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Thursday 15th October 2026

9am - 5pm

The BALTIC, Gateshead

Discover the future of cloud computing at AWS North Community Conference — where technology leaders, developers and innovators shape what’s next with AWS.

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AWS North Community Conference is the leading cloud computing community conference in the North East, bringing together technology leaders, developers, and innovators to explore how AWS is transforming how we build, innovate, and scale software solutions.

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One day, four tracks

Each designed to provide a unique experience for attendees, no matter their level of expertise.

Track 1

Hosted by Steve Morland, AWS Community Builder and CTO at Leighton, Track 1 will cover everything from automation and AI to event driven architecture and will offer attendees the opportunity to hear from some nationally and internationally renowned speakers joining the delegation from as far as Texas.

Track 2

Hosted by Mark Sailes, former AWS Solutions Architect and presenter of Java in the Cloud, Track 2 will feature talks on complex software systems from build to application, AI and CDK.

Track 3

Hosted by Dan Pudwell, Solution Architect and Organiser for the AWS North East User Group, Track 3 will offer some deep dive talks into Dynamo DB, resilience engineering, transformation and optimisation.

Track 4

Hosted by Lee Gilmore, AWS Hero and editor of Serverless Advocate Newsletter, Track 4 will provide delegates with the opportunity to hear from speakers covering everything from how AI and AWS can work together to building robust document databases and balancing speed, scale and quality.

Our speakers

AWS North Community Conference brings together thought leaders, practitioners, and innovators from across the AWS ecosystem. Our roster of international and local speakers will  share real-world experience, technical expertise, and fresh ideas to help you modernise, migrate, build and scale with the cloud.

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Senior Developer Relations Engineer @ New Relic | AWS Serverless Hero
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Darya Petrashka
Senior Data Scientist @ SLB | AWS Community Builder
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Damien Jones
AWS Consultant @ Steamhaus | AWS Community Builder
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Matej Nedić
Lead Backend Engineer @ Infinum | AWS Community Builder
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Kate Gawron
Database Cloud Architect @ DoiT International | AWS Community Builder
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Gunnar Grosch
Principal Developer Advocate @ Sinch | AWS Serverless Hero
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Kyle Jenner
Senior Architect @ AWS | AWS Community Builder
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Guilherme Dalla Rosa
CTO & Co-Founder @MerCloud | AWS Community Builder
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Jon Goodall
Principal Cloud Engineer @ Logicata | AWS Community Builder
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Matheus Guimaraes
Senior Developer Advocate @ AWS
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Matt Houghton
Data & AI Architect @ CDL Software | AWS Community Builder
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Sheen Brisals
Strategic Lead Solution Architect @ Sky | AWS Serverless Hero | O'Reilly Author
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Yan Cui
Independent Consultant @ The Burning Monk | AWS Serverless Hero
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As part of our commitment to making AWS North Community Conference as accessible as possible we also have a social impact ticket allocation that can be accessed by underrepresented groups, not-for-profit organisations, students and those early in their careers. For more information, please contact Jo Larby, Accessibility Lead at Leighton: community@leighton.com.

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