Amazon Web Services Institute

Roundtable dialogues focus on identifying sector priorities for policy reform, gaps in infrastructure, and sector challenges to develop actionable, scalable, and cost-effective solutions. These in-depth conversations enable participants to learn from public sector and industry experts who use technology to innovate. For example:

• The UK Ministry of Justice (MOJ) uses technology to enhance the effectiveness and reach of the services it provides to British citizens. MOJ turned to AWS to automate, consolidate, and deliver constituent services for more equitable justice.

• Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana uses data analytics to better predict student outcomes. This enables early intervention with students at highest risk of dropping out, as well as fraud detection, aiding in better stewardship of taxpayer dollars.

• Capital One leverages AWS to develop and run its most critical workloads, including its new flagship mobile-banking application. The firm has realized efficiencies using the cloud in areas such as high performance computing, digital transformation, and security and compliance, resulting in enhanced customer services.

Organizations can leverage technology to more effectively provide services to citizens, make better decisions, facilitate resource deployment, and ultimately, help shape conditions essential for attracting new economic activity.

Learn More:

• Developing Canada’s Digital-Ready Public Service
  
• How Technology Helps Cities Become Sustainable and Inclusive
  
• Briefing Paper: Budgeting for Change: Four Ways the UK Government Can Spend Smarter and Deliver Better
  
• AWS Digital Transformation
• AWS Public Sector Summit 2017 Customer Keynote: John Edwards, Central Intelligence Agency
• Smart Cities AWS Institute White Paper
• Blog post: Yes, Technology Can Build More Inclusive Societies
• Blog post: Why Share Data?

Cyber attacks can hit critical infrastructure. Technology allows for the real-time collection of data, advanced analytics, and expert analysis to predict, identify, and react to potential threats. Through automatic risk monitoring, analysis, and security prioritization, organizations can earn constituents’ trust, helping to set the stage for economic growth.

Learn More:

• Reborn in the Cloud: Talen Energy’s Journey to the Cloud
• Singapore Post Case Study
• Strengthening Cybersecurity across the Department of Defense

Technology helps accelerate talent development. It opens new pathways for students, and helps build the intellectual capital needed to excel in the digital economy.  Academic organizations engage the Institute to better understand teaching and learning solutions, how to analyze student data, and meet the ever-changing needs of the modern student.

Learn More:

• Data in Education: An Implementation Guide
  
• Higher Education Leaders Discuss the Future of Work
• 5 Ways New Technologies Can Shape the Future of Work
• University of Oklahoma Expands Student Engagement with Alexa Skills
• AWS Customer Snapshot: Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana
• British Columbia Institute of Technology Case Study

Technology has the potential to accelerate human progress, bridge the digital divide, and provide access to economic opportunity.  Cities, nations, and regions are using technology to empower citizens and open markets. Making government data open and available for public consumption can help fuel entrepreneurship, accelerate scientific discovery, and create efficiencies across industries.

Learn More:

• City of Chicago Case Study: How to Begin Your Agency’s Cloud Adoption Journey
• Building Small Businesses to Support Commerce, Government, Education, and Nonprofit Organizations with AWS CloudStart
• For Small Governments – The Cloud is Only as Big as You Want it to Be

Participants are invited to attend global AWS Institute events to share and develop activities, ideas, and networks.

For more information on the AWS Institute, please contact: AWS-Institute@amazon.com