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What’s cooking with Amazon Redshift at AWS re:Invent 2023

AWS re:Invent is a powerhouse of a learning event and every time I have attended, I’ve been amazed at its scale and impact. There are keynotes packed with announcements from AWS leaders, training and certification opportunities, access to more than 2,000 technical sessions, an elaborate expo, executive summits, after-hours events, demos, and much more. The analytics team is waiting to engage with our customers and partners at the analytics kiosk in the expo hall.

For the latest and greatest with Amazon Redshift, our cloud data warehousing solution, I’ve curated a few must-attend sessions. The Amazon Redshift team will be there meeting with customers and discussing the newest announcements. And there are plenty of announcements you don’t want to miss! My personal favorite in this session list is the What’s new in Amazon Redshift session, led by Neeraja Rentachintala, Director of Product Management for Amazon Redshift and Matt Sandler, Senior Director of Data & Analytics from McDonalds giving a broad view of everything the team has been working on. But there are so many good ones on the list. Product and data engineers, data analysts, data scientists, data and technology leaders, and line of business owners can take their pick of sessions!

And here’s a tip—reserve your seat now so you can get into the session you want and avoid waiting in long lines. To access the session catalog and reserve your seat for one of our sessions, you must be registered for re:Invent. Register now!

The big stage

Adam Selipsky, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon Web Services – Keynote
Tuesday, 11/28 | 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Join Adam Selipsky, CEO of Amazon Web Services, as he shares his perspective on cloud transformation and highlights the latest innovations from data to infrastructure to AI and ML, helping you achieve your goals faster.

Swami Sivasubramanian, Vice President of Data and AI, AWS – Keynote
Wednesday, 11/29 | 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Swami’s session is all about data, so if that’s the thing that makes your world go round, then this is the big stage session for you. Generative AI is augmenting our productivity and creativity in new ways, while also being fueled by massive amounts of enterprise data and human intelligence, and Swami’s keynote will lay the groundwork for your understanding of AWS offerings in this realm.

Peter DeSantis, Senior Vice President of AWS Utility Computing – Keynote
Monday, 11/27 | 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM

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 and keep a look out for any Amazon Redshift related announcements.

Innovation Talks

G2 Krishnamoorthy, Vice President of AWS Analytics
ANT219-INT | Data drives transformation: Data foundations with AWS analytics
Thursday, 11/30 | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM

G2’s session discusses strategies for embedding analytics into your applications and ideas for building a data foundation that supports your business initiatives. With new capabilities for self-service and straightforward builder experiences, you can democratize data access for line of business users, analysts, scientists, and engineers. Hear also from Adidas, GlobalFoundries, and University of California, Irvine.

Sessions

We’ve got something for everyone, from deep learning sessions on building multi-cluster architectures and AWS’s zero-ETL approach to near-real-time analytics and ML in Amazon Redshift, powering self-service analytics for your organization and much more. Sessions can be big room breakout sessions, usually with a customer speaker, or more intimate and technical chalk talks, workshops, or builder sessions. Take a look, plan your week, and soak in the learning!

Monday, November 27

  • 12 PM | @VEN—Lido 3002 | PEX203 (Chalk Talk) | Simplifying modern data pipelines with zero-ETL architectures on AWS
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | ANT211 (Level 200 Break out session) | Powering self-service & near real-time analytics with Amazon Redshift
  • 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | ANT404 (Level 400 Chalk Talk) | Build a secure and highly available data strategy with Amazon Redshift

Tuesday, November 28

  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | ANT325 (Level 300 Break out session) | Amazon Redshift: A decade of innovation in cloud data warehousing
  • 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM | ANT328 (Level 300 chalk talk) | Accessing open table formats for superior data lake analytics
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | ANT322 (Level 300 Breakout session) | Modernize analytics by moving your data warehouse to Amazon Redshift
  • 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM | ANT349 (Level 300 Chalk Talk) | Advanced real-time analytics and ML in your data warehouse
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 | ANT335 (Level 300 Chalk Talk) | Get the most out of your data warehousing workloads
  • 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM | ANT310 (Workshop) | Share data across Regions & organizations for near real-time insights

Wednesday, November 29

  • 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | ANT307 (Workshop) | Connect and analyze all your data with zero-ETL approaches
  • 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | ANT308 (Builder session) | Build large-scale transactional data lakes with Apache Iceberg on AWS

Thursday, November 30

  • 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM | ANT326 (Level 300) | Set up a zero-ETL-based analytics architecture for your organizations
  • 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | ANT203 (Level 200 breakout session) | What’s new in Amazon Redshift
  • 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | ANT342 (Level 300 chalk talk) | Scaling analytics with data lakes and data warehouses

Analytics kiosk in the AWS Village

When you are onsite, stop by the Analytics kiosk in the AWS re:Invent expo hall. Connect with experts, meet with book authors on data warehousing and analytics (at the Meet the Authors event on November 29 and 30, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM), win prizes, and learn all about the latest innovations from our AWS Analytics services.

AWS Analytics Superheroes

We are excited to introduce the 2023 AWS Analytics Superheroes at this year’s re:Invent conference! Are you lightning fast and ultra-adaptable like Wire Weaver? A shapeshifting guardian and protector of data like Data Lynx? Or a digitally clairvoyant master of data insights like Cloud Sight? Join us at the Analytics kiosk to learn more about which AWS Analytics Superhero you are and receive superhero swag!

Get ready for re:Invent

To recap, here is what you can do to prepare:

  • Register for re:Invent 2023. Reserve your seats for your favorite sessions.
  • Check back for new sessions related to keynote announcements that will open up in the catalog after the keynote announcement is over. Those are the hot new launches!
  • Follow the AWS Databases & Analytics LinkedIn channel to stay up to date on everything re:Invent related.

See you in Vegas!

About the author

Sunaina AbdulSalah leads product marketing for Amazon Redshift. She focuses on educating customers about the impact of data warehousing and analytics and sharing AWS customer stories. She has a deep background in marketing and GTM functions in the B2B technology and cloud computing domains. Outside of work, she spends time with her family and friends and enjoys traveling.