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Your guide to AWS Analytics at AWS re:Invent 2024
It’s AWS re:Invent time, where you turn your ideas into reality. Get a front row seat to hear real stories from AWS customers, experts and leaders about navigating pressing topics like generative AI and data analytics.
For data enthusiasts and data professionals alike, this blog is a curated and comprehensive guide to all analytics sessions, for you to efficiently plan your itinerary. Secure your spot early for must-attend sessions through the attendee portal. Can’t join in person? No worries – grab a free pass to stream live sessions online.
Join us at the AWS Analytics Kiosk in the AWS Village Expo to get your data questions answered by AWS experts, to dive deeper into re:Invent launches, participate in a data-centric quiz and AWS authored book giveaways.
Keynotes
KEY002 | CEO Keynote with Matt Garman | Tuesday, Dec 3 | 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST | Venetian | Level 2 | Venetian Ballroom F
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.
KEY003 | Swami Sivasubramanian, Vice President, Data and AI at AWS | Wednesday, Dec 4 | 8:00 AM – 10:30 AM PST | Venetian | Level 2 | Venetian Ballroom F
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.
KEY005 | Dr. Werner Vogels (Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Amazon.com) | Thursday, Dec 5 | 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM PST | Venetian | Level 2 | Venetian Ballroom F
Join Dr. Werner Vogels, VP and CTO at Amazon.com, as he shares the critical lessons and strategies he’s learned for managing increasingly complex systems. The keynote explores the core principles for embracing complexity, drawing on Amazon experiences building distributed systems at massive scale.
Analytics Innovation Talk
ANT204-INT | Beyond boundaries: Converging analytics and AI to reshape the future | Wednesday, Dec 4 | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST | Venetian | Level 5 | Palazzo Ballroom B
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.
Breakout sessions
Dive into cutting-edge topics with re:Invent breakout sessions. These immersive, hour-long lectures are led by AWS experts, customers, and partners, offering you unparalleled insights and knowledge in a concise format. Whether you’re exploring the latest in cloud technology, AWS Analytics advancements, or industry-specific solutions, these sessions are designed to expand your horizon and inspire your next big idea.
| Monday, Dec 2 | Tuesday, Dec 3 | Wednesday, Dec 4 | Thursday, Dec 5 |
| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PST | MGM Grand ANT324 | Accelerate value from data: Migrating from batch to stream processing |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT341 | Enhance performance with observability, security, and log analytics |
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT343 | Monitor and manage data quality |
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST |Mandalay Bay ANT325 | Achieve seamless and secure data sharing |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST| Mandalay Bay ANT335 | Build highly performant data solutions with serverless analytics |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT327 | What’s new: Data streaming on AWS |
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PST | MGM Grand BSI201|Supercharge your apps with embedded Amazon QuickSight and Amazon Q |
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT340 | Revolutionize your search applications for generative AI |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT342 | Operate and scale managed Apache Kafka and Apache Flink clusters |
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT349| Innovations in AWS analytics: Data warehousing and SQL analytics |
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT336 | Build large-scale transactional data lakes with open table formats |
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT344 | Cost-effective data processing with Amazon EMR |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Wynn BSI101 | Reimagine business intelligence with generative AI |
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PST | Wynn ANT334 | Scale with self-service analytics on AWS |
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT329 | What’s new in search, observability & vectors in Amazon OpenSearch Service |
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| 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT347 | Maximize efficiency and reduce costs with Amazon OpenSearch Service |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT328 | AI-powered analytics with Amazon Redshift Serverless & data sharing |
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST | Mandalay Bay BSI102 | What’s new with Amazon QuickSight |
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| . | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT346 | Innovations in AWS analytics: Data processing |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST| Mandalay Bay ANT339 | Scaling to new heights with Amazon Redshift multi-cluster architecture |
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| . | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST | Venetian ANT302 | Data foundation in the age of generative AI |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT303 | Explore what’s new in data governance with AWS analytics |
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| . | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT202 | Demystify and democratize access to your data with a business catalog |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT330 | Solving different data ingestion use cases with AWS |
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| . | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST | Wynn ANT348 | Innovations in AWS analytics: Zero-ETL and data integrations |
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| . | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay BSI206 | Scale BI to all your users with Amazon Q in QuickSight |
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| . | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST | MGM Grand BSI205 | Migrate to QuickSight: Reduce costs and increase productivity |
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| . | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT345 | Modernize your data warehouse by moving to Amazon Redshift |
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Chalk talks
These hour-long, highly engaging sessions offer a unique blend of expert insight and collaborative learning. An AWS specialist kicks off with a concise, informative lecture, setting the stage for an in-depth, interactive Q&A. With a limited audience size, you’ll have the opportunity to dive deep into topics, ask pressing questions, and engage in meaningful discussions with both the presenter and fellow attendees.
| Monday, Dec 2 | Tuesday, Dec 3 | Wednesday, Dec 4 | Thursday, Dec 5 |
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST | MGM Grand ANT316-R | Architectural patterns for near real-time data analytics on AWS |
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT315 | Amazon OpenSearch Service cost optimizations |
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT305 | Strategies for efficient zero-ETL integrations |
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT304-R1 | Accelerating the shift from batch to stream processing |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT337-R | Cost optimization for data analytics on AWS |
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST | Wynn ANT410 | Maximize your data performance with Amazon EMR on Amazon EKS |
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM PST | MGM Grand BSI304 | Security and governance: Safeguarding your data with Amazon QuickSight |
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT411 | Data integration with AWS Glue and Amazon MWAA |
| 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT337-R | Cost optimization for data analytics on AWS |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT332-R | Democratize generative AI data access without compromising on security |
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT331-R1 | Build your data strategy for generative AI with Amazon Redshift |
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT409-R1 | Optimize Apache Spark workloads with Amazon EMR Serverless |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT318 | Build serverless streaming data pipelines for real-time analytics |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT326 | Build multi-tenant data processing architectures |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Wynn ANT317-R1 | Best practices for migrating to Amazon OpenSearch Service |
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT320 | Data preparation authoring with AWS Glue Studio |
| 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT412 | Ingest streaming data into Apache Iceberg tables with AWS streaming |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT413-R | Data governance with AWS analytics |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT323-R1 | Catalog and govern your data for generative AI |
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT338 | Using natural language to author data integration applications |
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT317-R | Best practices for migrating to Amazon OpenSearch Service |
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PST | Wynn ANT323-R | Catalog and govern your data for generative AI |
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT414-R1 | Scalable design patterns for Apache Iceberg–based data lakes |
3:30 PM – 4:30 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT413-R1 | Data governance with AWS analytics |
| 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT304-R | Accelerating the shift from batch to stream processing |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST | Wynn ANT314 | Add search to your existing databases with Amazon OpenSearch Ingestion |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT333 | Streamline data access management with trusted identity propagation |
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| . | 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT331-R | Build your data strategy for generative AI with Amazon Redshift |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT321 | Model your business structure with Amazon DataZone |
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| . | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT319 | Create a data marketplace with Amazon DataZone |
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT322 | Modernize and simplify ETL with AWS Glue |
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| . | 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT414-R | Scalable design patterns for Apache Iceberg–based data lakes |
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT337-R1 | Cost optimization for data analytics on AWS |
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| . | 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT409-R | Optimize Apache Spark workloads with Amazon EMR Serverless |
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT332-R1 | Democratize generative AI data access without compromising on security |
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| . | 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT316-R1 | Architectural patterns for near real-time data analytics on AWS |
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Builders’ sessions
Immerse yourself in our builders’ sessions – a hands-on learning experience designed to elevate your AWS skills. These focused, hour-long workshops bring together a small group of up to ten attendees with a dedicated AWS expert at each table.
| Monday, Dec 2 | Tuesday, Dec 3 | Wednesday, Dec 4 |
| 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PST | Caesars Forum ANT306-R | Orchestrate data and ML workflows with managed Apache Airflow |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT307-R | Seamless data sharing with Amazon Redshift |
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM PST | Caesars Forum ANT307-R3 | Seamless data sharing with Amazon Redshift |
| 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT306-R1 | Orchestrate data and ML workflows with managed Apache Airflow |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST | Wynn ANT401 | Vector search with Amazon OpenSearch Service |
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| . | 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PST | Wynn ANT306-R2 | Orchestrate data and ML workflows with managed Apache Airflow |
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| . | 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT307-R1 | Seamless data sharing with Amazon Redshift |
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| . | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT307-R2 | Seamless data sharing with Amazon Redshift |
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| . | 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT306-R3 | Orchestrate data and ML workflows with managed Apache Airflow |
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Workshops
Roll your sleeves in our dynamic 2-hour workshops, where you’ll tackle real-world challenges using AWS services. These interactive sessions kick off with a brief, informative lecture to set the stage, then quickly transition into hands-on problem-solving. Bring your laptop and prepare to build alongside AWS experts, who will guide you through practical applications of cloud computing concepts. Whether you’re new to AWS or looking to sharpen your skills, these workshops offer a unique opportunity to learn by doing, enabling you to leave with confidence and applicable knowledge in AWS technologies.
| Mon, Dec 2 | Tuesday, Dec 3 | Wednesday, Dec 4 | Thursday, Dec 5 |
| 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT404 | Migrating from self-managed Apache Kafka to Amazon MSK |
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PST | Venetian ANT309 | Enhance insights for your data warehouse with zero-ETL & generative AI |
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM PST | MGM Grand ANT310 | Low-cost logging and observability with Amazon OpenSearch Service |
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT350-R1 | End-to-end data integration and data engineering on AWS |
| 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT312 | Unlock your enterprise data with intelligent document search |
11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PST | MGM Grand BSI204-R | Hands-on with Amazon Q in QuickSight: A step-by-step workshop |
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT350-R | End-to-end data integration and data engineering on AWS |
3:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST | Mandalay Bay ANT402-R1 | Build open table data lakes for real-time insights with Apache Iceberg |
| . | 12:30 PM – 2:30 PM PST | Caesars Forum ANT402-R | Build open table data lakes for real-time insights with Apache Iceberg |
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT308-R1 | Build and govern your data mesh with Amazon DataZone |
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST | Venetian BSI204-R1 | Hands-on with Amazon Q in QuickSight: A step-by-step workshop |
| . | 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM PST | Wynn ANT308-R | Build and govern your data mesh with Amazon DataZone |
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| . | 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM PST | MGM Grand ANT311 | Prepare your data for generative AI |
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Code talks
Dive into the world of practical AWS development with our engaging Code Talks. These sessions elevate the popular chalk talk format by shifting focus from architectural concepts to hands-on coding. Watch as expert speakers guide you through live coding demonstrations, showcasing real-world solutions in action. You’ll gain insights into the reasoning behind each implementation choice and witness the development process unfold in real-time. Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting your AWS journey, Code Talks offer a unique opportunity to enhance your skills and deepen your understanding of AWS solutions through practical, code-centric discussions.
| Mon, Dec 2 | Tuesday, Dec 3 | Wednesday, Dec 4 | Thursday, Dec 5 |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM PST | Wynn ANT407 | Predictive maintenance with Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink |
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM PST | Wynn ANT406-R | Generative AI–powered search with Amazon OpenSearch Service |
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PST | Wynn ANT408 | Working with UDFs in Amazon Redshift and Amazon Athena |
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM PST | Wynn ANT406-R1 | Generative AI–powered search with Amazon OpenSearch Service |
Session IDs for chalk talks, builders’ sessions, workshops, and code talks that end with R (for example, ANT406-R), indicate repeat sessions.
Conclusion
We hope this post acts as your go-to resource for navigating the AWS analytics track at re:Invent 2024. For staying in the know about the most recent trends and advancements in AWS Analytics, follow our LinkedIn page.
About the Authors
Imtiaz (Taz) Sayed is the WW Tech Leader for Analytics at AWS. He enjoys engaging with the community on all things data and analytics. He can be reached through LinkedIn.
Navnit Shukla serves as an AWS Specialist Solutions Architect with a focus on Analytics. He possesses a strong enthusiasm for assisting clients in discovering valuable insights from their data. Through his expertise, he constructs innovative solutions that empower businesses to arrive at informed, data-driven choices. Notably, Navnit Shukla is the accomplished author of the book titled Data Wrangling on AWS. He can be reached through LinkedIn.