AWS Women of the Cloud Track
Event Program for the women in the cloud track
Welcome to the Women of the Cloud Track
Join us for an afternoon of inspiring talks, real conversations, and community. This track brings together women in tech to share their journeys: from driving diversity in the industry, to building AI-powered startups, to mastering the engineering behind MLOps and LLMOps. Whether you're looking for technical depth or the confidence boost to take your next big step, there's something here for you. We're also running a volunteer initiative alongside the track, because this community is about showing up for each other. Come for the sessions, stay for the connections. We'd love to see you there!
Session Schedule
11:30am-12:10pm
Diversity and Inclusion in Tech Panel — “Give to Gain”
The “Give to Gain” in Diversity and Inclusion In Tech Panel is aligned with the International Women’s Day theme. The theme emphasizes the power of reciprocity and support. This event promises an enlightening dialogue with members and leaders from the tech community, dedicated to fostering diversity and empowerment within the sector. Our panelists will dive into discussions on creating more inclusive environments, overcoming barriers to success in tech for people from diverse backgrounds, and technical strategies for encouraging the next generation of women and other underrepresented groups in the cloud.
12:10pm-12:20pm
Q&A
12:20pm-13:00pm
Networking Lunch
13:15pm-14:15pm
Building the Future of Precision Medicine with AI as a Female Founder
Join Ashley as she shares her journey from consulting partner to female founder in deep tech, building an AI-native precision medicine platform. Drawing on her unique background spanning nuclear physics, radiation oncology, and artificial intelligence, she reveals how cross-disciplinary expertise drives biotech innovation. Learn practical insights from implementing cutting-edge AI initiatives across pharma and biotech, now applied to tackle healthcare’s most pressing challenges through her own venture.
14:15pm-15:15pm
MLOps & LLMOps — Principles First, Tools Second
MLOps is often framed as a tooling problem, but in reality it is a principles-driven discipline. Reproducibility, scalability, governance and collaboration define successful ML systems, not the specific platforms used to build them. Yet MLOps cannot be practiced without tools. Each stage of the lifecycle requires specialized components, and every tool reflects the assumptions and trade-offs of its creators.
In this talk, we explore the tension between principles and tooling, extending the discussion to LLMOps, where the same principles apply but challenges are amplified. Managing prompts, embeddings, evaluation, and rapidly evolving models introduces new operational demands.
15:15pm-16:15pm
Turn Self-Doubt into Unstoppable Momentum in the Age of AI
Join for an empowering session for women navigating the GenAI landscape. We'll explore practical strategies for conquering imposter syndrome—that voice telling you you're "not technical enough" while the AI revolution accelerates around you. Discover how to reframe challenges as growth opportunities, build authentic confidence in your GenAI capabilities, and access concrete upskilling pathways. Whether you're starting your AI journey or deepening your expertise, you'll leave with actionable resources and renewed confidence to thrive in this transformative era. Walk away with: imposter syndrome techniques, curated GenAI resources, and a supportive network.
AWS Summit 2026 Amsterdam Panel Speaker Bios
Eva Faict
Director, Country Manager Belgium & Netherlands at Amazon.
Eva Faict is the Country Manager for Amazon in Belgium and the Netherlands, where she oversees Amazon's strategic growth and operations across both markets. Under her leadership, Amazon has significantly expanded its Benelux footprint — announcing investments of over €1 billion in Belgium and €1.4 billion in the Netherlands to enhance customer experience, accelerate delivery capabilities (including same-day delivery), and support small and medium-sized businesses selling through the platform.
Since the launch of amazon.com.be in October 2022, Eva has driven the platform to become the second-largest online retailer in Belgium, creating hundreds of local jobs and helping over a thousand Belgian businesses reach new customers. She is a passionate advocate for e-commerce as a growth engine for local entrepreneurs and SMEs.
Karen Van De Woestyne
General Manager, Belgium Transform & Ecosphere at KBC
Karen Van De Woestyne is General Manager of Transform & Ecosphere at KBC, bringing over 30 years of leadership experience across business development, marketing, procurement, and change management. A civil electrical engineer by training, she has built a diverse career spanning telecommunications, real estate, and financial services — combining strategic insight with strong people management skills..
Before joining KBC, Karen led transformation and growth at Fiberklaar as Director of Business Development, Marketing & Communications, and previously served as COO at Gerantis following the sale of her own real estate company. Her earlier international career at Alcatel and Belgacom (now Proximus) gave her deep expertise in technology, product management, and business strategy.
Karen is known for her entrepreneurial drive, stakeholder management, and ability to scale organisations, complemented by active involvement in professional associations at both Belgian and European level.
Christina Murphy
VP, AI Business Operations at Philips
Christina Murphy is VP of AI Business Operations and Clinical Informatics Business Leader at Philips. She is responsible for scaling AI impact across products, the value chain, and organizational culture—bridging advanced technology with real-world clinical and operational outcomes. Her work focuses on turning AI innovation into practical, deployable solutions that improve patient care and system efficiency.
Christina is passionate about transforming patient care through AI and believes that "strategy alone doesn't drive change; it's how we lead, with and through people, that turns vision into impact."
Jana Werner
Executive in Residence at AWS
Jana is a global advisor in Amazon Web Services, advising C-level executives and global enterprises in transformation, digital innovation, change management and ways of working at the intersection of business and technology.
She helps Fortune 500 companies accelerate time to business value, and create highly responsive organizations that can keep delighting customers and gain a critical edge in their marketplace.
Jana has multinational multi-sector experience, from growing a start-up acquired by Hewlett-Packard, to leading culture, organisational, and digital change in large scale multinational organisations across various sectors. She holds a PhD in management, is a global thought leader and speaker on transformation and innovation. She is currently writing a book to be published by Harvard Business Review on how to achieve sustained growth and advance organizations. She is actively engaged in a community of thought leaders and executive pioneers from Harvard, NASA, Nike, Slack, and many more.
Danielle Gorlick (Moderator)
General Manager, Benelux at AWS
Danielle Gorlick is a tenured Amazonian having been with AWS for more than 10 years. She was appointed as the Managing Director for Benelux at AWS in January 2024. For the past two years, Danielle was Chief of Staff and Head of Business Strategy for the VP of AWS EMEA. She has also held positions across AWS including the General Manager of Amazon Web Services Nordics and Baltics between April 2021 and March 2022. Danielle has built and led several businesses across AWS EMEA including the SMB and Mid-Market commercial sales organization in the Nordics & Baltics. Danielle also held leadership positions across several EMEA markets including Benelux, Italy and Spain working with a wide variety of customers spanning from hot startups, digital native companies, ISVs, SMBs and Enterprises across all industry verticals. Before joining the leadership team at AWS Danielle was working with customers across several different industries in the UKIR market, Israel and the Nordics. Danielle has worked and lived abroad from her home country, the U.S., for 12 years.