtime')
         bedrock_runtime_client = boto3.client('bedrock-runtime')
 
         try:
             # Retrieve relevant passages from the knowledge base
             retrieved_results = retrieve_from_knowledge_base(agent_client, knowledge_base_id, prompt)
-            
+
             # Extract and format the retrieved passages
             retrieved_passages = [result['content']['text'] for result in retrieved_results]
             formatted_passages = "\n\n".join(f"Passage {i+1}:\n{passage}" for i, passage in enumerate(retrieved_passages))
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ def main():
             response_started = False
 
             message_placeholder = st.chat_message("assistant").empty()
-    
+
             # Generate the final response using the invoke_model API
             system_prompt = get_prompt_template(formatted_passages)
 
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def main():
                 elif response_started:
                     # If we're past the [RESPONSE] tag, continue accumulating the response content
                     response_content += chunk
-                
+
                 # Display the response content if we've started collecting it
                 if response_started:
                     # Remove the [/RESPONSE] tag if present and display the content
@@ -240,14 +240,14 @@ def main():
             import re
             question_type_match = re.search(r'\[QUESTION_TYPE\](.*?)\[/QUESTION_TYPE\]', full_response, re.DOTALL)
             response_match = re.search(r'\[RESPONSE\](.*?)\[/RESPONSE\]', full_response, re.DOTALL)
-            
+
             question_type = question_type_match.group(1).strip() if question_type_match else "UNKNOWN"
             final_response = response_match.group(1).strip() if response_match else "I apologize. There was an issue generating an appropriate response."
 
             message_placeholder.markdown(final_response)
-            
+
             st.session_state.messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": final_response})
-                
+
             # Display citations only for non-general questions
             if question_type not in ["GENERAL", "UNKNOWN"]:
                 with st.expander("Data Sources"):
@@ -264,10 +264,10 @@ def main():
                 st.warning("Session has expired. Starting a new session. Please enter your question again.")
             else:
                 st.error("An error occurred while processing the response. Please check the logs for details.")
-            
+
             msg = "I encountered an issue while processing the response. Could you please rephrase your prompt or try a different question?"
             st.session_state.messages.append({"role": "assistant", "content": msg})
             st.chat_message("assistant").write(msg)
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
\ No newline at end of file
+    main()
diff --git a/cdk/examples/other_stack/bedrock_stack.py b/cdk/examples/other_stack/bedrock_stack.py
index 5564aafc..88817c72 100644
--- a/cdk/examples/other_stack/bedrock_stack.py
+++ b/cdk/examples/other_stack/bedrock_stack.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.knowledge_base_data_source = bedrock.S3DataSource(self, 'KnowledgeBaseDataSource',
             bucket=self.bucket,
             knowledge_base=self.knowledge_base,
-            data_source_name='ReinventSessionInformationText', 
+            data_source_name='ReinventSessionInformationText',
             chunking_strategy= bedrock.ChunkingStrategy.hierarchical(
                 overlap_tokens=60,
                 max_parent_token_size=1500,
diff --git a/docs/vllm-inferentia-architecture.png b/docs/vllm-inferentia-architecture.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..84d1b01b
Binary files /dev/null and b/docs/vllm-inferentia-architecture.png differ
diff --git a/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/Dockerfile b/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a4f9e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# default base image
+FROM public.ecr.aws/neuron/pytorch-inference-neuronx:2.1.2-neuronx-py310-sdk2.20.0-ubuntu20.04
+# Clone the vllm repository
+RUN git clone https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm.git
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /vllm
+RUN git checkout v0.6.0
+# Set the environment variable
+ENV VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=neuron
+# Install the dependencies
+RUN python3 -m pip install -U -r requirements-neuron.txt
+RUN python3 -m pip install .
+# Modify the arg_utils.py file to support larger block_size option
+RUN sed -i "/parser.add_argument('--block-size',/ {N;N;N;N;N;s/\[8, 16, 32\]/[8, 16, 32, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192]/}" vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
+# Install ray
+RUN python3 -m pip install ray
+RUN pip install -U  triton>=3.0.0
+# Set the entry point
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "-m", "vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server"]
diff --git a/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/README.md b/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eacc1f9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,250 @@
+# ECS machine learning distributed training
+
+This solution blueprint creates the infrastructure needed to run GenAI inference using [vLLM](https://docs.vllm.ai/en/latest/index.html) with [AWS Neuron](https://awsdocs-neuron.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/) and Inferentia 2 instances.  This solution is based on similar examples for running inference using vLLM on [EKS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/deploy-meta-llama-3-1-8b-on-aws-inferentia-using-amazon-eks-and-vllm/) and [EC2](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/serving-llms-using-vllm-and-amazon-ec2-instances-with-aws-ai-chips/) using Inferentia-based instances.
+
+> Insert Diagram here
+
+By default, this blueprint deploys inf2.8xlarge instances optimized for GenAI inference workloads. The setup is tailored for running vLLM with pre-compiled Neuron-compatible models. You can modify the instance type and resource allocation by changing the variables in the Terraform configuration.
+
+## Components
+
+*	ECS Cluster:
+    *	Uses an autoscaling group to provision inf2 instances for the ECS cluster.
+    *	Allows dynamic scaling of GenAI workloads.
+*	ECS Service Definition:
+    *	vLLM Service: Configured to serve requests for GenAI inference using vLLM.
+*	Application Load Balancer:
+    *	Exposes the vLLM inference service endpoint to clients.
+    *	Configured with a target group and health checks for monitoring service availability.
+*	CloudWatch Logs:
+    *	Logs from ECS tasks and services are collected in CloudWatch for monitoring and debugging.
+
+
+## Prequequisites
+
+### Hugging Face Account and API Key
+
+To use the meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B model within the blueprint, you’ll need a Hugging Face account and and an API key to access to the model. Follow these steps to set these up:
+
+1.	[Sign up for a Hugging Face account](https://huggingface.co/join) if you don’t already have one.
+2.	Go to the [meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B model card](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B) on Hugging Face.
+3.	Agree to the model license to gain access.
+4.	Generate your Hugging Face API key:
+	*	Navigate to your [Hugging Face Account Settings](https://huggingface.co/settings/tokens).
+	*	Under the Access Tokens section, click New Token.
+	*	Provide a name for your token and set the role to write or read.
+	* Copy the token when prompted (as shown in the following figure). The token will not be displayed again.
+
+## Preparing the Docker Image
+
+To run the model, you’ll need to build and push a Docker image with the required dependencies to Amazon Elastic Container Registry (Amazon ECR). While [you can use docker buildx](https://docs.docker.com/build/building/multi-platform/) to do this, if you dont have your local machine configured for this, you can use an Inf2-based EC2 instance as a build environment to build your container for the arm64 architecture.
+
+### Steps to launch an Inf2-based Build Environment:
+
+#### 1. Launch an Inf2-based EC2 Instance
+1. Open the AWS Management Console and launch an Inf2-based EC2 instance (e.g., inf2.8xlarge). You can use a [guide like this](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-launch-instance-wizard.html). If this is your first time using inf/trn instances, you will need to [request a quota increase](https://repost.aws/articles/ARgmEMvbR6Re200FQs8rTduA/inferentia-and-trainium-service-quotas).
+2. Ensure the instance has:
+	  * Access to your [Amazon ECR repository](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonECR/latest/userguide/image-push-iam.html).
+	  * Permissions for Docker and AWS CLI operations.
+	  * Can be accessed via Session Manager or is [configured for SSH access](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/connection-prereqs-general.html)
+3.	Access the instance through Session manager or SSH into the EC2 instance using the following command:
+
+```bash
+ssh -i your-key.pem ec2-user@<ec2-public-ip>
+```
+
+#### 2. Setup Environmental Variables
+
+```bash
+export ECR_REPO_NAME=vllm-neuron
+export AWS_REGION=us-west-2
+export AWS_ACCOUNT_ID=$(aws sts get-caller-identity --query Account --output text)
+```
+
+#### 3. Create an ECR Repository
+Run the following command to create an ECR repository:
+
+```bash
+aws ecr create-repository --repository-name $ECR_REPO_NAME --region $AWS_REGION
+```
+
+#### 4. Create the Dockerfile
+
+> If you're using your local development machine, you can skip this step as a Dockerfile already exists in this project.
+
+Create the Dockerfile for the VLLM model:
+```bash
+cat > Dockerfile <<EOF
+# default base image
+FROM public.ecr.aws/neuron/pytorch-inference-neuronx:2.1.2-neuronx-py310-sdk2.20.0-ubuntu20.04
+# Clone the vllm repository
+RUN git clone https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm.git
+# Set the working directory
+WORKDIR /vllm
+RUN git checkout v0.6.0
+# Set the environment variable
+ENV VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE=neuron
+# Install the dependencies
+RUN python3 -m pip install -U -r requirements-neuron.txt
+RUN python3 -m pip install .
+# Modify the arg_utils.py file to support larger block_size option
+RUN sed -i "/parser.add_argument('--block-size',/ {N;N;N;N;N;s/\[8, 16, 32\]/[8, 16, 32, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096, 8192]/}" vllm/engine/arg_utils.py
+# Install ray
+RUN python3 -m pip install ray
+RUN pip install -U  triton>=3.0.0
+# Set the entry point
+ENTRYPOINT ["python3", "-m", "vllm.entrypoints.openai.api_server"]
+EOF
+```
+
+#### 5. Build and Push the Docker Image
+
+Run the following commands to build and push the Docker image:
+
+1.	Authenticate Docker to your ECR registry:
+
+```bash
+aws ecr get-login-password --region $AWS_REGION | docker login --username AWS --password-stdin $AWS_ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.$AWS_REGION.amazonaws.com
+```
+
+2. 	Build the Docker image:
+
+```bash
+docker build -t ${ECR_REPO_NAME}:latest .
+```
+
+3. Tag the image
+
+```bash
+docker tag ${ECR_REPO_NAME}:latest $AWS_ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.$AWS_REGION.amazonaws.com/${ECR_REPO_NAME}:latest
+```
+
+4. Push the image to ECR
+
+```bash
+docker push $AWS_ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.$AWS_REGION.amazonaws.com/${ECR_REPO_NAME}:latest
+```
+
+5. Copy the ECR image URI for your use in the main.tf file within this project.
+
+```bash
+echo "$AWS_ACCOUNT_ID.dkr.ecr.$AWS_REGION.amazonaws.com/${ECR_REPO_NAME}:latest"
+```
+
+## Deployment Prerequisites
+
+1. Modify the local variables at line 6 of `main.tf`
+```nano
+  name                    = "ecs-demo-vllm-inferentia"    # Defaul name of the project
+  region                  = "us-west-2"                   # Default region
+  instance_type           = "inf2.8xlarge"                # Default instance size
+  vllm_container_image    = "<ECR IMAGE URI>"             # ECR Image URI you created when building and pushing your image
+  hugging_face_api_key    = "<YOUR HUGGIN FACE API KEY>"  # Your Hugging Face API Key
+```
+
+
+## Deployment
+
+1. Deploy core-infra resources
+
+```shell
+cd ./terraform/ec2-examples/core-infra
+terraform init
+terraform apply -target=module.vpc -target=aws_service_discovery_private_dns_namespace.this
+```
+
+2. Deploy this blueprint
+
+```shell
+cd ../vllm-inferentia
+terraform init
+terraform apply
+```
+
+## Example: Running GenAI Inference
+
+Once the cluster and services are deployed, you can use the load balancer DNS name (output during the deployment) to send requests to the vLLM service.
+
+
+Send a POST request to the vLLM OpenAI-compatible endpoint:
+```bash
+curl -X POST http://<ALB_DNS_NAME>:8000/v1/completions \
+-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+-d '{
+  "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B",
+  "prompt": "Write a short poem about technology",
+  "max_tokens": 100,
+  "temperature": 0.7
+}'
+```
+
+Example Response:
+```json
+{
+  "id": "cmpl-6ze...",
+  "object": "text_completion",
+  "created": 1680307267,
+  "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B",
+  "choices": [
+    {
+      "text": "\n\nTechnology, a wondrous art,\nA force that shapes the world's heart.\nIn circuits small and data vast,\nIt links the future to the past.",
+      "index": 0,
+      "logprobs": null,
+      "finish_reason": "stop"
+    }
+  ]
+}
+```
+## What do you do next?
+
+Congratulations on successfully deploying your vLLM inference solution on ECS with AWS Inferentia! Here are some ideas to take your implementation to the next level:
+
+1. Explore Frontend Integrations
+	* Gradio: Use [Gradio](https://www.gradio.app/) to create an interactive web interface for your model, allowing users to test various prompts and visualize responses.
+	* OpenWebUI: Deploy [OpenWebUI](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui) as an additional frontend for your model, providing a user-friendly way to interact with the OpenAI-compatible endpoint.
+
+2. Build Custom Python Applications
+	*	Create Python scripts or applications that integrate your inference service to solve real-world problems:
+	*	Automate customer support chatbots.
+	*	Generate summaries, translations, or other natural language tasks.
+	*	Build a personalized AI assistant tailored to your organizational needs.
+
+3. Integrate with Existing Workflows
+	*	Serverless Architectures: Use AWS Lambda or Step Functions to trigger and process model inference requests in response to specific events.
+	*	Data Pipelines: Integrate the model into your data pipelines for real-time predictions or insights, such as tagging or categorizing documents automatically.
+	*	CRM and ERP Systems: Embed the model into your enterprise systems to provide intelligent insights or streamline processes.
+
+4. Optimize for Performance
+	*	Experiment with different batch sizes and parallelization settings in vLLM to handle more concurrent requests or improve latency.
+	*	Use Neuron monitoring tools to analyze and fine-tune the utilization of Inferentia chips for maximum efficiency.
+
+5. Scale and Extend
+	*	Add multi-model support by deploying multiple versions of your model (e.g., fine-tuned for specific tasks) and routing traffic dynamically using the ALB.
+	*	Experiment with autoscaling policies to dynamically adjust the number of running tasks based on request volume.
+
+6. Learn from Amazon’s Approach
+	*	Discover how Amazon’s engineering team scaled generative AI for Amazon Rufus, powering conversational shopping experiences during Prime Day.
+	*	Adapt lessons learned from their implementation to improve scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency in your use case.
+## Clean up
+
+1. Destroy this blueprint
+
+```shell
+terraform destroy
+```
+
+1. Destroy core-infra resources
+
+```shell
+cd ../core-infra
+terraform destroy
+
+```
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+
+
+## Support
+
+Please open an issue for questions or unexpected behavior
diff --git a/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/main.tf b/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/main.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff66bb8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/main.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,318 @@
+provider "aws" {
+  region = local.region
+}
+locals {
+  name                 = "ecs-demo-vllm-inferentia"   # Defaul name of the project
+  region               = "us-west-2"                  # Default region
+  instance_type        = "inf2.8xlarge"               # Default instance size - if you change this - you will need to modify the cpu/memory details in the task definition
+  vllm_container_image = "<ECR IMAGE URI>"            # ECR Image URI you created when building and pushing your image
+  hugging_face_api_key = "<YOUR HUGGIN FACE API KEY>" # Your Hugging Face API Key
+  user_data            = <<-EOT
+    #!/bin/bash
+    cat <<'EOF' >> /etc/ecs/ecs.config
+    ECS_CLUSTER=${local.name}
+    ECS_ENABLE_CONTAINER_METADATA=true
+    ECS_ENABLE_SPOT_INSTANCE_DRAINING=true
+    EOF
+  EOT
+  tags = {
+    Blueprint  = local.name
+    GithubRepo = "github.com/aws-ia/ecs-blueprints"
+  }
+}
+################################################################################
+################################################################################
+# ECS Blueprint
+################################################################################
+################################################################################
+
+
+################################################################################
+# ALB Security Group
+################################################################################
+
+module "alb_sg" {
+  source      = "terraform-aws-modules/security-group/aws"
+  version     = "~> 4.0"
+  name        = "${local.name}-alb"
+  description = "Security group for ALB"
+  vpc_id      = data.aws_vpc.core_infra.id
+  ingress_with_cidr_blocks = [
+    {
+      from_port   = 8000
+      to_port     = 8000
+      protocol    = "tcp"
+      description = "Allow public HTTP traffic"
+      cidr_blocks = "0.0.0.0/0"
+    }
+  ]
+  egress_rules = ["all-all"]
+  tags         = local.tags
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# ECS Task / Autoscaling Security Group
+################################################################################
+module "autoscaling_sg" {
+  source      = "terraform-aws-modules/security-group/aws"
+  version     = "~> 4.0"
+  name        = "${local.name}-ecs-tasks"
+  description = "Autoscaling group security group"
+  vpc_id      = data.aws_vpc.core_infra.id
+  ingress_with_source_security_group_id = [
+    {
+      from_port                = 8000
+      to_port                  = 8000
+      protocol                 = "tcp"
+      description              = "Allow traffic from ALB"
+      source_security_group_id = module.alb_sg.security_group_id
+    }
+  ]
+  egress_rules = ["all-all"]
+  tags         = local.tags
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# ECS Cluster
+################################################################################
+# Cluster Config
+module "ecs_cluster" {
+  source       = "terraform-aws-modules/ecs/aws//modules/cluster"
+  version      = "~> 5.0"
+  cluster_name = local.name
+  # Capacity provider - autoscaling group
+  default_capacity_provider_use_fargate = false
+  autoscaling_capacity_providers = {
+    vllm = {
+      auto_scaling_group_arn = module.autoscaling.autoscaling_group_arn
+      managed_scaling = {
+        maximum_scaling_step_size = 1
+        minimum_scaling_step_size = 1
+        status                    = "ENABLED"
+        target_capacity           = 100
+      }
+      default_capacity_provider_strategy = {
+        weight = 1
+        base   = 1
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  tags = local.tags
+}
+
+# Austocaling Policy
+module "autoscaling" {
+  source                          = "terraform-aws-modules/autoscaling/aws"
+  version                         = "~> 6.5"
+  name                            = "${local.name}-asg"
+  image_id                        = jsondecode(data.aws_ssm_parameter.ecs_neuron_optimized_ami.value)["image_id"]
+  instance_type                   = local.instance_type
+  security_groups                 = [module.autoscaling_sg.security_group_id]
+  user_data                       = base64encode(local.user_data)
+  ignore_desired_capacity_changes = true
+  create_iam_instance_profile     = true
+  iam_role_name                   = local.name
+  iam_role_description            = "ECS role for ${local.name}"
+  iam_role_policies = {
+    AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEC2Role = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/service-role/AmazonEC2ContainerServiceforEC2Role"
+    AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore        = "arn:aws:iam::aws:policy/AmazonSSMManagedInstanceCore"
+  }
+  vpc_zone_identifier = data.aws_subnets.private.ids
+  health_check_type   = "EC2"
+  min_size            = 1
+  max_size            = 1
+  desired_capacity    = 1
+  autoscaling_group_tags = {
+    AmazonECSManaged = true
+  }
+  # Configure block device mapping
+  block_device_mappings = [
+    {
+      device_name = "/dev/xvda" # Root volume device name
+      ebs = {
+        volume_size           = 100   # 100GB storage
+        volume_type           = "gp3" # General Purpose SSD (gp3 is recommended over gp2)
+        delete_on_termination = true
+        encrypted             = true
+      }
+    }
+  ]
+  tags = local.tags
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# ECS Task Definition for VLLM
+################################################################################
+
+resource "aws_ecs_task_definition" "neuronx_vllm" {
+  family                   = "neuronx-vllm-task"
+  network_mode             = "awsvpc"
+  requires_compatibilities = ["EC2"]
+  container_definitions = jsonencode([
+    {
+      name   = "neuronx-vllm"
+      image  = local.vllm_container_image
+      cpu    = 32768
+      memory = 65536
+      portMappings = [
+        {
+          containerPort = 8000
+          hostPort      = 8000
+          protocol      = "tcp"
+        }
+      ]
+      environment = [
+        {
+          name  = "HF_TOKEN"
+          value = local.hugging_face_api_key
+        },
+        {
+          name  = "FI_EFA_FORK_SAFE"
+          value = "1"
+        },
+        {
+          name  = "VLLM_TARGET_DEVICE"
+          value = "neuron"
+        },
+        {
+          name  = "NEURON_CC_FLAGS"
+          value = "--target=inf2"
+        }
+      ]
+      command = [
+        "--model",
+        "meta-llama/Llama-3.2-1B",
+        "--device", "neuron",
+        "--tensor-parallel-size", "2",
+        "--block-size", "8",
+        "--max-model-len", "4096",
+        "--max-num-seqs", "32",
+      ]
+      linuxParameters = {
+        devices = [
+          {
+            containerPath = "/dev/neuron0"
+            hostPath      = "/dev/neuron0"
+            permissions   = ["read", "write"]
+          }
+        ]
+        capabilities = {
+          add = ["IPC_LOCK"]
+        }
+      }
+      logConfiguration = {
+        logDriver = "awslogs"
+        options = {
+          awslogs-group         = "/aws/ecs/${local.name}"
+          awslogs-region        = local.region
+          awslogs-stream-prefix = "ecs"
+        }
+      }
+      essential = true
+    }
+  ])
+  tags = {
+    app = "neuronx-vllm"
+  }
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# ALB Configuration
+################################################################################
+
+resource "aws_lb" "vllm" {
+  name               = "${local.name}-alb"
+  internal           = false
+  load_balancer_type = "application"
+  security_groups    = [module.alb_sg.security_group_id]
+  subnets            = data.aws_subnets.public.ids
+
+  tags = local.tags
+}
+
+resource "aws_lb_target_group" "vllm" {
+  name        = "${local.name}-tg"
+  protocol    = "HTTP"
+  port        = 8000
+  target_type = "ip"
+  vpc_id      = data.aws_vpc.core_infra.id
+
+  health_check {
+    path                = "/health"
+    interval            = 180
+    timeout             = 10
+    healthy_threshold   = 3
+    unhealthy_threshold = 3
+    matcher             = "200"
+  }
+
+  tags = local.tags
+}
+
+resource "aws_lb_listener" "vllm" {
+  load_balancer_arn = aws_lb.vllm.arn
+  port              = 8000
+  protocol          = "HTTP"
+
+  default_action {
+    type             = "forward"
+    target_group_arn = aws_lb_target_group.vllm.arn
+  }
+
+  tags = local.tags
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# ECS Service
+################################################################################
+
+resource "aws_ecs_service" "neuronx_vllm" {
+  name            = "neuronx-vllm-service"
+  cluster         = module.ecs_cluster.id
+  task_definition = aws_ecs_task_definition.neuronx_vllm.arn
+  desired_count   = 1
+
+  network_configuration {
+    subnets         = data.aws_subnets.private.ids
+    security_groups = [module.autoscaling_sg.security_group_id]
+  }
+
+  capacity_provider_strategy {
+    capacity_provider = module.ecs_cluster.autoscaling_capacity_providers["vllm"].name
+    weight            = 1
+    base              = 1
+  }
+
+  load_balancer {
+    target_group_arn = aws_lb_target_group.vllm.arn
+    container_name   = "neuronx-vllm"
+    container_port   = 8000
+  }
+
+  tags = local.tags
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Supporting Resources
+################################################################################
+data "aws_ssm_parameter" "ecs_neuron_optimized_ami" {
+  name = "/aws/service/ecs/optimized-ami/amazon-linux-2023/neuron/recommended"
+}
+data "aws_subnets" "private" {
+  filter {
+    name   = "tag:Name"
+    values = ["core-infra-private-${local.region}*"]
+  }
+}
+data "aws_subnets" "public" {
+  filter {
+    name   = "tag:Name"
+    values = ["core-infra-public-${local.region}*"] # Update to match your naming convention
+  }
+}
+data "aws_vpc" "core_infra" {
+  filter {
+    name   = "tag:Name"
+    values = ["core-infra"]
+  }
+}
diff --git a/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/outputs.tf b/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/outputs.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..776a7b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/outputs.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+################################################################################
+# Cluster
+################################################################################
+
+output "cluster_arn" {
+  description = "ARN that identifies the ECS cluster"
+  value       = module.ecs_cluster.arn
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Load Balancer
+################################################################################
+
+output "load_balancer_dns_name" {
+  description = "DNS name of the Application Load Balancer"
+  value       = aws_lb.vllm.dns_name
+}
+
+output "load_balancer_arn" {
+  description = "ARN of the Application Load Balancer"
+  value       = aws_lb.vllm.arn
+}
+
+output "target_group_arn" {
+  description = "ARN of the Target Group"
+  value       = aws_lb_target_group.vllm.arn
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# ECS Service
+################################################################################
+
+output "ecs_service_name" {
+  description = "Name of the ECS service"
+  value       = aws_ecs_service.neuronx_vllm.name
+}
+
+output "ecs_service_task_definition" {
+  description = "Task definition ARN for the ECS service"
+  value       = aws_ecs_service.neuronx_vllm.task_definition
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Autoscaling
+################################################################################
+
+output "autoscaling_group_arn" {
+  description = "ARN of the Autoscaling Group"
+  value       = module.autoscaling.autoscaling_group_arn
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Networking
+################################################################################
+
+output "security_group_id" {
+  description = "ID of the security group used by the ALB and ECS service"
+  value       = module.autoscaling_sg.security_group_id
+}
+
+output "subnets" {
+  description = "List of private subnet IDs used by ECS and the ALB"
+  value       = data.aws_subnets.private.ids
+}
diff --git a/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/versions.tf b/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/versions.tf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddfcb0e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/ec2-examples/vllm-inferentia/versions.tf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+terraform {
+  required_version = ">= 1.0"
+
+  required_providers {
+    aws = {
+      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
+      version = ">= 5.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/terraform/modules/codebuild/README.md b/terraform/modules/codebuild/README.md
index 4be479df..aa66058d 100644
--- a/terraform/modules/codebuild/README.md
+++ b/terraform/modules/codebuild/README.md
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ No modules.
 | <a name="input_create_iam_role"></a> [create\_iam\_role](#input\_create\_iam\_role) | Set this variable to true if you want to create a role for AWS DevOps Tools | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_description"></a> [description](#input\_description) | Short description of the project | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_ecr_repository"></a> [ecr\_repository](#input\_ecr\_repository) | The ECR repositories to which grant IAM access | `string` | n/a | yes |
-| <a name="input_environment"></a> [environment](#input\_environment) | CodeBuild environment configuration details. At least one attribute is required since `environment` is a required by CodeBuild | `any` | <pre>{<br>  "image": "aws/codebuild/standard:4.0"<br>}</pre> | no |
+| <a name="input_environment"></a> [environment](#input\_environment) | CodeBuild environment configuration details. At least one attribute is required since `environment` is a required by CodeBuild | `any` | <pre>{<br/>  "image": "aws/codebuild/standard:4.0"<br/>}</pre> | no |
 | <a name="input_iam_role_name"></a> [iam\_role\_name](#input\_iam\_role\_name) | The name for the Role | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_iam_role_use_name_prefix"></a> [iam\_role\_use\_name\_prefix](#input\_iam\_role\_use\_name\_prefix) | Determines whether the IAM role name (`iam_role_name`) is used as a prefix | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_logs_config"></a> [logs\_config](#input\_logs\_config) | CodeBuild logs configuration details | `any` | `{}` | no |
 | <a name="input_name"></a> [name](#input\_name) | CodeBuild Project name | `string` | n/a | yes |
-| <a name="input_s3_bucket"></a> [s3\_bucket](#input\_s3\_bucket) | S3 bucket used for the artifact store | <pre>object({<br>    s3_bucket_id  = string<br>    s3_bucket_arn = string<br>  })</pre> | n/a | yes |
+| <a name="input_s3_bucket"></a> [s3\_bucket](#input\_s3\_bucket) | S3 bucket used for the artifact store | <pre>object({<br/>    s3_bucket_id  = string<br/>    s3_bucket_arn = string<br/>  })</pre> | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_service_role"></a> [service\_role](#input\_service\_role) | Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that enables AWS CodeBuild to interact with dependent AWS services on behalf of the AWS account | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_tags"></a> [tags](#input\_tags) | A map of tags to add to all resources | `map(string)` | `{}` | no |
 
diff --git a/terraform/modules/codepipeline/README.md b/terraform/modules/codepipeline/README.md
index 869396b2..c0b0cd17 100644
--- a/terraform/modules/codepipeline/README.md
+++ b/terraform/modules/codepipeline/README.md
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ No modules.
 
 | Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
 |------|-------------|------|---------|:--------:|
-| <a name="input_code_build_projects"></a> [code\_build\_projects](#input\_code\_build\_projects) | The Code Build projects to which grant IAM access | `list(string)` | <pre>[<br>  "*"<br>]</pre> | no |
-| <a name="input_code_deploy_resources"></a> [code\_deploy\_resources](#input\_code\_deploy\_resources) | The Code Deploy applications and deployment groups to which grant IAM access | `list(string)` | <pre>[<br>  "*"<br>]</pre> | no |
+| <a name="input_code_build_projects"></a> [code\_build\_projects](#input\_code\_build\_projects) | The Code Build projects to which grant IAM access | `list(string)` | <pre>[<br/>  "*"<br/>]</pre> | no |
+| <a name="input_code_deploy_resources"></a> [code\_deploy\_resources](#input\_code\_deploy\_resources) | The Code Deploy applications and deployment groups to which grant IAM access | `list(string)` | <pre>[<br/>  "*"<br/>]</pre> | no |
 | <a name="input_create_iam_role"></a> [create\_iam\_role](#input\_create\_iam\_role) | Set this variable to true if you want to create a role for AWS DevOps Tools | `bool` | `false` | no |
 | <a name="input_iam_role_name"></a> [iam\_role\_name](#input\_iam\_role\_name) | The name for the Role | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_iam_role_use_name_prefix"></a> [iam\_role\_use\_name\_prefix](#input\_iam\_role\_use\_name\_prefix) | Determines whether the IAM role name (`iam_role_name`) is used as a prefix | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_name"></a> [name](#input\_name) | The CodePipeline pipeline name | `string` | n/a | yes |
-| <a name="input_s3_bucket"></a> [s3\_bucket](#input\_s3\_bucket) | S3 bucket used for the artifact store | <pre>object({<br>    s3_bucket_id  = string<br>    s3_bucket_arn = string<br>  })</pre> | n/a | yes |
+| <a name="input_s3_bucket"></a> [s3\_bucket](#input\_s3\_bucket) | S3 bucket used for the artifact store | <pre>object({<br/>    s3_bucket_id  = string<br/>    s3_bucket_arn = string<br/>  })</pre> | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_service_role"></a> [service\_role](#input\_service\_role) | Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) role that enables AWS CodeBuild to interact with dependent AWS services on behalf of the AWS account | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_sns_topic"></a> [sns\_topic](#input\_sns\_topic) | The ARN of the SNS topic to use for pipline notifications | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_stage"></a> [stage](#input\_stage) | Codepipeline Stage Configuration | `any` | `{}` | no |